"Is that Polia sorted?" Ye Yun asked Wang Chen, looking at the man with envy as the long sword at his feet, a gift from Ye Yun, shrank and slid into the scabbard behind him.
"Mostly. After I cleared the monsters around the Eye of the Underworld, I threw in the formation disk you gave me. Seeing as they could handle it, I came back." Wang Chen said. Smelling the alcohol in the air, he glanced at Ye Yun curiously before turning to leave.
"Why the rush to go back? Care for a drink?" Ye Yun said with a laugh, pulling a bottle of wine from his Spatial Ring.
"No, I still have to go back and help Xiao Tong with her homework," Wang Chen replied with a smile, declining the offer. Xiao Tong was now attending kindergarten at the new school on Mili Island, where the teachers were top-notch, and many were also family members of Dragon Palace members.
"Wait, what kind of homework does kindergarten have?" Ye Yun asked blankly.
"Handicraft. Today, we're making a butterfly clip... How about you help your goddaughter with her homework?" Wang Chen said with a hint of helplessness, his eyes filled with hope as he looked at Ye Yun.
Having followed Ye Yun for these past few months, he had grown accustomed to the life of fighting in the game world and the real world. Suddenly being asked to do handicrafts, especially something as difficult as a butterfly clip, felt like losing half his life!
"No! That's something you, as her biological father, should handle. You go ahead and be busy, I'll check things out in the game," Ye Yun said, flying off immediately.
"I knew it. Damn it, looks like I really need to find a stepmother for Xiao Tong. I wonder if Teacher Xiao Yuan would be willing," Wang Chen muttered, leaping from the dojo before quietly landing on the rooftop of the Dragon Palace building.
Teacher Xiao Yuan? Holy cow, he truly lived up to the saying of being the neighborhood's "Wang." He didn't go for the grass next door; he was only interested in the grass next door?
Ye Yun held his breath and retracted his divine sense.
I'm already in my twenties, why don't I try dating? But who would I find?
After the ordeal with Mu Yun, Ye Yun had developed a phobia of relationships. However, thinking about it, the image of a back figure in a shirt and pencil skirt suddenly flashed through his mind.
Ye Yun shook his head, dismissing the somewhat unrealistic thoughts, and then plunged into the game.
Fengle City had now become the fourth largest main city in Hua Yi Country, but its population far exceeded the combined total of the other three main cities by over ten times! The reasons for this disparity, apart from the state's vigorous promotion, were that players in other main cities could only enter after reaching level 30, while players in Fengle City could enter directly upon leaving the新手村 (novice village) at level 10!
A main city accessible at level 10 was incredibly appealing to players who had just managed to leave their novice villages!
The Qitian Tower, located within the City Lord's mansion, made Ye Yun, despite his current achievements, unable to help but feel a surge of pride seeing the scale of Fengle City.
Its permanent population was 13 million, with an average of 16 million players online per hour. Apart from the basic three square kilometers designated for monsters, the remaining 797 square kilometers were all administrative areas!
Of the 13 million permanent residents, Dragon Palace accounted for 100,000 people, and the military, police, and fire departments numbered five million! Administrative personnel from various regions totaled two million, with the rest being ordinary players or various social groups who had passed the verification process. This number was still increasing by tens of thousands daily.
If this were the real world, it would be a top-tier city! And for Ye Yun, this translated into daily dividends of hundreds of millions of gold coins. Combined with the gains from the secret realms, Ye Yun could earn at least two billion daily without lifting a finger, and if he included the income from the New Mortal Continent...
Ye Yun dared not even imagine.
After his rebirth, he had only intended to gain enough ability to protect himself before the arrival of the alien races. If possible, he also wanted to protect those who had taken care of him in his previous life. Unexpectedly, he had inadvertently caused significant changes to the course of history.
