157: Chapter 157 Total area: 104.89 square kilometers.

Another S-Class!

Xu Qin abruptly sat up straight.

He didn't rush to check the treasure chest, instead looking at the spoils of this battle first.

Very good, this wave directly produced over four hundred thousand skeletons.

Just this batch alone was enough for him to whip up tens of thousands of Stitched Bone Beasts.

Right after that...

Clang!

[Triggered "Undead Immortality"!]

[Deceased spiritual units from this battle are reorganizing and resurrecting...]

[Resurrection successful: 89,742 units.]

Nearly one hundred eighty thousand were put in, and nearly ninety thousand were resurrected.

Xu Qin couldn't help but let out a whistle.

Undead Immortality!

So satisfying!

At this moment, the command panel popped up with a new prompt.

[Territory War victory!]

[Obtained all of the enemy territory's area!]

[New territory area: 100.37 square kilometers, has been merged into "Boundless Domain".]

[Current total area of Boundless Domain: 104.89 square kilometers.]

[New region resources are loading...]

[Discovered: High-Tier Magic Iron Vein × 12]

[Discovered: Low-Tier Magic Crystal Vein × 31]

[Discovered: Dark Red Moss Forest × 8]

[Discovered: Void Black Gold × 3]

Looking at this string of resource lists, Xu Qin stood up and opened the command panel.

"All Troglodytes descend the city, start harvesting resources from each mining point!"

"Tian Ming, lead everyone to continue farming the Mineral Vein Guardians."

"Same old rules, the bug assembly line cannot stop."

The command was passed down.

Beneath the Floating City, fifty thousand Troglodytes poured out in full force.

After arranging everything, Xu Qin turned and walked into the Lords Hall.

He opened his inventory and found the dark golden treasure chest.

Open!

Clang!

[Undead Relic Box (Dark Gold) opening...]

The light dissipated, and a scroll lay inside the box.

Xu Qin picked it up to check its attributes.

[Void Bone Armor Quenching Technique · Blueprint]

[Quality: Epic (Purple)]

[Type: Forging Area General Blueprint]

[Description: A special bone armor quenching technology. After learning, you can perform "Void Quenching" on any undead troop type in the Forging Area. The quenched troop type gains the permanent passive 'Void Walker': movement speed increased by 12%, physical defense additionally +8%, and magic resistance +4%.]

[Usage Condition: Forging Area Level 10]

After reading it, Xu Qin nodded; it was a very practical effect.

Monsters in high-tier planes are generally quite strong,

and a 12% movement speed has a huge impact on the battle situation.

"Good stuff."

Clang!

[The Void Bone Armor Quenching Technique has been entered into the Forging Area!]

Xu Qin put away the blueprint and was just about to arrange for the Troglodytes to mine the high-tier magic iron.

Boom!

The Floating City shook slightly.

Xu Qin looked up and opened the external monitoring screen.

He saw that at the northeast edge of the Boundless Domain, a piece of rubble with a diameter of about two hundred meters was slowly approaching.

This kind of thing was not uncommon; the territory had constantly been absorbing surrounding rubble.

But this piece was different.

In the exact center of the rubble floated a vertical fissure.

Inside the fissure, light blue light circulated.

Xu Qin's pupils constricted.

A portal?

He opened the command panel and brought up the detection information.

[Detected: Cross-Plane Teleportation Fissure (Naturally Formed)]

[Status: Unbound]

[Description: This fissure connects to the low-tier plane (Original Continent) and allows two-way teleportation. It is currently in a dormant state; the lord needs to inject soul energy to activate and bind it.]

[Binding Cost: soul energy × 100,000]

After reading it, Xu Qin couldn't help laughing and saying:

"So high-tier plane portals come about like this?"

He had always been wondering before,

how the portal in that blue ruin was formed.

Now he understood.

Rubble from high-tier planes drifted in the void, occasionally naturally forming cross-plane fissures.

Whoever claimed it got to keep it.

[Bind]!

Clang!

