Chapter 57: Target, Tian Shui University

  More than 5,000 demon coins are now Tang Tian's total assets. The mutated beasts and zombies he killed in the past few days have accumulated more than 15,000 coins, but after spending 10,000 coins, these are all he can use for now.

  If you don't think carefully, it seems like 5,000 demon coins are a lot, enough to recruit 500 Long Blade Soldiers.

  But don't forget, there's also the monthly military salary. Calculating this way, at least half will be deducted, and only 250 Long Blade Soldiers can be recruited. And don't forget, it's not just recruiting them to look good, they're going to fight against zombies and mutated beasts, and there will definitely be casualties during the battle. After the casualties, new recruits need to be replenished, right? This way, one thousand Godly Coins need to be prepared as backup, so the funds available for Tang Tian to use are already very limited.

  Think about it, this is just recruiting troops, and we still have to build other things! This is all money!

  "Money, money, money! Damn it, why does everything always come down to needing money?" Tang Tian sighed weakly.

  "Damn it, might as well go all out and use this money to recruit an army. Then we'll take them out to kill zombies, kill mutated beasts, and then come back," Tang Tian said resolutely, gritting his teeth.

  "Recruit one hundred long knife soldiers and ten squad leaders", Tang Tian said to himself as he looked at the tightly closed military camp in front of him.

  "Recruit 100 Longsword Soldiers and 10 Decurions, costing 1250 Divine Coins. Confirm recruitment?"

  After confirming in his mind, Tang Tian also received a prompt.

  "Confirmed," said Tang Tian with certainty.

  Hehehe~~!

  Just as Tang Tian confirmed the recruitment was over, the large military camp gate in front of him slowly opened.

  Looking inside from the open gate, Tang Tian found that the space inside was extremely large and not as gloomy as he had imagined, but rather very bright.

  And at this time, in the center of the military camp, a circular pattern with a diameter of ten meters was carved in the middle. There were some strange patterns and symbols on the pattern that Tang Tian couldn't understand at all.

  However, before he could study the pattern further, Tang Tian saw that the pattern suddenly lit up and slowly rotated, getting brighter and brighter until a blinding flash of light passed, forming a black hole above the pattern, dark and ominous, leading to who-knows-where.

  Just as Tang Tian was stunned, a team of people wearing gray leather armor and holding long knives slowly walked out from the cave entrance. These people moved in unison, and each person's face had a serious expression.

  In the end, these people walked out of the black hole and through the military camp gate to stand before Tang Tian. There were exactly one hundred of them, neither more nor less, arranged in a neat square formation.

  One hundred people marched in unison, their footsteps shaking the ground as if it were trembling.

  They stopped at a place not far from Tang Tian, and these people suddenly knelt down on one knee, "Greetings, Master. We have been summoned by you, and we swear to follow you to the death."

  Uh... Tang Tian was momentarily stunned by this sudden display, but he quickly regained his composure and said: "Never mind the formalities, you all go wait over there for a bit, I'll summon some more people."

  "Ah-ha!" Boom boom boom...

  When Tang Tian's words fell, the hundred people shouted in unison, especially on this quiet morning, it was so abrupt. Immediately, these people stood up, divided into two parts from the middle, walked neatly to both sides, and stood there motionless like a statue.

  These people had just stood up when another group of ten came out from that hole in the center of the military camp.

  These men wore black iron armor and held sharp long swords. Whether it was their eyes or expressions, Tang Tian felt that these ten people were even more ferocious than the previous hundred people.

  Ten people came before Tang Tian, lined up in a row, then knelt on one knee and said: "Greetings, Master. We were summoned by you, and we swear to follow you to the death, to charge into battle for you, and to die for you without regret."

  "I suppose these ten men are the Ten Squad Leaders? The previous ones must have been the Long Blade Soldiers, but this money was well spent, as it's clear that these ten squad leaders are much more formidable than those soldiers." Tang Tian thought to himself.

  "Get up, all of you! Then each take ten long knife soldiers and divide into ten small teams. Wait for my command," Tang Tian ordered.

  "Ah-huh."

  The ten decurions responded in unison and then went their separate ways to allocate troops.

  Tang Tian had thought that he would have to lead the team and assign tasks himself, but it seemed like he didn't need to worry about it at all. The ten squad leaders went to either side of the troops, and then Tang Tian saw the hundred long knife soldiers automatically divide into ten teams of ten people each, standing behind their respective squad leaders in a neat and uniform manner, as if they had been training for a long time.

  "Hey, not bad at all. I don't even need to worry about it, and it's quite impressive too. This money is well spent," Tang Tian thought to himself with a hint of pride.

  "There are over 3,700 divine coins left. What kind of troops should I summon next? Archers are a must, but not too many. Then there's the long spearman as the vanguard, also a must-have. And some axe-wielding troops would be good too, after all, we've summoned everything else, might as well complete the lineup." After thinking for a moment, Tang Tian confirmed in his mind what kind of troops and how many he would summon next.

