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

Chapter 162 Two New Purple Blueprints

Sui An did not insist that they also clean up the battlefield.

However, this is not something that is hard to accept, after all, Zheng Xifeng also gave himself a cut.

With just this 5% discount, the level 3 meat maker earned an extra two thousand source stones, so Sui An was quite conscientious about this and wouldn't let anyone be so foolish as to cause trouble for the two of them.

They went out and looked around for a while, but found it uninteresting, so they went back.

Zheng Qiuyu seems to be more proactive; he must have gone to the alchemy workshop to practice.

Zheng Xu stayed inside the house, but it was unclear whether he was cultivating.

Without worrying about the brother and sister, Sui An took the huge sum of money he had just received and returned to the core of the territory.

He roughly calculated the results of last night's battle.

Expenses: 12000 yuan.

Harvest: 20996 Originium; 28000 Tier 3 Originium Beast Meat.

We haven't gotten back the money for the level 4 and 5 source beast meat yet; it's estimated to be around 6000 yuan.

The first and second-grade source beast meat hasn't been refined yet. Based on the estimated finished product after refinement, it will be worth about 25000 pieces.

The loot this time consists only of materials, estimated to be worth around 500 yuan.

I have received 48966 yuan so far, and I will receive approximately 80500 yuan in total.

The revenue to cost ratio is close to 7:1, which is equivalent to a 5.7-fold return on investment.

Of course, there are some hidden expenses that he hasn't included here. For example, just the salaries, benefits, and living expenses of his staff would cost him about three thousand source stones a month.

At this moment, Sui An already had 63106 source stones in his savings in the core of his territory!

"We still need to upgrade! This wave of upgrades wiped out a month's worth of savings."

The main reason he can earn this income is that his cost of combating cracks is too low!

The primary credit still goes to the Illusion Altar; as long as it exists, it can eliminate a massive number of low-level source beasts at minimal cost.

Sui An originally thought that the illusion had reached its limit, but unexpectedly, a new effect was released at level four.

After advancing to level 4, one can summon level 4 source beasts. These level 4 source beasts are either enormous or possess powerful source energy. When they are caught in the chaotic beast horde, even random attacks are fatal to low-level source beasts.

This led to a further reduction in his cleanup costs.

Without this, Sui An estimated that he would need to expend more than twice the combat effort to barely complete the defense.

Not to mention that more construction work is needed, which also adds to the cost.

Therefore, he speculated that without similar control measures, the revenue and cost of the Rift should be around 8 to 5.

If we were to encounter another being like the Dark Breath Silver Scale Beast King from last night, without powerful offensive means, we might lose a few more lives.

"Time to have some fun!"

Sui An activated his cheat system, but hesitated to enter the permanent blueprint library. He hadn't unlocked the three new blueprints yet and didn't know if they had any special uses.

However, if you want to unlock the three blueprints first, it might take more than 10,000 Originium if you're unlucky.

Even though I have money now, I'll prioritize upgrading my purple buildings first, since purple buildings can be upgraded three times, and each one requires four purple core materials to reach the full level.

Blue blueprints are unlikely to change your destiny; they can only make you more stable and well-rounded.

Clicking into the purple blueprint library, this time, Sui An chose to pray for the [Forest Ranger's Botanical Paradise].

Actually, regardless of which one it is, all three purple blueprints can be unlocked today.

I recharged 14400 Originium and will do a 180-pull first.

[Intermediate Source Material *172]

[Solid Topaz *3]

[Flame Tetrahedron *2]

[Growing Jadeite *1]

[The Rose Society's Golden Flower Salute *1] [The Forest Ranger's Botanical Paradise *1]

This was a very common guaranteed draw, and they even released a duplicate blueprint first, making it practically impossible to go wrong.

But Sui An didn't care. It was just a few Origin Stones; couldn't he afford to spend them?

Without stopping, I recharged another 14400 Originium and did another 180-pull, this time praying for the last blueprint.

