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

Sui An was once a fan of anime and mobile games.

But that wasn't the case later...

He spent all the resources he had saved up over two months on a certain limited-time gacha pool, and only on his 179th pull did he trigger the pity system and pull the limited character. He was so moved that he smashed his phone.

When he woke up, he discovered that his life's ultimate safety net had arrived; Sui An had come to this strange world.

Based on his years of experience in gaming and online novels, this world can be simply summarized and described by him as:

The real world has been invaded by a higher-dimensional source realm, thus becoming semi-gamified. It periodically opens rifts in the source realm, allowing various source beasts to flood in and attack the world. Humans have a chance to awaken various extraordinary professions when fighting against the source realm disasters.

The three people lying on the ground were combat professionals who used source energy to fight.

"We're so poor! Three of us can't even scrape together twenty source stones, and they still have the nerve to complain about being poor!"

Sui An searched the three mangled corpses for a while and only found 18 level 1 source stones.

After carefully collecting the source stones, Sui An gathered up the weapons that the three of them had scattered on the ground.

"A level 1 axe of white quality, poor quality, like something you'd find at a street stall."

"The green shield was decent quality, but it's a shame it got blasted to pieces..."

"Huh, this longsword is also green, and it's quite worn. It should sell for seven or eight Originium if it's secondhand."

After storing the spoils in the wooden house, Sui An looked at the bloodstains splattered all over the ground and walls and shook his head in disgust.

"In the future, try not to think about double-crossing others. Trying to get a few more Originium only resulted in bloodshed all over the house."

"Besides, it's still too risky. What if we encounter someone pretending to be weak to take advantage of us? No, if these three are really tigers, even if I don't gamble, they'll break through my shield and get in. This world is just too unsafe..."

He threw the three bodies to a remote spot outside the wall, then used two handfuls of dry sand to cover the bloodstains around the wooden house. He then used the cloth he had taken from their bodies to wipe the area clean, barely managing to tidy up the scene.

He looked up at the sky; the sun was almost completely setting, and the already gloomy sky had darkened considerably.

However, the elemental stone statue in the courtyard flickered with tiny flashes of lightning, making the courtyard slightly brighter.

Sui An stepped forward and looked at the elemental stone statue with considerable satisfaction.

"As expected of a blue attack building given by a cheat code, its power is really strong. These three people are almost level 2, and even with a green-quality energy shield, they can't withstand more than two hits."

His years of life experience have taught him that a professional's level does not represent a huge gap in strength; it only represents the level of your professional core, although it does bring a certain boost in strength.

However, even among combat professions, a level 1 professional who has spent a lot of money can easily defeat a level 2 player with no experience.

However, compared to the professional level, the type of professional is where the biggest difference in strength lies.

Combat professions that manipulate source energy in battle; alchemists who refine various extraordinary medicines using source energy; plant growers who can accelerate plant growth by stimulating source energy; blacksmiths who excel at crafting source energy equipment...

After experiencing the life of a protagonist in this exciting world, orphaned and destitute, Sui An finally awakened to his profession when he turned eighteen:

Level 1 Construction Engineer!

It wasn't the certificate he used to hold in his previous life, but a unique profession that allowed him to create territories and build all sorts of extraordinary structures within them—what outsiders commonly called a lord.

As builders, if they had already constructed a level 1 attack building and placed it in the yard, these three ordinary combat professionals wouldn't dare to have any reckless ideas.

It's true that the three initially wanted to spend the night at my place, and it's also true that they wanted to kill me when they saw that I didn't attack the building.

Although he had only recently awakened, it didn't mean he was a complete novice. After all, he had survived on his own for so many years before his awakening.

Suddenly remembering something, Sui An quickly went into the wooden house and looked at the core of his territory, doing some calculations.

"A total of 7 attacks were just released. The source energy stored in the territory core has decreased by about 4%. If we calculate it, this piece of source stone can only release 3 attacks. As expected of elemental attacks, it is a huge energy consumer."

When a builder's initial territory is first built, the territory core comes with full source energy, which is considered a perk for the builder.

These energy sources can connect all buildings within the territory that are constructed through the territory's core and provide them with energy.

The territory core can slowly regenerate its source energy, and it can be fully restored in ten days. This recovery speed can basically offset the activation of the core's own level 1 source energy shield and even have a slight surplus.

With this in mind, Sui An was no longer worried. He reached out and tapped the core of the territory, and a virtual panel popped up above it. This was the territory's control panel.

This panel has a very sci-fi feel, and also has a game-like style.

[Territory Adjustment]

[Construction Upgrades]

[Territory Permission Operations]

[Energy Resource Reserves]

A normal lord's control panel only has four modules, but Sui An's is different; it actually has a fifth module.

[Fantasy Architectural Blueprint Library]

As for how this came about, it all started this morning.

After successfully awakening, Sui An took all his wealth to a carefully selected place to settle down and then chose to open up his territory.

After successfully building his territory, Sui An tried to open his Lord Core control panel and suddenly discovered that he had a fifth module that he had never heard of before.

[Fantasy Architectural Blueprint Library]

When he saw the module, he was only slightly surprised before regaining his composure.

As everyone knows, being different is an essential quality for time travelers. This is obviously his cheat code!

So he clicked on it casually, and what greeted his eyes was a completely different style from the other modules...

