Over on Su Ye's side.
As time passed, Su Ye woke up from an afternoon nap, stretched lazily, and stood up from the ground.
Then, he opened the panel for the Lord's Heart.
[Ding: Do you wish to consume 300 origin crystals to upgrade the Lord's Heart?]
"Upgrade!!" Su Ye chose to upgrade immediately. The diamond-shaped mark on his wrist glowed, and a warm current surged through his entire body.
[Ding: Your Lord's Heart is currently Level 4. You may view the specific attributes yourself.]
[Ding: Would you like to select a term?]
"Select," Su Ye's voice rang out.
Two red options and one gold option appeared before Su Ye.
Red term: Age of Magic Decline! Red term: Infinite Evolution! Gold term: Mechanical Ascension!
"Two reds and a gold, huh." Su Ye looked at the terms floating in front of him and began to check them one by one.
Age of Magic Decline: Red Territory term. All supernatural powers will cease to exist in your territory, turning it into a supernatural forbidden zone; all supernatural objects will be completely annihilated!
"Uh..." Su Ye stared at this red term, momentarily stunned.
No supernatural powers, and supernatural objects would be annihilated. To put it in layman's terms, no magic allowed after the founding of the state—one could only develop Tech-side troops.
This was completely unacceptable to Su Ye. The main reason this term was ranked as red was that all supernatural things would be annihilated.
This meant that whether it was a supernatural object within Su Ye's territory or one from outside, it would be annihilated. Even gods would fall here.
This was also what made the term so powerful—it severed all supernatural existence.
Even a god would completely perish here because of this term.
"It's powerful, alright, but it's not for me." Su Ye shook his head as he looked at the term. It didn't suit him. Among the troops under his command, only the Gene Forbidden Army belonged to the Tech-side.
But even so, the Gene Forbidden Army possessed supernatural factors, making it entirely unsuitable for him.
Su Ye looked at the next red term.
Infinite Evolution: Red Troop term. Your troops will break through their potential limits and grow without restriction. How far they can grow is entirely up to you!!
"Breaking the potential limit?" Su Ye looked at the troops under his command. After choosing this term, his troops would no longer have the intuitive marker of a potential limit.
In other words, how far a troop could go depended on themselves, or rather, on how Su Ye developed his territory.
"In that case, it seems feasible." Su Ye looked at this term and then turned his gaze to the final gold term.
Mechanical Ascension: Gold Troop term! Your troops will be converted into Tech-side troops. Tech research speed increased by 100%, tech production speed increased by 1,000%. The flesh is weak, Mechanical Ascension!!!!
Su Ye:...
"Looks like there's no choice." Su Ye looked at the three terms before him. The first and third had obvious issues.
The second red term was clearly the best one.
Although it didn't offer any explicit buffs or stat boosts on the surface, the value it brought was immeasurable. At the very least, it broke the fixed potential ceiling of the troops.
His troops would no longer have a potential limit. This would also complement the tower of eternity he had just acquired, allowing his troops' potential to be unleashed to the extreme.
Su Ye didn't know how far they could ultimately go, but it was certain that it would be higher than it was before obtaining this term.
"Bind: Infinite Evolution!"
[Ding: term 'Infinite Evolution' has been bound. Specific attributes can be viewed in the Lord's Heart.]
Su Ye checked his origin crystals; he had 4,600 left.
"That's about right. One level a day is neither too fast nor too slow. I need to save some to buy things.‐ Su Ye planned his resources.
He still had tens of thousands of gold coins, but that was far from enough.
He hadn't gained many origin crystals from today's Void Trial, and no gold coins at all. He'd have to see how much he could get from tomorrow's Void Trial.
Little Merchant was still helping him purchase materials, which might cost a lot of money. He had to take things slow; otherwise, it would be a joke if he ran out of money when it came time to upgrade the barracks.
Su Ye opened the attributes of the Lord's Heart to take a look.
Name: Lord's Heart
Level: black iron 4-Star
terms: Super God Evolution (Red), Infinite Evolution (Red), crystal palace (Gold), Wall of Sighs (Gold)
Upgrade: origin crystal X 400
...
"Not bad, two golds and two reds. I wonder how the terms of other lords are coming along." Su Ye closed the Lord's Heart and looked around.
Only Pangilia remained, obediently lying by his side.
"Pangilia, why aren't you going to play with them?" Su Ye asked Pangilia curiously.
"God King, I do not wish to go. I would rather stay by the God King's side." Pangilia opened her dragon eyes, her golden pupils filled with absolute loyalty.
Su Ye smiled and patted Pangilia's head.
It felt slightly cool and incredibly smooth.
"Let's go, the banquet is starting." Su Ye saw that the sky was gradually darkening. The tower of eternity was hidden within the space of Su Ye's territory.
Normally, it wouldn't manifest in Su Ye's territory unless he wanted it to appear.
Over at the Wine Pool and Meat Forest.
Bronze-grade and black iron-grade wine and food were provided in unlimited quantities.
In Su Ye's view, the Wine Pool and Meat Forest wonder solved one of the biggest problems a lord faced: food.
As the number of troops increased, the demand for food would also grow. The troops under Su Ye's command required food, at least in the early stages.
It was fine for now, but if he had tens of thousands or even millions of troops later on, the daily consumption would be a massive amount of food units.
Su Ye carried a bottle of black iron-grade vodka—the effect of which was to increase constitution with long-term consumption—with Lilith and Kaisha following beside him.
Looking at the bonfire banquet before him, a smile graced his face.
The Black Gold Dragon was constantly eating meat, the Gene Forbidden Army and Holy Angels were drinking with each other, and the Original Sin Fallen Angels and Pure-blood Fallen Angels were performing their talents.
Laughter and cheers echoed throughout Su Ye's territory, occasionally accompanied by the roar of a dragon.
Su Ye also lost himself in the atmosphere. He didn't know how much he drank, and eventually, he didn't even know where he fell asleep.
Early the next morning, a system notification rang out.
[Ding: You have been at the top of the Combat Power Ranking for one day. You have received a Combat Power Gift Pack. Please check it.]
The system notification woke Su Ye from his hangover. Pushing aside the fair, tender legs draped over him, Su Ye shook his head and crawled out from the pile of beauties.
"Is it a new day? Is today the fourth day?" Su Ye walked groggily to the Chaos Spring Eye and opened the system log.
"Combat Power Gift Pack?" Su Ye looked at his private storage space, where a gift pack was lying quietly.