In the early stage of [Sweet Home], players regarded it as a casual game.
Most of the building blueprints sold in the game were those of beautiful houses or templates of world - famous buildings.
However, the blueprints of real defensive buildings were extremely scarce.
Even if players got these defensive blueprints, they would just consider them as "junk" because they were useless at that time.
So, the number of defensive blueprints in the early stage was pitifully small.
Only after the doomsday mode was activated did these defensive buildings gradually gain attention. A well - quality defensive building could be as useful as some heroes.
Lincoln immediately asked Sea Buckthorn to send the blueprints over.
The other side seemed to be well - prepared and quickly sent over the screenshots. Lincoln took a glance.
Well, it had to be said that the defensive blueprints Sea Buckthorn sent were quite comprehensive.
There were arrow towers, cannons, anti - aircraft rockets, single - barrel turrets, double - barrel turrets...
Basically, all the types of defensive buildings in the early stage of the game were included.
Besides, there were also some blueprints for simple traps, like small landmines, large landmines, springs, and spiked pits.
The building blueprints were divided into grades: no quality (gray), common (white), fine (green), excellent (light blue), perfect (dark blue), epic (purple), and legendary (red).
It was said that there was also a supreme grade above the legendary one, but even Lincoln had never seen a legendary - quality building, let alone a supreme one.
Among the building blueprints Sea Buckthorn sent, the best - quality ones were two green fine - grade blueprints, and most of the others were common - quality buildings.
There were also some gray no - quality blueprints, mostly for traps. Lincoln nodded in satisfaction.
After all, defensive buildings didn't become popular until the doomsday mode started. It was already quite good to collect so many building blueprints in the early stage of the game.
He replied straightforwardly, "Sure, I'll take them all. Just list them on the exchange."
On the other end, Sea Buckthorn was so happy that he could have jumped up. He'd just made another deal worth hundreds of thousands!
Building blueprints were much more expensive than recruitment orders. Although not all of these goods were collected by him, he was the middleman.
Even for the goods sold by other game merchants, he could get a commission. The more goods he sold, the happier he was.
Lincoln continued to reply, "Keep collecting defensive blueprints for me. I'll take the high - quality ones too. Price is not an issue."
When Sea Buckthorn saw this message, he grinned from ear to ear. After being a game merchant for so many years, he'd never met such a wealthy and generous client as Lincoln.
Of course, he readily agreed. Little did he know that a few days later, he'd almost slapped himself silly.
Lincoln didn't care what Sea Buckthorn was thinking. After buying all the building blueprints, he turned his attention to his own territory.
During the process of recruiting heroes just now, many villagers had completed their work. Now, at a glance, the original idyllic paradise with small bridges and flowing water had become bare.
There were only a few core buildings left, and nothing else. After demolishing those useless and beautiful attics, Lincoln actually felt a bit better.
The amount of money he'd spent on the exchange was also counted as his recharge amount, and his VIP privilege level had smoothly upgraded from 6 to 7.
The name [I'm a Big Tycoon] had also squeezed into the top 10 of the Country Wealth List.
Lincoln specifically looked at the players ranked above him and was surprised to see the names of some acquaintances.
[Lord of the Galaxy], [Sunny Little Chef], [Rural Little Cook] and other lords were all big lords in the Blue Star region in the later stage of the doomsday.
Don't be fooled by the fact that these lords were just having fun now. After the version update, they would still become outstanding players thanks to their privilege bonuses.
Currently, the number one on the Country Wealth List was a player named [Light of Civilization].
When Lincoln saw this name, he immediately got excited. The Bright Empress was actually on the list!
If there was one thing that Lincoln couldn't forget in his previous life, the fall of the Bright Empress must be one of them.
After the doomsday arrived, many talented people emerged in the Blue Star theater of war, striving for a glimmer of hope for the Blue Star and humanity.
The Bright Empress was one of the most outstanding lords and the first lord of the king - level for the Blue Star humans.
Unfortunately, after [Sweet Home] opened the Multiverse Battlefield, in order to fight for a chance for the Blue Star theater of war, the Bright Empress was besieged by the ten alien king - level lords and unfortunately lost.
In the end, she didn't escape alive and was buried in the Multiverse Battlefield with her territory and people.
This was the most tragic scene in human history. From then on, the Blue Star theater of war started to decline uncontrollably and finally lost in the racial war, becoming the prisoners of the alien lords.
Thinking of this, Lincoln couldn't help but sigh.
He didn't expect that before the doomsday, the Bright Empress was already at the top of the Country Wealth List, with a wealth value of more than 30 million.
One wealth point represented one yuan of recharge. The other party had recharged more than 30 million, leading the second - place by 20 million, and her privilege level had reached VIP8.
Lincoln's total wealth value had also exceeded 3 million and he was currently ranked eighth. But he wasn't worried at all.
There was still a week left, and it was only a matter of time before his wealth value exceeded 30 million.
"Sorry, Empress. This time, I'll take the top spot on the wealth list," he said to himself with a slight smile on his lips.
After looking at the wealth list, Lincoln focused his attention back on his territory.
After just upgrading from VIP6 to VIP7, his privilege bonus had increased again, and the upper limit of the territory range had been raised from 20% to 30%.
Calculating like this, the upper limit of his territory range had also increased from the previous 240 grids to 260 grids.
With the hard work of the villagers, the extra empty grids were quickly cleared.
The conditions for upgrading to a level - 3 village were as follows: 1 blacksmith shop, 1 militia camp, 1 initial hero, 30 ordinary civilian houses, 3000 gold coins, 3000 pieces of wood, 3000 pieces of stone ore, and the territory's population reaching over 300.
Previously, there were too many miscellaneous buildings on Lincoln's territory, and he hadn't deliberately pursued upgrading the village level.
So, his village had remained at level 2 for at least half a month. Now, it was actually quite easy to upgrade.
He wasn't short of basic resources like gold coins and wood, and the civilian houses could be built at any time after the location was planned.
After just completing the task of repelling the wild wolf pack, the abandoned blacksmith shop and militia camp were unlocked.
Just like the abandoned hero tavern, as long as he sent the villagers to repair the abandoned buildings, they could be put into use.
When he clicked on the abandoned buildings that suddenly appeared in the corner, the information of the blacksmith shop and the militia camp appeared on his phone screen:
[Blacksmith Shop]
[Level]: Novice
[Occupied Space]: 4 grids
[Construction Requirements]: 500 gold coins, 500 pieces of wood, 500 pieces of stone
[Construction Time]: 12 hours (with VIP privilege bonus)
[Characteristics]: Strengthen the upgrade of armor, weapons, and gunpowder.
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[Militia Camp]
[Level]: Novice
[Occupied Space]: 4 grids
[Construction Requirements]: 500 pieces of wood, 500 pieces of stone, 300 pieces of iron ore
[Construction Time]: 10 hours (with VIP privilege bonus)
[Characteristics]: 1. Train soldiers: Villagers who pass the training will permanently become soldiers, with their physical fitness comprehensively improved by 10%, and there is a small probability of comprehending combat skills. 2. Combat conscription: Temporarily arm villagers for battle, with a duration of 5 minutes.
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