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

"Sui An, a group of people have been scouting the area around the territory several times. They were just lingering outside the territory, and now they've reappeared!"

Wang Hu stood on the watchtower and woke up Sui An, who was catching up on sleep.

Upon hearing that it was another stranger probing, Sui An immediately became more alert. It had been six days since the Zhao family rift opened last time.

In the past six days, the He family has basically not come to investigate again, so why are there so many people suddenly appearing now?

Standing on the watchtower, Sui An looked in the direction Wang Hu pointed, towards the east, near Line 7.

At that moment, a car stopped there, and there seemed to be three or four people in the car who were indeed constantly looking at them.

There were no special markings on the transport vehicle, so its identity and origin are unknown.

His territory was surrounded by vast plains for several kilometers, with almost no cover and no other territory.

It's highly unlikely that someone lingering nearby isn't there to investigate you.

Sure enough, the car stopped for a while and then drove towards them.

Sui An narrowed his eyes slowly, scrutinizing the group's route. Just as they were approaching the outer edge of his territory, he called out, "Halt! If you come any closer, I will attack!"

The warning seemed to have some effect, as the car stopped 20 meters outside the wall, and a young man in red leather armor got out. He stood beside the car and shouted at Sui An.

"Excuse me, is the owner of this territory named Sui An?"

What brings you here?

Sui An was not surprised. The identity of a lord is usually not a secret, after all, he also has to deal with caravans. Even Sui An was able to find out the identity of his neighbor, let alone others.

The young man didn't seem to mind Sui An's cold attitude. Instead, he chuckled and took out a flag from the car with the words "Crescent Moon" written on it.

"Brother Sui An, we are the Crescent Moon Merchant Guild from the nearby Crescent Moon City, about 30 kilometers northeast of the territory. Our guild is now preparing to develop transportation routes in the surrounding territories, trade source energy resources, and purchase source beast meat. Moreover, our purchase price will be 10% higher than that of the Ping An Merchant Guild's transportation team."

"I'm here today to give you a heads-up and leave you a flag. If you need to exchange resources, just plant our merchant guild's flag on a high point in your territory, and our passing caravans will come over."

"So that's how it is!"

Sui Anxin breathed a sigh of relief. This was actually a normal operation. Ordinary territories would not usually establish a chamber of commerce like this. Most of them would rely on the Ping An Chamber of Commerce's transportation system to exchange resources.

As some territories grow in size, they will establish small towns and then develop their own resource ecosystems.

It's important to understand that the resources of this world are not limited to the source beasts sent over by the rift; there are also many mineral deposits, source energy plants, and even some special resources.

Some of these resources were invaded from the source realm and integrated into this world like secret realms, while others were born in recent years under the spur of source energy.

There are secret realms near Sui An's territory, and other territories may have special minerals or places where some kind of precious energy plant grows.

Of course, most of the places within a hundred miles of Jiangcheng are enclosed by territories with powerful backers. If you want them, you'll have to go to more remote, uninhabited areas to cultivate them.

As for whether doing so would encroach on Jiangcheng's interests, it certainly would to some extent, but Jiangcheng has never made a move. As for the reasons behind it, that's something Sui An can't know right now.

Furthermore, who knows if there might be a city even larger than Jiangcheng a few hundred kilometers away?

"Then let's put the flag over there. If we need any resources from your city's relocation, we'll hang the flag up."

"Okay, then we'll take our leave!"

The young man planted the flag in the ground, waved, got into his car, and slowly drove away.

Sui An didn't rush to take the flag, but waited until they had gone far enough before going down to put it away.

This flag is just an ordinary handmade piece, without any source energy contained within it. Looking at the two characters for "crescent moon" on it, Sui An was somewhat puzzled.

"Crescent City, if I remember correctly, that should only be a level 5 territory, right? How come a city was built there so early? Aren't cities usually only called level 7...?"

Although the cities in this world are much smaller than those before the apocalypse, they still bear some resemblance to ancient cities.

After all, city walls need to be built to withstand the onslaught of the source beast tide, so it can't be as spacious as those modern cities in my previous life.

Even so, a level 5 territory has a control radius of only 200 meters and an area of ​​12 square meters. In the previous life, that would be the size of a residential community. Can this really be called a city?

Sui An shook his head helplessly, a guess forming in his mind. He thought of the small town that had been destroyed by the Thunder Cyclops.

"It seems they've already broken through to level 6, and many low-level builders have joined them?"

At level 6, the territory has a diameter of 800 meters and an area of ​​50 square meters. With the addition of some territories that have submitted to it, it can barely reach one-third the size of a level 7 territory. It's not much to complain about, considering it a small city.

"It seems this is the territory with real backing."

Sui An brought the flag back to the yard, but didn't plan to plant it. Wang Zhen was still in the transport team, and he wouldn't leave him out of the preparation of supplies.

A 10% return may seem like a lot, but it's insignificant compared to certain factors.

Just as Sui An was about to go back to his room to continue sleeping, Wang Hu, who was on guard duty above, called out again, his voice sounding somewhat anxious.

"Xiao An, more people are here. This time it looks strange; they're heading straight for our territory!"

"What's going on?"

Sui An frowned. Was his territory really that lively today?

Why do they keep coming one wave after another?

They quickly climbed up the watchtower and saw a transport vehicle veer off course from Line 7, heading straight for their territory at high speed, showing no sign of slowing down.

Something's not right!

Sui An immediately activated his energy shield, and even the group from Crescent City stopped obediently 20 meters away without advancing.

And here the car actually drove straight across this line and came over!

In the back of the truck, five fully armed combat professionals were clearly seated, each coldly surveying their territory.

"Tiger, attack directly!"

Sui An's face was gloomy. He directly summoned the projection of his territory, while Hu Zi's crossbow bolts were already fired.

The five professionals on the vehicle were indeed prepared. One of them, a combat professional dressed in full black armor, seemed to shake his head. He casually reached out and caught the thick crossbow bolt, crushing it instantly.

A deep voice emanated from beneath the sinister mask.

"Is this wretched territory the reason the third and fourth brothers died?"