Chapter 148: Chapter 126: City Building! Lord Contract Function Unlocked!

[Do you want to consume materials: Stone Block*4151, Wood*723, Refined Iron*182, Mithril*30, to repair the ’Smelting Workshop’.]

"Yes." Han Xing directly clicked to confirm.

The next moment, Han Xing saw a black mist appear on a two-story building at the edge of the small city.

The system was already conducting repair work.

Meanwhile, Han Xing consumed some materials to repair the City Lord’s Mansion as well.

Soon, a system prompt came through.

[City Lord’s Mansion repair successful, Smelting Workshop repair successful. Now, you can view related building information on the territory interface.]

Han Xing clicked to view.

[Smelting Workshop]: Territorial Building.

[Defense Value]: 100

[Building Effect]: After transporting ores to the Smelting Workshop, they can be refined and processed.

This thing requires a person to specially transport ores to the Smelting Workshop for work.

But Han Xing currently doesn’t have the manpower.

Anyway, he doesn’t lack materials now, so he decided to think about it later.

In the future, if he finds a kind of resource Sky Island full of mineral veins, Han Xing will consider hiring a batch of people specifically for mining,

At this time, Han Xing discovered another interesting building among them.

[Refining Workshop]: By developing workshop technology levels, it can increase the success rate of crafting equipment or shorten the time needed to craft equipment.

[Technology 1, Entry-Level Artisan]: Consumes Spirit Core*20000, Refined Iron*5000, Mithril*100 to upgrade ’Entry-Level Artisan’ technology level. Each level up increases crafting success rate by 1%, with a maximum level of 20.

[Technology 2, Basic Pipeline]: Consumes Spirit Core*10000, Refined Iron*2000, Mithril*50 to upgrade ’Pipeline Operation’ technology level. Each level up shortens equipment crafting time by 1%, with a maximum level of 50.

"Wow, aren’t these two technologies a bit too powerful?" Han Xing was amazed.

The first technology, for other survivors, is almost a divine attribute.

Although it consumes a lot of materials, it can increase the success rate when crafting equipment. Fully maxed out, it can even increase the success rate by 20%.

But Han Xing himself already has a 100% success rate and doesn’t need this at all.

What caught his eye was the second attribute of the Refining Workshop, which shortens the time to craft equipment.

For Han Xing, this is truly a divine attribute!

When survivors craft equipment, although each piece only takes a few seconds to tens of seconds, this time is not long.

But Han Xing is different, he crafts thousands at a time in batches, and the time required is often dozens of hours.

Now, he’s almost posting production interface overnight, producing one or two thousand backpacks a day.

Even so, the production efficiency is still unsatisfactory.

Because the trading market now has a huge demand for backpacks.

If this technology is maxed out, it will effectively double Han Xing’s money-making speed!

He immediately couldn’t wait to open the Refining Workshop interface and see the two research branches on it.

He directly clicked on the second technology, ’Basic Pipeline.’

[Do you want to consume materials: Spirit Core*10000, Refined Iron*2000, Mithril*50 to upgrade ’Basic Pipeline’ technology level.]

"Yes."

Han Xing began to click crazily.

After reaching level 10, the materials required to upgrade the technology started to increase by 50%.

But Han Xing didn’t care and continued to click furiously.

At level 20, the materials required increased by another 50%, and the technology name changed to ’Intermediate Pipeline.’

Han Xing pondered, calculating that reaching level 50 would just consume one million Spirit Cores, plus 200,000 Refined Iron and 50,000 pieces of Mithril.

If it were other survivors, collecting these materials step by step, it wouldn’t be known how long it would take just to max out the technology.

He directly maxed out the technology level.

Now, the technology interface of the Refining Workshop had become:

[Entry-Level Artisan lv1]: Increases crafting success rate by 1% when crafting equipment.

[Advanced Pipeline Max]: Shortens crafting time by 50% when crafting equipment.

Han Xing felt extremely excited!

This way, the number of backpacks he can make each day has increased significantly.

At this moment.

A message came through the team chat interface, it was from Cheng Jianyong.

Cheng Jianyong: "Brother Xing, what’s the situation over there? I heard a few explosions earlier, but now it’s quiet. Do you need us to come over?"

Han Xing replied: "It’s over, you can come over now."

Upon hearing this, everyone came down from Han Xing’s territory and walked into the small city.

At this moment, Cheng Jianyong and the others were looking around the streets with strong curiosity in their eyes.

They touched the walls from time to time and looked at the buildings by the road.

"So beautiful... it really is a city!" Zhang Lianmeng exclaimed as she walked.

Seeing them approach, Han Xing also stepped forward and said, "This is hardly a city. At most, it’s just a small town."

However, Zhang Lianmeng looked at Han Xing with a face full of admiration.

Because she had heard Han Xing mention his dream of building a city before.

