Global Lords: My Territory Heart Is a World Tree

Chapter 296: Chapter 169: Leaving Again

"This departure is a little different from the last. This time, after I’m gone, I’ll be able to see how hard you’re all working."

"So, to make sure I don’t catch any of you slacking off, you’d better work hard. Hahaha!"

After a little joke, Lin Yu began to formally delegate the upcoming tasks. "Alright, let’s go over the plan for what comes next."

"First, as you’ve all surely seen, the territory has gained a lot of new land. The outer defensive lines have been stretched thin and are now incomplete. Our current population is far too small for the sheer size of our territory!"

"Excluding the sprites and the non-sentient members of the Beast Race—the birds and beasts—we only have about a million intelligent citizens."

"Therefore, our top priority is to increase the population. We need to encourage everyone to have children. Remember, there’s strength in numbers."

"And as the population grows, we must also focus on education. We can’t let the new generation grow up without guidance."

"Mei Ying, there will be no wars in the territory for a while. The Eternal Battlefield Teleportation Array and the Cosmic Arena Teleportation Array will also be closed. In your spare time from training the troops, I want you to take charge of encouraging population growth."

"Rose, Amuti, education will be your responsibility! I’m sure the two of you can get those mischievous kids to take their studies seriously."

"Also, we need to reinforce the outer defensive lines by planting a large number of defensive plants!"

"Manqiluo, I’m leaving this task to you and your flora kin."

"Lin Haoyue, continue with the research as planned. Push the work forward and try to have most of the projects completed by the time I return."

"Xia Luo, the Urban Planning Bureau is going to have its hands full for the next few years. You’ll need to redesign the layout for the entire territory."

"Also, keep in mind that the territory may continue to expand rapidly over the next few years, so don’t make the plans too rigid. It would be a waste to have to constantly rebuild."

"Dong Lin, Yuan Xiaobo, you two will go stand guard over the Glacier World to prevent any unforeseen incidents."

"Bring some administrative staff with you to help the Glacier World recuperate and rebuild its civilization as quickly as possible."

"Chenxi, this will be a heavy burden, but I need you to oversee and coordinate everything here in the World Tree Territory. As for the remaining personnel, you can assign them as you see fit."

With the territory’s affairs in order, the high-level officials dispersed. Lin Yu even shooed Lin Chenxi out of the Lord’s Mansion. He needed to hurry and take care of the remaining tasks, and her stunning beauty was a distraction he couldn’t afford.

First, Lin Yu decided not to save his uses of Revelation. An ability with such strategic value was better used sooner to upgrade the territory. If he kept holding onto it, waiting for some luck-boosting skill or item to appear, he might die before he ever got the chance to use it.

He immediately used Revelation on the World Tree and chose a trait similar to one that had appeared before, [Inner Space]: Compressed Space.

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[Compressed Space]: The World Tree has absorbed the power of space and now possesses the ability to compress the territory’s space.

Compressing space will continuously consume energy. The specific amount consumed is determined by the range and factor of compression.

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Since he didn’t have a luck bonus this time, the other two available traits were minor ones that enhanced the territory’s energy output, offering very little benefit.

After choosing this trait, Lin Yu gave it a try. Compressing the entire territory, based on his current output, would consume 1% of his total Spiritual Energy production for every factor of compression. This meant he could compress the entire territory by a maximum factor of 100, making it appear to be only 4,918.23 square kilometers.

Of course, the actual area of the territory hadn’t changed. It only appeared to be 4,918.23 square kilometers from the outside (when measured by its border).

However, the moment one crossed the border into Lin Yu’s territory, the area would expand to 491,823 square kilometers. The advantage was that if a massive external army were to attack, they could only engage along a 248.6-kilometer border—the perimeter of the compressed 4,918.23-square-kilometer space. But once they stepped inside, they would find themselves facing a 2,486-kilometer-long front.

In other words, before entering, the attackers might think they were facing the defenders one-on-one. But the moment they stepped into Lin Yu’s territory, their forces would be stretched thin, as if they were suddenly facing ten times the number of defenders.

This was a huge advantage for defense. Moreover, the ability was incredibly versatile, with many more potential applications to be explored.

He also opened the Legendary Lord’s Treasure Chest (Gold) and the Legendary Territory Treasure Chest (Gold). They yielded a lord skill upgrade point and a territory trait upgrade point, respectively.

After a moment of thought, Lin Yu used the point to upgrade his Soul Clone ability. He saved the territory trait upgrade point, as none of the World Tree’s current traits were worth upgrading. The one he wanted to upgrade most, "Vigorous Growth," had just been leveled up and didn’t need another.

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[Soul Clone II]: You can split off one soul clone. The clone possesses the same class and class skills as the main body and shares the lord’s personal inventory.

If the main body dies, you can resurrect from the clone.

When the clone dies, its soul returns to the main body, along with its memories. Cooldown: 4 days.

Deactivate the skill: The clone returns to the main body, bringing its memories with it. Cooldown: 12 hours.

Greatly strengthens the main body’s consciousness (soul). The clone is controlled by the main body’s consciousness.

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The upgraded Soul Clone ability didn’t grant him an additional clone as he had hoped. Instead, it reduced the cooldown times.

Additionally, it strengthened Lin Yu’s consciousness.

The distinction between the clone and the main body also became smaller, eliminating any possibility of the clone rebelling.

The Soul Clone skill now felt less like creating a separate being and more like creating a second body for himself—identical to the original and inextricably linked.

He could control both bodies simultaneously, his brain—or consciousness—having gone from single-core to dual-core.

Lin Yu experimented by summoning the soul clone. Two different fields of vision appeared in his mind simultaneously. The sensation was incredibly strange.

He tried to get used to it for a moment but found it deeply disorienting. ’It looks like adapting to this new kind of vision will take some time.’

Finally, before being teleported back to Cuiwei Star, Lin Yu had his clone merge with the World Tree Territory.

[Please be advised: Before the start of the third stage of the competition, you are required to rest on your home planet for 30 days. During this period, your territory will continue to develop on its own. The time ratio between the territory and your home planet is 50:1.]

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