Chapter 158: Map Update

Early in the morning.

The major and minor affairs of Tianyun City.

After all were arranged for the territory ministers and assistants to take full responsibility.

Lord Ran Tianyun, accompanied by the Chief Hero, Ignis, passed through the Territory Gate and descended upon Miracle City.

The Territory Gate could only transmit a limited amount of goods and personnel each day, especially for a First-Order Territory. Every teleportation opportunity was extremely precious. However, currently, the two territories hadn’t begun official interactions, so there was no need to worry about insufficient quotas.

“This is… Miracle City?”

Ignis began to observe the underground city that had recently risen to prominence.

Although some infrastructure wasn’t completely constructed, as a newly risen underground city, this city had already achieved considerable scale in both size and facilities, at least it wouldn’t be inferior to a senior Second-Order Territory.

Such rapid development was very rare.

There was a reason why Lord Ran Tianyun placed such importance on this city.

With about twenty minutes until the city opening time, the two outsiders discovered that Miracle City was very lively. The Flower Fairies were singing and dancing, the Dwarves and Kobolds were still drinking, and the Adventurers had held a celebration not long ago.

“Lord Ran.”

“Welcome!”

A Freckled Dwarf Girl came forward to greet them. Interacting between the two territories required advance notice, so Qi Ji knew that Ran Tianyun and his subordinates were coming, therefore, he specially sent Nancy Liya to welcome them.

Overnight.

Miracle City was different!

Ran Tianyun was certain that he wasn’t hallucinating.

He could clearly feel an increase in the concentration of Heaven and Earth Essence, and the power level of this area had reached the Second Rank… Qi Ji Territory had leveled up!

The changes didn’t stop there.

Ran Tianyun learned from Nancy Liya’s introduction.

Qiji Territory’s second main city, Gloomy City, would open today, and Lord Qi had already completed the preliminary construction of Gloomy City.

The current Gloomy City had established a connection with an Adventurer town called “Green Mountain City.” With the current construction scale of Gloomy City, it could accommodate one thousand Adventurers from Green Mountain City and had already built a Second-Tier Secret Realm Hall, which was also Qiji Territory’s second Secret Realm Hall.

“Congratulations!”

Ran Tianyun congratulated sincerely.

Ran Tianyun had never heard of this Adventurer town called Green Mountain City, but he had to say that Green Mountain City’s luck was very good, as it could intervene in a divine-level underground city like Qiji Territory.

The Adventurers here were fortunate!

This Green Mountain City must be an Adventurer town much larger in scale than Black Stone Town, and it was estimated that there were many Adventurer forces and Lord forces within it. They would log in to Qiji Territory and appear in Gloomy City.

Although Gloomy City was one of Lord Qi’s main cities, its importance and future development potential still couldn’t compare to the Core Main City.

Why did he say that?

The most important factor was Secret Realms.

Miracle City, as the Territory Core Main City, could connect to all Secret Realms in the entire territory.

Whether it was the various Main Secret Realms, or the Sub-Secret Realms, or other special Secret Realms in the future.

This was the advantage of being the Core Main City.

While Gloomy City could initially open only two Secret Realms: one was the Core Main City Secret Realm, and the other was the Secret Realm that came with Gloomy City. That meant one could only enter “Doomsday Tide” and “Foreign Lands Ten Kingdoms Chronicle.”

The “Final Arena,” the Sub-Secret Realm of Green Swamp City, and the Secret Realm of Thunder City, which was about to open, couldn’t be directly entered from Gloomy City. Conversely, in the future, one couldn’t directly enter Ten Kingdoms Chronicle in Thunder City either.

In the future, some facilities could be used to open up some Secret Realms.

But no matter what, the status and convenience of an ordinary main city in the territory still couldn’t compare to that of the Core Main City, and this was the key to ensuring that the Core Main City could always flourish.

Green Mountain Town could enter Qiji Territory through Gloomy City.

But in the end, the profit obtained from Black Stone Town, which had a direct connection to Qiji Territory’s Core Main City, was not as great.

Although Black Stone Town wasn’t doing well now, it wouldn’t be difficult to surpass Green Mountain City in the future with the blessing of Miracle City.

Ran Tianyun expressed his congratulations on Qiji Territory’s successful advancement, but he didn’t feel that there was anything strange about it. After all, the second Secret Realm of Miracle City had been built long ago, so becoming a Second-Order Territory was a natural progression.

