Chapter 31: Chapter 31 Corpse Processing Plant
Fang Jie's generosity instantly sparked a lot of reactions.
Previously, Fang Jie had merely hung up a portion of the goods, requiring others to scramble for them, and even demanded farmers in exchange. But now things were different; with just blueprints, it seemed that one could trade for many Skull Soldiers to use.
These were a significant number of Skull Soldiers that could be immediately converted into one's own fighting force.
At a time when troop strength was lacking, the potential impact of using the Undead on other troop types was not even considered. The first priority was to preserve the Territory before thinking about other matters.
"Boss, I have a wall-brick blueprint here, can I trade it for a hundred Skull Soldiers?"
"That's rather limited in use, a hundred is too much; I'll give you thirty."
The other party thought it over and seemed to agree, then directly indicated the deal was done.
"Damn, I've also got a wall-brick blueprint, can we trade, Boss?"
"No need, I've already got one," Fang Jie said without hesitation.
"Ah, if only I had acted faster."
"Boss, Boss, I've got a blueprint for making toilets." Suddenly, many people rushed over to trade.
Fang Jie refused no one, trading at a set price for anything he didn't have. Unfortunately, most were everyday household items, and he hadn't seen any truly valuable blueprints.
Nobody was a fool; unless it was absolutely necessary, who would sell at a low price the treasure blueprints that could be worth a lot in the future?
"I have a hundred Iron Swords here, anyone interested? The price is negotiable."
That was directed at him, Fang Jie thought. Though an Iron Sword was indeed much more effective than a bone Longsword, it was too few in number. A hundred swords—what use were they when he commanded hundreds of thousands of Skull Soldiers?
"I don't need them; ask someone else."
The seller appeared disappointed and then went to find other buyers.
The Iron Swords sold out quickly, but the seller wasn't too pleased, as he had only traded for Resources, not troops. Besides Fang Jie, no one was really selling troop strength.
The trading went on for most of the day; besides trading, Fang Jie was also busy with the Fission of Skull Soldiers.
It wasn't long before Fang Jie noticed that the Corpse Processing Plant had been built.
Corpse Processing Plant (Black Iron Level) could process various biological corpses to obtain more Corpse materials and more spirit points. After processing, corpses could be converted into Undead units faster and preserved better.
Building requirements: Stone 300 units, Wood 500 units, Solid Stone 100 units, Hardwood 100 units, Yin Gathering Stone 200 units, Leather 100 units, spirit points 1000 units, Material Warehouse
Like his own Material Warehouse, it was directly at the Black Iron Level, incapable of further upgrades.
Then, Fang Jie began the experiments by throwing Corpse units into it and, on the other side, grayish-black blocks emerged. Each block represented a unit of Corpse Bones.
"Processing the corpses here indeed yields more," Fang Jie carefully calculated. With a small number, it wasn't very noticeable, but with a large amount, the difference was clear.
Additionally, larger corpses yielded more blocks.
Had he not known what these were, Fang Jie would have wanted to pick them up and take a closer look.
But remembering they were made from corpses, he lost that desire.
Afterwards, Fang Jie had the Skull Soldiers place these blocks into the Skeleton Conversion Field, and found that using these blocks indeed greatly accelerated the creation of Skull Soldiers.
This speed was at least 30% faster than before.
With a limited number of buildings, this equated to a significant increase in the growth rate of his troop strength.
Fang Jie was now feeling his Territory a bit cramped. Functional Buildings could only be built within his Territory. So although there was no limit to the number of buildings, there were hidden restrictions.
If all construction slots were filled, there would be no room for higher-tier buildings in the future.
"We need to build more warehouses, otherwise there's nowhere to put all this stuff." Looking at the grayish-black Corpse Bone Blocks, Fang Jie knew they could be stored in the warehouse.
Keeping them in the warehouse would ensure they were almost entirely free from loss.
However, if left outside for a long time, they would deteriorate and suffer some losses. The blocks weren't large, but Fang Jie was a bit uncomfortable at the thought of storing them in the same warehouse as his food and other supplies.
He decided it would be better to build new ones.
Continuously throwing farmers into the Skeleton Conversion Field would lead to material losses over time. The more the quantity, the greater the loss. Now, that problem was essentially solved.
The Corpse Processing Plant operated rapidly, quickly processing the farmers thrown into it.
"Indeed, just like some wood, not a scream to be heard."
Fang Jie shook his head, no longer treating these farmers as conventional creatures.
The trading continued, so Fang Jie stayed busy.
When evening approached, a group of Skull Soldiers rushed in, the leader raising a beast-hide to place in front of Fang Jie. He took it and unfolded it.
"The Southern forces are Beastman, led mainly by Werewolves; they've joined forces with Arrow Pigmen and Lizardmen, preparing to launch an assault on us."
This was written by Fang Hao; despite being just a Skeleton, when elevated to a Hero Unit, Fang Hao had learned to write and speak basic skills.
But as a Skeleton, Fang Hao was rather silent and didn't talk much.
If you could say that the produced troop types were nearly indistinguishable from puppets, then breaking through their limits to become Hero Units meant they could be treated as normal creatures.
"Beastmen, indeed. But to join forces to confront me, what's going on here?"
Fang Jie was surprised; taking the beast-hide, he erased its contents and wrote anew.
"Continue investigation, find out all their motives, and report back to me."
Having written his instructions, Fang Jie rolled up the beast-hide and had a Skull Soldier take it back. But after this, Fang Jie became somewhat preoccupied. Even as the trading went on, his mind would wander.
This was a large-scale war, completely different from the small skirmishes he was used to.
He wondered if these Beastmen and their troops were similar, if they all possessed high intelligence, and whether killing them would cause a psychological burden. No, that was wrong; they were the enemy, he shouldn't be thinking such useless thoughts.
"When the crucial time comes, even if they were humans, I'd have to confront them. Let's use this occasion to adapt," Fang Jie told himself.