"Ding! Consumed 200,000 gold and resources. Valley Garrison's level has increased to Level 2. All troop output quantities +100, troop levels +1, and Prosperity +2,000."
"Ding! Prosperity has reached 31,100. Current Prosperity meets the requirements for upgrading the main city."
After hearing the notification.
A hint of joy appeared on Fang Yuan's face.
"Thirty thousand Prosperity. I've finally met the requirements."
"Next, I can upgrade the main city to Level 5!"
Level 5 Lords were a watershed.
Below Level 5, all Lords were classified as Novice Lords.
Once they reached Level 5, they were qualified to become Elite Lords.
Even if they were at the very bottom, on the Ten Thousand Realms Battlefield.
Level 5 Lords already possessed the strength to expand their territories outward and obtain resources.
In short, they possessed a certain degree of self-preservation ability.
Fang Yuan opened the main city upgrade panel and looked at the flashing upgrade button.
Immediately, he selected the upgrade without hesitation.
"Ding! Main city level upgrade initiated. You are currently in the Novice Lord phase, so the upgrade has no time limit. Consuming 100,000 gold and resources, you have upgraded the main city to Level 5. Prosperity +100, Influence +100, main city expanded to 100 mu, Building Slots +5, Durability increased to 50,000 points, and Population increased to 10,000."
"Ding! Upon reaching a Level 5 main city, the Building Quality Upgrade function has been unlocked. Using advanced blueprints can raise the level of low-quality buildings."
As the upgrade began, Fang Yuan immediately saw a mysterious golden light envelop his main city.
When the notification announcing the completion of the upgrade sounded.
He saw that his main city had undergone tremendous changes during the upgrade.
The originally low walls vanished.
In their place stood towering walls that resembled giants.
Fang Yuan walked beneath the city wall and looked up at its enormous height.
"This high?"
"It has to be forty or fifty meters, right?"
"That makes sense. In this world, many creatures are hundreds of meters tall."
"Strictly speaking, a fifty-meter city wall isn't really enough."
Fang Yuan then looked at the other changes in the upgraded territory.
The greatest changes were inside the main city.
The altered city walls were only one of them.
The main city's area had also increased.
The territory that had originally been outside the city walls was now enclosed within them after this upgrade.
The most conspicuous change was Hunter Camp.
This building, which had originally stood outside the city, now rested against the inner base of the walls after the expansion.
Meanwhile, the wilderness outside the city had expanded accordingly.
This could be seen from the Invincible Protection Barrier. As the upgrade took place, the area covered by the barrier expanded as well.
The newly added wilderness under the main city's jurisdiction amounted to 100 mu.
In other words, the main city now occupied 100 mu, while its directly affiliated wilderness occupied another 100 mu.
A full 200 mu of land.
All of it was cultivated land. There was no need to clear it before planting crops or constructing buildings.
Aside from that, his main city had also changed drastically.
When he looked back, the main city had originally been only one or two stories tall.
After this upgrade, its height had increased sharply.
Some subsidiary military structures, such as watchtowers and sentry towers, had also been added.
These subsidiary military structures were even taller than the city walls.
They provided a clear view of everything outside the city.
Even his Lord's Hall had risen from ground level to the top floor.
From the entrance of the Lord's Hall, there was a staircase extending from top to bottom, with hundreds of levels.
Looking at the densely packed steps, Fang Yuan felt his scalp tingle.
"Good grief. Will I have to climb up and down every time I enter the Lord's Hall from now on?"
"Who could possibly stand that?"
Just as Fang Yuan was complaining.
A message from the Lord's Mark answered his question.
After the main city reached Level 5, he could teleport at any time within the main city.
In other words, as long as Fang Yuan was willing.
With a single thought, he could arrive anywhere in the main city.
"This function makes it acceptable."
"Otherwise, walking around such a huge place would exhaust me."
After familiarizing himself with the function for a while.
With a slight movement of his mind, his figure instantly appeared inside the Lord's Hall.
"It really is convenient."
"No wonder they say Level 5 Lords are at a watershed."
"Right, upgrading the territory to Level 5 also unlocked another function: Building Quality Upgrade."
Through the Lord's Mark, Fang Yuan entered the building module.
He quickly learned the specific effects of this function.
In short, some advanced building blueprints could be used to raise the quality of low-level buildings.
Upgrading a White Building required a Green-quality blueprint.
Upgrading a Green Building required a Blue-quality blueprint.
And so on.
Fang Yuan had learned about this function back on Blue Star.
It seemed quite useful, but its application was limited to low-quality buildings.
That was because blueprints for higher-level buildings were increasingly difficult to obtain.
Spending too much time searching for high-quality blueprints just for an upgrade was not worth it.
On the Ten Thousand Realms Battlefield, most Lords treated this function as though it did not exist.
Only Lords who had just reached Level 5 would buy some Green and Blue blueprints for upgrades.
Aside from that, they basically would not use it again.
Fang Yuan thought, My territory still has a Hunter Camp that's White.