However.

The following news.

Was something he never expected.

“What? Miracle City’s Army has already seized the territory’s third Main City?!”

When Ran Tianyun learned that Qiji Territory had taken down the Second-Order Dark Underground City, Thunder City, both he and Ignis were taken aback. Wasn’t this expansion speed too fast?

The second Main City had just been put into use.

And they had taken down the third Main City as well?

This meant that, even if Qi Ji didn’t temporarily enable the construction of Thunder City, the territory would automatically advance to the Third Rank in at most one month!

Wouldn’t such rapid expansion be a little too fast? After all, even if they waited for the automatic level up, the creation of Miracle City had only been a little over two months, and a territory advancing to the Third Rank in less than three months was unprecedented!

No wonder the Adventurers had celebrated greatly.

This was not only a major breakthrough for the territory, but it also meant that the third Main Secret Realm was about to be developed!

Not to mention the Adventurers who could directly play the new Secret Realm, even Ran Tianyun felt quite excited about it, and he didn’t know what the third Secret Realm of Miracle City would be like.

It was too late when they took down Thunder City yesterday.

So the third Secret Realm hadn’t been developed yet today.

It was estimated that the third Secret Realm, code-named “Star Sea,” would open tomorrow.

The Adventurers all expressed their eagerness, but Ran Tianyun felt that it didn’t matter if it was a little late. After all, slow work yields fine results, and quality comes first. Moreover, he had only come to Miracle City for a couple of days, and he still didn’t understand the current Secret Realm content.

Nancy Liya said, “Lord Ran, do you have any agenda arrangements? If you do, please let me know in time, so that I can report to Lord immediately.”

“Since Brother Qi is busy making a new Secret Realm, I, as the Older Brother, won’t bother him today.”

Ran Tianyun said, “I’ll just take a stroll, there’s no need for special hospitality.”

Nancy Liya nodded: “In that case, Lord Ran, please do as you please. If you have any needs, you can ask me or other Territory Management Personnel at any time.”

At this time, the City Opening Time had arrived.

The Adventurers from Black Stone Town poured into Miracle City.

The total number of Adventurers in Miracle City today reached three thousand three hundred.

“Wahahaha!”

“The city is open again!”

“There are more and more people, the Crystals are starting to get a bit crowded, this won’t do!”

“I heard that Gloomy City is open today, why don’t we spend some Contribution Points and Teleport to Gloomy City to farm Secret Realms?”

“Good idea, although Gloomy City is open, it hasn’t built up its fame yet, there must be plenty of free Crystals there, we can play as we want without having to repeatedly coordinate for team-ups.”

“…”

In a little while.

Three or four hundred Adventurers from Black Stone Town went to Gloomy City.

Most of these Adventurers were enthusiasts of the Arena Mode of the Raging Tide Secret Realm, and they could also play the Raging Tide Secret Realm in Gloomy City, and because there was more space, they didn’t have to queue and coordinate. They could team up with Friends without any obstacles, and the experience would naturally be better.

Most of the other Adventurers still went into the Secret Realm Hall of Miracle City.

After all, for many Adventurers, challenging the Secret Realm atmosphere was also very important, and sometimes, a lot of people wasn’t a bad thing, even part of the experience.

After some disguise, the two visitors from Tianyun City followed the flow of Adventurers into the Hall, and they saw that all the Crystals in the Secret Realm Hall were being activated one after another.

Ran Tianyun asked, “What do you think of this place?”

Ignis said, “Lord, you really have a sharp eye. Your subordinate has never seen such a vibrant underground city, nor has he ever seen an underground city with such a fast development speed, and… that Nancy Liya is not simple either!”

Ran Tianyun was stunned for a moment: “You mean the Dwarf Girl next to Lord Qi?”

Ignis said, “This person is not from the Dwarf Race, just a layer of disguise, her strength is not weak, and her identity must not be simple either!”

Ignis, as the strongest in Tianyun City, had the same Fifth Order cultivation as Ran Tianyun, and he was a genuine Fifth Order cultivated, this kind of strength, put into most areas of the Chaos World, had a high probability of becoming an Overlord.

Even he felt that she was not weak.

This Nancy Liya might have the Fourth Stage.

Miracle City had already built the Hero’s Hall, and this Nancy Liya was likely a Hidden Hero of Miracle City… The secrets and foundation of Miracle City were much more than imagined!

“Ignis, what you are seeing now is just the tip of the iceberg of this magical underground city!”

