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

Chapter 161 Exaggerated Harvest

Sui An was somewhat surprised; the two employees were very proactive, which made him, the boss, feel a little embarrassed.

"Erhu, do you have any friends you can call over? It's okay if the level is a bit lower this time, since we don't need to rely on them to create more people to open the rift."

Erhu nodded: "We still have people. Not to mention, I can call five more. That's all we can do. It just takes some time to contact them."

Looking at the city wall, Sui Anxin thought for a moment: "Five or six should be enough. I'll talk to Captain Zheng tomorrow and see if he can help me put out a notice, or ask Brother Zhen to help recruit another five or six, so I can get two teams for you as soon as possible."

"Now that we have the means, we should prioritize safety."

Erhu moved quickly, and three people carrying weapons and equipment soon left along the city wall.

Seeing that there were empty spaces on the gun emplacements, Fang Nian behind him became restless.

Fang Si lightly tapped him on the head: "Can't you behave yourself!"

"I also want to do my part for the territory—" Fang Nian said with a shameless smile, giving a high-sounding reason, which made her older brother roll his eyes, but he just wouldn't let her run around.

Fang Si originally wanted to let her sister go down from the city wall, so why would she let her run around?

But Sui An, who was standing to the side, couldn't stand it anymore and waved to Fang Nian repeatedly.

You don't even care about your own sister. Let her play if she wants to; it's not like she's doing anything bad.

Once she stops liking shooting and starts liking blondies, let's see what you do then!

Anyway, the whole area was covered by his Thousand Winds Barrier, so safety was guaranteed.

Fang Nian's eyes lit up, as if she had received a royal decree, and she glanced triumphantly at her older brother.

He quickly ran to the nearest gun emplacement and skillfully took over the task.

A girl who absolutely loves archery and cannon shooting!

Not only is he skilled at shooting, but he also provides his own voiceover for the cannon.

Such a contrasting image left the siblings standing nearby speechless.

Zheng Qiuyu, in particular, stared wide-eyed, as if the well-behaved girl she had seen a couple of days ago was a fake.

"Is this... still that quiet little girl?"

"Is shooting cannons really that fun?"

"Fire the cannon!"

Zheng Xu curled the corners of his lips, almost unable to resist saying, "It's alright, some people like it and some people don't feel anything."

Zheng Qiuyu glanced at his cousin, sensing that there was something fishy about his words and that he harbored ill intentions.

"Take me to try it out, I want to see if it's fun!"

"what?"

Zheng Xu had just been gloating, but he didn't expect the smile to disappear from his face so quickly.

"No way! If my brother finds out, he'll chop me up!"

Zheng Qiuyu glanced at Zheng Xu with disdain: "If you're so scared, then I'll go myself. Let the little sister teach me!"

After saying that, she ran over to Fang Nian's side without a care in the world, and the two girls started whispering among themselves.

"Damn! Another one's gone astray!"

Sui An shook his head helplessly, and quickly turned his gaze back to the illusion, which had begun to flicker.

Before we knew it, 10 minutes had passed.

The illusion has been replaced, and no new source beasts have appeared in the arena for some time now.

The six yellow rock rhinoceroses also seemed to have fallen silent, as if they had unknowingly died in the herd. To be able to kill these things, they must have been targeted by the elemental statues.

It may have had its source energy depleted by the Sin Flame, in which case it can still be killed by the elemental statue's ordinary lightning bolts.

"It doesn't feel much different from when I was in level three."

Sui An sighed. He was a little bored at the moment and even thought about pouring himself a strong cup of tea and getting some fruit to pass the time.

Zhao Feng put down the binoculars, glanced at Sui An, and said irritably, "Fighting against the Rift Beast Tide is the same thing all the time, what difference do you want?"

Sui An shrugged, looked up at the blood moon, and suddenly asked curiously, "Speaking of which, the territory is already level 4, so why are there so few flying source beasts appearing? When I was still level 2, I encountered more than a dozen, and the rest were just one or two scattered around."

"Aren't there many kinds of low-level flying source beasts?"

"Probably because they are flying source beasts!"

Zhao Feng stretched and yawned, saying things that were completely incoherent, leaving Sui An bewildered.

Ye Tengyang, however, smiled and explained, "Perhaps it's because they fly in the sky, and the rifts ultimately expand upwards from the ground. If the height isn't high enough, it might not be attractive enough to flying source beasts."

"If you participate in many defense battles of Jiangcheng, you will find that there are many flying source beasts in the rifts, but overall they are still not as numerous as the walking beasts."

Sui An nodded, but then subconsciously asked about another possibility: "What about those that swim in the water?"

"If there is a large enough body of water near your territory, then it is normal for cracks to appear on the surface of the water."

