Lord of the Myriad Worlds

Chapter 488: Big Data of Mana Monitoring

Time hurried by, and in a flash, another two months had passed.

At this time, it was already the fifth month after the start.

In these two months, still not a single drop of rain had fallen. The drought had become very obvious, and ordinary weeds in The Wilds had begun to wither. The large trees, however, still radiated vitality, because their developed root systems could draw more groundwater.

Even the River hadn't been affected too much.

This state was truly too bizarre and could not be measured by common sense at all.

Therefore, Li Wei had long ago instructed Zhao Qingshan to make early preparations for flood control and drought resistance. As for himself, he had to run around every day, inextricably engrossed in the irrigation operations for the Eight-Hundred-Acre Farmland.

The good news was that after these three months of construction, the main City Wall structure of the Central City had completed its initial pouring. At the same time, the two Medium Fortresses and four Small Fortresses on the hillsides on both sides had also completed their main structural construction, and they had already begun deploying Enchanted Giant Ballistae and Catapults, ready to be put into use at any time.

Among these, the Medium Fortresses could deploy fifty Enchanted Giant Ballistae and ten Enchanted Trebuchets, while the Small Fortresses could deploy twenty Enchanted Giant Ballistae and three Enchanted Trebuchets.

Therefore, at this moment, Li Wei's Temporary Territory was equivalent to already possessing primary defensive capabilities. No matter which direction the enemy came from, they would be met with strikes from ninety Enchanted Giant Ballistae and thirteen Enchanted Trebuchets.

As for where so many Enchanted Giant Ballistae came from, they were, of course, forged and completed Enchantment back in the Flame Territory.With the foundation of the Flame Territory at that time, achieving this was not difficult.

The true problem right now was that the Temporary Territory didn't have a single Magic Power Mine. Otherwise, the Enchanted Giant Ballistae and Catapults would have a steady stream of Mana supply.

Unfortunately, for this matter, they could only wait for Hathaway to return and handle it, or go to Kahndorf Fortress and beg that Mountain Eagle Parker, because he was a Fourth-Tier Mage.

But evidently, that was unrealistic.

Unless he was willing to go to their door and act as a dog.

On this day, Li Wei was standing at the edge of the fields, looking at the irrigation canals and watering the farmland. A four-star myna fluttered over and landed on his shoulder, seemingly transmitting a message to him in a standard broadcasting tone.

"Report! Message from Chiliarch Li Yue, Commander of the Blazing Legion: Lord Archmage Mountain Eagle Parker, owner of Kahndorf Fortress, has sent someone to deliver a message. Recently, a Heavy Cavalry unit with a total force of around four hundred men has been appearing and lingering around our vicinity. It is suspected to be Kahndorf's Heavy Cavalry Legion, which did not appear in the battle three months ago because they were dispatched to wipe out Routed Soldiers and some bandits and mountain thieves at the time."

"Currently, there is somewhat unconfirmed news coming back, suspecting that Kahndorf has once again gathered a massive legion of about five thousand men, intending to retake Kahndorf Fortress. Therefore, Lord Archmage Mountain Eagle Parker hopes that our side will fulfill the Mercenary Accord and assist in defending Kahndorf Fortress when necessary."

Hearing this message, Li Wei wasn't surprised. That day's battle at Kahndorf Fortress was originally Mountain Eagle Parker's side taking advantage of the fact that Kahndorf's Heavy Cavalry Legion was not at home, Striking the Opening to fight a battle—a standard, textbook lightning raid.

At that time, the Heavy Cavalry under Kahndorf were indeed out wiping out various small groups of Routed Soldiers and bandits, being very Carefree and Content. According to what the heartless backstabber Zhang Jinjun said, in the month before that, Kahndorf had captured over a thousand Routed Soldiers.

It was too profitable; Li Wei drooled just hearing about it.

But unfortunately, he simply wasn't qualified to sit at the table and eat.

Those Class Holders and Players with a Routed Soldier Start were thus rapidly wiped out and incorporated batch by batch. Their so-called Imperial Ambition and Grand Delusion ended before they even began.

Moreover, farming Routed Soldiers was too easy. It was like Li Wei playing a Mount & Blade game and starting off by farming bandits and sea raiders. Not only could you farm Gear and money, but you could also farm Reputation.

Four Birds with One Stone, why not do it?

That's right, Li Wei still had 195 points of World Reputation now. Three months ago, he could still rank in the top seventy, but three months had passed, and he was still at 195 points, yet his World Ranking had already dropped to 108th.

What did this indicate?

It indicated that any of the heroes of the chaotic times from the first, second, third, and fourth tiers who had a proper territory start hadn't rested over the past four months.

Speaking of which, if Jiang Xinran hadn't insisted on a Reckless Gamble, playing that trick, and instead chose a sufficiently distant starting location, then their Faction would also definitely be Vibrant and Bewilderingly Lively at this time!

Now look at this: Kahndorf lost one of his half-finished Fortresses, but didn't seem to suffer too much loss. In the blink of an eye, they had assembled another five-thousand-strong army and were coming over.

Talk about infuriating!

Li Wei looked at the farmland behind him. After finishing this final watering, in another half a month, this Eight-Hundred-Acre Farmland would successively mature and be ready for harvest.

When the time comes, the crops produced would be at least Two-Star to start with, with Three-Star being the most, and Four-Star being quite numerous. But as for Five-Star... there was a high probability there wouldn't be any.

