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

Wang Hu was practicing a certain set of movements in the courtyard. This could be considered a training method, which could accelerate the physical tempering of combat professionals to a certain extent.

Meanwhile, Sui An hid alone in the wooden house to study the new changes.

First, the energy shield has doubled in radius, but Sui An doesn't need such a large territory right now, since his walls are still only level 1. So he chose to adjust them to level 1 size to reduce energy consumption.

As for the defensive capabilities, it's hard to verify on my own, but overall they've definitely improved; otherwise, the energy shields of those large territories in Jiangcheng would be useless.

The second is the energy storage in the core of the territory.

The territory's core energy, which was originally fully charged, instantly became 25%, which means that the energy storage space of his territory's core should have increased by 4 times.

The basic information shows that it still takes 10 days to fully restore energy, and this speed seems to match and improve in sync with the first level.

However, Sui An was a little worried, so he consumed two level 1 source stones, only to find that the energy recovery of the territory core was less than 1%.

It took 24 pieces to restore 10% of the core;

"Wow, it takes 240 level 1 Originium to fully charge this, and the energy limit really has increased by 4 times!"

Sui An was somewhat troubled. It seemed that the previous option, which increased daily recovery by 10%, was quite good. That would be equivalent to an extra 2 Originium Stones per day.

"Did I make the wrong choice?"

But what's done is done, and Sui An can't go back and start over. He can only hope that the cost of the level 2 buildings can be made up for.

I didn't try to use level 2 Originium to replenish energy, since I only have 28 level 2 Originium right now. Although I can exchange for them, I'll save them if I can, because I'll need them to upgrade the buildings later.

During the day, don't activate the energy shield. Take advantage of the daytime to gain more energy for recovery, and a few more days should be enough.

After studying the energy core, Sui An turned his attention to upgrading his buildings.

The buildings that can be upgraded by myself now are:

Elemental Statues *3, Flag, Frozen Cellar, Wall *19

There aren't many at the moment, and items like cellars and flags aren't high priority, so we can wait.

As for upgrading the quality of my own walls, that's a priority, but I currently have enough space in my territory, so there's no rush to expand.

Expanding this thing would probably cost three times as much money, taking apart the existing parts and patching them up section by section with new ones.

"As expected, the walls are the biggest expense..."

Sui An shook his head. He decided to use the walls as a level 1 territory for now. He didn't need as much space as He Chong, and the elemental statues' firepower coverage saved him a lot of trouble.

"So my first goal is to upgrade the elemental statues!"

"But I don't have any Thunderstones saved up yet, so I have to try my luck with the lottery first..."

In the end, Sui An knew that his foundation still depended on his "golden finger" (a powerful advantage), and if he wanted to develop, he still had to rely on it. Come to think of it, it had been a while since he had visited it.

Thinking of this, Sui An exited the building library interface and went to the blueprint library.

He had just clicked on it when a pop-up window appeared in front of him.

[New Player Gift Pack ②: With just 10 energy points, you can purchase any set of unlocked blue building blueprints and a set of building materials.]

"Hmm? There's another surprise!"

Sui An's face lit up with joy. He never expected that his golden finger, which he had neglected for so long, would actually bring him some benefits.

"Will there be another gift pack for level 3?"

Without much thought, Sui An spent 10 Origin Stones and 10 Energy Points to buy the [Oz's Lightning Statue] gift pack.

The blueprints in this gift pack can be used to unlock new enlightenment effects. The Thunderstone can be upgraded and its firepower coverage can be increased.

Sui An eagerly opened the architectural blueprint library and, sure enough, he obtained another inspirational material.

[Consume Oz's Lightning Statue (Inspiration Core) to upgrade this blueprint?]

Sui An couldn't wait to click on the blueprint to see its inspirational effect.

The Statue of Oz

[Inspiration (2/3)]

[Split Magic Bullet: The statue activates a second attack module, allowing you to actively control the statue to change its normal attack settings: Each attack of your elemental statue will release two small lightning magic bullets, with the total cost the same as the initial attack module, and joint targeting will be activated. The magic bullets will automatically target source beasts that are not targeted by any statue. This cannot be activated simultaneously with other enlightenment effects.]

After seeing the second inspirational effect, Sui An roughly understood the role of architectural drawings in inspiring people.

Enlightenment does not enhance the power of the building itself, but only changes the way it takes effect. This effect means that it is still difficult to overcome the limitations of quality and level.

