222: One day in the copy, one hour in the outside world?

Dawn Village, inside the cave.

Mo Yan and his group's return did not cause much commotion.

Idora simply gave a few instructions to the acting village chief, Ed, before going to the wooden house to rest.

The twenty Soldiers consciously returned to their station, wiping their weapons and checking their equipment.

Mo Yan politely declined the food and water offered by Village Chief Ed and walked back to his assigned wooden house alone.

He had something he needed to confirm.

With a thought, the pale blue Lord interface unfolded before his eyes.

Name: Mo Yan

Rank: LV9 (Qi Refining Ninth Level)

Lord Rank: Rank 9

Territory Rank: Lv7 (1500 meters × 1500 meters)

...

His gaze finally fell on the resource reserves.

food: 462,572

wood: 289,023

Stone: 344,259

iron ore: 357,993

Gold Coins: 21,996

Origin Stones: 5,970

...

Seeing these numbers, Mo Yan's breathing paused for a moment.

Something was off.

He remembered very clearly that before entering the dungeon, the territory's basic Materials were around 200,000.

From entering the dungeon until now, judging by his conversation with Zhang Chen, the real time in the outside world had passed for at most a little over an hour.

Even with the Materials he plundered in Black Crow Town, it was impossible for so many Materials to appear out of thin air.

Unless...

A bold thought flashed through his mind.

In the dungeon, from entering God Forsaken Village to clearing out Black Crow Town, it had been almost an entire day and night, close to twenty-three hours.

While in the outside world, only a little over an hour had passed.

This time flow difference was roughly 10:1.

If automatic production was calculated according to the time within the dungeon...

Mo Yan's heart began to race.

He quickly calculated in his mind.

Calculated according to the time flow within the dungeon, the stone output alone was over forty-three thousand.

This number almost perfectly matched the actual increased storage in his territory!

"So that's how it is..."

Mo Yan finally understood what the true Heaven-Defying reward of this Hell difficulty Lv.8 dungeon was.

It wasn't the Materials from the monsters, nor was it the treasures in the church stronghold.

It was this terrifying time flow difference!

As long as he stayed in this dungeon, his territory's development speed would be ten times that of other Lords in the outside world!

If he stayed here for ten days, only one day would pass in the outside world.

But his territory would have accumulated a massive amount of Materials for ten days!

With Uncle Qin there, these Materials would be continuously converted into territory building Ranks and technology progress.

When he came out of the dungeon, to what terrifying extent would his territory have developed?

"Hell difficulty? This is clearly Heaven difficulty," Mo Yan muttered to himself.

Just then, a sudden tremor came from within him.

The smile on his face faded.

"Has the beast tide finally arrived?"

...

At the same time, Blue Star, southern suburbs of H City.

Mo Yan's territory was currently facing its first severe test since its establishment.

On the territory's wall, there was an Arrow Tower every fifty meters, and the beams of searchlights swept back and forth outside the wall, illuminating the plains outside the territory as bright as day.

Zhang Hu held a long spear, its blade stained with foul-smelling rat blood, his expression grave.

Hundreds of Soldiers behind him had already lined up neatly, ready for battle.

"Everyone, cheer up!" Zhang Hu's roar echoed on the city wall, "The Lord has entrusted the territory to us, even if we die, we must keep these beasts outside the wall!"

"Yes!" The Soldiers roared in unison, their voices shaking the surroundings.

On another section of the city wall, Wang Wu was directing the Archers to adjust their angles.

"Aim carefully before shooting, conserve your Spiritual Qi, don't waste arrows! These beasts have tough hides, aim for their eyes!"

At the end of their sight, a dense, dark tide was surging from the horizon.

It was tens of thousands of mutated giant rats!

The small rats were half a meter long, while the large ones were like calves, covered in dirty, hard fur, their crimson eyes flickering with greed and madness in the night.

Squeak squeak—!

Piercing screams converged, forming a hair-raising sound wave that assaulted the eardrums of the defending Soldiers.

On a high ground several kilometers away from the territory, Zhang Chen held a telescope, his palms covered in cold sweat.

"Team Leader, do we really... not need to go up and help?" Liu Zihao asked worriedly, "The scale of this rat tide is twice what we estimated!"

