Global Lords: My Species Can Mutate

Chapter 213: Chapter 212: Secret Realm Gate

“Lord, we’ve brought your breakfast.”

At this moment, a shout echoed outside the territory.

It was the voice of Steward Xu Zhong.

Lin You’s thoughts moved, and Cyan Rattan’s vines made way for them.

Before long, Xu Zhong followed several settlers who delivered meals into the territory.

“Greetings, Lord.”

“Is there something you wish to discuss?”

Lin You casually opened the chat channel to check.

“I am here to report on the situation around Yellow Sand City, Lord,” Xu Zhong replied respectfully.

“Alright, go ahead.”

Lin You continued browsing the chat channel, listening intently.

Seeing this, Xu Zhong promptly said, “Lord, after our investigation yesterday afternoon, it is confirmed that the Lord of Profound Yang City perished in the Battlefield of Ten Thousand Realms, and the Lords of the other two cities also suffered heavy losses.”

“The Lord of Profound Yang City is dead?”

Lin You paused and looked over at him.

“Yes, and not only that, according to the merchants who passed by this morning, the Tier Seven Lord of Desolate Ancient City also perished. I estimate that it won’t be long before chaos erupts over there, so I came to inquire about your plans, Lord.”

“The Lord of Desolate Ancient City is dead too?” Lin You was slightly surprised.

Desolate Ancient City is approximately 300 kilometers away from Yellow Sand City.

It is also the nearest Tier Seven territory to them.

Previously, Lin You learned from merchants that Linchuan City was a subordinate territory of Desolate Ancient City.

Lin You never expected that the Lord would also die in the Battlefield of Ten Thousand Realms.

Keep in mind.

Desolate Ancient City was a medium-sized city with tens of thousands of residents.

If these residents could be absorbed into Yellow Sand City, it would be an enormous leap forward for Yellow Sand City, potentially transforming it into a medium-sized city!

Moreover, he had already upgraded to a Tier Seven territory.

He is fully capable of accommodating such a large population without worrying about riots and unrest.

After pondering for a moment, he directly said, “Alright, go back and tell Manager Xue that residents who migrate to and settle within Yellow Sand City’s borders will be exempt from all taxes for the first month. Then, find people to spread the word.”

“Alright! I’ll get on it!”

Xu Zhong’s spirit lifted, and he couldn’t hide his joy.

He had come here, waiting for Lin You to say those words.

After all, if Yellow Sand City developed into a medium-sized city with tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands, of people, these veteran stewards would naturally see their status and prestige rise.

Without wasting any time, he instructed people to properly set the breakfast and hastily led the team out of the territory, heading towards Yellow Sand City.

Before long.

The news of Yellow Sand City exempting new residents from taxes for a month spread rapidly inside and outside the city, even extending to surrounding cities.

“Is this news true? Can new residents really be exempted from taxes for a month?”

“It should be true; I just saw Manager Xue lead people to announce it in the central square. Plenty of notices have also been posted in the city.”

“That’s great! I’ve been thinking about where to settle down.”

“Same here. I just arrived from Profound Yang City and the resources in Yellow Sand City are much better.”

“Isn’t that obvious? I heard Lord upgraded to Tier Seven yesterday; can a Tier Six Lord compare?”

“Wow! A Tier Seven Lord? I definitely need to move here!”

Everyone knows that the higher a Lord’s level within a territory, the richer the development resources are.

Just the building levels alone are incomparable to those of low-tier Lords.

And it’s incredibly safe.

Especially now that Lin You has upgraded to Tier Seven; the Territorial Sacred Artifact has unlocked the second level of its beneficial state.

[Sacred Artifact Name: Barbaric Growth (Plant Type)]

[Level One: All Attributes + 8%, Wound Recovery + 10%]

[Level Two: All Attributes + 8%, Wound Recovery + 10%]

[Level Three (Unlocked): All Attributes + 8%, Wound Recovery + 10%]

[Level Four (Unlocked): Territory Skills “Forest Guardian”]

[Traits: Within the territory’s range, plant growth speed increased by 100%, species attributes increased by 16%, wound recovery increased by 20%]

[Sacred Artifact Introduction: Praying to the sacred artifact grants the effect of territory blessing, lasting a day.]

The powerful territory blessing effect can increase the settlers’ strength by nearly twenty percent, something a typical Tier Six territory can’t compare to.

With this bonus, hunting demons will become much easier.

And as fortune recovers.

Demons in the Gobi Desert also gradually evolve beyond Tier Seven, attracting more Tier Seven cultivators.

Yellow Sand City is truly thriving.

Anyone can see the immense potential it contains.

At this time.

Within the territory.

After assigning the task of absorbing the population, Lin You sat by the dining table, eating breakfast and checking the territory management interface.

What he saw shocked him.

Yellow Sand City’s daily revenue had skyrocketed from its original one thousand, reaching ten thousand.

A tenfold increase!

After deducting various maintenance and sundry labor costs, he still nets about five thousand daily.

