Global Coming: Farming with my sister-in-law in the end times

Chapter 693 Hidden Achievement: Choosing a Territory Blueprint.

Most lords now realize the importance of these machines, which can significantly speed up their resource gathering time.

So they all went to the market channel to collect blueprints and headed to the machinery factory to build them.

Of course, it will take them quite a long time to develop to the scale of Cao Xing's territory.

……

"Rumble..."

A fleet of black transport vehicles slowly drove into the territory, carrying a large number of staff.

After jumping out of the truck bed, the staff rushed to the canteen immediately!
After a long day of work, they were starving and all they wanted to do was have a big meal!
However, when they stepped into the cafeteria and saw the sumptuous food laid out on the table, everyone's faces immediately lit up with surprise!

"Gods above! What a sumptuous dinner tonight!"

"Yes! There's lots of bread, and steaming hot stew and vegetables!"

"My goodness... this is so lavish!"

"Haha, this must be the lord's reward for us!"

At the same time, Da Hua, who was in charge of the entire kitchen, stood at the door with a relieved smile on her face and said, "Everyone, the food is ready, you can start eating."

In an instant, the staff rushed into the canteen, eagerly picked up their utensils, and began to enjoy this long-awaited delicious meal!

Everyone was wolfing down their food, their pupils dilated!
Almost half a month later, they finally got to eat a sumptuous meal.

Nothing brings more happiness than enjoying a hot and steaming dinner on a cold winter's day.

The people sat around the table, their faces beaming with happiness.

……

At the same time, Cao Xing, who was taking stock of the territory's supplies, suddenly saw a message in front of him.

During this snow disaster, thanks to your decisions, the safety of all citizens was ensured, and no citizen loyalty decreased during this period.

After the disaster, abundant food was prepared for all the people, increasing their overall happiness.

[Unlock Special Achievement: Guardian of the Snowstorm]

[Achievement Rewards: Pure Fragment*10, Primal Snowflake Mark*1]

……

Upon seeing this notification, Cao Xing's eyes showed surprise.

"Oh? Did this trigger a hidden achievement?"

"Wow! A reward of 10 Pure Fragments! That's a really good reward!"

You should know that this material is used to forge legendary equipment.

Cao Xing only received 10 fragments as a reward for ending the Bloodstained expansion last time, despite doing such a big thing.

This time, 10 more hidden achievements were given out, making the rewards quite generous.

Although he acquired over a thousand 'pure fragments' through this transaction, it does not diminish the preciousness of this material.

Cao Xing nodded in satisfaction, and at the same time noticed something else behind him.

"And what is this original snowflake imprint?"

With a hint of doubt, Cao Xing took the item out of his backpack.

A glistening snowflake appeared out of thin air in my palm, shimmering brightly under the lighthouse's illumination.

You can still feel a chill coming from it.

It looks just like a real snowflake.

However... even under the continuous heat emanating from the territory's energy tower, the snowflake showed no signs of melting.

"Something strange..."

With a look of doubt, Cao Xing glanced at the attributes.

[Original Snowflake Imprint (Orange)]

[Quality: Epic]

[Item Type: Accessory]

【Equipment Special Effect ①: Spirit +100, Constitution +50】

【Equipment Effect ②: Primal Snowflake Protection (When activated, it envelops the user in the power of primal snowflakes, isolating the surrounding wind and snow within a one-meter radius of the user's body.)

Duration: 3 hours, Cooldown: 5 hours

……

After reading the properties of this snowflake, Cao Xing's eyes showed surprise again.

"This thing is actually a piece of equipment? And it's an accessory at that?"

This was somewhat beyond his expectations.

As the type of equipment in this world that provides the least attribute bonus, Cao Xing hasn't acquired any accessories for some time.

Although the increase in attributes is small, its advantage is that it does not occupy an equipment slot, and each person can equip three pieces.

"Not bad, not bad, the special effects are pretty good."

"This way, I can walk freely in blizzards or windy weather."

Satisfied, I wore it on my chest.

The snowflake looked as if it were glued to the [Great Lich's Frost Soul Robe], appearing very natural.

Cao Xing shook his robes and then prepared to return to the lord's castle.

Just then, a series of machine roars came from overhead, as if some enormous object was flying in the air and rapidly approaching.

Cao Xing turned around to look.

Under the lighthouse's illumination, a tall figure soared through the air.

The metallic outline gleamed coldly under the lights; it was the Earth Dragon Mech.

Several small, thin figures were also hanging on the mecha.

Those were Elisa, Tong Chuchu, and others.

Beside the mecha followed an ice crystal dragon whose entire body was covered in frost-white scales.

They flew together toward Cao Xing.

The voice could be heard even before the person arrived.

"My lord, Elisa is back!"

"Big brother……"

"Yin——"

Cao Xing smiled and shook his head, then went to meet him.

"Boom..."

The Earth Dragon Mech flew over quickly and landed steadily on the ground.

Elisa, Tong Chuchu, and the others jumped down from above, their faces beaming with excitement.

