As the sun sets and night falls,
The full moon hangs high in the sky, like a dim eye staring at the barren earth.
The seemingly solid barren land suddenly trembles, as if something is about to emerge from underground. With a rumbling sound, rocks and soil are rolled around, and a bleak white structure slowly rises from the ground.
It is a fortress built of stark white bones, exuding a terrifying aura.
[Friendly reminder: Dormancy mode has been deactivated.]
"Mmm..."
Amidst the system's prompt, Li Ziyu stretched lazily, sat up, and stretched his neck. The bone double bed he was lying on made a creaking sound as it reassembled into a bone chair that conformed to ergonomics.
As he woke up, the skeletal fortress and its undead inhabitants also awakened. A skeletal undead struggled to break free from the wall, bringing over a basin made of beast skulls.
Li Ziyu washed his face with the cold water, feeling refreshed. As he ate the fruits and meat brought by the undead, he opened the system page.
[Mobile Castle]
[Level]Level 1 (Area: 100 units)
[Building]Castle Main Building (Fortress)
[Race]Undead - Skeleton
[Attributes]Skeleton Architecture (some buildings can transform into skeletal undead during battles), Dormancy Mode (cities can submerge underground)
[Speed]30 km/h
Not much has changed.
While eating, Li Ziyu sighed inwardly.
Three days ago, he transmigrated to this world and became the lord of this undead mobile castle.
According to the system's prompts and his own understanding, he was not the only one who transmigrated to this world. It was a large-scale group transmigration, and he didn't know how many people came over, but everyone who transmigrated became lords of different racial mobile castles.
From the moment they became lords, their lives were bound to the mobile castle.
If the castle is destroyed, the lord's life ends with it. If the castle remains, the lord's life also continues, essentially a form of alternative immortality.
To survive, every lord must strive to develop their castle. This world is not as peaceful as the world before the transmigration. It's full of crises. Apart from the indigenous people, there are monsters and behemoths roaming the world, making it dangerous.
After digesting and summarizing the information on the first day of transmigration, Li Ziyu felt that being the lord of an undead castle was quite advantageous.
Compared to other races, the advantages of the undead race were quite obvious.
First is loyalty. All undead races have high initial loyalty. As long as the lord doesn't act foolishly, betrayal is unlikely, especially with his skeletal undead, whose loyalty is practically infinite, with no possibility of rebellion.
Secondly, there's consumption. Other races need a large amount of food to sustain themselves. Once food is scarce, loyalty drops rapidly, leading to grievances and rebellion. But skeletal undead don't eat anything, so this aspect is not a concern for him as the lord.
It can be said that in the entire skeletal undead fortress, the only one who might worry about food and go hungry is him as the lord.
The advantages are very obvious, but so are the disadvantages. The early combat power is weak... One can't expect a group of skeletons to have combat power surpassing dragons, orcs, angels, or demons.
According to his experience playing real-time strategy games in his previous life, the undead rely on numerical superiority to compensate for their lack of combat power. Unfortunately, the number of skeletons in the early stages is not large.
In other words, Lord Li Ziyu, who possesses a skeletal undead mobile castle, can't even think about attacking other mobile castles, let alone facing formidable beasts. He can only bully wild beasts.
A skeletal undead swayed to Li Ziyu's side, its eye sockets flickering with soul fire, conveying a message.
"The tracks of the desert wolves have been found ahead."
Desert wolves?
Li Ziyu, who was eating with his head down, paused, raised his head with joy in his eyes, and forcefully swallowed the piece of meat that hadn't been chewed yet.
Finally, encountered prey!
He was born in the wilderness, where resources are extremely scarce. Although the fortress has been moving since the transmigration, sightings of creatures have been rare, and the number of beasts hunted has been few.
No prey, no bones. This leads to a very slow increase in skeletal undead numbers. This is not a good thing!
Having played many real-time strategy games, Li Ziyu is very clear about the key to early advantages, which is to be fast step by step. If one is slow, they'll be slow step by step.
He doesn't believe that the transmigrators will get along well with each other. The crises they will face in the future will likely come from other transmigrators. He must ensure the speed of his own development.
If facing powerful monsters, Li Ziyu can only try to avoid them, but desert wolves, they are beasts, the size of dogs, a type that can be bullied.
"What are you waiting for? Full speed ahead, charge! Take down the desert wolves!"
The command was instantly transmitted to every corner of the castle main building. The mobile fortress came alive at this moment, entering a state of excitement.
The huge bone wheels rolled on the barren soil, making a clattering sound. The main building of the castle lit up with faint blue flames, which were the soul fires of skeletal undead. Their mouths opened and closed, filled with excitement. If they had vocal cords, the howls would be incessant.
The mobile fortress began to accelerate, reaching maximum speed!
Li Ziyu came to the window and saw the figures ahead in the moonlight. There were about a dozen creatures, sandy-yellow in color, with slender bodies like sausage hunting dogs.
Prey!
He wanted to rush over in an instant and kill all these dozen desert wolves, exchanging them for more skeletal undead. However, the speed of the mobile fortress, even at its maximum, is only 30 km/h, slower than a slow electric scooter.
The sound of bone wheels rubbing against the ground alerted the desert wolves. They looked suspiciously in the direction of the sound and quickly spotted the approaching mobile fortress.
"Don't run, don't run, don't run away!"
Watching from the window, Li Ziyu could see clearly. The desert wolves were tense, showing signs of wanting to flee, but he clenched his fists, murmuring continuously.
If the desert wolves ran away, it would be very difficult to chase after them. Regardless of their appearance, they were still wolves, faster than his mobile fortress!
The mobile fortress got closer and closer, and the desert wolves became more alert. Their bodies tensed, their fur bristled, they bared their teeth, and growled from their throats, seemingly trying to scare off the fortress.
To Li Ziyu's delight, although the desert wolves were nervous, they didn't turn and run.
"That's right, that's it, a little closer!"
Just as he was feeling joyful, a sudden change occurred.
The largest of the wolves suddenly howled to the sky, emitting an excited wolf howl, and led the pack in charging towards the mobile fortress.
What's with this rhythm?
Watching the wolves charge actively, Li Ziyu was a bit bewildered.
It's good that you're not running away, but why are you coming towards me actively? Happiness comes too suddenly!
What else is there to think about? Full army attack!
Li Ziyu waved his hand, giving the order to attack.