The Hurricane Tower proved its worth in the first wave of defense today.

To Su Bai's surprise, its strongest attribute was not damage, but the inconspicuous 'attraction' attribute.

Even a small whirlwind can affect units within five meters.

It greatly reduces the monster's movement speed.

If you get too close, you'll be sucked directly into the vortex.

The combined hurricane can cover an area with a diameter of six meters, and the enhanced suction effect can reach a range of ten meters!

Within ten meters, any monster will be sucked into the hurricane and instantly torn to shreds!

It was worth the high price he paid for those three excellent blueprints.

This synthesis and modification was absolutely worth it!

And after this wave...

The Fire Demon Tower, which wasn't far behind in level to begin with, finally reached level 20.

The blueprints for a high-quality defense tower now cost an average of three gold coins each.

The better ones can be sold for hardware.

If he waited another week, the blueprints for the Fine Tower might drop in price by more than ten times, but he couldn't wait that long.

With two rare towers, he would have a better chance of winning against that siege.

"I'm a little short on money."

Su Bai glanced at his backpack.

After spending lavishly, he had almost spent all the money he had earned. He still had 12 gold in his backpack, and there were more than 20 gold in the territory's accounts to keep it running and pay the workers' wages.

But that money cannot be touched.

Think about it carefully.

His current funding comes almost entirely from the output of the Lost City.

Or rather,

They benefited from the opening of global shops.

No other trading platform can match the sheer volume and exposure of World Shops, which has led to many items sold on it being priced far beyond their actual value.

Besides that.

It seems that there isn't a single industry in his territory that can generate revenue...

Not only did it not work, but it was like a gold-devouring beast that never gets full. The large amount of gold coins it threw in were completely devoured without even skipping a step.

It's only been a few days.

His various investments in developing his territory totaled approximately five million.

Fortunately, he has already made contact with Shen Wansan, and once the auction opens tomorrow, a large sum of money will immediately flow into his account.

The energy supply will continue to grow.

The intelligence bonus from Liu Er's side is about ten gold coins a day.

With the addition of the World Shops, these three sources of income will allow his territory to maintain rapid development for at least a period of time.

"Developing territory can't rely on me constantly spending my own money, but making money from territory is also difficult in the early stages..."

"The optimal solution is still to sustain the war through war."

Su Bai suddenly realized.

Lack of resources?

Go ahead and rob it.

The lord route is not designed for players who want to experience farming.

It's important to understand that in this game, the biggest enemy of a lord player is not other players, but the local forces.

They have been based and developed here for over a thousand years.

In terms of power, they are stronger than the players.

In terms of technology, it's more advanced than the gamers.

In terms of industry, it has a more complete range of players.

They can wipe out the player without even sending troops.

A direct dumping of industry assets could bankrupt countless lord players.

Relying solely on farming,

When will we be able to catch up with them?

The system didn't even dare to deploy these players on land, lest their development be wiped out by nearby local forces...

At that moment, Su Bai suddenly understood the system's true purpose.

It's raising poisonous insects.

Only by cultivating the strongest and most ferocious 'Gu King' among this group of players can they be qualified to contend with the local forces.

Trying to develop peacefully is going against the will of the system.

How to rise to prominence?

The facts and experience have also proven this to Su Bai.

He seized several territories from the Azure Dragon Society. Not counting the most valuable village-building tokens, the materials he plundered alone were equivalent to several days' worth of income from gathering resources in his own territory.

This is blatantly encouraging players to start wars!

"Azure Dragon Society, Nine Luminaries Star Palace, I now have many targets to choose from for attack..."

"Or should we expand eastward?"

Su Bai pondered for a moment.

The eastern part of Fallen Dragon Island is essentially a dead zone due to the leakage of death energy from the Dragon Tomb, making it difficult for living things to survive.

However, this also gave rise to a large number of precious resources.

For example, magic crystal ore.

Magic crystals are energy crystals. Currently, a single energy crystal is quite valuable on the market. If you can mine a mine, it's equivalent to finding a gold mine.

There will be no need to worry about funding for developing the territory.

Just as he was struggling with this decision.

suddenly.

The system issued a notification.

[Hint: An unfamiliar caravan has arrived in Daoxiang Village. Please contact them as soon as possible. Your attitude will greatly influence the subsequent development of this event!]

...

An unfamiliar caravan?

Su Bai was slightly taken aback.

The fact that the system would give such a prompt undoubtedly indicates that the other party is not a player faction.

In the north, besides the Blackwater tribe, which other force could afford to organize a caravan?

immediately.

He rode the giant wolf of the grassland back to Daoxiang Village.

The journey between the two places takes no more than ten minutes at the speed of the giant wolves of the grasslands.

As he approached the village, he suddenly paused, dismounted from the wolf, and waved for it to disappear. The Blackwater caravan might be here to track down the lost group, and he couldn't let them find out that he was involved with the wolf pack that was the culprit.

It is located near Daoxiang Village.

He then saw seven or eight enormous beasts, covered in scales and resembling giant lizards, lying outside the village.

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