Chapter 5

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

The old bloody shadow demon wanted to plead for mercy, but it realized that it could not produce any sound.

It endured in silence as the burns of its body became even more painful, and it could only clench its teeth bitterly.

After Zhang Dongyuan threw the bloody shadow aside, his taut heartstrings finally relaxed.

Thank goodness for this Impenetrable Fortress System.

But then again, although it fused with the core fragment of the immortal ruins, I transmigrated here before the game finished development.

With the game being a half-finished product, will there be any flaws in the Impenetrable Fortress System?

Will it be impossible to expand its scope?

Well, no matter what, the Fortress Lord isn’t a small figure and can lead a carefree life.

If it’s dangerous outside the fortress, can’t I just stay inside?

If I had a cell phone and an internet connection, I’m confident I could stay at home forever.

An interesting game, movie, and novel…

Um, these things don’t seem to exist in this world.

More importantly, there are no idiotic online friends…

Zhang Dongyun, who felt relieved, started to let his imagination wander and became more optimistic.

He first attempted to confirm with his memories that most of them were in line with the settings he had made when developing the game in his previous life on the Blue Planet.

For example, he could not bring back Evil Emperor Ming Tonghui to life, but he could treat injured humans.

Apart from the system’s construction quests, he could not create anything out of nothing, but he could create images of light and make them appear real.

He could instantly move anywhere in the fortress over any distance at will without error, but he could not teleport to and from any place outside the fortress…

There were many more similar situations.

However, some aspects were different from the original game.

For example, in the Impenetrable Fortress that Zhang Dongyun had designed in the game, the Fortress Lord could leave a seal on the fortress. When he went out of the fortress, the seal would not weaken.

However, if Fortress Lord Zhang were to leave a seal behind in the real Impenetrable Fortress in this world and go out of the fortress, the seal would gradually weaken.

On the other hand, in the original game settings, it was hard for the Fortress Lord to attack targets outside the fortress. The attack would disappear when it went beyond the fortress walls.

In this real Impenetrable Fortress, if the Fortress Lord were to attack a target outside the fortress and it was beyond the fortress walls, the power would rapidly weaken but not dissipate immediately.

He would still have to test a few more times on how far beyond the fortress walls attacks could go, how long they would last, and the dissipation of the power.

While testing the functions of the Impenetrable Fortress, Zhang Dongyun looked left and right.

The fortress was empty without a single building.

Hmm, I remember there’s a quest system with construction quests and guarding quests.

After completing the quests, Construction EXP and Guarding EXP will be rewarded. After reaching a certain standard, I can expand the scope of the Impenetrable Fortress.

Zhang Dongyun brought up the quest panel through the system in his mind.

[Random Guarding Quest 1.1—Kill or capture the old bloody shadow demon that has entered the fortress.]

[You have captured the old bloody shadow demon and completed Random Guarding Quest 1.1. Rewarded 500 Upgrade EXP.]

[Beginner Construction Quest 1.1—Initialize the districts and streets in the fortress.]

In order to prevent players from exploiting loopholes, Zhang Dongyun had designed the quests so that they could not complete the quests repeatedly with the same intruder.

At the same time, he had also designed for many enemies to enter the fortress together, and the one with the highest cultivation level would be chosen as the quest target. Only when there was more than one target with the highest cultivation realm could it stack.

Now that the system was for his own use, Zhang Dongyun only had one feeling…

Regret! He regretted it very much!

If he could complete his quest repeatedly with the same monster, Fortress Lord Zhang would have killed the old bloody shadow demon eighty times.

The construction quests were even harsher, as he would only receive new quests when he completed the current one to a certain level.

It was impossible to engage in a bunch of jerry-built building projects or low-quality buildings to cheat on EXP.

Upon realizing this, Fortress Lord Zhang regretted it very much once again…

However, the first few construction quests, which were considered newbie welfare, were not too demanding.

The first construction quest was to initialize the streets and districts in the fortress, and it would be better the more reasonable it was.

Someone who had never done any administration or planning would not do well by doing it any which way they wanted.

Zhang Dongyun used the method that he believed would simplify matters the most.

