The Doomsday Lord: Starting as a Insect Queen
Chapter 153 - 67 Challenge Settlement (3k)

Chapter 153: Chapter 67 Challenge Settlement (3k)

"The plan you speak of is highly feasible; simply using food to bribe them probably won’t work, but with the energy concentration brought by the giant banyan, it’s enough to attract the monkeys and the big birds.

At present, the energy concentration here is close to the effect brought by a true 5th-tier Tree King. If it weren’t for the limitations of your Lord’s panel on the cat, perhaps the cat could already break through to the 6th tier relying on the environment here!

Moreover, as you mentioned, there’s still room for further improvement in the environment, so this condition alone is enough to bribe them.

Plus, within the territory, the Magic Power Concentration is much higher than the outside, if you can solve their food problem, you might even make them recognize you as their master!

You now also have several 5th-tier combat powers, although you would still be at a disadvantage one-on-one, the numerical advantage is enough to make them submit."

The orange cat swung its tail happily, calculating for Bai Yi’s former companions known as the Four Great Beast Kings.

Well, it is for their own good, as in the past month, it has seen the Lord’s promotion speed in the most direct way.

Moreover, Bai Yi’s territory has already broken through the 4th tier, and the highest combat power has even reached the 5th tier, with numbers that are enough to contend with the other three Beast Kings of White Poplar Mountain, possessing the power to sit on par with them.

This has only been a month!

Even including the time in the dungeon, it’s just two months!

If this development continues, the White Poplar Mountain near the territory will surely need to be brought under control.

Rather than letting conflicts arise later, it’s better to take advantage of the opportunity to... cough cough, to have them join and become part of the territory!

This way, at least it can provide them with enough benefits so they don’t end up like those 5th-tier beings in the Sanctuaries that get parasitized and become part of the Insect Swarm.

The support given when the power was weak is like sending charcoal in snowy weather, whereas their joining now would only be the icing on the cake. If it’s later...

They have missed the best timing, and now is the last chance.

Otherwise, even considering the cat’s face, it would be hard for the monkeys to get a good position.

"Their side can let the cat speak, the cat will go find them tomorrow. As for the 4th tier you mentioned, indeed, it is a special level."

The 4th tier is already a distant memory for the orange cat, which reminisced about the feelings back then and weighed its words.

"The cat’s superpower was obtained when it first gained intelligence, but at that time the cat didn’t understand what it represented. Yet, unsurprisingly, the cat already had the power of a 3rd tier before the Mutation officially occurred.

Before breaking through the 4th tier, the cat could survive solely on energy, and the energy in the air back than was much more concentrated than it is now; indeed, one could feel growing while eating and sleeping.

As for your point about the body not being able to withstand it, the cat doesn’t have that feeling.

The normal improvement of power is a gradual transformation of the body, without any particular discomfort. Instead, one would feel a sense of achievement for becoming stronger every moment due to rapid advancement.

However, the cat suspects that this might be due to the Experience Value System touted by you Lords; the cat’s growth was gradual, like a gentle stream.

But the Lords’ Experience System is like holding back all upgrades, without a trace of energy nourishment in normal times, stockpiling until a certain point and then suddenly releasing, causing a leap in body improvement.

Even the sturdiest mountain would collapse under such an impact, let alone the body.

This, of course, would bring a certain load on the body.

Given your situation, the cat still suggests spacing out each upgrade, with the cooling time you mentioned serving as a good interval."

"After reaching the 5th tier, growth will lean more towards the superpower aspect. Whether it’s Human Superpower Users or non-human Mutant Creatures, both receive a substantial increase in superpower at this level.

The cat recalls slipping into a long slumber when it reached the 5th tier; after awakening, the superpower became much stronger than before.

At the 4th tier, it could only teleport over a hundred meters, and the storage space was only the size of a house, but after the 5th tier, the teleportation distance reached a thousand meters, and now, the cat can even teleport about nine thousand meters!"

The orange cat, wanting Bai Yi to have a more direct understanding, slightly estimated its own ability limit and provided an approximate figure.

The orange cat’s explanation was already very clear, at least validating Bai Yi’s guess, that after the 4th tier, the improvement would indeed be much greater than the 3rd tier.

But aside from what Ju described, there’s also what Bai Yi felt, an increased grasp over her body and the attributes truly affecting the flesh instead of just being mere data.

With the double effect, that’s why such a great burden came upon her body.

With Ju’s reminder, Bai Yi decided to slow down the upgrade speed further, separating each upgrade from the free attribute points received, upgrading one day, and allocating attribute points the next.

After all, the Territory Upgrade task cannot be rushed and will probably take more than a month’s time. Even if Bai Yi slows down the upgrade speed, reaching level 50 would only take 20 days.

Given that, Bai Yi still decided it’s better to play it safe.

As for the negotiations with the two Beast Kings, since Ju is willing, Bai Yi also decides not to trouble Shang Ji further, leaving the matter to Ju, who is more familiar with the Beast Kings.

However, the cost she is willing to bear naturally needs to be clarified in advance."

Although several grain crops have already been handed over to Nong Yi for cultivation, since the farmland is still being developed, it won’t yield any produce for at least a few days, and we can only consume the nearly depleted reserves which aren’t much.

