"Lord, you called me," Chen Qingzhi said, walking over.
Zhou Yan pulled Chen Qingzhi to his side and introduced him, "These are all technological equipment. This helmet not only protects the head but also allows for remote video and long-distance communication, making it very convenient for reconnaissance."
"Oh, how do these things work?"
Chen Qingzhi was indeed greatly surprised. As a commander, he understood very well what these things represented.
As long as various messages could reach all places accurately and in a timely manner, they would be virtually invincible. He naturally had sufficient confidence in his soldiers.
Zhou Yan began to demonstrate for him. These things were simple to operate and only required a few steps.
He then turned on the computer and connected it, allowing these thumb-sized intelligent reconnaissance devices to conduct comprehensive reconnaissance around the territory, displaying the resulting flat terrain map before them.
These intelligent reconnaissance machines were fast and small. In just a few minutes, a 3D flat map was formed in the computer. It clearly showed the terrain in each direction, and they were very inconspicuous, with no one paying attention to such a small device.
"Aren't these the soldiers I dispatched? They appeared on this map so quickly."
Chen Qingzhi was very surprised and said to Zhou Yan, "Lord, with such divine artifacts, it is truly a blessing for the territory!"
His perspective is too limited.
He was already impressed by just a few technological items.
There were countless technological items in the myriad realms.
It had to be said that Zhou Yan, who possessed the [Myriad Realms Trading Mall], had an extraordinarily powerful cheat-like ability.
While others were still fighting in ancient ways, he had already begun to master a combat style that combined ancient and modern methods.
With such a method of combat, unless the enemy was particularly powerful, he himself was already in an invincible position.
Soon, monster figures appeared on the computer screen. It was impossible to tell exactly how strong they were, only that they were monsters.
Moreover, the deeper the reconnaissance, the stronger the monsters became.
The place where the territory descended happened to be the safest location.
Was this a coincidence?
Perhaps.
Or perhaps it was because the territory's luck value was too high.
The forest resources here were abundant. As for mineral resources, he was truly unsure.
He had no lumberjacks or miners.
He naturally needed to develop resources, but it depended on whether it was worth it.
Trading goods from various worlds had already made him not lack ordinary mineral resources.
If it were very high-level resources, he would certainly not let them go.
He disdained any resource below six stars.
He began to contact Xiao Wei, asking it to purchase a reconnaissance device capable of detecting underground mineral deposits in various locations.
Xiao Wei quickly began to search.
Zhou Yan asked Chen Qingzhi to summon some people who could command independently and teach them how to communicate.
These things were very simple; they only needed to wear helmets and there was nothing special to pay attention to.
They learned them quickly.
Xiao Wei soon had someone purchase the mineral exploration reconnaissance machines.
He first released the purchased mineral exploration reconnaissance machines and conducted a carpet-style exploration around the territory.
Then he contacted Xiao Wei and asked him to find a warhorse supplier and purchase five thousand warhorses as a means of transportation, as relying on their legs was too slow and consumed the soldiers' stamina.
At this stage, he would buy horses to cope with the emergency. When the time was right, he would see if there were other suitable options.
Xiao Wei quickly found a horse merchant from another world and sent people to purchase them.
Then Xiao Wei asked him what quality of horses he needed to buy.
He inquired about the prices of those horses and then said, "Purchase C-grade horses. Forty thousand spirit coins per horse is acceptable."
"Alright."
This price was not expensive. Coupled with the large quantity he wanted to purchase, the other party finally gave him a price of thirty-five thousand per horse.
Five thousand horses cost 350 million spirit coins.
Anyway, he only bought them to use as a transitional measure.
A few hundred million was a small amount of money.
Coupled with the purchased saddles, stirrups, and whips, it did not cost much more.
He went to the barracks and released batches of warhorses, letting the officers distribute them themselves. Any surplus warhorses would be placed in the [Green Spiritual Grassland].
He returned to the temporary command center.
He printed out the terrain map from the computer, marked the monster areas, and handed it to Chen Qingzhi, saying, "Wear the map and communication equipment, and head east. There is a ruin there; it should be an ancient city. Contact me promptly if anything happens."
"Yes!" Chen Qingzhi led his men away.
As for him, he said to Diao Chan, "Chan'er, you also lead a team to the west. There are many monsters there. Your main task is to kill monsters to obtain treasure chests and collect some edible meat."
"Alright." Diao Chan also set off.
Then, he said to Zhen Mi again, "You lead a team to the south. There are some flying monsters there. Be careful yourself. The objective is also to obtain treasure chests."
As for matters here, he looked at Situ, who was beside him, and said, "Situ, Hua Yuerong, I'll leave things here to you. You keep a close eye on these areas. If there are any significant changes, inform us promptly. I will also head north to explore."
"Lord, let Si Ying and Si Hu accompany you," Situ quickly said.
"Lord, Hua Yueying, you call Hua Yuelian, and you call Hua Yuefeng, they are also free. Let them go with you too," Hua Yuerong also quickly said.
"Alright, let them come along," Zhou Yan agreed.
The entire army was divided into four teams, each with about a thousand people. The remaining people would guard the territory and could inform him immediately through the communication devices if anything happened.
The four teams left through the four city gates to explore this unknown territory.
Within ten kilometers of the territory, there were no monsters. He actually hoped that as soon as they descended, there would be many monsters so that the defense towers could eliminate them directly.
But his luck was just so good, what could he do?
The soldiers' levels and strength were high, and the ten-kilometer journey would allow them to master horse-riding skills quickly.
When they reached ten kilometers away, they finally saw various monsters.
These were level twenty monsters, not enough for them to kill.
He directly rode [Lightning] and charged forward. With a few sword energies, he killed many monsters.
Everyone could not even get one monster before they were gone.
Many monsters fled upon seeing their aura, but they were quickly caught up by the soldiers on horseback and all killed.
This was not a novice trial, and killing monsters would not yield any extra rewards.
They began to clear the battlefield, collect useful items, and then moved forward.
For such a powerful army, monsters below level sixty or seventy posed no threat to them.
He headed towards the map, killing monsters and collecting treasure chests along the way.