Chapter 22: The Blessing of the Southern Cross Star_1

Overjoyed, Leo Ray didn't hesitate and immediately upgraded!

[Congratulations, your "Tier 4 Accessory: Blessing of the Southern Cross Star" has been upgraded to "Tier 5 Accessory: Blessing of the Southern Cross Star"!]

[Congratulations, your "Tier 4 Shield Blueprint: Gaea's Shield" has been upgraded to "Tier 4 Shield Blueprint: Gaea's Shield" for 100 copies!]

"Wow, it went straight to Tier 5?"

Then, with a thought from Leo Ray, the deep blue gemstone pendant appeared in his hand again.

After the upgrade, although the pendant's appearance did not change, the golden energy in the blue gemstone clearly became much denser.

[Name: Blessing of the Southern Cross Star]

[Grade: Tier 5•Extraordinary (Silver)]

[Defense Strength: ★]

[Additional Effect 1: Star Protection "Resist a fatal blow below Tier 5 in one instance (charge time: 24 hours)"]

[Additional Effect 2: Star Pupil "Allows limited distance vision in the dark"]

[Remark: It is rumored that this pendant was exquisitely crafted from meteorite fragments and was once one of the royal treasures of a country. It can automatically gather the power of the stars and, at critical moments, will completely block a fatal blow for its wearer and grant night vision.]

"My goodness, after being promoted, it not only adds one star of defense strength but also withstands a Tier 5 fatal blow once.

What's more, it includes a second special effect—night vision—it's a great thing for night combat!"

Thinking of this, Leo Ray eagerly put the pendant around his neck.

Without a doubt, his survivability has now reached a whole new level!

"However, it's a bit of a pity that the Tier 4 Shield Blueprint has turned into 100 copies..."

Leo Ray chuckled with a slight smirk.

As long as there is enough crafting space and materials, and you have a copy of an equipment blueprint, you can keep creating equipment.

Therefore, the increased number of equipment blueprints, other than trading them to other Lords, doesn't seem to have much significance.

"Well, maybe these 100 blueprints will come in handy in the future, who knows!"

Done thinking about it, Leo Ray, in a great mood, played around with the new Tier 5 pendant for a while and then opened his territory interface.

[Lord's Mansion Lv: 4 (You can receive 5 "Tier 1 Recruitment Orders" daily)]

[Owner: Leo Ray (Tier 1 Four Stars)]

[ID: 0013076067]

[Population: 44/100]

[Number of Buildings: 12 (Lord's Mansion, Ordinary residential house x6, Storage room x5)]

[Storage Space: 30/140]

Resources: "Wood x 460,000", "Thatch x 340,000", "Stone x 360,000", "Light Crystal Stone x 1,500", "Iron Ore x 50", "Copper Ore x 50"

Food: "Beef x 2,700", "Pork x 5,000", "Snake meat x 130", "Shiitake mushrooms x 5,000"

Materials: "Beef tendon x 110", "Cowhide x 45", "Bull horn x 12", "Snake skin x 30", "Hypertoxic Fang (Rare) x 2", "Pig skin x 360"

Equipment: "Tier 1 Weapon: Hook Scythe Spear x 102", "Tier 1 Weapon: Wooden Longbow x 101", "Tier 2 Weapon: Falling Moon Blade x 100", "Tier 3 Weapon: Flowing Light Sword", "Tier 3 Weapon: Book of Life", "Tier 3 Weapon: Ice Dance Blade"

Equipment Blueprint Category: "Tier 3 Armor Blueprint: Bright Silver Luminous Armor", "Tier 4 Weapon Blueprint: Angel's Wand", "Tier 4 Shield Blueprint: Gaea's Shield x 100"

Building Blueprint Category: "Miracle Building Blueprint: Light Healing House"

Magic Drug Category: "Tier 2 Magic Medicine: Qi Condensing Pill x 107"

Functional Category: "Tier 1 Recruitment Order x 260"Tools: "Exquisite Logging Axe x40", "Exquisite Sickle x70"

[Upgrade materials required: Wood x50000, Thatch x30000, Stone x30000, Iron Ore x1500, Copper Ore x1500]

"Based on the current production speed of iron ore and copper ore, it will take at least three days to upgrade the mansion to level 5..."

As Leo Ray looked at the data on the interface, he fell into deep thought.

"But after the upgrade, the population only reached 100. According to this trend, it will take quite some time before I can wage large-scale army warfare...

However, this is indeed reasonable.

After all, more than 99% of the lords were ordinary people before crossing over, so it's natural that a gradual adaptation process is necessary.

Of course, the premise is to survive."

Thinking of this, Leo Ray took a deep breath.

There was no doubt that among so many lords, many of them had already perished in this alternate world.

At this moment, Leo Ray's eyes became sharp as a blade.

He only wanted to better survive in this world, and if anyone stood in his way, he wouldn't mind wiping them completely off the face of this world.

"Oh right, after the mansion upgrade, a new 'Mind Talk' function was unlocked!"

Through the knowledge that first entered his mind, Leo Ray learned about this.

This function, in simple terms, is an instant messaging system.

As a lord, he can establish a unique communication channel with a specific number of subordinates, which is convenient for long-distance command, coordination, and intelligence exchange.

Especially in future large-scale battlefields, this function will undoubtedly have an incomparable significant impact.

"Speaking of which, since the population limit has been increased, let's summon more subordinates."

If Leo Ray decided, he took out 40 Tier 1 Recruitment Orders from his storage space.

Through his observation yesterday and today, Leo Ray noticed that an ordinary Tier 1 Subordinate needed to consume about 3 units of meat per day.

By adding another 40 people, the total daily consumption is only 240 units—a manageable amount.

Then, he built another four ordinary residential houses in the territory.

Immediately after, using the 'Mind Talk' function, he summoned Taylor who went out hunting, as well as Gavin Sullivan and others who were cutting wood nearby to the front of the Lord's Mansion, and directly pressed the summon button.

The next second, a dense array of light gates flickered, and 40 new Tier 1 Subordinates appeared before everyone.

After summarizing their attributes, Leo Ray found that the strengths of these newcomers were generally the same as those of Gavin Sullivan and others, with the highest level being 2 stars and no difference at all.

On the other side, the newly summoned subordinates, after their initial confusion, had unconcealable shock on their faces.

In the dense forest, a large clearing had been opened up. Neatly arranged houses surrounded the imposing mansion in the middle.

In front of the mansion stood a noble-looking young mage, with his hands at his back.

Behind him stood a towering, fierce-looking man with a beard, as well as two identical, beautiful young girls with snow-white skin that dazzled everyone's eyes.

Further back were four skilled men, each with a neatly arranged team behind them.

In short, everything here had exceeded everyone's imagination!

As the lowest-class farmers and hunters, they thought they were destined for a life of hardship after being summoned, constantly starving and exposed to the elements.

But to their surprise, they had stumbled upon this heavenly place they couldn't have even dreamt of!

With this realization, the overjoyed crowd lowered their heads one after another, competing to pledge their loyalty to Leo Ray!