Chapter 6: Muyu City
City Scale: ★
Population Count: ★
Resource Reserves: ★
Unique Trait 1: Hidden Sanctuary / Hidden Sanctuary Key.
Unique Trait 2: City Passive·Talented Populace (Higher conversion rate of residents to officials and craftsmen, and already possesses one Master-level craftsman).
Unique Trait 3: Fierce Folk Customs (Due to the 'simple' nature of Muyu City's residents, after successfully executing the thirty-fifth lord to rule this place, the surrounding minor lords have completely lost interest in this barren city. If choosing this location, for the first few natural days, there is no need to worry about attacks from other lords in the surrounding area).
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Among the six initial territories, there was no need to weigh pros and cons. Muyu City was the best choice, especially since Su Xiao's bounty 2 was: [Hidden: Find the Hidden Sanctuary].
Investing 1300 ounces of Space-Time Power here. If 'Muyu City' only had the 'Hidden Sanctuary', it could be developed first and then conquered later. The problem was the 'Hidden Sanctuary Key'. No matter how one looked at it, a place deemed worthy of being certified as a bounty could not be forcibly opened.
When Su Xiao completed his choice, the surrounding darkness converged, and he felt a sensation of falling. When he opened his eyes, he was lying on a large bed. The bed was luxurious but somewhat old. The entire bedroom was in a mahogany style. The large photo on the wall was still of the previous lord. Inside the collection cabinet were the collections of successive lords, as if telling the new lord how 'simple' the folk customs of this place were.
The floor clock swung back and forth. The heating pipes climbing the walls delivered steam, along with the carriage in the courtyard of the lord's mansion. These products of different eras perfectly merged here, indicating that the world's tech tree wasn't just skewed; it was somewhat twisted.
The sound of pattering rain came from outside the window. Muyu City experienced rainfall for more than a third of the time. Through the rain curtain, one could see dim yellow lights shining inside steel-style buildings. Some slightly leaking steam pipes emitted more obvious white mist in the cold rain. Coupled with it being mealtime, the cooking smoke rising from the rooftops gave the rain-chilled city a touch of warmth.
[You have arrived at Muyu City.]
[Current Identity: Lord of Muyu City.]
Lord Aura: E-Rank (E ~ SSS-Rank).
Lord Core: E-Rank (E ~ SSS-Rank, currently in a dormant state, requires 300 units of food to activate).
Food: 5 units (used to unlock/upgrade the Lord Core, and as biological energy for the Lord Core).
Concentrated Souls: 0.5 units (used to upgrade the Lord Aura).
Energy: 2 units (city living energy).
Forging Resources: 3 units.
Construction Resources: 1 unit.
Living Resources: 6 units (includes regular food, beverages, various seasonings, etc.).
Other Resources: 30 units (includes resident medical supplies, daily necessities, entertainment items, etc.).
Soldier-Type Units: 0 (As the Lord Core has been in a dormant state for over 560 natural days, all soldier-type units produced by this Lord Core have lost their life fluctuations).
Civilians: 52,680.
Craftsmen: 980.
[Tip: Current Lord Core·Skill Tree not unlocked.]
[The current Lord Core only has 'Basic Gene·Half-Orc Gene'. Therefore, after the Lord Core is unlocked, you can only produce Half-Orcs through it.]
[The Lord Core is a highest-tier biological creation with an extremely complex structure. If damaged, it can only be repaired at ???]
[As you have not activated the Lord Core, it cannot resonate with your Lord Aura. Your Lord Aura is temporarily inactive.]
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No matter how one looked at it, this was a start with maximum difficulty. But for Su Xiao, it was a dream start. What he needed most was a territory that could develop in the early stages without being attacked by other lords. Muyu City perfectly fulfilled this.
Looking at the black key in his hand, Su Xiao, guided by the fluctuations of this key, walked out of the bedroom and arrived on the first floor of the residence. He entered a weapon collection room at the back of the first floor. He pressed one hand against the wall. As a hidden door rose, a downward staircase passage appeared. Reaching the bottom, there was an elevator.
Entering it and pulling the mechanism lever, the elevator descended somewhat stiffly. It descended at least several hundred meters before trembling to a stop. Ahead was a corridor over ten meters long, with a dark silver metal door blocking the end.
