The Soul System in the Apocalypse
Chapter 169: Method of Upgrading the Territory to the Second Level

Chapter 169: Method of Upgrading the Territory to the Second Level

While Adam was dealing with Sebastian, Henry focused on the buildings in front of him. These buildings were maintained even after the territory was built. Although the majority of the buildings that were in the area that the current territory building was were destroyed, the rest of the buildings in the surrounding areas were not.

It was a good thing that the buildings were within the territory barrier. This way, it was not going to be inconvenient for the people to live inside. The protection would be guaranteed as long as the barrier continued to exist.

According to the system, he was going to be capable of upgrading anything, as long as he paid the price for that. So, currently, the level of the buildings here was so low, and had it not been that they were inside the territory barrier, they would have been destroyed by the storm that occurred not long ago.

Although the rain was not prevented from falling inside the territory, the strong winds however were prevented from affecting the territory. After all, if something like that affected the territory, then, why was the barrier referred to as territory protection barrier?

’System, how much do I have to spend to upgrade the building? Additionally, does the buildings have the same star ranking as equipment?’ Henry asked as he looked at the building in front of him.

The building that he was in front of was not that big. Instead, it was a two-storey building, covering an area of about 200 square meters.

[There is not that much difference in the prices of upgrading the building. It is just that, unlike equipment, the buildings that are inside the territory do not have the star ranking. Although they can be upgraded separately, as long as the host upgrades his territory then, the buildings that are inside the territory are going to be upgraded as well.]

[But of course, the cost of upgrading the entire territory is not low. The host will have to pay proportionally to what he receives.]

[To upgrade the building in front of you, the host will have to pay 100 level 1 bronze rank mutation crystals.]

Henry could not help but frown a little when he heard that. After all, to upgrade a vehicle to the first star, he only needed a few materials and 20 level 9 rank O mutation crystals.

But for the building in front of him, it actually required a single level 2 Bronze rank mutation Crystal? Wasn’t that ripping him off? Although the system had stated that it required 100 level 1 bronze rank mutation crystals, if it was converted, there was no difference 100 level 1 Bronze rank mutation crystals and one level two bronze rank mutation crystals.

’Is there any advantage that comes with upgrading this building for the cost to be so high?’ Henry asked after a moment of contemplation.

After all, he could not understand why that was going to be expensive, considering that, what he simply wanted was to ensure that the buildings inside the territory were being capable of withstanding calamities such as the storm that had appeared not long ago.

[With the upgrade of the buildings present inside the territory, then, the level of the territory can be improved. And with the improvement of the territory level, the barrier that is surrounding it is going to be improved as well.]

Henry was a little surprised after hearing that. Until now, he did not know the condition that he was supposed to fulfill in order to upgrade the territory. But, it turned out to be so simple.

As long as the buildings inside the territory barrier were upgraded, the territory was actually going to be upgraded. Thinking of this, information about the territory appeared in front of Henry.

[Territory panel

Name: Domination Star

Lord: Henry Hudson

Level: 1

Location: Crystal city

Facilities: Conference room, kitchen, sleeping quarters, defense system, dining area, alarm systems.

Current territory population: 400.]

[Point to note: The territory basically depends on the Lord. For that reason, as long as the Lord dies, then, the territory will have majority of its functions disabled. This is unless another Lord takes over.]

Until now, Henry had not seen the option of upgrading the territory to the second level. That was something that was surprising him, because, according to the system, he needed to upgrade the buildings in order for the territory to upgraded to the second level.

But still, how were they supposed to know of something like that? After all, had he not been informed by the system, then, he would not have realized that this was actually the way that the territory was being upgraded.

At the same time, Henry wondered how the other people that might have already built their own territories were going to be able to upgrade their territories to the second level.

He was going to depend on the system to upgrade the buildings in order to upgrade the level of the territory, but, what about the others? Did they perhaps possess systems as well? But, as long as Henry could see, there was nobody else that possessed a system like the one that he possessed.

Anyway, he did not care about that. Since he was given an advantage, he was going to use it. By the time that the others would be upgrading their territories to the second level, he would have already moved far ahead. Perhaps he would have already built a fortress that was able to weather any attacks launched on it.

Although the price was currently high, still, Henry decided to go with it. Currently, he had to ensure that he got everyone that was not part of the core of the territory outside of the territory building. He had yet to gain the trust or those people, so, they were not going to be allowed inside the main territory building.

’How many buildings am I supposed to upgrade in order to ensure that the territory is upgraded to the second level?’ Henry asked after a moment of contemplation.

[You can purchase the information about the upgrading of the territory from the system store. It only costs 20 level 8 bronze rank mutation crystals.]

Henry: "...."

Henry was left speechless once again. As he could remember, he had been informed by the system that he could purchase information from the system. When he purchased it, he realized that the information that he could access was the basics, rather than the most important part of what he was looking for.

Right now, he believed that even if he had the 20 level 8 bronze rank mutation crystals, if he purchased the information from the system, he might come to find that whatever information it was, the system had Informed him. At least, it had given him a clue about it.

Anyway, it was not as if he had the 20 level 8 bronze rank commutation crystals to purchase the information from the system anyway. So, he could only resort to upgrading the buildings, making sure that he saved as many mutation crystals as possible. And if there are no effect after upgrading several buildings, he was going to stop.

Currently, inside this 500 m radius of the territory, there were about 40 buildings. The buildings were scattered around, and were not closely placed.

The 500 m radius of the territory that was surrounded by the barrier was measured from the very edge of the territory building from both sides. So, the edges of the territory building were considered as the center of the circle of the territory protection barrier.

For the first building, the moment that Henry agreed to spend 100 level 1 bronze rank mutation crystals (which came by after him converted 20 level 2 bronze rank mutation crystals into 2000 level 1 Bronze rank mutation crystals.), the building was enveloped inside a red sphere.

The ground began shaking for a moment, causing the people inside the territory and those that were outside to look over. Still, although they were surprised by the red sphere that had appeared out of nowhere, they did not try to approach the area.

Even the children were prohibited from approaching that place considering that Henry was having a business there. As for Olivia and the group, when they saw the red sphere, they immediately realized that Henry was using his ability once again.

But still, they could not help but get a little curious about what he was doing. As long as they could remember, where the red sphere was currently, was where there was a building before. Could it be that the leader was planning to upgrade the building?

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Sebastian on the other hand who had already been completely p*ssed off by Adam also looked towards that direction. Since he was a bronze rank mutant warrior, of course, he was able to detect the changes that had occurred.

Although the intensity of the ground shaking was not that high, but still, he was able to pick that up because he was not that far from the territory, and his senses had been enhanced greatly.

He could not help but wonder what it was that Henry was doing. ’Can it be that this is the secret that they are keeping? But, even if I can tell that this is the secret, it is still a secret because I don’t know what it is.’ Sebastian thought to himself as he looked in that direction.

At this point, Adam also knew that Henry was going to upgrade something, or perhaps use one of his mysterious abilities. So, he decided to chase Sebastian away. This was something that was supposed to be kept within the territory, to ensure that they did not attract any unnecessary trouble.

While Sebastian was still focusing in the direction of the red sphere, he felt that there was danger approaching him. He reacted immediately, raising one of his hands to block the attack.