The Doomsday Lord: Starting as a Insect Queen-Chapter 248 - 159: The 5th-Tier Expeditionary Army

After being unconscious for a day, Yun Dao finally completed her Rank 5 promotion the day before the Cycle Challenge began, waking from the promotion-induced coma.

The Spiritual Link returned to her mind, and Yun Dao abruptly sat up, first scanning her surroundings with her eyes and spiritual power in a vigilant manner before suddenly relaxing.

The room was painted a light pink, the desk was cluttered with sketches of Spells revealing a semblance of order, and there were small trinkets placed upon it.

Her body, clad only in simple garments, was enveloped by the soft and comfortable bedding.

Everything she saw confirmed that she was in the bedroom of her new Captain’s quarters.

She remembered being outside with her sister before her promotion; it seemed that during her coma after the promotion, her sister had moved her to the bedroom...

For now, the Spiritual Link was calm, with no urgent messages requiring immediate attention.

It appeared that everyone had followed her orders well, maintaining silence and not rushing to begin conquering the area until she issued new instructions.

Thinking of this, Yun Dao suddenly felt that there was no hurry for anything. Her entire body relaxed, she threw the bedding behind her, and laid back down.

After becoming a witch, Yun Dao felt that her tastes had already begun to change.

If it were the past, she wouldn’t have appreciated this style of decoration...

Or was it just because she had been shackled by "common sense" in the past, which prevented her from acknowledging her own heart?

Or perhaps, her current thoughts were the result of becoming a witch?

Was it a subtle and gradual change?

Shaking off the strange thoughts in her mind, Yun Dao opened her panel to view the gains from her recent promotion.

[Lord Rank breakthrough complete, level cap increased to lv.60, All Attributes +20, Basic Magic Power recovery rate increased to 1 point every 10 seconds, each level-up All Attributes +4, Specialized Attribute additionally +4, free attribute points +10, skill points +1]

[Warning: You have obtained partial Lord privileges, from this Rank on...]

[Territory Upgrade complete, building rank cap increased to 5, unlocked inter-regional communication, unlocked special dungeon library, obtained 1*choice of basic building]

[Warning: From this Rank on, soldier advancement...]

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For this promotion, she had used the Fearful as originally planned.

However, judging from the gains mentioned earlier, she actually had the opportunity to promote through Admirers.

Under the assimilation offensive of the witches, although the enemies still feared being transformed into part of the enemy and had their thoughts altered, they developed a fear of her.

But after truly assimilating as a witch, becoming a part of the expeditionary army.

While providing Fearful slots, they simultaneously met the conditions for Admirers.

Yet the witch that her sister brought back, who was supposed to fill the final Admirer slot, had already devoted herself to the Primordial Witch and could not serve as one of her Admirers.

Subsequently, after she herself devoted to the Primordial Witch, Admirers were out of the question.

Even though she temporarily took on the Pope duties of the expeditionary army and the witches genuinely recognized her authority, the panel’s criteria were not met.

In the end, she could only satisfy the requirements through the fear generated during the conquest.

The demand for a sufficient number of ships had already been fulfilled during the sweep of region 21, and with the addition of the large maritime base and the remaining ships brought by her sister, the ship requirements for this promotion were nearly double satisfied.

It was just that because Yun Dao ultimately did not promote through the Admirer System, she didn’t gain the [Rank 5 Promotion Privileges] like Bai Yi, which resulted in her falling into a coma immediately after promotion, until now.

After reviewing all the information on her post-promotion panel, Yun Dao felt the same doubt as Bai Yi had previously.

She began to speculate about the mentioned privileges.

However, Yun Dao ultimately lacked Bai Yi’s capabilities; unlike Bai Yi, who had squeezed out various attributes of herself and gained some privileges early on.

She could only guess that in the future, she would likely gain more bodily privileges and would need to reduce the panel’s one-click assistance to accomplish things personally.

Like the large building blueprints she had obtained before the promotion.

At this level, buildings could no longer be constructed thoughtlessly via the panel.

Although the blueprints would adapt to location and materials to some extent, one would still need to use the materials as indicated by the blueprints for construction.

All of this proved that the game was not like many conspiracy theories suggest, treating Lords as fodder, providing opportunities but not allowing them to break free. fгeewebnovёl.com

To become a free person, one still had to devote a massive amount of resources and risk life and death for the game.

But this also didn’t mean the game was that good; otherwise, there wouldn’t be so many Cycle Challenges encouraging Lords to fight each other.

"Maybe in the future, many Lords, after ’learning’ Spells, will have to start considering how to operate and release Magic Power.

This won’t affect me much, as most of the Spells I have are my own interpretations and improvements, not learned directly from Spell Books.

After Rank 5, attributes are quite generously given.

Although witches already have decent attributes by themselves, that was at Rank 4.

Originally at Rank 4, witches could provide attributes close to Rank 5, with enhancements in all four dimensions reaching over a hundred, plus the attributes allocated from the panel points, practically making a hexagonal warrior!

But after advancing to Rank 5, this advantage is no longer so clear, only considered top-tier for Rank 5...

Hmm, that is almost a doubling of attributes...

Especially in terms of the physical aspect, neither recovery ability nor Life Value amplification had significant boosts; the advantages in Melee will be even weaker in the future, and Spells are more suitable for witches themselves.

