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Chapter 38: Reduction at the Bottom of the Rankings
Chapter 38: Reduction at the Bottom of the Rankings
"Resources are currently not a big issue. With a large number of basic buildings, we are more or less self-sufficient every day." Qin Muye looked at his resource panel. With the Goblins working and the demonic language ensuring combat power, many things had become much easier.
Ordinary Resources:
Food: Daily output of 11,425 units
Ore: Daily output of 3,500 units
Wood: Daily output of 3,500 units
Gold: Daily output of 35,000 units
Special Resources:
Gems: Daily output of 180 units
Crystals: Daily output of 180 units
Sulfur: Daily output of 180 units
Mercury: Daily output of 180 units
While it seems that food increases by over 11,000 units per day, it actually consumes around 10,000 units daily.
The Bloodthirsty Goblins consume 12 units per day, and the Demonic Goblins consume 9 units per day. Qin Muye, along with the Demonic Blood and Demonic Language, consume such a small amount that it's like a ripple in the pond.
It was precisely because he had exchanged a large number of basic resource building blueprints and expanded them all to LV3 that the food resource had a daily surplus of over a thousand units. Otherwise, relying solely on the food provided by the monster siege would not have lasted more than a few days.
Now, the most numerous buildings in his territory are farmlands.
As for gold and other ordinary resources, there weren't many to begin with, but thanks to the percentage boosts provided by the affiliated buildings of these resource buildings, such as water wheels and mills for farmlands, and lumberyards for logging camps, they could all produce a consistent 3,500 units daily.
For special resources, there was no way to increase the output. Each day, only 180 units could be produced. A level 3 special resource building can accommodate 30 units, and each unit produces 3 units per day. Since he had two of each, he could produce 180 units of special resources daily.
So, Qin Muye judged that his territory was steadily improving. As long as he endured, he didn't dare to think about standing out, but at least he would gradually grow stronger.
Standing out was something he shouldn't even consider. After all, the other Lords were too extraordinary, far beyond his reach. It was best to focus on his own life.
If the gap were smaller, Qin Muye would still have wanted to catch up, but after seeing the top ten speeds on the speed ranking of the monster siege event, he no longer had the desire to chase them.
The first place was still the True Dragon Emperor, with an average speed of 0.1 seconds per wave, 0.1 seconds for five waves, indicating that the monster siege was no challenge for him. Of course, the same applied to the top ten on the speed ranking.
It was only dangerous for them, the lower-ranking players.
After the fifth wave of the monster siege, his ranking had moved up to 164, the first place among the 1st-tier Champions. The next rank up was the 2nd-tier.
Don't be fooled by his high ranking; in reality, he was almost at the bottom. Out of the original 1,000 Lords, only 216 remained.
The fifth wave not only saw the elimination of the lower-ranked Lords but also some in the 100-200 range, which is why Qin Muye could advance so quickly.
Most of those eliminated were 2nd-tier and 1st-tier Champions.
If not for the Demonic Language, Qin Muye would have been eliminated in this fifth wave as well. Winning so easily was a stroke of luck.
"With a lot of gold left over and an afternoon to spare, should I promote the Demonic Goblins to 2nd-tier units?" Qin Muye pondered.
Yesterday, he used five items that increased his knowledge by 10 points for 24 hours while remodeling the Demonic Language. That 24-hour effect only disappeared at noon today. During this time, he not only studied magic and remodeled the Demonic Language but also spent most of his time researching Goblins and the Goblin Workshop.
He focused on three aspects: reducing costs, expanding scale, and upgrading tiers.
Apart from reducing costs, he made progress on the latter two.
He planned to turn the small workshop into a factory to increase the number of Goblins produced. Currently, it produces 100 Goblins per week, but he was ambitious and wanted to produce 1,000!
If it remained a small workshop, it couldn't support 2nd-tier Demonic Goblins.
That's why large Goblins can only come from a Goblin Factory, not a Goblin Workshop. Qin Muye used the Goblin Factory as a reference to expand and remodel the Demonic Goblin Workshop into a Demonic Goblin Factory.
As for the tier, he planned to advance the Demonic Goblins further. Besides the Elemental Resonance ability, he also intended to add an effect derived from the Death Curse.
This data was obtained from the Demonic Language and another Demonic Goblin that died from the Death Curse.
As for the potential issue of necrotic energy leakage, that was impossible. Qin Muye would balance the death force and elemental energies well.
