#3 - Chapter 3 War Machine

"Really? Is this really... the initial building!"

Wu Wei looked at the Abyss Hatchery in front of him and sighed repeatedly.

"From Tier 1 units to Tier 100 units, all can be recruited."

"And this is just a Tier 1 building. If I upgrade it to a higher level, how much stronger will its recruitment effect be?"

"Too bad it's a bit expensive."

The cost of the Abyss Hatchery: 10,000 resource points, and it can only be built in the abyss or similar land.

The costs of the Abyss Sacrifice Altar and the Abyss Gate are 100,000 and 20,000 respectively.

Buildings within the territory, like the territory itself, can be purchased and upgraded.

However, the effects after upgrading are somewhat different.

After the territory is upgraded, you can build more types of new buildings, such as the Heroic Spirit Altar for recruiting racial heroes, the Mage Tower for accommodating and recruiting mages, or upgraded versions of other basic buildings, such as the Forging Workshop and the Great Metallurgical Chamber for creating higher-quality equipment.

After ordinary buildings are upgraded, they can increase the types of soldiers recruited, reduce resource consumption slightly, or simply reduce the time it takes to recruit soldiers.

However, the emergence of the Abyss Hatchery broke all the common rules of the past!

Because all the unit types it lists can be recruited directly.

There are no technological conditions, no recruitment restrictions.

As long as Wu Wei can activate it and provide the corresponding resources, he can recruit them without limit.

"Right, activate it."

Thinking of this, Wu Wei suddenly realized a problem.

That is, the current Abyss Hatchery is still in an unactivated "dry" state.

In fact, it's not just the Abyss Hatchery!

The entire Endless Abyss gave Wu Wei a very strange feeling.

The Endless Abyss itself, including the countless planes within it, seemed to have been dead for a long time.

In half a day, Wu Wei had not seen any living creatures in the abyss.

Neither animals nor plants!

Except for the vortex above the sky, which was constantly rotating, the entire abyss was in a bizarre and terrifying state of silence.

And the word "dry" not only applies to the Abyss Hatchery covered by countless black tentacles, but also to the abyss itself.

"Regardless of the situation of the planes, it's none of my business anyway. I'd better check how to activate the Abyss Hatchery first."

Thinking of this, Wu Wei sat on the Abyss Throne and inquired about how to remove the current dry state of the Abyss Hatchery.

The result of the query made Wu Wei breathe a sigh of relief.

[To remove the dry state of the Abyss Hatchery, invest 500 souls.]

Seeing this answer, Wu Wei really breathed a sigh of relief.

Because this condition is not difficult for him.

Ordinary souls are sold in the Heavenly Dao Shop, and they are called Soul Stones, priced at about 1 resource point each.

And the initial resources he has can be directly exchanged for those Soul Stones containing souls.

Moreover, since Wu Wei initially chose a double random option, he has 1.5 times the resource points, which is a total of 1500 resource points.

"So, you only need Soul Stones to remove the dry state. Then, the activation method of this building is not too difficult. But this is normal. After all, this is the initial building. If it is too difficult, it is estimated that no one can complete it."

Wu Wei glanced at the Soul Hatchery in a dry state, and then looked to the other side.

"In addition, there is a third building, like a door, which seems to be called the Abyss Gate."

"What is its function?"

Wu Wei clicked on the Abyss Gate and checked the building.

The introduction of the Abyss Gate is relatively simple.

[Ignore any plane crystal wall rules and open a two-way, indestructible but cancellable teleportation channel.]

Concise, but not simple!

Wu Wei widened his eyes and repeatedly read the introduction of the Abyss Gate several times before finally confirming that he had not read it wrong.

"Ignore any plane crystal wall rules? Indestructible? Teleportation channel?"

"Adding these together, is it really still considered..."

"A basic building?"

In most cases, teleporters are not considered conventional buildings.

Ordinary territories can only have the technology to create teleporters after reaching at least level three.

