The group spoke briefly, but their words implied that dealing with the Blackwater Tribe would not be an easy task.

However, this was not the case according to Su Bai's prior knowledge.

The Blackwater tribe is indeed very strong.

But as mentioned earlier, their combat units are not as easily replenished as those of the players. Even if they were to trade dozens of units for one with the Azure Dragon Society, they still couldn't afford the losses.

The Azure Dragon Society's regular recruitment units can be replenished almost indefinitely.

The players are fearless and undaunted.

The previous battle.

The Azure Dragon Society had already pushed back several kilometers along their original battlefront.

Judging from this battle report, the battle between the Azure Dragon Society and the Blackwater Tribe was not as difficult as they claimed.

This intention is undoubtedly obvious.

"No problem."

Su Bai nodded with a normal expression.

"I still have a batch of weapons and armor that were previously forged in my warehouse. You can take them. In addition, on top of the Azure Dragon Society's aid to you, I will add another 20% of the supplies."

"You can handle the items captured on the battlefield yourselves; you don't need to report them."

"But I need to see results."

Su Bai showed the greatest possible tolerance towards the group.

Even so, they only said empty words like "we will try our best" without making any real commitments.

certainly.

Whether this is just empty talk remains to be seen, depending on their subsequent actions.

However, his first impression of them had already led him to condemn them to death. If the battle hadn't just ended, he would have killed them right now.

If his employer dared to negotiate with him so arrogantly...

Players are still unreliable.

Su Bai's eyes suddenly turned cold as he watched the group leave.

...

The next few days were uneventful.

Su Bai consolidated his forces and completely wiped out the remnants of the Azure Dragon Society.

That concludes the discussion.

The entire northern outskirts region is now under his control.

With his substantial investment, the subordinate territories of Baidi Town flourished, and all the resource points with potential value were occupied.

The final number of territories remained at fifty-four.

in.

There are twenty-seven territories that have reached the level of a third-level village.

This number far exceeds that of any other player faction on Nine Star Palace and Fallen Dragon Island.

However, the problem is that the number of territories has indeed increased significantly.

However, actual productivity did not increase much.

Limited by energy supply.

Many territories that were later built could not directly use the technology template of Baidi Town.

If the productivity of a territory is represented in a data-driven way.

The productivity of a typical level-one village is: 1.

Level 1 villages can basically only recruit farmers to collect some of the most basic materials.

Stones, wood, mud, sand, soil, etc.

Not only can it not produce advanced materials.

Productivity is even more limited.

The productivity of an ordinary level three village can reach 10.

Compared to first-tier villages, efficiency is increased tenfold.

Furthermore, with the presence of certain special buildings, productivity may increase to around 15-20.

But that's basically the limit.

Although a level 3 village can begin producing advanced materials in preparation for upgrading to a town, it is still worlds apart from a true town-level building.

The biggest qualitative leap for town-level territories is the unlocking of energy technology.

Equivalent to.

It leaped directly from the agricultural era to the industrial era.

Using the technology template of Baidi Town, it is also a level 3 village, but its productivity can reach about 100!

It boasts nearly ten times the efficiency of a typical level-three village!

Therefore, the inability to upgrade the technology in these territories is a huge loss for Su Bai, and the cost is not even recovered compared to the investment in construction.

Not only that.

His energy reserves are almost depleted, and they can no longer even sustain his original territory.

"The northern region is so vast, yet we can't even find a single magic crystal mine..."

Su Bai dropped the intelligence report in his hand.

In the past few days, he has selected some miners with exploration skills and sent them to various regions in the north to conduct testing.

But the results all disappointed him.

Unlike other metal veins with inconspicuous external features, magic crystal mines are usually surrounded by very noticeable anomalies.

It's easy to spot.

The most obvious sign is that the energy of a certain element is abnormally active throughout the entire area.

Anyone wearing ordinary magical items, or even magical equipment, will feel a clear influence when entering this area.

However, there is no place in the entire northern outskirts that fits this description.

Su Bai had no choice but to turn his attention back to the east.

In his memory, there were two large magic crystal veins on the Fallen Dragon Island in later generations.

One of them is located in the east.

The other one is located in the waters near Fallen Dragon Island.

This is an indisputable fact.

Of course, the large mineral vein in the sea is out of the question for the time being. Even if he has the ability to build an offshore mining platform, it's all just empty talk if he can't deal with that sea overlord.

"The troops sent to explore the east haven't returned yet?"

He looked up and asked.

These matters were handled by an employee he had just appointed.

The other person shook their head. "Fifteen hours have passed, and there's still no news. Although they brought enough supplies for three days, but..."

Su Bai opened the territory management panel, hoping to find clues through the unit death records.

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