Chapter 968: Chapter 597: Harvest (Item Data, Not for Everyone)_2

“Could it be… he intends to establish a small group, a ‘student council’ sort of small group.”

Zhang Yan’s heart was filled with shock and doubt, but she quickly recovered, looking at the calm Xu Yang, then at the overjoyed Feng Cheng beside him, she eventually nodded and said, “Understood, I’ll handle it well!”

Forming alliances in the world of lords is inevitable, for individual strength is too insignificant in the face of groups. The fate of a lone wolf is to be overwhelmed, ending with a total loss.

Therefore, in the Sky-reaching Tower, there are many organizations, ranging from great powers such as the Heaven-Connecting Academy, down to small groups like the Ninth Campus student council. Lords band together for support and mutual aid, forming one alliance after another.

Although she had already joined the student council, faced with the olive branch Xu Yang extended, Zhang Yan chose to accept it. After all, compared to those guys in the student council, the “old classmate” in front of her seemed more reassuring.

Watching Zhang Yan make her decision, Xu Yang also smiled.

Although they were still at the opening stages, that didn’t hinder him from starting to build his own power. With so many organizations of all sizes within the Sky-reaching Tower, adding another “Wandao School” was a completely reasonable development.

He was always generous to his subordinates; after all, what belonged to the collective was his. Without a broad vision and the willingness to invest capital, how could one grow strong?

Vision determines the future!

As for whether Zhang Yan would run off with the money, Xu Yang believed that with her intelligence, she should be able to discern the importance of interests. Even if she couldn’t, it was only a trivial expense that was inconsequential to him, for he had more than enough capital to not worry about such minor issues.

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After dividing the captives, next came the various spoils of war.

Due to the effect of “Pseudo Single Brush,” the quality of the spoils was extremely high.

There was heavy armor from the Roman Legion, semi-magic resistant armors from the Heavenly Craftsmen, and firearm weapons from the Federation Army. Many were of a rare level, and a few even reached top quality.

Unfortunately, Xu Yang wasn’t too interested in them. He only reserved a few sets for future heroes to use and handed the rest over to Zhang Yan for sale.

Speaking of heroes, whether it was because he had depleted the “Qi Fortune” and “Attraction” of his territory last time by recruiting Wu Da, over the past few months, not a single common hero could be seen in the Wu Da Restaurant.

Even though he had captured a batch of rare and common heroes this time, Xu Yang still did not plan to use them.

Most of them were heroes of the commander, intelligence, or logistics types. Moreover, having been trained by Augustus and his two companions, their skills and development directions were related to the civilization of Augustus and his companions, which Xu Yang found useless.

Thus, he only picked up a couple of the common logistics heroes and left the rest to Zhang Yan to sell.

This handling greatly streamlined the spoils of war, leaving only the cream of the crop.

Firearms Manufacturing

Item Order: First-Order (Epic)

Item Type: Technology blueprints

Item Effect: After building Civilization Wonders and offering them, there is a certain chance to unlock the “Firearms Manufacturing” technology or a special variant for your civilization.

Item Introduction: Gunpowder and firearms, driving the change of eras and wars.

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“Technology items?”

Looking at the introduction of Firearms Manufacturing, Xu Yang was also a bit surprised.

Technology is also a major feature of a civilization.

Like the Yellow Turban Civilization, it has “Spell” technology, which enables training magic type soldiers and making Talismans and other spell items in the Taiping Temple and other Civilization Wonders; damaged equipment of magic type soldiers can also be replaced and replenished.

Similarly, Firearms Manufacturing meant that only with this technology, could one’s territory manufacture firearms and matching bullets. Especially the bullets, which need replenishing once used. Without bullets, a firearm is just a fire stick.

This is why, although Xu Yang had subjugated a number of Adams’s United States Federation marksmen through the “King’s Way,” he ultimately chose to sell them off. Without the firearms technology, he couldn’t provide logistical support to these gunmen.

Although he could spend Heaven-Connecting Coins to “throw money” at providing ammunition for these marksmen, the cost was too high. Instead of bullets, it would be like shooting Heaven-Connecting Coins, and Xu Yang’s resources were too sparse to sustain it; it was better to simply sell them.

But now…

Xu Yang’s gaze shifted as he looked at the two and asked, “Who among you has built a Civilization Wonder?”

Zhang Yan looked at Feng Cheng, and Feng Cheng looked back at Zhang Yan. The two exchanged glances, then revealed bitter smiles.

