Chapter 221 – Selection and Contribution System

“How should I choose?”

Mu Yuan pondered.

There were numerous treasures available for selection above, but of course he couldn’t choose them all. He could only carefully select within the quota he possessed.

Among them, the Hero Arena medals should be items with relatively high cost-effectiveness.

They didn’t require many points, yet could play a significant role.

“The Undead General doesn’t need them, but with these, we can exchange for more Hero Arena usage time. Isloria, Xiliu, and even Dolai could make rapid progress in their Concepts.”

The enhancement brought by Concepts is based on individual strength.

The strong become stronger.

It’s just a pity that Rakshasa, Lu Liu, and other officers cannot enter the Hero Arena.

“Oh? We can also exchange for usage permissions to the Land of Trials – Training Mode?”

This item isn’t like when the Linglong Lord used his own authority to open a room for him, but rather gives the user temporary authority to open rooms.

It’s more flexible to use and doesn’t have any spectators.

Although its effects can’t compare to the Hero Arena, the training it provides is quite substantial and can also be applied to groups.

“We need to exchange for some of this. With about twenty to thirty hours of usage time, both the Garrison Legion and Treant Legion could condense Military Souls.”

Mu Yuan stroked his chin.

If the Garrison Legion could condense a Military Soul, they could be brought along for dangerous battles in the future, without worrying about casualties – the Military Soul Legion operates as one entity with high fault tolerance, making it difficult to lose soldiers easily.

If the Treant Legion could condense a Military Soul, perhaps we could try to make ‘I Am the Forest’ a normalized state.

We don’t need its combat power to become permanent, just being able to utilize the rapid movement characteristics of this Epic Skill would be enough to compensate for the Treant Legion’s shortcomings of slow movement and conspicuous presence.

This was just his idea and still needed testing.

Mu Yuan recorded his thoughts and continued browsing the list.

Among them were some officially recommended exchange items, such as a treasure called ‘Baptism Light’. Its effect can mimic the glorious light that descends from heaven and earth when a territory levels up, granting upgrades to troops.

This is a Taixuan imitation version, naturally not as powerful as the original. It can only affect a certain range and number of troops, has ‘drug resistance’, and the level increase isn’t as significant, but…

It’s still very powerful.

Mu Yuan directly selected six Baptism Lights – one can baptize up to two hundred troops at most.

“And this one is also recommended, a treasure called ‘Military Soul Essence’. Its effect is to slightly increase the embryonic Military Soul, helping it evolve further toward a complete Military Soul. Well, it can only be used on embryonic-level Military Souls.”

This item is also very important.

The more refined and real the embryonic Military Soul becomes, the more powerful the force the entire legion can unleash, and the longer it can be maintained.

Like in the previous military exercises, the Undead Legion only fully manifested the Military Soul form in the final stage. Other legions have more refined Military Souls than the Undead Legion, but they don’t dare to casually enter this powerful state of fully manifesting the Military Soul and acting as one entity to freely use combined attack techniques, as the consumption is too great.

At the same time, the more refined the embryonic Military Soul becomes, the more troops can be incorporated into it.A complete-level Military Soul Legion can accommodate over a thousand elite soldiers—however, the prerequisite is having suitable troop types with compatible traits, as not just any random soldiers can be incorporated into the legion. The Divine Cat Lord’s nascent legion soul is quite refined, but it seems to lack sufficient Puss-in-Boots Swordsman troop types, leaving vacancies in the legion units.

He, on the other hand, is different—his nascent legion soul has only just begun to take shape.

“This one needs to be checked, hmm, and this one too.”

“Oh? Among the recommended items, there’s something like this—Bloodline Essence Elixir? It can purify the user’s bloodline, with a small probability of triggering evolution and improving their grade.”

This could be considered an extremely rare treasure.

Even though its usage conditions are quite strict—only individuals with specific bloodlines, such as Dragonborn, Dragon Maidens, Soaring Dragons, or Vampires, are suitable for use—and even though the probability of evolution after use is very small, with the highest effect unlikely to evolve into an epic tier, still…

It is probably the most desired item for lords like the Tyrant Dragon and Shen Mao to exchange for.

Mu Yuan skipped over it and focused on another item.

「Skill Stele · Sprint」

「Description: A special structure inscribed with the mark of the basic skill ‘Sprint.’ This mark was left by the legendary powerhouse ‘Blade Master of the Swift Wind · Yi Xin.’ Observing the mark may allow one to learn the skill.」

「Note: Only troops possessing intelligence can observe the Skill Stele. The higher the intelligence of the troop, the greater the likelihood of learning the skill. Even so, only a few among intelligent troops can master the skill.」

For the vast majority of rare-tier troops who only possess one basic skill, learning an additional skill can significantly enhance their combat power.

However, this stele is not among the recommended items.

Learning it is too difficult.

Troops with newly awakened intelligence are still in a state of confusion, much like kittens or puppies, struggling to comprehend complex commands, let alone comprehend and learn a skill.

But what if the observers were all troops who had awakened self-awareness?

“The Sprint skill is a rare auxiliary speed-enhancing skill that many troop types can benefit from, and it can also effectively train the flow of energy in the legs.”

Mu Yuan checked and unchecked items, eventually realizing that there was still a considerable quota remaining.

This showed how generous Taixuan’s allocated quota was.

“The remaining quota is almost enough to exchange for three outstanding-tier pieces of equipment.”

“Outstanding equipment is relatively expensive, but the improvement it brings to strong individuals is indeed significant.”

As for equipment, Mu Yuan didn’t choose on his own; he called the territory’s generals to select together.

However, there were only three slots.

“I don’t need any.”

