Chapter 200: Chapter 189 Entering the Land of Bones (3K)_1
Translator: 549690339
In the Tianyuan Territory, Mu Yuan sat on a reclining chair in the courtyard, gazing up at the azure sky where the white clouds were constantly changing.
Every now and then, Storm Falcons with wingspans of three to four meters long would circle overhead, their sharp eyes sweeping over the earth, the forests, the hills, forming the first line of defense of the territory.
On the ground, there were units like the Royal Guards, God Archers, Big Halberdiers constituting the second line of elite forces, patrolling non-stop round-the-clock without overlooking any blind spots.
These were both the overt lines of defense. Hidden in the shadows, Resentful Spirits were lurking, with only a pair of black eyes staring in all directions.
These were the three major lines of defense.
Apart from these, the areas where the units on the east and west situated had their own measures.
Great Lord Shepherd and Isloa, who were permanently based in the territory, also used the lord’s/Hero’s Vision to occasionally initiate a satellite Heavenly Eye for a check, so as to cover any omissions.
At this time, although Mu Yuan was laying ostensibly, he was actually working hard.
For instance, he was maintaining dozens of Spiritual Links that he held on a daily basis, which was quite draining — he kept them while eating, and even while bathing and sleeping. Furthermore, he had developed and upgraded this common Spiritual Link talent into a private chat network channel, which certainly demonstrated his diligence and hard work as Great Lord Shepherd.
The rapid development of Tianyuan Territory was, of course, due to his hard work.
At this moment,
“Ding-!”
A thread of spiritual link was pulled, displaying an incoming message from ‘Real World – Sophia.’
’60 seconds to understand the world (Sophia’s condensed version)’
She hung the printed data on the wall, turned the notebook screen acting as a medium to face the data precisely.
She then switched on the light to ensure it is properly illuminated.
“My Lord, these are the important events in the last two days. Please let me know if there is anything that requires special attention,” she left a message in the spiritual link.
In addition to studying, purchasing Remnant Souls, and working part-time as a maid cleaning the villa, one of Sophia’s daily tasks was to collect and filter important information from the internet and forums.
In just a few days, she had learned to use computers and mobile phones quite adeptly.
Of course, both the mobile phone and the computer were specially bought for her by Boss Mu — one must never delegate the task of using a mobile phone or computer to someone else!
He also used his identity as the lord to vouch for Sophia and registered a real identity for her — Mu Fei — a privilege all lords had —and gave Sophia her own forum account.
This way, Sophia wouldn’t need to log into his Mu Yuan’s account.
Mu Yuan directed his gaze to reality.
‘The 6th set of nationwide physical exercises of Xuan Country was released, suitable for people above 12 years without major diseases.’
’19 new border areas appeared in the country in the last week, and 3 old border areas disappeared.’
‘Animal tide erupted in the Miandian Area, suspected of having a lord-level ferocious beast.’
‘A large recruitment spot was found in the West Mountain Region with over 20 lords competing for it, among which six are senior lords.’
‘A nest of filth appeared in the Longchuan City region, and the City Lord is currently calling on lords from different regions to form a joint army to deal with it.’
‘A large archaeological site was excavated in the West Mountain Region, with numerous mazes inside.’
‘The emergence of a new legendary epic hero who has been recruited by the Lord of Tenglong Domain, whose father, Lord Beiting, claimed, “My son Wang Longteng is destined to become legendary.”
‘Tai Xuan Liangyi destroyed a black play stronghold in the Twilight Plain Region, killing over 30 wanted criminal players.’
Tai Xuan Liangyi is one of the most important departments of the alliance, acting as a counterbalance to the Pioneer Group.
The Pioneer Group operates externally, while the Tai Xuan Liangyi operates internally, responsible for maintaining stability and defenses.
The stronghold destroyed this time was likely not a simple black play lair, but a secret base built by the Eye of Shiny around Tai Xuan.
Mu Yuan guessed in his mind.
Afterall, he had informants, so he was well-informed about many things that the Tai Xuan Forum did not disclose publicly.
The machinations of the Shen Yao Empire were conducted by ‘nameless individuals,’ calling them wanted criminal players wasn’t wrong either.
After going through the condensed information in his hand, Mu Yuan nodded slightly.
The news selected by Sophia was indeed quite important. Considering her talents and skills… Mu Yuan stroked his chin, “If Sophia indeed has talents in this regard, in the future, she could be considered for the role of intelligence officer for the territory.”
While he was pondering, Duo Lai and Isloa flew back.
Isloa returned to her post. Duo Lai, however, meticulously took out the plunder from his stomach, also carrying a storage box that could not be included in the dimensional space.
Thud
The Mechanical Dragonflights, which resembled a robust golden worm, was held tenderly by Duo Lai and carefully placed outside the City Lord’s Mansion.
Mu Yuan entered the plump belly of the Mechanical Dragonflights.
The size of this vehicle is not large. The interior space is comparable to an extended van, but the decor is considerably lavish. There are seat cushions made of high-quality rare animal skins; refrigerators with storage and cooling functions; numerous bottles of high-quality wines frozen in space, still fresh; as well as various exquisite and elegant decorations.
