Chapter 1

Player: Lin Ye

Items: Newbie Gift Pack

Territory: Graveyard Level 1 (100 square meters)

Resources: None

Lin Ye was stunned when he saw the message appear suddenly in front of him.

What was this?

A moment ago, he was still on his way to work, but the next moment, everyone on the streets seemed to have an immobilization spell casted on them. Then, he was taken away by white beams of light that appeared out of nowhere.

After losing consciousness, he woke up to this unfamiliar place.

He looked around and realized that he was in a deserted graveyard.

There were tombstones everywhere.

Looking up at the sky, the weather was gloomy and dark clouds loomed above. The entire world looked like an ink painting that had been tainted by a gray dye.

Stretching far.

In the distance was a dark forest, and behind him was an endless wasteland. A place filled with misery and loneliness…

From time to time, there would be cold eerie winds blowing in the air, mixed with the roars of beasts and the smell of blood, making people shudder.

"What crazy place is this? Could I have transmigrated?"

Lin Ye mumbled. As an online novel enthusiast, he was very familiar with such scenes.

As the saying goes, the young know no fear.

Not only was he not afraid, he even felt a little excited.

"Where's the system? Where's my golden finger?"

Lin Ye searched around for a while.

Actually, there was nothing worth looking for. Two meters away, there was a sandalwood treasure chest and a book.

[Civilization Archive: The continuation of civilization, the advancement of technology, everything you want is here. Please get blueprints as soon as possible and build your territory.]

[Sandalwood Treasure Chest: Newbie Gift Pack. Open it to obtain your own starting weapon.]

"A real game?"

Looking at the illusory words, Lin Ye raised his eyebrows.

He continued to flip open to the front page.

[Welcome to the Global Zombie Survival Game. As you can see, everyone is trapped in graveyards surrounded by billions of zombies.]

[Survival is your only goal. Try your best to survive. Please remember the following points.]

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[With that, I wish everyone a good game!]

"Global Zombie Survival? Billions of zombies?!"

Lin Ye gaped and had a bad premonition. "That means that Dad and Mom might have been caught too. I wonder how they are now."

Beep, Beep—-

At this moment, a page of the Civilization Archive lit up and caught Lin Ye's attention.

"Communication page?"

Turning to that page, Lin Ye raised an eyebrow.

What greeted his eyes were three different menus.

World Channel [Automatic Translation. Limited to sending one message per day.]

Regional Channel [Communication within the country. Unlimited chat.]

Family Channel [Communication with your family. Unlimited chat.]

The world channel was flashing with the most notifications.

Lin Ye clicked on it and saw the chatbox instantly explode, soaring to 999+ notifications.

[Zhao Zekun: What's going on? I was showering and suddenly appeared in this gloomy graveyard. Please tell me loudly that this is a prank?]

[Chris: It's too costly to have a prank done to this level. This should be a real game created by aliens.]

[Jack: Hahaha, I'm so excited. It's a survival game. Friend above me, I'm from Country Beautiful. Shall we explore together?]

[Marun: Go to hell, it's too dangerous outside. I just sneaked out and there are zombies everywhere!]

[Jin Taishan: F*ck, is this a real-life version of Left 4 Dead?]

...

"Zombies are getting closer to the graveyard."

From the bits and pieces of information, Lin Ye finally saw something useful.

Frowning slightly, he crept to the entrance of the graveyard and looked at the darkness outside.

As expected, a dozen hideous faces could be vaguely seen wandering near the graveyard.

His heart was palpitating as he tiptoed back.

At this time, more and more people discovered the existence of zombies. The entire world channel was also ignited by the topic of 'zombies'.

[Daijiang: It's real. I saw it too. Everyone, be careful. Once you leave the graveyard, you will be attacked by zombies.]

[Senze: Sobs, what should I do? I've been bitten by a zombie. It hurts. Am I going to die?]

[Lewis: It's best to open the Newbie Gift Pack before going out since it will provide weapons and food. My weapon is an axe!]

[Adel: My weapon is a dagger. It's so short, how can I kill zombies with this!]

[Kennedy: Everyone, don't you think that this is an alien conspiracy?]

[Jimmy: Conspiracy, my ass. If you can waste time thinking about that, you should worry about how to survive. The supply only has two pieces of bread which will last for a day at most.]

[Jeff: F*ck, the game producers are forcing us to fight the zombies outside!]

[Katyusha: Mom, I want to go home. This place is too scary, I'm scared!]

...

There were too many people from different countries in the World Channel, but most of them were useless information.

Some were delighted, some complained, some were fearful, some were suspicious…

There were all kinds of people.

The same went for the Regional Channel.

Lin Ye read on for a while. The initial excitement gradually died down and his heart became heavy.

He wondered how many people would survive in this world.

He sighed, and his gaze finally fell on the Family Channel. He hurriedly left a message. "Dad, Mom, Lin Wei, this is Beibei. Reply as soon as you see this."

Beibei was his nickname, and only his family knew it.

After a few seconds, his father Lin Jianguo, replied.

"Beibei, you transmigrated as well? I don't know about your mother and sister's situation. I've sent them quite a few messages, but they have yet to reply."

Lin Ye's heart thumped when he heard this.

If it was just his younger sister, it would not be a problem.

Although his sister was a girl, she was better at fighting than him. She was the provincial champion for boxing. When she was schooling, she was the school bully. No one had ever dared to bully her.

But it was a different story for his mother. His mother's health was not good to begin with, so this kind of survival game would be disastrous for her.

Looking at his father's anxious message, he consoled him. "Dad, don't be anxious. In the early stages of the game, there are protection mechanisms for new players. As long as Mom doesn't run around recklessly, she shouldn't be in any danger for the time being. Mom doesn't use smartphones usually so she probably hasn't figured out the Civilization Archive as well. Or Mom might have been lucky and did not transmigrate at all."

"I hope so. Be careful. Eat from the Newbie Gift Pack sparingly and keep an eye out for the others. Don't go to kill zombies when you're hot-headed. Don't worry about Dad. It's not a problem for your old man to fight a few zombies alone…"

After a quick chat and closing the chat page, Lin Ye's mood became heavy.

Mom's situation was unclear. Dad was old. His younger sister was pretty…

Those were potential risk factors.

"I have to figure out the survival technique for this game as soon as possible. The gaming zones are divided according to countries. Only by walking out will I have a chance to find Mom and the rest."

Lin Ye clenched his fist.

[Ding. Player's luck has been measured. Handsomeness rating, frequency of spiritual poweress… You have the potential to surpass billions of people. Innate talent has been randomly awakened at the beginning.]

[Ding… Congratulations Survivor Lin Ye! You have awakened a godly talent—100x Reward!]

Chapter 2

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"100x Reward?!"

Lin Ye was so surprised he almost jumped up.

System, a golden finger?

He didn't hear anyone getting this 'talent' from the chat channels.

This was the legendary treatment of a protagonist!

It's happening!

"Calm down, you are a man who will become the king!"

Lin Ye looked calm and gentle. Then, he happily clicked on the 100x Reward notification.

[Godly Talent: 100x Reward. Any reward you get will increase by a hundredfold. Unique attribute.]

Very good. Powerful.

"Let me try opening the Newbie Gift Pack. I wonder what weapon I will get!"

There were a lot of complaints about the weapons being trash in the chat channels. Lin Ye looked forward to his new weapon.

With 100x Reward, it should not be too bad.

He took a deep breath and slowly walked to the sandalwood treasure chest. He opened it excitedly.

As expected, the moment he opened the treasure chest, he received a notification from the system.

[Discovered Newbie Gift Pack. You have obtained a white basic Beginner Weapon—Axe!

[Living Supplies: Two pieces of bread and three bottles of water!]

With 100x Reward, you can choose between:

1) 100 axes, 200 loaves of bread, 300 bottles of water

2) a Desert Eagle, 2 500g packets of beef, 3 liters of Red Bull

"…"

Lin Ye stared at it, stunned by the information.

100x Reward…

You can choose from it?

There was such a thing?

Mm, a very human-like operating system.

Lin Ye was satisfied.

His gaze landed on 100x Reward's options.

The first option was to give a reward hundred folds the amount.

The second type was for the quantity to remain the same while enhancing the quality of rewards. There was a lot of space for interpretation.

If it was a normal survival game, he might have chosen the first option. Although 100 axes were useless, it would ensure that there would be enough bread and water.

For the lack of resources in the early stages, a large amount of bread and water was the best choice for survival.

But it was different now. His parents and sister were more or less in danger. It was fine if he did not have this talent, but now that he had the potential of a protagonist, he had to take a gamble.

A bicycle might be able to turn into a motorcycle.

Without any hesitation, Lin Ye chose option two.

A flash of light and the axe, bread, and water in the Newbie Gift Pack disappeared.

In its place was a silver black pistol, two packets of beef, and twelve cans of Red Bull.

Lin Ye's finger touched the pistol and a notification came.

[Desert Eagle: Purple Advanced Equipment. Attack Power 100. Complimentary 100 bullets at the start. Recoil reduced by 60%. Hint: Sound of gunshot will alert zombies within 200 meters.]

[Note: Bullets need to be manufactured in the Armory. Collect blueprints of bullets to craft it.]

"It can actually give purple advanced equipment."

Lin Ye was overjoyed. He had just taken a look at the equipment evaluation from the Civilization Archive.

The equipment in this world had different colors – white, blue, purple, silver, gold, green, cyan, black, and red. 𝓵𝒊𝒃𝙧𝙚𝒂𝓭.𝓬𝙤𝙢

The corresponding ranks were Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Supreme, Dark Gold, Legendary, Epic, Ancient, and Primordial (corresponding to Level 1-9).

Desert Eagle which was purple (Advanced) was already considered quite good to start the game with. He didn't see how the miserable Survivors who had to use daggers to stab the zombies complained loudly in the World Channel.

"A gun for a cannon. Time to kill the zombies."

Lin Ye was tempted. He picked up the Desert Eagle and moved to the entrance of the graveyard.

According to the important tip from the Civilization Archive, killing a zombie would trigger a novice quest. Upon completion, they would receive starting funds.

This might be difficult for others, but for him, how could it be difficult?

Soon, his eyes lit up when he discovered a silly zombie approaching.

Lin Ye raised his gun, took aim, and pulled the trigger, aiming at the zombie's head.

Bang!

A loud gunshot rang out, and blood burst out from the zombie's shoulder.

-90hp!

"Ah, I missed it!" Lin Ye grinned.

This was not entirely a game. It was his first time using a gun. Although the recoil was reduced, his hands were still numb from the shock.

The worst part was that the gunshots were so loud that they alerted all the zombies within 200 meters.

One by one, they charged forward furiously.

"F*ck!"

Lin Ye cursed under his breath.

Fortunately, there was a newbie protection mechanism in the graveyard. While he attacked from within, the zombies were unable to harm him for the time being.

Looking at the zombies who had their mouths wide open at the graveyard's entrance, Lin Ye felt a little scared at first. However, after familiarizing himself with them for a while, he ceased being afraid.

Mustering his courage, he aimed his gun at a zombie's head.

Swish!

The bullet cut through the air. This time, its course was accurate and instantly hit the zombie at its temple.

[Headshot -100HP!]

The zombie fell to the ground and died.

"Congratulations, you have successfully killed your first zombie and unlocked the novice quest."

"Novice Quest: Kill 10 zombies. Reward: Beginner Zombie Converter. Current Progress: 1/10"

[Zombie Converter: Range limited to within the territory.]

[Beginner Effect: Souls of the Beginner Zombies killed in the territory will automatically be absorb and converted into Zombie Souls]

[Zombie Soul is the currency of exchange in this world. It can be exchanged for food, water, weapons, wood, and stone materials using the Civilization Archive.]

"Alright, this damn system is indeed forcing people to kill zombies."

Lin Ye cursed.

This meant that if his parents wanted to live, the level of danger would increase again.

He took a deep breath. His priority now was to get stronger before he could consider anything else.

After clearing his thoughts, he turned his attention to the zombies again.

According to the two shots he made, the maximum HP of an ordinary zombie should be 100, and its Defense should be around 10.

If he didn't get a headshot, the zombie might require two shots to kill.

And now, after the gunshots, all the zombies within 200 meters were alerted.

He laid down at the entrance and counted. There were about 45 of them. If he wanted to use his bullets sparingly, he would have to kill each zombie within two shots.

For a short time, it was safe within a radius of two hundred meters.

Since he had decided on his next actions, Lin Ye stood within the graveyard and made use of the newbie protection mechanism to shoot at the zombies outside.

He raised his gun, aimed, and fired continuously.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

His luck was pretty good. He successfully killed nine zombies with sixteen bullets.

"Congratulations on completing the novice quest. Reward: Beginner Zombie Converter."

With 100x Reward, you can choose between:

1) 100 Beginner Converter (An Ordinary Converter, one zombie corpse will require 10 minutes to convert)

2) Enhanced to Advanced Converter. Can be used to convert zombies which are Intermediate-level and below. The conversion efficiency is increased by three times (3 minutes).

"The most important thing now is efficiency!"

Lin Ye immediately chose option two.

Chapter 3

A flash of light shone over the graveyard.

The pitch-black soil seemed to have been infused with some kind of special energy. Whenever a zombie corpse came in contact with it, it would automatically disintegrate and be absorbed into the soil.

In his line of sight, the only zombie corpse that fell into the graveyard was disintegrating at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Within three minutes, half of the corpse disappeared.

"…"

Lin Ye was dumbfounded. Nothing happened to the other half of the zombie.

Was it because the other half was outside the graveyard?

With this thought in mind, he stood at the entrance and gauged the zombies outside.

After his previous tries, it seemed that as long as he stood in the graveyard, the zombies would lose sight of him. They could neither see what was happening in the graveyard nor enter it.

After a few minutes, they would become dazed again and wander aimlessly around the graveyard.

"This must be the so-called protection mechanism."

The corner of Lin Ye's mouth curved up. Taking advantage of the zombies which had walked away, his body was like a cunning rabbit. He quickly slipped out, grabbing the half disintegrated corpse and ran back in without looking back.

"Hehe—"

The two zombies that were closer seemed to have noticed the scent of humans and immediately charged over with bared fangs and brandished claws.

Fortunately, Lin Ye was fast enough. When the zombies were about to catch up, he successfully returned to the graveyard.

The two zombies were not so lucky. They crashed into the protective barrier around the graveyard and retreated with swollen faces.

In the end, they sniffed the lingering scent in the air in confusion, as if they couldn't understand how their food disappeared.

"This is too exciting!"

In the graveyard, Lin Ye leaned against a tombstone, his heart beating fast.

So thrilling!

The harvest was quite gratifying. With the Intermediate Zombie Converter, the remaining half of the corpse rapidly disintegrated.

When the corpse completely disappeared, a ball of light that gave off a faint green glow appeared before his eyes.

At this moment, a notification came from the system.

"You have obtained a Zombie Soul."

"Triggered 100x Reward effect. 100 Zombie Souls obtained."

"Good heavens. It really looks like a soul."

Lin Ye approached the light and observed carefully.

One could vaguely see a shrunken little person imprisoned within this ball of light. Its appearance was 70% similar to when the zombie was alive.

However, the tiny being looked like it was in pain, as if it was being tortured continuously.

"It doesn't matter which world you're from. Since you're dead, rest in peace," Lin Ye said softly.

Following the instructions of the Civilization Archive, his finger touched the green ball of light and it instantly vanished, storing it in the book.

At the same time when he obtained the Zombie Soul, the interface of the resource and crafting page was unlocked.

Current Resources:

Food: 1kg of beef jerky, 3 liters of Red Bull

Souls: 100

Wood: None [Can be exchanged using Souls at a rate of 1:100]

Stone: None [Can be exchanged using Souls at a rate of 1:100]

Petrol: None [Can be exchanged using Souls at a rate of 1:1]

Blueprint: None [Ways to Obtain: From corpses of zombies, Treasure Chests from Wilderness, Trading with other Players]

Crafting Menu: Basic Bunker (Capable of recruiting native workers to build a camp)

"Congratulations, you have unlocked the quest, Lord of Graveyards. Please construct your personal bunker."

"Reward Upon Completion: 4 Native Workers."

"The construction materials required for the bunker are as follows: 500 Wood, 500 Stone, 1 Native Worker (Can be replaced with the Player), Blueprint of the Bunker (The initial 10 zombies converted will drop the blueprint)"

"Ah, so I have to convert ten of them to get the blueprint."

Lin Ye gnashed his teeth and turned his gaze to the entrance.

Although he had enough Zombie Souls, the blueprint had yet to drop. The remaining nine zombie corpses were still lying outside.

If he wanted to pull them into the graveyard to convert them into Souls, he would have to either continue pulling them in secretly like before or kill all the zombies outside.

"It's better to get rid of them all. I can't take any more chances."

Lin Ye was determined.

Even if the bullets were finished, there were always chances to create more.

But if he lost his life, it would be a loss of four lives! A devastating loss!

He stood at the entrance of the graveyard and made noise, attracting the attention of the 35 zombies that had been alerted by the gunshots earlier.

"Hehe—"

A group of zombies surrounded the graveyard and growled.

"Sorrowful souls from another world, I shall grant you rebirth."

Lin Ye had a look of pity on his face. He raised his arm and fired.

Bang!

-100hp!

At such a close distance, the zombie that was baring its teeth at him suddenly died, looking peaceful in his death.

A few minutes later, after using 39 bullets, all 35 zombies were killed.

He wasted four shots because of the recoil.

He was a scholar without the strength to even truss a chicken. The first time he used a gun was this Desert Eagle and he had to fire dozens of consecutive shots!

If it was you, you would be in pain too!

After a while, Lin Ye squatted at the entrance and carefully observed his surroundings to make sure that there were no other zombies lurking around.

He carefully exited the graveyard and dragged the nine corpses in one by one. It tired him so much that he was panting. 𝓵𝙞𝙗𝙧𝙚𝒂𝙙.𝓬𝒐𝒎

"If I had known earlier, I would have chosen the first option. A hundred basic converters would mean that I can at least extend its range by a hundred times!"

Lin Ye was beyond himself with regrets.

If he had chosen the first option, he would not have such a problem.

The only thing worth being happy about was that the tenth zombie corpse finally dropped the blueprint of the bunker after it was converted.

In his resource page, there were 1000 Zombie Souls.

According to the exchange rate, ten was enough to construct the bunker.

Lin Ye was now considered a person who could speak louder since he was rich. He shouted, "System, exchange 500 Wood and 500 Stone."

As soon as he finished speaking, a large amount of wood and stone appeared out of thin air at the center of the graveyard.

His fingers touched the blueprint of the bunker and various parts and tools dropped out. At the same time, he received a notification.

"Material collection completed. Do you wish to build a basic bunker?"

"Yes!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Ye felt as if he was possessed by a skilled craftsman. Numerous building experiences suddenly appeared in his mind, and he picked up the tools to quickly build a bunker.

Perhaps due to the buff of alien technology, the crude bunker, which was ten meters long and eight meters wide, was completed within an hour.

"Congratulations on completing the quest of constructing a bunker. Territory has increased tenfold. The mission reward is four basic native workers."

With 100x Reward, you can choose between:

1) 400 Basic Native Workers (Basic Native Workers can only carry corpses and utilize engineering blueprints which are Level One)

2) 4 Advanced Native Workers (Advanced Native Workers are capable of many kinds of projects and utilizing engineering blueprints which are Level Three and below)

"I choose option one!"

Lin Ye hurriedly spoke.

In the early stages, there was strength in numbers. The more people there were, the more efficient it would be.

With these 400 helpers, it would be much easier to transport zombies in the future.

Soon, a door of light appeared in the bunker.

The door of light flashed, and a burly man wearing animal skin clothes walked out.

After consecutively flashing for 400 times, the originally small graveyard became filled with people.

"This must be our Lord. I'm Native Worker One. On behalf of all the native workers, I swear to our Lord that as long as you provide us with lodging and food that we will willingly pledge our loyalty."

While Lin Ye was still in a daze, an elderly indigenous man walked out from the shadows.

His accent was strange. It was clearly not any language that Lin Ye was familiar with, but he could understand it clearly.

At the same time, he received another quest from the system.

"Congratulations Player for gaining the loyalty of native workers. Please construct tents, fisheries, hunting grounds, and farms as soon as possible to increase their loyalty for you."

"Construction methods can be found in blueprints in the bunker!"

"Hint: After three days, if you fail to satisfy the wishes of the native workers, they will betray you and escape back to the Underworld."

Seeing the native workers' eager eyes, Lin Ye patted his chest and promised, "Everyone, don't worry. I'll go find the blueprints now and fulfill your wishes as soon as possible!"

After saying that, he instructed ten native workers to move the remaining zombie corpses and ten others to search for treasure chests in their surrounding 1 kilometer.

The gunshots had attracted the attention of zombies nearby. The surroundings were relatively safe for the time being. With their help, it would save a lot of time.

The remaining 380 people stayed in the graveyard, awaiting orders.

Meanwhile, he walked straight into the bunker.

Chapter 4

Inside the basic bunker, it was dark and the decorations were simple.

A stone conference room and a wooden bed.

There were five engineering blueprints and a recruitment order thrown at a random corner.

Lin Ye picked it up and took a look.

The blueprints were the lowest grade of common goods, and the constructing conditions were extremely simple.

Amongst them were the blueprints he needed.

Level 1 Tent: 10 Wood, 10 Stone. Up to 5 beginner native workers can live in it. [Requires 3 square meters of land]

Level 1 Fishery: 100 Wood, 50 Stone. Daily production is enough to feed 10 beginner native workers. [Requires a nearby water source]

Level 1 Hunting Ground: 100 Wood, 50 Stone. Daily production is enough to feed 10 beginner native workers. [Requires forest]

Level 1 Farm: Requires fertile land. Ten square meters is enough to feed 10 beginner native workers. [Requires land]

Level 1 Barracks: 100 Wood, 100 Stone. Able to produce units which belong to the Lord. [Requires blueprint for units. (Obtained through killing zombies which will randomly drop them or through opening treasure chests or exchange with other players)]

As for the recruitment order. 𝑙𝘪𝒷𝓇𝑒𝑎𝑑.𝘤𝑜𝑚

The information indicated that as long as accommodation and food conditions were satisfied, he could recruit more native workers from the Underworld.

This was not needed for now. Lin Ye immediately kept the recruitment order into the Civilization Archive's resource page.

He looked at the five blueprints.

The first on his to-do list was to settle the accommodation.

400 native workers required 80 Level 1 tents, which was 240 square meters of land.

Building resources required 800 Wood and 800 Stone.

Next was food.

Fisheries could catch fish and hunting grounds could hunt for wild animals, but those were all dependent on the environment.

As for the exact location for its construction, he would have to wait for the scouting native workers to return.

He could only calculate the resources needed for now.

If the conditions were met, he would need 40 of both fisheries and hunting grounds, which would amount to 2,000 Wood and 2,000 Stone.

Total Material Needed: 4,800 Wood, 2,800 Stone.

Barracks…

"Am I dumb or what? Instead of wasting my time, I can directly exchange for 30,000 Wood and Stone. If that's not enough, I can just exchange for more."

Lin Ye was rich and directly exchanged 600 Zombie Souls.

In any case, in a few minutes, the remaining 35 zombie corpses would be completely converted and he could still get 3,500 Souls from them. He was definitely a nouveau riche.

After taking a look at the area of his territory, he immediately summoned 90 native workers and gave out 10,000 Wood and 10,000 Stone.

"Let's start with 80 tents and 10 barracks. Build them near the graveyard."

"Our lord is generous!"

The native workers laughed happily as they carried the materials outside the graveyard.

Level 1 Tent [0/80 Remaining Time: 3 hours]

Level 1 Barracks [0/10 Remaining Time: 5 hours]

"So much slower than me!"

Lin Ye was a little upset.

After including the other 290 native workers and having three of them to do one person's work, the efficiency finally increased by 50%.

While waiting, the 35 zombies had finished disintegrating.

Unfortunately, his luck was mediocre. He only got 3,500 Zombie Souls and those did not drop any engineering or unit blueprints.

The native workers who were out on patrol had yet to return. Fortunately, nothing else happened. Lin Ye opened the chat page of the Civilization Archive.

He first looked at the Family Channel and his eyes lit up.

He realized that his mother was actually chatting with his father. His sister, Lin Wei, had also appeared, but she only spoke a few times.

"Mom, how is it over there? Is it dangerous?" Lin Ye asked.

"Haha, speak of the devil. My Beibei is here."

His mother, Zhang Cuiling, seemed to be in a good mood. She smiled and said, "I'm doing pretty well here. Perhaps to take care of the old, weak, sick, and disabled like me, the survival game opened up a team mode. Together with two grandma and a child, I am placed in a five-man special team. We arrived an hour later than you, and it's not bad now. Captain Wang Hui is very responsible. He brought a few young soldiers out to kill zombies. The three of us stayed behind to guard the graveyard. There's no danger at all."

"Team mode?" Lin Ye was shocked. There was such a thing?

"Yeah, the World Channel is exploding. Many young people are very envious of us." Zhang Cuiling laughed.

"What about Lin Wei? Is she also in a team?" Lin Ye raised his eyebrows.

"Nonsense, even a weakling like you can count as a single player. How can I be weaker than you?"

At this moment, Lin Wei, who had been missing, spoke up. She said smugly, "These zombies are useless. With my great strength, I can kill one in one hit. If not for their numbers, I would have finished killing ten zombies a long time ago. For now, I can only sneak up and kill one, hide for a few minutes, and wait for the zombies to disperse. In an hour, I've killed nine. I'm still short of one to transform the soil of the graveyard into a zombie converter. The top people in the world channel don't seem to be any faster than me."

"I'm not talking to you anymore. There's another lone zombie. Hanging up. Dad, Mom, send the guide that I've written to stinky Beibei. Do as I say. Don't die. When I get stronger, I'll save you."

With that, Lin Wei went off.

"…"

Lin Ye was speechless.

Damn it, I've already built a bunker. Did I show off? Did I need you to save me?

"Beibei, Weiwei is right. Hiding and staying alive is more important. Just now, there was a notification in the world channel stating that more than a hundred people had died. That is too terrifying. Oh, right. This is Weiwei's written strategy for killing zombies. I've sent it to you."

Zhang Cuiling didn't forget to add another blow.

Lin Ye was speechless, but he heaved a sigh of relief.

Having a carefree family was the best news.

Before leaving, he glanced at the strategy Lin Wei wrote.

The logic was the same as his method.

Making use of the protection mechanism, to stand in the graveyard and fight the zombies outside.

The main difference was probably the weapon.

Normal people were not as efficient as him. Normal white tier weapons had low offensive power and a short attack range.

He could only pull one zombie in by himself, sneak an attack outside, and then escape back to the graveyard. This had to be repeated around seven or eight times.

A blunt knife would pierce the flesh. It was slow, but safe.

If the person was fast, it would take two to three hours. If the person was slow, it would take about four to five hours to complete the mission of killing 10 zombies.

This method was simple and anyone could think of it as long as they calmed down. It will probably be popularized in the world channel soon.

Leaving the family channel, Lin Ye glanced at the world channel again.

There were many people boasting and jeering inside.

Someone killed a zombie, a large group of people would shout 666; Someone got lucky and picked up a treasure chest, getting a blue tier intermediate Crossbow, hundreds or thousands of people would shout 'Big Boss'!

"These fellas."

Lin Ye shook his head and laughed. If he were to tell them about the Desert Eagle, it would cause a huge commotion.

However, there was some information that caught his attention under the Chinese Regional Channel.

Chapter 5

"Gunshots?"

Looking at the scattered messages in the channel. 𝑙𝘪𝑏𝓇ℯ𝑎𝒹.𝒸𝘰𝓂

That word was still fresh in his memory. Other than the initial shock they had when they first heard, the others did not pay much attention to the word.

There were only two exceptions. They attached great importance to the word 'gunshots'.

The word would come out once in a while.

He flipped through a few hundred pages in a row. Ignoring other words, there were always two people persistently asking about the 'gunshots'.

Soon, he found the source.

About half an hour ago.

Thinking back carefully, it was also the time when he shot the zombie.

[Zhang Liang: Are you kidding me? Someone is shooting from my side. Although it was far, I could hear gunshots!]

[Liu Xinyu: Are you hallucinating? There are so many comments on the World Channel. The best weapon right now is only a crossbow and it was from someone who risked his life to get the treasure chest.]

[Zheng Jingze: It's true. I heard it too. Brother Zhang Liang, where are you? We might be very close.]

[Zhang Liang: I'm beside the forest. There's no location names around here. I don't know anything else. What about you?]

[Zheng Jingze: I'm at the graveyard by the river…]

...

"The forest. Down by the river…"

Lin Ye narrowed his eyes.

These few keywords made him even more certain that the gunshots that Zhang Liang and Zheng Jingze heard were from him.

To the east of his position was the forest, and hundreds of meters from his entrance was the sound of rushing river water.

The other party could hear the gunshots so they should be within a thousand meters.

"I hope we can live in harmony."

Lin Ye mumbled.

He didn't know if it was because he had read too many novels in the post-apocalyptic era, but when it came to strangers, he always had persecutory paranoia.

At this moment, the native workers who had gone out to explore the surroundings had returned.

However, there was something wrong with their condition. A few of them were injured and there were even casualties.

"What happened?" Lin Ye frowned.

"My Lord, we found a bronze treasure chest. We wanted to bring it back for you, but we didn't expect a powerful swift zombie to be hiding there. Its speed and strength were high. The ten of us couldn't touch it at all, but it easily killed three of our companions," said a native worker aggrievedly.

"A Swift Zombie."

Lin Ye tapped his fingers on the wooden table of the bunker. From the native worker's report, he could deduce that this should be a higher level zombie.

Speed and strength which were above ordinary people.

No wonder. It was like a boss guarding its treasure in a game.

Currently, most of the treasure chests obtained in the world channel were sandalwood. They were all beginner-level.

It was because all the ordinary zombies within two hundred meters had been killed that the bronze treasure chest spawned.

"One more thing, my lord."

Another native worker raised his head and looked at him. After receiving Lin Ye's approval, he spoke in a low voice, "Originally, we didn't alert the Swift Zombie and had a high chance of stealing the treasure chest, but something happened midway. Another lord appeared. He threw a stone at us, causing the Swift Zombie to hear the sound and attack us."

"Other lords, you mean humans like me?" Lin Ye's voice suddenly became louder.

"Yes, my lord. Your soul aura is completely different from ours. I can tell at a glance," the native worker replied firmly.

"How dare they! Taking advantage of me and stealing my treasure chest!" Lin Ye felt uncomfortable.

He could imagine that the other party was most likely able to get out of his graveyard only because he had killed the surrounding zombies.

Yet, not only did the other party not thank him, he even repaid his kindness with ingratitude. This was unacceptable.

"Can you still recognize him now?" Lin Ye stood up and said coldly.

"I can. Even if I turn to ash, I will still be able to."

The native worker nodded profusely. They were also living beings with blood and flesh. They were also furious that their companions were killed.

Seeing that their lord had the intention to avenge them, their eyes lit up with excitement.

"Other than those who are building the barracks, everyone else, bring your weapons. Your lord shall avenge you!"

Lin Ye took out his Desert Eagle. He still had 43 bullets left.

Whether it was the Swift Zombie or that human trash, the bullets he had were more than enough.

"Long live our lord!" The group of native workers shouted in unison.

"Lead the way," Lin Ye said.

With that, more than two hundred people left the graveyard in a formidable array.

Although the fighting power of the native workers was low and three of them might not be able to defeat a zombie, they still looked strong and imposing as a group.

Lin Ye walked among the figures with confidence.

A few minutes later, they arrived at the bronze treasure chest.

Apart from the three native worker corpses on the ground, there was also a tall and sturdy zombie.

As expected, this zombie was the strongest in this area—the Swift Zombie.

At this moment, it was bending its back and madly biting on a young man.

"Save… Save me!"

That person was still alive. His bloodshot eyes looked towards Lin Ye, as if he had seen a ray of hope. He shouted hoarsely.

However, very quickly, a huge mouth bit down on his neck, killing him within seconds.

"My lord, it's him!" A native worker behind him said.

"I saw." Lin Ye nodded.

A bronze treasure chest fell at the young man's feet.

Obviously, after plotting against the native workers, he wanted to steal the bronze treasure chest.

Unexpectedly, the Swift Zombie gave up on chasing the native workers and instead killed him.

"Roar–"

At this moment, the powerful zombie turned around and stared at Lin Ye with its ferocious face. It roared and charged forward without fear of the native workers.

"My lord…"

Worker One was a little scared and reminded, "The Swift Zombie is already considered a level 2 zombie. It's very contagious. If you're scratched by him, you might be infected with corpse poison."

"Move away!"

Lin Ye was fearless. After killing dozens of zombies, he was full of confidence.

He raised the Desert Eagle and aimed at the Swift Zombie's forehead.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

He fired three consecutive shots.

-70hp!

"What fast speed!"

Lin Ye secretly smacked his lips. His marksmanship was not considered good.

But at such a close distance, two out of the three shots should not have missed even if they weren't headshots.

"Roar!"

The Swift Zombie was extremely ferocious. After being shot, it merely shook its body and stomped on the ground before pouncing over. A native worker in the front row couldn't dodge in time and was instantly pushed down onto the ground.

Gasp!

The sharp teeth bit into his neck.

"Bastard!"

Lin Ye was furious that he killed his native worker in front of him. He fired another four shots despite his hands which were numb from the recoil.

This time, because he had a native worker as a distraction, the hit rate increased greatly and directly exploded the Swift Zombie's head.

Although he had killed this extremely ferocious zombie, Lin Ye still felt a slight sense of defeat.

He was too useless. Someone still died even though he had a gun.

"Zombie corpses will be converted in the graveyard. As for the other corpses, they will be cremated. I believe that even if they die, they won't want to be transformed into zombies."

Lin Ye waved his hand despondently. While Worker One and the others were dealing with the corpses, he walked straight to the bronze treasure chest.

The death of this native worker was a reminder for him.

If his martial power was weak, he would have to use treasures to make up for it.

As long as he could keep crushing the zombies at his current stage, he could definitely greatly reduce the losses from his fights.

To obtain something so buggy like 100x Reward from the system, he wanted more than to just survive. He wanted to achieve a perfect victory!

His fingers touched the treasure chest and it opened.

Chapter 6

[You obtained the blueprints for Level 1 Armory and Chef Recruitment Order!]

With 100x Reward, you can choose between:

1. 100 Level 1 Armory Blueprints, 100 Beginner Chef Recruitment Orders

2. 1 Level 3 Armory Blueprint, 1 Advanced Chef Recruitment Order

[Level 1 Armory: Able to enhance white tier weapons (No blueprints required), blue tier weapons (Blueprints required), purple tier weapons (Blueprints required). 10 lower-level Armory can be combined into its next level form.]

[Beginner Chef Recruitment Order: After consuming food made by Beginner Chefs, it can increase a native worker's construction speed and loyalty during its effective period (Only attribute. One Chef Recruitment Order can only recruit one Chef)]

[Delicacies made by Advanced Chefs can increase the combat power and recovery ability of high-level soldiers]

[Recruitment Requirement: Bunker Level 2]

"An armory!"

Lin Ye's eyes lit up.

After killing the Swift Zombie, he had 36 bullets left in his pistol and was running out.

The appearance of the Armory gave him hope.

Lin Ye clicked on the detailed construction information of the Level 3 Armory. The more he read, the happier he became.

A Level 3 Armory could process firearms. The current list of possible production included Desert Eagle, M10 submachine gun, M4A1 rifle, M16 rifle, grenades and bullets from each series…

The only problem was that these weapons needed blueprints for it to be produced.

For the two reward options, the conditions for the Armory were the same.

Every 10 lower-level Armory could be combined into a higher level one. If 100 Level 1 Armories were combined, it would make a Level 3 Armory.

Therefore, the difference was the recruitment order for chefs. The note indicated the uniqueness of this recruitment order.

A recruitment order could only recruit one person. It was completely different from the native workers' recruitment order.

So this was a question of choice.

Did he want quantity or quality?

Due to the large population he had, Lin Ye hesitated for a moment before making a choice.

"I choose option one."

Although a Level 3 Armory was attractive, without blueprints, it was useless.

Currently, the loyalty of the native workers was crucial to him. He did not want to make the same mistake again. No matter what, he had to satisfy the basic needs of his native worker friends.

The treasure flashed and 100 blueprints for the Armory and 100 Beginner Chef Recruitment Orders appeared in his Civilization Archive's resource page.

Current resource is as follows.

Food: 1kg of beef jerky, 3 liters of Red Bull

Souls: 3,900

Wood: 20,000 [Can be exchanged using Souls at a rate of 1:100]

Stone: 20,000 [Can be exchanged using Souls at a rate of 1:100]

Petrol: None [Can be exchanged using Souls at a rate of 1:1]

Blueprints: Level 1 Armory x100, Beginner Chef Recruitment Order x100

Since the bunker had not been upgraded, there was no need to consider the beginner chef for the time being.

Lin Ye took out a blueprint for the Armory, and the system immediately sent its construction information.

[Level 1 Armory: Materials required: 300 Wood, 300 Stone]

[Current resources are insufficient for the construction of 100 Armories. Please replenish them in time!]

"A small matter."

Lin Ye chuckled and casually spent another 2,000 Zombie Souls and increased the amount of wood and stone he had to 120,000.

"Worker One, find a hundred native workers and build the Armory at this spot. Your lord wishes to convert this area into my exclusive territory!"

With that, he waved his hand, and a huge pile of wood and stone appeared out of thin air.

"As you wish, my lord!"

Worker One had a look of reverence on his face. It was their fortune to be able to follow such a hearty and generous lord.

Soon, 100 native workers were separated from the team. They picked up the materials one by one and quickly built the Armory.

Armory [0/100 Remaining Time: 5 hours]

"Everyone else, follow me."

Looking at the rather large territory, Lin Ye nodded in satisfaction and led the others towards the river downstream.

On one hand, it was to confirm the information of the person who had just died. On the other hand, it was to occupy the territory around the river.

The construction of fisheries was crucial.

As the population increased, the loyalty of the native workers became more important. If he wanted no traitors, he had to solve the problem of food as soon as possible.

After walking carefully for ten minutes, more and more zombies appeared on this road, but they were all ordinary ones. In a few seconds, they were beaten to death by the hundred native workers. Bullets were not wasted.

Whoosh—

Soon, everyone's vision widened.

The river was so clear that one could see its bottom. There were a few fish playing in the river.

"My lord, we found an abandoned graveyard over there."

Worker One pointed downstream and whispered.

"Let's go and take a look."

Lin Ye nodded.

Moments later, he stepped into the graveyard downstream of the river that Worker One had mentioned.

It was small and empty inside. One could see its entirety in a single glance.

"No one's here."

Lin Ye groaned, remembering the message he'd seen on the Regional Channel and the dead young man.

"Zheng Jingze? Mm, should be him. It's hard to tell a person's heart. Since he's like this, Zhang Liang at the edge of the forest might be the same."

His eyes flashed with a sharp glint. For a moment, a terrifying thought appeared in his mind.

But soon, he suppressed this thought.

At the same time, a notification came from the system.

[Congratulations to the Player. You have occupied an uninhabited graveyard. You have gained the authority of the bunker. When you return to your graveyard, you can upgrade your bunker to Level 2!]

"...…."

Lin Ye was speechless. He felt that this ridiculous system was up to something.

Was it not only trying to force them to fight the zombies, but also kill other humans and occupy their territory?

He shook his head and sighed. He left 40 native workers by the river to build a fishery.

As long as the construction of the 40 fisheries was completed, he would not have to worry about the betrayal of the native workers in the short term.

As for himself, he led the remaining 60 native workers towards the forest.

Initially, he wanted to mind his own business, but since the system had already spoken, in order to become strong as soon as possible, he could only wrong Zhang Liang.

The road to the forest was obviously farther than the river. After more than 200 meters, the danger level increased.

Even from a distance, Lin Ye could see dozens of Level 1 zombies limping along the desolate road.

"If I force my way through, I'll definitely lose out." Lin Ye narrowed his eyes.

"My lord, zombies have a very sensitive sense of smell. We can use our blood to attract the zombies to a small area and kill them one by one," Worker One suggested.

"Are you sure you won't attract all the zombies over?" Lin Ye asked, intrigued.

"It can be used to create traps. Even if there's an accident, we can guarantee that we can escape unscathed."

"How long will it take?" Lin Ye's eyes twinkled.

"The trap is very simple. Just dig a pit and put a sharp wooden stake in it. With 60 of us working together, we can finish it in twenty minutes at most," Worker One promised.

"Alright, I'll leave this matter to you. After completing the mission, I will reward you with beef!" Lin Ye smiled.

"Brothers, did you hear that? Dig a trap and kill this batch of zombies. Our lord will reward us with beef!"

Worker One excitedly gathered his men. When the starving native workers heard this, their eyes turned green.

Beef?

You can eat beef these days?

Oh my god, their lord was a celestial being sent by God to save us!

Then, a shocking scene happened.

60 native farmers rolled up their sleeves and dug at the ground crazily but happily. Dust flew everywhere.

The twenty-minute project was completed within ten minutes.. All of them raised their dirty hands and looked at Lin Ye expectantly.

Chapter 7

"My lord, the pit has been dug. Would you like to take a look?"

Worker One asked hopefully.

"Look at how easily won over you guys are." Lin Ye shook his head and laughed.

He could tell that before he transmigrated to this world, that the lives of the people in this world were extremely arduous. They hid underground to survive and lacked many resources. Not to mention meat, even rice and the likes were hard to obtain.

The reason why humans came to this place was not only to survive but also to save these native workers.

With this in mind, he didn't go back on his word. Instead, he took out 1kg of beef from his Civilization Archive's resource page.

When he saw the beef, Worker One almost cried.

"Take it."

Lin Ye handed the beef to Worker One and laughed softly. "There's not much of it. Just distribute it evenly and treat it as a snack before dinner."

"Long live our lord!"

Worker One cheered, and the rest followed suit.

As soon as he finished speaking, more than 60 people gathered together and excitedly distributed the beef.

Soon, 1kg of beef was distributed to everyone. Even though the size of beef each of them got was only that of a beef ball, they still ate with relish as if they wanted to engrave the taste of the beef into their minds.

Without exception, after they took the first bite.

With Worker One leading, almost every native worker shed tears of happiness.

"Sobs, it's so delicious! It's really beef!"

"God knows how many years it has been since I ate meat."

"My lord, I love you to death!"

"Our lord is the strongest. We will be the strongest Survivors!"

...

"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. Your native workers have felt happiness and their loyalty has increased by 10%. Current loyalty is at 60%."

[Loyalty: Initial value is 50%. Once it is below 30%, the native workers will have thoughts of defecting. Highest value is 100%. At this stage, the native workers will risk their lives for you!]

Listening to the system's voice transmission, as well as the cheers from the native workers, Lin Ye suddenly felt that other than saving his family, there seemed to be something else that was worth exploring.

Of course, these thoughts were just a flash through his mind.

After resting for a while, Lin Ye clapped his hands when he saw that everyone was still unsatisfied. "Everyone, destroy this group of zombies. If a treasure chest or a blueprint for soldiers is dropped, whoever picks it up will be rewarded with 500g of beef!"

As soon as he said that, the native workers who had lost their stamina immediately perked up.

"The beef is mine. I'm so lucky. I'll definitely find a treasure chest!"

"My lord, let's start. I can't wait!"

The native workers were all in high spirits, like undying warriors who were passionate. They stood up and guarded Lin Ye, as if they had nothing else to ask for when they have such a great lord.

"Very well. The rest of you, hide with me. Worker One, bring a few more agile ones to lure the zombies over," Lin Ye said.

"I promise to complete this task." Worker One patted his chest and assured.

After a moment, he pointed out three small and lean native workers from the group.

The four of them bent over and carefully entered the forest.

A few minutes later, they returned as planned with eight Level 1 zombies behind them.

When they were three meters away from the trap, Lin Ye waved his hand, and the other fifty farmers swarmed forward, carrying wood like bulldozers as they pushed the eight zombies into the pit.

Gasp! Gasp!

The sharp wooden stakes pierced through the bodies of the zombies and instantly killed five of them.

The other three were lucky and the stakes did not pierce through a fatal spot. However, the result was the same. Their bodies were restricted by the wooden stakes and they could not move. Worker One went up and stabbed them a few times before successfully killing them.

"Clean up the battlefield and search for supplies."

Lin Ye ordered.

60 people swarmed over like diligent bees. They did not mind that the corpses were dirty and messy as they quickly searched for supplies.

"My lord, there's a blueprint for a blue tier weapon!"

"I found a sandalwood treasure chest!"

He was in luck. These zombies actually dropped two resources.

Lin Ye was overjoyed.

The drop rate of those things was so abysmal. He had shot 45 of them before this, but they dropped nothing.

