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

Chapter 90 An Unexpected Visit

Just as Sui An was still exploring his cheat code, Wang Hu, who was guarding the watchtower, suddenly turned his head to look in the northeast direction.

A small gray transport vehicle drove towards the territory at a relatively slow speed and stopped about three thousand meters away from the wall.

There was only one young professional in the car. He got out of the car and looked around at the territory not far away.

Wang Hu was somewhat puzzled. This tall professional, dressed in silver chainmail, seemed to have no intention of attacking, and even his weapon was placed on the car seat.

After thinking for a moment, Wang Hu asked directly, "Who are you, and what are you doing here?"

The young man looked up at Wang Hu on the watchtower, squinted slightly to examine him, and then spoke loudly.

"Young man, are you the lord of this place? I have something I'd like to discuss with you; I have something important to tell you."

"It's important... then please wait a moment."

Wang Hu didn't leave the watchtower; instead, he shouted loudly towards the wooden house below, "Xiao An, Xiao An!"

Sui An had just finished renovating all his buildings and used the extra 3 purple materials from each building to make a level 2 structure when he heard Wang Hu's loud voice. He quickly opened the door and ran out.

"Tiger, what's wrong?"

"Someone outside is looking for you."

Looking for oneself?

Sui An immediately felt that trouble was coming again; none of the people who had come to him lately were any good.

But after thinking about it, he still climbed the watchtower and saw the professional waiting quietly in the direction Wang Hu pointed.

Looking at his attire and the weapon on the car seat, Sui An felt a little calmer, thinking that he probably just needed to talk to him about something.

"Brother, what's your name? What can I do for you?"

Upon seeing Sui An appear, the young man raised his head again and shouted loudly.

"My name is Fang Si. I was originally a guard for He Chong, the lord of your western territory. I've come here today to tell you something: He Chong is preparing to gather his men in the next few days to destroy your territory."

"???"

Fang Si's words left Sui An completely bewildered. What did he mean by He Chong wanting to destroy his territory? When did he become enemies with He Chong?

"Fang Si, is it? I have no grudge against He Chong, so why would he want to destroy my territory? Your words are so vague and nonsensical. Since you came here specifically to tell me, you can't just leave it at that."

Seeing that Sui An did not believe him, Fang Si was not annoyed. Instead, she moved closer and began to explain the reasons and consequences to Sui An.

Sui An's head throbbed more and more as he listened, feeling utterly unlucky to have chosen such a place.

"You mean, because He Chong opened two rifts himself, breaking through his territory and nearly dying in the jaws of beasts, while I, someone with no background, not only escaped unscathed but also frequently opened rifts, making him think I'm restless and will eventually open rifts and turn him into the second Zhang Rui, so you want to eliminate me in advance?"

"That's roughly it—" Fang Si's tone was low, but Sui An sensed a hint of mockery.

Such absurd things could happen in the world, making Sui An feel that reality was even stranger than fiction.

"No, is he sick? Do his parents just let him do this?"

"No, his father stopped him today, but He Chong is not convinced, and the He family is not ruled by his father."

Sui An immediately understood that, to put it bluntly, the financial power of the He family was in the hands of the alchemy master Xu Rong, not He Yuan.

Although Sui An understood the reason, he was even more confused. Sui An looked at Fang Si, who was standing quietly below, and asked.

"So, he would go to his mother and cry, and his mother would most likely feel sorry for her son and arrange for someone to deal with me. I can barely believe that."

"But I have one big question: why are you telling me this when you are a guard of the He family? Shouldn't your employer be the He family?"

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"It's not like that anymore~" Fang Si smiled mockingly, her face clearly not looking good, but her tone was surprisingly relaxed.

Sui An frowned even more deeply. This meant he was parting ways with the He family. What was the reason? He shouldn't be so evasive.

"Even if you're no longer a guard, there's no need to tell me. So what's the situation, and what do you want? Just tell me directly."

"He Chong and I have different ideals, and if we continued to work together, conflicts would inevitably erupt sooner or later, so I left. As for why I came to inform on him..."

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Fang Si paused, staring intently at Sui An, her eyes exceptionally bright.

