The Apartment Turned Upside Down

Shen Mu was already skilled at entering the third-person perspective and knew how to operate it.

Moreover, there was a prompt box from the Mount & Blade System floating before his eyes.

Ding! You have activated the "Magic Ball (Map Editor)" and have 30 minutes of usage rights.

Time Countdown: 00 hours 29 minutes 59 seconds.

"Let's begin."

Shen Mu looked at the 30-minute countdown and felt the enhanced thinking brought by the Mount & Blade System. A special feeling also surfaced in his heart.

Then, with a slight thought, a small castle main tower, about 10 meters high and occupying about half an acre, instantly appeared before his eyes as a phantom shadow, perfectly fitting between the seventh floor of the apartment building. Even most of the castle's outline seemed to clip through the ceiling of the seventh floor like a bug.

This castle main tower was actually the castle Shen Mu had in the Spiritual Realm Scene before.

It had a 5-meter-high castle hall, two 10-meter-high towers on the left and right, and a lord's room 3 meters above the castle hall.

"Disintegrate!"

But with a slight thought from Shen Mu, this castle main tower, which was called small but still huge compared to ordinary people, instantly disintegrated completely as Shen Mu had said, after a slight pause.

Just like building blocks, they floated in mid-air. Stones and wood of various structures, as well as various decorations, floated there.

As long as Shen Mu's thoughts communicated with the system again, they could instantly be reassembled and combined according to Shen Mu's ideas.

This was the authority of the Magic Ball Map Editor!

But this was not the only authority.

"And those Mount & Blade buildings that can be constructed within the stronghold!"

Shen Mu's thoughts moved slightly.

On his retina, a dialogue box popped up again.

Constructible Buildings: Storage Room, Granary, Wall, Livestock Pen, 1 Acre Wheat Field (Limited), Lake Rats Training Camp (Limited)

These were the buildings that Shen Mu's Swadian Stronghold could construct.

They all had various functions.

"But now is not the time to talk about these."

Shen Mu communicated with the system again.

Swish—

Right there on the seventh floor of the apartment, the original outlines of the 6 constructible buildings directly formed phantom shadows, appearing before Shen Mu's eyes.

They still appeared like clipping bugs, appearing in the rooms of the entire seventh floor of the apartment.

However, these phantom shadows were still red, indicating that they could not be deployed.

"So, I need those other 20 apartment rooms to be opened up again, and then fill in this new 1 acre wheat field."

Shen Mu made a decision.

Then, opposite the seventh floor of the apartment, which had already been transformed into a wheat field, the other half, a full 20 apartment rooms, instantly underwent a special disintegration change—

Countless reinforced concrete walls began to crumble, and layers of fertile soil began to fill the floor from low to high. Furthermore, there were rows of densely growing wheat, with plump grains drawn out, bending over and hanging down, waiting for the upcoming harvest.

This represented that the newly acquired 1 acre wheat field had been deployed and truly appeared within the range of Shen Mu's stronghold.

"Perfect." Shen Mu was satisfied with this.

But he did not stop his thoughts of manipulating the Magic Ball Map Editor's authority. Instead, he was quickly thinking.

"It was originally a 'sun' shaped structure, with the elevator shaft and stairwell in the middle, as well as various miscellaneous utility rooms, all useless things after the Necromantic Rules descended."

"Since they are useless and occupy so much space..."

"Then they should all be removed!"

A stream of data flashed through Shen Mu's eyes.

At this moment, the authority of the Magic Ball Map Editor spread, directly covering the entire seventh floor of the apartment.

Even as Shen Mu manipulated the spread of the Magic Ball Map Editor's authority from a third-person perspective, he also found that even the entire sixth floor of the apartment, and even the fifth floor, and even the third, second, and first floors, the entire apartment, began to be covered by the authority of the Magic Ball Editor.

This brought some surprise to Shen Mu's eyes.

Because he knew very well.

This meant that the map editing authority of the Magic Ball Editor had actually treated the entire seven-story apartment as his territory and included it within the scope of modification!

However, at this moment, the entire seven-story apartment suddenly began to show more than a dozen red light spots that could not be deployed starting from the fifth floor, and there were the most on the fourth, third, and first floors.

"Rules exist there, cannot be modified."

In Shen Mu's mind, the explanation from the Mount & Blade System instantly appeared, making him thoughtful.

He needed to clear out the other rule carriers on the fifth floor and below before he could spread the authority of the Magic Ball Map Editor again and modify the map again.

And those several red light spots that could not be deployed should be the spaces with drawn curtains, filled with Necromantic Rules.

Many Blue Star people have now learned how to utilize the Necromantic Rules.

For example, putting things into a dark room.

As long as the gray fog appears.

Then time and space will freeze on their own, and anything put in will naturally freeze at the moment the gray fog appears.

It's a kind of cold storage method.

Of course, the premise is being able to defeat the undead monsters that will definitely appear, whose strength is unknown.

And this method cannot be used long-term.

