Chapter 625: Chapter 401 Upgrade LV11 Lord’s Mansion! _2

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    Among the Four Great Calamities, the Insect Race Calamity truly lived up to being the first, with the insect swarm always advancing along the path of conquest, destroying one world after another.

    “My Lord, you shouldn’t personally explore the underground world’s dimension, it’s very easy for unexpected events to occur.”

    Liu Yiqing rode the Undead Jade Horse, and Sam, riding a two-winged Wind Dragon Beast, led O’Re, Dia, and Bol, also passing through the Gate of the Underworld.

    “With three Legendary BOSSES paving the way, I wouldn’t encounter any unexpected events.”

    For an unexpected event to occur, unless the underground world directly sent out a fifth-tier Legendary BOSS using an ambush to instantly kill him several times in a row, it wouldn’t be easy to take him down.

    Zi Liyuan left himself plenty of life-saving trump cards.

    Being able to exploit the Great Xia Empire’s resources allowed him to control a large amount of the [Heart of the Lord], enabling the exchange for many life-saving items.

    Especially those that triggered passively, Zi Liyuan hoarded quite a few of them.

    “Since you’re already here, I’ll have the Spider Queen accompany you to explore the underground world situation. It would be best if you could capture some natives for interrogation to gather intelligence.”

    Zi Liyuan did not plan to stay long; he needed to return and prepare to take over the town that would appear in Area No. 10086 and become the lord of this region.

    After all, you need to seize an entire region to compete for the Grand Lord position.

    After all, how could you conquer the entire New World No. 99 if you couldn’t even take a single area?

    “No problem, leave it to me.”

    Liu Yiqing immediately nodded.

    Right now, she was outfitted in a golden lord set, equipped with several purple epic equipment and items, and rode the Undead Jade Horse, a fourth-tier peak epic BOSS mount.

    One could say her combat strength had increased by at least fifty percent!

    Just right to test her own strength in this underground world dimension and achieve more.

    “The matter of activating your bloodline talent requires the construction of a special bloodline altar. I’ve already had Mo Yi help with its creation and will notify you when it’s ready.”

    Sacrificing the [Heart of the Lord] to help Liu Yiqing activate bloodline power seemed simple, but it required a special bloodline altar for the sacrifice.

    Zi Liyuan did not have such a thing in his hand, but No. 2 was an expert in bloodline power, being an array master herself. Crafting a bloodline altar posed no difficulty.

    Of course, the prerequisite was having enough high-level materials.

    These materials consisted of the bones and flesh of high-level BOSSES.

    The surface of the underground world dimension was the best place to gather materials, wasn’t it?

    “Thank you, My Lord.”

    Despite being anxious, she knew rushing wouldn’t help and could only take things step by step.

    After all, having signed the Boundary Sea Contract, Zi Liyuan couldn’t renege; otherwise, the punishment from the Heavenly Dao of the Sea of Realms would flay him if not kill him.

    “Go, I have to return as well.”

    Nodding, Zi Liyuan, along with Wang Tie and Dilys, passed through the Gate of the Underworld and returned to the normal world.

    “A lord needs to be developed in the underground world dimension to access the chat channel within it.”

    Once he could enter the chat channel of the underground world dimension, he could contact Wang Tie.

    As long as this guy wasn’t dead or on the run, with his time spent in the underground world, he should have acquired plenty of intelligence.

    Then it wouldn’t be too late to plan how to conquer this world.

    For now, the immediate task was to truly seize control over Area No. 10086!

    Returning to his territory, Zi Liyuan immediately examined the lord’s panel.

    With the help of Fan Yuer and her three sisters managing the territory, he now had enough resources to upgrade the Lord’s Mansion.

    [Notification: The Lord’s Mansion meets the conditions to upgrade to LV11. Would you like to consume resources to upgrade? Yes or No?]

    Looking at the upgrade button, he hesitated not at all and clicked directly.

    [Notification: Consuming common materials (stone, wood, iron ingot, copper ingot) X10W, refined materials (stone, wood, iron ingot, copper ingot) X1W, rare materials (silver ingot, gold ingot, crystal, sulfur, jewel) X1000, energy 10W to upgrade the Lord’s Mansion.]

