"The upgraded Great Wall looks so domineering!"
"It looks better and more majestic!"
"Runed Bricks are truly different; the aura alone is extraordinary!"
"It's more like the Great Wall in my memories—truly divine and vast!"
"It truly lives up to the word 'Mythic.' If there were really legends, they would surely look like this!"
"When will the permissions be opened? I really want to visit God Yu's Sky Island!"
"Even as an NPC, seeing the Mythic Great Wall with my own eyes would mean I could die without regrets!"
The new building matched the audience's image of a mythic structure perfectly.
It was incredibly cool!
Using it to hold off zombies made many people's blood boil, wanting to enter the block world and fight alongside him.
It was as if some ancestral bloodline had awakened!
Beyond its decorative role, the upgraded Great Wall's practicality was immense.
[SYSTEM: COMPLETED MYTHIC BUILDING, GREAT WALL CONSTRUCTION, CHUNK SCORE +300!]
[SYSTEM: THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA - MYTHIC]
[SYSTEM: THIS WONDER BUILDING HAS TAKEN INITIAL SHAPE, COMPLETING THE PRELIMINARY CONSTRUCTION AND POSSESSING CERTAIN COMBAT CAPABILITIES.]
[SYSTEM: SOUL CONTRACT: CAN FORCIBLY LOCK ANY CREATURE WITHIN THE CHUNK. CURRENTLY CONTRACTED: SNOW QUEEN!]
[SYSTEM: DESCRIPTION: THE DICTATOR OF THE ETERNAL GLACIERS STANDING UPON THE SNOWY PLAINS, POSSESSING EXTREME PROFICIENCY IN ICE MAGIC.]
[SYSTEM: CURRENTLY BELONGS TO NINE PROVINCES, ONE OF GALEN YU'S SERVANTS.]
[SYSTEM: SONG OF THE GALE: ALL ALLIED CREATURES WITHIN THE CHUNK GAIN +20% ATTACK POWER, +20% HEALTH, AND +15% SPEED.]
[SYSTEM: DESCRIPTION: A BALLAD BURIED IN THE HISTORY OF A CERTAIN ANCIENT CIVILIZATION. ITS MOMENTUM IS MAJESTIC AND SOLEMN, EVOKING A SENSE OF EXCITEMENT.]
[SYSTEM: THE WALLS POSSESS RUNIC POWER. ANY ENEMIES ATTEMPTING TO APPROACH WILL BE GIVEN A SLOWNESS EFFECT, REDUCING SPEED BY 25%.]
[SYSTEM: STARTING FROM UNDER HEAVEN, A NATION CANNOT EXIST WITHOUT A SOVEREIGN, A SOVEREIGN WITHOUT GENERALS, AND GENERALS WITHOUT SOLDIERS.]
[SYSTEM: UNLOCK GUARD VILLAGERS. INITIAL EQUIPMENT IS RANDOM AND CAN BE EXCHANGED AT ANY TIME. THEY ARE THE MOST ELITE AND LOYAL BASIC GUARDIANS OF THE CHUNK.]
[SYSTEM: UNLOCK STRONGER IRON GOLEMS, ADDING +15 ARMOR AND AREA-OF-EFFECT (AOE) DAMAGE. THEY ARE THE BEST CHUNK GUARDIANS TO ASSIST GUARD VILLAGERS.]
[SYSTEM: UNLOCK COPPER GOLEMS. SPECIALIZE IN LOGISTICS BUT CAN ALSO JOIN COMBAT WHEN NECESSARY.]
[SYSTEM: BASED ON TWILIGHT RUNES, GAIN SPECIAL BUFF EXPANSIONS.]
[SYSTEM: FARMING CIVILIZATION: PROTECTED BY A CIVILIZATION THAT HAS ENDURED FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS PRIMARILY THROUGH AGRICULTURE, YOUR CHUNK CROPS WILL RIPEN FASTER.]
[SYSTEM: DIVINE MIGHT: ANY HOSTILE CREATURES ENTERING THIS CHUNK WILL HAVE ALL ATTRIBUTES REDUCED BY 10%.]
[SYSTEM: WITCHCRAFT: POWERED BY THE TWILIGHT FOREST, A LICH CAN BE SUMMONED AT ANY TIME TO ASSIST. LIMITED TO TEN MINUTES PER SUMMON, ONCE PER DAY.]
It added a full three hundred points to the chunk!
Knowing the Great Wall was special, Galen Yu originally thought adding one or two hundred would be a lot.
Scoring wasn't easy; things like the Infinite Rail Machine or Automatic Farm only added three to five points.
He had hoped for a hundred at most, but this time it was three hundred!
Opening the chunk rankings.
[SYSTEM: CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE CHUNK SCORE: 461 (MINIATURE CHUNK)]
[SYSTEM: PLAYER RANKING: 1]
The overall score broke four hundred and was heading toward five hundred!