Ye Tengyang, being knowledgeable and experienced, actually answered the question, pointing to the southwest side.

"There are many water-attribute source beasts in Pinghu. Their source is the random rifts that are born in the wild. If one side of the rift is water, the other side is likely to be water as well. Most of the water-type source beasts that cannot move on land came from this."

Sui An felt his eyes had been opened again: "So that's how it is. I've never heard of these sayings before."

Ye Tengyang seemed to have taken an interest. He glanced outside for a moment, then turned back and began to explain to Sui An again.

"For us, the water is the simplest and most direct source of resources, because many of the source beasts in it will not wander ashore because of the Blood Moon Rift, so the density of source beasts in the water is much higher than on the ground."

"Due to the opening of the water rift, not only will aquatic source beasts come here, but there will also be a large amount of water exchange, and even aquatic plants and algae will be exchanged. In addition, the presence of aquatic source beasts will also indirectly modify the water itself in many ways, thereby increasing the concentration of source energy in the water and creating more resources."

"It is precisely for these reasons that Pinghu is the most popular resource location for ordinary professionals like us."

Sui An had never been to Pinghu, but he had seen it on a map. It seemed that within a seven or eight-kilometer radius of Pinghu, there was no territory...

Land occupation.

"Then why doesn't anyone occupy the area near Pinghu?"

This time, before Ye Tengyang could speak, Zhao Feng said, "It used to exist, but it was breached by a high-level source beast that unexpectedly appeared in Pinghu!"

"It's not just fish that live in the water, but also amphibians. They can be attracted to the shore by the blood moon, and if they get too close, something bad can happen."

"Without sufficient strength, who would dare to easily approach such a large body of water?"

"That's true!"

While Sui An and his friends were chatting, the illusion changed again without them realizing it.

It must be said that the scale of the fourth-order fractures is indeed large, not only in number but also in speed.

At this moment, the entire back side was piled with corpses, and just looking at the height, it had already surpassed the massive rift that occurred in early January.

Sui An could only rearrange the building locations and control the illusion to guide the beast tide from that direction to a relatively spacious open space to the side.

This prevents more corpses from being trampled by later source beasts.

However, no other Level 5 Source Beasts appeared after the rift closed.

Eight more Ice Breath Giant Wolves appeared in their breakthrough forms, but they were lured away by the illusion and wiped out in one fell swoop.

By this point, nearly forty level-four source beasts had appeared, which was indeed a significant increase in scale, but for Sui An, it was not a qualitative change.

Perhaps it's because he used to trigger rifts by defeating professionals of a higher rank, and he's already used to the intensity of killing opponents of higher ranks.

If he had chosen to recruit a dozen or so level-three professionals to help him trigger the rift, perhaps the composition of the source beasts that emerged from the rift would have been somewhat different.

After putting all the buildings back in their places, Sui An stretched.

"All done, that's it!"

"Tomorrow's going to be busy!"

The next day, "Apart from the cellar used for the kitchen, the remaining seven cellars were all filled, containing approximately 200 tons, just enough to store all the level one and two source beasts!"

"The remaining level-three source beasts are still being weighed; they should weigh around 450 tons, more than half again as much as the last time!"

"Level 4 source beast meat, and a level 5 Dark Breath Silver Scale Beast that needs to be appraised in the city."

"Six white loot items, two green ones, and one blue one. They're all materials, so I won't sell them. I'll keep them for myself."

"We've mined 8436 pieces of Originium of various levels, which translates to 20996 Originium. What a bountiful harvest!"

Sui An squatted to the side with a notebook in hand, recording data non-stop, beaming with joy.

This is only the first rift I've opened this month. If more rifts open, the rewards might be even greater.

"Last night's Originium expenditure, including the automatically restored Originium energy, Originium materials, and attribute crystals, totaled approximately 12000 Originium."

"Not bad, I've already earned 9 Originium just by mining it!"

"Tsk tsk tsk~"

Erhu and Wang Zhen stood to the side, constantly making teasing noises.

"We know you're making a lot of money, can't you be a little more dignified!"

"What do you know? I have so many plans right now, waiting for tons of Originium to come together!"

Sui An contentedly tucked the notebook into his pocket, gazing at the busy merchant transport team in the distance, which was even larger than the previous one.

However, the transport teams are also out in full force today, and they'll probably be extremely busy, since last night was a full moon, which means there will be more territories opening rifts.

Judging from the current gains of Sui'an and other territories through the rifts, the difference shouldn't be too great; it just depends on who suffers less loss.

That means you can earn more.

From this moment forward, Sui'an will no longer be that unique, low-level territory that has opened rifts one after another.

In a sense, the income gap between him and other territories will not be as terrifying as that between lower-level territories in the future.

