Strongest Lord by Opening Blind Boxes

Chapter 333: Chapter 258: Celebration Banquet and Planning (Part 2)

A moment later, Wang Yi constructed the +11 Enhanced Shelter next to the Bronze Melon Field.

The Shelter resembled a round fortress-palace. It had an all-metal structure, as if forged entirely from platinum, and was exceptionally solid.

After a brief inspection, Wang Yi opened the Shelter’s information panel and added himself, along with Jelena, Wang Bushi, Nangong Jin, and other important territory personnel, to the protection list.

Just as he finished setting the list, Wang Yi unexpectedly received a system notification: ”Ding! Congratulations! You are under the protection of Huaguo Mountain and are immune to some system penalties and rule-based damage. Please explore the specifics on your own.”

’This is conceptual protection. It should be very useful!’

After a moment of thought, Wang Yi summoned the Bronze War Chariot. He pointed a finger at it, and with a thought, the Sea Covering Sword unsheathed from his back. With a CLANG, it struck one of the Bronze Warhorses, leaving a deep gash.

This was a deliberate attack. Normally, for damaging the ”old clunker,” Wang Yi would be fined by the system.

But this time, he heard no system penalty. Instead, a system notification sounded: ”Ding! Under the protection of Huaguo Mountain, you are immune to the current system penalty. Compensation of 656 Gold Coins has been waived!”

Wang Yi was overjoyed.

He had intentionally attacked the Bronze War Chariot to test the Shelter’s protective ability. He hadn’t expected it to actually waive the compensation.

’Hahahaha, the +11 Enhanced Shelter is amazing! With its protection, I can stage accidents with my own vehicle, damage it myself, repair it myself, and earn unlimited repair fees...’

With a smile, Wang Yi activated No-Damage Attack. After 33 punches, he had completely repaired the Bronze War Chariot, earning a total of 328 Gold Coins in repair fees. On average, he made 10 Gold Coins per punch, equivalent to ten months’ salary for a One-star Soldier in the territory!

Thanks to Wang Yi’s diligent repairs, the Bronze War Chariot’s collection value had already surpassed 600,000 Gold Coins. The repair costs had also skyrocketed; now, even a minor scratch cost hundreds or even thousands of Gold Coins to fix!

For Wang Yi, repairing the chariot was an excellent way to make money.

’The system is just too easy to fleece!’

Wang Yi muttered to himself. Next, he went to the Eco-Castle to find Jelena and informed her about the Bronze Melon Field, the White Bone Array, the Shelter, and the other new structures.

That evening, another grand victory banquet was held in the First Dining Hall.

This banquet also served as Eggshell City’s second general assembly, and many people attended.

During the banquet, Wang Yi handed out rewards, distributing many Gold Coins and a large number of items to the crowd.

Additionally, Wang Yi consulted with Jelena, Nangong Jin, and others. They decided to move Liuhe Farm, along with its 300 acres of fertile farmland and 100 acres of Spirit Fields, to the south bank of the Jade River.

In the future, the south bank of the Jade River would become their food production base, tentatively named Liuhe City. People would be relocated there to settle, eventually developing it into a proper city.

The northern part of the territory was designated as the industrial production area. All factories would be moved there, with a future focus on industrial development and the proposed establishment of an industrial city.

To the west and east, centered around the nine White Bone Mountains and the Refining Profound Sect, they would focus on military development, planning to build two cities: White Bone City and Refining Profound City.

Wang Yi also mentioned the yet-to-be-built Bronze Aerospace Institute and Bronze Manufacturing Plant. He laid out a plan to construct these buildings next to the ancestral melon field to create a sixth small city: Bronze City!

According to their plan, the construction of Eggshell City would continue, but the priority would be on building the industrial city and Liuhe City first. The development of White Bone City, Refining Profound City, and Bronze City was less urgent.

Jelena instructed the Secretariat to create a development blueprint, requiring the Hundred Skills Academy, the Production Department, and the Foreign Affairs Department to cooperate fully and begin the relocation process as soon as possible.

Notably, the [Reclassification Certificate: Teleportation Mage] was claimed by Pei Xue, the [Reclassification Certificate: Flame Mage] went to the young girl Li Hua’Er, and the [Reclassification Certificate: Holy Light Knight] and [Reclassification Certificate: King of Heavy Strike] were given to Hu Fenqiu and Zhang Mazha, respectively.

Wang Yi also gave the Sea Covering Sword to Hai Pei!

The ever-loyal-looking Pei Zhi actually staged a suicide attempt, which startled Wang Yi, but it allowed him to get his wish and claim the second Tongyou Jade.

After discussing the territory’s layout, the group finalized the plan and roster for the second expedition into the World of Suffering. This marked the official start of the second exploration.