Because Li Wei did this intentionally.

Now, as a 5-Star Farmer, with his Farmer Destiny as high as 85 and various supplementary Innate Talents, controlling the maturation stage of the crops from the root was no problem.

It wasn't that he didn't want Five-Star quality crops, but rather that it was too ostentatious. This was a Medium Magic World. He truly didn't dare to guess what a massive amount of Five-Star Wheat would attract.

Four-Star was quite good, able to account for one-tenth of the total yield. The remaining bulk would be Three-Star, accounting for one-third of the total yield, and the rest would all be Two-Star.

This was a very reasonable, healthy, and steady production structure.

By then, his Farmer Destiny might break through 95, or even 100, and his Farmer Experience would harvest over 200,000+ in one fell swoop.

It was truly very satisfying.

But the price was also not small.

Because growing these eight hundred acres of crops from seeds into high-quality Magical Crops was not only an extreme exploitation of the soil's fertility—it wouldn't recover even if planted for three to five years—it was also a violent devouring of the free Mana in the surroundings. After all, even in a Magic World, Mana still followed certain conservation rules.

Li Wei himself had actually sensed this over the past three months. Of course, this sensation wasn't clear; after all, there's a Specialization of Skills.

But when Chekhov and Liu Huan—these two Mana monitoring recorders, magic consultants, and magic advisors—also provided a detailed Mana Fluctuation report, Li Wei had to admit this.

Hmm, these two were originally idle. No matter what they did, they were half-baked and had no room to intervene.

So, starting three months ago, the two of them had begun an around-the-clock monitoring stakeout near the farmland. It was like a hydrological or wind speed measurement station. Since they had nowhere to start, they would start by recording Mana Fluctuations and conducting data observations!

They were still competent in this regard. After all, their Inspiration had currently both reached around +8. In any case, they were the only two Second-Tier Casters in the territory at present.

As a result, after three months of Mana monitoring and recording detailed Mana Fluctuation curves, the two of them actually gained quite a lot.

That fellow Liu Huan even cautiously gave a bold prediction. He said that the reason why it hadn't rained over the past three months was very likely related to Li Wei planting these eight hundred acres of Magical Crops.

It was too sensational.

Chekhov, on the contrary, was more rigorous. He believed that it might be related to the Tier 4 Nature Magic cast by the Fourth-Tier Mage under Kahndorf three months ago, accounting for at least fifty percent of the relationship. But the other forty percent was mostly likely related to Li Wei's eight hundred acres of Magical Crops.

In short, theoretically, a Medium Magic World could not follow the typical climatic changes of spring, summer, autumn, and winter. Perhaps a violent Mana Fluctuation could directly turn midsummer into harsh winter.

It was precisely Chekhov's statement that made Li Wei On High Alert. For the past three months, he hadn't dared to go anywhere, deeply afraid that a drastic climate change would destroy his farmland.

Especially at this crucial juncture, he didn't care what Mountain Eagle Parker said; even if knives fell from the sky, he couldn't leave.

As for his previous promise to go out and patrol for early warnings, he handed it all over to the miniaturized Adai. It was now getting smaller and smaller, becoming only the size of a zebra finch. It flew fast and silently, and was also getting smarter. Sometimes when Li Wei looked at it, he felt as if he was looking at a person.

In short, what he meant was that Adai was sufficiently competent for the patrol, early warning, and reconnaissance tasks.

"My Lord, My Lord! There's a new variation curve for the Mana!"

While he was thinking, Chekhov and Liu Huan ran out from deep within the farmland, barefoot, each wearing a tank top and large underpants, with a Straw Hat on their heads. Those who didn't know would think they were just two old farmers.

Of course, Li Wei was also dressed like this right now. He hurried forward, paying great attention.

"What is the specific situation?"

"My Lord, over the past twenty-four hours, the eighteen monitoring points in the farmland have all detected highly fluctuating Mana oscillation curves. And under normal circumstances, such a curve is no less than a Sequence Two Mana Fluctuation! It's incredible! Is this the power of plants? Is this the magic of Magic? My God, this energy efficiency ratio, this highly efficient conversion of energy, I can't even describe it with words. If this were back in my hometown before the apocalypse broke out, relying on this alone, we'd definitely win a Nobel Prize!"

Liu Huan shouted excitedly. Chekhov, on the contrary, was very calm. "Save it, what Nobel Prize? A Sequence Two Mana Fluctuation—normally speaking, this would kill people! It could effortlessly kill any Ordinary People and ordinary creatures within a five-kilometer radius. Even one-star and two-star Class Holders would feel tremendous heart palpitations and panic, and three-star Class Holders would also feel unwell. But in fact, nothing has happened in the past twenty-four hours, My Lord, do you know what this means?"

"What does it mean?"

Li Wei perfectly played the role of the straight man.

"It means that this terrifying Mana Fluctuation has been stabilized, absorbed, and suppressed by an even more powerful Mana source! And this source is our Central City that is currently under construction, or more accurately, it's that batch of—"

Chekhov didn't finish, but both Li Wei and Liu Huan understood: the Five-Star Stone Mine had the powerful effect of suppressing Mana Fluctuations.

In other words, if it weren't for this batch of Five-Star Stone Mine, Li Wei's eight hundred acres of Magical Crops would have already self-destructed at this moment due to the Mana Fluctuations caused by the intense Mana absorption process!