“Stop!”
Ji Ye frowned.
Although he could make the final call, the choice of the resources would involve the benefit of different groups of people in the settlement, and he didn’t think he should make that decision alone.
“The resources can wait. Let’s discuss the heavy treasure first!”
Ji Ye shook his head and changed the subject.
“Let’s choose papermaking. The improved paper can greatly improve the power of skills that involve paper, such as talismans and drawings. The Summoning Talisman is very useful to us!”
As one of the four great inventions in ancient times, papermaking definitely had the potential to become Legendary and above.
Although the technique wasn’t invented in the Eastern Han Dynasty, it gained popularity and replaced bamboo sticks at that time, hence the Transcendent power.
“Let’s choose the Silk Road Pass. According to the description, it’ll give us access to some monsters’ territories and even allow us to trade with them.”
The Silk Road had great significance in ancient times, and naturally, it could be considered Legendary. Even the pass was of the Transcendent level.
And it had amazing properties as well!
Some of the players that worked in the business world in real life had already started to form ideas about trading with monsters and villains.
“Do we really need a pass to trade with monsters? We can just kill them, and they’ll drop everything.”
“If you ask me, we should choose the Monster Hall that can subdue all kinds of monsters. To us humans, aliens are monsters, right?”
However, to the combative members, there were simpler ways to “trade”.
“Subduing them alone is meaningless. I think we should choose the White Horse Temple. It has the amazing ability to purge and enlighten monsters!”
As it turned out, the combative members couldn’t agree with one another either.
Some felt that as the first official Buddhist temple, the White Horse Temple had valuable Transcendent powers.
“We’ve gotten rid of all the knock-off temples, and we don’t have any monks in our settlement. Why do we need a temple? I’m sorry, Master Lu. I’m not saying that you’re not a monk…”
Of course, the logistics players disagreed, because it wouldn’t be of much use to them.
“If you ask me, we should choose the Justice Flag…”
“I think the three volumes of the Fairy of Ninth Heaven’s Heaven Books are definitely a Transcendent level skill!”
“‘Benevolence Order’ sounds great. It can dilute the power of providence of an opponent’s settlement!”
The argument between the combative and non-combative members started again.
That was normal. In history, civil officials and martial generals seldom agreed with one another.
“Alright. For the resources, we’ll choose red wood and Silver Liquid. As for the heavy treasures, we’ll take the Heaven and Earth Spirits Tablet and the Celestial Seismograph!”
Luckily, Ji Ye had remained a revered figure in the settlement. After some consideration, he made the final decision despite what everyone else had said.
He gave up on resources such as the Red Pip and Stone Milk, which could directly improve their capability.
Both only had limited potential and would only go as far as the Transcendent level.
Even if they were to be improved, they couldn’t raise a person to the Transcendent level directly. A ginseng fruit or a mulberry tree would be a different story.
The Sweet Dew had great potential and could even accelerate the growth of plants.
But the soil in Tian Hu’s settlement had the same function, and it wasn’t imperative to improve the Sweet Dew.
He had chosen the red wood because he had a yellow wood mallet. Once it became Transcendent, it could make a comprehensive analysis. He would then be able to make a great number of duplicates with the yellow wood that was transformed from the red wood. Moreover, wood was a renewable resource!
Of course, the Silver Liquid in the Metal Men’s settlement was a rare resource as well and was as useful as the red wood.
Moreover, the Silver Liquid pool was the current energy core of the Twin Dragon Island.
Most importantly, it could create Metal Men, which was why Ji Ye had chosen it. With the King’s Contract, even if they had the Metal Men now, they wouldn’t have to worry about their rebellion.
Since he had been biased toward the logistic members on the resources, when choosing the heavy treasure, he had to lean toward the combative members.
Ji Ye had chosen the Celestial Seismograph and Heaven and Earth Spirits Tablet for a reason.
For one, many heavy treasures had great properties, but their demand wasn’t high, such as the Monster Hall, the White Horse Temple, and the Silk Road Pass.
For another, things like the Monster Hall and the Justice Flag were Transcendent themselves. With the corresponding Stone of Civilization, the Twin Dragon Island, which had the relevant background, could make these objects on its own.
