Chapter 297: Level 3 Anchorage 1 |
"It's like we've become wanted criminals."
Qin Ziwen focused his thoughts and landed on the expansion.
【Hidden Achievement】 Bloody Path (I)
→【Achievement Condition】 In a single map, annihilate 70% of the total population of an enemy residential complex's Home.
He hadn't expected there to be such a hidden achievement. Were there others besides the Bloody Path?
Regardless, this Bloody Path at least gave him a Function Card.
And it was an Anchor Link.
Qin Ziwen focused his thoughts, retrieved the reward, and used it directly.
【Function Activated: Level-3 Anchor Link】
【Level-3 Anchor Link: ① After locking onto a target residential complex, you can establish a permanent anchor point within that complex. Through this anchor point, you can travel from your Home to that complex. ② You can leave an anchor point imprint in any map area. Activating the imprint allows you to traverse the map to the location of the anchor point. This ability requires Anchor Link Lv3, Backtrack Lv3, and Node Lv3 if the anchor point is located on another map. The duration of this anchor point is affected by the backtracking function's time limit. Current number of anchorable points: 3】
Qin Ziwen carefully read the explanation.
He finally understood why he had seen that anchor point in the underground cave where the Giant Rock Dragon was discovered on the previous desert map.
In simple terms, once the Anchor Link level reaches three, besides increasing the number of anchor points by one, you can also leave anchor points across different maps.
It seemed to overlap with the backtracking function, but every time you backtrack, the arrival location is fixed, and can only be a location where the residential complex has previously stayed.
That means no matter how many times he backtracks, the backtracking channel that opens each time is at a fixed position.
But now there's an additional option: anchor point imprints can be branded in other areas.
It's equivalent to this: after he returns to the forest map with the Crowned Eagle, he can ride the Crowned Eagle and fly out continuously, flying all the way to the grasslands. Then he can find a spot on the grasslands to leave an imprint. The next time he activates the anchor point imprint, the exit point will be on the grasslands.
If they discover some plants or animal herds in past maps that are inconvenient to transplant but possess great value, they can leave an anchor point imprint nearby.
Then they can harvest them regularly at set intervals.
"Hiss—"
Thinking of this, Qin Ziwen suddenly understood why that mysterious existence was so frantic after the Giant Rock Dragon was hunted.
Turns out they didn't just eat the meat in the pot; they also took the pot and the firewood underneath it.
No wonder it came after him through the connection.
Considering this, Qin Ziwen felt that in the future, if they discovered something valuable, it would be best to directly move it into their own Home.
Leaving it outside, who knows when a residential complex might spawn nearby? When a complex exists, the map can't be opened, and they could only helplessly watch an NTR situation unfold.
"Guild Leader, we've given them all the spring water. Their injuries are basically stabilized," Cao Biansheng came over to report.
"Good. Have people carry the wounded back later. Search the entire building thoroughly," Qin Ziwen didn't hold much hope.
After all, things had reached this point. The most valuable things left in the building were probably those iron tools and iron crops.
There couldn't possibly be any cards left, right?
But unexpectedly, there was a fish that slipped through the net. Qin Ziwu ran over and mysteriously handed him a card. "Brother, Brother Deng found this card in a hidden compartment on the top floor."
"There's still a card?"
Qin Ziwen was somewhat surprised and took the card.
【Advanced Resource Card】 Level-1 River of Living Beings (Growth-type Resource)
【Construction Requirement】 1000*50 (can be an irregular curve)
After reading the construction requirement, Qin Ziwen instantly understood why this card was left behind unused.
A full fifty thousand square meters of area requirement. Right now, the total area of his Home added up to only 55,198 square meters. It would barely be enough to squeeze this river in.
Not to mention others at the same stage. This card simply wasn't a resource point that could be built at the current stage.
Moreover, if they could really fit a river into the Home, and if they could successfully raise fish in it, the food problem would be greatly alleviated.
Looks like he needs to save up a batch of Expansion Cards.
He had previously obtained a batch of (Micro) and (Small) Expansion Cards, but he had distributed those to other members of the Qin Alliance based on their contributions.
Others also had space expansion needs. A Micro Expansion Card only adds one hundred square meters of area, while one Large Expansion Card is equivalent to one hundred Micro Expansion Cards.
"Was this discovered by Deng Guang?" Qin Ziwen asked.
"Yes. When Brother Deng went to search for things, he checked a few spots based on his old tricks for hiding private money, and just happened to find this."
Qin Ziwen couldn't help but marvel. In this regard, were they really so in sync?
"Alright, I'll talk with Deng Guang later."
Putting away the card, Yang Long worked quickly. He had people bring over some simple stretchers.
Everyone worked together to lift the stretchers and carry the stabilized injured patients back to the Home.
This was Yang Long's first time coming to the Qin Alliance's Home. He looked up at the high dome and the vast space, a flicker of longing flashing in his eyes.
"Let's go, time to head back," Qin Ziwu called to him.
Yang Long followed the team back. Returning to the oppressive atmosphere of the Red Cauldron Tower, the image of that Home still echoed in Yang Long's mind.
"Sigh..."
He let out a soft sigh, his feelings complex.
From the Home, one could get a glimpse of the bigger picture, inferring one or two things.
The gap wasn't just in the weapons on both sides; it included much more, deeper things.
With such a prosperous Home, the internal building levels certainly wouldn't be low either. No wonder they could build catapults, vehicle-mounted crossbows, and sets of iron armor.
Take the simplest iron armor, for example. It was very difficult for their urban village to forge even one set.
They had iron ore, but besides iron ore, they needed skilled blacksmiths and exquisite craftsmanship.
"Guild Leader Qin," Yang Long came before Qin Ziwen, bent at the waist, his expression complex, like a suspect awaiting sentencing.
Now that Blood Script was gone, only their urban village's Jianghu Society remained.
Without Blood Script as a counterbalance, was there still a need for their Jianghu Society to continue existing?
Putting himself in their shoes, if he were in their position, what would he do?
Thinking of this, Yang Long sighed softly in his heart.
The weak have no right to choose.
They can only accept.
Qin Ziwen's voice came, "The Red Cauldron Tower will be yours from now on. Now that the war is over, we won't be providing free food. However, our Qin Alliance is still short on some workers. If the residents of your urban village are interested, they can come work for us. We can use food as payment."
After hearing this, cold sweat broke out on Yang Long's forehead, and he secretly breathed a sigh of relief. At least it wasn't the worst outcome.
He was still alive, and it seemed the Qin Alliance had no intention of interfering with his position as Guild Leader of the Jianghu Society.
As for other matters, he didn't have the energy to think about them right now.
"Thank you, Guild Leader Qin," Yang Long said gratefully.
Qin Ziwen wore a slight smile. He actually wanted to say, don't thank me so soon.
But upon further thought, some things didn't need to be spelled out so clearly. Slowly boiling the frog was most appropriate.
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