17: Chapter 17 Main Base Upgrade: Abundant Rewards!

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A Stinger Bug rushed out of the dense forest.

Armored Elite Warrior Zhao Zhang turned and swung his sword.

Utilizing the momentum of its charge, he pierced it through with a single strike.

After crossing a river, the number of Stinger Bugs pursuing them decreased significantly.

Due to evolutionary needs, many of the Stinger Bug's senses had severely degenerated.

They primarily relied on the pheromones transmitted back by the Tyranid Brain Bug to track prey.

And the river could effectively block these pheromones.

After slaying the last Stinger Bug trailing behind, the squad finally stopped to rest.

Su Yang didn't care about the mucus on the crystalline plants and leaned against them, gasping for air.

The intense exercise left his brain oxygen-deprived, and his mouth felt like it was stuffed with a piece of rusty iron.

Although he had the assistance of Armored Elite Warrior Zhao Zhang, this long-distance dash had nearly cost him his life.

He was just an ordinary college student; he couldn't compare to the death-defying Insect Swarm or the Great Qin Elite Soldiers.

Armored Elite Warrior Chen Wu and Armored Elite Warrior Zhao Zhang stood guard in front with their swords drawn, in case there were any unprocessed Stinger Bugs left.

They occasionally cast worried glances back at Su Yang.

Fearing that he might stop breathing at any moment.

"Damn it, I need to get a set of Imperial Armor in the future."

Although on the verge of collapse, Su Yang's mind remained active.

As a lord, he shouldn't actually be this aggressive.

But since he didn't have any reconnaissance units yet, the fastest way to get a detailed understanding of the surrounding situation was to follow the troops out on exploration.

Because of his mindset of racing against time and his trust in the combat power of the Elite Soldiers, he made the risky choice.

However, the risk wasn't without its rewards; if he hadn't come himself, he might not have discovered this Insect Swarm Ranch.

After the chase, Armored Elite Warrior Chen Wu and Armored Elite Warrior Zhao Zhang had slain quite a few bugs, which counted as replenishing some command points.

However, there was one point: the Rank of this group of Tyranids was clearly one level higher than the group at his doorstep.

Su Yang panted heavily as he opened the panel to check the kill notifications.

[Killed Rank 4 Tyranid Brain Bug, command points +150]

[Killed Rank 2 Tyranid Stinger, command points +30]

[Killed Rank 2 Tyranid Stinger, command points +30]

...

The improvement from Rank 1 to Rank 2 wasn't very obvious in terms of combat ability.

But for an insect nest, a higher Rank also meant a larger quantity.

Upgrading takes time, and the longer the time, the more offspring the mother insect could produce.

Therefore, Su Yang estimated that this ranch insect nest would be a grade higher than the previous one in both quantity and Rank.

To take this place without risk, the previously estimated 10 Rank 2 Armored Elite Soldiers probably wouldn't be enough.

command points were a major problem.

This was something that always felt insufficient no matter how it was used.

After resting for a dozen minutes, Su Yang felt his limbs return to him.

The three of them set off again and returned to the Main Base a few hours later.

There were only three Armored Elite Soldiers responsible for defense inside the Main Base.

The other Elite Soldiers, after resupplying, had already started the second round of exploration for the day.

After nearly a day of mining, the stone resources in the territory had reached 93 units.

Building the city wall needed to be done all at once, so Su Yang decided to wait until he had 200 units before starting.

The lords residence was upgrading, and building the city wall required time.

The Insect Swarm Ranch couldn't be dealt with in the short term.

Now, all he could do was wait.

Su Yang decided to wait while sleeping; he was just too tired.

He had only napped for two hours the previous day, and today he had experienced another life-and-death chase.

A sense of exhaustion washed over him like a tide.

After instructing Armored Elite Warrior Chen Wu and Armored Elite Warrior Zhao Zhang to replenish their energy and continue exploring, Su Yang entered the lords residence and fell asleep immediately.

...

"Welcome to the official Dragon Country livestream room for the Forbidden Ground Trial."

Inside the livestream room, the host, Xiaoxue, read the opening remarks full of energy.

"I presume everyone, like Xiaoxue, wants to know how Su Yang secured the first-kill reward yesterday."

"You want to know the true combat power of the Qin Dynasty starting troops, and you want to know the current development status of the base."

"Everyone, don't be anxious; this series of questions will all be answered as today's live broadcast begins."

The netizens of Dragon Country were equally excited.

After Su Yang took the lead over all other lords to secure the first-kill reward, they had regained their confidence.

"With the command points reward from the first kill, our territory's development will definitely be faster than other territories!"

"Perhaps this time we will truly soar to success and take first place in the trial!"

"Regardless of anything else, I want to see the Great Qin soldiers fight; those armors are just too cool!"

...

The screen flickered, and the live broadcast was about to begin.

Everyone's expectations were at their peak, hoping that Su Yang could bring them a surprise once again.

"Broadcast started! Welcome our great hero—Su Yang!!"

The screen flashed, and the camera focused on Su Yang lying sprawled out on the bed.

"Eh."

Xiaoxue's face twitched.

"Is he... meditating?"

Several experts rushed to the screen to carefully analyze Su Yang's condition.

After a period of analysis, their expressions were all stunned.

Forbidden Ground livestreams usually start during the day.

And the safest stage in the Forbidden Ground is also during the day.

Lords usually seize the daytime to carry out construction and development.

This was the first time they had ever seen someone sleeping in the middle of the day in the Forbidden Ground.

"Unbelievable!"

"According to our... analysis, Su Yang... seems to have entered a deep... deep sleep..."

The experts here were cautious in their analysis before daring to draw a conclusion, but the chat room had already exploded.

"What the hell are you analyzing? I can hear him snoring!"

"Why is he sleeping in the middle of the day! Is he on vacation?!"

"Hurry up and wake him up, hey..."

...

Central Military Department.

All high-ranking military officers, experts and scholars from various fields, and senior engineers and analysts of Dragon Country were standing by.

After Su Yang secured the first-kill reward, the Dragon Country officials had new expectations for the combat power of the Qin Dynasty starting troops.

Today, they had gathered all the experts they could to analyze the Great Qin start.

They hoped to analyze the civilization characteristics of Great Qin as much as possible, perhaps to provide assistance to Su Yang at a critical moment.

The screen began to flicker, and everyone held their breath.

The scene switched.

*Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz*

All the high-ranking officials of Dragon Country had their expressions tighten.

The scene fell into dead silence, with only the sound of snoring echoing continuously.

...

Su Yang slept until evening before waking up.

This sleep was incredibly sweet.

All the Armored Elite Soldiers had returned to the Main Base.

The current reserves of carbon mineral resources could not support them to go out for further exploration.

It seemed that the current output of the mining machines still needed to be strengthened, Su Yang patrolled within the territory.

If he wanted to increase the number of exploration batches or the number of troops, he first had to increase the output of the mining machines.

Only one mining machine could be placed on a single ore vein.

Before discovering new ore veins, increasing the efficiency of the mining machines was the only way to increase output.

Tomorrow, the Main Base would finish upgrading; he would see if there was any way then.

Walking to the front of the barracks, the soldiers were processing the prey harvested today.

Armored Elite Warrior Chen Wu had already organized today's harvest in advance and walked up to report to Su Yang.

Listening to the report, Su Yang's eyes lit up.

He hadn't expected today's harvest to be so substantial.