[Ding: Do you wish to open the sss-rank abyss difficulty score treasure chest?]
The system prompt sounded.
"Open it." Su Ye licked his lips and looked at the treasure chest in front of him.
[Ding: You have obtained High-Grade Meat Resource Card X10]
[Ding: You have obtained origin crystal X1000]
[Ding: You have obtained Gold Coin X10000]
[Ding: You have obtained High-Grade Wonder Building: innate spirit source lake!]
[Ding: You have obtained Unique Wonder Building: Chaos Spring Eye!]
"Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap!!!" Listening to the system prompts, Su Ye finally understood the true value of the novice period Lord BUFF.
The resource cards spoke for themselves; each High-Grade Meat Resource Card contained a thousand tons of high-grade meat resources!
This stuff was hard currency even among high-tier lords. troops weren't just a matter of a few or a few dozen; generally, a troop legion unit consisted of at least ten thousand units.
A thousand-ton meat resource card might seem like a lot, but in reality, the daily consumption of a high-tier lord's troops exceeded ten high-grade food resource cards.
There was no need to say much about gold coins and origin crystals; for Su Ye, the more of these, the better.
The main focus was on the two wonder buildings at the end—one high-grade, one unique. Wonder building grades were divided into seven levels: Low-Grade, Mid-Grade, High-Grade, Rare Treasure, Exotic Treasure, Divine Object, and Unique.
A common lord would be lucky to have a single low-grade wonder in their entire life.
There was a saying in the Lord World: Wonders are a lord's foundation.
One could imagine just how significant wonders were.
Su Ye began to examine the two wonder buildings.
Name: innate spirit source lake
Grade: High-Grade
Area: Diameter 100m—100,000m (Adjustable by the Lord)
Form: Circular
Trait: Eternal Spirit Source (Continuously gathers spirit source, never runs dry)
Function: Soaking can increase the strength of troops.
...
"Ridiculous." Su Ye looked at the functions and traits of his innate spirit source lake.
The trait needed no explanation; 'never runs dry' said it all. As long as it wasn't destroyed by external forces, it would exist forever.
Most importantly, it increased the strength of troops—that was the key.
The primary way for troops to increase their strength was by slaying monsters. For example, Lilith and the others had already reached black iron 3-Star.
Don't think that's high, and don't think it's low.
First of all, Lilith and the others were God-tier troops, which meant they required more resources to level up than ordinary troops, so it wasn't low.
Secondly, Lilith and the others had been slaughtering for a full hour, and they were all monsters higher than their own level. Reaching black iron 3-Star really wasn't considered high.
For Su Ye, this wonder solved a lord's biggest problem: the subsequent cultivation of troops.
troops needed to kill monsters to increase their strength—simply put, to gain experience. Newly recruited troops, regardless of their rank, were all black iron 1-Star when first summoned.
This meant that newly recruited troops required new resources for cultivation.
Therefore, both novice lords and high-tier lords faced the same issue: the problem of cultivating newly recruited troops.
With this wonder, Su Ye didn't have to worry about the levels of his newly recruited troops.
Even if the increase was slow, it was acceptable. At the very least, Su Ye wouldn't have to worry about resources for leveling up troops, at least not in the short term.
Su Ye looked toward the Chaos Spring Eye.
Name: Chaos Spring Eye
Grade: Unique
Area: Diameter 10m
Trait 1: Never Runs Dry
Trait 2: Water of Life (Can heal any injury or curse)
Trait 3: Light of Evolution (Plants and animals within your territory have a chance to evolve)
Trait 4: Favorable Weather (No natural disasters will occur in your territory)
Trait 5: Chaos Halo (Your troops receive 99% reduction to all elemental damage while within the territory)
Trait 6: Devouring Evolution (Can devour other wonders to birth new traits)
...
Su Ye looked at the Chaos Spring Eye, a glint in his eyes: "Is this a Unique Wonder? I love it, I love it."
None of the six traits were useless, and the key was that it could devour other wonders to gain new traits.
Su Ye looked at his territory.
Aside from the grass, there were only two buildings left, one of which was a dilapidated wooden shack (the lords mansion).
Su Ye directly exercised his lord's authority.
A lake about a hundred meters in diameter appeared within Su Ye's territory.
The water was crystal clear, filled with spiritual rhythm, though there were no living creatures inside yet.
Wonder: innate spirit source lake!
Then, a spring eye emerged. Out of thin air, a fountain built of chaos-colored jade appeared next to the lords mansion.
Under Su Ye's deliberate modification, the water gushing from the spring eye flowed slowly into the Spirit Source Lake.
The light of chaos shone upon Su Ye's territory, and the entire territory seemed revitalized, as if layered with something indescribable.
"Not bad." Su Ye nodded with satisfaction as his territory gained two more wonder buildings.
It was just the beginning, so not much could be seen yet; the Chaos Spring Eye required the accumulation of time to show its true effects.
Beside him, Lilith's eyes lit up as she looked at the suddenly appearing lake.
"Lord God Emperor, may we go for a swim?" Lilith approached Su Ye and asked softly.
"Of course you can. It was prepared for you all anyway; it can increase your levels," Su Ye said with a smile.
Lilith looked even more satisfied. Originally, she just wanted to take a bath and relax after the battle, but if it could increase her strength, that was naturally even better.
Su Ye didn't notice Lilith's expression; instead, he looked toward the Fallen Heaven Sanctuary.
Now that he had origin crystals, he naturally wouldn't waste time. Every day of the novice period was extremely precious.
"You all go bathe first. Lilith, you come with me," Su Ye said to Lilith.
The other Original Sin Fallen Angels looked at Lilith with envy, then headed to the Spirit Source Lake together, preparing to wash up properly. After all, they had just experienced an intense battle—well, more like a one-sided slaughter—and they had some sweat or the smell of blood on them. It was normal to want a bath.
"Lord God Emperor, are you preparing to reward this concubine? I am already prepared." Lilith looked at Su Ye with a smile on her face.
Su Ye: "..."
"As for the reward, we'll talk about it tonight," Su Ye said to Lilith, leading her directly to the Fallen Heaven Sanctuary.
Upgrading the Fallen Heaven Sanctuary required 100 origin crystals.
Su Ye currently had quite a few origin crystals, totaling 3,100.
[Ding: Do you wish to upgrade the barracks: Fallen Heaven Sanctuary?]
"Upgrade," Su Ye said in a low voice.
[Ding: 100 origin crystals deducted. Your barracks: Fallen Heaven Sanctuary is currently Level: 2. You may view the specific attributes yourself.]