Armipotent

After the battle, everyone returned to the smart base while the Legion Guild's main force kept working on patrolling around Seoul. Just in case, the four guilds had a separate force to attack Seoul. Meanwhile, Tang Shaoyang returned to the smart base with The Legion Guild's leaders, Park Nam Hoon and Yu Jin Sang. The leaders of the Legion Guild became the driver for Tang Shaoyang.

No one was speaking inside the car, and the atmosphere turned out to be a little awkward, but Tang Shaoyang did not care about it. He opened the ripped map and checked his next destination. With the fall of four guilds, his work in Korea was over, so he would go to Japan next, 'So we will go to the southwest next?' He scratched his cheek with his index finger.

Ding!

At this moment, Tang Shaoyang received a notification from System Communication. He opened the notification; it was Zhang Mengyao who called him up through System Communication. This was his first time using the voice call feature from System Communication. So far, only the faction leader and its vice leaders could use the voice call, so he rarely used it because he was always with Zhang Mengyao and Kang Xue.

[You send Yu back to get the materials to make the antidote, but our General Shop does not sell the materials. There's a chance we can get the materials if we upgrade the smart base to level 5 or even to level 6. Should we upgrade the smart base to get the materials?] Zhang Mengyao resounded inside the car.

Park Nam Hoon and Yu Jin Sang recognized the voice. The Supreme General of The Tang Empire, the person who spoke to them in the arena after the Earth Tournament. The two exchanged glances as they were surprised there was a device to call the others. It was general knowledge that all technologies, including phones, disappeared from Earth, so it surprised them to discover there was a similar device from The System.

"I don't mind. We need to upgrade the smart base sooner or later, so we might as well upgrade it right now," Tang Shaoyang did not mind if Park Nam Hoon and Yu Jin Sang overheard the conversation, so he did not bother to lower the voice. "However, let's not use the reward from the Earth Tournament. Save that for the later upgrade. Just use our coins to upgrade the base."

The System rewarded the Tang Empire three levels for the smart base, and they could be used anytime for any smart base under The Tang Empire. Using the reward right now was just a waste because the price of upgrading the smart base was still affordable at the current level. They might need it when the smart base reached level 7 or level 8 as their current smart base was still level 4, so saving the three levels reward for the later was the smart decision.

[I know that already. We will save the three levels reward until we reach level 7. Origin told me that the maximum level for the smart base is level 10. Above level 10 is an Epic Level smart base, and we can't use the coins to upgrade the smart base to Epic Level. So we will save the reward for now.]

[I have calculated the cost to upgrade the smart base. It cost 230 million GC to upgrade the smart base to level 6 and 730 million GC to level 7. Do you want me to upgrade to level 7, or should we keep it at level 6 for now?]

Tang Shaoyang rubbed his chin for a moment as he calculated everything in his head. If they upgraded the smart base to level 7, then they could use the reward immediately and upgrade the base to level 10. On top of that, they also had the one billion reward from the Earth Tournament too. They had enough money to upgrade their base.

"What's the benefit of upgrading the smart base to level 10? The immediate benefit that will help us," Tang Shaoyang asked Zhang Mengyao.

[Oh, there are a lot of benefits. We will have a Dimensional Auction House, an auction house that reaches all the worlds under the System's jurisdiction. Ah, another benefit is we can install a portal gate, so we can connect our territories through the portal gate. I think we will need this the most because we need a tool to travel to our vassals' territories. There are so many benefits, so better you look it up yourself when you return. We can have up to ten portal gates if we upgrade the smart base to level 7 and a hundred portal gates in level 10 smart base.]

"Then let's upgrade the smart base to level 10 directly since we have extra money from the Earth Tournament," It did not take long before Tang Shaoyang made the decision. The portal gate was an essential tool for them since the plane could not operate since the Game started. The essential tool for the long journey since not everyone could have a flying pet like Li Na and Tang Shaoyang.

[Do you hear it, Origin? I have his consent, so upgrade the smart base to level 10 right now.] Zhang Mengyao's annoyed voice rang from the call. [I have told this stupid Ai to upgrade the base to level 10, but it persistently told me to get your consent first. Alright, I will hang up the call. My work is piling up even more with our new level 10 smart base. Have a good trip, bye-bye.]

Zhang Mengyao hung up the call. However, she sent him a message in the next thirty seconds. In the message, she was telling him the instructions for installing the portal gate. Installing the portal gate was actually quite simple and easy. He nodded his head as this portal gate would ease up his work.

Meanwhile, Park Nam Hoon and Yu Jin Sang exchanged glances secretly. Even though they did not understand what materials Tang Shaoyang talked about, they clearly understood the smart base's level. They were shocked that the Tang Empire talked about upgrading level 10 smart base so casually. They were aware of what it took to reach level 10 smart base, but the Tang Empire easily achieved level 10 smart base.

'I think I did make the best choice in my life,' Park Nam Hoon thought to himself. He did not know what level 10 smart base could do, but he knew the importance of the level 10 smart base. Getting an early level 10 smart base meant the Tang Empire was ahead of the other factions.