However, Nong Yi is already preparing to deploy a team of skilled farmers, originally from Eternal Life City, to cultivate more farmland near Eternal Life City.

That plain has been formed by the constant impact of the Red River over the years, boasting a wide area and fertile land.

Although Bai Yi’s crops don’t rely heavily on soil fertility, they too can yield a decent harvest. In time, after persuading the Beast King within White Poplar Mountain, we can even look for suitable farmland within the mountain.

After further discussions with Ju about tomorrow’s terms and the details of superpower growth, it’s gotten quite late.

Since I’ve already leveled up today, Bai Yi decided to keep the free attribute points for tomorrow evening.

Waking up the following day, Bai Yi continues the Transcendent Ritual for the giant banyan You, allowing it to consume relics and continue to evolve, while the rest of the time is spent attempting to research potions, getting acquainted with the Pharmacist’s abilities, and waiting for the settlement to begin.

[The current Cycle Challenge has concluded. You have obtained a total of 38,200 points, currently ranking first. The Points Mall is now open.]

[The Hunting Cycle Challenge has officially ended. The Points Store will close in 1 hour. Please redeem your rewards promptly.]

[Version update in progress... Update complete.]

[This week’s leaderboard has been settled. Please collect your rewards from the leaderboard interface.]

[There is a one-day buffer period for the current Cycle Challenge, and the Man and Beast Cycle Challenge is about to begin.]

Eventually, after the points are locked in, Bai Yi’s first place is still maintained, with a daunting gap of over ten thousand points from the second place.

However, changes have occurred in the spots below, with several names suddenly spiking in points before settlement, surpassing a few new faces.

Among them were two names familiar to Bai Yi, such as Iron Blood and Anonymous.

Both experienced the largest surge in points, securing fourth and seventh places, respectively.

There were some scuffles among each other, but the outcome soon solidified, still a significant distance from Bai Yi.

After all, the source of the points was the death of mutant creatures, and such a burst in points could only come from wounding but not killing, instead imprisoning these mutant creatures.

Capturing so many mutant creatures, even if wounded, was extremely challenging. It wasn’t feasible to imprison too many of them, and once killed, there were no more.

This time’s reward was still in the form of the Points Mall, but whether it was shared is unknown. To avoid any mishaps, Bai Yi decided to put aside the leaderboard and challenge details first and opened the mall.

This time’s mall was similar to the one from the second week’s challenge, with shared items in the public supplies section, but reaching a certain level of points was necessary to unlock higher-level items.

The lowest tiers of 100 and 1,000 points offered unlimited supply items, such as various ordinary materials and foods, as well as random soldier packages and building packages.

At the 10,000 points level, more practical but limited goods appeared, such as Advanced Dungeon Vouchers and Task Settlement Cards.

The exclusive mall was opened according to the ranking. For example, Bai Yi had an exclusive item slot, and the top three, ten, and one hundred had their respective limited items; And as the first-place Bai Yi, of course, had the right to purchase all.

Her exclusive reward was a targeted high-level Abnormal Object, costing ten thousand points, and Bai Yi didn’t hesitate to buy it.

The rewards for the top three and top ten were an 8,000 points pick-one-out-of-five Abnormality Gift Package and 0 points Energy Crystal Coins, respectively.

This was the third Energy Crystal Coin Bai Yi had received: one was from the limited reward of the second week’s challenge, and the second from last week’s cold disaster challenge amongst the top ten rewards.

Once again, it was a top ten exclusive, ten in total, each limited to one per person.

It seemed that this had become a fixed top ten reward, and what the Energy Crystal Coin was for remained a mystery...

After spending 18,000 points to purchase the three items, she continued to browse further down the store.

The top one hundred’s exclusive rewards were mostly practical building and Barracks blueprints, among which were the Superpower Crystal and Hero Unit Conversion Certificate that Bai Yi desperately needed.

The former was still limited to one per person, while the latter had no such restriction but seemed to have changed from the previously ignored status, becoming extremely hot, and even at 3,000 points each, the 30 available had quickly dwindled to 9.

After converting the orange cat and Shang Ji, only two Certificates remained, so Bai Yi of course had to restock, spending 13,000 points on four Certificates and one Superpower Crystal before eyeing other items.

She spent 7,000 of the remaining 7,200 points on Territory Expansion Vouchers, purchasing seven middle-tier vouchers in total, with each one able to develop 3 square kilometers of territory, greatly accelerating the progress of the promotion task.

With only 200 points left unable to buy anything significant, Bai Yi decided to indulge and purchased several low-level building blueprints, such as bathhouses and toilets.

Having spent all her points, Bai Yi then contentedly exited the mall, opened the leaderboard, and prepared to reveal her name as planned.

Oh, this was the first time deliberately showing off!

A hint of excitement and nervousness emerged in Bai Yi’s heart.

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Unnamed Potion (Tier 1/Gold): A First Generation potion developed under extreme restraint, optimized multiple times by extraordinary abilities, slightly bitter with a bit of numbness (spiciness), permanently increases maximum Life Value and Magic Power Value by +10, but temporarily reduces All Attributes by 20%, up to a maximum of 20 points, lasting 24 hours.

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