Global Lords: My Species Can Mutate

Chapter 176: Chapter 175: Intensifying Conflict

Have to say.

When Ji Yunshuang turns gentle, she seems like a completely different person, making Lin You unable to imagine that this is the Princess of the Great Wilderness Kingdom he knows.

“Do you like children?” he couldn’t help but ask.

“Yes.” Ji Yunshuang didn’t turn her head, “Because children’s minds are very simple, not like us, always thinking of calculating against others every day.”

“Uh… indeed.”

Lin You was slightly stunned, his expression becoming complicated.

Mutual scheming is probably the norm in this world.

Without thinking much, he let the mother leave with her daughter, and continued leading the team into the city, all the way to the guest hall for a rest.

At this moment, the guest hall was no longer what it used to be, having been demolished and rebuilt into a magnificent building.

As soon as they sat down, Ji Yunshuang, adhering to official business, began to talk about the congratulations, and also called for a lot of things to be brought in.

Lin You took a slight look, and they were almost all resources that were scarce in remote places like Yellow Sand City, as well as basic supplies for the people, covering food, clothing, and shelter, and in large quantities.

It just happened to solve the problem of Yellow Sand City’s growing population.

It seems that Ji Xinghe had specifically considered his territory’s situation before choosing what to send.

“The King has been thoughtful.” Lin You couldn’t help but express his gratitude.

Then looking at Ji Yunshuang sitting opposite: “I noticed you used the teleportation array to get here, it must have consumed quite a bit, right?”

“Of course, for such long-distance locating teleportation arrays, each teleportation consumes a lot of magic energy, and they’re generally used sparingly.” Ji Yunshuang lightly sipped her tea and said.

After this journey here, she was gradually returning to her usual calm demeanor.

Lin You didn’t mind, but was a bit surprised: “Does the royal family also lack magic energy?”

He thought, since the King governs such a large nation, they shouldn’t lack magic energy, but it seems otherwise?

“Why can’t the royal family lack magic energy?” Ji Yunshuang glanced at Lin You and slowly put down her teacup, “Cities have city expenses, the Duchy also has its expenses, and besides rewarding subordinates and maintaining various places, those are significant expenditures.”

“That’s true.” Lin You nodded silently.

“And you should also know that my father returned seriously injured from the last Battlefield of Ten Thousand Realms, the species suffered heavy losses, definitely needing a lot of resources to recruit anew.”

“Tier Ten Species?” Lin You’s gaze moved slightly.

“Yes.” Ji Yunshuang’s expression gradually became serious, “Recruiting Tier Ten Species is not as simple as you might imagine, recruiting just one costs several million magic energy, and ten would be over ten million, not to mention other resources.”

“That much!?”

Lin You was shocked.

Even though he guessed that recruiting high-tier species needed a lot of magic energy, he didn’t expect it to reach such a terrifying level.

Just one requiring several million magic energy is indeed quite daunting.

While thinking this, he heard Yunshuang continue: “What? Didn’t you know?”

“After passing the Tier Six threshold, the resources needed to recruit each level’s species multiply by tenfold, including upgrading species, that’s why many choose to stay at Tier Six temporarily.”

“Uh…”

This really left Lin You a bit overwhelmed.

Each level up, tenfold increase?

Doesn’t that mean recruiting a Tier Seven Species needs 2500 magic energy?

And factoring in mutations, recruiting one species would require 5000 magic energy.

This is assuming the mutation is successful!

If the mutation results in an unwanted species or fails to inherit desired skills, the cost would be even higher!

And it’s not just recruitment resources increasing, upgrading species requires more as well.

It means territory essence would too!

“Seems like you truly haven’t heard of this.”

Seeing Lin You’s reaction, Ji Yunshuang finally confirmed her suspicions.

“But then, before Tier Six is basically just the beginning, requiring indeed not much resources.”

“But after Tier Seven, it’s different, the land essence consumed for upgrading species also increases, so the higher the tier, the less likely to see species at levels higher than their own.”

“That’s also why you see those Tier Eight Lords only having one or two Tier Nine Species. In a way, it forces us lords to kill each other to gather more territory essence.”

“I see…” Lin You suddenly came to a realization.

No wonder he hadn’t seen high-tier lords having many species higher than their level in the main city, that’s how it is.

In this way, upgrading a Tier Seven Species to Tier Eight would require not just one but ten territory essences!

Meaning killing ten Tier Seven Lords!

In an instant, he sensed a deep malice from this world, as if really being pushed to slaughter each other and compete between realms.

But it’s also good like this.

Knowing this in advance is better than knowing nothing, as it allows better preparation for the upcoming plans.

Lin You didn’t expect that.

Through a conversation, he gained so much crucial information, truly worthy of being a Princess of the Great Wilderness Kingdom, her insight far surpassing them these grassroots lords.

So he didn’t hurry to handle other matters, instead stayed in the hall, continuing to chat with Ji Yunshuang.

Until it was close to noon.

Completing her task, Ji Yunshuang left with her ceremonial team, disappearing from Lin You’s territory in a blaze of teleportation light.

“It’s about time to wander around the main city.”

Watching the gradually fading teleportation light, Lin You lightly whispered.

He currently has only two Tier Seven Territory Essences, needing to acquire eight more to upgrade species to Tier Eight.

This is indeed very challenging for a Tier Six Lord.

But for the upcoming Battlefield of Ten Thousand Realms, he has to try.

Making up his mind.

He left the inner city to find Xue Changgui.

After instructing Xue Changgui on some matters, he hurried back to his territory.

And before entering the teleportation array, he took out from his personal space a faintly glowing dark golden soft armor.

It was a Tier Eight equipment made some days ago by Mageon using golden silk.

Inheriting the exquisite craftsmanship of the Dwarf Artisan, the defense is outstanding, able to withstand an attack from Lingxi without any damage.

Moreover, Mageon assured him that it could at least block two Tier Eight attacks.

Better than anticipated, perfect for self-preservation, especially on the perilous border battlefield.

Without hesitation, he quickly donned the chain armor and stepped into the teleportation array.

Swoosh!

As the view changed, he once again appeared at the Angel’s Wing Main City’s Teleportation Plaza, and the familiar surroundings immediately came into view.

“Quick, quick, quick! I heard that fighting has broken out over in the Neutral Zone, let’s hurry over!”

“What? Fighting? Is it with the Primordial Evil Realm?”

“Yes, over there the territory’s always contested, lots of lords gathered, and today, for some reason, they just started fighting suddenly.”

“Rumor has it the Prince of the Cangyue Empire was ambushed by someone from the Primordial Evil Realm, went to retaliate, and more and more lords showed up, about to turn into a major war.”

“Damn! That exciting? We should hurry and see if we can take advantage.”