After all, even intermediate territories have forced rifts, and most people won't deliberately wait for a forced rift to open because that represents uncertainty.

Why not take advantage of having enough manpower in your territory and choose a suitable full moon to open the rift?

Erhu suddenly thought of something. He looked around to make sure no one was guarding him before speaking softly.

"I haven't even seen a glimpse of your so-called expedition yet. Shouldn't you show it to me by now?"

"Well, I originally planned to use it as soon as I got promoted, but now the plan has changed and it may be delayed by about a month."

Sui An hadn't expected that Erhu would still be so concerned about the information he saw when he was promoted.

Wang Zhen leaned closer and asked in a low voice, "What expedition? And are there any good things?"

"You'll find out then!"

Sui An declined the offer for a while, then changed the subject to another matter.

"The dark crystal iron ore in that cave has been mined up to almost full. Now they go down there every day, and you're not here. It seems like you're at a disadvantage."

"What loss? Aren't I benefiting from the rift you created?"

Wang Zhen didn't care too much. It seemed that they had discovered the place, but he wasn't the real owner, so there was no need to worry about it too much.

Sui An could have sold all the low-grade source beast meat to the caravan, but he always prioritized selling high-grade source beast meat, which was also a way of taking care of himself.

Based solely on the short-term gains from these past few months, his business has already achieved the top position in this sector, and even in other sectors, it would be considered among the top performers.

Sui An smiled upon hearing this, seemingly recalling how Wang Zhen had advised him a few months ago.

In just six months, the boomerang returned.

He patted Wang Zhen on the shoulder and said in a low voice.

"Hey, I knew you'd say that. As the lord, I'm asking you to keep a share of the profits. It's not exactly an equal split, but you'll still get a cut."

"That's what you told me back then!"

Wang Zhen was somewhat surprised, but he was much more easygoing than Sui An: "Alright, then I won't refuse. Just call me in advance when you need thugs!"

Sui An didn't dwell on the topic. He glanced at the convoy in the distance and noticed that it was almost fully loaded.

He quickly spoke again.

"By the way, Brother Zhen, when you go back this time, could you take some time to recruit some more professionals for me? As long as their level isn't intermediate, it's fine. Could you also check their backgrounds for me?"

Wang Zhen looked at the two of them with surprise: "Aren't we short-handed?"

Erhu chimed in from the side, "Hey, we almost got raided by that Dark Breath Silver Scale Beast last night. Xiao Anzi thinks we still need to use both manual guards and detection stations. Now that our territory is so big, if something goes wrong, it could cause problems for a whole bunch of people."

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"That makes sense. Even with Wang Hu and the others, it would be difficult to manage three shifts with these ten people. Every time someone takes leave, there will be a vacancy. It would be better to hire more people at once, since they don't have that much of an impact on my territory anyway."

Sui An also explained his reasons.

Wang Zhen frowned, somewhat hesitant: "I'm usually at the trading company, so I'm not very familiar with this area. The main problem is that I'm not in the city during the day because I need to drive the trucks. If I rely solely on the night, I might not be able to recruit people quickly."

Sui An patted his head, as if he had oversimplified things, and looked to the side.

"That's true. Erhu, why don't you come back with me for a couple of days? The rift just ended, so a day or two should be fine. Besides, you need to go back to the city to contact people."

Erhu shrugged, indicating that he was fine.

Wang Zhen breathed a sigh of relief: "Alright, then let Erhu come back with me today. He's better at that."

"Old Wang, the goods are weighed, here's the invoice!"

A squad leader walked over, holding a thick stack of forms, which contained information collected from each vehicle.

When these orders are returned to the trading company, they also need to be accounted for there. Generally, they won't falsify the records here; at most, there might be some minor discrepancies.

Wang Zhen quickly reached out and took it: "465 tons of level-three source beasts, which is about 37200 source stones according to today's prices. Team Leader Zheng promised to give you a 5% commission on the level-three source beast meat, so let's round it up to 28000."

"Level 4 is 17 tons, Level 5 is 4 tons. The Level 4 is alright, but that Dark Breath Silver Scale Beast breakthrough body, just this one will make you rich. I estimate it can sell for two or three thousand source stones."

"Are you sure you don't want to let them tow these level four or five source beast meat along with the truck?"

Sui An waved his hand: "No, their family has already moved here. I'd have to rush back after going back, and the journey might not be safe. I might as well do something else."

Wang Zhen belatedly realized that these people could go directly to the secret realm to mine.

"Okay, then I'll bring you the Originium later."

"Old Song, collect the Originium from all the vehicles as well, and we'll take a 25% cut."

"OK!"

The squad leader who handed over the form happily took it back and went to collect the Originium.

Erhu grinned as he watched the squad leader turn and leave.

"Well done, Lao Wang, you're starting to look like a company commander now!"

