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Chapter 1505 The Game Arena 55
The caravans are usually made up of the elite players. After all, who would dare to roam around if they weren't elites? With these elites in the territory, the territory is naturally safer. Every time they go out to trade, they will kill any monsters they encounter near the territory, which will ensure the safety of the area around the territory.

Unlike those territories with fewer elites, where people are afraid to go out and fight monsters and only want to find some quests to do in the territory, in such territories, the monsters around them will grow stronger and stronger if they are not eliminated, and it will be easier to break into the territory.

Conversely, in Linlang's territory, fewer monsters mean greater safety, which is a hidden benefit that attracts a large number of elites.

Therefore, you can't just look at the small amount of copper coins you receive on the surface; the hidden benefits brought by good welfare are far greater than those copper coins.

Meanwhile, Linlang's highest-level territory is now level seven, and he has conquered over a thousand territories.

The original Yong'an territory, after being upgraded to a level seven territory, not only has 100,000 official residents and a large number of temporary residents, but also a considerable number of lord-like castles.

After reaching level seven territory, Linlang discovered that the castle could be upgraded. A level two castle could accommodate more people and naturally had a larger area.

Linlang felt that this was more like a territory that didn't require a token.

Linlang discovered that some territories at level six and above do not build castles because they are afraid that if too many small groups gather in such castles, they might attack the territory and seize its ownership.

Linlang was speechless after reading it. A castle with a few hundred people could attack a level six or seven territory?
This isn't the second-tier territory we used to have; how could a few hundred people possibly take it down?

If they really wanted to fight, they could automatically gather even without castles and then attack the territory. What's the point of not building castles or allowing people to rent them?

Because some territories do not build castles, some people have come to Linlang's territory, and they all want to own their own territory. These people are usually the elites of the territory.

So Linlang unintentionally strengthened herself, because when monsters or people from other territories besieged the city, she could issue counterattack missions, at which point the powerful elites in the territory could come in handy.

It will definitely come in handy, at least during monster sieges.

As for someone attacking the territory, even if not everyone is willing to help the territory fight back against the invaders, since they are afraid that if they fail to defend it, they will offend the new lord. However, a generous reward will surely attract brave men. At critical moments, if Linlang's reward is very generous, there will definitely be people willing to help.

In other words, no matter what, the more elites a territory has, the safer it is.

Although there are engineer battalions, maintaining engineers costs a lot of money. Even if they are not hired normally, the basic support alone is a considerable expense. Moreover, they must be hired normally to train and level up, otherwise they will be useless if their level cannot keep up.

Players are different. Normally, you don't need to pay them. When enemies or monsters attack the city, you issue counterattack missions. Although you still have to pay them a lot of money, it's definitely cheaper than raising engineers.

Of course, we can't rely entirely on these elites. They might go all out to help the territory when dealing with monsters, but they might just stand by and watch when facing invading enemies. In that case, the engineer battalion with 100% loyalty is naturally better than the elites.

Therefore, both have their own advantages and disadvantages.

Although their territories are growing larger, they are still subject to attacks from others. Of course, some lords have also made appeals on the lord forums, saying that it is already difficult enough for humans to fight monsters, and that humans should stop fighting each other and only fight monsters from now on, instead of attacking other territories.

Once a territory is listed on the leaderboard, lords not only have access to the leaderboard but also a forum for discussion.

However, unlike level 20 players who can only discuss things in their own region, lords can discuss things together all over the world.

After all, there weren't many lords who could make it into the rankings at the beginning. Even if the whole world discussed it together, there was no need to worry about the officials of various countries jumping out to try to control the situation, because they definitely couldn't control it, since this wasn't a group of people from all countries.

Moreover, it's unknown whether any of these lords are from the official faction. After all, according to Linlang's guess, the game's organizers would definitely consider the possibility of the official faction gaining support in the game and would try to control the situation to prevent it from happening.

Sure enough, on the Lords Forum, an official representing a certain country attempted to organize players to help each other and fight against the game arena. Immediately, someone questioned what evidence he had that he was an official and could represent the government.

Now that the internet is completely gone, the only way people can communicate online within the system is through an unknown network, not the network of this world. Therefore, it's impossible to connect to the network from before the apocalypse and retrieve data from that time to prove one's identity.

As a result, all these official statements that came forward ultimately came to nothing.

This was also within Linlang's expectations. If the game field were truly a game field for higher-dimensional beings, how could they allow officials from various countries to organize people to fight against each other? Naturally, they would make everyone play according to their plan.

Linlang actually wanted to see how the people behind the game would react if someone organized people to fight against the game. She wanted to use this reaction to guess the other party's identity or investigate their background. After all, if the people behind the game reacted, they might expose some clues.

She wasn't afraid of the other party reacting; what she feared most was that the other party wouldn't react at all, and she wouldn't be able to find anything wrong.

Leaving aside what unofficial sources say about players helping each other and competing in the arena, let's just say that when a lord proposed not to attack each other, some people agreed, some opposed, and some remained neutral.

Those who agree are either those whose territory is not powerful enough to defeat others, or those who have a sense of justice.

Neutrality refers to those who remain uninvolved and mind their own business.

Needless to say, those who oppose it are definitely those who think they are great, that they can beat others, and who are ambitious and want to become the king of a bigger world.

When the territories were first introduced, people discovered that each territory was essentially an independent kingdom, and the lord was like the king of these independent kingdoms, able to do whatever he pleased within his own territory.

It is precisely because of this characteristic that some people are ambitious. After all, the larger their territory, the higher their status. Just like before the end of the world, the status of the leaders of large countries and the leaders of small countries is definitely different.

So, if it's just a small territory, even if someone is like a king in their own territory, in the eyes of a lord of a large territory, the other party is not on the same level as them at all. After all, a lord of a large territory may have many such small territories under his control. In this case, what is the lord of a small territory? In the eyes of a lord of a large territory, he is just a second-level territory.