"Worker One, remember their names. After clearing the corpses, distribute the rewards."

Lin Ye kept the treasure chest and blueprint in his Civilization Archive as he spoke to Worker One.

"Brother, I'm Worker Nine!"

"I'm Worker Sixty Eight!"

The two people who found the treasure chest were extremely excited and quickly revealed their identities to Worker One.

"Stop fooling around, continue!" Lin Ye shot them a look.

Worker One understood and continued to lead the three-man team to bait the zombies. After the first time, they were familiar with the procedure and easily wiped out the second and third waves.

In less than two hours, all the zombies within a 500-meter radius were cleared.

Lin Ye's territory now stretched a thousand meters – including the previous two hundred meters, it was about 70% safe.

During this period of time, he gained a lot.

Other than the three sandalwood treasure chests and two blueprints dropped from killing the zombies, there were also seven random resource treasure chests that were randomly found in the wilderness.

"My lord, shall we open the treasure chest now?" A native worker asked softly.

The others also looked at Lin Ye with excitement.

For the first time in history, their mission went smoothly. Not only did they not lose a single person, they even reaped great rewards.

Especially those who found the treasure chests, such as Worker Nine and Worker Sixty Eight.

"Move aside, I'll do it myself."

Looking at the treasure chests all over the ground, Lin Ye was also filled with excitement.

10 treasure chests, and each of them would go through 100x Reward. How much reward would that be?

He took a deep breath and started opening them one after another!

[You have obtained a white tier weapon—Spear!]

[You have obtained living supplies—a box of corn sausage!]

[You have obtained the blueprint of a Class 1 soldier—Shield Warrior!]

[You have obtained a white tier weapon—Wooden Bow!]

[You have obtained living supplies—a box of instant noodles!]

...

With 100x Reward, you can choose between:

1) [100 white tier weapons—Spear!]

2) [An ordinary grenade!]

1) [100 boxes of corn sausage!]

2) [5 kg of pork!]

1. [100 blueprints of Class 1 Soldier—Shield Warrior!]

2. [1 blueprint of Class 3 Soldier—Cavalry Warrior!]

1) [100 white tier weapons—Wooden Bow]

2) [1 purple tier weapon—MP9 machine pistol]

1) [100 boxes of instant noodles!]

2) [5 kg of beef!]

...

"F*ck!"

Lin Ye couldn't help but curse. The other native workers didn't react in time, but when Lin Ye chose his options and dropped hundreds of boxes of corn sausage, instant noodles, beef, pork, water, and other supplies, they were all shocked.

Heavens!

Sandalwood Treasure Chest which was the lowest-level treasure chest, was that good?

Everyone could not calm down for a long time.

"My lord is truly a god that has descended to the mortal world!"

Worker One let out a heartfelt sigh.

This luck was probably comparable to that of a god.

With their intelligence, they could not understand what had happened, but he knew one thing. 𝓁𝑖𝘣𝘳ℯ𝘢𝘥.𝒸ℴ𝑚

It was enough that the person who did this was his lord!

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. Your native workers admire you from the bottom of their hearts.. Loyalty has increased by 10%. Current loyalty is at 70%!]

Chapter 8

Looking up at the sky, the already dark sky became darker as time passed.

From afar, one could vaguely hear the roars of the high-level zombies. The sound was ear-piercing and caused birds to fly away.

Night was the zombies' greatest weapon.

If they continued to venture deeper into the forest, it would be a problem if they encountered a few Swift Zombies at once.

Lin Ye thought about it and temporarily gave up on looking for Zhang Liang.

He looked back at the native workers who were looking at the instant noodles and ham with curiosity. He said, "It's getting late. Bring the living supplies and zombie corpses back to the graveyard. Everyone has worked hard today. Your lord will be treating everyone to a ham and instant noodles feast for dinner!"

"Long live our lord!" Although Worker One and the rest didn't understand what a ham and instant noodles feast was, for it to be recommended by their lord, it must be a delicacy. They were so happy that they couldn't hide their smiles.

With that, the group of people carried the boxes of instant noodles excitedly and quickly returned to the graveyard.

Because there were too many supplies, 60 people would need to make at least 10 trips to bring all of it back.

Fortunately, the workers who had set up the tents had just finished their work. They immediately joined the team which was moving the supplies, greatly increasing the manpower.

Lin Ye did not follow them and gave full authority to Worker One.

He arranged for ten other workers to dig a pit for the zombie corpses about 300 meters away from the graveyard.

He had just killed another 49 zombies so there were many corpses. From now on, this place would be used to convert zombie corpses.

After conversion, he would get another 4,900 Zombie Souls. Wonderful!

[Friendly reminder that the requirement for upgrading the bunker has been fulfilled. Do you wish to upgrade it immediately?]

At this moment, he heard a system notification.

It was only then that Lin Ye remembered that something like that did happen when he occupied Zheng Jingze's ownerless graveyard a few hours ago.

He nodded, confirming the upgrade.

Whoosh—

In everyone's eyes, the originally simple and crude bunker actually emitted a weak fluorescent light, and its earthy appearance slowly transformed.

A progress bar appeared in front of Lin Ye's data-like vision. [Upgrading: 1%… 3%…]

At this rate, it would take at most an hour to complete.

"You guys, go to the river and recall all the other workers constructing the fisheries and barracks. We'll have a banquet later."

Lin Ye dismissed the ten native workers behind him and returned to the graveyard by himself. He began to sort out his haul for the day.

He opened his Civilization Archive and went straight to the resource page.

The numbers on his personal page were now extremely rich.

Player: Lin Ye 𝙡𝙞𝓫𝙧𝒆𝙖𝓭.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Souls: 1,900

Wood: 89,200 [Can be exchanged using Souls at a rate of 1:100]

Stone: 89,200 [Can be exchanged using Souls at a rate of 1:100]

Petrol: None [Can be exchanged using Souls at a rate of 1:1]

Beginner Chef Recruitment Order x100 [Requirement: Bunker Level 2]

Armory [80/100 Remaining Time: 1 hour]

Level 1 Tent [80/80 Completed]

Level 1 Barracks [8/10 Remaining Time: 1 hour]

Level 1 Fishery [30/40 Remaining Time: 1 hour]

Weapons: Desert Eagle (36/100 bullets), MP9 machine pistol (150/150), Ordinary Grenade (1/1)

Weapon Blueprints: Blue Tier Crossbow (Comes with Arrows), Blue Tier Black Iron Longsword

Soldier Blueprints: Class 3 Cavalry Warrior x1 (Requirement: Level 3 Barracks, Level 3 Armory, Level 3 Attributeless Soldier, 100 Zombie Souls, Training Time: 5 hours)

Class 1 Light-Armored Shield Soldier x100 (Requirement: Level 1 Barracks, Level 1 Armory, Level 1 Attributeless Soldier, Training Time: 1 hour)

Living Supplies: Instant noodles (100 boxes), Corn ham (100 boxes), Bread (100 boxes), Beef (5kg), Pork (15kg), Water (100 buckets)

"Unknowingly, I've already gathered so much." Lin Ye smiled, his heart jumping with joy.

Of course, even as he rejoiced, he did not let himself get carried away.

He picked up a branch and drew two circles on the ground.

One large and one small.

The smaller one represented the graveyard, while the larger one represented the area of his territory.

Currently, the area of his territory was a radius of 1km, centered around this graveyard.

During the day, the south side was close to the river and the zombies didn't drop any loot. The west side was a boundless wasteland. For the time being, he had no thoughts about it.

70% of the area within 1km to his east was cleared.

Zhang Liang was most likely somewhere in the remaining 30%. He had already deduced his rough location.

As for the north, Lin Ye frowned.

The roars of the high-level zombies that could be heard in the direction of the forest just now came mostly from the north.

As expected, the zombies in the north were definitely much stronger and more numerous than the other three directions.

Dangers and opportunities coexisted.

According to the system's settings, there would definitely be more random treasure chests in the north.

"Tomorrow, we'll first clear out the territory. When the soldiers are produced, we'll deal with the zombies in the north." Lin Ye's eyes revealed an eager light.

After a moment, he heard a commotion outside. He stopped his thoughts and walked out.

Worker One and the others had returned. A large number of living supplies were piled up on one side of the graveyard.

The native workers looked at the food from Earth like children seeing Ultraman – full of curiosity.

"My Lord, we've brought back all the supplies and thrown all the zombie corpses into the pit."

Worker One straightened his back and reported excitedly.

"My Lord, when are we going to eat? We're starving." Someone raised his hand amongst the crowd as he panted.

Hearing this, the other native workers looked at Lin Ye eagerly.

Before they came back, they had heard that the team that had killed zombies with the lord had each been rewarded with a piece of beef jerky.

Although the amount was small, it was that legendary beef!

Upon hearing this, the native workers who were building tents, fisheries, and barracks all had their mouths watering.

Now, the lord was going to have a banquet. Something about some kind of instant noodles and ham 'feast'. Although they did not know what it was, they felt that it sounded awesome.

"Calm down a little."

Lin Ye raised his hand, and the commotion died down.

When he saw this, he nodded with satisfaction and continued, "Destiny has brought us together through this recruitment. I'm happy to be able to work with everyone. In the future, the construction of our territory will still require everyone's help. We're not in a master-servant relationship but a cooperative one. You guys work for me, and I'll shelter you from wind and rain, and provide you with food and shelter. Since it's our first meeting, I won't continue to ramble on. Let's start immediately. Today's banquet can be considered a celebration of our meeting!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Ye summoned a few native workers and started a fire.

The technology here was completely different from Earth.

The pots here were wooden barrels made of special materials. Ordinary flames could not burn them.

Their method of starting a fire was also interesting. They held a dark round biscuit stone and threw it forcefully, hitting another round biscuit stone on the ground, causing it to spin rapidly.

Making use of that, they would put dried grass on the rotating round biscuit stone. The friction would generate heat and ignite the dried grass.

Sure, it could start a fire but as for its efficiency…

It was a long story.

"It would be great if I can get a blueprint for a lighter next time so that the people of this world can gain some knowledge."

Lin Ye sighed in his heart.

After half an hour, the flame finally lit up.

Coincidentally, the upgrade of the bunker was completed at the same time.

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. Your bunker has been upgraded successfully. Current level is 2. Territory area is 2,000 meters. Population limit is 500.]

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye.. Beginner Chef recruitment order has met its prerequisites. Do you wish to recruit immediately?]

Chapter 9

"Is the upgrade completed?"

Lin Ye raised his eyebrows and glanced at the native worker, who was still boiling water excitedly.

He opened the information panel of the Level 2 bunker.

Territory: Bunker

Level: 2

Range: 2,000 meters

Population Limit: 500 [397/500]

Recruitment Order: Native Worker Recruitment Order (Unlimited. Only requires Zombie Soul to pay for recruitment)

[Beginner Chef Recruitment Order x100 (Special Job, 1 recruitment order can only summon 1 person)]

[Friendly reminder. The requirements for the chef recruitment order have been met. Do you wish to summon them?]

"Summon them. Let the professionals make my first meal since arriving in this world." Lin Ye chuckled, choosing the option to summon the chefs.

As soon as he finished speaking, a hexagram array appeared in the bunker that had just leveled up. Then, a sky-blue portal appeared.

The door was barely visible.

There were also some food carvings on the door, which made the door look more sophisticated than the native workers' portal.

The next moment, there was a flash of light and a petite female cat-eared chef wearing a maid's uniform walked out.

The cat-eared chef, who was the first to walk out, had a cheerful personality. She looked around and instantly locked her gaze on Lin Ye among the crowd. Her sparkling eyes immediately revealed a look of joy. She leaped and quickly jumped to Lin Ye's side, circling him.

She bared her canine teeth and said cutely, "Respected lord, I am your number one chef, Nicole. Nice to meet you."

"Nicole. I can't believe that she has a name." Lin Ye remained silent, but he felt sorry for the native workers at the same time.

The class system in this world was too cruel. Low-level native workers didn't even deserve names. What a jerk.

He decided that when the loyalty of the native workers reached 100, he would give them the surname 'Lin'.

From Lin One to Lin Infinity, it can be considered as a mark of their arrival in this world.

Else when they died, there would be no name on the tombstone. If they went to the underworld, they would be a lonely ghost.

"My lord, my compatriots are still waiting behind the teleportation portal. Please wait for a moment. They will be here soon." 𝘭𝒾𝑏𝑟𝑒𝒶𝒹.𝘤𝘰𝓂

Chef Nicole stood obediently beside Lin Ye.

However, when her gaze swept across the native farmers, as well as the large amount of instant noodles and ham, her eyes twinkled.

"Food from another world?" she gasped in surprise.

"Yes. You know about it?" Lin Ye gave her a strange look.

Nicole bobbed her head repeatedly and excitedly pointed at her own head before pointing to the sky. She explained, "With the blessings of God, the brains of chefs are able to receive any information about food, experience their emotions, and cook them in the most perfect way, making them super delicious."

"'God… this means the system, right?"

Lin Ye sighed inwardly.

In fact, in a certain sense, this system was no different from a god. It could easily transport billions of Earth people to this new world and create an interface as big as the Civilization Archive. Just thinking about it felt unbelievable.

As they conversed, the portals flashed again and again as cat-eared chefs poured out one after another.

After they came out, they gathered around Nicole. They excitedly pointed at the instant noodles, ham and other supplies as they chattered non-stop.

In their eyes, food was more important than anything else.

A moment later, when all 100 cat-eared girls were present, Nicole cleared her throat and all the chefs immediately fell silent.

Clearly, Nicole's status was above the rest. Even among the cat-eared chefs, she was a highly respected figure.

It was the same for Worker One.

"Could it be that the Number Ones are all nobles from different races?" Lin Ye thought with a wicked sense of humor.

At this moment, Nicole led a group of lovely female chefs to bow to Lin Ye. With a smile on her face, she said, "The chefs greet the lord."

"Greetings, my lord!"

Below, the three hundred plus native workers were stunned. The size of the graveyard that was originally small immediately forced many people out.

However, they had no complaints, and were instead extremely excited.

"Cat-eared chefs!"

"Oh my god, this is unbelievable. Our lord has actually recruited so many chefs!"

"I've long heard that the Cat-Eared Tribe's culinary skills are the best in the mainland. After entering the underworld, we've never eaten any delicacies from that tribe. It was a great regret of my life!"

"I heard from my grandfather's grandfather that the culinary skills of the cat-eared race can surpass the gods. Even with a pile of shit, they can create all kinds of delicacies."

"…"

Lin Ye was speechless when he heard the comments. What kind of analogy was that? He gave up on them.

In the future, if the conditions were good, he would have to organize a tuition class for them – similar to how education was mandatory for nine years back on Earth.

"My lord?"

Not hearing Lin Ye's reply after a long time, Nicole spoke carefully.

"Mm, it's nothing. There is no need for formalities." Lin Ye smiled and said to Nicole, "Since you are here, make the best use of everything. Show off your skills as a cat-eared chef to the fullest. You may use all the living supplies. There will be no limit to the amount of food you can eat tonight."

Upon hearing this, all the native workers were excited and shouted loudly, "Long live the lord!"

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. Your native workers have felt happiness and their loyalty has reached 60%] (Worker One has a loyalty of 70%)

"Keep your voices down. If you attract the zombie army, it won't be you eating, but them."

Lin Ye gestured.

Perhaps it was because these guys had been oppressed for too long that they were so easily moved by just a little bit of low-level food.

"Yes, my lord!"

All of them straightened their backs. They answered softly, but spoke in a serious manner, looking especially hilarious.

"Ignore them. Go ahead and display your talents to your heart's content." Lin Ye shook his head and laughed. He turned his head to look at Nicole and gave her the authority.

"I will definitely not disappoint my lord!" The corners of Nicole's mouth curled into a sweet smile.

With that, she rolled up her sleeves and led a group of extremely excited cat-eared chefs into the circle of resources.

"Instant noodles. Gourmet analysis. Best tasting when boiled, add a third of the seasoning, alongside with ham, eggs, vegetables…"

"There are no greens but there are vegetable wraps. Add some fragrant oil to that…"

"There's no fragrant oil either, but I saw pork and beef. I can replace it with lard. The remaining meat can be used to make barbecue…"

...…

Lin Ye sat on a wooden chair and looked at the food made by the group of cat-eared girls.

A few hundred people worth of food was no joke.

It was a spectacular sight.

Ten minutes later, more than four hundred servings of beef and ham instant noodles were completed. On top of each serving of instant noodles was a skewer of pork.

Of course, because of the limitations in ingredients, there was very little meat.

Even so, he could smell the fragrance from far away, and his mouth watered involuntarily.

"Rumble—"

The group of native workers stared with their eyes wide open. If it wasn't for Lin Ye stopping them from doing so, they would have already rushed over to eat.

At this moment, Lin Ye stood up and said with a smile, "Don't be impatient. Everyone has one. From today's performance, No. 9, 68, 35, and 156… The twelve of you have either found a treasure chest or discovered a blueprint for soldiers. You will be rewarded with five skewers of roasted meat and a can of Red Bull."

With that, he took out twelve cans of Red Bull from his resource page and handed them to the cat-eared chefs. One by one, they distributed them to the twelve meritorious subordinates.

"I'm willing to sacrifice my life for our lord!"

Holding the steamin hot instant noodles and roasted meat in their hands, the twelve people were so overwhelmed that tears welled up in their eyes.

The others also received their own portion of beef instant noodles.

Everyone got a bowl.

"I wish everyone a long life!"

Lin Ye shouted loudly and ordered, "Let's eat!"

As soon as he finished speaking, amidst the cheers of the native workers, all of them picked up their wooden chopsticks and started eating.

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. Your native workers have been enraptured by your chefs' food.. All loyalty has reached 80%.]

Chapter 10

"My lord, this is yours."

The cat-eared chef, Nicole, brought over a bowl of beef and ham instant noodles and a large skewer of barbecued pork. She handed it to Lin Ye in a fawning manner.

"My lord, there's a table here. You can eat there." Worker One tactfully carried a wooden table which could sit two people.

"Thanks, everyone can go and eat. I'm not a child, don't mind me."

Lin Ye thanked them with a smile. After dismissing Nicole and Worker One, he held the bowl of instant noodles and drank a mouthful of thick soup.

His eyes immediately lit up.

Delicious!

The culinary skills of the cat-eared chef were indeed exceptional. She could actually make such delicious instant noodles under such simple conditions.

The beef was thick, the lard was smooth, the vegetable wrap was fragrant, and the seasoning was perfect.

In the middle of the night, they could drink some hot soup in this gloomy graveyard.

Coughs… wonderful!

Taking a few mouthfuls of noodles, Lin Ye took out the Civilization Archive.

In the past, he used to eat instant noodles and look at his phone. Now that he was in a different world, he could eat instant noodles, and use this high tech system.

Perfect!

He opened the chat channels directly.

World Channel (99999+)

Regional Channel (99999999999+)

Family Channel (99+)

He opened the family channel first.

Survivor [Lin Ye] has entered the chat.

"Oh, Beibei is here." Lin Jianguo laughed happily.

Just as Lin Ye was about to send his greetings, he realized that Lin Wei was frantically -ing him.

Lin Wei: "Stupid Beibei, come out and chat. It's already so late, don't play dead. Don't tell me you got all depressed from getting beaten by zombies ( )."

"Weiwei, how can you talk to your brother like that?"

His mother was still the fair one. She reprimanded Lin Wei and started her family nagging mode once again.

"Beibei, it's not that I want to criticize you, but this zombie world is dangerous. We haven't heard a single sound from you the entire day. It worried us a lot. If you have nothing to do, just say a few words in the chat. It's not too much, I just want to know that you're safe, understand?"

"And Weiwei, you are a girl and all you know is to fight and kill. The zombies outside are so dangerous and you still dare to chase after them during the day. It is only because I am not with you that I am not slapping you for it."

"Listen to mom's advice. Hide well in the graveyard and use the protection mechanism to kill the zombies. We don't hope for you to be faster than others. Safety should be your priority."

"Don't interrupt. I know that you know martial arts. One of you can fight three to five of your brothers. But zombies are not humans. They don't know pain. They don't care about martial arts when fighting. No matter how good your martial arts are, if a dozen of them attack you at the same time, you won't be their match."

"This isn't a brawl. This is a life-and-death struggle. You must never let a zombie bite you. With no medical facilities here, corpse poison is a big problem. I saw on the World Channel today that a few foreigners died in pain because of the poison…"

"…"

The corners of Lin Ye's mouth twitched, feeling offended.

What did she mean by his sister being able to beat three or five of him?

Couldn't she not have said that?

She made it sound like I'm weak but I'm just pretending to be obedient. She hasn't seen me when I'm fierce.

When I did, even I got scared.

Lin Ye resented inwardly, but he still said, "Mom, don't worry. I'll report to you every hour from now on. That should be enough, right?"

Zhang Cuiling: "That's good, that is my good son ( )"

"Where's Dad?" Lin Ye asked.

Looking at the chat records, most of them belonged to his sister and mother.

Lin Jianguo: "I'm here. I was starting a fire with the native workers just now. I was lucky and managed to build a bunker before nightfall. I even rewarded the four native workers. Now, I'm planning to start a fire to cook and eat. I picked up a bag of bird eggs during the day and am planning to cook them to fill my stomach."

Lin Jianguo: "What about you guys? Have you all eaten?"

Lin Wei: "I'm eating now. I opened a treasure chest and got a box of instant noodles. I can eat it for a few days ( )."

As she spoke, she uploaded a photo.

Screenshot, and capture function.

This was a new ability that would only appear in chat channels after the construction of the bunker.

The photo showed many things. 𝒍𝒊𝙗𝓻𝒆𝓪𝙙.𝙘𝙤𝙢

There was a bunker, native workers, tents, a lumberyard and a quarry…

At the center was a tall girl in a black tracksuit.

At this moment, she was holding a piece of bread in her left hand and a cup of instant noodles in her right. Even with a horrifying tombstone behind her, she was still eating very happily. In the end, she even raised her hand holding on a fork in a peace sign at the camera to signal her victory.

Lin Jianguo: "Weiwei is still the strongest. The development of your graveyard is so fast, and the food you have is not bad. Although instant noodles are not healthy, they are filling. Mother of our children, have you eaten?"

Zhang Cuiling: "I've already eaten. Captain Wang Hui and his team members are very capable. During the day, they killed more than thirty zombies and found three treasure chests. For dinner, we had old bread and braised eggs. Beibei, what about you?"

Lin Wei said, "Stinky Beibei must be munching on some bread from the Newbie Gift Pack. Don't worry and wait. If I'm fast, I will be there in three to five days. If I'm slow, I will take around seven or eight days. When I get strong enough, you'll be the first one I rescue. I'll bring you to pretend to be… cough cough, I'll bring you to eat some good food…"

Before she had yet to finish speaking, she suddenly froze.

Because a new photo appeared in her line of sight.

It was also a bowl of instant noodles, but there was a lot of beef in the other party's bowl. That pair of hateful hands was even grabbing a handful of skewers. What was most infuriating was that he actually had a drink, and it was her favorite Red Bull.

At this moment, when she compared her instant noodles to his, she instantly felt that hers was tasteless.

Lin Jianguo: "Ah, my obedient son is capable. It seems that you are having the best time in our family. What's the situation? Did you find a loophole? Tell Dad quickly. I'm worried about death. There will be a zombie wave in seven days. It's too dangerous."

Lin Ye: "I found a gun. ( )"

After he spoke, he took another photo of his Desert Eagle and uploaded it.

Lin Wei: "What the f*ck, the gunshots mentioned in the Regional Channel were true, and you are the one who got it. God is blind! Why isn't it me, an incomparable, invincible multi-talented, undefeated beauty of the universe who knows martial arts? I refuse to accept this! ( )"

Zhang Cuiling said, "Beibei, even if you have a pistol, you can't be careless. When Captain Wang Hui and the others were chatting today, they mentioned something."

"It's said that zombies are divided into several levels at present. The commonly seen ones are the Level 1 Slow Zombies. Their ability to move is slower than ordinary people, but they are superior in numbers. Level 2 are Swift Zombies. Their speed and strength are beyond ordinary people. Seven or eight native workers are still no match for them."

"On top of that, there are intelligent zombies wearing black suits. They belong to Level 3. They are cunning, insidious, and good at sneak attacks. If Captain Wang Hui had not opened the treasure chest and obtained blue tier armor, he would have been killed by them."

"In the end, he lost more than half of the native workers before he could escape."

Lin Ye: "Mom, is it so dangerous over there that you encountered Level 3 zombies?"

He was somewhat shocked.

If there was a ranking system, he would definitely be the top in the world.

However, even he did not meet a Level 3 Zombie. This did not make sense!

Chapter 11

Zhang Cuiling: "It's not that dangerous. Our difficulty level may be slightly higher than the individual mode perhaps because of the team mode. You don't have to worry too much though. I'm only saying this so that you will be more careful. Level 3 zombies have very low intelligence – about that of a child. They bear grudges and can ambush, but they can't lead other zombies to cooperate. Else, that would be too scary."

Realization dawned on Lin Ye as he made a mental note of this.

His current combat strength was not bad. With his purple tier weapons, MP9 machine pistol and Desert Eagle, killing a Level 3 or 4 zombie should not be a problem.

However, his defense was still weak. He was no different from ordinary people. If he encountered an ambush from a zombie in a suit, it would indeed be dangerous for him.

"Hopefully, the treasure chest that I'll find tomorrow will give me a purple tier armor."

Lin Ye pondered.

After that, he ate his instant noodles with skewers while chatting with his parents.

His younger sister, Lin Wei, seemed a little quiet, as if she didn't want to believe that, as the grand champion of boxing, she was actually inferior to her weak brother.

Lin Ye chuckled at that, not really minding.

This girl had a strong personality, but she wasn't the type to hold onto grudges. She will be full of energy tomorrow after a good night's sleep.

Moreover, at the rate she was developing her graveyard, Lin Ye was not worried.

On his mother's side, riding on the coattails of her team, she did not have to worry about food and clothing either.

On the other hand, his father, Lin Jianguo, seemed to be in a bit of a bind.

Because of his hip injury, his killing speed of zombies was slower than ordinary people. His only accomplishment for the day was building his bunker. That was quite slow.

Every seven days, there would be a zombie wave. He wondered how many rounds his father could survive.

Lin Ye had a headache.

Right now, he could only take one step at a time. As long as he developed quickly, he might be able to find a shortcut and help his father in advance.

Along the way, he skimmed the world and regional channels.

Different from last time, the two channels this time had a few red and bloody looking numbers.

World Death Count: 2,397 people!

Regional Death Count: 579 people!

"It has only been one day, and so many people have died!"

Lin Ye clicked his tongue in disbelief.

Three days later, when the protection mechanism wore off, the number of deaths would probably spike.

And with the zombie wave seven days later…

He didn't dare to imagine.

But not many people had the same thoughts as him.

Perhaps due to a lack of awareness of the crisis, or perhaps because life on Earth was too comfortable, or perhaps because it had nothing to do with them.

99% of the people in the two chat groups didn't seem to care about the number of deaths.

[Wang Ye: Brothers, what did you guys eat tonight? I killed more than ten zombies and got a drumstick. It was awesome!]

[Qian Feng: Brother above, can I have a lick? I've been starving for half a day. The moment I went out, I was blocked by a Level 2 Swift Zombie. Sobs, it's too difficult for me!]

[Pan Xiaohao: Big bosses, let's form a global alliance. In this day and age, we can only win by working together!]

...

Some people were bragging while others were wailing miserably. Most of them were treating this like a game.

Smart and rational people were always the minority.

Lin Ye scrolled for a while and found a few people who had ideas. 𝒍𝒊𝒃𝓻𝒆𝓪𝙙.𝒄𝙤𝒎

They were active in two major regions, calling for alliances everywhere and establishing the Human Alliance.

Through the explanations from these people, Lin Ye roughly understood the function and use of the alliance.

Under normal circumstances, an alliance could only be formed when other people were found. There were also higher-level ones. If the territory was powerful and expanded to the graveyards of other lords, the effect could also be triggered.

"Hm?"

Suddenly, Lin Ye was stunned.

He seemed to have thought of something and quickly opened the alliance page.

Inside was a rectangular black map.

There were two circles on it, one big and one small.

It was just like what he drew on the ground during the day. The small one was his graveyard, while the large one represented the area of his territory.

After upgrading his bunker to level 2, the area of his territory expanded to a radius of 2,000 meters.

Previously, Zheng Jingze and Zhang Liang's graveyards were within a thousand meters.

If he had noticed at that time, there should have been signs of an alliance here.

Zheng Jingze was dead but Zhang Liang was still alive.

Lin Ye searched the black area for a while and indeed found a pale gold colored alliance indicator.

He touched it lightly and a system notification came.

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. The area of your territory has included Survivor Zhang Liang. You have successfully triggered the alliance requirements. Do you wish to send an alliance contract?]

[Benefits of an Alliance: Unlocks market blueprint and resource trading. Able to defend against zombies together. With every addition of an ally, experience of bunker upgrade increases (the increase is determined by the strength of the ally's infrastructure)]

[Cons: Difficulty of zombie wave will be increased]

Thinking for a moment, Lin Ye clicked confirm.

"Form an alliance!"

At this moment, in a desolate graveyard nine hundred meters away.

A short boy in a high school uniform was hiding behind a tombstone, reading the Civilization Archive anxiously.

"What happened? Zheng Jingze didn't reply for half a day. He didn't die, did he?"

"Idiot, arrogant idiot. I told him not to go out casually. It's still uncertain whether that big shot with a gun is good or bad. Even if the gunshots attracted the zombies away, don't even think about going out to get free resources. How can treasure chests in the wilderness be so easy to obtain?"

"People who didn't dare to take risks wouldn't gain anything. That statement is only meant for the protagonist. If you don't have the life one, don't learn from that line."

"Dammit! If I continue staying here, I'll die sooner or later!"

Zhang Liang angrily took a bite off the bread given by the Newbie Gift Pack and looked at the white tier dagger at his feet. His expression turned extremely ugly.

Although he was young, he was more mature than Zheng Jingze.

Never in his wildest dreams would he have thought that his luck would be so bad that he would get such a lousy item when he opened the box.

For newbies, an inch longer was an inch better.

Daggers were for experts. In his hands, they were trash. Absolute trash.

During the day, he had tried to kill zombies with a dagger.

However, this ridiculous weapon only had 7 offense points. Even if he struck the head of the zombie, it would still take about five hits to kill it.

Each attack attempt came at the risk of being surrounded by zombies, let alone having to repeat it five times.

After an entire afternoon, he only managed to kill six.

Although the blueprint of the bunker had already dropped, he was still four zombies away from building a Zombie Converter.

This efficiency… was too slow.

The big shot with the gun has probably taken off by now.

If he was a bad person and Zheng Jingze died in his hands, would he kill me and take everything from me?

The opening explanation of the Civilization Archive was very clear.

When humans encountered each other, they could form alliances, or choose to plunder everything from others to strengthen themselves.

If it was him who had a gun, he might have chosen the more radical method.

When he thought of that, Zhang Liang's mind was thrown into a mess.

Looking at the constantly flashing messages on his family channel, his face was filled with bitterness.

Dad, Mom, I'm sorry. I'm going back on my words. I can't save you!

Right at this moment, his Civilization Archive emitted a bright light and a notification appeared.

[Survivor Zhang Liang, Lin Ye, Lord of Level 2 Bunker, invites you to form an alliance. Do you wish to accept?]

"?"

Zhang Liang's eyes widened as his breathing quickened.

Lin Ye?

Lord of a Level 2 Bunker?!

He forced himself to calm down and get rid of unnecessary thoughts.

This must be the big boss who got the pistol during the day.

Amazing. He was developing so quickly that his territory encompassed my graveyard already.

And he wants to ally with me?

An alliance!

Allies could not hurt each other, and he could cozy up to someone powerful in the future.

Dad, Mom, your son is going to take off, hahaha!

In an instant, Zhang Liang was cloaked in excitement.

Life was full of ups and downs. When you were at your lowest point, perhaps someone noble would help you.

Therefore, he clicked on the alliance without hesitation.

However, not long after they formed an alliance, another notification came back.

"!"

Zhang Liang's smiling face fell.

Vaguely, he seemed to hear something shatter.

Chapter 12

"It's too little, not worth it."

Looking at the increase in experience of his bunker after the alliance, Lin Ye shook his head in dissatisfaction.

Currently, the ways he knew to increase the experience of the bunker was to convert zombie corpses and occupy other people's graveyards.

The effects of both were pretty good.

If it was a Level 1 Zombie, the Zombie Converter would give 10 experience points for every corpse it converted.

It took 1000 points from Level 1 to Level 2.

Initially, he had converted 45 Level 1 Zombies and 1 Level 2 Zombie. Then, he occupied Zheng Jingze's graveyard and it increased drastically.

He leveled up to Level 2 instantly, and his EXP bar was still more than halfway through.

In other words, occupying even the trashiest graveyard would increase experience points by at least 1,500.

If the other party had more infrastructure, his gains would be greater.

The alliance which he had just formed was the third way to increase the experience points.

However, its efficiency was terrible. It was only one-tenth of the experience points of what he would have gained if he had occupied the graveyard.

It would have been fine if this was a normal game, but this was a matter of life and death.

Therefore, in order to become stronger, Lin Ye could only apologize to the eight closest people around him.

Other than Zhang Liang, who he had already found,

There were seven others about 1,000 to 2,000 meters away from him.

Although the dark map was unable to show specific information about them, he could roughly determine their location with the help of the golden dot.

Next, he just had to occupy all their graveyards.

His own bunker would level up a few times at least, and it was definitely not a problem for his territory to reach a radius of five to six thousand meters.

By then, he would be able to see more people.

Like this, before long, his territory would be able to cover the area where his parents were.

By then, the crisis of his family would be averted.

Even if the far distance made it difficult for the soldiers to go, they could at least set up an alliance trading market and send resources and weapons to his father.

Thinking of this, Lin Ye suddenly felt a surge of motivation.

He finished the beef instant noodles and barbequed meat skewers in a few bites. If it weren't for the fact that he was afraid that the native workers would rebel, he would have made these people work overtime and in shifts.

"Bah, that's a dangerous thought…"

Lin Ye's eyes flickered, but he ultimately chose not to do so.

At the end of the dinner, Nicole and the other chefs began cleaning while the native workers dumped all the trash into the corpse pit.

The effect of the Zombie Converter was astonishing.

The main ability was to convert corpses into Zombie Souls. It could also degrade trash, which could effectively prevent contamination of the area due to trash.

Lin Ye had to give the system a thumbs up for this.

At this moment, the system sent a congratulatory message.

"You have obtained 49 Zombie Souls."

"Triggered 100x Reward effect. 4,900 Zombie Souls obtained."

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. The experience bar of your bunker is full. Do you wish to upgrade it to level 3?]

"Upgrade." Lin Ye nodded.

49 zombie corpses meant 490 experience points for the bunker.

The experience bar of the bunker was almost full, so it was reasonable for it to level up from that.

Bzz—

Moments later, the mysterious upgraded energy beam descended. The bunker emitted a faint glow and rapidly transformed.

One hour later, the level up of the bunker was completed.

Territory: Bunker

Level: 3

Range: 3,000 meters

Population Limit: 1,000 [497/1,000]

Recruitment Order: Native Worker Recruitment Order (Unlimited. Only requires Zombie Soul to pay for recruitment)

Level 1 Attributeless Soldier Recruitment Order (For units. You need to match the blueprint with other soldier blueprints. Unlimited. Only requires Zombie Soul to pay for recruitment)

"Not bad!" Lin Ye took a look and was very satisfied.

Soon, night fell and many native workers yawned.

Lin Ye left 20 native workers for night shift to guard the area, while the rest went to rest in the tents.

However, the 100 cat-eared chefs in front of him were a little awkward. The 80 tents were only enough for the native workers to live in.

Lin Ye had no choice but to let all the chefs live in the bunker for the time being.

Fortunately, the Level 3 bunker was three times larger than before. It was more than 60 square meters with 2 floors.

Oh gosh. With more than a hundred people crammed in there, it was hell of a squeeze for Lin Ye.

"Nicole, did you just fart?"

In the dead of the night, Lin Ye asked coldly.

"?"

Nicole's face flushed red. Amidst the stifled laughter around, she shouted in embarrassment, "It wasn't me! It was clear…"

"Alright, don't be too serious. It's just a joke."

Lin Ye coughed lightly and forced himself to turn his body into a more comfortable position. He asked curiously, "Nicole, can I talk to you for a bit?"

Nicole was stunned for a moment. Her feelings of shame and anger had nowhere to go, suffocating her.

She puffed up her cheeks and answered unhappily, "What does the lord wish to know?" 𝓁𝒾𝘣𝑟𝑒𝘢𝘥.𝘤𝘰𝑚

"I want to know everything about this world, like the zombies, native workers, and your cat-eared race," Lin Ye said.

Nicole glanced at him and could roughly guess what Lin Ye was thinking. She said slowly, "Just as you see, our world is an apocalyptic one. Because of an evil ritual, the gates to hell were opened. Endless zombies invaded the entire continent."

"The war was tragic. All the best soldiers and kingdoms were destroyed one after another. In the end, in order to preserve our civilization, the various races chose to live underground."

"Life underground is bitter. We can't grow vegetables and rice because there's no sunlight. We can only rely on the vast amounts of zombie souls inherited by each race to exchange for food."

"However, there will always be a day when even that would be completely used up. Therefore, the various races came up with recruitment orders. As long as humans from other worlds descend, they can summon us through this recruitment order. We will serve the new lord in exchange for remuneration, so that we can maintain the livelihood of our people living underground."

Lin Ye fell into silence when he heard this, and waves of shock arose in his heart.

According to Nicole, before they transmigrated over, other humans from other worlds had descended upon this continent as well.

What happened then?

Did they lose or win?

He vaguely had an answer.

Perhaps because the subject was too heavy, after a few words, Lin Ye fell dispirited. Even the joy of leveling up the bunker was washed away.

He patted Nicole on the head and said in a soft voice, "Good night. Rest early. We still have to work hard to expand the graveyard tomorrow."

"Okay."

Nicole nodded obediently.

Although she did not know what had happened, it seemed like her lord was feeling down.

Oh, but even though he was depressed, the lord still looked handsome!

Looking at Lin Ye's silhouette, Nicole's starry eyes revealed an admiring look.

The night passed uneventfully. When she woke up the next day,

Nicole noticed that Lin Ye had already left early in the morning and quickly called the cat-eared chefs out to make breakfast.

The morning sun broke through the haze and spilled across the entire graveyard.

As if dispelling the ghosts, the air became clear and the sun was shining brightly. It was no longer as cold as it was initially.

Outside the bunker, Lin Ye had personally joined the people doing the construction. The efficiency of the construction of the barracks skyrocketed.

In less than half an hour, the system sent a series of notifications.

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[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. Construction of Level 1 fishery (40/40) has been completed! Each fishery needs two native workers for manpower!]

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. Construction of Level 1 Armory (100/100) has been completed. Unlocking the weaponry tab. All white tier weapons can be created for free. Reward: 1 Class 1 blacksmith!]

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. Construction of Level 1 Barracks (10/10) has been completed! Unlocking soldier unit tab. Reward: 1 Class 1 Ranger!]

With 100x Reward, you can choose between:

1. 100 Class 1 Blacksmiths (Note: Class 1 Blacksmith has 100% success rate for producing white tier equipment, 10% success rate for blue tier equipment. 1 white tier weapon can be produced per hour. 1 quiver of arrows can be produced every 10 minutes. Requirements to level up: Class 2 Blacksmith Scroll)

2. 1 Class 3 Blacksmith (Note: Success rate of producing purple, blue, and white tier weapons is 100%. The success rate for silver tier weapons is 10%. Time taken for production depends on the tier of the blueprint of the weapon. Requirements to level up: Class 4 Blacksmith Scroll)

1. 100 Class 1 Rangers! (Note: Rangers originate from the ranger clan of the underworld. Proficient in wielding bows and sharpshooting. Capable of assassinations. Best beginner class unit to kill zombies in a small area. Free blueprint. Requirements to level up: Class 2 Level Up Scroll!)

2. 1 Rank 3 Elemental Ranger (Note: Elemental Ranger is a noble bloodline among rangers. Their hands have been blessed by the God of Elements. They are born with the ability to control the energy of a single element and are able to integrate the power of elements into their bows and arrows. Extremely powerful and has the potential to kill enemies of a higher level. Flaws: Too fragile!) 𝓵𝒊𝓫𝙧𝙚𝒂𝙙.𝒄𝓸𝒎

He looked at the choices that appeared before him.

Lin Ye made his choice swiftly.

"I choose option 1 for the first and option 2 for the second!"

These two options are related.

The reason for him choosing the Class 3 Elemental Ranger.

It was because the barracks had already unlocked the blueprint for Class 1 Rangers.

He had a lot of resources and could recruit a large number of Class 1 rangers.

As for the 100 Class 1 blacksmiths, they were chosen in preparation for the army of Class 1 rangers.

Arrow consumption was a big problem.

He did not have the recruitment order for the blacksmiths, so he could only make use of strength in numbers to meet the demand for weapons.

As soon as he finished speaking, a familiar hexagram array appeared in both the barracks and the armory.

Whoosh—

A sky-blue teleportation circle appeared.

A tall, beautiful ranger lady wearing a leopard print skirt and blue cape walked out from the left.

The right side looked more shabby in comparison.

All of them were middle-aged men with sideburns and a big belly. They were dressed in iron forging clothes, giving off the feeling that they were made from the same mold.

"Adelia, Class 3 Wind Elemental Ranger greets my lord."

The young ranger lady had one hand in the air as she bowed, displaying the noble etiquette of the other world.

When the blacksmiths at the side saw this, they hurriedly bowed as well.

"On behalf of all the blacksmiths, Blacksmith One greets my lord!"

"It's good to meet you, Lady Adelia, and the blacksmiths."

With a smile on his face, Lin Ye reached out and tapped on the palm of Adelia's hand, acknowledging the exchange.

From Nicole's conversation, he understood the complicated rules of etiquette in the other world.

Although he did not really like it, he would do as the Romans did.

Otherwise, the soldiers might betray him because of cultural differences. That was not something he wanted to see.

"My lord, can you create a Class 3 bow and arrow for me?"

Adelia was a straightforward person. She directly stated her request even though it was their first meeting.

"You didn't bring it yourself?"

Lin Ye was speechless. How could a warrior not bring her own weapon when going out?

What a joke!

"The rangers have their rules. We accept recruitment from humans from the other world but we only provide people and not weapons," explained Adelia.

"…"

Hearing this reason, Lin Ye had nothing to say.

"If the lord is unable to provide us with weapons, as per our agreement, we have the right not to serve the lord."

Adelia looked straight at Lin Ye and spoke calmly.

"Alright, I understand. About the weapon, please give me a while."

Lin Ye nodded and opened the Civilization Archive. He took out a blue tier weapon blueprint from the resource page and handed it to Adelia.

"Fish Stripe Bow, Blue Tier Weapon Blueprint."

Adelia looked at Lin Ye in surprise, and a smile finally appeared on her beautiful face. She nodded and said, "Although it can't compare to my original purple tier weapon, Wind Howl, I can still use it. It probably can withstand half of my wind elemental power."

"Don't worry. A while more and I will be able to forge a better weapon for you than your purple tier weapon, Wind Howl." Lin Ye promised.

"I am willing to serve you, my generous lord."

A pretty smile curved on Adelia's lips. She curtsied and returned the Fish Stripe Bow blueprint to Lin Ye.

"Blacksmith One, I'll have to trouble you." Lin Ye passed the blueprint to him.

"My lord, we are only Class 1 Blacksmiths. We can forge white tier weapons, but blue tier weapons only have a 10% success rate," Blacksmith One said weakly.

"Feel free to use the materials. I've already given you the authority to use the existing wood, stone, and Zombie Souls." Lin Ye said generously.

"Our lord is generous!"

Upon hearing that, Blacksmith One and his subordinates cheered excitedly.

In the underworld, the rules were strict. For low level blacksmiths like them,

Not to mention forging blue tier weapons, even the materials for white tier weapons had to be accounted for to make sure nothing went wrong before they could forge them.

Similarly, even Adelia, who was a noble, looked at Lin Ye in disbelief.

According to information recorded in history books, the past human lords were often stingy in terms of resources.

This was also the reason why her race did not bring weapons.

After all, they were given such low wages and were still expected to bring their own weapons?

Those lords could eat their own asses!

However, Lin Ye's actions had greatly exceeded her understanding.

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. The loyalty of all your blacksmiths has increased by 20%. Current loyalty is 70%. Forging speed has increased by 10%!]

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. Your Class 3 wind elemental ranger, Adelia, has become 10% more loyal to you. Current loyalty is 60%. She is willing to fight for you but she may choose to flee if she loses. (At 100% loyalty, she will be willing to fight to the death for you!)]