[Consumed soul energy × 100,000]

[Cross-plane teleportation fissure successfully bound!]

[This fissure has been connected to the lord's teleportation network, communicating with the bound ruins of the low-tier plane.]

Hum!

The fissure lit up, and light blue light spread out.

At the same time, Xu Qin noticed a change.

The moment the rubble merged into the Boundless Domain, a translucent film appeared on the edge of the territory.

That layer of film expanded outward, eventually covering the entire sky of the Boundless Domain.

Xu Qin opened the panel.

[Territory scale reached critical value (over 100 square kilometers), automatically generating a 'Plane Barrier'.]

[Plane Barrier effect: Isolates void magic energy erosion; living races within the territory no longer suffer the negative effect of -1% HP per hour.]

Xu Qin looked at this prompt and didn't speak for a long time.

So... the rules of high-tier planes were like this.

When the territory was small, the area was insufficient, and it couldn't generate a plane barrier; living races coming in would be slowly worn to death.

But when the territory grew to a certain extent, the barrier formed automatically, and living beings could survive.

"In other words, this barrier works on the same principle as an atmosphere."

"No wonder that mantis was able to raise over ten thousand lizardmen."

As Xu Qin said this, he suddenly realized something else.

"In other words, I can now pull the troops of living races over here too?"

Xu Qin rubbed his chin.

At this time, the upper right corner of the command panel flashed.

An icon lit up again.

[Cross-plane communication has been restored!]

"Huh?"

Xu Qin clicked open the communication list.

The topmost one was Tie Ge.

As soon as Xu Qin clicked in, a message from the opposite side was sent over.

Tie Ge · Servant: Master! Master, are you there!!!

Tie Ge · Servant: Communication is finally restored! I've been waiting for days!

Xu Qin typed a reply.

Xu Qin · Master: I'm here, speak.

Tie Ge · Servant: Master, I have completely handled the matter you entrusted to me!

Tie Ge · Servant: The new batch of Iron-Horned Battle Rhinos has been bred. Currently, there are 47 adults, and they can be sent over at any time!

Xu Qin's eyebrows twitched.

Forty-seven of them.

Not bad efficiency.

Xu Qin · Master: Drag them to the portal ruins side and send them right over.

Tie Ge · Servant: Yes! I'll arrange it right away!

But before the messages quieted down for a few seconds, a few more popped up.

Tie Ge · Servant: Master, there is one more thing...

Tie Ge · Servant: I don't know if I should say it or not...

Xu Qin · Master: Since you want to say it, speak.

Tie Ge · Servant: It's just... those lords from before, Lord Ta Lun and the others...

Tie Ge · Servant: They came looking for me.

Xu Qin · Master: Looking for you?

Tie Ge · Servant: Yes! Today! Lord Ta Lun came together with Ci Jia and three other minor lords.

Tie Ge · Servant: They said they want to become your tribe and are willing to serve you.

Looking at the interface, Xu Qin thought about it.

He had an impression of Lord Ta Lun; that was the Treant lord.

Ci Jia was a lizardman lord.

Those guys who acted as free security guards in the blue ruins before.

After he left, the magic tide crushed the defense line,

and without thinking, one knew they must have suffered heavy losses.

Running over to defect now, plainly speaking, meant they had nowhere to survive and wanted to come beg for food.

Xu Qin · Master: Let them be your servants.

Tie Ge · Servant: Huh?

Xu Qin · Master: You just manage them. I won't be going back temporarily for now.

Tie Ge · Servant: Master means... let me manage them?

Xu Qin · Master: Yes.

Xu Qin · Master: Their troops belong to your deployment. Also,

Xu Qin · Master: Hurry up and expand your army. In the future, you guys will also need to come over here.

Tie Ge · Servant: !!!

Tie Ge · Servant: Yes! Rest assured, Master! I will definitely lead the team well for you!

Even across the communication list,

Xu Qin could imagine how excited Tie Ge was on the other side.

A vassal was suddenly endowed with the power to manage other lords.

To an orc, this was recognition.