Gods: Civilization Cultivation, Infinite War

Chapter 68: Sky City, Challenge Application

Chen Li's life did not start from a blank slate. Since he was born, he has had memories of his past life.

It was because of this that he was able to almost perfectly balance his divinity and humanity from the moment he was born, thus gaining the favor of his ancestors.

With special care from the higher-ups of the pantheon, he has all the resources he needs for growth.

After that, the divine realm was opened up and the civilization achievement system was activated. Chen Li was not clear about the origin of this system, but just regarded it as the golden finger of his life.

After all, according to his memories of his previous life, it is normal to have a golden finger after reincarnation.

Of course, as a born divine creature in this life, it is impossible for him to be completely unguarded against this so-called system.

However, he does not have the ability to investigate the origin of the civilization achievement system now, but can only confirm that it is related to his past life.

Since we are here, we might as well make the best of it. We have already traveled through time, so it is normal to have a golden finger or something.

There was no way he would give up such a useful golden finger.

Without the support provided by many achievements of civilization, how could the Winged People civilization in the cradle of life have developed to its current level in just a few hundred years?

Not to mention easily occupying ten high-level territories, or even passing the assessment of territory integration and upgrading, it would be difficult to occupy just one high-level territory.

For the gods, this system is not something that is difficult to understand.

If they really wanted to, they could create something similar to a system by themselves.

While it couldn't possibly rival the Civilization Achievement System, it did share some similarities in principle. Perhaps the Civilization Achievement System was personally crafted by someone Chen Li couldn't even begin to comprehend.

Anyway, the Civilization Achievement System has not caused any adverse effects on Chen Li, and has also brought him great help. This is enough, and everything should be left to nature.

Including the three marks deep in his soul, which were also present at birth.

This certainly couldn't be a genetic inheritance from his parents; it was also related to his past life.

This time when he came to the land of ascension, Chen Li's purpose was actually to exchange for a special medium related to these three marks.

Whether it is time, space, or fate, the priesthood they represent is undoubtedly the supreme priesthood.

Chen Li originally just hoped that he could condense one of the three supreme priesthoods. Because of the existence of those marks and the corresponding medium, he could consume less faith points to successfully condense the corresponding supreme priesthood.

Since they are all supreme priesthoods, Chen Li is not picky at all.

However, the development of things was somewhat smoother than Chen Li had expected. Now he really didn't have to be picky and could have them all.

As for the price, the price of [Ring of Time, Space and Destiny] is indeed a bit expensive, several times that of a normal special-grade medium.

However, this is a three-in-one fusion version of premium media, so the higher price is completely reasonable.

No matter how many rule points he spends, Chen Li must exchange them.

The ten high-level territories were integrated and upgraded to become the special-level territory Sky City. The number of rule points that could be obtained each month did not increase, and was the sum of the previous ten high-level territories.

Compared with the advanced territories, the special territories mainly have higher redemption permissions, and the rule points have not changed much.

The difficulty of the territory upgrade rules this time is the highest, and the corresponding special territory can obtain the most rule points every month.

Like some of the easier upgrade rules in previous years, upgrading to a special territory may only require a few hundred rule points per month.

It takes hundreds of years of accumulation to exchange for the cheapest special medium.

The number of rule points that Sky City can obtain every month is now 1150. If it is only exchanged for the cheapest special medium, it will only take about a hundred years.

However, if you want to exchange for the [Ring of Time, Space and Destiny], it will take more than seven hundred years.

Chen Li didn't intend to spend so much time here.

For Chen Li, whether it is hundreds of years or thousands of years, it is just a process.

But for the Kingdom of Dawn, this time is still a bit too long.

It has only a history of more than a hundred years. If all of its troops were to be deployed to the Land of Ascension in the next seven hundred years, it would easily have some impact on their various cultures and ideas.

After all, the Land of Ascension is just a place used to gather divine duties, not a permanent place.

But when everything is ready and you start accumulating rule points.

Chen Li will also arrange for some basic legions to return to the Cradle of Life, and rotate with the basic legions in the Land of Ascension every once in a while.

During this period, they can also continue to launch wars of conquest against other demiplanes and expand the territory of the Kingdom of Dawn.

The current ruling territory of the Kingdom of Dawn has undergone many changes compared to more than a hundred years ago.

