The Doomsday Lord: Starting as a Insect Queen
Chapter 114 - 30: My Territory Can Upgrade Itself?

Chapter 114: Chapter 30: My Territory Can Upgrade Itself?

Territory, Eternal Life Giant Banyan

The sky had already darkened, and yet smiles were hanging on the faces of the few people gathered in the tree hollow once more.

Today, thanks to the efforts of the needle corrosion insect swarm, the grassland to the south of the territory had been essentially cleared.

As Bai Yi had previously thought, that grassland was indeed the lair of a group of mutant alligators, with the strongest few already possessing the strength close to that of Level 4.

However, with the loss of less than a hundred needle erosion insects, most of these alligators became stored meat and leather on the Free Market.

The remainder of the alligators were let slip into the wide Red River; the Insect Swarm had no ability to fight in water and had to give up the chase.

Their possible counterattack afterwards wasn’t a concern.

The edges of the river had begun to ice over. Nong San estimated that, given the current weather, the river surface would be completely frozen by tonight or tomorrow.

Without the mutant creatures to worry about, the weeds as tall as Bai Yi were easy to handle. Zhan Yi, along with some skeletons and the Insect Swarm, quickly and easily dealt with them.

What surprised them, though, was that these "weeds" were actually a type of mutated rice that persisted throughout the day in the heavy snow.

It was only because it was not the ear-bearing season and their appearance had changed significantly that no one had noticed them before they were put on the Free Market.

Thinking that this might be of some use to Bai Yi, Zhan Yi had the skeletons carefully unearth several plants and brought them back to the greenhouse in the territory to cultivate.

Meanwhile, as Nong Er was clearing those mutated rice, he was building greenhouses as planned on this vacant land according to the plan.

After constructing the first one, Nong Er also found that greenhouses could be expanded during construction, reducing the amount of glass required per unit area.

By nightfall, thanks to the untiring efforts of the skeletons, all the greenhouses had been built and planted with potatoes.

However, this wasn’t the reason everyone was so happy.

"Come on, time to vote. Now that the master has completed the soldier requirements within the instance, we’re only a step away from meeting the architectural requirements for upgrading the territory. With the activities this time, we might just be able to complete it all at once.

Those in favor of rushing the level upgrade of the territory, raise your hands."

As soon as Zhan Yi’s words fell, the hands of the other three were already raised, and even the needle erosion insect listening on the side raised its appendages.

Zhan Yi looked around and also raised her right hand:

"That means we all agree. What we need to discuss next is which buildings to upgrade and how to upgrade them.

Before the master left, he told us that upgrading buildings can consume some special materials, and it so happens that many of the materials needed for the buildings to upgrade in the territory are scarce.

We can purchase them from the Sanctuary together. After the discussion, we can send a telegram.

As for which specific buildings to upgrade, what are your thoughts?"

"The greenhouse must be upgraded! But the greenhouse requires a lot of mechanical equipment that needs to be purchased."

Nong Yi was the first to make a suggestion. As the only person in the territory still focused on agriculture, she had been concerned with upgrading the greenhouse for a long time.

Subsequently, Nong Er and Nong San, who respectively acted as the blacksmith and scholar, also suggested upgrading the signal station and the blacksmith shop. With the already existing giant banyan and two Insect Nests, the conditions had long been met.

The issue of quantity could also be supplemented by the greenhouse.

After concluding this topic, the four discussed tomorrow’s construction matters and ice collection plans, ending the night’s discussion.

Nong San quickly reached a consensus with the Sanctuary via radio and completed the first trade at one o’clock in the afternoon.

...

The next day, White Poplar Sanctuary

Thump, thump, thump—

Inside the room with the doors and windows shut tightly, Commander Hong scanned through one document after another, uttering a brief command:

"Enter."

The door quickly opened and shut, and a man entered.

He was hidden within thick cotton clothes, with only his reddened face exposed and gloved hands presenting a document.

"Commander, the trade has been completed, the amount has been verified as correct."

Commander Hong took the document; there wasn’t much text on it, as the traded goods were merely 10 tons of rice. Commander Hong glanced over it and asked:

"Hmm, what about the other party?"