[Basic Source Material *172]

[Solid Topaz *2]

[Flame Tetrahedron *2]

[Growing Jadeite *2]

[The Forest Ranger's Botanical Paradise *1] [The Gilded Stone Statue of the Fiery Lion *1]

There were still no surprises, but since all three blueprints had been drawn, Sui An stopped to check the attributes of the other two.

[Building Name]: The Forest Ranger's Botanical Garden [Building Type]: Standalone Building [Building Level]: Level 4 (can be upgraded to Level 7)

[Building Quality]: Purple [Building Effect]: The plant paradise contains an expansion space and has the function of adjusting the climate. It can automatically absorb free source energy in the territory, increasing it by up to 50%. The higher the overall source energy concentration in the territory, the lower the increase effect.

Plants in the park will receive a blessing effect, and their growth time will be greatly shortened if the basic growth conditions are met.

Non-energy plants can reduce energy consumption by up to 50%; low-level energy plants by up to 30%; mid-level energy plants by up to 20%.

Advanced energy plants can reduce energy consumption by up to 10%.

The higher the plant's level and quality, the lower its blessing effect. For every level increase in a building's level, the base blessing effect increases by 20%, and blessings do not require additional territory core energy.

The plant paradise can automatically obtain relevant effects and planting information from plants or seeds, and record and display them through the central control panel. The level of the identified plants cannot exceed advanced and the quality cannot exceed purple.

【额外消耗】：需自行补充种植土壤及养料【製造需求】：生长翡翠（0/1）、中级源质材料（0/200）、4级源石（0/160）、领地核心等级（Iv4）

【升级需求】：生长翡翠（0/1）、中级源质材料（0/200）、5级源石（0/160）、领地核心等级（Iv5）

First up was this botanical garden, still filled with dense descriptions, but this time Sui An was pleasantly surprised.

Although most of the functions were similar to what I had expected, or even completely a super version of my own planting base.

Moreover, the auxiliary materials required for its production are also quite numerous, 20 times that of the Golden Flower Fireworks!

But it had a very special feature that made Sui An instantly stop thinking it was expensive.

It means that you can trace the origin of a plant or seed and obtain information such as its effects and cultivation methods.

Putting everything else aside, this one function alone is powerful enough.

Since the invasion of the Source Realm, what has been the most valuable thing?

It's information, of course!

There is a wide variety of job information available. This era is not like the previous internet age, where you could simply scan a bag with your phone to find information on most common items.

Equipment and treasures can make you stronger, but information can help you quickly find the equipment and treasures that are most suitable for you.

"As expected of a purple-quality residential and professional building, it's definitely different from the blue-quality ones!"

"With this, if the information is absolutely complete and clear, I can also work part-time as a farmer. This tower defense game is really going to become a farming game!"

Suppressing the urge to build it immediately, Sui An looked at the third purple blueprint.

[Building Name]: Gilded Stone Statue of the Fiery Lion [Building Type]: Standalone Building [Building Level]: Level 4 (can be upgraded to Level 7)

[Building Quality]: Purple [Building Effect]: The builder can summon a Blazing Lion, mark up to ten designated targets, and release a large-area Purifying Sword Prison at the designated location.

Targets marked within the Purifying Flame Sword Prison will gain the Molten Gold Body status, which reduces the damage they are about to receive and increases their resistance to knockback.

When a marked target within the Blazing Sword Prison attacks an unmarked target within the same prison, the attack will ignite a fire attack.

Flame Resonance can trigger the flame energy within the Sword Prison to follow the attack, causing additional fire damage based on the intensity of the attack.

The Blazing Sword Prison lasts for a maximum of twenty minutes. The more targets are designated within the Sword Prison, the higher the intensity of the battle and the shorter the duration. It lasts for a minimum of ten minutes. Once the release location cannot be adjusted, the building automatically enters a cooldown state and can be summoned again after twelve hours.

