24: Chapter 24 Characteristics of Civilization, The Great Wall!

Su Yang focused his mind, rapidly placing the wall blueprints around the Main Base.

Sections of 3-meter-high masonry walls rose from the ground.

Fortunately, while clearing the Xenomorphs corpses yesterday, he had also taken the opportunity to clear the vegetation around the Main Base.

This allowed Su Yang to build the walls without any obstacles.

After placing the walls for a while, Su Yang gazed at the completed sections and fell into deep thought.

The walls did surround the area, but the height was a bit unexpected.

The initial stone walls were only 3 meters high, the height of one story.

They looked very crude, and their defensive capabilities were worrying.

The average height of a Stinger Bug was 2 meters; these 3-meter walls would likely struggle to stop them.

The wall was the only defensive facility that was uniform across all civilizations.

Regardless of the era, the initial wall was always a 3-meter stone wall.

A height of 3 meters might be sufficient for lords born in other regions.

But for Su Yang, who was born at the Heart of the Hive and had to face the highly mobile Tyranid Swarm, 3 meters was simply insufficient.

With the technological capabilities of Great Qin, how could he only build walls of this level?

Su Yang shook his head and continued to place the blueprints. When the last section of the wall was placed...

a notification sound from the System suddenly rang in his mind.

[Detected that wall construction is complete, triggering Civilization Trait]

[Civilization Trait: The Great Wall]

[This civilization possesses exquisite urban construction craftsmanship; the height and defensive attributes of the built walls are increased by 100%!]

As expected!!

The moment he saw the message, Su Yang was extremely excited.

The Great Wall, this is a miracle belonging to the Huaxia Civilization!

The moment the trait was triggered, a thunderous roar echoed within the territory.

The already completed walls suddenly rose, and the original height of 3 meters climbed directly to 6 meters.

The stones used to build the walls also became larger and were arranged more orderly.

The originally rough and crude wall surfaces immediately became thick and sturdy.

As the walls rose, the sense of security in Su Yang's heart also rapidly climbed.

You can doubt anything, but never doubt the infrastructure technology of our Old Ancestors.

A 6-meter wall and a 3-meter wall are simply not the same concept.

With the original 3-meter wall, one could still see the vegetation outside, but now it could simply be described as airtight!

Moreover, the upgrade brought by the Civilization Trait was not just as simple as the height.

Su Yang ascended the wall along the walkway; the top surface of the wall was the perfect embodiment of Great Qin's craftsmanship.

Originally, the top surface of the wall was narrow and extremely crude, with only some stone retaining walls on the edges.

Now, the top width had increased to two meters, with parapets as tall as a person providing cover on both sides.

The crenellations and embrasures used for counterattacks on the parapets were all fully equipped.

Even the watchtowers at the corners of the wall were upgraded into observation pavilions specifically for reconnaissance.

Although the panel only stated that the wall's height and defense were increased by 100%.

But looking at it as a whole, the defensive power of the enhanced wall was definitely more than double that of an ordinary wall!

Gazing at the wall, a strong sense of pride surged in Su Yang's heart.

Magnificent and grand, towering like a mountain.

This is the wall of my Great Qin!

Thinking back to when the First Emperor bore the reputation of a tyrant and insisted on building the Great Wall.

So what if they called him absurd, so what if they cursed him for being tyrannical?

The blame lies in the present, but the merit lasts for thousands of years.

Bearing the infamy of a lifetime to build a legacy for thousands of generations of descendants!

The First Emperor was worthy of his ancestors, worthy of Huaxia...

Calming his emotions, Su Yang turned inward to take in the scene within the territory.

According to his plan, the total length of the wall was 200 meters, and the total area of the territory was 2500 square meters.

The towering walls divided the territory into two major zones: the lords residence zone and the production zone.

There was a wall partition between the two areas, connected by a city gate.

In the center of the lords residence zone, the Level 2 lords residence stood proudly.

