“Lin...Lin Yi???”
Long Tao looked down at the reward he had just received, then turned his gaze to his friends list.
A sudden, inexplicable sense of absurdity welled up in his heart!
Damn it!
It couldn't really be him, could it?
He remembered that Lin Yi had added him as a friend right at the beginning of their arrival.
Long Tao gritted his teeth and clicked on the list to send Lin Yi a message.
“Good brother! Did you get the first-place upgrade reward?”
Soon, the message was replied to instantly.
“That’s right, Little Fatty! Your brother is rich! Don’t worry, with our relationship, I definitely won’t forget you! If your development isn’t going well, then, uh… right, come help me farm! I guarantee you a lifetime of wealth and prosperity!”
Damn it!!!!
Seeing the familiar tone, Long Tao’s face was so gloomy it looked like water would drip from it.
“It’s just like this! You’re just like this!”
“In my previous life, it was because you put me in the rear that I lacked experience and had no army!”
“Still trying to trick me this time? Humph!!”
“I was the fourth to get a ranked reward, would he not have seen it? He did it on purpose! He’s humiliating me!”
“.......”
Long Tao looked up at the exquisite small wooden house in front of him, his eyes growing increasingly sinister.
To be honest, the rewards Lin Yi received were far richer than he had imagined.
purple crystal coins and golden treasure chests were nothing in the eyes of the upper circles.
Just like today.
After contacting the Seventh Prince through various channels, he screenshotted his epic-grade characteristic and pledged allegiance.
Even without establishing any contract, the royal family wasn't afraid of him reneging, and without hesitation, they traded him ten thousand purple crystal coins!
But....
Only that full hundred points of prestige, that was the key that all nobles coveted!
Recruiting hero generals, upgrading territory, building (upgrading) special buildings, initiating diplomatic relations, etc., all required prestige points.
Especially recruiting heroes in the early stage.
Having fifty more points... was like a hundred-meter race, leading others by fifty meters!
The rare troop blueprint, on the other hand, was something beyond everyone’s expectations.
To some extent, this blueprint was more valuable than a hundred prestige points!
Ordinary troops, to grow to high-tier, advanced.
It required daily accumulated training, stacking of natural treasures, and absorption of beast cores.
Cultivating an advanced army would take a long time!
But a high-tier troop blueprint was different!
Once built, ordinary villagers could just walk in and instantly become one!
It could greatly shorten the time for a unit to form.
Out in the world, it might not seem like much....
But....
This was a novice trial!
Assembling a small team of rare troops would be enough to sweep through most areas of the trial!
The speed of collecting materials and leveling up would instantly increase by several dimensions!
Entering the late stage of the battlefield, they could even face alien lords!
“No... I need to earn prestige points quickly!”
“Searching for wild treasure chests is also a top priority... If I can also open a rare troop blueprint, the title of Novice King isn’t unimaginable...”
Long Tao took a deep breath!
Although he didn't know why Lin Yi's progress in this life was so different from his previous life.
But he confidently believed.
As long as he grasped the general direction and moved forward, trampling Lin Yi underfoot was only a matter of time.
“If I remember correctly, upgrading to a level three territory... requires even more terrifying materials.”
He opened the Lord Information Panel and carefully checked the resource quantities.
.........
【Lord’s Hall】
Level: 2
Owner: Long Tao
Characteristic: Martial Land (Effect: Troop training effectiveness increased by 50%, military equipment manufacturing speed increased by 50%, morale within territory coverage will not drop below 60%, chance of taming beasts by hand-to-hand combat increased by 30%, public willingness to join the army increased by 50%.)
Occupied Area: 0.5 (square kilometers)
Heroes: 0
Population: 1
Army: 0
Treasury: 2119 purple crystal coins, 111 gold coins....
Granary: Wild Fruit x19
Existing Buildings: None
Available Blueprints: Ordinary Thatched Hut (Requirements: Wood x70, Thatch x100, Stone x20), Ordinary Barracks (Requirements: Wood x200, Stone x400, Iron Ore x30)....
