[Ding! Detected Slime Gel * 6 in system space. Replicating… replication successful. Obtained Slime Gel*60,000]
[Ding! Detected Monster Core * 1 in system space. Replicating… replication successful. Obtained Monster Core*1]
[Ding! Detected 4 Copper Coins* in system space. Replicating… replication successful. Obtained Copper Coins*40,000]
[Ding! Detected Gate of Summoning *1 in system space. Replicating… replication successful. Obtained Gate of Summoning*10,000]
Looking at the notifications, Lin Feng became excited.
However, he did not hurry to synthesize anything but opened his territory panel.
[The required materials for the territory core upgrade have been met. Do you want to upgrade?]
Yes.
There was no hesitation.
[Congratulations to Lord Lin Feng for upgrading the territory to level 2. The territory area had increased to a hundred meters.]
[The territory core has been upgraded to level 2 and core durability has been increased to 2000/2000]
[All monsters from the territory have been expelled.]
Looking at the prompt, Lin Feng was ecstatic.
Now he did not need to worry about monsters when searching for the guaranteed treasure chest.
Nonetheless, he was in no hurry and looked at the next upgrade requirements.
[Territory Upgrade Requirements: Wood*200, Stone*200, Monster Core*20]
[Do you want to upgrade?]
There was no need to hesitate; he clicked yes.
[Congratulations, lord, your territory has been upgraded to level 3.]
[Congratulations, lord, your territory has been upgraded to level 4.]
[Congratulations, lord, your territory has been upgraded to level 5.]
After upgrading for three consecutive times, Lin Feng had to stop, not because his resources were less but because there was a new item needed for the next upgrade.
[Congratulations, Lord Lin Feng. Your territory has been upgraded to Level 5.]
[As the first lord to achieve this milestone, a global announcement and special rewards will be issued. Do you wish to conceal your identity?]
Lin Feng decisively chose to hide.
[Global Announcement: A territory has been upgraded to Level 5 for the first time.]
[Lord: Anonymous]
[Rewards issued: Bronze Treasure Chest ×1, Copper Coins ×100, Mist World Reputation +10]
The global announcement echoed three times, shocking every lord.
The next moment all chat channels burst out with messages.
Lin Feng, the one behind this commotion, remained calm and looked at the next upgrade requirements.
[Territory Upgrade Requirements: Wood*1000, Stone*1000, Monster Core*100, Iron*100, Copper Coins*1000]
The number of items required increased greatly but this did not affect him.
What he lacked was only iron.
He did not know if anyone had it or if he would get it from the treasure chest.
Thinking of this, he shifted his attention towards the rewards from the mist world.
To replicate anything, he needed a physical item and the treasure chest did fit this criteria.
It's just that he didn't know if it would work.
There was only one way to find this out.
Lin Feng did not display any hesitation and used his mental power to send the treasure chest inside the system space.
However, the moment the treasure chest was lifted, a bone-piercing pain struck his head.
[Warning! Detected host's spirit attribute is insufficient. To avoid injury, the system space connection is cut off temporarily.]
A soft voice rang out; however, Lin Feng was in no mood as extreme exhaustion struck him.
Instantly after that, he fell unconscious.
When he woke up, a few hours had passed already and he was extremely hungry.
"System, what happened to me?"
He inquired with a frown, suppressing the terrible headache and hunger.
[The spirit attribute of the host is insufficient.]
[To successfully place the bronze-level treasure chest, the host needs a minimum of a thousand spirit attributes.]
The system replied.
"Does that mean I can't copy every item?" he inquired further.
[Yes and no.]
[The host can copy every item, but only if the host can place the item in system space, which requires spirit consumption.]
[The higher the grade of item, the higher the spirit consumption. Although the host can't temporarily copy the treasure chest, the items inside can be if they do not exceed the consumption of spirit.]
The system is explained.
Lin Feng continued inquiring and finally understood.
The treasure chest contains multiple items; furthermore, it was random and linked to the mist world, which was why it required such an astonishing spirit attribute.
For normal items, especially the basic ones, the consumption was almost nothing.
Only high-grade items required a higher spirit attribute.
This was the only limitation.
Rumble~
The hungry roar from his stomach pulled him back from his thoughts. He had consumed all of his spirit before.
To recover, he needed to eat and rest.
He instantly opened the trade channel and found a lot of items were being sold. However, there was no food.
Most of the lords had only received one day of supply from the treasure chest. Although some were lucky to get more, no one was willing to sell.
Even the lords who hunted some animals did not put on the list.
The reason was simple.
There were many who obtained rare items and they were selling them in exchange for a measly amount of food.
"Damn it! My opportunity to be rich was stolen."
Lin Feng cursed with dissatisfaction.
However, who could he blame?
He was being greedy and now suffered a retribution.
"Open the bronze treasure chest," he stated.
[Congratulations, you have obtained Silver Grade Spirit Recovery Potion*1, Iron Grade Recruitment Order*1, 500 ml purified water bottle*1, Instant Noodles*1, Compressed Biscuits*1 and Copper Coins*10.]
Seeing that there was something to eat, Lin Feng felt a little better. But when he thought he couldn't copy anything now, he felt frustrated.
He could take a recovery potion but to use it just for some food, he was unwilling, especially since the potion was silver grade.
"Humph, I should eat rather than thinking about this."
He cast away his thoughts and unwillingly opened the pack of compressed biscuits.
As for instant noodles, he needed fire to cook. Also, he couldn't eat them with hands, right?
He was helpless and while eating biscuits, he started to scroll through the trading section.
Various items were sold.
He almost couldn't resist tapping the buy button; however, he forced himself to calm down because the many items had outrageous prices. Clearly these lords didn't lack food and only wanted some resources.
Of course this didn't pose any problem for him but buying meant exposing his resources.
There were good people but there were also bad ones.
He didn't want to be targeted, especially right now when he was weak.
[Warning!]
[Nightfall is imminent. Dense mist will spread across the land. Monster activity will surge significantly. All lords are advised to remain within shelters to avoid unnecessary losses.]
Suddenly three consecutive warnings rang out, stunning every lord.
Instantly after that, chat channels exploded once again.