Having looted over 15,000 fog monsters' corpses in total, he obtained the following.
2 Green bronze-tier regional tokens!
10 Territory tokens! (5 Black iron-tier, 5 Green bronze-tier)
74 Green bronze-tier lord talent crystal fragments!
32 Origin Crystals!
5,160,450 Promotion Energy!
1 Green bronze-tier ancestor statue of the human race!
99,418 Mist Cores! (66,546 Green bronze-tier, 32,154 White silver-tier, 718 Yellow gold-tier)
2 White silver-tier advance grade alchemy pharmacist recruitment books!
3 White silver-tier advance grade alchemy technician recruitment books!
With skill books and equipment worth approximately 2 Extraordinary-tier items.
Other than that, the expedition gave him a total of 2,422,000 units of basic materials (fine sand, metal, wood, and stone), 23,942 Mist cores of various tiers and 6 blueprints.
"These are all indeed from 2 Green bronze-tier regional territories."
Zhou Zhou was impressed.
He then checked out the ancestor statue.
[Treasure Name: Ancestor Statue of the Human Race - Sun Tzu]}
[Treasure Grade: Green bronze-tier]
[Treasure Effect: Place it in the shrine of the Imperial Ancestral Temple and activate the Ancestor Statue's beneficial effect on the territory and the subjects!]
[Treasure Introduction: A Chinese military strategist whose knowledge impact several field involving military, business and politics.]
[Prompt: You can fuse 2 ancestral statues of the same person having the same level to form a higher level ancestral statue.]
"Another interesting ancestor."
Zhou Zhou was all smiles as he teleported into the Imperial ancestral temple.
Placing the statue in the second shrine beside da Vinci's shrine, he felt the surrounding slightly shake.
At the same time, a calm voice sounded in his mind.
…
[If you know the enemy and know thyself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles!]
…
"It's indeed Sun Tzu."
Zhou Zhou acknowledged.
The next moment, a text notification appeared.
[You have placed a Green bronze-tier ancestor statue in the shrine of the Imperial ancestral temple — Sun Tzu. You have activated the exclusive ancestral enhancement effect: Veil of Mediocrity!]
[The current ancestor statue has been updated!]
[Current ancestral enhancement effect has been updated!]
Zhou Zhou opened the current ancestral enhancement effect.
[Ancestral Enhancement: Veil of Mediocrity]
[Grade: Green bronze-tier]
[Enhancement Effect One: Reduce the zeal of your opponents by 30%!]
[Hint: Opponents above the Green bronze-tier won't be affected.]
[Enhancement Effect Two: Increase the efficiency of war strategies by 30%!]
[Blessing Description: A blessing from Human Ancestor Sun Tzu!]
"What interesting effects."
"I should be able to increase those effect one could affect if I'm lucky to acquire another ancestor statue of Sun Tzu.
Muttering out his thoughts, he left the temple before seeking out Hui Teng.
"My lord."
Hui Teng bowed as Zhou Zhou appeared in front of him.
"Summon them and have them sent to the Gnome Alchemy Workshop."
Zhou Zhou said to his fanatical believer as he handed five recruitment books to him.
"Yes, my lord."
The fanatic said as he took the recruitment books and walking out of the city's administrative building.
Returning to his mansion, Zhou Zhou allowed his soldiers to rest for an hour before they begin ranking.
Documenting the attributes of the five lifestyle professionals he summoned, Hui Teng allowed his assistants take them to the Gnome Workshop while he headed to his lord's mansion.
"The alchemy technicians have knowledge on products Ashburn don't know."
"The first product is a mechanical flying claw."
"It can shoot out a grappling claw to grab an object or life form. After that, you can choose to pull yourself closer to the other party or pull the other party to your side."
"The second product is a mechanostrider."
"It isn't unfamiliar, but its best quality is."
"Compared to those made by Ashburn, theirs is able to fly."
"The final product is biological prosthesis."
"They are able to build prosthetic limbs for life forms without arms and legs."
Hui Teng conveyed to Zhou Zhou.
"How about the eye?"
"Can they make artificial eyes that work?"
Interested in biological prosthesis, Zhou Zhou asked.
"They will have to be at the Yellow gold-tier before they are able to build something like that."
Hui Teng answered.
"That shouldn't be far off."
Zhou Zhou muttered while fantasizing about eyes that would be able to zoom far into the distance or have a 180° view.
Letting Hui Teng leave, he took out the 2 Green bronze-tier regional tokens.
[Treasure Name: Regional Token]
[Region Name: Blackrock Desert (Changeable)]
[Regional Grade: Green bronze-tier]
[Area size: About 1,211 square kilometers]
[Treasure Description: Blackrock Desert's regional token. A lord who possesses this regional token and integrates it into the territory stone tablet can become the regional lord of Blackrock Desert and obtain an exclusive regional treasure chest!]
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[Treasure Name: Regional Token]
[Region Name: Silent Wasteland (Changeable)]
[Regional Grade: Green bronze-tier]
[Area size: About 1,542 square kilometers]
[Treasure Description: Silent Wasteland's regional token. A lord who possesses this regional token and integrates it into the territory stone tablet can become the regional lord of Silent Wasteland and obtain an exclusive regional treasure chest!]
"Incredible!"
Zhou Zhou clicked his tongue in wonder.
Blackrock Desert alone was twice the size of Blazing Sun Desert, while Silent Wasteland was three times that.
Fusing the two regional tokens to the territory stone tablet, he welcomed rows of golden text notifications.
[Congratulations on obtaining a Green bronze-tier regional token (Blackrock Desert). You have officially become the regional lord of this region!]
[Congratulations on obtaining a Green bronze-tier regional token (Silent Wasteland). You have officially become the regional lord of this region!]
[You have obtained two regional treasure chests!]
Opening the treasure chests, he found Green bronze-tier basic materials and 30,000 Green bronze-tier mist cores in total.
As I said before, nothing interesting ever comes out of these chests.
He muttered before waiting of the remaining 42 minutes left for his soldiers to rest.
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