Why is my territory in a 2D anime art style?

Chapter 110 The Ice Fog Tide and the New Blueprint Library

For three consecutive days, news of the Zhao family did not spread widely.

Only the Line 7 transport team knew about it; Wang Zhen told him this in casual conversation today.

No one thought it was an attack; everyone agreed that the territory had been attacked by a group of mid-level fire-attribute source beasts.

Sui An only received a phone call, and he couldn't deduce what happened that night from such a small amount of information. Whether it was Li Chiming who broke through the city alone or the New Moon City army that launched the attack, he didn't know.

As for the Zhao family, they have all been captured, so they naturally won't come out to seek revenge like Zhang Rui's mother.

Without the victims' tragic stories, they are at most just topics of conversation during meals.

Sui An could only remain silent for now and wait for an opportunity.

"Zhao Yuan's territory was destroyed by the Source Beasts?"

He Chong quickly sat up from the recliner, his pupils contracting, and he almost crushed the paper book in his hand.

"He has level 3 blue walls, level 3 blue cannons, and a terrain advantage. There's no Blood Moon Rift nearby. What kind of source beast could possibly wipe out his territory?"

A new guard stood beside him, who looked to be in his thirties or forties, with a somewhat weathered face and a deep, resonant voice.

"According to the transport team, it might have been a group of mid-level fire-attribute source beasts. The site has been reduced to ashes, making it difficult to identify."

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"Ha~ha~ha~" He Chong suddenly burst into laughter, throwing the book in his hand away.

"Good riddance! Good riddance!"

Suddenly, his face contorted, and his voice became somewhat harsh.

"Why didn't they destroy that little bastard's territory?!"

However, the middle-aged guard standing to the side did not show any happy expression. He was unmoved by He Chong's emotions and instead had a stern face.

"Young Master He, I think we should also increase our outposts. A source beast capable of wiping out a high-level level three territory should not be underestimated. If it wanders over, it could be very dangerous."

He Chong was interrupted, and his expression froze for a moment, but he quickly returned to his previous lazy demeanor.

"Uncle Gao, you can arrange these things. How much of the copper ore core has been collected from my mother's side?"

"We've already received 63 of them, which is 37 short of our target. We should be able to collect them all this week."

"Excellent! Once my copper wall is built, I'll no longer fear these low-level source beasts!"

He Chong smiled coldly. He lay back in his chair, waved his hand, and Gao Qi nodded slightly before walking out of the room.

Faint whispers could still be heard inside the room, barely audible.

"I can open the rift every time there's a blood moon. I'm definitely no worse than that damned orphan—"

Unbeknownst to him, He Chong had lost the desire to destroy Sui An's territory, and his tone was bitter with a hint of barely perceptible envy.

"Bang!"

The door was suddenly opened from the outside, and Gao Qi's weathered face instantly reappeared before He Chong's eyes.

He Chong, who was muttering to himself, suddenly turned red and his face flushed. He was about to get up and curse when Gao Qi beat him to it.

"Young Master He, the ice fog tide is coming!"

"What?!"

"Is this the ice fog tide?"

Wang Hu looked into the distance and sighed sincerely.

In the distance, the ice-blue fog, tens of meters high, swept across the land like a tsunami, stretching almost to the horizon on both sides of the north. The endless fog stretched for thousands of miles, as if the gods had draped a thick quilt over the earth, trying to cover the entire land.

Dark clouds overhead obscured the sun, and fog covered the ground for miles.

Of the four people in the territory, only Fang Si had actually witnessed the arrival of the ice fog tide; the other three had only seen it in Jiangcheng.

But under the protective shield of Jiangcheng, the ice fog tide was mostly blocked before it even reached their place.

"Damn, this is shocking!" Sui An also felt that such a natural disaster was simply terrifying to look at.

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"Luckily, Aunt Zhao and the others left after they finished mining yesterday, otherwise they probably wouldn't be able to escape by car now."

"You're truly lucky, otherwise, with the ice mist and fissures in your territory, something terrible might have happened—"

Fang Si sighed. This was luck. It was only one day off. Just thinking about four intermediate professionals crammed into a level 3 territory made her want to cry.

Sui An raised the energy shield. For the next period of time, the shield could not be opened at all. Fortunately, he still had more than 6,000 source stones. This was a sum of money he had been saving for many days in advance to fight against the epidemic. He had even stopped drawing cards.

After thinking for a moment, Sui An adjusted the split mode of the six elemental statues, and the ice demons wandering in the ice mist tide were of varying strengths.

