New large-scale mineral vein, gold points skyrocketed (5600)

Chapter 560: New Large Mineral Vein, Skyrocketing gold point (5600)

Du An respectfully accepted the task and trotted forward all the way.

Cao Xing said to this group of Crystal People: "Next, you can just wait for Du An to finish building the houses. You can walk around the territory in the meantime."

"Alright, my Lord——"

Soon, they followed behind Du An and walked over.

Although these Crystal People had hands and feet and theoretically could work,

their bodily structure was simply too peculiar.

If they suffered any damage or bumps while working, or simply shattered one of them, it would be a massive loss!

After all, these Crystal People were bought by himself for over a hundred million crowns, and he was counting on them to produce more crystals and bring income to the territory.

After arranging this group of Crystal People,

the sound of hoofbeats came from his ears: "Tread, tread, tread."

It was the Saint Harati, returning with a group of Centaurs.

Yesterday afternoon, Harati had been sent out by Cao Xing to explore the area marked by the Shining Nova, so she missed that Legendary battle.

At this moment, seeing the martial law atmosphere inside the territory and the damaged city walls, a solemn look appeared in her eyes.

However, after seeing Cao Xing's figure, she breathed a slight sigh of relief.

She quickly came to Cao Xing's side and reported solemnly: "Respected Lord, we have already gone to investigate the wasteland you mentioned."

"There are ruins in the center of that wasteland, and underneath the ruins, a passage leading underground is hidden."

"We found a large mineral vein below, no smaller than the Lampri Grotto, containing a large amount of Shadow Amethysts, Energy Crystals, and so on."

"This is a mineral vein with quite abundant resources."

After listening to Harati's report, a curve gradually appeared on Cao Xing's face.

Ores like Shadow Amethyst were equally important resources to him.

Not only could they be used to upgrade the Arrow Tower Reinforcement function of the War Research Institute, but they could also be used as food for this group of Crystal People.

He had been worried about where to get this kind of crystal before, but as a result, it was directly found by the Shining Nova now.

Sure enough, the function of the Shining Throne was as powerful as ever.

Cao Xing asked: "Are there enemies in that mine?"

"Yes, there are."

Harati said solemnly: "We encountered a large Ratman tribe inside. After a night of battle, we cleared out all the enemies inside and have successfully occupied this mine."

"These are the spoils we obtained after the battle, please take a look."

With that, she handed over a green backpack.

Cao Xing opened it, took a glance, and put everything into his backpack.

[Obtained: Master-level Heart of Power * 1]

[Obtained: Expert-level Heart of Strength * 6]

[Obtained: Advanced Heart of Strength * 41]

[Obtained: Tier 4 and Tier 5 Elite Ratman Soul * 28]

[Obtained: Tier 5 and Tier 6 Chieftain Ratman Soul * 6]

[Obtained: Tier 6 Leader Ratman Soul * 1]

[Obtained: Viscous Liquid * 68574]

[Obtained — —]

It was still a bunch of Hearts of Strength, souls, and tens of thousands of units of viscous liquid.

Now in his territory, there were more and more mechanical equipment, and the usage of these viscous liquids had also increased.

Cao Xing praised: "Very good, you Centaur Legion have also worked hard after a night of battle."

"Go back and rest first now, I will arrange for people to go and mine the cave."

"Yes!"

After speaking, this Centaur Saint turned around and returned to her residence.

When Harati left, Cao Xing called over Liuzhuang of the Arctic People.

"Lord, Liuzhuang is here!" The weathered voice of the Arctic Person sounded.

"Liuzhuang, next I will assign you a mining task."

Cao Xing instructed: "As the captain, you will lead one hundred Arctic People and drive 10 transport vehicles to a mine near the territory for excavation."

"I will send a squad of warriors to protect you."

"Likewise, remember to bring enough supplies."

After receiving Cao Xing's order, Liuzhuang immediately said respectfully: "Yes, Lord, Liuzhuang guarantees to complete the mission."

He quickly came to the edge of the territory, and then began to select one hundred Arctic People, dividing them into ten teams.

Then they entered the transport vehicles one by one.

After this period of training, basically most of the Arctic People knew how to operate this transport tool.

"Buzz, buzz, buzz!"

The energy cores of the ten black transport vehicles started, and they soon left this place.

At this point, the entire territory entered a state of development once again.

Cao Xing didn't have any important things to do on his hands.

After all, his level had already reached the max level,

and those important places had all been sent people out to explore.

