The Great Wall of Ten Thousand Li
There are F-grade wooden fences, E-grade stone walls, D-grade arrow towers, C-grade fortresses, B-grade strongholds, A-grade passes, and S-grade fortified passes. Prices range from a few Soul Power to hundreds of thousands of Soul Power.
Su Mu didn't choose the expensive ones.
He immediately flipped to the cheapest F-level and E-level building cards.
[Name: Rammed Earth City Wall]
[Rank: F]
[Level: 1]
[Effect: Each section of the city wall is one li long, two zhang high, and one zhang thick. Its defensive strength is relatively low, but it can be easily repaired after being damaged. Repair speed is high.]
[Price: 10 Soul Power]
Su Mu glanced at it, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly.
He continued flipping through the pages.
[Name: Simple Platform]
[Rank: F]
[Level: 1]
[Effect: A high platform that can accommodate ten people. Provides excellent visibility and can be used to observe the surrounding area.]
[Price: 10 Soul Power]
Su Mu rummaged through the items again and found two more.
[Name: Heavy Infantry Class]
[Rank: D]
[Level: 1]
[Effect: Converts 10,000 ordinary soldiers into heavy infantry each year. Heavy infantry have higher defense but slower movement speed.]
[Price: 50,000 Soul Power]
[Name: Crossbowman Class]
[Rank: D]
[Level: 1]
[Effect: Can convert 10,000 ordinary soldiers into crossbowmen each year. Crossbowmen have a longer range and stronger penetration, but a slower reload speed.]
[Price: 50,000 Soul Power]
Su Mu glanced at his Soul Power pool.
One million.
He placed the order immediately.
Eighty thousand sections of rammed earth city wall were purchased.
Consumes 800,000 Soul Power.
Purchase 10,000 simple elevated platforms.
Consumes 100,000 Soul Power.
Heavy Infantry class, purchase once. Costs 50,000 Soul Power.
Crossbowman class, purchase once. Costs 50,000 Soul Power.
Totaling 990,000 Soul Power.
Su Mu stood high in the sky, overlooking the entire territory.
A thought struck him, and he began to make arrangements.
First, a winding line was drawn from beginning to end along the border where the territory meets the grassland.
This line spans over 80,000 li from east to west, starting from the grasslands in the north, reaching the mountains in the south, bordering a major river in the west, and connecting to dense forests in the east.
Then, he laid out the 80,000 sections of rammed earth city wall, one by one, along this line.
Each section of the city wall is one li long, so 80,000 sections would be 80,000 li.
The Great Wall, completely encircles the northern, eastern, and western borders of the entire territory. It has completely covered every inch of the border, sealing it off entirely.
Next, he placed 10,000 simple elevated platforms, one every five li, evenly distributed along the Great Wall.
Finally, he embedded the Heavy Infantry and Crossbowman class cards into his territory.
After doing all this, Su Mu looked at the rammed earth wall winding along the border and remained silent for a few seconds.
Then he spoke.
"This city is called the Great Wall of Ten Thousand Li."
The moment the words left his mouth, the entire city wall trembled violently.
The originally gray rammed earth surface suddenly revealed fine runes.
The runes spread along the city wall, weaving into a net on every section, radiating a dark golden light. The height of the city wall increased from two zhang to five zhang, and its thickness increased from one zhang to three zhang. Crescents, arrow slits, horse paths, and hidden doors embedded in the wall appeared out of thin air on the wall surface.
Eighty thousand sections of F-grade rammed earth wall were raised the moment the concept of the "Great Wall of Ten Thousand Li" was finalized.
Su Mu looked at the control panel.
[Name: The Great Wall of Ten Thousand Li]
[Rank: S]
[Level: 1]
Total length: 800 li
[Effects: Automatic Repair (repairs itself at a rate of 1% per hour after being damaged), Garrison Boost (all attributes of friendly units stationed on the Great Wall are increased by 20%), Shared Vision (all units on the Great Wall share vision, allowing real-time transmission of enemy information).]
S-level.
Eighty thousand sections of F-grade city wall, when combined, would normally barely reach C-grade. But the name "Great Wall of Ten Thousand Li" directly elevates them to S-grade.
Su Mu did not stop.
He looked at the ten thousand makeshift platforms.
This platform is called the Beacon Tower.
As soon as the words were spoken, all ten thousand high platforms changed simultaneously. Blue stone patterns appeared on the originally simple earthen platforms, and stone watchtowers rose from the tops of the platforms, with eerie blue beacon fires burning on their peaks. An invisible chain of light connected each beacon tower, forming an early warning network covering the entire Great Wall.
Su Mu looked at the control panel.
[Name: Beacon Tower]
[Grade: A]
[Level: 1]
[Quantity: 10,000]
[Effects: Beacon Fire Warning (automatically ignites a beacon upon detecting enemy activity, with adjacent beacon towers responding in a chain reaction, providing extremely fast warning information transmission), Increased Vision (the beacon tower's field of vision is expanded to ten miles), Garrison Point (each beacon tower can accommodate fifty garrison troops).]
Grade A.
Ten thousand F-level simple high platforms, anchored by the name "Beacon Tower," jumped directly to A-level.
Su Mu glanced at his remaining Soul Power: zero.
Without any hesitation, he clicked "Confirm Complete".
The moment the completion was confirmed, the entire territory seemed to freeze for a second.
Then, the world began to move.
Within the territory, one hundred million residents simultaneously looked up and saw the Great Wall stretching for eight hundred miles on the horizon.
Smoke continued to rise from the chimneys, caravans continued their journey, farmers continued to work in the fields, and blacksmiths continued to forge iron. Everything was as usual, yet everything was different.
At the border of the territory, a million-strong standing army began to be reorganized according to the functions of the professional cards.
One hundred thousand ordinary soldiers were selected to receive training as heavy infantry. Another one hundred thousand were incorporated into the crossbowmen unit. The remaining eight hundred thousand continued to maintain their original organization.
Deep in the grasslands, in the camps of three nomadic tribes, countless wildebeest neighed and countless cavalrymen mounted their horses.
The first year passed peacefully.
The scouts of the nomadic tribes spotted the suddenly appearing Great Wall from afar. After reporting back, none of the three tribes took any rash action.
They haven't finished eating the food they looted last year, so there's no rush.
Within the territory, the first year of career transitions was successfully completed.
One hundred thousand heavily armored soldiers and one hundred thousand crossbowmen were officially formed.
They were deployed at beacon towers and passes along the Great Wall, and were integrated with the original garrison.
The following year, the Azure Wolf Tribe was the first to make a move.
Three thousand cavalrymen charged in from the northeast, their hooves thundering across the grassland, the dust they kicked up leaving a long, yellow trail under the gray sky.
They bypassed the Great Wall, destroyed a section of Great Wall, and crawled inside.