Chapter 430 - 402: Radiant City Plants Holy Vine
Da Fei turned off the game’s sound effects and answered Little Fang’s call: "Hello? Little Fang?"
Little Fang chuckled: "Yes, it’s me. When do you get off work, big bro? I’d like to treat you to lunch, but if you’re busy at noon, evening works too."
Treating big bro to a meal, hahaha, since I declined once yesterday because of the game, today I definitely can’t dodge it. Da Fei laughed: "I get off at noon!"
Little Fang chuckled: "Great, then we’ll start preparing the food early!"
Da Fei nodded continuously: "Alright, alright! I’ll come back right away!"
Da Fei hangs up the phone, feeling deeply moved. This is the feeling of home! Speaking of which, Little Fang rented two houses just so that I could act as their bodyguard, but on the first night, I wasn’t even next to them, this really can’t go on. Well, today I should perform well.
There’s still some time, so after leaving the Ranger Guild, Da Fei teleported and returned to Radiant City. The construction site was still bustling.
Da Fei opened the city management panel to check the current construction status.
——Netherworld Treasury: Completion 41%, unknown completion time.
——Death Bell Tower: Completion 31%, unknown completion time.
——Sewers: Completed 35 sections, continuing expansion.
So slow, at this rate, it’ll take another two or three days. Well, the slower, the better; it means the buildings are more impressive. Like those Gunman Camps that pop up and get built in a few hours, I wouldn’t like those at all.
Da Fei then opened the city status panel:
——Radiant City: Level 24 City. (Each new construction or upgrade of a city building increases the city level by one. The higher the city level, the better it is for attracting population and talent growth.)
——Radiation Territory Range: Entireness of Pool of Radiance.
——City Population: 3539 Flower Demons.
——City Military Power: 200 Forest Goddesses, 50 Druids, 3539 Flower Demons, 44 Artillery Emperors, 122 Banshees, 5 Slime Monsters.
——City Diplomacy: Habbit Village (Friendly), Lumang Tribe (Military Alliance).
——City Supplies: 816 units of food, 75 units of Concentrated Mercury, 54 units of Refined Crystal Gem, 18 units of Refined Crystal, 65 units of Refined Crystal Sulfur, 67 units of refined gold iron ore, 91 units of ancient granite, 91 units of Ancient Ironwood, 70 units of Mithril.
——City Funds: Being raised.
——City Facilities: Level 10 city outer wall, level 10 fortress, level 2 Military Teleportation Array, level 1 City Hall, level 1 Supply Warehouse. 124 Flower Demon barracks (outside city facilities).
——City Under Construction: Netherworld Treasury, Death Bell Tower, Sewers.
——City Officials: 13 part-time consultants. (Supply gathering consultant posted away)
——City Sanitation Score: 83 points. (Environment excellent, but still face pollution issues.)
——City Safety Score: 22 points. (Warning: A large number of enemies detected on the outskirts of the territory, safety score related to the military strength comparison of both sides.)
——City Culture Score: 0 points. (Warning: Only by enhancing the cultural taste of the city can more high-level talents be attracted.)
——City Prosperity Score: 0 points. (Warning: You need to open trade to enhance the prosperity of your city. Low prosperity levels might lead your citizens to leave, leading to city bankruptcy.)
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Scanning his city’s attributes repeatedly, Da Fei nodded in satisfaction.
Not bad, the effect of the sewer is immediate, it pushed the sanitation score to 83 points and it also produced 5 new Slime Monsters. Once the scale increases and more Slime Monsters appear, won’t my city be spotlessly clean with a constant sanitation score of 100?
Speaking of which, such high sanitation seems a bit wasteful, I guess I should also equip the reward I got from the competition, the Necromancer Calamity? I heard it can boost the production of Banshees.
——Necromancer Calamity: S-Class Strategic Treasure, city equipment. Equipment location: City Hall. All city casting soldier production +20%, environmental health score -20 points, when the city environmental score falls below 50, there is a certain chance of triggering a corpse transformation plague.
"However, I should consult the advisors before using equipment with negative effects," Da Fei thought, finding his team of advisors.
The military advisor laughed, "I have no objections to any equipment that can increase our troop production."
The sanitation advisor pondered, "Personally, I think it’s too early to use this equipment, but once we hit a -20 environmental score, it could indirectly increase the production of Slime Monsters. As long as their numbers go up, we could further improve the city’s sanitation score above the standard line. I think we can use it!"
Hahaha, that’s exactly what I was waiting for! Da Fei laughed out loud: "Great, let’s equip this item then!"
The military advisor added, "However, since the equipment does have negative effects, it would be wise to take some preventive measures."