Compared with other items, the Heaven and Earth Spirits Tablet and the Celestial Seismograph were Legendary and above objects. Thanks to the fact that the Twin Dragon Island was the first to pass the Transcendent test, they were qualified to obtain them in advance. The two pieces had great potential in the future.
However, Ji Ye had been hesitant.
Because there was another heavy treasure that was as good as those two. It was the Cloud Platform.
Because the 28 generals on the Cloud Platform could have the power of stars, it was highly compatible with the Taiyi Mixed Elementary Grand Array, which was used as the major formation to protect the city.
That was a very valuable property, but more importantly, according to the description, the warriors listed on the Cloud Platform would have the ability to fight in the sky!
Right now, the island’s cavalry, infantry, and navy were all very capable, and the “sky force” (newly named) was the only weak spot. If flying enemies were to attack the island, it would be quite difficult to handle them.
But after some consideration, Ji Ye still chose the Celestial Seismograph.
With it, they could monitor both the sky and the ground, even the underground.
A lot of aliens could fly, and almost as many could move underground.
As a comprehensive Transcendent heavy treasure, the renowned historical equipment could do more than monitor catastrophes.
Because the 28 generals of the Cloud Platform were nowhere near as famous as Zhang Heng among the Chidragon people, the Cloud Platform was only Transcendent, which meant that just like the Monster Hall and the Justice Flag, it could be transformed from Transcendent Stones of Civilization.
In comparison, the Heaven and Earth Spirits Tablet, which had some overlap in its functions, was a better choice.
With the great number of offerings, the Twin Dragon Island would have a rapid growth in the number of Commanders. The 108 places on the stone tablet would be a motivation for the combative members!
Well, the name should be Dragon City now.
“So, we’ve decided most of the important things. There’s one more thing that I’ll need your advice on!
“Most of the people fought bravely in the advancement test this time, but some players did try to shirk their responsibilities.”
In this battle, a lot more players were scared of fighting than the natives.
Just like the villains would be scared, people from Twin Dragon Island couldn’t accept death without any fear. At least 30% of the players showed fear on the battlefield.
If the natives hadn’t fought with all their effort, they might not be able to pass the test!
That didn’t seem to make sense.
After all, the death of a player wasn’t real, but the death of a native was. So why would the latter fight harder?
The reason was quite simple.
Because combative natives in the Twin Dragon Island were soldiers from Liangshen, the Han Dynasty, and the Yue Army.
They were all experienced soldiers. Moreover, as long as they had enough Contribution and Honor, they had a chance to be revived. Hence, death didn’t intimidate them.
The players were different. Once they were dead, apart from the Rare Honor, everything else they had earned would be deleted.
Moreover, many people didn’t want to leave the Twin Dragon Island settlement, which had great potential. Therefore, they tried very hard to stay alive in the battle.
After Su Nongying mentioned the problem, the meeting room fell silent for a while.
The combative and non-combative members had been arguing loudly before this, but neither side spoke a word now.
“First of all, we’ll enhance the combat training and give them a mortality quota.
“For those that can’t get used to battles, we’ll make them work in logistics instead.”
In the end, Ji Ye was the first to speak.
From the first batch of players, he strictly followed the principle of actual combat training.
But with the great number of Souls of Civilization and offerings the Twin Dragon Island had obtained this time, they could summon a lot of natives.
At the moment, they didn’t need as many players to participate in the battles.
“Secondly, after we rise to the Transcendent level, we should be able to get a higher quota in the bank. With some loans, we’ll speed up the development of the Dragon City Group on Earth. For those who perform well, even if they die in battles, they’ll still be a member of Dragon City on Earth and can enjoy some special treatments.”
The second measure was both for the players who died in the battles, as well as for Dragon City’s development.
On Earth, players were resources as well. Companies of various sizes had been trying to recruit and invest in them.
Take Ji Ye as an example.
There was no doubt that if he announced his account number to the public and stated that he would personally accept an investment of 1 billion RMB, the following day, the balance of his account would be over 5 billion USD.
Average players wouldn’t be as influential as him, but even a new player could have limitless potential.
Especially if the player’s base was to be canceled, in this case, the players had to consider the safety of themselves and their families.
They needed to form groups of their own.
With that setting, although Dragon City in the Land of Inheritance had a relatively ancient background, the Dragon City Group on Earth could still cover a lot of aspects.
