Chapter 496 Crown-Stone Statue of the Dead
After reading the attributes of the troop nests, Richard's interest increased greatly.
This unit is really special.
After a soldier dies in battle, his soul will be collected by him and become a new soldier.
Although this is not as convenient as recruiting directly in the troop nest.
But it greatly improved the war potential of Twilight City.
This unit is a supporting unit.
The significance of its existence cannot be compared with that of several crowns or Huiyue troops.
This unit alone can greatly increase the war potential of Twilight City!
In the past, armies were killed in battle.
If you want to obtain new army supplements, you can only recruit them from the original troop nests.
However, the output of the troop nest is limited, and it is fixed to produce so much every week.
Even if it has resources at hand, once it suffers heavy losses in a short period of time, it will be extremely difficult for the army to recover quickly.
New troops can only be purchased from outside.
But with the castle hero as a troop nest, things immediately changed.
The more you die in battle, the more troops you can recruit from.
Although it takes three souls to recruit one, the number increases tenfold for each lower level below the crown level.
Although this is the case, its role cannot be ignored.
To a large extent, the losses of the Twilight City army were directly restored.
In his eyes, this troop nest was no less valuable than an extraordinary level nest.
What a baby!
Lorena really understood him.
The smile on Richard's face became extremely bright.
After calming down for a while, looking at the antique oil paintings covering the floor, I couldn't help but put all these things into the system space.
I'll leave it to Weir to deal with next time I go to Solan City.
The system space will increase as the level increases. After he reaches level 15, the space has reached two hundred cubic meters, which is the size of an ordinary warehouse.
It’s not that stressful to install these things.
Richard, who was in a happy mood, did not stay any longer, turned around and walked out.
But after taking a few steps, he saw from the corner of his eye residents who were still busy carrying supplies.
A pause in his steps.
The last time the Dune Lord and the Kobold God launched an attack on the Twilight City, most of the Twilight City was captured, 70% of the army was killed, and a large number of buildings were destroyed.
This directly shows that the defensive strength of Twilight City is far from impregnable.
The situation was unclear this time, and he had to prepare for the worst.
Because the last loss was too exaggerated, he did not sit idle after obtaining the Eternal Land.
Instead, Karu arranged for some people to build various facilities inside as a backup.
This is where it comes in handy.
Looking from a distance, there are already faint prototypes of small cities on the ground.
Although most of those buildings are residential buildings, there are only thirty or fifty of them, which is pitifully few compared to the population of 7,000.
But at least there is a basic framework, so everyone will not sleep on rocks and dirt.
After looking at it for a moment, Richard said nothing, turned around and left this new plane.
The Eternal Land serves as a temporary refuge. It is enough to have a place to stay, but the residents do not need to stay there for a long time.
When the storm subsides, we can invest more resources in it and build a real city.
After leaving the Land of Eternity, Richard did not rush back to the Twilight City, but entered the two-way portal leading to the underground world.
It has been more than half a month since the last harvest in Bloodhoof City, and I think I have accumulated a lot of weapons forged by underground life.
It's time to go again.
Not long after, Bloodhoof City once again welcomed their master.
Richard didn't talk nonsense and didn't bother to inspect Bloodhoof City, which had become vibrant without any worries.
Directly ask Serge Bloodhoof, the leader of the dungeon barbarians and the city lord of Bloodhoof City, to gather the weapons purchased from other tribes during this period.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Richard opened the trading market and checked it carefully several times.
The current weapons business is exactly as he expected.
As time goes by, players' strength is improving rapidly.
At first, the broken weapons he got from Bloodhoof City were extremely popular. Now, no one cares about those broken weapons.
Even some inferior mid-level weapons are no longer easy to sell.
When players become stronger, they will naturally develop their military, among which weapon forging is a top priority.
It has become a fact that inferior weapons will be eliminated.
After noticing the changes in the market, Richard felt relieved.
His layout finally did not fall behind.
The most direct reason why he attaches so much importance to the upgrade of forging technology in Bloodhoof City is that there will be changes in the player market.
If you fall behind, you will be eliminated.
This is an eternal truth.
But now, he can take a breath. The seeds have been sown, and they need to wait for them to sprout.
The Blacksmith Association has been successfully established, and a large number of other tribes and forces enter Bloodhoof City every day to exchange and learn.
Because of the conditions set by the Blacksmiths Association - you must share your own forging skills and secrets before you are qualified to learn other people's knowledge.
Therefore, the Blacksmith Association was only established in Aundair for just one month, but it already has a rich accumulation of blacksmithing knowledge.
