Your Lord Has A Screw Loose?

Chapter 144: 146: The Two Eliminated Servers

Chapter 144: Chapter 146: The Two Eliminated Servers

“[Server 6654, Extreme Cold Ice Land, eliminated from competition]”

[Server 2115, Rich Ocean, eliminated from competition]”

One reminder after the other appeared in succession, and Qin Muye had an odd look on his face, as if these people had agreed to it in advance.”

However, this must be the Sea Dragon King seeing the writing on the wall and beating a hasty retreat.”

Otherwise, it wouldn’t be possible for these events to occur back-to-back like this, immediately after seeing the message about the elimination of Extreme Cold Ice Land, the fleeing Sea Dragon King would naturally use the Server Transfer Token to leave right away.”

If it really was one after the other like that, it wouldn’t be a coincidence anymore, but rather a slap in the face to each other.”

The prompt had just appeared when a violent tremor was felt, a familiar situation.”

It was like the rumbles produced when the six servers were interconnected.”

Qin Muye looked up to see a massive vortex forming in the sky, encompassing the remaining four servers within it.”

As for the two servers that were collapsing, they appeared to be shrinking as if their backbones had been sucked out.”

This scene gave Qin Muye a strong sense of shock.”

“Such formidable power is truly terrifying,” he couldn’t help but remark, and then he felt a noticeable change in the surrounding environment.”

Such as the concentration of elements, magic environment, and so on.”

At this moment, he understood that this time it was indeed a case of rearing gu: whichever server got eliminated would become nourishment for the others.”

When only one winner remained out of six servers, the server that had fed on the other five would be able to break through its original rank limit, moving from tier 6 to tier 7.”

“Wait a minute, if there are no servers left, how will Demon Blood and the others return?””

Qin Muye suddenly realized this blind spot, but since Demon Blood hadn’t called for help, it seemed likely that they had returned with the True Dragon Emperor; otherwise, they would have used the Bidirectional Teleportation Gate to have Qin Muye pull them back in case of real danger.”

Although he was a bit worried, with the True Dragon Emperor there, it was unlikely that the other side would turn hostile for now.”

After all, his one hundred thousand pieces of Dragon Armor were still in his possession and hadn’t been taken back yet.”

“Based on the current situation, the True Dragon Emperor should be holding the winning cards. Jiang Tianjun might be the only one who could match him somewhat, but all the lords from Jiang’s side have perished, which is both good and bad.””

As for the Wasteland City and Zombie Kingdom servers, to be honest, their chances of success are slim now.”

The disparity in sheer strength is apparent, which is why Qin Muye is even more curious about what kind of initial talents the True Dragon Emperor and Jiang Tianjun have.”

“Maybe one has a text reminder and the other a sign-in system,” Qin Muye joked.”

It wasn’t impossible; otherwise, how could they be so powerful? After all, both a ten-thousand-fold increase and Ocean Survival have appeared.”

Who knew how heaven-defying the talents of these two individuals could be.”

Compared with them, his own Learning Ability seemed quite ordinary indeed.”

“Master, Demon Blood and Evil Tongue have returned,” Black Hand called from outside the laboratory.”

Qin Muye, who was modifying the Stone Statue Ghost Armor, paused, “Come in and tell me about it.””

“Yes, Master. This time, Demon Blood and the others brought back three ships, likely from the Lord Territory of the Rich Ocean Server, and in addition, fifty thousand Skeleton Soldiers along with…””

Qin Muye listened to Black Hand enumerating these items, but he was actually only interested in the three ships and the Ocean Divine Authority System, as for the rest, they were just so-so.”

He opened the buildings menu and indeed saw many unfamiliar structures, but all showing as unbuildable. The reason was simple: these structures were designed to be built on ships and couldn’t be constructed on land.”

“Sort the books we obtained into the Library and Magic Guild, and as for the captured species, throw them in the Prison but don’t let them die; I’ll deal with them when I’m free.””

“Also, upgrading all territory buildings to level 4 needs to be on the agenda. Do we have enough resources?” Qin Muye inquired.”

“There’s no problem with the current stock, but if we do upgrade, the construction time for the Floating City will need to be extended, which might also affect your subsequent research,” Black Hand explained.”

Qin Muye thought for a moment, “No worries, proceed as quickly as possible. And about the Stone Statue Ghost Armor, with our current production standards, when might we achieve widespread use?””

“It’s not very difficult to generalize, but it will be another expenditure of resources,” Black Hand hesitantly said.”

“That’s not an issue, and the exclusive Troop types for White Dove, Black Pupil, and others need to keep up. The next attack on Wasteland City and Zombie Kingdom might be even more fierce, as these two servers have always been our core targets, especially the corresponding technology, which is related to the Level 5 progression of the Spirit Monsters.””