"…"

Blacksmith One left with the weapons blueprints, and Lin Ye looked kindly at Adelia.

"My lord? Is there something dirty on my face?" When their eyes met, Adelia asked in confusion.

"No, I just suddenly realized that you're very pretty." Lin Ye smiled and praised her.

"Thank you for your compliment, my lord, but you must not have any improper thoughts about me. Otherwise, according to the agreement, I will kill you immediately and return underground."

Adelia stated in all seriousness.

"Fine."

Lin Ye opened his mouth and felt a little sad.

I'm such a handsome, pure, and kind-hearted man. How could she think that I had ulterior motives?

Indeed, no matter which world it is, it is filled with malice towards people like me.

He shook his head to clear his mind and turned his attention to the barracks page.

Chapter 14

He opened the barracks panel.

The data was as follows.

Building: Level 1 Barracks

Ability: Training Class 1 Soldiers (10 people per team)

Blueprint: Class 1 Ranger x1 (Ranger Recruitment Order included in barracks. Requirements: Ordinary Ranger Soldier. Class 1 Archery Skill Training Time: 1 hour)

Class 1 Light-Armored Shield Soldier x100 (Requirement: Level 1 Barracks, Level 1 Attributeless Warrior. Class 1 Light-Armored Shield Soldier Training Time: 1 hour)

Class 3 Wolf Cavalry Warrior x1 (Requirement: Level 3 Barracks, Level 3 Attributeless Warrior, 100 Zombie Souls. Class 3 Wolf Cavalry Warrior Training Time: 5 hours)

Level Up Requirement: Stacking (Combine 10 for 1 Level), Level 2 Barracks Blueprint or Level 2 Building Upgrade Scroll

After reading the message, Lin Ye groaned.

"In other words, I can only train rangers and light-armored shield soldiers for now. Although Class 3 Wolf Cavalry Warriors are strong, without equipment and recruitment orders for a level 3 attributeless soldier, they are just decorations."

He glanced at the maximum population he could have in the bunker.

With the addition of the hundred blacksmiths and the Class 3 elemental ranger, Adelia, the current population was at [598/1000].

There were 402 remaining population spaces.

"Light-armored shield soldiers are for close range combat. I will need them as meat shields in the early stages. Let's recruit 300 of them first. The rangers' long-range attacks are not bad, so I'll recruit 102 of them. Led by Adelia, they should be enough to kill a Level 4 or even Level 5 Zombie."

Thinking of that, Lin Ye made a prompt decision and submitted his orders to the bunker and the barracks.

Soon, a notification came from the system.

[Survivor Lin Ye, according to the rules of the World and Human Agreement, recruiting 300 Class 1 attributeless soldiers requires a one-time payment of 3,000 Zombie Souls!]

[Survivor Lin Ye, according to the rules of the World and Human Agreement, recruiting 102 Rangers requires a one-time payment of 1,020 Zombie Souls!]

[A total of 4,020 Zombie Souls is required. Please confirm your request!]

"Confirmed!"

Lin Ye nodded.

Previously, he only had 1,900 Zombie Souls left. Adding the souls he obtained from killing the zombies yesterday afternoon, he gained another 4,900 souls.

In total, the 6,800 souls was enough for him to spend freely in the early stages.

Two teleportation portals appeared.

This time, it was different from the last time. Perhaps because of the large number of people recruited, two elders actually appeared from each portal.

"Oh great human lord, your generosity has won the respect of my ranger race. Our first cooperation was pleasant. I look forward to meeting you again!"

"Oh great human lord, my warrior tribe is willing to serve you. Please call for us again during your next recruitment."

They looked at Lin Ye with gentle eyes and smiled.

With that, both of them eagerly collected a large amount of Zombie Souls from the Archive's resource page. They were smiling so hard that their mouths were about to split open.

Whoosh—

Light and shadows rippled like water as the teleportation arrays flashed continuously.

A few minutes later, 300 Class 1 attributeless soldiers and 102 Class 1 rangers appeared in his territory.

All of them looked at their surroundings curiously, especially at Lin Ye.

According to the records of the various races, at this stage, humans should not be capable of recruiting soldiers on a large scale.

In other words, the humans at this time were all poor. They could not afford to recruit soldiers.

However, their lord seemed to be extremely wealthy. He had recruited hundreds of attributeless soldiers at the end of his first day.

Four thousand plus zombie souls was not a small figure.

He had to kill at least 4,000 Level 1 zombies or 400 Level 2 zombies, or even 40 Level 3 zombies.

Just the thought of it was incredible.

Even if that was the case, they were all trained warriors who had a stable foundation.

Under the sunlight, they stood tall and straight. No matter how curious they were, they did not whisper.

Lin Ye nodded in approval and pointed at the soldiers in the front row. "Everyone, form a team of ten people. A hundred of you will enter the barracks for training first!"

"Yes, my lord!" The soldiers answered together, their voices loud and clear like the ringing of a bell.

A moment later, the 100 rangers entered the barracks first.

The other 300 Class 1 attributeless soldiers were left lining up outside in a long line as they stared gapingly at the entrance.

"…"

Lin Ye revealed a bitter smile. "I originally thought that it would be enough. Man proposes but God disposes. With this, everything is not enough."

In addition to the cat-eared chefs and blacksmiths, an additional 600 people were added out of nowhere. The number of fisheries, tents, and barracks needed to be increased.

Fortunately, he had abundant resources and many native workers. He went to Worker One directly.

The fisheries needed 80 native workers to tend to them, so he made some of them go there early in the morning to fish at the river.

The remaining 317 were enough for construction.

"My lord, what can I do for you?" Worker One asked respectfully.

He was extremely satisfied with his lord. As long as his lord continued with this, he was even willing to offer his 100% loyalty to him.

"It's like this. You'll lead the remaining native workers to build 100 tents, 100 fisheries and 50 barracks on the northeastern side. The barracks will take precedence. Do you have enough wood and stone from the previous time? If you don't, you can come and collect them yourself," Lin Ye said directly.

"It's enough. Rest assured, my lord. The construction will be completed before lunch." Worker One was very confident.

Because of their cooperation from yesterday, the loyalty of the other native workers had increased significantly, and the construction speed had improved greatly too.

Right now, the entire graveyard was bustling with activity. It was time for them to start getting to work.

With that said, he happily led the three hundred people to expand into the wasteland.

"My lord, you haven't had your breakfast yet, right? This is the love-filled breakfast I made for you."

At that moment, the cat-eared chef, Nicole, walked over with a set of egg toast and milk.

"Nicole is still the best for knowing to care for me."

Lin Ye smiled and accepted the plate.

The cat-eared chefs cooked quickly. Breakfast was already long prepared.

The others had already eaten while he was organizing the matters, but he had been so busy that he had forgotten about it.

Fortunately, Nicole was meticulous. After he settled the barracks and native workers, she brought his breakfast over.

"Of course, Nicole is her lord's personal chef!"

Nicole raised her chin and a proud expression appeared on her pretty face.

The title of personal chef, was a title she gave herself.

Although she was only a beginner chef now, her status was noble and it was only a matter of time before she advanced in levels.

It was precisely because of this that she was so confident.

"My lord, please taste it. I specially made it according to how they cook it in your world. The eggs are cooked like hot spring eggs, formed and do not split. Paired with the unique sauce from my race and toasted bread. I hope it suits your taste."

Nicole clasped her hands behind her back and looked expectantly at Lin Ye.

"Mm, I'm sure that it will be delicious."

Lin Ye smiled and opened his mouth to take a bite. He chewed slightly and his eyes lit up.

This was too delicious!

The toast was fragrant, crisp yet soft inside. The sauce of the cat-eared race was light and elegant, complemented by the delicate and sweet hot spring eggs…

The texture was like fine bread threads running in his mouth. It was so delicious!

Chapter 15

"This is crazy."

Lin Ye was in a good mood as he ate. He turned to look at Nicole and smiled. "You are only a beginner chef and yet you are already so good. If you were to become an intermediate or advanced chef, what would happen? Wouldn't the food you make be enough to let people ascend to heavens?"

"My lord, I will advance quickly!" Nicole quickly said.

Any cat-eared chef would long for a generous lord like Lin Ye.

Once the news spread back to the race, even the top chefs would fight to come here.

Therefore, she had to put an end to her lord's restless thoughts.

Seeing the little fellow's pursed lips and serious expression, Lin Ye shook his head and laughed.

How could he not read Nicole's mind after years of working in society? He didn't point it out and patted her shoulder.

He smiled gently and said, "Breakfast is delicious. Keep it up, little chef!"

"I will work hard!"

Nicole nodded seriously.

"Alright, I'm going to get busy now. You can lead the other chefs to the fisheries to help. At noon, if possible, I want to drink some delicious fish soup."

With that, Lin Ye finished his toast in two to three bites and drank the milk.

He turned around and took Adelia to the armory.

While the hundred rangers were still training their archery skills in the barracks, he had to solve the problem of the shortage of bows and arrows in advance.

Before they reached the armory, they could hear the sound of the blacksmiths hammering from afar. A large amount of wood waste was scattered in all directions, and the place was shrouded in smoke and dust. It was an extremely magnificent sight.

"My lord…"

As if seeing his silhouette, Blacksmith One revealed an expression of hesitation.

He was currently forging the blue tier weapon, Fish Stripe Bow, which was for the Class 3 wind elemental ranger, Adelia.

The success rate was low, and it required a lot of materials.

This bow alone required 300 wood, 100 stone, and 20 zombie souls.

The material cost was too high. Even for him, it was a daunting process.

"Don't worry about me. Do what you have to. I'll go find Blacksmith Two and the others," Lin Ye said and headed straight for the second armory.

The moment he stepped in, an information page appeared.

Building: Armory

Level: Level 1 Armory (With the lord's help, bonus efficiency is added depending on level)

Free Blueprint: All white tier weapons and armor. Requires one hour. Disposable arrows: 10 minutes per quiver.

Blue Tier Weapon Blueprint: Fish Stripe Bow (200 Wood, 100 Stone, 20 Zombie Souls) Time Required: 2 hours, Blue Tier Arrows: 20 minutes per quiver)

Black Iron Longsword (200 Metal, 20 Zombie Souls. Time Required: 2 hours!)

Note: Ore Mining requires the construction of a mining factory at an ore area. (Obtained once Bunker reaches Level 4, from opening of treasure chests and zombie drops)

"Ho, a new building has been built."

Lin Ye raised his eyebrows. Fortunately, he did not need the black iron longsword for the time being. The need to have a mining factory was not high.

Currently, most of the soldiers were Class 1 rangers and light-armored shield soldiers. They were the priority.

He waved his hand and called for Blacksmith Two to come over. He said, "Other than assisting Blacksmith One in crafting the Fish Stripe Bow, get all the other armories to craft white tier bows and arrows. Pair them up as a set. We need a total of 120 sets of those. Upon completion, change the blueprint to rattan armor. Make 300 of those first to arm each Light Armored Shield soldier."

"For weapons, it's best to be equipped with spears and shields for both offensive and defensive power."

"I understand, my lord. It might take longer," said Blacksmith Two carefully.

"No worries. I'll give you a hand. As the lord, I can speed up the casting time. Let's target to produce a hundred sets for both the rangers and light-armored shield soldiers before lunch."

As he spoke, Lin Ye sent Adelia into the barracks for training. Blacksmith Two, him, and dozens of other blacksmiths were holed up in the armories as they rushed to forge the weapons.

Time was of essence now. Last night, he had set a goal for himself. Today, he would create at least 300 soldiers to clear all the zombies around them. It would be even better if he could occupy the graveyards of others.

This way, by the time the protection mechanism disappeared on the third day,

He could establish his territory into a consolidated piece. Only then would he be able to concentrate on facing the zombie nest towards his north.

After obtaining the 100x Reward, what he wanted to do was never only to survive. Rather, he wanted to launch a large-scale counterattack. It would be best if he could break through the gates of hell that Nicole had mentioned.

Only by entering the tiger's den could one understand the deepest secrets of this world.

A battle between zombies and humans had always ended as a defeat for humans. This was definitely not as simple as what Nicole had described.

Time passed quickly. The sun was high in the sky signaling that it was almost lunchtime

Suddenly, a piercing blue light came from the armory next door.

Immediately after, he heard Blacksmith One's laughter.

"It succeeded! I didn't expect that I, a mere Class 1 Blacksmith, would have the chance to forge a blue tier weapon. Feels good, hahaha!"

Everyone was shocked when they heard that.

"Boss has forged it!"

"Impressive. A 10% success rate. I wonder how much material has been wasted. If this happened at the clan, the clan leader would definitely beat Boss to death."

"As expected of our lord. He's willing to spend his resources. If it were me, I could do it too!"

"That's true. The odds are the same for everyone. Boss is the eldest son of the first wife. Such a good deal for Boss."

...

The other blacksmiths from the armory muttered sourly.

"Quite lucky."

Lin Ye looked in the direction of Blacksmith One and smiled.

Logically speaking, with their ability and efficiency as Class 1 Blacksmiths, it would take at least two and a half hours to forge a blue tier weapon.

However, only five hours have passed since they started work.

There was a high probability this was only his second time forging it. There was a 10% chance that he would succeed and he actually managed it after two attempts. That's some insane luck over there. 𝘭𝘪𝘣𝑟𝘦𝘢𝒹.𝘤𝑜𝓂

Lin Ye glanced at the mountain of arrows and armor behind him. He wiped the sweat off his forehead and said with a smile, "Continue. We are probably done after this batch. I'll go take a look."

"Yes, my lord."

Blacksmith Two nodded.

Although he was also curious about the blue tier weapon that his boss had forged, he still obediently stayed where he was and continued to work on his assignment.

As soon as he left the armory, a strong wind blew in front of him.

Swish!

A pale blue arrow beam tore through the air, shot from the armory, hitting the tree 300 meters away.

Chapter 16

Gasp!

The strange arrow which was wrapped in blue energy collided with the tree!

There was no violent explosion like he had imagined. Instead, there were slight fluctuations in the air.

That did not mean that the shot was not powerful. On the contrary, it was unimaginably powerful.

The huge tree which had a width of three people's arm length was pierced by the arrow instantly like a tofu.

Lin Ye gaped as he stared unbelievingly.

This offense power was probably much stronger than his own purple tier weapon, the Desert Eagle.

"Too weak!"

Unfortunately, even so, someone still complained unhappily, "If it was my Wind Howl, the shot would at least have a blast area as big as a water bucket. This Fist Strip Bow is trashier than I thought. I thought it could withstand half of my elemental power, but it could only hold one-third of it. Ew, what trash!"

"…"

Lin Ye didn't get angry when he looked at Adelia who was dissatisfied with her weapon.

From the system's evaluation, Adelia had an offensive power to go even beyond her Class to kill a Level 4 Zombie. This blue tier fish stripe bow was indeed not worthy of her.

Hopefully when the territory expanded further, he would be able to find more treasure chests.

As long as he could get a blueprint for a bow-type weapon, even if it was a white tier one, he was confident that he could make Adelia's combat power soar.

"My lord!"

At this moment, everyone had just recovered from the terrifying might of the arrow and hurriedly greeted Lin Ye.

"It's fine, I'm just looking around."

Lin Ye smiled and continued, "Everyone has worked hard today. I'll add an extra menu for lunch. There will be fish meat and fish soup. When the construction on the native workers' side is completed, everyone can rest and have lunch."

"Long live our lord!" The blacksmiths were overjoyed.

Fish and beef were the most scarce resources in the underworld. Their value was comparable to Zombie Souls.

Low-class workers like them didn't even usually have the right to smell it.

Previously, they had heard from the native workers next door.

All of the native workers who had been recruited last night, regardless of whether they were of noble or low status, were treated equally. All of them ate beef instant noodles and pork skewers.

They were all shocked.

They wouldn't have believed it if it was anyone else, but this was Lin Ye.

It was believable then.

Just think about it, why would a lord who could let them squander resources to forge weapons be stingy over small things like living supplies?

Immediately, all the blacksmiths felt the fatigue on them vanishing, and working seemed to become easier.

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. Your Blacksmiths' satisfaction towards life here has increased. Loyalty has reached 75%. Forging speed has increased by 15%!]

Lin Ye nodded, then turned his gaze to Adelia. She was expressionless, and Lin Ye sighed inwardly.

As expected of a noble. Her standard of living was much higher than that of native workers and blacksmiths. The others were extremely excited about the lunch and offered their precious loyalty for it.

However, Adelia did not react. It was as if all her attention was on the fish stripe bow in her hand.

"What are you thinking about?" Lin Ye smiled.

"Oh, it's the lord."

Adelia tilted her head and said in distress, "I'm thinking about how to integrate the wind element to its greatest efficiency. Although this fish stripe bow has magic attributes, the materials are of poor quality and the forging blueprint is rudimentary. It's not compatible with me. I need to work on its affinity with the wind element."

"There's no need to go through so much trouble. Take this bow as a spare. I'll get you a new one in two days."

Lin Ye pulled Adelia aside and whispered, "Can humans cultivate the elemental power you just used?"

"My lord wants it?" Adelia raised her head and looked surprised.

This matter wasn't a secret among the various races underground.

Every time a human discovered a special power above Class 3, they would have thoughts of stealing it.

"Yes, very much." Lin Ye nodded sincerely.

"You can if you want, but…" Adelia looked hesitant.

There was something else?

Lin Ye's eyes immediately lit up. Since he was young, he has been interested in inner energy and the battle aura which he read about in novels.

Even in his dreams, he wanted to soar into the skies and dig into the earth to become an invincible existence.

Now, there seemed to be hope.

He suppressed his excitement and looked at the troubled look on Adelia's face. "Do I need to pay anything?"

"That's right. Whether it's elemental power or other forms of energy, it's a unique talent that God bestowed upon the people of this world. Logically speaking, humans of other worlds have no way of obtaining it, but everything has its ways."

"According to the ancient records, the Gods took pity on the human race and left sharing contracts around the world."

"As long as you can find a contract and bind a strong person with magical energy to it, you will be able to obtain a potential equal to the person bound by the contract. The more powerful the bound person is, the stronger the lord's potential will be."

"A sharing contract…"

Lin Ye mumbled the term and made a mental note of it. "Then where can I get it?"

"There are only three methods that I know of. The first is through a silver and above treasure chest, the second is to kill a Level 3 and above zombie. The higher its level, the higher the chance of dropping a contract. The third is through a Haunted House, and the probability of getting it is highest with this method."

"Haunted Houses are the gathering point for zombies in the area. Every one or two thousand meters, there will be a Haunted House."

"They are connected to hell, and they can summon countless zombies without limit. It's very dangerous, and few people dare to barge in recklessly."

"The known drop rate of getting a Level 1 sharing contract after destroying a Level 1 Haunted House is 90%, 80% chance of getting a Level 2 sharing contract, and 70% chance of getting a Level 3 contract. A Level 2 Haunted House can drop contracts from Level 4 to 6, while a Level 3 Haunted House will drop contracts from Level 7 to 9. Anything above that is beyond my knowledge," answered Adelia honestly.

"A haunted house!" Lin Ye's eyes lit up.

As expected, the place where the zombies were gathering in the north was probably where it was located..

When the army of soldiers was done, he would go to destroy the Haunted House.

As he spoke, Worker One returned with his three hundred fellow workers.

After five hours of hard labor, they successfully built 100 tents, 100 fisheries, and 50 barracks.

He praised Worker One.

At this moment, Nicole, who was standing outside the bunker, stuck her head out and gave Lin Ye an OK sign.

Lin Ye nodded and called out to Worker One, "Go to the platform and call everyone to eat."

"Alrighty!"

When he heard the word 'eat', Worker One's eyes looked especially spirited as he ran up the platform with large strides.

On the platform.

It was a platform made of piled up tombstones from the graveyard. 𝓁𝒾𝘣𝑟𝑒𝘢𝘥.𝘤𝘰𝑚

A place for the lord to speak.

He had already thought of changing this thing into metal once the conditions were better.

It would be best if it was gold. That would look the best.

With regards to this, Worker One couldn't care less. His gaze swept across the blacksmiths who were still working overtime in the armory and shouted, "The lord has ordered everyone to rest! It's time for lunch!"

After he finished speaking, pairs of green eyes shone as they rushed into the courtyard like an army of Taoties.

Chapter 17

Lunch was very sumptuous. The main course was still ham and instant noodles. However, today was the day when the fishery started operating and more than a hundred green-tailed fishes were caught.

Ten people would share a bowl of fresh fish soup.

Perhaps it was because they had not eaten fish for a long time, the native workers and blacksmiths wolfed it down, not even letting the fish bones go. They roasted it on fire, dipped it in the sauce made by the cat-eared chefs, and swallowed it in a few bites.

This exaggerated scene left Lin Ye dumbfounded.

Good lads, weren't they afraid of being impaled by the fish bones?

As if reading his thoughts, the chef, Nicole, explained in a very considerate manner, "Their intestines have received the blessings of the Gods. They are different from what humans have. They can't ignore injuries caused by the fish bones."

"Alright, they're all animals," Lin Ye muttered.

He was truly envious of the bodies of the people from another world.

Before he started, he took a screenshot with his Civilization Archive and sent it to his family channel. He reported to his mother that he was safe and then went all out eating just like the rest of his people.

In the end, after drinking his bowl of fish soup, he ended the lively lunch on a splendid note.

Lin Ye got up and clapped his hands, drawing everyone's attention.

He walked up to the platform and said in a clear voice, "Everyone, rest for one hour. Adelia, I'll leave the 100 rangers to you. Tru, you will command the 150 light armored shield soldiers. One hour later, gather 700m to the east. The remaining 150 attributeless soldiers in the camp will continue to be trained."

Tru was the first of the attributeless soldiers.

After being transformed by the barracks, he had grown into a Class 1 Light Armored Shield Soldier. He was a natural warrior and was very talented in combat.

He was good at defending and counter attacking, and this was something which Adelia confirmed too. It was almost impossible for him to be defeated by someone unless their Class far surpassed him.

"Yes, my lord!"

In the crowd, Tru held his head high, as if he could feel the glory of being singled out and was feeling excited beyond measure.

As for Adelia, she was very arrogant and patronized him casually.

It was evident that her loyalty to him was limited. Once something dangerous happened, she would probably escape back to the underground world like what the archive said.

Even so, Lin Ye still looked forward to seeing her in action.

If he took down the first Haunted House, he would not mind binding this spicy missy as his first partner.

Soon, an hour passed.

With the help of the 50 new armories, the bows and arrows of the rangers, as well as the armor and spears of the light-armored shield soldiers, were finally ready.

Seven hundred meters to the east.

Lin Ye raised his arm to catch their attention.

"Gather!"

Adelia shouted and rushed over with a group of beautiful rangers.

The light armored shield soldiers led by Tru were not to be outdone.

Although they were not as fast as rangers, their pace was steady and they were neat as a team.

From afar, it looked like a human shield wall, giving it a magnificent view.

"Shield soldiers lead the way. Rangers use me as the center point. Be careful of attacks."

Lin Ye gave the orders one by one and then looked at Adelia. "You're familiar with the abilities of rangers. Send two rangers with scouting abilities to scout ahead."

"I'll go myself. I'm the only Class 3 Ranger present. None of them are as fast as I am," Adelia volunteered.

"Don't, just stay by my side and protect me." Lin Ye quickly stopped her.

He remembered clearly.

According to the system's analysis, her offensive power was strong and could kill zombies above her level. Her speed was also fast, but her weakness was clear as well.

Squishy! She was an extremely fragile unit!

Just like assassins in games, if she wasn't careful, even a Level 1 zombie could kill her with their bite.

"Fine then."

Adelia pouted unhappily and pointed out two tall rangers to scout ahead.

The shield soldiers were very successful.

Even if it had only been a night, dozens of wandering zombies flooded the area again.

However, facing the suppression by the sheer number of shield soldiers, these zombies were evidently not their match and were easily blocked and killed.

After walking for about 200m, they encountered three waves of zombies. Fortunately, they were not very dangerous. The strongest was only a Level 2 Swift Zombie.

Under the attack of the Class 3 Wind Elemental Ranger, Adelia, it was quickly killed.

"Another treasure chest dropped!"

In the front row, Tru impaled a zombie with a spear.

Looking at the Swift Zombie that was pierced by the Elemental Arrow, a treasure chest that was emitting a faint light rolled out from under its feet, and his eyes instantly lit up.

He grabbed a personal guard beside him and laughed. "Go, give the treasure chest to the Lord. If there's good stuff, we can eat beef tonight. Also, don't waste the zombie corpse. This is the currency. After you pass the lord the treasure chest, inform Worker One to come and move the corpse back to convert it."

A few minutes later, Lin Ye looked at the sandalwood treasure chest speechlessly. 𝓵𝙞𝙗𝙧𝙚𝒂𝙙.𝓬𝒐𝒎

If he remembered correctly, this was already his thirteenth.

On the second day, the probability of treasure chests appearing became higher. He had only killed a hundred zombies, but the drop rate was already twice the first day.

However, it was a pity that they were all garbage since most of them were living supplies.

Adelia was already numb to it.

What did she see!

There were more than ten treasure chests, and all of them were full of resources.

Hundreds of boxes of toilet paper, lighters, eggs, cream, salt, pickles popped out of thin air.

The spectacular scene completely overturned her worldviews.

If not for the restriction of the system, she would have kidnapped Lin Ye and brought him back to the underworld to be their tool.

Make him open treasure chests everyday, and the resources that were dropped would be enough for a large clan with a population of tens of millions to live a blissful life.

This time, something different finally appeared.

It was an armor, a white tier of soft armor.

Adelia was relieved.

That's more like it. Sandalwood Treasure Chests should have trash in them. Don't always scare people, alright?

But at the next moment, the situation changed drastically.

The white tier soft armor actually glowed for a while and turned from a white tier armor to a purple tier one.

The dazzling purple light almost blinded her eyes.

Armor: Purple Star Armor

Grade: Purple Tier Equipment

Special Effect: Can block three fatal attacks from zombies below Level 3 (3/3)

"F*ck!"

Chapter 18

"F*ck!"

Even though she had received etiquette lessons as a noble, she could no longer suppress the shock she felt and cursed out loud.

"How is this possible?"

Adelia pointed at the purple tier armor and uttered in disbelief, "It was clearly a white tier one just now!"

"This is my innate talent, European King's Heaven Fate."

Lin Ye spouted nonsense with a straight face and put on the Purple Star Armor.

Upon hearing this, even Adelia, who was 'extremely loyal' to him, was convinced.

If it wasn't true, who could possibly receive such a treatment?

He was indeed insanely lucky.

What made Lin Ye speechless was…

Adelia, who had always been difficult to gain loyalty from, became 10% more loyal because of the crap he spewed.

Another 30% more loyalty and she would die for him.

"Looks like even the beauties from the underworld like strong people!"

Lin Ye shook his head and chuckled. His confidence in subduing this spicy little lady was instantly boosted.

At this moment, the two scouting rangers returned.

"My lord, we found the graveyard of another lord. However, his situation seems a little special. He looks terrified."

One ranger spoke up.

A lord, that was definitely Zhang Liang.

Lin Ye was sure of that. As for why his situation was special and that fear…

It shouldn't be because of me, right?

Lin Ye rubbed his chin, feeling amused at the situation.

To think that Zhang Liang would become so afraid because he canceled their alliance. Zhang Liang's ability to withstand stress still needed to be improved.

"Lead the way."

With that, the group headed towards Zhang Liang's territory under the lead of the ranger.

...

On the other side, in a crude and simple graveyard.

Zhang Liang hid in his bunker, trembling non-stop.

His forehead was covered in sweat, and he would poke his head out from time to time to look outside the graveyard.

He clearly wanted to escape, but he didn't know what he was afraid of. His entire body was trembling non-stop.

"Death, death, death! It's all death!"

"No way, how could it be! I don't believe it!"

He started babbling.

However, if someone were to approach him, they would discover that his current state was not quite right. His pupils were dilated, and the color of the whites of his eyes was completely different from ordinary people.

It was entirely black, like a demon from hell.

In this state, he seemed to be able to see 'special' things.

For example, when he looked around, a red dot appeared in all four directions.

When his black eye connected with the red dots, a mysterious voice echoed in his mind.

[Friendly Hint: East is extremely dangerous. If you go out, you will die!]

[Friendly Hint: West is extremely dangerous. If you go out, you will die!]

[Friendly Hint: South is extremely dangerous. If you go out, you will die!]

[Friendly Hint: North is extremely dangerous. If you go out, you will die!]

"Dammit, my luck is just sh*t!"

Zhang Liang was so regretful that his intestines were turning green. Ever since that big shot canceled the alliance last night, his brains went into full panic mode.

However, because of that, he accidentally awakened his special talent—hints.

The effect was that any danger or treasure within the territory would be told to him by the system.

With this unique talent, he obtained a great opportunity early in the morning.

A Silver Treasure Chest!

While searching for supplies, he relied on his innate ability to avoid the blockade of dozens of zombies and found the silver treasure chest under a camphor tree in the north.

He was anxious to save himself and afraid that the big shot with the gun would invade his territory, so he gritted his teeth and used his 'hint' talent. After spending a few hours, he finally stole the Silver Treasure Chest.

But who would have thought that this treasure chest was guarded by a Level 3 zombie in a suit. After discovering that the treasure chest was lost, he flew into a rage and chased him all the way to his graveyard.

If it were other low level zombies, they would leave on their own if they did not find any humans within the protective mechanism.

But this Level 3 zombie was different. The intelligence it possessed was not low. It led three Level 2 Swift Zombie subordinates to lie in ambush around the graveyard.

The eight native workers he sent out were all killed.

As a result, he did not dare to go out at all. He could only hide in the bunker and shiver in fear.

"Hm?"

Suddenly, his eyes lit up. A green dot actually appeared in his talent prompt.

A way out!

[Friendly Hint: 100 meters to the west, a benefactor has appeared. Safety level is 50%!]

"50%?"

Zhang Liang's expression became constipated. There was still a 50% chance of dying.

The probability was too low!

The zombies? Or that benefactor?

For a moment, he hesitated. Should he take the risk and escape?

Or should he hide in his graveyard and wait for his benefactor to rescue him?

"No, I can't take the risk. With this talent, I see a hope to save my parents. Without a hundred percent chance, I will never leave."

After thinking for a moment, Zhang Liang made his decision.

Obviously, this decision saved his life.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

A dense number of arrows suddenly shot out from the dense forest in the distance. Among them were three terrifying arrows that were imbued with wind attribute energy.

The speed of the three arrows was faster than ordinary arrows, and they reached first.

Gasp! Gasp!

Before the Level 2 Swift Zombies lying in ambush could react, they were nailed to the ground by the imbued wind element arrow.

Immediately afterwards, a dense shower of arrows rained on their bodies.

-100HP!

-7HP!

-7HP!

-7HP!

...…

-7HP! x102!

In an instant, the health bars of the 3 Level 2 Swift Zombies were emptied and they died.

"F*ck!"

Zhang Liang, who had been peeping through the window of the bunker was shocked.

His eyes widened as he rushed out of the bunker and hid at the edge of the graveyard protection mechanism, staring at the arrows that landed on the Swift Zombies.

Rangers?

There were also three arrows imbued with blue energy mixed with the normal arrows. Were there higher class soldiers mixed amongst them?

No way, this was too exaggerated!

After a moment, his gaze became dull as hundreds of figures gradually appeared in his line of sight.

In the front was a large number of burly men wearing rattan armors, with shields and spears. Behind them was a group of fair-skinned, beautiful rangers wearing leopard print skirts.

There were at least two hundred people.

"Rumble—"

Zhang Liang swallowed harshly as his gaze landed on the person surrounded amongst the crowd.

It was a human youth about 25 or 26 years old. He was handsome and tall.

He was dressed simply and was on some standards, the same level as him.

One of them was wearing a school uniform that cost 98 RMB, while the other was wearing a shirt and pants that cost 128 RMB together.

"Wait, it's dangerous, don't come over!"

All of a sudden, Zhang Liang saw a red glow appear in front of his eyes.

It was the Level 3 zombie!

He could not help but feel anxious and quickly reminded that man.

As soon as he finished speaking, the pit that was only a few meters away from Lin Ye exploded, and the dead leaves which were covering it flew everywhere.

Chapter 19

Swish!

The moment the dead leaves flew into the air, an extremely fast shadow knocked away the three rangers. It opened its bloodied mouth and pounced at Lin Ye.

"A Level 3 zombie?!"

As an Elemental Ranger, Adelia's dynamic vision was much better than that of an ordinary ranger. Her expression changed slightly.

Her combat instincts made her instantly pick up her fish stripe bow. 𝒍𝓲𝒃𝙧𝓮𝙖𝒅.𝓬𝙤𝓶

Draw the bow! Shoot the arrow!

With a swoosh, the wind element power circled her arrow. Shooting it, a large hole blasted through the shoulder of the Level 3 suit wearing zombie.

"Damn it, it's off!"

Adelia cursed wildly.

They were both of the third class, and the arrow was shot hastily. It was already considered lucky for her to be able to hit the target.

Level 3 zombies sought revenge over the smallest grievances. Lin Ye's people killed three of its subordinates. It was a complete blood feud.

Moreover, zombies had no pain receptors, so it didn't care about the arrow wound on its shoulder at all. After it went crazy, it pounced on Lin Ye, grabbed his neck, and madly bit him.

"I'm doomed! Even the benefactor is dead."

Upon seeing this scene, Zhang Liang's heart turned cold.

He had personally witnessed how brutal this Level 3 zombie was.

More than half of the eight native workers sent out by him had been bitten to death by this fellow.

"My lord!"

On the other side, the leader of the light armored shield soldiers, Tru, had bloodshot eyes. His legs went jelly and he almost fainted from anger.

It was not easy to find such a generous lord.

Because of their negligence, they were ambushed by a zombie hiding in the pit.

In particular, this was a Level 3 zombie and its corpse poison was strong. With no medic soldiers in the territory, death was almost inevitable once bitten.

At the thought of this, Tru's eyes watered. He shouted himself hoarse and prepared to get up and fight the Level 3 zombie to his death.

"What are you all being so noisy about? Can't wait for me to die?"

Looking at the ugly expressions on everyone's faces, Lin Ye's expression was calm. He looked as steady as a veteran, but he had truly been scared silly just now.

Fortunately, just as the zombie was about to bite him, the Purple Star Armor activated its effect. A layer of weak blue light stopped the zombie's teeth and protected him from the fatal attack.

"?"

Level 3 zombies had low intelligence, similar to that of three-year-old children.

It could not understand the situation at all.

Why was the human's skin so hard? He had bitten it a few times, but it did not even break the skin.

Forget it, whatever. Just continue biting!

With a relentless attitude, the Level 3 zombie planned to fight to its death and kill this human who killed its subordinates.

"It's still trying!"

Lin Ye raised his eyebrows. The durability of the Purple Star Armor had dropped.

He had lost two of his three life-saving chances.

He did not dare to let the zombie continue biting. He picked up his Desert Eagle, grabbed the Level 3 zombie's head at close range, and fired a shot.

Bang!

The ear-piercing gunshot startled sparrows which were hundreds of meters away.

Headshot -100HP!

A hole appeared in the Level 3 zombie's head, and it fell on Lin Ye's body, convulsing continuously.

Its HP bar was high. Even if it was shot in the head, it did not die.

"…"

The scene in front of them happened in the blink of an eye. Everyone's brain couldn't keep up with it and they were all stunned.

Their lord was not dead?

What was this situation!

Adelia was the first to come to a realization.

Purple Star Armor!

Yes, it must be the defensive effect of the armor that he had just gotten from the drop before he came.

"F*ck!"

This bastard's luck was simply ridiculous.

The equipment that had just dropped saved his life at this critical moment.

At this moment, the last trace of doubt in her heart vanished.

The European King's Heaven Fate was truly terrifying!

"Hey, hey, are you all dead? Hurry up and pull this damned zombie away from me!" Lin Ye shouted discontentedly.

"My lord, I'll do it!" Tru looked guilty.

As a shield soldier, he did not fulfill his duty. He had embarrassed his clansmen.

He immediately threw down his spear and shield and ran over.

A pair of strong and powerful large hands grabbed the neck of the Level 3 zombie, directly lifting it up.

"Hehe—"

This zombie was very much alive. Even though his brain was damaged and his body was out of control, he still wanted to open his mouth and bite Tru.

"Little bastard, are you done?"

Fury raged in Tru's eyes.

He was already frustrated by the zombie's attack on the lord.

He immediately hit the Level 3 zombie with a backhand slap, making it stagger and fall to the ground.

"Brothers, this bastard almost hurt our lord. Beat him to death!"

He turned his head and roared at the hundred or so light armored shield soldiers.

"Let's go and kill it!"

"How dare you ambush our lord. Even if you're a zombie, I'll beat the shit out of you!"

As soon as he finished speaking, these warriors who were ridden with guilt swarmed up and poured all their pent-up anger onto the heavily injured Level 3 zombie.

Crack crack—-

After a round of beating up, the blood of the Level 3 Zombie splattered everywhere, and its health bar was instantly emptied.

"Spit. What trash, there's actually no Silver Treasure Chest." Tru kicked the zombie corpse indignantly.

"I think the treasure chest has been stolen by someone. For zombies above level 2, even if they don't drop the chests themselves, they will still be accompanied by a treasure chest." Adelia reached out and pulled Lin Ye who was sitting on the ground wiping his armor up. Her slender eyes turned to Zhang Liang who was in the graveyard as she said meaningfully.

"Oh? Did he take the treasure chest?"

Lin Ye perked up when he heard this.

A Silver Treasure Chest.

This was probably the highest level treasure chest that has appeared in the world currently.

I didn't even get it. Zhang Liang, who was really unlucky actually had better luck than me?

No way!

Lin Ye felt sick in his heart. It was not that he could not bear to see others doing well.

But this matter was too strange.

With that in mind, he looked suspiciously at Zhang Liang.

There was indeed something wrong.

"The whites of his eyes have turned black, hm? And it turned back… He has also awakened his ability. Is it an ability to control? What effect did it have?"

Chapter 20

Lin Ye narrowed his eyes as his mind raced.

He looked at Zhang Liang, whose face was filled with apprehension, and chuckled. "Don't be nervous. Zhang Liang, was it?"

"Although we've never met, I think you should know me."

"Yes, you must be the lord who is called Lin Ye."

Zhang Liang smiled bitterly and cursed in his heart.

He still clearly remembered what happened last night.

For this person who invited him to form an alliance but canceled it, that incident was engraved in his heart. How could he forget?

"That's me."

Lin Ye nodded and went straight to the point. "Let's cut the crap then. There are only three things I want to talk to you about. First, hand over the Silver Treasure Chest. Secondly, hand over the rights to your graveyard. Thirdly, tell me, did you awaken your innate talent?"

"Talent? What talent?" Zhang Liang revealed a bewildered expression.

"Don't be in a hurry to deny it. If I can say this, I'm naturally confident."

Lin Ye looked at him with a faint smile and continued, "Whether you say it or not is up to you, but what you say next will directly affect your future."

"I'm not going to waste my time with you. I'll use those who are useful to me. If you don't have talent, then you're only fit to be a high-ranking native worker in my territory. You have no right to reject this. Similarly, I'll provide you with safety and food."

"Of course, the prerequisite for everything is that you cooperate. Otherwise, I will mercilessly give you to the zombies as a snack."

"…"

Zhang Liang was rendered speechless.

Although he did not know why Lin Ye knew that he had awakened his talent, from his confident look, he did not seem to be giving him much choice.

"You have thirty seconds to consider. If you don't make a decision after thirty seconds, I won't give you a chance, no matter how useful you are."

Lin Ye said coldly.

"Why are you like this!"

Zhang Liang panicked. When he met Lin Ye's gaze, he could not help but feel a sense of terror from the bottom of his heart.

He then looked at the brawny man behind him, who was clenching his fists so tightly that the sound of them cracking could be heard.

At this moment, he was really panicking. He suddenly felt the same kind of breakdown he felt the night before.

And it was all caused by the same person.

Perhaps it was the effect of this emotional shock, his eyes turned black again.

"An awakened person!"

This time even Adelia saw it clearly, and her scornful face took on a grim expression.

A peerless genius like their lord.

She nodded to herself.

This made sense. No wonder he could steal the Silver Treasure Chest from a Level 3 zombie.

However, she did not know who the stronger one was between him and her lord.

Probably her lord.

She had already witnessed the power of the European King's Heaven Fate.

Now, another piece of it has appeared.

Before the zombie wave arrived, his lord met another person who had awakened his innate talent.

He appeared weak but once he was subdued and nurtured, he would be a great general-level talent who could hold his own.

Terrifying!

Adelia looked at her lord's back.

Although he was about the same height as her in terms of physics, he had an inexplicable feeling of being tall and imposing.

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. Your Class 3 Wind Elemental Ranger, Adelia, feels reverence towards you. Her loyalty has increased to 70%! Tempos of the Wind activated!]

[Tempos of Wind: Increases the movement speed of her lord. The increase is determined by the strength and loyalty of the ranger.]

"?"

Hearing the good news from the system, Lin Ye was confused and looked at Andrea strangely.

What was this woman thinking again?

Reverence?

I guess that made sense. I was tall and heroic. There was no reason for her not to admire me.

Thinking of this, Lin Ye did not mind.

As for the Tempos of Wind, he threw it aside after taking a look.

What good could a Class 3 ranger's passive skill be? It would be better if it was about Andrea's Elemental Archery skill.

Very quickly, his attention turned to Zhang Liang again.

To be honest, he had high expectations for Zhang Liang.

According to his understanding of novels, people like them, who had awakened their talents on their own, were very likely to be one of the main characters of this round.

And to be able to catch one at the start of the game, it must've been his luck.

As he sized up Zhang Liang, Zhang Liang, whose eyes had turned white and black, also looked at him.

[Friendly Hint: This person is extremely dangerous. Reject him and he will definitely kill you!]

[Friendly Hint: This person is extremely friendly. Agree to his terms and you will be his right-hand man!]

"F*ck!"

Upon seeing the information displayed on the talent notification, Zhang Liang was dumbfounded.

What other choice could he make in this situation.

He was like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered. According to the hint, he could only choose to surrender himself.

He did not doubt the authenticity of the hint.

After all, he had gone through dozens of life-and-death experiences from last night to this afternoon. He had long trusted this talent.

If he refused, Lin Ye might really kill him.

"You still have ten seconds!"

Lin Ye's timely voice sounded like the death warrant of the King of Hell, making Zhang Liang's heart beat wildly.

He sighed softly and opened the entrance to the graveyard. He raised his hands and smiled bitterly. "There's no need to continue to count. I surrender."

As he spoke, he took out a small pile of materials and blueprints from the resources page of his Civilization Archive.

"What is the meaning of this?" 𝘭𝑖𝘣𝑟𝘦𝒶𝘥.𝘤𝑜𝘮

Lin Ye looked at Zhang Liang with an unfriendly expression. "Was I not clear enough?"

"Silver Treasure Chest!" He emphasized.

"This is it." Zhang Liang was a little afraid. He answered weakly, "After stealing the treasure chest, I was blocked by the Level 3 zombie and his lackeys. My native workers and rangers were all killed by them. I had no choice but to open the silver, bronze and sandalwood treasure chests."

"You opened it and this was all?" Lin Ye shouted, his fingers trembling as he pointed to the pile of supplies on the floor.

"That's right. 1 Silver Treasure Chest, 2 Bronze Treasure Chests, and 9 Sandalwood Treasure Chests," Zhang Liang answered honestly.

"…" When Lin Ye heard this, his expression became a bit unnatural.

What kind of dog sh*Was this luck?

He did not even have any soldiers and he had stolen more treasure chests than him.

That was nothing.

However, what infuriated him the most was that even though this guy was lucky, he was also trash.

A Silver Treasure Chest actually only gave him a blue tier long saber.

This was equivalent to getting a newbie level white tier weapon from a bronze treasure chest.

Simply outrageous!

If you talk about the European King here, I will beat you to death.

If this was given to him, it would definitely be a silver tier weapon. It might even be a gold tier.

What a disappointment!

He also had two bronze treasure chests. He had only obtained one so far.

The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. Lin Ye's face darkened as he coldly snorted, "Keep your trash. No matter how poor I am, I won't go so far as to rob a beggar."

"…" Zhang Liang was speechless.

Who are you calling a beggar? You are the beggar. If it were anyone else, I would beat them up until they call me father.

"Tell me, what is your talent?" Lin Ye didn't want to say anymore and went straight to the point.

"It's embarrassing to talk about it. The system said that I have awakened a talent, the European Overlord.." Zhang Liang scratched his head, looking honest and sincere.

Chapter 21

"European Overlord?"

These words came from Adelia.

She looked suspiciously at Zhang Liang before turning to her lord and summarizing what she saw.

The opening battle between the European King's Heaven Fate and the European Overlord?

Seriously!

