21: Chapter 21: System Fully Upgraded! Unlock the Tower of Watchtowers!

Qin Yu did not answer Lin Waner's suggestive request.

He merely gave her a meaningful glance, the corners of his mouth curling into a playful arc.

To climb into his bed, having value alone was not enough.

It also required... timing.

And right now, it was not the time.

Just then, a cold, mechanically synthesized prompt tone suddenly exploded in Qin Yu's mind without any warning!

【Ding!】

【Tribe core career structure detected as preliminarily completed!】

【Lord: Qin Yu】

【Warrior: Chen Xiao (Amazon Valkyrie)】

【Mage: Liu Wei (Apprentice Arcanist)】

【Priest: Su Qingyao (Holy Priestess)】

【Support: Lin Waner (Life Priest)】

【Tribe development potential has exceeded the critical value...】

【The wilderness lord system is upgrading to Lv.2...】

【Upgrade progress 10%... 50%... 90%...】

【Ding! System upgrade complete!】

【Lord authority increased! Tribe functions expanded!】

Boom!

Qin Yu only felt a massive stream of information instantly flood into his brain!

The system interface before his eyes, after a blur, became brand new!

The interface, which originally only had two simple tabs, 【Personal Attributes】 and 【Tribe Members】, now expanded with several brand-new modules shimmering with a metallic luster!

【Building Blueprint】!

【Career Temple】!

【Tribe Quests】!

Qin Yu's heart jumped violently!

His consciousness immediately clicked on the 【Building Blueprint】 module that he was most interested in!

A brand-new sub-interface popped up.

In the center of the interface was a gray, unlocked area.

Only the building icon in the top-left corner was lit up.

It was a sentry tower built with wood and stone, ten meters high, with a simple and sturdy design, full of primitive war aesthetics.

【Building Name: watchtower】

【Building Quality: White (Common)】

【Building Function: Provides high-altitude vision with a radius of one kilometer; can station 4 ranged units for surveillance and defense. Comes with basic defense, capable of withstanding conventional attacks from creatures below Tier 3.】

【Construction Requirements:】

【1. Quality Hardwood x 500 units】

【2. Sturdy Stone x 300 units】

【3. Tough Vines x 100 units】

【4. Tribe core member x 1 (Host construction)】

【5. Consume Energy x 100 points】

【Construction Method: The Lord selects the construction site, and after investing all materials, can activate the 'Blueprint Construction' mode. The system will assist in guiding Tribe members to complete the rapid construction of the building within 24 hours and ensure its structural strength reaches the theoretical peak.】

After reading the introduction of the watchtower, Qin Yu's breathing became somewhat rapid!

Rapid construction!

And with system assistance!

This meant that as long as there were sufficient materials, he could, like playing a tower defense game, "summon" sturdy defensive fortifications out of thin air within his territory!

For them, who only had seven days to prepare to meet the enemy, this was simply a divine skill!

With this thing, unstable foundations or structural defects were all bullshit!

Products from the system are guaranteed to be high quality!

"Everyone, quiet!"

Qin Yu gave a deep shout, and the pressure contained in his voice instantly made all the girls who were still going crazy over the "beauty" effect shut their mouths.

He scanned his surroundings, looking at those faces that were both awestruck and eager, and sneered inwardly.

Very good, morale is usable.

He strode to the edge of the karst cave, which was the best position to overlook the defensive fortifications at the entrance of the entire camp.

He stretched out his hand and pointed into the distance, to a cliff protrusion next to the waterfall, which had the highest terrain and the widest view.

"Our next target is there!"

Qin Yu's voice, like thunder, exploded in everyone's ears.

"Three days!"

"I only give you three days!"

"I want to build a ten-meter-high watchtower there!"

"A watchtower that can let us see any movement within a one-kilometer radius!"

"With it, those savages hiding in the dark will have nowhere to hide!"

"With it, before the enemy approaches, we can use bows and magic to ensure they never return!"

Qin Yu's words were full of incitement, instantly shifting everyone's attention from "beauty" to beautiful fantasies about the future.

A watchtower!

A towering watchtower!

Once built, their safety would be upgraded to an epic level!

Under the dual stimulation of the doomsday crisis and the miraculous beauty effect, burning flames ignited in the eyes of all the girls!

"Build! We'll build it!"

"Isn't it just three days? We won't sleep!"

"For the Tribe! For the Patriarch!"

The mountain-shaking and tsunami-like shouts resounded throughout the entire karst cave.

However, right in this fanatical atmosphere, a calm, slightly timid, yet exceptionally clear voice rang out inappropriately.

"Patriarch..."

It was Liu Wei.

She pushed up the glasses on the bridge of her nose and squeezed out of the crowd, holding a stone slab in her hand, which was covered with various calculation symbols that Qin Yu could not understand but could feel the logic within.

"I... I just calculated it..."

Liu Wei looked at Qin Yu somewhat nervously, but still gathered her courage and said loudly.

"According to our current manpower and tool efficiency, wanting to mine and transport three hundred units of sturdy stone within three days... this is simply an impossible task!"

"Our stone axes and stone picks lack sufficient hardness, the efficiency of mining giant rocks is very low, and the wear and tear is huge. Even if everyone doesn't sleep or rest, at most... at most we can only complete one-third of the amount."

Her words were like a basin of cold water, instantly poured over everyone's heads.

The atmosphere, which had just been fanatical, suddenly cooled down.

Yes... wood is easy to talk about, there are forests all around.

But that three hundred units of stone, having to be knocked down from the hard rock wall and then moved to the cliff, this amount of engineering, just thinking about it, makes people feel desperate.

All eyes subconsciously turned to Qin Yu.

They wanted to see how their omnipotent Patriarch would handle this nearly unsolvable problem.

Would he use violence and death threats to suppress them like before?

Or... did he really have a way to turn decay into magic?

Qin Yu looked at Liu Wei, who was nervous and afraid that he would be angry; instead of being angry, he showed an approving smile.

Worthy of being a future Archmage.

When everyone else was swept away by fanaticism, only she maintained absolute rationality and logic.

"You are quite right."

Qin Yu nodded, acknowledging Liu Wei's judgment.

"With our current tools, wanting to complete the stone mining within three days is indeed a fantasy."

His words made everyone's hearts sink.

Even the Patriarch admitted it, so it seems there really is no hope...

However, Qin Yu's next sentence made everyone's eyes widen suddenly!

"However..."

The corners of Qin Yu's mouth curled into an inscrutable smile.

He slowly raised his hand, palm upward.

Then, in the eyes of everyone who was shocked beyond measure, an orange-red fireball, emitting astonishing heat, ignited out of thin air in his palm!

This fireball was more than ten times larger than the one Liu Wei had condensed before!

It was like a tiny sun, emitting high temperatures that distorted the air, illuminating the entire karst cave brightly!

"Who said... we must use picks and axes to mine stone?"

Qin Yu held the scorching fireball, scanning the dumbfounded faces, his voice like the whisper of a demon god.

"Liu Wei, your talent is not just about making your arithmetic faster."

"Now, it is your turn to show them what is called..."

"...the power of magic!"