Taking stock of the gains

On the City Wall of Cave One, on Nameless Mountain.

After bathing and burning incense, Chen Fan, as usual, leisurely brewed himself a cup of hot tea, leaned back in his Rocking Chair, and waved his hand to signal Wang Kui that he could begin his report.

It was time for his favorite moment: taking stock of his achievements.

Wang Kui was already used to this.

Every continent's Continent Lord is bound to have some unique quirks, and this quirk of Domain Lord is quite normal.

"Domain Lord."

Wang Kui flipped through the booklet in his hand and began his report, "The spoils from the Provocateur Continent's have all been tallied." "First, the Eerie Stone."

"A total of 102.8 billion Eerie Stone were found. The first shipment brought back 46.8 billion, leaving 56 billion Eerie Stone remaining."

"Including the Military Action launched by the Mortal Domain against the 'One-Eyed Strange Entity Clan,' a total of 20.7 billion Eerie Stone have been consumed."

"Now"

"The remaining number of usable Eerie Stone in the Mortal Domain is..."

...161.8 billion Eerie Stone.

"Good."

Chen Fan nodded with some satisfaction, took a sip of tea, and actually felt that war wasn't entirely a losing proposition, even though the Heavenly Dao Cannon was known as a money-devouring behemoth, and the cost would increase infinitely with each shot.

But if deployed well, not many cannons can be fired.

Most importantly...

The War Ends quickly enough that the enemy barely retaliated, meaning that most of the Eerie Stone were not consumed and remained safely in the Warehouse. If the war had lasted longer, even if the enemy had won, they would have run out of Eerie Stone their continent.

This also includes the Congratulatory Gift sent by those continents.

That's a considerable sum.

The 161.8 billion Eerie Stone have already exceeded the mainland's reserve Eerie Stone safety line. The safety line he set was 100 billion Eerie Stone. Having 100 billion Eerie Stone that can be used at any time means that it is entirely possible to start or welcome a war.

The numbers are good too.

May your journey be smooth and prosperous.

He likes it.

"Secondly, Exotic Treasure."

Wang Kui continued, "Most of them are low-level Exotic Treasure, all of which have been transferred to Appraiser in the Mortal Domain for authentication and then stored away. There are only three Purple Grade Exotic Treasure."

"It's all here."

"Only three?"

Chen Fan felt a little regretful, but it was true that Purple Grade Exotic Treasure was the highest-level Exotic Treasure that could be obtained in a Second-Level Continent, and the Mortal Domain had very few Exotic Treasure to date.

There are only seven Purple Exotic Treasure "Heavenly Fortune," one Purple Exotic Treasure called "Heaven-Questioning Bell," one Purple Exotic Treasure "Mortal Domain Jade Seal," and one Purple Exotic Treasure "Insight Token."

That's all.

Basically, that's all.

However, one thing is certain: regardless of which Purple Exotic Treasure it is, its effects are not weak.

For example, this Insight Token.

"Name of the Exotic Treasure": Insight Token.

"Exotic Treasure Grade": Purple Grade.

"Exotic Treasure Effect": Will assess the overall strength of the holder.

"Ps": There are many Strange Tide near the Eternal Night Continent. Eradication all the Strange Tide near the continent will grant you Heaven and Earth rewards.

This is an Exotic Treasure item that provides continuous rewards and also detects the state of affairs.

The system will assess the weaknesses of a faction, and those weaknesses will be addressed to earn special rewards.

He received the award twice in total.

The first reward was an open-source reward of a Dark Technology Source Point for the Mortal Domain High-Speed Rail formed by "Copper Pipe" and "Gondola". The second reward was 1 billion Eerie Stone when the number of newborn boys and girls in the Mortal Domain reached 10,000 each.

Now, this is the third flaw.

The Strange Tide mentioned here.

Even the large number of Strange Tide that escaped after the "Thunderstorm Sea" was leaked are now all gathered around the Eternal Night Continent. They don't wander around to other places, but stay outside the continent, quietly waiting for the protection period to end.

She's quite devoted in love.

Chen Fan accepted the three Purple Grade Exotic Treasure from Wang Kui.

The first one.

A piece of paper, as thin as a cicada's wing, Purple Grade, with patterns drawn on it using blue and white energy lines.

