Chapter 430: Chapter 430
"Using the God of Architecture’s Blessing Scroll on this basis will greatly enhance construction efficiency. Building over a thousand village houses overnight wouldn’t even be considered a miracle."
Lin Rui couldn’t help but feel amazed just thinking about it.
If thousands of buildings sprang up overnight like mushrooms after a rain in the territory, it wouldn’t just be called a miracle; it would be a divine phenomenon.
Lin Rui opened the territory panel and glanced at [Village House: The most common residential house, accommodating up to five people. Construction requirements: 3 people, 100 Realm Coins, 100 wood, 100 stone, and 6 hours of time.]
If according to Caroline’s plan, building a village house would only require 50 wood and 50 stone, with the time dramatically reduced to under an hour. The exact time depends on how much time each architect can reduce.
But overall, an architect commanding ten ordinary or even Tier One settlers would be a piece of cake, building about a hundred village houses in an hour at this speed. Overnight, a thousand buildings could indeed rise!
And it would only consume a little over two hundred people, not affecting the simultaneous construction of the Defense Arrow Tower in the territory at all.
Lin Rui was about to make a decision when Caroline spoke again: "However, Lord, I suggest you enhance the attributes of the village houses a bit. With such a large territory, you must have a lot of building plans, right?"
Lin Rui immediately nodded. He not only had a large number of building plans but also two extremely powerful buildings. They were [Hall of Oaths and Sacrifice] and [Royal Stable],
[Hall of Oaths and Sacrifice (Unavailable Divine Blessing): The sacrificial hall allows the territory to activate the oath of the territory after offering a large number of sacrifices. During one cycle, the oath’s incentivizing effects will be received.]
[Wisdom Oath: This heart is pure beyond pure. Wisdom dispels evil, and the divine eliminates demon aura. Adhering to the goddess, cherishing those who are consummate. Following her holy command, banishing errant ministers. Devoted forever, let my sincerity be witnessed. Upon activating the Wisdom Oath: all settlers’ wisdom value in the territory +10% (cannot exceed tier limit), spiritual strength +15%, spiritual energy value upper limit +20%, spiritual recovery speed +50%. Sacrificial costs: 300 Tier Five Spiritual Gems, 5000 Spirit Crystal Coins, 5000 crystals]
[Virtue Oath: Embodying this noble duty, with virtue at core. Every action, only goodness is to be served. The body is free, unfettered by earthly chains. The spirit is not of this world, unmoved by common vulgarity. This body is dedicated, the goddess is followed. Upon activating the Virtue Oath: all settlers’ willpower in the territory +10% (cannot exceed tier limit), reduces fixed damage received by (willpower) *1.1 points and reflects upon the opponent (willpower) *1.2 points of divine damage. Sacrificial costs: 300 Tier Five Spiritual Gems, 5000 Spirit Crystal Coins, 5000 Mithril]
[Guardian Oath: Sudden drums and horns, a thousand knights ride forth. Seeing the virtuous, striving to match, an endeavor that must be undertaken. Treacherous foes invade, we swear to win. The enemy falls, knights gallop. The oath to the goddess thus complete. Upon activating the Guardian Oath: all settlers’ physique in the territory +10% (cannot exceed tier limit), physical attack +20%, critical strike rate +10%, attacks carry 5% divine damage. Movement speed adjusts attack power. Sacrificial costs: 100 Tier Five Spiritual Ability Fine-level Equipment (blue), 5000 Spirit Crystal Coins]
[Construction requires 50000 Spirit Crystal Coins, 50000 gems, 50000 crystals, 50000 Mithril, 50000 Vibranium, 96 workers, and 126 hours of time.]
[Royal Stable: In the Gray Mountain Range, expensive flying beasts are raised in the Royal Stable. But instead of a stable, it is more like a cage, because the beasts inside are very fierce. Flying beasts produced in the Royal Stable have +20% life value, +20% attack power, and +20% flight speed. Due to meticulous rearing, each pregnancy results in +1 offspring]
[The building costs 10000000 Realm Coins, 10000000 units of food, 10000000 wood, and 10000000 stone. 480 workers are needed, taking 160 hours of time.]
