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

"Thank you so much for the Originium!"

At this moment, Sui An had another 18 source stones in his possession. The first thing he needed to do was to build his own [Crossbow Watchtower].

[Building Name]: Crossbow Watchtower

[Building Type]: Standalone building

[Building Level]: Level 1 (Cannot be upgraded)

[Building Quality]: White

[Architectural Effect]: The arrow platform on the watchtower automatically gathers crossbow bolts, which can attack targets within a certain range. One bolt can be fired at a time, and it requires manual operation for aiming and firing.

[Additional Consumption]: Crossbow bolts require basic source materials.

【製造需求】：铁木芯（0/1）、基础源质材料（0/10）、1级源石（0/2）

Compared to Sui An's blue building, this watchtower is relatively ordinary. The power of the crossbow bolts is not much different from that of the fist-sized lightning magic bullets when dealing with ordinary source beasts.

The crossbow bolts condensed by the watchtower are over a meter long and two centimeters thick. When they hit the vital points of a level 1 source beast without special armor at close range, they can kill it instantly.

However, its effectiveness is limited against source beasts with special scales.

As an elemental attack, the Thunder Magic Bullet, in addition to the high temperature and paralysis properties inherent in lightning, also has the violent impact caused by the explosion of the magic bullet, which can shatter the internal organs of the source beast and even blow its torso apart, and it does not require a specific hit to a vital point.

In addition, the crossbow bolts on the watchtowers require someone to aim and fire them, so both accuracy and speed are subject to human intervention.

The elemental statues are not only fast and accurate in their attacks, but they also do not require individual operation and can even be used as warning structures.

Before the cheat code appeared, this [Crossbow Watchtower] was my only attack building blueprint.

Even with just the blank blueprints and the cost of the materials, they managed to siphon off most of the assets left by Sui An's parents, even selling their house in Jiangcheng.

Open the [Build Upgrade] module, select building production, and Sui An placed the watchtower phantom behind the wooden house.

The base of the watchtower is a square, with a side length of 2.5 meters and a height of 7 meters.

At a height of about 5 meters from the watchtower is an observation platform where large crossbows are placed and people stand. Even if it is placed behind the wooden house, at this height, one can still see most of the scene in front of the wooden house.

There are elemental statues in front of the wooden house that automatically attack, making it more stable than the one behind the house.

However, the elemental statue's attack is in a straight line. It is only a little over three meters tall, roughly the same height as the wooden house. The area behind the wooden house is the statue's blind spot, so it is still very necessary to place the watchtower behind it.

After setting up the watchtower, Sui An looked at the 16 source stones in his hand and felt a little tempted.

"The beginner pool can yield blue core materials. If you also get a Lightning Stone, you'll have two elemental statues."

"How about trying a few single pulls?"

Obviously, sixteen Originium Stones are not enough for a ten-pull, although a ten-pull is meaningless anyway.

After thinking it over, Sui An reluctantly chose to give up, because even if he got it in a single draw, he would still need enough [basic source material] to create the elemental statue.

I only have two of these left, so I need to save them as raw materials for crossbow bolts.

[Basic Originium Materials] can be purchased in reality, and the price has remained relatively stable over the years, roughly 1 Originium per unit.

A single gacha pull costs three stones. If you're only going to pull for basic materials, you're just being foolish.

"Forget it, I'll save up before I try my luck."

Forcibly suppressing his restless hand, Sui An took out a compressed energy bar from his package and sat down at the door to eat it.

This is a special food; one energy bar the size of a sausage is enough to sustain you for most of the day, but the taste isn't great and it doesn't have much flavor.

The sky had completely darkened by this moment, with thick clouds covering the heavens and no stars visible.

This wasn't the first time Sui An had spent the night in the wilderness, but it was the first time he had spent the night alone in the wilderness.

Fortunately, he was alone in his territory at the moment, and with an energy shield, he wasn't too worried about being ambushed by others.