【额外消耗】：无【製造需求】：火焰四面体（0/1）、中级源质材料（0/10）、4级源石（0/8）、领地核心等级（1v4）

【升级需求】：火焰四面体（0/1）、中级源质材料（0/10）、5级源石（0/8）、领地核心等级（1v5）

This time, the blueprint looked much more complicated, and Sui An had to read it twice to make sure he understood it.

"Is this considered a building that bestows blessings?"

"It seems more appropriate to call it a 'domain-type' building!"

Because its blessings are completely different from its banners, it cannot allow people to take the blessings and leave.

Its effect is limited to a specific area it releases. Marked friendly targets entering this area gain an effect similar to invincibility in games, reducing damage and resisting knockback.

When attacking enemies, it can also draw upon the power within the domain to assist in the attack.

"Wait, resonance?"

Sui An discovered this word again, only seven days after his promotion. He remembered that when his territory was promoted, there was a probability of attribute attack triggering resonance.

But so far, I don't seem to have noticed any changes, and I don't know what this resonance effect is like.

If it's a probabilistic event, my purple buildings are used very infrequently, but the elemental statues are used quite frequently, yet I don't seem to have noticed anything unusual.

Or perhaps the amplification brought about by this resonance was not particularly strong or noticeable, and I didn't even notice it.

But the fire resonance mentioned in the blueprint seemed to remind him of something.

"Could this resonance be something from fantasy novels from my past life, where one uses their own magical power to draw upon the power of heaven and earth, causing them to resonate and unleash supernatural abilities?"

"So, in the end, my own lightning bombs are probably just more powerful and have a wider range?"

Sui An's intuition told him that his guess was correct, but the source energy around the territory was not dense, so the resonance amplification might only be 1%.

"Looks like this really is a major post-production effect—"

Without much hesitation, Sui An exited the interface of the cheat system. At this moment, he still had more than 34,000 source stones.

I should be able to do another 180-pull, but a third of them will be mid-level Originium.

Using intermediate-level Originium for gacha pulls or as territory core energy restoration is a bad investment; one level 4 Originium can be exchanged for 9...

Up to 10 level 1 Originium.

However, if you use it for gacha pulls or to replenish the energy of your territory core, it's only equivalent to 8 level 1 Originium, which is obviously a loss, let alone level 5 Originium.

Although the remaining two-thirds can be used, they should still be reserved for energy reserves.

"Let's pause for a moment and take a look at the appearance of these two new buildings, and see what inspiration they have."

The construction module was opened, and two blueprints were already flashing slightly, which was an enlightening sign.

【The Golden Flower Salute of the Rose Society】

[Inspiration (1/3)]

[First courtesy, then force: Activating this mode reduces the time required to condense crystal bullets to 2 seconds, and increases the number of storable crystal bullets to 60]

This mode lasts for 2 minutes. After it ends, any crystal bullets exceeding the normal storage limit can be stored for a maximum of 5 minutes. After the timeout, any excess crystal bullets will automatically dissipate, and the resources will not be returned. Additionally, the cannons will enter a 10-minute cooldown period during which they cannot be attacked or cannonballs can be condensed.

"???"

Sui An looked puzzled. "Do you have some misunderstanding about the phrase 'courtesy before force'?"

The idea behind "courtesy before force" is to first gather 60 artillery shells and then wait for an opportunity to nuke the enemy, right?

You're a purple cannon! With your sixty shells fired in quick succession, what kind of source beast can withstand that?

Sui An had a lot of complaints, and he felt that he was unlikely to be able to use this model.

Even that big guy from last night, if he cleared out his 10 stored crystal bullets, even if they were all fire-attribute crystal bullets, he could still blow it to pieces.

Not to mention 60 of them; these aren't for fighting source beasts, they're for conquering territories.

They've got their eye on the fact that you have the Expedition Fortress, haven't they?

The inspiration from this intermediate-level architecture is completely different from that from that from the basic-level architecture.