This means that now, even if he does nothing, he can recruit two Tier Seven species daily.

And this number will gradually increase with the growing population.

Indeed, it validates his earlier assertion.

Other Tier Seven Lords could easily earn in a day what takes him several days of effort.

Next.

Lin You checked the Tier Seven rankings again.

He found, as expected, that he hadn’t squeezed onto the list.

Even the Imperial Crown symbolizing first place in the Yellow Sand City rankings disappeared when he upgraded to Tier Seven.

However, Lin You wasn’t worried.

Because even without the Imperial Crown’s bonus, his Faith increase rate had almost reached 10 points per day, far faster than when he first arrived.

As for his ranking, it was even less of a concern.

After all, he had just upgraded his territory, hadn’t fully recruited Tier Seven Species, and other Tier Six ones were temporarily unused.

Instead of fixating on this, it would be better to focus on developing the territory more.

With these thoughts.

Lin You then opened the building interface and checked it one by one.

His remaining mineral resources were just enough to upgrade all the basic buildings within Yellow Sand City to Tier Seven.

Considering the potential upcoming wave of population migration.

He temporarily abandoned upgrading territory buildings, using all mineral resources to upgrade the basic buildings of Yellow Sand City.

In an instant.

Light constantly flashed in various corners of Yellow Sand City.

All those Tier Six basic buildings were upgraded to Tier Seven, attracting surrounding pedestrians to stop and watch.

After upgrading the buildings, Lin You also found that several forest-themed buildings were added to the building interface.

Such as Watchtower, Archery Tower, Spring of Nature.

The first two names were self-explanatory, but the third one surprised Lin You.

[Building Name: Spring of Nature]

[Building Level: Tier One]

[Building Role: Gushing spring water capable of healing all settlers’ injuries except deadly ones, consuming Magic Energy/Demon Crystal per treatment, valid only for settlers below building level.]

[Healing Costs: Settler Level x2]

[Daily Consumption: 100 Magic Energy]

[Construction Required: 500 Wood, 500 Stone, 250 Iron Ore, 250 Copper Ore, 500 Magic Energy]

Overall, it’s quite a worthwhile building.

With enough resources later, it could be built.

This allows settlers to quickly recover from hunting injuries and earn substantial Magic Energy.

He’s not greedy.

Just treating a thousand or eight hundred people daily should earn several thousand Magic Energy, right?

Accumulating buildings like these, it’s a considerable income.

“Right, wasn’t something unlocked when upgrading to Tier Seven?”

Suddenly, Lin You recalled the prompt he heard when upgrading to Tier Seven.

It seemed besides unlocking building levels, another feature was unlocked.

Quickly opening the territory interface and scrolling to the bottom.

Sure enough, at the end of a string of functions, a new option called [Secret Realm Gate] appeared.

Quickly accessing it, a description filled his vision.

[Secret Realm Gate: Can open a Secret Realm Gate within territory range, leading to Secret Sanctuary.]

“…”

Is that it?

No further introduction?

Lin You looked around confusedly at the sentence above, unable to figure out any clue.

Moreover, without knowing, he dared not use this feature lightly, fearing it could cause trouble.

No choice but to seek help externally in this situation.

Giving it a thought, he immediately opened the private chat, sending a message to Ji Yunshuang.

If anyone he knew had inside information, it would be Ji Yunshuang, the Princess.

Sure enough.

The message hadn’t been sent for long before receiving a reply.

“Suddenly asking me about the Secret Realm Gate, did you upgrade to Tier Seven?”

Right from the start, it was evident she understood this matter well.

Lin You didn’t waste words, directly replied with a message: “Yeah, upgraded yesterday, so wanted to ask, you should know, right?”

“Of course, my father’s subordinates often go through the Secret Realm Gate, the place is very dangerous, but I’ve heard one can get Species Secret Treasure, and lots of other resources.”

“Species Secret Treasure?”

Lin You’s eyes lit up, unexpectedly learning news about Secret Treasure in such an incidental way.

“Yes, you’ve heard of Species Secret Treasure, right?”

“I’ve heard, continue.”

“As long as you’ve heard, the Secret Realm Gate functions similar to Main City teleportation, but it transports to the central continent’s Secret Sanctuary, ruled by the three indigenous empires, connecting to the Main Demon Plane.”

“Main Demon Plane?”

“Yes, the demons in the Main Demon Plane are at least Tier Seven, because the space there is extremely unstable, it often creates secret realm entrances, spawning many demons, even triggering beast tides. To prevent numerous high-tier demons from invading the continent, people must be dispatched to clear out the demons in the secret realm first.”

“I see…”

After reading Ji Yunshuang’s explanation, Lin You suddenly realized.

Simultaneously, he was extremely shocked.

The demons with a minimum of Tier Seven, what an awful place this Main Demon Plane is, perhaps spawning many Tier Eight, Nine, even Ten demons at once.

Unfortunately, hardly giving him extended thinking time, Ji Yunshuang soon sent another message.

“But I suggest you don’t go there for the time being, it could be dangerous.”