However, the principle of attraction still applies. Most of the higher-level ice demons are attracted to large territories and high-level professionals. In my territory, it is mostly low-level ice demons that linger and attack.

Split mode should be able to handle most Ice Demons.

The icy mist had already silently spread over, and the 20-meter-high energy shield was now completely submerged by the mist, making the light in the territory dim instantly.

"Aww~"

"Hiss~"

"Roar~"

All sorts of strange and unusual sounds spread around the territory, making people feel a little creeped out, and there were even sounds like grinding teeth.

Fang Si subconsciously reached out and covered her sister's ears: "That's the sound made by the ice demons carried by the ice mist tide. There's nothing to be afraid of; they can't get in."

"Boom~ Boom~ Boom~"

The elemental statue closest to the north side automatically launched an attack, seemingly having sensed the presence of the source beast.

The powerful lightning magic bullet rushed into the ice mist, only causing some movement of the ice mist. Even when it exploded in the distance, Sui An could not see the situation in the distance, only a flash of light.

After the first round of lightning attacks, it quietly stopped, as if the ice demon that had entered the attack range had been killed. Sui An didn't even see a shadow of the ice demon.

"These all seem to be level one or two ice demons~"

Sui An's gaze fell on the projection of the detection station below. He could see some sparse green dots approaching his territory, but not a single white dot appeared within 300 meters of his territory.

"You don't need to stay here anymore. I'll keep the protective shield and detection station running 24/7. If there's a real problem, we'll get an alert. This is just the beginning; the bulk of the cargo hasn't even appeared yet."

"Yes, it takes at least seven days, but sometimes it can take twelve or thirteen days. Since you have the means, there's no need to be so tense. If you don't see the sun for so many days, your mental state will only get worse."

Fang Si looked up and saw that Sui An's shield had only extended 20 meters. At this time, the ice mist was about 40 to 50 meters thick, so the area above was also covered, unlike the super-large energy shield in Jiangcheng.

Although the energy shield is no longer completely spherical after the territory level is raised to a certain level, it grows and decreases in height, eventually forming a protective shield like a pot lid.

However, the Great City Lord's shield was still hundreds of meters high, so the ice mist tide could not cover Jiangcheng and was only diverted.

Sui An pulled Wang Hu down the stairs, tightening his collar as he looked at the brother and sister on the other side.

"The temperature is expected to drop even further, Chef, let's have hot pot tonight!"

"Sure, boss, do you like spicy food?"

"A little bit----"

"I can eat spicy food!"

"Tiger, go slice the meat rolls, slice them thinly, and slice a lot."

"good!"

Fang Si stood alone on the watchtower, watching the three people who ran down to the kitchen, her face somewhat stiff.

Although I told you not to be too tense, it was because I was afraid that these three kids who had never had direct contact with me would be under too much pressure, not that I wanted you to relax like this.

Aren't you worried at all that these elemental statues keep making a rumbling sound?

Also, how come you've become so familiar with these two boys in less than ten days?

Is this the legendary power of the blond hair?

The elemental statues were still rumbling, but at a very low frequency.

As usual, Sui An took another look at the projection on the detection station. At this moment, the number of ice demons permeating the ice mist tide was still small, and they were all green dots.

Back inside, the white stone house was noticeably warmer, and there was no longer that chilly draft creeping up on me.

"Hmm, why is the territory core lit up?"

Just as Sui An was about to rest, he suddenly noticed that the core of his territory within his Source Crystal Core Tower was flashing with an unusual light.

But I didn't get any feedback, unlike the excitement I felt when upgrading.

"What's going on?"

Sui An summoned the territory control panel, only to find that it was flashing his [Fantasy Building Blueprint Library].

A feeling of surprise and delight instinctively arose in his heart. Could it be that his cheat system had changed in some way?

I quickly clicked on it.

[A catastrophic elemental mutation has been detected in the ley lines in your location. The limited-time legendary blueprint library is now open.]

Based on the elemental attributes, mutation characteristics, and territory level of this disaster, the limited-time legendary blueprint library will now offer a merit exchange mode. You will draw one blueprint from a pool of gold-tier building blueprints that start at level 1 and have the same elemental attributes as the disaster. This blueprint and its corresponding crafting materials will then be available for exchange.

[Your territory buildings will gain merit points for each disaster-type source beast you defeat. Merit points can be used to exchange for limited-edition blueprints and crafting materials.]

[The limited-time legendary blueprint library will be open for 10 days only. The next opening date is unknown.]

[Once this limited-time legendary blueprint library closes, all remaining merit points will be reset to zero.]

