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

"Why hasn't the convoy arrived yet?"

Sui An held a tea mug in one hand and an energy bar in the other, glancing occasionally in the direction of Line 7.

The sun was already quite high, but he still hadn't seen the convoy approaching, and he was starting to get anxious.

It's probably because yesterday was the Blood Moon Day; any surviving territory should have reaped considerable rewards, which is why the caravan slowed down.

Sometimes, if the harvest is too good, the truck that's fully loaded will turn around and go back.

Besides Jiangcheng, a large city built from numerous subordinate territories gathered by a high-level territory, there are also some medium-level territories that have already established cities and will collect resources in the vicinity.

Even if the Ping An caravan doesn't come, other caravans should still come along the fixed route.

Sui An looked at the source beast corpse in the yard with some concern. Although the source beast meat is special and spoils much slower than ordinary meat, it usually takes three or four days to go bad if left untreated.

But having so many piled up in the yard isn't really a problem.

Sui An suddenly realized that the cellar blueprints were still useful. If this situation occurred, the meat could be left uneaten until the caravan arrived before being sold, thus maximizing its value.

"How about I keep the blueprints and see if I can buy ice crystals?"

According to the rules of architectural drawings, cryolite is most likely just a green core material, and it should still be available on the market.

Just as Sui An was struggling with his decision, the roar of transport trucks suddenly came from afar. Sui An quickly stood up to check.

It was still the Ping An Bank fleet, but this time there were more than 20 vehicles passing by on Line 7, and the long convoy suddenly occupied the road in the distance.

Sui An glanced around and saw Wang Zhen's car again. He quickly raised a large flag in his hand.

This was given to him by Wang Zhen yesterday. One side is printed with the Ping An Trading Company's peace knot logo, and the other side has the number 526, which Wang Zhen made himself. This is his transport vehicle's number.

If this method of operation is seen by the convoy outside, they will send vehicles off the main road in advance. After the transaction is completed, they will either catch up with the convoy in front or turn back directly, depending on the situation.

Wang Zhen slowly stopped his transport vehicle in front of Sui An's territory and jumped off the vehicle.

"Wow~ Oh~ Little Anzi, you had a good haul last night~"

The 1.5-meter-high wall couldn't stop the gazes of those sitting in the car, but this time it wasn't Wang Zhen who exclaimed in surprise, but another young man playing the erhu next to him.

Erhu's original name was Hu Feng. He was the second child in his family, so everyone called him Erhu.

He was the same age as Wang Zhen and they were also friends from the same apartment building, number 78.

"Erhu, you're here today too!" Sui An exclaimed with some surprise, not expecting to see an acquaintance again today.

Compared to Wang Zhen, Sui An got along better with the erhu.

"Call me Brother Hu, what Erhu..." Erhu put on a stern face, looking at Sui An's territory with some envy.

"Yesterday, Lao Wang told me that your territory has some potential, and I was a little skeptical. I insisted on coming with the convoy today to take a look."

"I never expected you to have such a rare elemental statue!"

Seeing Wang Zhen and Erhu standing at the entrance of the territory, Sui An was slightly taken aback and then canceled the energy shield.

These two grew up together and know each other's personalities quite well.

If it were people from other caravans coming, Sui An would be unlikely to cancel the shield.

"Come in and take a look. It's been a while since I've seen you, Brother Hu. Aren't you out racing cars with Brother Zhen anymore?"

Seeing that Sui An had removed the shield, Wang Zhen and Erhu exchanged a glance and smiled slightly before naturally walking in.

Erhu affectionately put his arm around Sui An's shoulder, pointed at Wang Zhen with his left hand, and said with a smile:

"Hey, Old Wang got a transport truck when he was in his fourth year of high school. I'm about to get my fourth year too, so I can't be slower than him. I've been working on a truck lately."

Wang Zhen didn't mind, and while examining the wolf carcass on the ground, he joked:

"I only managed to scrape together enough money back then by accidentally getting a blue loot item. You're probably still short quite a bit, aren't you?"

"Anyway, it'll be soon. This thing is still a bit too expensive, and I need to find a few trustworthy brothers to drive with me. I can't trust outsiders."

Erhu shook his head. He wasn't particularly interested in the corpse on the ground; he was mainly curious about Sui An's elemental stone statue.

"Tsk~ tsk~ tsk~"

"This statue is so lifelike, with such intricate and dense lines. It must be something special. Xiao Anzi, you're really hiding your true abilities."

"Can I touch this thing? What if I get touched?"

"Sure!"

Sui An smiled. He knew that Erhu had always wanted to awaken as a builder when he was young, so he had been extremely curious about all kinds of buildings in the city since he was a child, but in the end he still awakened as a combat professional.

"Just don't try to cut it with a knife. Anyway, I haven't tried it. This thing will automatically attack the source beast."

"It automatically targets enemies?"

Erhu's eyes lit up. He was an experienced professional and knew what an elemental statue that could automatically target enemies meant.

This means that no human intervention is required, reducing the need for one person. Elemental statues like these cannot be operated by ordinary people, while typical guided elemental statues require a professional to operate.