    [Upgrading to LV11 Lord’s Mansion requires meeting special building requirements, scanning special buildings…]

    [Detected LV1 buildings “City Wall,” “Watchtower,” “City Gate,” “Government Office,” “Undead Magic Tower,” “Soul Recruiting Tower,” “Cemetery,” satisfying the LV11 Lord’s Mansion requirement, upgrade commencing!]

    With the upgrade time still at 30 seconds, when the countdown ended, the entire territory was enveloped in a descending silver light.

    Within the light, the Lord’s Mansion began to transform, becoming a magnificent palace!

    A series of system prompt messages continuously echoed in Zi Liyuan’s ears.

    [Notification: Upgrade complete, congratulations to Zi Liyuan for becoming an LV11 lord, territory has evolved into a village (LV2), and the territorial feature coverage has expanded!]

    [Notification: Congratulations to Zi Liyuan for being the first to upgrade to LV11 in New World No. 99. Reward: Spirit Crystal X2W, Random Silver Chest X2, Reputation 200 points in New World No. 99.]

    [Notification: The Lord’s Mansion has upgraded to LV11, and the territory expanded by 1W square meters.]

    [Notification: Conditions to upgrade to LV12: Common materials (stone, wood, iron ingot, copper ingot) X20W, refined materials (stone, wood, iron ingot, copper ingot) X2W, rare materials (silver ingot, gold ingot, crystal, sulfur, jewel) X2000, energy 20W.]

    This time, the subsequent upgrade conditions only increased the material consumption without any special requirements, slightly relieving Zi Liyuan.

    Materials can be obtained by conquest, right?

    But special buildings require personnel arrangement in the territory to establish.

    The most troublesome part is that some special buildings require blueprint acquisition first.

    As for where these special building blueprints came from, it was either opening chests, conquering dungeons, secret realms, or plundering powerful monster groups.

    Of course, lords could spend some costs to purchase them from other lords via the trading market.

    Opening the chat interface, Zi Liyuan directly looked at the Blue Star channel.

    Lord No. 32165: Zi, you’re amazing! Zi, you’re mighty! Zi, you’re imposing! I ask for your blessing, elder brother~(*￣︶￣)~

    Lord No. 16561: Zi has already upgraded to an LV11 Lord’s Mansion; poor helpless me is still struggling to gather resources for an LV8 Lord’s Mansion, (╥╯^╰╥)~

    Lord No. 731: Riding far ahead, but the more you jump around now, the more you’ll be targeted later. I guess those alien lords have already started plotting to execute their plans.

    Lord No. 666: Zi Liyuan, as long as you help me secure the Grand Lord position, once I enter the first level of the Boundary Sea, my Yang family will surely not treat you poorly!

    Lord No. 65165: Yang family? Which Yang family? Could it be the one from the ancient Sui Dynasty that ceased in the second generation?

    Lord No. 1911: With such big talk, is it any other than some claimant from a defunct royal dynasty? They’ve fallen, yet they still speak of treating others well; what does your Yang family have left to attract others?

    Lord No. 666: Humph! A bunch of useless things, my Yang family may have declined, but a dead camel is still bigger than a horse! Zi Liyuan, as long as you help me secure the Grand Lord position, I’ll be willing to offer a red legendary cultivation technique suitable for your practice!

    Lord No. 65165: Gosh! If fully understood, wouldn’t advancement in tiers have no bottleneck then?

    Lord No. 1911: Pff~, remains of a dynasty are still just that; even the Yang family can only offer a legendary cultivation technique.

    Lord No. 666: @Lord No. 1911, are you deliberately picking a fight? Dare to reveal your name, and once we enter the Boundary Sea, I’ll show you my Yang family’s strength!

    Lord No. 1911: I’ll neither change my name standing nor sitting, your granddaddy I’ll remain!

    …

    The chat channel remained lively and easily strayed off-topic.

    However, from these messages, Zi Liyuan discerned some unique information, particularly recruitment offers from several sources.

    For instance, descendants of some defunct royal dynasties, like the Zhao family, Yang family, Yelü family, and Wanyan family.

    Of course, it also included individuals from the Ancient Noble Families within the Four Ancient Empires of the Boundary Sea.

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