They approached Cao Xing excitedly, recounting their combat experiences from the day.

Cao Xing listened patiently to their stories with a smile on his face.

Elisa exclaimed excitedly, "In that cave dweller's cave, Bingbing wouldn't listen to me and insisted on rushing up by herself, and then she got trapped in the trap."

"Many cavemen are preparing to attack it, and the caveman leader inside has also been mobilized."

"At the critical moment, it was Captain Elisa who stepped in and killed all the cavemen with a single arrow."

"Hmph! Aren't I amazing!"

She spoke smugly, seemingly expecting praise from Cao Xing.

“Yin——!”

Bingbing, standing to the side, let out a series of dragon roars, expressing her strong protest, as if to say that things were not as Elisa had described at all.

Cao Xing smiled and patted Bingbing's head.

After feeling his reassurance, the ice crystal dragon quickly calmed down and became extremely obedient.

Bingbing didn't just regard Cao Xing as her master.

At the same time, it was also because he possessed a power of ice within him, as well as the power of the dragon Krakato.

This power made Bingbing subconsciously regard Cao Xing as one of her own kind, which is why she was so close to him.

Tong Chuchu, who was standing nearby, said, "Big brother, Bingbing had already reached the fourth rank, the maximum level, at noon today."

"Then I used the expert-level power heart you gave me to help Bingbing break through to the fifth rank."

"It has now reached level 45."

After hearing this, Cao Xing also turned his gaze to the ice crystal dragon in the air.

After a full day of fighting and training, the young dragon seemed to have grown even larger.

However, it's not very obvious, and it still retains the form of a young dragon.

I glanced at Bingbing's attributes.

After becoming a fifth-tier creature, its health points skyrocketed to 100 million.

This growth rate is absolutely terrifying!

Cao Xing nodded in satisfaction and praised, "Well done, Little Chu Chu."

“And Elisa, you’re great too.”

After receiving his praise, both girls smiled.

Elisa, in particular, was grinning foolishly from the side.

At this moment, Tong Chuchu seemed to remember something and said, "Oh right, big brother, these are things we scavenged from that caveman tribe. Here you go."

After saying that, she handed over a backpack.

After Cao Xing took it, he moved all the contents inside over.

[Obtained: Tier 5 Cave Dweller Leader Soul *1]

[Obtained: 3 Tier 4 Cave Dweller Elite Souls]

[Obtained: 5244 sticky objects]

[Obtained: Snow Mushroom Seed (Blue) *102] [Obtained: White Iron Birch Seed (Purple) *33]

[Acquired: Old Languages ​​(Books)]

【get……】

……

In addition, there was a whole bunch of miscellaneous materials.

Cao Xing glanced at them and realized that the most precious items were the four soul fragments and the seeds of over a hundred magical plants.

The harvest was pretty good.

He put it into his backpack and looked up at the two little girls.

"Chuchu, Elisa, you two take Bingbing back to rest first."

"You'll be coming out with me the day after tomorrow."

"This time, we're planning to visit another country."

Before Xiao Chuchu could react, Elisa's eyes lit up!

She exclaimed excitedly, "To another country?! Is this true, my lord?!"

Cao Xing chuckled and nodded, "Of course, and the place we're going to this time will be very lively, with lots of fun things to do."

At that moment, Elisa was so excited she almost jumped up.

"Long live the lord!"

"I've never left the Ice Crystal Kingdom in my entire life, this is amazing!"

Tong Chuchu, who was standing next to her, also seemed very excited.

Cao Xing smiled and shook his head, saying, "Now, you should all go back and rest, and then wait for my orders."

"As you command, Lord Lord!"

Elisa straightened up and quickly left with Tong Chuchu and Bingbing.

Watching them walk away, Cao Xing smiled and shook his head.

"Next, let's give these magical plant seeds to Neve and Juliet to plant."

He searched around the city wall and soon found the two beautiful sisters, and handed the seeds over to them.

After doing all this, Cao Xing returned to the vicinity of the territory's buffer zone.

He thought to himself, "Tomorrow, the lords of the Starfire Legion should bring their staff over."

"Now that I've stockpiled enough resources in my territory, I can officially start construction tomorrow."

"However, before that, we need to have construction sketches."

Shortly after the bloody chaos ended, Cao Xing gathered a group of administrators in his territory to discuss the matter of building a city.

He entrusted Edward with the task of drawing up the blueprint for the entire territory.

I wonder how the painter's work has progressed after so many days.

So Cao Xing pressed the communication device on his ear, "Edward, come to the buffer zone."

"By the way, bring the blueprints you've been drawing these past few days so I can take a look. Construction will begin on our territory tomorrow."

Upon hearing Cao Xing's voice, there was a brief silence on the other end of the communicator.

Then came Edward's slightly nervous voice: "Yes...yes...Lord, I'll be right there."

Cao Xing sensed the unease in Edward's tone and couldn't help but think, "Why does this guy sound a little scared?"

"Has he been slacking off for the past two weeks? Has he not been diligently completing his tasks?"

