The Dark Farm District

After surveying the area, Gu Xi landed on the other side of Greenlake District. Once outside, he left the main city of Aryadovi City.

Further ahead lies the passage leading to Aryadovi Tower, where a new urban area, the Dark Farm District, has been built.

This is a new district that Gu Xi has never been to before. It occupies the right side of the Steel City Gate and connects to the Greenlake District.

The reason for this arrangement is that the Dark Farm area is itself a farm, so irrigating and other such tasks are not a problem if it is located here.

Before the Dark Farm District was integrated, several plots of land of varying sizes were developed along the way to Aryadovi Tower.

Now, a portion of it has been incorporated into the Dark Farm area.

Currently, in the Dark Farm area, in addition to the original five large Training Camp, there are also Abandoned Farmland (which does not occupy land), two large Training Camp in the Green Onion Forest, and a large empty plot of land.

When Gu Xi came ashore from the edge of Greenlake District, the first thing he saw was Abandoned Farmland, a Farmland overgrown with weeds.

As you walk through here, you'll often see large numbers of locusts bursting out of the ground.

These locusts, like the Corpse Poison Fly in Gu Xi's hand, were counted in groups of three to five hundred.

Because of their small size and weak vitality, they were immediately affected by the blood maple and turned into Undead Creature.

A special type of locust with a white skeletal shell growing on its body.

[White Bone Locust (Level 1): Attack 2, Defense 1, Health 2, Skills: Swarm State, Devour Everything, Flying Troops.]

Compared to ordinary locusts, these White Bone Locust have improved vitality, but compared to Corpse Poison Fly, they are still not up to par and can only be considered a supplement in battle.

When there is no fighting, these White Bone Locust swarm in Abandoned Farmland. When people walk by, they leave a white expanse that looks like an endless expanse of White Bone Shards.

After bypassing the Abandoned Farmland, Gu Xi saw a Pumpkin Field. In the Pumpkin Field, some Strange Creature would appear from time to time. When they passed by the pumpkins, the pumpkins would turn into jack-o'-lanterns and devour these Strange Creature.

This situation startled Gu Xi, but Gu Xi noticed that there were no soldiers patrolling the area.

Gu Xi frowned, about to ask something, when he realized that the Strange Creature had come out of the nearby blood-red Princess's Forest.

This situation startled Gu Xi. He slowly approached the Princess's Forest of trees, and as soon as he got close, Gu Xi was hit by the stench of blood.

Many large trees in the Princess's Forest have grown burls that look like human faces. Every minute, a burl will burst open and spit out black seeds.

These seeds, once they fall to the ground, turn into eerie black creatures that run towards the nearby Pumpkin Field and are eventually swallowed by the Pumpkin Field.

Only a very few black monsters managed to run around the Pumpkin Field and drag the pumpkins back into the Princess's Forest.

Once the pumpkins are dragged back to the Princess's Forest, they can be buried underground, and before long, they will grow into new Undead Tree Pit.

This should all be the connection between the Blood-colored Forest and the Pumpkin Field.

Gu Xi observed the area for a while, then stopped and found a path between the Pumpkin Field and the Blood-colored Forest.

Following the path forward, Gu Xi noticed that the road surface began to become smooth, and the original dirt ground had turned into bluestone slabs. After crossing a small hill with an empty granary, Gu Xi arrived at a large mausoleum built of bricks and stones.

A thick white mist filled the area around the mausoleum, and several Lich were moving back and forth outside it.

These Lich look similar to Skeleton Mage, the only difference being that they wear white cloaks, crown-like hats, and carry long staffs about their height.

At the same time, Gu Xi noticed that the robes worn by these Lich were made of silver-glowing scales, clearly distinguishing them from the Skeleton Mage.

When they see Gu Xi, these Lich will Gu Xi to him.

"The Lich hasn't been recruited yet?"

"No, they've all been recruited. The Astrologer's Tower in the city has been built, and there will be a weekly Astrology reminder every Monday. To prevent any problems, all the troops in the Training Camp will be recruited every Monday."

The Lich appearing here should be one who won't complete training until next week or the week after.

Luna immediately explained to Gu Xi.

"That seems to be a fairly large number of people."

"It takes at least a month to complete the training of Lich, which is why there are untrained Lich here."

At this moment, Grand Princess Anna, who had been following along, said that Grand Princess Anna was more familiar with high-level Undead Army like Lich.

Although Gu Xi's Undead Knowledge has improved, there are some things that cannot be known simply by reaching a certain level. Without direct contact with them, there are many things he doesn't understand.

After hearing this explanation, Gu Xi slowly came to his senses.

"So, the pumpkin seeds they stole from the pumpkin Pumpkin Field earlier were actually for the Undead Tree Pit sometime in the future?"

That's what I mean.

Grand Princess Anna nodded.

Gu Xi then realized that although it was a game, there were still some underlying logics within it.

Perhaps in their respective Training Camp, they consider themselves normal beings.

The smallest trained troops don't just appear out of thin air.

"I understand."

Nodding, Gu Xi turned his gaze to the other end of the Mausoleum in the Mist, where a glowing garden lay.

The garden was filled with huge, bright red or pale yellow flowers, but even from Gu Xi, one could see that they had sharp teeth on them.

These flowers were clearly not to be trifled with, and among them were some tiny fairies, only half a meter tall, with a pair of gray, translucent Butterfly wings on their backs, flying back and forth.

Those little fairy-like things are naturally the weakest force in the Dark Farm: the Ghost Butterflies.

Their attack and defense are about the same as locusts, meaning they are slightly stronger than locusts in terms of health.

Flying back and forth among the carnivorous plants, Gu Xi noticed that they would extract some Soul Shard from the plants and take them away.

This situation piqued Gu Xi's curiosity, so he followed them from a distance and arrived at the Ghost Butterfly Garden, the birthplace of the Ghost Butterfly.

This is a cluster of small houses made of Fresh Flowers, and these ghost butterflies, carrying Soul Shard, have forcibly stuffed them into each of the small houses.

Soon, the lights will come on in the empty little house, and a new ghost butterfly will fly out of it.