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

Wang Zhen's convoy headed north again. The location of Line 7 was only halfway there. They would probably not finish the entire journey until noon, and they generally needed to get back to Jiangcheng as soon as possible before dark.

If those six source beasts were sold in Jiangcheng, they could fetch about 5 source stones. In the wild, they only sold for 3 source stones, which is actually a reasonable price. After all, when a caravan travels in the wild, in addition to transportation costs, it may also attract attacks from source beasts, or even attacks from other caravans.

The carcasses of the source beasts are sent back to Jiangcheng, where specialized professionals will process them. Some can be made into potions, others into energy bars, and some with suitable meat will even be sent for cooking.

Sui An bought quilts, pillows and other daily necessities in Wang Zhen's convoy. He came alone yesterday, and these things were not easy to carry.

He also received portable food and basic utensils. At present, he is only entitled to eat these prepared foods and has no better conditions to pursue taste.

In the early stages, we had to grit our teeth and persevere until we had everything we needed. At this moment, Sui An's little house finally felt like a place to live.

Then he spent 2 Originium to buy two sets of basic Originium materials, one set as a reserve for crossbow bolts, and the other set to repair the damaged wooden door.

From the outside, this thing looks like two fist-sized orbs of source energy, and it is very light.

It can be obtained with a probability from the loot dropped by Source Beasts, but it is more often extracted by alchemists from special materials, such as Source Beast bones, minerals affected by Source Energy, or even eroded plants.

Basic source materials can serve as the foundation for the vast majority of source energy creations, such as the buildings constructed by builders and the equipment of blacksmiths.

When combined with special source energy core materials, along with formulas or blueprints, various materialized materials can be formed.

For example, just 10 fist-sized orbs of light, together with lightning-accumulating stones, can be used to create a 3-meter-tall stone statue made of lightning-attribute stone, and with ironwood cores, a 7-meter-tall wooden watchtower and steel crossbow bolts.

From a volume perspective, it's simply unreasonable!

But if you completely destroy the building, you won't get a pile of stone and wood; it will just dissipate as energy.

Doesn't that sound like a game?

Within the core of the territory, there is a module called [Energy Resource Reserve].

This is a very special warehouse, which can only store three types of things: Originium, basic source materials, and core source energy materials.

Whether it's the ball of light in your hand, a round piece of Originium, or some strangely shaped core energy material, they may seem different, but they are all products of Originium, capable of turning into light and being absorbed into the fist-sized Lord Core.

The Lord Core can store and retrieve materials that can be used to make three-meter-tall stone statues or five-meter-tall watchtowers.

Even when constructing buildings, materials can be directly transported from the Lord's Core to the courtyard. Of course, these buildings can only be effective within the territory. If the territory's core is destroyed first, these buildings will also disappear.

This includes crossbow bolts that can be fired outside the territory's boundaries, which will dissipate after a certain period of time.

It looks very unscientific, but it seems to have some logic to it.

In Sui An's view, this is even more like a wizarding world than fantasy, which is why he described it as semi-gamified.

Having purchased two units of basic source material, Sui An did not touch the 21 source stones he had on him, as he wanted to save them as reserve resources for the elemental statues. After all, these things, unlike sentry towers, consumed a relatively large amount of source energy.

In other words, he currently only has one, otherwise his core would be drained in no time.

I kept the energy shield active all night last night, and the elemental statues' automatic attacks were activated countless times.

When I checked this morning, the Lord Core's source energy was only 91%. Even if Sui An turned off the shield and it took all day to recover, it could only recover to about 96% at most.

A level 1 territory core can be fully restored with Originium in one go, requiring 60 Originium. This means that this elemental statue must earn back 60 Originium for itself after 200 attacks in order to sustain its consumption.

Even with the occasional appearance of source beasts like those last night, you can still earn a considerable amount back.

However, if there are many monsters scattered around and they can attack the energy shield, the energy consumption will be much higher.

Holding the shovel and hoe he had just bought, Sui An stretched in the yard and looked around.

"Dig some traps around the perimeter while it's still daytime!"

"We don't have enough money, so we can only make up the difference by contributing our labor."