Moreover, the manufacturing cost of teleporters in ordinary territories is extremely high and can be easily destroyed.

However, such high risks also mean extremely high returns.

Because the time of construction of the teleporter will determine whether these new lords can successfully pass the assessment.

Because there are only two items in the lord assessment.

The first is to build a territory of at least level 10 and ensure that it is not destroyed.

The higher the level of the territory, the higher the trial score.

The second is to have 100,000 resource points at the end of the trial.

Whether you cut down trees, farm, hunt, mine, or plunder others, as long as you have accumulated 100,000 resource points, you will pass.

Similarly, the more resource points you accumulate, the higher your final trial score will be!

Your trial score will determine the quality of the trial rewards you receive after completing the trial.

These trial rewards include additional hero units, mutated units, enhanced lord skills, and so on.

The higher the trial score, the better the quality of the trial rewards you will receive.

But it is actually a very difficult thing to obtain 100,000 resource points.

Because it is basically impossible to accumulate 100,000 resources by relying on the resources around your territory. After all, the initial environmental resources of many races are not rich at all. Even if you barely manage to gather 100,000 resources, it is only barely passing.

And in this trial, where are the richest resources? Where can you accumulate 100,000 resource points faster?

There is only one answer, and that is the trial continent that all new lords can reach through the teleporter in this assessment!

The trial continent is a one-time continent generated by the Heavenly Dao system, and the resources on it are artificially piled up to an extremely rich level.

Any new lord who wants to pass this trial must build enough teleporters, send the people under his banner to the trial continent, establish colonies, and bring back the collected resources.

But since everyone wants to go to the trial continent, then you can't just send civilians such as farmers, servants, or slaves to collect resources there.

Because once the competitors find that you have an opportunity to take advantage of, they will not hesitate to kill your civilian units, plunder the resources you have collected, and then incidentally blow up your teleporter.

Therefore, you must have an army that can protect civilian units while building colonies.

Only in this way can you successfully pass this lord trial.

Now that Wu Wei has a teleporter as soon as he establishes his territory, he is a little suspicious of whether his luck is good or bad.

The bad aspect is that there are no resources to collect in his initial environment at all.

The good aspect is that he hasn't done anything yet, and a set of extremely biased war buildings has been completed.

"Wait, I understand...."

Suddenly, Wu Wei looked thoughtfully at the Abyss Sacrifice Altar, the Abyss Hatchery, and the Abyss Gate.

He finally began to connect the three together.

"This world was once a world of war."

Wu Wei raised his head and looked at the vortex above the sky.

For some reason.

The vortex above the sky seemed to sense Wu Wei's gaze.

In its middle part, the vortex center, like an eye, was also faintly responding to Wu Wei's gaze.

"The Endless Abyss has no valuable resources, and it does not need to exploit so-called resources."

Wu Wei looked at the thousands of miles of barren land under his feet, and at the various bones that had long since withered and weathered in the distance.

"Because the Endless Abyss itself lives by plundering!"

"It is a living war machine!"

"Supporting war with war, and sparking endless wars is the survival mode that the Endless Abyss should have."

"It does not need so-called civilization, nor does it need any communication, but all other civilizations can understand its meaning."

"Because its appearance only means that war is coming!"

Thinking of this, Wu Wei finally swept away the past depression and haze.

With shining eyes, he walked to the Abyss Hatchery, exchanged 500 resource points for 500 Soul Stones, and put them into it one by one.

"Rumble!"

As the Soul Stones were put into the Abyss Hatchery, the black tentacles that had previously covered the Abyss Hatchery retracted, and then the entire Endless Abyss emitted a strange roar from the bottom.

That was the terrifying roar emitted by this war machine, which had been silent for a long time, finally being awakened.

"My favorite war, the endless war I have longed for...."

And Wu Wei smiled and looked at the sky, looking at the black and red vortex above the sky.

"Is it finally starting?!"

A certain desire that had been intentionally suppressed by him finally had the opportunity to be released.