189: Chapter 191 Special Event Triggered, Dragon Kingdom's Decline Cannot Be Hidden

Australia's Level 3 Main Base has a total of six large mines, each capable of holding 800 workers simultaneously.

After Su Yang invested command points to recruit them, the territory's workforce reached exactly 6,000 people.

Not only were 4,800 people working in the mines, but 1,200 were also on standby outside.

They were replaced immediately when tired or sleepy, wasting no time at all.

Excluding necessary sleep and rest time, the mines could remain in full operation almost constantly.

Under these conditions, the mines' production capacity reached the Peak for a Level 3 Main Base.

Every item was an eye-opener for Su Yang.

First was coal resources. With 800 people working simultaneously in a Level 3 coal mine, the real-time production capacity could reach a full 1,200 units/day!

Excluding worker rest time, the daily average production was about 1,000 units per day.

This was just one Level 3 mine, yet its Peak production capacity was already greater than the sum of the base capacities of the four Level 4 mining machines in the territory.

The same went for iron mines; the total for two iron mines could reach a daily average of 2,000 units.

Needless to say, stone, copper, and saltpeter were also inexhaustible.

Most importantly, Australia could also smelt steel and produce oil independently.

However, since these facilities could not effectively increase production capacity through manpower, Australia's output was not very high.

The steel mill's maximum daily output could reach 200 units, and the oil drilling platform also produced 200 units daily.

Although the amount wasn't huge, at least they had it.

Moreover, the abundant production of other resources could solve the vast majority of Great Qin's mineral consumption problems.

After reviewing the production capacity, it was time to choose Australia's tribute ratio. Su Yang didn't need to be as polite to them as he was to Spain.

He maxed it out while ensuring the territory's basic consumption.

After the adjustments, Su Yang had the AI compile all the data, presenting the current consumption of resources in the territory.

[Territory Resources]

[Water Resources: Stock: 4,631 units, Production Speed: 1,150 units/day (20% bonus)]

[Stone Resources: Stock: 9,365 units, Production Speed: 1,440 units/day (20% bonus)]

[Coal Resources: Stock: 5,104 units, Production Speed: 1,250 units/day (20% bonus)]

[Copper Metal: Stock: 3,841 units, Production Speed: 575 units/day (20% bonus)]

[Iron Metal: Stock: 4,763 units, Production Speed: 1,440 units/day (20% bonus)]

[Saltpeter Resources: Stock: 1,416 units, Production Speed: 240 units/day (20% bonus)]

[Steel Resources: Stock: 513 units, Production Speed (Max): 400 units/day]

[Xenomorphs Mass: 431, Biological Crude Oil: 3 units, Production Speed (Max): 1,000 units/day]

[Fuel Resources: Stock: 652 units, Production Speed (Max): 400 units/day]

[Electricity Resources: Stock: 1,362 units, Production Speed (Max): 10,000 units/day]

[Vassal State Tribute Resources]

[Vassal State: Spain]

[Stone Resources: 350 units/day (30% vassal state bonus)]

[Coal Resources: 350 units/day (30% vassal state bonus)]

[Copper Mine Resources: 100 units/day (30% vassal state bonus)]

[Vassal State: Australia]

[Stone Resources: 1,500 units/day (30% vassal state bonus)]

[Coal Resources: 1,300 units/day (30% vassal state bonus)]

[Copper Mine Resources: 600 units/day (30% vassal state bonus)]

[Iron Mine Resources: 2,600 units/day (30% vassal state bonus)]

[Saltpeter Resources: 400 units/day (30% vassal state bonus)]

[Steel Resources: 200 units/day]

[Fuel Resources: 200 units/day]

[Territory Strategy: Level 2 Power Over the World, Level 1 Great Qin Military System, Level 1 National Heavy Weaponry, Level 1 Times of Peace and Abundance]

[Territory Buff/Debuff Effects: Level 2 World Conqueror (Duration: /), Level 6 Gaze of the Abyss (Duration: /), Level 4 Tremor of the Earth (Duration: /)]

[command points: 16,362]

After looking at the current resource income of the entire territory, Su Yang only wanted to say that he had never fought such a wealthy war!

After a wave of fierce looting of Australia, all resource stocks in the territory reached a historical Peak.

Even if all mines stopped production now, the troops could support themselves for a period based on these reserves.

And compared to the massive inventory, what was even more exaggerated was the explosive growth in resource production brought by Australia's addition to the territory.

Among them was the critical coal resource that determined the scale of the troops.

