Chapter 117: You Thought You Wouldn't Have to Pay Just Because You Built a Family Territory?

The white-haired loli asked nervously, "Master, are you really going to give them Family Territory?"

Through the light screen,

one could clearly see the Mist Alliance and the Dawn faction arguing intensely within the channel.

Abandoning all restraint, they were frantically snatching up every Silver Material in the Ninja Novice Village; a single piece of Silver-quality 【Sarina's Heart】 material had already seen its value soar to 45,000 Reward Points.

Originally, although players were extremely thirsty for the Silver Material that could unlock the Family Token, they had now reached a state of near-madness.

They had initially treated the Silver Heart as a one-time material for unlocking the Family Token.

Who would have thought it could actually expand Family Territory!

Who could resist such temptation?

"You ate too much today, dinner is canceled."

Fang Yi glanced at her round, bulging belly and poked it with his finger; the belly flattened like a deflating balloon.

A Fu herself also deflated, even the nervous matter pushed to the back of her mind.

"How can one start a family without territory?"

Seeing A Fu's pathetic appearance, Fang Yi covered his head in disdain and explained, "Just like the ninja villages in reality, only after possessing territory will players spontaneously gather, cooperate with each other, compete with each other, better hunt Pollution Sources, and break through the Polluted World."

After the Blood Wasteland was broken through, the massive feedback of origin energy caused his flesh and soul to undergo another transformation.

He went directly from Tier 1 perfection to becoming a true Tier 2 lifeform.

He also obtained the authority over the Blood Wasteland, becoming the master of this World Fragment; possessing two World Fragments, he was fully capable of using these two fragments as stepping stones to open up a Second-tier World.

His gaze could no longer be confined to the Ninja World.

Because the Pirate World was too vast and the origin energy was insufficient, Fang Yi had not spent as much effort there as he had on the Ninja World.

He simply let a Game Tower randomly recruit players every month.

Now, the Reward Points accumulated after breaking through the Blood Wasteland had reached five million, so he could begin laying out plans for the Pirate World.

"But Master."

A Fu hesitated, "It's different from the previous Resource Map rentals, where players could only mine on the Resource Map and manufacture certain types of mining tools, with no other rights."

"But once we give them Family Territory, it means we have no right to interfere with all output within the Family Territory, and the efficiency of origin energy recovery will be greatly discounted."

After a Resource Map is rented, players only have the right to mine and cannot make changes to the map.

However, once the authority of the Family Territory is given to players, it is equivalent to the Samsara Game completely letting go; players can build houses, dig up the land, and so on, on this piece of Family Territory.

Furthermore, the ownership of these modified products belongs to the players.

Even if Fang Yi wanted to reclaim the Family Territory, he would need to pay the players those Reward Points.

"That is exactly the effect I want!"

Fang Yi rubbed her little head and explained speechlessly, "Don't you see? This is just the expansion range of the Family Territory, and it has already made the players empty out all the savings they've accumulated over this period."

A Fu worried, "Expanding some Family Territory for tens of thousands of Reward Points—while Master isn't losing money, you aren't earning much either."

"Not earning much? This is just the appetizer..."

Fang Yi sneered repeatedly and said, "Since it's Family Territory, it must be a private space; surely it can't be without Jiazu Chenqiang?"

"When the Monster Siege happens, even without any middleman making a profit, the wall of the Ninja Novice Village alone cost me 500,000 Reward Points. How much money do you think they need to build Jiazu Chenqiang?"

"The larger the Family Territory, the larger the wall range, and the more materials and Reward Points required for construction. That's very reasonable, right?"

A Fu raised a question, "Can't the players just refuse to upgrade the walls?"

"Of course they can. The Samsara Game creates happiness with heart; it certainly won't force players."

Fang Yi revealed a kind smile and nodded, "However, I will issue Family Defense Battle missions every month, randomly opening Pollution Spaces that match the family level. If they don't build Jiazu Chenqiang, a steady stream of pollution monsters will rush into the Family Territory and wreak havoc!"

"Could the players bear to watch their own hard work be destroyed by pollution monsters?"

He paused slightly, leaving time for A Fu to think.

A Fu put herself in their shoes.

If it were her, and she had the conditions to create world walls to protect her original world, she would certainly spare no effort to build them.

Master's move was too ruthless.

What was even more ruthless was that the monsters attacking the Family Territory would actually get stronger as the family level increased. In other words, as long as you upgrade the family, you must upgrade the Jiazu Chenqiang, otherwise, you simply cannot stop the pollution monsters.

Just as the white-haired loli was already breaking out in a cold sweat,

Fang Yi continued, "Besides, it's not just the walls that consume Reward Points within the Family Territory."

"Whether it's the Death Soul Mountain Range or the Blood Wasteland, the Reward Points consumed to mask their aura to avoid being discovered by the Polluted World, as well as to maintain the slow growth of the World Fragments, have always been paid by me."

"Since the Family Territory is handed over to the players, I certainly can't keep paying for this portion of the origin energy, right?... Therefore, players need to pay me a Family Territory maintenance fee every month."

After hearing this,

A Fu was dumbfounded. Wasn't resisting the Polluted World and Pollution Sources something Master had to do?

How could it be passed on to the players?

It was just like the barbecue she had just eaten; when players come to the Samsara Game to eat, you don't just charge for the tableware, you also charge for the charcoal fire and the seat fee?

Is there such a way to bully people?

But thinking about it carefully, it inexplicably felt a tiny bit reasonable.

Since the Family Territory is handed over to the players, theoretically, the players should naturally take on the responsibility of maintaining the Family Territory.

But... no matter how she thought about it, it felt strange.

A Fu felt her brain was about to break; she had the illusion of being brainwashed by a black-hearted merchant.

"Finally, there must be a Family Hall that symbolizes face, right?"

"Family skills must be researched with money, right?"

"Jiazu Xiulianchang can increase the Experience Value of clan members; it can't not be built, right? If you don't build it, there are plenty of families that will. If the family functions are insufficient, players can defect on the spot."

"Duanzaofang, Caifengpu, Cailiao Jiagongjian, Tuzhi Yanjiushi... which of these things doesn't cost money?"

A Fu nodded woodenly, then shook his head, and asked: "Master, if it's like this, will the players play passively?"

Fang Yi spoke very directly, without leaving any room for mercy: "Play passively?"

"You aren't talking about the already destroyed Konoha Ninja Village, are you?"

A Fu suddenly remembered.

Konohagakure seemed to have been a member of the passive players previously, and now the outcome was very bad.

If there were no resources, being a nobody and playing passively wouldn't matter.

However, if one occupied a vast territory and was a big, fat piece of meat rich in resources like Konohagakure, and could not frantically roll up and convert all resources into the driving force for advancement, one could only be torn to shreds by vicious wolves.

(End of this chapter)