The so-called Level 1 Barracks was actually just a crude tent built from coarse cloth, hemp rope, and wooden stakes.
Within this territory, whether it was the barracks or the residents' homes, these were all places that players could not enter.
Caleb wanted to lift the tent flap but found it completely immovable, so he could only open the barracks interface from outside...
«Barracks (LV1)»
Recruitable Units:
1. Rattata, a Level 1 unit capable of tearing enemies apart with sharp teeth and claws. An initial unit that can evolve into Raticate (Level 2 unit) after accumulating a certain amount of combat experience.
- Recruitment cost: 1 food unit...
2. Pidgey, a Level 1 unit, a Tiny Bird Pokémon capable of flying at speeds of 76 kilometers per hour with extremely good eyesight. Even from high altitudes, it can use Gust to deliver precise strikes on enemies. This is an initial unit that can evolve into Pidgeotto (Level 2 unit) and then Pidgeot (Level 3 unit) after accumulating a certain amount of combat experience.
- Recruitment cost: 1 food unit...
«Note: Units from other worlds do not consume food. Besides combat, players can assign them to gather resources...»
Not requiring food consumption could indeed save players a significant amount of daily expenses.
Moreover, they could even be sent out to gather resources. This was exactly like what Mr. Lu Xun once said: "They eat grass but produce milk."
The Level 1 Barracks could only recruit these two types of soldiers. Caleb glanced at his mere 100 units of food...
Each Pokémon resident within the territory consumes 10 units of food resources per day. Five of them would be 50 units, and the consumption would be deducted at 00:00 midnight.
This meant that he still had 50 units freely available for today. No... not just 50 units, there were also the 300 units collected by the first gathering team.
The gathering process was already halfway done, and the team would return in another two hours. So the freely available food units increased from 50 to 350.
After a brief thought, Caleb waved his hand and spent 200 units to recruit 100 Rattatas and 100 Pidgeys from the barracks.
*Ding!* *Ding!* *Ding...*
With a series of prompts, the tent before him automatically opened an entrance, revealing a light blue dimensional rift inside.
Immediately after, swarms of Rattatas and Pidgeys poured out like a fountain, gathering on an open space to form two neat hundred-unit squads. Their eyes shone brightly as they looked at Caleb, seemingly waiting for his orders as the lord of the territory.
"Wuu?"
On the other side, the Dragonite and other Pokémon sunbathing heard the commotion and came over to see what was happening.
Just then, a prompt automatically popped up:
[Please assign a General. After assignment, soldiers will receive bonuses from the General's attributes!]
"Generals..." Caleb remembered this matter and called up the General interface to check the buffs provided by his six Pokémon:
[Mewtwo (General): Increases the power of Psychic-type moves by 50% for subordinate units...]
[Dragonite (General): Increases the power of Dragon-type moves by 25% for subordinate units...]
[Lucario (General): Due to his calm demeanor, the movement speed and agility of subordinate units is significantly increased...]
[Mimikyu (General): When facing Pokémon larger than themselves, subordinate units gain a 20% increase in power for all moves and a boost in speed, making it easier to evade enemy attacks...]
[Hydreigon (General): Due to its ferocious nature, subordinate units can enter a Berserk state. During Berserk mode, Special Attack, Physical Attack, and Speed are greatly increased, but Physical Defense and Special Defense are significantly reduced.
This effect has a 24-hour cooldown...]
[Celebi (General): As the Forest Guardian capable of healing all, the effectiveness of all healing moves for subordinate units is greatly enhanced...]
Considering the specific situations of Rattatas and Pidgeys, it was clear that only Mimikyu, Lucario, and Hydreigon were currently suitable as their Generals.
Thinking of this, Caleb glanced at the Mimikyu, Lucario, and Hydreigon beside him...
The Pidgeys benefited from speed and were very small, only about thirty centimeters tall. After a brief thought, Caleb assigned them to Mimikyu's command.
As for the Rattatas, he assigned them to Hydreigon, whose buff provided Berserk mode.
Just after the assignment, Caleb received a tutorial prompt about sending units to gather resources...
Food resources were temporarily sufficient. Lorelei was already gathering wood resources, leaving only the stone resources area vacant.
'If I work hard today, I can build the Level 1 Lord's Hall. Then, by grinding tomorrow, I could raise the territory level to Level 2 and unlock stronger Level 2 units...'
After roughly planning this in his mind, Caleb waved his hand and sent these two new squads to the quarry to mine stones.
"As for food resources..."
This reminded Caleb of a title he had once obtained:
[Flower Planter: A mystical title. The farming gene engraved in your DNA has awakened! Equipping this title allows the player to gain the ability to make all plants grow quickly!]
In this world Scenario, the food resources consumed by NPCs appeared in the form of wheat before being gathered. From a certain perspective, it was also a type of plant.
Thinking of this, Caleb went to the food storage and retrieved a small amount of food resources.
With a flash of white light, a clean, plump wheat grain appeared in his hand... This was a 'seed'.
Caleb walked to an open area, had Dragonite use his claws to dig a hole in the ground, and then buried the wheat grain inside.
At the same time, he activated the ability of the mystical title, Flower Planter...
In the next moment, a sprout broke through the soil and grew upward at an extremely rapid pace. Within almost a few breaths, it produced plump, golden wheat ears.
Meowth came hopping over excitedly, looked at the wheat, and said cheerfully, "What a bountiful harvest nyaa! My lord, I never imagined you had such a miraculous ability! From now on, the Pokémon in our territory will never have to worry about going hungry again! If this news spreads, it will definitely attract many wild Pokémon to come settle here. That way, our territory will surely become more and more prosperous nyaa!"
As soon as Meowth finished speaking, a notification sounded:
*Ding!*
[Your World Reputation has increased! Your territory's fame has risen! From now on, it will be easier to attract world-traveling merchants and special residents to settle here!]
Caleb: "..."
'Could it really be like this?'
Then, he thought of something.
These special titles were different from the Viridian Power... they could be used without relying on any medium. This meant that Caleb could use this special ability without any restrictions on number of uses or cooldown time.
"One unit of food resources multiplying tenfold... This is even more outrageous than the skill 'Friend Out of Thin Air'... If a single wheat grain could do this, what would happen if I used this ability on an entire field? Can I continuously farm food units?"
Just as Caleb was about to build a Level 1 farm to try it out on the spot, he suddenly received an alert:
[Beep! Your gathering team is under attack from territory 'Supreme Ruler' (lv1)!]