The last Centaur Battlewalker fell.
Yarrick pulled his Chainsword from the corpse.
Blood was flung onto the ground by the high-speed rotating teeth.
Around the Tier 4 Gold Mine, corpses were everywhere.
All five military banners belonging to the ordinary Political Commissars had fallen.
This battle had cost the Steel Legion two hundred and seventy-five casualties.
The price was heavy.
Ding!
[Congratulations to Lord Leo for successfully capturing the Tier 4 Gold Mine!]
[The Tier 4 Gold Mine now belongs to your territory!]
A golden light suddenly filled Leo’s vision.
[Global Announcement!]
[Congratulations to Lord Leo of the North America for being the first lord in the world to capture a Level 4 neutral resource point!]
[Obtained the World’s First Capture reward!]
[Gold Coins: 15,000!]
[Iron Ore: 15,000!]
[Food: 15,000!]
[Wood: 5,000!]
[Mercury: 500!]
[Crystals: 500!]
[Sulfur: 500!]
[Gems: 500!]
[Northern America Announcement!]
[Congratulations to Lord Leo for being the first lord in the North America to capture a Level 4 neutral resource point!]
[Obtained the North America’s First Capture reward!]
[Gold Coins: 3,000!]
[Iron Ore: 3,000!]
[Food: 3,000!]
[Wood: 1,000!]
[Mercury: 100!]
[Crystals: 100!]
[Sulfur: 100!]
[Gems: 100!]
The announcement played three times consecutively.
The public chat channel exploded instantly.
“Holy crap!”
“How many hours has the server been open?”
“Someone already took down a Tier 4 neutral resource point?”
“I don’t even dare touch the Tier 2 mine next to my territory!”
“It’s Leo again!”
“Does this guy have inside information?”
“The person above is right!”
“Eighty thousand combat power just a few hours after the server opened, and now he’s the first to capture a Level 4 resource point. Something’s not right!”
“Look at the rewards!”
“Fifteen thousand Gold Coins, fifteen thousand Iron Ore, fifteen thousand Food!”
“Five hundred of each of the four rare resources!”
“How is this even playable?”
“Won’t so many resources make him directly invincible?”
Messages came one after another.
Leo had no interest in explaining.
The resource panel had already popped up.
[Gold Coins: 18,720]
[Iron Ore: 18,007]
[Wood: 18,050]
[Food: 18,150]
[Mercury: 720]
[Crystals: 724]
[Sulfur: 724]
[Gems: 730]
Looking at the numbers, Leo was in a pretty good mood.
It was only the first day of the server launch.
Others were still haggling over a few hundred units of Wood in the Auction House.
He already had more than eighteen thousand Wood.
The Tier 3 Imperial Frontline Command was still under construction.
[Remaining Construction Time: 5 hours 11 minutes]
Leo casually opened the subsequent upgrade interface.
[Tier 4 Imperial Frontline Command]
[Upgrade Requirements]
[Gold Coins: 5,000]
[Iron Ore: 3,500]
[Wood: 5,000]
[Food: 1,500]
[Mercury: 50]
[Crystals: 50]
[Sulfur: 50]
[Gems: 50]
All resources met!
Once construction of the Tier 3 Command finished, Tier 4 would begin construction immediately!
By then, the production restrictions on Tier 4 troops in the Armageddon Steel Legion War Fortress would also be lifted.
Stormtroopers.
Chimera armored transports!
Leo closed the panel.
His gaze fell back onto the resource bar.
Troops were still the most important thing right now.
This could be seen from the battle he had just finished.
Although they could fight enemies above their level, the casualties were too heavy.
“War Fortress.”
“Continue recruiting.”
[Armageddon Steel Legion Infantry Squad × 50]
Five hundred!
[Consumes 2,000 Gold Coins]
[Consumes 1,000 Iron Ore]
[Consumes 1,000 Food]
Five hundred brand-new Steel Legion soldiers quickly formed.
Leo continued giving orders.
[Political Commissar × 5]
[Consumes 300 Gold Coins]
[Consumes 250 Iron Ore]
[Consumes 50 Food]
For every one hundred soldiers, one Political Commissar was assigned.
The five hundred men were divided into five companies!
Leo looked over the reorganized teams one by one.
This was just the beginning.
Five thousand people in the future.
Fifty thousand people.
Five hundred thousand people.
The legion would only grow larger and larger.
“All troops that participated in the battle, return to the territory.”
“Resupply ammunition.”
“Inspect equipment.”
The order was quickly passed down.
During this battle, the lasguns had fired continuously.
The Grenadiers had almost never ceased fire.
Yarrick’s Storm Bolter had been completely emptied.
When all the soldiers appeared at the War Fortress, they carried standard equipment and their initial ammunition.
That did not mean their ammunition was infinite.
Once it was used up, it still had to be replenished.
