Why is my territory in a 2D anime art style?

Chapter 138 Low-level Planting Base

Wang Zhen came again on December 11.

"Aunt Zhao said he went to the Wind Eagle Hunting Group to find Ye Tengyang, only to discover he had already left the group?"

After listening to Wang Zhen recount their experience from yesterday, Sui An was somewhat bewildered. What was wrong with this guy? Was he addicted to quitting the group?

They were previously part of the Gale Hunting Group, and now they're part of the Wind Eagle Hunting Group. They might have even left out of other groups in between.

Ye Tengyang's departure suddenly made Sui An feel uneasy. Someone who could casually throw away a purple material worth at least a thousand source stones to him must not be such a bad person.

Could it be, as Aunt Zhao learned from Ning Pan, that he is hiding from someone?

"That's right!" Wang Zhen nodded. "Even the people from the Wind Eagle Hunting Group said that Ye Tengyang had only been with them for half a year and left very inexplicably."

"Fine, let them go if they want."

Sui An had a headache. Now the matter had become nonsensical again. Although what Ye Tengyang said could prove that his parents must have encountered some problems, perhaps their belongings were stolen, or perhaps they were murdered and robbed.

But he couldn't very well summon the spirit to beat up Ning Pan right now and then ask him if he had harmed his parents back then.

Although he wasn't afraid of doing bad things, he felt that doing this was going too far. If Ning Pan really wasn't as Ye Tengyang described, wouldn't he be doing the devil's bidding?

Moreover, Ning Pan was actually one of the people who were most friendly to him back then, even though he didn't accept their gifts.

Moreover, Ye Tengyang himself said that he only saw Ning Pan touch his parents' treasure bag, and did not directly point out that Ning Pan killed his parents.

"Brother Zhen, why don't you tell Aunt Zhao to stay out of this for now? It's probably a mess. Take it slow. If there are any problems, they'll come out sooner or later."

"Okay, I'll go back and talk to her tonight. Ning Pan is a level 5 professional. If he's really a bad guy, Aunt Zhao won't be able to handle him. If she accidentally exposes something, it will only make things worse."

Wang Zhen thought so too. If Ye Tengyang hadn't left, Zhao Feng might have had a point in investigating. Now that he had dropped a suspicious piece of information and run away, it was hard not to suspect his intentions.

"By the way, I brought you something good this time, it was a complete surprise."

He took out a small pocket from behind him and pulled out a ball of light containing architectural design drawings.

"This is a green nursery-type blueprint called a low-level planting base. It might be useful for your treant."

Sui An was overjoyed. Just four days later, Wang Zhen had obtained this type of architectural blueprint.

He quickly reached out and took the ball of light, then examined it.

[Building Name]: Low-level Planting Base [Building Type]: Standalone Building [Building Level]: Level 1 (Cannot be upgraded)

[Building Quality]: Green [Building Effect]: This planting base will automatically absorb free energy within the territory, increasing the internal energy concentration by up to 20%. The higher the overall energy concentration within the territory, the lower the increase effect.

Some plants growing inside the building will receive a blessing effect if the basic growth conditions are met: low-level energy plants can receive a growth rate increase of up to 10%, and ordinary plants can receive a growth rate increase of up to 20%.

The higher the plant's grade and quality, the smaller the increase. Blessings do not require consuming territory core energy.

Based on the climate within the territory, the planting base can appropriately modify attributes such as temperature, humidity, and light to simulate a suitable climate environment for growth, but it requires continuous consumption of territory core energy for support.

【额外消耗】：需自行补充种植土壤及养料【製造需求】：聚灵柳木芯（0/1）、英花石结晶（0/2）、基础源质材料（0/50）、

Tier 1 Originium (0/20)

The function of this planting base is actually quite simple: to regulate the climate and enhance energy.

It also has a blessing effect very similar to that of the Alchemy Workshop, which does not require energy consumption.

However, its overall effect is typical of buildings designed to improve production efficiency, and it shouldn't be of much help to the growers themselves.

Unlike Sui An's blue-quality workshops or kitchens, which also provide growth-type boosts for professionals.

Therefore, it is even more scarce and important.

Sui An directly selected to unlock the blueprint, but when he brought up the virtual blueprint from the construction module, he was dumbfounded.

The building's general shape is similar to that of an ordinary house, but its size is much larger, measuring 10*6*7 meters in length, width, and height.

To achieve a height of 7 meters, a 2-meter excavation depth is required as part of the construction requirements, resulting in an actual ground height of 5 meters.

