Lingyun City

Yang Jian looked at his attribute panel.

These days, he had been developing in the game world.

His own strength had once again seen a significant increase.

To be honest, at this point,

Yang Jian was no longer overly concerned with the increase in attribute values.

Having a deep understanding of the current situation,

Yang Jian was clearly aware that

mastering the Power of Law was the key focus for the next stage.

This was like the transition from martial arts to immortal cultivation.

No matter how good one’s instantaneous sword technique was, it could only deal with mortals.

Of course, it could also be used to deal with Wen Tianren!

But Old Devil Han’s two-hundred-year cultivation history only produced one such anomaly.

And that was achieved under the special rules of a special place.

The comparison between numerical strength and the Power of Law

was similar to the gap between martial arts and immortal cultivation.

Of course, this didn’t mean that Yang Jian’s current improvements were useless.

They were useful!

As long as it was an improvement to himself, every step was very useful!

This golden light that shot straight into the sky, let alone Longwei County,

several neighboring countries could see it clearly.

However, Yang Jian and his companions could easily abandon their commitments, so he didn’t pay any attention to the struggles of a few ants.

Unless they jumped right in front of Yang Jian!

However, just as he mentioned abandoning commitments, Yang Jian’s phone rang.

He took it out and saw.

Director Nick, the bald egghead?

“Good morning, Guild Leader Yang!”

Yang Jian looked at his phone; it was 5:30 AM Blue Star time.

“Hello, Director Nick, I’m really sorry, something came up temporarily…”

Yang Jian was about to use his excuse about his dog having a second litter.

He suddenly remembered the guild’s previous announcement.

Now, the announcement, including the recent celestial phenomena, had probably already landed on Nick’s desk.

The casual lie he was about to tell got stuck!

Just as he was thinking of how to quickly come up with an excuse,

the bald egghead on the other end spoke with a chuckle.

“I understand, I understand! I just applied for a 500 million USD bonus from our leader! It’s already been deposited into your private account! Having a second child is understandable, but I’m busy here, so I won’t celebrate in person…”

Yang Jian was stunned for a moment before he realized.

The other party was afraid he would change his mind!

“Oh… Hahaha!”

See, I told you there would be great scholars to debate for me!

“Alas, it happened so suddenly. Look, out of nowhere, a premature birth!”

Yang Jian thought for a moment. This guy was giving him too much face; he couldn’t let it fall flat!

“How about this, since I’m temporarily breaking our appointment, I feel a bit bad. Later, I’ll give you a free challenge slot!”

“How can I accept this…”

The bald egghead on the other end of the phone was frantically complaining.

A free one? I paid 500 million USD to celebrate your dog’s second litter!

Isn’t that money?

“Hey, between us, who’s counting? It’s settled!”

Yang Jian made the final decision.

The two exchanged a few pleasantries and rescheduled their meeting.

Then he hung up the call!

But as soon as he hung up,

the phone rang again.

He picked it up and saw.

Hu Mingwei!

These intelligence chiefs from various major forces were bombarding him in turns!

Yang Jian looked at his body modification progress.

With the increasing number and degree of modifications,

Yang Jian’s body was now adapting to the abyssal essence at an increasingly faster rate.

He estimated that he would reach 100% in about half an hour.

Then he would directly step into the teleportation gate, no lingering!

He thought as he answered the phone.

“Hello, Director Hu! What are your instructions?”

Hu Mingwei’s hearty laughter came from the other end.

“Oh, my Guild Leader Yang, how dare I have any instructions! Aren’t I here to offer congratulations?”

“No, no, no! Director Hu, saying that would be too much for me! Based on age and seniority, you can certainly say a few words to me!”

Only a few words, any more would be impolite!

“Is your Time-Space Altar really as powerful as the official website claims? Can the wild monsters in the game run out?”

Actually, what Hu Mingwei most wanted to ask was whether Abyssal Monsters could invade Blue Star through this passage.

But after thinking about it, he decided to be a little more subtle.