Facing south, the palace halls reached toward the sky.

On both sides of the lords residence stood the mozi thousand mechanisms tower and the Imperial Armor Camp.

20 barracks were evenly distributed at each corner of the territory to facilitate the fastest possible support from the Armored Elite Soldiers to all locations.

The production zone was located on the west side of the lords residence zone, occupying a quarter of the total territory.

On the coal mine, various production facilities were running at full speed, providing a steady stream of energy for the development of the territory.

There was still a large amount of empty space within the current territory; it was expected that there would be no need to expand the walls additionally even after the Main Base reached Level 3.

The completion of the walls and watchtowers meant that the infrastructure project of the initial territory was declared finished.

From today on, Great Qin will embark on its formal path of development!

Finishing the wall construction, Su Yang reopened the panel.

Currently, the new production buildings yet to be completed were two mining machines and one high-pressure water pump.

Building these production facilities did not consume resources, but required finding the corresponding mineral veins.

Currently, there was only one coal mine within the Main Base, and one mineral vein could only support the construction of one mining machine.

Only after finding new mineral veins later would it be possible to build new mining machines.

Regarding mineral veins outside the territory, there was a new technology that must be mentioned.

[Technology: Shallow Mineral Vein Relocation]

[Unlock Shallow Mineral Vein Relocation technology, capable of relocating discovered mineral veins to any location within the territory]

[command points: 1500 points]

[Time: 2h]

This was also the technology given by the System when the Main Base reached Level 2, intended to reduce the defensive pressure on the lord in the early stages.

Once this technology was unlocked, as long as mineral veins were discovered outside the territory in the future, they could be relocated back to the Main Base without having to build mines externally to extract resources.

He wouldn't activate this upgrade yet; he would wait until copper ore was discovered.

Next was waiting for the other 50 units of copper ore from England.

Once the copper ore arrived, he would proceed with upgrading the Imperial Armor Camp.

Unlock Crossbowman and Scout units.

While Su Yang was deep in thought, a series of kill notifications popped up on the panel.

[Killed Level 1 Tyranid Stinger, command points +20]

[Killed Level 1 Tyranid Stinger, command points +20]

[Killed Level 2 Tyranid Brain Bug, command points +100]

[Killed Level 2 Tyranid Spitting Insect, command points +50]

...

The dispatched team encountered enemies.

Judging by the number of kills, they must have entered the hive.

Su Yang calmly reviewed the kill records, having no worries about the Elite Soldiers entering the hive.

Last night's battle had already consumed most of their forces; it was estimated that only the Tyranid Brood Mother and some Xenomorphs guarding the home remained in the hive.

With Armored Elite Warrior Chen Wu and Armored Elite Warrior Zhao Zhang leading the team, there was no need to worry about any problems.

Even if something went wrong, they should be able to lead the team to evacuate smoothly.

After all, they had managed to escape once while carrying him.

[Detected Level 3 Tyranid Brood Mother, kill?]

A message entered Su Yang's mind.

With the experience from last time, Su Yang knew that killing the Tyranid Brood Mother would result in the Gaze of the Abyss DEBUFF.

However, if he didn't kill it, there was no use in leaving it for now.

The walls had already been built, and new troop types would be unlocked soon.

In front of such defensive walls, he would kill as many insects as came.

Even negative BUFFs could be turned into positive BUFFs.

"Kill!"

Under Su Yang's command, the Tyranid Brood Mothers in both hives were destroyed.

[Killed Level 3 Tyranid Brood Mother * 2, command points +400]

[Obtained Common E-grade drop, Heart of the Hive * 2]

[Can be used to accelerate technology research speed]

[Unlocked achievement: Insect Extermination Great Master (Level 2), command points +1000]

[Triggered event: Gaze of the Abyss (Level 2)]

[Your actions have aroused the anger of the Tyranid Swarm; a larger range and more types of Tyranid Swarm will crusade against you]

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