Global Lords: I Have Information System-Chapter 371 - 298: Arcane Heart, Gathering Manpower

On the eve of the final challenge, Zong Ze finally unlocked this light barrier and obtained his own opportunity.

No one knows what kind of transformation he will ultimately undergo, not even Zong Ze himself.

His consciousness has already sunk into the endless void, with waves of arcane power surging into his body.

Everyone has their own path and choices, and Zong Ze is no exception. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

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Just when Zong Ze activated the gray sphere and was undergoing the light cocoon transformation,

Zong Shen had already led his team back to the territory.

The appearance of the final challenge abruptly ended his hunting journey.

However, the warriors were indeed somewhat exhausted, sustaining minor but recurring injuries while hunting the Burrow Monster Swarm. Though these injuries weren't fatal, they caused pain and, coupled with constant attacks, placed both spirit and body in a state of fatigue.

Zong Shen allowed the warriors to disband freely and rest on their own.

As for himself, he still had many matters to arrange.

The territory was much quieter today than in previous days. With the density of Burrow Monsters decreasing, wandering monsters around became fewer, and the patrol squads found themselves comparatively at leisure.

San Pang was leading the farmers in the training ground, punching and kicking the training dummies, sweating profusely.

Dogman Chief Dutra, accompanied by over two hundred kobolds and Quete, was gathering stones outside the territory.

Marie wasn't idle either. She was holding a book, sitting on the grass near the North Gate, reading. Reading can enhance one's attributes, and many technical books can impart skills once read, such as cooking or medicine making, which can all be mastered through reading.

If Zong Shen had more free time, he would have started reading already. Every day, his time in the territory is fully scheduled, and when he comes back, it's mostly just washing up before resting, making it hard to find time for reading.

However, reading is indeed an effective way to increase intelligence and charm attributes. Once he has more time, Zong Shen will likely rely on reading to boost these two major attributes.

Zong Shen rode Pigsy, taking a tour around the territory to familiarize himself once more with the layout while also checking if there were any vulnerabilities in defense around the four directions of the territory. Next, he planned to specifically strengthen the current territory's defense.

Actually, the defense capability of Zong Shen Territory is already formidable, surrounded by walls on all sides and numerous internal defense buildings, not counting the Tier Four tower blueprints and those Elemental Arrow Towers used at the Burrow Frontline.

Throughout the territory, there are a total of 11 Tier One Elemental Arrow Towers, 3 Tier Two Elemental Arrow Towers, 2 Tier Three Elemental Arrow Towers, 1 Tier Four Giant Cannon Tower, and four Ancient Guardians. This level of defense is already quite powerful.

The current Inner City is relatively small, a 200x200 meter square. Not to mention the Ancient Guardians, whose rooted range of 20 to 1500 meters can cover both inside and outside the territory.

However, the placement of other defense buildings requires some consideration.

With the boundary of the territory being 200 meters, the corresponding diagonal length is less than 283 meters. If evenly distributed in the four corners, it could achieve full-area coverage, with the placement direction having a greater reach than other directions.

Including the Tier One Elemental Arrow Towers, with a 500-meter range, they can satisfy the defense of the entire territory.

After a tour, Zong Shen already had a general idea in mind for the upcoming defense layout.

To be on the safe side, it's necessary to set up the Tier Four blueprints previously acquired first. The location isn't crucial because the range of Tier Four Defense Towers can absolutely meet the territory's defense needs. Only the special Defense Towers like the Holy Light Tower and Necromancer Tower require careful positioning in populated areas to maximize their effect.

The area around the territory is quite flat, with no special terrain, making it almost like an open plain. To perfectly counter a monster swarm push, it's best to dig some trenches and then set up some road barriers.

Since the territory isn't large, the difficulty and workload of fortification aren't too extensive.

Organizing his thoughts, Zong Shen rode towards the northern city gate, where Marie was sunbathing outside the North Gate. By the North Gate, there's a giant Cannibal Flower, its stem thick as an adult's waist, reaching a height of five meters. The two leaves below are as large as mattresses, with a blood-red flower body resembling those clamshell dredgers back on Earth.

It's undoubtedly a colossal creature capable of swallowing someone like Zong Shen whole.

Besides the North Gate, two of these are planted at the entrance of the Lord's Courtyard. They look terrifying, but to allied units, they're just like ordinary flowers.

These Cannibal Flowers are tasked with internal defense, although they haven't had the chance to be used since maturing.

These guys are easy to maintain despite their intimidating name, Blood-devouring Man-eating Flower Seeds. They don't necessarily require live prey; they can also be nurtured with fresh blood, or by fertilizing their roots with compost from toilets, sustaining their growth.

Zong Shen rode Pigsy outside the city gate and saw Marie sitting on the grass not far away, reading a book seriously. Her fair and youthful face gleamed under the sunlight.

Seriously reading is the mark of a good child.

"Marie…"

Zong Shen called softly, fearing that an abrupt call might startle her.

Hearing Zong Shen's voice, Marie quickly turned her head and saw Zong Shen riding on Pigsy.

"Oh, my Lord, you've returned."

She closed the book and stood up to greet Zong Shen.

Zong Shen quickly waved his hand.

"Alright, go quickly and inform everyone to gather at the courtyard entrance."

"I have important matters to address."

"By the way, no need to notify the Exploration Squad, Wolf Rider Squad One, and the warriors at the Burrow Frontline."

"Notify everyone else, including the kobolds."

Zong Shen instructed, then rode Pigsy back into the territory to check the storage box, seeing if there were any supplies that could be useful.

Such errand tasks naturally fell to his logistics assistant Marie to handle.

After riding Pigsy back to the outside of the Lord's Courtyard, Zong Shen dismounted, letting Pigsy wander away.

He quickly walked into the courtyard, approached the Territory Storage Box, and went through it.

Skipping over basic resources and various materials, he started rummaging through the items category.

Indeed, over these days, Zong Shen had accumulated quite a bit of miscellaneous stuff.

Amidst them were combat-related items he had forgotten, suffocated by stockpile.

Such as the Water Magic Random Book×2, Icefield Mammoth Mark, Spiderweb Monster Mark, Evil Eye.

Additionally, some goblin alchemy potions drew his attention again, like Intermediate Giant Potion, Intermediate Hardening Potion, which he usually carried some of, but rarely used, thus forgetting about them. In fact, these enhancing potions can be tremendously useful in unexpected situations.

He took out these items, kept them with him, and walked outside the courtyard.

Simultaneously, he retrieved 10 Storm Crossbow mechanisms stored in the Territory Storage Box, along with the previously used crossbows for attacking the Stone Gargoyle Swarm; the ten crossbows with depleted bolts were placed at the courtyard entrance.

Moreover, he also retrieved the recovered crossbow arrows and additionally prepared ten sets of ordinary crossbow arrows, intending to have the warriors reload those Storm Crossbows with empty bolts as soon as everyone assembled.