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

"By the way, after we finished mining, we went to explore the surface of the secret realm, but we were driven back by the Shadow Lizard King guarding the gate."

"There are a lot of Shadow Lizards in the Secret Realm Cave now. It's probably because they angered the Shadow Lizard King. There are even more of them this time than last time, and some of the big ones are comparable to the ones you had last time. If the Blood Moon comes tonight, you'd better watch out."

Before leaving, Wang Zhen suddenly remembered something and, sitting in the car, he spoke to Sui An.

"No way, how many Shadow Lizards are there in that secret realm? I've killed almost a thousand..."

Sui An was somewhat surprised. Although this thing was very small, it should be an omnivorous source beast.

But with so many of them, is there enough food to feed them all?

Wang Zhen shook his head, his expression somewhat grave: "It's hard to say. That mountain might be the territory of the Shadow Lizards. We haven't even left within 10 meters of the cave entrance yet. As soon as we go in, those big guys squat down. Anyway, today the cave is still completely packed..."

"Hey, it's just a Shadow Lizard. I'm a level 2 territory now, and I've upgraded two core buildings. I wish there were more of them, I'm short on money!"

Sui An wasn't too worried. The dimensional gate was of limited size, and particularly ruthless individuals couldn't get through. Given his current situation, he wasn't particularly afraid.

"Just don't be careless!" Wang Zhen didn't say much. Sui An was a shrewd kid; a little hint was enough.

It was already 3 p.m., and they had to hurry back. It would take them more than two hours to drive back from here at full speed, and if they didn't get into the city before dark, they would be in big trouble.

As dusk settled, four days had passed since the last blood moon, and sure enough, another blood moon descended today.

"Tiger, today's situation might be a little special. I need to tell you something first!"

Sui An told Wang Zhen that he didn't care, but in reality, he cared more than anyone else.

Unlike last time, Wang Zhen said this time the attacks were much harsher and more numerous.

Wang Hu was sharpening several weapons with a whetstone when he quickly looked up and asked, "Xiao An, what's up?"

"Tonight, use this big hook to pull in the Source Beast corpses near the wall, mine the Source Stones, and put them in the bag. The pressure might be high today, so don't run out of energy!"

Sui An waved a specially made hook in his hand. This thing was 4 meters long and three fingers thick. It was a tool he had specially made to prevent himself from running out of source stones.

After all, once you step out of the energy shield, you'll have to open the door yourself to get back in, and it would be very dangerous without a shield outside.

Wang Hu possesses a powerful physique, high base attributes, and can quickly summon source beasts. He also has greater resistance to risks.

Wang Hu quickly stood up, jogged over, took the large hook, and gestured with it.

"Okay, I understand!"

Remember, your safety comes first!

After giving some instructions, Sui An began making preparations. He currently had 6 level 2 source stones and 93 level 1 source stones, which was indeed less than before.

However, once your territory is upgraded to level 2, your energy reserves will also increase.

For most of the daytime yesterday and today, the shield was closed to speed up energy recovery. Sui An's energy has now recovered to 45%, which is almost twice that of a level 1 core.

Sure enough, less than half an hour after the blood moon descended, the shadows from the north had already emerged.

The three stone statues are still positioned in the northern part, with two level 2 statues placed in the northeast and northwest corners, which also takes care of the other side of the territory.

Sui An activated the split attack mode for the two level 2 elemental statues, while the level 1 statues remained in normal attack mode.

Compared to the fifth Blood Moon, this time my firepower coverage has increased by 66%, and the level 2 split bullets are stronger in individual damage than the level 1 ones.

However, it's not very meaningful, since the damage is already excessive when hitting a level 1 source beast, and insufficient when hitting a level 2 one.

Sui An stood on the watchtower, watching the new attack pattern, and discovered a benefit he hadn't noticed before.

The three stone statues now seem to be connected to a network; as long as I don't lock on, they won't attack duplicate targets simultaneously.

Previously, there was a small probability that attacks on the same enemy would occur simultaneously.