[Maintenance of building effects requires an additional provision of 100000 units of fresh meat per cycle]
The construction costs of these two buildings are extremely high and time-consuming.
But Caroline’s various traits significantly help Lin Rui save tens of millions of units of various resources in one go, so this woman’s ability to save is real. The wealth casually saved is more than ten times the wealth accumulated by the entire territory in the previous three cycles.
Her annual salary of 1.2 million is nothing compared to the profits she brings.
Lin Rui handed these two special plans to Caroline, saying: "I have a few village house building plans in my hand; later, I’ll go and upgrade them. I’m giving you these two special building plans. Can you manage to have these two buildings constructed by tomorrow night?"
Caroline felt dizzy at just a glance: "There’s less than thirty hours left until tomorrow night, and you’re asking me to build a building that takes 160 hours? Two of them?"
Lin Rui laughed and encouraged her: "You’re a Legendary-level Civil Servant, a top graduate of the Empire; I believe in your potential."
Caroline looked at her spiritual energy value with a pale face, realizing that her high salary indeed came at the cost of her life!
She resolutely encouraged herself and said through gritted teeth: "If I don’t sleep now and continuously activate [People’s Livelihood First], I think I might be able to do it if the skill level improves. It’s just the spiritual energy..."
"That’s great!" Lin Rui interrupted before she finished and put another building plan in front of her, smiling: "You don’t need to worry about the morale of spiritual energy. Staying within the territory can potentially increase the spiritual energy limit, and there’s a bonus to spiritual recovery speed. I’ll also recruit a batch of Woodland Fairies to ensure your spiritual energy supply, completely meeting your spiritual energy needs. So you’ll need to organize another group of people to prioritize building a section of the wall. I’ve already marked the position and line on the territory map for you."
[Obsidian Wall: A tall and solid wall to protect against internal and external threats. The wall is set on a Mithril and stone basis, consuming 1 unit of Mithril and 10 units of stone per meter. Base durability is 2500. Comes with the trait [Solid], offering a fixed damage reduction of 200 points.]
Caroline was deeply desperate; there were already so many tasks, so another one wouldn’t matter. For the foreseeable future, she wouldn’t be able to think about resting for even a moment! How did she meet such a vampire boss right after joining!
Lin Rui got up with a smile, picked up the [Obsidian Wall] building plan, and said: "I’ll go strengthen it real quick and have someone send the plan to you later. Oh, by the way, there’s something else; make sure the walls are fully equipped with Defense Arrow Towers, you know."
"Lord! Be humane, will you?" Caroline couldn’t hold back any longer: "Aren’t you afraid I might die of exhaustion right after joining the territory? Then you can save on that 1.2 million annual salary."
Lin Rui replied with a smile: "Do I seem like someone who cares about 1.8 million in annual salary? Rest assured, next cycle I’ll quadruple your salary! Complete the project smoothly, and I’ll give you an additional bonus of 100,000 Realm Coins."
Caroline immediately pushed her chair back and stood up: "The territory is my home! Rest assured, my lord, as long as I’m not dead, I’ll work to the bone." ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ novèlfire.net
Is it okay to die unconscious too?
Damn declining willpower! Lin Rui quickly cleared the scrambled thoughts from his mind, then directly took the plans to the Goddess Pendulum for enhancement.
[Village House] was enhanced to [Imperial Town Residence], with consumption doubled, but the number of rooms also doubled, while construction time hardly changed. That was enough, as further enhancement might unintendedly increase construction time, making it counterproductive.
[Obsidian Wall] enhancement went very smoothly, reaching the extreme after four rounds, and the consumption materials increased dramatically. Now, in addition to the original consumption per meter, it also consumes 1 unit of Vibranium and a Spiritual Gem! The level of the Spiritual Gem determines the enhancement value of the trait [Solid]. A Tier One Spiritual Gem can increase the fixed damage reduction to 600.
The Obsidian Wall constructed in the first phase extended over forty thousand meters, mainly mimicking the defensive style of relics, encircling the Little Fishman Camp and the goblin plantations like a maze to prevent them from directly charging into the territory.