“Civilization Wonders aren’t so easy to come by.”

“I just got my special barracks sorted out, and then this mess popped up.”

Hearing their words, Xu Yang didn’t say much and simply pocketed the technology blueprints, “Let’s just keep it for now; it might come in handy later.”

Civilization technology isn’t just about producing items in the Blacksmith Shop; it can also influence the civilization system, granting access to new civilization buildings and troops.

Take the Firearms Manufacturing as an example, if used successfully, it might lead to the addition of a “Yellow Turban Gunman” troop type to make up for the Yellow Turban Army’s lack of long-range shooters.

Thus, Xu Yang decided to keep it, to see if he could reap any unexpected rewards.

After the technology blueprints came another item.

Solid as Gold Soup (Jade Slip)

Item Order: Second Order (Legend)

Item Effect: Requires 40 Intelligence, Level 10 Second-order Engineering, and Level 10 Second-order Machinery knowledge to use. Upon use, grants special skill—Solid as Gold Soup!

Special Skill: Solid as Gold Soup (Upon use, puts all buildings within a range of Intelligence X 1000 into Solid as Gold Soup state, increasing defensive power by 500% and defensive building effect by 200%, with a duration of Intelligence X 1 minute, cooldown time of twelve hours.)

Skill Introduction: A secret cultivating skill passed down by the Gongshu Family, said to have the ability of Heavenly Craftsmen to create,

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“A legend skill?”

“Solid as Gold Soup?”

Xu Yang looked at his two companions.

Seeing this, they hurriedly shook their heads, “We can’t use it, so you keep it!”

Their words were half true, half false, but the reality was that Xu Yang was too generous. Giving them a lot of troops and Heroes wasn’t enough, and now he was sharing the spoils of war with them. Although the alliance was an open secret, they still felt the pressure of “getting rewards without merit” and genuinely didn’t dare to accept.

Seeing this, Xu Yang also didn’t say much and kept the skill book for himself, planning to give it to Hua Mulan. This way, when he was out on a military campaign, Hua Mulan could use this method to fend off powerful enemies.

After the skill book, came another skill book.

Earth-cutting Formation (Military Book)

Item Type: Second Order (Epic)

Item Introduction: Requires 25 Intelligence, 25 Charm, Level 10 Second-order Tactics, and Level 10 Second-order Commander to use. Upon use, grants special skill—Earth-cutting Formation!

Special Skill: Earth-cutting Formation (Boosts the Physical Attribute of all infantry within the formation by 10% and grants an additional 20% defense enhancement. When defending a city, the effects are doubled. The formation consumes 1 point of Morale per minute, and if Morale drops below 50 or the number of troops falls below 1000, the Formation automatically dissolves.)

Item Introduction: Earth is of the element Kun, its great virtue bears all things!

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Another formation skill book.

Xu Yang looked at his two companions, and they were still shaking their heads.

So, he decided to keep it for himself, but didn’t plan to give it to Hua Mulan since she already had the Shooting Sound Formation, and her trusted aides were long-range troops, which didn’t match well with the infantry-based Earth-cutting Formation. It would be better to reserve it for a future “Infantry Commander.”

One piece of technology gear, two skill items—the loot dropped by the Lord and Heroes was just about done. The rest were small fine items that were neither here nor there; Xu Yang wasn’t interested and simply threw them to Zhang Yan, the other Hero, and several Heroes.

The focus was on the special spoils of war!

As a grand battle at the level of an army of ten thousand, this time a total of five special spoils of war were dropped, one of which was an Epic Hero Contract, and the other four were weapons and equipment.

Let’s not talk about the Hero Contract for now, and look at the weapons and equipment first.

Phoenix Wing Purple Gold Crown

Equipment Order: Second Order (Legend)

Equipment Attributes: 50 Protection, Physical Strength +5, Intelligence +5, Charm +5, Commander +5.

Equipment Effect: Majestic (Every time an enemy General is defeated, a layer of Majestic Wind is obtained. During battle, it can be used to suppress the enemy General, weakening their highest attribute by 5%, stacking up to 5 layers.)

Equipment Special Skill: Furious Shout (Consumes five layers of Majestic Phoenix, unleashing a thunderous shout that impacts all enemy troops within a radius of Martial Power X 1 meter, with a very high chance of causing significant damage such as brain-shattering, soul-shaking, courage-splitting, and heart-crushing.)

Equipment Effect: Purple Gold Crown adorned with phoenix wings, majestic in appearance!

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