145: Chapter 145 The Road to Unification Begins, Level 5 Main Base

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[Successfully killed Level 15 Tyranid Titanium-Crystal Smasher (Variant), command points +1800 (30% bonus)]

[Obtained ordinary C-Rank drop, Titanium-Crystal Shard]

[Can unlock Titanium mining, Titanium-Crystal defense, and a series of technologies at the Xeno Experiment Station (pre-requisite technology currently not unlocked)]

[Successfully killed giant siege unit Smasher]

[Achievement unlocked: Mount Tai Meteorite Fall, command points +4000]

As the kill and achievement notifications popped up, the Smasher crashed to the ground.

The moment it fell, the Crossbowmen all shifted their targets, and their continuous volley of Armor-piercing Arrows surged toward the Stinger Bug army that had breached the city.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—

Without the Smasher's suppression, the Imperial Armor army was able to exert its full strength.

The Elite Soldiers swung their swords continuously, and under the Chainswords, the defenses of the Tyranid Titanium-Crystal Stinger Bugs were like paper.

The Crossbowmen fired with all their might, and the Stinger Bugs within the territory fell in droves.

Soon, the Stinger Bug army inside the city was wiped out, and the battle entered its final stages.

Su Yang ordered the soldiers to spread out and hunt down the remaining Xenomorphs.

The remaining Xenomorphs, having lost the Smasher's command, were already in disarray.

Under the pursuit of the Armored Soldiers, they were quickly annihilated.

[Killed Level 13 Tyranid Titanium-Crystal Stinger Bug (Variant), command points +130 (30% bonus)]

[Killed Level 12 Tyranid Titanium-Crystal Stinger Bug (Variant), command points +120 (30% bonus)]

[Killed Level 13 Tyranid Titanium-Crystal Brain Bug (Variant), command points +650 (30% bonus)]

[Killed Level 13 Tyran-Titan Crystal Jumper (Variant), command points +195 (30% bonus)]

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The cleanup phase of the battle ended, and the perilous siege battle finally concluded.

After it ended, Su Yang did not rush to check the spoils, but instead immediately conducted a review.

As the territory developed, the strength of the city's defenses should have been constantly increasing.

It was truly unacceptable that such a dangerous siege battle occurred at this stage of the trial.

As for the cause of this dangerous situation, the primary reason was the increase in threat level, as the Insect Swarm could now potentially launch large-scale attacks during the day.

Moreover, due to the increased exploration distance, the troops stationed outside could not return quickly to defend.

This would lead to situations like this one, where the territory is forced to face an enemy with incomplete forces and without a commander present.

This was not an isolated issue; as more territories were colonized in the future, other territories would also need defense, so the troops certainly could not be concentrated in one place like they were now.

How could this problem be solved? Su Yang's thoughts swirled.

The easiest solution to think of was definitely to set up a standing army within the territory.

This force would not participate in external operations but would only defend within the territory.

Furthermore, their numbers and combat power must match the current enemies.

However, this method would consume a massive amount of resources and command points.

Because the Insect Swarm's sieges would certainly not be as frequent as external operations.

Therefore, a standing army would not be able to continuously produce resources and command points like the external combat units.

In most cases, they would simply be consuming resources.

Moreover, to ensure the standing army possessed the same combat power as the current Insect Swarm level, a certain quantity had to be maintained, which would further increase the consumption required to sustain the standing army.

Because new units were summoned for this defense, the fuel production speed in the territory could no longer keep up with the consumption speed.

If this method were used consistently, the consumption of various resources in the territory would certainly become a major problem in the future.

Aside from the standing army method, another thing he could think of was to shorten the soldiers' return time as much as possible.

For example, by increasing vehicle speed or building vehicles with better performance.

More extravagantly, he could even establish teleportation points in each territory, which would allow soldiers to return quickly.

Of course, this method could only be imagined for now; even the Great Qin might not necessarily have such black technology as teleportation.

Even if they did, it would certainly require a bunch of prerequisites and could only be upgraded in the Late Stage.

So, for now, he could only use the clumsy method: establishing a standing army, and one with sufficient combat power.

To support so many troops, a massive amount of resources was needed.

These resources could no longer be produced by the territory alone; he had to find a way to seize them from other places.

Su Yang's eyes flickered. "Living under the territory of my Great Qin, how can you not pay tribute?"

After dawdling for almost a month, it was time to start the journey of unification.

At that time, nations that submitted to the Great Qin would be directly subjugated and then pay tribute regularly.

Nations that stood against the Great Qin would be directly crushed, their entire country enslaved, and forced to pay tribute.

As for some petty scoundrels, he would slaughter their cities for three days and three nights, wipe out their nine generations, and then seize all their resources!

Thinking of this, the corners of Su Yang's mouth curled up slightly. "This is the Great Qin's style of doing things! This is what the Great Qin is all about!"

Suppressing the emotional fluctuations in his heart, Su Yang returned to analyzing the siege battle.

To expand outward and complete the great cause of unification like the First Emperor, he had to defend his home base.

In addition to the problem of insufficient combat power to deal with daytime siege battles in the first territory, there was another problem with being breached this time.

That was the need to further increase the armor-piercing damage of the troops.

Currently, the only ranged unit with armor-piercing capability was the Crossbowman's Armor-piercing Arrow.

Because of the appearance of the Gray Rock Clan, which could gnaw on high-grade crystal mines to generate crystal shell defenses, this armor-piercing damage was clearly insufficient.

The territory urgently needed better technology and armor-piercing weapons.

The limit of the Level 4 Main Base had been reached; there was only one way to improve combat power now—upgrade the Main Base.

The Level 5 Main Base would unlock new technology like electricity. According to the Great Qin's technological characteristics, they would certainly develop electricity into a weapon with astonishing power.

The Gray Rock Clan relied on consuming metal to reinforce their shell protection, and metal was an excellent conductive material. Could electromagnetic weapons effectively inflict damage on them?

Su Yang's mind was filled with wild thoughts, but he quickly interrupted his own train of thought.

Thinking alone was useless; the most important thing was to act.

If he wanted to know what improvements the Level 5 Main Base would bring, he should just upgrade it directly!

Su Yang opened the panel and carefully checked the various resources required for the Level 5 Main Base.

[Main Base: lords residence]

[Rank: Level 4 >>> Level 5]

[Unlock Level 5 resource devices, Level 5 defense facilities, Level 5 research buildings, Level 5 Imperial Armor Camp, unlock farm buildings, unlock electromagnetic technology]

[Upgrade requirements]

[Petroleum resources: 200 units]

[Coal resources: 1000 units]

[Copper ore resources: 1000 units]

[Iron ore resources: 2000 units]

[Steel resources: 600 units]

[Stone resources: 2000 units]

[command points: 60000 points]

[Time: 7d]