“Don’t worry! Aren’t the layouts of my Dragon Head Camp all on your desk! The wild monsters can’t get through! I have defensive measures there!”

Hu Mingwei smiled and agreed verbally.

But inwardly, he had many complaints!

Could those six arrow towers even be considered defensive facilities?

Since the other party had called,

Yang Jian thought for a moment and decided to take the opportunity to make a small request.

“Director Hu, I’d like to recruit a group of retired soldiers who couldn’t get into the game to live here in Lingyun City. Would it be convenient for you to help me connect with them?”

“Convenient! Absolutely convenient! I’ll contact them and apply for a batch of people who are about to retire soon for you!”

Yang Jian was stunned at his words!

“Why are there still active-duty soldiers who haven’t entered the game? The Xia Kingdom officials gave so many slots, it should cover the entire army, right!”

Hu Mingwei was momentarily awkward, not knowing what to say!

Could I tell you that many slots were wasted by the children of high-ranking officials?

Some people wished their household chefs and nannies could enter the game to continue serving them!

Even more outrageous, some wished they could give their dogs a helmet… Many things just couldn’t be said!

Saying one more word and my position as director would be over… The allocation plans and such were all discussed well during meetings.

But once they entered the implementation stage, everything became difficult!

All sorts of absurd operations could be carried out.

The original plan was not only to cover the entire army.

It was also to cover the country’s peacekeeping and violent agencies… The actual coverage rate was very worrying!

Yang Jian heard the silence on the other end.

He could probably guess what was going on!

That’s good, this way, the people recruited would be wholeheartedly loyal to him!

If the officials truly provided full benefits and treatment,

Yang Jian would have to worry if the recruited people would be insincere.

But, those who still hadn’t been allocated game slots by now,

he believed, would all be willing to embrace the Star Palace… After hanging up the call with Hu Mingwei, Yang Jian was free.

Except for these true high-ranking officials, ordinary people’s calls couldn’t reach Yang Jian.

However, Mo Suqing and Long Ruoling’s calls were truly one after another!

“Stop chatting for now, take me to see Lingyun City! I expect I’ll be living here from now on!”

Mo Suqing’s eyes lit up, and she exchanged glances with Long Ruoling.

Wherever Yang Jian was, Lingyun Studio, and even Blue Star’s focus, would shift there!

Wouldn’t we also have an advantage by being close in the future?

After so long, they still weren’t familiar with their boss… Being a senior executive like this was also a constant source of anxiety!

They quickly hung up after a few words, handing their phones to their respective assistants.

They let them deal with the continuous calls!

Mo Suqing hailed a sightseeing car.

The group got in and began to drive towards the outskirts.

Although it was an electric sightseeing car,

theoretically, it needed to be speed-limited.

But after all, it was an internal road in Lingyun City, and the open-top car sped along.

It was late October, and Lin Haichen already felt cold.

But in Lingyun City’s morning, there was only a slight chill.

Lingyun City was originally located next to Mo Suqing’s tea mountain.

Because at first, it could only be built under the guise of a tourist town.

Unexpectedly, the game’s progress advanced so quickly!

It directly jumped from version 1.0 to version 3.0!

The intervention of Qingyun Pavilion, Hu Mingwei personally coming to Longwei County to approve documents,

and the arrival of Long Ruoling, all gradually changed the nature of this originally planned tourist town.

Later, they even directly approved a 5000 square kilometer piece of land for Lingyun Studio.

The land attributes could be filled in arbitrarily.

Construction plans could also be started first and then approved… As for whether there would be bottlenecks after it was built?

Hehe… We’ll deal with that when it happens!

The planned land for the entire Lingyun City was said to be over 5000 square kilometers.

But it actually included Mo Suqing’s original tea mountain.

And the large lake of over 260 square kilometers at the foot of the tea mountain.

The mountain and lake alone already occupied over a thousand square kilometers.