However, it can improve one's ability to cope with different environments.

If you only consider the effect of [Split Magic Bullet], and it's activated by a level 1 elemental statue, its effect might be quite mediocre.

Because a level 1 source beast that could normally be killed instantly might now be impossible to kill.

However, if this effect is present at level 2, it will be very effective against low-level source beasts, and the damage will not easily overflow.

"I'll go test the effects once I gather some materials!"

The Enlightenment Transformation requires 10 units of Basic Source Material, and the Upgrade requires another 10 units. The Basic Source Material that I originally had in excess and which was of little use is now in dire need.

Last time I built a wall, I bought 120 copies, and they were all spent in no time.

After doing 10 draws in the morning, Sui An thought for a moment and then recharged 60 Origin Stones to reach the 30-point pity limit and see if he could get a Thunderstone.

[Basic Source Material *10]

[Basic Source Material *9]

[Lightning Stone *1]

"Hey, it actually came out!"

Sui An's eyes lit up. He hadn't expected his cheat system to be so helpful. He had drawn a total of 7 blue materials so far, including 3 Thunder Stones.

"Then we'll need another twenty sets of materials for upgrading and modification..."

Sui An added another 60 source stones, and as expected, it was another [Basic Source Material *20].

"I've already done 70 pulls for my guaranteed minimum. I'll save up a few more and pull for it!"

Sui An looked at the 87 Level 1 Originium stones left in the core of his territory and hesitated to move them. If something unexpected happened tonight, his reserves wouldn't be enough.

Holding two lightning stones and 42 basic materials, Sui An opened the [Construction Upgrade] option and spent 10 basic source materials to revitalize one of the elemental statues.

After the modifications are complete, click "Upgrade".

In the courtyard, Wang Hu suddenly stopped his forging posture. He stared intently at the night raven statue in front of him. The statue suddenly lit up, making him think that an enemy was attacking.

Upon advancing from level 1 to level 2, the elemental statue did not grow larger, but the patterns around it became more intricate and dense, and the light only lasted for a few seconds before slowly dissipating.

"Xiao An, are you controlling it?" Wang Hu shouted into the house again.

"Yes, I'm upgrading the building, don't worry about it~" Sui An's voice came from inside the house, and he had already walked out the door.

"Let's go check out how effective the new statues are at attacking."

"Okay~"

The two climbed onto the wall, and Sui An summoned the territory projection, first testing the elemental statue's normal attack.

The lightning magic bullet, originally the size of a fist, had grown larger and exploded on the ground outside.

It was still the familiar, hard yellow earth, but this time the damage was about a size larger than that caused by the level 1 stone statue next to it.

"This power has increased significantly. How will it be effective against a level 2 source beast?" Wang Hu looked at the damage marks on the ground with great interest.

"That level 2 Shadow Lizard should be one shot away now; it used to take three or four shots to kill it."

Wang Hu's mouth dropped open in astonishment: "Doesn't that mean the power has increased three or four times?"

"That's not how it's calculated~" Sui An immediately laughed and quickly explained to Wang Hu.

"The source beast's defense has a threshold. Damage exceeding the threshold can easily kill it. If the damage does not reach the threshold, you have to break its defense first, or accumulate damage."

Wang Hu seemed to understand, and quickly gave an example: "Is this what Mom meant by pursuing a one-hit kill?"

"Pretty much~" Sui An didn't explain any further. No matter how much he explained, it was not as good as Wang Hu experiencing it by cutting a couple of times with the source beasts himself.

Then Sui An tried the energy storage mode and split mode of the level 2 stone statue.

The damage caused by the energy storage mode is still about half again as large, which seems to be calculated based on 3 times the volume, not 3 times the explosion radius.

The damage caused by the split mode is much smaller, about two-thirds that of the normal mode.

Surprisingly, each of the level 2 statue's split-mode magic bullets was more powerful than the level 1 statue's magic bullets, although the difference was only about 10%-20%.

The fact that the attack range of the stone statue did not increase after the upgrade surprised Sui An.

After confirming that the effect was quite good, Sui An went back to check the consumption, which was about twice as much as before, but it was difficult to calculate the exact amount.

After all, I still have a -10% consumption effect.

However, his Lord Core energy storage increased by 4 times, and his energy recovery also increased by 4 times.

Therefore, the freedom to attack one's own elemental statue may be realized in the near future!