Chapter 75
【Territorial sea upgrade complete!】
【Current range: 160 square kilometers】
【New resource points:
Undersea Herb Forest x1, Sea Elf Habitat x1, Deep Sea Crystal Vein x2, Undersea Spirit Spring x1, Undersea Food Forest x1, Floating Island】
【New facilities: Undersea Defense Tower x8, Purification Tower x8, Territorial Sea Teleportation Array, Territorial Sea Attack and Defense Array】
【New buildings: All-Purpose Processing Factory, Building Center】
In an instant, a earth-shattering change occurred in the territorial sea. Yu Chi stood on the deck, as if she could feel the turmoil at the bottom of the sea.
She opened the territorial sea map and first placed the defense towers and purification towers in various places on the border. What made her happy was that the purification tower was not the purification lighthouse that could only dispel when she upgraded last time, but a tower that could purify contaminated creatures after being upgraded.
Among the new facilities, the territorial sea teleportation array appeared on the territorial sea map. If she wanted to go to a certain place in the territorial sea now, she just needed to click on the map to teleport instantly. Of course, the price of activating the teleportation array was not cheap.
And the territorial sea attack and defense array could be opened or not in the system interface. If it was opened, it would cover the entire territorial sea range. Unlike the territorial sea barrier, which was only to isolate the outer sea, the defense array was clearly created to protect the territorial sea.
Yu Chi did not go to the bottom of the sea to explore for the time being. She opened the territorial sea map and placed the [Building Center] in the very center of the territorial sea. Her yacht was usually in this position as well.
Since she had a territorial sea, she had rarely used the small boat’s navigation function. She would either fly over directly or use tools such as a speedboat—after all, such a large boat was indeed inconvenient to move around.
The [All-Purpose Processing Factory] was also placed by Yu Chi near the small boat’s location.
She was very curious about these two buildings, although she could judge their functions from their names.
Yu Chi summoned the smoke, transformed it into a cloud, and sat on it directly. The yellow coral was more comfortable as a means of transportation, but its speed was too slow, while the speed of [Smoke] could be controlled at will.
The [All-Purpose Processing Factory] was a grayish-white, square stone building with a heavy oak door at the bottom. It appeared out of thin air on the sea, surrounded by a circle of land for people to stand on. The building was in the very center, and the edge of the land was less than two meters.
Yu Chi stood on the land at the edge of the [All-Purpose Processing Factory] and stomped her feet curiously. The land had no foundation underneath, but it would not sink no matter what.
She pushed open the project door, and two rows of words immediately popped up before her eyes.
【Lord’s authority detected.】
【All-Purpose Processing Factory function activated.】
A very thick pillar stood in the center of the All-Purpose Processing Factory, surrounded by 12 workbenches.
Yu Chi went forward and, following the thoughts in her mind, took out a small bag of rice and put it into the workbench.
【Please choose a processing direction.】
【Rice】【Porridge】【Rice Milk】【Popcorn】
As expected, it’s just as I imagined! Yu Chi’s eyes lit up. This workbench was different from the system’s workbench. You just had to put the materials in, and you could produce what you wanted.
She could process the rice, and of course, she could also process the other resources in her territorial sea. Although she hadn’t gotten a milk tea shop like Li Feng’s, it was no problem to add various materials and automatically generate milk tea.
12 workbenches meant that she could process 12 different items at once.
Yu Chi chose [Popcorn]. A 1-minute countdown appeared on it. After the countdown ended, about 1 jin of popcorn appeared in the container behind the workbench.
She picked one up and tasted it. Because it was made of rice, it had no sweetness at all.
Yu Chi liked sweet things, so she directly put these popcorns on the alliance’s public supplies interface, without any restrictions. Anyone who wanted to eat could go and have a taste.
It could be barely considered a member’s benefit. Although she knew that the popcorn was just an experiment, for the current central island, a small snack like popcorn was already a relatively scarce resource.
After understanding the function of the [All-Purpose Processing Factory], Yu Chi happily put a large handful of sugarcane into the first workbench and clicked to generate sugar.
