Elf Kingdom: Game of the World Tree

Of course, after the battle in the Death Desert, he wasn't the only player to reach Silver Lower Level.

The earliest group of silver players had nearly a hundred who reached max level.

And as more silver slots were released, the number of silver players in the entire server had since exploded, with nearly a thousand on the leaderboard.

Vaguely, the players' strength had swelled to quite a formidable degree.

However, it wasn't just the players whose strength increased.

Li Mu noticed that as the World Tree further recovered, the magic power of the entire world also rose accordingly.

During this process, all kinds of demon beasts in the Elf Forest advanced again, and even the monsters in the Underworld seemed to grow stronger.

And in Feilengcui, elves with silver strength gradually emerged. Those who were already silver professionals, like Alice and El, also saw their strengths grow, reaching Silver Upper Level.

"*It kinda feels like reading a Spiritual Energy Revival novel,*" he muttered to himself.

With that thought, Li Mu mumbled sarcastically to himself.

After speaking, he changed his posture, continuing to lounge on his deck chair, rhythmically shaking his head to the music while "daydreaming" at the sky.

Of course, he wasn't actually daydreaming.

He was just doing his coursework.

What's great about college is that many course assignments could be submitted online as electronic copies.

Possessing the mind-accelerating "Elf Kingdom" was simply the perfect place to do homework.

Lazily piecing together his course report from papers found on the academic network, Li Mu closed the webpage and gave a satisfied stretch.

It was already evening in Segis World.

Time for dinner.

The Chosen City had transformed vastly by now, with a variety of cuisines becoming an enjoyment in itself.

And the body in the game needed to eat as well.

Rubbing his slightly hungry stomach, Li Mu planned to call a few friends to go dine at a tavern together and perhaps have a couple of drinks.

But just at that moment, he suddenly saw a new system message float across his vision:

"Update Notice: 'Elf Kingdom' will carry out a non-stop server update at 10:00 AM (Blue Star Time) the next day to open a new system feature. Please make all players aware."

A new system feature?

Li Mu raised an eyebrow.

*He wondered if it was because the game had become increasingly complete post-beta. Recently, 'Elf Kingdom' updates had been less frequent.*

The last time, they merely opened new player slots.

*Seeing another new feature now piqued his curiosity a bit.*

However, seeing the update wouldn't stop the server diminished his curiosity substantially.

It's well-known that non-stop updates usually mean minor features, unimportant ones.

In other words, they were similar to patches.

'Elf Kingdom' had done this before.

But even with such thoughts, Li Mu habitually connected to the internet and logged onto the official website.

Every update, the official website could provide detailed information.

And just as he entered the website, Li Mu saw the eye-catching update log title...

"What? A city-building system?"

For a moment, Li Mu was dazed.

"Are they trying to refine the features of the Chosen City?"

He curiously muttered.

As an MMORPG, 'Elf Kingdom' had already been done with extraordinary detail and freedom in many areas.

Li Mu had been quite satisfied with it.

At this point, he really hadn't thought too much about it.

Until he clicked into the update log...

"Wow... Building new cities? Players could finally establish their own cities?"

Seeing the detailed log information, Li Mu was slightly stunned, then filled with delight.

Unexpected.

It was truly unexpected!

*He had thought it might just be a minor patch update, but it turned out to be a bombshell!*

Big news!

Li Mu instantly perked up:

"*Is this... Does this mean players can build their own territories? MMORPG turning into territory management?!*" he exclaimed, excitement in his voice, as he began to scrutinize the log...

"Opening the guild alliance system, guild alliances can choose suitable locations on the map to establish new cities. The new city will become a subsidiary main city..."

"Wow... It's truly city-building! And it's a city that belongs to the players themselves!"

Li Mu's eyes lit up.

Owning a piece of land, owning a city of one's own, *that's probably something many people longed for,* he thought.

Though when the Chosen City was newly built, players speculated there might be related features in the future; when it actually happened, Li Mu felt an incomparable thrill.

The Chosen City was nice, but it was a public place after all.

*Nothing beats having one's own,* he mused!

Moreover, with the increase in guild members, their current base truly wasn't enough anymore.

However, what attracted Li Mu the most, apart from the conditions and contents related to city building, was the explanation of the city management system.

That was the City Lord system...

"Establish a city management system centered around a City Lord, essentially certain officials, including the City Lord, Deputy City Lord, Temple Priest, City Guard Captain, and so on..."

"The City Lord and Deputy City Lord have a certain quota for appointing officials, allowing them to customize city officials, like setting a Finance Minister, Administrator, etc."

"Different positions have corresponding permissions and functions, even able to issue certain tasks to other players like NPCs!"

"Besides players, NPCs can also be invited to become city managers..."

"*This is not bad! An isekai version of civil servants?*" he mused.

"Hmm? There's even a salary!"

"All city positions will be periodically assessed by the system based on the city's development level and operation state. Qualified players will receive additional contribution points as rewards weekly, more rewards for better city development, more for higher titles, more for better assessment results..."

"Wait, the reward level isn't bad."

"Of course, if you fail the assessment, there are no rewards..."

"Assessment results are related to the manager's level of activity and the city's condition."

*"Well, this can be understood.*"

"Huh? Guild alliances and city managers even have exclusive titles that can be displayed under their IDs. The Guild Alliance Leader and City Lord's titles are in golden color, ranked as legendary gold. The Deputy City Lord, Temple Priest, and City Guard Captain are in purple, epic titles. Custom officials are blue, rare..."

"Legendary gold titles! There aren't many of those throughout the server, right? The Guild Leader and Commander titles are only in purple epic..."

Li Mu grew more excited and delighted as he read.

Being the Guild Leader of the largest guild in 'Elf Kingdom,' with member numbers approaching fifty thousand, various lifestyle players blooming, and industries expanding even to the Underworld and Human World.

Under these circumstances, Li Mu felt his guild had the capability to build a main city.

*He could almost see the shining golden City Lord title over his head!*

Even if he weren't the City Lord, there was no running from being the Alliance Hierarch.

If there was anything that gave him a bit of pressure...

*Probably... it was the conditions for applying to build a city.*

"A condition of thirty thousand people? It's manageable. The Heart of Nature already has nearly fifty thousand, so building a city should be more than feasible! The guild's reputation rating is also sufficient."

"Wow... just the needed contribution points are a bit much, requiring ten million contribution points to establish a guild alliance, and fifty million contribution points to qualify for city building..."

"Although contribution points are becoming increasingly worthless, it still hurts. The guild truly doesn't have that much contribution stored... Looks like we gotta crowdfund."

"And... the resources consumed post-qualification are also considerable..."

*The road is long and arduous!* But still... super excited!"*