Building Blueprint!

Chen Fan sat up, put the teacup aside, and looked at the control panel with a serious expression.

Purple Exotic Treasure are the highest-grade Exotic Treasure obtainable in the Second-Level Continent.

But

Purple Grade buildings are the Rare and strongest among Purple Exotic Treasure!

Even now, there are very few Purple Grade buildings in the Mortal Domain.

There are only two.

The first is the "Heavenly Dao Cannon," and the second is the "Individual Armory."

The Purple Grade Building Blueprint in my hand is the third one I've obtained in the Mortal Domain.

Building Name: Heavenly Derivation Formation

Building grade: Purple Grade.

"Building Effects": Allows access to almost all buildings belonging to the same faction and provides full real-time information about them.

Chen Fan stared at the building in front of him for a long time without saying a word.

He suddenly felt fortunate that he was the only one who possessed the Endless Night Lord Panel, so that other Builder wouldn't crush the Blueprint when they studied Blueprint, but would instead hold them and study them.

If it were in his hands, he would crush it the moment he took it.

Even if the other party kills him, he will gain nothing.

After crushing the Building Blueprint, Chen Fan got up, walked down the City Wall, and strode towards the Strategist Pavilion inside the Sinkhole.

Heavenly Derivation Formation

Central Control Station type buildings.

As the power grows larger and the number of buildings under its control increases, a "Central Control Station" type of building is needed to connect all the buildings and thus obtain the latest information about all of them.

For example, one

If a section of the "Transportation Track" on the Eternal Night Continent is broken by Strange Entities, the news will first be known to the local County Magistrate, and then reported up the chain of command until it reaches him.

For example...

Once he activates "Watchtower Mutation," the Watchtower's monitoring range will increase, and it will be able to clearly identify flying objects heading towards their territory. However, the information will need to be reported step by step from the Watchtower's guards.

This can lead to messages being delivered in a less timely, less intuitive, and less comprehensive manner.

The people responsible for guarding the Watchtower had no idea that there was a broken track inside the Eternal Night Continent.

Just like when they deciphered the Acceleration Formation Disc of the "Dark Eerie Continent," they knew there was a Positioning Formation inside. However, that Positioning Formation was only responsible for transmitting signals to the outside world. They needed something to receive the signals in order to pinpoint the location accurately.

All along.

They all use the "Heavenly Derivation Sand Table".

However, the Heavenly Derivation Sand Table is only a Green Grade building, which is relatively low-grade and somewhat difficult to use, and it cannot be connected to other buildings. But things are different now.

He walked into the "Strategist Pavilion," went to a blank wall, and clicked "Confirm Construction" on the panel.

The next moment

Countless Eerie Stone inside the Warehouse shattered, turning into a thick liquid that flowed through Copper Pipe into the Strategist Pavilion and surged onto the walls, forming Formation Pattern that emitted a blue light.

A few breaths later.

Formation Pattern are formed.

A huge Formation Pattern appeared on the wall, each Formation Pattern resembling a Diode, forming a massive "Screen" on the wall!

Screen size is freely adjustable.

Then a line of text slowly appeared.

"The Heavenly Derivation Formation is complete."

"Whether to enter Mortal Domain building: Please select from the following buildings. Once a building is selected, the Heavenly Derivation Formation will gain full Access Rights over it and its status information."

"1: 87 Heavenly Dao Cannon deployed on the City Wall."

"2: 18,920 max-level Eerie Fire."

3: The City Wall is 321 kilometers long.

"4: The Sky-Piercing Pillar..."

Select all.

"All."

Chen Fan replied without hesitation that almost all buildings in the Mortal Domain could be connected to the "Heavenly Derivation Formation".

"Transmitting."

"Transfer Progress 1%, 2%... Transmission failed."

"The total number of external buildings has exceeded the number of buildings that the Heavenly Derivation Formation can support. Please upgrade the Heavenly Derivation Formation to allow for more external buildings." I forgot about that.

Chen Fan looked at the upgrade requirements for this building; they weren't cheap, requiring 100,000 Eerie Stone to upgrade it to Level 2.

"The Heavenly Derivation Formation has been upgraded to Level 2."

"There are no upgrade options for this building; each upgrade increases the number of external buildings it can accommodate."

