Chapter 396 - 15: The Chaotic Titan Clan People (2)

Chapter 396: Chapter 15: The Chaotic Titan Clan People (2)

The bodies of the Titan Clan People who failed to escape were frozen solid, their faces locked in expressions of terror, their postures still mimicking their attempts to flee.

They were unluckier than their comrades from the patrol team that Dong Lin had frozen earlier. This time, Dong Lin didn’t hold back. Unleashing his full power, he instantly froze to death these Titan Clan People, whose physical defenses were comparable to those of excellent-grade heroes.

Seeing the distant Titan Clan People trying to escape, Dong Lin used his power again. Ice spread from the city wall, coating his entire section in a frozen layer.

He didn’t need to worry about the other sides of the wall.

While they had been probing the walls, the rest of the army had already surrounded the entire city.

A Legendary Hero was responsible for each direction; the Titan Clan People had no hope of escape.

Sure enough, strange things began to happen on the other sides of the city.

On the side opposite Dong Lin, a giant, four-headed Big-Mouthed Flower appeared, devouring any Titan Clan People who tried to pass, one by one.

The remaining two sides had become death zones. Any of the Titan Clan People who fled that way collapsed silently to the ground, never to rise again.

At the center of each death zone stood a figure: one was a Scarecrow, the other a decaying tree stump.

Seeing this, the lord within the Titan city who had been preparing to flee abandoned his plan.

He led his troops, scrambling frantically through the city in search of a hiding place.

Meanwhile, after the four Supreme Commanders had cut off the Titan Clan People’s retreat, Lin Yu’s heroes, led by their respective Legendary Hero captains, charged up the icy ramp Dong Lin had created, stormed the walls, and poured into the city.

Soon, the heroes stormed the Lord’s Mansion, seized the Territory Core, and captured the territory. They then dragged its original lord out from his hiding place.

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Back at the Lord’s Mansion in the World Tree Territory, Lin Yu received a system message.

[You have conquered a new territory—Als. Please choose an option:]

[Occupy?]

[Assimilate?]

[Destroy?]

Lin Yu quickly reviewed the effects of the three options.

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[Occupy]: Take full control of the conquered territory, including its buildings and characteristics. The territory will become your sub-territory.

You can continue to construct buildings already unlocked by the original territory and recruit soldiers from its recruitment buildings.

Note: Sub-territories do not benefit from the main territory’s characteristic bonuses.

[Assimilate]: Only the Territory Core of the conquered territory is preserved. All buildings within the territory will be destroyed and converted back into raw materials.

The Territory Core will be assimilated by the main territory’s Territory Core (hereafter Main Core), becoming a Sub-Core. It can then be used to construct buildings unlocked by the main territory.

Note: Sub-territories will benefit from the same characteristic bonuses as the main territory.

[Destroy]: Demolish all buildings in the territory, converting them into materials. You will receive land equal to 1/2 of the territory’s area, 1/2 of its resources, and have a chance to obtain its building fragments.

Upon destruction, the territory’s core becomes a mobile Free Territory Heart.

A Free Territory Heart can be absorbed by your Territory Core to increase its experience and raise its level.

After absorbing a Free Territory Heart, the Main Core can randomly extract zero to several territory characteristics from it.

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Lin Yu’s primary goal in attacking the Titan Clan People’s territory was to gather intelligence, so he chose [Occupy].

He then reviewed the territory’s basic information provided by the system.

However, he didn’t have much luck with the most important part: the Titan Clan People’s technology system.

The Titan lord had been rather weak, and his territory hadn’t even unlocked its Technology Tree yet.

Lin Yu could only glimpse the tip of the iceberg of their technology through the forging list at the Blacksmith Shop.

"Anti-Gravity Engine, Gravity Distortion Device, High Gravity Protective Suit, Gravity Barrier Generator, Gravity Disturbing Blade..."

It was clear that all of the Titan Clan People’s technology revolved around gravity. The key component was an ore called "Gravity Rock."

Notably, the walls and gates of Als were constructed entirely from this "Gravity Rock." The ore seemed to be extremely common on the Titan Clan People’s home world, as the territories generated by their cores were also filled with it.

Finally, there were the territory’s characteristics. The characteristics of Als were quite mediocre, consisting of only two: Joint Defense and Force Conduction.

[Joint Defense]: Adjacent defensive structures will link together, sharing their combined Defense Power and durability.

[Force Conduction]: When a territory member or structure is attacked, it can channel the force of the impact to adjacent units. The speed of this transfer depends on the attributes of the unit/structure being attacked.

Compared to the diverse characteristics of his World Tree Territory, Lin Yu felt these two defensive traits were completely useless. He had no idea how this Titan lord had managed to distinguish himself from so many other contestants.

’Are all the lords of the Titan Race this pathetic?’

The thought had barely formed before Lin Yu dismissed it. ’One cannot underestimate the people of the Cosmos. Anyone who made it to the third stage must have a few tricks up their sleeve.’

Now that he had occupied one of the Titan Clan People’s territories, the next step was to interrogate the prisoners and extract information about their race.

"Mei Ying, the dispatched team has conquered one of the Titan Clan People’s territories. Send someone to bring back the prisoners for interrogation. Their lord is among them, so be careful."

Upon receiving the order, Mei Ying immediately arranged for a reserve unit to retrieve them.

Lin Yu, meanwhile, opened the chat channel to do some lurking. By occupying the Titan lord’s territory, he had gained access to a new regional channel: the one for the continent where the Titan Race was located.