I have an Apocalypse City-Chapter 977 - 978 Devils Castle_1

Chapter 977: Chapter 978: Devil’s Castle_1

Chapter 977: Chapter 978: Devil’s Castle_1

After occupying a mill and gaining over five hundred units of food, the mill could provide 20 units of food every day. According to the consumption rate of 100 workers or 10 soldiers per unit of food daily, Song Jian could hire at least two thousand more workers or two hundred more soldiers.

However, hiring required spending gold coins, and relying solely on the daily production of gold from the City Lord Mansion was definitely not enough. Engaging in battles was the quickest way to obtain gold.

Looking down at the empty farmlands, Song Jian’s brows furled slightly. If some farmers could be sent here to cultivate the land, he believed the food production could be further increased.

“If I had continued to pursue them earlier, is it possible that I could have captured some farmers?” Song Jian thought to himself.

After defeating the group of farmers armed with wooden forks, Song Jian had ignored them. Now, thinking about it, he felt he should have captured all the remaining farmers.

Having taken over a mill, Song Jian continued on his way. Throughout the day, he discovered only a lumberyard and an iron mine. As night fell, he led his five spearmen back to the castle.

“Upgrade the City Lord Mansion to tier 2, upgrade the material warehouse to tier 2, build a tavern, build a blacksmith shop!”

Upon returning to the castle, Song Jian issued a series of construction orders.

In the castle, buildings can be upgraded or built new with sufficient resources, and the construction can proceed automatically. If there are workers available, the construction speed could be increased.

A second-tier City Lord Mansion could provide 400 gold coins daily. Moreover, in order to construct or upgrade other buildings, the level of the City Lord Mansion was a prerequisite. Without a second-tier City Lord Mansion, many buildings could not be constructed;

The material warehouse provided various common resources each day and was another building that must be upgraded. As for the tavern and blacksmith shop, they could be built as long as there were enough resources;

The tavern could quickly restore the morale of soldiers and also had a chance to recruit heroes. Song Jian spent an entire day exploring only a small area. The efficiency of gathering resources was too low. If he could recruit several heroes to join him, the efficiency would greatly increase.

As for the blacksmith shop, it could provide simple weapons and armor. Most importantly, the blacksmith shop could manufacture supply wagons. During combat, soldiers’ equipment could be easily damaged, and supply wagons could repair them on the spot. Moreover, if Song Jian hired archers in the future, their combat power would drop sharply once they ran out of arrows. The supply wagons could restock them with plentiful arrows whenever needed.

In the dead of night, Song Jian lay on the bed in the City Lord Mansion, silently pondering how to achieve victory in this assessment.

“In one day, I have only found a mill, a pasture, and an iron mine. However, from the announcements of other factions, it can be seen that their efficiency is several times mine. They must have found much more resources than I have. However, up to now, it seems that no other faction’s examinees have found their main city, which is good news for me. But it’s only a matter of time before they find it. Once they discover the main city, they will enter a rapid development phase. The gap in strength between me and them will become smaller as time goes on…”

Just then, a red announcement appeared before Song Jian;

System: An examinee from the Hell faction has discovered the main city, Demon Castle!

System: The Hell faction’s examinee launched an attack on Demon Castle but failed!

System: The examinee from the Hell faction suffered fatal injuries, lost the qualification for assessment, and was forced to exit the Assessment World!

Song Jian was shocked and sat up involuntarily, staring at the announcement—the Hell faction had found the main city!

Although he had anticipated this, the appearance of another faction’s main city still made Song Jian somewhat nervous.

On the other side, within the Hell faction, Prince Sara let out an angry roar.

“Who was it, who discovered the main city and didn’t report? Do you think just leaving after a failure is the end of it? Wait until I leave this damned Assessment World, I will let you know what kind of punishment acting on your own will bring!”

The other Examinees of the Hell faction all appeared as if they were scared to breathe, but in reality, no one cared what Prince Sara said.

Though as long as their own faction could win, they would pass the assessment, but if a higher evaluation could be attained afterward, the power they received would also be greater than the others’;

If they were the first to discover the main city of their faction, they would definitely attempt to take it over. After all, once the main city is occupied, one automatically becomes the City Lord, a status that cannot be changed or transferred to someone else.

Unless the entire castle is abandoned, which would harm the interests of all Examinees in the faction, it would surely meet with opposition from others.

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When that time comes, even Prince Sara would have no choice but to grudgingly acknowledge the City Lord status of the other party. Once they pass this assessment, evidently, the one with the City Lord status would reap the greatest benefits.

This is why that Examinee from the Hell faction, having discovered a Hell main city, launched an attack to occupy it. Unfortunately, his Combat Power wasn’t enough; not only did he fail to take over the main city, but he also lost his life in battle;

Fortunately, one wouldn’t truly die in the Assessment World. He was merely removed from the Assessment World after being killed, and naturally, he failed the second-tier Combat Power assessment;

After some investigation, the Examinees of the Hell faction finally confirmed the location, and at Prince Sara’s command, all the Examinees began searching along the trail that the Examinee had explored during the daytime.

In truth, whether exploring during the day or night, it consumed the Examinees’ stamina, and nighttime exploration depleted twice the stamina as daytime;

After spending most of the night, almost all the Examinees were exhausted. Normally, nighttime was their rest period after daytime exploration, but under Prince Sara’s orders, they reluctantly searched for the Hell main city throughout the night.

“Damn it, what’s the difference if we waited until morning? The main city won’t run away. It’s only us here in the Hell faction; nobody is going to snatch it…” someone muttered in complaint.

“Who knows?” retorted a fellow Examinee with a meaningful glance, whispering, “How can you be sure that no one will find and occupy the main city at night? That lucky yet unlucky guy wasn’t strong. There are at least five people here who could easily beat him. If he couldn’t occupy the main city, does it mean the other five can’t either?”

“Such a pity for that fool, to miss out on such an opportunity right before his eyes…”

“I can’t go on; exploring at night takes too much out of me. My legs feel like they’re filled with lead…”

Exhaustion halts everyone, a rule of the Assessment World that no one can avoid. Nearly everyone has depleted their stamina, but soon, some good news comes from ahead;

“Prince Sara, someone has found that Hell faction main city!”

At that moment, Prince Sara too was leaning against a rock to rest. Hearing the news, his previously ashen face finally showed a hint of excitement.

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