"And we cannot obtain any upgrade direction through other means."

"To advance to the next level, 200,000 Eerie Stone are required."

After consuming 5.5 million Eerie Stone, it leveled up to level 10 in one go.

Another panel popped up in front of me.

"The Heavenly Derivation Formation has been upgraded to level 10."

"Detail Filling obtaining the Level-10 Max-Level Effect": The information displayed by the Heavenly Derivation Formation will be more detailed and clearer, and features such as projection, local zoom-out, local zoom-in, and tracking of the Sky-Piercing Pillar's orbit will be added.

This can be considered an addition of auxiliary functions.

Currently, the Eternal Night Continent is Second-Level Continent, with a building level cap of 20. However, the conditions become more complicated when upgrading to level 11. Reaching level 11 requires a handful of Soil from Other Continents and 100,000 Eerie Stone.

The initial number of Eerie Stone required has decreased, remaining the same as the number required to reach Level 2, but the additional conditions are more stringent. Reaching level 12...

It consisted of two handfuls of Soil from Other Continents and 300,000 Eerie Stone.

For each level up, an extra handful of Soil from Other Continents is required.

The Mortal Domain has already gathered Soil to cover ten continents, with some even overflowing.

In addition to the nine continents that came to offer congratulations last time, there are also the "Provocateur Continent," the "New Continent," the "Huyi Continent," the "Despair Continent," and the "One-Eyed Continent."

Yes, the continent occupied by the Strange Entity Clan is also considered Soil from Other Continents.

In other words...

The Mortal Domain now possesses Soil from Other Continents, far exceeding the available resources.

After consuming a batch of Soil and 1040 Eerie Stone.

The Heavenly Derivation Formation has been successfully upgraded to level 20.

Gain the Level-20 Max-Level Effect.

"The Heavenly Derivation Formation has been upgraded to level 20."

"Level reached maximum, cannot be upgraded further."

"The number of buildings that can be externally mounted has increased significantly."

"To obtain the Level-20 Max-Level Effect of the 'Heavenly Derivation Set': If you possess both the Heavenly Derivation Sand Table and the Heavenly Derivation Formation, and travel to the Special Area 'Fallen Firmament,' you can obtain the Special Component 'Eye of Heavenly Derivation.'"

Chen Fan was slightly taken aback. He really didn't expect that this thing was actually a set, the Heavenly Derivation Set.

He has the Heavenly Derivation Sand Table!

Before the arrival of the "Heavenly Derivation Formation", the Heavenly Derivation Sand Table was the Central Control Station of the Mortal Domain. Although it was only of the Green Grade, it was not that he wanted to emphasize the Green Grade, but given the current scale of the Mortal Domain, it was indeed not respectable to continue using a Green Grade Central Control Station.

He's always wanted a better Central Control Station.

But this kind of thing depends on fate; you can't just get it if you want it.

Now that fate has brought us together...

Fallen Firmament, and he knew where it was—above that barrier 20,000 kilometers above the ground.

"It seems we need to find a way to Breaking Through the Fallen Firmament as soon as possible."

As Chen Fan muttered to himself, he pulled out a Heavenly Dao Stone from his pocket, grinned, and tossed it onto the "Heavenly Derivation Formation."

The next moment

"You used the 'Heavenly Dao Stone' on the Heavenly Derivation Formation, gaining three Heavenly Dao Blessing Effect. Please choose one within one hundred breaths."

"A building can only have one Heavenly Dao Blessing Effect."

"1: Heavenly Dao Blessing Effect (Capacity Increase): Doubles the number of external buildings that can be carried."

"2: Heavenly Dao Blessing Effect (Absolute Fine Control): All building Access Rights cannot be assigned; only the lord can control, build, deploy, and repair buildings, but the building effects will be greatly enhanced."

"3: Heavenly Dao Blessing Effect (Soul of Heavenly Derivation): This effect will only appear after activating the Heavenly Derivation Set."

Chen Fan narrowed his eyes slightly. He definitely wouldn't choose the first one, since the number of external buildings was already sufficient, and the Mortal Domain could break through to the Third-Level Continent in two years.

At that time, the "Heavenly Derivation Formation" can be upgraded again, thereby acquiring more external buildings.

The second one is actually quite interesting.