But after thinking about it, I realized it was unlikely.

After all, the painter had always been diligent in his duties within the territory and had never slacked off.

Cao Xing shook his head, not thinking much about it, and waited quietly.

A moment later, a slightly tired figure hurried over.

Edward, carrying a large stack of rolled-up blueprints, quickly approached Cao Xing.

"My esteemed lord, good night." Edward bowed slightly, his tone carrying a hint of respect and trepidation.

Cao Xing nodded, his gaze falling on the blueprints in his arms, and asked, "How's the blueprint coming along?"

Edward took a deep breath and replied solemnly, "My lord, I have been working hard for the past two weeks to draw up the blueprints for the territory."

"However, I encountered some problems during the drawing process, and I found it difficult to choose the most suitable solution."

"So... I drew several different versions."

"Now, please decide, Your Lordship, which version to use."

After saying that, he spread out a large pile of blueprints in his arms and carefully laid them on the ground to assemble them.

There are a total of sixteen blueprints, each depicting a corner of a complete territory.

It's like cutting a cake in half, making it into four slices.

Then, these sixteen drawings were combined to form four different types of territory planning schemes.

Cao Xing glanced at the four versions of the sketch layout, and they were roughly the same as what they had discussed.

The core is still the energy tower.

In the very center of the map, an energy tower stands, next to the lord's castle and the pale tree.

Centered on these three major buildings, rows of buildings began to spread outwards.

Then, together they were divided into four ring areas.

Beyond this fourth ring area lies a large buffer zone and agricultural area, followed by the city wall.

This is Cao Xing's current territory layout.

Then comes the layout of the outer city.

Outside the inner city walls, numerous buildings and well-planned streets appeared.

There are numerous residential buildings and shops, as well as public squares, parks, churches, and other places.

In addition, you can also see the reserved agricultural and industrial areas.

Looking further out, you can see the second ring of walls in the territory, which is the outermost wall.

Cao Xing glanced at it briefly and nodded in understanding.

It seems that the plans in these four sketches are pretty much the same as what they originally discussed.

However, there are some differences in the layout and some of the buildings.

Edward explained from the side, "My lord, each of these four methods has its own advantages and disadvantages."

"The first version of the blueprints focused on defensive fortifications. I reinforced the city walls and planned a large number of defensive arrow towers, watchtowers, and war tools on it."

"Including within the city, there are plans to build many basements to cope with the threat of future war."

Cao Xing glanced at him as he followed his explanation.

The first blueprint does indeed show many arrow towers, and even reserves space for the legendary "Destroyer Tower" to defend other locations.

In addition, there are extensive underground air-raid shelters and passageways connecting the city to the outside world.

If danger arises, the people inside can immediately crawl into the tunnels to evacuate, making it a veritable war city.

He nodded. "Go on."

Edward continued, "The second version focuses on resource gathering and large-scale production, and includes the construction of numerous logging camps, ore sorting plants, and heavy industrial zones."

"My idea is that in the future we can achieve industrialization like the cities where goblins live."

"The third version focuses on the residents' living experience and talent cultivation, and is equipped with supporting living facilities, including a church and a welfare home."

"In addition, there are many vocational colleges, technical colleges, and even magic colleges, etc."

"In this way, we can continuously replenish our territory with fresh blood."

Edward slowly exhaled and continued, "The fourth version leans towards a commercialized city."

"The city is paved with a large number of streets, which are basically interconnected in all directions. There are also exchanges, mage associations, blacksmith associations, alchemist associations, and so on."

"In addition to these, there are also some entertainment facilities."

"If this city is built, with the power of the lord, it will be able to establish a commercial position in the surrounding kingdoms in one fell swoop."

"At the same time, it can also supplement our territory with technical personnel."

Edward finished speaking in one breath.

Then, he looked at Cao Xing and said solemnly, "Please make the decision, Lord!"

Upon hearing this, Cao Xing frowned and began to think seriously.

Each of Edward's four versions has its own strengths and weaknesses.

After a moment's thought, he first eliminated the third version, which focused on the people's daily life experience.

Why make the residents' living experience so good? Good enough is fine.

Once peace is restored, we can consider building a livable city.

As for the cultivation of academic talents and knowledge-based individuals, other versions can also achieve this.

The second version focuses on rapidly gathering resources and building numerous heavy industrial zones to facilitate future industrial development.

That's a good option; we can tentatively decide.

As for the first version, it was designed as a war city...

Cao Xing shook his head: "There's no need for that."

After all, the defenses in his territory were already strong enough.

A legendary expert could easily emerge and suppress all external enemies.

If one isn't enough, bring two; if two aren't enough, bring a whole bunch. No matter what kind of enemy you are, we'll sweep them all aside.

"So... in the end, it's a choice between the second and fourth versions."

Cao Xing's gaze lingered on the two versions of the blueprints, his brow furrowed slightly, as if he were weighing the pros and cons.

A moment later, he made the decision: "Let's go with the fourth version. I want to build a commercial city first!"

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(End of this chapter)