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

Chapter 120 Expedition Fortress

This is equivalent to spending 410 Originium to buy a level 6 fighter for 15 minutes.

If this thug were a human, I'm afraid it would be very difficult for me to call for backup.

Even with a 3000-coin bounty on his territory, not a single level 6 professional player came to attack him that night.

Some might think it's not worth it, some might be unwilling, some might be considering Sui An's background and assessing the risks, or perhaps they simply don't have the time.

But all of this proves that a Level 6 professional is someone with a certain status in Jiangcheng.

Rumor has it that among the tens of thousands of intermediate professionals in Jiangcheng, perhaps only one-tenth are level 6 professionals, and there are also some life skills professionals among them.

Once you reach the mid-to-high level, the number of life professions actually begins to increase, since they mostly don't need to fight; they just need to practice their skills slowly and endure the test of time.

Even with poor talent, it might be difficult to break through to the advanced level in one's lifetime, but the intermediate level is definitely not too difficult.

Therefore, the cost-effectiveness of level 6 combat professionals is gradually increasing, and their status and value are no longer as high as those of low-level warriors who can wipe out large groups of enemies with a single wave of their hand.

At this moment, he had already been a level 6 fighter for fifteen minutes.

Most importantly, this henchman will not add burden to his territory, nor will he have to worry about triggering the opening of a super-sized rift.

Even when he advances to level 4, this thug will be a true level 6 elite fighter, and he might be able to handle him as long as it's not a high-level professional.

"Did I accidentally become able to run rampant in a mid-level territory?"

But Sui An quickly slapped himself in the face, realizing he was getting cocky again.

"The proportion of elite-level beasts among intermediate-level source beasts is quite high, and lord-level beasts are not uncommon. I seem to have underestimated my level six target. Ice demons are not even worth mentioning."

A level 4 Ice Demon that Fang Si could take down in two hits with buffs is obviously of very low quality and doesn't even qualify as an elite.

His main troublesome attribute is his ability to reassemble his body, but in close combat with professionals, this effect is very limited; you simply don't have the chance to reassemble.

Furthermore, since it is only powerful but lacks source energy to assist its attacks, it is still at a disadvantage in top-level combat scenarios.

After all, Fang Si's equipment can only be described as average. The only things he can boast about are his excellent combat skills, his well-trained physique, and his blue-quality metal-attribute energy skill, [Sky-Piercing Slash].

His armor was all very ordinary, a mix of white and green quality, and the knife in his hand was only a level 4 green quality. As a combat professional, he still had a lot of room for improvement.

The same goes for the erhu; it belongs to the lower-middle level of a level 4 professional. After all, it has only been promoted for a short time and lacks the accumulation in the intermediate level. It is barely even at the intermediate level.

Back then, the level 4 Black Armor Beast King was attacked by Erhu with a level 4 green energy skill, but the scales weren't even broken. To put it bluntly, the weapon and energy skill were both too weak.

Equipment and source energy skills are the two core factors that have the least stable impact on the improvement of combat professionals.

Just like Sui An's level 3 blue chest armor blueprint, which can activate active buffs and directly increase strength by up to 20%, if you get a set of such equipment, you can even defeat elite source beasts of the same level.

If you have a full set of purple armor and a purple source energy skill, you can put up a fight even against a normally developed territory of the same level.

However, combat professionals also need a lot of Originium to train, and unless they have huge financial support or extraordinary opportunities, it is difficult to balance both.

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Fang Si's injuries have finally recovered to about 70-80%. This low-level stage, in the [Solo] mode, still has a very strong healing effect.

Given Fang Si's injuries, it would be extremely difficult for a mid-level combat profession with only the three attributes of water, wood, and light to save him by using their special source energy to perform first aid and immediately administering a mid-level healing potion.

"elder brother!"

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Seeing that Fang Si had woken up, Fang Nian finally stopped crying and started laughing.

"Don't cry~" Fang Si subconsciously got up slowly, but found that the heavy injuries on his body seemed to have disappeared by more than half. He quickly sat up straight and patted his body with his hands, feeling somewhat incredulous.

"Wait, my injuries—are all healed?"

Fang Nian quickly explained, "The boss used this stage to save you."

"This stage?"

Fang Si was stunned. He knew that the active effect of this stage was healing, but he had heard Erhu and the others say that healing a level 4 professional was very slow.

My injuries were so severe that I was almost dying, how could it have such a powerful healing effect?

"Did the boss give me an intermediate-level healing potion?"

"No!" Fang Nian shook her head and pointed to the stage under Fang Si: "It's this stage that's used. The treatment is very effective, and your wounds are healing very quickly."