"I guess your territory will soon reach level three, and I want to come and join you while level four combat professionals are still scarce!"

"???"

Sui An was truly dumbfounded; these words left him speechless for a moment, unsure how to respond.

He looked down at himself, at his unremarkable body, his rough territory, and the fact that he was almost at level 3 but was still using a level 1 wall.

Although the buildings inside were indeed very luxurious, he rarely showed them off. Apart from Wang Zhen and his group, everyone else who had seen his power was dead.

"What have I done to deserve this!"

"Do I possess some kind of dragon bloodline or kingly aura?"

"It would inexplicably attract people to join me. This isn't a lord game. Even if it were, my prosperity and reputation are practically zero. Why would I recruit hero classes?"

Sui An went through every possible thought in his mind, but he still couldn't believe that he would have such a bizarre day.

"Um—Fang Si, right? May I ask why you want to pledge allegiance to my wretched territory?"

"Furthermore, I know nothing about you, and to be honest, I don't trust a level 4 professional like you to rashly enter my territory."

Fang Si shook her head helplessly, seemingly disagreeing with what Sui An said, and then began to share the information she knew.

"Sui An, whose parents died early, came to the wilderness alone to develop his territory. His biggest social relationship is with a few level 4 professionals as neighbors. Yet he was able to withstand two rifts head-on and divert the flow of the rifts twice. How could such a territory be a broken territory?"

He pointed to the early battlefield remnants: "Judging from the extent of the destruction on this battlefield, even He Chong's blue turrets couldn't have done it. I don't need to say more about your confidence."

"As for how to make you believe me, I don't have a good way, but I can do one thing: bring my parents and sister to live with me in the territory. My family members are ordinary people; they can work as laborers or as hostages."

"What do I have that makes me worthy of your employment? Just because I'm as helpless as you, yet I've advanced to level 4 in 5 years and have a level 3 blue burst skill to protect me. I'm not only daring, but I also have good eyesight, otherwise I would have died long ago."

"But all of this depends on you surviving the He family's attack. I'm telling you this in advance today as a token of my loyalty. How about it?"

Upon hearing this series of words, Sui An suddenly felt a sense of admiration for the man.

As he himself said, he was all alone, daring to fight, had excellent eyesight, and acted decisively, even daring to challenge his own relatives.

There are no weaklings who can survive alone in this world!

Even Wang Zhen and Erhu didn't work entirely on their own. Erhu's father was a combat professional, as was Wang Zhen's father. However, one became disabled in battle, and the other died young, but they both left them some savings as start-up capital.

Without Fang Si's series of actions, Sui An would not have dared to easily trust someone who would risk his parents; perhaps he simply didn't care about his parents at all?

But at that moment, Sui An suddenly laughed and shouted loudly at Fang Si.

"Alright, then come find me again after I survive to discuss joining the territory!"

Two more days passed.

"Here is the electro-magnetic crystal you requested."

Wang Zhen took out three purple crystal stones and handed them to Sui An, with faint sparks flashing on them.

"This thing is a bit rare. Alchemists who can synthesize this material are very few. I found the alchemist in the trading house who bought the Source Crystal Puppet last time. He used his connections to make it for me. It costs 160 Source Stones. Your big one sold for 350 the day before yesterday. You can give me back 130."

"Brother Zhen, you've worked hard!"

Sui An accepted the materials with some surprise. Yesterday, when Wang Zhen came, he said he couldn't find them, which made him think that he couldn't get the materials. Without materials, architectural drawings are just waste paper. Fortunately, Wang Zhen has many connections.

Sui An directly used the territory's secondary core to collect the materials, and then took 150 source stones, put them in a bag, and handed them to Wang Zhen.

With enough materials, Sui An immediately brought up the construction module and began construction.

Before everyone's eyes, a cylindrical platform rose from the ground, about 1 meter in diameter and 1 meter high.

Just as everyone was wondering how this thing could demonstrate its detection capabilities, lines suddenly began to appear above the platform. These lines quickly stabilized, clearly showing a three-dimensional projection of the territory and its surrounding terrain.

The projection's design is basically the same as the projection effect that comes with Sui An's territory core, with a simple style that is full of technology and online game vibes.

