But it will take a while for the Tree of Epiphany to grow. Before this, Sebastian also needs to do other things. For example, a second large-scale recruitment took place. With the upgraded territory, there can be 10,000 people, except for the previous thousand; 9,000 people can be recruited.
And after rising to Level 2, another advantage is that he can recruit two species. Except for humans, he can also recruit another creature. No doubt this time, the role of the Cybertronian is too obvious, especially in the current environment. It is still very early to make machines by hand, so they still need the transformation ability of Cybertronians.
So of the 9,000 recruited population, Sebastian directly got 5000 Cybertronian, and almost all the Elite Cybertronians on the Third Continent were taken out. Today's Cybertronian, although a corresponding Civilization has been developed, is still in its infancy. The population is not large. The remaining 4,000, he allocates half of them to the Guardsmen and Scientists of the Astra Militarum.
In a Level 2 territory, it is also natural to face a stronger opponent. And Level 2 supernatural creatures, the weak ones are almost the same as the previous Dark-Patterned Ape, and the strongest is the Super Peak race. In this ancient star battlefield, there may also be Demigods. Even in the Stars Competition finals, Augustus Five-Headed Dragon is difficult to deal with by conventional means.
Sebastian glanced at the territory. After upgrading to level 2, the surrounding environment changed again. There are dense forests, mountains, a wide and turbulent river, and hills and grasslands. What makes Sebastian pay more attention is the huge mountain to the west. Even without being there, Sebastian can feel it. In this huge mountain, there must be extremely powerful supernatural creatures.
Cybertronian is fine, but humans need to be positioned. Catherine and the others suspended the exploration action and proceeded with the development of the territory first. The first is to build a house, and the housing problem of thousands of people has been solved.
"This time..." Catherine glanced at everyone and said, "Our mission of upgrading is to resist a beast tide, so the building must be built firmly."
Everyone has an opinion, and after a brief meeting, they act quickly. Not just building houses, it has to be a fort. Concrete is naturally the first choice as the raw materials for Concrete are very readily available. Steel bars are no problem, but a few simple workshops need to be built first.
5,000 Cybertronians are arranged in one factory and transformed into various machines to get started with full force. New weapons started to be made, so the M4 is already a bit behind. They are getting ready to go straight to the Electromagnetic Rifle, the Gauss Rifle.
After the initial arrangement, a new exploration team is formed. This time it is divided into two groups, each with 500 people. Composed of humans, Giant Kong, Pikachu, Space Kangaroos, and Cybertronians.
Following the previous rules, around the higher-level territory, the value of the items in the treasure chest will be higher. This time, it did not disappoint. From the first treasure chest, a special card was drawn, the Resource Card.
"Resource Card?" Sebastian took a look at the card. There is a line of text on it; it can be exchanged for any desired mineral resource.
"This…" Sebastian couldn't help thinking: "Can it be exchanged for Vibranium? Or Starfall Iron, Tear Stone..."
Sebastian has also investigated these metals, it is only available on Greater Terra, as it is unique to the planet. Sebastian thought about it and gave it a try. The result, there are no surprises; it can't redeem them. Sebastian was speechless. It can only be exchanged for normal Iron ore.
Such good things have been gathered on the outskirts of the territory; this lifts the spirits of the expedition team. At the same time, Sebastian was not idle either. He continues to acquire various treasures in the trading channel. Recruitment Cards and Dice Cards are naturally preferred.
The other Planetary Lords are still Level 1 territories, so these two cards are by far the most precious things. The probability of getting a Recruitment Card is higher. The Dice Card that has been traded since the last time is never seen again.
As capturing supernatural creatures increased, Sebastian also raised the price. This led to many people who took the initiative to trade Recruitment Cards. After several hours, Sebastian traded another twenty Recruitment Cards. This time, Sebastian was not in a hurry; he was waiting to see if there were any Dice Cards.
Sebastian suddenly saw it. From the expedition team, a Recruitment Card was also given, but this Recruitment Card is not the same as the previous ones; this one can recruit not 10 people but 100 people.
Just when Sebastian was busy with various transactions, the Protoss of Ancient Star, the white-bearded old man, was secretly watching the situation on Sebastian's side. Looking at Sebastian's territory, the color in the eyes of the Protoss became more intense.
"Didn't this kid build Infantries and Pilots?" The Protoss muttered to himself, "Why are there only Infantries? What about the stronger unit, Pilots? And what's up with these kongs, yellow rat, and shape-shifting metal life?"
Even if the Protoss lived for so many years, is also well-informed, and has seen almost everything, he still feels deeply puzzled. A Planetary Lord who has just stepped into Level 3, how many species have been created? And each is different.
"A very strange kid." The Protoss made a final comment. "I don't know how long this little guy will take to reach the Third Level?" The white-bearded old man made a guess, "The fastest record at that time was one year. I wonder if this little guy can do it in five years?"
Correct. From First to Second, the fastest time to upgrade is less than an hour. But if you want to go from Level Second to Third, that would be much harder, as they need to resist a beast tide; there may even be a Demigod-level species. Just got promoted to level 2; there are only 10,000 at most, so the strength is not that strong. The beast tide is an almost endless number of supernatural creatures.
The Protoss certainly knew the difficulty. This is from the documented record; it can be seen that a year at the earliest is when most of the top-level monsters are at.
Sebastian naturally didn't know. What he wants is the first upgrade to be successful. From the content of the chat channel, it seems that after someone else upgraded, there is also a choice of three treasure chests, but not as good as Sebastian's.