This means that only he can control buildings like the "Sky-Piercing Pillar" from now on, and building Access Rights be absolutely centralized. Once war breaks out, he will need to control all buildings, and the building effects will be amplified.

Only.

He quickly ruled out that option.

The most valuable quality in a person is self-awareness.

He didn't believe he was powerful enough to control all the buildings by himself. Even if he were, he would be exhausted after a single battle. At the very least, the tactic of quickly deploying Heavenly Dao Cannon in local territories, which was commonly used in the Mortal Domain, would no longer be viable. This tactic required the concerted efforts of all members of the Mortal Domain and could not be accomplished by one person alone.

That leaves only the third one.

Although it's not needed for now, once the "Heavenly Derivation Set" is activated, the Heavenly Dao Blessing Effect will definitely be at its strongest.

Immediately afterwards.

After the "Heavenly Derivation Formation" is upgraded to level 20.

The large screen on the wall, composed of countless "Formation Pattern," slowly revealed a line of text once again.

"Transmitting."

"Transfer Progress: 1%, 20%, 50%, 80%...100%."

"Transmission complete."

"A total of 470,000 external buildings have been added, with a remaining capacity of 530,000 buildings, for a total capacity of 1 million buildings."

The next moment

The text on the large screen slowly faded away, and the appearance of the "Eternal Night Continent," as well as the surrounding Sea Domain, the New Continent, and the Huyi Continent, began to slowly emerge.

This is after connecting to the "Heavenly Derivation Sand Table," which gave access to all the Ghosthide Map of the Mortal Domain.

Immediately afterwards.

City Wall, Eerie Fire, buildings, Copper Pipe pipes and railroad tracks—all these structures clearly appeared and were marked on the large screen. Even "Weird Emperor Jiu Wu," equipped with Positioning Formation, was clearly visible as a Green Mark labeled "Weird Emperor Jiu Wu," rapidly moving through the sea, its target "Dark Star Continent."

"Good."

Upon seeing this, Chen Fan couldn't help but grin.

Both in terms of information density and external display, it is much better than the previous Heavenly Derivation Sand Table.

The Mortal Domain finally has a decent center Central Control Station.

Purple Grade.

Not bad.

On the large screen, all the buildings in the Mortal Domain can be clearly seen, along with their condition. Clicking on a building will display detailed information about it.

At this moment, the "Transportation Track" laid out in the Mortal Domain appear very clearly on the Map, and any problem with any section of track can be seen immediately.

Once the "Watchtower Mutation" Dark Technology of the Mortal Domain is activated, the Mortal Domain's Air Defense Firepower System will be perfectly integrated into this "Heavenly Derivation Formation."

This building itself has no use whatsoever; it has no offensive, defensive, or even production functions. Its sole purpose is to connect all the buildings in the Mortal Domain, preventing them from becoming a disorganized mess.

But this effect.

It's more than worthy of its Purple Grade. Only someone with absolutely no strategic sense would think this building is useless. "Have the people in the Logistics Pavilion demolish the Strategist Pavilion."

Chen Fan waved his hand with a touch of triumph, leaning on his Jadeite Staff and looking at the building before him with satisfaction. "Rebuild it. Make it grander."

"This wall is too small; we need to build a larger wall."

"Then have the Logistics Pavilion remake a batch of 'Identity Token' these days, adding Positioning Formation to the Token to ensure we can clearly know the location of each member."

"Vehicles including the 'Mortal Domain Flying Boat' have all been equipped with Positioning Formation."

"Long Live."

He beckoned to the Strategist Pavilion Master was standing nearby. "This is a newly built structure for your Strategist Pavilion, the Heavenly Derivation Formation. It can monitor the real-time status of all buildings, and Access Rights to 60% of the buildings is available to you on weekdays."

"Use Access Rights to 80% of the buildings will be granted during wartime."

"This building itself has many functions."

"Your most important task going forward is to figure out how this building can be used."

"Do you understand?"

"Clear!"

The Strategist Pavilion Master, Long Live, responded excitedly. He was well aware of the significance of this building to the Strategist Pavilion, which, to some extent, greatly elevated its status.

They will become the department within Mortal Domain.

After leaving the Strategist Pavilion.

The Crippled Monkey was already waiting at the door.

"Crippled Monkey."