But now, these two areas within Lingyun City’s boundaries

had been renamed Moling and Mirror Lake!

It was called Moling because the original tea mountain, during the transition between spring and summer, looked as if the entire forest was dyed in ink.

With layers of mountains, it was breathtakingly beautiful.

No need to mention Mirror Lake… When there was no wind, the lake surface was like a mirror!

As for when there would be no wind?

Just wait!

That day will come… The current construction area mainly relied on Moling and Mirror Lake.

Closest to Moling and Mirror Lake were the three earliest developed high-end residential areas.

Built along the mountains and water, they almost integrated all elements of mountains and water into these three communities.

The villa complex built on the mountainside, relying on the tail of Moling Mountain, was the most high-end batch.

From the balcony at home, one could see the almost ocean-like Mirror Lake to the left.

To the right, one could see the main body of Lingyun City under construction.

The other two communities were six or seven-story apartment buildings.

Large units, beautiful scenery, to be allocated to the core personnel of the Star Palace.

These three communities were right next to where Yang Jian placed the Time-Space Altar this time.

This was a four-hectare empty plot of land.

Surrounding this empty plot, Mo Suqing built a city wall!

Some later buildings with game functions were planned to be concentrated in this area.

The Time-Space Altar was the first building here.

This four-hectare land also had an inner city wall built around it.

Inside the city wall, only land leveling and main roads had been done so far.

To the east of the inner city wall were the three high-rise communities.

The other three directions of the inner city wall were the residences for various ordinary guild players.

Currently, dozens of large communities have been built, capable of accommodating hundreds of thousands of people.

The outer areas are still undergoing massive construction!

Of course, all kinds of supporting facilities must be complete.

Locations for various businesses have already been reserved.

However, Mo Suqing and Bai Youyou have not yet agreed on whether to invite external businesses or arrange for guild members’ families to take over internally.

Originally, Mo Suqing was still thinking about whether to add another defensive facility between the outermost city wall and the inner city wall.

Yang Jian vetoed it.

The city walls were mainly to prevent low-level Abyssal Monsters from rushing into the crowd and causing large-scale unrest.

In Yang Jian’s view, if the first city wall couldn’t be held,

adding ten more later would only be a temporary reprieve!

Looking at this city, its current usable area could be said to be pitifully small.

And on the outermost edge, the Xia Kingdom Construction Group was still diligently working on the entire city wall of Lingyun City!

To be honest, Yang Jian felt it was not very useful!

He had absolute confidence in himself.

However, since they were willing to pay out of their own pockets and contribute, Yang Jian didn’t refuse!

“Which area is the official reserved land?”

Mo Suqing pointed her hand.

“Twenty kilometers to the northwest, it’s also a good place with mountains and water!”

Yang Jian said he had no impression at all!

The only feeling he had was that there were so many places with mountains and water in Yunzhou Prefecture!

“Do we really need such a large area? Is Longwei County that big?”

Yang Jian was a bit speechless.

Speaking of this, Mo Suqing had to enlighten him.

“Boss, our guild currently has 150,000 people. Those who previously said they didn’t want to relocate are now all obedient! 150,000 people, calculated at an average of five people per family, that’s 750,000!”

“If the guild upgrades another level, that would be 1.5 million players…”

“These are only permanent residents; there must also be a floating population, right?”

“And according to what you said, if we get a city-building token and directly transform Lingyun City into a system city, installing a myriad of teleportation arrays…”

“You also want to attract dwarven blacksmiths, elven enchanters, and gem craftsmen…”

“And it has to be as beautiful as a painting, right?”

“With so many requirements, tell me, how can a small place work!”

“For cities with a population of over ten million, there are also requirements for urban beautification and living quality! This area might not even be enough…”

“Also, from now on, this will be Lingyun City of Yunzhou Prefecture in Jiannan Dao!”

“This place was formed by dismantling and combining six surrounding counties. How can a county-level unit provide 5000 square kilometers of land?”

Alright, alright!

Everything you said is correct…