Because the more undead monsters that die in a certain area, the more intense the reaction of the necromantic rules will be, and stronger undead monsters will descend. At that time, if an undead monster that can use extraordinary power appears, even those who have obtained the Spiritual Realm Mark might have to think twice.

But before Shen Mu could continue to think of a solution, he surprisingly found that the red phantoms were disappearing one by one, starting from the first floor.

Then from the first floor to the second floor, from the second floor to the third floor, and from the third floor to the fourth floor.

In a short time, the entire Seventh Floor Apartment with 280 rooms had no red light spots left, and no obstacles from the necromantic rules, which made Shen Mu wonder what had happened.

"What on earth is going on?" Shen Mu frowned, but unfortunately his third-person perspective did not have X-ray vision.

It could only form the architectural outline and details of the entire apartment building in front of him, but he couldn't know what was happening inside, nor could he see any people or creatures.

Just watching these light spots disappear, Shen Mu felt a bit uneasy, and he slightly frowned and opened his eyes.

At this time, he had returned to his body again.

"Arrange for people to guard the stairs."

"Be careful."

Shen Mu spoke to the Swadian Footmen and Light Footmen who were still standing guard and protecting him.

"Understood." These 15 Swadian Footmen and 30 Swadian Light Footmen immediately turned around and walked towards the stairwell.

Because they had just returned, they hadn't taken off their armor, so they could just pick up their weapons and equipment and go over.

Looking at the backs of these Mount & Blade Soldiers, Shen Mu finally felt a little relieved.

He closed his eyes again and continued to enter the third-person perspective.

He didn't know the specific details.

But this didn't hinder his subsequent operations.

"Since the entire Seventh Floor Apartment can be freely modified using the Magic Ball Map Editor, it just fits with what I thought before, which is to remove the elevator room and utility room."

"And the stairs shouldn't continue to be in the middle, but should be moved directly to the very top of the 'sun' character."

"In that case, two corridors are not needed either. The 1.5-meter corridors will all be merged, and with the saved space, a 5-meter wide corridor will be formed in the middle, in the shape of a 'say'."

"The area on the fifth and sixth floors will have a Castle placed below the original Stronghold Main House, covering half an mu, and it will also be integrated into the Stronghold Main House."

"Then half of the ceiling between the fifth and sixth floors will be removed."

"And the corridor on the fifth floor will be expanded to 10 meters wide, so that a barely wide central corridor can be formed."

"All the security doors on both sides of the rooms on the fifth floor will be removed, forming small rooms that can only be accessed internally, all connected to the Towers on both sides of the Castle, becoming Barracks where the soldiers usually live and rest."

"As for the sixth floor, the left side will be used to build various basic Stronghold Buildings, and the right side will directly expand the Lake Rats Training Camp which requires a large area."

In front of Shen Mu's eyes, data streams were flashing.

The entire seven-story apartment building was rapidly changing according to his ideas, completely disregarding any physical rules, changing as freely as a child playing with a toy puzzle.

(Apartment cross-section view, the author drew it very carefully~)

The entire apartment was quickly changed.

"The first to fourth floors, I'll draw the curtains then, it will be great to turn them into leveling spots."

"As for those neighbors, I really need to figure out how to persuade them to leave."

At this time, Shen Mu finally used the map modification authority in the Magic Ball Editor to completely apply all his ideas to this entire apartment building.

Ding! Your Magic Ball modification authority time has been exhausted!

Countdown: 00 hours 00 minutes 00 seconds.

Just as Shen Mu finished all of this, the countdown in the dialogue box in front of him also reached its end.

Shen Mu suddenly returned to his body, sitting back on the High-backed Chair in his Stronghold Main House.

In front of him was the wooden long table, and the door leading to the Wheat Field.

But Shen Mu subconsciously turned his head to look.

Right behind him.

What was originally the stairs leading up to the second floor of the Stronghold had completely turned into a Tower.

And there was a wide Spiral Staircase inside the Tower, leading up to the second floor of the Stronghold Main House, and down to the sixth floor.

But the corner of Shen Mu's mouth curved slightly.

As the chief designer, he knew clearly that this not only led to the sixth floor, but also directly to the fifth floor!

Because the entire Castle Hall on the fifth floor was right there.

It also has the main gate of this small castle that Shen Mu has now built directly inside the apartment!

"I have to take a look around."

Shen Mu was a little impatient.

Just as Shen Mu stood up, stretched his shoulders, and looked around in confusion, the Swadian Footmen and Light Footmen who should have been on guard were not at their posts.

Even the five burly Swadian Heavy Cavalry were not wiping their lances with linen cloth as usual, looking bored.

This made Shen Mu even more confused: "Where did everyone go?"

Ding! Congratulations! You and your subordinates fought bravely and successfully routed the enemy in a short time!

You have achieved a perfect Great Victory!

Then, right before Shen Mu's eyes, a dialogue box suddenly popped up.

"Huh?" Shen Mu was a little stunned.