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

November 20st

Sui An and Wang Hu were digging for source stones in front of the courtyard wall. Although it wasn't a Blood Moon day, the harvest was small, but Sui An would release some source beast meat to fish every day, and he could still earn seven or eight pieces a day.

Suddenly, a beeping sound came from afar.

"What's going on? Why are there cars here so early today?"

Sui An looked up into the distance. Although he was outside the wall, he could expand his energy shield to protect himself at any time, so he did not retreat.

Wang Hu immediately gripped his long sword and became alert.

The large transport truck looked somewhat new and kept honking its horn, seemingly trying to remind Sui An.

Wang Hu, however, was physically strong and had much better eyesight than Sui An, and suddenly exclaimed in surprise.

"Xiao An, this is my mom, Zhen Ge, and Erhu!"

"Oh~ are you planning to try mining today?"

Sui An immediately understood. No wonder he arrived so early. Coming out with the first batch of cars in the morning would not easily attract attention.

They just don't transport goods, so they arrive at our side earlier.

"Beep~ Beep~ Beep~"

The truck stopped in front of Sui An and Erhu, who looked around with some surprise.

"Your territory has already been upgraded, so why is it still so small?"

Sui An retorted irritably, "Brother Hu, what are you saying? No money, huh?!"

Erhu asked in surprise, "Aren't you quite wealthy?"

"Don't you want to think about what you're saying? My little bit of money is nothing compared to what others have..."

Sui An straightened up, suddenly pointed at the wall, and began to calculate in a rapid-fire manner: "This level 1 wall used 19 sections of wall material, each section costing 29 source stones, for a total of 551 source stones."

"If I want to expand the capacity now, I need at least three times more to barely make it usable with a semi-modified system, which is 1653 units."

"If I want to upgrade the wall to level 2, I'll need to add another 43 Originium for each section, which will take up..."

The more Erhu listened, the more dizzy he got. He was quickly interrupted by Sui An, who said, "Master, stop reading, stop reading... My head is about to split open."

Zhao Feng and Wang Zhen laughed too. It's a shame that Erhu always wanted to be a construction engineer when he was young, but he can't even do basic accounting when he grows up.

Sui An sighed earnestly, "Erhu, you really don't know how expensive this thing is unless you're a construction engineer!"

"I thought I was already one of the best among my peers because I had a transport truck, but it turns out I didn't even have the scraps of a construction engineer."

Erhu was on the verge of tears, looking at his transport vehicle and suddenly didn't want to say anything.

"Stop joking around!"

Zhao Feng coughed beside him, and Erhu also became serious. He took out a palm-sized black metal cube from his bag and tossed it to Sui An.

"This is a communicator. It can keep you connected within 5 kilometers. Here, take this. If anything happens, just call me through this. If the indicator light goes out, just replace it with a new Originium."

"There's a button here; you need to press it to send a message."

Sui An quickly reached out and took it. This was the first time he had ever used a communicator. He hadn't bought one before because he didn't need it, since its range was very small.

After all, the technology tree in this world has gone astray, and people are using various products from the source world to develop new adaptive technologies.

For example, these transport vehicles, communication devices, and energy-efficient lights have greatly improved people's lives.

Compared to his previous life, these technologies were mostly outdated, barely comparable to the level of the 20th century.

However, there is no electricity development here, and all energy sources are renewable.

Sui An took it in his hand and gently fed it a couple of notes. Sure enough, the erhu in his hand also produced a sound, and it was even quite loud, so there was no need to put it next to his ear.

"After you enter the dimensional portal, will this thing still be able to connect?"

Erhu shook his head: "It's unlikely to work, but we'll place it at the dimensional gate. Sound can pass through the dimensional gate, and we'll come out if there's any unusual noise."

"We've agreed that you'll drive us there later, and then pick us up when we come out. It's safer to leave the car on your property."

"The area has a wide field of vision, and the distance of a few hundred meters should not pose any danger to you."

"Okay~" Sui An put the communicator in his pocket.

"Little Tiger, come in with me this time~" Seeing that Erhu was all arranged, Zhao Feng pulled Wang Hu over from the side. The two of them seemed to have been whispering to each other.

"He won't calculate any extra income; he'll just have to train as a laborer for now."

