Chapter 75 Advantages and Disadvantages of Territory Upgrade

The goblins are hard at work.

They certainly work hard, but if a group wants to grow and become strong, it is definitely not enough to rely solely on the labor of its employees.

Just like a ship sailing on the sea needs a compass to guide it.

It is also crucial for the development of the group to have a leader who is far-sighted and capable of taking charge of the overall situation.

Planning the future and allocating resources are the responsibilities that Gu An shoulders, and are also the irreplaceable command rights that he possesses as a lord.

The employees are working step by step. As the first person in charge of the group, he is naturally not idle at this time. He is thinking about the future development plan of the territory.

After the territory was upgraded, all its capabilities were greatly improved.

For example, the generation rate of special ores has been increased from "very rare" to "rare".

Although the drop rate is still very low, as long as the workload of the Miner Goblin is large enough, it is only a matter of time before a new batch of [Magic Crystals] are mined.

Moreover, the current number of [Exclusive Weapons] is sufficient, so even if new mutated goblins are created, there is no need to rush to consider this issue for the time being.

In addition to the increased generation rate of special ores, the territory also comes with some new features after upgrading.

A very crucial point is that the solidity of the cave buildings has been greatly improved.

This means that even if there is a level 30 human magician now, casting a blasting spell with all his strength, he cannot cause any damage to the cave.

With this feature improvement, when fighting with adventurers below level 30, there is no need to worry about the cave collapsing and being destroyed due to the battle being too intense.

At the same time, if you are facing too many adventurers below level 30 at one time, you can also close the caves, cut off the backup forces, and kill the vanguard troops in batches.

This is very helpful in dealing with large-scale wars of attrition.

However, the improvement of the territory is not just that.

In addition to the passive resistance capability of "hard shield", after the territory is upgraded, some new active traps against the enemy are added - poison fog and explosion.

Once the poison fog trap is triggered, it will temporarily close a section of the passage and automatically emit a large amount of poison fog to kill invaders.

Such a trap would be more efficient in dealing with miscellaneous soldiers than the goblins fighting themselves, and the materials required were also very simple, only consuming some poisonous grass, wood and stone.

There are many winding and complex passages in the cave. If a large-scale enemy invades, they will definitely not advance in a single line, and the battlefield will be extended to various places.

If the goblins want to fight the enemy at the same time, they will definitely disperse some of their combat power, but the emergence of poison fog traps makes the fighting method more flexible and changeable, and can deal with multiple battlefields more efficiently.

This is the practical effect of the poison mist trap, which is different from the explosive trap.

It can even be said that the explosive trap is no longer within the scope of conventional traps, to use another more accurate term.

This thing is more like a "turret".

As long as enough "explosives" are offered, it can release a violent explosion at any place in the cave.

The most important thing is that even magic scrolls can be counted as "explosives", and their power can be greatly increased.

Gu An was also quite surprised when he saw this special rule.

The "magic scroll" in his hand, after being amplified by the system and made into an explosive trap, is powerful enough to match the full-strength attack of a level 35 magician.

Although each magic scroll can only be used once, it is undoubtedly a powerful trump card against the enemy at a critical moment.

If the poison mist trap is a powerful weapon for dealing with groups of miscellaneous soldiers, then the explosive trap is the ultimate weapon for dealing with single powerful enemies.

With the addition of these new abilities, the Goblin Cave is now like a "thorn shield", which is not only difficult to conquer, but also quite prickly.

With such a powerful "spear" and "shield", there is no hope for the adventurers and monsters in the nearby area to break through. The security of the territory has been greatly improved, and Gu An should be happy to be able to become a "local snake" stationed in one place.

But this is not the case.

Because after the territory upgrade, while it brought these huge improvements, a potential hidden danger also emerged.

That's the question of "energy".

After killing the spirit of President Toheti, Gu An accumulated 3685 energy points.

After removing the 500 used to make the second batch of Goblins' [Exclusive Weapons], there are now 3185 left.

He originally thought that holding such a huge sum of money was already quite generous and he could spend it at will, but the system popped up a prompt.

The first one was to inform him that the territory upgrade had been completed and to list the various functions after the upgrade.

The second one is to inform him of the conditions required for the next territory upgrade.

[Own six level 30 mutant goblins, 3,000 wood, 6,000 stone, 1,500 food, 3,000 energy, and build all traps.]

Among them, it is not difficult to gather various basic materials and build traps, because these things can be produced in a cycle within the territory.

The only thing that bothers Gu An is the "energy" problem.

After the territory is upgraded, the level cap of the goblins reaches level 30, but at the same time the energy required for upgrading also increases greatly.

Previously, two hundred energy points were enough to upgrade a goblin to its maximum limit, but perhaps the higher the level, the greater the energy consumption required to upgrade.

Now, if you want to upgrade a level 20 goblin to level 30, you need to provide 1000 energy, which is five times the amount!
One is one thousand, six is ​​six thousand, plus the conditions required to upgrade the territory, at least nine thousand energy is needed to upgrade the territory again.

Thinking of this huge number, Gu An couldn't help but have a headache, and suddenly felt that the energy he held in his hands was not much.

"The Elf Saint's Crusade" and "The Civil War between the Two Human Kingdoms" are not enough to cope with these impending crises with the current strength of the territory.

Time is limited, and upgrading the territory level is urgent.

But how to quickly obtain large amounts of energy in a short period of time is also a very tricky problem.

Energy is not a basic material like wood. It cannot be circulated and produced within the territory. The only way to obtain it is by killing adventurers.

Moreover, the amount of energy obtained is also related to the level and strength of the adventurer.

To gather 9,000 energies in a short period of time, one can only do so by killing a large number of adventurers in the cave.

After all, special gifts like the one from the vice president are rare.

Most of the adventurers in this area are around level 20. Since their quality is not good enough, they can only make do with quantity.

But how can we attract more adventurers into the Goblin Cave?

This is not a simple question either.

Gu An thought about this for a long time, and finally came up with a brilliant idea...

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