And after everyone has tasted the benefits, the atmosphere of mutual exchange and improvement has become stronger and stronger.
According to Serge, the improvement of forging technology in Bloodhoof City can be described as rapid.
The entire weapon forging industry is developing rapidly.
After listening to Serge's report, Richard was quite satisfied.
In his plan, the entire underground world will become an arsenal, which is gradually being realized.
What's interesting is that until now, he is still using food to trade with those underground tribes.
In this land, the food crisis will not be completely eradicated by solving the gray dwarves and making Bloodhoof City the overlord.
The environment in the underground world is not suitable for growing food at all, so even after Bloodhoof City became the master, most people's life patterns did not change.
They still have to use the weapons they produce to go to Bloodhoof City in exchange for food.
In this way, you can survive.
But it has to be said that this kind of operation that is impossible to achieve on the surface is not only easily achieved in the underground world, but also makes those tribal forces full of gratitude.
The days when I can have enough to eat are so comfortable.
They don't know anything else. At least now, they don't have to risk their lives every day to go out to find food and live a hungry and full life.
This is the underground world, and most places where there is food are occupied by terrifying monsters.
If given a choice, no one would sacrifice their lives to fight monsters that cannot be killed for a morsel of food.
How easy is your job now compared to before?
If you sell your energy to forge weapons, you can even store some of them, or go to Bloodhoof City to buy some goods passed down from Twilight City to improve your quality of life.
Of course, these underground beings who live a happy life don’t know that this is actually economic colonization
When all the materials in the underground world depend on the City of Twilight, then the underground world can only proceed according to Richard's will.
One day he no longer needs weapons and lets those tribal forces knit thongs, and they will all go to pieces.
The disadvantages of this kind of rule are obvious. There is insufficient direct control over those forces, and there must be enough strength to suppress the opponent.
The advantage is that the cost is very small, and Twilight City can enjoy a steady stream of benefits without paying management costs.
Obviously, the current dominance model is more in line with the Twilight City at this moment.
Contrary to Richard's expectations, this acquisition of weapons, excluding the purchase costs paid, earned a full 600 million units of ordinary resources.
After conversion, it is 3 million rare resources.
Richard looked at the data on the attribute panel that soared to 6.4 million, and the corners of his mouth were raised in a high arc.
The joy in my heart is beyond words.
The shortfall in Twilight City has been filled! !
The arms trade in the underground world will probably become the pillar industry of Twilight City in a short period of time
Sure enough, the arms trade is the most profitable business in the world.
The plan of the underground world weapons factory must be pushed forward firmly and forcefully.
Forging technology must always be ahead of mainstream players!
Those top elites may have all kinds of adventures and develop beyond ordinary people, but most players are still ordinary people. As long as they can lead 70% of the players, the arms trade in the underground world will always take off.
However, if the timeline is extended, he is still more optimistic about the development potential of low-priced black condensate sorbet.
This kind of fast-selling product has unlimited repurchases, an unlimited audience, and the cost can decrease as the scale increases.
On the other hand, in a weapons factory, each upgrade takes a long time, and the scale cannot be expanded without limit. The blacksmith level alone directly limits the development of the weapon forging industry.
No force can cultivate a large number of top blacksmiths.
Richard was enjoying the joy of harvesting another wave of leeks.
The players on the forum are numb again.
"Fuck, is this the first time Qingqiu has sold weapons on a large scale? Is this guy still a human being if he throws out tens of thousands of pieces at a time?"
"Every time I thought my strength had improved and that I was getting closer to Qingqiu, he would always tell me in a nonchalant manner that I was still far behind."
"With so many weapons, how many resources can be exchanged for them? Who the hell can stop these troops?"
Because quite some time has passed since the last dungeon, the Qingqiu ID has become somewhat bleak on the forum.
With so much happening every day, it’s hard to stay focused on one person for long.
But his generous smash immediately reminded countless players of the figure who was nearly invincible in the Death Arena, with one against a hundred.
The popularity soared rapidly.
Some players who have been in the limelight recently were immediately left aside, making them realize how fast things are changing.
Richard is not as boring as the players, and he yells about this trivial matter.
After harvesting the leeks in Bloodhoof City, I walked around under Serge's leadership.
Then he went straight to Furnace City, an important city that has become the scientific research base of Twilight City.
After inspecting the Furnace City, I focused on asking about the progress of automatic seeding and harvesting machines and magic sound boxes, and I went to see the relevant factories before leaving.
After a busy day, when Richard left the underground world and returned to the land of quicksand, it was already the morning of December 25th.
He hurried back to the lord's mansion and leaned on the soft armchair, too lazy to move.
