Level 8 Legion, Epic Legion Treasure Chest.

After they left, Cao Xing nodded to himself, "Very good, the food issue should be resolved now."

"Next is the problem of manpower; this is also a huge hole."

Indeed, although Cao Xing currently possesses thousands of workers.

But to build a Giant City, relying solely on these thousands of workers would take at least two or three years to complete.

After all, a Giant City isn't just about building a wall.

Inside, it also needs a large number of houses, streets, drainage systems, public facilities, and so on, all of which require significant manpower and time.

Obviously, waiting two or three years is impossible for him.

Cao Xing thought to himself: "Now that the Blood Chaos has just ended, the situation in the surrounding kingdoms is turbulent, so I can recruit a large number of workers in a short time."

"However, the troublesome part is that my territory's population is only left with about ten thousand."

"This population of ten thousand is what I planned to use for those recruitment scrolls—"

"Or should I use them all to recruit workers?"

Cao Xing frowned slightly, weighing the pros and cons in his heart.

At this moment, his gaze fell upon the [Legion] tab on the system interface, and his eyes suddenly lit up!

"I almost forgot, I am the leader of the Starfire Legion!"

"I can activate the Legion Cooperation Mode and let them send people to help me build!"

The so-called Legion Cooperation Mode is easy to understand.

As long as they are lords within the [Starfire Legion], along with their subordinates.

With the lord's permission, they can go to other territories to perform construction.

Otherwise, the territories of Wei Jianyi and Bai Zhi wouldn't have developed so quickly.

Of course, members not belonging to the territory only have the authority to build, not to demolish.

And they cannot enjoy the bonus effects of the territory's buildings.

To put it in layman's terms: outsourced labor.

"Now, my [Starfire Legion] has reached Level 6 and has a total of 400 members."

"These four hundred members represent four hundred lords."

"The number of workers under them combined must definitely be seventy or eighty thousand, or even more!"

Thinking of this, a smile appeared on the corner of Cao Xing's mouth.

If so many people could help build at once, the progress would be accelerated many times over!

"Besides that, this Blood Chaos caused my reputation points to skyrocket by hundreds of thousands, which should be enough to directly upgrade the Starfire Legion to Level 8."

"Based on previous upgrades, the legion's lord population cap can be increased by another 200."

"If I can mobilize the strength of these lords, even if I only mobilize half of them."

"This Giant City of mine could be completed in at most two or three months!"

Cao Xing calculated silently in his heart.

Of course, the idea is wonderful, but implementation is fraught with difficulties.

If it were just a small favor, it would be fine; presumably, these Survivors would be happy to help for the sake of his reputation.

But building a Giant City is a massive project.

Asking these lords to sacrifice their own development time to invest in such a huge project is definitely impossible.

Except for trusted confidants like Ji Xinyue and Yao Yiming, basically no one would agree.

However, Cao Xing soon thought of a solution.

"I can offer them some other benefits."

"For example, allocate some future residential rights to houses in this city, usage rights for shops, and so on."

"During the process of building this Giant City, the greater the contribution, the more rights they can obtain."

"This way, not only do they not have to work for free, but it can also mobilize the enthusiasm of these lords."

"They might even fight to come and help me build the city."

A smile gradually curled onto the corner of Cao Xing's mouth.

As Survivors from Blue Star, many have heard about the huge profits and potential of real estate since childhood.

They cannot fail to see the potential of this Giant City of Cao Xing's.

In the near future, this place will definitely be a land where every inch of soil is worth an inch of gold.

Even the main city of a kingdom won't be able to compare to this place.

Cao Xing decided that after some time, once he had accumulated enough basic resources, including preparing enough food.

He would formally explain this matter to the members.

"However, before that, I can go and upgrade the legion's level."

Thus, the Wind Wings on Cao Xing's back flapped, carrying him directly into the high sky.

Then, at an incredibly terrifying speed, he charged towards the Legion Headquarters, which was Yao Yiming's territory.

Only a dozen seconds later, Cao Xing landed steadily on this large-scale territory.

Compared to some time ago, many new buildings had appeared in Yao Yiming's territory.

A large number of high-level arrow towers stood at the edge of the city walls, looking quite intimidating.

