Star Tycoon

Chapter 192 Ring
On the outskirts of Xigua City, three to four thousand workers were busy in an open space.

This place used to be a watermelon field, but it has long since changed beyond recognition. Only a few traces of the past can be seen in the watermelon fields a few kilometers away.

The New Empire State Building!
Tian Ersan stood at the construction site helping to organize the steel bars, glancing at the reporter in the distance during a break from his work.

There were many reporters and tourists outside the safety barrier; this place has long been a popular tourist attraction.

Ever since Leanna decided to build the Empire State Building, she and John have been taking time out of their day to work there, putting on a show for three or four hours at a time.

Tian Ersan would occasionally come over to help out, which he considered a form of exercise.

All three of them knew about building houses. Tian Ersan learned it himself at the academy, John was born with the skill, and Leanna just followed orders and did things. It was definitely just for show.

The two of them are not actually from the same family. John is the real breadwinner, with his own parents and grandmother, while Leanna is a reserve member of her father's family.

Many of the construction workers from Chengbang Group in the vicinity are also legitimate laborers, and they all have construction skills as a bonus!
To keep a low profile, most Chengbang employees wear safety helmets and masks while working in concealed locations or managing tower cranes and other jobs that are not easily accessible to people.

In addition, the large number of white engineers and construction workers hired made it appear that most of the people were white.

In just half a month, the new Empire State Building had already been built to five stories and was beginning to climb at an extremely rapid pace.

Many tasks that are difficult for machines to perform can be easily done by highly skilled workers.

Every day, vast amounts of resources are transported from all over the Americas, and most of them are consumed overnight.

These continuous supplies naturally went into Tian Ersan's spatial warehouse as backup supplies.

Of course, Tian Ersan would also give some space soil and metal each time he came back, as a kind of exchange.

Thanks to new materials and spatial architecture technology, the construction speed of this building is already quite "slow".

Nearby photographers, reporters, and online influencers witnessed the rise of this building, clearly recording every second of its transformation from a melon patch to a magnificent structure with their cameras.

I work on the construction site during the day, handle official business at night, and squeeze in time to deal with various other matters.

Twin Cities also absorbed many people with impure motives, including spies and agents planted by various countries.

But it doesn't matter. Sometimes spies and traitors are quite capable and willing to work.

Therefore, work efficiency has actually increased significantly.

Although the branch city has the money to produce people, it costs money to bring them out, which means that the city's population cannot provide any help to the two cities.

***
To avoid attracting too much attention, Tian Ersan slept during the day and went to the construction site to help with the work at night.

Sometimes I go back to the Star Kingdom to visit.

[Level 5 Beacon Tower] A building for early warning. When scouts are stationed there, they gain reconnaissance capabilities. The higher the level, the larger the range and the more detailed the intelligence.

Currently, it can provide 50-minute advance warnings of natural disasters, predict future weather changes, know the arrival time of refugees and caravans, obtain information on nearby resources, and automatically conduct a full-range survey of the surrounding area every 240 hours.

Next level: Provides information on troop movements targeting this city.

升级需要粮食700方、泥土1200方、木材400方、石料1500方、金属300方，铜币280000，建造需要3300小时。

Tian Ersan looked at the information on the level 5 beacon tower.

“Starting from level five, it becomes more military-oriented. At level four, you can know the status of uncollected resources in each resource field, while level five should be more specific in terms of information collection.”

Tian Ersan went to the military camp and became a scout.

Scouts

Vitality: 60
Attack power: 1~5
Defense: 5
Movement speed: 100
Range: 1
Grain consumption: 20 jin/day

Training time: 1800 seconds

With the addition of scouts, the information gathered from the beacon towers became significantly more abundant.

A scout has been stationed at the beacon tower and has sent you a report (every 240 hours).

Tian Ersan received a very specific information report.

【星之国】执政厅3级、书院5级、兵营4级、城墙1级、烽火台5级、民房1级、民房1级……马厩1级、酒馆3级、工匠作坊3级。

Farmland Level 5, Farmland Level 4, Farmland Level 1... Iron Ore Field Level 1.

Open space within the city: 187
Open space outside the city: 12
Field land use: 0
Open space in the wild: 3000
Wild monsters: None

Common resources: Six rivers and twenty lakes (can increase farmland yields)

Special resources: None
Topography: In plain agricultural areas, farmland yields increased by 5%, and labor efficiency increased by 5%.
***
Tian Ersan saw a spatial map, in which twenty-six azure areas appeared in the originally dark world.

A long, winding river stretching to the horizon, and clear, expansive lakes.

The rivers vary in length, the longest stretching to the end, while the shortest is only a little over a hundred meters long, resembling a small ditch attached to the inside and outside of Sanhe Village.

