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Chapter 1457 The Game Arena 7
As more and more people leave the area around the territory, and no one is fighting monsters there, monster attacks on the territory become more frequent, and soon some territories disappear from the player's system panel.

Linlang's system panel showed that previously, their region, which was a region with one million people centered on her, had about a thousand territories.

In just a few days, a hundred territories have already disappeared; the losses are quite rapid.

With a hundred territories disappearing, the residents near these territories naturally began searching for other nearby territories, and thus many people came to Linlang's territory.

After these people entered, they discovered that Linlang's territory was so cheap. Not only were the fees for official residents low, but the food and equipment sold in places like the canteen, blacksmith shop, and tailor shop were also very cheap. The water supply from the well was also much more plentiful. There were also many tasks to do in the territory, allowing people to earn money without leaving the territory. Naturally, many people were willing to pay to become official residents.

Putting everything else aside, let's talk about the water supply from the well. In their previous territory, a level one territory, the well only supplied fifty liters of water a day. The lord didn't let people use it for free; he even charged for it. It was just a little cheaper than buying it in the market. Before they came to Linlang, they thought this was normal. After all, it was cheaper than buying it in the market, which was already pretty good.

Upon arriving in Linlang's territory, we discovered that the level-two well could supply 1,000 liters of water per day. Each official resident was provided with one liter of water free of charge each day. The free water supply period was in the morning, and anyone who wanted free water could come and collect it in the morning. In the afternoon, those who had collected water felt that one liter was not enough, or temporary residents, could come and buy water if there was still water in the well. However, the price was very cheap, only one copper coin per liter, which was almost free.

In fact, the area of ​​a level 2 territory is quite large, and Linlang's territory is rich in groundwater. If Linlang wanted to, she could build more level 2 wells. However, Linlang needs to save more copper coins and materials for now to upgrade to a level 3 territory, build level 3 walls and level 3 arrow towers. So she just needs to make sure everyone has water to drink and hasn't built too many wells.

Everyone sees that once you become a formal resident, you can get free water and earn money by taking on tasks at places like the canteen, farmland, tailor shop, and blacksmith shop. Who wouldn't want to become a formal resident?

Therefore, the number of official residents of the Linlang Territory has already reached several hundred.

Lin Lang has also accumulated enough materials and copper coins, waiting for the territory's population to reach one thousand to upgrade to a level three territory.

That's right. A level 3 territory requires 1,000 people. The number of official residents needed will increase in the future. If you don't accumulate people in the early stages, it will be difficult to upgrade later. After all, it takes 1,000 people to pay 100 copper coins, which is not easy to find. Most people are unwilling to pay this money. If the territory doesn't offer any good benefits to entice temporary residents to pay, it will be difficult to upgrade.

Based on the memories of the original world, everyone later realized that, initially, level one territory corresponded to the level of monsters that appeared at the beginning of the game, level two territory corresponded to monsters with an average level of five, level three territory corresponded to monsters with an average level of ten, level four territory corresponded to monsters with an average level of fifteen, and so on down to level five.

If you upgrade your territory before the monsters outside reach the corresponding level, the territory will quickly become overwhelmed by the attacks of high-level monsters. Although monster levels are similar to humans, the higher the level, the more experience is required and the harder it is to level up. So, it might only take ten days for monsters outside to level up to an average of level five (three days for the player's newbie period plus seven days for the territory's newbie period), but it would take twenty days to level up from an average of level five to an average of level ten, and even longer to level up from an average of level ten to an average of level fifteen. However, the number of official residents required for territory upgrades is also becoming increasingly staggering. A level three territory requires one thousand official residents, and a level four territory requires five thousand official residents.

One hundred official residents are easy to gather, but one thousand, five thousand, or even ten thousand or fifty thousand are extremely difficult. This is why Linlang started gathering people from the very beginning. Otherwise, if she wanted to gather ten thousand or fifty thousand residents at the last minute, where would she find them in such a short time? It's not as easy as gathering one hundred in the Zongheng Territory before. After all, one hundred and ten thousand are not the same thing.

Linlang usually upgrades her territory level once she meets the requirements. This is not only to get the first upgrade reward, but also because the higher the level, the stronger the wall defense, the less damage monsters do to the wall, and the longer she can repair the wall. Otherwise, she would have to repair the wall every now and then, which would consume a lot of resources. So it would be not worthwhile not to upgrade when she meets the requirements.

Because people in the vicinity can see the names of nearby territories, there are also semi-official territories that recruit people in this way. Most of them use official names to recruit people, hoping to re-establish order.

Needless to say, people generally trust the official authorities, so some people will definitely join at the beginning. As long as the territory isn't too far away, people are more willing to go to the official territory. If it's too far, people are afraid of encountering powerful monsters or being surrounded by too many monsters on the way, so they won't dare to go.

But once they joined, they discovered that the other party wasn't an official territory at all. It was just someone who used to work at the company, using the official name to attract more people to come and make their territory even better.

Therefore, the various fees were not cheap, and soon people realized they had been tricked and left.

Since I'm just a temporary resident, leaving is very convenient.

It's normal that there isn't a real official territory, because the apocalypse happened in an instant, and it happened on a weekend when people don't work. Officials were probably at home and not gathered at their workplaces, so they were all scattered. And these scattered people might not have gotten the Lord's Token during the three-day newbie period, since the drop rate of this token is not high and it is difficult for a few high-status local people to get it.

Since the token can only be used by the holder and cannot be transferred, it is normal that there is no official territory.

In fact, Linlang suspected that if the game arena was manipulated by someone, it might be deliberately set up to prevent the establishment of a real official territory and the restoration of social order. It was possible that pre-apocalyptic officials would be unable to obtain the Lord's Token. After all, it wouldn't be difficult for the person who set up the game arena. They were in charge of their own world and could set it up however they wanted. Just like Linlang, she could also set up some obstacles in her territory, such as blocking the existence of Yong'an Territory from her ex-boyfriend's family, so that they wouldn't come to Linlang's territory and make her feel uncomfortable.

She just needed to watch from afar as that family struggled to survive, and deal with them when she had time.