Chapter 404 Discovery
“They’re finally here…”
The dry, hoarse mechanical voice sounded like heavenly music to the young girl’s ears, and the content within made Kazumi, already shocked by the Spectacle’s Capability, change her Expression again. A faint smile could not help but appear on her cold and aloof Face.
“Undead Lord” is an extremely excellent strategic farming game, and for a game with Undead Creatures as its background, resource production is extremely important.
As for Kazumi now, in the [Black Coffin] Territory, besides the meager resources produced by the resource-type Building [Graveyard Hill], most of the resources actually come from the Reality world where the young girl lives. Apart from the Corpse resources captured by Kazumi herself, the others are basically obtained from the [Dark] Organization through the means of Uncle Fukada.
This unhealthy way of acquiring resources is obviously not suitable for a standalone series game, so in the game, players also have their own special ways of acquiring resources.
The Territory merging Function is precisely the most core resource source in this game, and it can even be said to be the main direction of game expansion, and it is also the Function that Kazumi has been tirelessly searching for but could not find.
The expansion method of the [Black Coffin] Territory is very special, as if in a void Space, continuously eroding the unknown Boundary through Death Energy, thereby achieving the Effect of increasing Territory area.
And the Territory expanded in this way is completely empty, a void Place where nothing exists. This is also the main reason why there is nothing in the young girl’s Territory.
Apart from a few solitary Buildings and the constructed city walls, the rest is also just the soil and stones that were previously invested in the Territory, and a faint layer of rotten soil formed by decomposition by Death Energy. As Kazumi said before, there are no distinguishing features of the Terrain.
Many late-game Buildings or unit types require certain Terrain to be produced, such as the previously mentioned high-level Spectacles [Great Pyramid] and [Black Mad Mountain]. The former can only be built on desert Terrain, while the latter requires sacrificing an entire large mountain Terrain before it can be built.
The appearance of new system Functions is precisely the best way to solve this problem. The merging Function can enable isolated Territories to absorb terrain fragments in the void and incorporate them into the Territory.
And these individual terrain fragments, or small worlds unto themselves, are precisely the source of all resources for the Undead Lords.
In the early stage of the game, through the merging Function, smaller terrain fragments can be pulled into the Territory and assimilated by Death Energy. At the cost of consuming Energy, Rotten Soil, Stone, and Wood required for Undead construction can be obtained. The corpses of some animals can also be used as Energy supplements and sacrifices for special unit units.
As the overall Territory Strength increases and the area expands, the terrain fragments that can be attracted will also become larger, and eventually, it will be a direct collision of two small worlds.
Human kingdoms equipped with excellent gear, Elven forests that control the power of nature, Dwarf bunkers hidden deep underground, Naga seas covered by the power of tides, leading legions as Undead Lords to conquer and destroy countless small worlds, this is precisely what makes this game the most attractive.
Although, in the Reality world, Kazumi is not sure if various fantasy races can still appear as in the game, but the two points of energy source and material for changing terrain are enough for the young girl to attach importance to this new system Ability that can only be activated by Spectacles.
Without hesitation, she pressed the newly added Territory merging button, and Kazumi’s perspective suddenly changed. The objects in front of her all disappeared, and she seemed to fly into the air, drifting above the Territory, looking at the entire panoramic view of the Black Coffin Territory from a top-down perspective.
In the next moment, what appeared before the young girl was an extremely familiar selection interface.
“As expected, the rookie’s choices are all the same, right?”
Looking at the three options in front of her that were exactly the same as in her memory, Kazumi couldn’t help but complain. Just like the classic three-choice of Strength, Agility, and Intelligence in the Governor’s selection, the Territory expansion in front of her was no different from the novice choices in the game. Three exquisitely detailed pictures depicted [Plain], [Forest], and [Pond].
“A three-choice…”
The merging Function also has a cooldown time, and both the conversion and the possible resistance require Time to digest. And judging by the Time of Kazumi’s next mission, she should only be able to rely on this choice to improve her overall Strength.
“Forest terrain is the most resource-rich. Animals can produce a large amount of blood food, and there is also a chance to convert creatures into Undead Creatures. However, there is a high probability of producing counter-attacking beast tides.”
“The Plain is average, but nothing can be left under the encroachment of Death Energy. At most, some rotten soil will be produced, and the overall yield will not be too large.”
“The pond has water resources, and the resistance of aquatic creature beast tides is the smallest. However, the Territory temporarily does not need water resources…”
Gently rubbing her chin with her Right Hand, the young girl muttered to herself, analyzing the advantages and disadvantages of each option. Although there will definitely be differences from the young girl’s judgment based on her previous life’s game experience, the general direction will not be wrong.
“It’s hard to choose…”
After thinking for a moment with some hesitation, Kazumi still could not make up her mind, as there were quite a lot of things to consider.
In terms of yield, she would definitely choose the forest terrain with the highest yield. However, the young girl was quite worried that the forest’s counter-attacking beast tide would be too powerful. If too many units were lost and could not be recovered in Time, it would affect the organization’s big move that Uncle Fukada mentioned.
The remaining two options mainly produce rotten soil and water resources, which are not scarce. It mainly depends on the amount of blood food and the probability of successfully converting Undead Creatures. Moreover, aquatic creatures and land creatures each have their own advantages and disadvantages, making it difficult to choose.
“Let’s look over there first.”
With a faint sigh, Kazumi directly exited the current top-down Territory state. She had not forgotten that the constructed Spectacle [Ghost Gate] also had this resource production Capability that had not been verified.
Since she had no direction for this choice, she might as well play all the cards she could play, and then based on the current situation, analyze exactly how to make a decision. This was also the young girl’s most skilled way of thinking and solving problems.
She closed the system Panel in front of her again, and Little Black responded and crawled out from under Kazumi’s feet. Carrying the Expressionless young girl, it ran steadily and swiftly towards Hades City.
(PS: What should I choose.)
