I Live on the Land in Global Games
Chapter 113 - 112: Cobblestone Road Construction

Chapter 113: Chapter 112: Cobblestone Road Construction

"Do you want to use 550,000 stones and 110,000 energy to build a 55-kilometer-long gravel road?"

Mu Ying chose to confirm, as she had been monitoring the amount of stone in the territory interface every day, and now she had finally gathered enough.

With her confirmation, the stones and energy were quickly consumed, and a mini gravel road model appeared in her hand, made up of many small segments. The center of the road had smooth pebbles, and there were low curbs on both sides.

"Please disassemble the model and bury each section at the designated road construction site. After burying, begin to adjust the direction of the road. Once everything is buried, begin road construction."

Mu Ying had thought that constructing the road would be like other facilities; she could operate directly on the territory’s mini-map in the backend.

Fortunately, she had visited the Spirit Dragon Gorge Camp once before. It was now dark, so she decided to finish the road tonight.

Mu Ying first broke the gravel road model into fifty-five pieces, each representing one kilometer.

She buried the first model piece at the usual entrance of the Qingshan Camp.

On the small map of the territory interface, a new straight gravel road pattern appeared instantly in the dark area outside the territory.

The terrain close to both sides of the gravel road could also be seen, with the narrow head fixed and the tail and middle sections draggable.

The first segment of the gravel road passed through the planting camp, but Mu Ying did not rush to adjust it. Instead, she flew to the position at the end of the gravel road on the mini-map and buried the second segment of the model.

The gravel road on the mini-map instantly extended further.

Proceeding in segments like this, a complete 55-kilometer-long gravel road appeared on her territory’s mini-map.

Only then did Mu Ying begin to adjust the road’s direction, bypassing the planting camp, passing through the original site of Qingshan Town, and finally extending along the space left by the old highway to the edge of the forest outside the Spirit Dragon Gorge Camp.

After checking again and finding no issues, Mu Ying chose to construct the road.

In the darkness of the night, a two-meter-wide gravel road was instantly laid out.

Riding her flying broom, Mu Ying clearly saw the entire scene from the sky.

She flew back along the gravel road and landed halfway along the journey, taking out a bunch of wooden planks and several wooden posts from her storage pouch.

She had already learned the two second-ring spells "Shaping Wood Skill" and "Wind Creation Skill."

Wind Creation Skill could generate a burst of strong wind, while Shaping Wood Skill could shape wood into various forms.

The wooden planks and posts were made by her as she practiced the Shaping Wood Skill.

Using these materials, Mu Ying constructed a simple wooden hut by the side of the gravel road, covering it with a thick layer of waterproof thatch.

She used the remaining wood to build a fence over one meter high around the hut.

Finally, Mu Ying took out all the binding vines she had cultivated during this period and planted them a few meters apart.

Using Plant Magic, she made them come alive and cling to the fence. As the cultivator of these vines, Mu Ying had absolute control over them.

Finally, she placed a prepared wooden sign on the vines. The vines actively stretched out their bodies and securely embraced the wooden sign.

"Travelers may rest here, for a while; do not fear these lively vines, which serve as the garden’s guardians. If interested, one can purchase the special binding vine seeds of the Qingshan Territory, which will always remain loyal to their cultivator. —Lord of Qingshan Territory"

Mu Ying looked at the words on the wooden sign with satisfaction, "This not only boosts the territory’s appeal but also advertises its specialty products. Hopefully, everyone who visits will remember Qingshan Territory."

She rode her broom back to the territory and constructed 100 tree houses, filling up the remaining space entirely, while also expanding the territory shield to five hectares and enhancing its defense ability to level six, capable of resisting damages up to level six.

All these cost her less than two Gold Coins, which was much cheaper than building a road that connects two territories.

By this time, the territory’s facilities, size, and defenses had all reached the upper limits of village-level territories, with only the population count lacking for an upgrade.

Late at night, changes to the territory occurred silently, and did not attract people’s attention.

The next morning, even after discovering the territory expansion and the additional tree houses, there wasn’t much of a sensation.

After all, the territory had changed so many times before, and compared to previous times, there wasn’t anything special about this one.

Yet, some people lamented, "The original tree houses aren’t even fully occupied yet; why build so many more?"

At the stone quarry and Breeding Camp, people had teleported to the Sub-camps, and hunters had formed teams to set out as usual.

Those who rented fields in the planting camp and didn’t want to pay the teleportation fee, as usual, walked together towards the forest.

The area from the territory up to the outskirts of the forest had been explored countless times by players and was no longer dangerous.

But outside the forest, a wide, neat stone path appeared, stretching far into the distance to an unknown destination.

"Where did this come from?"

"I passed here yesterday, and it wasn’t here then!"

"We are seeing hundreds of tree houses pop up overnight; this path isn’t surprising either!"

"True, but why didn’t they build the road all the way to the territory’s gate? It would make it easier for us to get out."

"If they built it to the territory’s gate, they’d have to cut down a lot of trees. Just look at the territory’s rules; our Lord is a total environmentalist. Cutting trees is absolutely forbidden."

"Are you exaggerating? Cut down a few, replant them, and it’s no problem. If all the trees were cut down, where would we build the tree houses?"

"Enough, stop arguing. Look at the direction, this road leads to Coastal City, should we go check it out?"

"Forget it, considering our fighting ability, we might never return. Let’s wait for others to explore it first!"

...

Meanwhile, people at Spirit Dragon Gorge Camp also discovered the newly appeared stone path.

The stone path was close to the entrance of the camp and was noticed as soon as the day broke.

Compared to the players in Qingshan Territory who were unimpressed, the people at Spirit Dragon Gorge Camp found it much more intriguing.

After all, Spirit Dragon Gorge Camp had been the same ever since its creation; there were never instantaneously built houses or territory expansion overnight.

The players curiously touched and examined the stone path, some even thinking that the rounded stones on it were pretty and tried to take a few home.

But these stones belonged to the path and would disappear back to their original position once they were moved from it.

"Wow, it automatically goes back!"

"Really? Let me try."

"What’s the principle behind this? It’s so unscientific!"

"Newton’s coffin can’t hold this; you’re still talking science? This is a miracle, praise the great deity, thank you for your gift..."

"Are you crazy, all this mumbo jumbo."

"Where do you think this road goes?"

"I know, I know, the innkeeper has been packing up lately. I asked him before, and he said the inn is moving. Guess where it’s moving to?"

said a short boy excitedly.