Were the talents of the European King so worthless? She felt that the humans this time were not honest.

"Don't look at me. I'm speaking of the truth."

Sensing the strange look from Adelia, Lin Ye snorted and gave Zhang Liang a sidelong glance.

He sneered. "With your lousy luck, you dare to call yourself the European Overlord? If you don't tell me the truth, I'll use you as an experiment. Do you want to bet on your luck to see if my bullets will miss?"

With that, he took out the Desert Eagle from his Civilization Archive and aimed at Zhang Liang.

At this moment, a ray of sunlight shone through a gap from the shade of the tree onto the pistol. The silver metallic luster reflected a glaring light, making one dizzy.

"No, no, brother!"

Without any hesitation, Zhang Liang surrendered.

He raised both of his hands high and cried, "Dear brother, I was wrong. I shouldn't have lied to you. I'll be honest and truthful. My talent is indeed not that of the European Overlord, but an auxiliary talent to find treasures. If you don't believe me, you can take me out. I'll help you find treasure chests."

"From now on, I'll be your right-hand man, your loyal henchman. If you tell me to go east, I won't go west!"

His words were 30% true and 70% false. He only told him a portion of his abilities. As for its core function, he consciously concealed it.

It was never a bad thing to leave a card for himself.

"Treasure hunting?"

Lin Ye's eyes flickered, as if weighing the truth of that statement.

"What's the range?" he asked again.

"As long as it's within my territory, I can easily detect the treasure. Outside my territory, it's probably fixed at a range of 100 meters."

Zhang Liang shrunk his head and answered honestly.

"Interesting."

Lin Ye's interest was piqued. If that was true, then this talent was a perfect match for him.

With this thought in mind, he waved his hand and called Tru over. He casually threw out three sandalwood treasure chests that had yet to be opened.

Originally, he wanted to keep them to open ten or maybe hundred of them consecutively.

But now, he could use it to test this lad's capabilities.

"Go. Tell your men to hide the chests."

He glanced at Zhang Liang's bunker from the corner of his eye. Level 1 Bunker, what a trash.

He added, "Don't hide them too far away. Somewhere within a thousand meters. If you exceed the range, this kid will find an excuse to cheat again."

"Yes, my lord. If he says any rubbish, I'll break his neck."

Tru glared at Zhang Liang with a fierce expression. Seeing that Zhang Liang's legs were trembling, he carried the treasure chest and ran out smugly.

A few minutes later, Tru returned.

Lin Ye looked at Zhang Liang. "One chance. Find the three treasure chests that my men hid. If you fail to do so, you know what will happen."

"Don't worry, brother. I don't have any other abilities. I'll definitely find the treasure chests."

Zhang Liang's chest thumped loudly as he brought his fist to his chest and brimmed with confidence.

After he finished speaking, his pitch black eyes scanned the surroundings.

Bzz—

Without shape, there seemed to be some sort of ripple passing through the territory.

The next moment, a notification sounded.

[Friendly Hint: Found three sandalwood treasure chests!]

[Location coordinates: 35 degrees Southeast, 250 meters away. 75 degrees Northwest, 378 meters away.128 degrees Southwest, 560 meters away!]

[Safety Index: S]

"You must be Brother Tru." Zhang Liang was all smiles.

"Don't try to get close to me. Who are you calling brother? I might even be younger than you. Tell me the location, or should I bring you there personally?"

Tru kept a straight face, looking businesslike.

"Coughs." Zhang Liang laughed awkwardly and said, "There's no need to go through so much trouble. I've already found it. The location is 35 degrees Southeast, 250 meters away. 75 degrees Northwest, 378 meters away.128 degrees Southwest, 560 meters away. Am I correct or correct!"

Hearing this, Lin Ye raised his eyebrows. Adelia looked at Tru.

"My lord… he seems to have guessed it correctly by chance," Tru said incredulously.

"He really has a treasure-seeking talent!" Andelia's eyes lit up.

Wasn't this equivalent to a treasure hunting rat from ancient times?

This brat's talent and Lin Ye's European King's Heaven Fate was a perfect match.

Her lord was destined for great things.

Lin Ye might really have a chance of being the main character for this season.

On the other side, Lin Ye was also elated.

He still had his suspicions that this kid wasn't telling the truth, or at least the entire truth.

However, as long as he had this treasure seeking ability, it would be of great help to have him for the time being.

Of course, he couldn't let this kid get too carried away. He had to oppress him somehow.

Thinking of this, Lin Ye narrowed his eyes at Zhang Liang and said, "Very good, you have successfully passed my test. However, we have a score to settle. You caused me to lose a Silver Treasure Chest, two Bronze Treasure Chests, and more than ten Sandalwood Treasure Chests."

"You'll have to get these losses back for me. One less, and you should prepare yourself to spend the night with the zombies."

"?" Zhang Liang was dumbfounded.

What's going on? Since when did I owe you anything? That was clearly something I stole with my life on the line.

"You seem to have a problem with my decision."

Lin Ye looked over expressionlessly. At the same time, he patted the silver Desert Eagle in his hand.

"I don't."

Zhang Liang was exasperated.

He was really unlucky to have met such an overbearing lord.

Fortunately, his talent did not lie to him. As long as he surrendered, he would live.

He had long forgotten about stuff like becoming his right-hand man.

If he did not have any awakened talent, he would be more than happy to join Lin Ye.

But now, humph…

What was he being arrogant about? You're just bullying me because I started a day late. Otherwise, I would also have the potential to become an overlord.

I shall settle with this and work for him for a while. When the zombie wave comes seven days later, I'll take the opportunity to escape.

In the olden days, there was a saying that went, 'retreat strategically for a better day'. Today, Zhang Liang will be doing that.

As expected, I still have the bearing of a great emperor.

He was thinking wonderful thoughts, but the next moment, Lin Ye's words made him shiver again.

"Adelia, bring 50 light-armored shield soldiers and 50 rangers to look after him personally. The time limit is tomorrow afternoon. If he dares to play tricks, or if he flees during the chaos, shoot him down immediately even if we are all wiped out!"

[Friendly Hint: Betrayal and spying will result in a 100% death rate!]

A timely red warning sounded.

Zhang Liang's face turned green.

Seriously!

"Rest assured, my lord. Mortals will die as long as they are within a thousand meters of my arrows!"

As she spoke, Adelia stood up abruptly and grabbed her fish stripe bow. 𝓵𝒊𝒃𝙧𝙚𝒂𝓭.𝓬𝙤𝙢

She drew the bow, imbued it with a wind element, and shot the arrow in one go!

Gasp!

The air hummed as a sky-blue arrow flew past Zhang Liang's ear.

A moment later, the tree hundreds of meters away was blasted through.

"Screech—"

Zhang Liang's eyes widened as he sucked in a breath of cold air.

In the previous battle, he had seen Adelia kill a Level 2 Swift Zombie with a wind elemental arrow.

At that time, the other party's target was a zombie. He was shocked by the mysterious energy of the other world, but he didn't really understand it.

But at this moment, the entire world seemed to be engulfed in the light of that arrow.

If it weren't for the fact that the other party didn't have any intention to kill him, it would have pierced through his forehead.

In just a few seconds, his back was drenched with sweat.

Terrifying!

Chapter 22

"Let's go, Lord Zhang Liang. The sooner we finish, the sooner we can have dinner."

Adelia put away her bow and looked at Zhang Liang kindly.

The latter shivered and followed behind Adelia obediently.

But before he left, his expression changed drastically when he saw Lin Ye's actions.

"Brother, show mercy!" Zhang Liang cried as he ran over and stood in front of Lin Ye.

No, to be exact, he was blocking Lin Ye from entering his bunker.

According to the hint from his Civilization Archive, he already knew Lin Ye's objective.

To conquer his territory!

This was the basic ability that every lord possessed.

Conquering it would allow him to obtain the rights to the other party's territory and also increase his bunker's experience.

The problem was that once his bunker was swallowed by Lin Ye, the range of his talent would be greatly reduced, leaving only the basic range of 100 meters.

If that happened, his ability would be greatly restricted.

What was the use of forewarning if it could only operate within a range of hundred meters.

Long range weapons like Lin Ye's Desert Eagle and Adelia's Elemental Arrow could easily kill him before his ability could warn him.

Of course, he wouldn't dare say these things in front of Lin Ye even if he was beaten to death. He could only shift the focus of the reason to treasure hunting.

"Brother, you can't do this. My bunker is only a very trashy Level 1. Your experience will only increase by 2,000 points at most. Moreover, after you conquer it, the speed at which I can search for treasures will decrease drastically. This will go against your interests."

At this moment, Zhang Liang's brain was turning rapidly. He blurted out everything that he could think of and spoke eloquently, "You are a smart person. To survive in the world, what is the most important thing at the early stage of a game? Efficiency."

"Be it for your family, friends, or yourself, you need to become strong in the shortest time possible."

"As for me, I will be your best backing. You don't have to be afraid of my betrayal. If you insist, I can stop leveling up and stay at level 1 forever. I will level up again when your strength is fully established and you no longer have a need to defend against me. Please, don't conquer my bunker."

"According to the rules, once my bunker is conquered by others, the price I need to pay to reestablish it will be ten times or even a hundred times higher. I need to become strong too. My parents are still waiting for me to save them, so please."

With that, he bowed to Lin Ye with a sincere expression. His attitude was humble, and he almost stuck the word 'insignificant' to his head.

Unfortunately, he was facing Lin Ye, who was known as the real-life version of an emotionless death god.

Lin Ye had matured early from a young age, and his mentality was much stronger than his peers. Furthermore, he had been fiercely shaped by the society for five years, and his determination was firm. How could he be moved by such words?

He was determined to get Zhang Liang's territory.

But this little kid had too many funny thoughts.

At such a young age, he was so glib-tongued. Lin Ye did not know who he had learned it from, but it was similar to what he used back then.

Furthermore, this guy awakened his talent only one day later than him.

To most people, it was already very terrifying.

Therefore, before he had absolute control, he must not be given any chance. It would be best if he cut off his path first.

As for slowing down?

What a joke. Zhang Liang's basic detection range was 100 meters.

It didn't seem big, but it was definitely enough in the early stages.

After all, his territory was only 3,000 meters so there was more than enough time for him to sweep the entire area.

If he were to give Zhang Liang resources to develop, he might become bold and think of escaping.

After all, if he were Zhang Liang, he would probably have the same thoughts.

He could even think of the reason clearly.

For example, if we were both main characters with awakened talents, why should I be your subordinate? I am younger than you, my talent is better than yours. All you had was the advantage of taking flight first. If you gave me three years, no, just one year and I will be able to overtake you.

What was this? That was youth and the hot-bloodedness of one.

Adults might be more ambitious, but they would definitely not be as obvious as Zhang Liang.

The moment his words concerned his gains, he couldn't control his emotions anymore.

He had to tame this character, how could he leave him to be?

"Move aside!"

Lin Ye was expressionless as he said coldly, "Are you teaching me how to do things?"

"No, brother, you've misunderstood me. I just… I just want to have a base to work off from. I want to rescue my parents in the future. My family has transmigrated as well, but they're just ordinary people without any awakened talents. They might be able to survive the zombie wave once or twice, but if this continues, they definitely won't be able to last."

These words seemed to be true. As he spoke, Zhang Liang's eyes were rimmed in red and tears flowed down uncontrollably.

"You don't have to worry about that. If you work for me earnestly, I'll save your parents. That's my promise to you."

Lin Ye looked at Zhang Liang calmly and continued, "I don't care how scheming you are. Before you have the power, you should work hard and do what you need to do, not try to guilt-trip me morally with your parents' plight. No one owes you anything."

"Recognize the reality. Right now, it is you that owes me your life. I could have chosen to kill you and plunder your bunker, but you proved your worth."

"That is the only reason why you are still standing here talking to me. This is the last time I will be saying this."

"This is a life-and-death game, not a game you play at an internet cafe!"

"If you earnestly serve me, you will know what to do. That's all I will say. Move aside!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Liang froze on the spot. He prided himself on being smart and more outstanding than his peers in the same class.

This was especially obvious after his talent was awakened.

His attitude had changed.

It felt like everyone in the world was useless like trash.

Even the powerful Lin Ye looked merely lucky in his eyes. Once he broke free of him, he would be able to ascend to the heavens sooner or later.

But before he could even take off, he was struck down by Lin Ye.

"I…" He wanted to say something, to argue back, but when he saw the calm look in Lin Ye's eyes, it was as if all the thoughts he held deep inside him were being spied on.

A sense of shame, anger, indignation, fear and confusion…

All kinds of complicated emotions overwhelmed him. He lowered his head in disappointment and subconsciously stepped aside from his bunker.

"Let's go, lad. Everything here has nothing to do with you anymore."

Adelia patted Zhang Liang's shoulder, and a smile appeared on her beautiful face. "Don't you humans have a saying, 'Everything will be alright in the end'? Focus on what is in front of you and work hard for the lord. The faster the lord becomes powerful, the higher the chance your parents have of getting rescued by him."

"Why do you have to rely on yourself for everything? Your wings are still too fragile, and your mind is still immature. If you can't bear all of that, why don't you follow the lord and take a look around? Once you've seen more, you'll understand the reasoning behind it."

"Is that so?" Zhang Liang raised his head in confusion.

Although it sounded logical, why did it feel like something was wrong with everything?

"Yes, trust me. I've been there."

With a toss of her hair, Adelia pushed Zhang Liang to a light armored shield soldier and shouted, "Let's go! For the lord's treasure chests!"

"For the lord's treasure chests!"

With that, a team of light-armored shield soldiers and rangers, led by Andelia, started combing the surrounding area.

Chapter 23

He watched as Adelia and Zhang Liang left.

Lin Ye narrowed his eyes and said to Tru, "Catch up with them and snatch the blue tier weapon that Zhang Liang had."

"?"

Tru's eyes widened. "My lord, weren't you…"

"Aren't you dumb? Are you going to let him keep it and fund the enemy?" Lin Ye rolled his eyes.

Even though he wasn't interested in those resources, he could give them to others.

He had belittled him earlier purely out of anger.

Now that he came back to his senses, he felt like he made a loss. He should squeeze every bit of it out of him.

"But…"

Tru wanted to say more, but Lin Ye interrupted him. "Go quickly and come back soon. I'm going to conquer this bunker."

With that, he dismissed Tru and walked to the bunker. He touched the wall with his hand.

Soon, the system sent him a piece of good news.

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have occupied Lord Zhang Liang's bunker. Conquering it can give you 2,000 EXP. Do you wish to do so?]

[Yes!]

Lin Ye made his choice.

In a short while, the fortress and the graveyard were enveloped by a weird light released by the Civilization Archive. The bunker started to melt at a speed visible to the naked eye, gradually turning into nothingness and integrating into the Civilization Archive.

[Conquering the bunker. Time Required: 5 minutes!]

"My lord, that guy is furious. If you want to tame him, doing this might chill his heart."

At this moment, Tru returned with the weapon. After handing the item to Lin Ye, he said with a simple and honest smile, "The lord is one of the few people with great luck this season. In the future, you will definitely become an overlord of a region. The elders in our clan said that an ambitious and ruthless person must have the spirit of one."

"As long as you are always strong enough to hold Zhang Liang down, even if he had the courage, he wouldn't dare to betray you. There's no need to oppress him like this."

"A rat bits back when cornered, it follows that logic."

"Ahem… Don't get me wrong, my lord. I didn't say that. I just thought it made sense and wanted to share it with you."

"It does make a lot of sense." Lin Ye nodded, not denying it.

"But you still?" Tru was a little confused.

You already knew that so why were you still doing the opposite?

Lin Ye glanced at him. He originally didn't want to explain, but for some reason, he still spoke. "I am not a fierce and ambitious person. My name is Lin Ye. I am an ordinary mortal who is afraid of death, yet has no choice but to fight against zombies. Mortals are fragile, and the slightest carelessness can result in death."

"I'm not sure if I'm the protagonist, so I can't take the risk."

"That guy is a piece of jade, but he still needs to be molded. As long as he gets beaten up by someone more vicious, he will be able to grow quickly. As a human, I know this very well."

"So you're going to let him go through what you've been through," Tru interjected, as if understanding something.

"Am I such a shallow person?"

Lin Ye scoffed. "I'm serious about nurturing him, do you understand? Life forms like humans are nothing but cheap leather. The more you stretch them, the better they get."

"Aren't you afraid of breaking the person if you stretch too much," Tru countered quietly.

"How dare you speak to your lord in this manner!"

With a straight face as he cast a sidelong glance at him, Lin Ye said righteously, "Tru, I hope this will be the last time. Suggestions are usually acceptable, and I welcome them, but I cannot allow you guys to question my every action. Even if you disagree, keep it to yourself."

"Our recruitment order has two core values.

"Firstly, the lord is superior. All decisions made by said superior are correct. Subordinates must support them unconditionally."

"Secondly, if he is wrong, please refer to the first rule."

"In summary, when I make a decision, regardless of whether it's right or wrong, you must follow my orders. Even if it's someone of your race, if I want you to kill them, you must kill them without hesitation."

"This is my bottom line. Do you still need me to tell you what to do next?"

"No, no need. I understand." 𝙡𝒊𝒃𝓻𝒆𝒂𝓭.𝙘𝓸𝓶

Tru's heart thumped, and his stance changed at once.

He smiled humbly and said, "My lord is wise. A jade doesn't shine until it is polished. Zhang Liang is not sincere. Taking his resources is only a light punishment."

"Don't worry. From today onwards, I'll bring people to create some trouble for him every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. On Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturday, I will swap with Adelia. I guarantee that he'll be like a turtle and submit to the lord."

"Don't go too far. Just give him a sense of danger. As for how far you want to go, discuss it with Adelia."

Lin Ye revealed a promising smile.

Who said that all warriors were dumb witted?

Wasn't True quite smart? He understood it immediately.

They would be the bad guys and let me be the good one.

The different characters were all present – strict, cunning, loyal. Even if that inexperienced Zhang Liang realized it afterwards, it would be too late.

Since you've boarded my ship, the doors would be welded shut and you have nowhere to run.

"I understand, my lord!" Tru wiped off his sweat.

Oh my god, this batch of humans was so cunning. Luckily, the clan leader, my father, taught me a few moves before I left.

If not, he might have offended his lord for no reason. His father was awesome. He would send him some ham and instant noodles when he got back and consult him more in the future.

"Very good. You did well today. This is your reward."

With a smile on his face, Lin Ye threw the blue tier long saber that he had just obtained to Tru.

Although the tier was not high and their compatibility was average, for a Class 1 light armored shield soldier, a blue tier weapon was already a top-grade weapon.

Any Class 1 soldier who received it would be overjoyed.

As expected, Tru was dancing with excitement.

In the underground world, hierarchy was strict.

They were Class 1 attributeless warriors.

As the name suggested, they had no special attributes.

Even their weapons were low-level ones.

It was no exaggeration to say that even among the warriors, they were the cheapest. Even thieves would leave crying if they stole from them.

Normally, not to mention blue tier weapons, even white tier weapons were only possessed by the clan leader and the elders.

And now, on his first day of being recruited, he had already been given armor and spears, and now he was given an incomparably precious blue tier weapon.

With this weapon, he would have the courage to solo a Level 2 Swift Zombie.

Thinking of this, the honest and frank Tru was so touched that he almost cried.

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. The loyalty of your Light Armored Shield Soldier, Tru, has increased. Current loyalty is 80%. Effect: The combat power of the commanding soldier has increased by 30%!]

"My lord, from today onwards, even if I die on the battlefield, I will protect you." Tru patted his chest and said in a powerful voice.

Lin Ye smiled but did not expose him.

If his loyalty was 100%, the credibility of his words would be believable.

For now, this declaration was most likely impulsive. If he was really on the brink of death, he would probably be like Adelia.

However, Lin Ye didn't mind.

Whether it was people from the other world or humans from Earth, he knew them well.

Casually listening to those pretty words was fine. He would be a fool if he took their words seriously.

After chatting for a while, Tru familiarized himself with the battle tactics of the blue tier long saber when paired with the armor.

Meanwhile, Lin Ye turned his attention to the Civilization Archive. Five minutes had passed, and the Civilization Archive had successfully conquered Zhang Liang's bunker and graveyard.

He opened the information about the bunker.

Territory: Bunker

Level: 3

Range: 3,000 meters

Population Limit: 1,000 [1,000/1,000]

Recruitment Order: Native Worker Recruitment Order (Unlimited. Only requires Zombie Soul to pay for recruitment)

Level 1 Attributeless Soldier Recruitment Order (For units. You need to match the blueprint with other soldier blueprints. Unlimited. Only requires Zombie Soul to pay for recruitment)

Bunker Experience Points: 3,240/4,000

Level Up Method: Level 1 Zombies 10 points. Level 2 Zombies 50 points. Level 3 Zombies 100 points…

Conquering Bunkers (Experience points depends on level)

Bunker Upgrade Scroll (Depends on Level)

"I'm still a little short.. It's time to save a friend who's in deep trouble."

Chapter 24

"Let's find the closest one first!"

Lin Ye smiled as he opened the alliance map.

Although the map page was darkened by fog, within his territory, the 17 small dots with dark golden light were very conspicuous.

Eight of them were between the 1,000 to 2,000 meters range.

When he still had the Level 2 Bunker, he had already discovered these 8 human lords.

Now, the bunker has leveled up and there was an increased range of 1,000 meters.

The remaining nine light spots were between 2,000 to 3,000 meters.

The general direction was clear at one glance.

The closest to this place was six hundred meters to his northeast!

"Let's go!"

With a shout, Lin Ye charged forward.

Right now, he was full of energy and hated that he couldn't split himself.

This way, once he conquered all the territories of these 17 people,

He could possibly level up four to five times.

Although he was anxious, Lin Ye became cautious again after crossing the 1,000 meter mark.

Along the way here, he only cleared the area of the initial thousand meters.

From about 1,100 meters onwards, the number of zombies increased again.

The good thing was that the average level of the zombies was low. Against him, who led 50 rangers and 100 light armored shield soldiers, Level 1 zombies were free experience points.

Five hours later, he killed over 200 Level 1 zombies and 7 Level 2 Swift Zombies.

The results were remarkable.

17 sandalwood treasure chests and 3 bronze treasure chests dropped.

Most importantly, there were 7 human lords behind him.

Five men and two women. They were all very young, about twenty-three or twenty-four years old.

It was one less person than expected. By the time Lin Ye brought the team over, one of the female lords was already dead.

She collapsed at the entrance of her graveyard with a glowing sandalwood treasure chest in her arms.

Around her body were several wandering zombies.

It was obvious that she had been ambushed by zombies when she was searching for supplies and escaping towards her graveyard.

As a human, Lin Ye had no other choice.

Kill all the zombies in the graveyard and avenge this lady.

After that, Lin Ye asked Try to bury her. People from Earth were all particular about burial after death. It was bad enough that they had to lose their lives on a foreign land. There was no need to leave their corpses bare in the wilderness.

He quickly conquered the ownerless graveyard. Afraid that the other seven players would suffer the same fate, Lin Ye quickened his pace and found them before sunset.

It was a pity that humans were different. When they first met, communication between them was not beautiful and there were even conflicts.

Helpless, Lin Ye could only allow Tru to have a few minutes of proper conversation with the men.

Meanwhile, he was leisurely conquering their graveyards.

He conquered eight bunkers in a row.

His experience bar was full. As soon as he returned to his graveyard, he could level it up.

A while later, Tru returned from the grove with the five men, all looking bruised and battered. They looked at Tru with fear.

"My lord, you were right. Humans are despicable. They deserve a beating. After the beating, they became obedient."

Tru grinned.

Along the way, there was even a man called Xun Mingyuan who tried to block their way. The moment they went up, they slapped him until he screamed miserably.

"…"

Lin Ye glared at him with a dark expression. "Tonight, your beef set meal is gone. You don't know how to shut your mouth. You only deserve to eat steamed buns."

"My lord, don't do that!"

Tru let out a miserable crow-like scream.

He looked even more miserable than Xun Mingyuan, who had suffered several beatings.

The group walked and stopped at the different places until the rangers' arrows ran empty. They killed another 50 Level 1 zombies and 3 Level 2 Swift Zombies. 𝘭𝑖𝒷𝓇𝘦𝘢𝒹.𝑐𝘰𝘮

Only then did everyone start to return. It was safe on the way back. The path back had been cleared by them and it was cleaner than the ground licked by a dog.

Half an hour later, they finally returned to the graveyard before sunset.

This was their first time entering Lin Ye's territory. The bustling and lively graveyard instantly blinded the eyes of the 7 human lords.

What they saw was a dense cluster of tents, hundreds of laboring native workers and cat-eared girls, dozens of armories busily producing weapons, a large number of barracks training soldiers, and a three-storey bunker.

Strictly speaking, this was a perfect development system.

These things were simply what humans of the outside world dreamed of.

But here, they were like sand and stones in a desert – worthless.

Whether it was the cat-eared girls, the blacksmiths, the barracks, or the armories, there were more than 100 of them. Wasn't that terrifying?

"Why? We all transmigrated at the same time. Why is he so fast? I can't accept this!" Someone's face flushed red as he said in anger.

"Keep your voice down. If someone else hears you, they might beat you up again," a girl advised softly.

"What's there to be afraid of? He doesn't dare to really kill us. Who knows what the current situation is? If our death allows us to return to our original world, he'll have to go to jail once he gets out. No matter how strong he is, he can't do anything to us!" Some people were stubborn.

As soon as he finished speaking, a few clenched fists with calluses came flying over.

The person who hit him was Worker One.

Although they could be described as trash when fighting zombies,

Their innate physical qualities made it easy for them to bully a human who had just transmigrated.

Now, Lin Ye's reputation in the graveyard was like the sun in the sky, and Worker One was his number one lackey.

Someone dared to curse his lord. How could he tolerate such humiliation?

He immediately threw aside the green-tailed fish in his hand, grabbed the young man and started attacking violently.

"F*ck, why are you hitting me? The others said the same thing too."

The other six humans shut their mouths and distanced themselves from him coldly, as if they did not know him.

With the mindset of sacrificing one for six, he questioned.

"None of you will be able to escape." Worker One scoffed.

He had already seen Lin Ye's gesture and knew that it was for him to properly train these rude fellows.

"From today onwards, you are no longer lords, but the people of our lord, Lin Ye. Here, only by working hard can you obtain food. Don't think about being sneaky. I will personally keep an eye on you. What are you all looking at? The fish in the fishery have been harvested. Move the fish."

As he said that, he picked up a willow branch from somewhere, and drove the 7 angry human youths towards the fishery.

"Watch them. Don't let Worker One suffer."

Lin Ye ordered Tru.

Compared to the honest citizens of the underworld, humans were much more cunning.

With Worker One's straightforward personality, if he did not have the support of combat power, he might suffer a lot.

"Alright, I'll send a guard over to guard the fishery." Tru nodded.

On their way out, the other 150 attributeless warriors had been successfully trained into light-armored shield soldiers, which was enough to protect this territory.

Lin Ye glanced at the setting sun and frowned. "It's almost dinnertime. Send someone to find Adelia and the rest and bring them back. Don't take too long."

For some reason, he felt uneasy.

After Tru left, Lin Ye shook his head and went to the bunker to get ready for the upgrade.

Chapter 25

Although the experience bar was full, Lin Ye did not choose to upgrade immediately.

According to the hint from his Civilization Archive,

When the experience bar reached 300%, it would trigger multiple upgrades.

Therefore, he was waiting for the more than 500 zombie corpses to be converted into zombie souls.

That would provide him with close to 8,000 experience points. The probability of reaching 300% was very high.

It was just that there were too many zombie corpses, and there was only one converter. The conversion efficiency was lacking.

[129/537 Zombies. Required time: One hour and forty minutes!]

Looking at the experience bar that was slowly increasing, Lin Ye frowned slightly and thought to himself, "After this, I have to increase the size and level of the Zombie Converter. When Adelia and Zhang Liang return, including the treasure chests that I have obtained, it should be enough for a huge boost in resources. Just relying on one Intermediate Converter is not enough."

Just as he was thinking this, he suddenly heard a cry for help from outside.

Immediately after, the noise came closer and closer, sounding through the entire graveyard.

"My lord, bad news, bad news."

Tru rushed into the bunker in a panic, gasping for breath. "Adelia, something happened to Adelia."

"What?!"

Lin Ye's eyes flashed with shock and anger.

Adelia was the first Class 3 soldier that he had recruited. At the same time, she was a noble of the ranger race, and her status was respected.

She was a genius with elemental power, and was also the NPC that he had planned to bind the contract with.

In less than half a day, something happened?

A sharp glint flashed across his eyes. He hoped that this wasn't Zhang Liang's doing.

Otherwise, even if I cannot beat him to death, he will only be a tool for life.

A moment later, a few injured rangers were carrying Adelia steadily back to the bunker.

Behind them was a pale and limping Zhang Liang.

"My lord…"

At this moment, Adelia was extremely weak. Her arm seemed to have been hit by some kind of corrosive poison, and her skin had sickly black patches.

These patches were extremely aggressive and were constantly corrupting her blood.

If she did not have the power of the elements to fend for herself, she would have died long ago.

"Stop talking. Rest. I will think of a way to save you!" Lin Ye raised his hand and turned to Zhang Liang.

"It's not me." Zhang Liang raised his head stubbornly and said angrily, "No matter how scheming I am, I will never harm my savior. Adelia got hurt by a Level 4 Venomous Zombie when she was trying to protect me. I swear, if I did it on purpose, my entire family will die a horrible death!"

In fact, he was extremely angry himself. With his awakened talent, he thought he had found another Silver Treasure Chest.

But in the end, because Lin Ye had conquered his territory, his talent became much weaker, and he didn't discover the Venomous Zombie hidden in the bushes.

When they killed the Level 1 and 2 zombies on the periphery and picked up the Silver Treasure Chest, the Venomous Zombie attacked.

At Level 4, their intelligence was a little higher than a Level 3 zombie.

It opened his mouth and spat out a large amount of black venom. After failing its attack, it ran away without looking back.

Zhang Liang was still an ordinary human, so his reaction speed was too slow and he was unable to avoid it at all.

As a wind elemental ranger, Adelia was the best in terms of speed. Even a Level 4 zombie was far inferior to her.

If she was alone, with her agile body and excellent combat observation skills, she would have easily dodged it.

But in order to save Zhang Liang, she risked her life and grabbed Zhang Liang as she jumped back.

Although she avoided most of the venom, the remaining venom was too fast and landed on her arm.

The venom corroded flesh upon contact, causing her to immediately lose her ability to fight. She could only rush back.

"I have my own conclusions as to whether it was you or not. Give me all the treasure chests you got from this trip," Lin Ye said.

"Lin Ye, Adelia is your subordinate. Why are you more concerned about the treasure chests than saving her? Are you even human?"

Zhang Liang was flaming mad.

He pointed at Lin Ye and scolded him, as if he wanted to vent the anger he had endured during the day.

"Tru, this guy is confused. Find a tall tree and hang him through the night to clear his head."

Lin Ye forcefully snatched Zhang Liang's Civilization Archive and took out the 18 treasure chests.

There were 15 sandalwood treasure chests, 2 bronze ones, and 1 silver one.

Indeed a talent for 'treasure hunting'. Although the total number was not as many as what he had obtained from fighting zombies, its quality was excellent.

"Lin Ye, you bastard!" Zhang Liang's eyes turned red.

Even though Tru had given him a few tight slaps, he still continued to scold him relentlessly.

"How noisy, take him away." Lin Ye flicked his hand.

Tru, after the reprimand from Lin Ye, became more obedient. Without another word, he took a wet vine and carried Zhang Liang out.

Outside the bunker, Xun Mingyuan and the others looked pitifully at Zhang Liang who was tied up.

Damn, another unlucky guy.

Although they did not know what had happened, they could not help but be glad that they had been wiser.

They were beaten blue and black, but it was better than being hung on a tree.

At the same time, they were wary of Lin Ye.

Without Zhang Liang as a thorn, Lin Ye let the unimportant people out, only leaving the cat-eared chef, Nicole, to take care of Adelia on the second floor.

He brought Worker One, Tru and the others to the back of the graveyard.

This place was big and suitable for opening treasure chests.

He couldn't count on Earth's doctor to save Adelia. And before that, he'd heard Nicole talk about it.

There were medical professionals in this world as well.

As long as there was a Recruitment Order or unit blueprint, he could summon it from the underworld.

"The zombie that injured Adelia is a Level 4 Venomous Zombie. It needs to be at least a Class 4 healer."

Tru's face was grim, and he felt that hope was bleak. 𝘭𝒾𝑏𝑟𝑒𝒶𝒹.𝘤𝘰𝓂

Even though he knew that his lord was extremely lucky, using a low level treasure chest to get a Class 4 Medical Professional was simply a fool's dream.

"Let's give it a try. There are so many treasure chests. I don't believe that any of them will drop it."

Lin Ye was furious, taking out all of his gains for today.

Including the treasure chests that he had just obtained, there were 32 sandalwood treasure chests, 5 bronze treasure chests, and 1 silver treasure chest.

"Let's begin!"

Lin Ye took a deep breath and quickly opened the treasure chests.

[You have obtained a Level 1 Wooden Fence blueprint!]

[You have obtained a Class 2 Soldier upgrade scroll!]

[You have obtained a Bunker Upgrade Scroll!]

[You have obtained living supplies—a box of instant noodles!]

[You have obtained a white tier weapon, flying dagger!]

...

With 100x Reward, you can choose between:

1. [100 Level 1 Wooden Fence Blueprint!]

2. [1 Level 3 Wooden Fence Blueprint!]

1. [100 Class 2 Soldier Upgrade Scroll!]

2. [1 Class 4 Soldier Upgrade Scroll!]

1. [100 Level 1 Bunker Upgrade Scroll!]

2. [1 Level 3 Bunker Upgrade Scroll!]

1. [100 boxes of instant noodles!]

2. [5 kg of fresh beef!]

1. [100 White Tier Weapon—Flying Dagger!]

2. [1 Purple Tier Weapon—Desert Eagle!]

...

[You have received a Class 1 Healing Priest recruitment order!]

When he reached the thirty-first treasure chest, Lin Ye's eyes lit up.

"It finally dropped!"

Chapter 26

With 100x Reward, you can choose between:

1. [100 Class 1 Healing Priest Recruitment Order!]

2. [1 Class 3 Healing Priest Recruitment Order!]

"I'm still 1 class away." Lin Ye frowned slightly.

Even so, he still chose option 2.

"Current Level of Bunker is 3. You've satisfied the requirements to use the Class 3 Healing Priest recruitment order. Do you wish to use it?"

"Use it!"

With that, a familiar hexagram array appeared.

In the blink of an eye, the passageway filled with divine aura opened up.

A long-bearded elder wearing a white robe and a red vest walked out.

"Esteemed Lord, I am the Class 3 Light Priest, Gran of the Church of Light. According to our agreement, you need to pay me 100 Zombie Souls as a recruitment fee." Elder Gran said with a smile.

"The Church of Light…"

Lin Ye narrowed his eyes.

This time, it was not a race, but a religion from the other world.

It seemed like the underworld was a complicated place as well.

With that in mind, he smiled and said, "Mr. Gran, I need an excellent healer like you. This is the recruitment fee."

With that, he took out 100 zombie souls from the Civilization Archive.

"The Lord's wealth is truly enviable," Gran lamented.

He had lived for a long time and knew very well how powerful a human lord who could easily take out 100 zombie souls at this stage was.

It was precisely because of this that his attitude was humble, lacking the arrogance a priest from the Church of Light would have.

After sending the 100 Zombie Souls to the Church of Light, he bowed and chuckled softly. "From this day forth, Gran shall serve Lord Lin Ye till his return to Heaven. Ahem… until this employment relationship is over."

Lin Ye rolled his eyes.

He was too lazy to respond to Gran's choice of words.

To put it nicely, it was returning to heaven. To put it bluntly, it meant his death.

The employment relationship was that simple.

One paid for the service while the other provided the manpower. The relationship ends when one side dies in battle.

Of course, there were still some minor differences. In certain situations of death, the mercenaries may choose to flee or defend their lord based on their loyalty.

At the same time, the system sent a congratulatory message.

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have received the loyalty of Gran, the Class 3 Priest from the Church of Light. Current loyalty is at 60%. Healing effect increased by 10%. Speed of recovery of his divine force increased by 10%!]

After saying that, a new unit image appeared on the Civilization Archive's recruitment page. It corresponded to the Light Priest, Gran.

When his fingers touched the image, the information was as follows:

Underworld Native: Gran

Job: Light Priest

Introduction: A loyal believer of the God of Light who has received the blessings from the God of Light and can absorb the divine power of light.

Class: Late-Stage Class 3 Priest!

Skill: Sacred Healing [Note: Single-target Healing Spell. It can purify all negative energy Level 3 and below, including corpse poison, curse, corruption, aging etc. Healing effect will be greatly weakened when used against Level 4 symptoms!]

Rain of Life [Mass Healing Technique. Works on Class 1 and 2 soldiers within a 30 meters range. Restores HP and dispels corpse poison.]

Usage: 12/Day [Recovery for Divine Power of Light]

"Not bad. I hope there's a way to save Adelia."

With a sigh, Lin Ye brought Gran to the second floor of the bunker.

"An elemental ranger!"

When he saw Adelia, Gran was shocked again. Apart from him, his Lord Lin Ye had actually recruited other Class 3 specialists.

This made him think more highly of Lin Ye.

"Mr Guran, Adelia was poisoned by a Level 4 Venomous Zombie's corpse poison. Do you have any way to save her?" Lin Ye hurriedly asked.

"I'll try my best." Gran's brow furrowed.

He did not expect the first task given by the lord after he was recruited to be so difficult.

The corpse poison of a Level 4 Zombie…

Damn it, he was going to have to work hard.

The chance of recovery was low, but he did not dare to say that out loud.

Even if he was pretending, he had to show the lord that this 100 Zombie Souls was worth it.

As soon as he finished speaking, large amounts of glowing energy particles surged out from his body.

Whoosh—

Light illuminated the entire room on the second floor, and Gran himself looked like an emissary of the God of Light. He was cloaked in light, and every move he made exuded a sacred and inviolable aura.

"Sacred Healing!"

The next moment, Gran's kind eyes focused. He pointed a finger, and directed all the light energy to pour into Adelia's arm.

Swoosh—

When the black patches of corpse poison and the particles of light met, they were like fire and water. As soon as they came into contact, they were engaged in a fierce battle.

After a few minutes of stalemate, Priest Gran slowly withdrew his divine light energy. He was so tired that his legs were shaking and his face was pale.

Meanwhile, Adelia passed out from the pain.

"Priest Gran, how is Adelia?" Lin Ye asked.

"It's hard to say." Gran smiled bitterly and spread out his hands. "As you can see, I'm only a Class 3 Light Priest. Even if I use my full strength, I can barely suppress the Level 4 corpse poison. There are only two ways to cure this Elemental Ranger. Either kill zombies for treasure chests that drop healing pills above Level 4, or the lord can think of a way to obtain a Class 4 Priest upgrade scroll and help me level to Class 4, or you can find a Class 4 Priest recruitment order and directly recruit them."

"Hold on," Lin Ye instructed before running back to the backyard.

At this moment, Worker One, Tru, and a hundred other people were busy transporting supplies.

Just now, Lin Ye randomly chose some treasure chests. With 100x Reward, the amount was still frightening.

"My lord?"

Tru was curious, seeing how anxious Lin Ye looked.

"Don't worry about me, just do your thing," Lin Ye replied as he walked over to the remaining seven treasure chests.

Two Sandalwood Treasure Chests, five Bronze Treasure Chests, and one Silver Treasure Chest.

Logically speaking, with 100x Reward, there was a chance that the Bronze Treasure Chest and Silver Treasure Chest would open something above Level 4. 𝓁𝒾𝘣𝑟𝑒𝘢𝘥.𝘤𝘰𝑚

He just didn't know if his luck as the European King was enough. All he needed was either for a healing pill or a Priest Upgrade Scroll to drop.

He opened the treasure chests one after another.

[You have obtained a Level 1 Warehouse Blueprint!]

[You have obtained a Level 2 Armory Upgrade Scroll!]

[You have obtained a Beginner Zombie Converter!]

[You have obtained a Class 2 Gladiator Training Blueprint!]

[You have obtained a Special Type building: Level 1 Breeding Field Blueprint!]

[You have obtained a Level 2 Body Strengthening Pill!]

[You have obtained the Purple Tier Weapon—Purple Scale Bow!]

With 100x Reward, you can choose between:

1. [100 Level 1 Warehouse Blueprint!]

2. [1 Level 3 Warehouse Blueprint!]

1. [100 Level 2 Armory Upgrade Scroll!]

2. [1 Level 4 Armory Upgrade Scroll!]

1. [100 Beginner Zombie Converter!]

2. [1 Intermediate Zombie Converter!]

1. [100 Class 2 Gladiator Training Blueprint!]

2. [1 Class 3 Gladiator Training Blueprint!]

1. [100 Level 1 Breeding Field Blueprint!]

2. [1 Level 3 Breeding Field Blueprint!]

1. [Level 2 Body Strengthening Pill!]

2. [Level 4 Body Strengthening Pill!]

1. [100 Purple Tier Weapon—Purple Scale Bow!]

2. [1 Silver Tier Weapon—Wind Splitting Bow!]

Chapter 27

"A Level 4 Body Strengthening Pill!"

Lin Ye's gaze instantly locked onto the second last option.

From the name, one could tell that it was not a healing-type medicinal pill, but at least it was a Level 4 medicinal pill. It should have some use.

As for the other options, there was nothing to be conflicted about. He decided with ease.

"1111222."

After he finished speaking, a large amount of resources appeared from the treasure chest and scattered all over the ground.

Lin Ye found a porcelain bottle of medicinal pills and a large silver bow in the middle. The rest was temporarily handed over to Worker One and the others to sort out.

He ran back to the second floor of the bunker.

He handed the Level 4 Body Strengthening Pill to Gran and asked, "Priest Gran, there weren't any healing pills but is this okay?"

"A Level 4 Body Strengthening Pill!"

Gran's eyes widened and his mouth twitched.

Although healing pills were valuable, they were just supplementary items.

It was expensive when needed. When unneeded, it could only be kept in the warehouse and accumulate dust. Its value was extremely volatile.

But the Body Strengthening Pill was different. It was one of the three most popular combat type medicinal pills.

Even if they were thrown into the underworld, there would be many Class 3 and 4 soldiers who would break their heads to obtain it.

"Ahem…"

As if sensing Lin Ye's strange gaze, Gran lightly coughed and his complexion turned normal. He gracefully stroked his beard and tried his best to appear as calm as possible. Then, he leisurely said, "It's not impossible. Combined with my Sacred Healing, it should be able to remove 70% of the corpse poison. The remaining 30% can be slowly removed afterwards."

"But my lord, you have to consider carefully. This pill is more expensive than healing-type pills. It can greatly increase a soldier's attributes, including corpse poison resistance, dark energy resistance, curse resistance, and so on. One might even be able to advance to Level 4 if they are lucky."

"It might be a waste for it to be used to treat corpse poison."

"As long as it's useful. Let her use it."

Hearing these words, Lin Ye heaved a sigh of relief. A mere Level 4 Body Strengthening Pill, how could that be considered too much?

"My lord? Did you not hear what I said?" Gran felt incredulous.

He had already hinted clearly, but Lin Ye did not seem to understand the value of a Level 4 Body Strengthening Pill.

That nonchalant look on his face made him look like a child by the roadside who had casually thrown a candy that he did not want to eat.

"I did hear you. Level 4 medicinal pills are precious and expensive. I do understand."

Lin Ye nodded and said frankly, "But I prefer subordinates who are loyal to me. Compared to their loyalty, medicinal pills are just material things."

As soon as he said that, the three other underworld people present – except for Adelia who had fainted – Gran, and the cat-eared chef Nicole, all had a strange look in their eyes.

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. Your sincerity has touched the cat-eared chef Nicole. Loyalty has increased to 85%. Culinary skills have increased by 30%, and food bribery skills have increased by 20%!]

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. Your sincerity touched Light Priest Gran. Loyalty has increased to 70%. Healing effect increased by 30%. Speed of recovery of his divine force increased by 30%!]

"This works too?"

Lin Ye's mouth twitched. He suddenly felt like he had made a huge loss.

If he had known that this would happen, he would have done it in front of all his citizens.

He had to write it down in his notebook when he went back tonight. The next time he had the chance, he had to find a more crowded place.

He sighed inwardly, but on the surface, he acted as if nothing had happened. He waved his hand and said, "Let's begin. Priest Gran, saving people is more important."

"Yes, my lord."

Gran held the Level 4 Body Strengthening Pill and could not help but feel excited. With a lord like this, what more could he ask for?

"Nicole, give it to Adelia."