Therefore, he stayed in the territory to meditate, absorbed magic crystals, and then went to the library to read books.

Time flashed by, and two days passed.

When the time came to the 33rd day of the development period, which was 12 days away from the third round of monster siege,

in these two days, the footprints of the legions sent out by Cao Xing almost covered one to two hundred kilometers around the territory, covering most of the Gale Snowfield area.

A large number of enhanced Ice Nests were discovered by them, and after killing the monsters inside, they destroyed the Ice Nests.

The nearby Survivor Lords basically didn't get to touch many Ice Nest Monsters.

The large-scale sweeping by those warriors brought about a rapid growth of Cao Xing's gold point at 200 to 300 points per day, which could be said to be growing at a flying speed.

According to this speed, by the end of the monster siege, farming four thousand points would not be a problem.

In addition to the growth of gold point, there was also the growth of personnel strength.

Everyone's level was improving rapidly.

The warriors who had just broken through to Tier 6 could basically raise their levels by three or four levels a day, and it wouldn't take many days to reach the max level of 70.

As for those existences with status skills, their level rose even more terrifyingly.

Priestess Farnaz had long been promoted to level 70, as well as Dragon Shaman Vimne, Aurora Knight Liu Muxue, and so on.

Their levels were all rising rapidly.

Cao Xing still remained in command of the territory.

After all, the three places he was preparing to explore now already had candidates chosen.

"There is another thing to do at present, which is to go to the Diyeisha Highlands. It is said that there is a Dragon Nest in that place."

"There might be newly born dragon whelps inside, which can be tamed using Dragon Taming Reins."

"However —— this place is too far away, even spanning across a kingdom, and it takes many days to go back and forth."

"I don't know how that beast tamer's younger brother managed to get there back then."

Just as Cao Xing was thinking about these things, he suddenly saw a call request.

It was sent by Tian Jing.

After connecting, his deep voice carrying a hint of excitement immediately came through.

"Boss!"

Cao Xing asked: "Is there something?"

Tian Jing said excitedly: "Boss, according to what you said, we have been recruiting people with all our might these past two days."

"Now the 300 Survivor slots for the Level 6 Legion have all been filled. These three hundred Survivors have all passed our evaluation, and their strength is quite good."

"And under them, there are also a few Tier 5 core combatants, plus a whole bunch of ordinary combatants and staff. The number of people is simply too many."

"If Brother Yao's territory hadn't leveled up by 1 level in the past two days and increased its population by 1,000, we wouldn't be able to fit them at all!"

"Even so, the three thousand population in the territory is already packed."

"Currently, not counting other branch groups, there are nearly a thousand combatants in Brother Yao's territory, and most of them are of Tier 5 strength."

"The number of other staff members is also over a thousand. Now the development speed of the territory is extremely fast!"

In the voice call, Tian Jing's excited voice kept coming over.

After listening, a smile also appeared on Cao Xing's face.

This was the benefit of the legion mode.

As long as enough lords were recruited, the situation where these lords brought their families along could quickly recruit a large number of hands in a short time.

It even reached the population scale of Cao Xing's territory all at once, which could be called a step to the heavens in a single bound!

Of course, in terms of quality, it certainly couldn't compare to his side.

Any random Master from Cao Xing's side could wipe out this legion.

"Tian Jing, well done, keep it up."

"You guys need to improve your strength as soon as possible, otherwise when the new expansion pack arrives, there won't be much opportunity to improve."

Tian Jing on the other end also heard the seriousness in Cao Xing's tone.

He said solemnly: "I know, Boss, I'll go talk to Brother Yao right away."

After hanging up the call,

the buzzing sound of electric current came from his ear again.

After connecting, a soft voice came to his ear.

It was from Isabelle's side.

Cao Xing took the lead to ask: "Isabelle, how is the situation?"

"Lord, I have arrived at the target location. Just as you said, there is indeed a heritage palace here."

Isabelle slowly recounted what she had encountered in the past two days: "This palace contains a strong aura of light, but if you want to enter, you need to pass the evaluation at the door…"

"Currently, I have passed the evaluation and entered the palace."

"Then I defeated a few guards, and two light-type spell scrolls dropped from them."

"Now I have already entered the palace. Just like the previous Sword Saint heritage, I need to pass round after round of trials to inherit the heritage inside."

After listening, an expression of appreciation appeared in Cao Xing's eyes.

