“Furthermore, we have invited over thirty races, including the Little People, Black-winged, White-winged, Grey Cat, White Wolf, Gem, Yeti, and Sea Wolf races, to join the Abandoned Land;”
“We believe that in the near future, as time passes and the environment improves, these races will slowly grow and flourish.”
“And with that, this auction is officially concluded. I wish you all a wonderful evening.”
With that, Bei Adolis performed a deep, formal bow while holding the hem of her skirt. The lights in the hall brightened, and the surrounding doors were opened.
“So it’s really over.”
“Wait, what did the Golden Witch mean by what she just said?”
“Residency? Free housing?”
“And she invited over thirty different races?”
As Bei Adolis slowly walked down from the auction stage, the participants didn’t leave immediately. Instead, they stood in place, mulling over her final words.
Especially that last bit about ‘races slowly growing and flourishing as time passes and the environment improves’...
If they combined the ancient blood put up for auction by those smaller races earlier with the ten thousand milliliters of ancient blood the vampire queen had just promised...
Didn't that suggest these races would eventually release evolution items, allowing the unevolved transmigrators living in the Abandoned Land to evolve as well?
After all, if a race wanted to expand, it would certainly need unevolved transmigrators.
And compared to searching outside, those who had already settled there would definitely be the first choice. It was a classic case of keeping the benefits within the family.
Otherwise, the Golden Witch wouldn't have announced those two things at the same time.
The fact that she mentioned them together meant they were connected.
At this realization, the clever ones had already slipped out of the hall to find any witch they could to ask about the registration location.
No joke.
Even though they couldn't bring their shelters over like the witches did, this place was at least immune to the erosion of natural phenomena.
Furthermore, many people were currently ‘triple-nothings’—they had no shelters, no magic desks, and no base of their own.
As more and more people realized this, the registration desk became the busiest place after the auction.
“Hmm... is this the thing you were hiding from us?”
In order to hear Lan Qingyou’s true purpose for holding this auction sooner, Vivian had even gone as far as using all her trump cards.
And this was it?
Bringing people in to settle?
This trivial matter was worth keeping such a deep secret?
That was obviously impossible.
Only a fool would believe that.
So, Vivian brought her face directly in front of Lan Qingyou’s, her nose almost touching the other’s, and asked with a serious expression.
“You should just be happy you bought the large-scale magic circle,” Lan Qingyou replied.
Facing Vivian’s large face so close to her own, Lan Qingyou lowered her head slightly and took a bite of her apple at a very extreme angle.
“Tell me. Break it down, explain it in detail. Speak.”
Seeing that Lan Qingyou was unmoved, Vivian could only press her further.
“Defense value.”
“Huh?”
Everyone’s brows furrowed.
“You remember what the world consciousness said about the defense value, right? It was that attribute mentioned when Typhon City was recognized.”
“We remember. What about it?”
“The defense value of a magic shield is directly proportional to the population inside it.”
“What!?”
Lan Qingyou’s casual sentence left the originally frowning group stunned.
Population and defense value were proportional?
When they first heard about the defense value, everyone had their theories. However, because they had no solid leads and needed to get their own cities recognized as quickly as possible, they had ultimately just kept it in mind without looking deeper.
But now, Lan Qingyou had brought it up again.
Suddenly, everyone understood why this girl had gone to such great lengths.
Population.
A metric that was extremely important even for cities back on Blue Star was now linked to the defense value. There was definitely something significant behind this.
Damn it, why didn't I think of that?
“Trust me, this is something only my Magic Eye can see. Of course, you can also try taking your magic shield core down and identifying it yourself,” Lan Qingyou added, seeing everyone frozen in place.
“We believe you, of course. But what exactly is this defense value used for?”
Chu Yuan asked the question everyone was most concerned about.
Now that they knew the connection between population and defense value, as long as they knew what the defense value did, they could lean their development resources in that direction when building their respective cities.
However...
“I don't know. This information was just something I deduced and put into practice after my Magic Eye compared the defense value with the city's population at the time.”
Lan Qingyou tossed the apple core away, then picked up a tissue from the coffee table to wipe her hands, speaking as if it were of no consequence.
This...
Fine...
The others didn't quite believe Lan Qingyou’s explanation, as she had a history of being cryptic.
But she didn't look like she was lying either, which for a moment left everyone unsure of how to follow up.
“In any case, even though I don't know exactly what the defense value is for, stacking this value as high as possible is definitely the right move.”
Lan Qingyou didn't care whether these guys believed her or not.
Regardless, her initial goal of ‘attracting population’ had been achieved. What remained was the construction of the villages around the city and the setup of the magic circle on Vivian’s end.
As for the others' affairs, this was as much as she could say.
“High Priestess, when are we signing the contract?”
“Any time is fine.”
“Then let's sign it now. We’re all going to be busy for the next few months.”
As she spoke, Lan Qingyou looked at Chu Yuan, the one designated to write the contract.
Chu Yuan, who had only come to watch the show but unexpectedly found himself pressed into service, was quite frustrated.
Nevertheless, he obediently drafted the contract.
“Why a few months? Shouldn't it be finished in one month on your end?” Vivian asked immediately, confused by Lan Qingyou’s words.
“Because of the labor shortage. Do you think maintaining such a massive magic circle doesn't require manpower? Being able to spare one-third of the maintenance staff to work for you is already the limit.”
Lan Qingyou curled her lip.
No joke.
Currently, the only ones capable of producing this kind of magic circle besides herself were the 88 members of the witch group.
However, those girls were all currently working from home as maintenance personnel.
Getting them to come out was no easy task.
Lan Qingyou could already predict the kind of faces those witches would make when she handed down this assignment.
This was also why she had said that this kind of magic circle couldn't be made frequently.
If it were her, she wouldn't want to go out either. It was as simple as that.
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