She remembered that when she had made sugar from beets, she had done it step by step herself. Because the steps were too troublesome, she had only been able to sell the raw materials in the end.
Now with such a huge machine, she could do whatever she wanted. She had been a raw material supplier in the past, and now she could directly become a product supplier.
Yu Chi took out the existing materials from the Two-Sided Mirror space and made full use of all 12 workbenches. The more raw materials invested, the more time it would take.
However, even if the things she made were not sold, if she gave them to Little Chef, her recent meals could also be improved a lot.
Yu Chi walked out of the [All-Purpose Processing Factory] with satisfaction, thinking in her heart that she could mass-produce cheap little snacks like milk tea and candy in the future. Even if the players became very strong, they would definitely not be able to resist these!
The above was just a life-type processing. She could even directly process ores and directly refine herbs into potions… after getting rid of the manual work, she could expand her trade. It was just that it would take longer than processing ordinary items.
Before, Yu Chi was just one person, and with Little Seven, there were only two. Cooperating with three alliances was already the limit, and it would even delay a lot of her training time. Now with the [All-Purpose Processing Factory], she could take on any number of alliances.
Yu Chi could already see a large sum of crystals rushing towards her, and she clenched her fists in excitement.
The other [Building Center] was silver-white, with a hemispherical appearance. It was similar to the [All-Purpose Processing Factory], also appearing out of thin air on the sea, surrounded by a circle of land less than 2m wide.
Yu Chi pushed open the door, and what came into view were 4 huge construction platforms. Similar to the [All-Purpose Processing Factory], four buildings could be built at the same time.
She went to the nearest construction platform and clicked to view the buildings that could be built.
【Wooden House】
【Road】
…
She could only build the most basic facilities at the moment. Complex construction facilities all required blueprints.
However, Yu Chi did not feel any disappointment. After all, this was a road. If it was as she had thought…
She immediately chose to build, and the material invested was wood planks. Soon, a huge 3D map appeared before her eyes, somewhat similar to the territorial sea map, but much clearer in all aspects.
Yu Chi raised her hand to control. A straight wooden plank road appeared before her eyes, connecting the [All-Purpose Processing Factory] to the [Building Center]. After choosing to build immediately, a sound of something landing was heard outside in less than 1 minute.
She ran out to take a look. A wooden plank about 1 meter wide extended from the main entrance of the building center towards the All-Purpose Processing Factory, floating on the sea just like these sea buildings.
Yu Chi tried to take a step out. It was very steady, without any feeling of shaking or instability, just like real land.
“As expected!”
This is completely the construction mode of some base-building games. Yu Chi felt that she had understood.
She stood on the newly paved wooden plank road, jumped a couple of times excitedly, and after confirming that it was as solid as land, her eyes shone, and countless possibilities flashed through her mind—
Yu Chi looked up at the sky. There was a small island floating in the sky, an island that had appeared after her upgrade this time. Although she could usually fly up, it would be better to have stairs!
She immediately returned to the [Building Center]. There was no option for stairs in the basic construction. Yu Chi rubbed her chin and chose the road again. Then, in the 3D map, she connected the floating island to the water surface next to the small boat.
She had originally wanted to connect the floating island to the small boat, but the system had prompted that if she did so, the small boat would be fixed.
—Although the location was on the water, due to the special nature of the construction, it was completely suspended on the sea even without land.
After connecting it, Yu Chi clicked “Confirm.” Perhaps because the distance was too far, there was a sound outside after a full 3 minutes.
She ran out expectantly, and the next second, she was dumbfounded.
Ah, this…
Although she had chosen a road, a road that extended from the sky to the ground in a straight, inclined line, it didn’t look right at all!
Yu Chi tried to walk up two steps, and then… slowly slid down.
“I see. It’s a slide!” Yu Chi’s fist hammered her palm, and she had a sudden realization… what the hell.