"Okay~" Fang Si gradually accepted her sister's explanation. After all, Sui An's various strange and wonderful buildings were magical. It wasn't hard to understand that there was a building that could save a Level 4 professional who was on the verge of death.

But he suddenly stood up and looked out of the territory, only to find that the area around the territory was very quiet and there was no sound at all. He quickly looked at his sister and asked.

"Niannian, where's that level 6 giant ice demon?"

"I got killed by a phantom image of a fairy goddess summoned by the boss~"

Fang Nian quietly pointed to Sui An's room. Sui An was still inside and hadn't come out yet, and she didn't know what he was doing.

"It's exactly the same as that statue, it's incredibly amazing."

"What!" Fang Si felt a bit shocked. He had fought against the giant ice demon before, so he naturally knew the level of that ice demon.

Now you're telling me that in a level 3 territory, a level 6 source beast was killed by a level 3 attack. Although this level 6 source beast was an ice demon, which is generally weak at the same level, it is very good at bullying lower-level creatures.

So, what level of architecture is that goddess statue?

"So the territory is safe now?"

Fang Nian nodded: "Yes, it's alright now, it's been more than ten minutes."

His sister's last words silenced Fang Si. The situation didn't look right; he needed time to process things.

Meanwhile, Sui An was inside the house studying the purple trophy.

This was the second purple loot he had actually obtained through the Origin Realm. To be honest, he was very angry that he hadn't gotten any purple loot after killing several level 5 ice demons. Wasn't this just taking advantage of his bad luck?

But when he saw the blueprints this time, he felt that he was still too lucky.

He was very satisfied with the [Source Crystal Core Tower] inside last time.

This time, it was exactly the same, and it was Sui An's first intermediate-level architectural blueprint!

[Building Name]: Expedition Fortress [Building Type]: Single Building [Building Level]: Level 4 (can be upgraded to level 7)

[Building Quality]: Purple [Building Effect]: When you have this blueprint, you will gain an additional evolution option during major stage advancement, which will be designated as Expedition.

After choosing to evolve through expeditions, you need to have the building materials required for that building in order to complete the territory promotion.

Upon successful promotion, you will receive an Expedition Core containing foldable space, capable of carrying a certain number of territory buildings, and allowing you to deploy expedition fortresses in suitable areas.

The Expedition Core has functions such as energy reserve restoration, building control, building repair, source energy resource storage, and soul essence absorption. After the Expedition Fortress is retrieved and returned to the territory, it automatically hands over all soul essence to the territory core, but it cannot learn blueprints or build buildings.

Once the expedition fortress is deployed, a target can be designated to gain secondary privileges, granting them all permissions except for reclaiming the fortress.

Each time the Expedition Core activates the Expedition Fortress, it requires a one-month cooldown before the Expedition Fortress can be retrieved. If the Expedition Core is destroyed, all stored resources and transferred buildings will be destroyed and disappear.

This building can only be constructed during a major stage of territory advancement, requires one territory advancement enhancement, and can only be constructed at a time.

【製造需求】：空晶源能石（0/1）、中级源质材料（0/100）、4级源石（0/80）、

Territory Core Level (Iv4)

【升级需求】：空晶源能石（0/1）、中级源质材料（0/100）、5级源石（0/80）、

Territory Core Level (Iv5)

The densely packed architectural descriptions earned Sui An the title of the most complex building.

Even the gold-colored building description doesn't have this many words.

The details involved even far exceed those of other purple buildings.

This building completely redefined Sui An's vision of the path to becoming a lord.

Sui An didn't know if anyone had revealed this blueprint, but based solely on his limited knowledge of the Origin Realm, he had already discovered a new world.

First, what is the most painful thing for a builder?

Naturally, it's fixed in place. I heard that only when you reach a major stage of advancement can you adjust the core position of your territory once, but that can only be done within the area controlled by the core of the territory.

In other words, when you successfully upgrade your territory to level four, you can roughly shift the core of your territory by 100 meters, and then readjust all your buildings around the new core location. This is roughly equivalent to shifting your territory by 100 meters.

When you break through level seven, that is, one kilometer.

This setup is probably because the Source Realm was worried that the builders would set up their territories too densely in the early stages, causing them to conflict with each other after promotion.

But now there's a building that allows you to direct your territory's firepower to wherever you want.

What benefits will this bring?

The first issue is resources. In the early stages, for safety, everyone will set up their territories in relatively safe areas, like Sui An. The negative effect of this is the lack of wild resources such as minerals and plants, and the source of source beasts will also be dispersed.

Things are different now. You can establish a mid-level territory in those dangerous areas that are rich in resources but also teeming with source beasts. Even if other professionals come to take it, they will have to send out a large number of people, while you will have the advantage of territory. The result is self-evident.

