Ye Yun, with a gentle flick of his flowing wings, soared into the sky above Yun Tian City, gazing down upon the land with a surging heart.
From this day forward, this continent would be his domain! A domain that could secure endless wealth for the human race!
Among the myriad races of the cosmos, humanity was in decline, yet internal strife and intense competition plagued them. From what he understood of the Divine Race, humanity's strongest were almost all in the Divine Realm, powerful, yes, but ultimately subservient. This was even more true for Blue Star.
However, starting today, the predicament on Blue Star would be completely shattered by Ye Yun!
Ye Yun immediately channeled nearly a million drops of Flood Beast essence blood to the Golden Crow, followed by the four accumulated drops of Dragon Blood to the Black Ant. The potent energy instantly caused the Golden Crow's attributes to skyrocket, while the Black Ant once again fell into slumber.
A thousand-zhang ant, with a pair of tiny wings, lay sprawled across the sky above Yun Tian City, its breaths stirring gusts of wind.
Reading the system prompts, Ye Yun felt a surge of satisfaction. The gains from this expedition were staggering, with spirit stones alone reaching 170 trillion! This surpassed the combined gains from his previous four expeditions. While not comparable to the Divine Realm, this income was terrifying for even the most powerful monster players, equivalent to 170 trillion attribute points!
Ye Yun directly purchased 110 trillion attribute points. Coupled with the 90 trillion attack points gained from leveling up, he allocated all 200 trillion to his defense.
As for the remaining 600 billion, 100 billion was set aside for building teleportation arrays in subordinate cities, while the rest was used to nurture the high-ranking members of the Dragon Palace. He did not want the entire Blue Star facing other races with everyone else being mere one-hit fodder besides himself.
"Master, twelve territories wish to apply to become our subordinate cities. What are your thoughts..."
As soon as Ye Yun landed, Yue Di, accompanied by a group of people, rushed to greet him.
"You handle these matters," Ye Yun waved his hand dismissively.
"But they find my proposed profit-sharing ratio for subordinate cities too high, especially one of them, a two-star Diatom City. Their leader is demanding a fifty-fifty split," Yue Di said softly, hesitant to make a decision that would significantly impact Ye Yun's interests.
"Get lost! Fifty-fifty? No matter how strong they are, if they wish to profit in the New Mortal Continent, they must adhere to my rules! This is not a marketplace. Anyone who tries to haggle will be rejected."
"If they continue to whine, tell them I will personally pay them a visit!"
Hearing Yue Di's report, Ye Yun was instantly enraged. Damn it, I've already shown them enough courtesy, and they still want to negotiate? What are they thinking!
According to the plan devised by Ye Yun and Yue Di, the area within 30,000 kilometers of Yun Tian City would be under the jurisdiction of the Moon Shadow clan within Yun Tian City. In the future, when Blue Star humans entered this area, administrative authority would be transferred to the Dragon Palace. This region would be the future center of power for the New Mortal Continent.
The area from 30,000 to 100,000 kilometers around Yun Tian City would be governed by the Seven Clans, under the command of Yun Tian City's leader.
The region from 100,000 to 200,000 kilometers would be allocated based on the overall contribution value of various races. Once a certain standard was met, it would be taken over by the top seventy races ranked by contribution value, subject to the checks and balances of the seven major clans.
In essence, Ye Yun intended to establish a highly centralized system in the New Mortal Continent, a system solely dedicated to the interests of Blue Star's human race.
Most importantly, it was for the benefit of the Dragon Palace members! He aimed to cultivate Dragon Palace members into powerhouses capable of assassinating alien races before the global human strength became generally low and attracted the attention of other races!
"Master, I will arrange it immediately!" Yue Di, sensing Ye Yun's anger, dared not utter another word and quickly turned to make arrangements.
Ye Yun turned and entered his mansion, opening the attribute panel for Yun Tian City.
"System Prompt: Does the player wish to consume 51,200 Territory Expansion Tokens to upgrade the territory 'Yun Tian City' to a one-star city?"
"Confirm!"
"System Prompt: Congratulations to player 'Jieming' for being the eleventh player to upgrade their territory to a one-star level. The full map of the New Mortal Continent is automatically unlocked. The player is rewarded with one City Guard Turret."
"Note: The full map can only display the level and distribution of Flood Beasts and Savage Beasts across the entire New Mortal Continent. It cannot display information related to players and their established territories."
Ye Yun was unconcerned with the system's prompt. His only focus was on population capacity and spirit stones!
One-star territory - Area: 13 square kilometers, can accommodate 38,400 players or pets. (Can be upgraded using Territory Expansion Tokens to increase territory size. Territory size is not directly related to territory level. Given the player's current territory status, it is strongly recommended to expand the territory area!!)
Ye Yun looked at the remaining more than 15,000 Territory Expansion Tokens and used them all to expand the territory's area to 170 square kilometers!
One fell swoop! This was equivalent to the area of Zhengzhou City. It could accommodate not just thirty thousand people, but ten times or even a hundred times more!
Territory Expansion Tokens in Ye Yun's hands primarily served these two functions. He had no intention of building new functional structures.
However...
Real estate, restaurants, hotels, these could still be pursued.
Especially hotels, given the diverse exotic cultures and the game's realism...
Yes, though morally questionable, it was about making money! Damn it, one spirit stone per night, stay if you want!
Anything that could generate profit, Ye Yun would not miss!
After constructing a hotel, a restaurant, and ten courtyards occupying five mu each, Ye Yun built a residential community filled with Blue Star style. All of it was open for rent to the city dwellers!
A courtyard cost ten spirit stones per cycle, a single apartment in the community cost one spirit stone, and a suite cost two.
As for the restaurant and hotel, they directly recruited city dwellers as service staff, providing them with a certain remuneration.
After all, Ye Yun had cleared the surface creatures with a single skill, leaving them with ample free time.
Ye Yun's series of actions left both the citizens of Yun Tian City and its subordinate cities stunned, dampening much of their recent joy and enthusiasm. The only thought in everyone's mind was: the City Lord is desperately poor!
However, they had still underestimated his shamelessness.
Ye Yun directly opened Yun Tian City to the public. All players entering Yun Tian City who were not citizens of the main city had to pay an entrance fee of ten million gold coins. The fee was halved for citizens of subordinate cities teleporting in.
Most importantly, he turned the contribution point threshold for applying to become a main city citizen from a fixed 2,000 points to a dynamic one, increasing by 50 points daily based on the 2,000-point foundation. Henceforth, all players who worshipped Ye Yun's main god statue in the main city once could accumulate 2 contribution points.
"I kind of regret joining Yunyi City. Is it still possible to quit?" a player covered in fur asked, looking bewildered and helpless.
"Damn it, I'm only 50 contribution points short! Dammit! I'll try to catch the last train today!"
"Holy crap, the City Lord's move is absolutely brilliant! I, Old Gui, am convinced. As expected of a race revered as the crystallization of wisdom. It's just... damn, I feel like crying. I don't think I'll ever be able to enter the main city in this lifetime."
All players who received the news were in an uproar.
"The City Lord truly seems desperate for money!" Even Yue Di couldn't help but sigh.