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Chapter 40 Upgrades and Plans

Qi Ji received a prompt:
【You have lost the "Black Bone Camp"! 】

Miracle City has lost a stronghold, and the sacred stone there has been contaminated. It cannot be used unless it is reoccupied and activated.

“That’s pretty fast!”

But not surprising at all.

The territory has too few troops.

It is impossible to defend all strongholds.

The Black Bone Camp has low strategic value and is a territory that has been tactically abandoned. Although it has no defensive value, it is an excellent bait.

This is not.

The fish bit the hook.

Seen from the lord's perspective.

About two hundred goblin warriors entered the camp.

This is a strong force. If it hides in the dark city, it will pose a great threat. It will be much easier to destroy it if it takes the initiative to come out of the strong city.

If we can wipe them out completely.

Undercity will be seriously injured.

This is beneficial to the upcoming siege.

But chaos is about to rise.

There will most likely be no more war.

Qi Ji nodded slightly: "Alright, with one more day to prepare, I will be more confident."

There are currently fifty adventurers staying overnight in the main city. If the Maggot Eye attacks Red Rock Mountain or Red Claw Village, Qi Ji can form 50 mercenaries or combat forces at any time, which is enough to defend the mine or Red Claw Village.

Can be easily repelled.

Fighting a war of annihilation is not very realistic.

Don't alert the enemy yet. With one more day of preparation, the chances of annihilating them will be much greater. This will greatly weaken the Undercity and allow us to obtain soul crystals and materials through recycling.

It is far from enough to have only one "Doomsday Frenzy" secret realm in Miracle City!
The most important task at this stage is to create a second secret realm, open more adventurer towns, and comprehensively enhance the territory's development potential. We are now not far from achieving this goal.

Qi Ji withdrew his attention.

Start focusing on territory building.

There are still many resources available.

In fact, if you want to increase the size of the dungeon, you don’t necessarily have to build new buildings.

Lords can also increase population capacity by upgrading old facilities.

Among the many buildings in a dungeon, upgrading special buildings requires corresponding blueprints or props, but there are no requirements for territory basic buildings, as long as there are enough materials.

Qi Ji upgraded the mercenary house, monster camp, soldier house, and warehouse.

Cumulative consumption: 2400 soul crystals, 1000 mental power, and 500 material essences.

Current resource inventory.

Soul crystal: 735.

Mental power: 1589.

Material essence: 0.

When closing time today, my mental strength once increased to a peak of 5521!
Qi Ji spent a total of 2682 to create the third level and the story chapter, 100 to purchase goods from the secret store, 150 to contract five new adventurers, plus 1000 for this upgrade, so only 1589 was left.

Soul crystals are the largest expense in the process of building a territory.

However, there are many channels for income. In addition to the most important output from secret realms, you can also obtain it through war and treasure chests.

It is also worth mentioning that the territory itself has also begun to generate income, such as the Adventurer's Inn and the Secret Realm Shop. Although the current income share is not large, it can already cover miscellaneous expenses such as the territory's secret crystals and territory's divine stones.

With more and more supporting facilities being provided in the future, the growth potential of this income is worth looking forward to.

The most scarce resource now is materials.

There were only 486 pieces of materials in the territory, but 500 were needed for this construction. Qi Ji had to purchase 3 pieces from the lord's market at an average price of 14 soul crystals per piece, and only then was he able to barely complete this round of construction.

If the materials are not exhausted.

It can be built further.

It can be seen that building a territory is not easy, and the expenditure of various resources is too huge.

But it's all worth it.

This upgrade has brought significant improvements to the territory.

For example, a first-level mercenary house can only increase the population by 25 adventurers and 30 first-level mercenary places.

After upgrade.

[Mercenary House (Level 60)] can increase the population capacity by 30 adventurers, recruit 150 Level mercenaries, or recruit Level mercenaries.

One second-order unit is equivalent to approximately 5 first-order units.

Qi Ji can recruit 30 second-level mercenaries, or he can choose to recruit 150 first-level mercenaries, or combine them in any proportion, such as recruiting 10 second-level mercenaries and 100 first-level mercenaries.

Now there are second-level mercenary houses, soldier houses, and monster camps.

Miracle City already has second-level combat power!
But the biggest problem is.

There is no second-level spirit!

I hope the adventurers can be more powerful.

Clear the second level of the Frenzy Secret Realm as soon as possible!

After this wave of enhancement, the number of people received by the territory increased from 440 to 550, an increase of 110 at one go. The overall strength has been greatly improved, and tomorrow's income is believed to increase a lot.

After construction is completed.