To say this Mechanical Dragonflight is an armed airship is not as accurate as calling it a luxury car.
Mu Yuan was indeed very satisfied.
Sometimes, a lord needs to show off, and the Mechanical Dragonflights can serve as a showy front — if he were to spend precious Soul Crystals on such luxury, he would definitely be reluctant. Still, if something comes for free, he wouldn’t sell it either.
After all, it’s an excellent vehicle!
“The main event is up next.”
“The keyword for large recruitment spots is ‘large,’ encompassing an entire region and equivalent to a collection of numerous individual recruitment spots. It can’t continuously produce recruitable units like unit buildings, but the quantity that can be recruited at once is quite substantial. Moreover, a high- order troop is guaranteed to come out of every large recruitment spot.”
Mu Yuan recalled the strategy information he had just consulted.
Many veteran lords registered for the latter.
They might already have high-order troops, but after experiencing the strength of high-order troops, they wanted more. Moreover, there are various ranks among the high-order troops.
Mu Yuan was different, he wanted both.
He took the remnant map passed over by Duo Lai, and took out a slightly smaller one from his spatial ring.
Placed side by side.
The remnant map on the left looked as new as the other one, even with half of it torn away, it still radiated a light aura and seemed extraordinary. The remnant map on the right, however, seemed old, creased, dry, as if it was toilet paper crumpled in a pocket.
But when the two remnant maps were put together, the jagged tear lines perfectly aligned, a faint blue glow emerged and spread along the fracture line.
In a blink, the two remnant maps were joined together, the right side also became brand new under the action of a mysterious force, no trace of the tear could be seen.
“Large Recruitment Point: Land of Bones”
“Prompt: Do you want to use this special item?”
“Yes!”
With Mu Yuan’s confirmation, a dazzling blue light blossomed into a winding, endless blue constellation in front of him, leading to the Land of Bones.
This is a spatial trajectory.
Following this road, you could reach the target destination.
“Prompt: You have activated the Large Recruitment Point ‘Land of Bones’, key holders can directly enter this region through the spatial trajectory.”
“Prompt: If the key holder cannot completely take over this recruitment point within a week, the ‘Land of Bones’ will truly emerge.”
This activated key blueprint, the image on it also changed in a blink, featuring mountains, rivers, a towering city, and a faint blue dot blinking in a certain place, representing the real location of the Land of Bones.
“So it seems, the previous large recruitment point that appeared in the region of Xiji City, might be the result of the activated lord failing to take it over, leading to widespread competition.”
Mu Yuan mourned silently for that lord who got but missed an opportunity.
Thinking about it, he shouldn’t mourn too early, what if he can’t take it over either? There are strong monsters guarding recruitment points, nevertheless, this is a large recruitment point.
At this time, General Dead Bone was not at home. After some thought, Mu Yuan called General Duo Lai and General Lu Liu, who had just returned to the territory, and a group of elite soldiers to explore the Land of Bones.
As for Isloa…
He looked back and saw the best worker still busy, he wouldn’t give her more tasks. Top fighters must be stationed in the territory, after all.
“Let’s go.”
General Lu Liu was walking in front, Lord Shepherd in the middle, and General Duo Lai provided assistance from the left.
With a group of elite troops that would have made countless lords envious even in Tianyuan, Mr. Mu stepped onto the blue space trajectory.
The space trajectory was winding, like an unending snake path.
As Mu Yuan stepped into it, it felt like moving through a spatial tunnel with everything gray on either side. He did not spend too much time, just walked a few dozen steps, and the world in front of him suddenly opened up, the trajectory already coming to an end.
He set foot on the ground.
“Ding!”
“Prompt: You have reached the Land of Bones.”
Behind him was still a gray area, the gray fog wall was arched, enclosing a whole area of the world.
In front of him, the land was dry and cracked, and hardy weeds were growing sparingly from the crevices. The further you went, the less green there was, until only a view of gray and black was left.
Mu Yuan did not see a pile of white bones, but in the distance, hidden behind mountains and rocks, there were many places where conspicuous beams of light were shooting out.
Inside the light, you could see some figures in armor, appearing and disappearing.
That was the recruitment point!
Large scale recruitment points are made up of a number of small recruitment points.
Mu Yuan maintained his formation and moved forward cautiously, soon arriving at the first recruitment point. When he reached out to touch it, the prompt sound echoed as expected.
“Ding!”
“Prompt: The current recruitment point has ‘Skeleton Magex2’, ‘Skeleton Soldierxio’.”
“Prompt: Do you wish to recruit? This recruitment requires Soul Sand….”
“Yes!”
Click, click-!
Under the effect of the rule power, the revolving light became solid.
A skeleton wearing a gray robe and holding a bone staff walked out from it, followed by ten familiar skeleton soldiers.
At the same time, as soon as he finished recruiting, the light beam in front of him dimmed and completely disappeared.
Mu Yuan continued to move forward.
“Ding!”
“Ding!”
“Ding!”
In just over ten minutes, he had visited three more recruitment points and recruited several rare troops and dozens of common troops.
And this, was just the appetizer of the Land of Bones.
He looked forward to it, then suddenly stopped.
“I knew it, there is no way such a big place would have no monsters.”