The sanitation advisor nodded, "Indeed, my lord should also stock up on some medicines. Although our city lacks a hospital, I suggest we build one now. A smaller-scale clinic would suffice; it would be quicker to set up. As for the chief physician, I could temporarily take on that role. If you wish to operate smoothly, I recommend recruiting relevant medical personnel from around."
Da Fei laughed heartily: "Alright! Let’s build both a clinic and a hospital! You handle the medicines, money is not an issue."
In city construction, some buildings are basic functional facilities that can be built without blueprints, such as schools, libraries, hospitals, watchtowers, blacksmiths, markets, etc. The biggest challenge in managing these buildings is related NPC talents. These talents need to be recruited by the lord through increasing the fame and level of his territory, though they can also be trained in schools.
Speaking of preventative measures, military force is always paramount. Da Fei remembered the Holy Vine Seeds he had picked up in the Holy Vine Forest. Tachiusu had mentioned that these plant troops had multiple effects like siege, defense, and anti-invisibility. Why not give it a try? In case of an unfortunate outbreak like a zombie plague, if every other troop type lost their combat effectiveness, at least the plant troops should be unaffected.
First, to plant one in the City Hall, the core building of the city, which must be heavily protected. Accompanied by his advisors, Da Fei arrived at the City Hall that looked like a small church, and first equipped the Necromancer Calamity.
—System Prompt: Would you like to equip "Necromancer Calamity" to the City Hall? (Note: Each level of City Hall can only equip one item, to equip more you need to raise the level of the City Hall.)
—City Hall upgrade requirements for next level: population of 10,000, sanitation score 60, prosperity score 30, culture score 30, city level 30.
The City Hall is the toughest building to upgrade, with strict requirements for various city indicators. No more to say, confirm!
With a flash of light, a Mage Statue emitting a strange Demon Light appeared on the roof of City Hall, a magnified version of the Necromancer Calamity!
Da Fei couldn’t help but feel frustrated. If high-level players later visit my city and see this thing, wouldn’t they all know I’ve equipped this slightly tricky item? What if someone takes advantage of this to mess with me, causing thousands of people to relieve themselves all over my city? That would be troublesome!
Now, it’s time to plant the Holy Vine. Since it’s the City Hall, I should plant at least a grade 4 seed. This time, in the Holy Vine Space, Da Fei obtained a total of 40 grade 5 seeds and 15 grade 4 seeds. Trying one should be no problem.
—System Prompt: Would you like to plant a grade 4 Holy Vine Seed at the City Hall?
Confirm!
A fist-sized golden seed hit the ground and disappeared like a ginseng fruit hitting the earth. In that instant, the ground flashed green, and a golden sprout broke through the soil, then grew rapidly along the wall roots with visible speed, spreading fast. In just a few seconds, the vine covered half of the City Hall’s wall and reached the roof!
"Wow!" Even the advisors were shocked by the astonishing growth rate!
Da Fei quickly checked the attributes of the Holy Vine!
—Holy Vine: Growing grade 4 Holy Vine, large plant troop: Attack 10, Defense 85, Life 450, Damage 10-20, Attack Speed 0, Move Speed 0, Special Skills: Stealth, Vine Strangulation, Life Steal, Mana Stealing, Plane Surveillance, Devouring Growth, Transplantation.
At this moment, a white circle only visible to the owner appeared on the screen around the planting site of the Holy Vine within a radius of about ten meters, indicating the attack range of the vine. This meant that its tendrils were already lying in ambush underground.
Da Fei hurriedly checked its special skills:
—Vine Strangulation: Holy Vine can entangle enemies who step into its attack range, immobilizing them and continuously dealing damage while incessantly draining the enemy’s life and mana.
—Devouring Growth: Holy Vine can grow by absorbing nutrients from strangled enemies.
—Transplantation: Plant type troops are immobile; they require relevant gardening skills to be relocated.
Da Fei was astounded! Holy smokes, what the heck is this? It’s straight-up an evil Cannibal Tree! So, there really is no clear difference between demonic and holy, huh? But, I like it! Wahaha! Do say, it seems a bit of a waste to place this kind of thing in the rear. Shouldn’t it be placed on the frontline walls to continuously consume the invading enemies? Even in its growing state, it’s this powerful; what would it be like when it’s fully grown?
Let’s plant it now on the city walls. But considering the walls might take more hits, some loss might be unavoidable. Let’s plant only half, 20 of the grade 5 seeds!
Thus, Da Fei went to the dock area, and just then, Selvia and Anlicia Dierdel came out to greet him.
Da Fei was taken aback: "Hasn’t Catherine returned yet?"
The beauties shook their heads: "She hasn’t come back!"
Da Fei frowned slightly, it had been over half a month in the game, which was quite serious! It seems like Catherine is about to trigger a major quest. But, the bigger the quest, the more I need to fortify my rear to avoid concerns. Nothing more to say, off to plant trees!(To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations, monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)