The excitement in Chen Fan's eyes had faded slightly, and he calmly said in a low voice, "Have the Logistics Pavilion thoroughly investigate the backgrounds and identities of all members of the Strategist Pavilion."

"Check if there were any particularly heinous incidents in the past, and whether they were involved in any acts of adultery during the 'Eternal Night Hall' period."

"After that, you need to focus your attention on the Strategist Pavilion."

"Go and inform the Shadow Pavilion to send a group of people to keep a close eye on the Shadow Pavilion Strategist Pavilion personnel."

"Clear."

The Crippled Monkey nodded solemnly.

The "Heavenly Derivation Formation" is both a powerful weapon and a major drawback. This structure vividly illustrates almost every aspect of the Mortal Domain. For example...

The people in the Logistics Pavilion actually didn't know how many Eerie-Stone Reserves in the Mortal Domain.

Even the people of the Shadow Pavilion were unaware of how many hidden structures existed in the Mortal Domain.

Each department was initially unaware of information about other departments.

Even if it's betrayal.

They can only reveal a small portion of the information they know.

Just like when a group of Mortal Domain Member were captured and tortured by the Feng Qiya Continent, revealing some information, it had almost no impact on the Mortal Domain because they didn't know much anyway.

The existence of the "Heavenly Derivation Formation" makes almost all information within the Mortal Domain open and transparent within the Strategist Pavilion. If a member of the Strategist Pavilion betrays the Mortal Domain and leaks information, it would be a devastating blow to the Mortal Domain.

The Mortal Domain will be instantly exposed naked to the enemy.

Foundation, deployment, secrecy.

The enemy will know everything.

This is something he doesn't want to see.

But

He wouldn't refuse to promote the development of the "Heavenly Derivation Formation" because of these drawbacks. If he had to weigh the pros and cons, he believed the advantages far outweighed the disadvantages.

"Huffing and puffing"

Strategist Pavilion.

The Long Live's eyes were red-rimmed as he stared intently at the large screen in front of him, carefully examining each building. This was the first time that almost all of the Mortal Domain's resources had been displayed before him.

He could even see it clearly.

In the "Strategic Storage Warehouse" Behind Nameless Mountain, 700 billion Eerie Stone are quietly placed there!

The information here is more detailed than in the booklet Wang Kui gave him back then.

If nothing unexpected happens.

The Strategist Pavilion should be the department with the clearest understanding of the Mortal Domain, but... that's how it should be. If a Strategist Pavilion doesn't even understand their own faction, how can they offer better advice?

"Gentlemen."

After taking a deep breath, the Long Live looked at the group of the Strategist Pavilion behind him and said, "We are all newcomers to the Mortal Domain. We have no veterans here; we are all newcomers."

"It is said that someone suggested at the time that a group of senior staff members be transferred from other departments to our Strategist Pavilion to create a check and balance."

The Domain Lord rejected the suggestion.

"The Domain Lord said that the Strategist Pavilion should be pure, and I Trust them."

"I hope everyone understands what all the information on this large screen means. It means that for the first time, the entire secrets and mysteries of the extremely mysterious Mortal Domain have been revealed to us."

"Once leaked, Myriad Tribulations."

"I don't want a traitor among us, do you understand what I mean?"

"Long Live the Pavilion Master!"

One of the Strategist Pavilion officers raised his hand and said, "I'm not so keen on saying I would never betray; it sounds like I'm making empty promises." "But..."

"We have absolutely no reason to betray us. I can't imagine what reason the enemy could give us to betray us."

Kidnapping a family member?

"To provide compensation?"

"Or promise a better future."

"So."

"Your Long Live, Pavilion Master rest assured. I do not believe there will be any traitors among us. We have gone through numerous selection processes to join the Strategist Pavilion, all for the sake of bringing honor to our ancestors, for elevating the Mortal Domain to a higher level, and for ensuring a century of Peace for future generations."

"It's not to become a traitor."

Other members of the Strategist Pavilion also began to express their opinions one after another.

"Good."

Seeing this, the Long Live laughed, then took a deep breath: "Everyone approach the large screen. Today's task: understand all functions." "Domain Lord, I would like to request launch Access Rights for the 'Level-1 Sky-Piercing Pillar' for experimental purposes."

"Can."

