Volume One: Hell-Level Lord World, Chapter 121: City Layout

When Chen Gu sat down, Kebas also took a seat.

He watched as Chen Gu compared the map, calculating the size of the new city. Only then did he understand why Chen Gu said they had to redesign their city.

He hadn’t expected a level 9 city to cover such a vast area.

“Sir, is this a level 9 city?” Kebas asked.

“Yes, and this is just the starting point. This city can be upgraded to level 11. We must reserve enough space for that, so I think it’s necessary to incorporate the territory of the former undead city. We can extend all the way to the lake shore. I’ve already destroyed the lake’s edge, so the undead inside the lake should now be on land. We’ll use the valley where the undead city once stood as a second line of defense to keep the undead out,” Chen Gu explained rapidly.

A level 9 city could have three walls. Chen Gu planned to build part of the second wall first to block the undead’s western attack route.

This would separate the area behind him, all the way to Changfeng City, from the undead forces.

Once he captured Changfeng City, he could swiftly consolidate the territory behind him.

The newly built Woodland Garden and Changfeng City would flank each other, clearing the undead from the entire region.

Chen Gu believed that if he accomplished this plan, his command over this lordship world would rise to a new level.

The secure area within his territory might even exceed 10%.

This would be his first step—then 10%, then 20%, until finally controlling 100% of this lordship world.

For Chen Gu, this was a great achievement.

From entering this lordship world to seeing hope in conquering it, he was now taking that crucial first step.

He was steadily passing his trials.

After drawing a few circles on the map, Chen Gu looked up at Kebas.

“Kebas, among the building stones we found this time, is there any for city walls?”

“Yes. Counting only what we’ve found so far, there’s exactly one piece for walls, three for archer towers, one for cannon towers, and one for a barracks fortress,” Kebas responded immediately.

“Then let’s start filling in that valley, using the existing wall foundations from the old undead city to build the walls. I’m leaving this task to you. Also, find a way to notify Peter to open the road from Wuchao City to Woodland Garden.

I welcome the residents of Wuchao City to settle in Woodland Garden,” Chen Gu said.

Kebas became excited upon hearing this. “Sir, rest assured, I’ll handle it right now.”

After Kebas left, Chen Gu lowered his head again.

Though he seemed to be casually drawing on the map earlier, he had already arranged the city’s design.

Spanning a total of a thousand square kilometers, Chen Gu planned to encircle it with three layers of walls.

The innermost layer, centered around the Council Hall, would cover about two hundred square kilometers.

That was roughly the size of a small town. Chen Gu intended to build all the important functional buildings there.

Since Woodland Garden was not near a river, docks and the like were unnecessary.

Chen Gu planned to build three taverns, four barracks, two magic towers, and all other functional buildings a level 9 city could accommodate, along with their supporting facilities.

He had calculated that, without considering other factors and squeezing things in, he could fit all the buildings into this area.

Of course, this would make the city’s main district quite crowded.

The layout would resemble a labyrinth, requiring one to wander around to find the right building.

But to Chen Gu, this was the best arrangement.

By enclosing the functional buildings within the walls, even if enemies attacked, the core area of Woodland Garden would remain secure.

Outside this wall would be the residential districts, expanding outward to the second wall.

The total area would be about five to six million square kilometers.

Here, Chen Gu would arrange garden cottages, forest dwellings, and Woodland Garden zones according to the different races, ensuring each area suited its inhabitants.

Chen Gu was well aware that non-elven races formed the core populace of Woodland Garden.

Only by ensuring their well-being could the city develop.

Only by ensuring their well-being could the population recover.

After all, Chen Gu couldn’t summon troops from corpses like the undead.

Beyond that lay the last few hundred square kilometers of the city, where Chen Gu planned to build farmland and other resource zones.

This would guarantee Woodland Garden’s supplies and provisions.

At the same time, it would serve as a buffer zone against external invasions.

When the undead attacked this area, Chen Gu could halt them before they breached the city’s main district and destroyed everything inside.

Of course, Chen Gu hadn’t started construction yet. He had only sketched the map and made some arrangements. Everything else was still pending.

He now waited for the battlefield cleanup to finish, to see if there were suitable building stones, or if problems with the stones would require him to gather resources and build new structures.

These decisions needed careful study.

While Chen Gu pondered the construction and layout of Woodland Garden, Pan finally stopped advancing through the farms.

Only then did he realize he had forgotten something.

He glanced at his troops behind him, thought for a moment, then decided to head to Changfeng City immediately.

As for the small towns and villages belonging to Changfeng City along the way, he would leave them alone for now.

After all, he had already delayed for so long, and Chen Gu had leveled up.

So Pan resolved to check on Changfeng City, to see if this former level 7 city still stood.

What Pan never expected was that a group of undead was already moving toward Changfeng City.

They were the remnants of the undead forces from the city that had been swept away by the flood.

Led by three undead heroes, their ranks were chaotic, consisting of skeleton soldiers, scattered death knights, and corpse wizards.

They were all survivors who had escaped the flood.

Afterward, these three undead heroes gathered the survivors.

At first, they intended to retake their undead city.

But not knowing what had happened, they ultimately decided to head toward Changfeng City, hoping for a faint chance there.