Chapter 307 - 159: "Max Level Effect": Ruling the World

Chapter 307: Chapter 159: "Max Level Effect": Ruling the World

As for...

He completely ignored the last part.

Spreading the Ghost Fire across an entire continent to light up every region?

Setting aside the kind of power he’d need to pull that off, just upgrading to Level 10 required Sea Embryos. The Dead Sea would have to birth at least a thousand of them in one go.

Only then could he get enough Sea Embryos to create that much Ghost Fire.

’What kind of reward could possibly make up for such a massive cost?’

He just ignored it.

It was impossible for now, anyway.

’When I’m powerful enough in the future, I’ll see if the reward is worth going for.’

...

The Ghost Fire was now complete and upgraded to Level 10.

The 14.8-kilometer-long City Wall began to move rapidly across the Wilderness, enveloping the entire Nameless Mountain, as well as Mortal City, Xiyang City, and the Port.

It formed a massive barrier.

Each section of the wall was twenty meters high.

The various merchant guilds in Mortal City were already standing at the city gates, staring dumbfounded at the scene in the wilderness. More and more people, having heard the news, were walking out from the city.

Chen Fan hadn’t tried to hide it from them.

In fact, this wasn’t an Undersea Tunnel.

It would have been incredibly difficult to hide a project of this scale from everyone.

"..."

Qi Feng, the Young Valley Master of Medicine King Valley, stood at the gates of Mortal City, gazing blankly into the distance. He looked at the massive City Wall that now enclosed a huge swath of the Jiangbei Wilderness.

’That City Wall has to be at least Level 4 or Level 5.’

He had never seen a City Wall so high.

Yes, he knew the rainy season was coming soon.

Every faction was preparing for it.

It was understandable that the Mortal Realm would prepare for the rainy season too; that was perfectly normal. But weren’t these preparations a bit excessive?

’This doesn’t f*cking look like you’re preparing for a rainy season!’

’This looks like you’re getting ready to reinforce the front lines!’

He had vaguely heard rumors.

On the Eternal Night Frontline, there were many such defensive lines made of High Level City Walls. He had never seen them in person, but he now suspected they must look something like this.

And...

’Why the f*ck can the City Wall move?!’

In his entire life!

He swore he had never seen a mobile City Wall. A City Wall that could move—was that even f*cking possible?

Then he recalled the news that the Mortal Realm had just put out, recruiting fifty thousand non-staff personnel.

Qi Feng’s expression shifted slightly.

’This is f*cked...’

’The more I think about it, the more wrong it feels. How is this for the rainy season? It feels like a war is about to break out. It looks like the Mortal Realm is preparing for a full-blown war.’

’No.

I have to get back quickly and tell Father.’

’Father has been so happy making money lately. The Mortal Realm clearly knows some inside information that we don’t.’

Qi Feng quickly left the crowd and headed for the High-speed Rail station inside Mortal City.

...

"..."

At that moment, Chen Fan was sitting cheerfully on the City Wall, admiring his masterpiece.

Besides the Warehouse being completely empty of Ghost Stones, everything was perfect.

Moreover, with the Ghost Fire upgraded to Max Level, it had become the Mortal Realm’s ninth Max Level Building. Soon, he would be able to claim the reward for having ten Max Level Buildings.

Godslaying Cannon, Farmland, Earth Spike, Yunling Pavilion, Life Workshop, Soul-Devouring Sculpture, Suspended Basket, Bridge, and Ghost Fire.

’Which other building can I upgrade to Max Level?’

He wondered, lowering his head in thought.

Just then—

Zhou Mo jogged excitedly up onto the City Wall and looked at Chen Fan with anticipation. "Domain Lord, I successfully broke through to the Martial King realm yesterday! With Tenfold Body Tempering, too. Do I get a celebratory banquet?"

"..."

Chen Fan stood there in silence, the corner of his mouth twitching. After a long moment, he replied helplessly.