In the underworld, there were also boundaries between men and women. Furthermore, as a priest of the Church of Light, he was well-mannered.

Nicole agreed and carefully fed the Body Strengthening pill to Adelia.

However, there was a small problem.

Perhaps it was because of the corpse poison, the unconscious Adelia had her teeth clenched together tightly. Nicole couldn't feed the pill.

With no other choice, Lin Ye could only use the old method from Earth. He took a wooden chopstick and forcefully pried her teeth apart, and finally fed her the Body Strengthening Pill.

The effect of the Level Four Body Strengthening Pill was strong. As soon as it entered her stomach, a large amount of mysterious energy emitted from her stomach, rapidly improving her overall constitution.

At the same time, Gran clenched his teeth. His body was bathed in holy light as he underwent another round of divine healing.

Under the double healing, Adelia's body suddenly arches, and her bones make cracking sounds. The wind elemental energy surrounded her body as she floated into the air.

Ten minutes later, Gran used up all of his divine power of light.

The holy light particles dissipated and he laid on the ground like a dying dog, panting heavily.

On the other hand, Adelia gradually woke up and spat out a large amount of black blood, looking much better now.

The black patches on her arm were reduced to the size of an egg and were quickly suppressed by the elemental energy within her body.

"Nngh—"

She reabsorbed her wind element and landed on the ground.

She looked at Lin Ye, Nicole as well as Gran, who was lying on the ground, panting.

After a moment's hesitation, she asked, "My lord, I think half of my corpse poison has been cured. Did you save me?"

Before Lin Ye could say anything, the enthusiastic Nicole eagerly offered her assistance.

"Adelia, the Lord saved you with a Level 4 Body Strengthening Pill. Together with Priest Gran, they managed to save you."

Well done!

Lin Ye looked at her with admiration.

As expected, upon hearing this, even the proud Adelia would be moved.

The price of a Level 4 Body Strengthening Pill was still very expensive at these early stages.

Even someone of her status, who had lived in the clan for so many years, had only eaten six Level 1 and 2 Body Strengthening Pills. That was why she had been able to easily reach Class 3 and obtain the blessing of the God of Elements, obtaining the power of the wind element.

One could imagine that if Lin Ye used the Level 4 Body Strengthening Pill to trade with the various underworld clans, he could probably easily exchange for five soldiers of the same class as her.

When she thought of that, she felt touched.

"Thank you for saving my life my lord. I, the Elemental Ranger, Adelia, am willing to become the lord's personal guard and protect you with my life!"

With a solemn expression, Adelia raised her hand and knelt down on one knee, displaying the highest etiquette of the underworld to Lin Ye.

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. Your Class 3 Wind Elemental Ranger, Adelia, has been moved by your sincerity. Her loyalty has increased to 90%, and the effect of Tempos of the Wind has increased by 50%!]

[Note: Loyalty level has reached 90%. As long as you don't betray them, they will be willing to fight to the death for you!]

"Wow, her loyalty increased by 20% at a go, almost a loyalist now. Even the number one lackey, Worker One, and Tru are far from that."

Lin Ye secretly clicked his tongue, deeply understanding the simple-mindedness and kindness of the people of the underworld.

How simple were their wishes compared to the humans outside?

What the hell was this? I saved them out of goodwill and yet all of them still act so arrogant.

If it was someone else, I would have killed them if they dared to spew nonsense.

Of course, if one were to talk about proper worldviews, it would definitely be Lin Ye.

As he gave himself a thumbs-up, he was all smiles. "Lady Adelia, I, Lin Ye, human lord, accept your allegiance."

With that, he handed over the newly drawn silver tier weapon, Wind Splitting Bow.

Chapter 28

"A Silver Tier weapon!"

Adelia's eyes lit up, and she grasped the Wind Splitting Bow affectionately.

Her expression was like that of one looking at their most beloved treasure.

But after a while, she came back to her senses and reluctantly returned it. "My lord, this is too precious. I can't accept it."

"Didn't I say that I would give you a better weapon than your Wind Howl? Furthermore, half of the credit this time goes to you. The weapon came from the Silver Treasure Chest that Zhang Liang brought back. Accept it with ease. Unless you're telling me that you don't want to take revenge personally?"

Lin Ye placed his hands on her shoulders and looked straight at her. "Also, I said before that no treasure can compare to your loyalty. I have no reason to take back what I have given you. If you don't want it, I will ask the blacksmith to destroy it!"

"Don't!"

When she heard that Lin Ye was going to break such a precious Wind Splitting Bow, she turned pale with fright. She quickly snatched it back and held it in her arms.

"That's right. Since it's a reward for you, you should just accept it graciously. I've already given you a Level 4 Body Strengthening Pill. You're still arguing about a Wind Splitting Bow?"

Lin Ye looked at Adelia with a smile and pulled her to the window on the second floor. He pointed at the bustling territory under the setting sun and said softly, "You'd better get used to this in the future. A better future awaits you. This is just the beginning of our fight. Only with continuous progress can you keep up with me."

"I hope that even after countless years, the first subordinate who is loyal to me will still follow and accompany me through these mountains and rivers, slaughter a mountain of corpses and to create our own blood path – conquering all realms together." 𝘭𝘪𝑏𝑟ℯ𝒶𝑑.𝘤𝑜𝘮

"I will not let you down!"

Adelia's heart was burning with resolve as she listened. She gripped the Wind Splitting Bow tightly in both hands and engraved every word of what Lin Ye said into her heart.

At the same time, she secretly decided that she must break through within a short period of time. After consuming the Level 4 Body Strengthening Pill, her constitution was already no weaker than most Class 4 Soldiers. She only lacked the accumulation of wind elements.

She was previously a Class 3 Elemental Ranger who was not far from Class 4. With recent efforts, she had a high chance of breaking through.

At that time, she would be the first Class 4 powerhouse under her lord, and she would be equipped with a silver tier weapon. Her destructive power should be comparable to a super powerhouse at the late stage of Class 5.

At the thought of this, Adelia felt her whole body fill with energy. Even though the black corpse poison on her arm was affecting her, she did not feel any pain.

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have triggered the hot blood of the Class 3 Elemental Ranger, Adelia. Her loyalty has increased to 100%, and she has become your first loyalist!]

[Loyalist: You can trust her completely. She will be your greatest support and will never betray you!]

"She actually became a loyalist…"

Lin Ye blinked. He suddenly felt like a person who was capable of inspiring others.

Like those gold medal lecturers from his previous life!

Just with that glib tongue of his, the innocent and kind people from the underworld would probably be fooled to the point of being unable to see the truth.

With a wave of his arm, there was a high chance that he would become a person similar to a king.

When he thought about that, he couldn't help but feel a sense of urgency.

In the future, he had to get a gold medal tutor to guide him on the know-how of bewitching people.

Bah, it was the inspiring speeches that liberated people from the underworld who were in dire state.

"My lord, what are you laughing at?"

Adelia tilted her head to the side and looked at the smirk onLine which somehow looked a little creepy.

"Mm, it's nothing. I'm just wondering if your injuries are too severe. Can you continue killing enemies?" Lin Ye collected his thoughts and changed the topic.

"Yes, of course. Look, my lord, with this Wind Splitting Bow, I can shoot through an anvil tree more than a thousand meters away with just one arrow," said Adelia hurriedly, afraid that Lin Ye would keep her in the bunker. At the same time, she raised the Wind Splitter Bow to activate its elemental power.

"What you say doesn't count."

Lin Ye raised his hand and pushed the Wind Splitting Bow down and turned to Priest Gran. "Priest, you are the professional. I will believe in your words."

Before Gran could say anything, Adelia glared at him and bared her canine teeth threateningly.

"…"

Gran surreptitiously wiped the sweat from his palms.

His judgment was good. Naturally, he could tell that Lin Ye treated Adelia differently.

He even gave her a Level 4 Body Strengthening Pill and a Silver Tier weapon, the Wind Splitting Bow.

If there was nothing weird about that, he guessed even a pig could climb a tree.

Out of the corner of his eye, Gran glanced at Nicole, the cat-eared chef who looked like a curious baby. He had an answer.

He could not afford to offend either of them!

In the blink of an eye, Gran analyzed his possible routes and smiled. "My lord, don't worry. With me around, Adelia's injuries won't be of any problem. However, she cannot shoot more than three times a day, or it may hurt her foundations."

Hearing this, Adelia smiled and gave Gran a knowing look. "You heard him, my lord. My injuries are fine. I promise you that I will not shoot more than three times a day before I recover."

"Alright, be careful then."

Lin Ye nodded and handed Adelia's hand to Nicole. He motioned for the two of them to sit down and got back to business.

"What happened today? With your skills, you shouldn't have gotten injured. The rangers who carried you back were injured as well. I've seen their wounds briefly. Those were definitely not caused by zombies. Instead, they look like arrow wounds."

With a grave expression, he asked the most crucial question, "Is it Zhang Liang's doing?"

If that was the case, he would have to be ruthless.

"I don't think so."

Adelia shook her head and tried to organize her words. She explained, "After we split up, Zhang Liang and I got along pretty well. That guy is just a kid who hasn't grown up yet. Although he was angry at you for being so overbearing, he still respected me. He also did his best to find treasure chests."

"And I found out that his talent didn't seem as simple as it sounded."

"There were a few times when we almost fell into a trap but he foresaw it and we avoided it."

"Wait. Traps… did you meet other lords?"

Lin Ye frowned slightly.

Zombies didn't know how to make traps. The underworld natives were restricted by the system and couldn't come out before recruitment.

Adelia nodded, but her expression turned ugly. "On the way, we met a few lords who were in a team. There were five of them, and they were quite strong. Combined, they had about 50 rangers. They treated Zhang Liang as another lord and wanted to recruit him. After Zhang Liang rejected them, they left."

"But after we were attacked by the Venomous Zombie, I didn't expect them to be hiding in the dark when they ambushed us. They wanted to snatch the Silver Treasure Chest that we risked our lives to obtain. At that time, if Zhang Liang wanted to betray me, it should be easy, but he didn't."

"On the way back, if not for him, we would have already been ambushed by those five despicable guys."

"Looks like I've misunderstood him." Lin Ye heaved a sigh of relief.

He had high hopes for Zhang Liang's treasure chest hunting talent. As long as his heart was not blackened, he would accept him.

However, a murderous glint flashed through his eyes when he thought of the people who ambushed Adelia.

Their names were added to his blacklist.

"My lord, please don't kill him. That kid has a lot of potential. He might even have a foreseeing talent," Adelia reminded him.

"I know. I'm not stupid."

Lin Ye chuckled and stood up. "It's getting late. Rest early tonight and get well. Tomorrow, I will personally take you to get your revenge. All the zombies and humans who have hurt you will pay the price in blood."

After saying that, he waved his hand and led Priest Gran and Nicole out.

Chapter 29

At the first floor of the bunker, Lin Ye sent the Priest Gran to treat the injured rangers and light armored shield soldiers.

Nicole needed to make dinner too, so she ran off happily.

Lin Ye opened the Civilization Archive and looked at the progress of the Zombie Converter. He realized that there was still an hour of cooldown time.

After some thought, he opened the information panel again.

Previously, he had opened 38 Treasure Chests consecutively and obtained quite a number of Zombie Converters. By putting them all to use, he could save a lot of time.

Other than that, there were many new blueprints that dropped during the opening of treasure chests this time and they were useful for the constructions in the territory.

Also, after hearing about the achievements of the five-man team, he was a little cautious and decided to reinforce the bunker overnight.

If he went to attack the enemy tomorrow only for his home to be looted, it would be a huge loss.

Soon, a screen appeared.

The current information is as follows:

Player: Lin Ye

Zombie Souls: 3,400 (Accelerated conversion. Predicted Souls: 68,400)

Wood: 46,200 [Can be exchanged using Souls at a rate of 1:100]

Stone: 43,200 [Can be exchanged using Souls at a rate of 1:100]

Petrol: None [Can be exchanged using Souls at a rate of 1:1]

Ores: None [Requires the construction of Mining Factory]

Level 1 Tent [200/200]

Level 1 Fishery [100/100]

Level 1 Armory [150/150]

Level 1 Barracks [100/100]

Native Workers: 400

Special Classes:

Class 3 Light Priest x1 (Gran)

Cat-Eared Chef x100

Class 1 Blacksmith x100

Soldiers:

Class 1 Ranger x92 (10 Dead)

Light Armored Shield Soldier x284 (16 Dead)

Weapons: Desert Eagle x2 (36/100 bullets), MP9 machine pistol (150/150), Ordinary Grenade (1/1)

Weapon Blueprints: Blue Tier Crossbow (Comes with Arrows), Blue Tier Black Iron Longsword

Living supplies: [100 boxes of Water x9] 𝒍𝓲𝓫𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅.𝙘𝙤𝒎

[100 boxes of Snow Beer x1]

[100 boxes of Cola x1]

[100 boxes of Toast Bread x3]

[100 boxes of Instant Noodles x4]

[300 boxes of Ham Sausage x2]

[100 kg of Beef]

[250 kg of Pork]

[Lighter x100]

Blueprints:

[500 Level 1 Wooden Fence Blueprint]

[3 Level 3 Stone Fence Blueprint]

[100 Level 1 Warehouse Blueprint]

[100 Beginner Zombie Converter]

[1 Level 3 Breeding Field Blueprint!]

Soldiers:

[Class 1 Ranger (Blueprint free)]

[Class 1 Light-Armored Shield Soldier x100 (Requirement: Level 1 Barracks, Level 1 Armory, Level 1 Attributeless Soldier. Training Time: 1 hour)]

[Class 2 Gladiator Training Blueprint x100 (Requirement: Level 2 Barracks, Level 2 Armory, Class 2 Soldier, 10 Zombie Soul. Training Time: 2 hours)]

[Class 3 Wolf Cavalry Warrior Training Blueprint (Requirement: Level 3 Barracks, Level 3 Armory, Level 3 Breeding Field, Level 3 Attributeless Warrior, 100 Zombie Souls. Training Time: 5 hours)]

Upgrade Scrolls:

[Intermediate Native Worker Upgrade Scroll x700]

[200 Class 2 Soldier Upgrade Scroll]

[Class 2 Blacksmith Upgrade Scroll x300]

[Class 3 Soldier Upgrade Scroll x2]

[Level 3 Bunker Upgrade Scroll x2]

[Advanced Cat-Eared Chef Upgrade Scroll x1]

[Level 2 Armory Upgrade Scroll x100]

"I can't run anymore, the legendary nouveau riche is me!"

Looking at the dazzling array of resources, Lin Ye clicked his tongue in satisfaction.

It didn't matter if it was worth a lot or not, as long as there were enough of them.

After rejoicing to himself for a while, he started planning how to use the supplies.

Firstly, he took out the 100 Beginner Zombie Converters.

Previously, he had suffered greatly because of the problem with zombie conversion. Now, there were still hundreds of zombie corpses waiting to be converted.

Therefore, he had to solve the problem from the root.

Fortunately, he had many people now and was not afraid of it being tedious. He directly called a hundred native workers over.

Each of them took a converter and placed one every hundred meters.

Within a short time, all the Zombie Converters were placed within a thousand-meter radius of the bunker. The efficiency soared.

Every ten minutes, the conversion of a hundred zombies was completed.

As for the Level 2 and 3 zombies, they were all thrown into the previously activated advanced converter.

They split up the tasks. The original one-hour work only took twenty minutes to complete.

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have received 650 Zombie Souls]

100x Reward:

[You have received 65,000 Zombie Souls. Current total: 68,400 Zombie Souls]

"That makes me feel better."

Looking at the sea's worth of Zombie Souls entering his account, Lin Ye was in a good mood.

At the same time when the zombie corpse conversion was completed, the experience accumulated in the bunker finally reached 300%.

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have satisfied the requirement to upgrade multiple times. Do you wish to upgrade immediately?]

"Upgrade!" Lin Ye said.

After he finished speaking, the wood and stone in the resource page were depleted rapidly, and the silver light indicating the upgrade gradually covered the surface of the bunker, slowly upgrading the quality of the bunker.

[Level 3 → Level 4. Upgrade Time: 4 hours!]

[Level 4→ Level 5. Upgrade Time: 6 hours!]

"?"

"Only two levels?"

"Scumbag system, get out here right now! The remaining 100% worth of experience points were eaten up by you?!"

Lin Ye was a little angry, feeling like he had been scammed by the system.

It promised that 300% experience could trigger multiple level ups.

But what happened? Just this?

Perhaps it was because he was a major player, but the system actually responded.

A cold and emotionless voice rang in his ears.

System: Survivor Lin Ye, the 300% is based on the experience gained from upgrading the bunker at Level 3. When upgrading from Level 4 or 5, the amount of experience points needed will be much higher than upgrading from Level 3. Your complaint about the lack of multiple level ups is invalid as leveling up two levels in a row has already fulfilled the minimum criteria."

After that, there was another friendly reminder.

"1,000 Zombie Souls can be exchanged for a Bunker Upgrade Acceleration Scroll. It can reduce the time needed to level up by an hour."

When Lin Ye heard this, he was speechless. Schemes to get him to spend were written all over that, the system was just trying to cheat money.

"Do you take me for a fool!?"

Lin Ye sneered and immediately threw 10,000 Zombie Souls at it.

10 hours of upgrade time became 0 instantly.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Two consecutive beams of golden light descended, replacing the previous silver light beam which was slower.

In an instant, the speed of modification skyrocketed.

It only took Lin Ye a few blinks and swallowing two mouthfuls of saliva for the bunker to level from Level 3 to 5.

"Indeed, the beauty of the world is only open to the rich."

He ridiculed Earth's maxim.

Under Lin Ye's eyes, the information of the upgraded bunker popped up.

Territory: Bunker

Level: 5

Range: 5,000 meters

Population Limit: 4000 [1000/4000]

Recruitment Order: Native Worker Recruitment Decree (Price: 1 Zombie Soul)

Level 1 Attributeless Soldier Recruitment Order (Price: 10 Zombie Soul)

Latest Unlock: Level 1 Mining Factory Blueprint (Requires 10 Native Workers. Can process 100 units of ore per hour)

Bunker Experience Points: 1,280/32,000

Level Up Method: Level 1 Zombies 10 points. Level 2 Zombies 50 points. Level 3 Zombies 100 points…

Conquering Bunkers (Experience points depends on level)

Upgrade Scroll of Bunker (Level 6 requires 3 Advanced Bunker Upgrade Scrolls!)

Chapter 30

"I'm missing one Advanced Bunker Upgrade Scroll. Otherwise, I could have directly upgraded to Level 6."

Lin Ye muttered regretfully and cooped himself up in the recruitment hall.

At Level 5, the population limit reached 4,000.

After accounting for the casualties, his total population was 974, which meant that he could add another 3,026 population units.

With such an increase in population limit, it was time for a massive recruitment again.

Furthermore, after upgrading the fortress, there were many new changes. He had to familiarize himself with it as soon as possible.

He opened the territory map first.

This was an unique ability unlocked when the Bunker reached Level 5—Virtual Sandbox.

Although it did not have any real-time monitoring function, it could directly observe the construction and resource consumption within the territory.

He picked up a wooden chopstick and drew a circle around the perimeter of the virtual sandbox which was also the 2,000 meter mark from his graveyard.

Two thousand meters was the dividing line.

Within the 2,000 meters range, after two days of clearing, most of the zombies were cleared.

It was considered safe for now, making it suitable to establish as the first circle of defense.

Things got rather complicated beyond the 2,000 meters mark.

Apart from the dark fog, there were also many zombies and other human lords.

Those were unknown variables.

How could he allow outsiders to snore loudly by his bedside?

He was after all the number one lord in the world right now.

As for the five-man party, they were brazen enough to offend someone superior to them and plot against his subordinates.

Zheng Jingze, who had done this before, was now a fertilizer for the grass growing on his grave.

Lin Ye quietly added their names to the blacklist when Adelia told him about the five of them.

Of course, before taking revenge, he still had to prepare a defense strategy.

Stable progress was the most important thing right now.

"The outer region can serve as the first defensive line. His available resources are Level 1 Wooden Fences and Level 3 Stone Fences…"

Lin Ye pondered for a moment before placing the two fence blueprints along the defensive line.

Soon, the estimated cost of the materials needed appeared on the map.

At a glance, the number was still increasing rapidly by a few hundred per second.

A moment later, the calculation was completed.

The system displayed the calculation report: To establish a defensive circle at the 2,000 meters mark using fences. Total perimeter of the circle is 12,560 meters. After excluding ravines, bushes, hills, and rivers along the way, 4,623 meters is left. One fence is 10 meters. In total, 463 units of fence are required.

Level 1 Wooden Fence: 1 unit requires 100 Wood, 1 Native Worker. Time Required: 10 hours! (Note: Number of blueprints and native worker's level can increase efficiency)

Effect: For every unit of wooden fence, it is able to defend against 100 Level 1 zombie attacks, 10 Level 2 zombie attacks, 5 Level 3 zombie attacks. Against anything above Level 4, the fence will instantly break!

Level 3 Stone Fence: 1 unit requires 300 Stone, 3 Native Workers. Time Required: 24 hours! (Note: Number of blueprints and native worker's level can increase efficiency)

Effect: For every unit of stone fence, it is able to defend against 300 Level 1 zombie attacks, 30 Level 2 zombie attacks, 15 Level 3 zombie attacks, 7 Level 4 zombie anything above Level 5, the fence will instantly break!

Estimated Resource Expenditure: Level 1 Wooden Fence. 46,300 Wood, 463 Native Workers. 100 hours needed for the entire construction.

Level 3 Stone Fence: 138,900 Stone, 926 Native Workers, 240 hours needed for the entire construction.

Reducing the number of native workers would greatly extend the time needed to complete the construction.

"It is actually going to take more than 200 hours." Lin Ye frowned slightly.

Frankly speaking, he was more inclined toward the stone fence.

A strong defense which was durable.

If this thing was placed at the perimeter, it would appear much more intimidating than a wooden fence.

As for the doubling of the number of native workers needed, it simply did not matter.

In any case, he was rich now and had sufficient population space. He was not afraid of manpower constraints at all.

However, the number of blueprints was a huge pit. He only received three Level 3 Stone Fence blueprints after opening all those treasure chests. The efficiency would be too slow.

On the other hand, he had a total of 500 Wooden Fence blueprints and more than 700 native workers upgrade scrolls. If they were used, the time needed would be reduced by at least half. 𝓁𝒾𝘣𝑟𝑒𝘢𝘥.𝘤𝘰𝑚

He compared the information of the blueprints of the two fences with the blueprints of other buildings.

A quick calculation later.

Lin Ye made a decision.

"Tru, gather everyone except the native workers who work in the fisheries."

He walked out of the bunker and shouted to Tru.

"My lord, is it a big operation?" Tru revealed a curious expression.

"Why are you wasting time? Hurry up and go." Lin Ye kicked him and scolded, "You've forgotten what I taught you again. I'm telling you to go and get the people, so stop chattering. If this happens again, you can go back to your underworld."

"I dare not forget, I dare not forget. The lord's words are the motto of my life. Even if I die, I will engrave these words on my tombstone…"

Tru shuddered with fear, wishing he could give himself a few tight slaps.

At noon, because he had doubted the lord's decision, his beef set meal was taken away and he could only eat the sad steamed buns.

But that was not considered awful for him.

If he had eaten steaming hot buns in the underworld three days ago, he would have been grinning in bed for three days.

However, everything changed after being recruited into Line Eye's territory.

In just two days, his taste buds had been renewed.

Sweet egg cream toast, fragrant ham instant noodles, and delicious pork skewers…

The temptation of Earth's delicacies was enough to make him drool just at the thought of them.

Hence, he would rather be a bootlicker to Lin Ye than return to the underworld for another day.

Betting on his future life, Tru's efficiency skyrocketed, but it caused a commotion outside the bunker.

In a few minutes, 197 native workers appeared outside the bunker.

Standing at the front was Worker One.

They had just finished transporting supplies and were exhausted when they were called over by Tru's men.

"My lord, we can't go on like this. We have to make dozens of warehouses. Otherwise, once it rains, the supplies outside the graveyard will perish."

Worker One raised his hand and suggested.

"That's why I called you here." Lin Ye smiled. The construction of the warehouses was within his calculations.

But that was not the main point.

He raised his hand and interrupted Worker One. He swept his gaze across everyone present and nodded inwardly.

Although they had only interacted with each other for two days, with good food by the chefs and good living conditions, the loyalty of all the native workers was almost 80%.

Obviously, as long as he didn't send them to their deaths.

If it was fast, it would be a week before all of them would be willing to sacrifice their lives for him. If it was slow, it would take around half a month.

Thinking up to this point, he took out 200 Intermediate Native Worker Upgrade Scrolls from his resource page and handed them to Worker One.

"Upgrade scrolls?!" Worker One's breathing quickened.

He never thought that there would be a day someone as lowly as him would actually have the right to use an upgrade scroll.

With the strict hierarchy of the underworld, whether it was soldiers, races, or religions, As long as they were living beings, raising one's class was a 'treasure' that every native longed after.

This was different from the delicacies previously. The value of the upgrade scrolls undoubtedly exceeded their own value. Even if the scrolls were given to a higher class native worker, it would make those people follow Lin Ye wholeheartedly.

Holding the upgrade scrolls in his hand, he felt his eyes burning…

Chapter 31

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. All your native workers were greatly touched. Their loyalty has increased to 100% and they have become your loyalists.]

[Effect: Construction speed has increased by 50%! You can make them work overtime overnight to build buildings within the territory!]

"This is good. From now on, I can rest at night even when the construction goes on!"

Lin Ye was elated when he heard the system's message.

Previously, although he had this idea, he was afraid that if he forced them too much, it would cause the native workers' loyalty to decrease.

Therefore, he had been prepared for them to take weeks to get closer.

But who would have thought that his unintentional actions would instead cause the 197 native workers to completely pledge their loyalty to him, triggering the passive effect of working overtime.

"My lord, can I use this now?"

Worker One handed out the upgrade scrolls one by one to the others and raised his hand nervously.

"Are you dumb? Go out and use them one by one on the high platform outside. Make a big commotion. It's best if everyone in the territory can hear you."

Lin Ye instructed.

"This…"

Worker One blinked, confused.

So be it.

What did leveling up have to do with going to the high platform and creating a commotion? The lord had such a strange request.

"If I tell you to go, then go. Stop wasting time." Lin Ye waved his hand, not bothering to explain. 𝓵𝙞𝒃𝓻𝓮𝙖𝓭.𝙘𝓸𝓶

He didn't know if these guys were really stupid or just pretending to be stupid.

Sometimes they were smart, sometimes they were muddle-headed, there were many times when they weren't at the same frequency as him, giving him endless headaches.

Therefore, he had no intention of explaining himself. It was a waste of time.

"Oh, okay."

Worker One responded and excitedly led the hundred plus people over to the platform.

The area of the elevated platform was not large, only 15 to 16 people could go up at once.

Lin Ye stood at the entrance of the bunker and watched.

The first to go up were Worker One and the nine native workers with the most contribution points.

They looked at each other, unable to conceal the excitement in their hearts.

"Let's tear them open!"

"We are willing to expand the territory for our lord!"

Worker One raised the upgrade scroll and, according to Lin Ye's instructions, took the lead in creating a huge commotion.

"We are willing to expand the territory for our lord!"

"We are willing to expand the territory for our lord!"

The other 100 or so people followed suit and shouted at the top of their lungs.

Soon, everyone in the territory turned their attention to the commotion.

"What's going on?"

"Have those guys suddenly gone crazy!?"

The rangers raised their eyebrows.

The cat-eared chefs smiled harmlessly.

The arrogant blacksmiths watched coldly.

Finally, it was the light armored shield soldiers.

They wiped their weapons, disdain clear on their faces.

Mere native workers dared to claim that they wanted to expand the territory for the lord? That's their f*cking slogan!

It was not that they were deliberately on opposing sides.

Instead, it was the influence from thousands of years of culture.

Native workers were always the cheapest working class in the underworld.

Even in Lin Ye's territory, this kind of discrimination was evident.

That is why Lin Ye decided to level up only the native workers.

Apart from creating a commotion, he wanted to take the opportunity to break this mindset.

He didn't care about the underworld, he only cared about his territory.

Here, what Lin Ye said was law.

As long as you are loyal to me, regardless of status, I will upgrade whoever I want. Don't talk to me about the unspoken rules of the underworld.

Of course, this was all for later. His ignorant citizens of the underworld had yet to understand the intentions of the great Lord Lin.

On the other hand, Priest Gran who was a Class 3 specialist had exceptional eyesight.

As he was healing the light armored shield soldiers, he saw the upgrade scroll in Worker One's hands from the corner of his eye. Shock flashed across his eyes.

At the next moment, three exclamation marks appeared in his head.

So many, so huge, so bright!

Many, in that there were more than a hundred upgrade scrolls in their hands.

In the underworld, only mid-level tribes which were above many could get their hands on it.

Huge, referring to Lin Ye's magnanimity.

These precious resources were like toys in his hands.

Like the Level 4 Body Strengthening Pill, the silver tier Wind Splitting Bow, and now the upgrade scrolls.

Tsk tsk, every move he made exuded the charm of a rich man.

As for the light, it was really bright.

Beams of golden light for upgrading descended, directly illuminating the high platform like a small sun.

It was eye-catching yet blinding. At the same time, it made people envious of their luck.

"I want it too!"

Priest Gran swallowed his saliva and muttered sourly.

And this was merely the beginning!

Ssssss—

More upgrade scrolls were torn apart and dozens of golden beams landed.

Bathed in the golden light, large amounts of knowledge particles quickly integrated into the minds of the native workers. Many things about buildings that they did not initially understand instantly became clear.

The golden light disappeared, and Worker One was pleasantly surprised. He stared at his hands and said excitedly, "Intermediate, I've finally entered the intermediate tier. Hahaha, this feels so good!"

"Boss, Boss, I've leveled up too!" A lackey native worker cheered enthusiastically.

"Father, did you see that? Your son is more awesome than you. I'm already at intermediate level and you're still a beginner. When I return to the underworld, you have to call me Master. This is life. You have no choice but to accept it. Hahaha!"

...

Looking at the happy native workers on the platform.

The rangers, light armored shield soldiers and blacksmiths, could no longer remain calm

"My lord, I'm willing to offer my precious loyalty. Please give me a chance. I want to level up too!"

Blacksmith One's face was flushed red. He led a group of burly blacksmiths and shouted loudly to show his loyalty.

The light armored shield soldiers were originally a little reserved, but seeing that their boss, Tru, who was also flushed red, not caring about his dignity as a soldier, joined the loyalty offering army of the blacksmiths…

One by one, they could no longer resist the temptation of the upgrade scroll and rushed forward.

"…"

The cat-eared chefs and rangers behind were dumbfounded.

However, they were smarter. They decided to retreat for now to advance further in the future. One of them ran to find Nicole, while the other ran to find Adelia.

There were clearly people who were close to them who were directly connected to the celestial heavens, so why did they have to follow these barbarians and squabble here?

"F*ck! These bastards, why didn't they bring me along for the benefits? I've treated their injuries for nothing. If there's a next time, I'll add fuel to the fire. They deserve to be hurt!"

Looking at the empty wounded soldiers' tents, Priest Gran stood at the same spot, staring with enraged orbs.

A moment later, Lin Ye was invited out of the bunker.

Even Adelia, who was about to rest, and Nicole, who was studying how to cook steak from the other world, arrived.

"My lord, we request to have the same treatment. You can't be so biased. Although Worker One and the rest have contributed a lot to the territory, in terms of contributions, our blacksmiths are definitely not inferior to them." Blacksmith One raised his hand and made an appeal.

Looking at the pairs of eager and passionate eyes below.

With a smile on his face, Lin Ye raised his hand, signaling everyone to be quiet and listen to him.

Whoosh—

What did it mean to obey orders?

This was textbook level acting!

Below the platform, the crowd of nearly eight hundred people suddenly fell silent.

Chapter 32

"Very well. It seems that the two days of education have been effective."

Lin Ye nodded in satisfaction. He lifted a finger. "First of all, although all of you are my people and have made great contributions to our territory, there is a difference between our relationship. In my territory, loyalty comes first while contribution comes second."

"Weapons, upgrade scrolls, living supplies, and so on. For people of the same contribution, I will prioritize the citizens whose loyalty has reached 100%."

"Amongst many of you, loyalty is only 60%. You know who you are."

"So, don't demand to be treated fairly. There has never been love without reason in this world."

"I, Lin Ye, am not a philanthropist either. It is a matter of employment relationship between us as well as fate that everyone has come to my territory. I will do my best to provide you with a superior environment, but if you wish to gain more, you will have to pay in advance."

"If you don't make enough contributions, fine!"

"Then be like Worker One and the others. They offer 100% of their loyalty to get my approval."

"I hereby promise all of you!"

"Regardless of their class and nobility, as a citizen of my territory, as long as you are willing to offer your 100% loyalty, I will not be stingy. As long as I have the resources, they will be for you to use."

"Unfortunately, the clamor for it among you guys is great but the offering of loyalty is minimal. I won't name anyone here."

At this point, he glanced subtly at the medical tent which Priest Gran was in.

"?"

What are you looking at me for? This makes it so awkward for me!

Gran couldn't keep a straight face.

He rubbed his nose but still did not express his stance. He seemed to think that since the situation was already so bad, it wouldn't make a difference even if it became worse.

Of course, it was understandable.

At his class, especially as Light Priests that all the major territories desperately sought after.

He had too many choices. Naturally, they would not take sides as easily as the native workers.

Once 100% loyalty was offered, it meant that they completely sold themselves to Lin Ye.

Priest Gran was not a fool. For Lin Ye to obtain his loyalty, he still needed to observe.

"Coughs."

To this, Lin Ye smiled, showing his white teeth in a bright smile.

But in the eyes of Priest Gran, it was as horrifying as the stare from the archbishop.

"Let me give him some face. This lord feels a little petty. I hope he doesn't make things difficult for me."

Priest Gran was a wily old fox in the underworld. He had seen all kinds of people.

He muttered inwardly and secretly increased his loyalty by 2%.

"..."

Lin Ye was expressionless as he sighed inwardly.

As expected of a high-class worker!

Just like Adelia previously, they looked approachable on the surface, but in fact, they were all arrogant.

If he did not touch the other party with his sincerity, they would not care about the small favors.

However, he was confident.

At this pace, in less than half a month, Priest Gran would have to obediently kneel down and be tamed by him.

"Let's buy the hearts of the blacksmiths and light armored shield soldiers first."

Lin Ye pondered and locked onto the target crowd.

Although these two classes were treated better than native workers, it was only marginally better. They still had a tough life in the underworld.

Now, life in the territory was completely different from living in the underworld.

Knowing Tru, these two classes were the most likely candidates to become loyalists.

Thinking up to this point, he took out 20 Class 2 Blacksmith and Soldier Upgrade Scrolls from his resource page.

The weak golden light released by the scroll was especially dazzling under the setting sun. 𝓵𝒊𝓫𝓻𝓮𝓪𝒅.𝓬𝓸𝙢

"Gulp—"

In an instant, the blacksmiths and light armored shield soldiers were staring at the scrolls anxiously.

He really had upgraded scrolls!

And they were the most suitable upgrade scrolls for them!

Mine!

It will definitely be mine!

A lion peeked from everyone's hearts, staring greedily at the upgrade scrolls as it let out a silent roar.

However, the scene was calm. The struggle was evident on their faces.

Although leveling up was good, they were still unwilling to become loyalists.

In the end, only 35 people walked out, each offering 100% loyalty to Lin Ye.

Among them, there were 9 blacksmiths and 26 light armored shield soldiers.

It was less than expected, but Lin Ye was pleased.

Among these 35 people were Blacksmith One and Tru.

These two were the leaders of the two major classes. As long as they expressed their stance, with a few more benefits given in the future, he didn't need to worry that the others would not change their minds.

Therefore, he didn't force them. He smiled and gave the upgrade scrolls to Tru and the others.

As they tore the scroll and bathed in the upgrading golden light,

Lin Ye looked at all the citizens below the platform and said with a smile, "Everyone, don't worry. Although you haven't given me your loyalty for the time being, it doesn't mean that you don't have a chance to obtain the upgrade scroll. I've said before that loyalty comes first and contribution comes second. Contribution is also a huge part of it."

"From today onwards, those who rank top 10 in the contribution rankings will receive upgrade scrolls or equipment of a higher level."

"There are other rewards for the soldiers who kill zombies on the frontline."

"For example, those who obtain treasure chests and blueprints, or those who provide information about high level zombies, will be given an upgrade scroll directly regardless of their contribution."

Upon hearing this, the eyes of all the citizens lit up.

"Long live our lord!"

"Long live our lord!"

Everyone cheered excitedly.

After they calmed down, Lin Ye went to the main topic.

"After this, there will be a huge development in the territory. Therefore, I need everyone's help. I will issue orders one by one now. If there are any problems, let me know right now. However, if the tasks are not completed on time, don't blame me for being unreasonable."

Lin Ye's gaze swept over everyone below the stage.

Although he was young and his gaze was gentle, an invisible pressure fell on everyone's hearts like a heavy hammer.

They could not help but remember every word.

"The pressure of a superior."

Gran's eyes gleamed.

It was weak, but at such a young age, it was already not bad.

Besides, through these few things.

He saw the brilliant points of Lin Ye's humanity.

His love for talent, decisiveness, clear rewards and punishments, clear goals, and logical reasoning.

Those were all necessary requirements for an excellent lord.

Of course, there were also many flaws.

Such as…

He cherished life too much and was petty. He even felt a little scheming.

Even though he didn't say anything, his calm gaze could always run chills down his back.

Usually, these kinds of people were either ambitious or treacherous.

Hard to be friends, but easy to become enemies!

That statement was referring to them!

Chapter 33

His gaze swept across every determined gaze, and a sense of pride welled from within.

These were my people.

Mine!

Lin Ye stood on the platform, fists tightly clenched.

A seed sowed within his heart, growing rapidly under these admiring and respectful gazes.

He did not know what would happen in the future, but for now.

He enjoyed this indescribable feeling.

Of course, these complex emotions only flashed through his mind for an instant before they were suppressed by his strong willpower.

As his thoughts went back on track, Lin Ye nodded calmly. "I will take this silence as acknowledgement that no one has any objections. If that's the case, prepare to welcome the transformation of the territory."

At that, he looked at Worker One, who had just leveled up.

"In the underworld, you are lowly peasants without a name, discriminated against by other races. But from today onwards, I hope you can forget about the past. I will bestow the surname of Lin to all native workers who are 100% loyal. From you, your surname will be Lin and your name will be One, and so on!"

"Lin One, I have a name now…"

Worker One, no. It was Lin One now.

He muttered to himself as tears welled up in his eyes. The image of a burly man crying overwhelmed them.

Of course, it wasn't just him.

Almost all of the 100% loyal native workers were fighting back tears.

However, the emotions that they had been suppressing for a long time burst out like a flood.

From the initial silent sobbing, it eventually turned into a collective wail when someone cried out loud.

"Sobs, I have a name. I, Lin Five, finally have a name!"

"Father, your son is no longer just a number who doesn't even deserve a tombstone. My surname is Lin. My name is Lin Eleven!"

"Mother, my name is Lin Seven. Isn't it nice? You must have blessed me with this new life in the heavens. Don't worry. From now on, I will follow the lord and build the most powerful sacred city for him!"

"Grandfather, did you hear that? My name is Lin Nineteen. The neighboring warrior tribe's Gou Sheng can no longer laugh at us for being bastards without names! Our surname is Lin, and we have a name. Next time, we can confidently curse back. Hahaha, this feels great!"

...

Everyone was venting.

Years of grievance, humiliation, anger, and dissatisfaction turned into roars and tears that fell to the ground until everything was calm.

The process was a waste of time but Lin Ye did not interrupt them. He listened intently to each of their hearts' voices.

He always believed that the number in the 100% loyalty was just the beginning.

Only by understanding his citizens' wishes and liberating their grievances could he obtain their true loyalty.

Being nameless and without a surname was a great mental hurdle of the native workers in the underworld. After today, the character 'Lin' would probably be deeply ingrained into the hearts of every native worker. Only when one's own value was reflected would one start to feel a sense of belonging.

What he did not know was that his careless actions would create a terrifying clan for the future generations.

Father of all races, camps where monsters concentrated at, a name synonymous to terror…

In the end, they were collectively known as the Lin Clan!

If some Line were to find out about this, he would definitely shamelessly ask someone to set up a stone tablet and seal a letter. The glorious achievements of the Lin Family's Old Ancestor Lin Ye would spread throughout the entire universe.

Of course, that was all for later.

After venting for about ten minutes, Lin One and the others suddenly quieted down. The scene was engulfed in a pin drop silence.

They looked carefully at the light shield armored soldiers, the blacksmiths, the rangers, the cat-eared chefs…

Finally, they turned to look at Lin Ye on the platform.

"It's nice to meet you In One, Lin Two, Lin Three… Lin Hundred and Ninety Seven."

Lin Ye's voice was not loud, but he said it sincerely. He read each person's name tirelessly.

After that, he smiled and said elegantly, "It might be a little awkward to say after 99. If there are any characters that you like, you can add them in. Don't change it after you've confirmed it. A new name will accompany you for the rest of your life and your descendants will be blessed with this name forever."

"Thank you for giving me a name, my Lord! I, Lin One, swear to never change my name. I am willing to serve the Lin family for generations to come!"

Lin One's face was filled with fanaticism and excitement.

Under their boiling fervor, he led his brothers to kneel on the platform. He placed his hands on the ground and performed the highest form of etiquette as they kowtowed to Lin Ye.

197 people knelt in deference.

In such a huge graveyard, especially for Lin Ye, who still had the mindset of a person from Earth, the impact was not small.

Even the faces of Light Priest Gran, Elemental Ranger Adelia, and Cat-eared Chef Nicole lit up.

"My lord, my loyalty has also reached 100%. From today onwards, I'll change my name. I'll be called Adelia Lin. What do you think?" Adelia leaned against the wall on the second floor of the bunker and shouted with a smile.

"What changed her name? It's obvious that she wants to be the lady to our lord. For her to beat around the bush like this, she's too manipulative."

The cat-eared chef Nicole pouted and muttered unhappily.

However, she had underestimated the lethality of her words.

The entire place fell into a deafening silence as everyone stared at her.

Adelia Lin's face flushed red. She shouted, "Ah, my corpse poison is acting up! I'm going to faint!" Then, she ran away in her wooden slippers.

After she left, everyone burst into deafening laughter.

"Everyone is too bored." Lin Ye shook his head and laughed.

He took it as a joke.

Besides, before his parents and sister escaped, he did not dare to enjoy himself.

After the atmosphere became relaxed, Lin Ye started his territory reform plan.

He had already calculated the detailed steps in the virtual sandbox.

In the early stages, the territory would establish two lines of defense.

The first line of defense was at the two thousand meters mark, a defense circle made using wooden fences.

It could effectively defend against zombies and warn the human lords in the dark fog.

The second one was at the five hundred meters mark, made using stone fences. 𝙡𝓲𝙗𝙧𝓮𝒂𝒅.𝙘𝓸𝒎

This line of defense was mainly to save lives.

If anything were to happen, the stone fence could be used as a fortress and be guarded tightly. It would provide him with more time to save himself.

Lin Ye quickly told Lin One his thoughts. Lin Ye patted Lin One's shoulder and said solemnly, "Lin One, this is the recruitment order and the blueprints of the two types of fence. I'll leave the construction of the defense circle to you. If you don't have enough manpower, go to the bunker to recruit native workers. I've added your name to the Civilization Archive. All the resources are yours to use. I only have one condition. In five days, before the corpse tide arrives, the construction must be completed."

"I…" Lin One gasped.

Now that he was an Intermediate Native Worker, he naturally knew how important and complicated the defense project mentioned by the lord was.

For ten days of work to be squeezed into five days, it was an incredibly stressful task.

However, looking at Lin Ye's expectant gaze, Lin One's made up his mind. He gritted his teeth and said, "I will not let you down!"

He had already made plans to recruit his father's clan's talents.

It was alright for them to work harder since they were family. There was a high chance of completing this task if they operated overnight in shifts.

He just hoped that his dad wouldn't beat him to death when he found out!

"Everything is for the lord!"

Lin One secretly cheered himself on. His face revealed the valiant yet tragic look of a warrior cutting off his wrist.

He puffed up his chest and walked towards the recruitment hall.

Chapter 34

"Lin One, wait!"

Lin Ye seemed to have thought of something and instructed loudly, "Don't forget to build another 30 Level 1 Warehouses and 10 Level 3 Breeding Fields. The blueprints are all in the bunker. Go and find them yourself."

"!"

Lin One had just reached the door of the bunker when he suddenly heard those words. The soles of his feet jellied and he almost died on the spot.

Originally, the 10 working days needed for the construction of the fence defense circle which had to be squeezed into 5 days was already a huge challenge. Now, another 30 warehouses and 30 Level 3 breeding fields had to be constructed.