"Could it be this is a reward for the first place?" Sebastian couldn't help thinking. At this time, the trading channel suddenly became lively again. Because there was a Planetary Lord who was very lucky and got a very rare card, the Time Accelerator Card.
As the name suggests, it can speed up time. How many times to add depends on everyone's luck. Below the post, many people are bidding.
"Nice one." Sebastian immediately quoted his price. He shouted a high price, a supernatural creature of the First-Level Peak. When this price was out, everyone was silent. Then immediately, they all boiled.
"It's the 9527 boss again. This will not give us a way to live, and it will be the First-Level Peak when he comes up."
"Okay, okay, I just know, how can I be, even thinking about grabbing something from the 9527 boss?"
"As expected of the 9527 boss, when he made a move, everyone was terrified."
Everyone is talking, but no one dares to compete with Sebastian. There is no way. He takes less than a day to get from level 1 to level 2, and only Sebastian has a First-Level Peak supernatural creature here.
For the species developed by the Planetary Lords, it is an excellent food. Basically, after swallowing, they can be promoted to the Top level. There are no surprises; the owner of this Time Accelerator Card immediately completed the transaction with Sebastian.
After getting the Time Accelerator Card, Sebastian quickly used it on the Tree of Epiphany, which is still very young. Sebastian was lucky; the speedup quadrupled. That is, the Tree of Epiphany can grow four times faster, adding the effect of the Heart of Plants, and it grows faster.
The expedition team's harvest is not small. In almost every treasure chest, all have good stuff. Most are resource cards, and from time to time, things pop up that he hasn't seen before.
"Huh? A treasure map?" Sebastian saw an item from Fan's latest treasure chest; he could not help but be a little surprised. Do you have this too?
Taking a look at the contents of the treasure map, it turned out to be about a dragon that collected treasures while it was alive, and this place is in a deep cave in a huge mountain range.
Catherine and others were surprised. The huge mountain is not the place for the expedition team to go; it's too dangerous. They keep exploring and opening more chests. The first is the Liquid of Life. This is not something produced by the ordinary tree of life, but rather from the World Tree. It is very good and very powerful, but for the exploration team, it is not at all useful.
The second one made everyone's eyes light up. It is a card; the name is Battle of the Beasts. The text displayed on the card is the number of supernatural creatures that appeared later doubled, and at the same time, the number of boxes also doubled. The effect of this card is a little unexpected; you could say danger and opportunity coexist. To get more treasure chests, you have to deal with more supernatural creatures.
Sebastian directly used this Battle of Beasts Card. Since then, the treasure chest found by the expedition team, two appears together. But there are more supernatural creatures to guard.
The third is also a card, and the effect is even more incredible. The name is Fusion.
"Fusion?" Sebastian raised his eyebrows.
Taking a look at the text displayed on this card, two or more different creatures can be fused into a new species.
Sebastian was a little surprised by this effect and subconsciously remembered, in the finals of the Stars Competition, the Sacrifice Scroll used by Augustus. It seems to have the same effect as the Fusion Card, but the Sacrifice Scroll requires a lot of sacrifices, while the Fusion Card only needs at least two creatures. In terms of value, this type of Scroll is very rare. Every time it appears, they will be madly scrambled by the major powerful Planetary Lords, and the price is ridiculously high.
Sebastian observed the Fusion Card for a while and decided to give it a try. Although the deduction system can know how many species can merge, Sebastian decided to try it himself; it's more fun. The first goal is to be a Cybertronian; these shape-shifting metal figures are the biggest heroes of this place. They are very critical; if not for them, Catherine and the others would be in a bad situation. It is estimated that they are still struggling in the Level 1 territory.
"2 Cybertronian fused." Sebastian used the fusion card. But after a while, nothing happens.
"No?" Sebastian thought about it and decided to try with 3 Cybertronians, but the result is still the same. The Fusion Card still did not respond at all. If unsuccessful, this Fusion Card cannot be consumed. Not 3, then, of course, there are 4. Sebastian went to try up to 12. He just stopped, as they all failed. More quantity, Sebastian is not going to try.
"Generally speaking, the smaller the number, the easier it is to succeed. If you can't with 12, it's probably impossible in the future." Sebastian thought to himself. Since Cybertronians can't merge, Sebastian immediately changed direction. The goal is set on Pikachu. It is still the same as Cybertronian.
First, fuse the 2 Pikachu, and the result failed. 3 Pikachu are also a failure. Up to 12, they all fail. Sebastian reluctantly gave up his attempt on the Pikachu. He does not know what to do. In his mind, Cybertronian and Pikachu are the most likely to succeed in fusion, but this is not the case, as both species failed.
"What about the Giant Kong?" Sebastian looked at a Giant Kong and thought it was unlikely, but he still had to try. The fusion of 2 Giant Kong fails. 3 with the same failure. The number only increases up to 12.
The result this time, Sebastian was expecting it. Giant Kong, at first glance, is not a target that can be combined. The Cybertronian, Pikachu, and Giant Kong have all tried it, so only Space Kangaroos and Humans are left. Humans needn't say much; Sebastian was too lazy to try. You don't need to deduce the system to know.
"Wouldn't it be a Space Kangaroo?" Sebastian looked at the bouncing Space Kangaroos, but it turned out that he thought too much. The Space Kangaroo doesn't work either. Then there's only one possibility left: it takes two different species to be able to fuse successfully.