With Australia joining as a vassal and Spain's production capacity upgraded, the total output directly reached 2,900 units/day, nearly three times the previous 1,200 units/day!

According to the AI's rough prediction, this production could sustain the consumption of ten standard Expeditionary Forces for the current territory.

It could be said that the addition of Australia, a resource powerhouse, brought Great Qin a production capacity increase even crazier than the Electrical Age!

Of course, coal was not the only resource that received a bonus. As the most important material resource currently, the total output of iron ore reached 4,060 units/day.

This was an even crazier boost than coal; from now on, one could say there was no need to worry about iron ore at all.

Needless to say, other resources like stone, copper, and saltpeter were also abundant; the consumption curves on the AI were all green, meaning there was absolutely nothing to worry about.

Finally, there were steel resources and fuel resources. Australia's contribution to these two areas for Great Qin was not significant.

Australia was a major country for raw material resources, and these were secondary resources that required processing, so they didn't benefit from Australia's powerful production capacity bonus.

To be liberated in these two resources, one must conquer an industrial country and an oil-producing country.

The targets were right before his eyes: the Goblin Mine's Japan and Afghanistan.

One was a military power, the other a major oil-producing country.

Conquering them would allow Great Qin's resources to be completely liberated!

After tallying the resources, the sky had turned deep black.

Su Yang closed the panel with satisfaction.

He hadn't expected to gain so much from his first conquest outside!

The Eye of the Earth landing zone, the vassal state with top-tier resource output, and the large map information.

These additions would further accelerate Great Qin's expansion, and the unification of the Forbidden Ground was just around the corner!

Inside the Australia territory, General Li Xin and General Meng Tian had already settled the troops and were preparing to rest.

Su Yang also switched his perspective, preparing to end the day.

A humming sound rang out, and a System prompt popped up.

[Special Event Triggered: Space-Time Interlacing, a cosmic rift has been opened, time and rules have become chaotic, and worlds are influencing each other.]

[Arrival Night event advanced, Hegemony of the Warlords Lord Ranking about to start: 00:01:32]

Hmm?

Su Yang frowned. Arrival Night had advanced again!?

Last time it was shortened by three days, and this time by two.

It could be called a special event of the Forbidden Ground if it happened once, but feeling it twice in a row made it seem not so simple.

What did this cosmic rift refer to, and where did it appear?

What did it mean by worlds influencing each other? Su Yang's eyes flickered.

Ever since he met the Protoss, he knew that the Forbidden Ground was far more than just humans and Xenomorphs.

Perhaps this event was also related to some special races?

While pondering, the panel popped up.

[The fourth week of the Hegemony of the Warlords stage has ended, Lord Ranking now begins]

[The fourth week of the Hegemony of the Warlords stage has ended, Lord Ranking now begins]

Three-Party Alliance meeting hall.

The group chat had just unlocked, and MacArthur immediately sent a message.

[US Lord: Gauss, is Gauss there? Damn it, answer me!]

[Lord of Japan: What happened?]

[Lord of India: Don't panic, boss, we are all here.]

[US Lord: Gauss has lost contact! His last private message to me said the Dragon Country troops had broken in!]

[Argentine Lord: Ah, wasn't it said that Australia was the safest region!]

Before the Three-Party Alliance members could chat a few more sentences, a System message popped up.

[Dragon Country has successfully conquered Australia, both sides have signed a vassal treaty, achievement unlocked: World Conqueror]

[Dragon Country has successfully conquered Australia, both sides have signed a vassal treaty, achievement unlocked: World Conqueror]

...

[Lord of India: Ah!? We've been stabbed in the back!!]

[Lord of Japan: How is this possible! Dragon Country can only enter from the Wailing Mountains direction, did they cross the Wailing Mountains!?]

[Lord of Afghanistan: Australia is an important strategic resource country, we must take back Australia!]

[US Lord: Being able to cross the Wailing Mountains, their technology must have advanced again!]

[Damn Dragon Country bastards! I even invested a full 50,000 command points into Australia, now it's all in their pockets!]

[Lord of Ukraine: If that's the case, the side of the Wailing Mountains is the Heart of the Hive, then our Wild Forest is also adjacent to the Heart of the Hive!]

[Lord of Japan: The Poland Territory is in the south of the Wild Forest and there is no obstruction, they should have discovered that this area is the Heart of the Hive long ago, why didn't they report it?]

[Argentine Lord: Hakimi didn't attend the last meeting, what are these idiots doing!]

After a brief exchange between the lords of various countries, the panel popped up, and the third Lord Ranking began.