"A woman came, draped with a bunch of fur, looked just like a primitive person.

But just as you suspected, commander, able to readily bring out food and make the goods we provided disappear into thin air.

After the trade was finished, she left towards the city..."

As the man seemed somewhat hesitant to speak further, Commander Hong tossed the document onto the desk, pulled out a new file from a drawer, and chuckled:

"It looks like you still don’t quite understand?

Come on, take a look at this, we just got this message from one of the lords we had previously contacted last night."

The man took the new document, scanning the lines of text line by line, with Commander Hong’s voice echoing in his ears.

"I know what you’re thinking, it’s just an ordinary woman, if we chase after her, we might even snatch a fortune.

Look at you..."

The man’s face turned red with embarrassment, involuntarily touching his nose that had been reddened by the cold.

"Spit it out, who gave you such a lousy suggestion?

Didn’t you use your brain? When is there such a good deal in the world, and if there really were a bargain to be had, wouldn’t they have taken it all for themselves already?"

"But isn’t it necessary to leverage the Sanctuary’s superpower users and military under my name..."

The man’s voice grew quieter and quieter, whether he realized his mistake or because he saw something alarming in the document.

"You’re so dumb, I wouldn’t acknowledge you as my son out there!"

Commander Hong stood up and laughed as he slapped his son on the head.

"When it comes to superpower users, which family doesn’t have any, is that worth knowing?

Which superpower user doesn’t think highly of themselves, really caring about that little food? Or do you think they care about the common people below?

That ten tons of food isn’t even enough to fill the gaps between their teeth!

Besides, you’ve seen it, the calculation from the communication department, the lord who’s trading with us is likely within White Poplar Mountain.

Although we’re unclear how he managed it, being able to grow right under the nose of the Beast King, this also proves his value...

The lord we’re collaborating with now only wants materials and manpower and, in the end, only gives us some irrelevant, outdated intelligence.

Is it just because they have the ability and are the only ones with it?

But now, we have a second option."

Commander Hong spoke in a low voice, no longer explaining, simply gestured for his son to leave, and fell into contemplation.

There was one thing he hadn’t mentioned just now, an important reason he was willing to cooperate was the growth of those lords.

He wasn’t sure about the other lords, but just that one Anonymous they had established contact with, from nothing to raising a team that’s capable of combating a fully 2nd Rank force, took less than half a month.

With this rate of growth, without restriction, becoming a giant entity like the Sanctuary is just a matter of time.

Logically, the best action would be to strike them down immediately while they are still weak.

But such high-level actions would definitely require the support of the several families within the Sanctuary, but as he had just taught his son.

It’s not worth it.

To make a big deal out of exterminating the lord in White Poplar City?

If they really had the capability, White Poplar City would have been liberated long ago.

Interests, are what they value most.

After the initial dozen years, the families within the Sanctuary are no longer united.

Each family wants to gain control over the Sanctuary’s voice, and he, the nominal commander of the Sanctuary, will sooner or later become their target.

And this lord, was the backup route he had found for himself.

Originally, his target was that Anonymous, but now, this new lord clearly seems like a better choice.

That’s why he didn’t make a big fuss about this matter, that’s why his son was the one to make the contact.

It’s just a pity that his son still let the word out, allowing those people to secretly attempt to sabotage his relationship with the lord.

"Sigh... I hope you live up to my investment..."

Meanwhile, the Zhan Yi, the ones being talked about, were cheering and leaping for joy as they held the items they had traded, hustling to prepare for the building upgrade.

Before long, Bai Yi, still inside the instance, stared at the prompt on his panel with confusion.

[Your territory rank has been promoted, territory area expanded to a radius of one thousand meters...]

"My territory can upgrade itself now?"

.........

Mutated Rice: Originally, this was a type of hybrid rice under experiment, but after the Mutation occurred, the testing fields were quickly abandoned. The remaining rice mutated, perhaps in response to some people’s wishes, the mutated rice grew in size, became more tolerant to various extreme environments, perfectly meeting all the initial intentions of the experimenters...

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