"System prompt: Territory naming successful. Players can use 'Tuoyun Token' to upgrade or expand their territory, or use 'Tuoyun Token' to establish unique buildings in the Primordial World. All buildings within a player's territory can be upgraded using 'Myriad Aspect Stones'. More gameplay awaits player discovery."
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Ye Yun looked at the black ant, whose body was still two-thirds exposed, and what more could he say? He spent 200 'Tuoyun Tokens' to expand the entire territory twice.
Ye Yun finally understood why the barren wood city back then was so small.
Because expanding the territory once required 100 tokens, and each expansion added one square kilometer of area! Even if Ye Yun killed so many Cloud-devouring Ants, it couldn't keep up with the territory's construction.
The most frustrating thing was that this 'Tuoyun Token' could only be obtained from Cloud-devouring Ants, being a unique item for the species. This meant that the future development of Yuntian City would depend on him personally killing Cloud-devouring Ants. Killing other primal beasts would not drop other tokens.
"Fortunately, I was wise and mighty, choosing the most numerous Cloud-devouring Ants as my target from the start. If I had chosen a beast with a small population and a few days to respawn, like that rustic Mu Tuo, I would have gone mad?"
Ye Yun looked at his three square kilometers of territory and couldn't help but sigh about the hardships of life, completely unaware that the rustic he spoke of was staring blankly below his territory, feeling dejected, envious, and full of hatred.
"Player is using 'Tuoyun Token' to construct buildings. Please select the building style and type."
The number of architectural styles reached thousands. Ye Yun finally managed to find the traditional Chinese architectural style for humans. The first buildings to be established were naturally the City Lord's Hall and the city's protective wall.
Instantly, a ten-meter-wide city wall rapidly took shape before Ye Yun's eyes. A massive light screen enclosed the entire territory. The ant's enormous body also rapidly shrunk with the appearance of the light screen, once again transforming into its imposing, adult-sized form.
At the same time, clouds converged in the central area of the territory, slowly forming a ten-meter-high platform covering an area of two thousand five hundred square meters. Fluorescent light flowed on the platform, and giant timbers appeared, soon forming an ancient architectural mansion.
"System prompt: Main hall construction complete. Please name the main hall and its text category!"
"Name it Yuntian Palace! Use Dao script!"
The character 'Palace' (Gong) was a general term for houses during the Qin and Han dynasties. It wasn't until Buddhism entered China that 'Palace' became the term for Taoist temples and imperial residences.
Ye Yun looked at the Dao script on the mansion's plaque, his eyes filled with satisfaction. Although he knew nothing about Dao script, it didn't affect his appreciation.
Level 1 Territory - Area: 3 square kilometers, can accommodate ten players or pets. (Can be upgraded with Tuoyun Token, expanding territory area is not directly related to territory level.)
Level 1 Mansion - Can monitor the movements of creatures within a hundred-mile radius (including invisible creatures). This function is directly displayed on the player's map. (Can be upgraded with Myriad Aspect Stones.)
Level 1 City Wall - Can withstand ten full-power attacks from Level 1 primal beasts. Current durability: 1000/1000. (Can be upgraded with Myriad Aspect Stones.)
A city wall and a mansion, two buildings, consumed a full 100 Tuoyun Tokens from Ye Yun. Of the nearly four hundred, only 88 remained.
"Upgrade 'Yuntian Palace'!" The mansion's monitoring range was indeed a bit small in this world, so Ye Yun's first thought was to upgrade its level.
"System prompt: Upgrade failed. Please upgrade the territory to Level 2 before proceeding with this operation."
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After a series of operations, Ye Yun became depressed.
"System prompt: Insufficient Tuoyun Tokens. Please obtain enough Tuoyun Tokens before proceeding with this operation."
That's right, 88 Tuoyun Tokens were not enough to upgrade the territory's level! It required 100 tokens. Based on the drop rate of Tuoyun Tokens from Cloud-devouring Ants, Ye Yun needed to kill at least 30 more Cloud-devouring Ants!
"Hmm? Why is there a player nearby?" Ye Yun, depressed, abandoned the territory's construction and glanced at the map. He suddenly noticed that within a hundred kilometers of him, besides a few red dots on the periphery, there were five yellow dots below his territory.
The jungle below...
"Boss, how many times have we expanded our territory?" Bowo said wistfully, watching the city walls slowly disappear into the sky.
"Uh, no. We don't have that many 'Chengmu Tokens'." Mu Tuo looked at the disappearing territory in the sky with a complex expression, speaking bitterly.
The primal beasts they killed the first time were all wood-element monsters, which dropped 'Chengmu Tokens'. This was why they gathered together to build a territory.
"Hmph, I think this guy is just looking for death, building his territory in the sky. If he happens to be in the flight path of a primal beast, won't he be exposed?"
"Besides, with Brother Mu's Mu Li, we don't need to spend Myriad Aspect Stones to upgrade the city walls. This way, we can save a lot of Myriad Aspect Stones for other buildings. Otherwise, how could our other buildings be upgraded to Level 2?"
Yu Lu was quite resentful. He glared at Bowo, talking non-stop, full of dissatisfaction.
The others fell silent after hearing Yu Lu's words.
What Yu Lu said was indeed true. It was like the difference between someone earning five thousand a month and someone earning fifty thousand a month; they both had their own ways of living.
However, they all knew that Yu Lu's words couldn't stand up to scrutiny. Since this world opened, they had heard of many players building territories in the sky, but Ye Yun's territory was built at an altitude of fifty thousand meters, so high that it could be considered a large expanse of clouds.
Primal beasts flying at such a high altitude must be at least Level 5. And there were no such existences within tens of thousands of miles! Therefore, Ye Yun's territory was countless times safer than theirs.
"Heh heh, so the little spirit above Mu Tuo's head is called Mu Li? Nice name." Suddenly, a voice came from outside the wooden ball, startling them.
"What? Following all the way, aren't you going to come out and chat?"