Main City Upgrade, Level Five Elite Lord

"Ding, consumed 200,000 Gold Coins and resources. Valley Garrison has been upgraded to Level 2. Output quantity of all unit types +100, unit level +1, prosperity +2000."

"Ding, prosperity has reached 31,100. Current prosperity meets the Main City upgrade requirements."

Upon hearing the system prompts, Fang Yuan couldn't help but show a hint of joy on his face.

"30,000 points of prosperity, finally met the requirements."

"Next, I can upgrade the Main City to Level 5!"

Level 5 Lords were a watershed.

All Lords below Level 5 were considered novice Lords.

Reaching Level 5 already qualified one to be an elite Lord.

Even at the lowest tier, on the Ten Thousand Realms Battlefield, a Level 5 Lord possessed the strength to expand their territory outwards and acquire resources.

In simple terms, they had a certain degree of self-preservation capability.

Fang Yuan opened the Main City upgrade panel and looked at the flashing upgrade button.

He then unhesitatingly selected to upgrade.

"Ding, commencing Main City level upgrade. Current phase: Novice Lord. Upgrade has no time limit. Consumed 100,000 Gold Coins and resources. You have upgraded your Main City to Level 5. Prosperity +100, Influence +100. Main City expanded to 100 mu. Building slots +5. Durability increased to 50,000. Population cap increased to 10,000."

"Ding, upon reaching Level 5 Main City, the building quality enhancement function is unlocked. High-tier blueprints can be used to upgrade the level of low-quality buildings."

As the upgrade began, Fang Yuan immediately saw a mysterious golden light envelop his Main City.

When the prompt for the upgrade's completion sounded, he saw that his Main City had undergone a massive transformation during the upgrade process.

The original low city walls had disappeared.

In their place stood towering walls, as imposing as giants.

Fang Yuan walked to the base of the city wall and looked up at the massive structure.

"This height!"

"It must be forty to fifty meters tall."

"Indeed, in this world, many creatures are hundreds of meters tall."

"Strictly speaking, a fifty-meter wall isn't quite enough."

Afterward, Fang Yuan looked at the other changes in his territory after the upgrade.

The biggest changes were within the Main City itself.

The alteration of the city walls was just one part of it.

Others included the expansion of the Main City's area.

The territory that was not previously enclosed by walls was now encompassed by them after this upgrade.

The most striking change was the Hunter Camp.

This building, originally outside the city, was now located at the base of the city walls after the expansion.

The wilderness outside the city had also expanded accordingly.

This could be seen from the invincibility shield, which had also increased in area with this upgrade.

The newly added wilderness under the Main City's jurisdiction was 100 mu.

This meant that the Main City area was now 100 mu, with an additional 100 mu of directly managed wild land.

A total of 200 mu of land.

This was all arable land, ready for planting crops and constructing buildings without any clearing required.

In addition to this, his Main City itself had also changed dramatically.

Looking back, the Main City, which was originally only one or two stories high, had its height significantly increased with this upgrade.

Some ancillary structures like watchtowers and sentry posts, which were military buildings, had also been added.

These ancillary military buildings were even taller than the city walls.

From them, one could see far outside the city.

Even his Lord's Hall had risen from the ground to the topmost floor.

From the entrance of the Lord's Hall, there was a staircase that descended from top to bottom, spanning hundreds of floors.

Looking at the dense rows of stairs, Fang Yuan felt a slight headache.

"Good heavens, if I want to enter the Lord's Hall from now on, will I have to climb up and down?"

"Is that going to be convenient at all!"

Just as Fang Yuan was thinking this.

A message from his Lord's Mark answered his question.

Now that his Main City had been upgraded to Level 5, he could teleport anywhere within it at any time.

This meant that as long as Fang Yuan willed it.

He could reach any part of the Main City with a single thought.

"Now that's more like it."

"Otherwise, this place is so big, I'd get exhausted just walking around."

After Fang Yuan familiarized himself with this new function for a while.

He moved his thoughts, and his figure instantly appeared in the Lord's Hall.

"It's indeed convenient."

"No wonder they say Level 5 Lord is a watershed moment."

"Oh right, after upgrading to Level 5 territory, a new function was added: building quality upgrade."

Fang Yuan accessed the building module through his Lord's Mark.

He quickly understood the specific effects of this function.

Simply put, it allowed for the quality of lower-level buildings to be improved using advanced building blueprints.

To upgrade a White building, Green quality blueprints were needed.

To upgrade a Green building, Blue quality blueprints were needed.

And so on.

Fang Yuan had learned about this function when he was on Earth.

It seemed quite useful, but it was limited to low-tier buildings.

This was because blueprints for higher-level buildings were much harder to obtain.

It wasn't worth spending too much time searching for high-quality blueprints to upgrade.

In the Ten Thousand Realms Battlefield, most Lords simply ignored this function.

Only those who had just reached Level 5 would buy some Green and Blue blueprints to upgrade.

After that, they would basically never use it again.

Fang Yuan thought, "My territory still has a Hunter Camp that's White."

"But this building was initially just for show."

"The main purpose of Hunters is to act as cannon fodder for scouting."

"Now that I have the Garrison, the Purple Moon Mercenaries produced there don't cost money, and their strength is quite good."

"They are more suitable as cannon fodder than the Hunter Camp."

