Chapter 6

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The announcement in the world chat immediately caused all the lords to speak in anxiety and fear!

[I don’t want to die of hunger before the darkness invades the world.]

[Oh, dear heavens! I wonder what I’ll get, I’m really looking forward to it!]

[What’s there to look forward to? Do you know what you’ll encounter before you even get a chance at the lottery?]

[People like us shouldn’t hope for the lottery. Staying alive is already a good enough outcome.]

[The one who has a chance of getting it should be that Big Shot who offered 300 units of food to trade, but I can never be sure who he or she is!]

[Is it the one named Su Hao who upgraded his castle previously? He must have a top-tier troop class if he could level up so quickly!]

[Not necessarily! There’s two billion people here. What are the chances of that happening!]

[Hey! Don’t say something so disheartening. Although the top-tier troops are powerful, they still have to rely on tactics, will, and perseverance to resist the invasion of darkness and the beast horde…]

[Just stop lying to yourself, will you?]

…

Su Hao smiled faintly when he saw that.

What other people thought of him was none of his concern.

He had always been clear about his goal—to become stronger.

Be it fame or strength, he wanted both.

He wanted to be strong enough to resist the Eternal Night, and strong enough to save the entire human race from destruction!

Then, he lowered his eyes and looked around the castle.

There was a chill in the fog, a bloody stench in the darkness, and the endless sounds of wild beasts in the night.

The territory was filled with danger from all directions.

Moreover, there were still six days before the darkness invasion.

In the past six days, the Holy Light Bugs had grown stronger outside, but the castle had temporarily lost its protection.

At present, there were only 50 militiamen in the entire castle. However, they did not have any armor or weapons. They might all be strong, but they lacked the ability to protect the castle.

Furthermore, there was not a single arrow tower in his castle.

Su Hao needed to be prepared for every eventuality, regardless of whether it was a wild beast invasion or an invasion by the other lords. The priority was to build two arrow towers in advance to protect his castle.

However, there were only ten stacks of wood and stone in the warehouse, and there was only one ton of coal.

An arrow tower would require 200 stacks of wood and stone, 2 tons of coal, and 50 stacks of iron.

Su Hao, who had experienced the darkness invasion in his previous life, understood the horror of the darkness invasion.

Even though he now had the SS-Class holy light bugs as his main force, he could not do anything to protect it.

The only prerequisite to safety was two arrow towers.

On the other hand, a level one arrow tower could fire one arrow per second.

However, a level two or level three arrow tower could shoot up to two or three arrows per second as its level increased. Furthermore, the arrows that were shot out also dealt higher damage.

Therefore, instead of using the resources to build more level one arrow towers, it was better to build two and use the resources to level up later.

With that in mind, he decided to trade the food the Holy Light bugs had caught for some of these materials.

Then, he would wait for his militia to bring back wood and other resources before assessing his situation.

At the same time, the power of the 10,000 Holy Light Bugs was still growing in the darkness!

They were constantly multiplying and devouring!

The corpses of the wild beasts appeared in the castle one by one, and he also gathered the energy and rewards bit by bit.

Su Hao took a look at his own energy value on the panel.

After more than a day, the tens of thousands of Holy Light Bugs had grown several times stronger, and the number of wild beasts they had killed had also increased!

Dozens turned into the hundreds, and hundreds turned into the thousands!

However, in just over a day’s time, Su Hao’s energy value had increased to 957!

It was insane!

The last time around, Su Hao’s energy value was only 320, yet it had increased by almost three times in just one night!

He was only shy of 43 energy points from the upgrade requirements.

He knew that he was going to level up any moment now with the exponential growth rate of his energy points.

As expected, he received a message the next second!

[Congratulations, you’ve obtained 53 points of energy, bringing your points to 1100 points in total. You’ve met the 1000-points condition for the upgrade!]

[Lord Level: Level One]

Then, a golden light suddenly appeared on Su Hao’s body.

Su Hao suddenly felt a powerful energy moving within his body.

He felt that his strength had increased several times in an instant, and his physical fitness had also become stronger.

When the golden light dissipated, his level had also increased from zero to one.

Then, another sentence appeared in Su Hao’s vision.

[After being promoted to level one Lord, you have the right to name your castle. Please name your castle.]

Su Hao did not have to ponder much over it. Since his troop type was that of the Holy Light Bug, his castle would also take after that name.

He replied indifferently, “Holy Light Castle.”

[Congratulations, you’ve successfully named your castle!]

[The Holy Light Castle is born! His reputation has greatly increased!

[Warehouse has been expanded. Capacity increased to 300 units!]

[Troops’ movement speed and summoning speed will be doubled!]

Su Hao looked indifferently at the words on the panel and made a simple analysis.

The expansion of the warehouse was indeed very beneficial to him, because he still had to trade many physical resources. He was also planning to collect meat, skin, teeth, and other parts from wild beasts.

He needed to use the warehouse for storage, so the expansion of the warehouse boded very well for his convenience.

The movement speed and summoning speed were also helpful to him.

Even though the Holy Light bugs were fast, the benefit of his added help was obvious to all.

It used to take 10 minutes to summon the Holy Light Bugs, but that time had decreased to five minutes.

If he was at risk of danger in the castle and could not protect himself in a short span of time, he could easily summon them back in the shortest time possible to thwart any danger to his life.

In short, becoming a level one lord brought only benefits.

Su Hao thought it was all over, but was caught by surprise when he saw the image of a gift pack on the virtual template!

[Upgrade conditions have met the gift pack’s requirements!]

[Mythical gift pack: 600,000 top-up]

[The gift pack contains: Wood x 2000 stacks, Stone x 2000 stacks, Iron x 500 stacks, Coal x 20 tons, and one Holy Healing Spring.]

[Would you like to purchase?]

[Yes/No]

“Yes!”

Su Hao answered immediately as his eyes lit up.

Although the gift pack cost him almost all his gold coins, he felt that it was worth it.

In terms of the amount of wood, stone, and iron, those resources were enough for him to upgrade his arrow tower!

However, Su Hao was happiest to receive a Holy Healing Spring in the gift pack!

In his previous life, the Holy Healing Spring, which could only be exchanged for 1000 energy stones and 10 mutant crystals, had now appeared directly in the gift bag.

For the record, the healing power of the Holy Healing Spring was something that no other medicine could hope to compare to!

Besides, there was no guarantee that one out of 100,000 lords would be able to accumulate 1000 energy stones and 10 mutant crystals. It was extremely difficult.

However, the SSS pay-to-win talent allowed him to get it by simply making payment.

For Su Hao, this saved him a lot of trouble.

The Holy Healing Spring was a spring formed naturally by heaven and earth. The spring water gave off a delicate fragrance that could regrow skin and bones, replenish blood, and fight off all kinds of diseases!

With it, if his summoned creatures were injured in the battle against the invasion of darkness, it could always come back to get its injuries healed!

His militia benefited from it as well!

They would be able to recover as long as they drank the Holy Healing Spring’s water!

However, there was only one restriction—if any of his troops or militia died, they could not be saved.

Thus, Su Hao’s possession of the Holy Healing Spring meant that his troops and militia would be able to recover from their injuries—no matter how serious—as long as they were still alive and breathing!