Then he said: "Very good, continue to pass the trials, just strive to return to the territory within 12 days!"

"Yes!"

After hanging up the communication with Isabelle, a steady voice came to Cao Xing's ears once more.

This time it was a communication from Assam.

Cao Xing chuckled, "Good grief, did everything all pile up together today, huh?"

Thus, he connected the communication once again.

There was a hint of excitement in Assam's tone as he reported, "Lord, after a few days of challenges, I have successfully passed the first three rounds of trials and obtained three pieces of equipment: the Tyrant's Arm, the Tyrant's Foot, and the Tyrant's Raid."

"Not only that, but when clearing the third round, I also obtained an opportunity to break through to the Tier 8 Hero-level."

"However, since I have already broken through to the Hero-level, I gave this opportunity to the Frost Wolf Winter."

"With three rounds of trials still left, I will be able to completely conquer this tomb!"

After listening to his report, a hint of a smile also appeared on Cao Xing's face.

He hadn't expected that besides the set, there would be unexpected gains inside.

Because of this, he had gained yet another Tier 8 combat force.

Cao Xing praised, "Not bad, Assam."

"Can you rush back to the territory within twelve days?"

After waiting for a moment, Assam replied from the other side, "Yes, Lord!"

Cao Xing replied, "Very good, keep it up, and strive to return early."

"Also, if the trial difficulty is too great, remember to give up directly, there's no need to force yourself."

"Yes, thank you for your concern, Lord!"

After hanging up the communication, Cao Xing continued to wait in the territory.

At this moment, the Arctic People Du An walked over, bowed respectfully, and said, "Lord, good day."

"Speak, Du An, what is the matter?"

This Arctic People reported, "According to your instructions, we have already upgraded all the blacksmith shops. Now those blacksmiths have all started working, and Mr. Harold asked me to ask you if there are any new instructions?"

Cao Xing pondered for a moment. Come to think of it, he really did have quite a few blueprints that needed to be crafted.

The Protector's Sword, the Neros Cannon, as well as the large mining robot and third-generation war colossus blueprints.

The first two both needed to be handed over to the blacksmiths to forge.

The latter two types of robots needed to be forged over at Locke's side in the machinery factory.

Thus, Cao Xing said, "I know. I will go over now to issue new tasks to them, you go get busy first."

"Yes, respected Lord." Du An quickly left this place.

Cao Xing went straight to the industrial zone in the fourth ring of the territory.

Soon, a row of pitch-black buildings with a height of six to seven meters appeared before him.

These were all Expert-level blacksmith shops, exuding a stern and solid aura.

Compared to the lonely blacksmith shop from some time ago, the current scale could be said to have expanded by a lot.

On the roof of every blacksmith shop, chimneys of various shapes stood tall, and from dozens of meters away, the clanging sound of metal could be heard.

Clearly, these blacksmiths had already started working.

Cao Xing pushed open the door of one of the blacksmith shops directly.

Inside were a dozen or so blacksmiths working hard at forging. Seeing Cao Xing enter, they greeted him one after another.

Cao Xing nodded slightly in acknowledgment.

Then, in the crowd, he found Harold, who was sweating profusely.

Seeing Cao Xing, this dwarf blacksmith immediately put down the work in his hand and said respectfully, "Lord, are you here to inspect the work?"

Cao Xing shook his head and asked, "Harold, what have you been forging recently?"

This dwarf blacksmith said respectfully, "We plan to first batch-forge one thousand sets of standard armor to equip the warriors."

"Then we will forge a batch of weapons."

Cao Xing said, "Not bad, but next, you don't need to forge those purple-quality weapons, just forge these two things directly."

Having said that, he took out two blueprints from his backpack and handed them to him.

After taking them, Harold quickly glanced at them.

The blueprint for the [Protector's Sword] was fine; after all, he could be considered well-traveled and knowledgeable.

And when he saw the blueprint for the [Neros Cannon], a look of shock gradually appeared in his eyes!

"There is actually a blueprint for a large artillery piece here!"

"And it looks like the firepower of this artillery piece is terrifying!"

Cao Xing nodded slightly, "Are you confident you can forge it?"

"No problem, Lord."

"Under the condition of sufficient materials, about two days time will be enough to forge one!" Harold replied solemnly.

A look of admiration appeared in Cao Xing's eyes.

Making a Neros Cannon in two days—this efficiency could be said to be quite fast. As expected of a Master-level blacksmith!