Although there is still only one complete plane that it rules, the number of half-planes has reached a full eighty.

How could other novice gods rule so many demiplanes? Being able to rule one or two demiplanes is an absolute genius at the novice god stage.

Not to mention novice gods, even among demigods, there are very few who can rule so many demiplanes.

Of course, this is also because the demigods’ targets are mainly those complete planes.

The Kingdom of Dawn was able to achieve this level mainly because of the blessing of [Charisma].

Under the influence of [Charisma], even if the Kingdom of Dawn comes from outside the world, it will not provoke a strong counterattack from those indigenous forces.

Not to mention that the Kingdom of Dawn also allows those indigenous forces to maintain their independence and provides manpower and material resources to help them develop.

They will not exploit you, nor will they make you feel embarrassed about your position. They will even take the initiative to help you, and the only thing you need to give is your own faith.

This is not a choice at all for the lower-class indigenous people who have difficulty even surviving.

No matter which world it is, the lower class still makes up the majority.

Even if the natives in high positions do not want another Kingdom of Dawn to appear above their heads, or are unwilling to change their beliefs, they cannot go against the will of the majority.

It is precisely because of the many favorable conditions that the Kingdom of Dawn can stably rule so many different planes.

Under the rule of the Kingdom of Dawn, those indigenous forces rarely rebelled.

Even if there were, they were basically their own civil wars, not a rebellion against the Kingdom of Dawn.

Compared with other novice gods and even the clan civilizations under the command of demigods, the cost of maintaining stable rule of the Kingdom of Dawn is extremely low.

There is no need to send any more troops to garrison.

For those demiplanes that were first brought under the rule of the Kingdom of Dawn, after they developed to a certain level, the Kingdom of Dawn would even recall the winged people who had stayed there back to the Cradle of Life and send them to other demiplanes to provide assistance.

Only a few winged people who were responsible for normal communication between the two sides continued to stay in that demiplane, but they were still able to maintain stable rule.

In this case, the snowball of faith has already started rolling, and as time goes by, this snowball will get bigger and bigger.

The faith points Chen Li gained were increasing every day, so he didn't have to worry at all that his divinity would not be able to bear the burden of the three supreme priesthoods.

After successfully exchanging the [Ring of Time, Space and Destiny], he will also have enough faith points to condense the three supreme priesthoods.

This is the benefit of ruling over many planes at the stage of a novice god.

With the strength of the Dawn Kingdom's army, it is entirely possible to continue to occupy those high-level territories and then upgrade and merge them into special-level territories.

With the Dawnwatch Legion and Adam as a backup, at least two special territories can be occupied at the same time, directly shortening the time for accumulating rule points by half.

However, there is no need to rush this for now. As a special territory, the intensity of the attacks from native species that Sky City will have to face in a month is still unknown.

At least one must survive an attack and have a clear judgment on the defensive force required for the special territory before a corresponding expansion plan can be formulated.

At this moment in the center of the Sky City, Chen Li's incarnation is manipulating the control nodes to make certain modifications to the entire Sky City.

As a special-class territory, Sky City’s own defense capabilities far exceed those of high-level territories.

For example, the millions of native species that appeared in the previous territory upgrade assessment could be stopped by the Sky City’s own defense capabilities alone.

After reaching the special territory, Sky City has reached the highest level and there is no room for upgrading.

If we want it to play a greater role in future attacks by native species, it is very necessary to transform it to a certain extent.

Although the current Sky City has been tailored to the characteristics of the Dawn Kingdom's army according to the rules of the Ascension Land.

But for the god Chen Li, there are still many areas that can be improved in the Sky City.

Under Chen Li's control, the various layouts of the entire Sky City were constantly adjusted, becoming more and more in line with the many needs of the Dawn Kingdom's army.

Soon, everything was adjusted, and the structure of the entire Sky City had undergone many changes compared to before.

It is worth mentioning that as a special territory, some of the environments in the Sky City are not much different from those in the Kingdom of Dawn.

Although it is impossible to have rare crops everywhere like the Kingdom of Dawn in terms of resources, the many wizard towers can also provide very good effects.

These wizard towers are certainly not as good as the Tower of Babel in essence, but they are more suitable for elemental wizards of lower ranks.

The Tower of Babel allows elemental mages to improve their understanding of the four elements while maintaining its operation.