The Elemental Resonance of the Demonic Goblins was based on the magic backlash effect of the Demonic Blood, reducing it to a level that wouldn't harm themselves while still providing a boost, combined with the Bloodlust technique to create Elemental Resonance.
Now, he needed to reduce the negative effects of necrotic energy leakage to a level that wouldn't harm the Demonic Goblins and then use the Death Curse technique to create a new skill.
"But if I do this, I'll need to modify the Elemental Resonance as well, otherwise, it will conflict."
Currently, Elemental Resonance only involves earth, water, fire, and wind elements, so he needed to separate them and form a new cycle instead of combining them with Bloodlust, to avoid conflicting with the new death force.
Although death force is theoretically an element, it belongs to a different system. Otherwise, there wouldn't be a distinction between Elemental Mages and Necromancers.
If Qin Muye had enough knowledge of the four elements, he could break them down into four new skills, similar to the death force.
Unfortunately, he didn't.
He had intended to exchange for a Mage Transition Certificate, but due to the need to develop his territory, he postponed it again. So, he would have to wait until the next monster siege to do so.
But first, he needed to exchange for the remaining basic building blueprints and then for the consumables that temporarily increase knowledge attributes.
He would also like to exchange for treasures, but unfortunately, they were all high-level treasures, starting at seven digits in points, and rare building blueprints started at five digits, not including the construction resources, making them even more precious.
Therefore, high-end items were out of the question; he couldn't afford them. So, focusing on basic construction was key.
"Unfortunately, the market's trading post is just a decoration." It's not just Qin Muye who is lacking; all the Lords are short of something, and they wouldn't put their good things up for sale on the trading post. The shop is better for that.
"Qin Muye pondered this matter carefully.
Yesterday, he used five items that increased his knowledge by 10 points for 24 hours while remodeling the Demonic Language. That 24-hour effect only disappeared at noon today. During this time, he not only studied magic and remodeled the Demonic Language but also spent most of his remaining time researching Goblins and the Goblin Workshop.
He focused on three aspects: reducing costs, expanding scale, and upgrading tiers.
Apart from reducing costs, he made progress on the latter two.
He planned to turn the small workshop into a factory to increase the number of Goblins produced. Currently, it produces 100 Goblins per week, but he was ambitious and wanted to produce 1,000!
If it remained a small workshop, it couldn't support 2nd-tier Demonic Goblins.
That's why large Goblins can only come from a Goblin Factory, not a Goblin Workshop. Qin Muye used the Goblin Factory as a reference to expand and remodel the Demonic Goblin Workshop into a Demonic Goblin Factory.
As for the tier, he planned to advance the Demonic Goblins further. Besides the Elemental Resonance ability, he also intended to add an effect derived from the Death Curse.
This data was obtained from the Demonic Language and another Demonic Goblin that died from the Death Curse.
As for the potential issue of necrotic energy leakage, that was impossible. Qin Muye would balance the death force and elemental energies well.
The Elemental Resonance of the Demonic Goblins was based on the magic backlash effect of the Demonic Blood, reducing it to a level that wouldn't harm themselves while still providing a boost, combined with the Bloodlust technique to create Elemental Resonance.
Now, he needed to reduce the negative effects of necrotic energy leakage to a level that wouldn't harm the Demonic Goblins and then use the Death Curse technique to create a new skill.
'But if I do this, I’ll need to modify the Elemental Resonance as well, otherwise, it will conflict.'
Currently, Elemental Resonance only involves earth, water, fire, and wind elements, so he needed to separate them and form a new cycle instead of combining them with Bloodlust, to avoid conflicting with the new death force.
Although death force is theoretically an element, it belongs to a different system. Otherwise, there wouldn't be a distinction between Elemental Mages and Necromancers.
If Qin Muye had enough knowledge of the four elements, he could break them down into four new skills, similar to the death force.
Unfortunately, he didn't.
He had intended to exchange for a Mage Transition Certificate, but due to the need to develop his territory, he postponed it again. So, he would have to wait until the next monster siege to do so.
But first, he needed to exchange for the remaining basic building blueprints and then for the consumables that temporarily increase knowledge attributes.
He would also like to exchange for treasures, but unfortunately, they were all high-level treasures, starting at seven digits in points, and rare building blueprints started at five digits, not including the construction resources, making them even more precious.
Therefore, high-end items were out of the question; he couldn't afford them. So, focusing on basic construction was key.
'Unfortunately, the market’s trading post is just a decoration.' It's not just Qin Muye who is lacking; all the Lords are short of something, and they wouldn’t put their good things up for sale on the trading post. The shop is better for that.
(End of Chapter)"
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