Being an otaku in the world of American comics

#272 - Moving mountains and filling the sea, dividing the land into rivers

While the women were engrossed in the accelerated time outside, Liang Yue sat on a stone step with a mug of ale.

He began to quietly review the upgrade details of the stronghold world.

After thoroughly reading the dense information, he summarized a few important points.

First, his villagers could finally go to the real world where he lived.

This was excellent news for the ladies who were bored in the MC world.

However, they would still need Liang Yue's permission to enter and exit.

Second, a new batch of villager slots had been refreshed, with ten slots issued this time.

The number wasn't high, so Liang Yue would still have to conserve them as before.

Third, after the upgrade, the stronghold world now had four seasons.

Previously, climate and temperature in the MC world were only affected by terrain height, but now seasonal changes were included.

This undoubtedly signified that the world was moving towards a normal trajectory.

However, Liang Yue didn't care much about this.

As a congenital master, normal weather and temperature changes no longer affected him.

Teacher Shizuka and the others were a bit weaker than him, but their martial arts cultivation was also progressing well, so they probably wouldn't mind temperature changes either.

Only Dilinna, being young and having a shorter cultivation time, might need to add some clothes.

But that wasn't a big problem.

With infinite lava on hand, they could just build a lava furnace and warm themselves if they felt cold.

The village's plantation would likely be affected and require adjustments.

The previous situation where all kinds of seasonal fruits could be planted on a high tower without restraint might be gone forever.

Fourth, after the upgrade, the energy level of the stronghold world would increase overall.

The world type would change from a low-magic game world to a mid-level martial arts game world...

Liang Yue's established development path was mainly focused on martial arts cultivation.

Although he had obtained "Arcane Elements," a skill that only high-end elemental saints could master, and had also obtained a lot of magical knowledge.

If he really wanted to achieve something on this path, weren't there dungeons?

The "Grand Forest" series of dungeons was definitely the most suitable place to cultivate and comprehend the "Arcane Elements" skill.

After all, the two originally came from the "DNF" world.

"But... speaking of dungeons, I seem to have a chance to draw a random dungeon, right?"

Thinking of this, Liang Yue couldn't help but stroke his chin, but he quickly suppressed the thought.

Now wasn't the time to consider this.

The fifth point of this stronghold world upgrade was a very interesting feature.

That was~ Liang Yue had obtained a chance to change the terrain of the stronghold world!

Although he could do this with his MC game character's abilities given enough time, the opportunity Liang Yue had now was a larger-scale change mode.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say it was moving mountains and filling seas, or drawing lines to create rivers!

As long as he planned the desired template on the model specified by the system and handed it over, the change would become a reality soon.

Whether it was rivers, lakes, seas, mountains, or hills, he could control them all!

However, this ability to change terrain and move mountains and fill seas wasn't unrestrained, and there were some limitations and restrictions.

For example, in terms of modification range, Liang Yue could only operate on the area on his MC map.

With a thought, the map that hadn't been used for a long time suddenly appeared in his hand.

A glance showed that...

Well!

More than half of the ground on the entire map was still unexplored!

Some of the black fog on the edges was still connected in large patches.

It seemed that during his absence, although the women in the stronghold world had gone out many times, they ultimately hadn't included exploring this world in their schedule.

But thinking about it, that made sense.

These ladies were very busy every day, having to cultivate, go to dungeons, help him manage the village's plantation, and occasionally repair, decorate, and embellish the buildings in the village.

From time to time, they also had to run to the eagle's nest to cultivate their relationship with the giant eagle cubs, and so on.

Carefully calculating, they really didn't have much free time left in a day.

"What are you doing with the map? Are you planning to go on an adventure in a new place?"

Saya Takagi leaned on him at this time, holding a glass of red wine, her face flushed, and her breath smelling of alcohol as she spoke.

"You know about the upgrade of the stronghold world this time, right?"

Looking at the pink-haired girl so close, Liang Yue gently put his arm around her waist and asked with a smile.

"Yeah~ We just received a system prompt saying that we can go to the real world where you are, but we have to get your consent first."

The girl pouted with some dissatisfaction upon hearing this.

"That's just one of them. There are actually quite a few upgrade contents this time."

With that, Liang Yue told Saya Takagi and the women who had gradually recovered their senses about the update information on the system panel.

Hearing him say that he had a chance to change the terrain of the stronghold world, and that the change range was subject to the MC map, the ladies also took out their own.

Even Xiaozhao, Yang Buhui, and Nana, who had recently joined, had already prepared a map.

Since the villagers and Liang Yue, the host, had a natural team relationship, the map content between them was common. The content after everyone explored the map would be shared on it.

Therefore, upon seeing this, the women noticed the problem.

"It seems that we need to explore the map as soon as possible!"

"We can plan it well then!"

"But this time, we have to wait until the changes outside are over at the earliest~"

"Huh? Then we have to wait for... three more days!"

"Gaa~"

"Hehe, that's right. With Rachel, we should be able to complete the map exploration soon!"

...

While discussing, Liang Yue and the others returned to the wine table.

After eating and drinking, before long, the women gradually became a little carried away under the influence of alcohol.

Even Nana, who had stayed in the stronghold world for more than half a year, had completely adapted to life here.

The girl secretly drank a glass of ale at the dinner table, and now she was a little dizzy, with a silly smile on her face.

Seeing this, Liang Yue just smiled lightly, grabbed a handful of pine nuts, and while cracking them, contacted the system again.

"System, I want to check the mission rewards this time."

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