Deadbone was the first to speak.

It wasn’t out of modesty; Deadbone had a clear understanding of his role. If a piece of equipment or treasure could effectively enhance his power, he wouldn’t refuse, as it would contribute to the stability of the territory.

But a conventional outstanding-tier piece of equipment could only improve his combat power in a normal state, without raising the upper limit of his full explosive potential.

Thus, it wasn’t important.

Dolai scratched its head, “Dolai doesn’t seem to need any either; the Shapeshifting Badge is enough.”

It stared at the list, somewhat disappointed, “There aren’t many edible items on it; this list doesn’t seem very good.”

Isloria: “…”

With her vast knowledge and broad experience, she could immediately recognize how precious the treasures on the list were—many of them were rarities that even the Eagle Kingdom couldn’t produce in its heyday.

She felt tempted just looking at them.She did have a need for Excellent-grade equipment, but after thinking for a moment, she shook her head.

In the past, she had longed to catch up with and surpass Dolai, and to join the combat roster. Strangely, however, after stepping into the Epic life form tier, her desire to be in the combat roster had lessened. Now, she was fully devoted to the Intermediate Mage Tower, and research had become her true pursuit.

Oh, wait—that might give the Lord the wrong impression.

To be precise, she was merely using a little of her free time outside her 9-to-9, 7-day work schedule to engage in some private research activities.

That was all.

Seeing the three Generals of the territory decline, Sario, the Frost Dragon, who was crouching at the outermost edge due to his massive size, had a blazing azure flame ignite in his eyes.

Excellent-grade Treasures had always belonged to those with the capability.

And he, the great and noble Frost Dragon Sario, was a capable Dragon. It was only fitting that he advanced further.

He leaned his head forward, mouth slightly open, but before he could speak, he caught a glimpse of Brother Rakshasa and Sister Red Robe standing nearby.

Sario suddenly remembered a depressing fact.

He was, perhaps, probably, just a little brother.

Did he dare speak up? He did not.

The Frost Dragon folded his wings and crouched at the periphery, using his large, menacing claws to draw circles on the ground, one after another.

Mu Yuan glanced at him. Among the territory’s commanders, there were a few who didn’t rely much on external assistance, and the Frost Dragon was one of them.

In the end, after discussion, the three slots for Excellent-grade equipment were awarded to Red Robe, Lu Liu, and Seventeen.

Rakshasa already possessed the Karma-Burning Fiend Spear. Although he still needed a piece of Treasure Armor, conventional equipment was completely incompatible with him, so obtaining it would be pointless anyway.

Among the commanders, Lu Liu and Seventeen, who were of human origin, relied the most on external assistance. This was especially true for Seventeen. After Awakening the Epic Skill Myriad Arrows Artifact, she was in dire need of a Treasure Bow to truly unleash the skill’s potential.

「Heavy Mountain Shield: In addition to the enhancement abilities of an Excellent-grade item, it also possesses the ability to freely change size and adjust weight. This heavy shield can expand up to twenty times its normal size.」

「Whispering Bow: In addition to… arrows shot from this Excellent-grade Treasure Bow possess extremely high penetration power and can counter energy-based defenses.」

As for the final piece of Excellent-grade equipment, rather than being designated for Red Robe, it was more like a shared equipment for the territory.

It was named the “Archmage’s Tear,” and it had the effects of reducing spell consumption, storing energy daily, and serving as a hidden backup energy source during battles.

This Excellent-grade accessory was the one Mu Yuan considered the most valuable.

Anyone could use it.

According to the description, the Archmage’s Tear could store up to ten times the energy capacity of a newly advanced third-tier expert.

That was also roughly 6.5 times Isloria’s energy capacity.

Although this storage capacity might still be less than Dolai’s normal state, and was insignificant to the Undead General, if given to Isloria, Red Robe, or others, the improvement would be quite substantial.

The first two Excellent-grade equipment pieces were for individual use, while the last one was for shared use.

And so, it was decided.

Of course, Lu Liu and Seventeen, who received the Excellent-grade equipment, would have a certain amount of ‘Territory Contribution’ deducted.

As more self-aware elites in Tianyuan Territory Awakened, Mu Yuan needed to gradually refine the Contribution Points system and the currency system. He had long harbored this idea, but truly perfecting it would require a massive amount of work.Lord Mu had no choice but to entrust this arduous task to the all-capable worker Isloria—this was a testament to his trust in her.

The contribution system had now been initially refined.

Items such as military achievements, daily duties, and special contributions were incorporated into it as income streams.

Currently, there were not many expenditure items, with the largest amount coming from evolution baptisms.

Lord Mu had already specified the exact contribution values required for evolving to Outstanding One-Star and for advancing toward an Epic life form. Evolutions of lower and intermediate grades were not included.

Additionally, based on the strategic needs of the territory, certain commanders might occasionally be granted priority rights for evolution. If their contribution points were insufficient, they could go into debt.

This also effectively boosted the work motivation of the commanders.

Everything was for the sake of a white tomorrow.

Mu Yuan sent the list of treasures he had selected to the official staff responsible for the matter. All that was left was to wait patiently.

“In about two or three days, this batch of treasures should arrive, and they can be retrieved through the trading secret realm.”

“As for accessing treasure lands, such as the Pure Soul Source Pool, it will take a bit longer.”

Mu Yuan felt that waiting a little longer was just fine.

For such special structures or legacy sites, the stronger one’s potential, the greater the benefits one could gain.

Before entering the treasure land, it would be best to evolve one or two more Epic-tier beings.

If Bone Two and Bone Three were not evolved, considering the timing, there might be a chance for the Undead General to advance further.

Second update…

(End of chapter)