Upgrade Requirements: Wood x1200, Stone x800, Iron Ore x60, Gold Coins x200, Tier 1 Demon Core x10
...........
“Basic resources have doubled compared to Tier 1, and there’s an additional iron ore requirement!”
“The overall difficulty isn’t very high; it can be solved with money!”
“Only the demon cores are more troublesome...”
“However...”
“Am I really that unlucky? What kind of trash peasants are these! Not even worthy of a name?”
“I even wanted hidden characters!”
Long Tao opened the recruitment panel and was instantly dumbfounded!
【Recruitable Villagers: ID: #1578 (Copper Coins x20), ID: #7921 (Copper Coins x15)........】
........
“Damn it!”
“What kind of crappy villagers! Are you bandits?!”
Lin Yi widened his eyes and repeatedly opened the recruitment panel.
He even suspected his eyes were problematic, not that the recruitment content was wrong.
【Recruitable Villagers: Wang Qiu'er (purple crystal coins x8), Wang Qianqian (purple crystal coins x8), Wang Tiezhu (gold coins x300), Wang Fugui (purple crystal coins x20), Wang Dazhuang (gold coins x100), First recruitment limit 5/5】
“You, you, you... Is this reasonable?”
Lin Yi was furious, as if he was about to protest to a referee, his face flushed, “Are you bullying an honest person! I just received a huge sum of a hundred purple crystal coins, and these few bandits will deduct half of it! Is this reasonable?? Huh?”
Speaking of this.
He gritted his teeth and refocused his gaze on the recruitment interface.
“I’ll pay, I’ll pay!”
“Today, I have to see what special abilities you have.”
【purple crystal coins deducted successfully, Wang Qiu'er successfully recruited!】
【Gold coins exchanged successfully, Wang Dazhuang successfully recruited!】
【Gold coins exchanged successfully, Wang Tiezhu successfully recruited!】
【purple crystal coins deducted successfully, Wang Fugui successfully recruited!】
【purple crystal coins deducted successfully, Wang Qianqian successfully recruited!】
Five consecutive prompts flashed.
Lin Yi glanced at them, and it showed that the villagers would arrive at the territory in 1 minute.
In his free time.
He opened the territory interface again and, seeing the material requirements at the bottom, couldn't help but curse, “Holy cow, it’s increased several times! You’re too ruthless!”
...
【Lord’s Hall】
Level: 2
Owner: Lin Yi
Characteristic: Pure Land (Unique Zenith)
Prestige: 100
Treasury: 60 purple crystal coins
Available Blueprints: Ordinary Thatched Hut (Requirements: Wood x3, Thatch x5, Stone x1), Ordinary Barracks (Requirements: Wood x15, Stone x25, Iron Ore x2, Warehouse, Lumber Mill, Quarry, Simple Workbench....
Upgrade Requirements: Wood x150, Stone x100, Iron Ore x5, Gold Coins x50, Demon Core x1
.......
“The upgrade rewards are pretty good!”
“It seems the Zenith characteristic’s bonus effect is extraordinary; the speed of chopping trees is even faster than what big shots get from Krypton Gold! I need to work harder to try and get the ranking rewards for levels 3, 4, and 5 as well!”
“However, what is a demon core... I should probably get the barracks sorted out first.”
“Huh? Little Black Fatty sent a private message.”
Lin Yi narrowed his eyes slightly and opened the private chat interface with a smile, “It seems my reputation for topping the list is ultimately impossible to hide!”
“We’re all brothers; if Little Fatty isn’t doing well, it’s not like I can’t help him out.”
Thinking of this.
He casually replied with a string of messages.
Then!
Beams of white light flashed one after another from within the Lord’s stone house!
“Commoner Wang Fugui (Wang Qiu'er, Wang Dazhuang, Wang Tiezhu, Wang Qianqian), greetings, Lord!”