Players have all the reins in deciding where to build their territories. The system wouldn't bat an eye if one wanted to build their territory near the cliff, on the nest of the monsters, inside a cave, in the middle of a river, or on top of a tree. There are no restrictions except for the fact that one needs to accumulate the necessary materials before their territory can be established.
If she had remembered it right, For a level 0 simple thatched cottage, a player would need 15 units of wood, 20 units of leaves, and 5 units of vines or straws.
But the territory crystal in her hand, half the size of her fist and resembling a diamond, was a special territory crystal. She reckoned the material needed would be different. "Establish territory." Her lips parted and she released a string of words.
The crystal in her shone with different spectrals of light for one second before it dimmed.
[System Notification: Failed!
°The special territory is unable to be built due to insufficient materials.
° The player needed to collect the following: 30 units of wood, 20 units of lime stone, and 10 metal blocks.]
Li Chunhua was taken aback. "Stone and metal blocks for a broken and leaking cottage? That's quite costly, or maybe this special territory crystal had a different starting point than the ordinary territory crystal? Then, if it's not a cottage, could it be a stone house or something else?" Whatever it is, she was excited.
However, she had a problem. Metal blocks are something only produced in a mine and quarry, a territory building, or dropped from killing high-level monsters that have metal attributes. How is she going to acquire the metal blocks?
Hold on! She had white-quality rusted daggers, which she could try if they passed as metal blocks. A block weighs 1kg. She needed precisely 10kg of metal to satisfy one of the territory requirements.
The system had the function of decomposing items and fusing materials. It was worth a try.
She took one white-quality rusted dagger, and the slot storing the daggers became 378.
Killing all those rabid monsters had given her hundreds of daggers, which she initially thought would be useless.
"Decompose," she ordered, and an option box appeared before her.
[System Notification: Do you wish to decompose a white-quality rusted dagger?
° Material will be obtained: 100g metal ingot.]
Li Chunhua was relieved and agreed.
[System Notification:
° You've got a 100g metal ingot.]
She quickly took out 99 more rusted daggers.
If other were to see this scene, she would be cursed as a wastrel. That's an equipment!
[System Notification:
°Do you wish to decompose a white-quality rusted dagger?
° Materials will be obtained: 100g metal ingot]
[System Notification:
° You've got a 100g metal ingot.]
[System Notification:
°You've got a 100g...]
Not long after, there was a pile of metal ingots the size of three pills combined beside her feet. With enough material, she started fusing the metal ingots into the metal block required by the system.
[System Notification:
° Do you wish to fuse the ten metal ingots to obtain one metal block? ]
[You've got a metal block +1]
[You've got a metal block +1]
[You've got a metal block...]
Li Chunhua stored the 10 metal blocks in her inventory in a happy mood. With one material solved, she only needed to focus on the other two. Wood can be easily obtained. There are so many trees on the Newbie Mountains and after eliminating those rabbits, she had thousands of beginner wood in her inventory.
The lime stone, on the other hand, was a little tricky.
Where can she get lime stones?
"I'll see if the trade market has it." Li Chunhua murmured and leaned comfortably against a tree.
Not far from her, Xun Mingsheng was ordering his subordinates to conduct a carpet search on Newbie Mountain No. 37. He wanted to see who was this anonymous player that stole his consecutive opportunities.
He already took care of Long Haoran, the hot potato, by sending thugs to the protagonist before the global game whisked them away here. The protagonist should be dead by now or crippled, turn to white light, or become part of the nutrients of this world where he should belong.
"What did they say?" Xun Mingsheng asked while wiping the blood off his rusted dagger.
"Boss, they said they're not Anonymous Player. What do we do with them?" A middle-aged man answered respectfully.
Xun Mingsheng raised his head and gave the middle-aged man a daggered glare.
The middle-aged man stiffened and said, "Pardon my mouth. I will silence them right away."
There were screams and bursts of white lights nearby.
"Meiying, how's the auction going?" Xun Mingsheng asked the woman behind him, who was currently fiddling with her interface.
"It's going well. The other teams are raising their bids like hungry wolves. It looks like they didn't know about the contents of the system upgrade an hour later." Meiying reported and smiled coquettishly at him.
"What is the highest bid now?"
"Eighty nine units of wood, 20 kilograms of food," Meiying enumerated.
Xun Mingsheng nodded, quite satisfied with the outcome. Getting such an exchange for white-quality equipment that will soon be obsolete was a good price. "How many have you sold? And how many are left?"
"So far, there are four of them sold to the teams, and I still have five in my possession, enough to establish our territory."
Xun Mingsheng noticed the middle-aged man coming with equipment in his hand, drops from players he killed, and his lips curving into a sinister smile. "Another batch of equipment is coming."
Meiying smiled, mimicking the one on Xun Mingsheng. However, her smile didn't last long because she was bombarded by messages asking for refunds. Meiying frowned as the messages increased with each passing second.
Desert Gladiator (Empire of Sands): Black Corps, you fucking greedy bastards! I want my items back!
Peony (Sakura Team): Sister, our leader is requesting to cancel the exchange. Otherwise, the leader will declare war on your team.
Bean Bean Bean (Forestry): Miss, we are people of the same race. Did your conscience got eaten by dogs?
Meiying was confused and replied to their messages.
Desert Gladiator (Empire of Sands): Don't play dumb with me! You bloody leeches, second-hand sellers! The Empire of Sands won't transact with you again.
Peony (Sakura Team): Sister, if you want to take advantage of people, don't target the Sakura team. We hold grudges. The leader wants the items back. Of course, we'll send the cheap equipment to you.
Bean Bean Bean (Forestry): Miss, I just want the items back. I'll wait for ten minutes.
Meiying wasn't able to get a clear answer from them and decided to check the global chat.
Director Nuo: I have a new favorite brother now, and it's little Brother Baozi! Thank you, Brother Baozi, for the equipment!
Desert Haze (Empire of Sands): Lad Baozi, the Empire of Sands is indebted to you. If you ever need something from us in the future, just send me a message.
Peach Blossom: (Sakura Team): The Sakura Team is also expressing our gratitude for Baozi.
Beef Noodle: Brother Baozi had so much integrity, unlike a certain black merchant team. I hope you cough out all the items you swallowed!
Meiying had an ominous premonition and searched the pseudonym Baozi everyone was mentioning on the trade market.
The page refreshed, and she nearly fainted.
[Baozi: I'll trade random white quality equipment for every one unit of lime stone, and one Happy Fat Water! ]
Meiying called out to Xun Mingsheng anxiously, "Leader, we have a situation!"
(A/N: Our Little Baozi is cute. Little Baozi is asking for your help. Little Baozi had apply for a contract and the story is under screening. Your votes, review, and comments will increase the chances!
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