"System prompt: The integration of the Heavenly Dao Starfield map is in countdown mode, 72h remaining. System hidden quest 'Divine City Evolution 1' has been activated. Players are requested to prepare for the map integration. Remark: The 'Divine City Evolution' quest is a follow-up to the 'Divine City Revival' quest. Players are advised to treat it with extreme caution!"
"Here it comes. This is practically trying to kill me!"
Divine City Evolution 1 - Starfield Map Integration. Alien players are bound to seize the main cities of human players. Players are urged to defend Fengle City and prevent excessive damage to the city by alien players.
Quest Completion Rewards:
1. If the city's intactness is above 80%, Fengle City will evolve into a Star-class city, its area increasing by 50%, and permanent residents will gain +50 attribute points.
2. If the city's intactness is above 90%, Fengle City will evolve into a Star-class city, its area increasing by 100%, and permanent residents will gain +100 attribute points.
3. If the city's intactness is 100%, Fengle City will evolve into a Star-class city, its area increasing by 200%, permanent residents will gain +500 attribute points, and all players within the city's jurisdiction will receive 7 days of double experience.
4. Conquer and occupy territory. For every alien starfield main city destroyed by a player, Fengle City will gain one evolution count, 10 billion gold, and permanent residents will gain +10,000 attribute points.
The four rewards were crystal clear and understandable.
"How much do they look down on me! Three of the rewards require me to turtle and get beaten. I can't guarantee the other main cities, but my own main city, hehe, it *must* be 100%!"
Ye Yun indignantly clicked on the city defense construction interface of the Qitian Tower.
100 Arrow Towers!
100 Electric Towers!
Consuming 300 million gold from Fengle City's treasury!
Then began the frenzied upgrades!
After accumulating wealth for half a year, Fengle City's treasury now held over six hundred billion gold coins, enough for Ye Yun to build.
Of course, this improvement was only for city defense. The most crucial aspect still relied on everyone in Dragon Palace. The auxiliary members of Dragon Palace alone now had added attribute points starting from a million, while the four thousand official members had already accumulated added attribute points in the hundreds of billions!
However, Ye Yun did not intend to use these four thousand people to defend the city!
"System prompt: Congratulations to the player for consuming 115.2 billion gold coins to upgrade Fengle City's walls to level 12. Current durability: 1 billion, impact resistance: 1.02 million, wall height: 120 meters."
"System prompt: Congratulations for consuming 204.6 billion gold coins to upgrade 100 Arrow Towers to level 12."
"System prompt: Congratulations for consuming 204.6 billion gold coins to upgrade 100 Electric Towers to level 12."
The walls, originally 60 meters high, abruptly rose to 120 meters. Ten-meter-high arrow towers appeared on the walls, and next to each arrow tower was a pyramid-like structure, but it was filled with countless electric arcs.
Arrow Tower - Level 12
Durability: 1.2 million
Attack Power (Physical): 2.08 million
Attack Speed: 0.7s
Attack Range: 1200 meters
Attribute: Alert - Warns the city when enemies enter within twelve kilometers of the main city.
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Electric Tower - Level 12
Durability: 1.2 million
Attack Power (Magic): 2.08 million
Attack Speed: 0.7s
Attack Range: 1200 meters
Attribute: Paralysis - Enemies attacked will enter a 3-second paralysis state, recovering after three seconds.
But, could Ye Yun be satisfied? Naturally, he was satisfied. If not, what could he do? Over five hundred billion of the six hundred billion had been spent, and the remainder was insufficient to upgrade the city walls further.
Through the Qitian Tower, Ye Yun took out several hundred formation disks of various shapes and colors from his inventory and unhesitatingly tossed them about a hundred meters away from the city walls.
The biggest difference between Fengle City and other main cities was that it had only one city gate, through which players could venture out to the monster-infested area of only a few square kilometers to hunt.
"Fengle City Announcement: City Lord 'Jieming' has accepted the Starfield Map Integration quest and is now issuing contribution quests to all players in the city..."