A too-free construction mode was indeed prone to accidents. Yu Chi pouted and began to think about how to find the blueprint for [Stairs]. But… flying back and forth was one thing. If she built such a high staircase, the feeling of walking down slowly should still be quite scary.
And this floating island was floating in the air, a full 1000 meters away from the sea. Even flying up was a very tiring thing, let alone walking up after building stairs.
Of course, she could directly use the map to teleport, so she didn’t have to care about this, hee hee.
Relying on the fact that she could fly and wouldn’t die from a fall, Yu Chi slid back and forth on the slide road a few times and decided to temporarily set aside her dream of stairs.
It was just that this slide was a bit of a pain in the ass. If only it could be made of crystal. Although Yu Chi had money, she was not that rich, so she had to rub her somewhat burning butt.
Yu Chi usually lived in the cabin, but now with the wooden house from the [Building Center], she could build a wooden house on the island as an occasional resting place.
After all, no matter how calm the sea was, there would still be small sways. Her senses were getting sharper and sharper now, and sometimes she would be woken up by accident.
And she hadn’t slept on land for a long time.
Currently, there were two islands in the territorial sea, the Unnamed Island and the Floating Island. Yu Chi stood on the deck, looked up at the ethereal and dreamlike floating island in the sky, and opened the teleportation interface of the territorial sea map.
【Do you want to spend 10,000 crystals to teleport?】
Look at this crappy system. It only costs 1000 crystals to teleport to the central island, but the energy consumed to teleport within the territorial sea is definitely less, but the crystals required are more.
It’s completely to scam the rich territorial sea owners!
Yu Chi lamented the system’s “good intentions” and directly clicked “Confirm.” The next second, her whole person turned into a white light and instantly appeared on the floating island.
“Oh…” Yu Chi’s mouth was slightly agape, a little dazed.
She stood in the center of the floating island. Under her feet was a soft and elastic light golden grass, and in front of her was a beautiful scene.
The entire island was like a dream floating in the sky. The sunlight passed through the thin white clouds, refracting a colorful halo, as if she were in a fairy tale.
The floating island was not large, estimated to be no more than two square kilometers, but the overall terrain was undulating and well-proportioned. In the center of the island was a mushroom-shaped tower that shimmered with a faint light in the sunlight.
What surprised Yu Chi the most was that there was actually a band of light in the sky above the island—a slowly rotating spiral composed of light, as if it were connected to a higher sky.
“A little ridiculous,” she muttered softly, squatted down, and picked a handful of golden turf—it felt like velvet, with a slight warmth and a faint fragrance.
She opened the system interface and checked the island’s details.
【Floating Island
Type: Special territorial sea affiliated island
Size: 2.3 square kilometers
Characteristics: Gathers spatial energy, enhances the effect of space skills, and the effect of floating island buildings +30%
Attached building slot: Sky Temple x1 (not activated)】
“There’s also a temple?” Yu Chi’s spirits were lifted, and she immediately ran towards the mushroom tower in the center of the island.
With every step she took, the grass under her feet would ripple with light golden ripples, as if she were stepping on water, but it was also incredibly stable.
Yu Chi looked down, and her fairy tale dream was greatly satisfied, just like a scene from her childhood dreams.
When she got close to the tower, the system popped up a prompt again.
【Do you want to activate the Sky Temple?】
【Materials consumed: Space Crystal x1, Soul Stone x3, High-grade Energy Core x1】
“Hmm…” Yu Chi thought for a moment and opened her own warehouse.
There was one space crystal, which she had accidentally obtained during a collection before. But what was a soul stone, and what was a high-grade energy core?
I don’t have any at all, haha.
Yu Chi shrugged. Although it was a pity, she was not in a hurry. Anyway, the floating island was there. She could just activate it directly when she found them in the future.
But this island was really too beautiful!
Its existence itself was a kind of spiritual cleansing, especially when she stood on it and looked into the distance—under her feet was the vast sea, and in the distance was a rainbow refracted by layers of sea fog and halos. The whole scene was both ethereal and dreamlike, as if she were really in a fairyland.
