Chapter 919

Something's off.

If it were just a few valuables missing, that would make sense.

But having nothing at all like this is way too strange.

After all, the system space is only 1 cubic meter — it can't hold everything.

Forget Xiao Ning — even Zhao Chi, a village-level lord, can't fit all his things in it.

There must be a hidden compartment!

Zhao Chi kept tapping randomly all over the place.

All four walls are solid — no problem there.

The floor and ceiling are normal too.

So... it has to be among the furniture.

Smash it open!

Table, cabinet, bed — tear them all apart.

When he got to the bed, he noticed something off about the thick solid wood board at the headboard.

Tearing it open, he indeed found two metal boxes — one light, one heavy.

Zhao Chi couldn't wait and set them on the ground to open.

The first box was full of gleaming gold coins.

【You have obtained: Gold Coins ×200】

No wonder it was so heavy.

With this many gold coins, he'd earned back the equipment wear from today's female soldiers in one go.

Not bad.

The second box was full of items.

【You have obtained: Truce Talisman ×10, Swift-Work Talisman ×50, Class-Change Token ×20, Mid-Grade Random Heroic Spirit ×1】

It seems... he saw something incredible...

Among a pile of common items, Zhao Chi spotted a fist-sized orb.

This is... a Heroic Spirit!?

A mid-grade one at that!

Zhao Chi hurriedly picked it up using Gu Qing's hand and examined it closely.

Green, semi-transparent.

Faint energy ripples could be seen inside.

Not bad at all!

Once today's battle is completely over, he'll go back and activate it.

He needs to transfer the data properly.

Too bad this Heroic Spirit is random, not a female one.

But it's fine — there's at least a fifty-fifty chance of getting a female.

If his luck is really bad and they're all male, he'll just transfer the stats and sell it off.

It'll definitely fetch an astronomical price.

No matter what, he can't lose.

Zhao Chi's gloomy mood suddenly improved a lot.

Hurry and stash it!

But what puzzled Zhao Chi was — with something this good, why did Xiao Ning keep it unused?

There shouldn't be any reason to hold onto a Heroic Spirit, right?

Could it also be related to her evolving into a werewolf?

She's dead now, so he can't ask her why.

Whatever — it's got nothing to do with him anyway.

After stashing all the items, Zhao Chi searched carefully once more.

But he'd already turned the whole place upside down — there really was nothing left.

That's still fine — getting this one mid-grade random Heroic Spirit alone is a huge win.

There were still some prisoners in the territory.

All standard prisoners, nothing special.

Normally, Zhao Chi would take them away and sell them, but not now.

He'll just leave them here.

One hour later.

Zhao Chi and his female subordinates had all retreated to the territory's border.

All kinds of supplies were temporarily piled up here, already forming two small hills.

There were a lot of supplies, especially basic resources.

Quite a few resources hadn't made it out in time either.

Forget it then — they're not worth much anyway.

Click on Xiao Ning's territory.

【The current territory lord has died. Please choose how to proceed.】

【1. Occupy】

【2. Vassal】

【3. Destroy】

Occupying it is definitely not an option.

Making it a vassal is equally impossible.

Zhao Chi had no choice but to destroy it.

Besides some captives, Xiao Ning's territory actually still had quite a few villagers.

Those villagers were also hard to deal with.

Zhao Chi had originally wanted to wipe them all out, leaving none behind.

But in the end, he couldn't bring himself to do it.

Selling them off was also impossible, and Zhao Chi wasn't willing to take them along, so he just let them fend for themselves.

After a territory is destroyed, no one knows what the situation inside is like.

Most instructors say that everything inside will be destroyed, will vanish into thin air.

But some instructors say the territory inside will become a free land, will return to the sea of worlds, drifting freely within.

But these are all rumors; no one knows what it's really like.

No one has personally witnessed a territory being destroyed.

Nor has anyone received information transmitted from a free territory.

Zhao Chi also doesn't know which one it is.

But he hopes it's the second kind.

No more hesitation.

【You have chosen to "Destroy" the current territory, which will clear everything within the territory. Confirm?】

Confirm!

In an instant, the wall of mist began to close in.

The wind, carrying fog, blew against his face, somewhat damp.

Everything ahead began to blur.

Until it became a chaos of white.

Several notifications appeared:

【Target territory already destroyed】

【You have obtained items】:

【Territory Configuration Points ×39】

【Technology Improvement Points ×21】