Seeing the change in Zhou Bai’s expression, Zhou Zhengping raised an eyebrow: “Good news?”
Zhou Bai nodded: “Yes, the several buildings rewarded to the territory yesterday are all for improving territory strength. I built them all! It’s just that the money was spent a bit quickly.”
She had been full of fighting spirit just now, but seeing the gold coins that had suddenly decreased in her account, she felt a bit heartbroken.
Also, she had just noticed that the territory’s previous buildings could be upgraded. She was preparing to upgrade next, especially the fence—she absolutely had to improve the defense. She didn’t want to experience magical beasts invading the territory again.
Oh right, there were also the various building blueprints and commodity blueprints she had obtained from killing magical beasts last night. Converting them into buildings and commodities all required money!
When had she ever lacked money before?
Now it seemed like she was short of money everywhere?
It was all because of this territory!
Just then, Zhou Bai also received a notification from the system.
【Dear Host, your current wealth is less than 10 gold coins and may reach zero at any time, making it impossible to purchase supplies. Please ensure your account has sufficient funds.】
Hearing this, Zhou Bai immediately checked her backpack.
With this look, she was completely stunned.
Her backpack was already packed full and was about to run out of space.
You should know that the backpack’s initial slots were 10, but the same type of items placed in the same slot had an upper limit of 999, and as levels increased, gaining 1 level would add 1 slot. Previously, even while purchasing supplies, because she was constantly consuming them, her backpack slots were temporarily usable.
But now, she was already level 7 with 17 slots, yet they were suddenly packed full.
What had happened?
She suddenly remembered what the residents had said last night about selling good things to the territory, and it seemed they had really followed through!
It appeared that as the territory had more and more people, the purchased supplies would also increase. Next time she could unlock buildings, she absolutely had to unlock a warehouse first—her backpack could barely hold on.
Looking at the backpack, she indeed saw various wood, stone resources, and blueprints inside.
Fortunately, blueprints couldn’t be repeatedly purchased like wood, otherwise she would have gone “bankrupt” long ago.
“Mom, can you give me some more gold coins?” With her savings in crisis, Zhou Bai could only seek help from the wealthy woman.
“How much do you need?” Ding Qiurou asked directly.
“Is 1,000 okay?” Since Zhou Bai had decided to work hard, she naturally wanted to prepare more thoroughly.
【Hope Village resident Ding Qiurou is gifting you 1,000 gold coins. Do you accept?】
Zhou Bai directly accepted, then prepared to start converting the blueprints in her backpack into actual buildings and items.
But Zhou Zhengping on the side was somewhat surprised: “You need this much for upgrading the territory?”
“There are other things to spend on.” Zhou Bai explained her situation: “I want to upgrade and update the territory. When someone challenges us, we should be able to not be afraid.”
Before yesterday, she probably wouldn’t have been willing to spend so much money. Of course, she couldn’t have spent it then either. But after yesterday, when she could spend money to build the territory, she definitely had to spend it. After all, the territory’s safety was now linked to human lives, including hers and her family’s.
As for what she was borrowing from her parents now, she would pay it back when the territory had surplus. Of course, she still believed that developing the territory well would allow her to make money from it in the future.
After hearing Zhou Bai’s words, a trace of emotion flashed in Zhou Zhengping’s eyes.
Since the apocalypse game began and she became a lord, Xiao Bai’s growth was truly visible to the naked eye!
Although he felt some heartache about her transformation, Zhou Zhengping had to admit that the current Xiao Bai could live better in this apocalypse game and could bear the responsibility of a lord.
“Just ask when you need money. Anything that can be solved with money isn’t a problem.” Zhou Zhengping said directly.
Zhou Bai’s eyes warmed, and she nodded. If it weren’t for her parents’ financial power, being a lord wouldn’t have been so smooth. Then, looking at the fresh 1,000 gold coins in her account, she continued operating.
First, she clicked on the upgradeable buildings on the panel.
【Lord’s Mansion (Level 1) → Lord’s Mansion (Level 2)】
【Fence → Level 1 Wall → Level 2 Wall → Level 3 Wall → Primary City Wall】
【Restaurant → Add Products】
【Level 1 Residences → Level 2 Residences】
【Spirit Hall (Level 1) → Spirit Hall (Level 2)】
Zhou Bai chose to upgrade everything that could be upgraded without hesitation.
The Level 2 Lord’s Mansion just had a larger area and an additional floor.
The restaurant added white porridge as a product.