Ran Tianyun said, “From now on, you will see the true special features of Miracle City. You will soon know what is a true divine-level underground city, and what is a Lord that can truly be called a Legend!”

Ignis was already two hundred years old, and he had traveled through dozens, nearly a hundred underground cities. Tianyun City was already the best he had ever seen, otherwise, he wouldn’t have chosen to become the Contract Hero of Tianyun City.

For over twenty years.

Ignis was loyal to Ran Tianyun, and he knew his master very well. Although he seemed gentle and refined, and he was good at dealing with things, he was actually a character with a proud heart and lofty ambitions.

He had never given such a high evaluation to others.

Especially an underground city that was far inferior to him in terms of experience, strength, and rank.

“Wow, that’s great, the Sui and Tang Chapter has been updated!”

Ran Tianyun’s eyes lit up, and he no longer wasted any more words. He let Ignis wander around and see for himself, while he himself hurried to learn about the latest content of the Ten Kingdoms Chronicle update.

The Sui and Tang Chapter update method.

Was somewhat different from the Blacklight Chapter.

Although both gradually released content, the Sui and Tang Chapter didn’t divide the content into chapters, but rather, it divided them by map area. The current updated content was “Main Story Map: Moon River Village, Leixia Marsh.”

There wasn’t much new content.

But it also made the Adventurers very excited.

There were too few Adventurers who could currently challenge Sui and Tang.

Ran Tianyun found the Secret Realm Crystal operated by Biyan Hua.

There were already quite a few Adventurers gathered nearby, and various urging voices had become incessant.

“Don’t rush!”

“It’s starting!”

Yesterday, they had experienced the Sui and Tang Prologue.

Biyan Hua had a deep impression of the plot.

The general content of the prologue was: the Adventurer played the descendant of the Chen Kingdom, Chen Jingchou, who was brought to Demon Subduing Mountain by his Master, Chen Fu, to obtain the Kunlun Mirror, one of the Ten Great Divine Artifacts.

Chen Fu believed that as long as the “Qin, Ding, Yin, Mirror, Stone” were gathered, they could have the world.

Unexpectedly, while retrieving the mirror, an accident caused the release of the Primordial Spirit of the Ancient Demon God Taotie. In order to save Chen Jingchou and avoid the appearance of Taotie, Chen Fu had to dissipate his cultivation and use the freezing technique, and together with Taotie, who hadn’t fully formed, he was frozen in the cave.

Before he lost consciousness, he told the Adventurer that he would live at most for a year in this state, and that only by finding Mister Gongshan, one of the strongest people in the contemporary era, would there be hope for salvation.

Finally, he urged the Adventurer that whether they could save him was not important.

The most important thing was to find the remaining four Divine Artifacts, “Qin, Ding, Yin, and Stone,” to restore the Great Chen.

At this point.

The story began.

The Adventurer embarked on an adventure.

“Eh, this energy consumption method of the Sui and Tang Chapter is quite different from other Secret Realms.”

Before entering the formal chapter.

Biyan Hua first understood the mechanism of the Sui and Tang Chapter.

Not only would death directly end the challenge in the Sui and Tang Chapter, but it would also generate continuous consumption based on the duration of the adventure. One point of energy was consumed every hour, and each round of exploration challenge was limited to about 3 hours.

This consumption wasn’t much.

After confirming the agreement and entering the Secret Realm.

A mysterious giant ancient scroll appeared before Biyan Hua’s eyes.

Opened.

It was a painting.

A painting full of details of mountains, rivers, and the country!

Its style was very typical of the China Ink Wash Painting style.

What was presented was exactly the mountains, rivers, and cities of the Divine Land!

This giant Ink Wash Painting style landscape painting was not only full of charm and details, but if you looked closely, you would find that the cloud changes, weather conditions, and the flow of the river, were all clearly presented in a dynamic way.

Place Names.

Cities.

As many as hundreds of them.

All appeared in front of her.

【The current time is: the tenth month of the Sui Dynasty’s Great Cause. 】

【You have opened the Sui and Tang Travel Map, please choose the area you will travel to! 】

【Hint: The Main Story and some Side Quests are time-limited and will only occur within a limited time. Please manage your travel time reasonably to avoid losing Plot Synchronization. 】

After Biyan Hua learned about it.

