48: Chapter 48 Unlimited Command Points, Mass Upgrades!

Spain Territory.

The Lord of Spain collapsed on the city wall, gasping for air.

Before him lay a vast field of corpses. There were his own line infantry and the corpses of Stinger Bugs.

He had paid a heavy price for this battle.

If it hadn't been for the advice from the anonymous expert to kill the Brain Bugs first, he might not have survived this offensive at all.

Looking at the terrifying corpses of the Stinger Bugs before him, the Lord of Spain felt a lingering fear in his heart.

He wondered what kind of troops that expert who released the news about the Tyranids had, to be able to fight such terrifying monsters.

The black mist gradually dissipated, and the Lord of Spain recovered from his terror and began to count the casualties.

In tonight's battle, he lost a total of 19 soldiers.

He killed 26 Stinger Bugs and 5 Brain Bugs.

Basically, for every three Tyranids killed, he had to pay the price of two soldiers.

The difficulty of the Heart of the Hive could be imagined.

He wondered if that expert could survive the Arrival Night...

"The number of Stinger Bugs and Spitting Insects of all Ranks exceeds 400, plus special units like Brain Bugs, Giant Insects, and Exterminators."

Su Yang opened his panel. Tonight, he had gained a total of 19,650 command points from killing enemies, but that wasn't all.

Because of the Power Over the World strategy, these command points also received a 20% bonus.

After the bonus, the command points directly reached 23,580.

A total harvest of 20,000 command points from a single battle!

This was the effect of an offensive strategy combined with high-strength combat power!

In the future, as his combat power grows, the effects brought by this strategy will become even more terrifying.

This is the significant boost that a Hero-level building brings to a territory.

And it wasn't just the strategy buff, but also a formidable general unit like General Li Xin.

He defended against the Giant Insects alone, led the team to snipe the Tyranid Exterminators, and finally commanded the troops to win the counterattack.

If it hadn't been for General Li Xin, even if he had cleared the stage tonight, he would have paid a heavy price.

But now, apart from a few soldiers whose armor suffered corrosion, there were no casualties at all in the troops.

If not for the appearance of the Tyranid Exterminators, he might even have cleared the stage without any injuries tonight.

If there were statistics, this combat loss ratio would be shockingly high.

The combat loss ratio indicates the gap in combat power between the enemy and himself.

Based on the current situation, even though the Gaze of the Abyss has reached Rank 3, the Imperial Armor Troops still have a huge lead over the Tyranids.

Especially with the addition of the general unit General Li Xin, he will have an even greater advantage in both encounter battles and city defense battles in the future.

Furthermore, thanks to the powerful mobility and protection of the Imperial Armor, the Armored Soldiers have stronger survivability than the Early Stage troops of other countries.

From the time he entered the Forbidden Ground until now, the number of casualties in Su Yang's troops has been zero.

This is an extremely exaggerated number.

One must know that as long as there is fighting, there will be casualties, let alone in the Heart of the Hive.

Other lords find it difficult to achieve zero casualties even in safer areas.

"Doesn't this deserve an achievement?" Su Yang thought to himself.

As soon as the thought fell, a 'ding' sound rang in his mind.

[No personnel casualties for one consecutive week]

[Achievement unlocked: Don't Slash Me, Brother, command points +2000]

[Successfully repelled the Xenomorphs tide, survived the Arrival Night]

[Achievement unlocked: Rookie's First Flight, command points +2000]

[Defended against 5 consecutive waves of Xenomorphs tide]

[Achievement unlocked: Solid as a Rock, command points +2000]

[Event triggered: Peace and Prosperity]

[Your territory is very safe, the people are content with their labor, all production facilities receive a 100% production boost (Duration: 2d)]

A series of achievement notifications popped up.

Su Yang was overjoyed; it was exactly what he needed, he hadn't expected so many achievement rewards!

Excluding the command points obtained from killing enemies, the achievement rewards now gave another 6,000 points.

A total of 29,580, nearly 30,000 command points.

Simply a huge haul!

In addition, he obtained an event boost, with production facilities receiving a 100% yield increase for two days.

One must know that upgrading the Main Base and the battle during the Arrival Night had almost depleted all resources within the territory.

Moreover, the series of upgrades after upgrading the Main Base had even more terrifying resource requirements.

Obtaining a production capacity boost at this time was simply the best harvest!