[Beginner Blueprint Library (Unlocked)]

【XXXXXXX (Not unlocked)】

【XXXXXXX (Not unlocked)】

【XXXXXXX (Not unlocked)】

【XX (Not unlocked)】

"What the hell?"

When Sui An first saw this interface, he was a little confused. There seemed to be five modules, but at this moment it showed that only one module was unlocked, and the rest were just piles of xxxx.

"You'll give me a beginner's guide first, right? I get it, I totally get it~"

As Sui An clicked in again, the style of the control panel suddenly changed. The original simple, futuristic-looking screen with lines and text gradually disappeared, replaced by a drawing with a fairly clear image.

Three miniature patterns resembling special buildings gradually appeared above, like some kind of anime character illustration.

Below the three patterns are two large buttons.

[Draw 1 time] [Draw 10 times]

"???"

Sui An, who was initially a little dazed, suddenly became clear-headed, as if he had met his innate nemesis. A sense of dread surging from his limbs and bones rushed up his spine to the top of his head.

familiar?

Sui An nodded, indicating that he was very familiar with it; it was etched into his memory.

This thing is probably just a gacha pool from a 2D mobile game!

"Eighteen years! I've been in this place for eighteen years, and this damn gacha system is still chasing me!"

Sui An was in tears, regretting that she had impulsively smashed her phone after reaching the maximum guaranteed reward, which had led to her suffering for so many years.

Although the distant memories were still impacting him, Sui An still examined the situation with all his heart.

"Since it's a gacha game, there should at least be some instructions on how to draw cards, right?"

Sui An touched the stubble on his chin. Although he hated gacha games, he had to admit that he was too skilled at them.

Sure enough, Sui An found a button for detailed explanation on it, clicked it, and a bunch of explanatory text that looked like a legal document came into view.

However, Sui An, who had been through many gacha games, quickly found the key information and listed it out.

The rules of the beginner pool can be summarized as follows: you can obtain it by drawing cards.

One set of basic source material (basic reward)

One random blue building construction core material (minimum 30)

One random blue drawing (minimum 90 points)

Pray for a specific blue blueprint and one corresponding core material (minimum 180).

Each card draw consumes 3 energy points, which are replenished by Originium, with one Originium equaling one energy point.

As for Originium, it is the source energy core inside the source beast. Each level of source beast has its own level of Originium, and it is highly versatile. Gradually, it has been used as a currency for professionals.

Unless otherwise specified, Originium refers to Level 1 Originium Beasts.

As for why it's called Originium, it's probably because it looks like a stone.

Architectural blueprints are the core of a builder, who is also a lord. A builder without blueprints is like a swordsman without a sword, or a gunman without a gun...

However, according to information that Sui An specifically learned, the purpose of architectural drawings is to unlock the drawing library for builders.

Once unlocked, the same blueprint becomes useless to the builder.

Therefore, although the consumption of architectural drawings may not seem large, the actual output of drawings is very scarce.

The primary source is killing Source Beasts, which have a small chance of dropping loot orbs, similar to those in games. These orbs contain a variety of items, including blueprints.

Of all kinds of blueprints, architectural blueprints are the most expensive.

Therefore, all things considered, even white building blueprints are actually more expensive on the market than a green melee energy weapon.

Sui An knew that the quality of the blueprints was divided into: white, green, blue, and purple.

Blue architectural blueprints, being high-quality blueprints, are extremely difficult to find on the market and are mostly obtained through barter.

If we're really talking about the price, it would start at around 500 Originium.

A plain white architectural blueprint may not be rare on the market, but high-quality blueprints are a completely different story because many of them can be upgraded.

Just like the Lightning Statue of Oz, the initial level is level 1, and it can be upgraded to level 3 at most. This means that even if you reach level 3 lord, this building will not fall behind.

Upon seeing this, Sui An's first thought was that he was going to get rich!

This is practically giving money away to me!

270 Originium = 1 Blue Blueprint + 3 Blue Core Materials + 86 Basic Originium Materials.

They're making an insane amount of money!

Unfortunately, he discovered in the instructions that the blueprints and materials provided in this section were tied to him and could not be traded to others, so his dream of getting rich vanished in an instant.

Looking at the card draw in front of him, Sui An was eager to try, but after rummaging through his empty pockets, he could only shake his head helplessly.

After all, they've chosen to come out and expand their territory, so how many resources do they have left?

However, when Sui An clicked the exit button and left the beginner pool interface, a new pop-up window suddenly appeared in front of him.

[New Player Gift Pack: For just five Originium, you can purchase the blueprint for a blue attack building (Oz's Lightning Statue) and a set of materials needed to build it.]

"Huh? The cheat system even gives newbies some perks?"

Sui An glanced at the eight source stones he had left in his pocket, and then at the only attack building blueprint he had in his hand: the Crossbow Watchtower (White).

"I've already prepared all the building materials for the crossbow watchtower. It only requires 2 Originium, and this first recharge bonus of 5 Originium is more than enough!"

"Where can I buy a blue-level attack building blueprint and a set of materials for five Originium?"

"You won't lose out, you won't be cheated!"

"charge!"

Immediately, Sui An recharged 5 source stones to buy this newbie gift pack.

When he opened the gift pack, there were indeed quite a few items, the blueprints were actually usable, and he was also given blue core materials and 10 sets of basic materials.

But to his dismay, he discovered that he hadn't been given the 6 Originium required to craft this thing!

"Damn it, this is a scam! Weren't we supposed to have the same set of materials??"