This included the territory's city walls, which had all been upgraded to high-level.

The entire territory gave people a feeling of power and prosperity.

Although it was still quite a bit behind compared to Cao Xing's territory.

But among the Survivors, it was already considered very good.

And this also made Cao Xing think of a problem.

"My territory is 15 kilometers away from the Legion Headquarters."

"After I expand in the future, this distance will shorten again."

"If one day in the future the Legion Headquarters also starts building a Giant City, wouldn't there be two Giant Cities in this area?"

"Or should I just annex the Legion Headquarters as well?"

After thinking for a moment, Cao Xing shook his head, "Forget it, thinking about these things is still too far off."

"For now, I should consider the matter of building my own city."

After speaking, he walked towards the center of the territory.

The Survivors he encountered along the way would greet him excitedly upon seeing Cao Xing.

"Greetings, Leader!"

"Leader, it's rare to see you come to the Legion Headquarters!"

"Great Lord Cao Xing, you've become even more handsome."

Facing these greetings, Cao Xing smiled and nodded in response.

Then, a figure wearing a gray cloak appeared in front of him.

This person's temperament appeared very gloomy, and he exuded an aura of venom and death, making those who approached him subconsciously feel uncomfortable.

This strange guy was none other than the Lizardman, Tian Jing.

Upon seeing Cao Xing, Tian Jing quickly pulled back his cloak, revealing a happy smile on his scale-covered face.

However, his smile appeared quite creepy in Cao Xing's eyes.

"Boss, you're here!" Tian Jing greeted him enthusiastically.

Cao Xing nodded, "I'm here to upgrade the legion's level."

"Go do whatever you need to do, no need to worry about me."

"Understood, Boss!"

Having said that, Tian Jing quickly left the area.

Then, Cao Xing walked to the center of the territory and opened the legion interface again to take a look.

[Starfire Legion] [Level: 6] [Legion Bonus: All members' base attributes +11%, Critical Hit Rate +11%] [Leader: Cao Xing] [Vice Leaders: 3/4 (Ji Xinyue, Yao Yiming, Tian Jing)] [Member Count: 400/400] [Prosperity: 1328]

Cao Xing nodded to himself, "A Level 6 legion has quite good attribute bonuses."

"Looks like I can boost some attributes again today."

Thinking of this, he clicked the '+' sign next to the legion level.

[Do you want to upgrade the Starfire Legion to Level 7? Requirements: Reputation points reach 200,000, Refined Iron * 500,000, Mithril * 60,000, master-level elemental crystal * 5,000, Coins * 15,000,000] "Yes."

[Insufficient Refined Iron, upgrade failed.]

Seeing this prompt, Cao Xing was stunned.

"Damn! My materials are actually insufficient."

"The consumption required to upgrade the legion is too exaggerated!"

A full 500,000 Refined Iron is simply not something an ordinary territory can afford.

In fact, most other legions are currently still at Level 4, and some top-tier legions can reach Level 5.

A Level 6 legion like his doesn't exist anywhere else in the entire server.

According to the progress of other Survivors, it will be a long time before they upgrade their legions to Level 6 or 7.

So this is also a drawback brought about by Cao Xing's development being too fast.

However, this problem is easy to solve; just trade with other lords through the 'Market'.

For materials like Refined Iron, basically every lord has some reserves.

"Fortunately, I still have a lot of Lizard Overlord meat left in my backpack."

"With this hard currency, I don't have to worry about not being able to trade for these resources."

Thus, Cao Xing quickly went to the [Market] area and listed a full 40,000 portions, which is 4,000 pieces of [Fresh Lizard Meat (Orange)].

The trading market for hundreds of thousands of people across the four major zones was as hot as ever.

Within a few minutes of being listed, those 40,000 portions of lizard meat were snatched up.

In total, he traded for 1.5 million Refined Iron and 10,000 master-level elemental crystals.

After the transaction was completed, Cao Xing closed the market, and a smile appeared on his face.

"Very good, these materials are gathered; now I can continue to upgrade the legion's level."

As his words fell, he opened the [Legion] interface again and proceeded with the upgrade.

The familiar system prompt appeared.

[Congratulations! Upgrade successful!]