Upgrading Level 1 residences to Level 2 residences meant that newly built residences could be chosen as Level 1 or Level 2, but existing Level 1 residences wouldn’t change.
But the fence could be upgraded three levels at once. When she saw this, Zhou Bai had already decided that no matter what, she had to upgrade to the highest level.
【Do you wish to spend 10 gold coins, 10,000 units of stone to upgrade the fence to Level 1 Wall?】
【Do you wish to spend 20 gold coins, 20,000 units of stone to upgrade Level 1 Wall to Level 2 Wall?】
【Do you wish to spend 40 gold coins, 40,000 units of stone to upgrade Level 2 Wall to Level 3 Wall?】
【Do you wish to spend 80 gold coins, 80,000 units of stone, 10,000 units of iron ore to upgrade Level 3 Wall to Primary City Wall?】
For each inquiry, Zhou Bai chose “yes” without hesitation.
Although money was flowing away like water, thinking that she would gain a city wall full of security, she felt it was worth it!
After upgrading to the Primary City Wall, the data appeared.
【Building: Primary City Wall】
【Description: Forms a protective shield to protect the territory from magical beasts. In attack mode, it consumes defense power and needs timely repair.】
【Defense Power: 80,000】
Looking at the defense power that had increased 80-fold in one leap, Zhou Bai was truly satisfied.
Next, Zhou Bai’s gaze continued to turn to various blueprints.
The only building blueprint was the General Store she had obtained from killing the Level 5 Dark Magic Wolf, which she naturally built without hesitation.
【Do you wish to spend 10 gold coins, 1,000 units of stone, 1,000 units of wood to unlock the Primary General Store?】
“Yes.”
【General Store completed. Currently no merchants. Opening self-service mode. System will select idle goods from host’s backpack and refresh irregularly. Confirm?】
“Yes.”
Finally, there were the commodity blueprints—the Anti-Dark Backpack Blueprint, Anti-Dark Hat Blueprint, and Night Vision Goggles Blueprint purchased from territory residents. After manufacturing, the Primary Tailor Shop would have more products.
[Item: Dark Resistant Backpack (Green)]
[Description: Increases dark resistance, adds 2 slots]
[Durability: 100/100 (If your health drops below 20%, please repair it at a tailor)]
[Price: 50 Silver]
*
[Item: Dark Resistant Hat (Green)]
[Description: Increases dark resistance, allowing you to remain hidden in darkness for 2 minutes]
[Durability: 100/100 (If your health drops below 20%, please repair it at a tailor)]
[Price: 20 Silver]
*
[Item: Night Vision Goggles (Green)]
[Description: Increases dark resistance, allowing you to see within 2 meters]
[Durability: 100/100 (If your health drops below 20%, please repair it at a tailor)]
[Price: 30 Silver]
*
[Note: With all three pieces of the Dark Resistant set, you can walk in the dark as if on flat ground. Durability: 2 hours, cooldown: 2 hours.]
…
After completing all the operations and planning, Zhou Bai selected “Confirm.” At this moment, he breathed a long sigh of relief.
It was finally over!
Hundreds of gold coins were wasted in one go, but compared to the results, she was truly happy.
Infrastructure construction was difficult, but with money, it didn’t seem so difficult.
”I’m going to go out and check out the current situation in the territory.” There was definitely a difference between operating on the lord’s map and seeing it with your own eyes, and Zhou Bai was a little impatient at this moment.
”Let’s go after dinner. You were too busy to eat just now,” Ding Qiurou said from the side, and then made Zhou Bai a bowl of chicken soup. “I cooked it with the mushrooms I traded for. It’s very delicious.”
Zhou Bai took it, took a sip, and nodded. “It’s delicious.”
”If it’s delicious, eat more and drink more,” Ding Qiurou said with gentle eyes. She knew very well that her daughter had changed after last night. She couldn’t do what she needed to do for her, so she would take good care of her.
She hoped not to see her daughter in the state she was in last night again.
How wonderful it was now! Ding Qiurou had already considered giving her daughter some money in two days to let her do what she wanted.
”Yes,” Zhou Bai nodded.
Zhou Zhengping, watching this scene from the side, quickly said, “Wife, I want some too.”
Ding Qiurou glanced at him. What a trouble!
But she still scooped a bowl for him personally.
Watching this scene, Zhou Bai’s mouth curled up slightly.
Why would she be willing to change herself? Just so that moments like this could always exist!
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