106: Chapter 106 This is our army!

Director Li Guoan didn't delay at all and made a phone call directly.

The call was extremely brief, his tone as calm as if he were discussing what to have for dinner tonight.

"...Project requirements, five hundred billion."

"...Yes, right now."

A moment later.

"...Okay."

The call ended.

The entire process took less than a minute.

"Top it up," Director Li Guoan's voice came, calm and steady.

"...Okay."

Chen You took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the restless surge of excitement.

He opened the top-up interface and exchanged the entire sum of money.

[Ding! Top-up successful! You have successfully topped up 500,000 Gold Coins!]

[Ding! Congratulations, your cumulative top-up amount has reached a new milestone. You have obtained the unique title—[Wealthy Beyond Measure]!]

[Wealthy Beyond Measure]: While wearing this title, there is a very small probability of triggering the "Spending Money Like Water" effect when trading with any NPC, granting unexpected discounts or gifts.

Chen You glanced at the glittering golden title, his lip twitching slightly.

Wealthy Beyond Measure?

This was just the beginning!

He was completely numb now, almost immune to these system notifications.

He clicked on the [Territory Garrison] interface, his gaze falling on the [Expand Garrison Army] button.

100 Gold Coins each.

5,000 slots meant 500,000 Gold Coins.

Chen You no longer hesitated and pressed down firmly with his finger.

Instead of numbers ticking up one by one, the entire interface lagged for a moment.

Immediately after, a brand-new notification box covered the screen in a shocking manner.

[Detected that the player has just made a massive top-up. Batch processing mode has been enabled for you.]

[Please enter the number of slots to expand: _______]

Chen You's finger hovered over the input box, pausing for a moment.

His OCD kicked in.

Adding 5,000 would make it 5,010.

Let's make it a round number!

He entered "4990".

Clicked confirm.

[Confirm consumption of 499,000 Gold Coins to permanently expand the Garrison Army by 4,990 slots?]

"Yes!"

Buzz—!

An invisible ripple centered on the Guild Hall suddenly spread out.

[Current Garrison Army Slots: 5,000/5,000]

It's done!

Chen You let out a long breath of turbid air, feeling as if he had completed an extremely arduous task.

"Finished?" Director Li Guoan asked.

"Finished," Chen You nodded. "There are now a total of 5,000 Garrison Army slots."

"Very good." Director Li Guoan nodded and turned his gaze to the tactical team leader Zhang Yunhai. "Yunhai, you take charge of the arrangements."

"Yes, Director!"

Zhang Yunhai immediately stepped forward, his eyes screaming one word—professional!

He looked at the grand model of White Jade Capital on the sand table and said in a deep voice, "White Jade Capital covers a vast area, with a north-south axis ten kilometers long and a total area exceeding one hundred thousand mu."

"There is no ongoing warfare, so concentrated deployment isn't necessary."

"I suggest using ten-man squads and five-squad platoons to conduct grid-based patrol and defense by sector."

"This way, we can cover all key areas while also being able to assemble reinforcements as quickly as possible in case of an emergency."

Chen You couldn't be bothered to think too much about it.

"Alright... I'll arrange it now."

Under Zhang Yunhai's guidance, Chen You performed a series of operations on the guild management interface.

He deployed the five thousand [Reserve Troops] across various corners of White Jade Capital according to the established plan.

Just as Zhang Yunhai said, the massive White Jade Capital was like a giant beast; throwing five thousand people in was like throwing a handful of sand into a lake—not even a splash was seen.

The entire territory still looked empty and tranquil.

Just as everyone thought things were settling down, a burst of rhythmic and powerful footsteps suddenly came from outside the Guild Hall.

Da! Da! Da!

The sound seemed to step on everyone's heartbeats with every pace, carrying an aura of iron-blooded slaughter as it approached from afar.

Director Li Guoan and the others' expressions tightened, and they quickly walked out of the hall.

In the distance, a squad of soldiers wearing standard silver armor and holding long spears was marching toward the hall with impeccable steps.

There were ten of them in total, their figures as upright as pines and their gazes as sharp as eagles.

The friction between the armor plates emitted a cold metallic luster.

Despite being just NPCs in a game, they gave off an intimidating and powerful sense of pressure.

These were the Garrison Army soldiers who had just been "created"!

When they reached three meters in front of Chen You, the leading captain gave a low shout: "Halt!"

"Shua!"

The ten men moved in perfect unison, stopping instantly. Their spears struck the ground, producing a heavy thud.

Then, under everyone's shocked gazes, these ten soldiers bowed their heads to Chen You.

"Greetings, Lord!"

Their voices were loud and clear, echoing through the clouds.

Chen You was stunned by the display, and then an indescribable surge of heroic pride rushed to his head.

These are... my soldiers?

Good heavens, if I leveled them up, would there even be anything left for me to do?

He cleared his throat, trying to make himself look more dignified.

He pointed to Director Li Guoan beside him and said in a deep voice to the captain:

"This is Director Li Guoan. From now on, his orders are the highest priority."

The captain raised his head, his gaze sweeping over Director Li Guoan.

There was no ripple in his eyes, as if he couldn't "see" this being who didn't belong to the Source Realm.

Yet he still replied in a deep voice, "As you command, Lord!"

Under the system rules, they only took orders from Chen You.

They would execute Chen You's orders unconditionally.

Director Li Guoan wasn't surprised by this; he knew that reality and the Source Realm were still two different worlds.

These soldiers were a force to protect the land of "White Jade Capital" within the Source Realm and could not directly influence reality.

But this was already enough.

He simply nodded calmly.

Then he turned to Chen You, his tone devoid of any emotion.

"The territory matters are settled."

"How is the progress of your main quest now?"

This single sentence instantly extinguished the soaring pride that had just risen in Chen You's heart—the feeling that "all the world's heroes are within my grasp."

The dignity on his face hadn't yet faded, but his lips couldn't help but twitch slightly.

My goodness.

I just finished reviewing the troops, and you're already urging me to clock in for work?

This feeling was exactly like just finishing a company annual meeting and having the boss pat your shoulder and say, "Good job, finish those PPTs tomorrow."

"...Ah, right, the quest." Chen You snapped out of it. "I'm going now, I'm going."

If he didn't leave now, he suspected Director Li's next sentence would be, "Let's discuss your KPIs for the next quarter."

Chen You practically fled, quickly exiting the guild territory.

Seeing Chen You's slightly panicked disappearing figure, the corners of Zhang Yunhai's and Sun Feng's mouths behind Director Li Guoan couldn't help but curl up slightly, though they quickly composed themselves.

A trace of an indiscernible smile also flashed through Director Li Guoan's eyes before he returned to his usual deadpan seriousness.

"Considering the potential monster invasions and the Guild Hegemony War in the future," he instructed calmly.

"The application planning for White Jade Capital in the real world still needs further adjustment."

"Yes!"

Just then, a young Assistant ran over and handed over a report.

"Director, the first batch of candidates for the 'Dragon Scale' project has been screened."

The Assistant's voice carried a hint of a tremor.