[Your Legion has successfully reached Level 7. Legion member capacity +100. Attribute bonus and critical hit rate bonus increased from 11% to 13%.]

[Attention! Because you are the first Lord in the entire server to upgrade the Legion to Level 7, you have received a special reward: Reputation Points * 50,000, Random Legion Treasure Chest * 1.]

Seeing the last bit of information, Cao Xing immediately smiled: "I almost forgot, the first Lord to upgrade the Legion to the highest level also gets a reward."

"Not bad, not bad."

It wasn't just Cao Xing; all members of the Starfire Legion saw the system prompt.

They were discussing it excitedly in the Legion channel.

"The Legion Commander upgraded the Legion again, awesome!"

"So cool! Right now, there isn't even a single Level 5 Legion in the four major districts, and we've already reached Level 7. This is a complete, landslide crushing victory!"

"Haha, a 13% attribute bonus, that feels great!"

"…"

Meanwhile, Cao Xing opened the Legion interface and proceeded with a second upgrade.

[Do you wish to upgrade the Starfire Legion to Level 8? Requirements: Reputation Points reaching 400,000, Refined Iron * 1,000,000, Mithril * 100,000, master-level elemental crystal * 10,000, Coins * 30,000,000…]

"The materials and requirements to reach Level 8 are even more exaggerated—"

Just the reputation requirement alone is 400,000. If it weren't for the several events Cao Xing recently completed that had a global impact, even he wouldn't be able to meet this requirement.

And then there are the coins; it requires a full 30,000,000.

He didn't have many crowns on hand to begin with; if he upgraded, he really wouldn't have a single coin left.

After thinking for a moment, Cao Xing ultimately clicked "Upgrade."

After all, money can be earned back, but it's better to secure the benefits first.

[Congratulations! Upgrade successful!]

[Your Legion has successfully reached Level 8. Legion member capacity +100. Attribute bonus and critical hit rate bonus increased from 13% to 15%.]

[Attention! Because you are the first Lord in the entire server to upgrade the Legion to Level 8, you have received a special reward: Reputation Points * 100,000, Random Legion Treasure Chest (Orange) * 1.]

"Oh? The reward this time is an orange treasure chest?"

A look of anticipation couldn't help but appear in Cao Xing's eyes.

However, he didn't open it immediately. Instead, he opened the Legion channel and pulled the several Vice Commanders into a separate chat channel.

Meanwhile, after seeing that the Legion level had reached Level 8, the members of the Starfire Legion were completely ecstatic.

They were celebrating enthusiastically in the chat channel one after another.

Some excited Survivors even posted the Starfire Legion's level directly onto the forum, causing a sensation throughout the entire region once again.

After all, when everyone else's Legion level was still at Level 3 or 4, for him to jump straight to Level 8 was truly too exaggerated.

Even Vice Commanders like Ji Xinyue and Yao Yiming were speaking excitedly in the chat room.

Yao Yiming: "Commander! You actually raised the Legion level by two more levels without a sound; that's too fierce!"

Ji Xinyue: "That's right, Great Lord Cao Xing gives us a surprise every once in a while."

Cao Xing smiled and then said: "Now that the Legion level has increased again, the number of members has also increased by two hundred."

"Next, you Vice Commanders will have to work hard to fill the roster first."

"The recruitment standards remain unchanged, just like before."

"In a few days, I might need the other members to help me with some things."

Hearing this, the several Vice Commanders quickly agreed in the chat room.

Recruiting people was also part of their duties.

After arranging matters for the Legion, the Wind Wings on Cao Xing's back flapped, and he left the Legion headquarters once again.

Half an hour later, Cao Xing returned to his territory.

Looking at the two Legion treasure chests in his backpack, he thought to himself: "Let's open them all together."

As his words fell, he took them both out directly.

[Do you wish to open the Random Legion Treasure Chest?]

[After opening, you will receive a random quality Legion treasure.]

[Do you wish to open the Random Legion Treasure Chest (Orange)?]

[After opening, you will receive an Epic quality Legion treasure.]

Cao Xing clicked yes for all of them.

[Opening successful.]