This house size is perfectly suitable for planting energy-devouring giant trees; even a level three tree person is only four meters tall.

As expected of a building that requires 3 core materials and 50 basic materials, this is probably the building in Sui'an that requires the most materials in a single building.

Two portions of Yinghua stone crystals. I made five portions of this last time, but I never used them because the quantity was too small and not enough for paving. Now I'm finally using them.

As for the Spirit Gathering Willow Wood core, Wang Zhen had already handed it over: "This blueprint cost 200 source stones, and this Spirit Gathering Willow Wood core cost 25 source stones. I deducted it directly from the source stones you put in my account, so you don't need to pay me back."

"No one has submitted a bounty for intermediate-level city wall blueprints (green or blue). We'll probably have to wait a while longer."

"Okay, I won't reach level four anytime soon anyway, I'll take it slow."

Sui An put away the projector: "This thing needs a huge pit to be dug before it can be built, so you won't be able to see it for a while."

Considering that Sui An currently only has a level 2 territory with a walled area, this thing can be considered a fairly large building. If you want to place it, you really need to adjust its position appropriately.

Wang Zhen needed to continue leading the convoy on the run, so it was impossible for him to wait until he was done before coming to check.

"It's okay, you can come again next time."

Wang Zhen didn't seem to care much: "By the way, I forgot to tell you about that tree core you had the last two times I came. The appraisal master confirmed that it's a low-grade blue material called Energy-Devouring Tree Core. It's mainly used to make special wooden building core materials and can also be used to create source artifacts."

"The reason it turned red is indeed due to the long-term absorption of fire-attribute energy during its growth process. This material will not be unable to adapt to building blueprints due to different growth attributes, but it will produce additional mutations after construction. It is hard to say exactly what those mutations are."

"There are a few circulating in the market, and the transaction price is around 100 source stones. However, not many people have put bounties on this item recently. You can only keep it for yourself or list it on the exchange and wait for someone to find it."

"I see~" Sui An was a little surprised. He didn't expect this thing to be so rare. He could only keep it for Fang Nian to refine slowly.

Extracting this substance would be time-consuming and laborious for Fang Nian right now, and it wouldn't be easy to process it cleanly in a short time, so let's leave it for Fang Nian to work on slowly.

"I'll keep it for myself first. Maybe one day I'll come up with another wooden building blueprint."

"With your luck, it's actually quite possible."

Wang Zhen stood up, no longer intending to stay there. Before Sui An opened the rift, he had to pull the transport truck around selling goods, otherwise he wouldn't even earn back the fuel costs.

As they reached the courtyard gate, Wang Zhen suddenly turned back and asked, "You've opened so many rifts in your level 3 territory, and you've already weathered the ice fog tide. How long do you estimate it will take to advance to level 4?"

Hearing Wang Zhen ask this question, the others in the courtyard also looked over curiously, clearly they were also curious about just how fast Sui An's promotion would be.

Sui An took out his notebook, turned to the page that recorded each Originium, and did a simple calculation.

Since advancing to level 3, he has obtained approximately 40,000 source stones, referring to those extracted from source beasts.

The four cracks yielded 12,000 coins, so two more rounds should be enough.

He stroked his chin, making a rough estimate: "If we simply consider the approximate difference between going from second to third grade and from first to second grade, I reckon it would only take another two months, but I think it might take longer!"

"Wow, that's fast. It looks like it'll be after the new year."

"Of course, you don't think I can go from establishing a territory to being promoted in just four months, do you?"

Sui An shrugged. "Even if you have high expectations of me, you can't possibly think that overtaking on a curve is like flying, can you?"

"Leaving aside territory, it took you four years to advance from level 1 to level 4 professional. How could I possibly do it in half a year?"

Wang Zhen waved and got into the car: "That's true, let's take it slow. Accumulation is a tedious thing."

Fang Si still drove away with Wang Zhen.

Sui An then pulled three large shovels from the house and tossed them into the hands of Erhu and the others: "Come on, let's get to work!"

Erhu took the shovel and looked at Sui An with a smile: "You said you paid me to come here just to dig holes and level the terrain for you, right?"

"Otherwise what? Isn't this a good deal for you?"

Sui An, holding a shovel, drew a rough 10x6 rectangle in front of the stone house: "About this size, just dig 2 meters deep, and the three of us will have plenty to dig."

"Does this planting base have to be buried this deep?" Wang Hu wiped the sweat from his palms, which had been dripping from his workout, and stared at the spot in front of him with some curiosity.

"Yes, it's probably to absorb some special energy from the ground, otherwise how could it accelerate growth?"