The Mage Tower can directly improve the meditation efficiency of elemental mages, allowing them to reach the next level faster.

The two have different focuses.

The Mage Tower in the Sky City is a large facility tailor-made for elemental mages. In addition to improving meditation efficiency, it also has more functions specifically designed to serve elemental mages.

The Tower of Babel is a powerful civilizational artifact that can maintain the stability of the divine realm. Improving the elemental mage's understanding of the four elements is only a side effect, not its main function.

In addition to the Mage Tower provided for these elemental mages, the Sky City also has many trial grounds, which were specially designed by Chen Li for the Templar Legion. These trial grounds can automatically evolve into a variety of trial scenes, providing all-round training for the Templars in various ways, improving their overall strength.

Even in the Cradle of Life, the Templar Legion did not have such good training conditions.

After all, the entire training system of the Templars is basically the responsibility of the Kingdom of Dawn itself, and Chen Li did not interfere too much.

He placed the Tower of Babel in the Cradle of Life only as a valuable tool of civilization. Any insights that the elemental mages could gain from it were only incidental, not the main purpose.

After completing a series of transformations, Chen Li turned and looked at Adam and Kane.

"Father, the subsequent expansion plan is still being formulated and is expected to be completed within three days."

After hearing Kane's report, Chen Li nodded.

Although the official expansion will have to wait at least a month later, we can still look for suitable targets before that.

As soon as the Sky City survives the first round of attacks from native species, it will immediately launch a war of conquest.

Regarding the selection of those targets, although the army of the Kingdom of Dawn showed absolute advantage in this fusion upgrade assessment.

But in order to avoid any accidents, you still have to try to choose those high-level territories that are closer.

After all, it is better to spend more time investigating intelligence than to have insufficient intelligence leading to accidents or even huge casualties.

Every warrior is a precious treasure to Chen Li and the Kingdom of Dawn and cannot afford any waste.

"You seem to have anything else to say?"

Chen Li looked at Kane who was hesitant to speak and took the initiative to speak.

Kane scratched his head a little embarrassedly and said with a smile: "Father God, I just want to ask, when we leave the Ascension Land, can we take this Sky City with us?"

"can."

"Really? Father God, this is wonderful.

If we could take away such a magnificent sky city, we could use it in overseas wars.

Not only can it boost the morale of the legion, but it can also directly serve as a base for the legion's campaigns in foreign lands, improving combat efficiency."

Kane's expression was somewhat excited. This city in the sky not only completely met his aesthetic standards, but most importantly, its actual value was indeed very high.

It can also move in the air and play a significant role in foreign wars.

"But have you forgotten one thing? I am the only one who can operate the control node of the Sky City."

But before Kane could be happy for long, Chen Li's voice brought him back to reality.

"Yeah, how could I forget that."

Kane was a little helpless. Only the Father God could operate the control nodes of the Sky City, but it was impossible for the Father God to help them operate the control nodes every time they went on an expedition outside the domain.

“Also, the reason why the Sky City can appear in the air above the Ascension Land and even move freely in the air is because of the special rules of the Ascension Land.

Once separated from the ascension land, these special rules will no longer exist, and the entire sky city will become an ordinary ground city, unable to move freely in the sky.

Even if we spend a huge amount of money to transport the Sky City back to the cradle of life, it will be meaningless."

"It turns out that's the case, then there's nothing we can do about it."

Kane nodded and quickly gave up this unrealistic idea.

"However, your idea is not impossible to achieve. The army of the Kingdom of Dawn will indeed need some means of transportation of their own in future campaigns.

"Every time I can only rely on my own wings to fly, it is not only inefficient but also easy for the enemy to find a flaw."

As soon as Chen Li finished speaking, Kane quickly asked, "Father God, what do you mean?"

"You can't take the Sky City in the Ascension Land with you, but you can definitely build your own Sky City."

"Huh? How do we create this?"

Kane was a little confused.

"It's not up to you to create it. The relevant matters will naturally be handed over to the Formation Department and the Manufacturing Department. I will also provide some assistance at that time."

Kane nodded and said nothing more.

He personally was not proficient in forging and had no idea how to build the sky city.

But those guys in the formation department and manufacturing department are professionals. They might have had relevant ideas a long time ago, but they couldn't realize them because of the lack of certain necessary conditions.