She explained, “This is a unique mechanism of the Sui and Tang Chapter… Each time the Secret Realm content is updated, a part of the map area will be unlocked, allowing us Adventurers to enter the area to freely explore, until the Main Quest is completed.”

Everyone immediately felt a sense of freshness.

San Zhu said, “We’ve always been wondering how the Lord would present such a vast Divine Land, and this kind of map-style update is undoubtedly the best choice!”

“Indeed!”

“The Sui and Tang Chapter is completely different from the Ashina Chapter.”

“Ashina is so small, even if you run for half a day, you can reach the end.”

“But the worldview of the Sui and Tang Chapter is too exaggerated, from the easternmost part of the Divine Continent to the westernmost part, you can’t finish it in ten days and a half months. We Adventurers can’t spend so much time on the road, right?”

“…”

Ran Tianyun also nodded.

It wasn’t realistic to produce the Divine Land all at once.

Not to mention that with the current size of Miracle City, it was impossible to run everything, even if the computing power of all Secret Realm Cores of Tianyun City were added together, it couldn’t withstand it. How to balance the rhythm and resource utilization was very important.

“Brother Qi is indeed a genius.”

“He actually thought of using this method to present it!”

In fact, the landscape painting in front of the Adventurers was a more detailed and vivid game map.

This big map marked most of the famous mountains, great rivers, and important city areas of the Divine Land, and the content was very rich.

The “Map Update Mode” of the Sui and Tang Chapter was very simple, somewhat similar to the Secret Realm update mode of the entire Foreign Lands Ten Kingdoms Chronicle, except that the update frequency was faster, and Adventurers could also actively trigger map updates through actions and exploration.

Qi Ji would update content related to the Main Plot.

In other words, although there were many locations in the early stage, non-Main Story areas couldn’t be entered or explored.

Adventurers could only open the next Main Story area after completing the Main Story of the area, and the non-Main Story cities and areas had various triggering and activation conditions.

Some could be activated by opening Side Quests.

Some could be opened together in Free Mode after completing all stories.

In addition, some would be designed as Activity Maps, which could only be entered for a limited time during certain activities.

From a theoretical point of view, as long as there was enough time, Adventurers could activate quite a lot of explorable areas through exploration.

With such a design, the Ten Kingdoms Chronicle Secret Realm didn’t need to load all the maps at the same time, and the areas that no Adventurers were challenging could be completely unloaded, greatly reducing the computational power occupation of the Secret Realm.

Therefore, Ran Tianyun would feel.

This was a good design!

Qi Ji used this method, both to show the vastness of the Divine Land and to ensure the rhythm efficiency of the adventure, without putting too much burden on the Secret Realm Core of the underground city, and he also reserved a very sufficient amount of time for creation.

Biyan Hua zoomed in on the map.

Found her current location.

“My current location is Demon Subduing Mountain, and my Master is located in Leixia Marsh, which is northeast of Demon Subduing Mountain. What we have to do now is to go to Leixia Marsh, but we will first pass through a place called Moon River Village during the journey to Leixia Marsh.”

“It’s impossible to directly enter Leixia Marsh.”

“Because there is a Main Story quest that hasn’t been completed yet.”

“The only places that can be entered in the current big map are Leixia Marsh and Moon River Village. Since the former cannot be entered for the time being, the place where the plot occurs must be in this Moon River Village.”

“…”

Next.

The Adventurers were surprised to see.

A little person was walking in the landscape map.

He first walked out of Demon Subduing Mountain, and soon came to Moon River Village, then the scene changed, and the landscape ancient scroll was put away.

Biyan Hua officially entered the Secret Realm scene, and when she gained consciousness and opened her eyes, she had appeared at the entrance of a small village as Chen Jingchou.

“So magical!”

Biyan Hua patted off the dust and leaves on her body.

“I can feel that ‘I’ had walked from Demon Subduing Mountain to this place after three days and three nights of trekking.”

Other Adventurers.

At this moment, they also nodded.

This design of the Sui and Tang Chapter omitted the slow-paced, less important parts, which not only ensured the sense of rhythm and compactness of the story, but also wouldn’t destroy the realism while also strengthening the expectation.

Because only the maps related to the Main Story would be unlocked.

The Adventurers knew that there must be important stories and characters in this small village, but what kind of stories and how they would unfold needed the Adventurers to explore and discover themselves.

If they found a Side Quest while wandering around the Main Story area.

Perhaps they could unlock additional exploration areas.

This was undoubtedly very interesting.

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