Some lakes resemble fishponds, while others resemble large lakes.

Different resources must have a different level.

Tian Ersan had a general idea of ​​the next steps for development: first, to build farmland around the river to increase grain production.

The population is nearing its limit, and the city, the surrounding areas, and the wilderness are all affected by the ruling hall.

Both inside and outside the city need to reserve open space for the construction of new buildings.

Lu Changlin walked over at this moment and said, "My lord, the mill has been built and the granary is under construction now."

Mill: Processes wheat from warehouses into flour, increasing grain production by 5%.

Farm warehouse: 1000 cubic meters of grain storage

This building requires level 5 farmland to construct, and it is almost completed.

The emergence of mills made Ersan realize that wheat is grain, but grain is not all wheat.

This mill transforms wheat into higher-quality grain, allowing one pound of wheat to achieve a quality of 1.05.

Does the mill require a workforce?

The current problem at Tian Er San is still the lack of manpower; with only two thousand people, they cannot start work normally.

It appears to have a population of over 20,000, but in reality, the number of working-age people and houses is only over 10,000. Of those 10,000, over 8,000 are urban residents, while the number of laborers outside the city is less than 3,000.

Lu Changlin replied, "The mill also requires a workforce, and a granary needs to be built outside the city before it can operate properly."

“Farm warehouses and granaries are independent of each other, but both require a labor force to transport grain to the granaries.”

Tian Ersan sighed. There were already not enough supplies, and now there were even fewer.

Seeing Tian Ersan's worry, Lu Changlin smiled and said, "My lord, there is no need to worry. The granaries can be built between the various farmlands, one granary for every ten fields. This will make it easier to collect grain and speed up the work."

"Once the lord has raised horses, the best horses will be used to recruit soldiers and train cavalry, the medium-sized horses will be used to speed up the journey at the post stations, and the inferior horses will be used to pull carts. At that time, we can train laborers."

Tian Ersan suddenly remembered that he had a neglected first-level soldier.

Laborers: Farmers who have undergone simple training can have a greater load-bearing capacity.

Horses also need to be trained. After building a stable, a horse of different quality will spawn every day. Currently, only horses of three grades (high, medium, and low) are available.

Just like people, these horses cannot go directly to the fields to eat wheat; they must be harvested before they can eat it.

This system is inflexible; the rules are rigidly inflexible.

Fortunately, the wood here can be burned. Tian Ersan has already built a thermal power plant, using electric vehicles as horses and unemployed civilians as drivers to transport farmers from afar back to the city.

Whether it's a bug or not, as long as it works, that's fine. Real-world technology has also provided Tian Ersan with a lot of help, such as being able to use electric lights and mobile phones in this vast world.

Even if your phone has no signal, you can still play offline games.

With a large amount of unused metal, railroads can be built to facilitate future resource mobilization.

The land reserved within the space is used for power generation, steelmaking, and car manufacturing.

Tian Ersan gradually developed here, relying on the power of the strange system while rapidly advancing his technology through modern technology and the supply of free materials.

Many industrial bases were built in the two cities, and Tian Ersan embezzled a lot of things in the process.

For example, large trucks, heavy road rollers, airplanes, rocket launchers...

***
Time flies by in the midst of busyness, and before I knew it, it was my birthday again.

Happy birthday! May you have many more birthdays to come!

Today is your birthday, make a wish!

Please choose one of the following types as your reward. A lucky draw will be held shortly, randomly selecting one reward from number one to five!

[Food, Soil, Wood, Stone, Metal, Troops, Copper Coins, Equipment, Skill Books, Heroes, Speed-Up Items, Treasures, Medicine, Blueprints]

"Equipment! Stop drawing, just give it to me!"

Tian Ersan didn't want to look at the lottery interface; it was all the same anyway.

【ding dong~】

Congratulations on obtaining the Saint-level equipment: Pangu Ring

Before Tian Ersan could react, a milky white ball of light appeared before him. After the light faded, it transformed into a flawless white jade ring and was placed on the index finger of his right hand.

Name: Pangu Ring

Type: Ring

Grade: Saint-level equipment

Introduction: Pangu separated heaven and earth, establishing the universe.

Stamina +6666
Energy +5555
Attack +4444
Defense +3333
Commander +1000
Domestic Affairs +500
Bravery +1001
Intelligence +500
Speed ​​+50
Critical Hit Chance +15%
Grooves: 9
An additional 1% of stamina is restored per hour.
An additional 1% of stamina is restored every hour.
Set bonus: Collect two pieces for +50 speed.

"Cool!!!"

Tian Ersan felt invincible!

Wearing this ring gives you a sense of confidence that you can fight against a thousand armies and are invincible!
"It's so cool!"

Tian Ersan raised his hand, feeling so good he couldn't breathe.

