Free Web NovelChapter 44: Chapter 26: Reward for Reaching the Top
"Holy shit, the data has to be wrong!!!"
"How could there be that much Prosperity???"
"What’s going on? How is 5.67 million Prosperity in first place, while Lord Qian’s 6.3 million is stuck in second?"
"Weren’t they still 300,000 Prosperity short of 6.3 million at the end?"
"DAMN IT, the guy above me is blind. You missed a digit."
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The final result left the onlookers utterly dumbfounded. They never imagined that "Anonymous 1" had been hiding such a massive trump card.
Atop the World Tree Crown, Lin Yu couldn’t help but twitch his lips. He had reason to believe someone with a twisted sense of humor was deliberately manipulating the numbers on the leaderboard to make them jump around like that.
Before the results were finalized, he’d even suspected for a moment that he had overplayed his hand. Thankfully, it was just a false alarm, and he had deservedly won first place.
[World Chat Channel (789654)]
[Small Group Chat]
Ding Dong: "Hahaha, what did I tell you? I just had a feeling ’Anonymous 1’ was holding back for a big finish."
Lin Yu: "I can’t believe it. Lord Qian fell short at the final hurdle. What a shame!"
Ding Dong: "Shame? What shame? That Qian Duoduo was miles behind in Prosperity. What ’final hurdle’? He wasn’t even close!"
Yun Qihao: "Exactly. Qian Duoduo doesn’t even know his own limits. He’s been acting so high and mighty these past few days. Serves him right to get his face slapped!"
Ding Dong: "As expected of the man who reached 1 million Prosperity back in the first stage."
Lin Yu: "How do you know it’s a man?"
Ding Dong: "A gut feeling! Intuition! You get me? A man’s sixth sense!!"
Ding Dong: "I have a feeling that in the second stage, the number one spot on our planet is guaranteed to be this ’Anonymous 1’."
Yun Qihao: "Impossible!"
Zhang Lv: "Impossible!"
Ding Dong: "Just think about it. What kind of person could get such high Prosperity in the first stage?"
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Watching the group chat, Lin Yu didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. Ding Dong had gone from wanting to find and beat him up to becoming a die-hard fan.
Still, it showed just how much his 50-million-plus Prosperity had shocked them, completely shattering their worldview and creating a huge wave of new fans.
He figured that now that he wasn’t intentionally hiding his strength, his territory’s Prosperity would rise even faster. Just by increasing the defensive density within his perimeter to 40%, his Prosperity could grow to 1.1 billion. He wondered if these people would lose their minds then.
As the leaderboard rankings finalized, a golden treasure chest materialized out of thin air inside Lin Yu’s Lord’s Mansion, right in front of the Territory Core.
After reading everyone’s praises, Lin Yu returned to the Lord’s Mansion and casually opened the chest.
[Congratulations! You have received the rank one Prosperity reward: Super Abundance Treasure Chest (Gold)]
[Opening treasure chest...]
[Congratulations! You have obtained ten "Abundant Resource Packs"!]
[Congratulations! You have obtained one "Golden Building Blueprint (Specified)"!]
[Congratulations! You have obtained one "Adaptive Research Blueprint"!]
[Abundant Resource Pack]: Contains 1,000,000 Wood, 1,000,000 Stone, 1,000,000 Ore, 10,000,000 Food (5,000,000 vegetarian, 5,000,000 meat), 100,000 Gold Coins, and 1,000 of each of the Five Elements Crystals.
[Golden Building Blueprint (Specified)]: Allows you to specify a building category. You may then choose one of three randomly generated building blueprints, which will be of Legendary grade.
[Adaptive Research Blueprint]: Upon use, automatically generates a research project suitable for your territory’s current state and adds it to the Technology Tree. The results can be obtained after completing the research.
Among the three rewards, the Abundant Resource Packs could be kept as a reserve. The key was that they took up little space, didn’t need to be stored in a warehouse, and could be tossed into his personal inventory to be used whenever needed.
The Golden Building Blueprint (Specified) was arguably the most practical reward and the main motivation for everyone fighting for first place. There was nothing to think about; he used it directly.
Lin Yu directly specified the "Barracks" category for troop recruitment. The golden blueprint flashed, then dissolved into an illusion, presenting three different building images and their information before his eyes.
[Name]: War Fortress
[Category]: General Troop Recruitment Wonder
[Grade]: Legendary (Gold)
[Description]: A military fortress with a complete offensive and defensive system, capable of recruiting various types of soldiers. Can be moved by consuming energy.
[Attack]: 10,000
[Defense]: 5,000 (Immune to attacks below 5,000 power)
[Durability]: 200,000
[Shield]: 80,000 (Auto-regeneration: 5,000 points/hour)
[Movement Speed]: 100 km/h
[Recruitable]: Mechanical Engineer, Heavy Armored Mecha Warrior, Bio-Assault Trooper, Electromagnetic Cannon Shooter
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[Name]: Elemental Furnace
[Category]: Nature Troop Recruitment Wonder
[Grade]: Legendary (Gold)
[Description]: This is a place where Elemental Life is born and nurtured, containing extremely dense elemental energy. The Elemental Furnace can recruit whatever types of Elemental Life correspond to the elements present in the territory.
[Durability]: 1,000,000
[Recruitable]: Elemental Warrior, Elemental Mage. (Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Wind, Ice elements)
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[Name]: Jade Sanctuary (Recommended)
[Category]: Nature Troop Recruitment/Class-Change Wonder
[Grade]: Legendary (Gold)
[Description]: The legendary highest hall for Druid cultivation, containing all the knowledge required for their training.
Protective unit types have been specifically developed to address the physical frailty of early-stage Druids.
Unclassed hero units can change their class to Druid here, learn relevant knowledge, and advance their tiers.
(PS: The tiers of Hero Druids are—Druid Apprentice (Gray), Junior-tier Druid (White), Senior-tier Druid (Green), Great Druid (Blue), Legendary Druid (Purple), Legendary Druid (Gold), Epic Druid (Red), Mythic Druid (Rainbow))
[Recruitable]: Shape-shifting Druid, Elemental Druid, Healing Druid.
[Durability]: 8,000,000
[Special]: Allows unclassed heroes to change class.
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The War Fortress was the first to be dismissed. Not because it wasn’t strong, but because Lin Yu’s territory already possessed formidable Defense Power and didn’t need another combat-capable barracks.
Besides, the style of the War Fortress was too different from his territory’s, making it a poor fit.
The Elemental Furnace was quite good. Since his territory already had multiple types of elemental energy, the Elemental Furnace could recruit various elements, effectively solving the problem of his territory’s insufficient combat strength.
Moreover, Elemental Life could be promoted. Once they reached the tiers of Elemental Elder or Elemental Lord, they could essentially function as a one-man army.
However, compared to the Jade Sanctuary, the Elemental Furnace was still lacking.
The Jade Sanctuary itself provided three different types of Druid units and also allowed the unclassed heroes in his territory to change their class.
Lin Yu had many heroes in his territory to begin with, and none of them had combat class bonuses. The Druid was a jack-of-all-trades class, covering various specializations, which made it perfectly suited for his territory.
Especially Chenxi. With her gold quality and her skill in controlling natural energy, she would definitely have a promising future if she changed her class to a Druid.
And finally, there was the system’s own recommendation.
Lin Yu didn’t overthink it and chose the "Jade Sanctuary".