Chen Fan, who was in Nameless Mountain, received Long Live's application and immediately approved it.

The Sky-Piercing Pillar and the Heavenly Dao Cannon are powerful Access Rights in the Mortal Domain, and only a very small number of people in the Mortal Domain have the Access Rights to activate these two structures. If someone goes berserk or something, they could just unleash one on Nameless Mountain.

Who can withstand that?

He simply couldn't hold on.

Behind Nameless Mountain in the Mortal Domain, there are now many Level-1 Sky-Piercing Pillar. These Level-1 Sky-Piercing Pillar were built for the "Formation Pavilion" to conduct experiments. Their power is very small.

Furthermore, without the "Thunderstorm Sea," it has become difficult for ordinary "Sky-Piercing Pillar" to recharge.

Currently, there are no more "Level-10 Sky-Piercing Pillar" with normal power in the Mortal Domain. Of course, the "Sky-Piercing Pillar Missile Base" used to have a lot of Sky-Piercing Pillar with normal power that haven't been used up yet.

The Sky-Piercing Pillar carrying Nuclear Warhead is easy to recharge; just aim the Heavenly Dao Cannon at it and fire a single shot.

Level-1 Sky-Piercing Pillar are also easy to recharge.

Using Exotic Treasure will suffice.

And..

Chen Fan looked thoughtfully at the "Heavenly Derivation Display" on the Endless Night Lord Panel. He could see all the information on the Heavenly Derivation Display on the panel. Currently, the number of external buildings is 470,000.

One meter of City Wall counts as one.

Calculated separately.

This results in most of the buildings in the external structure being City Wall. If the City Wall are not externally loaded into the "Heavenly Derivation Formation", then a lot of the capacity can be cleared, which is sufficient for now.

However, if he wanted to complete his plan to completely enclose the Eternal Night Continent with City Wall, the building capacity would not be enough. But by then, the Eternal Night Continent would have been upgraded to the Third-Level Continent, and the Heavenly Derivation Formation could continue to be upgraded.

Wang Kui.

Chen Fan interrupted Wang Kui, who was about to continue his report, "I remember a while ago, Weiwei n't they researching the Fallen Firmament? Could you compile their research findings and bring them to me?"

Just then

A Level-1 Sky-Piercing Pillar, positioned Behind Nameless Mountain, began to shake violently and slowly rose into the air, reaching an extremely high height before shooting off into the distance.

Originally, the "Thunderstorm Sea" was an obstacle, but the Sky-Piercing Pillar could still take off and cross it normally. Thunderstorm Sea, the Flying Boat could not cross the Thunderstorm Sea, since the Thunderstorm Sea could also block objects that wanted to pass through at high altitudes.

Only.

The Sky-Piercing Pillar has a maximum altitude of 20,000 kilometers, so how could it possibly be stopped by the Thunderstorm Sea?

Theoretically speaking.

If a person is tied to the "Sky-Piercing Pillar," that person can easily cross Thunderstorm Sea without having to go through Undersea Tunnel.

That's at the speed of the Sky-Piercing Pillar.

Whether they will survive is uncertain.

If I can survive.

That "Sky-Piercing Pillar" is the fastest "vehicle" in the Mortal Domain, bar none.

It takes several days for Flying Boat from the Mortal Domain to reach the "Provocateur Continent," but the Sky-Piercing Pillar can reach the Provocateur Continent in the time it takes for Incense Stick to burn. And at the same time that the Sky-Piercing Pillar ascends into the sky...

The entire Strategist Pavilion cheers.

Simply because...

On the large screen on the wall, a Red Grade "Sky-Piercing Pillar" trajectory was clearly marked, and they could clearly see the flight path of this Sky-Piercing Pillar on the screen.

It's even possible to make minor adjustments midway through.

Previously, once the Sky-Piercing Pillar was launched, it was completely out of control; it would go wherever the predetermined target was, and there was no way to adjust it. Now it's different.

It can be adjusted now.

They could not only clearly see the trajectory of the Sky-Piercing Pillar on the Screen, but also make minor adjustments. Of course, they could only make minor adjustments; it was impossible for it to immediately turn 180 degrees and fly back to the Mortal Domain.

That's impossible.

But tilting it slightly to the left or right is perfectly fine.