Just how powerful are these more than a thousand brave warriors?

After thinking for a moment, Tian Ersan decided to go out and try his luck at finding a place.

Just as he stepped out of the administration hall, Lu Changlin ran over from the city gate in the distance.

"My lord! A strange phenomenon just occurred from the sky. Did you obtain a sacred artifact?"

Tian Ersan raised his hand with a hearty laugh, "What do you think of getting this Saint-level equipment!"

Lu Changlin stared at the ring in disbelief, then exclaimed excitedly, "Congratulations, my lord! This is a top-tier sacred artifact!"

Tian Ersan laughed and said, "It has added a lot of attributes, but I am a pacifist, so I really don't know how to use it. It seems like I have unlimited stamina and energy."

Lu Changlin was overjoyed and quickly reminded him, "My lord, with the attribute bonus of this item, you will have a 500% bonus when constructing various buildings, and a 1000% bonus when recruiting troops. In particular, it provides a huge increase in the attack power of your troops."

"Technological research speed will also increase by 500%! As long as you, my lord, wear this ring, everyone will benefit! Including those people in the branch cities!"

"Internal affairs increase health by 500%, bravery increases recruitment speed by 1001%, intelligence provides 500% defense, and bravery provides over 1000 attack plus additional attack, which is equivalent to an extra 5445% attack! Now one archer can do the work of fifty-four!"

"And then there's the speed attribute. Just now, this old minister noticed that the people outside the city are all moving with incredible speed. My lord, the population inside and outside the city, as well as all kinds of troops including cavalry and infantry, have all received a 50% speed bonus!"

Listening to Lu Changlin's introduction, Tian Ersan felt even more excited!

"Physical strength is equivalent to vitality, so am I invincible now?"

Tian Ersan felt like he was about to become invincible!
Lu Changlin's old face showed relief. "My lord is right. With this Saint-level ring, you are practically invincible in the outside world. But you must be careful, especially not to hand the ring over to anyone else. Once the ring leaves your hand, there will be no more divine help."

Tian Ersan quickly calmed down. "That's right. In the future, we should be wary of women around us when we sleep. In general, we should be careful."

The treasure is excellent, but its power will be greatly diminished if it is stolen.

You should never take off your ring, whether you are taking a shower or sleeping, and you should never take it off to show others.

Tian Ersan thought of a very important question.

"Can other people use my equipment?"

Lu Changlin replied, "It should be possible. In addition to villagers and general units, people like us and those outside the lord can use it. However, the lord's bravery is not apparent, and all attributes are calculated as zero."

"Those attributes that increase power and amplification have little effect on the lord, but the huge attribute boost from this holy ring will have a very obvious effect."

"Therefore, never let others wear it, because once someone else wears it, they will inevitably become greedy!"

After confirming this, Tian Ersan became even more cautious, and looked at the Pangu Ring in his hand again.

This ring resembles a thumb ring, with exquisite and elegant craftsmanship. It possesses a mysterious allure, and you can tell at a glance that it is a top-quality item.

Wearing this ring will easily attract attention.

High-end jewelry is designed for this effect.

Wearing gloves can reduce the eye-catching effect of a ring, but the more reliable solution is not to wear a ring out, or not to go out at all.

I didn't care when I went out without wearing a ring before, and I won't die if I don't wear one now.

After a moment's thought, Tian Ersan quickly decided to have the idle people in Xigua Town open a mold factory to mass-produce these rings.

If there are enough fakes, the real ones won't attract much attention.

"I..." Tian Ersan took off the ring from his hand and instantly felt extremely uncomfortable, as if he had fallen from the top of the clouds into the abyss, losing that powerful strength that allowed him to do whatever he wanted.

This feeling is awful, it's very uncomfortable.

Tian Ersan resisted the urge to put the ring back on.

This is something that's easy to do, but if you do it, you won't be able to quit.

Tian Ersan reached out and handed the ring to Lu Changlin.

"You wear it. Your attributes are all higher than mine. Building houses and researching technology require someone to be here all the time. You can wear the equipment when I'm not around."

Lu Changlin took the ring and put it on his finger, then quickly smiled and said, "Rest assured, my lord! With this sacred object, the Star Kingdom will surely rise!"

At this moment, Tian Ersan thought of Shuangcheng, "If you bring it, there won't be any bonus in Shuangcheng, right?"

Lu Changlin nodded and said, "Yes, whoever becomes the governor will receive the bonus for their city."

Tian Ersan hesitated for a few seconds, then quickly decided, "Then I'll stay busy in the space for the next few days and won't go out to help. As long as I wear the ring, I can increase their work efficiency several times over. It'll also give me time to develop this main city. I'll give you the ring when I leave here."

Lu Changlin said with satisfaction, "My lord is wise!"

(End of this chapter)