Now that even the Father God has said he will provide help, it is only a matter of time before we build the Sky City belonging to the Kingdom of Dawn.

Chen Li's gaze passed through the many buildings and looked at the winged warriors in the distance thoughtfully.

As the Kingdom of Dawn continued to develop, only these winged warriors went personally to every overseas campaign, which was indeed a bit unimpressive.

If they don't actively display their life aura, others will never be able to feel the power of the Winged Legion.

But if every extraterritorial expedition could be accompanied by at least one sky city, it would be completely different.

A huge sky city appeared above the forces that needed to be conquered, and the sense of oppression was incomparable to that of any number of winged warriors.

Moreover, the Sky City can also serve as a stable rear base, laying a solid foundation for future long-term operations.

Now, for the Kingdom of Dawn to conquer those demiplanes, it is basically a dimensionality reduction attack, and there is no resistance at all.

But in the future, when the Kingdom of Dawn conquers those complete planes, it will inevitably have to face demigod-level enemies and compete with the clan civilizations of other Blue Star gods.

At this time, it is difficult to achieve a dimensionality reduction attack, and even failure is normal.

At that time, a stable rear area would be very important for the army of the Kingdom of Dawn.

Although storage items can provide the army with sufficient resource supplies, they can never compare to a sky city from home in terms of maintaining morale.

As for how to build this sky city, it will be left to the senior management of the formation department and manufacturing department to study carefully.

Of course, it is impossible to ask them to imagine and build a city in the sky out of thin air.

At the very least, you have to provide the corresponding drawings and some necessary materials.

The most critical issue in building a sky city is actually how to make it float.

The core material of a conventional sky city is floating stone, which can provide sufficient buoyancy for the entire city. Coupled with some corresponding devices, the city can move in the air.

But for Chen Li, there is actually a better choice.

Once he becomes a demigod and condenses the priesthood of space, he will be able to create not only floating stones but also various space crystals at will.

The sky city built with space crystals as the core is probably more than just being able to move freely in the air.

Things like instant movement and directional transmission are completely possible.

By then, the mobility of the Kingdom of Dawn's army will be able to reach an unprecedented level.

However, building a sky city with space crystals as the core is definitely more difficult than building a regular sky city.

With the current level of the formation department and manufacturing department of the Kingdom of Dawn, it is still difficult to realize this expectation.

Fortunately, there is still enough time for these two departments to improve their level so as to meet the requirements of creating a special version of the city in the sky.

The entire Kingdom of Dawn is constantly developing, and the level of the Formation Department and Manufacturing Department will naturally not stagnate.

Every once in a while, they make some new breakthroughs.

Although it is not a major breakthrough, with the accumulation of time, the overall foundation of the two departments has been continuously improved. Sooner or later, they will be able to meet the corresponding requirements and successfully build the Kingdom of Dawn's own special version of the Sky City.

But it’s still too early to say anything, the focus now is still on Chen Li himself.

Only after he successfully redeems the [Ring of Time, Space and Destiny] and condenses his priesthood to become a demigod, can he consider related matters.

As for now, let's focus on the Ascension Land and prepare for the Kingdom of Dawn to occupy the second special territory.

What was somewhat beyond Chen Li's expectations was that before the Sky City faced the first attack from native species after the upgrade, it instead faced the challenge from the gods of Blue Star.

On the tenth day after the Sky City was upgraded, Kane reported to him that traces of the civilizations of other Blue Star gods' followers had appeared near the Sky City.

Chen Li was not surprised by this.

After all, he can send out many teams of elemental mages and templars to gather intelligence around and look for suitable targets. Naturally, other Blue Star gods can also perform similar operations.

Especially the special territories, which are the territories most vulnerable to challenges from other Blue Star gods.

After all, the upgrade conditions for special territories are quite special. Some of the clan civilizations of the Blue Star gods may possess powerful strength, but they just cannot meet the conditions for territory upgrades.

In this case, they will look for special territories owned by other Blue Star gods and submit challenge applications.

Anyway, if you win, you make a lot of money, and if you lose, you don’t lose anything.

Chen Li had long anticipated that he would face challenges from other Blue Star gods; this was unavoidable.

But he didn't expect that a challenge request from the Blue Star God would be sent to him so soon.

It’s less than half a month away from the completion of the upgrade of Sky City.

(End of this chapter)