Each Side Makes Its Move

In addition to Su Luo's black punctuation, there are four more dots above.

Two of them, like him, landed on the Cangyuan Continent. One was upstream of him, near the middle reaches of the Long River. The other was in the plains, neither too far nor too close to him.

Meanwhile, others also wanted to place their pieces on it.

After all, the Western Continent Cangyuan Continent, is the most suitable continent, and 60% of the intelligent life on the entire Origin Star lives on it.

The other two continents account for 38%.

The Eastern Continent, also known Yunmeng Continent, accounts for 25% of the land. It is characterized by mountains, plateaus, and deep valleys, crisscrossed by rivers, dotted with lakes, abundant rainfall, and lush vegetation.

The Southern Continent, also known as the Emberland Continent, accounts for 13% of the total area. Most of the region is covered by deserts and Gobi, with a dry and hot climate. However, there are narrow oasis belts along the continent's edges, rich in metallic minerals.

[Fog] After sitting Jingjing for a moment, a chess piece shrouded in mist slowly appeared on the Cangyuan Continent, not far from Su Luo's delta.

Su Luo's expression remained unchanged.

Han Song slowly opened his eyes, and a chess piece formed from flames landed on the Cangyuan Continent, just above the [fog], in the plains.

Together with Su Luo's chess pieces, they formed a pincer movement against [Fog].

[Fog] paused for a moment, then the chess piece formed by the condensed fog disappeared, indicating that He had not yet chosen the Child of Civilization.

Su Luo's chess piece landed peacefully in the most suitable spot, watching the others make their moves.

Three minutes passed, which is a little over a week on Origin Star, and nine chess pieces were placed on the [Planet Model].

Five of them landed on the Cangyuan Continent.

Su Luo's pieces were placed in the far east, Han Song and [Mirror Sovereign] Qing Yunnan were placed in the plains, and [Food] and [God of Magic] Kundina were placed in the west, but they were quite far apart.

Yashan placed his pieces alone on the Emberland Continent, preparing for a solo game.

[Fog], Guan Ziyang, and [Daoist Many-Spells] Beiximo placed their pieces on the Yunmeng Continent.

Dora... it didn't make a move, and it's unclear whether it chose the Child of Civilization.

Su Luo's gaze lingered on Dora for a moment before shifting to the [Acceleration Pool].

[Acceleration Pool]

[Investing energy or Civilization Points can speed up the process]

[Current time flow rate: 3600]

[Current Civilization Points: 0]

[Should energy be invested?]

With a thought, Su Luo chose to invest her energy.

Instantly, the energy within Su Luo's body was frantically extracted, as if something had drilled a hole in it.

Su Luo endured for a few seconds, but felt the energy drain was too terrifying, so she tried to shift the focus to the Mana Pool.

Surprisingly, yes.

The Mana Pool's Mana reserves began to decrease visibly, and blue light surged within the pool, flowing into the [Acceleration Pool] through invisible channels. At the same time, the surface of the liquid inside the [Acceleration Pool] began to glow faintly.

[Time flow rate can be increased]

[Note: A time flow rate exceeding 3600 times will continuously consume Civilization Points or Energy, with Civilization Points being consumed first.]

Su Luo tried it out and found two buttons: [Raise] and [Decrease].

Su Luo tried it. Holding down the [Increase] button, the time flow rate value began to jump upwards—3600, 3720, 3840, 3960...

Each jump is accompanied by a significant increase in the depletion of Mana Pool reserves. Hold down [Decrease] to lower the value.

The problem is that the accelerated time is not for the individual Survivors' civilization, but for the entire origin of civilization, that is, the entire Origin Star.

That is, everyone uses it together.

He brought the number back down to 3600.

"Actually, there's no problem. Everyone's efforts are to accelerate civilization. If the development of civilization is controllable, naturally the more time the better..."

The Survival System gives you ten days, which translates to one hundred years on Origin Star.

It's unclear to what extent a Civilization Development over a hundred years.

But what if we accelerate the process, allowing civilization to develop for 120 or 150 years?

Perhaps there will be a qualitative change.

Therefore, the [Acceleration Pool] is crucial.

Su Luo's gaze fell on the sphere floating beside the Mana Pool.

"Luckily, I brought [Something-from-Nothing Machine]... So how will the other Survivors solve this problem? Are they limited to using Civilization Points?"

Su Luo needed to figure this out, as it would help him utilize the [Acceleration Pool].

After glancing at Origin Star to make sure that the Child of Civilization — Mu Ri— was alright, Su Luo turned her attention to Han Song.

"How about it?"

"Consultant Su, I'm doing alright. I found a priestess who seemed a bit smart, gave her some guidance, and spent some Civilization Points to provide her with some hints and techniques."

Su Luo nodded, signaling him to try the [Acceleration Pool].

Two minutes into the experiment, Han Song suddenly disappeared into his Sanctuary.

Su Luo saw him crawl into the Sanctuary, run to the huge engine, squat down and fiddle with it for a while.

Then, a visible energy pipeline extended from the Sanctuary and connected to the [Acceleration Pool].

"... I see."

Su Luo remembered the engine of the Sanctuary that Han Song had previously dismantled.

The Sanctuary complete energy system and engine, which requires a lot of energy to operate, and the engine's energy can naturally be fed back to the [Acceleration Pool].

However, the problem is that it is unsustainable. Su Luo's zero-cost production capacity of [Something-from-Nothing Machine] will eventually deplete the energy reserves of the Survivors ' Sanctuary.

"No problem, you can use Survival Coins to recharge!"

Han Song fiddled with it for a while, then clapped his hands.

"Recharge? Can I use Survival Coins to recharge?"

Han Song turned to look at Su Luo with some confusion, then realized what was going on.

"Oh, oh, I forgot... Our level 8 Sanctuary and Sanctuary preparing to upgrade to level 8 all have mobility features, which means they all have energy systems and engines. Survival Coins can be used for repairs and upgrades, and also for one-click charging, but they're a bit expensive. We hardly use them on weekdays; they're mostly used to absorb environmental energy."

Han Song scratched his head, afraid of touching a sore spot for Su Luo.

"This Sanctuary of mine was a temporary upgrade before the District War. Back then, you could still use the Laboratory to lift my Sanctuary up, and now Sanctuary's this big..."

Han Song paused slightly at this point.

It seems... it can still be hoisted up. The last time I saw Consultant Su's Laboratory, it looked huge.

"So it can consume a lot of Survival Coins to provide energy, right?"

"Yes," Han Song nodded, "And lower-level Sanctuary, if they have energy-related buildings, have the same effect, maybe with lower conversion efficiency and a higher price."

Su Luo nodded thoughtfully, turned around and walked back to the stone table, where she sat down.

He glanced around at the others at the round table.

"Gentlemen, I think we need to discuss the matter of energy and time acceleration."

In the last District War, there were only a handful of level 8 Sanctuary in the world.

In this District War, most of the Survivors had level 8 Sanctuary, and the remaining two were about to reach level 8.

In other words, you can pay to speed things up.