The Chaos World's Raging Tide is about to recede.
Countdown to Miracle City closure sounded off.
Though the Adventurers were still not satisfied.
Black Stone Hammer King: "Damn it, the checkpoint mode is actually this difficult. We underestimated the Lord's wickedness!"
Pig King: "Yeah, this guy with thick eyebrows is full of bad intentions. We must unite and teach him a lesson. We can't let this Lord look down on us Adventurers!"
"That's right!"
"But I don't have the energy today!"
"I'm coming back tomorrow. No matter how much time it takes, I absolutely won't stop until I clear the checkpoint!"
"Exactly, we'll fight again tomorrow. We must reclaim our reputation!"
"Speaking of which, the Doomsday Frenzy Secret Realm is so fun, and today's harvest is also pretty good!"
"Everything about this Underground City is great, except its size is too small. I see many people on the forums are already discussing it. I'm worried that if it gets overcrowded tomorrow, we might not even be able to get in. We should ask the Lord to expand the Underground City's scale as soon as possible!"
While the Adventurers were discussing they suddenly received a notification.
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[Ding, triggered a quest!]
[Quest Name: Territory Expansion!]
[Quest Content: Miracle City will conduct its first external exploration and plans to recruit 18 mercenaries. Adventurers, please sign up enthusiastically!]
[Quest Reward: 5 Contribution Points!]
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"Huh?"
"Miracle City has issued a territory quest!"
"What, only 5 contribution points? So stingy! Are they treating us Adventurers like cattle and horses?"
"Everyone, ignore him. Don't encourage this unhealthy trend!"
"That's true."
"Why are you all running so fast?"
"Nonsense, there are only 18 spots. If you don't run fast, can you grab one? As long as we have contribution points, we can definitely get into the city tomorrow!"
"Holy crap, you despicable scoundrel, take my whirlwind leg sweep!"
Quinn issued the Underground City quest for the first time, and the reward could be said to be quite stingy. However, in less than three minutes, dozens of Adventurers enthusiastically signed up.
Why?
With contribution points they could bid to enter the city tomorrow.
Although 5 contribution points are few, they are enough to edge out Adventurers with no contribution points!
The enthusiasm of the Adventurers exceeded Quinn's expectations.
In the end, 18 Adventurers were selected by drawing lots.
This batch of Adventurers will be converted into mercenaries in the territory's mercenary camp, thus becoming temporary troops for Miracle City. After the Chaos World's Raging Tide recedes, they can become the combat power for Miracle City's external exploration.
And this will be the territory's first exploration of the outside world!
This "Underground City Lord" was Quinn's favorite game in his previous life. Although the game content only featured the Chaos World and showed very little of the surface and underground, ten years of gaming experience and understanding were enough for him to grasp a lot of information in advance.
This place is called Gloomy Valley and his decision to build the main city here was undoubtedly made after weighing the pros and cons.
The location of Gloomy Valley and the nearby areas are not only particularly suitable for growth and development but also hide many opportunities. If he can seize them in time, they can bring huge benefits.
Therefore, external exploration! The sooner, the better!
Quinn has 18 zombie soul essence.
He can recruit a maximum of 18 temporary Adventurer workers.
Whether for temporary mercenary workers or cultivating regular troops, soul essence is an indispensable core material.
However, cultivating a regular army is very expensive!
Regular Underground City troops are generally divided into two types.
The first type is directly summoning corresponding territory monsters by consuming soul essence, which requires the basic building "Monster Camp".
The advantage is that they can be summoned at any time, used like an extension of one's arm, and directed anywhere. The disadvantage is that the cost of maintaining them is very high, and the territory monsters themselves have no intelligence, lack growth potential, and cannot perform complex tasks.
The second type is contracting Adventurers, imprinting territory soul essence on them, thereby allowing them to permanently gain the abilities of the corresponding monster, which requires the basic buildings "Essence Altar" and "Warrior Camp".
The advantage is low maintenance cost, growth potential, and intelligence, allowing them to perform more complex tasks. The disadvantage is strong personalities, unstable obedience, and Adventurers can only bind and use the power of one Underground City, making it difficult to obtain their complete loyalty.
Regardless of which type, both are relatively troublesome at the moment.
Quinn does not plan to recruit regular troops for now.
He has already built the Mercenary House. By investing the corresponding soul essence, plus mental power and soul crystals as energy, he can create corresponding temporary troops for the territory.
Although they are temporary workers they are very convenient for daily use and disposal.
[You are converting mercenaries. This conversion requires consuming Zombie Soul Essence × 18, mental power × 90, soul crystal × 90. Do you wish to continue? Yes/No!]
Converting one zombie requires consuming 5 mental power and 5 soul crystals.
This conversion only lasts for one day. If they don't die, the soul essence can be recycled for reuse.
Although not cheap, it is convenient. Before having regular troops, these temporary workers are the best choice for expanding the territory and exploring the outside world!
Zombie soul essence can be converted into over ten types of ordinary zombies.
Quinn chose Riot-Gear Zombies without hesitation.
There are significant differences in the performance of different ordinary zombies, so the conversion costs also vary, ranging from 2 mental power to 5 mental power.
"Riot-Gear Zombie" is a special type of ordinary zombie.
Although they are not mutated special infected, because they were riot control personnel before being infected, they have a full set of riot control equipment, including riot helmets, riot armor, and riot sticks. Their performance is very strong, so they are naturally more expensive.
...
Five minutes later.
Eighteen fully armed, ferocious-looking zombies walked out of the Mercenary House. Although they were the best among the ordinary ones, the eighteen Riot-Gear Zombie were enough to form considerable combat power, at least a not weak force at this stage!
Pig King: "Holy crap, what did you turn me into? Am I still a zombie?"
Wind in Sleep: "It seems that even among ordinary zombies, some are quite powerful!"
Violent Little Chicken: "Hahaha, with this equipment and the zombie's physique, I feel like taking down five or eight burly men should be no problem!"
"Fun, fun!"
"This counts as an extra bonus!"
When the Chaos World's Raging Tide completely receded.
The scene outside Miracle City gradually became clear.
The zombies controlled by the Adventurers walked out of the Underground City.
"Wow, is this the underground world near Miracle City?"
Cat Meow Meow is a new Adventurer and has not participated in similar territory activities.
Energy torrents of various colors formed vortices in the sky, like a wildly distorted super-fantasy oil painting.
The surrounding terrain was mainly composed of rugged, bizarre, gloomy, and silent forests, with a winding small river flowing through them. The distant mist, like a dark red curtain, surrounded this land.
Also at the time, Quinn was in the Lord's Mansion.
He stood there and opened a clear overhead view through the panel.
This interface was similar to a real-time strategy game perspective, like high-definition low-altitude drone footage, and could also switch to the first-person perspective of any unit.
He could observe actions in real-time and also issue commands at any time.
According to Quinn's understanding of Gloomy Valley, there were no high-level monsters nearby, but not far from Miracle City, there was a small village occupied by a Dark Kind race.
This was the target of this mission, and the territory's first battle is about to begin!
A mature Underground City not only needs to harvest Adventurers but also needs to continuously expand its territory to create more secret realms or connect to more Adventurer cities.
Although this battle is not large in scale, as the first step taken by Miracle City, it has very significant meaning!