If she built a wooden house or a castle here, wouldn’t she be no different from a princess in a fairy tale!
Yu Chi had a very strong enthusiasm for building the floating island, but it was a pity that she had no blueprints in her hand.
Long before she had leveled up to 3, she had learned about the building center from her friends. Although she had wanted to collect blueprints, blueprints were extremely rare on the market. Yu Chi had inquired twice, but there was no news, so she had let it go.
If only the system could open a custom mode, Yu Chi shook her head and sighed. Then everyone would have a castle!
Yu Chi returned to the building center and built a wooden house on the floating island. She did not arrange any other decorations. The floating island was too beautiful, and too much construction would destroy its beauty.
She planned to use the floating island as a place to relax in the future. As for planting crops, she had a sea farm and a Two-Sided Mirror space. Not every island needed to be used rationally. It was also good to use it as a completely leisure place.
After looking at the new buildings and new facilities, Yu Chi stretched, took the coffee that Little Chef had handed her from the side, and sat on the deck to rest for a while.
From the contamination tide until now, she had not rested at all. Although her physical fatigue was not strong now, her spirit had been highly active for a long time.
Yu Chi temporarily ignored the new resources at the bottom of the sea and instead asked the others about the recruitment.
【Mushroom No. 1】: More than a hundred thousand people have signed up. Sister’s fame is really great~
This kid, the words he says after revealing his true nature, why do they sound more and more sarcastic? But thinking that he alone had to be responsible for so many people signing up, Yu Chi touched her nose guiltily.
Ah, if it were her, it wouldn’t be as simple as being sarcastic. She would definitely be secretly cursing the unscrupulous boss!
Just then, Zuo He sent her a simple version of the recruitment plan. Yu Chi immediately looked away guiltily.
The recruitment plan was very simple, and Zuo He had only sent a brief version.
The general meaning was as follows:
The new players were divided into three types: combat players, life-skill players, and construction players. Combat players needed to be level 20 or above, while life-skill players and construction players needed to be level 10 or above.
Combat players needed to go to the island to explore once a week. In the early stages, there would be cadre members leading the team, while life-skill players and construction players would stay on the island in the public area to collect resources and build.
In addition, there were no requirements for external members. All internal members needed to sign a confidentiality agreement notarized by the system. Players of about level 30 could join as internal members, and players who defeated Li Feng or fought to a draw could join as core members.
The benefits of joining the alliance: a fixed supply of daily resources would be distributed every week. External members of the shops under the brand name would get a 10% discount, internal members would get a 20% discount, and core members would get a 50% discount. There were also some subdivided rewards based on contribution.
Yu Chi stared at the message from Zuo He, stunned. It wasn’t that she couldn’t understand, but she suddenly realized that she was about to become the leader of a large alliance.
The conditions of the plan given by Zuo He were also very serious. She hadn’t expected the alliance that she had started for fun to slowly develop in such a big direction.
There was always a subtle feeling.
Yu Chi had no objection to this. Anyway, she trusted Zuo He. This male mom would be, ah, bah, this vice alliance leader would be Zuo He!
The more she thought about it, the more it made sense. Yu Chi directly sent a vice alliance leader invitation to Zuo He.
【MortalRealmLittleFairyGrass】: ?
【DazedFish】: Oh! I can’t live without you. I’ll be counting on you in the future!
It looked like a very ambiguous thing to say, but in fact, she just wanted to be a hands-off boss. Zuo He, who knew a certain person’s personality well, just helplessly held his forehead on the other side.
Since he had already joined the thieves’ den, he could only treat this career as a job and do it well. Zuo He replied with a period. While accepting this invitation, he barely expressed his dissatisfaction.
The next second, a handful of sweetened popcorn was teleported over from the other side. It was sweet and tasted not bad.
【DazedFish】: No one else has it, only you, my first mate!
Zuo He snorted coldly and reluctantly accepted this apology.
After successfully flattering him, Yu Chi sat on the smoke and planned to go to the public area to have a look. She was very curious about those five islands, especially the level five island.