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

"You mean, which river did all these shadow lizards, including all the ones we've encountered these past few days, come from?"

Wang Zhen's expression was somewhat serious. Having fought against source beasts for many years, he naturally knew what a source beast's lair was.

Shadow lizards are social creatures that live in burrows, and their burrows are much larger than those of ordinary, solitary source beasts.

"Yes, it's always in this direction. I've killed five or six hundred of them in total. This number is very strange."

Sui An glanced at the bald man and his companion who were being weighed, pointed in a direction, and whispered to Wang Zhen.

The two stood in the corner and whispered to each other. From Sui An's perspective, the anomaly also meant an opportunity, and such a thing could only benefit their own people.

Although he was somewhat familiar with the bald giants, there was still a distance between them. As for whether Wang Zhen would take them along, that was up to him.

"Why don't you think about finding a few friends and going downstream to explore?"

Sui An nudged Wang Zhen on the shoulder: "But let me tell you something, that giant shadow lizard you saw also came from there, and there are many level 2 ones. There might be some special resources there that allow the shadow lizards to keep breaking through mutations."

"There might be intermediate-level ones among them. If you're going, you'd better bring a few teammates, and they should be intermediate-level professionals."

Wang Zhen nodded subconsciously. He had seen the giant shadow lizard; it was a mutation among mutations, almost completely diverging from the shadow lizard species, its appearance had changed drastically.

Its smooth skin had grown a shell, and that one alone weighed as much as a dozen level 2 creatures, and was very close to level 4.

"After we finish driving today, I'll go check with Erhu and the others. You're right, there's a high chance there's a dark-elemental treasure inside, otherwise the mutation rate is a bit outrageous!"

"Let me know when you get the results!" Sui An patted Wang Zhen on the shoulder, somewhat sighing.

"I was really scared yesterday. Even though I gave them money, if another mid-level one crawled out, it would be my death."

"Sure thing~"

Outside the courtyard, after the bald man finished weighing the last pile, he shouted over here, "Boss, the grade 1 weighs 7200 jin, the grade 2 weighs 700 jin, and the big guy weighs 2000 jin."

"Good heavens, seven of them don't even weigh half as much as that giant one. I dug out level 3 source stones back then, I really couldn't believe it..."

Sui An shook his head helplessly. This guy's size is definitely at level 4 in the Shadow Lizard species, and he's probably just one step away from reaching that level.

Wang Zhen also felt a bit regretful: "If it had come out a few days later, it would probably have already evolved to level 4, and then this one would have been worth a lot of money."

"No way, I can't take it!" Sui An shook his head vigorously.

"It's all calculated. There are 166 Originium in total, and 117 after drawing them all."

Wang Zhen was about to take the source stone, but Sui An stopped him.

"Brother Zhen, please continue to help me collect Gray Steel Rock Cores. I still have quite a few Originium. I'm really short of these, so I'll give you some extra Originium."

Sui An no longer liked the original gravel wall he had brought with him; it was short and brittle, and had been broken down in just a few days. He was now eager to replace the wall.

He didn't even think about using the newly acquired Originium to draw cards. A healing stage wasn't very useful to him right now. He needed to figure out how to build the wall first, so he could increase his defense.

As he spoke, he walked into the house. After restocking in the morning, Sui An still had 350 level 1 Originium. He took out 173 Originium from the core of his territory and then took out the green trophy orb.

"Here are 173 pieces. Let's make it 300. Can you help me purchase them?"

"As for this trophy, could you take a look and see if it's valuable?"

Wang Zhen took the bag of Originium and the spoils of war. He examined them in his hands, his brows furrowing in distress.

"I don't recognize this either. I'll have to find a master in the business to appraise it, or ask a plant grower. Most green plants are quite valuable, some are even more expensive than the blueprints."

"Okay." Sui An didn't care too much. The green ones were still only a few prices, and although he was short of money, he wasn't too concerned.

"If the price seems right, just sell it for me. I'll give you the 5% commission as usual."

"Okay! I'm leaving then."

……

The next day, Wang Zhen arrived exceptionally early, still driving his large tractor, but this time there was hardly any cargo on the vehicle.

However, there were only four people on the bus this time.