Inside the War Fortress was a small military production area.
It was capable of producing standard ammunition, repairing weapons, and replenishing some military supplies.
A war involving several hundred people could still be sustained.
But once the army reached several thousand troops, this production speed would no longer be enough.
Leo swept his gaze over the blood-stained soldiers returning to the territory.
“Military factory.”
They had to acquire more military-industrial buildings as soon as possible.
Large military factories had to be built.
Ammunition supply was only the most basic requirement.
Better laser weapons.
Heavy firepower.
Armor.
Special ammunition.
All of these could be equipped on ordinary soldiers.
Tier 1 troops were cheap.
But advanced equipment could continuously be added to them.
Spend fewer resources recruiting advanced troops.
Arm the massive numbers of ordinary soldiers.
They could still fight just as well!
The more Leo thought about it, the more satisfied he became.
“I am truly a genius.”
The Tier 4 Gold Mine had already been captured.
Naturally, it could not be left empty.
“Recruit ten territory residents.”
[Resident × 10]
[Consumes 500 Gold Coins!]
The order was sent out.
Leo led the newly organized troops forward.
Before they had gone far, ten figures had already rushed over from the direction of the territory.
Just as Leo was about to have them take over the Gold Mine, his gaze suddenly stopped.
These ten people…
They were completely different from Old John and the others.
Heavy miner helmets.
Grayish-black protective suits.
Goggles.
Breathing filtration devices.
Miner’s tools hung from their waists.
Mechanical drills were strapped to their backs.
Two of them were even pushing small pieces of ore-detection equipment.
Leo was slightly stunned.
“Residents?”
He directly opened the panel.
[Imperial Miner]
[Resident Unit]
[Equipment: Advanced Miner Set]
[Equipped with mechanical drills, ore-detection equipment, professional protective gear, and a complete set of extraction tools]
[Trait: Advanced Extraction]
[When extracting mineral resources, work efficiency is 15 times that of ordinary residents!]
“Fifteen times?”
Leo looked at it again.
He had not misread it.
Fifteen times!
After the headquarters had transformed into the Imperial Frontline Command, the residents newly recruited from within it had actually changed as well!
Ten Imperial Miners.
Calculated by work efficiency, they were equivalent to one hundred and fifty ordinary residents!
Leo looked at the mechanical drills on their backs.
This was just a group of residents.
They were not even some special troop type.
Fifty Gold Coins each!
“Good stuff.”
“Go take over the Gold Mine, quickly!”
The ten Imperial Miners immediately took action.
The Tier 4 Gold Mine quickly resumed production.
Leo also checked his resources again.
[Gold Coins: 15,920]
[Iron Ore: 16,757]
[Wood: 6,050]
[Food: 17,100]
[Mercury: 720]
[Crystals: 724]
[Sulfur: 724]
[Gems: 730]
The resources were still frighteningly abundant.
They could completely continue fighting!
…
High Sea.
Inside a newly rented temporary office building.
Donny was sitting on the sofa.
Standing before him were a dozen or so young people.
They were all employees recently transferred over by 1-Height Group.
“The gaming cabins are already being delivered.”
“Don’t mess around after you go in.”
“Follow my arrangements completely.”
“It doesn’t matter if the barracks are poor.”
“Resources can be sold to me.”
“People can also be assigned to the company’s unified command.”
Donny was making arrangements when his cell phone suddenly rang.
“Speak.”
A subordinate’s urgent voice came from the phone.
“Young Master!”
“Something happened!”
“Leo is on the global announcement again!”
Donny frowned.
“It’s him again?”
“He took down a Tier 4 neutral resource point!”
Donny sat straight up.
“Tier 4?”
“Yes!”
“First global capture!”
“Global rewards of fifteen thousand Gold Coins, fifteen thousand Iron Ore, and fifteen thousand Food!”
“Five hundred of each rare resource!”
“There is also a reward from the Northern America!”
Donny did not speak.
Everyone in the room looked at him.
A few seconds later—
“Damn it!”
Donny stood up directly.
Their dozen or so lords had joined forces and taken a tremendous amount of effort just to defeat a Tier 2 Gold Mine.
That Leo…
had already taken down a Level 4 Gold Mine?
“Keep recruiting people!”
“Tell my dad’s side!”
“Transfer more people to me!”
“Keep buying gaming cabins too!”
Donny’s expression became increasingly ugly.
“I refuse to believe it.”
“Hundreds of people thrown in.”
“Can’t catch up to just one of him!”
…
Galaxy.
Leo was already standing on the wasteland again.
Behind him, five Steel Legion companies completed their assembly.
“Send all scouts out.”
“Expand the search range.”
“Gold Mines.”
“Iron Mines.”
“Orc camps.”
“Don’t miss a single one.”
Leo raised his hand and pointed forward.
“Continue expanding!”