After setting the next goal, Chen Luo got up and walked towards the functional area.
The entire Starfire Town was currently divided into two major areas: the residential area and the functional area. The functional area was the important region for enhancing the town's strength.
After turning and walking through several streets, a clamor rushed towards him.
"Combat team! Come quickly! See if this leather armor fits!"
"Arrows! Finally, arrows! I can finally shoot!!!"
"Alright, take your weapons and go play elsewhere! Don't shoot randomly in town!"
The Armory, one of the functional areas.
Here, the system could refresh weapons and equipment for up to one percent of the town's population.
Starfire Town's current maximum population capacity was fifty thousand, so it could refresh weapons and equipment for five hundred people at once.
The equipment consisted of Level 5 white-grade armor and professional weapons, which could only be claimed once.
If more was needed, one could either wait for the town to upgrade and unlock more quotas, or professionals could exchange them individually for 1,000 experience points.
Yes, in the towns opened by the system, experience points could be used as currency.
The crowd, who were enthusiastically distributing equipment, stopped their chaotic movements upon seeing Chen Luo's arrival and greeted him.
Chen Luo responded briefly and then headed towards the food area within the functional zone.
In the food area, most of the logistics personnel had already gathered. The townspeople could engage in agricultural and animal husbandry activities under the system's arrangement. The food produced here could also ensure the normal lives of everyone in the town.
There was no need to worry about city dwellers not knowing how to grow vegetables or raise livestock, as everything here had system prompts and assistance.
After a brief tour of the functional area, Chen Luo's mood relaxed considerably upon confirming that the town was gradually stabilizing.
A stable rear base was the foundation for all development.
He would now proceed to retake the entire Donghai City. With such a solid rear base, his actions would be much less troublesome.
...
The upgrade of the territory primarily depended on the expansion area of the territory.
Currently, Starfire Town occupied an area of about five square kilometers. To expand, Chen Luo could choose to spend experience points to exchange for special items, continuously extending Starfire Town's territory outwards.
When the entire territory expanded to the size of the Binhai District, it could be upgraded to a city.
Chen Luo stood before the giant plaza sculpture and said loudly, "System, I choose to exchange for landmarks! Give me five hundred first!"
After a flash of light, five hundred silver-white flags suddenly appeared in Chen Luo's consciousness.
[Experience points deducted: 5,000,000. Exchange for the rare item "Landmark" successful.]
[Landmark]
[Type]: Rare Item
[Exchange Condition]: The territory owner can exchange for one by spending ten thousand experience points.
[Effect]: After placing a landmark in unclaimed territory outside the領地, a marked area of one square kilometer will be automatically generated.
The marked area can be connected to the territory, and when the marked area connected to the territory reaches a certain level, the territory upgrade will be triggered.
[Note]:
1. If there are foreign races within the area, they will attack the landmark immediately. Once the landmark is destroyed, the marked area will be considered lost.
2. When the territory is upgraded, the landmark will be completely integrated into the territory, and the marked area will be converted into territory. (Current territory upgrade progress: 5/500)
...
The "Landmark" was an essential item for players to expand their territory. The price of one landmark was as high as 10,000 experience points, but for Chen Luo at this moment, it was merely a drop in the bucket.
"Judging from the current territory upgrade progress, a city-level territory will require at least five hundred square kilometers. This is almost the size of a district in Donghai City."
After understanding the method of territory expansion, Chen Luo briefly instructed Su Xiao on a few matters, asking her to manage the entire town on his behalf.
Having witnessed Chen Luo's new strength, Su Xiao understood that his power far exceeded everyone's imagination, so she did not object to Chen Luo going out alone.
As for Chen Luo telling her not to panic if he could teleport thousands of people out of town at any time.
Su Xiao recalled the scene of the priest group being summoned earlier and roughly guessed Chen Luo's intentions.
Seeing his secretary, Su Xiao, diligently go to work, Chen Luo hardened his heart and took the dazed Xiaoyue from Hu Tao's tearful hands.
If he let her continue touching, the former king of the wolf tribe might completely fall.
However, seeing Hu Tao's expectant eyes, Chen Luo could only promise, under Xiaoyue's resentful gaze, that upon his return, either he or Xiaoyue would be hers to touch.
Hu Tao heard this, blushed, and spat, "Hentai Chen Luo!" before turning and running towards the town. However, she had barely taken a few steps before Su Xiao caught her and casually buried her in her embrace.
Watching Hu Tao's hands droop after struggling for a moment, Xiaoyue, in a daze, understood the principle of heavenly retribution and karma.
Chen Luo, unaware of what his pet had realized, casually placed Xiaoyue on his shoulder and said casually,
"Xiaoyue, grow up quickly. You're riding your master now. When you grow up, master can ride you!"
Hearing this, Xiaoyue gently nuzzled Chen Luo's cheek with its fluffy little head and meowed in a childish voice, "Awoo!" (Yes! When I grow up, I'll let master ride me!)
Stroking Xiaoyue's incredibly soft little head, Chen Luo waved his hand, and a giant bronze Mage Hand lifted him into the air.
...
The light barrier enveloped the entire Starfire Town. Some wind and snow could still penetrate the barrier unharmed and enter the town, giving the townspeople a rare chill in the midst of summer.
Just as the town's residents were busily working towards their new lives, Chen Luo, riding the Mage Hand beneath him, passed through the light barrier without obstruction and flew outside the town.
As soon as he exited the light barrier, the much stronger wind and snow directly hit him, and the more piercing chill made Chen Luo's mind even clearer.
The traces of battle outside the town gate had been completely buried by the wind and snow.
It was already noon, but the thick clouds obscured the city, and the heavy snow further obstructed people's vision.
At first glance, the world was a vast expanse of white, and the few tilted buildings in the distance spoke of the previous night's fierce battle.
Chen Luo stood on the bronze Mage Hand, clad in exquisite armor, alone in the wind and snow.
He looked at the desolate and ruined ice and snow cityscape around him and sighed softly in his heart:
"In just one day, the former prosperity has turned into a bubble. Is this the apocalypse?"
But in the next moment, a determined glint flashed in Chen Luo's eyes, and a silver-white flag suddenly appeared in his hand.