93: Chapter 93: Too many different troop types, too cumbersome? Streamline!

"Good! Good! Good!" Victor was completely enraged.

Since that's the case, then let's all die together!

He still had one last trick.

That was to broadcast the coordinates, letting everyone know Xu Qin's location. When that time came, there would surely be a few blind fools coming to throw their lives away!

Victor typed rapidly.

Victor · Human Race: How about this, as the saying goes, seeing is believing, our coor...

But before he could finish typing this line, Victor felt a chill in his chest.

He saw a bone claw piercing through his chest.

Shadow's voice came from behind him. "The end."

The bone claw retracted. Victor's body slumped to the ground.

He still wanted to continue typing, but his limbs refused to obey.

The command panel popped up a notification. Ding!

[Killed Lord "Victor"!] [Lord core building destroyed!]

In the Human Race channel, his name turned gray.

Soon, someone in the channel noticed this change.

Zhao Ming · Human Race: Victor?

Li Wei · Human Race: Dead.

Barton · Dwarf Race: ...

Chen Mo · Human Race: Core destroyed, Lord eliminated.

The channel fell silent again.

Wang Zheng · Undead Race: Log off, log off. The dead are to be respected!

Zhang Yan · Undead Race: Rest in peace.

This topic ended just like that, without a ripple.

After all, on this continent, Lords perish every day. One more or one less didn't affect anyone else's eating or sleeping.

...

Floating City. Xu Qin closed the chat panel.

He stood up, walked to the edge of the Watchtower, and looked down at the entire Oasis.

The battle had completely ended.

On the ground, Tian Ming was commanding the Troglodytes and transport troops, moving the wreckage, bones, and resources of the thirteen territories toward the Floating City in batches.

Xu Qin opened the battle summary panel. Ding!

[Battle ended!] [Total kills: 17048] [Talent "War Gift Level 15" triggered! All loot quantity × 16!] [Obtained: 272768 bones, ...] [Battle rating: A]

Xu Qin looked at the 272768 bones and nodded in satisfaction.

Plus the gathered wood, stone, and iron ore. The resources needed for the Lords Hall to upgrade to Level 7 were all collected.

"War Gift, the god forever."

He raised his hand to close the panel, turned around, and walked back to the bone throne.

The problem now was simple. Two hundred and seventy thousand bones. But the combined capacity of the three layers of the Combat Readiness Platform was only one hundred thousand. It couldn't hold them.

"No need to rush to convert them all."

Xu Qin sat cross-legged and counted on his fingers, "Store the wood, stone, and iron ore first, upgrade the Lords Hall to Level 7, and unlock the next stage of functions before doing anything else."

"Store the bones in the treasury first, and when needed, pull them out to combine into new Bone Beasts."

He opened the command panel. "Tian Ming." "Here." "Are there any corners in the Oasis that haven't been cleared yet?"

"Everything has been cleared. All thirteen territories have been destroyed, and the Lord cores have been confirmed destroyed."

"Good!" Xu Qin leaned back. "Then we'll stop here for a while. Continue mining wood, stone, and iron ore until there is enough for the Lords Hall upgrade."

"The entire army will enter standard patrol mode, Troglodytes will focus on gathering." "Yes, Master!"

Tian Ming acknowledged the order and withdrew. Xu Qin closed his eyes and yawned. Now, there were no hidden dangers in this Oasis. The resources within a twenty-kilometer radius were all his.

"Before the resources are finished..." He turned over, found a comfortable position, and lay on the bone throne. "I'll just farm honestly for now."

Soon, cartloads of resources were all placed into the treasury. Xu Qin opened the Lords Hall panel and pressed the [Upgrade] button..

Ding! [Lords Hall upgrading: Level 6 → Level 7] [Time required: 120 hours (5 days)]

"It takes five days?" Xu Qin finished reading the prompt and stroked his chin in thought. Five days. It wasn't long, but it wasn't short either. But for him, these five days could not be wasted.

"Tian Ming." "Here." "Send ten thousand Troglodytes down to start digging directly beneath the Floating City."

"The usual rules: dig an Underground Space of one thousand square meters, ten standard pits, each pit fifteen by fifteen by ten meters."

"Throw twenty Guardian remains into each pit, kill them after resurrecting, and keep the seeds after killing." "The assembly line cannot stop." "Yes."

Tian Ming acknowledged the order and withdrew. Xu Qin yawned, turned over, and looked at the terrifying number on the treasury panel. 272768 bones from thirteen races.

"My biggest problem right now isn't a lack of troops," Xu Qin said, propping up his chin, "but that the troop types are too miscellaneous and too bloated."

Sand Jackals, Minotaurs, Troglodytes, Erosion Beasts, Warthogs, Sand Snakes, Sand Scorpions, Sand Lizards, plus this new batch of over a dozen races. If all were resurrected, the troop names alone would fill up the table. Not only would it be tiring to command, but the heroes' command limit wouldn't be able to handle it either.

"Need to streamline." Xu Qin stood up and walked to the Resurrection Platform. "Fuse all the miscellaneous soldiers' bones into Bone Beasts for unified management."

He opened the treasury, sorted the various bones by race, and began calculating the ratios.

Experience from making Bone Beasts last time told him that the more types of bones put in and the greater the size difference, the stronger the resulting Bone Beast would be.

However, Bone Beasts produced from different formulas had different focuses.

Heavy armor types used bones from defensive races like Stone Spirit Clan and Minotaur as a base; the resulting Bone Beasts had thick skin and high HP.

Attack types used bones from agile or burst-type races like Werewolves and Thunder Lizards as a base; the resulting Bone Beasts had high speed and sharp claws and teeth.

Magic types could use bones from Fishmen and Thorn Clan, which had inherent elemental properties, as a base; the resulting Bone Beasts could provide ranged magic output.

Xu Qin began to adjust the settings on the panel. "In short, organize everything into three Bone Beast armies."

"The first one, the Tank Squad. Use Stone Spirit Clan and Minotaur bones as the main ingredients, supplemented with Human heavy infantry bones for the frame. The goal is to tank damage."

"The second one, the Melee DPS Squad. Use Werewolf and Thunder Lizard bones as the main ingredients, supplemented with Sand Jackal bones for the frame."

"The third one, the Magic Ranged Squad. Use Fishman and Thorn Clan bones as the main ingredients, supplemented with Flame Bird bones to increase elemental properties. They will serve as the back-row magic coverage for the Undead Race team."

"The target troop strength for each is twenty thousand. Then, the Lich Legion will serve as support..." After reviewing, his train of thought became clear. Next was physical labor.

...

The Resurrection Platform began to operate. Tian Ming watched the assembly line underground, while the fusion work here was personally handled by Xu Qin.

For every twelve bones put into the fusion pool, one Bone Beast emerged. Out of 272768 bones, excluding the Elven Archer and Dwarf Musketeer bones kept separately, about 220,000 remained.

220,000 divided by 12 is approximately 18,000 Bone Beasts.

"Very good, troops should be elite, not numerous. And... these are Bone Beasts!"

The more Xu Qin calculated, the happier he became, and his hands never stopped moving. Soon, the first batch of tank-type Bone Beasts walked off the fusion platform.

Five-meter-tall white bone giants, with limbs as thick as stone pillars. The crystallized shells of the Stone Spirit Clan covered their joints and chest cavities. The curved horns of the Minotaurs protruded from both sides of their shoulder blades.

Xu Qin examined them with satisfaction and nodded repeatedly. "Not bad, this is the feel. Just looking at them makes one feel secure."