This could not only quickly replenish the resources consumed in battle but also accumulate stocks for subsequent upgrades.

After reviewing the massive haul, Su Yang started upgrading immediately.

First was the troops. The most obvious shortcoming in this battle was the excessively long loading time of the Crossbowmen.

Although the heavy crossbows had sufficient power, the attack interval was too long.

To solve this problem, he had to upgrade the Crossbowmen.

Secondly, there was the issue of the number of Armored Soldiers.

Whether defending the city or going out on expeditions, they were always the units standing on the front line to restrain the enemy.

As the number of Tyranids increased, their numbers also had to increase accordingly.

The firepower of the Crossbowmen and the number of Armored Elite Soldiers both needed to be strengthened.

In the past, such a large-scale upgrade would definitely have encountered the obstacle of insufficient command points.

But now, what Su Yang lacked the least was command points.

First, he unlocked the corresponding technology for upgrading Crossbowmen in the Thousand Mechanism Tower.

[Technology: Precision Mechanism Structure]

[Improve the crossbow firing structure, allowing Crossbowmen to load two bolts at once for continuous firing]

[command points: 1500]

[Time: 12h]

1,500 command points.

Too cheap!

Su Yang confirmed immediately and used his last Heart of the Hive.

[command points - 1500]

[Precision Mechanism Structure under research...]

[Used item Heart of the Hive, shortening the required research time by 12h]

Research complete. He opened the Imperial Armor Camp panel.

[Unit: Great Qin Armored Crossbowmen]

[Rank: Rank 1 >>> Rank 2]

[Effect: Improved heavy crossbow mechanism structure, capable of continuous firing]

[command points: 400]

400 command points.

Too cheap!

Without a second thought, Su Yang directly poured in 8,000 command points to upgrade all Crossbowmen to Rank 2.

Next was the increase in the scale of the Imperial Armor Troops.

Soldiers summoned by a Rank 2 Imperial Armor Camp were directly Rank 2, which could save the summoning cost of Rank 1.

Summoning a Rank 2 Armored Elite Soldier cost 300 points, a Rank 2 Armored Crossbowman cost 400 points, and a Rank 2 Scout cost 600 points.

Too cheap!

Su Yang poured in another 8,200 command points to summon 10 Armored Elite Soldiers, 10 Armored Crossbowmen, and 2 Scouts.

Now the troops' combat power reached 40 Rank 2 Armored Elite Soldiers, 30 Rank 2 Armored Crossbowmen, and 4 Rank 2 Thousand-Mile Scouts.

The numbers were further increased, and all members were upgraded to the maximum Rank.

Upgrading everyone to the maximum Rank all at once, this is the extravagance of having command points!

After such a drastic upgrade, Su Yang still had 11,580 command points left.

There were simply too many to use up!

Su Yang kept flipping through the panel, searching for upgrades that could be done using only command points.

Unfortunately, apart from the units, most upgrades in the territory lacked resources.

Whether it was the mining machines or defensive facilities like city walls.

Especially the new buildings brought by the Rank 3 Main Base, all of which required iron to build.

To quickly find iron ore, he had to research Iron Ore Prospecting Technology in the Thousand Mechanism Tower.

Iron Ore Prospecting Technology required a Rank 3 Thousand Mechanism Tower to research, and the annoying thing was that upgrading to a Rank 3 Thousand Mechanism Tower actually required iron ore.

In other words, at this stage, he either had to try his luck to find iron ore or find someone to buy it from.

Su Yang never liked to leave things to chance; uncertain matters made him feel difficult to control.

The best choice was to buy it directly, as his command points were in an overflow state at this stage.

After deciding to buy, Su Yang opened the panel and migrated a copper mine back to the Main Base.

The Rank 3 Main Base provided two more Steam-powered Mining Machines.

One was reserved for future iron ore, and the other was used to increase copper ore production.

With the ore vein migrated back, Su Yang placed the copper ore mining machine.

The quality of this ore vein was only Good, but after the Great Qin technology bonus, it reached a copper ore production of 45 units/day.

After placing this mining machine, there were a total of five mining machines in the production area.

One stone mine, two coal mines, and two copper mines.

The five mining machines and other production facilities were running with a rumble.

Coupled with the 100% production boost brought by the incentive event Peace and Prosperity, various resources poured into the warehouse endlessly...