"Unless the Hunter Camp can be upgraded to a rarer building, it will be demolished sooner or later."

"There's no need to spend money upgrading it for now."

With that thought, Fang Yuan temporarily set aside the idea of upgrading the Hunter Camp.

He then thought.

"Today is the second day since I arrived in the Ten Thousand Realms Battlefield."

"I've already reached Level 5 Lord."

"There are still five days left!"

"Perhaps I can aim for Level 6, or even Level 7!"

"The benefit of no time limit for building upgrades during the novice period shouldn't be wasted."

"Let's quickly check the requirements for upgrading the Level 5 Main City to Level 6."

Fang Yuan moved his thoughts and brought up the Main City's panel.

[Name]: Wilderness Territory

[Level]: 5

[Faction]: Human

[Strength]: Gondor Dynasty

[Identity]: Northern Frontier Lord

[Durability]: 50000

[Prosperity]: 31200/60000

[Population]: 5700/10000

[Building Slots]: 9/35

[Castle Buildings]: Hero Altar (None), Hunter Camp (White), Wolf Hunter Camp (Purple), Flame Mage Camp (Purple), Glimmering Magic Tower (Purple), Barbarian Axe Thrower Camp (Purple), Mercenary Hall (Orange), Magic Crossbow Tower (Orange), Mystic Hall (Orange).

[Influence Value]: 400

[Resource Territories]: Stone Spring Village (LV4, +150,000 Gold Coins, Resources/day, +40 Purple Mobilization Orders (Tier 1)/day)

[War Territories]: Valley Garrison (LV2, Demon Knight Order (Orange) +200/day, Guardian Knight Order (Orange) +200/day, Tower Shield Guard (Purple) +200/day, Greatsword Infantry (Purple) +200/day, Purple Moon Mercenary (Red) +200/day, consumes 20,000 Gold Coins, Resources/day.)

[Miracle Territories]: 0

[Upgrade Conditions]: 1. 500,000 units of Gold Coins, 500,000 units of Stone, 500,000 units of Wood, 500,000 units of Food, 500,000 units of Ore, 1000 units of complete White Source Crystals. 2. Prosperity reaches 60,000 points. 3. Possess at least one Purple building. 4. Conquer ten territories, lairs, or tribes of Blue rank or higher, Tier 5 or above.

Fang Yuan looked at the final upgrade condition and couldn't help but frown.

"The conditions are starting to increase."

"The resource consumption has increased to include Source Crystals."

This was definitely not a good sign in Fang Yuan's opinion.

Although upgrading from five to six only required White Source Crystals.

Would higher quality Source Crystals be needed as the levels increased later on?

And not Source Crystal Shards, but complete Source Crystals.

To obtain Source Crystals, one would have to continuously attack monster nests in the wild.

These upgrade requirements were practically forcing Lords to seek trouble with wild monsters.

This trend could also be seen from the newly added fourth condition.

After reaching Level 5 Lord, a certain number of factions needed to be eliminated to upgrade.

Combined with the new Source Crystal consumption.

This meant that starting from Level 5 Lord, one truly escaped the novice period.

Entering the brutal war phase.

Generally, Lords at this stage would choose to band together for warmth, joining alliances for protection.

Simultaneously using the group's strength to fight against wild monsters.

The Ten Thousand Realms Battlefield Survival Guide, compiled by official organizations from Earth, also stated:

"It is recommended that Lords who reach Level 5 join an alliance and utilize the collective strength of humanity to combat the omnipresent dangers within the Ten Thousand Realms Battlefield."

This advice applied to the vast majority of Lords.

However, Fang Yuan believed it was not suitable for him at the moment.

He had many secrets, and he had already laid the foundation for his rise in the Northern Territory.

He did not need to rely on the strength of alliances to fight against wild monsters.

At the same time!

These conditions that were absolutely difficult for other Lords to fulfill.

Were quite easy for Fang Yuan.

The first and third conditions were already met.

Fang Yuan was confident he could easily complete the fourth condition as well.

Only the second one!

Fang Yuan turned and walked to the Lord's position.

His fingers tapped lightly on the table.

"Currently, upgrading all buildings to Level 5 only provides 12,000 Prosperity."

"There's still a full 15,000 Prosperity needed!"

"That's the amount from three Orange buildings."

"I only have five days left."

As soon as he finished speaking.

The Lord's Mark's voice echoed in his ears.

"Ding, Lord, you have entered the third day."

This was an alarm Fang Yuan had set.

Hearing the notification, he looked outside the Lord's Great Hall.

He said softly, "The third day has begun!"

"Now there are only four days left!"

"Four days, three Orange Buildings!"

Orange Buildings aren't common items.

You can only get them through bartering.

Where could I possibly find items equivalent in value to an Orange Building in just four days?

Thinking about the difficulty of this task, Fang Yuan couldn't help but shake his head.

Just then, A Barbarian Axe Thrower Guard on duty outside walked in.

"Report!"

"Lord Fang Yuan, Lilith has returned with spoils of war."

Upon hearing the report, Fang Yuan's head shot up.

"Right!"

"How could I forget about this!"

"Spoils of war!"

"Lilith's spoils of war include Orange Items."

"Excellent!"

"All problems will be solved easily."

"Quick!"

"Hurry and invite Lilith to the hall."

Fang Yuan's eyes gleamed, his voice filled with an eager impatience.