But this building was only built to make up the numbers.
The hunters' main purpose was also to serve as cannon fodder while opening up the map.
Now that I have a garrison, the Purple Moon Mercenaries it produces cost nothing, and their strength is decent.
They're more suitable as cannon fodder than Hunter Camp.
Unless Hunter Camp can be upgraded into a relatively rare building, I'll dismantle it sooner or later.
There's no need to spend money upgrading it for now.
After thinking this through, Fang Yuan temporarily abandoned the idea of upgrading Hunter Camp.
Instead, he thought.
"Today is my second day on the Ten Thousand Realms Battlefield."
"And I've already reached Level 5 as a Lord."
"There are still five days left!"
"Perhaps I can aim for Level 6 and pursue Level 7!"
"The benefit of having no time limit on building upgrades during the novice period can't be wasted."
"I'd better check the requirements for upgrading the Level 5 main city to Level 6."
With a thought, Fang Yuan summoned the main city panel.
Name: Wilderness Territory Level: Level 5 Faction: Human Race Power: Gondor Dynasty Identity: Northern Frontier Lord Durability: 50,000 Prosperity: 31,200/60,000 Population: 5,700/10,000 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: 400 Resource Territory: Stone Spring Village (LV4, +150,000 gold and resources/day, +40 Purple Mobilization Orders (Tier 1)/day) War Territory: 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, consuming 20,000 gold and resources/day.) Miracle Territory: 0 Upgrade Requirements: 1. 500,000 units of gold, 500,000 units of stone, 500,000 units of wood, 500,000 units of food, 500,000 units of ore, and 1,000 complete White Source Crystals. 2. Prosperity must reach 60,000 points. 3. Possess at least one Purple Building. 4. Break through ten territories, nests, tribes, or other forces no lower than Blue Tier 5.
Fang Yuan looked at the final upgrade requirement and could not help frowning.
"The requirements are starting to increase."
"The resource costs now include Source Crystals."
In Fang Yuan's view, this was definitely not a good sign.
The upgrade from Level 5 to Level 6 only required White Source Crystals.
But as the levels increased, would higher-quality Source Crystals be required?
Moreover, they were not Source Crystal Shards, but complete Source Crystals.
To obtain Source Crystals, he had to continuously attack Monster Nests in the wilderness.
These upgrade requirements were practically forcing Lords to seek out trouble with wild monsters.
This trend could also be seen from the newly added fourth requirement.
After reaching Level 5, Lords were required to eliminate a certain number of forces before they could upgrade.
Combined with the newly added Source Crystal costs.
This meant that once Lords reached Level 5, they had truly escaped the novice period.
They had begun entering a cruel stage of war.
At this point, most Lords would choose to band together for warmth and join an alliance to gain protection.
At the same time, they would rely on the strength of the group to fight wild monsters.
The survival guide for the Ten Thousand Realms Battlefield compiled by the official authorities of the various countries on Blue Star also stated:
"It is recommended that Lords who reach Level 5 join an alliance and use humanity's collective strength to resist the ubiquitous dangers of the Ten Thousand Realms Battlefield."
This applied to the vast majority of Lords.
But at present, Fang Yuan felt that it did not suit him.
He had many secrets, and he had already established a foundation for rising in the Northern Frontier.
He did not need to rely on the collective strength of an alliance to resist monsters in the wilderness.
Moreover!
These conditions were absolutely difficult for other Lords to complete.
But in Fang Yuan's eyes, they were extremely easy.
The first and third requirements had already been met.
Fang Yuan was confident he could easily complete the fourth requirement as well.
Only the second requirement remained!
Fang Yuan turned and walked to the Lord's desk.
His fingers tapped lightly against the tabletop.
"Now that all the buildings have reached Level 5, they only provide 12,000 Prosperity."
"There's still nearly 15,000 Prosperity left!"
"That's equivalent to the amount provided by three Orange Buildings."
"I only have five days left."
The moment he finished speaking.
The voice of the Lord's Mark sounded beside his ear.
"Ding! Lord, the third day has begun."
This was an alarm Fang Yuan had set.
Hearing the notification, he looked toward the outside of the Lord's Hall.
He said softly, "The third day has begun!"
"Only four days remain now!"
"Four days, three Orange Buildings!"
Orange Buildings were not items one could find everywhere.
They could only be obtained through barter.
With just four days, where was he supposed to find an item worth as much as an Orange Building?
Thinking about how difficult this would be,
Fang Yuan could not help shaking his head.
Just then,
the Barbarian Axe Thrower Guard on duty outside walked in.
"Reporting!"
"Lord, Lady Lilith has returned with the spoils of war."
Upon hearing the report, Fang Yuan abruptly raised his head.
"Right!"
"How could I have forgotten about that?"
"The spoils!"
"Among the spoils Lilith brought back, there was an Orange Item."
"Excellent!"
"All our problems will be solved!"
"Quick!"
"Summon Lilith to the hall at once."
Fang Yuan's eyes lit up, and his voice brimmed with impatient urgency.
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