Chapter 22: Level 2 Resource Production Buildings

Qin Muye exchanged 1000 points for the blueprint of the Gem House and constructed two of them. Subsequently, he expanded all five resource buildings once, choosing not to advance his territory to Level 2.

The reason was simple. If he advanced to Level 2, his overall strength might be classified as Level 1 Champion or directly promoted to Level 2. Although this could potentially lead to more substantial rewards in tomorrow's monster siege, he wasn't sure if he could handle it.

Ever since he saw his rank at 267 on the leaderboard, he understood that he wasn't the protagonist who effortlessly conquered the world. Instead, he was more like a supporting character, not a big shot. Therefore, it was better not to be too greedy.

[Lumber Yard Level 2: Produces 20 units of wood per day for each stationed unit, with a cap of (10/20).]

[Quarry Level 2: Produces 20 units of stone per day for each stationed unit, with a cap of (10/20).]

[Gold Mine Level 2: Produces 200 coins per day for each stationed unit, with a cap of (0/20).]

[Refinery Level 2: Produces 2 units of mercury per day for each stationed unit, with a cap of (10/20).]

[Gem House Level 2:...]

The consumption was not insignificant, especially for the Refinery and Gem House. Expanding just these four buildings depleted almost half of his rewards. If he hadn't saved a bit before, he wouldn't have had resources for the other three buildings.

However, the harvest was quite substantial. With a full complement of troops, the daily production of wood and ore increased from 200 to 800, a fourfold increase. All resource productions also increased eightfold, which was a significant boon for Qin Muye.

With 10,000 coins, Qin Muye recruited 100 more Spirit Creatures, filling up one Spirits Workshop. He still had 477 Spirits left to recruit, and it remained to be seen if he could gather enough coins.

Out of the 182 Spirits, he assigned 100 to work in resource buildings. Without these units, there wouldn't be any resource production tomorrow, as Qin Muye observed. It would take at least eight hours of work to generate enough resources for the next day; otherwise, there would be a decline.

The remaining 82 Spirits were divided, with 60 assigned to farming and 11 following the Blood Demon to continue clearing monsters, aiming to level up the Blood Demon by one more level today.

As for recruiting regular creatures for resource buildings instead of Spirits? With monsters attacking near his doorstep, he didn't even have enough coins to recruit all Spirits, let alone waste them on recruiting weaker creatures for resource production.

If he tried to fight, 10 regular creatures wouldn't be able to defeat one Spirit.

One was left with Qin Muye as a bodyguard. However, he didn't need to worry too much since there were 60 Spirits farming outside and 100 working in resource buildings. Only if a monster or another Lord could eliminate all 160 Spirits, would they be able to breach the Wizard Tower.

If all Spirits were eliminated, having one Spirit as a bodyguard wouldn't make a difference for Qin Muye. He would just have to face his death calmly, as without the Spirits, he had no chance of survival.

Spirits were intelligent, unlike lower-tier creatures like Skeletons or Wolves. Qin Muye speculated that Spirits were perhaps the most versatile among Tier 1 creatures, being proficient in various tasks.

As for joining the leveling party, Qin Muye also wanted to, but the experience gained was too low for him. Increasing one level only granted one point of Knowledge and one free attribute point. In contrast, leveling the Blood Demon granted five points each in Attack, Defense, Strength, and 10 Magic Points.

Although he had 10 Magic Points himself, it came with Knowledge and wasn't as directly rewarded as the Blood Demon's level-up.

He suspected that a lower Knowledge might result in a less effective response from the Blood Demon, such as being reckless or unable to effectively discern enemy tactics.

So, while the Blood Demon could serve as a vanguard, commanding an army might be burdensome.

He needed not only a formidable military commander but also an adept manager.

After learning the level 1 Air Magic "Attack Speed Increase," he continued to study the Spirits, aiming to create a Tier 1 Champion.

[Air Magic: Attack Speed Increase (Increases the speed of the selected troops by 3 points for 12 minutes, consumes 5 Magic Points).]

He spotted a profession called "Noble" in the points shop, which came with the talents Diplomatic Expertise, Diplomacy, and Financial Management. If he trained a Champion Spirit with this Noble profession, it would turn into a rare profession, serving as an excellent internal and external steward.

Additionally, he eyed the Knight and Mage transition certificates. The former could be used to train cavalry, while the latter could complement his lacking magical skills and potentially train a magic-oriented hero.

Unfortunately, he was poor!

These weren't even rare professions, and each conversion cost 10,000 points. Even if he maintained the current intensity of monster sieges for the next six days, he might still not afford them.

With 1,000 points per day, he planned to spend the first three days on special resource buildings, the next three days on three professional certificates, and then decide between building blueprints or professional certificates on the final day.

Theoretically, he needed to artificially create a Champion Spirit to allow the opponent to ascend from a common profession to a rare profession when becoming a hero.

Otherwise, it would just be an ordinary profession.

There were no records in the Advanced Spirit Experiment Manual about Spirits becoming Champions. To achieve this, relying solely on knowledge was insufficient; he needed the assistance of the "Lord Era." Fortunately, Qin Muye possessed the necessary conditions.

Otherwise, it would be like trying to cook without rice.

[End of Chapter 22]