Chapter 1772 - 1044: Sain’s Shape! (Part 2)

But the changes in the gathering place are too slow, so slow that over the last few days the only new area he’s actually seen due to movement is just an underground pit. Does this mean he has to stay here for several more days or even longer?

Spiritual fatigue has almost reached its critical point after the battle with the Demon Prince. If he continues to persist, the efficiency of the adventure will greatly diminish.

He’s already wandered around the gathering place but hasn’t found any bonfire spots. It’s uncertain whether there are any bonfires here at all.

After pondering for a long time, Leon finally stood up, dusted off his clothes, and muttered to himself, "Let’s look for a bonfire in places we haven’t explored carefully."

If he doesn’t find one on this trip, he’ll swiftly use the Return Bone Fragment to go back; it’s high time for him to take a good rest.

With this thought, he set foot on the road, without realizing himself that his steps had become shaky at some point, walking in a very unsteady manner.

As he passed by the Pilgrim Granny while walking down the cliff, his foot suddenly stumbled and he fell forward, and surprisingly, his bewildered spirit did not react immediately.

This is something every adventurer in the Sain Dungeon will inevitably experience — reaching the limit of spiritual fatigue.

Before his face hit the ground, Leon’s body turned into a flash and disappeared from his original spot.

This constantly moving gathering place also ceased to operate once he, the sole adventurer, vanished.

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Sain Dungeon, inside the City Lord’s room.

"Hmm, it seems the development is going smoothly."

Gong Qiying looked at the City Lord Panel, which displayed the growth curve of spiritual power income for the Sain Dungeon over the recent period.

From the upward soaring line, it can be seen that the Sain Dungeon is once again returning to a booming state, truly worthy of congratulations.

The usual expenses of the dungeon are negligible and can be easily covered by income. However, when encountering major events, the Sain Dungeon will expend a significant amount of spiritual power at once, potentially causing days to go in vain, such as this time when it demonstrated its presence before Scameroon.

Nonetheless, every time the Sain Dungeon successfully resolves a major event, the speed of spiritual power income experiences a surge, and the increase is hard to fall, making returning profits and making huge gains a relatively simple matter of time.

In Gong Qiying’s eyes, this phenomenon is like a variant of conquering and plundering games, where resolving local major events is equivalent to turning the land into personal territory. The reward for doing so is an accelerated increase in the Sain Dungeon’s income with local enhancements.

A fairly straightforward summary.

Now, upon opening the world map attached to the Sain Dungeon, it is evident that Scameroon has basically been stained with Sain’s color, with only small areas where other dungeons are located still struggling barely against the encroaching greenery, seemingly lacking strength.

The reason for this phenomenon is probably the fact that Sain Dungeon has now elevated local reputation to its peak.

However, Gong Qiying still feels that Scameroon’s growth rate is not meeting expectations; it’s too slow. Even with the special bonus of Faith Spirit Power, the spiritual power provided by this area still falls short compared to the Yanor Kingdom or Warrior Country.

Ultimately it’s because Scameroon’s people are all depleted in the war. This is not something Sain Dungeon can change; he can’t possibly produce batches of humans to replenish itself from the Earth World, absolutely impossible.

"In a few more years, after this country recovers, the spiritual power it can provide should far exceed the other kingdoms."

After all, this odd land is capable of producing the additional bonus of Faith Spirit Power. Gong Qiying holds high expectations for Scameroon, as compared to the already mature Yanor Kingdom and Warrior Country, and the too-small Red, Scameroon clearly possesses greater plasticity.

Now he has labeled nurturing Scameroon as the number one goal for the development of the Sain Dungeon.

"Everything on this land must bear the mark of Sain Dungeon!"

Gong Qiying made bold declarations.

Following the war, Scameroon lacks everything, so he ensures that Sain Dungeon provides everything.

Food, medicine, money, power... even houses, as long as people are willing to expel effort to move them can be obtained. Gong Qiying deliberately loosened the durability of some buildings, allowing them to be transported by people. It proves that indeed some people do so, and imitators are increasing.

Faith originating from the Sain Dungeon blooms everywhere under Gong Qiying’s operation, and with his manipulation, past chaos is avoided. Residents of this land naturally harbor goodwill toward Sain Dungeon; developing faith has become simply a breeze.

Currently, Scameroon, the laborers rushing from outside to construct this place, can enjoy soul blocks gifted for free by the Starfire Church, allowing them to go to the Sain Dungeon to enhance a few levels for more efficient work.

The actions of these laborers involve building new style buildings resembling the Sain Dungeon style. The materials used for constructing houses come from the Sain Dungeon, after work they eat and drink in taverns that originate from the Sain Dungeon, and the inns they sleep in are houses moved out from the Sain Dungeon.

Gong Qiying desires this — the feeling of permeating Sain Dungeon into every aspect of human life!

And now his probability of succeeding is unusually high, evidently no other dungeon dares to compete with him, whether it’s Holy Light Underground City, Flame Fire Dungeon, or any other dungeon, has implicitly acknowledged him as the Scameroon local overlord.

The entire Scameroon will eventually take the shape of Sain!

At this moment, a reminder suddenly appeared on the City Lord Panel. He glanced at it and revealed a smile.

"Good job, Leon, knew you’d do it."

"Now, next step is to guide him here, and then do this, followed by..."

Gong Qiying began fiddling with the City Lord Panel, as he opened one screen after another, each displaying information about different regions, while he adjusted the region info.

It might sound a bit unbelievable, but he is attempting to manipulate the behaviors of specific adventurers by changing certain information about the dungeon.

Among the first batch of adventurers used as experimental subjects, Leon is the "most compliant," his performance quite satisfactory.

The reason Gong Qiying needs to tweak Leon’s behavior is because he’s now trying to enhance the proactivity of the Sain Dungeon, for one specific purpose — preparing for future confrontations with the Evil God, Hidden Dull Star.

Currently, it’s unclear where, when, or how the opponent might launch an attack, hence before the opponent’s active aggression, the Sain Dungeon needs to display stronger control than before.

At least, the existence of Sain Dungeon needs to be embedded deeply into people’s minds, becoming an indispensable part of daily life.

In case similar situations involving competition over influence and faith arise, the Sain Dungeon will possess an advantage.

Displayed on the screen in front of Gong Qiying, one is Leon’s current adventure record, the other is a record of another Demon Continent.

He is now micro-managing Leon’s adventure activities, laying groundwork for scenarios when demons enter the Sain Dungeon in the future.

"Full of accomplishment."

Despite the fact, simply manipulating others’ behavior through covert operations, intrinsically carries a characteristic that brings a significant feeling of accomplishment.

"Alright, let’s proceed this way."

After some time, Gong Qiying completed the subsequent operations, muttering to himself:

"It’s also time to continue spreading Sain Dungeon’s charm."