This suggests that the building is of relatively high quality and should be blue.

"No wonder I didn't see the control panel~" Erhu reluctantly removed his hand from the stone statue.

"How about I don't buy a car and just hang out with you instead?"

"Sure." Sui An paused for a moment, then smiled and agreed.

"I'll have to recruit people sooner or later, and I trust Brother Hu completely."

Previously, his territory was extremely poor, and he couldn't afford to hire friends like Erhu. Moreover, he didn't have many friends, and most of them already had regular jobs.

After all, Wang Zhen is very successful; his car alone can support five or six junior professionals.

Now that I have a cheat code and the start is pretty good, my development will definitely be faster later on. I'll definitely need to recruit some people, preferably my friends who I've played with since childhood.

Those who have been able to play together for so many years are probably well-known to everyone. They may have a lot of minor flaws, but they wouldn't go so far as to rob or kill someone.

It's a bit of a shame that not everyone can awaken their Origin Realm. If you haven't awakened it by the time you turn 18, you'll most likely be an ordinary person for the rest of your life.

For example, Erhu's older brother, Da Hu, is someone who hasn't awakened.

Otherwise, the people jumping out of Wang Zhen's car at this moment would all be acquaintances.

Hearing Sui An's reply, Erhu thought for a moment and then shook his head: "My car is about to land, let's go for the car first. Your territory's income is too unstable right now, and I'm trying to reach level 4. Once I succeed, I'll open a rift for you, and that will be dangerous."

Sui An didn't mind at all, smiling as he reached out and hugged the erhu: "That's fine too. Having a car will make it easier for me to work for you later. I want to be a big landlord!"

Erhu burst into laughter and pointed at him, saying, "You little rascal!"

Are these all for sale today?

Wang Zhen interrupted their conversation. He had just finished looking around the yard and then took the initiative to ask a question.

He'll probably be busy again today; he's in charge of the vehicles, so it's not good for him to keep chatting here.

"Yes, sell them all!" Sui An also came to his senses and quickly stepped forward.

"Brother Zhen, this Shadow Lizard is a Level 2 Source Beast, so the price should be a bit higher, right?"

Sui An picked up the large shadow lizard beside him, and Erhu walked over curiously to take a look: "It is indeed a level 2 shadow lizard. It is rare to see such a fat shadow lizard."

Erhu suddenly exclaimed, "Holy crap, you ran into a swarm of shadow lizards last night?"

He subconsciously glanced at the corner of the yard and noticed a pile of shadow lizards there. Turning his head, he saw that there were still many mangled pieces of flesh piled up by Sui An outside the yard wall, yet to be dealt with.

Erhu suddenly turned his head to look at the elemental stone statues behind him, then turned his gaze to Sui An, his tone really a little sour.

"You're really lucky, kid. This thing must be something special..."

Wang Zhen, who was standing to the side, suddenly nudged Erhu with his elbow and shook his head slightly with a somber expression as Erhu turned his head away.

Erhu instantly snapped out of his daze, glanced back at the transport truck outside the yard, then let out a sigh of relief and patted his head.

"Hey, I got a little too excited, sorry~"

"It's okay~"

Sui An shook his head slightly, looked at the erhu and said softly, "But my territory hasn't been developed much yet, so you two brothers, please help me keep it hidden~"

The world is never short of people who are greedy to the extreme. Once someone shows something extremely rare in the early stages, someone will send their subordinate forces to coerce and entice you into submitting your territory to them.

After all, being able to unlock high-quality blueprints means you can keep building.

While you cannot move subordinate buildings to your own territory, you can relocate them to specific areas to build only that type of building to supply yourself.

Subservience is a dead end, because some of your territory rights will be transferred to higher-level territories, and you'll become a mere puppet.

This is also why Sui An, despite having no background, was unwilling to rely on Jiangcheng for development.

Wang Zhen and Erhu exchanged glances and gradually calmed down. They had been together for so long that some things didn't need to be said outright; a hint was enough.

"Cough~ cough~"

Wang Zhen clenched his left fist, touched his mouth, coughed slightly, and then changed the subject.

"I just counted the number of wire wolves and roughly weighed the shadow lizards. They should weigh around 5000 jin (2,500 catties). We'll weigh them later."

「1级源兽肉按100斤一块源石算，车队抽30%。那只2级的影蜥我就不抽了按2块源石收，你看行不行。」

After listening, Sui An nodded: "Okay, this price is acceptable, let's go with this price."

The price of these pure meat source beast carcasses is actually quite easy to calculate. In Jiangcheng, they are generally worth about 100 catties per source stone. However, as a transport convoy, they will definitely take a cut.

If the quantity is small, the commission rate might be higher; if the quantity is large, the commission rate might be lower, but a commission rate of around 30% is definitely not high.

Once the two sides reached an agreement, people from the convoy got off and threw the source beasts into the truck bed.

The truck bed was reinforced with high side panels, but with more than two tons of meat thrown in, plus a lot already collected, the bed was almost full. It's likely they'll turn around and find a return route to go back, and collect some more things along the way.