Although the workload was nothing compared to the defense circle's fence, the breeding field was of a higher level.

At least a few more hours would be wasted.

Furthermore, they were a little short on manpower.

His father's tribe's elites were probably not enough. His father would have to personally take part in the construction of the Level 3 breeding field.

Well, if it wasn't enough, Uncle, Granduncle, Cousin, 9527 from Aunt's house next door, 9394's siblings…

He called all his relatives over. They would share both fortune and misfortune together.

Besides, his lord was the most promising Lord in the world. He provided the best food and shelter. He shouldn't let outsiders take advantage of this.

With that in mind, he waved his hand from afar and said, "My lord, you must give me extras for tonight's meal. I'm taking this beating for official business. You must remember this." 𝑙𝘪𝑏𝓇ℯ𝑎𝒹.𝒸𝘰𝓂

After saying some incoherent nonsense, Lin One generously stepped into the recruitment hall.

"?"

Lin Ye had a look of surprise on his face.

Who would hit you? I'm giving you a chance to make a name for yourself.

Ridiculous!

He couldn't be bothered with them and turned to look at Tru and the others.

While he was telling Lin One about the defense circle.

The upgrade of these 35 people had just ended. 99% of them successfully advanced to Class 2.

Only one of them, a light armored shield soldier with a yellowish face, failed at the end of the upgrade.

"This should be considered a part of the European King's fate, right? This is a special upgrade scroll with a 99% success rate and I can still fail it. No one else has this luck."

Lin Ye looked over with pity.

That look did it and the yellow-faced warrior couldn't hold it in any longer as he bawled.

"My lord, I've let you down. I wasted a precious upgrade scroll!"

He was crying sadly, but before Lin Ye could say anything, Tru's face turned as black as the bottom of a pot. He went up and gave the soldier a beating as he cursed, "Trash, I told you to train properly, but you didn't listen. The value of that Soldier Upgrade Scroll is enough to buy ten of your lives!"

"The other brothers haven't even gotten a scroll. I really want to beat you to death, you bastard!"

The more he scolded, the more suffocated he felt. Even a few of Tru's personal guards were filled with hatred and joined him in beating up the other guy.

In the underworld, both living supplies and cultivation resources were the most important things.

Things like Body Strengthening Pills, upgrade scrolls, blue tier weapons…

These items were only left for main disciples, even for clans with more than 10,000 people.

For Class 1 attributeless soldiers like them, they did not even have the qualifications to look at those precious things.

But in their lord's territory, they received the same treatment as main disciples of large clans. They were touched by the treatment and hated their teammate for being so disappointing.

"Alright, stop acting."

Lin Ye rolled his eyes. This fellow, Tru, was smart. He seemed to be beating him up fiercely, but in reality, they were just superficial wounds.

Once Gran cast a healing spell, he recovered in a few minutes.

He was clearly protecting his personal guards in secret.

He understood and did not blame him.

They had given him their 100% loyalty anyway. If he really broke him, he would be the one whose heart would ache.

"Lord is wise. I can't hide it from you."

Tru stopped and scratched his head, a goofy smile on his face. In the end, he kicked his own brother in the shin. "Get up, pig."

"Oh-kay."

The defeated shield armored soldier crawled up weakly. His entire body was covered in dust and dirt and he looked extremely miserable.

But he did not wipe it away. His heart was filled with guilt. He lowered his head like a child who had done something wrong and did not dare to look into Lin Ye's eyes.

"It's okay. Failure is the mother of success. Just treat it as a lesson."

Lin Ye smiled and asked, "What's your name?"

"Ron… Ron."

The yellow-faced warrior said with a trembling voice, afraid that Lin Ye would chase him back to the underworld.

"Don't be afraid. I've said it before. Loyalty is number one in my territory. I don't care about a mere upgrade scroll. Since you've offered your loyalty, you're family. We're on the same side. So what if you fail? Take this. If you don't advance, then continue to ask me for it. I've more than enough!"

Lin Ye generously took out a Soldier Upgrade Scroll and placed it firmly in Ron's stiff hands.

"My lord?"

Ron's eyes widened comically, and he felt as if the world had suddenly become unreal.

He had failed his advancement. Instead of blaming him and punishing him, his lord had comforted him and gave him a second soldier upgrade scroll.

"Really, try it if you don't believe me," Lin Ye encouraged.

"Bro, can you hit me again? I'm feeling a little dizzy," Ron cried to Tru.

"I'll satisfy your request." Tru bared his teeth, revealing his yellow teeth. His clay pot-sized fist made cracking sounds as he went up and used several skills, beating Ron until he cried out in pain.

"Stop it, stop it, brother, I'm awake, really…" Ron begged, but Tru and the others ignored him completely and continued to beat him.

In their words, their lord did not blame him, but the brothers did not agree.

A soldier upgrade scroll was equivalent to a few lives. If they did not beat him up, how will he remember? Of course, there were two reasons.

Firstly, it was to teach Ron a lesson. Secondly, it was to show the people below. Otherwise, everyone would use loyalty as a bargaining chip and wantonly waste the lord's resources.

At this rate, even if their lord's wealth was comparable to that of a country, he would not be able to withstand such a waste when the population increased.

Lin Ye understood this and did not stop him.

When the farce was over, Ron was carried down by a couple of close friends.

Even though he looked like he was covered in injuries and had bruises all over his body, this fellow didn't hold a grudge against his brothers and instead heaved a sigh of relief.

His determination to become stronger grew stronger.

When his physique was stronger, he would use this scroll again. He had to succeed in one try. He could not disappoint his lord and brothers.

The soldiers, blacksmiths, rangers, and chefs watching from below the platform were all shaken.

Regardless of whether their lord was putting on a show or not, his magnanimity was enough to convince many people.

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. Your magnanimity has touched all the blacksmiths. Their loyalty has increased to 75%! Forging speed has increased by 20%!]

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. Your magnanimity has touched all the rangers. Their loyalty has increased to 80%! Archery skills have increased by 25%!]

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. Your magnanimity has touched all the Light Armored Shield Soldiers. Their loyalty has increased to 80%! Morale increased by 25%!]

He listened to the system's good news.

Lin Ye was in a good mood. He took out the recruitment order and recruited 1000 Level 1 Attributeless soldiers, 500 Class 1 Rangers, and 500 Class 1 Blacksmiths from the bunker. The remaining 1,000 plus population space was left for Lin One to summon his own native worker clan to help with the construction.

With that, the overall combat ability of the territory soared!

Chapter 35

"Tru, after dinner, split these 1000 attributeless warriors into teams of 100 people each. Each team will be led by a few Class 2 warriors whose loyalty has reached 100%. After familiarizing yourselves with them, quickly bring them to the barracks for training."

"Follow the training blueprint for the light armored shield soldiers first. I will instruct the armory about the spears and shields."

"You only need to focus on training. Also, the other Class 2 soldiers shouldn't be idle either. Make use of the blueprint for the training of Class 2 Gladiators. If you only have the body of a Class 2 soldier without the skills of one, your strength will be reduced by at least half."

Lin Ye reminded Tru as he handed over the authority of the newly recruited attributeless soldiers to him.

"Don't worry, my lord. All the attributeless soldiers will be able to become Class 1 light armored shield soldiers by tomorrow morning. The few older ones won't have any problems. Even if we have to stay up late, I will train them into Class 2 Gladiators." Tru patted his chest confidently.

Just a joke but if he could still mess things up with all the resources given to him, he would be no different from a pig.

Spit! Wrong, he would be worse than a pig.

"Alright, as long as you're confident."

Lin Ye nodded, and then waved his hand again, speaking secretively in a low voice: "I'll give you older guys a hint. Work hard these two days. Find as many treasure chests and resources as you can, and increase your contribution points. I will help you increase your strength. Within seven days, if anyone can break through to Class 3, I will grant the person a great opportunity."

"A great opportunity!" Tru's bell-sized eyes instantly lit up.

For it to be called a great opportunity by the lord, it was definitely something extraordinary.

The curiosity in his heart was itching like mad.

He wanted to ask, but when he saw his lord's half-smile, he suddenly stopped.

This was a taboo for his lord – to question his actions.

He had a vague grasp of Lin Ye's personality. Don't question, don't ask, don't complain.

Just focus on doing your job.

If it was yours, even if you don't fight for it, the lord would find a way to give it to you. But it was a big taboo to take it without permission.

Thinking of this, he pushed down the curiosity and excitement in his heart. He nodded and said, "Yes, my lord, I will not disappoint you!"

With that, Tru turned and stalked toward the recruits.

At this moment, a thousand attributeless soldiers had just teleported over from the bitter underworld.

All of them were like country bumpkins as they looked around and exclaimed from time to time.

"Ah, didn't the chief say that the humans during the early stages were all crotchety? So why is it that I feel that the development of this place isn't any worse than the camps of great clans?"

"Look over there, it's the cat-eared chefs. Are they making delicious food? It smells so good. I want to eat it!"

"That food looks strange. I feel like I've never seen it before. However, since it was food produced by the cat-eared chefs it must be of top quality."

"From the looks of it, the territory we were recruited into is powerful."

….

As they were conversing, Tru raised his rough voice and roared, "All of you, keep quiet! Silence! What are you looking at? I'm talking about all of you! You're just a bunch of ignorant new recruits. Don't be dissatisfied. This great person's name is Tru. I'm the commander of the Class 2 soldiers under the lord. The lord has already given me the authority."

"Don't say that I'm using my authority to suppress you. Everyone has a chance today. If you aren't convinced, come out and duel me. If you defeat me, you will be the new commander of the territory."

As soon as he said this, the crowd exploded. These new recruits were all newborn calves who were not afraid of tigers. They all stepped forward to challenge him.

Tru was not afraid. After knowing his lord's intentions, he wanted to show off in front of the new recruits.

Even the title of commander of the soldiers was something he gave himself.

He could tell that Lin Ye felt assured with his loyalists and did not have any intention of hegemony.

As long as his subordinates were capable, Lin Ye would relinquish his authority.

This was unimaginable in the underworld. To him, it was both an opportunity and a form of training.

Soon, the entire training ground was thrown into chaos.

The group of burly warriors were either competing or wrestling and fights were taking place everywhere.

Lin Ye glanced at the scene, relief in his eyes.

Ignorant fool?

It was something similar but a little different.

This fellow was sometimes as foolish as an ox, but he wasn't stupid.

Just like when he was dealing with Ron, he was full of small tricks.

Sometimes, Lin Ye had seen parts of him comparable to Zhang Fei in the novels about the Warring States.

There was a subtlety in his roughness. He was stupid when he should be, and scheming when needed. That was good.

"I hope you won't disappoint me."

He muttered under his breath and finally looked over to the attentive gazes of the blacksmiths.

"My lord!" Blacksmith One was so excited that he could not sit still.

As a blacksmith, he was a mature and steady person. Every craftsmanship required perfection.

This way, they were able to obtain the number one throne in the highly competitive underworld clans.

But now, that calm heart was roaring.

And all that was caused by this young human lord in front of him.

It was him who fulfilled his lifelong wish and allowed him to advance to a Class 2 blacksmith.

"Take it easy. You seem to have something to say to me." Lin Ye chuckled.

"Yes, I do." Blacksmith One nodded repeatedly and continued, "My lord, after advancing to the Class 2, my name has been unlocked. However, I don't want the surname given to me by the tribe. I, too, wish to join the Lin clan. Please give your permission."

A blacksmith was a notch higher than a native worker. Unless a native worker made great contributions in the underworld, they would never be given a surname.

But for blacksmiths, it was different. It was because they had once made a mistake and were suppressed to become lower class citizens. Only when they reached Class 2 could their original names be restored.

But now, after seeing Lin One and the others' performance, Blacksmith One changed his mind.

"It's a small matter. As long as you're willing." Lin Ye nodded and casually asked, "What was your name in the past?"

"Well…"

Blacksmith One's face flushed red and he hesitated. After a long while, he finally managed to say, "Hammer!"

"…"

Everyone fell silent.

On the high platform, the other Class 2 blacksmiths snickered.

Fortunately, this place was quite a distance away from the main group below the stage. Otherwise, this would have been the darkest day in history for 'Hammer'.

Lin Ye blinked and the smile on his face widened.

He wanted to laugh out loud, but after thinking about it, he held himself back. 𝘭𝑖𝑏𝘳ℯ𝑎𝑑.𝒸ℴ𝘮

"Ahem…"

He coughed lightly and changed the topic. "Regarding your name, you can decide for yourself. Remember, you can't be called Lin Jianguo. Wait, something's not right. You can't have a name with the character 'Jian'. You can also tell others about this. Do you understand?"

"Yes, I understand."

'Hammer' nodded slowly.

Lin Jianguo? The lord's father?

He felt a lingering fear in his heart. Fortunately, the lord was smart and had told him in advance. Otherwise, he would be in big trouble.

After that, it was the same thing. Lin Ye handed the 500 new blacksmiths to 'Hammer' and let them forge the spears and shields for the new recruits.

Right at this moment, something strange occurred in the distance.

The patrolling teams that were two thousand meters away fled back in panic. All of their faces were pale as they shouted towards Lin Ye.

"My lord, things are not looking good. A zombie wave is coming from the north!"

Chapter 36

"Zombie wave?" Lin Ye raised his eyebrows.

Didn't the Civilization Archive mention that there would only be a zombie wave every seven days?

It was only the second day now. There was no reason for the wave to arrive early.

Was it because I was too strong? Did the system want to reward me with some experience to level up?

Lin Ye narrowed his eyes and fell into deep thought.

The thousands of soldiers in the training grounds stopped their fights.

Pairs of tiger eyes turned to the patrolling soldiers.

What did they just hear?

Zombie wave?

Hammer! It was time to make a name for himself!

They had already obtained information from the older soldiers.

The more enemies they killed, the more contribution points they would get. They would be given upgrade scrolls or high-level equipment.

When they heard this news, the eyes of the thousands of new soldiers lit up and they almost drooled.

If not for the fact that their lord was holding them there, they would have rushed to the front line and killed the invading zombie wave.

On the contrary, the few patrolling soldiers who had escaped were dumbfounded.

They were still instinctively shouting, "It is bad! The zombie… zombie wave…"

The more they shouted, the softer they became.

In the end, they swallowed. The word 'here' seemed to be enticing the thousands of excited eyes.

What was going on?!

At first, they were really frightened by the zombie wave.

Although their lord was rich, he only recruited a few hundred Class 1 soldiers.

If hundreds of Class 1 soldiers were to clash with the thousands of zombies, even if they won, it was unknown how many lower class soldiers would be sacrificed.

Therefore, on the way back, everyone was solemn and it even wavered their loyalty, wanting to escape back to the underworld.

However, when they entered the inner circle of the territory and met those hungry eyes, their mouths gaped so wide that they almost could stuff eggs into them.

"Gods… this number… is at least 2,000!" Someone was flabbergasted.

"As expected of the lord. In less than half a day, our army of soldiers has increased by several folds. It's simply crazy." Someone said with reverence.

"What are you standing there mutely for? Come here."

Lin Ye's shout startled the few patrolling soldiers.

When they arrived, Lin Ye asked, "What's going on at the front line, why is there a zombie wave?"

"We don't know either. The south, east, and west directions have always been safe since we've cleaned up the area well. The only exception was the north. Perhaps it's because of the Haunted House, but there are too many zombies there. We didn't dare to go over recklessly. However, about ten minutes ago, something strange happened in the north. Before we arrived, we saw a wave of more than a thousand zombies coming from the north. Their target was clear, and they were heading straight for our territory," the leader of the patrol replied truthfully. 𝘭𝒾𝒷𝓇𝘦𝑎𝑑.𝒸ℴ𝓂

"Zombie wave? Just this?" Lin Ye shook his head, a bit disappointed.

However, this was good as well. He had just strengthened his troops and could treat this as training.

"My lord, I'm not trying to make a mountain out of a molehill but I'm afraid it's not that simple."

At this moment, the elegant and easy-going Light Priest Gran walked over and interrupted with a serious expression.

As he showed his presence, he also revealed his other talent to Lin Ye.

"What do you mean," Lin Ye asked calmly.

"The zombie wave is mentioned in the ancient books of every clan. Except for the seven-day killing tribulation, under normal circumstances, even a zombie king with high intelligence will not casually lead its minions to attack. This is a rule set by the gods. Zombies can never cross that line, but there are a few situations where they are no longer restricted by those rules."

"The so-called special circumstances are, for example, humans themselves."

Priest Gran looked straight at Lin Ye and paused for a moment before continuing, "There have been strategies since ancient times to invoke fights between parties while the bystander benefits. Perhaps the lord has offended someone, or that someone wishes to use the zombies to kill the lord. They can use humans to attract the zombies in the north to attack."

After speaking, he lowered his head and ended there.

"You mean the five-man team!" Lin Ye's thoughts raced, and he instantly caught onto a trace of something fishy going on.

However, it was not time to guess now.

Tap-tap-tap…

The sound of footsteps was getting closer.

As far as his eyes could see, he could already vaguely see the silhouette of the zombie wave eight hundred meters away.

The large number of zombies was letting out heavy cackling sounds. Their eyes were bloodshot as they charged towards the camp crazily.

"Tru, Adelia," Lin Ye called out immediately.

"I'm here!" Tru, who was in the crowd, replied loudly.

"I'm ready for your orders!"

On the second floor of the bunker, Adelia leaped and landed in front of him.

"Give the recruits a show. Adelia will command 600 rangers as a cover. Shoot at the wave of zombies from a distance first. After that, Tru and the other Class 2 soldiers will lead the charge. Lead your light armored shield soldiers as the front. Only when the third wave comes, will it be the new recruits' turn."

Lin Ye swept his glance across everyone and said calmly, "Let's get this straight. In terms of equipment, manpower, and level, we should completely crush the zombie wave. If any team has more than five deaths, all contribution points for the week will be wiped off, and living supplies will be reduced to the lowest standard."

As soon as he said that, both the veterans and the new recruits straightened up. Their excitement was instantly swept away.

"I look forward to your performance. Go then, let the corpses of the zombies become your accomplishments!" Lin Ye waved his hand, pointing at the incoming zombie wave.

"Rangers, enter the 300-meter range and rain arrows down on them from afar!"

Adelia's gaze sharpened. Although she was injured and could only shoot three times a day, her dynamic vision was completely unaffected.

Watching as the zombies pressed closer, she raised her fingers. "Ten, nine…. three, two, one."

"Shoot!"

Swish! Swish! Swish!

As soon as she finished speaking, more than six hundred arrows tore through the air and fell into the center of the zombie wave like raindrops.

Gurgles!

Blood appeared above the heads of hundreds of zombies.

In an instant, more than forty of them were killed.

After shooting five times in a row, it immediately caused quite a stir among the zombie wave.

There were those which tripped and fell, those which were stepped and trampled on. A gap formed momentarily within the zombie wave.

The ones at the front were only a hundred meters away from the graveyard.

Tru took out his spear and shield. He slammed the shield with the spear in his hand.

"Thud!" A dull sound was heard. While attracting the zombies, it also caught the attention of the light armored shield soldiers.

"Cone-shaped formation, line up!"

He bellowed.

The light armored shield soldiers followed the instructions and quickly arranged themselves into a cone-shaped formation.

At this moment, the zombies in the front row were only 50 meters away. Tru roared, "Charge!"

Whoosh—

300 light armored shield soldiers, with the 25 Class 2 soldiers on the front led by Tru, charged straight into the zombie wave like tyrannical pikes.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

As soon as the zombies in the front row touched the shields, the terrifying power instantly crushed those Level 1 zombies like a bulldozer.

Zombies were sent flying one after another. As soon as they landed on the ground, the veterans drew their spears and quickly impaled the zombies through the gaps in their shields.

After a few rounds, 70% of the zombies in the front row had been cleared.

While the fight was in full swing,

In the dense forest 500 meters to the west, dozens of stealthy figures circled behind and reached the back of the Line Eye's territory.

Chapter 37

Going back in time. Two hours ago.

When Adelia returned to the graveyard injured, a few rangers in blue windbreakers followed behind her.

They stole a glance at the relatively 'luxurious' camp and silently envied it for a while before secretly returning.

Ten minutes later, a team of fifty people rushed over.

They were the five human lords who had attacked Adelia alongside the rangers who they had recruited.

The leader was a bald man with large tattooed arms. His face was fierce as he stared at the camp.

His pupils constricted, and the greed in his eyes was undisguised. He grinned and said, "Good fellow, your luck is quite good. You've already developed to this scale on the second day of arrival. Your speed is more than ten times faster than the eight of us."

"Brother Qiang, this is troublesome. I think we better run. There's no need to offend the strong just because of a Silver Treasure Chest."

A pale-faced young man behind him groaned inwardly.

If he had known that the other party was so powerful, he would never have dared to ambush him with Brother Qiang.

"Run my a**! People have to die first. In this day and age, those who starve to death are cowards and those who are brave will get a full tummy! Little Qi, it's not that I'm looking down on you. Bullying the weak and fearing the strong is your weakness. If you're not ruthless, whether it's on Earth or the other world, you're useless."

The tattooed man revealed a look of disdain. Then, he turned to look in the direction of Lin Ye's territory. Especially when he saw the Level 5 bunker, the greed in his eyes intensified.

He licked his dry lips as his eyes flickered. "This bastard must have discovered some unknown loophole. As long as we can get him, we will definitely be able to gain some benefits. We might even be able to play around in this world."

"Brothers, are you interested in fighting alongside me?" 𝘭𝒾𝑏𝓇𝘦𝒶𝘥.𝘤𝘰𝑚

His gaze swept across the other four.

Brother Qiang was disappointed that no one dared to look him in the eye. They seemed to be frightened by the powerful lord in front of them.

"Brother Qiang, it's not that we don't want to give you face, but looking at the scale, this person has at least 700 to 800 soldiers. For us, even if we add the Boss's team, we'll only be 90 people at most. We can't even compare to a fraction of that. There's no way to fight this battle." Someone objected.

"Bullshit! A bunch of cowards! If you're a coward, just admit it, stop making excuses!" The tattooed man cursed angrily.

His gaze was fixed on a refined student wearing glasses at the very edge.

He was young and looked like he was only 18 or 19 years old. If he was on Earth, he would be a university freshman.

"Glasses, you're smart. Think of a solution for Brother Qiang. Once it's done, I promise you that I'll protect the girl in the camp. Even if my brother wants her, I'll help you hold him back," the tattooed man said with a burning gaze.

"You will keep your word?" The scholar looked up. The lenses reflected a different color in the setting sun.

"People call me Liu Huaqiang in this world. My word definitely counts." The tattooed man patted his chest and guaranteed.

The scholar mused. After a moment, he looked up slowly. "It's not like there's no way…"

"Quick, tell me, you are making me anxious." The tattooed man was overjoyed and urged.

"On the surface, we have no hope of defeating the other party. The only chance we can take is with the zombies."

The student stood up and looked to the north. "We've sent people to investigate that area. The number of zombies there is definitely the largest in the surrounding area. There are probably several Haunted Houses there, and they are considered a sort of territory for zombies. I suspect that the zombie wave seven days later will most likely come from there."

"You mean, you want to make use of the zombies to deal with this guy?" The tattooed man raised his brows and hesitated.

They had done something similar before with a small number of zombies.

For example, using the Venom Zombie to plot against Adelia.

But even he had lingering fears about the zombie wave in the north.

Seemingly sensing the man's fear, the student continued, "If you don't want to take risks, how will you gain anything? Only by using your life can you close the gap between us and the man on the other side. I have a plan here. Everyone, listen to it first. If you think it's feasible, we can give it a try."

"Tell us about it first," Little Qi said solemnly.

Immediately, the five of them gathered together. The student said the plans he had, making everyone's blood boil with excitement as they listened on.

As long as they followed the student's instructions, there was a high chance of success.

"Indeed, in terms of schemes, only scholars like you can come up with such despicable tricks." The tattooed man laughed and looked at the scholar with an even more admiring gaze. "Glasses, follow me in the future. As long as I have food to eat, I will definitely not let my brothers starve."

"Sure," the scholar replied with a fake smile.

"Then, I'll leave this matter to you?" The tattooed man probed.

After all, going to the north to attract the aggression of the zombies was a life-threatening mission. The other four were cunning. They would not agree even if they were beaten to death.

"Sure. Everyone, wait for my news. When the zombie wave comes, take the opportunity to kill the lord and occupy his territory. As for those rangers and soldiers, don't worry about them. Their lord only has a boss-subordinate relationship with them. If he is dead, what can they do to us?"

"I'll wish for you guys' success. I'm going."

With that, the scholar adjusted his glasses, turned around, and led his eight rangers and two level 1 attributeless soldiers into the forest.

Half an hour later, in a huge graveyard four kilometers away.

Since they were in a party mode, their basic graveyard was much larger than the individual mode's.

The scholar ran all the way back with his subordinates, panting from exhaustion.

"The Fifth Lord is back!"

Along the way, native workers and rangers guarding the territory greeted them warmly.

"Boss, come out quickly. It's a joyous occasion." The scholar nodded his head and shouted loudly with a face full of smiles.

Moments later, two figures walked out of the camp.

It was a man and a woman. The man was not tall and was in his forties.

He was bald and had large tattooed arms, looking similar to Brother Qiang.

Comparatively, the woman was young and pretty, but there were a few palm prints on her face, as if she had been slapped.

A trace of coldness flashed across the scholar's eyes, but he hid it well.

"Glasses, what's the good news? Where's Qiangzi and the rest?" The bald boss didn't suspect anything and asked happily.

"Today, we caught a big fish with a blue-tier weapon. We used a little trick and killed him. Brother Qiang brought some people to occupy that guy's territory. You know me. My combat power is trash. I plant just from running. Brother Qiang asked me to bring some treasure back to show our respect to you."

As he spoke, the scholar smiled and took out a blue tier dagger from his Civilization Archive. He handed it to the bald boss.

"Aish, not bad. This is the first blue tier weapon of this camp."

The bald man was overjoyed. He took the dagger and examined it, his eyes full of smiles.

However, in the next moment, a cold glint flashed across his eyes and his vision was instantly dyed red.

Chapter 38

"Hehe—"

"You!"

The bald boss clutched his neck as his eyes widened in anger. He could not believe that he would die at the hands of a weak scholar.

Thump!

The body fell to the ground, dead.

"Chu Xiu, you, you killed someone!"

The pretty girl's face turned pale. She shouted in panic, "We… we have to run. When Boss Bai's friends come back, you'll die too. Get out of here. Hurry!"

"Don't be afraid, Sister Bao Er. Go and organize the living supplies."

Chu Xiu wiped the bloodied short dagger on the bald boss's corpse and retrieved the blue dagger.

He looked up at the pretty girl, his pale cheeks forcing a smile. "Trust me," he said with a smile. "I'll take care of it."

"Then, please be careful."

Zhang Bao'er glanced at him timidly before jogging back to her graveyard.

After the girl left, the rangers who had stayed behind in the graveyard sensed the commotion and rushed over.

When they saw the body of the bald boss and the expressionless Chu Xiu, it was too obvious.

The human lords were having an internal strife!

"Fifth Lord, what are you doing!" Someone asked boldly.

Chu Xiu didn't say anything but secretly made a gesture.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

The rangers who belonged to Chu Xiu outside the graveyard retaliated and quickly killed the rangers beside the bald boss's corpse.

"My lord, I've accomplished my mission."

A moment later, a tall male ranger walked over and said while cupping his fists.

"Chu Yang, according to the plan, we will divide the corpses of these people. Some of them will be left on the way to the powerful lord, while the rest will be left for you to go to the haunted house in the north to attract the zombie wave. Are you confident that you can do it?" Chu Xiu asked seriously.

"Yes I can, but I might die." Chu Yang's heart wavered slightly.

Although his name was given to him by his lord, he was still afraid to die.

Seemingly reading his thoughts, Chu Xiu smiled and said, "Don't worry. When you fulfill the mission requirements, I will remove the recruitment status. At that time, you will be a free man and can escape to the underworld via the teleportation array."

Upon hearing this, Chu Yang hesitated for a moment. However, in order to repay the Lord for giving him a name, he still agreed.

"Very good, I didn't misjudge you. Go now. These corpses have just died, and the smell of blood is strong. As long as you lead the zombie wave to a thousand meter range, they will automatically attack that human lord."

"After you are done, shoot an arrow in Brother Qiang's direction. I will immediately remove the recruitment status."

"In that case, my lord, we will never meet again!"

Chu Yang bowed deeply to him.

Removing the recruitment meant that they would never have the opportunity to get recruited for a second time in their lives.

This was the rule of the underworld. No underworld citizens could violate it. 𝓁𝒾𝘣𝑟𝑒𝘢𝘥.𝘤𝘰𝑚

Hence, after this separation, they would never meet again.

After completing the last bow to his lord, Chu Yang got up and brought his subordinates to quickly move the ten corpses out of the graveyard.

Seeing his original subordinate leave, Chu Xiu didn't stay idle.

He looted all the resources in Boss Bai's bunker and recruited another 32 rangers.

"Chu Xiu, I'm done packing—"

At this moment, Zhang Bao Er packed up her living supplies and rushed out.

"Sister Bauer, bring 20 rangers and wait for me at the river 1000 meters away," Chu Xiu said.

"What about you?" Zhang Bao'er asked.

"I still have one last problem to settle. Don't worry, as long as Sister Bauer is alive, I will never die."

A bright smile appeared on Chu Xiu's calm face, just like when they first met.

With that, he didn't care if Zhang Bao'er agreed or not and brought the remaining 12 rangers back to where Brother Qiang and the others were.

"Why did it take so long to finish?"

As soon as they met, Brother Qiang raised his eyebrows in displeasure.

It had been an hour and a half since Chu Xiu left. He was about to fly into a rage because of the wait.

"The bait is a little far away, but it's all done. You don't have to worry when you leave things up to me." Chu Xiu said seriously.

"You are so secretive. Where did you get the body from? There wouldn't be any problems with it, right?" Brother Qiang asked worriedly.

"Absolutely not. The bodies are all fresh out, and I've done it myself. The victim was a human lord a thousand meters away from us. I found him this morning when I was out looking for supplies. No background history. Just one man. Including his subordinates, there were exactly ten bodies, enough to attract the attention of the zombie wave."

"That's good." Brother Qiang heaved a sigh of relief.

For the past hour or so, his nerves had been tense.

Now that he was risking his life, he could not afford to be careless.

Initially, he was worried that a small sized scholar like Chu Xiu would be soft-hearted when he had to kill someone. If he couldn't do it, he would have to go personally.

He didn't expect Chu Xiu to be such a ruthless person. After killing someone, he was still able to keep a straight face. He had underestimated him in the past.

Of course, with his intelligence, he quickly forgot about this.

After all, to him, pillaging the super-rich lord was the most important thing.

"If we succeed in this raid, we will be taking off. If my brother knew, he would laugh even in his dreams."

Brother Qiang chuckled and looked towards the north.

As expected, Chu Xiu's subordinates had already started moving. There was a commotion coming from the Haunted House to their north, and he felt like he was one step closer to success.

"Of course, Boss Bai will be proud of you."

Chu Xiu complimented him plainly, but his eyes under his glasses were extremely cold.

Swish!

Ten minutes later, an arrow pierced through the air and landed in their direction.

"They found us?" Brother Qiang and the rest were shocked.

"No, that's my subordinate, Chu Yang. He succeeded and told us to go around the back."

Chu Xiu's eyes glinted as he explained.

As for the original plan to cancel the recruitment order, he chose to remain silent.

To him, be it people from Earth or the underworld, he only believed in dead people.

And the reason why he made such a crazy choice was because there were voices in his head constantly warning him.

He had to quickly leave this place. The owner of this territory was extremely dangerous.

If they angered him, it would definitely be a fight to death.

For the sake of Sister Bauer and himself, he could only think of ways to silence Chu Yang.

A moment later, there was a faint cry of anger and grief from afar, but very quickly, it was concealed by the zombie wave's growls.

"Let's go. The zombie wave is coming. Let's go around the back and wait for his soldiers to leave for the fight. That will be our chance." Chu Xiu adjusted his glasses and said calmly.

"Hahaha, good fellow. You're really something. I'll remember your meritorious service this time." Brother Qiang laughed.

During this time, he had discovered quite a few good things within Lin Ye's territory, and with his greed, he wished to take everything for himself.

"Let's go! Find a good place and prepare to fight!"

Chapter 39

On the other side, in the territory.

Tru was still leading the new recruits to massacre the zombies happily.

Meanwhile, Lin Ye and the others were standing on the high platform of the territory.

They looked on at the fight with interest, gossiping about who was killing more and who was fighting more bravely.

"My lord, I've already thought it through. From now on, I'll be called Lin Dachui. I'll have your surname, my original name, and it'll match my profession perfectly."

"Lin Dachui. When I become famous and forge weapons in the future, I'll take 80 zombie souls for each hammer. We'll be rich!"

As they chatted, chief blacksmith Lin Dachui was unwilling to fall behind. He felt that he had thought of a groundbreaking name and proudly reported it to his lord.

"Look at you being proud about that."

Lin Ye rolled his eyes and was too lazy to even comment. What was there to be proud of with such a lousy name?

He was the only one who liked it.

Looking at the ignorant Lin Dachui, he continued, "You've just advanced to Class 2. If you have that ambition, focus on learning Class 2 forging techniques. It just so happens that a blueprint for a blue tier black iron longsword dropped not long ago. Use that to practice. If you break it, throw it to the new recruits for them to play with it."

"Practice well. I might as well let you in a little. In a few days, I want to build a full platoon of Class 3 wolf cavalry soldiers."

"When the time comes, if you screw up in terms of your skill, don't blame me for recruiting other blacksmiths."

The bunker had reached Level 5. As long as the treasure chest dropped a Class 2 or 3 recruitment order, he could easily recruit higher-class workers. 𝘭𝒾𝒷𝓇𝘦𝑎𝑑.𝒸ℴ𝓂

Thus, these words weren't meant to intimidate Lin Dachui, but to remind him.

"Class 3 Wolf Cavalry Soldiers!"

Upon hearing that, Lin Dachui immediately put away his distracting thoughts, his eyes nearly glowing.

He chuckled and said, "Lord, you should have said so earlier. I'm good at forging equipment. Moreover, Class 2 and 3 blacksmiths from the underworld are all arrogant and not loyal."

"They only work three to four hours a day. Any more and they will lose their loyalty to you. In the end, not only will you have to pay their recruitment fee, they will even escape back to the underworld before the work is completed. This is a common routine for them. Unlike them, working overtime every day for us is as easy as playing."

"Alright, stop joking around. Bring the 500 new blacksmiths to familiarize themselves with the environment. Prepare the 1,000 sets of equipment for the light armored shield soldiers before noon tomorrow before you boast to me."

Lin Ye waved his hand. He couldn't be bothered to argue with Lin Dachui. If he had the time, he might as well watch Tru and the others kill zombies.

A moment later, the next zombie wave surged into the battlefield and clashed with thousands of new recruits, the field thrown in chaos.

Lin Ye's mouth was dry from watching. He turned his head to look at the kitchen on the side of the bunker and shouted, "Nicole, is the steak I want ready? Give me another cup of the '82' cola which I dropped during the day and use a glass to hold it."

"Oh, sure," Nicole replied.

As a matter of fact, she had already prepared the lord's meal, but she was a little apprehensive.

After all, she was only a beginner chef. She could handle simple instant noodles with no problem.

However, food like steak from the other world was not something she could handle easily.

In the end, she could only try cooking it according to her own talent and didn't know if it tasted good.

Soon, the female chef walked onto the platform with a wooden plate and a glass of cola.

The other chefs were tactful. They even carried the dining table that Tru had made to please Lin Ye and placed it in front of him for him to eat.

"My lord, this is the steak and cola you wanted."

Nicole carefully placed it on the dining table and said nervously, "I hope it suits your taste."

Lin Ye nodded. As he watched the light armored shield soldiers beat up the zombies, he leisurely used his blue tier weapon, New Moon Blade, to cut the steak and eat it.

"The taste is a little off, and the texture isn't good either." Lin Ye frowned. Compared to the delicious breakfast toast, the dinner steak was a little unsatisfactory.

This standard was about the same as him.

However, thinking that this was a different world in which condiments were far inferior to Earth, he did not mind.

He casually tossed Nicole a chef upgrade scroll.

"For… Advanced?!" Before Nicole could react, the eyes of the Priest Gran turned red.

He was a Class 3 Light Priest and was too familiar with the power of Class 3.

The golden ripples emitted from the upgrade scroll were definitely for Class 3.

Hearing that, Nicole was shocked.

She looked at Lin Ye in disbelief. She was so excited that she became incoherent. "My lord, I… I!"

"If I give it to you, accept it. My quality of life must not decrease. In the future, do your best. I won't listen to explanations." Lin Ye said with a straight face.

"Yes, my lord. Next time, I will definitely make the most delicious steak." Nicole accepted the upgrade scroll and promised.

Lin Ye responded symbolically.

After some thought, he decided to do a test.

He took out his Civilization Archive, took a photo of the steak and cola, and asked Priest Gran to take a full-body photo of him.

The backdrop happened to be the battle between the zombie wave and Tru and the others, while he looked up at the sky at a 45-degree angle and enjoyed the delicious food.

He clicked on his family channel and sent it!

"?"

Moments later, someone him in the channel.

There was no need to guess. It was his younger sister, Lin Wei.

Lin Wei: "Brother, did you discover a loophole? The development of your territory is too fast. If you did, tell me. I'm your biological sister. You can't leave me in the lurch. Sobs, these smelly zombies are bullying me for having too few subordinates. I want to take off too. I want to fight the zombies with an overwhelming force too. Also, I want steak and red wine. Tell me quickly, brother ~"

Lin Ye thought about it and said truthfully, "There is indeed a loophole."

When he said that, his parents who were watching from the side could no longer remain calm.

Lin Jianguo hurriedly said, "Beibei, is what you said true?"

His mother, Zhang Cuiling, also interjected, "Don't leave us hanging. Hurry up and tell us. There's nothing we can't tell our family."

Lin Ye pondered. He didn't dare to say it before.

He was afraid that his family members would be disappointed if he told them that the system had only given him the talent.

But Zhang Liang's matter gave him hope.

Other than him, other people seemed to have a chance, but the trigger conditions were unknown.

For him, it was due to the intense fluctuations in his consciousness. Zhang Liang's was probably due to his mental state exploding. It was more or less related to the mind.

After voicing his suspicions, the channel fell into a short silence.

Lin Wei: "Fluctuations in willpower? Ah, this thing is so vague and there's no special measuring device. Who knows how to trigger it?"

Lin Ye said, "You can try to train yourself. For example, stare at a certain spot without moving your eyes. After staring for a long time, you can train your willpower or try practicing your martial arts. This place is different from Earth. Everyone's way of triggering their talent is definitely different. You can try other methods."

Lin Wei: "I see, I'll give it a try then. I'll practice Eight Trigram Palms a hundred times today. What if it really awakens?"

With that, her sister ran off in a hurry.

Lin Ye shook his head.. He was still planning to chat with his mother and the others when he realized that Zhang Liang, who was tied up not too far away, was struggling desperately.

Chapter 40

"Why are you going crazy again!" Lin Ye frowned, feeling that something was wrong.

He remembered what Adelia said.

This kid's talent was diverse. Not only did he have treasure hunting characteristics, but he also seemed to have a foreseeing one.

At the thought of this, he gestured to the guard beside him and said, "Go and remove his gag."

The soldier had just removed the gag in Zhang Liang's mouth when he heard him shout anxiously, "Lin Ye, run! It's dangerous here, someone wants to kill you!"

As soon as these words left his mouth, quite a few people laughed loudly.

What a joke. This was the base camp of Lin Ye, a large camp with a population of 4,000.

Not to mention the small zombie wave that was about to be annihilated by Tru, even if they doubled it, the zombie wave still wouldn't be able to conquer this territory.

Therefore, these words were utter nonsense.

However, while everyone was laughing, Brother Qiang, Chu Xiu, and the rest who were hiding in the corpse pit 90 meters away from the grave were scared stiff. 𝘭𝑖𝑏𝘳ℯ𝑎𝑑.𝒸ℴ𝘮

Their faces were pale. They were afraid that if Tru and the others returned to defend, all their efforts would be wasted.

Fortunately, the people in the territory seemed to ignore Zhang Liang. Even Lin Ye was hesitating.

Although he was unwilling to believe it, it was better to be careful about his mysterious prediction talent.

In addition to the Purple Star Armor he was wearing, he subconsciously opened the weapon page from the Civilization Archive and was ready to take out the purple tier weapon MP9 for self-defense.

Not far away, inside the corpse pit.

Chu Xiu said with a serious expression, "Brother Qiang, we can't wait any longer. If we wait any longer, the zombie wave will be gone. We have to rush out immediately. If not, not only will we lose our chance, it will also be difficult for us to escape."

"How about we retreat first?"

At this point, Brother Qiang's confidence wavered. The closer he got to Lin Ye territory, the more nervous he became.

Lin Ye was much more powerful than he expected.

Just now, he saw the 500 man team of blacksmiths leave the platform. Who knew if he still had any trump cards.

Honestly speaking, the moment Zhang Liang spoke, he nearly pissed his pants.

In addition, that kid had no idea what was going on and kept saying that it was dangerous. Those who didn't know would think that they were exposed.

His nervous heartbeat was like a roller coaster ride, undulating up and down. Even a fierce man like him could not stand it.

"Retreat? It's too late."

A sharp glint flashed across Chu Xiu's eyes as he said sternly, "Brother Qiang, you were the one who said that you wanted to come and yet you are the one who is calling for the retreat too."

"All of us have given our lives to you but you are toying with us? In order to help you successfully occupy this bunker, I even sacrificed my most trusted ranger, Chu Yang. Now, you actually want to retreat?"

"Brother Qiang, I just want to ask you a question. Are you going or not? If not, I'll turn around and leave. Don't look for me if there's anything in the future. I can't afford to lose anymore."

Perhaps it was because of his provocation, Brother Qiang became a little agitated. He said angrily in a low voice, "Fine, I'll do it. F*ck, at most, I'll be a man again after 18 years. Chu Xiu, come with me. We'll lead from the left."

"Little Qi, you three flank him from the right. After killing that lord, go straight to the bunker and take everything from him by force."

After speaking, his face was covered in a ferocious glow as he swept his gaze across others.

"If you all dare to play your tricks here, even if I die, I will kill you all first!"

"That won't happen. Brother Qiang, after this is done, can you give me that Elemental Ranger? I've been single for 25 years, and don't have a girlfriend yet," the man called Little Qi teased.

"That's not an issue. Get him!"

Brother Qiang gave everyone a look and led a group of people to fight their way out.

The other three were the same, except for Chu Xiu who was at the back.

He pretended to take a few steps and ran away with his subordinates when Brother Qiang wasn't paying attention.

"Chu Xiu, f*ck you!"

When Brother Qiang realized this, he cursed in his heart.

The fire in his heart extinguished and he wanted to escape as well.

However, now that he was charging south, he was too close, one of the soldiers guarding the corner also noticed him.

"Enemy!"

The soldier was just about to shout when an arrow hit his head.

It was Little Qi's ranger.

Their speed was fast, and they had already charged over from the right.

Now, they were completely exposed.

However, they did not understand why Lin Ye did not panic, nor did he shout for help from his subordinates.

This guy was probably a fool.

Brother Qiang, who had been feeling uneasy, suddenly felt as if he had eaten a tranquilizer. He said happily, "Brothers, kill him!"

At the thought of the huge fortune that he was about to obtain, Brother Qiang was overjoyed. There were even small hops in his jog.

"Die!"

Little Qi's face revealed an ominous glint. He jumped onto the high platform in a few steps and charged towards Lin Ye.

He had always bullied the weak and feared the strong. Once there was an opportunity, he would be ruthless to everyone.

Bang!

Suddenly, the crisp sound of a gun rang.

The excitement on Little Qi's face had yet to disappear when a bullet hole mark appeared between his eyebrows.

The scene froze and his body fell to the ground.

"Firearms? Submachine guns?!"

"F*ck!"

Brother Qiang and the rest broke out in cold sweat.

Tap-tap-tap…

The pitch-black muzzle shone again and again.

The 2 human lords and 30 rangers following Little Qi were instantly killed.

Even though the rangers shot a few arrows at Lin Ye before they died, they were all blocked by the Purple Star Armor.

When Lin Ye turned around and raised his gun, he looked at Brother Qiang expressionlessly.

Thump!

Brother Qiang's newbie saber slipped out of his hand. His legs went soft and he knelt down on the spot.

"Brother, spare me! I was wrong! I'm just a lackey! Everything was that b*stard's idea! It has nothing to do with me!"

As he spoke, he pointed in the direction where Chu Xiu had fled.

However, at this moment, he could only see the other party's silhouette. He had already run 900 meters away.

