Chapter 145: Ghost Tower Bridge
As Luna began annexing the upper city, Gu Xi noticed the necromantic energy flowing from his position along the newly conquered bridge towards the upper city.
As the necromantic energy surged, the numerous eerie energy beads on the bridge quickly transformed before Gu Xi's eyes into negative energy crystals.
At the same time, the decoration style of the bridge began to change, with skull statues appearing on the bridge deck.
Initially, the transformation was slow, but as Gu Xi's necromantic army returned from the upper city, the speed of transformation increased rapidly.
Standing at the bridge, Gu Xi watched his returning undead army with a hint of a smile in his eyes.
"Clean the battlefield. All eerie energy... no, all negative energy soldiers can keep one-tenth, the combat squads keep one-tenth, and the rest must be handed over to me."
Upon hearing this, the undead soldiers immediately turned from combat troops into laborers.
They were already quite familiar with this kind of transformation and saw nothing wrong with picking up items and tidying up the battlefield.
At this point, Gu Xi took a few steps forward.
The bridge in front of him was different from ordinary bridges. In the middle of the bridge stood a square defensive tower.
This part was somewhat similar to the boundary tower Gu Xi had previously conquered but was clearly smaller.
The strongest eerie shadow leader had stood at the top of the defensive tower before jumping down after being attacked by Gu Xi.
When Gu Xi charged the eerie shadow's ranks, he also fought near the defensive tower.
However, there were no arrangements in the defensive tower, and even the door of the tower was open, allowing a clear view of the interior.
After the eerie shadow leader was killed and Gu Xi's men had all gone to the upper city, he did not rush to explore the inside of the defensive tower.
Now that his troops had returned, Gu Xi was interested in the defensive tower. He lifted his cold wind staff and walked towards the tower.
[You are approaching the now-unmanned bridge. Do you choose to occupy or abandon the bridge?]
Seeing the prompt in front of him, Gu Xi was not surprised. He had seen the prompt to take the bridge after killing all the eerie shadows on the bridge.
However, Gu Xi was puzzled at the time as to why there was no option to destroy it in this prompt.
After considering it carefully on the bridge, Gu Xi realized that while other places could be destroyed, this bridge couldn't.
If this bridge were destroyed, the connection between Aridowei and the upper city would be cut off, and Gu Xi would have to spend effort rebuilding it.
With the undead retreating, Gu Xi no longer had the desire to wait. After directing the undead to tidy up, he focused on a few undead leaders.
"Occupy, arrange the combat squad... huh?"
Gu Xi was planning to send a combat squad into the defensive tower to use it as a base.
Unexpectedly, there was a problem at this step.
According to the information, the bridge could be converted into a base after being taken, so why was this prompt appearing?
[Please choose the future function of the bridge: Training Camp, Treasure Vault, Prison, Ordinary Bridge!]
What's going on?
Wasn't it supposed to be a garrison base?
Two border defensive stations, two bases—Gu Xi had already planned the places when he came.
A battalion of skeleton soldiers with spears and a battalion of skeleton archers.
But now, this bridge couldn't be converted into a garrison base.
This left Gu Xi quite bewildered.
After recovering from the surprise, Gu Xi could only accept it. He couldn't possibly abandon this bridge, so he had to choose from what was offered.
He quickly examined the four options.
Of the four options, an ordinary bridge was definitely out of the question. He hadn't fought so hard to occupy this place just to leave an ordinary bridge behind.
So, as long as he had a bit of sense, he wouldn't make such a choice.
Among the remaining three options, Gu Xi found the prison option the hardest to understand.
Did this mean imprisoning people on the bridge?
But where would they be held?
No, Gu Xi shook his head. Why was he even considering this? He didn't have anyone to imprison.
So, he immediately ruled out the prison option.
The training camp and treasure vault were more reasonable choices.
Since there were no other hints, Gu Xi couldn't determine what kind of training camp was being offered.
But considering the situation in Aridowei city for so long, the hint was likely not for some strange training camp, but more likely for a necromantic training camp.
Most importantly, this was a large plot of land. Using it as a training camp rather than a treasure vault wouldn't be a waste.
With this thought, Gu Xi made up his mind.
He didn't need a treasure vault as he had nothing to store, but a training camp was essential; he couldn't waste such a large plot of land.
"Choose the training camp option."
As Gu Xi's voice fell, the bridge began to shake again, and he noticed that the exterior of the central defensive tower on the bridge started to change.
The necromantic decorations that had just been placed were removed, and windows appeared on the originally solid defensive tower.
At each window, dark silhouettes looked out.
This eerie scene startled Gu Xi.
However, upon closer inspection, he realized that these weren't silhouettes of people but unfinished statues. It was unclear who had placed these statues in the windows.
As the statues appeared, Gu Xi noticed stone statues squatting on the bridge's railings.
These statues looked like demons, with fangs, horns, bat wings, and long tails.
This reminded Gu Xi of a unit he had learned about at the academy.
Gargoyles?
Sure enough, the conversion completion prompt sounded in the next moment.
[Conversion complete. The bridge has been converted into Ghost Tower Bridge! City experience +3!]
[Building Name: Ghost Tower Bridge
Level: Level 1
Trainable Units:
Gargoyle (Level 3), automatically trains 15 gargoyles per week, each costing 20 points of negative energy]
[Gargoyle (Level 3, Summoned Unit): Experience (0/500) Attack 6 (Stone Claws), Defense 4 (Stone Skin), Health 16, Skills: Lifeless Unit, Flying Creature, High-Speed Movement.]