After last night's verification, there's not much to worry about in front of the courtyard. Level 1 source beasts are killed with a single attack. Both the speed and power of the magic bullets are enough to demonstrate the power of the blue elemental statues.

This made Sui An even more eager to see the other architectural blueprints provided by the Golden Finger.

However, after looking at the beginner pool, he saw that there were three blueprints in total:

The Elemental Statues of Oz

【Riding the Victory Amidst Flying Clouds and Flying Banners】

[Girl's Concert Stage]

The elemental statues have already been unlocked. Although I don't know what the effect will be if I draw the blueprint again, I can't see all the information about the blueprints for the other two until I draw them. I can only see the brief description on the interface.

The 【Victory Flying Banner】 is a device that can add attack buffs.

The "Girls' Concert Stage" is a stage for healing injuries.

But why are these names all so...anime-like?

It's definitely a gacha-style anime mobile game!

However, Sui An had no money at the moment, so he could only put them out of his mind for the time being.

After searching for several suitable locations, Sui An chose to start digging a pit behind the wooden house. With his body enhanced by source energy, he could dig a pit much faster than an ordinary person, and his endurance and strength were much greater.

They dug a pit three meters deep and more than one meter long and wide, put a few foot-long spikes they had just bought in the pit, simply covered it with a piece of gauze, weighed it down with stones or wooden stakes, and sprinkled a thin layer of sand and grass on the surface. A simple trap was then set up.

It's a pity there aren't many trees nearby; otherwise, using tree branches for support would be much more secure than using gauze.

After setting up the traps, most of the day had passed quickly.

After putting away his tools, Sui An took a small stool in his left hand and an enamel mug in his right, drank tea, and sat comfortably in the courtyard to rest.

The sun is about to set. Under normal circumstances, the sun, moon, and stars in this world are no different from those in the previous life.

Spring, summer, autumn, and winter, as well as wind, rain, snow, and fog, would all appear, and many times Sui An felt as if he were still on Earth.

"One cup to the setting sun, one cup to our hometown..."

Sui An hummed a tune haphazardly, raised his teacup slightly towards the sun as he gestured. The setting sun slowly disappeared below the distant mountains, and the sky gradually darkened.

As the stars shifted, a crimson waning moon slowly appeared in the night sky, gradually turning the night crimson.

"Ugh!"

Sui An slowly stood up, staring wide-eyed at the blood moon that had suddenly appeared in the sky. This crescent moon looked as if it were covered with a scarlet veil, appearing extremely eerie.

But Sui An knew very well what this meant.

Having lived here for so many years, he knew that blood moons occur every few days, though the intervals are usually longer at the beginning and end of the month, and almost every two days during the full moon in the middle of the month.

The appearance of this blood-red moon signifies that another rift in the Origin Realm will open tonight!

"Damn it, I deliberately chose the end of the month, the day after the blood moon, just to have more time to weather the crisis."

"I didn't expect it to appear in just two days this time."

Sui An's face was grim as he looked at the blood-red halo in the sky. He felt a little helpless and complained. Although this thing sometimes liked to be so unreasonable, he was still annoyed that he had actually run into it.

In fact, whether it's a day earlier or later, it won't have much impact on Sui An right now. It's just that he's venting his anxiety about facing the blood moon alone. After all, who isn't afraid?

The opening of the Source Realm Rift does not mean that a huge crack appears in the sky and then a rain of Source Beasts falls.

Countless source beasts living in the source realm will be attracted by the blood moon through the temporarily opened spatial rift. Under the influence of the blood moon in the sky, the source beasts will lose most of their rationality and rely solely on instinct to attack their territory, which means that the source beasts will become more ferocious.

The more people there are, and the more professionals there are, the easier it is to open spatial rifts. The larger the rifts will be, and the higher the level of the source beasts that can cross them. This is a lesson learned from many years of experience.

The territories of those builders are naturally more attractive to attacks from Blood Moon Beasts than those of ordinary people. This is why some large territories are suddenly breached overnight, resulting in widespread devastation.

"Hopefully, too many source beasts won't come to my little territory~"