Bang!

A single shot ended the bald man.

"Adelia!"

He called out from afar.

Adelia, who had consumed a Level 4 Body Strengthening Pill,

At this moment, she was already half a step into Class 4, and with the help of the silver tier weapon, the Wind Splitting Bow.

Within a thousand meter range, it was more powerful than a pistol.

Before they had sniper rifles, they were the most suitable units to deal precise damage to enemy units.

"Kill that guy!"

Lin Ye said coldly as he watched Chu Xiu run away.

How dare he use something so 'dangerous' like the zombie wave to scheme against him.

This kind of person was too bold and could not be left alive.

"Roger!"

With a few leaps, she jumped onto the top floor of the bunker and looked far ahead. Soon, she locked onto Chu Xiu, who had escaped.

Whoosh—

The Wind Splitting Bow was pulled taut, and wind elemental energy gathered on the surface of the arrow.

The next moment, the elemental arrow pierced through the air and transformed into a blue ray of light that shot towards Chu Xiu who was 900 meters away.

"You deserve to die!"

"I cannot die, I cannot!"

Chu Xiu was sweating profusely. His mind was about to explode from the inexplicable warning of danger.

At the same time, he also sensed the whistling wind behind him.

At the last moment, he decided to listen to his intuition and pounced in the opposite direction.

Gasp!

The arrow imbued with elemental power instantly pierced through Chu Xiu's shoulder, but it didn't take his life.

"Bring me to see Sister Bauer, quick!"

Chu Xiu endured the pain and ordered his ranger before he fainted.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, they carried him into the forest and disappeared.

Chapter 41

"He's not dead?"

Adelia looked startled.

Logically speaking, her elemental arrows had a 100% hit rate within a thousand meters. It was impossible for a mortal to avoid a fatal blow.

But that fellow…

She could not help but think of Zhang Liang. A talent maybe?

If that was the case, this fellow's reaction speed was definitely faster than Zhang Liang's.

With that thought in her mind, she dashed to 900 meters away.

She followed the blood stains on the ground and searched for dozens of meters, but there was no trace of him.

The forest had just been exposed to the scorching sun. The dried ground was hard and there were no footprints to follow.

There were still rangers in the opposing camp, and they had a lot of knowledge about anti-tracking.

It would not be easy to find him in such a huge forest.

A moment later, she returned to the camp.

Looking at the calm expression on Lin Ye's face, he lowered his head and said in shame, "I'm sorry, my lord. I screwed up again."

"I'll overlook it this time since you're injured but this will be the last time."

Lin Ye glanced at her and went to the bunker with a serious expression. 𝓵𝙞𝒃𝓻𝓮𝙖𝓭.𝙘𝓸𝓶

He planned to spend a lot of money to construct a Level 3 Breeding Field in advance.

The Civilization Archive's resource page had a blueprint for Class 3 Wolf Cavalry Warriors. With the breeding field, he would be able to recruit Class 3 Beast Soldiers – Earth Wolves.

These beast type soldiers were extremely good at tracking, far surpassing any human type soldier.

Originally, he expected it to be delayed for a few days. After all, Lin One and the others were only intermediate native workers. Their construction ability still had room for improvement.

However, he was determined to kill the person who had just escaped.

He vaguely remembered reading a certain novel in the past. It was about small-time villains like this who became braver the more setbacks they suffered. They were as tough as cockroaches.

Every time they didn't die, the next time they appeared, it would definitely be a destructive blow.

And that person was so similar to a villain from a novel he had read before.

Ruthless, vicious, decisive, and accurate judgment of the situation…

He seemed to be awakened too?

He had seen the power of Adelia's Elemental Arrow. It was impossible for ordinary people to survive it.

There was a high chance that he had a talent similar to Zhang Liang's.

He had to kill this dangerous person no matter what.

As soon as he stepped into the bunker's recruitment hall, he bumped into Lin One.

At this moment, Lin One was walking out of the teleportation portal with a large group of native workers.

"What happened to your face?" Lin Ye looked at Lin One strangely. He only asked Lin One to recruit thousands of native workers and not only did he waste so much time, he himself was looking like he had been beaten up by dozens of people. His face was swollen and the two trademark panda eyes were even showing.

"It's okay, it's okay."

Lin One smiled foolishly as he scratched his head. He pointed at the native workers who were walking behind him and introduced, "My lord, I spent a lot of time and effort to recruit all my family members from the tribe. In order to see if I have improved, my uncles greeted me warmly."

"Fortunately, I didn't embarrass my lord. They didn't manage to take advantage of us either. Hehe."

Hearing this, Lin Ye looked in the direction which he was pointing in.

As expected, the dozen of native workers at the front of the group bore resemblance to Lin One.

Similarly, their faces were more or less bruised.

They had probably fought in the recruitment hall while Tru and the rest were fighting the zombie wave.

Of course, there were exceptions. For example, the middle-aged man in the front row who was at the center of the group was the only elite native worker who was not injured at all.

What surprised Lin Ye the most was that this person was actually of the Advanced rank.

He remembered that after the upgrade of the bunker, it had specially hinted that higher-level native workers and blacksmiths needed new recruitment orders to be recruited.

Without an 'Advanced' recruitment order, he should be unable to recruit higher class native workers.

"Ahem…"

At this moment, Lin One coughed lightly and interrupted appropriately, "My lord, this is my father, Mus Baruch, an Advanced native worker. He once made great contributions to 1 of the 72 major cities in the underworld, Dragonblood City, and was given the surname of the Dragonblood Clan."

"It's a pity that my father is the only one in our entire clan who has the right to inherit the name. After he retired from Dragonblood City, he established a native worker tribe in our village. Now, he is the chief of the tribe. Because of my relationship with him, I used special channels and spent a little more zombie souls to bring him here."

"I see." Lin Ye nodded, looking as if he understood instantly.

As for what said channel was, he did not ask.

His gaze landed on the native worker who was also a tribe leader.

Mm, he did look somewhat like a leader.

He was dressed better than ordinary native workers. His clothes were neat and his face was handsome. He did not look like a native worker at all.

On the other hand, there were some small landlords in his biography.

As if reading Lin Ye's thoughts, Lin One added tactlessly, "My lord, even though my father is dressed well, he's really a native worker. This is the last piece of clothing he has without patches after returning from Dragonblood City. He only wears it when he meets with esteemed guests. On usual days, he dresses like us."

Unfilial son!

Mus Baruch was furious when he heard that.

If the lord was not here, he would have slapped this unfilial son until he cried loudly.

There were sons that harmed their fathers but was there anyone who did it like you?

He had given up on the Bloodline Teleportation Entry that he could only obtain every few decades, and now his son was trying to undermine him? He had his pride as well.

"Shut up if you don't know how to talk!"

He glared at his bastard of a son.

Then, he bowed and executed the noble etiquette he had learned from Dragonblood City decades ago. He said in a neither servile nor overbearing manner, "You must be the lord of your territory. I am Lin One's father, Mus Baruch. I am happy to meet a young and promising lord like you."

"At the same time, I thank you for thinking so highly of my stupid son and for giving him your name. On behalf of the Baruch Tribe, I offer my respects and am willing to serve you."

"It's nice to meet you too, Mus Baruch."

Lin Ye nodded with a smile. After helping the other party up, he hurriedly said, "Mus, you came at the right time. I have the blueprint for the Level 3 Breeding Field and I'll need your help."

"That won't be a problem. Lin One has already told me before coming. I've once built a Level 3 and even Level 4 Breeding Field in Dragonblood City so I'm experienced. In addition, with the lord's blueprint, I can be faster than other advanced native workers." Mus Baruch said confidently.

"That would be great, but I need it fixed in ten seconds."

As soon as Lin Ye said that, he almost scared Mus Baruch to death.

Are you kidding me?

Ten seconds. Do you think I'm the god of native workers?

"Don't worry, I don't have any intention of making things difficult for you. As you can see, my bunker has been upgraded to Level 5. For basic construction, I can exchange Zombie Souls for Breeding Field Construction Acceleration Scrolls. I don't have much of anything else, but I don't lack Zombie Souls. You can use them as you wish."

"I see." Hearing this, Mus Baruch heaved a sigh of relief and clicked his tongue inwardly.

His stupid son was not lying. This new human lord was simply outrageous.

The Level 3 Breeding Field did not seem high level, but it required at least 6 Acceleration Scrolls for its construction.

That was 6,000 Zombie Souls.

Oh my god, he got a good catch. He heard from his dumb son that if he did well here, he might be given an upgrade scroll as a reward.

Mm, in the long term, this did not seem like a loss.

Chapter 42

"This is the blueprint for the Level 3 Breeding Field."

Lin Ye opened the Civilization Archive's resource page and took the blueprint.

At the same time, he exchanged for 6 Breeding Field Acceleration Scrolls from the Level 5 bunker and handed them all to Mus Baruch.

"My lord, please wait for a moment. It'll be done soon."

Mus Baruch accepted it with a smile and instructed Lin One to take out a large amount of wood and stone from the warehouse. He brought the tools and jogged to an open space dozens of meters away.

Ding—

He picked up the tools and started constructing the breeding field according to the blueprint.

As he proceeded with the construction, he tore open the acceleration scrolls.

Six golden streams of light rained down and enveloped Mus Baruch and the breeding field.

"It feels good to be following such a rich guy!"

Mus Baruch sighed softly.

Even as an advanced native worker, he had never used Acceleration Scrolls so generously.

Six scrolls at once too.

Soon, the golden light enveloped him. At that moment, it was as if the god of native workers had blessed him with a divine blessing. His thoughts and actions instantly increased by more than ten times.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

He transformed into dozens of shadow clones and tackled the breeding field crazily.

[Progress +1%][Progress +1%][Progress +1%]…

[Construction Experience +1][Construction Experience +1][Construction Experience +1]…

"Feels great!"

While he was building rapidly, Mus Baruch was overjoyed.

His building experience, which had been stagnant for a long time, was increasing again. He could deeply sense that his construction skills were improving rapidly.

If he could get another dozen of Acceleration Scrolls, he could probably advance to Class 4 directly.

Before this, he didn't have much hope, but he saw hope from Lin Ye.

Silly son, he finally did something good.

Mus Baruch was overjoyed. It was as if he happily transformed into a little bee as he danced around the field.

In a short time, the large amount of stone and wood under his feet disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In contrast, the silhouette of a large Level 3 Breeding Field appeared. A few seconds later, the shadow solidified and appeared in its full glory.

"I've accomplished my mission." Mus Baruch wiped the sweat off his face. His face was pale, and he almost fell to the ground as if his soul had left him.

This was the aftereffect of the Acceleration Scroll. The bunker acceleration was a direct upgrade through the system.

For the other basic buildings, the acceleration scroll consumed the stamina of the native workers. Once the limit was exceeded, fatigue was one of the symptoms.

It was not a major problem and he would get better after a few hours' rest.

"You've worked hard."

Lin Ye took out 10 Intermediate Native Worker Upgrade Scrolls and stuffed them into Mus Baruch's hands.

F*ck!

Mus Baruch's eyes widened as his breathing quickened.

Although it was useless to him, it could use them to strengthen his tribe. Many of his cousins were stuck at the peak as beginner native workers, just short of this final step.

These 10 Level 2 Upgrade Scrolls were really timely.

Holding it in his hand, he was instantly engulfed in happiness.

Sobs—

This lord was too good. This was all his unfilial son, Lin One's fault. Such a good lord, his son should've recruited him as soon as possible.

If I had come earlier and distributed the upgrade scrolls during the day, I would have given the loyalty of my entire clan to the lord.

With that, he would have hundreds of upgrade scrolls in his hands.

Ahhh, this old man has made a loss of a few hundred million! (Heart OS: Roaring )

At the thought of this, Mus Baruch suddenly felt the ten upgrade scrolls in his hand become tasteless. At the same time, he looked at his son with resentment.

"?"

With regards to this, the ignorant Lin One blinked and scratched his head.

It felt like his father hated him at this moment.

Did I do something wrong?

Surely, he didn't. His father must be tired.

Mm, that must be it.

Indeed, his father was old and when one was old, they became useless. 𝘭𝘪𝑏𝑟ℯ𝒶𝑑.𝘤𝑜𝘮

I have to advise the lord next time since I still have to sit on the throne as the best native worker of this territory.

Father, just stay low and help me with the menial work.

Ah, I'm so filial.

Finally, he bared his white teeth and gave his father a friendly and honest smile.

"…"

Mus Baruch naturally knew that his foolish son would misunderstand again. He couldn't be bothered to explain and hurriedly thanked Lin Ye. "Thank you for your reward, my lord. Please come to me again if there's such a task next time. Even if I tire myself to death, I will help you complete it."

"Definitely." Lin Ye nodded.

At this moment, the system sent a congratulatory message.

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. Your generosity has made Mus Baruch take a critical hit from his joy. His loyalty has increased to 75%.]

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have successfully built a Breeding Field. You are rewarded with 4 Class 1 Beast Tamers.]

With 100x Reward, you can choose between:

400 Class 1 Beast Tamers (Class 1 Beast Tamers can help Cavalry Soldiers to tame Class 1 Beast Soldiers at a rate of 100%. 10% for Class 2 Beast Soldiers and 0% for Class 3 Beast Soldiers)4 Class 3 Beast Tamers (Class 3 Beast Tamers can help Cavalry Soldiers to tame Class 3 Beast Soldiers at a rate of 90%. 10% of Class 4 Beast Soldiers, 0% of Class 5 Beast Soldiers)

After some thought, there was no other choice.

Be it population problems or recruiting Class 3 Earth Wolves to kill Chu Xiu.

There was only one choice for him.

"I choose option two," Lin Ye said.

Whoosh—

As soon as he finished speaking, a magic hexagram array that was showing the image of the Beast Deity appeared, and a blue portal appeared in the air.

Four middle-aged men wearing dark green beast skin walked out from the portal.

"Class 3 Beast Tamer Gu Jiang!"

"Class 3 Beast Tamer Gu Nan!"

"Class 3 Beast Tamer Gu Ji!"

"Class 3 Beast Tamer Gu Mo!"

The four of their gazes landed on Lin Ye. They clasped their fists and bowed. "Greetings, my lord."

"Everyone, there is no need for formalities. Right now, I need to recruit the great Earth Wolf to chase after my enemy. Can you all lend me a hand?" Lin Ye spoke.

"A Class 3 Earth Wolf?"

The leader, Gu Jiang, stepped forward and said calmly, "Yes, we can, but our lord needs to give us the recruitment order for the Earth Wolves or the blueprints for the Wolf Cavalry Warrior."

"Sorry to trouble you."

Lin Ye hurriedly handed over the blueprint for the Wolf Cavalry Warriors and also gave each of them 100 Zombie Souls.

Gu Jiang and the others' eyes lit up when they saw this.

"My lord, you're too generous. It's our first meeting. How can I accept this?"

He spoke humbly but his hands were quick in keeping the payment.

"I'll trouble you in a hurry. That enemy of mine is extremely difficult to deal with. If he escapes, it will be troublesome." Lin Ye said solemnly.

"Don't worry, my lord. He won't be able to escape. We'll personally guide the Earth Wolf later. As long as there's any residual aura from him, he won't be able to escape within an area of 30 kilometers." After receiving the money, Gu Jiang and the others' attitude was enthusiastic as they patted their chests and promised.

With that, Lin Ye took another 500 Zombie Souls out and summoned 10 huge wolves the size of calves.

"Roar—"

As soon as they came out, 10 wild giant wolves raised their heads and roared, shaking even the Haunted House which was deep in the forest to the north.

"Silence!"

"You are an obedient Earth Wolf!"

"You are an obedient Earth Wolf!"

Terrified, Gu Jiang and the other three cast beast-taming incantations one after another.

Chapter 43

"This spell…"

Lin Ye looked stunned and a little dazed. Were they joking? They had to be.

How could a beast tamer's spell be this?

But something even more shocking happened.

Such a ridiculous incantation! It is! Was! Actually! Effective!

Of the 10 Class 3 Earth Wolves, 9 of them instantly fell silent. Like domesticated huskies, they surrounded Gu Jiang and the others affectionately. From time to time, they would wag their tails and lick the palms of the four people. They seemed extremely docile.

The only one left at the corner had a fierce glint in its bell-sized wolf eyes. As it howled, it bared its teeth at Lin Ye and the others.

"…"

Everyone fell silent.

Was this the 90% rate?

He loved it.

"Ahem… My lord, please step back. Our luck is bad. We actually encountered an Earth Wolf with Mad Wolf disease. Our spells can't tame such wolves."

Gu Jiang looked awkward as he spewed nonsense in all seriousness.

He did not expect that the 90% success rate would be triggered during their first try.

It would have been fine if it was any other lord.

It was already not bad that I tamed nine for you. If you still dare to grumble and pick at it, I'll just quit.

As a noble Class 3 Beast Tamer, how could I tolerate this treatment?

But Lin Ye was different. He took out 100 Zombie Souls at once. No, that was wrong. Four people meant 400 Zombie Souls.

The tips he casually threw out were more than a few months' salary in the underworld.

This kind of treatment could not be found elsewhere.

Since the lord was so tactful, they would give him some face and kill this trashy earth wolf that ruined their track record.

Gu Jiang's face revealed an ominous glint. Like a loyal lackey, he guarded Lin Ye.

"Mad Wolf disease?" Lin Ye was skeptical.

The uncultivated giant earth wolf seemed to be very agitated, showing signs of attacking at any moment.

"Yes, Mad Wolf disease. It's a very troublesome disease. Once infected, there's a 99% chance that it will die after the onset of the disease. It's rumored that no one can save it except for the Holy Emperor and the Queen of Life. The best way to deal with this kind of mutated wolf is to beat it to death," Gu Jiang replied seriously.

When it came to Mad Wolf disease, he did not lie.

However, it was clear that this giant earth wolf was definitely not one of those infected.

However, it interrupted Gu Jiang's interview with their new lord. If I don't kill you, I'll become a wolf instead.

Lin Ye's eyes flickered.

Although he guessed that Gu Jiang was looking for an excuse, he did gain something. He received another piece of useful information.

The Holy Emperor was probably the ultimate boss of Priest Gran. As for the Queen of Life…

He asked, but Gu Jiang remained silent. He seemed to be a difficult person to deal with who didn't talk about the lower classes.

He glanced at Lin Ye from the corner of his eye and realized that his lord did not object to his decision.

Gu Jiang was overjoyed. He pointed with his large hand. "My sons, go! Bite it to death!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the other nine large earth wolves which had been tamed revealed ferocious expressions and completely disregarded their relationship as fellow wolves as they swarmed over.

Roar—

A moment later, a pitiful scream and the arrogant red-eyed wolf was bitten to death.

The nine huge earth wolves behaving like huskies wagged their tails and ran obediently back to Gu Jiang's feet.

"How obedient." Gu Jiang was satisfied. He felt that his first interview was a success.

Not only did he showcase his beast taming skills, he also exhibited an exciting battle between trapped beasts.

He immediately rewarded each of the nine earth wolves with a few Zombie Souls, making them so happy that they wagged their tails.

"If they bit the other wolf, wouldn't they get sick?" Lin Ye asked hesitantly.

"Don't worry, my lord. It definitely won't. A normal giant earth wolf with the protection of the God of Wolves won't have any problems." Gu Jiang patted his chest and promised.

"Then let's go," Lin Ye urged.

After experiencing what happened to the bald man and the others, he had learned a lesson.

Revenge had to be taken early!

I'm already so strong. On what grounds should they dare to bully me?

If I didn't have an awakened talent, would I have died ten minutes ago?

At the thought of this, he trembled with anger.

He almost died!

Damn it!

"Don't be anxious, my lord. Killing people is a small matter. Your health is more important. Riding an Earth Wolf will cause too much harm to a mortal's bottoms."

Gu Jiang took out a set of purple beast saddles from out of nowhere and crazily recommended it to Lin Ye.

"My lord, your skin is too fragile. I recommend you to use a beast saddle."

"What a coincidence. A few days ago, I went to the Beast King City, one of the 72 underworld cities. I bought a set of purple tier beast saddles for my elder. Once you place them on the huge Earth Wolf's back, sitting on the wolf will feel like flat ground."

"Look, on it, there is a cleaning array carved by an array master. It cleanses dust all around you. The purple gas surrounding the beast saddle is also extraordinary. It is the purple spiritual energy collected by top-notch spiritual energy collectors when at the rise of the first dawn."

"Bathed in purple spiritual energy, it's like a saint leaving his realm. It's indescribably expensive. Of course, the material of this beast saddle is also of superior quality."

"Do you see this yellowish-orange leather cushion? This is made of Earth Dragon Skin from the Sleeping Dragon Valley. It's a top quality product of the dragon race. It can protect your bottoms from the pain from riding and also show off your noble status. It's simply made for an esteemed noble like you, my lord…"

"Alright, just tell me. How much is it?" Lin Ye asked impatiently.

"It's only 500 Zombie Souls, not expensive at all," Gu Jiang said with a straight face.

Behind him, Gu Nan and the other two rolled their eyes.

Damn it, wasn't it just an ordinary Level 3 saddle? How did he exaggerate it this much? 𝓵𝓲𝓫𝙧𝓮𝙖𝙙.𝒄𝓸𝙢

500 Zombie Souls? How dare he!

With this money, it was enough for him to build a few fully armed Class 3 Wolf Cavalry Warriors.

Lin Ye narrowed his eyes and looked at him seriously. He didn't waste any time and directly threw out 5,000 Zombie Souls. "Give me 9 beast saddles and put them on all the Earth Wolves."

"My… lord, it won't take so much." Gu Jiang's face turned pale.

He was frightened by Lin Ye.

Originally, he did have the intention to cheat this rich human lord.

But who would have thought that Lin Ye would not follow common routes and directly gave him 5,000 Zombie Souls.

This amount was enough to hire the assassins to kill his entire clan.

Although he was greedy for money, he was not stupid.

In addition, the look in Lin Ye's eyes just now was a little scary. If he took this money, Lin Ye might decide to issue a bounty order to annihilate his entire clan.

"Since it's for you, accept it."

Lin Ye's expression was calm. "I don't care about this bit of money, but from the moment you spoke till now, you've already wasted two minutes of my time. If the enemy escapes, I'll settle this score with you."

"I…"

Gu Jiang's legs trembled and he almost knelt down.

However, he had been in the underworld for a long time and had strong mental strength.

After eliminating those distracting thoughts, he quickly put on the saddle for the huge earth wolf beside him and bowed. "My lord, please get on! I will personally escort you there."

"I hope this won't happen again." Lin Ye looked straight at Gu Jiang.

"No, it won't!" Gu Jiang's forehead was covered in sweat as he groaned inwardly.

He had long known that these rich people were not good people. They would turn hostile at the drop of a hat and provoking them due to their complacency was never a good idea.

As he spoke, Lin Ye stepped on Gu Jiang's shoulder domineeringly and sat on the beast saddle.

Chapter 44

Following the instructions of the beast tamer, Gu Jiang, Lin Ye sat on the body of the most powerful looking giant earth wolf. He pulled on the reins and turned his head to shout, "Adelia, Tru, bring 4 Class 2 soldiers. Speed is crucial for this. The nine of us will be enough."

"Yes, my lord."

Tru and the others obeyed, taking the beast saddles from Gu Jiang.

Of course, their saddles were only ordinary blue tier equipment. Other than being able to provide basic support, they were not worth looking at.

Gu Jiang felt uneasy.

He felt that the 5,000 Zombie Souls that his lord forced into his hands were a little scalding and he almost wanted to throw them away.

But he did not dare to.

He had already decided. When he returned from this mission, he would buy more high-level beast saddles from the Beast King City.

Otherwise, God knew which day his lord would be in a bad mood and decided to settle scores with him.

In a short while, the others had also installed their saddles.

All of them rode on the huge earth wolf happily.

Lin Ye also tried a few times. Perhaps it was due to the purple tier beast saddle, but it was easier to operate than he imagined.

All he had to do was hold on to the reins and swing the reins from side to side, and the earth wolf would follow his instructions.

However, detailed operation still required Beast Tamer Gu Jiang to use an incantation which was troublesome.

If one could undergo the modifications by the barracks and become a wolf cavalry warrior, they would be able to communicate with the giant earth wolf telepathically. There would be no need for a beast tamer.

But there was no time now. It would take at least five hours to train a wolf cavalry warrior. By the time the training was completed, it would be too late.

"Let's go to the place where the guy got injured first. His blood is still there."

Seeing that the others had more or less grasped the method of riding, with the help of Beast Tamer Gu Jiang, Lin Ye and the rest rode on the wolves.

Tap-tap-tap…

The earth wolf was extremely fast. In less than ten seconds, they were 900 meters away from the camp.

There were still traces of blood left behind by Chu Xiu before he escaped.

Lin Ye glanced at Gu Jiang, who immediately understood his intentions and muttered some beast-taming incantations.

"Wolf Tracking Technique! Find the owner of the blood and you'll get candy!" 𝓵𝙞𝓫𝒓𝙚𝓪𝓭.𝒄𝓸𝓶

"Find the owner of the blood and you'll get candy!"

He repeated that line nine times in a row.

The unreliable sounding incantation spell transformed into sound waves that surged into the ear of the giant earth wolf.

In an instant, they seemed to have understood the instructions.

Each and every one of their bell-sized wolf eyes became blindingly bright as drool dripped from the corners of their mouths.

With the reward, they could tempt the beasts to find people. The nine huge earth wolves immediately perked up. They sniffed at the blood on the ground and raised their heads to search for some kind of fluctuation in scent from the air.

"Howl—"

Finally, the first to discover the tracks was the mighty earth wolf that Lin Ye was riding.

It lowered its head and howled towards the southeastern direction, as if saying, "I found it. The owner of the blood is over there. Give me some candy."

"Well done!"

Lin Ye's eyes lit up. He casually threw 10 Zombie Souls into the mouth of the huge Earth Wolf and pulled on its reins. "Let's go!"

Rumble—-

A team of nine people quickly moved through the forest.

The huge earth wolf was indeed like a small whirlwind in the forest. Anywhere it passed, it was like a tornado, stirring up large amounts of dead branches and leaves.

As it ran, the scenery in front of him changed rapidly.

In just seven to eight minutes, the giant earth wolf leaped up and ran out of the forest to the edge of the river.

From afar, they saw ten figures resting by the river.

"Found them!"

Lin Ye's eyes lit up. He was overjoyed. With the Purple Star Armor protecting him, he held the MP9 in his hands and charged forward.

"Oh no, they caught up!"

On the other side, Chu Xiu, who had just woken up from his injuries, saw Lin Ye and the others. His expression turned extremely ugly.

Wolves? Cavalry soldiers?

Damn it! How did he develop so quickly!

It was too late to run. It was impossible to outrun them on a flat ground. At this distance, they would catch up in less than a minute.

His eyes were bloodshot as his mind raced, looking for a way to escape.

Through the dense forest? No way, he would die if he went in.

Cross the river?

From the corner of his eye, he glanced at the float of crocodiles which were lying on their stomachs sunbathing at the edge of the river.

"F*ck!"

He cursed under his breath and agitated the arrow wound on his shoulder that was still occasionally emitting wind elemental power. He coughed up blood uncontrollably.

"Chu Xiu, your wound is open again. What should I do? Are you going to die soon? Sobs…"

Zhang Bao'er stomped her feet anxiously. Her eyes were bloodshot and tears flowed down her face.

"…"

Chu Xiu looked at Sister Bao'er helplessly, feeling bitter in his heart.

He knew very well that he was probably going to die this time. The wounds on his body were severe. The arrows which were imbued with the special energy of the other world were extremely terrifying. Even though he avoided a fatal blow with the help of his mysterious talent, it still damaged his human body.

Along the way, although the experienced rangers had treated his wounds, the bleeding couldn't stop.

There were no hospitals or doctors here, and he did not have the money to recruit medical-type soldiers.

Even if Lin Ye and the others did not catch up, he would die for sure.

However, he was unwilling to accept this!

He had finally gotten rid of Bald Qiang and the others. Good days were supposed to be awaiting them.

In the end, it was all for naught.

He could die, but not Sister Bao'er!

"My lord, what should we do now?"

At this moment, the 20 or so rangers guarding in front of him swallowed nervously. The wolf cavalry warriors were charging over menacingly.

Although there were only nine of them, their aura and pressure completely crushed them, making their limbs go soft from fear.

[Warning, Survivor Chu Xiu. Your rangers have felt fear and loyalty has dropped to 50%!]

[Warning, Survivor Chu Xiu. Your rangers have felt fear and their loyalty has dropped to 40%. They are about to choose to escape!]

"F*ck!"

Before he died, he withstand a critical hit of the diminishing loyalty of his people from the underworld. Chu Xiu cursed in his heart, but there was nothing he could do.

Forget it. Since he had harmed the loyal Chu Yang, he should set these rangers free.

Thinking of this, he took the initiative to release their recruitment status and said expressionlessly, "You guys can leave. If you stay, only death awaits."

"My lord, then, please take care!"

The rangers were overjoyed. After thanking him, they contacted the elders of their tribe and opened the teleportation array to escape back to the underworld.

After dealing with the problem of the rangers, Chu Xiu looked at Zhang Bao'er and said sternly, "Sister Bao'er, you must remember what I'm going to say next. I will craft a way for you to live."

"If you have the chance to live, don't avenge me, and don't harbor any thoughts of revenge."

"This world has changed. Many people treat this place as a game. They kill without caring. When I'm not around, you have to be careful. If you can, be an ordinary person in the territory of that human lord."

"I've noticed before that there are other humans in his territory. I think he still retains a bit of his humanity. As long as you don't go overboard and become hostile to him, he won't hurt you."

Chapter 45

"What about you?" Zhang Bao'er asked worriedly.

"I…"

Chu Xiu revealed a calm smile. "Of course I want to go home. Perhaps if I die, everything will be over and I will return to Earth."

"Then, I'll accompany you. Everyone here is so fierce. I can't beat them."

Zhang Bao'er blinked as she uttered weakly.

"That's good too. You're so kind. Without me, you might not survive for more than half a day. Why don't I beat you to death first before I commit suicide?"

Chu Xiu nodded as if in agreement. He picked up a fist-sized stone from the riverside with much difficulty and said with a smile, "Come, Sister Bao'er, don't be afraid. I, Chu Xiu, am famous for being the mastermind of the Azure Dragon Bay. I'm quick, ruthless, and accurate. I guarantee that I will let you die without any pain."

"But consider this carefully. With this stone, your pretty head will break."

"Ah!"

"That's too cruel!"

Zhang Bao'er frowned as a manhua-like '#' appeared on her head.

She jumped up and hid far away from him.

She was not afraid of death, but the thought of such a miserable way to die still made her shudder in fear.

"Hahaha."

Chu Xiu laughed when he saw this.

But with this action, he aggravated his injuries. His breaths weakened and laid by the riverside, heaving painfully.

"Hey, don't move around too much!"

Zhang Bao'er felt sorry for him, but she didn't dare to go over, afraid that Chu Xiu would really kill her.

Sometimes, she didn't understand what this guy was thinking. That he liked her? But it didn't seem like that was the case either.

Tap-tap-tap…

As they spoke, a few extremely fast afterimages flew over.

These were Lord Lin and his loyal fans.

"Dumb wolf, stop! I said stop!" 𝑙𝒾𝘣𝘳𝑒𝒶𝒹.𝑐𝘰𝓂

Lin Ye's face was pale as he grabbed the reins tightly.

Perhaps because of the many zombie souls it had just eaten, the huge earth wolf was incredibly excitable. It ran so quickly that it almost left Lin Ye behind.

Fortunately, Beast Tamer Gu Jiang was with him. He forcefully stabilized the huge earth wolf and landed steadily.

"That was close!"

Lin Ye straightened, but a chill ran down his back.

There were crocodiles everywhere on the other side of the river. If he fell over there, it would have been disastrous.

"When I get back, I'll hang it up and beat it. If there's a next time, I'll treat everyone to a feast of wolf meat!"

As he spoke, he kicked the giant earth wolf indignantly.

"?"

The giant earth wolf was confused. It thought that its new owner was going to feed it again, so it immediately pounced on him happily, its large tongue continuously licking Lin Ye's face.

"F*ck!"

So smelly! You ate sh*t right!

Lin Ye started, his expression changing drastically.

He pushed away from the giant earth wolf which went 'crazy', turned around, and collapsed to the ground, retching.

This smell was worse than the golden retriever he raised in his home back on Earth.

"…"

Behind him, Tru, Adelia, and the others landed one after another. They all wanted to laugh at Lin Ye's predicament, but they didn't dare.

His lord was good at everything, but his only flaw was his pettiness.

It was fine if they did it secretly, but if they laughed out loud, he would make them eat buns for the whole week.

On the other hand, Chu Xiu was already someone who was about to die. He wasn't afraid of offending Lin Ye and laughed out loud. In the end, he even shed a few crocodile tears.

Lin Ye wiped the saliva off his face with Adelia's handkerchief and turned to Chu Xiu. "Are you done laughing?"

"Not yet." Chu Xiu shook his head.

"Then continue. I still have some respect for the dead." Lin Ye chuckled.

This person actually dared!

He laughed a while more in front of Lin Ye, and in the end, he even used his already weak hand to hit the ground three times. He cursed angrily, "The heavens are unfair. I can't accept this. I actually lost to such a ret*rd!"

Who are you calling a ret*rd! Losing to me was honorable!

Lin Ye raised his eyebrows, feeling like he had been underestimated.

He raised his MP9 and said calmly, "Actually, I admire you for having no intention to kneel down and beg for mercy. Perhaps I will be merciful and let you off."

Zhang Bao'er, who was not far away, was overjoyed when she heard that. She took the initiative to run out and urged, "Chu Xiu, quickly kowtow. Is your life more important or your pride more important? Why are you looking at me? Is there something dirty on my face?"

"…"

Lin Ye and the rest stared at her in a deadpan expression.

There must be something wrong with this person's brain. Couldn't she tell that it was a taunt?

Chu Xiu also sighed. "Sister Bao'er, you better come over and let me beat you to death. I've changed my mind. It might be better if we die together."

"I don't want to. You go and scout ahead first. Come and get me when you become a big shot there. I'll hide for a while."

Zhang Bao'er shook her head profusely and refused to go over.

"This…"

Lin Ye looked at Chu Xiu in disbelief. "Your girlfriend?"

"No." Chu Xiu shook his head as if he knew what Lin Ye was thinking and did not intend to explain. "Tell your men to leave. I'll tell you a secret. Help me beat Sister Bao'er to death."

"Chu Xiu, don't do this. I want to die beautifully. I don't want my head to be smashed!" Zhang Bao'er cried miserably.

How embarrassing would it be for me to call off my subordinates just because you asked for it?

Lin Ye cursed in his heart and waved his hand. "Bring that woman and wait for me 100 meters away."

"Yes, my lord!" Tru cupped his fists, grabbed Zhang Bao'er by the neck, and threw her onto Adelia's giant earth wolf.

"Why did you throw her to me?" Adelia was speechless.

"Such an ugly human. I'm afraid she'll have designs on me." Tru glared at the huffing Zhang Bao'er in disdain.

The latter puffed up her cheeks but did not dare to retort.

Because… the huge earth wolf she was sitting on was fierce and it even turned its head and bared its teeth at her just now. The gaps between its teeth still had shreds of meat between them.

Oh my god, these people were more terrifying than Baldy.

Zhang Bao'er shuddered and fainted from shock.

"…"

The scene was extremely beautiful.

When Tru and the others were a hundred meters away, Chu Xiu looked at Lin Ye again and sighed. "The heavens don't have a heart. They actually care for people like you who let their guard down so much. If I were you, regardless of what the secret was, as long as you're a threat to me, I would kill you directly. I wouldn't give you a chance to speak."

"That's because you're not strong enough."

Lin Ye glanced at him from the corner of his eye. "You read too many comics and novels, haven't you? Friend, you look like you're about to die. Just a few words and you're already vomiting blood and you still want to rely on your words to turn the tables? Or are you hoping that a zombie will come out and bite me to death to help you out?"

"Forget it, maybe you're right."

Chu Xiu pursed his lips, lazy to argue. He looked straight at Lin Ye and said, "I'll make this short. If you think it's worth it, kill Sister Bao'er. Else, let her stay in your territory. Don't chase her away."

"You saw it too. With her intelligence, if she goes out, she'll either be bitten to death by zombies or become someone else's pet."

"Cut the crap. You've vomited blood again. Don't die while you're halfway through talking like those TV shows. I'll whip your corpse three hundred times if that happens."

Lin Ye glared at Chu Xiu warningly.

"I…"

Chu Xiu almost couldn't breathe. What kind of person was he!

God, if there was still a chance, please choose me as the protagonist. I'm more suitable than him.

Cursing inwardly, he said slowly, "This secret is about the awakened talents…"

Chapter 46

"As expected, you are also awake!" Lin Ye smiled.

He had felt something when Chu Xiu dodged Adelia's arrow.

After all, that was a special power of the underworld equivalent to a Class 4, or even near the edges of a Class 5.

How could a mortal easily avoid fatal injuries and escape from it?

"What talent did you awaken?" Lin Ye asked curiously.

But to his surprise, Chu Xiu shook his head, a bitter smile on his face. "I'm awakened but at the same time, I'm not."

"What do you mean? Is there a difference?" Lin Ye was confused.

"There is a big difference. Strictly speaking, I am not a person who has awakened my innate talent. I inherited the talent of others."

"Talents can be inherited?!" Hearing this, Lin Ye was a little shocked.

Up until now, the people with talent who he had seen, included himself, Zhang Liang, and this fellow who was on the verge of death.

He knew his own situation. The system's mark was unique. It did not mention his level or class.

For Zhang Liang, he had no place to return to and he did not say a single word of truth.

He had considered interrogating him severely, but before he could, Adelia's injuries happened.

Because of this, he gave up on that idea and planned to figure it out himself.

And from there, experience points came knocking on his door.

"I only found out about it because of an accident."

Chu Xiu's gaze was dazed as a white crystal shard flashed across his mind. It was the most beautiful item he had seen in his life.

After a moment, he recovered from his memories and continued, "On the first day, because of my left arm's injury, I was given a team by the system. Amongst my team were Bald Qiang, Sister Bao'er, and Grandpa Qian."

"At first, it was fine. However, after reading the information from the world and regional channels and knowing that humans from all over the world had arrived in this world filled with zombies, conflicts began for food resources and weapons. Bald Qiang and the others saw that Grandpa Qian was old and didn't want to waste food, so a fight broke out."

"Little Qi, the first young man who you shot to death. That kid was ruthless to the weak and accidentally killed Grandpa Qian."

"As for me and Sister Bao'er, we had no choice but to join them. After that, they arranged for me to bury Grandpa Qian's corpse. Unexpectedly, I obtained a white crystal shard from his corpse. The system sent a notification, and I inherited the talent called 'Heart's Web'."

"You mean that Grandpa Qian is really awakened?"

Lin Ye narrowed his eyes and extracted the crucial information.

"You can say so."

Chu Xiu hesitated. "However, there might be some discrepancies. Uncle Qian's talent must have been awakened when he was heavily injured by Little Qi and was on the brink of death. After all, according to my understanding of the 'Heart's Web', if it was before that, Grandpa Qian would definitely not have died."

"What abilities does Heart's Web have?" Lin Ye asked again.

"After awakening Heart's Web, your five senses will become extremely sensitive. You will be able to detect the auras of the living beings around you, as well as the changes in their emotions. You can also use it to predict and gauge the enemy's heart. Once there is fatal hostility, you will be constantly warned to avoid danger and to make preparations in advance."

With that, Chu Xiu looked at Lin Ye and chuckled. "When I die later, remember to search my corpse. It might even drop out. With the system's help, you can understand this talent directly."

"That is of course!" Lin Ye nodded.

"Alright, that's all I know. Whether you kill Sister Bao'er or not is up to you. I'm dead," Chu Xiu teased. He coughed up blood repeatedly as if he had used up his last bit of life. His head tilted to the side and he faded to his death quietly.

Lin Ye had yet to react to it as he pondered over the short conversation.

There was not much information, but it was crucial.

Putting aside the useless things, there were only crucial words in what he said. One could steal another's talent by killing them!

"F*ck!"

If others killed me, would they be able to get 100x Reward from me?

That thought flashed across his mind as he stood rooted to the ground.

But soon, this ridiculous thought was beaten to death.

He shook his head, his face filled with disdain. As long as he was strong enough, he would crush everything.

When the time came, he would wear hundreds of Primordial Tier armor and have tens of millions of top-notch war god-like soldiers under him. Who would be able to kill him?

"A fool worrying needlessly."

Lin Ye shook his head and turned to look at Chu Xiu. "Hey, let me ask you another question. What's your name?"

"…"

At this moment, sparrows were flying south in the sky. The forest was filled with the faint sound of crows, and a chilling wind blew past.

Thud—

The corpse that was Chu Xiu slid to the ground.

"He… died like this?" Lin Ye clenched his teeth.

Like people often say, a good person never lives long, while a scourge would live for a thousand years.

Look at this, those people were right.

This black-hearted scum had caused the deaths of so many people. It was his first time being a good person and he passed away so quickly.

He hesitated for a moment but still couldn't resist the temptation and reached out to touch the corpse.

Soon, it was just like what Chu Xiu had said.

At the waist of the corpse, which was where the Civilization Archive was, a crystal shard that emitted a white light dropped.

"So beautiful!"

Lin Ye's gaze was dazed. It was as if he could see countless beautiful orderly lines in his vision.

They interweaved within the crystal, forming the most perfect image formed by the balanced power between heaven and earth.

At the same time, the system sent a congratulatory message.

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have discovered a talent fragment. Do you wish to inherit the 'Heart's Web' talent?]

[Heart's Web Talent: Enhances your five senses. Your senses will become extremely sensitive and you will be able to detect the aura of living beings within a hundred meters. The changes in emotions can be used to predict and gauge the enemy's heart. Once there is fatal hostility, it will constantly warn you to avoid danger…]

[Friendly Hint: The talent inherited is an acquired talent. It cannot be upgraded with the bunker and will forever be fixed at its basic value!]

"Will inheriting it affect my 100x Reward talent?" Lin Ye hurriedly asked.

Although he was interested in this kind of prediction talent, he would never be willing to exchange it with 100x Reward.

The system was as cold as ever. It only replied with a 'no' before it fell silent.

"Okay, then. No problem."

Lin Ye nodded and said, "I choose to inherit the talent!"

Whoosh—

As soon as he finished speaking, the white crystal fragment transformed into a stream of light that quickly got absorbed between his brows.

In an instant, he felt a magical energy pass through his body. Especially when it passed through his eyes, ears, nose, and throat, he could clearly feel his facial features rapidly transform under this energy.

Ten seconds later, his vision became especially clear. Like a telescope, his range of vision could vary greatly.

If he zoomed in, he could see the minced meat between the teeth of the huge earth wolf which was panting on the ground. 𝙡𝒊𝒃𝓻𝒆𝒂𝓭.𝙘𝓸𝓶

If he zoomed out, his field of vision would become extremely wide, and he would be able to many more scenes as compared to before.

Twenty seconds later, his sense of smell became very sensitive. The stench of the crocodile from the riverside fifty meters away and the stink of the hippopotamus.

Was a little intrusive, making Lin Ye quickly reduce his sensitivity to smell.

Thirty seconds later, his taste buds changed as well. He swallowed.

He could even taste the steak he had just eaten just before this.

Bleh!

Damn it, his mouth had become so sensitive. What should he do when he eats in the future!

Lin Ye's expression turned bitter.

A minute later, his five senses were completely improved.

At this moment, the system sent another congratulatory message.

Chapter 47

With 100x Reward, you can choose between:

100 Heart's Web Talent Fragments (Unable to level up after basic level. Recommended to be given to human subordinates!)1 Complete Heart Web Talent Crystal (Innate-level, the effect is equivalent to self-awakening. Strongly recommended for the Survivor to use it himself!)Random Reward: 1 Complete Talent Crystal (Note: Only for European King's Heaven Fate holders. Please take a detour if you're not interested.)

[Friendly Hint: Option 3 is temporarily unavailable. Please upgrade 100x Reward Talent's Level in time.]

"?"

Lin Ye was a little stunned. There was too much information.

This cheat was too powerful. It could even allow talent fragments to be given a hundred times more.

100 talent fragments were enough to create 100 human lords with great potential.

If this talent encountered a selfless person, humanity would take flight.

Unfortunately, I'm not such a person!

Lin Ye shook his head and gave the first option a pass.

Perhaps when he finally trains an invincible soldier type, he would not mind doing it.

When the time came, everyone in the world would shout 'Dad Lin, I love you'. He could also learn from Dad Ma. During the holidays, he could throw out hundreds of millions of talent fragments which would be an easy feat.

Of course, that was just a fleeting thought in his heart. In reality, he had to better himself first.

