Aside from that, Lin Chen had also obtained a Resource Gathering Speed Scroll from the Platinum Chest earlier.
[Resource Gathering Speed Scroll]
Description: After use, grants a 20% gathering speed bonus for one hour.
This was a one-hour duration gathering scroll.
It was one of the must-have items in the later stages of Era of Lords.
Coincidentally, his troops had been fighting for several hours and were starting to tire.
They needed rest and recovery.
And while they were resting, it was the perfect time to gather resources.
Lin Chen deployed all 1,500 units of Windrunner Archers to gather.
At the same time, he activated the Resource Gathering Speed Scroll.
Then he and Ina sat down nearby to wait.
There were six resource points here in total:
Three White-tier, two Green-tier, and one Blue-tier resource point.
To harvest them all would take nearly two hours.
After a short rest, Ina went alone into a nearby grove.
Soon she returned with a handful of wild berries.
Lin Chen didn't hold back—he rinsed them in Crescent Lake and began eating.
The berries were crisp, juicy, and surprisingly tasty.
As he ate, Lin Chen glanced across Crescent Lake.
On the other side was a large island, densely covered in trees.
That was the island with the hidden troop unit.
A Tier 6 furious blood orc was located there.
However, reaching the island wasn't easy.
You either needed water-type or flying troops to cross directly—
Or you had to wait.
Wait until the full moon, when the water level in Crescent Lake would drop significantly.
Then it would be possible to wade across the exposed lakebed.
But once across, you'd have to act fast and return before the waters rose again—otherwise, you'd be stranded.
Lin Chen had discovered all this during his time at Crescent Lake in his previous life.
By his estimation, there were still five to six days until the next full moon.
That was a problem—Lin Chen didn't want to waste that much time here.
Being reborn meant making the most of every moment to develop fast.
Before others could relocate their cities, he needed to sweep every treasure location he could find.
Crescent Lake wasn't that valuable—it wasn't worth getting stuck here.
"Forget it. I'll check again in a couple days."
Lin Chen shook his head and withdrew his gaze, then opened the Recharge System.
He had been so busy building and mass-training after spending his initial 1 million, he hadn't had time to really check the system.
Now was a good moment.
Aside from the previously mentioned First Top-Up Gift Pack, Daily, Weekly, Monthly Gift Packs, and Monthly Card—
The system also offered many other packs, such as:
[Hero Gift Pack]
Price: 10 million
Description: Limited to three purchases. Grants one random race, random rank hero and Hero Advancement Gem ×10.
[Troop Gift Pack]
Price: 300,000
Description: Limited to ten purchases per month. Grants one random-rank, random-race troop.
[Resource Gift Pack]
Price: 5 million
Description: Limited to ten purchases per month. Grants 3 million Basic Resources and 300,000 Food.
[Lucky Box]
Price: 50,000
Description: Can be purchased 100 times daily. Open to receive random resources or items. Completely RNG-dependent...
All kinds of gift packs—everything imaginable.
Next, Lin Chen opened the VIP System.
There were exclusive VIP gift packs!
[VIP1 Exclusive Gift Pack]
Price: 1 million
Description: Grants Basic Resources ×500,000, Food ×50,000, Tier 3 Troop Chest ×1, Gold-Grade Equipment Chest ×2, Random Blueprint Chest ×1, Subject Refresh Card ×5, Forbidden Spell Scroll ×10, Resource Point Transfer Scroll ×10, Gathering Speed Scroll ×10.
The VIP packs were quite generous—but Lin Chen didn't have the money right now.
He kept scrolling—VIP2, VIP3…
And stopped at the VIP5 Exclusive Gift Pack—anything beyond that was still locked.
Notably, VIP3 unlocked a lottery system.
Spend money to spin the lottery.
What could you win? That wasn't disclosed.
Then came VIP5. The contents of that pack instantly caught Lin Chen's attention.
[VIP5 Exclusive Gift Pack]
Price: 60 million
Description: Grants Basic Resources ×30 million, Food ×3 million, Mythic Equipment Chest ×2, Tier 8 Troop Chest ×1, SSS-Rank Talent ×1, and Doubles Total Territory Population.
Resources, gear, troop chests—those were great.
But the last two rewards…
A SSS-Rank Talent and double total population cap?
Those were game-changers.
In Era of Lords, Talents ranged from D, C, B, A, S, SS, all the way up to SSS.
Lin Chen already had one S-Rank Talent, but Talents weren't limited to just one.
If you could collect them, you could have two, three, even dozens or hundreds of Talents.
An SSS-Rank Talent was the absolute pinnacle. Lin Chen didn't even try to hide his desire.
If he could reach VIP5 and spend 60 million, he'd get an SSS-Rank Talent right away.
That was beyond exciting.
And then there was the other reward—doubling his territory's population cap.
That was a VIP5 privilege.
And it was incredibly powerful.
Normally, territory population limits were fixed.
But this VIP perk—
Was just insanely strong.
Even if you ignored everything else, just these two rewards were worth more than 60 million.
Just one look made Lin Chen's blood boil.
"No way. I need to make money—lots of money. Small goal first: reach VIP5!" Lin Chen shouted internally.
He closed the recharge system.
At that moment, the Windrunner Archers had just finished gathering all resources.
Lin Chen called for Ina, and the two led their troops onward.
Killing monsters, gathering resources, opening a few chests, slaying a few bosses—
Time flew, and soon it was dusk.
Lin Chen had made a fortune.
Returning with his army, he arrived back at his territory.
He ordered Ina to feed the troops and help them recover stamina.
Meanwhile, Lin Chen began constructing territory infrastructure.
First up—the Market.
This was the first step to unlocking player trading.
Once the Market was built, Lin Chen could sell all the equipment and troops he didn't need.
He was confident it would earn him a hefty profit.
And with that money—
He'd charge his way to the top.
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