Sui An had some guesses, but wasn't sure.

Speaking of the various things related to professionals after the invasion of the source world, sometimes they strictly adhere to the law of conservation of energy, and you get what you pay for, while other times they engage in some metaphysical things.

For example, increasing plant growth speed doesn't require buildings to consume extra energy. Doesn't that seem ridiculous?

He had only ever seen this attribute in simulation games before.

For example, the fact that level 1 land can increase growth rate by 10% is like a fixed attribute.

In reality, there seem to be some things that can be related, such as "catalysts," which do not change before and after the reaction and do not need to be actually consumed.

As Sui An dug the soil, his mind wandered.

Erhu, on the other hand, dug with incredible speed using his shovel, practically a human excavator, and even had the energy to joke with the two: "Are you discussing science with the Origin Realm? Our kind of existence wouldn't be scientific in the old world. Even the strongest person in the old world couldn't dig a hole as fast as us!"

"Putting everything else aside, if Tiger breaks through to the intermediate level, with his physical strength and stamina, he could dig it all out by himself in a day."

Wang Hu turned his head to the side, staring wide-eyed in disbelief: "Am I really that strong?"

"Yes, yes!" Erhu shoveled some damp yellow soil onto the ground and pointed to the transport truck parked in the yard.

"I once saw a Level 4 physical-type professional who could pull a small, fully loaded transport vehicle, even when it wasn't running, using iron chains to pull it at the same speed as a normal vehicle. If it weren't for the limited energy resources, he would be considered the ultimate beast descended to earth!"

"Wow, that's incredible!"

Sui An opened his mouth. Although he had lived in Jiangcheng for so many years, he had always been within the territory of the city lord. Fighting was forbidden within the territory. The only time he could see a battle scene was when he was almost an adult and signed up to guard the city and watch the fighting on the city wall from afar.

As for performing such tricks, there are very few opportunities to see them.

"By the way, Erhu, have you found the place to repair and modify those three transport trucks belonging to the He family?"

"It's so hard to find a reliable and discreet blacksmith."

Erhu frowned and complained, "I don't know what happened to that chaotic black market before, it's been closed for a long time. I wonder if it offended some big shot. I went to check the day before yesterday and it was still closed. Let's wait a few more days and see. Anyway, you're not in a hurry to use it."

"I haven't heard of anything major happening lately?"

Sui An leaned on his shovel. His physical strength was not as good as the other two. One was already at the intermediate level, and the other specialized in physical fitness. Their physical strength was excellent, while he was sore after digging for only a short while.

Erhu shook his head as he dug in the dirt: "I haven't heard any news either. They're probably just closing down for a few days. After all, that's not the territory of the builders; it's just a temporary gathering place."

Seeing that Erhu didn't know either, Sui An stopped asking. Just as Erhu said, he really wouldn't need these three vehicles for the time being.

It's best not to let outsiders know that you killed the He family member yourself. Who knows if someone might be a relative or friend of the He family, just like Zhang Rui's mother, who keeps targeting your relatives and friends in preparation for taking action. It's better to avoid trouble.

The three of them dug intermittently until dark, and finally finished digging the basic pit.

Sui An summoned the construction module and began to build. A tall, gray-white building slowly condensed from the bottom of the pit.

The building's design resembles the industrial factory buildings of Sui An's previous life, with regular rectangular shapes on all sides and a circular arched top.

The wall pattern is very similar to the floor tile pattern that Sui An built before, except that the color is more green, perhaps because [Gathering Spirit Willow Wood Core] was added as the core material.

The foundation has double doors on both sides of the narrow side, no windows on the sides, and what appears to be a skylight in the top.

"Let's go in and see what's going on inside."

Sui An pushed open the door and looked inside, and was immediately dumbfounded. Inside was a bare, empty house, which was even sunken.

Erhu grinned and said, "Well, as expected, we still have to fill in the soil first. I knew that green quality buildings wouldn't be very perfect."

Sui An glanced at the pile of soil in the yard, then took out the information about the tree species and looked at it again: "I won't fill it in today. I think the soil here would be better if it were the kind of soil outside that has been soaked in the blood of the source beasts. It should help the growth of the Energy Devouring Giant Tree."

"That bloody mud outside~" Erhu said with some disgust. Although Sui An would lead them to turn over the layer of blood-stained yellow soil every now and then, the stench was still unavoidable.

"Yes, otherwise it would be too wasteful." Sui An had always felt it was a pity that so much source beast blood was wasted.

"Fine, you're the boss, you call the shots!"