She didn’t expect that in just a few days, he was already close to realizing it.

At this moment, Cheng Jianyong also praised: "So many houses, the scale of this town is quite large."

"And these little houses are really beautiful, just like those two-story villas in Europe, with terraces. They’re way better than the pigeonhole I bought in Xinyang City."

Han Xing casually said, "If you like these houses, feel free to pick a few for yourself."

Cheng Jianyong’s eyes lit up with delight, "Really?"

Han Xing nodded; for this type of ordinary residential building, there are over a hundred in the whole town, and he hasn’t found any use for them yet, so leaving them idle is no problem.

Cheng Jianyong quickly thanked him.

At this moment, Shen Yun also excitedly said, "Brother Xing, can I choose a few as well?"

Han Xing nodded, "Sure."

Shen Yun started looking around excitedly.

He immediately took a liking to several houses closest to the City Lord’s Mansion and excitedly said, "I want this one, this one, and this one!"

With each point of Shen Yun’s finger, he had already chosen five or six houses.

Before Han Xing could speak, Cheng Jianyong, looking puzzled, asked, "Xiaoyunzi, why do you want so many houses? Are you planning to move your whole family to live in Brother Xing’s territory? Aren’t you embarrassed?"

Shen Yun replied disdainfully, "You just don’t understand; I’m interested in the future value of these houses."

"Future value?" Everyone looked at Shen Yun.

Shen Yun explained, "Yeah, with Brother Xing’s strength, the speed of territorial expansion will definitely increase!"

"Next, as Brother Xing’s territory expands, eventually, he will surely be able to build a city."

"Once we Blue Star people establish ourselves in this world and no longer need to fight frequently, that’s when business will rise."

"And because of Brother Xing’s strength, the safety of this city will be guaranteed, which will definitely attract a large number of people to settle here."

"I’ve already thought this through for Brother Xing. Those who settle must sign various contracts, and they must pay Brother Xing a large amount of rent each year."

"By then, this street of Brother Xing’s will be the city center, and it will literally be as valuable as gold!"

"Let me tell you, in the future, just relying on these storefronts will be enough for the Shen family to live comfortably for generations."

After Shen Yun finished analyzing, everyone looked at him in disbelief.

It seemed unexpected that he could think this far ahead.

He even considered future human matters.

However, what Shen Yun said wasn’t unreasonable.

Among the current survivors, if not the strongest, the one progressing the fastest is definitely Han Xing.

Once a city is truly built in the future, Han Xing may choose to open it to other Human Race members as a large, stationary commercial city to funnel resources to Han Xing.

Meanwhile, Han Xing could control other territory cores to continue collecting Sky Island fragments from this world.

This is also a viable method of development.

Seeing the surprised expressions of everyone, Shen Yun was filled with pride.

But at this moment, Cheng Jianyong struck a blow, "A few generations? You haven’t even found a girlfriend and you’re thinking this far ahead?"

"Damn! Cheng Jianyong, will you die if you don’t bring that up?" Shen Yun deflated immediately.

After hitting Shen Yun, Cheng Jianyong seemed very pleased.

He seemed to have thought of something and suddenly asked.

"Brother Xing, by the way, should we give this town a name?"

"Name it?"

"Yeah, this is the first city of our Blue Star humans in this world. It’s a shame if it doesn’t have a name."

Everyone also expressed their agreement.

After a moment of thought, Han Xing said, "Then let’s call it Xingyu City."

"Xingyu City..."

Everyone repeated the name aloud,

And just then, a system notification appeared.

[Do you want to use City Lord’s Order*1 to name this city?]

[After naming, you will become the new City Lord, and the Lord Contract Function will be enabled.]

Han Xing was taken aback.

Unexpectedly, the City Lord’s Order dropped from killing that old knight had this effect.

A new City Lord?

So, does this mean I’m now eligible to establish a city?

Han Xing directly clicked ’Yes.’

[Naming successful, the first city among survivors has appeared, world influence +47, Legendary Points +10, extra reward: Thunder Tower Construction Plan*1.]

Before Han Xing could recover from his daze.

A system announcement interrupted everyone’s thoughts.

System Announcement: "Attention all survivors, the first settlement among survivors has appeared. The Territorial Contract Function is now active."

[Territorial Contract Function]: After the Lord initiates a contract with another survivor, the signer will be deemed to have relinquished the rights to their own territory, merging with the other party’s territory. The signer can reside in the other party’s territory to develop together, with the contract lasting for 3 years.

Note 1: The signer may not attack the Lord or engage in actions detrimental to the Lord’s interests.

Note 2: 10%-50% of the subsequent gains obtained by the signer must be handed over to the Lord. (Specific value to be determined by both parties.)

Note 3: The Lord cannot force the signer to carry out tasks but can expel them.

This announcement left all survivors dumbfounded.

The chat channel instantly exploded into heated discussions.

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