"Golden blueprints!"

Sui An suddenly exclaimed in surprise.

He originally thought it would be the usual purple blueprint library, but he didn't expect to open the gold blueprints this time.

"I never expected that I would be able to access the gold blueprint while in a low-level territory."

"So, disasters are the way I'll obtain golden blueprints in the future?"

Looking back on his years in Jiangcheng, Sui An realized that there were many things that the people of Jiangcheng would call disasters.

First of all, the current ice fog tide only appears when the temperature drops extremely rapidly, and it does not refresh at fixed times or on fixed cycles.

"Windstorms, solar eclipses, dark rain, earthquakes —"

"There are many disasters, but many of them don't involve any source beasts; they are just simple disasters."

"But this pop-up window is talking about anomalies in the earth's veins. Are things like windstorms, rain, and solar eclipses related to the earth's veins?"

Sui An calmed his somewhat restless mind. Thinking too much about these things was pointless; not every disaster was as predictable as the ice fog tide.

He closed the pop-up and looked at the new interface.

[Permanent Drawing Library]

[Limited-Time Epic Blueprint Gallery (Closed)]

[Limited-Time Legendary Blueprint Library (Limited Time: 10 Days)]

【XXXXXXX (Not unlocked)】

【exchange】

"Only the fourth module remains ununlocked. Could it really be the quality indicated by the gold blueprint?"

"Epic, legendary, what's the next quality?"

Sui An shook his head. Wouldn't it be better to just show it directly? Surely the cheat system hasn't figured out what to give him yet?

Clicking into the newly unlocked module, what appears in front of you is no longer a character portrait gacha interface, but a slot machine.

A slot machine displaying four smiley faces, with a button below it flashing slightly, as if inviting you to press it.

"Did you draw these limited-edition blueprints yourself? Why didn't you give me a list to look at?"

After casually making a comment, Sui An clicked the button, and sure enough, the slot machine interface started spinning, with new numbers flashing rapidly on the four reels.

After clicking the button again, the wheel slowly came to a stop and finally selected a number: 0310.

The slot machine slowly dissipated, and a strange, ice-blue humanoid phantom quietly appeared on the interface. But before it could be seen clearly, it vanished completely, revealing the true interface of the drawing library.

There are only three redeemable items listed.

[Goddess's Spirit-Sending Talisman Statue] Exchange Merit Points: 7200

[Ice Spirit Jade] Exchange Merit Points: 1200

[Meteorite Copper] Exchange Merit Points: 600

In the upper right corner of the interface, your current merit points are displayed: 21 points.

This appears to be an Ice Demon that I killed during my mealtime; it's only 21 PM after more than two hours.

"One blueprint, two materials, and it turns out they're not even the same core material anymore!"

"But I still can't open the item information; I have to unlock it myself to see it —"

Sui An was somewhat troubled. He knew nothing about this building except its attributes, but because of the golden blueprint, he couldn't afford to miss it.

After all, even the most magnificent golden building is still better than an ordinary one.

As usual, I clicked on the redemption instructions above and quickly found the information I wanted among a bunch of data.

功勋值是按灾害类源兽的等级计算的，1级源兽1点、2级源兽2点、3级源兽4点、4级源兽8点，以此类推，基本与抽卡的能量兑换比例是一样的。

In other words, if you want a complete golden building blueprint, you need to kill 7200 level 1 Ice Demons, or 1800 level 3 Ice Demons.

Level 1 Ice Demon.

Not to mention the unknown quantity of materials required; based on the price, if you need 1 plus 2, and you want a 5...

The materials for a level-one building would roughly require killing 19200 level-one Ice Demons.

If we convert it to Originium Standard alone, I would have to kill more than three times the number of Rift Originium Beasts I killed a few days ago.

Sui An was filled with doubt: "Good heavens, are there really so many ice demons attacking me?"

If this price were for Originium, Sui An wouldn't find it difficult, since obtaining Originium is much easier than this kill rate.

"However, this time I don't need to consume source stones. As long as I can break even by killing the ice demon, it's fine. Even if I lose a little, it's not a big problem. I'll save the source stones to develop my territory. I still need to prepare a lot of things in advance."

In reality, blueprints and materials are not as cheap and readily available as one might imagine with a cheat code; in fact, it can take a long time to acquire them.

But as Sui An looked out the glass window at the gloomy sky, he suddenly felt a little worried. These days, even if he wanted to spend the source stones, he couldn't.

"I need to think of a way to expand the Ice Demon's attack range!"

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