[Obtained: Discipline Flag (Gold)]

[Obtained: Legion Strategic Sandbox (Orange)]

"A flag and a sandbox? That really fits the Legion theme."

Cao Xing smiled and then looked at the attributes of the two treasures.

[Discipline Flag (Gold)]

[Quality: Rare]

[Item Type: Legion Treasure]

[Item Effect: When planted on the ground on the battlefield, it clears 3 abnormal status effects from all allies within a 1,000-meter radius every 10 seconds.]

[Flag Durability: 500]

(Note: After the flag is destroyed, it will automatically return to the backpack, but if you want to place it again, you need to wait for a 60-second cooldown.)

[Legion Strategic Sandbox (Orange)]

[Quality: Epic]

[Item Type: Legion Treasure]

[Item Effect: When placed in the Legion headquarters, you will be able to grasp the situation of the battlefield. During a war, you can mark locations on the sandbox and issue commands such as attack, support, or defense. The marked locations will be synchronized on the mini-maps of all Legion members. Additionally, it increases the hit rate and movement speed of all members by 15%.]

After reading the attributes of the two items, Cao Xing nodded with satisfaction.

"Decent Legion treasures. When a large-scale war occurs, these two things will be quite useful."

"That 'Discipline Flag' can even be used during ordinary battles, and it can also receive a boost from 'Eternal Power'."

"As for the Strategic Sandbox, if this thing is given to someone with outstanding command ability, and they are given an elite army, it could probably trigger some kind of qualitative change."

Overall, the items obtained from this Legion upgrade have pretty good effects.

Cao Xing put them into his backpack.

Next, he continued to patrol the territory, flying out from time to time to check the situation in various places, while the two thousand five hundred workers he sent out were mining resources in various mining areas.

Dozens of transport vehicles made a 'rumbling' sound, constantly traveling back and forth between the mining areas, returning to the territory fully loaded with large quantities of ore.

Then, a group of strong Arctic People would unload this batch of ore.

Subsequently, the transport vehicles would set off again, continuing towards the mining areas.

The ground outside the four gates of the territory was already covered with dense tire tracks.

The frozen earth on the ground had already become as hard as iron after repeated compaction.

Such efficient operations resulted in a surge of various resources in Cao Xing's territory!

Almost every ten minutes or half an hour, he could see a system prompt.

[Log cutting successful, Territory resources: Lumber + 18,542]

[Ore sorting successful, Territory resources: Stone + 21,392, Iron Ore + 3,519, Copper Ore + 2,182, Coal + 2,318]

[Ore smelting successful, Territory resources: Iron + 4,142, Copper + 2,018, Eternal Gold + 125]

[Ore—]

Looking at the constantly jumping numbers, a sense of satisfaction couldn't help but rise in Cao Xing's heart.

"Very good. According to the current progress, after a while, I will be able to gather all the required resources."

Time flew by, and the morning passed.

By around four o'clock in the afternoon, Cao Xing was standing on the city wall, watching the situation outside the territory.

At this moment, he suddenly raised his head.

At a glance, he saw a small black dot appear in the sky above.

That small black dot was enlarging at a speed visible to the naked eye and was rapidly approaching the territory.

In the blink of an eye, it turned into the shape of a frost-blue giant dragon with a wingspan exceeding one hundred meters.

It was none other than Seraphis.

At this moment, Bing Lan, King Velen, and Isabelle were all standing on the dragon's back.

After seeing Cao Xing's figure, they quickly adjusted their direction and rushed towards the area where he was located.

"Whoosh—whoosh-whoosh"

Seraphis's wings kicked up gusts of wind, and in the blink of an eye, it landed below the city wall.

Isabelle stepped on a beam of light, which carried her lightly up to the city wall, and she floated gracefully in front of Cao Xing.

She said in a soft voice: "Lord, we have returned successfully and have successfully opened the treasure under that treasure lake."

"The items inside that treasure are all in our backpacks."

When she finished reporting, a smile appeared on Cao Xing's face, "You've worked hard, Isabelle."

"Now, give me the items from your backpacks."

"Yes."

Isabelle quickly stepped forward and handed the backpack at her waist to Cao Xing.

Zevelin and Bing Lan, who were nearby, also walked over, each presenting a Purple quality backpack.