Although this level of physicality might seem lacking for a Melee class, it’s practically cheating for a Mage."

Thinking of this, even Yun Dao felt some regret.

Why can’t a witch’s enhancement increase with advancement as if it should naturally be the case?

Yet she was completely unaware that the attribute modification brought by race transformation was a one-time affair, with no such thing as continuous talent improvement.

Even if there are some additional attribute bonuses, they are due to the increase in Basic Attributes affecting the percentage bonus.

This portion of the attributes, though already substantial compared to other classes and races, pales in comparison to the one-time attribute modification that occurs upon first transforming into a witch.

It’s merely that having been spoiled by witch nourishment, transitioning from luxury to frugality had become difficult.

Continuing to look at the information panel for this advancement, the last two gains also came into view.

"Basic buildings, this indeed completes the last one, workshop, which happens to be usable for witches now.

Earlier, due to the multiple restrictions of material sites and workers, the choice was not made, but now these restrictions are no longer a problem, and it can also add some processing facilities to the territory..."

Yun Dao knew how to use basic buildings; you just need to invest certain materials to guide them in a corresponding direction, and even use some models to achieve the guidance effect, creating a low-end version.

Originally, a building like the workshop should be a high-priority choice for a Lord, but things changed for Ocean Lords.

There are not as many materials to waste at sea as on land, with even wood and stone being scarce.

What little there is, is deemed insufficient even for upgrading ships, let alone for mass processing.

Moreover, there is another important reason, which is that for Ocean Lords, there are better options.

Due to the limitations of the ocean, as Ocean Lords, the basic building blueprints they obtained were different compared to Land Lords.

No fences and watchtowers, replaced instead by ships and cannons.

These two are the most prioritized basic blueprints for any Ocean Lord.

After all, one represents the ability to expand the fleet, building various small ships, and for an Ocean Lord, ships are like territories to Land Lords!

With the unique marine environment, they are all the more precious.

As for the cannon, it’s a symbol of the ship’s strength; for Lords who have just advanced to Rank 2 and received their first basic building blueprint, the cannon is the first high-Attack Power weapon they come into contact with!

Even she had chosen this one initially, to achieve a better outcome in the first Cycle Challenge—a pirate attack.

Later, after just reaching Rank 4, and learning from the lesson of the cold disaster, she prioritized the farmland and missed out on the workshop blueprints until now.

But the specific workshop design, she needs to study the Spell further, so she will not get involved and plans to leave it to other witches to handle.

Yun Dao’s gaze quickly moved to the last acquired item, cross-regional communication.

She soon realized that this might be the legendary global channel, opened the corresponding area on the panel, and sure enough, saw a new section in the channel.

But just as she was about to click into it, her bedroom was suddenly pushed open.

"Sis, you’re awake! How do you feel?"

The visitor was the Five Sea Dominator, who had announced the day before that she would start advancing and then passed out abruptly, severing the Spiritual Link.

Without a means to communicate, the Five Sea Dominator was nearly scared to death not knowing that Lord Rank 5 advancement could induce unconsciousness.

Fortunately, she soon noticed that Yun Dao was not in any trouble but entering a sort of metamorphosis, hence she guessed it was due to the changes brought on by advancement.

Having reconnected through the Spiritual Link just now, she ran back from the construction site on the periphery of the Floating Island immediately.

"It’s okay, the advancement is complete, and this time the gains are substantial—we need to arrange for them ASAP..."

Yun Dao explained the recent gains and conjectures to the Five Sea Dominator, who was equally drawn to the idea of the global channel and wanted to take a look together.

Under their joint scrutiny, Yun Dao opened the channel.

At that time, the channel was still as blank as a sheet of paper, with no historical messages.

They were first taken aback, then found it reasonable.

After all, it was a feature unlocked only at Lord Rank 5, and could not be as bustling as regular local channels.

Moreover, they had already seen that, including themselves, there were only two people in this channel.

The one before them was a Lord named Fan Mao.

From the name, it seemed to be a Plant Series individual, apparently easy-going.

But not every Lord decides on a name that match their abilities.

They had seen Lords who named themselves after their former online handles, with names unrelated to their abilities, or even names opposing their talents, deliberately invoking deception.

And how could the first Lord to reach Rank 5 in this world be so simple?

Just as the two of them were determined to start a conversation, they suddenly noticed a new Lord had joined the channel.

These Lords from different regions seemed to have inadvertently chosen this special Cycle Challenge moment to advance.

"What’s happening?"

Yun Dao and Five Sea Dominator exchanged confused looks, unsure whether to continue sending messages.

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Brave Ship: Flagship of the Witch Expedition Army, said to have been originally built by the twin leaders of the expeditionary army, is a magical-side space fortress entirely developed by the expeditionary army itself. Its name is supposedly the warship title of the twin leaders before returning to the embrace of the Primordial Witch, and has continued since then, witnessing the legendary history of the expeditionary army...

[Remark: According to apocryphal records, this flagship was actually a love token from one of the twins to the other, filled with their "sweet" memories; therefore, it was never replaced... (This user has been muted)]

[Remark’s Remark: Ah, these apocryphal tales...]