"As for the four of us, let's split the profits according to the 3331 we discussed on the way. Sui An, you don't have any objections to taking 1%, right?"

"I have absolutely no objection, after all, you're the ones doing all the adventurous work~"

Sui An nodded. Erhu and Wang Zhen exchanged glances. Since Aunt Zhao had offered a discount, they naturally had no objections.

"Alright, let's go then!" Zhao Feng waved her hand, and everyone climbed into the car. Sui An explored the car for a while and immediately found a sense of his past life.

Erhu looked at Sui An with surprise: "You drove very steadily, Xiao Anzi. Have you driven before?"

"Never driven one before? What's so difficult about this? Just watch Baldy do it a few times and he'll get it!"

Sui An placed one hand on the steering wheel with a relaxed posture. The car was constantly bumping, but he remained very steady, looking more skilled than an experienced driver.

"You're kidding me!"

Erhu spat, not believing that Sui An was playing for the first time.

The distance was covered quickly. The four men, each carrying a bag of tools, jumped out of the truck bed, and Sui An drove the truck back.

The territory fell silent again, and Sui An, having nothing else to do, shoveled out the layer of dark red adobe bricks on the outside of the back of the wall.

This place is soaked in too much shadow lizard blood, turning the soil dark red and even giving it a fishy stench.

His territory had already been upgraded, and this place was now considered part of his territory. He didn't want to be bothered by the smell of blood.

While digging and replacing the soil, Sui An suddenly heard the sounds of fighting coming from the afternoon.

"What's going on? Is there an attack by Source Beasts?"

Sui An quickly looked into the distance and saw that there seemed to be three or four people fighting in the distance. It looked like three against one, but it also looked like one was suppressing three.

Not daring to watch the commotion from outside the wall, Sui An quickly returned to his territory and went to the watchtower.

This time, Sui An saw it quite clearly: the four people were fighting and moving, and their direction was actually towards his location.

Further away, a transport truck was parked on the side of the road, and several figures lay motionless on the roadside, as if they had been killed.

Various colored energy sources shone in the distance, among which one person's red energy was extremely dazzling, even able to protect himself. Clearly, this person was already an intermediate professional, and it was he who was suppressing the other three.

The distinction between low- and mid-level combat professionals often boils down to their control over source energy.

Low-level professionals can only attach their source energy to source energy weapons and armor, so usually only weapons and armor gleam with various colors of source energy.

However, for intermediate-level professionals, source energy can not only attach to, but also envelop equipment and the entire body, thus manifesting the energy form of source energy.

For example, fire-based energy, at the intermediate level, is in the form of flames, which has high temperatures and can burn objects;

The low-level light is just red light, with a slightly higher temperature, but it's very limited. So the attribute effects of low-level professionals are not very noticeable, and they are used as energy.

"These are three level 3 professionals fleeing from a level 4 professional."

In terms of combat power alone, a level 3 fighter definitely can't beat a level 4 fighter, since the difference in energy quality and physical strength is too great.

Even if three level 3 opponents team up, they normally can't win, since you can't even withstand a few hits from them, let alone fight against them.

But these three were different; they managed to hold on.

As they got closer, Sui An noticed that the three men were well-equipped, all wearing metal armor.

Although the armor bears more or less marks from being slashed by a knife, and its color is somewhat dull, as if it had been eroded by fire.

One of the burly men, seemingly realizing he had reached the edge of the territory, suddenly roared, "Sun Ping, you crazy woman! Attacking us in front of others' territory! My sister will find out, and you'll be wanted!"

"Stop! Retreat now, and you might survive!" The other two quickly chimed in to persuade him.

"Why would I be afraid of being wanted?" The one chasing the three was a middle-aged woman dressed in a red outfit, with a long sword in her hand wreathed in flames, making it extremely powerful.

The man had a gloomy face and extremely fierce eyes, looking at the three people in front of him as if he had a deep-seated hatred for them.

She glanced up at the territory beside her, her gaze sweeping over the watchtower, her voice sharp and cruel, seemingly unafraid of being heard by those within the territory.

"I've seen the territory, so I'll destroy it!"

Sui An stood on the watchtower and was stunned when he heard the sound coming from below.

What the hell?

Are you going to destroy me?

I didn't say anything, I didn't do anything!