"Execute the order." Zhang Chen put down the telescope, his voice a little hoarse, "Mr. Mo Yan said his people can handle it."

Even so, his palms were already covered in cold sweat.

This was a disaster that could easily wipe out a medium-sized shelter. Could Mo Yan's territory really withstand it?

In a corner of the city wall, a figure seemed out of place.

Chen Beixuan wore a simple white robe, holding the Frost Sword in his arms.

He did not look at the distant rat tide, but closed his eyes, sensing the huge and chaotic Killing Intent outside the wall, approaching.

Now, every day, besides practicing his sword, he practiced his sword.

The Materials provided by the Lord made his Qi Refining Stage Layer 1 cultivation incredibly solid.

But he knew that the sword was a weapon for killing.

A sword that did not drink blood on the battlefield was just a piece of scrap iron.

Squeak squeak squeak—!

The deafening roar of the rat tide finally erupted just outside the city wall.

Dense mutated giant rats crashed against the territory's city wall, fearless of death.

Their sharp claws scraped against the wall, creating a harsh sound, and their huge bodies piled up frantically, trying to climb over the wall by trampling on their companions' corpses.

"Fire arrows!"

At Wang Wu's command, the Archers on the city wall instantly drew their bowstrings full, and arrows rained down.

Arrows imbued with Spiritual Qi shot into the rat swarm.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Every arrow could easily penetrate the giant rats' fur, killing them.

But the number of rats was simply too many, surging forward one after another, seemingly endless.

At the same time, the Arrow Tower also roared.

Buzz—

The crystal at the top of the Arrow Tower flashed with light, and thick arrows shot out, landing in the densest part of the rat swarm, instantly clearing an area, leaving behind rat corpses and a pungent smell of blood.

"Spearmen, prepare!" Zhang Hu's voice was steady and powerful, "First row, hold the line! Second row, thrust!"

Below the city wall, hundreds of Spearmen and Shield Soldiers stood ready.

Some huge mutated giant rats were using brute force to ram the territory's main gate.

Boom!

The heavy impact made the ground tremble.

Uncle Qin and Lu Mingyuan stood on high ground, watching. Although their expressions were grave, they showed no panic.

After the territory upgrade, the city wall's sturdiness far exceeded the ordinary, enough to withstand this level of impact.

"Manager Lu, tally the consumption of arrows and crystals, and be ready to replenish them at any time," Uncle Qin ordered in a deep voice.

"Yes." Lu Mingyuan immediately lowered his head to record. Although he was not a combatant, he also provided the most solid support for the front line from the rear.

Tens of thousands of giant rats outside the city, surged forward one after another, piling up like mountains.

Although the Soldiers were well-trained and the Arrow Tower's firepower was fierce, the high-intensity battle put immense pressure on everyone.

"Captain, a few big ones are climbing up the west corner of the wall!" a Soldier shouted urgently.

"Have the Shield Soldiers go up and hold them!" Zhang Hu roared, personally rushing over.

Just then, Chen Beixuan's eyes finally opened.

He stared intently at the few giant rats climbing the city wall.

In his eyes, these were not merely exotic beasts, but... opportunities to temper his Sword Intent!

"The sword should cut down all injustice," he murmured.

Taking a step, he did not rush towards the giant rats, but directly leaped down the city wall!

"Chen Beixuan!" Wang Wu, sharp-eyed, saw his action and exclaimed.

The rat swarm below the city wall was like a boiling black ocean; any lone human would be torn to shreds.

"This kid is crazy!" Zhang Hu also saw it, his face changing drastically, wanting to rescue him but it was too late.

However, Chen Beixuan's figure was as light as a falling leaf.

He did not directly fall into the rat swarm, but swayed his body and landed on top of a mutated rat's head.

The Frost Sword in his hand drew a blue arc in the night.

"One Sword, Severing Flow."

Chii!

A crescent-shaped Sword Qi swept forward, centered on him!

Wherever the Sword Qi passed, dozens of mutated giant rats charging at the forefront had their bodies instantly cut in half at the waist, and the spraying foul-smelling blood condensed into blood-colored ice crystals in mid-air!

As for the giant rat he was stepping on, it was torn apart from within by the biting Sword Qi, exploding with a roar, turning into a sky full of ice shards and minced meat.