Chapter 117: You Thought Building a Clan Territory Meant You'd Stop Paying?
The white-haired loli asked nervously, "Master, are you really going to grant them clan territories?"
Through the screen,
they could clearly see the Dawn Faction and the Kirigakure Alliance arguing intensely in the chat.
All pretenses had been thrown aside. Both sides were now frantically scrambling to buy up every silver-tier material in the Ninja Newbie Village. The value of a single [Sarina's Heart], a silver-grade material, had soared to 45,000 reward points.
Previously, players had desired silver hearts only to unlock clan tokens. But now? It had reached a level bordering on madness.
No one had expected that they could also be used to expand clan territory.
Who could resist that temptation?
"No dinner tonight. You've eaten too much," Fang Yi muttered, glancing at her swollen belly. He poked it lightly, and her stomach instantly flattened like a deflated balloon.
Afu deflated along with it, the tension she'd been holding onto completely forgotten.
"Creating a clan without territory? Impossible."
Seeing her expression, Fang Yi clutched his head in mock disgust. "It's just like ninja villages in the real world. Only with territory will players begin gathering, cooperating, and competing with each other. That's how they'll hunt Corrupted Creatures more effectively and push into the Corrupted Worlds."
After the Blood Wasteland was conquered, the massive feedback of Origin Power had once again transformed his body and soul.
He had gone from Peak Tier One… to a true Tier Two lifeform.
He also obtained dominion over the Blood Wasteland, becoming the master of that world fragment. Now possessing two world fragments, Fang Yi could use them as stepping stones to begin shaping a full Tier Two world.
It was time to look beyond the ninja world.
The Pirate World, due to its sheer scale, hadn't received the same development yet. There wasn't enough Origin Power. Unlike the ninja world, which he had meticulously shaped, the Pirate World had only a game tower that randomly recruited players each month.
But now, with 5 million reward points accumulated from conquering the Blood Wasteland, he could finally begin planning out the Pirate World's future.
"But Master,"
Afu hesitated. "This isn't like leasing resource maps. Players only had mining rights there and could only make certain tools. They had no other privileges."
"But once we give them clan territory, it means that anything produced within that land is beyond our control. Our Origin Power recovery efficiency will plummet."
Leased resource maps only allowed players to extract resources—they couldn't alter the terrain.
But granting clan territory rights to players was a full handoff. They could build houses, dig up land, change the terrain—and everything they created belonged to them.
Even if Fang Yi wanted to reclaim the land, he'd have to compensate players for their upgrades with reward points.
"That's exactly the point!"
Fang Yi ruffled her hair and explained, "Don't you see? Just the range expansion of clan territory has already made players spend everything they've saved up!"
Afu still looked worried. "Sure, expanding territory costs tens of thousands of points. It's not a loss, but… we're not earning much, either."
"Not earning much?"
Fang Yi laughed. "That's just the appetizer…"
"Since it's a clan territory, it's a private place. Don't you think it needs walls?"
"Back when the monster siege hit the Ninja Newbie Village, the wall cost 500,000 reward points to build—even though I skipped all middlemen and handled it directly. Now tell me, how much do you think players will pay to build a wall?"
"The larger the clan territory, the more extensive the walls. The more extensive the walls, the more materials and reward points they'll need. Logical, right?"
Afu blinked. "But what if players refuse to upgrade the walls?"
"They're free to refuse. Samsara Game is all about joyful experiences—we don't force anyone."
Fang Yi smiled benevolently. "However, I'll be releasing monthly Clan Defense Missions, triggering a pollution space matched to their clan level. If they don't build walls, Corrupted Creatures will storm in and destroy everything they've built."
"Do you think players will stand by and watch their hard-earned base get obliterated?"
He paused to let Afu absorb the message.
She imagined it from a player's perspective.
If she had the ability to build walls to protect her world, of course she'd go all out.
Her master's move was ruthless.
Even worse, the attacking monsters would scale with clan level. Which meant that if players upgraded their clan, they'd be forced to upgrade their walls—otherwise they wouldn't survive the waves of invading Corrupted Creatures.
Just as the white-haired loli broke into a cold sweat,
Fang Yi continued, "Besides, walls aren't the only thing eating up reward points in clan territory."
"Whether it's Soulmount Ridge or the Blood Wasteland, masking its presence from the Corrupted World and ensuring the world fragment's slow, stable growth takes a massive amount of energy—and I've been footing that bill."
"Now that players are taking over clan territories, I'm done paying for that. They'll owe me a monthly maintenance fee."
Afu stared, speechless.
Wasn't defending against the Corrupted Worlds your job?
How could he just push that cost onto the players?
It was like inviting people to eat at your restaurant, then charging them for the food, the cutlery, the charcoal, and the table rental!
Wasn't this daylight robbery?
But thinking about it more, it… almost made sense.
If the land belonged to players, they should be responsible for maintaining it. That seemed fair.
But…
It still felt wrong.
Afu clutched her head. She felt like she was being brainwashed by some heartless corporate tyrant.
"And let's not forget—every clan needs a hall, right?"
"Clan skills—those have to be paid for too, right?"
"Training fields that boost member experience? Gotta build those. If you don't, someone else will. If your clan facilities fall behind, players will defect on the spot."
"Blacksmith shops, tailoring stations, material refineries, blueprint research labs… Which of those doesn't cost money?"
Afu numbly nodded… then shook her head. "Master… won't the players get discouraged?"
Fang Yi replied bluntly, "Discouraged?"
"You mean like… the now-destroyed Hidden Leaf Village?"
Afu jolted.
Right—Konoha had been one of the inactive factions, and things had ended very badly for them.
If you're weak and irrelevant, then sure—go ahead and play casually.
But if you're sitting on abundant land and resources, a juicy slab of meat… and you don't throw yourself into the grind, turning every last point into power—
then the wolves will come and tear you apart.
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