After looking at the properties of the building several times, Richard turned his attention to the other side.

High-level buildings require heroes to move in to activate the R&D function.

"The development of the territory in the future will be closely related to heroes, and if there are many heroes and strong potential, they will have an advantage in science and technology......"

Fortunately, he recruited Adele, a talented A-rank hero, early on.

So that the technology of the City of Twilight will not fall behind.

Retracting his thoughts, he refocused on the upgraded territory.

Because the population has been stuck for a week, at this time, it is finally possible to upgrade the level.

It's too hard to get a population in the desert.

He had a hunch that future population might be the biggest obstacle to the city's upgrades.

"Ding~ Does it consume 20,000 units of gold, wood, stone, and iron ore to upgrade the territory......"

Confirm.

The moment he made his choice, the Lord's Mansion, which had been emptied, was immediately shrouded in the light of yellow sand.

From the outside, it seems to be covered with a veil of mystery, and it is not real.

At the same time, the bluestone floors of the City of Dusk continued to stretch outward, and the billowing yellow sand was swallowed up...... The territory is expanding rapidly.

After three hours, the light faded.

"Ding~ Dusk City has been upgraded to a second-level small city, and the territory has expanded by 50 open spaces, and the current open space is 56 squares."

Richard looked at the system prompt and was overjoyed.

Previously, upgrading from a Level 3 village to a Level 1 town only expanded by 30 blocks of open space, compared to the higher the level of the province, the scope of each upgrade will increase.

Among the newly built buildings in these days, the brewery occupies 10 blocks of open space, 10 blocks of food workshop, 4 blocks of stables, and 30 blocks of residential houses.

After a series of projects, the remaining 60 spaces in the last upgrade left only 6 open spaces, and now 50 open spaces have been obtained, which greatly relieves the pressure.

To upgrade to a third-level small city, you need 30,000 units of gold, wood, stone, and iron ore, four high-level buildings, and a population of 1,000 people.

The population is enough, but there are less than 50,000 units left in the stats panel.

After several rounds of upgrades, the resources are not enough.

A glance at the territory level rankings, the second-level small city squeezed the ranking of Dusk City into the top 10 million.

At this time, the top 1,000 lords on the leaderboard have all reached level 3 in small cities.

But more than half a month has passed, and the territory that first reached the third-level small city has not yet been upgraded.

Obviously, it's not that simple to move up the ladder.

Lacking resources, Richard didn't bother to continue upgrading the building, and after closing the forum, he suddenly seemed to think of something.

took out the precious 3-star resource treasure from the system space - 100 acres of sand wheat.

Shamai (Resource Treasure)

[Rating]: 3 stars

[Range]: 100 acres

[Characteristics]: It must be planted in the desert, it needs a certain amount of water for irrigation, and it matures once a month.

[Introduction]: A resource treasure exclusive to the desert.

This is the goal of the oasis, but I didn't expect that by mistake, the ruins were finally involved.

The most important thing to do when returning to the territory is undoubtedly to transform the gains gained from going out on expeditions into real combat effectiveness and enrich the heritage of the City of Dusk.

In his heart, he didn't grind much, and came directly to the sand date forest.

This area is the agricultural area of the Dusk City, where future production will be planted.

As far as the eye can see, the lush fruit trees are already full of reddish dates.

Densely packed, string after string.

While it makes people happy, they also have to feel the tenacity of the trunk.

Sheena was in a daze in the woods at this time, and it seemed that it was particularly interesting to look at the fruit-covered date palm trees and the bees flying back and forth.

The fierce aura of the veteran on his body has eased a lot at this moment.

Richard didn't bother this hero, who had a completely different style from the painting during the battle, and came alone to a few hundred meters to the west of ← date forest.

The terrain in this area is relatively flat, and there are no major steep slopes, which is suitable for placing sand wheat.

But even if it's uneven, it's not a big deal...... Super A skills, control the yellow sand, even if you want to do the sand mountain, it is only a matter of moments.

"If these 100 acres of sand wheat are planted, this desert will really become an oasis......

Richard pondered and opened the trading market.

Search...... Spring.

Last week was a dry week, and many lords had a great need for water, and no one hung on it.

After the week of drought, the treasures of this area immediately increased.

Fountain (1-star resource treasure) - Sells for 50,000 units of iron ore

Fountain (1-Star Resource Treasure) - Sells for 48,000 gold coins

Spring......

The quantity is not small, and the price is generally in the range of 4~60,000 resources.

Over the past half a month, the lord players are adapting to this world, and most of them have understood what is precious and what is not valuable.

Fortunately, there are not many lords who need spring water, otherwise the price will be higher.

Richard didn't think much of it, and chose the lowest price to buy, 45,000 units of wood.

After scraping together the resources on his body, he replaced them all with wood, and after purchasing, there were only a few thousand units left.

Poor as a clang.

"Ding~ The transaction is successful, you lose 15,000 units of wood, and you get the spring water (1 star treasure)*1."

When the spring water arrived, Richard buried himself directly in the sand beneath his feet.

The next second.

Puff~

Columns of water with gravel erupted from the ground, bringing out a rainbow in the afterglow of the setting sun.

As the water column gradually lowered, it began to bubble, and the surrounding sand area was soaked and formed into hard lumps, which were then washed away into gravel by the clear water.

Richard touched the drops of water on his face, and happily placed the crystal treasure in his hand in the sand next to the spring.

The clear water slowly flowed onto the treasure......

Bubbling ~ A few bubbles popped up, and a moment later, a verdant seedling poked its head out of the sand.

It then grows upwards at a rate visible to the naked eye.

The birth of life.

Every time Richard saw such a picture, he always felt a whole body feel refreshed.

After the green shoots popped up, he didn't stay long, and immediately turned to leave.

After stepping out of the range of Shamai, I turned around and saw a green seedling emerging from the ground.

On the yellow sandy earth, the seedlings broke the ground.

This contrasting picture is amazing.

The miracle of life.

The area of 100 acres is 10 times wider than that of sand dates.

Ripening once a month, this resource treasure has a great guarantee of food safety in the city of dusk.

These are the fruits of going out to explore, and Richard can't help but feel good.

When I returned to the sand date forest, I called the fat aunt who was in charge of managing the sand dates.

The other party's face, which looked like a red apple cut in half, made him particularly impressed.

"I have placed a god-given thing that can give birth to Changsha wheat in that area, and I will hand it over to you to manage, and if you don't have enough manpower, you will apply to Karui for transfer."

The fat aunt was very excited, and said in that unique quick tone.

"Thank you, Lord of Trust!"

"I will definitely manage the sand date forest and sand wheat well!"

After finishing speaking, he hesitated as if he had thought of something.

"My lord, those poisonous wasps have been eating our bees lately......"

Hearing this, Richard couldn't help but think of the terrifying figure in the dust, constantly waving branches and bombarding the earth.

Ancient Tree of Sin, level 10 boss.

"This matter touches an extremely terrifying existence, and I will solve it after a while......"

"No one is allowed to talk about poisonous wasps anymore, you will supervise ......"

When the fat aunt heard this, she immediately patted her chest firmly, promising not to let others talk about it anymore.

Richard nodded, a little annoyed in his heart.

Sooner or later, he would have to dig up the old tree and plant it in the City of Dusk, and let the poisonous wasps guard the sand date forest.

He still doesn't believe it, and after a period of development, he can't help but get a tree.

The bees that are eaten are considered to have fertilized each other in advance.