  "Summon fifty long spear soldiers, fifty axe head soldiers, fifty archers and fifteen squad leaders." Tang Tian muttered to himself.

  "Confirm summoning 50 Long Gunners, 50 Axe Warriors, 50 Archers, 15 Decurions, costing 2525 Demon Coins. Confirm summoning?"

  "Affirmative," Tang Tian said fiercely.

  Tang Tian confirmed it and a team of soldiers walked out from that cave entrance in the military camp.

  Fifty men wearing white iron armor holding sharp long spears, fifty men wearing white iron armor holding long-handled large axes and fifty men wearing leather armor holding longbows with quivers on their backs, finally fifteen men wearing black iron armor holding sharp swords.

  Tang Tian divided these teams into groups of ten, with fifteen captains in charge.

  Summoning so many troops at once, Tang Tian's divine demon coins were depleted in an instant. Originally 5,030 divine demon coins, after a round of summoning, only around 1,000 were left, not even enough to cover one month's military salary.

  Fortunately for Tang Tianqing, these people didn't have to give them military pay now, it should be a month later, this period of time was enough for Tang Tian to get as many divine coins as possible.

  "Heavens, I've only just realized that the military is actually the most expensive thing. This is just a troop of several hundred people, what about in the future when there are tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of troops? How much money will that cost?" Tang Tian thought to himself, feeling helpless. Thinking about how much money all those troops would need, Tang Tian almost felt like he was going to die.

  But he believes in the principle that there is always a way when you reach the mountain, and he will definitely get enough God Coins at that time.

  "Now, the long knife soldiers from left to right are divided into squads one to ten, other troops are the same, your names start with the troop type, for example I am called Long Knife Soldier One Squad, the corresponding squad should know that fifty is calling you, do you understand?" Looking at these people, Tang Tian ordered.

  It is convenient for management and also facilitates the issuance of orders.

  "Yes, as you have arranged, milord." The chorus of over 200 people echoed in unison.

  Just then, a squad of ten archers led by the nearest officer to Tang Tian came before him and said respectfully: "Sir, please grant us enough military rations, so we can fill our bellies and charge into battle for you."

  Geez, it's already time to eat, Tang Tian thought silently in his heart.

  However, Tang Tian knew the reason why hungry soldiers couldn't go to battle, so he waved his hand and took out more than 10,000 kilograms of rice from the storage ring and piled it in front of these people, saying: "It was my mistake, I forgot about this, you can take this rice to cook."

  "Thank you, sir," the squad leader said with a bow, then waved his hand and the ten soldiers behind him came forward to move the grain. All of these grains were moved into the military camp.

  With curiosity, Tang Tiandao wanted to see how they cooked.

  But what surprised Tang Tian was that after these rice were moved into the military camp, in a short while, these people carried out large buckets of cooked rice, and then these soldiers also took out large bowls from nowhere, and went to get the rice in an orderly manner. Then one by one they ate it down, without any dishes... (Don't ask me, I don't know either)

  "As expected, it's a product of the Demon God System, not something that we can comprehend. Although it doesn't make sense scientifically, but what's the point of talking about science or not when the world has become like this?" Tang Tian thought to himself in dismay.

  However, what made Tang Tian astonished was that when these people were eating, there was always another half keeping watch on the side, and only after those people finished eating would they switch to let the other half go eat. This was obviously a well-trained phenomenon, not chaotic at all.

  The commotion here has already startled the people of Shijiazhuang Village, and they all appeared in the distance, quietly watching. However, seeing so many strange soldiers with angry eyes, not a single person dared to come forward.

  Of course, there are exceptions to everything, and now Zhao Daniu's siblings and Liu Xin have arrived at Tang Tian's side.

  "Tang brothers, where did you get this from? Awesome!", Zhao Daniu asked with a face full of envy.

  "Summoned from the military camp, it's done after transferring jobs. Oh, weren't you supposed to lead people to dismantle other uninhabited houses? How did you end up here?" Tang Tian asked back.

  "Hmm, I'm just curious, that's all," said Zhao Daniu, turning around and leaving.

  "Brother Tian, you're so amazing! Are they all your soldiers?" Liu Xin came to Tang Tian's side and hugged his arm in her arms, asking with a naive face. Even the title of "Tang Big Brother" had changed to "Tian Gege" overnight.

  Feeling the softness and refreshment of the arm touching, Tang Tian thought of the morning's events again, suddenly feeling embarrassed, especially under Zhao Yue'er's disdainful gaze, so he had to say: "Yes, they were all summoned by me, and they all listen to me."

  "Haha, I knew Brother Tian was the most awesome!", Upon hearing Tang Tian's affirmative answer, Liu Xin seemed even more thrilled than Tang Tian.

  "Hmph, no matter how powerful, they're still rascals. They won't even spare a little girl like this," Zhao Yue'er said with a cold hum, her face full of disgust.

  For some reason, Tang Tian felt that there was a sour smell on Zhao Yue'er's body...