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Chapter 301 - 297 Harbor Camp

Chapter 301: Chapter 297 Harbor Camp

After returning to Qingshan Town, Mu Ying focused not only on her daily study of spells but also on the matter of accruing Professional Experience.

After all, the journey from level 7 to 9 was still a long one and there would be no more new spells to unlock during this period. Given the speed at which she learned spells, there was ample time for spell learning; it was the matter of Professional Experience that was more difficult.

She glanced at her attribute panel.

[Profession: Druid Level 7 (212/2800)]

After leveling up to 7, it took her so long just to accumulate 212 points of experience. The higher the level, she realized, the less effective it was to plant or nurture one or two ordinary plants. Either it had to be large-scale environmental improvement or the cultivation of a new or special plant species to get a more substantial return on Professional Experience.

She was already doing her best in cultivating new and special plant species, mainly studying in the Emerald World and only transferring the results to reality when there were developments.

As for improving the environment on a large scale, planting trees extensively and exterminating entities that destroy the environment were both viable options.

In fact, with the Eye of Nature allowing her to clearly observe the traces of natural power, her understanding of nature had become even clearer.

Except for undead creatures and those that maliciously caused widespread environmental damage, animals, plants, and non-living substances were all part of nature, enveloped by natural power, with only the degree of involvement varying.

Hence, fundamentally, forests, grasslands, oceans, snow domains, and even deserts were all natural environments with their own ecosystems.

At first, she had wondered why there were differences between natural environments. Why was there any significance in afforestation on barren meadows?

But later, she found that although all were natural environments, there were differences in the intensity of natural power, which also indicated a tendency in nature.

Among these, the forest environment, with its lush vegetation and the greatest biodiversity, had the thickest concentration of natural power.

From forests to grasslands to deserts, the natural power became increasingly diluted, which was considered environmental degradation. The initiators would be marked with the scent of nature’s disdain. Conversely, from deserts to grasslands to forests, the natural power became more concentrated, which was called environmental improvement. Professions inclined towards nature, like Druids and Forest Patrol, would receive nature’s reward, namely, Professional Experience.

Therefore, Druids need not deny the existence of other natural environments, but trees and forests remain vital to most Druids.

Thus, planting trees remained an important part of her professional cultivation.

However, it wasn’t as simple as mechanically planting trees.

The process of nurturing saplings into trees and ultimately forming a true natural forest land was also important, as it was an important source for Professional Experience.

But like extensive tree planting, this too was a long-term job with slow results. A day’s labor would yield an almost negligible reward in experience, necessitating years of accumulation.

This work could not be abandoned, but relying solely on it was insufficient.

Mu Ying decided to take a three-pronged approach: studying and cultivating special plants, carrying on with large-scale afforestation, and putting the destruction of environmental hazards on the agenda.

Cold Deer were one such case, but for the moment, they were out of her reach.

As for the Fishmen, they were utterly soft targets. No matter their numbers, they could not deter her resolve to deal with them.

She was no longer content with just the occasional stealth attack like before. The Fishmen were secondary; her main goal was to destroy the altars and sacrificial altars, the true sources of ocean pollution and her source of Experience Value. It was only the Fishmen’s interference that hindered her actions.

To freely tackle the altars, numerous Fishman underlings and that Priest must be dealt with.

The Fishmen might rely on their numbers, but Mu Ying, though accustomed to fighting solo, was not without help.

The territory had not issued any genuine combat missions for a long time—only miscellaneous tasks—and this would also allow low-level territory players to accumulate a wave of Slaughter Experience. Those with high levels could harvest the Fishman corpses for oil extraction and sale.

With her own allies drawing the Fishmen’s attention, destroying the altars would be easier.

However, simply assigning the task and gathering players to fight isn’t viable.

A qualified lord must prioritize the personal safety of taxpayers; only when people are alive can they contribute more income to the territory.

Therefore, an appropriate solution is needed to reduce the risk of battle.

The threat from the Koutao Fishman Village stems from three aspects: the mental influence of the Divine Statue, level 10 Fishman Priests, and numerous Fishman Warriors.

No matter how numerous the Fishman Warriors are, the gap between their numbers and that of the territory players is not too significant, so this is not much of a problem.

But the mental influence from the Divine Statue and the Magic Attacks of level 10 Fishman Priests still need attention.

Defense on the player’s side is particularly important.

Moreover, in the main field of confrontation, they don’t have the advantage in terms of retreat or resupply.

But this is easy to resolve.

She transformed into an Owl and flew toward the seaside.

She first circled above the Fishman Village for a while, and the Fishmen noticed her, but they were not as agitated as when she either revealed her form completely or hid it completely.

After a few particularly frenzied Fishmen threw spears at her once, they ignored her.

There are so many seabirds circling the shoreline every day; this one just looked a bit strange.

Mu Ying wanted exactly this effect: to slightly adjust, close the distance, lower the Fishmen’s guard, and finally land on the grassland not far outside the Fishman Village.

A long, strip-shaped camp facing the Fishman Village unfolded.

She named this camp Harbor Camp.

Including the unopened sub-camp inside the Underground City, this was the 11th sub-camp of the territory.

Although it was called Harbor Camp, she wasn’t planning to invest in its construction right away; it would serve as the base against the Koutao Fishmen.

With the protective shield of the camp as a backup, the battle would be much easier.

The cost of establishing the camp wasn’t small, but the territory indeed needed a harbor in the future, and maritime resources needed to be utilized, so it wasn’t a waste.

Because of the Countess—the Vampire in the Blood Crow Nest—she had already proactively upgraded the Territory Shield of the Main Territory along with the sub-camps to level 10.

Although most of the time there was no use for such a powerful Territory Shield, she still employed it just in case.

After all, this expense was a drop in the ocean compared to the daily income from the territory’s entrance fees.

Now, she was earning more than four Gold Coins per day just from entrance fees.

And the cost for a level 10 protective shield for all the Main Territory and sub-camps together was only one Gold Coin per day.

A protective shield of this level could completely block the Magic Attacks from the Fishman Priests.

Additionally, she set the camp’s shield to only allow entry and exit via internal teleportation.

In this way, if a player was accidentally influenced by the Divine Statue, they wouldn’t unknowingly wander outside the camp; as long as they didn’t go out, there wouldn’t be any threat to their lives.