Freedom Nation only had seventy-some points; even multiplied by five, they couldn't compare. They truly couldn't even see his specific score!
"Since the Crisis is a challenge toward evolving into a small-scale civilization, with my score, will I directly reach a medium-scale civilization when the time comes?"
Skipping two levels at once?
However, this was likely just wishful thinking.
Since the transition to a small-scale civilization was so difficult, the requirements for a medium-scale one would only be more stringent.
It was a bit too far off for Galen Yu at the moment.
"The buff expansions aren't bad either."
Looking further, he could see that after the Runed Brick upgrade, many attribute bonuses had increased significantly.
For instance, Song of the Gale previously only added fifteen percent, but now it was twenty. There were also changes like the Iron Golem's armor value.
The biggest change was the Twilight expansion pack, which added Divine Might and Witchcraft.
Divine Might was easy to understand—lowered attributes made killing mobs easier. Witchcraft was related to the Twilight Forest and was particularly noteworthy.
This summonable Lich assistance wasn't limited to the chunk.
Even during adventures outside, he could receive the Lich's help, though it was limited to ten minutes.
A minor flaw that didn't hide the brilliance; this was a very powerful support skill.
Although the Snow Queen was also a boss, she had to stay to guard the base. Having only one would be a shame if she died.
There were so many Liches in the Twilight Forest; it was essentially infinite!
He wouldn't feel the slightest bit of heartache using them, and their strength as boss-level creatures was quite reliable.
This wave of expansion was excellent!
"Next, it's time to craft the SlashBlade."
He never forgot about the SlashBlade and looked toward the crafting table.
Meanwhile, at the Alliance.
Having welcomed back their two allies, Kira Oakmoor specifically requested a space in the chunk to serve as a workspace.
They would rely heavily on these two in the future, so Mark naturally didn't refuse and prepared the materials.
Kira Oakmoor took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and gently stroked the SlashBlade in her hand.
After a moment, her eyes snapped open.
"I've got it!"
Having prepared various materials in the chest beforehand, she pulled out two logs and a wooden sword.
Placing them into the crafting table for synthesis, the next moment:
A wooden SlashBlade appeared!
[SYSTEM: UNNAMED BLADE - MARIONETTE]
[SYSTEM: A COMMON WOODEN SWORD FITTED WITH A SCABBARD, BUT THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF STEPPING INTO THE THRESHOLD OF BATTOTSU.]
The most basic SlashBlade—the beginning of everything!
Thanks to having received the inheritance before, Kira Oakmoor quickly understood its forging method.
Holding the SlashBlade, Ronan Mountwell marveled repeatedly.
"This craftsmanship, this grain... it's a work of art!"
He was better at scouting, but as a member of the Samurai Nation, though not as proficient as Kira Oakmoor, he had studied swords before.
Holding the SlashBlade, Ronan Mountwell marveled repeatedly.
"This craftsmanship, this grain... it's a work of art!"
He was better at scouting, but as a member of the Samurai Nation, though not as proficient as Kira Oakmoor, he had studied swords before.
It would definitely be called a masterwork in the outside world!
"It's only been how long? He made the first SlashBlade so easily!"
"As expected, this mod is just free points for us!"
"We're already skilled with swords, and now this mod is giving us a massive boost!"
"Oakmoor is invincible!"
Hiding on the edges, the Samurai spectators who hadn't been affected by the lava shouted.
They were truly the first players to craft a SlashBlade!
It wasn't over yet.
The Marionette was only the most basic weapon. Kira Oakmoor was currently holding an advanced version upgraded by killing enemies in the Twilight Forest.
As she continued to stroke it, eyes closed as she listened and felt.
"So that's it. I understand!"
She put the Marionette she just made back into the crafting table, then added gold and iron ingots.
[SYSTEM: SHARP BLADE - WHITE SHEATH]
[SYSTEM: THE BLADE HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH IRON, BUT THIS IS NOT YET ENOUGH TO SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS.]
This was exactly the weapon Kira Oakmoor was using now after her upgrade!
"Yoshi! Oakmoor, from now on, both of us can use SlashBlades!"
Taking the White Sheath, Ronan Mountwell was very happy.
The strength of the SlashBlade was already recognized back when it was a wooden sword; now it had been promoted to an iron sword.
The damage was even higher and stronger!
The audience grew even more excited.
"It's upgraded! From wood to iron!"
"In such a short time, two SlashBlades have appeared in succession!"
"With this kind of progress, a full collection is within reach!"
"We'll firmly hold first place! How could Nine Provinces' Galen Yu ever compete with us?"
"The SlashBlade will always belong to us; not even lava can stop us!"
"We must avenge the shame of the lava!"
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