[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-synthetic-wizard":3,"chapter-synthetic-wizard-synthetic-wizard-chapter-145":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Synthetic Wizard",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1462318,1912,"Chapter 145 - 113: New Territory, Base No. 2 Completed","synthetic-wizard-chapter-145",145,"\u003Cp>After the battle, Sunan took stock of the golems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to the surprisingly smooth raid, the losses of the Golem Legion weren’t significant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Completely destroyed and irreparable were one Steel Golem, three Elite Stone Golems, three hundred and twenty-five Stone Golems, and four Dual-bladed Spiders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The remaining golems and Dual-bladed Spiders were more or less damaged, but the lightly injured ones could self-repair, and the severely injured ones could be repaired back at the base, so it wasn’t a big deal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, if not for the human-faced lions coming out of the city to assemble proactively, in a normal raid scenario, the losses of the Golem Puppets would have been at least doubled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was already quite fortunate now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He packed the golems needing repair into the magic cube, leaving the rest on the island for defense. Sunan then led Carolina toward the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The war was over, and naturally, the next step was to inspect his territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was indeed Sunan’s first territory truly owned by himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to last time when he had to sneak in secretly, this time he entered through the city gate openly, taking his time to admire the city’s buildings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, most of the buildings in the Lower City District were low and simple, not much to look at.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only upon entering the Upper City District did the buildings on both sides of the street start to become orderly, with a touch of artistic style—the typical underground world’s style where utility is valued over aesthetics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The city residents along the way, upon seeing Carolina following respectfully behind a human, widened their eyes in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet no one dared to step forward to raise any questions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sunan glanced at Carolina, it seemed the human-faced lion nobility had high prestige here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He ignored these people and walked straight towards the central stone pillar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once inside the stone pillar, Sunan found that the environment here was far more luxurious than outside, with an astonishing number of rooms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Living room, dining room, drawing room, bathroom, kitchen, common lounge, council hall—all fully equipped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a huge place, yet only three nobles lived here with their serving slaves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It must be said, the life of the human-faced lion nobility was much more luxurious than most human nobles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"These rooms can be transformed into a laboratory and potion room.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sunan mused to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The internal space of the stone pillar was very spacious, completely transformable into another base.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the future, he was sure to spend a lot of time in the underground world, having a place for learning and training would undoubtedly be more convenient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would be best to establish another Magic Plant Garden, workshop, and Puppet Factory here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a round of exploration, Sunan already had a rough plan in mind, then without turning his head he asked, \"Where is the warehouse?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the basement,\" Carolina replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lead the way.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under Carolina’s guidance, Sunan quickly arrived at a warehouse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before his eyes were mountains of Gold Coins, boxes of Gemstones, and various metals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master, here is the inventory list of the warehouse.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carolina handed over a list.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the brief moments after entering the city, this human-faced lion noble had quickly adjusted her mindset, facing up to her slave status and started proactively currying favor with Sunan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sunan cast a deep look at Carolina, then took the list and began browsing through it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From Carolina, he already knew that this city-state was called Ghost Lake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to a significant population of dwarves, Ghost Lake’s mining and smelting skills were not low.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They mined from nearby veins all year round and traded with other city-states for food and various essentials.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They could even smelt their own metals and mint Gold Coins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Gold Coins in the warehouse were minted by Ghost Lake itself, with the obverse featuring the image of a half-human, half-serpent human-faced lion noble, and the reverse showing two crossed scimitars, a style very typical of the human-faced lions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to the sufficient gold content, Ghost Lake’s Gold Coins were quite popular among nearby city-states.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, if they were to be used on the surface, these Gold Coins would still need to be completely remelted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sunan picked up a Gold Coin and weighed it in his hand, and instantly had a sense of assurance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Converted to surface Gold Coins, these here were worth about fifty thousand or more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was undoubtedly a considerable amount.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were also two hundred and thirty-six medium to low-grade Gemstones, five high-grade Gemstones, and over a hundred kinds of rare metals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What delighted Sunan was that among them were rare metals like Abyssal Black Copper, Rainbow Iron, and Sun Flame Gold Sand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sunan estimated the quantity, and along with what he had, it was enough to produce the special nutrient needed for all eight Gemstone Bugs to split once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Indeed, the underground world is easier for collecting various rare metals.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sunan sighed inwardly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Apart from this, the list also showed twelve mini soul crystals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was quite unexpected to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From memory, it didn’t seem like human-faced lions were a race adept at extracting souls to create crystals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where did these soul crystals come from?\" Sunan asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carolina said, \"They were acquired through trade with Auson, Duke Black and his subordinates are very skilled at creating soul crystals.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Duke Black?\" Sunan raised an eyebrow, \"Explain in detail.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carolina hurriedly explained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through her narration, Sunan finally had a general understanding of the neighboring areas surrounding Ghost Lake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were three city-states around Ghost Lake, namely Auson, Matu, and Kasham.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them, the ruler of Auson was a group of Corpse Ghosts, and the City Lord was called Duke Black, a Frost Corpse Ghost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ruler of Matu was a group of vampires, and the City Lord was known as the Red Widow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Kasham, instead of a city-state, it was more like a hive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Except for bugs, there was nothing else there, and any existing other races were merely stockpiled food supplies.\u003C\u002Fp>",1001,"2026-06-06T02:33:43.453Z",1,"novelbin.me","decd37277d1301da5138e20dfa076dfe3dd1ca1a4bd98dfb62015e7e5443a225","synthetic-wizard-chapter-146","synthetic-wizard-chapter-144",369,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsynthetic-wizard-cover.jpg"]