51: Chapter 51: Two First-Place Rankings, All Taken!

Once the announcement was made, the Lords Hall completely descended into chaos.

[Anonymous: Huh? Huh? Huh? Is my vision failing!?]

[Anonymous: Are you kidding me? It's actually the Dragon Kingdom?]

[Anonymous: I thought they were just making noise early on, I didn't expect them to still be relevant now!]

[Lord of India: You know our relationship; the people of India will always stand with the Dragon Kingdom!]

[Anonymous: This is a Bronze Age civilization, how did they kill their way to first place? Don't tell me they can build mechs and cannons.]

[Anonymous: I really want to see the expressions on the faces of those major power Lords, hahaha!]

Territory of Japan.

When the two characters for "Dragon Kingdom" appeared on the panel.

Tojo Injin's flushed face instantly turned deathly pale.

His lips trembled, his eyes filled with disbelief.

This first place could go to any country, even the US Lord.

But it absolutely could not go to the Dragon Kingdom; this was the situation he least wanted to see.

Besides surviving the Forbidden Area Trial, a key objective this time was to suppress the Lord of Dragon Kingdom.

To prevent the Dragon Kingdom from obtaining resources from the Forbidden Ground, or even to cause them to suffer natural disasters and collapse completely.

Only then could it help the real-world Japanese military enter the Dragon Kingdom.

The worst thing wasn't losing first place, but rather the Dragon Kingdom taking it.

Now, not only had the suppression failed, but they had been suppressed in return.

"Heh heh, just you wait."

Tojo Injin sneered twice, a sinister look crawling across his entire face.

He sheathed his sword, waved his hand to restore the table, and sat back down on his knees.

"Dragon Kingdom, Su Yang..."

Territory of the US Lord.

MacArthur nearly dropped the cigar hanging from his mouth.

Dragon Kingdom! It's the Dragon Kingdom again!?

Every time you ignore them, they jump out and pull off something big!

From breaking the novice protection to taking first place in the exploration ranking, they had obtained almost every important resource at each stage!

Once or twice could be called coincidence or luck, but continuous success could only be achieved through strength.

Excluding factors like breaking novice protection early or having an easy spawn point.

Their early-stage troop strength was definitely in the top tier!

Their combat power in the Bronze Age could actually rival a modern civilization!

Qin, what kind of dynasty is this exactly?

While he was in shock, the panel flickered.

[Development Ranking Starting]

[The System will comprehensively calculate the top three based on a series of conditions for each territory, including location, resources, troops, defense, technology, and Alliance relations.]

[The top three Lords will receive command points rewards, and the first place will additionally receive two mining machines and the power to manifest resources.]

MacArthur quickly pulled himself together.

Who got first place in the exploration ranking didn't matter much to him.

Compared to the exploration ranking, the development ranking was the US Lord's home turf.

The decryption card could only be used in special places like ruins, and these places were not easily found in the early stages.

In comparison, the reward of two mining machines was much better than a vague, ethereal decryption card.

When comparing troop strength, if the early-stage technology wasn't up yet, one could concede a round.

But when it came to development, no one could shake the US Lord's first place!

The screen flickered, and a panel popped up.

[Development Ranking, Third Place]

[US Lord]

[Received 5000 command points reward]

[Triggered incentive event: The Progressive (Level 1)]

[Resource output within the territory increased by 10%, lasting for three days]

"What the fuck!?"

MacArthur cursed loudly and slammed the cigar in his hand onto the ground.

The Lords Hall was in an uproar once again.

[Anonymous: It's chaotic, everything is chaotic! The US Lord is actually only ranked third?]

[Anonymous: Then who could the top two be! They must be too strong!!]

[Anonymous: This is definitely the most unexpected Lord ranking!]

The US Lord was actually only ranked third?

Su Yang looked at the panel and fell into thought.

Theoretically, with the support of oil resources, the US Lord's development should have been very fast.

Plus, with their core status among major Alliances, their allied forces should also be very strong.

Even so, they could only rank third?

Then who were the top two?

Su Yang's eyes flickered.

Could there really be a chance?

After all, it was very likely that only he had reached a Level 3 Main Base.

And after entering the Iron Age, the technology score of the Qin Dynasty would also increase.

It seemed that he could really go toe-to-toe with modern civilizations.

Forget first place, even just taking second place would be a huge profit!

[Development Ranking, Second Place]

[England Empire]

[Received 10000 command points reward]

[Triggered incentive event: The Progressive (Level 2)]

[Resource output within the territory increased by 15%, lasting for three days]

[Received one additional resource mining machine]

Second place is England?

This was somewhat unexpected for Su Yang, but upon reflection, it made sense.

The Victorian era of England was the country that started the Industrial Revolution.

Their early-stage industrial level was extremely high, which could be seen from their resource production speed.

Plus, Elizabeth had been actively executing diplomatic strategies.

With technology and Alliance points, taking second place wasn't an exaggeration.

An ally getting a ranking was a good thing; it could further consolidate the strength of the Alliance.

Now only one country remained; who would it be?

If he could take first place as well, then the first week of the Forbidden Area Trial could be considered a perfect conclusion!

Su Yang took a deep breath, his eyes fixed tightly on the panel.

[Lord of Spain: Congratulations to the Queen of England, well deserved!!]

[US Lord: Young Miss Elizabeth is playing quite well, not losing to anyone at all.]

[Anonymous: England and the US Lord are only ranked second and third, then the first place must be too strong.]

[Anonymous: It wouldn't be the Dragon Kingdom again, would it? Every time we don't expect it, the Dragon Kingdom jumps out!]

[Anonymous: The Dragon Kingdom only took first in exploration because they broke their protection early; development ranking depends on hard strength.]

[Korea: How could it be the Dragon Kingdom? Their methods are okay, but when it comes to the real deal, they're useless.]

[Anonymous: Indeed, you can't pick up leftovers in the development ranking. If the Dragon Kingdom gets first, I'll eat it!]

[Development Ranking, First Place]

[Dragon Kingdom]

[Received 15000 command points reward]

[Triggered incentive event: The Progressive (Level 3)]

[Resource output within the territory increased by 20%, lasting for three days]

[Received two additional resource mining machines, obtained the power to manifest current resources]

[All rewards are now distributed, please check your gains, Lord.]

[The first week of Lord rankings has ended, please continue to strive to survive.]

The moment the panel information appeared, Su Yang's eyes lit up instantly.

First place! He actually really took both first places!

Although he had hoped for it, he never thought he could take both first places so smoothly.

The two rewards totaled 25,000 command points, one Pioneer BUFF, one The Progressive BUFF, two mining machines, and one relic decryption card.

With these resources, the development of his territory would definitely ascend to a new Realm!

More importantly, there was also the power to manifest resources, which could immediately alleviate the current plight of the Dragon Kingdom and save the people from suffering!