The Red Dragon Sovereign, a Deal in the Red Sand World
"..."
Shen Xing was speechless for a moment, then waved his hand and said, "Go."
"Yes, sir!"
Da Hou in response, then went to gather the orc squad.
At this moment, Shen Xing sat in his wheelchair, looking at the dozens of Boss soldiers absorbing advancement materials in front of him, and muttered to himself.
"Next, we'll embark on a massive construction boom and begin a frenzy of infrastructure development."
"After all, I have the blueprints for level 5 arrow towers and level 5 city walls, and I already have enough resources. It's time to expand my territory."
"But..."
He paused, then pondered, "My original plan was to expand the city wall's area from one kilometer in diameter to three kilometers."
"This greatly increases the internal space of the territory, and with a one-kilometer buffer zone outside, it can be described as a perfect plan."
"But after the 'Sacred Flame Platform' was upgraded to level 2, my territory completely bordered Xia Wanyin's territory."
"As allies, we can't just think of ourselves; we need to change our approach and expand."
Thinking of this, Shen Xing looked up and could see various buildings looming in the distant firelight.
He took out his communication crystal and asked, "Wanyin, do you have time now?"
There was a moment of silence on the other end, followed by a gentle voice from a young girl. "Yes, what's wrong?"
"Then come to my territory; I have something to discuss with you."
"Okay, I'll be right there."
Xia Wanyin responded, her tone becoming serious.
Before long, the girl in the white dress arrived swiftly, accompanied by her two heroes, as the firelight shone upon her.
"Shen Xing, what do you want to discuss?" Xia Wanyin asked softly.
"Regarding the expansion of the territory."
Shen Xing smiled and replied, "Currently, our territories are completely adjacent, and I'm planning to expand them. What do you think is the best approach?"
"So, they're expanding their territory."
A look of realization dawned on the girl's face, and she nodded, saying, "We really need to expand further, after all, we've acquired quite a few resources and blueprints this time."
"The territory's size has increased significantly; we must make good use of it."
She lowered her head and thought for a moment before replying, "In that case, let's build it together."
"You have the blueprints for level 5 city walls and arrow towers, while I only have a blueprint for a level 5 arrow tower."
"Then the construction of the city walls will be your responsibility, and the construction of the arrow towers will be mine."
"Let's make a list of the resources we'll need, and once the expansion is complete, we'll each bear half the cost. What do you think?"
Upon hearing this proposal, Shen Xing pondered for a moment and nodded inwardly.
In fact, that was his initial idea as well: one person would be responsible for building the city walls, and the other for building the arrow towers, thus enclosing both territories.
Furthermore, this update adds new content to the ally system, allowing upgrade permissions for buildings to be granted to friendly lords.
This means that the two people can share access to these buildings and perform operations such as upgrading and remote control.
However, this method also has its advantages and disadvantages.
Because once an ally gains building access, they can demolish it at any time.
Normally it's fine, but if it's an invasion of monsters on the scale of Blood Mist Frenzy...
If your allies suddenly tear down your walls at this point, you'll have nowhere to turn and suffer the consequences.
Therefore, if you are to grant this access to an ally, you must be someone they trust.
However... he and Xia Wanyin had spent so much time together and collaborated many times.
He trusted this woman to a certain extent.
"It's possible," Shen Xing nodded. "But do you have that many resources?"
"Setting up two territories will require a considerable amount of materials; I estimate it will start at least in the tens of millions of Soul Stone."
Chapter 292: The Red Dragon Sovereign, the Deal in the Red Sand World
"Oh... you want this much?"
Xia Wanyin's pretty face turned pale when she heard that it would take tens of millions of Soul Stone to expand her territory.
Although she earned a lot of Soul Stone this time, after spending them over the past few days, she only has a little over 15 million left.
If a large-scale expansion is to be planned, her resources are simply insufficient.
However, Xia Wanyin quickly looked up and said, "It's okay, I can exchange it for other resources."
"This ranking also rewarded me with 5 [Chaos Magic Stone]. I saw a lot of people on the forum are collecting them."
"One of those can be exchanged for about five million Soul Stone, which should be enough for expansion."
Upon hearing this suggestion, Shen Xing thought about it.
After a moment, he shook his head and said, "No need for that. I'll build the city walls and arrow towers. Just give me two [Chaos Magic Stone] when the time comes."
