Strongest Lord by Opening Blind Boxes

Chapter 342: Chapter 263: Seven-Colored Lake, Mysterious Newspaper (2)

’People are different. They were all kids once, but now Black Beans is a battle-hardened pilot. And then there are the Li family sisters. Li Xing’Er may have Zhao Mei’s help, but Li Tao’Er is living in the Dining Hall with Cao Dalang’s wholehearted support. The two sisters are bound to have different futures. It’s hard to say who will end up stronger...’

Wang Yi sighed to himself. He figured that if he had to name the top power in his territory right now, it would very likely be the First Dining Hall. Little Alchemist Watermelon, the pilot Black Beans, Hu Miaosuan, Cao Dalang, Pan Taiji, and Hai Pei—they were all in the First Dining Hall!

Continuing his tour of the Refining Profound Sect, Wang Yi learned that the mission for the Spirit Beast Garden had been completed, and it was now open.

The Spirit Beast Garden was a Secret Realm in and of itself. From the outside, it looked like a simple grassy field enclosed by a fence, but entering it revealed a whole new world within. It was a vast domain on the scale of a super-sect, and currently home to five Duck-Billed Dragons and three Little Phoenixes roaming freely.

The Duck-Billed Dragons and Little Phoenixes were naturally born creatures from Huaguo Mountain. They were already highly intelligent, and raising them in the Spirit Beast Garden gave them a high chance of becoming Spirit Beasts.

And if Spirit Beasts were successfully tamed, the benefits were numerous. They could serve as War Beasts, mounts, or even Servant Beasts.

’Take the Duck-Billed Dragon, for instance. Its combat power is actually immense—it’s practically a Tyrannosaurus Rex with a duck’s bill. It can also go Diving. I estimate that once it grows into a Spirit Beast, it will be a top-tier War Beast. It would also be a very cool mount, and there would be no problem sending it to the bottom of the Seven-Colored Lake to collect Seven-Colored Spirit Stones.’

The Little Phoenix also had enormous growth potential. Even if it was only used as a flying mount, it would be excellent.

’The Refining Profound Sect still has great potential for development. It’s just that Cultivation takes time, so it can’t produce powerful experts quickly. The sect will need more time to be polished before it can become a major power...’

After a brief summary, Wang Yi then headed to the Hundred Skills Academy. He planned to learn a few crafts to enrich himself.

After half a day at the Hundred Skills Academy, Wang Yi had learned carpentry.

「Two days later」

Wang Yi arrived at the Eco-Castle and held a meeting. After discussing with Jelena and the others, he established the development strategy for the next phase.

First was the accumulation of wealth.

And by ”accumulation of wealth,” he really meant the accumulation of Gold Coins.

Wang Yi didn’t think much of the income generated by the Fire Dragon Trading Team’s trade routes. The team’s operation was now mainly to enrich the variety of available goods.

Eggshell Village’s main sources of Gold Coins were currently: first, bank interest; second, the return flow of Virtual Air Force Pay; and third, the income from its two legacy industries, the Bronze Melon Field and the Bronze Winery.

The bank interest was enormous. With a base of One Hundred Million Gold Coins, it generated a profit of at least several million Gold Coins per month. As deposits grew in the future, this income would only increase.

The Virtual Air Force Pay could be cycled back through the Mysterious Shop. The amount of Gold Coins returned this way wasn’t too large at the moment, but it still far surpassed the trading team’s profits, and it was set to grow in the future.

From a profit-making perspective, for Wang Yi’s territory, developing military strength was a way to stimulate the economy and make money.

As for the two legacy industries, they were currently the most profitable. The Eco-Castle projected that with both in operation, they would bring in tens of millions of Gold Coins per month, at the very least.

Wang Yi set a goal: once the Chaos Bank’s Gold Coin reserves reached one billion, he would construct the Bronze Aerospace Institute and the Bronze Manufacturing Plant.

By then, his territory might just be able to enter the Stellar Era.

After accumulating wealth, the next priority was territory construction.

Territory construction was divided into three aspects: absorbing Refugees, infrastructure for the six cities, and resource accumulation.

The Foreign Affairs Department was responsible for the long-term task of recruiting Refugees. After entering the territory, the Refugees would be screened by the Production Team and the Secretariat. The highest-quality individuals would be sent to Eggshell Academy, recruited as militia, or absorbed into the Eco-Castle for direct appointments or even important roles.

The next tier would be assigned to factories to engage in various production tasks.

Those of a lower tier would serve as basic labor for various infrastructure projects.

The lowest tier would be immigrated to Yamero Star to work as miners.

Of course, the screening criteria were dynamic, not set in stone. Wang Yi hoped that all residents of his territory would have access to career advancement channels, allowing the outstanding to enjoy better treatment and the diligent to become wealthy!

This was, of course, very difficult. It would require the Eco-Castle to continuously refine its policies and invest manpower.

The six-city infrastructure plan was the territory’s near-term construction mission. It primarily involved the basic construction of Eggshell City, Bronze City, Liuhe City, Industrial City, White Bone City, and Refining Profound City, including tasks like building roads, bridges, and housing.

Urban development was not something that could be achieved overnight. Fortunately, Wang Yi’s territory now had the labor, materials, and technology, so the six-city infrastructure projects could proceed at a steady pace.

Finally, resource accumulation mainly referred to the mining of various ores on Yamero Star, the output from the territory’s resource points, grain reserves, the refining of Fasting Pills, the accumulation of other pills, and so on.

All related aspects of this work also needed to be gradually systematized and professionalized.

After discussing territory construction, Wang Yi and the others went on to discuss the plan for future military development.

Wang Yi considered the Stellar Influences as a hypothetical enemy. He wanted to build a powerful army capable of traversing the starry sky, but for now, they could only start by developing teams of High-level Kings.

After some deliberation, following the establishment of the Eastern Depot, the Western Depot, and the Manzi Camp, Wang Yi officially founded the ”Dou Shen Palace” and the ”War God Hall.”

Wang Yi had come up with the names Dou Shen Palace and War God Hall himself. The former was Boyka’s battalion, with Athena appointed as Commander.