Wang Hu stood on another watchtower and began firing his crossbow. Although the shadow lizard was small, his accuracy was still very high at a distance of ten or twenty meters.

Sui An did not rush to make a move. He was observing whether there were any larger creatures lurking inside, but the gray fog on the outside began to spread, and soon his vision disappeared.

想了想，隋安还是来到了领地核心前，从6块2级源石里拿出4块将最靠近那个方向的那节3米围墙给升级成2级的。

After all, the big guy from the fourth time charged and smashed through the initial wall. There's no guarantee that there won't be a similar guy this time. If it doesn't work the first time, maybe it will work after a few more times.

After all, green quality is only one level higher than white. Now that it has been upgraded to level 2, the green defense is much stronger.

Back on the watchtower, the long-absent howling of wolves echoed under the night sky. Sui An quickly looked around and saw a group of wolves rushing towards him from the west, and there were quite a few of them.

"Yes, I'm a level 2 territory now, and the surrounding level 1 territories are no longer enough to give me control..."

"Apart from He Chong's level-three territory, this wolf pack came from the southwest. That area is the Lianyun Mountain region, and I remember there are a few level-one territories there as well."

Lianyun Mountain is a small mountain range, not very large, but there is generally no territory near the foot of the mountain, but there will be more further away.

However, compared to the densely packed area on Line 7, the other side is obviously much smaller.

The biggest reason is the poor road conditions and inconvenient transportation.

An initial territory cannot develop in the early stages without relying on nearby large human settlements to convert resources.

As the invasion of the Origin Realm has progressed to this point, there are very few human settlements left that do not rely on large territories for survival; they have all entered and developed within those territories.

Therefore, the Great Territory siphons off a large number of people and takes away resources. Without suitable transportation routes, your development speed in the wild is even more difficult than when the Origin Realm invasion first started.

Sui An shouted to Wang Hu, who was engrossed in shooting, "Hu Zi, stop shooting the shadow lizards, shoot the wolves!"

The pack of wolf shadows had already arrived, but they did not attract the elemental statue's firepower because the elemental statue's automatic target acquisition logic prioritizes attacking the nearest enemy, regardless of its rank.

Therefore, if Sui An is targeting elite targets, he needs to manually control and lock onto them.

At this moment, the one closest to the stone statue was naturally the Shadow Lizard, which had already rushed to the vicinity of the wall.

As the wolf pack drew closer, under the blood moon, Sui An could see their appearance clearly; they were no longer his old companions, the Iron Wire Wolves.

Their silver fur shone brightly under the blood moon. When they came to a position about 20 meters outside the territory's wall, they still began to follow the instinctive traditions of wolves.

"Awooo~ Awooo~ Awooo~"

Even the mighty Blood Moon cannot erase the wolf clan's hunting instinct: upon spotting prey, to call their companions to come and have a taste.

"Moon Wolves, these are level 2 source beasts, a pack of wolves capable of launching moon blade attacks!"

Sui An finally found out what these wolves were in the booklet, his expression changed, and he immediately shouted.

"Tiger, fire together!"

"good!"

The Moon Wolf's size is not much different from that of the Iron Wire Wolf, but as a Level 2 wolf, the fact that its size has not increased means that its specialty is not physical strength, but source energy mastery.

The strengths of most source beasts are predictable, but this only applies to some common races. Under the same guiding principles, these development directions can be inferred.

Sure enough, even a level 2 Moon Wolf wasn't much stronger physically, and the power of its crossbow bolts was still considerable.

As each of their crossbow bolts struck one of the wolves, the remaining moon wolves automatically disconnected from Bluetooth search mode and charged towards them, baring their teeth.

When the second volley of crossbow bolts was fired, the situation was completely different for the Iron Wire Wolves. A bright crescent-shaped energy blade flashed past their mouths and shattered the crossbow bolts in mid-air.

"The crossbow bolts from the level 1 watchtower are still too slow!"

"I need to get some level 2 white buildings for use~"