Summon the junior network administrator Nancy Liya.

"What are the adventurers doing?"

Although the Black Bone Camp had been recaptured by the goblins, the adventurers were unaware of the situation because they hadn't launched an immediate counterattack. Qi Ji was curious about what they were doing. "My Lord, most people are having a banquet at the inn. Some are researching secret realm information, holding plot and strategy discussions, and a few contracted adventurers are out exploring the area."

Adventurers will not die completely in the chaotic world.

This is the confidence and reason why these guys are so eccentric and fearless.

but.

Difficult to kill completely.

It doesn't mean death is free of cost.

If the power of the territory is not added, the adventurer will be killed directly, which will cause the contract spirit to loosen, resulting in a significant decrease in the degree of fusion, which is the so-called loss of a large amount of experience. It will also force the adventurer to exit the chaotic world, which is equivalent to being disconnected.

visible.

The penalty of death is not light.

The adventurers themselves are generally very weak.

Generally, I won’t go out and hang out unless it is necessary.

The difference between contracted adventurers and tourist adventurers is that they have one free transformation opportunity through the Soldier's House, and can be transformed into any existing spirit form, which is equivalent to having one life available every day.

That's the benefit.

Mingyue Zhaoxue, Cranky Chicken and others naturally couldn't sit still.

They transformed into various types of soldiers in the territory and spontaneously patrolled Miracle City, hoping to kill a few dark species to gain some merit, but due to the lack of intelligence support, they failed to achieve any results.

This is a good opportunity...

Nancy Liya took the opportunity to report various information about the adventurers, especially mentioning the threat posed by Master Baihe.

"Is there such a master in Blackrock Town?"

Qi Ji's eyes lit up.

This so-called No. 1 adventurer in Blackrock Town had better be really awesome. Miracle City really needs a big boss who is strong enough to speed up the development of the secret realm. Otherwise, it will have to rely on these young and inexperienced people. When will they be able to defeat the trackers?
no doubt.

This is not a bad thing.

It’s actually a good thing!
Nancy Liya had no idea what Boss Qi was thinking.

As a spy, she had painstakingly gathered a lot of intelligence, including the adventurers' ideas and tactics, and now she hoped the lord could come up with a countermeasure.

This hidden elf girl.

He cares more about the management of the dungeon than the lord.

Qi Ji saw this and thought it was a very good phenomenon. At least it showed that the other party had initially recognized Miracle City and it was not far from being completely conquered.

"That's fine, don't worry about it. As long as they follow the rules, winning is their ability, and whatever they win is what they deserve. I will never interfere, and I will never resort to trickery!"

Qi Ji said firmly: "Miracle City is not afraid of any fair competition. If it is afraid of even its own adventurers, how can it become a great dungeon?"

Nancy Liya was stunned.

I didn't expect this reaction.

She only felt that this young and talented lord had a strong self-confidence and openness, which was as admirable as the sun, but made her feel narrow-minded.

He is indeed a person worthy of trust and assistance. Although he is young, he already has the aura of a hero!

But Nancy Liya thought her worries were not unreasonable.

She had seen too many dungeons.

I know how terrifying adventurers are.

This group may seem harmless, but in fact, the number of dungeons closed down by adventurers is probably more than that destroyed by the dark species!

Look down on these people.

You will suffer a great loss!

But don't wait to say anything else.

"You've been doing well lately, but with more and more adventurers, it's too much for one person to handle. I'll transfer five more dwarves to the hall to help manage it!"

Qi Ji waved his hand and said, "Alright, the city is about to open, get ready!"

"Yes……"

Nancy Liya walked out of the lord's mansion feeling a little depressed.

……

Half an hour later.

Miracle City opens on time.

Although the reception limit has been increased to 550 people.

But it was still full within a minute without any suspense.

The number of adventurers has increased dramatically, their proficiency has also grown, and the average challenge time per person has become longer than before.

In order to prevent insufficient crystals and incomplete harvest of leeks, Qi Ji has increased the number to eighty.

The number of people is growing too fast.

I guess it won’t be enough soon.

The first-level hall can generate up to 100 secret crystals.

Qi Ji realized that he had to upgrade the secret hall as soon as possible, or build a new secret hall.

This is not easy, because the secret hall is one of the most expensive basic buildings in terms of construction cost and upgrade cost.

After all.

There are not enough resources!
The territory is not rich enough!
Mental power and soul crystals can be obtained through business.

Only materials can be obtained through the market or territory management and development.

When the eager adventurers sharpening their knives poured into the hall, Qi Ji nodded with satisfaction, expecting them to have a better performance today!

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