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

With the new blueprints in hand, Sui An was having a great time.

This thing is highly malleable; we need to study how to use it carefully.

However, due to the issue of Originium, Sui An did not buy too much. If he wanted to completely replace the sand and gravel wall with this wall, he was still far from having enough core materials.

Even if we calculate based on 21 Gray Steel Rock Cores, it would still cost 315 Originium. After buying the blueprints, I only have 213 left, and I've only bought 3 Gray Steel Rock Cores.

Without the right opportunity, it would take me at least a month to complete this replacement project.

As night fell, on the 12th day since Sui An arrived in the wasteland, the third blood moon descended.

This time, without He Chong starting a business, the territory finally experienced a perfectly normal Level 1 lord treatment.

Only 23 level-one source beasts attacked sporadically throughout the night; they were all old neighbors: ghost foxes, shadow lizards, and iron-wire wolves...

The shadow lizards, in particular, seem to have their own nests nearby, with a dozen or so appearing from the north every few days, all of them young and old.

Sui An went to the river to fetch water every day and once roughly explored the area. He found that there were indeed some large holes on the bank a little further downstream, with obvious signs of digging, and they looked very deep.

Sui An didn't dare to investigate further, but since there had been three blood moons already, there probably wouldn't be much left.

However, the overall quantity was still too small, which made Sui An lose all interest, and he went straight back to his room and fell asleep in the middle of the night.

But something strange happened: after Wang Zhen was attacked, no convoys came for the next two days.

Since he didn't come on the first day, Sui An had no choice but to create the [Mini Ice Cellar] that he had been storing for a long time.

The cellar is described as small, but it's actually quite large.

Moreover, it presented Sui An with a major problem: a cellar cannot be built and used as readily as a wooden house.

After all, you can't put the cellar on the ground, and its opening steps are on top, so you can't even lay it down.

Moreover, Sui An felt that the refrigerator inside was significantly less effective when the thing was placed on the ground.

Therefore, Sui An needs to do one thing first: dig a big pit in his territory...

Given the incredible nature of the architect profession, this story seems both absurd and real.

Just like Sui An discovered that his sand and gravel wall was simply placed on the ground without any foundation.

The reason this thing could withstand the impact of the source beast for so long is entirely because it forms a circle and automatically becomes a whole; otherwise, it would have been knocked down by the source beast long ago.

The cellar's overall structure is 3*5*5, with a depth of 3 meters. Even considering the thickness of the ice crystal walls, the actual interior space is much larger than Sui An's wooden house.

Moreover, it's really cool inside. When it gets hot next year, we can even freeze some ice to cool off.

It took Sui An almost two days to dig such a large pit to fit the cellar. He really had to thank the soil below for making it go so smoothly; there were no large rocks or anything, just thick layers of yellow soil, and it was quite moist.

Fortunately, Sui An didn't need to do the moving of the cellar himself; it could be done by moving the building.

"No wonder the lord needs to hire laborers..."

"This is where the superiority of combat professionals shines; they excel at carrying corpses and digging holes!"

On the day the cellar was installed, Wang Zhen finally appeared.

When he saw this, he was laughing so hard he couldn't stop...

"Ha~ha~ha~"

"Why don't we recruit Wang Hu? His physique is perfect for this!"

Sui An said with a bitter face, "No way, Aunt Zhao will beat me to death..."

In my mind, the image of that Valkyrie, who was over 1.8 meters tall, flashed by. She was the leader of number 78 and was incredibly fierce in a fight.

Sometimes, he wondered if Uncle Wang, who looked like a frail scholar, had been coveted by Aunt Zhao and forcibly taken back to their bridal chamber for marriage.

"No way, your territory isn't bad now~" Wang Zhen leaned against the wall, watching with a smile as Sui An slowly covered the cellar with soil using a shovel.

"Wang Hu is only level 1. Actually, following Aunt Zhao's team every day isn't much better. After all, Aunt Zhao can't make decisions for her team alone. They often go on adventures deep in the wilderness, which is quite dangerous."

"I'd rather follow you, a level 1 lord."

"That's true~" Sui An nodded, leaning on his shovel to rest for a while, "Why don't you ask them what they think for me? Anyway, my territory is a bit safer now."

"However, I'm using a lot of firepower right now. If he comes, he might not be able to pick up any prey, unless there's a blood moon, then he'll have a chance to pick up some scattered source beasts."

"Those are minor issues. He needs to spend time honing his physical abilities and core skills in the early stages anyway. As long as you pay him a salary, that's fine."

Wang Zhen shook his head dismissively; he was experienced in this area. Suddenly, he pulled a book from his chest and waved it at Sui An.

"Here, I'll give you a small gift."

"What is it?" Sui An walked over curiously and reached out to take it.

He casually flipped through it and found that it contained pictures of various source beasts, along with text descriptions.

Wang Zhen said with a smile, "This was made by a professor in the business who specializes in studying these source beasts. It was just released, and I specially grabbed two copies."

"Many of these source beasts are named not from us, but from the source world."

Hearing this, Sui An asked curiously, "Oh, what do you mean?"

Wang Zhen moved slightly closer and said softly, "It's the information we obtained from the spoils of war and various dimensional treasures. There may have been a civilization in the Origin Realm, but given the current situation, it may have been destroyed."

"I only recently found out about this myself."

Sui An was genuinely surprised this time. Everyone was unfamiliar with the Origin Realm, and those of them at the lower levels had even less information about it.

Sui An closed the book and tucked it into his pocket, then thanked him with a smile, saying, "Then I'll take it as a gift from you."

Wang Zhen said solemnly, "It was originally a gift for you, as a way of thanking you for your help a few days ago."

"Has there been any result regarding what happened that day?" Sui An asked quietly when Wang Zhen brought it up.

Wang Zhen's expression suddenly darkened. He patted the wall and said in a low voice, "It's most likely an internal matter of the Chamber of Commerce. It's a bit complicated, and we don't know the specifics yet."

"I haven't been here for the past two days because our team was being questioned. The higher-ups are very interested in why we were able to turn the tables on those people."

"But I told my brothers beforehand that I had a one-time use treasure that killed an opponent, which allowed me to turn the tide. It didn't involve you."

"How could this happen!" Sui An frowned, feeling indignant on Wang Zhen's behalf.

"You were attacked, and now you're being interrogated? Shouldn't we be looking for the culprit?"

Hearing Sui An's complaint, Wang Zhen shook his head slightly: "Because we didn't leave a single survivor, it wasn't really an interrogation, just questioning."

"..."

Sui An understood: Wang Zhen had silenced the group to avoid implicating him.

As for his brothers, they must have made some promises to ensure they wouldn't be implicated.

If the ability to allow a level 4 player to kill two level 4 players came from Wang Zhen himself, then others wouldn't be too greedy.

But if it's a level 1 territory, then it's hard to say.

Not to mention, Wang Zhen also said it was an internal matter of the Chamber of Commerce, which means that the person who asked him might not be unrelated to the person behind the scenes.

Sui An shook his head. No matter which world it is, there will always be infighting within powerful factions, even in this perilous world.

"Captain Zheng also personally spoke with us and said that this matter ends here and no one will attack us again."

Wang Zhen added another sentence, which deepened Sui An's thoughts; this was already a very typical internal problem within the faction.

Sui An found it somewhat distasteful that such underhanded tactics could still be used in such a stable city as Jiangcheng.

"Alright, it's good that things have calmed down. After all, we're just ordinary people without any connections."

"Who says it isn't?"