"Aunt Zhao..."

Sui An greeted him stiffly, not even glancing at Wang Hu behind her who was waving his hands incessantly.

Zhao Feng got off the carriage carrying a horse-slaying sword, waved expressionlessly, and surveyed Sui An's territory.

"Xiao An, I didn't expect you to be doing so well!"

Wang Hu ignored his mother and had already jogged over, making Sui An's 175cm height pale in comparison.

"Tiger, you haven't grown any bigger, have you?"

"Let go... Help!"

Wang Hu gave Sui An a big, enthusiastic hug, which almost made Sui An vomit blood. Sui An quickly reached out and patted Wang Hu, shouting for help.

Erhu walked over with a smile: "Just kidding, he has a pure physical enhancement source energy talent. This guy will be even more amazing later on, 2 meters is definitely no problem."

"It seems a bit too high~" Wang Hu didn't mind, and innocently stretched out his big palm and placed it on his head to compare.

Zhao Feng had already strolled around and seemed to have gained something. She circled around Sui An again before smiling and saying, "Hmm, you're not injured and you haven't lost weight, so I'm relieved."

Sui An smiled and turned around: "Thank you for your concern, Aunt Zhao, I'm perfectly fine!"

"What's so good about it!" Zhao Feng had just been all smiles when he turned around and his face turned stern. He even raised the machete on his shoulder and spoke in a sinister tone.

"You've got some nerve, haven't you? You dare to run away while I'm not home and start making your own territory. I'll hold off on this beating for you today. If you don't behave, I'll give you a good spanking on behalf of Xiaoyuan."

Xiao Yuan refers to Sui An's mother. They are very good friends. Sui An's parents were once in the Gale Hunters group that Zhao Feng is currently in.

The strongest person in the group is currently at level 5, while Sui An's parents were only at level 3 before the incident.

Once a professional reaches level 4, the difficulty of promotion increases dramatically. Although Wang Zhen has caught up with Aunt Zhao in just a few years, he also had to stay at level 4 for a long time.

The initial circumstances of the previous generation were different from those of this generation. Jiangcheng has become very stable in recent years, and the cultivation and exploration of professionals has become clearer.

In addition, Wang Zhen and Erhu were both brave and daring, and they also had good luck, which allowed them to quickly advance beyond the low-level professional stage.

There are still many people in the same generation who are stuck at level 2 or 3.

Zhao Feng spends most of her time taking care of her family; otherwise, with her talent, she should be close to reaching level 5.

Sui An was afraid of Zhao Feng because Zhao Feng had really taken care of him over the years, but she also beat him severely.

Hmm... Wang Hu usually gets beaten even harder~

"Aunt Zhao~" Sui An had no choice but to quickly reach out and hug Zhao Feng's arm as she carried the big knife, trying to get away with it by acting cute.

Wang Zhen, who had just gotten out of the car, was so distressed by the scene that he wanted to gouge out his own eyes, and quickly threw a large bag over.

"You have 21 gray steel rock cores in total."

Sui An hurriedly took the large bag, but almost got pulled down by the heavy bag.

"Big brother, take it easy..."

Wang Zhen rolled his eyes at Sui An. Although the lord was weak, he was no weaker than an ordinary person. He was just pretending to be pitiful.

"I've also confirmed that your green plant sapling is called the Tempering Source Fruit Tree. Its fruit can be used by low-level professionals to temper their bodies. The trading company bought it for 150 source stones, calculated my performance, and then stopped taking source stones from you."

Sui An was somewhat surprised: "150 yuan? I didn't expect it to be worth so much!"

Erhu's eyes lit up: "How come you're so lucky? You keep getting good stuff. Share some with me!"

"Nonsense, go and kill source beasts two levels higher, maybe the drop rate will be higher~" Wang Zhen kicked the erhu in annoyance.

"Huh? Is that so?" Zhao Feng's thick eyebrows stood up. She thought Sui An was just lucky, but Wang Zhen hadn't mentioned this to her on the way.

Wang Zhen's expression froze for a moment, and belatedly realizing what was happening, he awkwardly took a step back.

Sui An looked ashen-faced and helplessly stared at Wang Zhen. "Why did you have to bring this up?"