"You do."

"Tonight, I’ll hold a small celebratory banquet for you. A few of us will get together for a meal."

’A Martial King...’

’A Martial King with Tenfold Body Tempering...’

’What a Rare title.’

’In the past, this would have definitely been worth a celebratory banquet. But with the Mortal Realm developing at such a rapid pace, a Martial King, though Rare, would be of little to no use in the great battle the Mortal Realm was about to face.’

But he couldn’t just crush Zhou Mo’s enthusiasm.

’This guy...’

’Besides, it’s been a long time since I’ve had a proper meal. Living exposed to the elements these days... that’s no way for a person to live.’

"Alright."

Although Zhou Mo was a little disappointed it wouldn’t be a grand banquet like the one for Wang Mazi, he still grinned in satisfaction. Becoming a Martial King was no easy feat. Although... he glanced at the long, dragon-like City Wall in the distance.

’Don’t think about it, don’t think about it.’

’Thinking too much could affect my Dao heart.’

’My duty is to maintain order within the camp, not to go head-to-head with a City Wall. The two can’t be compared.’

...

The Mortal Realm had been quiet for a long time recently.

At least, unlike before, it hadn’t been releasing something new every so often.

But—

"A 14.8-kilometer-long Level 5 City Wall."

"The Mortal Realm is recruiting 50,000 non-staff members on a massive scale."

These two sudden, blockbuster pieces of news spread like wildfire throughout the Four Areas Jiangbei. The fact that both happened at the same time, just before the rainy season, made everyone secretly speculate.

’Does the Mortal Realm know some inside information?’

’Fifty thousand non-staff members?’

Putting aside which faction in the Four Areas Jiangbei could even afford to support so many people, the real question was, if you hire people, you must have a use for them, right? You can’t just pay them to sit around and eat for free.

So that raised the question.

What could you possibly need fifty thousand people for?

Besides fighting a war, what else would require fifty thousand people?

But when they asked the person in the Mortal Realm in charge of recruitment, they were told there were no Cultivation requirements, no need for special Cultivators—just able-bodied, strong men.

This was strange...

With no Cultivation requirements, these fifty thousand people clearly weren’t being recruited for a war.

So what were they for?

...

「Medicine King Valley.」

The Valley Master of Medicine King Valley sat in the Tea Room with a deep frown. He sifted through every scrap of information about the Mortal Realm from the past few days, but he just couldn’t figure out what they intended to do with fifty thousand people.

Non-staff members in the Mortal Realm received a monthly salary of twenty Ghost Stones.

For fifty thousand people, that was a monthly salary of one million Ghost Stones.

’That’s insane...’

’With such a high monthly salary, what line of work could possibly turn a profit? His Medicine King Valley was already one of the most profitable factions in the Four Areas Jiangbei recently, but even he couldn’t afford to support so many people.’

’It’s a guaranteed loss.’

Besides pillaging and plundering, he couldn’t think of any industry that could recoup that cost.

"Father."

Beside him, Young Valley Master Qi Feng spoke up with some hesitation. "Is it possible that the Mortal Realm discovered a Ghost Ore mine near Nameless Mountain? They built the wall to enclose it and are now recruiting people to start mining?"

The Valley Master of Medicine King Valley was taken aback for a moment, then let out a sigh of relief.

"That is indeed a real possibility."

"The Mortal Realm has good fortune."

"A Ghost Ore mine that requires fifty thousand people to excavate must be massive. It could probably produce tens of millions of Ghost Stones. If that’s the case, using these fifty thousand people for a month and then dismissing them after the rainy season would indeed be profitable."

"Then there’s nothing to worry about."

"You gave me a scare. For a second there, I thought Jiangbei had suddenly turned into the Eternal Night Frontline."

...

ps: This bonus Chapter is dedicated to Boss Dada Zhu for reaching the Alliance Leader tier.