Chapter 248 Annexation, Reward!

[For the occupied area, you may choose to Merge or Annex. The final decision is now up to Jinghai leader Su Ze!]

An illusory screen popped up before Su Ze, with two options radiating an alluring glow.

[Option 1: Merge with the World Financial Center.]

[Effect 1: Acquire the new area, World Financial Center, inheriting the World Financial Center (supplies and monsters will respawn as usual);]

[Effect 2: Inherit the three original buff Halos — Heavenly Blessing, Increasing Revenue and Reducing Expenditure, and Universal Prosperity;]

[Effect 3: Retain the special buildings — Explosion-Proof Trench, Research Center, and Prayer Altar;]

[Effect 4: All dormitories affiliated with Jinghai gain one unconditional relocation opportunity (original levels and facilities can be retained);]

[Effect 5: After each round of the Survival Game, you will receive attribute points based on the settlement results. Surpassing a certain score will grant an opportunity to choose a special building;]

[Evaluation: You can bring people to live in the World Financial Center area. Each floor can accommodate many people, but monster spawn times are concentrated, and there is no normal living environment. You will need to add or change things yourself later (including private kitchens and bathrooms, etc.).]

[Option 2: Annex the World Financial Center.]

[Effect 1: The World Financial Center area disappears, and the Jinghai University Dormitory area expands slightly, but there is a high probability of creating 1-3 Dormitory · Special Spaces.]

[Effect 2: Retain the special buildings — Explosion-Proof Trench, Research Center, and Prayer Altar;]

[Effect 3: Acquire 'Relocation Order' * 1 (allows your own Dormitory to undergo an unconditional, perfect relocation once);]

[Effect 4: Inherit the three original buff Halos — Heavenly Blessing, Increasing Revenue and Reducing Expenditure, and Universal Prosperity;]

[Effect 5: All Jinghai dormitories +1 level (tenant limit increases by 1 person simultaneously);]

[Effect 6: All players affiliated with Jinghai gain +10 free attribute points;]

[Effect 7: After each round of the Survival Game, you will receive attribute points based on the settlement results. Surpassing a certain score will grant an additional opportunity to choose a special building (+1);]

[Evaluation: Annexing The Mansion will not directly stack onto the Jinghai University area but will instead stack into the Dormitory building; the specific effects are unknown.]

The illusory screen popped up before Su Ze. At the same time, all players received a system broadcast notification.

[The Global Financial Center area has been completely occupied by the Jinghai University faction!]

[The final decision is now up to Jinghai leader Su Ze — Merge, or Annex.]

The Dormitory building instantly erupted in an uproar.

"Holy crap! The World Financial Center area has been taken down too!"

"God Su is amazing, ahhhh!"

"Quick, look at the options! What can we get?! How will Boss Su choose!"

On the other side, Su Ze's gaze quickly scanned the detailed effects of the two options, evaluating them in his mind simultaneously.

Merge: Retain the physical structure of The Mansion, which is equivalent to gaining an extra piece of territory.

The benefit is the large area, but the drawbacks are also very obvious — The Mansion is just a purely commercial building, a hundred-story office building with no private kitchens or bathrooms, and no normal living environment. Living there would be like being in jail.

Moreover, monster respawns continue as usual, which is equivalent to having an extra stronghold that requires split forces to defend.

As for getting an extra special building if the score is good after each settlement...

The Annex option has that too. After annexing the Taoyuan Residential Area last time, he can now get two if his score is good. There is no difference in this regard.

What about Annex? The World Financial Center area disappears directly, and a small part of the building area merges into the Dormitory building. Su Ze's gaze stopped on that line of text.

"High probability of creating 1-3 Dormitory · Special Spaces." Special Spaces.

This effect didn't trigger when he annexed the Taoyuan Residential Area last time. While the World Financial Center doesn't have as much surface area as the Taoyuan Residential Area, it is tall.

Its architectural space is calculated for every floor, so it definitely has much more than the Taoyuan Residential Area!

So that's why there was no area integration this time, but instead, it triggered Special Spaces?

Perhaps this Survival Game also feels that the Dormitory building doesn't need that much space?

Effect 5 and Effect 6 are the same as before. All dormitories level up by one, and the tenant limit increases simultaneously. All players gain +10 free attribute points. These two points are solid, across-the-board enhancements.

Increasing the Dormitory level means more features are unlocked and a higher defense cap. Increasing the tenant limit by one means, all in all, quite a few more people can be accommodated. It is also an overall enhancement.

Su Ze did not hesitate at all; his finger landed on the second option. [Annex.]

The moment he confirmed, the whole world seemed to have been pressed on pause. One second of silence. Then — Boom!!!

An indescribable tremor came from beneath his feet, and the ground of the entire Jinghai University was shaking!

Su Ze turned his head to look in the direction of the World Financial Center. That hundred-story giant building he had just left not long ago was dissolving at a speed visible to the naked eye.

It wasn't collapsing, nor was it exploding. It was like a pencil drawing being erased, starting from the top floor, layer by layer, turning into countless tiny specks of light. They converged into a spectacular golden ribbon of light that pierced through the night sky and surged towards the Jinghai University Dormitory building.

"Holy crap! Look at the sky!"

Countless players rushed to the windows and looked up. The golden specks of light filling the sky were like a meteor shower in reverse, crashing down upon the Dormitory building in overwhelming numbers.

The moment the ribbon of light touched the Dormitory building, everyone felt a violent sinking sensation beneath their feet. Immediately after — the entire Dormitory building began to expand.

The walls were expanding outward, the corridors were lengthening, and the ceilings were rising.

Wang Meng was standing in the Third Floor corridor and suddenly felt the walls beside him receding to both sides as if they were alive. He looked down and saw the floor beneath his feet also extending silently.

The room numbers hadn't changed, but the area of each Dormitory was expanding at an incredible speed.

"Holy crap! My Dormitory got bigger!"

A scream came from the adjacent Dormitory, and then the entire floor exploded in excitement.

"Me too! The space has more than doubled!"

"Haha, finally, we don't have to be squeezed to death."

At the same time, the perimeter of the Dormitory building was also undergoing drastic changes. The Explosion-Proof Trench, a special building that had been deployed in The Mansion, suddenly appeared outside the First Floor of the Dormitory building, like a circle of huge, open palms. It began to wrap upward from the bottom, eventually forming a complete, translucent protective shield around the exterior of the Dormitory building.

That layer of protective shield emitted a faint, grayish-white luster, covering the entire building and bringing all floors under its protection. It was a visible sense of security.

The players in the building looked at the light shield outside the window. Some people's legs went weak, and they sat down on the floor—not because they were scared, but because it felt so good.

"A protective shield! That's a protective shield! The whole building is covered!"

A miniature real-time architectural map appeared in Su Ze's mind, and he was also stunned. The Explosion-Proof Trench... it seemed to have changed because of this? It didn't seem to have such an exaggerated range of protection before...

However, the changes continued.

[Detected that the Annexation reward has triggered special conditions —]

[Unlocking Dormitory · Special Space...]

[Unlocking... 87%... 92%... 100%!]

[Unlock complete.]

[Dormitory · Special Floor — Research Experimental Base, floor to be determined...]