"System prompt: Due to the merging of the Human and Ghost race star map, the system will initiate the star map merge and re-division of main city forces in half an hour. Players are advised to log off within this period and only re-enter after the map merge is complete. This map merge is expected to take one hour."
"System prompt..."
Three consecutive system prompts officially announced the commencement of the map merge.
Ye Yun, however, paid no heed and proceeded directly to the Qi Tian Tower within the Lord's Mansion.
The rewards from this main city conquest battle were undoubtedly substantial for Ye Yun. Yet, from the perspective of the Human race's overall situation, they had lost, and lost terribly.
Out of the nine hundred main cities, only four remained: Liberty City of the Mi country, Altar City of the Western European countries, Shangjing City and Fengle City of the Hua Yi country. In stark contrast, the Ghost race still boasted over sixty thousand main cities out of seventy-seven thousand, a ratio that was truly appalling.
Fengle City's financial revenue this time was over five trillion gold coins, with more than seven-tenths of it landing in Ye Yun's pocket. Furthermore, Fengle City's evolution count was a staggering 480 times! This was not something that could be measured by gold coins alone.
Fengle City Evolution Count: 480 times. Note: The City Lord can use evolution count to upgrade any building within Fengle City.
Reading the description of the evolution count, Ye Yun silently upgraded the city walls of Fengle City to level 40. Had his gold coins not been depleted, Ye Yun would have continued upgrading.
"Evolve Sky Eagle Arrow Tower!"
...
"System prompt: Congratulations to Fengle City for consuming 1 evolution count to upgrade 'Sky Eagle Arrow Tower' to level 36!"
...
"System prompt: Congratulations to Fengle City for consuming 16 evolution counts to upgrade 'Sky Eagle Arrow Tower' to level 40!"
"System prompt: Congratulations to Fengle City Lord for upgrading the city defense building 'Sky Eagle Arrow Tower' to level 40. The Sky Eagle Arrow Tower's growth base has increased from 2.1 to 2.2, and its attack speed has been reduced by 0.1 seconds."
Sky Eagle Arrow Tower - Level 40
Durability: 339 Jing
Attack Power (Physical): 22.5 Jing
Attack Speed: 0.3s
Attack Range: 44km
Special Attributes:
Eagle Eye, Area Attack, Magic, Splash Damage, Prioritize.
Upgrade Growth Base - 2.2
Gold Required for Upgrade: 704 Jing
This upgrade of the Sky Eagle Arrow Tower to level forty did not trigger a server-wide announcement; instead, it seemed almost excessively low-key. However, the increase in its stats was terrifyingly significant.
In Ye Yun's estimation, the gold required to upgrade the Sky Eagle Arrow Tower to its current level would be beyond the means of the entire Wood Race of Yao Die, even if she had colonized most of the star systems in the second and third cosmic realms. To come up with six to seven hundred Jing gold coins, the entire Wood Race would have to live frugally for centuries. Moreover, given Yao Die's pride, she would likely reserve such funds for enhancing her own talents.
"You colonize the real cosmic world, and I will first colonize the Heavenly Dao world. By the time you arrive, I will make you kneel and sing 'Conquer'!"
With the existence of the Sky Eagle Arrow Tower, Fengle City would become the safest city for the Human race within the Heavenly Dao world! Not to mention Ye Yun himself, an even more terrifying existence.
However, Ye Yun also understood that true safety was predicated on his own strength in the real world.
With the star system merge imminent in reality, his individual strength might not be enough to defend the entire Blue Star. But as long as his power could break through the shackles of the Monarch realm and reach the Extreme or even Emperor tier, then even if the Ghost race's star system merged with theirs in reality, they would only submit to his feet!
The current attributes of the four thousand members of the Dragon Palace were catching up to some of the elite armies of other star systems, but the absolute top-tier combat power was still somewhat lacking. Therefore, Ye Yun planned to prioritize the development of a portion of his forces.
The Heavenly Pot and Earth Cup could only produce 288 drops of fine wine per day, a limited quantity that could only supply 96 people for continuous drinking. Ye Yun intended to utilize this bug-like feature to first nurture the mid to high-ranking members of the Dragon Palace, who would undoubtedly become a great asset to him.
"Increase Fengle City's territory area!"
"System prompt: Fengle City consumes 1 evolution count to expand its city area. Fengle City's territory area has increased to 3120 square kilometers. Note: The evolution count required for each increase in territory area doubles, and each increase adds thirty percent of the original area."
...
Ye Yun felt a pang of disappointment at this system prompt. He had expected it to at least double, but it only increased by thirty percent. Yet, for the sake of the twenty billion players of the Hua Yi country to have a main city to settle in, Ye Yun gritted his teeth and continued to upgrade.
"System prompt: Fengle City consumes 128 evolution counts to expand its city area. Fengle City's area has increased to 19578 square kilometers."
Ye Yun had invested heavily in expanding the city's area. A total of 255 evolution counts were consumed. Looking at the remaining 194 evolution counts, Ye Yun suddenly felt a sense of helplessness.
The Enlightenment Tower? The Divine Refining Tower? These had long since reached advanced levels, and the gold required to upgrade these buildings was not excessively high.
Ye Yun scanned through the buildings one by one but found no suitable option.
Perhaps try this one?
Finally, Ye Yun's gaze settled on the enormous statue in the center of the city! This was the Saint statue Ye Yun had erected here when he became a Great Sage. Now that Ye Yun's strength had reached the Monarch tier, this statue had also transformed into a Monarch statue in accordance with his power.
With Fengle City's expansion and the impending star map merge, the number of players who would permanently reside here would undoubtedly be in the hundreds of millions. At that time, the Hongmeng points he would gain from relying on this Monarch statue would be considerable. Then, not only the items in the Myriad Things Mall, but even the Myriad Things Mall itself could be upgraded one level per day for fun! His strength would then grow at an even more terrifying rate.
Let's try it!
"System prompt: Fengle City consumes 1 evolution count to upgrade the Monarch statue. The Monarch statue has evolved into the Monarch Sacred Statue."
"Fengle City Announcement: Congratulations to Fengle City's Monarch statue for evolving into the Monarch Sacred Statue. Player worship benefits +50%, Owner's benefits +50%."
Upon this announcement, the players in Fengle City who had not yet logged off erupted in commotion once more. Although the system had issued a logout notification, players who had just experienced combat with alien races were still sharing their experiences and observations. Thus, when this announcement was made, it immediately caused a surging crowd to gather in the square of the Monarch Sacred Statue.
Monarch Sacred Statue (Commandment) - Players can randomly obtain 150 to 750 free attribute points by kneeling and worshipping within a specific time frame. Members of the Monarch faction can randomly obtain 750 to 1500 free attribute points by kneeling and worshipping.