Su Xiao tried to open the door with the 'Hidden Sanctuary Key'. The dark silver door panel gradually dissolved, turning into a sphere the size of a soccer ball. A large eye opened on it, stared at Su Xiao for a few seconds, then closed, reforming into the dark silver metal door.
He tried to raise his hand to touch it. The part of the metal door he was about to touch turned into a fluid and even avoided him.
Entering inside, this was a sanctuary covering several dozen square meters. The furnishings were simple to the point of being empty, only a wooden table and a chair. After sitting down, he picked up a piece of parchment on the table. The content recorded on it was actually left by a Reincarnation Paradise·Hunter.
The general content was that this Hunter had come here to find something. At that time, during the heyday of Dawn Paradise, this world was filled with a large number of Violators. Led by a Violator leader named Xiketo, the Hunter was chased until there was no way to heaven and no door to earth. In the end, he could only leave a few things here before going out to fight a decisive battle against the Violators led by Xiketo in Muyu City.
Judging by the Hunter's tone, he didn't have even half a hope of winning against Xiketo. Furthermore, dying at the hands of the Violator·Xiketo was not unacceptable for a Hunter; at least it saved face.
Su Xiao picked up several items from the table.
[You have obtained Old Hunter Badge (Permission-type item·Highly Rare).]
[You have obtained Coordinate No. 3 (This is a certified characteristic item. After acquisition, it can only be submitted to Apocalypse Paradise or Reincarnation Paradise).]
[You have obtained Coordinate No. 16 (This is a certified characteristic item. After acquisition, it can only be submitted to Apocalypse Paradise or Reincarnation Paradise).]
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Back when this world was certified by Dawn Paradise, the Hunter trapped here naturally had no way to submit the two coordinates to any faction other than Dawn Paradise. Now, however, Su Xiao submitted the two coordinates to Reincarnation Paradise.
[Submission complete. Subsequent rewards will be settled at the end of this World War.]
Compared to this reward, Su Xiao was more interested in the [Old Hunter Badge]. This was an exceptionally rare good item because it could directly raise the 'Old Hunter' title by one rank.
In terms of profit, raising the 'Old Hunter' title to 'Limit Refinement·3 times' and then using the [Old Hunter Badge] would maximize benefits. The [Old Hunter Badge] could at most raise the 'Old Hunter' title to 'Limit Refinement·4 times'.
The problem was that 'Old Hunter' was a hunting reward-type title. The earlier it was raised, the greater the subsequent benefits would be. Weighing the pros and cons, raising it immediately now would likely yield greater subsequent returns.
[You have used the 'Old Hunter Badge' on the Old Hunter title.]
[Title upgrading...]
[Total time required: 1 hour 28 minutes.]
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Closing the prompt, Su Xiao began to observe the 'Hidden Sanctuary'. After a moment, he determined that its defense level was mysteriously high. This made him decide to move the 'Skill Upgrade Pod' from the Lord's Train here.
The 'Skill Upgrade Pod' was too heavy, reducing the Lord's Train's speed by nearly half. In the coming period, he would particularly need the Lord's Train's speed, as it concerned his life or death.
A spatial array diagram gradually etched onto the ground. After preparing everything, he activated the 'Law-Destroying Teleportation Array'. With a dull thud, the iron-black 'Skill Upgrade Pod' appeared before him.
Confirming the 'Skill Upgrade Pod' was fine, Su Xiao took out a blank contract. If Silver Queen saw this contract and recalled carefully for a moment, she would suddenly remember that this was a contract she had signed in the Eternal Light World. Although there were no longer any contract terms on this parchment, the signature with a silver glow could be used to find Lady Silver.
After a while, the elevator outside ascended on its own. When it came back down, Bubu Wang and Baha had arrived. Amu, Fenny, and Beini were still some distance away.
A complex positioning formation was being constructed on the ground. Just as the positioning formation was nearly half drawn, a prompt appeared.
[The Old Hunter title has been upgraded.]
[Old Hunter]
Limit Refinement: Three Times.
Title Effect 1: Weakness Perception (Passive), increases damage dealt to Violators by 35%.
Title Effect 2: Old Hunter (Passive), upon killing Violators or Abyss-type enemies, gain 1 to 500 Hunter Gold Coins (determined by the danger level of the Violator or Abyss-type enemy).
Tip: This new prey type, Abyss-type, is determined based on your identity as a Shadow of Law Destruction.
Introduction: Go hunt those monsters in the darkness.
Sale Price: Cannot be sold.
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