[Elimination List Announced]

[Poland (Territory destroyed, Lord died, Hero unit died), suffered natural disaster: Earthquake (World-destroying level)]

[Cuba (Lord died), suffered natural disaster: Earthquake (World-destroying level)]

[Arrival Night ended, third Lord Ranking started]

[This week's Lord Ranking content: Conquest Ranking]

[The System will analyze a series of conditions such as each territory's outward expansion and conquest]

[After analysis, the System will rank the top five lords in this week's Conquest Ranking according to the dominance index]

[The top five lords will receive command points and buff rewards, the first place will additionally receive a Strategic Actuary Machine]

...

[US Lord: Poland was destroyed? How was Poland destroyed too!?]

[Lord of India: My god, the Lord's territory and hero units were all destroyed, this is a massacre by the Xenomorphs!]

[Lord of Germany: The German army did not move, it has nothing to do with us.]

[Lord of Japan: Useless waste that fails more than it succeeds! They took so many of our command points and were actually wiped out!]

[Lord of Ukraine: Dragon Country would actually destroy a country? Isn't colonization able to obtain more resources?]

[Argentine Lord: Poland is not like Australia, which has resources and value to use, so destroying the country directly is more convenient. East Asians are all psychologically twisted perverts!]

[Lord of Ukraine: Then Dragon Country's next target must be us!]

[US Lord: It won't be Dragon Country. With the current troop scale, Dragon Country cannot fight on two fronts. This side is probably the forces of other England Alliance countries!]

[Below the Heart of the Hive are basically England Alliance countries, with dense territories, convenient for them to quickly accumulate troops.]

[Lord of Canada: Could it be the Zerg? It feels like only the Insect Swarm would launch a war of extinction like this.]

[Lord of Ukraine: You're just scared by the Insect Swarm tide from the first two weeks. At that time, there was no heavy artillery, so dealing with the Insect Swarm was slightly difficult.]

[At the current stage, tanks, armored vehicles, and various artillery have been unlocked, a few bugs are not a problem at all.]

[Lord of Japan: After entering the Middle Stage of the Hegemony of the Warlords, the main enemies of various countries will gradually shift from Xenomorphs to humans. No matter how strong the Xenomorphs were in the early stage, they are now just props for brushing command points.]

[Lord of Ukraine: Ukraine requests assistance from all lords, we will complete the mission Poland failed.]

[Believe in us, no matter who the opponent is, the Wild Forest will become their resting place.]

[US Lord: I believe you, but there are too many areas that need resource investment now. We need to weigh it before considering further.]

[Lord of Japan: Let's look at the dominance ranking first. Dragon Country may not be able to grab the top spot this time.]

[Lord of India: Really? Doesn't Dragon Country take first place every time?]

...

The System flickered, and the fourth week's Lord Ranking, that is, the Conquest Ranking, was released.

[Conquest Ranking, Fifth Place]

[Bear Country]

[Received command points reward 15,000 points]

[Triggered incentive event: Military Conquest (Level 1)]

[Troop morale increased by 20% when fighting away from the territory, lasting for seven days]

[Conquest Ranking, Fourth Place]

[Lord of Ukraine]

[Received command points reward 20,000 points]

[Triggered incentive event: Military Conquest (Level 1)]

[Troop morale increased by 20% when fighting away from the territory, lasting for seven days]

[Conquest Ranking, Third Place]

[Dragon Country]

[Received command points reward 25,000 points]

[Triggered incentive event: Military Conquest (Level 2)]

[Troop morale increased by 30% when fighting away from the territory, lasting for seven days]

[Obtained resource manifestation power]

[Conquest Ranking, Second Place]

[US Lord]

[Received command points reward 30,000 points]

[Triggered incentive event: Military Conquest (Level 2)]

[Troop morale increased by 30% when fighting away from the territory, lasting for seven days]

[Obtained resource manifestation power]

[Conquest Ranking, First Place]

[Lord of Japan]

[Received command points reward 40,000 points]

[Triggered incentive event: Military Conquest (Level 3)]

[Troop morale increased by 40% when fighting away from the territory, lasting for seven days]

[Obtained technology item: Strategic Actuary Machine]

[30% time reduction for all military-related technologies in the territory]

[Obtained resource manifestation power]

...

Once the Lord Ranking was released, the lords of the Three-Party Alliance were excited.

No one could have imagined that Dragon Country, which had always ranked first, was only ranked third this time.

Four of the top five were Three-Party Alliance countries, with Japan and the US ranking first and second!