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

"That energy attack just now looked really powerful. Could it have been a high-quality energy technique?"

Sui An unconsciously gripped the railing on the watchtower and whispered a question to the side.

The fact that this group suddenly launched such an attack outside his territory made Sui An a little nervous. What were they trying to do?

Wang Hu squinted, somewhat worried: "We're too far away to sense that person's level. If that person isn't of a very high level, then this energy technique must be of high quality."

"I hope they're not here to cause trouble."

Sui An muttered to himself, compared to other territories, his territory, as the initial territory, had encountered far more calamities.

Generally speaking, few people will actively attack a territory; it's a matter of risk and reward.

Generally speaking, an ordinary territory can fight against seven or eight ordinary combat professionals of the same level at the same time, and even has a high chance of winning.

The reason they can only fight against a few combat professionals is because human intelligence far surpasses that of the source beasts.

Moreover, even the poorest and most talented combat professionals are still considered minor elites among the source beast races. For example, if the Shadow Lizard, also at level 1, were to face Wang Hu head-on, Wang Hu, unarmed, could kill it in a few punches, if not one.

If they encounter top-tier second-generation beasts or super lucky ones, they can even take on elite-level source beasts head-on.

However, it is still difficult to fight against a territory alone, unless that territory is really too poor.

This gap does not narrow at higher levels; instead, it gradually widens.

However, the benefits gained from destroying territory in the wild are highly uncertain.

Aside from the Lord Core itself, the resources stored within it may have already been used up to build their own territories.

Attacking a territory that you can easily destroy without any reason might yield less benefit than killing a source beast of the same level.

As for whether a high-level professional might pass through a low-level territory and, in a bad mood, simply slash it, that's quite possible.

"They're gone!" Wang Hu breathed a sigh of relief, watching the group get into their car and leave Sui An's territory.

Sui An watched them leave, observing the direction their car drove back, which was most likely people from the He family's territory.

"I'm going to continue resting. You'll take over the shift later!"

"OK!"

……

Fang Si and his group headed towards a vast territory, much larger than Sui An's.

This territory appears to be situated on a hill, much higher than the surrounding area.

The ground nearby was full of craters, as if it had been bombed.

A thick, tall gray wall encircled the entire territory, with many tall buildings standing behind it.

There were arrow towers with huge crossbows, cannon emplacements equipped with thick cannon barrels, and some strange spherical domes placed on top of the walls at intervals, faintly emitting energy.

Outside the territory, seven or eight people were digging ditches in the ground with shovels and hoes, seemingly trying to dig a moat around the territory.

The transport vehicle slowly drove through a huge iron gate, and the people who saw the vehicle immediately greeted it.

"team leader!"

"Captain Fang!"

The group jumped out of the car, and Fang Si waved his hand: "You all go back and rest. I'll go report the situation to the young master."

"yes!"

The group walked towards a row of houses in the territory, which were all expanded from the initial wooden houses, resembling staff dormitories.

Fang Si walked towards the center of the territory, where there was a special building that was different from the surrounding buildings. It had a hemisphere on top and a cylinder around it, and was pure white all over.

At that moment, a young man dressed in a bright leather armor was standing at the door, smiling at Fang Si.

"Brother Fang, you're back!"

Fang Si walked up to the young man and said softly, "Young Master!"

"Brother Fang, you can just call me Xiao Chong, why be so formal!" He Chong pretended to be displeased, but turned his head and asked in a low voice, still somewhat impatient.

"Brother Fang, have you found out about the crack situation from last night?"

Fang Si's eyes were bright, and her voice was gentle: "I found it. The location is near that newly opened territory, 10 kilometers south of the original territory."

"The territory opened by that guy named Sui An?" He Chong's somewhat heroic face suddenly turned gloomy, and when Fang Si nodded in confirmation, his eyes became even more fierce.

"That's just a level 1 territory that's only been open for a month, how could it cause a rift? Could it be that he... isn't he afraid of death?"

Fang Si didn't answer directly, but instead explained to He Chong.

"Although the rift opened outside that territory, it may not have been caused by that territory. We saw many large-scale signs of destruction outside the territory, which are not like those caused by a low-level territory. They seem to be signs of destruction caused by level 6 or even level 7 combat professionals."

"What?!"

The fierce look on He Chong's face vanished abruptly, replaced by a pale and panicked expression: "How can there be a level six or seven professional? Is it because of Sui An's background?"

"Didn't you check before and say that he was an orphan and that his parents were just low-level workers before they died?"

Fang Si remained silent, watching He Chong motionless, seemingly waiting for He Chong to calm down.

He Chong seemed to realize that his emotions had changed too drastically, so he took a deep breath and readjusted himself.

"Brother Fang, do you think there's anything going on here?"

Seeing that He Chong had calmed down, Fang Si began to explain slowly.

"It's hard to say, but although that territory has only been open for a month, its strength may not be that weak. I saw that its walls are the same as yours, so they must be of green quality as well."

"If he really had no background, he probably wouldn't have had the start-up capital. It's likely that some of the friends he had with his parents, perhaps some mid-level professionals, provided him with some assistance."

"As for more details, we can't investigate anything since we haven't entered his territory, and we can't just come knocking on his door without a reason."

"How come it suddenly developed cracks, right near my house!"

He Chong remained calm during the first half of Fang Si's speech, but the last sentence made his face turn gloomy again, and he even became somewhat exasperated.

"I didn't sleep a wink all night last night!"

"It's all his fault, shouldn't he give me an explanation!"

Fang Si's body trembled slightly. He lowered his eyes, seemingly trying to hide his emotions, and stood quietly to the side, letting He Chong vent his feelings.

He knew that this was a lingering effect of He Chong's previous rift, after all, his territory was almost wiped out and he ended up with Zhang Rui. This fear was amplified infinitely in the second rift.

When he used the method of actively creating rifts to advance, resulting in the destruction of some of his territories, He Chong seemed indifferent to such things.

But if one day He Chong becomes one of those affected, Zhang Rui's fate will be etched into his mind.

Whether it's fear or lingering dread, it will all erupt.

After He Chong hurled two harsh curses, he slowly regained his composure.

"Brother Fang, you flatter me."

Fang Si kept her eyes down, as if she hadn't heard He Chong's words.

He Chong seemed to have gotten used to Fang Si's approach. He paced back and forth at the door for a while before asking again.

"Brother Fang, if I were to ask you to lead a team to wipe out that territory, how many people would you need?"

This statement seemed to have taken Fang Si by surprise. He looked at He Chong again, but he couldn't see a trace of a joke on He Chong's face.

After a moment of contemplation, Fang Si slowly began to explain.

"If that damage didn't come from a passing mid-to-high-level combat professional, but from that territory, even if your father came, he might not be able to destroy that territory."

"Furthermore, mid-to-high-level combat professionals may not necessarily be unrelated to his territory."

This time, He Chong didn't back down, but instead pressed on, "Then which possibility do you think is more likely?"

"It's hard to say, but no matter which one it is, it's not a safe thing to rashly attack other territories."

Fang Si looked at He Chong, genuinely puzzled and with a hint of doubt.

"Why are you so determined to destroy this territory?"

This time, He Chong remained expressionless, but his voice was icy: "Because he was too close to me!"