Chapter 75 Advantages and Disadvantages of Territory Upgrade
The goblins are hard at work.
Although they work hard, if a group wants to develop and grow, it is definitely not enough to rely solely on the work of its employees.
Just like a ship sailing the sea needs a compass to guide the way.
Having a far-sighted leader who can take charge of the overall situation is also crucial to the development of the group.
Planning the way forward and allocating resources, this responsibility is what Gu An shoulders, and it is also the irreplaceable right of leadership as a lord.
The employees are working step by step. As the first person in charge of the group, he is naturally not idle at this time and is thinking about the future development plan of the territory.
After the territory is upgraded, all abilities have been greatly improved.
For example, the generation rate of special ores has been increased from "very rare" to "rare".
Although the explosion rate is still very low, as long as the workload of the miner goblins is large enough, it is only a matter of time before a new batch of [Magic Crystals] is dug out.
And the current number of [exclusive weapons] is enough. Even if new mutant goblins are created, there is no need to worry about this issue for the time being.
In addition to the increased generation rate of special ores, the territory also comes with some new features after upgrading.
One of the most critical points is that the solidity of the cave building has been greatly improved.
This means that even if there are now level 30 human magicians who use all their blasting spells, they will not be able to cause any damage to the cave.
With such improved characteristics, when fighting adventurers below level 30, there is no need to worry about the cave collapse and destruction due to too fierce fighting.
At the same time, if you face too many adventurers below level 30 at one time, you can also seal the cave, cut off the backup troops, and kill the vanguard troops in batches.
This is very helpful in dealing with large-scale wars of attrition.
However, the improvement of territory is not just that.
In addition to the passive resistance ability of "Hard Shield", after the territory was upgraded, some new traps for actively fighting enemies - poisonous mist and explosions were added.
Once the poison mist trap is triggered, it will temporarily close a passage and automatically emit a large amount of poison mist to kill the intruders.
Such traps are more efficient in dealing with miscellaneous soldiers than goblins fighting in person, and the materials required are also very simple, only consuming some poisonous weeds, wood and stones.
There are many and complicated passages in the cave. If there is a large-scale enemy invasion, they will definitely not advance in a single line, and the battlefield will be extended to various places.
If the goblins want to fight against the enemy at the same time, they will definitely disperse part of their combat power, but the emergence of poisonous mist traps makes the fighting method more flexible and can deal with multiple battlefields more efficiently.
This is the practical effect of the poison mist trap, while the explosion trap is different from it.
It can even be said that explosion traps are no longer within the scope of conventional traps, to use another more accurate name.
This thing is more like a "fort".
As long as enough "explosives" are provided, it can release a violent explosion anywhere in the cave.
The most important thing is that even magic scrolls can be included in the category of "explosives", and their power can be greatly increased.
Gu An was also quite surprised when he saw this special provision.
The "magic scroll" in his hand, after being systematically amplified and made into an explosion trap, is as powerful as a full blow from a level 35 magician.
Although each magic scroll can only be used once, at critical moments, it is undoubtedly a powerful trump card against the enemy.
If the poison mist trap is a powerful weapon for dealing with groups of enemies, then the explosion trap is the ultimate weapon for dealing with powerful single enemies.
With the blessing of these new abilities, the Goblin Cave is now like a "thorn shield", which is not only difficult to conquer, but also quite thorny.
There is no hope of breaking such a powerful "spear" and "shield" with the adventurers and monsters in the nearby area. The security of the territory has been greatly improved, and Gu An should have been happy to be able to become a "local snake" stationed in one area.
But this is not the case.
Because after the territory upgrade, while bringing about these huge improvements, a potential hidden danger also appeared.
That's the question of "energy".
After killing President Toheti's spirit body, Gu An accumulated 3685 energy points in his hand.
After removing the 500 used to make the second batch of Goblins [exclusive weapons], there are now 3185 left.
He originally thought that holding such a "huge amount of money" was quite wealthy and he could squander it arbitrarily, but a prompt popped up in the system.
The first one is to inform him that the territory upgrade has been completed and list the various functions after the upgrade.
The second article is to inform him of the conditions required for the next territory upgrade.
[Have six level 30 mutant goblins, 3,000 wood, 6,000 stone, 1,500 food, 3,000 energy, and build all traps. 】
Among them, it is not difficult to gather various basic materials and build traps, because these things can be recycled and produced in the territory.
The only thing that gives Gu An a headache is the issue of "energy".
After the territory is upgraded, the level limit of the goblins has reached level 30, but at the same time, the energy required for upgrading has also been greatly increased.
Previously, 200 energy could upgrade the Goblin to the maximum limit, but this may be because the higher the level, the greater the consumption required for upgrading.
Now, if you want to upgrade a level 20 goblin to level 30, you need to provide 1,000 energy, which is five times more!
One is a thousand, six is six thousand, plus the conditions required to upgrade the territory, at least nine thousand energy is required to upgrade the territory again.
Thinking of this huge number, Gu An couldn't help but have a headache, and instantly felt that the energy he held in his hands was not a big deal.
"The Crusade of the Elf Saint" and the "Infighting between the Two Human Kingdoms". The current strength of the territory is not enough to cope with these upcoming crises.
Time is limited, and it is urgent to upgrade the territory level.
But how to quickly obtain a large amount of energy in a short period of time is also a very difficult problem.
Energy is not a basic material like wood. It cannot be recycled and produced in the territory. It can only be obtained by killing adventurers.
Moreover, the amount of energy gained is also related to the adventurer's level strength.
To collect nine thousand energy in a short time, it can only be achieved by killing a large number of adventurers in the cave.
After all, [special gifts] like the vice president’s are rare.
Most of the adventurers in this area are around level 20. Since the quality is not enough, they can only make do with quantity.
But how can we attract more adventurers into the Goblin Cave?
This is not a simple question either.
Gu An thought about this for a long time, and finally thought of a wonderful way...
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