Lin Feng walked out of the Council Hall, his pace much faster than usual.

He crossed the bluestone paths of the inner city, bypassed the granary, and headed straight for the southeast corner.

Along the way, those upgrade requirements were still spinning in his head.

Subordinate Demon King-level Dungeon, Adventurers Association, Territory Guardian Beast, Freeman.

He had never heard of these things before, but he was certain of one thing: he had to train his troops first. No matter how the rules changed, having soldiers in hand meant peace of mind.

The Great Qin Elite Camp was in the southeast corner, surrounded by a high wall.

Two Beacon Guards stood at the entrance. Seeing him, they immediately straightened their bodies, their halberds held vertically.

Lin Feng nodded, walked to the stone gate, and pressed his hand against the cold stone wall.

It was cold to the touch, and then a warm breath came from inside the gate. Where his palm met the stone, a faint golden light flashed and vanished.

【Lord identity detected】

【Great Qin Elite Camp status updating...】

【Current Territory Level: county-level】

【Barracks has unlocked a new stage】

【Currently trainable unit types】

【Unit Type 1: Weakened Great Qin Garrison Soldier (Infantry)】

【Current recruitable amount: 100/100】

This hadn't changed. One hundred Level 10s, used for guarding the village, was enough.

【Unit Type 2: Great Qin Garrison Soldiers (Infantry)】

【Current recruitable amount: 400/1000】

【Unit Type 3: Great Qin Garrison Soldiers (Crossbowmen)】

【Current recruitable amount: 100/300】

Lin Feng's eyebrows rose slightly.

Infantry had increased from four hundred to one thousand, and Crossbowmen from one hundred to three hundred.

After upgrading to county-level, the barracks' recruitment quota had indeed increased.

But what really made his heart race was the line below.

【Unit Type 4: Weakened Great Qin Elite】

【Level: Lv15】

【Attributes: Strength 14.4, constitution 10.4, Agility 12.7】

【HP: 304 (404 after Generals Majesty bonus)】

【Attack Power: 97 (103 after Generals Majesty bonus)】

【Total Defense: 80】

【Equipment: Green-quality primary weapon (Halberd), Green-quality secondary weapons (Bronze Sword, Qin Crossbow), Blue-quality belt, Green-quality others】

【Trait 1: Precision Shooting (Passive) — Crossbow bolt hit rate increased by 20%, Agility +30%】

【Trait 2: Fearless of Pain (Passive) — constitution +30%, Strength +20%】

Great Qin Army Soul · Elite (I):

When firing in formation and quantity ≥ 900, overall fire rate increases by 30%, and an additional “Armor Piercing” effect is gained — crossbow bolts have a 15% chance to ignore 15% of the target's defense;

When quantity ≥ 1900, fire rate increases by 40%, and crossbow bolts have a 20% chance to ignore 20% of the target's defense;

When quantity ≥ 3900, fire rate increases by 50%, and crossbow bolts have a 25% chance to ignore 25% of the target's defense.

Great Qin Army Soul · Elite (II): When fighting in formation and quantity ≥ 900, overall defense +30, and an additional “Iron Wall” effect is gained — increases block probability by 15% when attacked;

When quantity ≥ 1900, overall defense +35, increases block probability by 20% when attacked;

When quantity ≥ 3900, overall defense +40, increases block probability by 25% when attacked.

Training Requirements: Refugee or Awakened whose aptitude meets the criteria (Agility ≥ 5, Strength ≥ 5, Stamina ≥ 5);

Materials: 3 units of Copper Ingot, 3 units of Tin Ingot;

Energy: 30 Gray energy crystals (or 3 White energy crystals); Training time: 10 days

【Current recruitable amount: 0/1000】

Lin Feng's eyes lit up. Great Qin Elite Soldiers—not Garrison Soldiers, but Elites!

Level 15, two levels higher than the Garrison Soldiers.