After the banquet, everyone dispersed in high spirits, but Wang Yi’s work was just beginning.

The others could rest, but he could not!

As the Lord, only Wang Yi could move buildings. Following the agreed-upon plan, he shifted Liuhe Farm, the Spirit Fields, and the fertile farmland to the south, then moved the Shelter to where Liuhe Farm had originally been.

He then moved the Watch Factory, paper mill, Printing Factory, dynamite factory, Gourmet Processing Plant, Huanghua Fishery, fishing towers, Capsule Factory, and Undead Cloth Factory to the northern part of the territory, arranging them neatly.

As for North Mountain and other features, Wang Yi simply moved them to the edge of the territory.

Wang Yi also made slight adjustments to the positions of the White Bone Mountains, the Burial Ground, the Soul Altar, the Refining Profound Sect’s encampment, and other structures.

Using his Commanding Mountains and Rivers ability, Wang Yi even moved some small rivers from outside the territory to beautify the landscape.

All in all, Wang Yi spent two full days busy with these tasks before the territory’s reorganization was temporarily complete.

Immediately after, Wang Yi went to the Battle Sacred Land to study the Battle Ecosystem.

As the surface territory had expanded, so had the underground domain. The Battle Sacred Land now spanned dozens of miles in area.

The Battle Sacred Land contained a Battle Ecosystem. This ecosystem’s Evolution progress had reached 33%, and its first Eco-Elites had appeared: the Spirit Rhinoceros Warriors.

The Spirit Rhinoceros Warriors all evolved from the mushrooms in the eco-farm.

In appearance, they were little mushroom people with cap-like hairstyles and chubby bodies. Standing thirty centimeters tall, they looked dazed and clumsy. Their combat power was negligible, but they could continuously grow stronger within the Battle Ecosystem.

’Why are these Eco-Elites called Spirit Rhinoceros Warriors instead of Mushroom Warriors?’

Wang Yi wondered, though he still had high hopes for the Spirit Rhinoceros Warriors. After all, as long as the territory’s ecosystem continued to evolve, their growth potential was limitless.

A short while later, Wang Yi arrived at the Tower of Suffering.

A large force had already gathered inside the Tower of Suffering. Among them were the Demon Gun Knight, Xiang Yun; the Pill Dao Venerable, Zhao Mei; Little Alchemist Watermelon; the pilot of Prototype No. 1, Black Beans; Qin Mo, who cultivated as an Alchemist Qi Refiner; Pei Zhi, who had used a Tongyou Jade; as well as the Chopping King, Zhang Lengzi; the Earth Warrior, Yang Qingniu; the Holy Light Knight, Hu Fenqiu; and the King of Heavy Strike, Zhang Mazha...

There was also a large number of militia, 3,333 Celestial Eagle Warriors, as well as Athena and the Boykas from the Fighting God Camp.

The total number was close to six thousand people!

Today was the designated day for the expedition to the World of Suffering. To facilitate the exploration, the Atlantis Ark had even been recalled.

”Good! This looks like a proper large-scale expedition! I’ll be expecting your triumphant return in ten days!”

In high spirits, Wang Yi personally saw the force of nearly six thousand off to the World of Suffering.

After spending a day in the World of Suffering, Wang Yi returned, only to send another twenty thousand people to immigrate to Yamero Star.

’Everything is stable and improving, but I can’t let my guard down. Since I have some free time now, I’ll accumulate one hundred million Chaos Energy on Yamero Star to upgrade the Heart of Ecology...’

Wang Yi mused to himself. His exploration on Yamero Star was also diligent; to make the most of his time, he even swallowed another Fasting Pill.

Time passed slowly. On this day, after exploring Yamero Star for six days, Wang Yi’s Chaos Energy finally broke past one hundred million points!

’I’ve been here for six days. I wonder what’s changed back in the territory. It’s time to go back and see Li Longyu...’

Wang Yi thought to himself as he took out a Town Recall Scroll.

Meanwhile, in the Kaiyuan County Yamen, the Kaiyuan County Magistrate, Qiao Meng, was pacing anxiously like an ant on a hot pan.

He had received a system notification that the fifth wave of the void invasion was about to begin.

’To Avoid Battle against the fifth void invasion actually costs thirty thousand Chaos Energy! I don’t have enough! There’s no way I can withstand this invasion! What do I do?’

Gritting his teeth, Qiao Meng made a decision. He had to make a trip to Huaguo Mountain as soon as possible. It would be best if he could obtain some Chaos Crystal Stones. If not, he would at least move his family there for safety. He just hoped that after he reclassified as an Adventurer, his three wives would still recognize him. At least then his transmigration wouldn’t have been for nothing.