Previously, they were researching how to improve their own power, but this Golden Flower Salute directly launched a saturation bombardment.

It has a flavor of using tactical infiltration when poor, and overwhelming firepower when rich.

Having found inspiration in classical texts, Sui An turned his attention to the next building that could offer enlightenment.

The Forest Ranger's Botanical Paradise

[Inspiration (1/3)]

[Plant Protection Association: Designating a plant of quality no higher than Advanced Purple as a Rare Plant will reduce the base Blessing effect of that plant by one level. However, when harvesting seeds, the maximum number will be guaranteed, and an additional number of seeds will be randomly obtained, with the additional seed number not exceeding double. After activating this mode, other plants in this Plant Paradise will not receive any Blessing effects. Designated plants must be used before their growth cycle is more than halfway complete; the earlier the use, the more stable the number of additional seeds obtained.]

"Holy crap, the Plant Protection Association!"

Sui An couldn't hold back; the name "Enlightenment" had an explosive effect, leaving Sui An speechless just by looking at it.

But after he quickly finished reading the message, his surprise turned into delight!

"My mining team is finally taking shape!"

"When it matures, you can get the maximum number of seeds, and you can also get extra seeds. You might as well just give me double that."

When a giant tree that has been transformed into a Treant is transformed into a Treant, it will be given one or two seeds at random, and the Treant's lifespan is only one year.

This means that if I'm unlucky, I'll only be able to have six treants at a time for a long time to come, with a six-month cycle, and there may be no additional treants.

However, if you dedicate a garden to cultivate this thing, you can get at least 2 guaranteed seeds each time, plus at least one extra seed, for a total of 3 seeds.

The three Energy-Devouring Giant Trees, upon their first maturity, can each contribute at least nine seeds. After a period of reincarnation, one can easily amass a mining army.

"Oh no, Aunt Zhao and the others are going to lose their jobs!"

With the three blueprints unlocked, Sui An had five materials for the Golden Flower Cannon again, with two more overflowing, enough to start building the second one.

There are 5 gilded statues, one of which is already overflowing, while the botanical garden has exactly 4.

Sui An didn't intend to keep them, so he made two gilded statues and placed them in the courtyard. He made one for the Botanical Garden and a new Golden Flower Cannon.

The two gilded statues are very similar in style to Sui An's sword star totem and illusion altar.

The statue was replaced with a red lion, adorned with gold. The lion looked very fierce, but it seemed to be a female lion, lacking the thick mane typical of a male lion.

The statue is seated on a circular base, and it faintly glows with firelight, feeling warm to the touch.

However, the botanical garden surprised Sui An because it was shaped like a giant mushroom with interwoven yellow and green hues.

The mushroom cap is the roof, and the surrounding walls are the mushroom stems. However, this mushroom is extremely thick, making it look like a dwarf's house from a fairy tale.

However, it is not short; at its highest point, it is over 7 meters tall, and the cylindrical body is over 8 meters wide and over 5 meters high.

The eaves, resembling a cap, are about two meters high and have a diameter of 10 meters.

It was precisely because of this proportion that Sui An felt the art style was a bit off.

I always feel like the comic books I read as a child are churning wildly in my mind.

However, unlike the [basic planting base], it does not require digging a pit in advance, because it has an internal folding space and can be placed on the ground.

A tall building suddenly appeared in the courtyard, much taller than the wall, which naturally attracted the attention of people outside.

However, the energy shield in the courtyard was always on, so no one wanted to come in and take a look.

After a busy morning, most people either went back to their rooms to rest or stayed near the stage to exercise.

Those still outside at this moment were nothing more than the four guards on the city wall, plus a street urchin who had just stepped out and was about to chat with his older sister.

"What are you fiddling with now?"

House-like buildings usually don't attract attention from the outside, but this mushroom house is clearly not one of them.

"It looks like a mushroom house from a fairy tale!"

"Sis, come out and see!"