He would form crossroads with the roads and divide the area within the fortress into different sections.

During his previous life on the Blue Planet, he had gotten lost in a large city after turning left and right and reaching a five-way crossroad.

A simple method was more suited for a person like him, who did not have a good sense of direction.

Light floated on the ground, and the main roads emerged and crisscrossed with each other.

Zhang Dongyun actually wanted to have eight horizontal and eight vertical roads, but the fortress was still a little small. Thus, he reduced it by half and had four horizontal and four vertical roads.

When the fortress expanded in the future, he would change and adjust the corresponding facilities.

The system also prepared the underlying construction for water and sewage drainage, doing a pretty good job.

It was highly automated, so the Fortress Lord did not need to worry about it.

[The planning of the fortress’s districts and streets has been completed. You haveYou completed Beginner Construction Quest 1.1. Rewarded 100 Upgrade EXP.]

[Beginner Construction Quest 1.2—Establish your mansion.]

Zhang Dongyun stood in the middle of the fortress and gave orders to the system.

I’ll build my mansion here.

[Please name it.]

According to the Evil Emperor’s memories, the White Cloud Abyss was in Dragon Ridge and within the Eastern Tang Dynasty.

Eastern Tang…

Zhang Dongyun thought about it, and a vile interest suddenly emerged.

He coughed. “Let’s call it the Great Ming Palace.”

Then he looked around as his voice spread throughout the fortress.

“This fortress will be called Chang’an Fortress from now on.”

Upon hearing this grand voice, the struggling disciples of the Cold Mountain Sect and the Mountain Tiger Hall were perplexed and suddenly had a ray of hope.

As everyone watched the golden light flashing in the majestic fortress, many of them actually felt a sense of pilgrimage and could not help but want to worship.

Smoke emerged from the old bloody shadow demon’s body.

It was stunned to hear the words that spread throughout the fortress while being in great pain.

I thought that His Majesty would name it Evil Emperor Fortress, Sun Moon Fortress, or something similar…

The system, on the other hand, completed Zhang Dongyun’s orders without fail.

[Naming successful. Constructing the Fortress Lord Mansion.]

A golden light appeared and landed in the middle of the fortress.

As the old bloody shadow demon and the others were shocked, a big, ancient, majestic, and grand palace appeared out of nowhere and stood in the middle of the fortress.

The inscribed board with the three words ‘Great Ming Palace’ emitted immense light, being even more eye-catching than the sun for a moment.

The light spread all over the fortress and dyed the walls golden.

A word appeared on the walls outside the gates.

Chang’an.

The old bloody shadow demon was once again surprised.

His Majesty absolutely had no means of creating such an enormous palace out of nowhere in the past.

He is truly unfathomable now.

Since even the knowledgeable old demon had this reaction, the reaction of the group of young martial artists was imaginable.

Senior Brother Cao, who was the most stubborn, was dumbfounded. He was so shocked that he almost fell to the ground.

[The Great Ming Palace has been constructed. You have completed Beginner Construction Quest 1.2. Rewarded 200 Upgrade EXP.]

Zhang Dongyun heard the system notification.

He felt apprehensive as he looked at the palace before him.

It was even bigger than the Hall of Supreme Harmony in a certain palace of the Blue Planet.

However, it still felt a little small for a fantasy world.

[The size of your mansion is related to the size of the Impenetrable Fortress. After you upgrade and expand the Impenetrable Fortress, the Great Ming Palace will upgrade as well.]

Upon hearing that, Zhang Dongyun silently nodded.

[Beginner Construction Quest 1.3—Recruit and shelter your first batch of citizens. The population must exceed 10,000 and has to be maintained steadily.]

The system’s voice came once again.

After the two quests containing newbie welfare, the third construction quest became harder right away.

It’s easy to boss people around and manage them, but it’s hard to fulfill their basic needs… Zhang Dongyun thought.

I need an assistant to handle these affairs, a lot of civil servants, a professional secretary…

As Zhang Dongyun was enjoying himself, he suddenly realized that a string of numbers was jumping on the system interface.

He had never set this string of numbers in the game before.

“31,535,457…”

“31,535,456…”