Not to mention, there's a natural paradise right on our doorstep!

Secondly, there's the infighting between territories. If one day, the He family reunites in He Chong's territory, and Sui An wants to destroy the He family, he'll have no choice but to send his men.

But how many troops can you possibly have to fight against a relatively mature territory?

Things are different now; all we need to do is move the fortress right up to the He family's doorstep.

Isn't this a blueprint that would overturn the status of architects?

However, this thing also has a drawback, which is that this purple-quality intermediate core material is probably very difficult to find, and even if you can find the source, the price is probably not cheap.

Suppressing his restless fantasies, Sui An knew that this thing might not be made in a short time, and he would need to find the materials first.

The previous purple blueprint provided him with an auxiliary core, and he had previously envisioned its use based on the information from the [Source Crystal Core Tower].

For example, it could be a special building that can leave its territory, like a floating magic island in a fantasy novel.

Or perhaps it was some kind of second territory, or even something he considered for seizing other people's territory.

But to my surprise, today this [Expedition Fortress] opened my eyes. It doesn't need a subordinate core; it is itself a different kind of subordinate core, a second territory in a sense. Except for not being able to learn blueprints to build structures, it is almost no different from a normal territory.

So what exactly is the use of one's own subordinate core?

Sui An gradually calmed down the turbulent thoughts in his mind and returned to the courtyard, looking around.

The projection on the detection platform was spotless, the ice mist flowed slowly outside the energy shield, and the blood-red moonlight remained intense.

The stage where Fang Si was standing had been closed, and the bloodstains and wounds on his body had disappeared. He was just sitting on the stage with his eyes closed, recovering his energy and strength.

Wang Hu remained seated on the gun emplacement, staring blankly at the distant icy mist, his expression seemingly rather unpleasant.

After noticing Sui An's gaze, she met Sui An's eyes and then lowered her head, perhaps because she was frightened by the terrifying level 6 ice demon just now.

Fang Nian didn't stay by her brother's side any longer; she disappeared, seemingly going to the kitchen to prepare a late-night snack.

Looking at the gray, icy fog outside the courtyard, Sui An suddenly felt a surge of anxiety.

"The territory is still too small. It's small in scale and has few people, so there's almost no room for maneuver when something happens."

"We still need to make a lot of money to develop our territory!"

Even though any low-level territory would perish in today's situation, and even though Sui An survived thanks to the golden building, he still felt that his territory was too weak.

However, this situation will change drastically once you advance to level 4.

Even if all the level 4 professionals I know moved in, it wouldn't cause too much of a burden. The professionals who could have a significant impact on me are mostly level 5 or 6.

"I wonder how long it will take to advance to level 4~"

Sui An sat at the door, not disturbing their rest, but instead took out his notebook and started looking at the accounts.

He has been recording data about the territory, trying to find patterns in advancement through statistics.

When the first-level territory was upgraded to the second level, Sui An extracted approximately 740 source stones of various levels from the source beasts, which, when converted, amounted to no more than 799.

A single piece of level 1 Originium.

This calculation does not include income from selling meat or loot; it only accounts for the Originium obtained from killing Origin Beasts.

When advancing from level two to level three, the amount of Originium was calculated from the beginning, reaching 3084 Originium of each level, equivalent to 6953 level one Originium.

This ratio is approximately one to nine. Of course, Originium is not directly equal to Soul Originium, but it is the closest.

He didn't know whether the Source Realm's will truly calculated it that way; he was merely recording approximate data.

I haven't had time to collect the amount of Originium I need tonight.

However, as of today's daytime, during the Tier 3 territory stage, a total of 8096 Originium stones of various levels have been obtained, equivalent to 1641 Tier 1 Originium stones.

3 yuan.

If we include tonight, it will definitely exceed 2, and may even be three or four thousand more.

This number is enormous, but the main source is the ice demons brought by the ice mist tide. Sui An doesn't know if the soul essence given by the ice demons is different from that of ordinary source beasts.

However, if we treat everyone equally, based on the acquisition of Originium from level one to level three, and including those that haven't been picked up yet, I've already completed about one-third of the task.

He had only been promoted to level 3 for twenty days, and he had experienced a large-scale Blood Moon Rift and two Blood Moons during the Ice Mist Tide. In any of these three instances, in a typical level 3 territory, it would have been a near-death experience.

However, once the ice mist tide passes, the number of times the Blood Moon Night opens the rift will have to be limited, which will definitely lengthen the time it takes for me to advance.

"In other words, if I open the Blood Moon Rift for another two months, it might be about time."

"Am I the fastest leveling builder right now?"