Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

During these three days, Su Bai harassed the Nine Luminaries Star Palace several times a day to deplete their military strength, and also took advantage of the situation to conquer seven of their territories.

However, he mainly eliminated territories located on the periphery of the Nine Luminaries Star Palace's influence.

The defense was rather lax.

After all, every time he showed up, the Nine Luminaries Palace was mainly afraid that he would launch a surprise attack on their territory and strike directly at their lair.

Therefore, most of the troops were stationed in the core area for a long time.

They couldn't care less about what was outside.

It won't be easy to gain more territory, as the remaining lands are mostly located within the heartland of the Nine Luminaries Palace.

The moment he appears, the enemy can quickly mobilize a large number of troops.

He has too many treasures.

Su Bai didn't really want to fight them to the death.

What surprised him was that Liu Yao seemed determined to be a coward, refusing to send troops forward no matter how much he provoked him.

This left him at a loss for what to do.

The good news is that his own recruitment force is also expanding rapidly, and the second batch of more than two hundred bronze warriors has completed their training and officially joined the defense work.

More than 800 people have already been recruited to be used as cannon fodder.

Even if he doesn't take action.

We can now face off against the forces of the two major gangs head-on.

Moreover, he has a technological advantage; the Nine Luminaries Palace has already developed cannons, and he has now begun researching them as well.

In addition, he also did not miss the three-day exploration of the Lost City.

It was just bad luck.

I couldn't stay for very long each time I went in.

Su Bai was just casually looking after Yousefka and Merlin, searching for valuables, and racking up some Frenzied Points.

Over the past few days, he has accumulated quite a few points.

I've almost got enough to replace a piece of the outfit.

...

Thick, colorful smoke rose above the forest, casting unnatural rainbows across the azure sky. The roar of the factory startled birds and animals that roosted in the woods into flight.

Environmental pollution.

An inevitable stage in the path of industrial development.

Although the world's primary energy source is not oil.

It is magical energy.

But in reality...

The pollution caused by magical energy is more serious than industrial pollution.

Magic energy is extracted from raw crystal ore containing energy, but most of these energy crystals still contain various mixed and disordered elemental forces.

These disordered elemental energies cannot be utilized.

Or rather,

It can be used, but the cost of purification is very high, even exceeding the value it can create.

Therefore, from a developmental perspective, the best solution is direct emission.

Save money.

However, uncontrolled emissions will inevitably cause magical energy pollution.

Don't underestimate this kind of pollution. If we're talking about typical examples of magical energy pollution, there's one right now.

Eastern part of Fallen Dragon Island.

Death energy is a type of elemental energy that is harmful to living organisms.

The death energy leaked from the Dragon Tomb, polluting the eastern part of Fallen Dragon Island, is essentially a form of magical energy pollution.

There was no smoke or dust.

There was no dust.

Being in that area shrouded in colorful smoke naturally made one feel somewhat suffocated, and even caused a stinging sensation on the skin.

"This can't go on."

Su Bai frowned as he watched the workers coming and going in the factory.

The territory's productivity has indeed seen a qualitative leap.

As long as there are enough raw materials, a sawmill can process more than 20,000 units of planks every day, enough to supply all the lords and players on the entire Fallen Dragon Island.

Fine iron and copper ingots can be mass-produced as long as there are raw materials available.

And equipment.

The standard equipment needed for more than two hundred bronze warriors was made in just one day.

It's no exaggeration to say that...

Regarding the processing efficiency of advanced materials.

The territory of Baidi Town alone is equivalent to the total output value of hundreds of lord players on the entire Fallen Dragon Island.

Moreover, he now has as many as fifteen subordinate territories, all of which are developing into industrial bases!

However, the resulting pollution problems cannot be ignored.

Prolonged exposure to magical energy pollution can cause various fatal diseases affecting bodily functions, but that's secondary.

In severe cases, mutations may even occur.

Turn into a terrifying monster.

The past of the Lost City seemed to foreshadow the future of his territory, and Su Bai certainly couldn't ignore this situation.

He immediately returned to the war palace.

As soon as I entered, several public officials, some familiar and some unfamiliar, surrounded me.

"My lord, this is yesterday's financial report. Please take a look."

"My lord, there's a large-scale materials purchase contract that requires your signature; it's the log transaction I mentioned to you last time..."

"My lord, the mining of the crystal ore is nearing its end, and we are about to face an energy shortage..."

"My lord..."

"Are the reserves of crushed crystal ore going to be depleted so quickly?" Su Bai took a few documents, looked them over, and asked in surprise.

That Tier 1 crystal mine has a total energy reserve of 100,000 units.

It's only been a few days.

Less than a week!

It's almost all gone! His initial budget was for at least a few months.

"Yes, my lord. Not only in Baidi Town, but the daily consumption of the other territories is also over 10,000 units. The reserves of crystal ore can only last for three days at most."

An administrator reported this to him.

"...I see."

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