Their attributes were a total landslide, and more importantly, they could fight both in melee and at range.

The halberd was the primary weapon, the Bronze Sword was the melee secondary, and the Qin Crossbow was the ranged secondary.

One man was worth two—an infantryman and a crossbowman combined.

And those two Army Soul effects: formation firing increases fire rate and Armor Piercing; formation combat increases defense and blocking.

Effective starting at nine hundred men, the more people, the stronger the effect. This wasn't just Infantry; this was a mobile fortress!

Lin Feng took a deep breath and continued reading.

【New Barracks Traits】

【Unique Trait · Sweep the Six Harmonies: For every county (city) level territory held, increase recruitment capacity by 500 (can expand the limit of any unit type). Current county-level territories × 2, recruitment capacity +1000.】

【Note: This trait is unique to the Qin army and cannot be obtained through other means.】

【Trait 2: Army Formation (Immovable as a Mountain: When fighting in formation and quantity ≥ 900, within a three-li radius of the army, the Lord and subordinate lord gain constitution +5 and HP +500; when quantity ≥ 1900, constitution +10 and HP +1000; when quantity ≥ 3900, constitution +15 and HP +1500.】

【Note 1: Low-level special units only add HP; high-level special units add extra attributes.】

【Note 2: This is a county-level territory trait; city-level territories can unlock even stronger effects.】

Lin Feng stared at those two lines of text, momentarily stunned.

“Unique Trait · Sweep the Six Harmonies.”

He whispered it once, and a poem suddenly surfaced in his mind: “The King of Qin swept the six realms, looking on with such heroic majesty.”

Every additional county (city) level territory meant ◆ Nоvеlіgһt ◆ (Only on Nоvеlіgһt) five hundred more troops.

The more land occupied, the stronger the army; the stronger the army, the more land occupied.

Just like the Great Qin of old. This was by no means ordinary accumulation, but rather sustaining war through war, sustaining troops through land, eventually forming a terrifying force that would crush everything.

What if he had ten counties? Five thousand. Two hundred counties? One hundred thousand!

He stared blankly at that name, a smile slowly curling at the corners of his mouth.

This wasn't an ordinary barracks trait; this was the soul of the Qin army.

From the moment he obtained the Great Qin Elite Camp, this path was destined: not to maintain, but to expand; not to live in peace, but to swallow everything.

Lin Feng took a deep breath, suppressing the surging excitement in his heart, and continued reading.

The second trait was also heaven-defying. Army Formation — Immovable as a Mountain.

With nine hundred men in formation, he could gain 5 points of constitution and 500 HP.

With one thousand nine hundred men, +10 constitution and 1000 HP.

With three thousand nine hundred men, +15 constitution and 1500 HP.

His current constitution was 36.5; adding 15 would make it 51.5.

If he got another purple breastplate and added a few more points of constitution, he could easily cross the threshold of sixty constitution.

And what was the special effect for breaking sixty constitution? He didn't know.

But Strength breaking sixty had given him a fifty percent damage increase and shield breaking; constitution shouldn't be bad either.

Lin Feng closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and slowly exhaled. He needed to be calm. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

He opened his eyes again and added the entire new recruitment quota of one thousand to the Weakened Great Qin Elite.

The numbers on the light screen jumped.

【Weakened Great Qin Elite — Current recruitable amount: 0/2000】

He didn't recruit immediately. Two thousand Elites required six thousand Copper Ingots, six thousand Tin Ingots, and sixty thousand Gray energy crystals.

He didn't have enough Copper or Tin Ingots, not enough crystals, and not enough manpower.

The training requirements for Great Qin Elite Soldiers were for Agility, Strength, and constitution to all be five or higher.

After the Nightmare Tide ended tomorrow, there would be a new batch of Refugees.

He would see how many he could recruit then.

(Tomorrow there will be attributes for the wonder; the wonder are the core, all the strength lies in the wonder.)