"Where did this squadron leader come from? The so-called squadron leader is just a few people who drive large transport trucks. What use is he if he has no power or position?"

Wang Zhen casually uttered a couple of words, but in reality, his lips were practically curled into a wide grin.

Sui An glanced at the behemoth in the distance; that large transport truck had a carrying capacity more than three times that of a medium-sized one. A single trip there was truly…

You can earn a lot.

"So, do you want to switch to a larger export vehicle?"

Wang Zhen glanced at it and shook his head: "Forget it, I'll just rely on your territory to make a living. Medium-sized transport trucks can make a little money on a regular trip, so I won't lose money. But large transport trucks consume so much energy, you could really lose money if you're not careful!"

"That's true. It's impossible for cracks to appear every two days, and it's really not worth it to do it three or four times a month."

Sui An thought Wang Zhen's words were also correct.

Soon, Captain Song arrived with several men, each carrying a large bag in one hand: "These are the bags according to number 1..."

Level 2 and 3 Originium are sold separately; you can weigh them to get a rough idea of ​​the quantity.

Erhu skillfully took it, checked it with his own scale to make sure there was no problem, and then handed it to Sui An.

Seeing that Yuan Shi had cleared out, Wang Zhen stopped arguing: "Alright, let's go then. We might have to make another trip today; we're very busy!"

"Okay, go ahead!"

The convoy slowly left the territory, leaving behind only a vast expanse of bloody mud and numerous potholes.

Sui An didn't stand on ceremony and immediately started assigning tasks: "Those of you who were on guard duty last night, go and rest. The rest of you, do one thing for me: shovel up the top layer of this blood and mud and haul it to my little yard in this small transport cart."

inside."

"This stuff is great for planting energy-generating plants; I'm going to use it to grow fruit trees."

The group exchanged glances, seemingly unfamiliar with this behavior, probably because they hadn't encountered it before.

However, this level of physical exertion is not difficult for them.

Even though the blood-stained soil had long since frozen in the cold wind, it was not difficult for them, as level three professionals, to dig it up.

Sui An directed them to dig out most of the soil in the planting base that was almost restored to its original state, throw it outside, and replace it with new blood mud.

But this still didn't completely eliminate the blood and mud outside, after all, too many source beasts had died last night.

Sui An didn't waste the excess blood mud; instead, he piled it up in the corner, using it as bait when there was a lot of it.

Sui An has been working as a gardener for two months now.

Although he didn't have the energy source to accelerate plant growth, he still had no problem taking care of them on a daily basis. To make up for the lack of a planter, he even obtained some planting information for energy source plants.

The saplings planted in the nursery have been there for two months, and they're starting to grow taller and taller.

The Quenching Source fruit tree has already grown to 5 meters tall. This type of fruit tree only takes five months to mature. After five months, the climate...

It will only begin to bear fruit once nutritional and other conditions are met.

The seed of the Energy-Devouring Giant Tree has now grown to over a meter tall, but its appearance is still quite different from the tree-man he saw back then.

The bark of the young tree is smooth and flat, and the whole tree is grayish-green, while the leaves are also bright green.

It looks very different from the original red tree-man, especially the wrinkles in the bark, which are like the difference between an infant and an old person.

In terms of color, it's probably because Sui An has been using all sorts of random source beast blood to cultivate it, which doesn't meet the requirements for nourishing source energy with a single attribute, so it can't grow red leaves.

As for the differences in tree bark, it's probably due to the reasons illustrated by the examples I gave.

The current growth progress of the Energy-Devouring Giant Tree is basically consistent with the progress described in the notes accompanying the tree species loot at the time, which means that I have only just met its basic growth conditions.

This was cultivated in soil soaked with the blood of the source beast; otherwise, it might not have been able to sprout at all.

This green-quality planting base resulted in very low growth.

After all, the Energy-Devouring Giant Tree is a level three blue tree species, and its level and quality have already exceeded the upper limit of this foundation.

But Sui An didn't have any good solutions for the time being. Anyway, he was raising the baby, and as long as he could keep him alive, it would only take six months at most.

However, it seems that one of my purple blueprints is related to plants, which might be able to replace this thing.

After handling all the aftermath of the rift, Sui An let them leave and gave each of them an extra half hour of stage time, which immediately made them all smile.

After glancing at the others in the territory, Zhao Feng and the other intermediate professionals rested after finishing their work and did not go down to the secret realm to mine.

The Zheng siblings met with Zheng Xifeng and had a brief chat, but Zheng Xifeng had many things to do, so he left with the rest of the convoy.

Ultimately, the two of them were different from the others in the territory. Although Sui An provided them with the same benefits as other members of the same rank in the territory, he did not impose any additional requirements on them, treating them purely as people experiencing life.

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