"What's all the fuss about!"

Zheng Qiuyu didn't come out of the alchemy workshop; he simply replied from behind the wall, "I'm busy!"

"What are you so busy with? You haven't even refined that source beast meat yet!"

Zheng Xu pursed his lips, clearly not believing that his older sister could be busy with anything special.

But Zheng Qiuyu still didn't go out: "I'll talk about it later, I have something to do!"

This piqued Zheng Xu's curiosity, so he tried pushing the small door and found that it wasn't locked from the inside.

As soon as you open it, a blast of warm air hits you.

Zheng Xu laughed: "No wonder you've been so diligent lately. Turns out this house has a temperature control system, and you've been hiding here because you're cold!"

"Huh, are you refining ore?"

The room in front of him was filled with dark, raw ore. Zheng Xu picked up a piece of ore and examined it. He recognized it.

"This is dark crystal iron ore, right? Did Boss Sui send it to you?"

Zheng Qiuyu ignored her cousin's rummaging around; she was focused on the materials in front of her, her transparent source energy continuously seeping into a dark crystal, slowly refining and extracting it.

The skills required for a professional to master require considerable effort and control; they cannot be acquired with a single click like in a game.

Whether it's controlling the energy source, observing the material structure, or refining the material itself, they all need to maintain a certain level of attention.

If she weren't a level 4 professional and wasn't refining low-grade ore, she wouldn't have had the energy to chat with her cousin at all.

Zheng Xu knew this too, so he just continued, "There wouldn't be a dark crystal iron vein in Boss Sui's yard, would there? Otherwise, where would you get so much raw ore to refine? You're really lucky!"

Although Zheng Xu didn't come from a family with a strong academic background, he still learned quite a bit from his father, a highly skilled professional.

A low-level mineral vein is still very attractive to a mid-level territory.

"It seems they still trust Big Brother. They even dared to give this stuff to you to refine, instead of giving it to that little girl whose whole family lives in the territory. Could they be testing you and Big Brother?"

"Luckily, it's dark crystal iron, a low-grade green material with few uses and not too valuable, otherwise it would have attracted a lot of people to fight over it."

"Then you'd better keep your mouth shut. This territory boss has his eye on it very much; don't ruin his plans!"

Zheng Qiuyu finally spoke again. She had finished refining the raw ore in her hand, and placed a dark crystal on the shelf next to her. At this moment, the shelf was filled with dozens of identical crystals.

It's clear that Zheng Qiuyu has put in a lot of effort; she's not entirely an immature rich girl.

Zheng Xu, who was inexplicably warned, could only spread his hands and roll his eyes at his cousin: "How could I not know something you already know!"

"And, in your eyes, do I seem like that kind of person?"

"Hard to say!"

Zheng Qiuyu stood up and stretched before looking outside.

"What did you just show me?"

"There's a huge mushroom house in Boss Sui's yard. It's quite interesting. I'm calling you to come and take a look."

"Really?!"

Zheng Qiuyu's eyes lit up, and she immediately prepared to go out. However, as soon as she opened the door, a gust of cold wind made her shiver. Only then did she realize that she hadn't put on her fur coat.

Although it was mid-February, the temperature was still cold, and the ice outside hadn't melted yet, so it was naturally freezing outdoors.

After putting on his clothes, Zheng Qiuyu came out of the workshop. But when he turned his head to the east, he saw a huge mushroom head over the wall.

"Wow, it really is a giant mushroom! How interesting, where does he get all these strangely shaped buildings?"

"Maybe he was just lucky; all the loot he got was good stuff."

Zheng Xu also came out, subconsciously shrinking his neck, as the temperature difference was really making him a little uncomfortable.

Zheng Qiuyu's eyes flickered, and she nudged her cousin with her shoulder: "Let's go take a look, I'm so curious about the whole picture!"

Girls seem to have an innate weakness for architecture with this unique style, let alone someone as curious as Zheng Qiuyu.

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