"Very good, then you will be in charge of forging the Neros Cannon next, and the other two Expert forgers will be responsible for forging more Protector's Swords."

"As for the other blacksmiths, just batch-forge standard armor." Cao Xing quickly issued a series of commands. "Yes, sir!"

After giving instructions to Harold's side, Cao Xing came to the neighboring machinery factory.

"Clank, clank! Clank, clank!"

As soon as he entered, loud mechanical noises and the sound of rotating gears came from inside the factory, which was even noisier than the blacksmith shop.

Passing through various large mechanical equipment, Cao Xing quickly found Locke, who was working.

He was directing a few other Goblins to assemble a huge, dark-blue war tool together.

It was a full three stories high, its main body framework forged from thick cold iron, and its huge catapult arm was like a coiled Ice Dragon, more than ten meters long.

This massive tool was naturally the [Frost Catapult], likewise an Epic-level siege weapon.

Seeing Cao Xing, these Goblins stopped the actions in their hands one after another and saluted him.

Cao Xing waved his hand and asked, "Locke, how many Frost Catapults have been made?"

This Goblin replied respectfully, "Oh! Great Lord, we Goblins have been working tirelessly day and night these past few days to rush production of this catapult."

"Through our unremitting efforts, eleven units have been made."

He rubbed his dry hands and said with a flattering smile, "You know—such large-scale war tools are extremely complex to make, so the work efficiency is not high."

Cao Xing directly interrupted Locke, and then took out two types of manufacturing blueprints.

Locke quickly took them and glanced at them.

A trace of a smile appeared on his wrinkled face, "Lord, these two blueprints of yours are truly powerful!"

"Especially that war colossus blueprint at the back, it is even enough to rival our race's top mecha!"

Cao Xing asked, "Can it be made?"

"No problem at all!" Locke replied decisively.

"However, this kind of war colossus requires high-level materials like starfall ingots. Our territory shouldn't have them, right?"

Cao Xing nodded, "Indeed we don't, so for now, you just make a few large mining robots first."

"The work on the Frost Catapult can basically be stopped."

"When the number of mining robots is enough, it can accelerate the mining efficiency of the territory members."

Locke straightened his body and replied respectfully, "No problem, respected Lord!"

After giving the tasks to this Goblin, Cao Xing left the machinery factory.

Then he continued to meditate and read books in the territory.

Time flashed by, and another five days or so passed.

Now it had reached the 38th day of the development period, with only one final week left until the third round of monster siege began.

And during these five days, the levels of the combat personnel in the territory were also rapidly rising.

First of all, the Dragon Speaker had already reached 94% of Level 99, and was just a final slice of experience away from reaching Level 100!

The giant dragon Seraphis's level had also soared to Level 91, successfully becoming a Tier 10 creature.

In addition, Sarah's level had also reached Level 85, already making her a Tier 9 assassin.

Of course, Liu Muxue's level rise was the most terrifying, having currently reached Level 84, almost catching up to Sarah!

Besides this.

During this period of time, Cao Xing had also used more than a dozen Master-level Hearts of Power, allowing all those creatures at the chieftain-level and above in the territory to break through to the Master tier.

Now, the number of Master-level existences in his territory had broken past fifty.

And most of them had already risen to Level 70.

If this batch of people could all break through to Hero-level, it would be an extremely terrifying force!

Thinking of this, Cao Xing sighed inwardly, "What a pity, we still have to wait more than a month for the Lost Royal City to open."

"Otherwise, I could take all the combat personnel of the territory over right now and usher in a massive boost!"

"However, it doesn't matter. Both Assam and Isabelle are challenging the trials over there, and both have had decent improvements."

Two days ago, according to the news sent back by them, both of these two had obtained a portion of opportunities.

Isabelle had already successfully broken through to Tier 8 within that heritage, and had become a Hero-level Light Mage."

Because Assam was already a Tier 8 creature to begin with, he let the Frost Wolf under his command upgrade to Tier 8.

In other words, two more Hero-level creatures had appeared in Cao Xing's territory.

Once they completely finished all the trials, they would presumably usher in a new round of transformation!

Thinking of this, a hint of a smile appeared on Cao Xing's face once again.

Not long after the warriors left the territory to go out and deal with/search for the enhanced version of the Ice Nest.

The "buzzing" sound of electric current rang in Cao Xing's ears once again.

After connecting, a clear yet steady voice came through.

"Lord, I am Renice."