My different world is game mode.

Lindsay was having trouble sleeping.

Although the territory has been upgraded once before.

But the process that time was so simple and quick that he didn't feel any reality.

This time, after a long period of training and the hard work of searching for resources, when Lindsay saw that the number of gold coins had reached the target, his heart trembled, and excitement surged.

He counted off his list of resources like a kid playing a strategy game for the first time:

"Stone, wood, metal, sulfur, mercury, gems..."

"There's nothing to think about, let's get started!"

[City Hall (classical city-state) → City Hall (feudal dynasty)]

Lindsay selects building upgrades.

Just like last time, there was a 'ding-ding-clang-clang' sound in the town hall, and the upgrade time progress bar below also appeared.

[Upgrading——23:59:59]

"..."

"This time it took longer, a whole day."

Lindsay slowly exited the town hall.

But unlike the last upgrade, this time in addition to the rising stones and wood, the surrounding banyan trees also began to spread, surrounding the hall with branches and leaves, as if wrapping up a rice dumpling.

After a few seconds, the young leaves on the branches stopped moving and did not continue to move deeper into the city hall.

"What's this change?"

While Lindsay was at a loss, a prompt popped up on the property panel:

[A miracle plant was detected in the territory]

[The City Hall (Feudal Dynasty) can be transformed into a special city (Forest City)]

【confirm cancel】

"..."

"Can this be linked to the system?"

Of course Lindsay would not let go of such a free deal.

He immediately clicked on confirmation, and the branches and leaves of the banyan trees resumed movement, continuing to flow into the city hall.

The changes don’t stop there.

The moment Lindsay confirmed the changes, the plants in the entire banyan forest seemed to become more active. The buildings on the trees and on the ground were closely connected to the nearby branches, and further wonderful changes began to occur.

As a result, Lindsay's face turned pale instantly.

In addition to the prepared materials, what provides energy for the activation of skills is ultimately the source energy in his body.

The original ordinary upgrade is suitable.

But this mutation upgrade has greatly increased the demand for essence, and even ruthlessly drained 4/5 of Lindsay's essence!

Soon, Hildreth from the library also ran out pushing a wheelchair.

Hildrede only took a glance, and her broad knowledge made her understand everything, and her panicked eyes became subtle:

"My Lord, what happened?"

"You are a confused and fragile little administrator. I feel urgent and overwhelmed right now. I need your warm embrace to soothe my wounded soul."

"..."

Lindsay ignored the drama-possessed Hildrede.

He looked to the east, where Hammer also rushed over.

Lindsay shouted to this loyal subordinate:

"Hammer, don't panic!"

"Remember the massive changes that happened to the city last time? This time is the same as last time, and the changes are even more miraculous! Go and inform the people in your territory that this is not a dangerous matter and it will be settled in a day!"

Hammer, who was about to rush over, paused.

He thought about it and followed the order to go to the city square, rang the warning bell, and explained the situation to the gathered citizens.

……

On the other side, Hildreth, who was ignored by Lindsay, continued to approach with a resentful look on his face.

She came straight to Lindsay:

"Lindsay~~I'm staying up all night to help you sort out the information, can't you be a little more enthusiastic towards me?"

Lindsay looked over:

"Have you managed to sort it out?"

Hild smiled awkwardly:

"These messengers are really clueless. Although they left in a hurry, they still took away some important information. Based on some of the missing information, I only found a kind of awakened person called the Corroder. They seem to be very ancient, even before the God-killing War!"

"As for more news..."

"Hey, hey - I haven't sorted it out yet."

Hildreth had a subtle expression, but Lindsay began to think seriously.

The information about the Crown of Extinction and the Abyss is confidential and cannot be disclosed to others, but now that Hildurd has dug up this much information...

Lindsay weighed the pros and cons and decided to give hints selectively:

"Hilde, have you seen the description of the Crown of Extinction or the Abyss?"

Hildreth shook his head decisively:

"what is that?"

Lindsay explained:

"Just like musicians and painters are artists. The Crown of Extinction and the Corruptor you just mentioned are also awakeners of the art of the Abyss."

Hildrede looked somewhat moved.

She slightly closed her left eye, but without waiting to take a closer look, or closing her right eye, she simply gave up trying to spy on her fate:

"What the hell!"

"What year and month is this ancient secret?"

"I haven't even found the line of destiny yet, but I feel like my eyes are about to be blinded!"

Lindsay explained:

"Their leader died together with the King of the Capital of Law a long time ago. This time he is probably here to seek revenge. Do you know the level of news now?"

"..."

Hildreth's eyes were somewhat dull.

This was not because of fear or some negative expression, but because she was extremely excited!

In some older, even vague myths and legends.

There will always be heroes that Hildreth admires.

And now, her solo hero Lindsay has to deal with these myths and legends!

"Lindsay, even if you tell me now..."

Just as the writer girl started to speak, Lindsay interrupted again:

"The emergence of the Resurrectors should also be the result of the operation of the Abyss."

"..."

Hildreth simply stopped talking.

She pushed her wheelchair towards the library.

This guy didn't even bother to upgrade the building. He went straight in and began to conduct a more urgent inspection of the data.

Watching the girl's back as she left, Lindsay shook her head and smiled.

He simply didn't go home, but started handling today's affairs in front of the city hall.

The sun rises and sets, and a day passes.

All the city buildings are connected by banyan trees, forming a seamless whole.

The road under your feet was paved with ancient trees, and even the artistic patterns designed by Hilde were extended to the entire forest, making the surrounding environment magnificent.

But what Lindsay is most worried about is naturally the grand plan of the branch base.

He didn't even check the list of buildings after entering the new era.

Instead, he went to the university first and looked through the technology options that had just been unlocked.

Among the technical projects such as [Accelerated Plant Reproduction], [Tree Guardian], and [Natural Cycle].

Lindsay finally found what he needed -

【Second Base】

Research cost: 500 gold coins.

Effect: Increase the initial base limit by 2.