Sui An grew up in Jiangcheng with his parents, who were both professionals. After his parents had an accident, he lived alone.

Jiangcheng is the largest city in this area, spanning hundreds of miles. It has been relatively stable in recent years, with its defenses rarely breached by source beasts. Moreover, it has been gradually expanding, and under the management of the city lord, the city enjoys excellent public security.

Sui Anxuan's chosen location is a large plain with a wide view, close to a water source, and near the middle of Route 7. It is not too far from Jiangcheng, which will facilitate the exchange of goods with caravans in Jiangcheng.

"The blood moon that appeared last night should have been dormant for a few days, so there shouldn't be any major problems."

After guarding the place for a while, Sui An felt tired, so he turned around and went back into the house. He covered himself with a robe on the floor and prepared to sleep.

"Sizzle~ Sizzle~ Sizzle~"

"boom!"

A muffled rumble of thunder suddenly sounded outside, causing Sui An, who had just been dozing off, to open his eyes abruptly.

"Is there a monster attack?"

Sui An quickly got up, picked up the energy spotlight next to him, and looked outside.

The light from the stone statue in the middle of the courtyard had gone out, and it did not unleash a second lightning attack.

This means either the target has been killed or the target has escaped the attack range.

It was too dark at night. Sui An slowly walked to the center of the courtyard and couldn't see where the monster was attacking. He could only turn on the energy spotlight and scan the outside of the courtyard by the light of the spotlight.

Before long, the location of the crime was found.

About fifteen or sixteen meters from the wall, a patch of charred earth was visible, and only a corpse, about one or two feet long, could be vaguely seen lying on the ground.

"Is that a ghost fox?"

Sui An wasn't quite sure, but the shape did indeed resemble a ghost fox.

Although it is called a ghost fox, this thing is not related to ghosts. It is just a small level 1 source beast that is very similar to a fox.

It is entirely gray-black, and its eyes emit a gray-green glow like will-o'-the-wisps at night. Although it is only a foot long, this thing is not weak in combat. If an ordinary person encounters it, even if they are armed with source energy weapons, they may be worn down and killed by this thing.

Because this thing is too agile. Sui An encountered it before when he participated in defending the tower. It was difficult to aim the crossbow at this thing. It was small and ran very fast, which was a real headache.

As a fire-type source beast, it can also breathe out small streams of flame. Although its flame breath is not particularly powerful, it can easily cook a few pieces of meat.

"Unfortunately, no loot dropped..."

"I now have a rough idea of ​​the attack range of my elemental statue. It should be around 20 meters in radius. If it weren't for the wooden houses and other buildings blocking the way, it would truly cover the entire territory."

Looking at the vicinity of the corpse from a distance, and seeing that no orbs of light appeared, Sui An stopped caring.

At most, a ghost fox's corpse contains only a piece of Originium and a physical body; sometimes, there may not even be a fully formed Originium inside its body.

But this thing is very cunning. The body is still there. Perhaps it is afraid of the lightning attack, or perhaps its accomplices deliberately did not try to drag it away, waiting for him to go out and retrieve the body before attacking him.

Most of the source beasts are carnivorous and will attack people first. When no one is around, native wild animals will also become their targets. If food is scarce, the source beasts will even fight each other.

With the invasion of the source beasts in recent years, wild animals have become much scarcer.

Anyway, since this thing doesn't have the berserk state that comes with the Blood Moon, or the presence of a large force leading the attack, it rarely attacks camps on its own initiative; at most, it will come to probe.

"Never mind, I'm going back to sleep."

After turning off the spotlights, Sui An stood in the yard for a while longer, but seeing that there was still no new movement, he turned around and went back into the house.

During the night, the elemental statues fired a few more shots, but there was no warning of an attack on his territory's shield, so Sui An simply ignored it, stuffed small wads of soft cloth into his ears, and fell into a deep sleep.