“The plan for the Floating City… push it back once more, and also, as for the Hell expansion project in the Horror Universe, manage it as you see fit. If you’re too busy, consider expanding the internal and external systems.””

“This time is crucial; a successful outcome could flip our fortunes.””

Qin Muye prattled on with his instructions.

He was only responsible for setting the goals. The actual implementation would naturally be handled by Black Hand and a host of Spirit Monsters. It’s not like he could really go and do it himself.

Black Hand was a Governor Profession himself; these matters were his duties. Otherwise, why would Qin Muye have created him, just to hear him say “Yes, Master”?

Being a bit tired was quite normal. Given the constitution of Spirit Monsters, it is basically impossible for them to drop dead from sudden overwork—Qin Muye works like 007 every day and he hasn’t died.

“I will do my best,” Black Hand said.

Currently, there were about 150,000 Spirit Monsters under Qin Muye’s command. According to Qin Muye’s plans, he estimated that about 50,000 would need to be transformed into combat specialists, which wasn’t actually a lot. The remaining 100,000 were all distributed to various positions.

This was excluding the Skeleton Soldiers. Most Spirit Monsters occupied technical positions, while Skeleton Soldiers were the lowest-cost labor force. Most of those stuffed in resource buildings were Skeleton Soldiers, with a small portion being profession-specific combat Spirit Monsters, such as the Magic Plants Druids in charge of farmlands and pastures, specializing in farming and planting activities.

It was precisely this vast system of agriculture, industry, and commerce that formed a cycle. Coupled with monopolizing materials such as arms and Demon Crystals, it allowed Qin Muye’s territory to prosper. Otherwise, it would have collapsed long ago.

With the addition of technological reforms, his territory was gradually moving towards a combination of modernization and a military base. At least he didn’t have to worry about an abnormal body with disproportionate legs; the initial expansion was slowly turning from a hollow balloon into a solid lead ball.

Qin Muye did want to recruit more Spirit Monsters, but the resources could not sustain them. At present, about 50,000 combat Spirit Monsters were usually on hand, with the remaining 100,000 transformed into various elite specialized troops for the operation of the entire territory.

Fourth-Rank Spirit Monsters consumed a substantial amount of food daily. As for recruiting ordinary 1st-Rank Spirit Monsters? What would be the point of recruiting them if not to waste food?

Whatever tasks an ordinary 1st-Rank Spirit Monster could perform, a Skeleton Soldier could do as well, without needing food or drink.

Moreover, recruiting weaklings at this time would be foolish. Using 4th-Rank Dragon Blood Spirit Monsters not only made sense because they were strong fighters and laborers but also because they were smarter. Why would anyone use 1st-Rank Spirit Monsters? It’s good to save money and food, but not in this case; troops are for more than just labor.

What’s more important is ensuring the security of the territory. Labor was just a secondary role for them. The upkeep of 150,000 4th-Rank Spirit Monsters was high, but so was their combat strength. If they relied on 1st-Rank Spirit Monsters, who would protect whom?

If there were superior options available, who would settle for inferior ones?

After arranging the tasks for Black Hand, Qin Muye finally finished up with the Stone Statue Ghost Armor.

“For now, this is as far as we can go. The metallurgy we have isn’t sufficient. We need to find a way to improve it,” he remarked.

[Stone Statue Ghost Armor]

[Level: High]

[Attribute]

[Magic Value: 5000/5000]

[Magic Immunity]

[Immune to Blindness]

[Underwater Breathing]

[Optical Invisibility]

[Magnetic Field Distortion]

[Infrared Detection]

[Attack Power +300]

[Defensive Power +1000]

[Constant Flying Magic]

[Magic Value Limit +1000]

[3000 Magic Shield Points]

[Recover 1000 Magic Points per hour]

[Extra 500 damage with attacks]

[Movement Speed +100]

[Overload Operation: Consumes 10 Magic Points per second, Treasury Attributes increase by 100%, cannot be activated if Magic Value falls below 1000 points]

The Stone Statue Ghost Armor could still be enhanced, but due to insufficient metallurgy, it could only be equipped with part of the Iron Blood Warrior’s techniques.

It was also fitted with a power device and was made lighter and more compact — even evil tongues could wear it comfortably.

However, the cost rose accordingly, but Qin Muye was not concerned about this. As long as the Spirit Monsters wore this set of armor, the problem of low defensive power would be reduced considerably, at least giving them a fighting chance against 6th-Rank Champion Level opponents in the future, especially with Magic Immunity, a counter against mass destruction weapons.