"Huh?" Xia Wanyin was taken aback for a moment, then quickly shook her head. "No, no, that's not fair to you!"
"Two Chaos Magic Stone are only worth ten million Soul Stone, but you're going to spend tens of millions of Soul Stone!"
"What's unfair about it?" Shen Xing laughed. "If you really want to put it that way, your territory isn't even as big as mine, so you'd be at a disadvantage if we split the costs."
"So there's no need to calculate so precisely. I have plenty of resources now, more than enough for expansion."
"Besides, didn't I already take two [Chaos Magic Stone] from you?"
Upon hearing this, Xia Wanyin thought for a moment, then nodded in realization, saying, "That seems to make sense. We don't need to be so clear about things between us."
"In that case, let's do as you say."
I'll pay you back when I have the chance later.
After saying that, she took out two dark purple stones from her pocket and handed them over.
Shen Xing didn't stand on ceremony and put it into his backpack.
In this way, he will have 12 Chaos Magic Stone, enough to upgrade all the generals in his territory and quickly bring them to the Tier Four, the maximum level.
"Then I'll have people start construction now. You can go back to your territory and get busy."
"Good!"
Xia Wanyin responded and then led the two heroes toward her territory.
After she left, Shen Xing quickly switched to an overhead view, intending to first observe the terrain and estimate the area before starting construction.
"Buzz..."
The field of vision rapidly ascended, and soon we were thousands of meters in the air.
At this moment, looking around, the flames of the two territories had completely merged and become one.
The central Sacred Flame Platform, like a miniature sun, dispelled the gray fog that stretched for three or four kilometers.
However, the buildings in both territories are concentrated near the Sacred Flame Platform, occupying only a small portion of the area illuminated by the fire.
Outside the city walls lay vast stretches of uncultivated wasteland, interspersed with logged black forests, small mounds of earth, and piles of rubble.
As Shen Xing observed, he analyzed, "Because the fires of the two territories are adjacent, the terrain has changed from a circle to an ellipse."
"If a wall were to be built to encompass two territories, it would be approximately seven kilometers long and three kilometers wide."
"Based on this calculation, the perimeter is approximately 16 kilometers, which means 1600 sections of wall would need to be built."
"Including the materials needed to upgrade the city wall from level 1 to level 5, the Soul Stone alone will cost 40 million."
He did the math for a moment and immediately felt more confident. "It's alright, it's equivalent to one-fifth of my Soul Stone reserves, acceptable."
After all, with more safe areas, more land can be cultivated and more crops can be planted.
With food, he can mass-produce troops on a larger scale and strive to become a super-large territory with tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people as soon as possible.
However, with such a large area and the need to build arrow towers, he certainly couldn't manage it all by himself.
But that's alright, I may not have many other things under my command, but I have plenty of heroes.
So he summoned heroes like Hellscream, Leina, and Gorehowl, as well as the foreman Monday, and assigned tasks to each of them.
"Okay, that's the situation."
"All heroes should first construct a level 1 wall around the perimeter of the fire, enclosing both territories."
"As for Monday, lead the orcs to level those mounds and clear the wasteland."
"Each person is responsible for one area. Let's get started."
The group exchanged glances, then nodded solemnly and said, "Yes, Lord!"
After saying that, they dispersed and began to take action.
The heroes came to the edge of the fire and began to build.
"Buzz... buzz..."
On the open land, the foundations of sections of city walls appeared.
In the blue light, these city walls began to rise rapidly and connect together.
Shen Xing himself, pushing his wheelchair, leisurely opened the building panel.
Wherever it went, sections of city walls rose from the ground.
I must say, this scene has a bit of a video game feel to it.
On the other side, Monday also led thousands of orcs, armed with shovels and hoes, to work in the open space.
They worked with great enthusiasm, filling in the gullies and clearing away the earthen slopes.
Even the stubborn tree stumps on the ground were dug out from deep within the earth by the combined efforts of several orcs.
At this moment, construction work was in full swing throughout the entire territory, creating a lively scene.
Meanwhile, on Blue Star World.
Countless people turned on their mobile phones, sat in front of the television, or stopped in front of the large screen in the shopping mall.
They stared intently at the image displayed on the screen, their fists clenching involuntarily.
Everyone knew that this would be a day that would be recorded in the history of Blue Star.