"A busy life."
Richard smiled bitterly.
There are too many things in the backlog that one person can't handle even if they are divided into two.
After drinking a few sips of the hot tea that the maid had just brewed, he was too lazy to work anymore and went to take a nap. He didn't get up until noon.
After lunch, we went straight to the front yard.
His eyes became excited.
With 6.4 million units of rare resources, you can already do a lot.
Improving the combat effectiveness of the army is an inevitable option.
Open the attribute panel of the unit, ponder for a moment, and stop at the column of the stone statue of the dead.
Stone Statues of the Dead (Glory Moon 3 Stars, 11 Lairs, Weekly Production 110) Current Quantity: 1100
This unit with explosive combat effectiveness has stayed at the level of Huiyue for too long.
The Twilight City requires them to undertake more important combat tasks.
Huiyue's promotion to the crown requires 100,000 ordinary-level troop nests.
This amount can be purchased with 400 million ordinary resources.
If converted into rare resources, that would be 200,000 units.
11 troop nests - 2.2 million.
After the troop nests are promoted, all Huiyue troops must be promoted to crowns, which also requires a large amount of resources.
But the Stone Statue of the Dead is the most powerful unit in Twilight City for a long time, and it is worth investing no matter how much it costs.
He has never been soft on moves to increase the strength in his hands.
Richard did not hesitate and directly began to purchase military nests on a large scale.
After spending 2.2 million rare resources, 1.1 million troop nests were obtained.
He stared at the soldier's nest of the stone statue of the dead in front of him with burning eyes.
Open the black gold system and directly choose to upgrade.
After millions of troop nests disappeared, 11 troop nests emitted a dark light and began to undergo their own transformation.
After ten full minutes, the light gradually dissipated.
Seeing this, Richard couldn't wait to open the properties panel.
Lair of the Stone Statues of the Dead
[Level]: Crown 3 stars
[Recruitable Troops]: Stone Statue of the Dead (Crown 3 Stars)
[Quantity available for recruitment]: 0
【Weekly output】: 10
[Recruitment conditions]: 1400 units of gems, 1400 units of crystals
[Introduction]: An arms lair formed by the fusion of two arms, which can summon fierce stone armies with powerful combat effectiveness.
Richard focused on the recruitment conditions column. There were 1,400 units of gems and crystals each, which was several times higher than the previous 300 units each.
Like the Crown-level Custodian King, each recruitment costs 2,800 units.
Now, there are 1,100 stone statues of the dead in the Twilight City. If all these brilliant arms are upgraded to crowns and multiplied by the two, Richard silently calculated.
Accurate data was obtained - a total of 3.08 million units of rare resources were required.
I just spent 2.2 million and have 4.2 million left.
Richard breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, it is within the tolerance range.
What he was most worried about was that there were too many military nests and he couldn't afford to recruit them. It would be a waste of resources.
Immediately, the soldiers were ordered to recall all the stone statues of the dead to the Twilight City.
Only in the Twilight City can troops be promoted. This is the rule of the black gold system.
An hour and a half later, all the stone statues of the dead who went out on patrol returned.
After receiving the soldier's feedback, Richard did not hesitate and chose to promote all the Brilliant-level dead stone statues to the crown directly on the panel of the troop lair.
The moment you make your choice.
The resources on the property panel instantly had 1.18 million units left.
At the same time, in the Lord's Mansion, all the stone statues of the dead on the city walls of Twilight City felt a huge force surging out of their bodies.
Eye-catching inscriptions appeared on the dragon scale-shaped outer armor on the body. The cold stone wings spread out behind him emitted a faint light, and the aura on his body increased to an exaggerated degree.
The cold light emitting from the battle ax held tightly in his hand became more and more compelling at this moment.
Transformation, transformation from glory to crown.
When the breath on the body gradually converges.
This top-level unit, which was synthesized from the Ax of the Dead and the Dark Gargoyle, finally stepped from glory to the all-important crown.
This small step is a huge transformation.
Richard looked at the stone statue of the deceased guarding the courtyard in front of him, his eyes filled with a sense of accomplishment.
This unit is genuine and has been developed by him step by step.
From the initial rarity to the current crown, every step has been taken very steadily.
Opening the attribute panel, the first thing that catches your eye is the opponent's level.
Stone Statue of the Dead
Level: 15
Potential: Crown 3 stars
Now, these 1,100 glorious units in his hands have turned into 1,100 crowns.
And the levels of all the stone statues of the dead have crossed the threshold of the top arms - level 15.
This is a qualitative transformation. (End of chapter)