However, the entire detection station has a strange, fantastical design, resembling a crystal with no trace of metal and no switches or buttons.

The area within the projection is much larger than the projection of the territory's core.

The detection station detected everything, from the territory's walls and buildings to the ground, the large craters pierced by the Flame Sword in the distance, and even the tunnel dug by the Black Armor Beast King.

But the next second, the detection station started flashing, and an alarm sounded.

Suddenly, two red dots appeared in the projection, located in the projection of his own territory. In addition to the two red dots, there were also two white dots.

In the projection outside the courtyard, there are five orange dots of light.

"Hey, the detection results are really good!"

Erhu stood near the projection and examined it carefully, then gestured with his hand.

"Based on your territory, the surface detection radius is approximately 100 meters, while underground it's only about 20 meters. But how is this color used to differentiate them?"

Sui An reached out and touched the projection on the platform, and a control interface appeared.

The interface mainly consists of three sections: [Information Records], [Information Database], and [Warning Settings].

After thoroughly exploring the situation, Sui An understood the effect of the device.

"The color is calculated based on the difference in energy level. The territory is currently at level 2, and the target's energy level is also level 2, so it's white. One level higher is orange, two levels higher is red, and anything above that is uniformly black."

"If it's lower than the territory, then it's all green."

"I've entered all three of your information, so he won't warn me anymore when you come over. I've also adjusted the rules so that I won't warn anyone at the same or lower level."

Erhu's eyes lit up, and he clapped his hands in praise.

"This feature is great! I was worried that some random Source Beast would come along all night and keep making noise!"

"This looks like a proper building; all yours are just weird shapes."

Sui An ignored Erhu's complaints, clicked on the building upgrade interface, the detection station flickered for a while and then resumed, this time the projection above was larger.

"Level 2 has a normal detection range of 200 meters, so it seems that Level 3 should be 300 meters. This effect is already quite powerful."

The four people stared at the new detection projection for a while, but found nothing unusual, so they stopped studying it.

Looking at the projection, Sui An suddenly remembered what had happened earlier, so he turned to Wang Zhen and asked.

"Brother Zhen, has there been any movement from the He family?"

"There's been no movement at the moment."

Wang Zhen turned back from the detection station and sat down on a small stool. Sui An asked him to check on the He family's movements, but so far nothing unusual has been found.

"Perhaps Xu Rong isn't so indulgent towards her son, and if she really wanted to deal with you, she would at least conduct a thorough investigation. Xu Rong isn't that stupid; once she investigates the output of your territory and the state of the rifts, she wouldn't fail to guess that your territory isn't as simple as it seems."

Sui An frowned. He had spoken with Fang Si and thought she was a smart person. If a smart person judged that he was in danger of being attacked, there must be a reason.

There's been no movement since then. Could it be that they're still doing some preparatory work?

As if he had thought of something, Sui An quickly spoke up.

"Brother Zhen, when you get back today, could you check the bounty list on the western black market for me? Is there any bounty information about me?"

"I remember Xu Rong doesn't have many people under her command. If she really wanted to do something underhanded, she would just spend money to hire those specialized hunting teams. Even if He Yuan were to do it personally, he would still have someone investigate me first."

"These two are seasoned veterans; even if they dote on their son, they won't easily take action."

Reminded by Sui An, Wang Zhen paused for a moment, but quickly understood: "Okay, you're right. I'll go and take a look this afternoon."

"Should I go back with you today?" Erhu suddenly asked from the side. He grabbed a handful of beans, which he couldn't tell what kind, and kept eating them.

"If I stay here and cause the rift to open again, won't that make that hot-tempered brat even more irritable? Then the He family, who originally didn't want to take action, will be forced to do so?"

Wang Zhen wholeheartedly agreed: "Erhu is right. Why don't you hold off and wait until the He family stabilizes before making a decision?"

"No!"

Sui An shook his head, looked at the two of them with great seriousness, and said decisively.

"We cannot put our lives on the pity of others."

"Not only can we not slow down, we need to upgrade to level 3 even faster. Once we reach level 3, I can upgrade all these buildings to level 3."

At that level, even if He Yuan, a level 5 expert, comes, I will have a fighting chance.