As expected, he would have to choose option two.

However, what the hell was with the third option that came out of nowhere? And why couldn't he select the option?

"I have to upgrade in time…"

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the tiny note at the bottom of the option. Lin Ye almost vomited blood.

Wasn't this system a little too open-ended? It even wanted him to upgrade his 100x Reward?

Wait a minute, that didn't seem too bad.

100x Reward after leveling up should become 1,000xReward, 10,000xReward, or even Billions Reward!

Sometimes, after the seed of thought was planted, it would become unstoppable.

Lin Ye swallowed. If he could upgrade it to make it a billion times, he would be invincible!

If he opened a sandalwood treasure chest, hundreds of millions of boxes of beef, instant noodles, and white tier weapons. Also, wouldn't it directly upgrade them into an ancient or an unknown-tier weapon?

The more he thought about it, the more excited he became.

It was a pity that the system did not give him what he wanted this time. It did not even deign him with an explanation and instead simply slapped him on the back of his head.

Anger! Frustration! Bitterness!

"If you say so."

In the end, Lin Ye could only temporarily give up on his wild thoughts and say, "I choose option two!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a white beam of light descended from the sky and landed firmly between Lin Ye's eyebrows.

Inside the beam of light, he could vaguely see a prismatic crystal emitting three colors slowly integrating into his sea of consciousness and easily wrapping around the original 'Heart's Web' talent fragment.

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have obtained the innate talent 'Heart Web'. Current talent is Level 1. Friendly reminder that your current bunker is Level 5. You can immediately upgrade your 'Heart Web' talent to Level 5. Please return to the bunker as soon as possible to upgrade your talent!]

"How troublesome. Can't I level it up on the spot?" Lin Ye was speechless.

On second thought, well, it was actually good to go back.

He will be able to pretend to be a quack while standing on the high platform and get the ignorant people from the underworld to contribute another wave of loyalty.

Sweet!

Just as he was thinking, the quiet system sent another mind-blowing notification.

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have obtained two innate talents and have successfully triggered a hidden talent quest!]

[Quest: Collect the complete version of the Talent Crystal. For every 100 collected, you can exchange them for 1 Protagonist's Destiny. When the Protagonist's Destiny reaches 3,000, you will have a 99% chance of becoming the protagonist of this season and start the uprising of the human race!]

[For the future of humanity, please gather as many crystals as you can!]

"!"

Lin Ye's eyes widened.

What did it mean? I've already come this far, am I still not the protagonist? Not the protagonist? Not the protagonist…?!

He found it a little unbelievable.

Even if he had to take a thousand steps back, this difficult yet pressing mission had no intentions of letting him be the protagonist, right?

It was already difficult to find one awakened. Even those who had the luck of the European King only met another one since the start of the game.

Killing, plundering, and occupying the territory of a person would at most be two talent fragments. However, 1 Protagonist's Destiny required him to kill 100 awakened people.

To gather 3,000 Talent Crystals, he would have to kill at least 300,000 awakened people.

Be practical, how could a person like that start an uprising? The system probably just can't wait for humans to be wiped out.

Lin Ye's mouth twitched.

At this moment, he felt a deep sense of malice from the system. It was no wonder why humans had never won when there had been so many seasons.

Be it the stress from the endless zombie waves or the internal strife between humans.

If they acted recklessly, it was impossible for a protagonist to appear. The final outcome would be mutual destruction.

"Looking at history, the hope of countless generations of humans are piled on me. Ah, this feels a little stressful."

Lin Ye bared his teeth.

For now, the difficulty level for him was probably the lowest since he had the 100x Reward talent.

It could greatly reduce the amount of time needed.

He could probably become the protagonist after obtaining 3,000 talents.

Furthermore, if he was able to level up his talent later on?

If he could level it into a 1000xReward or 10,000xReward, everything would take flight.

With this thought in mind, his thoughts instantly became clear. He felt as if he had just fallen asleep in the comforts of a hot spring and felt extremely comfortable.

"As expected, I'm still the blessed one. It's obvious that the stairs have been prepared for me to rise to the throne."

Lin Ye smiled. He had gained a lot today and was in a good mood.

Looking at the dead Chu Xiu, he waved to call Tru over.

"My lord, you called for me?" Tru ran over and asked fawningly.

"Go, dig a pit and bury this guy," Lin Ye instructed.

"Right here?" Tru felt like crying.

His lord was too magnanimous towards an enemy. If it were up to him, he would have thrown him into the river to feed the crocodiles.

"Just do it here. There are mountains and rivers around here. It's the most suitable place for a grave." Lin Ye nodded.

"If you say so."

The lord had already spoken. As his loyal lackey, even if he had to kneel or finish it with tears in his eyes, he would do it.

He immediately picked up a short dagger on the ground and started digging at the ground. A few minutes later, a small grave was built.

Lin Ye very considerately made a wooden tablet for Chu Xiu.

"Oh right, what's this guy's name again?"

He scratched his head. In his memory, this guy died before he could ask.

Forget it, just give him a random one then.

He took the short dagger from Tru and carved it on the wooden tablet using Chinese characters.

In Memory of the Treasure Giving Boy who passed away on the 2nd evening after Earth's Transmigration. Tomb erected!

"Alright, done."

Lin Ye handed the short dagger back to Tru and clapped his hands. "It's a good day today. Tru, your punishment is absolved. When you go back, you can add to your meal."

"Thank you, my lord! My lord is the true God who descended from the heavens. Praise your glory!"

Tru winked happily. He finally didn't have to chew on buns anymore so he exaggeratedly flattered Lin Ye.

After returning to the group, everyone rode on their giant earth wolves.

Adelia frowned and said, "My lord, this woman is considered an enemy. What should we do with her?"

What she meant: My lord, this woman is not a good person. Even if we don't kill her, we can't take her.

"Let's bring her back first."

Lin Ye pondered. In any case, he had promised the Treasure Giving Boy. With his resources, feeding another person was not a problem.

After they return, he would ask what skills she had and see if she could contribute to the development of his territory.

People from Earth were all talents after coming to this desolate world. Wasting them was a huge crime.

"Alright." Adelia's grievance was evident from her expression but she had no choice but to ride with Zhang Bao'er on her earth wolf.

Moments later, everyone set off back towards their territory.

Chapter 48

Lin Ye conveniently took over the graveyard where Chu Xiu and the others were in the team mode on his way back.

Not bad, as expected of a nine-man team. The experience points given were frighteningly high, a crazy 28,000 experience points. On average, it was 3,000 experience points per player. It was more than two times higher when compared to Zhang Liang and Xun Mingyuan's individual mode – a pleasant surprise.

After consuming this huge amount of experience, the experience points of his bunker was 29,280/32,000!

If he converted the small zombie wave that attacked this time, he might be able to take flight again.

Half an hour later, night had just fallen when Lin Ye and the others arrived at the territory.

At this moment, the light armored shield soldiers had already annihilated all the zombies.

Lin One and his father, Mus Baruch, were quickly moving the zombie corpses with a large number of native workers.

Fortunately, after the upgrades which were done in the day, the zombie converters which were installed a thousand meters away from the territory had helped to greatly increase the disintegration efficiency. As long as they moved the zombies near the bunker to that area, he would be able to convert those corpses quickly.

The Light Priest, Gran, was not idle. The old fellow was sly. Lin Ye wondered how efficient his work would be before his return.

When Lin Ye entered the territory and took a look at him, the old fellow was really working hard.

Sacred Healing and the Rain of Life poured down freely on the injured soldiers. His face was as white as a sheet and his body shivered, almost collapsing from exhaustion.

"Well done," Lin Ye praised.

"It's what I should do."

Gran hurriedly waved his hand, and his bean-sized eyes curved into a line. He straightened his messy clothes and smiled elegantly.

At the same time, he inwardly praised himself for being smart.

Won't this secure his place? The Lord had promised that he would reward the top 10 workers with upgrade scrolls, equipment, and other resources.

A Class 3 Light Priest who was working so hard, how can he not get a few more rewards?

"My lord, when are we going to eat? We were recruited and immediately fought against thousands of zombies without even having a mouthful of hot soup. Even pigs in the underworld don't live in such misery."

At this moment, a new recruit called from afar.

As soon as those words left his mouth, dozens or even hundreds of people echoed his sentiments.

If it wasn't for the tribe elders who said that this lord was inhumane but could not be offended, they would have long quit.

[Warning, Survivor Lin Ye. Some of your citizens are dissatisfied with their lives and their loyalty has decreased by 3%. Please satisfy their basic needs in time!]

Lin Ye narrowed his eyes when he heard this and stroked the head of the earth wolf which he was sitting on.

"?"

The huge earth wolf turned its head in confusion. Beast Tamer Gu Jiang tactfully assisted.

"Beast Taming Skill: The Roar of the Giant Wolf!" [Translated into Wolf Language: The louder you roar, the greater the reward.]

"Roar—"

This mighty giant earth wolf used its core energy and opened its jaws, letting out an enhanced version of its giant wolf roar, its saliva landing on the faces of the rookies in the front row.

Following that, the pressure of the Class 3 Beast Soldier swept across the entire place. These Class 1 attributeless soldiers were instantly rendered speechless. They were angry, but they did not dare to voice it out.

Seeing that the place had quietened down, Lin Ye swept his gaze across the few troublemakers who were the leaders and spoke in a loud voice, "I hope this will be the first and last time. It's okay for you to demand something from me when you work for me, but you still have to consider the occasion."

"I've just returned to my territory, and you guys already took the lead to create a commotion. Where does that put my face as your lord? What will the other new brothers who have just joined think?"

"For this once, I'll pretend that I didn't hear you. If there's a next time, I'm sorry to say but my territory doesn't welcome such undisciplined soldiers."

"From tomorrow onwards, after training is over, I will find someone to give you guys lessons and teach you what rules and etiquette are."

As soon as he finished speaking, the eyes of everyone below instantly lit up.

Studying and attending classes were treatments only the nobles of the underworld received.

Can poor rugged wild men like them learn too?

Was this real?!

"My… my lord, I have something to say!"

From afar, Lin One threw the last zombie corpse. When he heard this, he raised his hand excitedly.

"Very good, this is the order I wanted. I'll reward you with one native worker upgrade scroll!"

Lin Ye smiled and took out an upgrade scroll. He handed it to Tru in front of everyone who then passed it to Lin One.

At the same time, he looked at Lin One and nodded, "Speak, no need for formalities."

"!"

With that, both the new recruits and the veterans' eyes were green with envy.

Was this act of raising his hand really worth an upgrade scroll?

Oh my god, such a rich lord, I love him!

"Thank you, my lord!"

Lin One was overwhelmed with gratitude as he received the scroll.

However, the most important thing was still studying. His father, Mus Baruch, had already poked his back a few times.

He immediately said, "My lord, are native workers like us qualified to come to class? Please don't worry, we won't listen in for free. Everyone from the native workers can deduct it from their contribution points. If you really can't, please let our descendants listen. We'll pay for it."

After he finished speaking, 1,200 pairs of sincere eyes landed on Lin Ye. They seemed nervous as if he was afraid that Lin Ye would reject him. 𝙡𝙞𝙗𝒓𝙚𝓪𝙙.𝒄𝓸𝓶

Lin Ye's heart thumped wildly.

What the heck? What kind of treatment did they receive in the underworld? Was even studying a luxury?

Although he was shocked inside, he still appeared calm and collected on the surface. He nodded and said, "Why not? As long as they are law-abiding citizens in my territory, anyone, from 80-year-old elderly to 6-year-old children, anyone can enjoy the voluntary education in the territory."

Shock!

When they heard this, the crowd was about to explode.

Whether it was the soldiers, native workers, or the blacksmiths who were eavesdropping at the armory.

The vast majority of people were extremely excited.

In the underworld, for the poor and lowly citizens, even if the lord of the territory was gracious and gave them the opportunity to learn, they would have to wait in line for years until the Education Bureau gave them a slot to enter the lowest class for further studies.

Therefore, studying and knowledge were the most precious things to them.

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. Your kindness has touched the native workers. Their loyalty has increased to 95%!]

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. Your kindness has touched the attributeless warriors. Their loyalty has increased to 90%!]

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. Your kindness has touched the blacksmiths. Their loyalty has increased to 91%!]

…..

Hearing the system's continuous congratulatory messages, Lin Ye was stunned.

What was going on? All of them, including the cat-eared chefs and rangers, had given him loyalty above 90%.

Wasn't it just a chance to study? What was the big deal?

For the past two days, I've been distributing upgrade scrolls, equipment, and living supplies to make you loyal but I've never seen you so crazy.

Lin Ye ranted in his heart and smiled. "Don't be too excited. As long as you follow your lord and do your job, there will be more benefits for everyone in the future. Aren't all of you hungry? Nicole, inform all the chefs that it's time to eat!"

"Yes, my lord!" Her lord called her name again. His little fan, Nicole, ran off happily.

Chapter 49

Night fell. Compared to the darkness of the other lords' territories, Lin Ye's place was brightly lit.

Previously, when they opened the treasure chest, more than a hundred lighters dropped. It widened the horizons of the people of the underworld.

At this moment, there were bonfires burning every 50 meters around the territory.

That wasn't just an addition of a different color to the pitch-black night.

For patrolling teams, this was the greatest assurance.

At this moment, the center of the territory was bustling with activity.

Thousands of people gathered together, eating beef instant noodles while watching the performance on the platform.

The performers were two girls from the seven human beings that Lin Ye had caught previously.

The tall one was called Chu Meng, and the round-faced one was called Liu Yuan.

Before they transmigrated, they were both sophomores at xx Music Academy. They majored in popular music and had strong foundations.

A familiar song, 'Homeland', set its own unique beauty for their second night of arrival in this strange world.

The cool singing voice lacked the tone of the original singer, but it sounded more sincere.

Lin Ye drank a mouthful of Cola and leaned back on the wooden recliner. His gaze was plain as he quietly listened to the girl's soft singing.

"What is this place that is still so desolate…"

"That endless journey was so long…"

"Every bitter night in this foreign place…"

"In my dreams, I always see myself walking back home…"

The people of the underworld might not be able to relate to the lyrics, but the nine people present, Lin Ye, Zhang Bao'er, and Zhang Liang, and the rest…

All of them were either in deep thought, looking up at the moon, or taking out their Civilization Archive to chat with their families…

Everyone lost the viciousness they had from killing zombies in the day and gained an additional sense of nostalgia for life on Earth.

Along the way, there were other things that interrupted the occasion.

For example, the haunted house in the north. Sounds at night were a temptation for zombies.

Unfortunately, this was not his first night. On the second day, Lin Ye was extremely powerful.

A thousand soldiers meant that even a small zombie wave could be easily crushed, let alone two or three lone zombies.

The zombies that were attracted by the singing were just giving them free experience points.

An hour later, the banquet ended and the different workers returned to their workplaces.

Since everyone had loyalty above 90%, it was pretty normal for them to work overtime.

Furthermore, 3,000 plus people had been added to the territory. Resting at night together would be a huge problem.

The original 200 Level 1 Tents were definitely not enough.

Fortunately, the bunker had leveled up to Level 5.

In the basic construction, the Level 1 tents and fisheries had all been upgraded to Level 2.

According to the description, each Level 2 tent could hold 20 people.

As long as he upgraded all 200 Level 1 tents, the problem of accommodation would be solved perfectly.

Although this would cost a lot, Lin Ye was still generous to his citizens.

If he had to spend, he would definitely not make do anyhow. He fully embodied the words 'extravagant'.

Living and accommodation were basic necessities for the citizens.

It was not easy for him to garner loyalty above 90%. He did not dare to be careless.

He directly spent 20,000 Zombie Souls to exchange for 200 Level 2 tent blueprints.

[Level 2 Tent: 100 Wood, 50 Stone, Blueprint, Intermediate Native Worker]

The modification requirements were met by Lin Ye.

During the day, he had increased all his native worker loyalists to the Intermediate level and there were a total of 197 people.

That was more than enough to upgrade the 200 tents.

Lin One led his team and quickly modified the tents.

Upgrading a building was much faster than construction. The tents would definitely be completed before time to sleep.

As for the warehouses and wooden fences, that was a huge project.

Mus Baruch, the only advanced native worker present, led the 1,000 newly recruited native workers to do it. 𝙡𝙞𝓫𝒓𝙚𝒂𝓭.𝓬𝒐𝓶

He made the fences first and during the day he would bring it to the defense circle and fix it there directly. Simple and easy.

If it was fast, it would take four to five days. If it was slow, it would take only around six to seven days to complete.

Lin Dachui and Tru weren't idle either. They had both entered a fanatical state.

On one side, Lin Dachui was busy forging equipment in the armory. He made 1,000 sets of light armored shield soldiers' spears and shields, as well as 500 sets of ranger equipment.

That was not an easy task!

Meanwhile, Tru who had overheard Lin Ye's whispers during the day could roughly guess his lord's intentions.

A Class 3 Wolf Cavalry Warrior!

Yes, his lord wanted him to be the core of the team.

The Class 3 Wolf Cavalry Soldiers who have just been recruited would also be given to him to command.

It was fine if he did not know, but after knowing, he was full of 'vigor' and eagerly led his soldiers into the barracks for training.

He wanted to become Class 3 as soon as possible. The position of the commander of the Class 3 Wolf Cavalry Warriors was going to his!

Adelia and Tru were in a similar situation.

However, since she was injured, leading the training of the 900 plus rangers was relatively slower.

She had to rest well tonight. Tomorrow, the Lord promised her that he would let her take her revenge.

She had to kill that Level 4 Venomous Zombie!

Only the chef, Nicole, was wailing.

Before the banquet, she had finally torn open the Advanced Chef Upgrade Scroll which she had been thinking about, and became an Advanced Chef.

However, the food she made was still despised by her lord.

Although her lord consoled her and said that it was his own problem, Nicole, who simply liked to let her imagination run wild, still felt the stress.

She was holed up in the kitchen, studying about Earth's delicacies.

If the other lords were here, they would definitely be able to see it.

At this moment, above her head, the increase in her culinary experience was showing +1 ,+1 ,+1…

On the other side, Lin Ye was multitasking.

He was leveling up his Heart's Web talent while he chatted with his family using his Civilization Archive.

At the same time, he told his family about the possibility of obtaining a talent by 'killing' someone. He reminded them to be careful, to not publicize it or trust others easily if they awakened their talent.

His younger sister, Lin Wei, accepted the fact readily. His parents on the other hand were unhappy and nagged at him.

Something along the lines of how it was wrong to kill and fight and asked him to tell them honestly if he killed someone.

Lin Ye was so frightened that he instinctively moved his Civilization Archive further away. He only went back online after a while.

"I heard about it. It's hearsay, not from me. I'm so pure and kind-hearted, how could I have done that?"

Lin Ye wiped the sweat off his forehead and quickly found a lame excuse to go offline.

A moment later, beams of white light fell from the sky and intersected before they fused into his forehead.

This startling scene did not meet the expected outcome.

During dinner, the atmosphere became heated because of the promise that they will get to study.

Therefore, Lin Ye had given up on pretending to be a god. It was even more pointless now.

The group of native workers, soldiers, and rangers glanced up for a while before they continued working.

In their words, with their lord's unfathomable ability, it was pretty normal for him to have a few upgraded golden, white, and silver beams descending at night.

Don't look at the lord in a plebian way. His lord was the chosen one. It was a good thing that he did not ascend.

Bling! Bling! Bling!

Level 2 → Level 3 → Level 4 → Level 5!

Soon, mysterious energy covered his entire body. With the aid of a large number of Zombie Souls, his new talent, the 'Heart's Web', rapidly upgraded.

His five senses were improved beyond imagination as he stepped into Level 5.

Chapter 50

"It actually cost me 40,000 Zombie Souls to finish leveling up. On average, that's about 10,000 souls per level!"

Lin Ye grimaced.

Even with his wealth, it was still a little overwhelming.

He spent 20,000 Souls upgrading the tents and 5,000 Souls recruiting the beast tamers.

Sure then, the 68,400 Zombie Souls he obtained during the day were basically exhausted.

Fortunately, there was still a small zombie wave. Before tomorrow morning, he would probably be able to convert all of them and earn another hundred thousand Souls.

When he thought of that, Lin Ye felt his stress ease down. His gaze landed on the information of the upgraded talent.

According to the talent description, as long as there was no concealment device or dark fog, his 'Heart's Web' talent at Level 5 was a very strong skill.

It allowed him to see everything within five kilometers clearly.

His sense of smell, hearing and taste buds had all improved greatly.

Of course, what delighted him the most was the ability to read the hearts of his enemies.

He could easily analyze the mentality of humans whose levels were lower than his through their actions and expressions.

To the great lord Lin, this was a miracle.

After the upgrade, he put away his Civilization Archive and looked at the human lords who were standing in a row across the bunker with a smile.

These were all ready-to-use experimental products.

He smiled and said, "Have you guys thought it through?"

"Yes, we've thought it through. We'll stay in your territory and focus on working for you," the eight people replied quickly, their stomachs almost concaving from hunger.

This bastard. He actually made them work for free at the banquet. After using them, he didn't even give them food and even came to the bunker to lecture them. It was too unreasonable. 𝓁𝘪𝑏𝑟ℯ𝒶𝑑.𝑐ℴ𝘮

"That's right."

Lin Ye smiled brightly.

Pray like that?

Dared to scold me?

He would write them down in his notebook and settle the score later!

"Don't be anxious. The kitchen is preparing food for you guys. Let's chat first and familiarize ourselves with each other."

"Other than Chu Meng and Liu Yuan, can the rest please introduce themselves? Name, occupation, and skills."

"Well, I'll go first."

Zhang Liang led the way and coughed lightly. "My name is Zhang Liang. I'm 18 years old this year. I'm a third-year student in XX. My results are excellent. My ability is treasure hunting and a pre-warning system."

Treasure hunting? Warning system?

The others revealed curious looks.

What were those?

Of course, although they found it strange, they did not dare to ask.

Lin Ye looked at Zhang Liang coldly.

Gray emotional particles.

There were also abnormal fluctuations in his heartbeat and expression. The brat had lied again. His identity should be the truth.

That was inborn talent then. This kid was young but he was quite cautious.

Should I kill him and plunder his talent?

"Brother, I'm telling the truth. Don't look at me like that. I'm afraid…" Zhang Liang could not take it anymore and begged for mercy.

"If you don't do things against your conscience, you will not be afraid of ghosts knocking on your door. If you don't do bad things, what are you afraid of?"

Lin Ye looked at him kindly. Only when Zhang Liang was sweating profusely and could not take it anymore did he change his target. "Next person!"

Soon, the others spoke one after another.

"Xun Mingyuan, 28 years old. Supermarket warehouse manager. I'm good at tabulating data."

"Niu Wei, 21 years old. Worked in xx City. I'm good at working, fighting, and moving bricks."

"Jiang Gong, 23 years old, a recent graduate of the xx Civil Engineering Department. Special talent is playing League of Legends, table tennis, drawing…"

"Dong Wei, 27 years old, manager of an internet cafe at xx, good at acting cool, repairing computers, magical beast related games…"

"Wang Qiang, 25 years old, xx company excavator driver. Good at driving excavators and basketball…"

"Zhang Bao'er, 24 years old, a kindergarten teacher at xx. Things I'm good at… nothing. Are long legs considered?"

"It counts…"

Lin Ye held his forehead.

At this moment, he understood why such a scheming person like that brat would be willing to protect this woman.

She was too white!

With Heart's Web, he would look at the small emotional particles produced by others.

Every emotional particle had a different color.

Those who scolded him would have green particles above their heads!

Those infuriated would have orange-red particles on their heads!

Those deceiving him would have weird gray particles on them!

For those with bad intentions, black would appear. (The purer the color, the worse the person is!)

Those who were kind would have white particles! (Same as above)

Zhang Bao'er's emotions were so white that they were glowing. She was like a piece of glowing jade. Standing in front of her was like standing in front of a mirror.

Looking at her was equivalent to reflecting on oneself.

Wasn't there a saying in his previous life that went like this: If you lacked anything, you make up for it? Treasure Giving Boy lacked morals and was despicable.

With his twisted mindset, he might have developed a twisted love for her, which was why he protected her with his life.

It sounded so much like a comedy romance drama that Lin Ye almost laughed out loud.

He looked at Zhang Bao'er and his eyes lit up. "Kindergarten teacher, that's good. I'll give you a task for tomorrow. Teach those native citizens from the underworld Chinese characters. I will give you contribution points according to the number of people in class each day."

"What are contribution points used for?" Zhang Bao'er was dumbfounded.

What's going on? Why did he assign me a job?

"Ten contribution points can be exchanged for a meal, a night's lodging, and a 10 minute use of Civilization Archive. When your contribution points reach a certain level, I will help you rescue your family," Lin Ye said with a smile.

"I see. Then you have to keep your word. I'll agree to this then." Zhang Bao'er nodded heavily.

After Chu Xiu died, she lost all confidence. There were too many bad people outside who wanted to bully her.

The guy in front of her looked similar to Chu Xiu. He wasn't considered bad. She didn't know how long her brother and mother could last. If he was telling the truth, even if she died of exhaustion, she would help him nurture all the people from the underworld into talents.

"By the way, can you give me a set of basic teaching materials?" She raised her head and asked expectantly.

"…"

Lin Ye rolled his eyes. If I did, why would I ask for your help?

However, this was indeed a problem. He scratched his head and pointed at the others. "The few of you have at least been to university. After this, we discuss with each other and compile a simple textbook for reading and writing Chinese characters. As long as the strokes are correct, it will be considered a contribution point. Each useful education method will also be rewarded with 10 contribution points."

"As for Xun Mingyuan, Dong Wei, Wang Qiang… the rest of you, go and help out at the newly built warehouse. Remember, other than the loyalists – Lin One, Tru, and Adelia – the rest need to be recorded right to the last dot when they go to retrieve supplies from the warehouse."

"Lastly, Niu Wei, Zhang Liang, the two of you help with moving the fishes from the fisheries."

"Why are only the two of us going to transport the fish!" Niu Wei was dissatisfied and objected.

The task of transporting fish was tiring and dirty. After he was done, his body would be filled with the stench of fish. After moving for half a day yesterday, he had vomited a few times.

"You don't know?"

Lin Ye looked at him with a faint smile. "Did you enjoy scolding me in your heart at the start?"

F*ck!

How did this bastard know?

A look of surprise flashed across Niu Wei's eyes. He reacted quickly on the surface and denied repeatedly, "No, definitely not. Don't spout nonsense. I'm the best worker the xx factory evaluates every year. I never curse!"

"You still dare to scold me? You can forget about coming out of the fishery this month." Lin Ye sneered and got someone to take this fellow and Zhang Liang away.

Before he left, he looked meaningfully at Zhang Liang.

Chapter 51

"Hey, little brother, there's something wrong with this person today. Why do I feel like he can read my mind?"

After leaving the bunker, Niu Wei nudged Zhang Liang's arm and said suspiciously.

"From what you're saying, you really scolded him just now?" Zhang Liang raised his eyebrows as a look of dejection flashed across his eyes.

If that was true, then had his lie just now been discovered as well?

A talent?

But something was wrong. Wasn't the lord's talent the European King's Heaven Fate?

F*ck! A person with two talents?!

In an instant, Zhang Liang realized a huge secret and subconsciously shivered.

The pair of eyes from just now replayed in his mind.

It was so fierce like it was going to swallow him whole.

[Friendly Hint: Your lord's tolerance for you is decreasing. When it drops to zero, the probability of death will be 99%. The 1% would be nothing short of a miracle!]

[Friendly Hint: Betrayal is equivalent to death. With the current constitution of the Survivor, the probability of escaping the territory is zero!]

[Friendly Hint: Your thoughts are being observed by a higher-level presence. Hint: Talent will be delayed by 10 seconds!]

This was the third time Zhang Liang felt his back drenched in sweat.

He turned around and looked at the bunker. The small, two-story fortress had unknowingly transformed into a black taotie that was roaring at him with an abyss-like mouth.

"Hey, hey, little brother, what are you thinking about? I'm telling you, don't talk nonsense when you go out. People will die." Niu Wei laughed dryly. He had already seen the ferocious expression of the soldier who brought them to the fishery as if he dared admit that he had insulted Lin Ye, the other party would immediately beat him up.

F*ck! That bastard's ability to buy over people's hearts was impressive.

Uttering sour thoughts inwardly, they lowered their heads and went to the fishery with different thoughts.

In a short while, only Lin Ye and Jiang Gong were left in the huge bunker.

Jiang Gong was a graduate of the civil engineering department.

"My lord, is there anything I can do for you?"

Worker Jiang's eyes flickered. He seemed to have realized Lin Ye's intentions and asked respectfully.

"Do you know how to design toilet blueprints? It would be best if it's a large communal toilet." Lin Ye went straight to the point.

He was troubled by this problem. He was still joking with Nicole the night before. Now that his sense of smell had been strengthened by his Heart's Web talent, it was incredibly sensitive. Thousands of people defecated in the empty field a hundred meters away. Even from a distance, he could smell the stench which was unbearable.

He had thought of letting the native workers from the underworld build a house and dig a pit inside to use as a toilet.

Unfortunately, the native workers were restricted by the system and could only build physical objects with blueprints.

Furthermore, if he only dug a pit and did not deal with feces, the smell would still be a major problem.

He did not see any hint about bathrooms in the basic construction blueprints in the bunker. It was ridiculous.

"I can design it, but I need paper and a pen. It's best if there are other measuring tools as well." Jiang Gong nodded.

"There's no need to go through so much trouble. Provide me with a simple one first. If a toilet blueprint drops soon, it will save us from this trouble. There are still many basic tent blueprints left behind from last time, you can draw on the back of those blueprints. Don't look at me, I don't have a pen either. Right now, we are all in a primitive bunker civilization. Use a lighter to burn a piece of wood for a while. After it's carbonized, get Thru to sharpen it for you to use. Put up with this for a while since this is our current condition. We will change it again when the conditions get better."

Lin Ye patted Jiang Gong's back, his eyes full of encouragement, looking like he thought highly of him.

"Well… okay then."

Jiang Gong had a long face. He turned his head back three times with every step. In the end, under Lin Ye's kind gaze, he went out to look for Tru to carve a 'carbonated pencil' for him.

"In this kind of environment, it's a long way to get everything done!"

Lin Ye got up from the wooden chair and looked through the window of the bunker.

Looking at the nightscape of his territory which was getting better by the day, his face was filled with relief. He sighed. "I'm really too awesome!" 𝙡𝓲𝒃𝓻𝓮𝙖𝒅.𝙘𝓸𝒎

"Report!"

At this moment, there was a knock on the door.

"Come in." Lin Ye waved his hand lightly.

A moment later, a burly soldier walked in. It was a familiar face.

Ron was one of Tru's good friends, the one who had failed to advance to a Class 2 soldier.

Among all the loyalists, Lin Ye had a deep impression of him and entrusted him with important tasks.

"Reporting to my lord. Following your instructions, I have recorded all the information about the zombie wave we killed today. Our army has annihilated a total of 1,332 Level 1 zombies, 32 Level 2 zombies, and 9 Level 3 zombies. None above Level 4."

"For battle casualties, none of the Class 2 veterans died. 3 of the new recruits and 2 rangers died. There were129 who were lightly injured and 32 who were seriously injured…"

"We gained a total of 52 sandalwood treasure chests, 9 bronze treasure chests, 2 silver treasure chests, 1 wooden fence blueprint, 1 heavy shield soldier blueprint, and 1 intermediate fishery blueprint…"

Lin Ye nodded to himself when he heard that. You guys were really something. With only five deaths, you guys barely passed.

With that, Ron bowed and said excitedly, "My lord, the drops of the battle have been placed in the newly constructed Warehouse One. Shall we go and take a look?"

"Lead the way."

Lin Ye nodded with a smile. Opening chests was his favorite part.

He hoped to gain something useful.

Soon, the two of them arrived at Warehouse One. The other warehouses were still under construction.

"Greetings, my lord!"

"My lord, you've worked hard!"

"My lord is so professional. You're still here to inspect despite it being so late at night."

Along the way, some native workers would greet them warmly.

Lin Ye responded with smiles and nodded at Mus Baruch, who was building Warehouse Two, before entering the warehouse.

Warehouse One was not big. After all, it was only a Level 1 building. 50 cubic meters of space was barely enough.

After entering, his vision was instantly filled with the glow from the abundant treasures.

"Good lad, there's so many!"

Lin Ye couldn't help but smile. It was time to open the chests.

The territory had 4,000 people now.

The appetite of the soldiers from the underworld was three times that of humans from Earth. Every meal they ate and drank was a huge consumption. The resources that they had gotten previously were only enough for two days.

Fortunately, it was him. If it was anyone else, who would be able to afford this? If he didn't give them food for a day, did you think that these fellows wouldn't betray him?

"I'll have a good time this time, opening 50 in a row!"

Lin Ye laughed and walked to the front of the treasure chests.

Ron and the others looked rough, but they were meticulous in their work. They had long since arranged the three types of treasure chests separately.

52 sandalwood treasure chests were the closest to him, followed by bronze and silver.

With his decades of experience as a single dog, he could unlock them in less than ten seconds.

"You have obtained living supplies—a pack of individually packed nuts!"

"You have obtained living supplies—a bottle of steamed fish soy sauce!"

"You have obtained living supplies—5kg of rice!"

"You have obtained living supplies—a box of potato chips!"

"You have obtained living supplies—5kg of sweet potatoes!"

"You have obtained a white tier armor—Rattan Armor!"

"You have obtained a white tier weapon—Bronze Sword!"

"You have obtained a soldier blueprint—Class 1 Sword Guard!"

Before he could look at the 100x Reward options, Lin Ye was startled by the system's congratulatory message.

Chapter 52

[Survivor Lin Ye, congratulations on completing your first charge. Godly Talent: 100x Reward has reached its maximum charge. Do you wish to level up?]

[Friendly reminder that after leveling up, the third random option will be unlocked!]

"Then I must definitely upgrade it!"

Lin Ye shouted excitedly.

When he was devouring the Heart's Web talent, a third reward option had appeared in the 100x Reward. It also indicated that the problem was with charging the bar.

However, the system did not tell him how to charge it.

He had no idea what to do, but now, everything was clear.

The currency for charging was not Zombie Souls, but treasure chests!

Opening treasure chests was equivalent to adding experience points to 100x Reward.

As soon as he finished speaking, a nine-colored light beam descended from the sky, passed through the top of the warehouse, and poured into Lin Ye's body.

The native workers, soldiers, rangers, and chefs outside were all shocked by this scene.

If it was an ordinary golden, white, silver or green beam of light, they have seen it all before.

But they had never heard of a nine-colored light.

"Our lord is truly a god!"

Class 3 Priest Gran stroked his beard under the moonlight, looking shocked.

He believed that no one present knew better than him how terrifying a nine-colored light beam was.

He'd once read about it a few years ago in the ancient books from a few years ago in the Divine Hall's treasure vault.

There was a description of a similar sight. That was the protagonist of the Fifth Epoch, known as the strongest Holy Emperor in the world, Karl. When he upgraded the Kingdom of Light, the divine light which descended was only six-colored too.

Even so, the Holy Emperor of that generation dominated and killed countless human lords, almost defeating the final zombie wave.

Now, his lord had just started his career and was not even considered a stone at the side of the Heaven Kingdom and yet he actually had a divine light that far surpassed the strongest Emperor in history.

Such terrifying potential was truly unheard of.

Fortunately, not many people from the underworld knew about this.

Although 99% of the citizens were surprised, they only praised their lord, saying things like 'the lord is impressive' before they turned back and continued working.

Lin Ye had no idea about that.

However, to his surprise, the Light Priest Gran actually offered his 100% loyalty and became his first priest loyalist.

"This fellow, what is he up to again?"

Lin Ye scratched his head, unable to understand Gran's mind.

Before this, he had hinted that as long as one submitted to him, they would be able to obtain a large number of upgrade scrolls and equipment.

In the end, Gran pretended not to hear him and now, he joined them for no reason.

"Forget it. I'm going to ignore him."

Lin Ye turned his head and focused all his attention on the page with the 100x Reward Upgrade.

After absorbing a large amount of the nine-colored divine light, he looked within himself.

A nine-colored crystal the size of a house suddenly floated in the depths of his pitch-black brain. A fist-sized white crystal was floating at its base, circling the nine-colored crystal like a loyal fan.

Lin Ye narrowed his eyes and muttered, "Looks like even talents are divided into their respective classes. My 100x Reward is probably of a high class, and this Heart's Web talent is comparatively lousier. It doesn't even have the basic dignity of a talent."

He temporarily ignored the Heart's Web talent and touched the huge nine-colored crystal within his consciousness.

Boom!

The information flooded in.

Talent: 100x Reward

Tier: Godly

Level: 2 (Note: For Godly Talents, leveling it up once is equivalent to leveling up normal talents ten times. It breaks a dimension!)

Upgrade Reward: Added the third random reward option (1% chance of triggering 100x Reward, European King's Heaven, Unlucky Hell) [Calculated Individually]

To Reach The Next Level: 10,000 Bronze Treasure Chests (Or 1,000 Silver Treasure Chests or 100 Gold Chests)

[Survivor Lin Ye, congratulations on becoming the first human to advance your talent to its second stage in this world. Please take in 100 humans as soon as possible. If you obtain 100 human reputation accomplishments, you can activate the treasure chest exchange function!]

[Treasure Chest Exchange: 10 Sandalwood = 1 Bronze, 10 Bronze = 1 Silver, 10 Silver = 1 Gold, 100 Gold = 1 Platinum, 100 Platinum = 1 Diamond, 100 Diamond = 1 Grandmaster, 1000 Grandmaster = 1 King…]

"Heavens, another 100x Reward has been triggered!"

Lin Ye's gaze was immediately drawn to the contents of the upgrade reward, and his breathing quickened.

If his understanding was correct, if he was lucky enough, he could get a reward ten thousand times higher!

For example, the maximum reward from a sandalwood treasure chest was purple tier equipment. At his luckiest, it would only be a purple tier equipment.

If he triggered the 1% chance, it would be 100 purple tier equipment.

However, the probability was a little low.

Lin Ye calmed himself down and frowned.

According to the independent algorithm stated in the description, it would be 1% for every choice.

The probability was too low. He might even get the gambler's luck—losing everything.

"From the looks of it, I have to get 'lucky' talent as soon as possible. Only then can I perfectly match the new option given."

Lin Ye thought to himself.

As for the treasure chest exchange function…

He will ignore it for the time being. It was already so late at night. Where would he get 100 humans from? He will think about it tomorrow!

"No matter what, let's try out the new function first."

His gaze turned to the sandalwood treasure chests that he had just opened 50 times in a row.

At this moment, the number of options had changed from two to three.

With 100x Reward, you can choose between:

100 packets of individually packed nuts!10 packets of pistachios!Random Living Supply (1% chance to invoke 100x Reward,European King's Heaven, Unlucky Hell)100 bottles of Steamed Fish Soy Sauce!10 bottles of Old Granny Styled Bean Paste!Random Living Supply500 kg of rice!50kg of premium pearl rice!Random Living Supply100 boxes of potato chips10 boxes of Three Squirrel Nut Gift PackRandom Living Supply 500 Kg of Sweet Potatoes 50kg of premium Purple Sweet PotatoesRandom Living Supply

100 White Tier Armor – Rattan Armor!1 Purple Tier Armor – Class 3 Heavenly Armor (Able to defend against attacks from Level 3s up to 5 times)Random Armor Reward (1% chance to invoke 100x Reward again)100 White Tier Weapon – Bronze Sword!1 Purple Tier Weapon – Dragon Roar Sword (Ability to use Class 3 Dragon Roar which has offensive sound waves capabilities)Random Weapon Reward (1% chance to invoke 100x Reward again)100 blueprints of Class 1 Soldier – Sword Guard!1 blueprint of Class 3 soldier – Blood Fiend Sword Guard!Random Soldier Blueprint Reward (1% chance to invoke 100x Reward again)

….

"I'll take a gamble! Hoping that the bicycle can become a motorbike!"

Lin Ye clenched his teeth as he gritted on.

With the exception to the living supplies he desperately needed which he selected option 1 for,

He chose option 3 for armors and weapons.

After he spoke, the option started showing the different names of the many equipment.

From white tier armor to purple tier armor, hundreds of them flashed by in the blink of an eye.

Of course, 80% of them were white and blue tier armor, while the remaining 20% were purple tier armor. 𝓵𝒊𝒃𝙧𝓮𝙖𝓭.𝙘𝒐𝙢

There were changes to the numbers as well.

For white and blue tiers, it was constantly jumping between 1 to 100. For purple, it was stable. If it wasn't 1, it would be 2.

Three seconds later, the option screen slowly fixated and a few large purple characters appeared.

"You have obtained purple tier armor—Protector's Armor!"

"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have triggered the 1% chance for 100x Reward!"

"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have obtained 100 purple tier armor—Protector's Armor!"

"!"

Chapter 53

Bang!

Option confirmed.

The first sandalwood treasure chest instantly exploded and spewed out hundreds of purple light balls, blinding everyone in the warehouse.

Within every ball of light was a defensive armor that emitted dense earth elemental power.

His fingers touched it and a notification came.

Equipment: Protector's Armor

Level: Light Purple (Early Class 3)

Effect: Armed with self-protection skills. When faced with life-threatening situations, this skill can be activated. It can effectively block 3 fatal attacks from Level 3 zombies. 10 from Level 2 zombies and 100 from Level 1 zombies.

"Gosh, as expected of me, the wielder of European King's Heaven Fate!"

Lin Ye was so happy that his mouth was about to cramp.

Drawing 100 purple tier armor—Protector's Armor was secondary. The most important thing was the probability of getting it.

One was a 20% chance (The probability of getting a purple tier, without counting the details) while the other was 1% of getting 100x Reward and both of them were activated at the same time.

That was such a low probability and yet he was able to directly hit the upper limit of the draw.

That was the same logic of getting 2,000,000RMB after only spending 2 RMB.

He felt great!

"Continue, let's continue!"

After the first big drop, Lin Ye got a little carried away and turned to the second, third, and fourth…

He looked forward to seeing what he would get from each of them.

Soon, the reward choices started spinning and a large amount of information was sent over.

"You have obtained 10 Class 2 Blue Tier weapons, Black Forest Sword!"

"You have obtained 1 Class 1 White Tier Armor, Inferior Steel Armor!" 𝓵𝙞𝒃𝓻𝓮𝙖𝓭.𝙘𝓸𝓶

"You have obtained 55 Class 1 White Tier Weapon, Wooden Spear!"

"You have obtained 1 Class 3 Purple Tier Weapon, Dragon Roar Sword!"

"You have obtained 15 Class 2 Tiger Hunting Blade Guard blueprints!"

"You have obtained 90 Class 2 Soldier Upgrade Scrolls!"

"You have obtained 1 Class 3 Attributeless Soldier Upgrade Scroll!"

"You have obtained 45 Class 2 Body Strengthening Pills!"

Unfortunately, choosing the third option for the next 35 consecutive times did not go as smoothly as the first time.

There were gains and losses. Thinking about it carefully, 90% of it was losses.

"Impossible! With my European King's Heaven Fate, I can't possibly only get it once!"

Lin Ye's eyes turned red as he once again put his sight on the nine bronze treasure chests.

His fingers touched it.

"You have obtained a Class 2 Blacksmith Upgrade Scroll!"

"You have obtained a Class 2 Blue Tier Weapon, the Nine-Ringed Blade!"

"You have obtained a Class 2 Attributeless Type Upgrade Scroll!"

"You have obtained the blueprint for Class 2 Light Cavalry Soldiers!"

"You have obtained a dozen Breeze Brand Toilet Paper(10x)!"

"You have obtained a box of pig trotters!"

"You have obtained 100 Desert Eagle bullets!"

"You have obtained a box of Old Granny Styled Bean Paste!"

"You have obtained a box of elementary school notebooks!"

With 100x Reward, you can choose between:

1. 100 Class 2 Blacksmith Upgrade Scrolls!

2. 1 Class 4 Blacksmith Upgrade Scroll!

3. Random Blacksmith Upgrade Scroll [80% Chance of getting Class 1-3 (Quantity ranges from 1-100) 20% of getting Class 4(Quantity ranges from 1-3)]

1. 100 Class 2 Blue Tier Nine-Ringed Blade!

2. 1 Class 4 Silver Tier Weapon, Wandering Dragon Saber!

3. Random Weapon [80% Chance of getting Class 1-3 (Quantity ranges from 1-100) 20% of getting Class 4 (Quantity ranges from 1-3)]

1. 100 Level 2 Attributeless Type Upgrade Scrolls!

2. 1 Level 4 Attributeless Type Upgrade Scroll!

3. Random Attributeless Type Upgrade Scroll (Same as above!)

1. 100 blueprints for Class 2 Light Cavalry Soldiers!

2. 1 Early Class 4 Gale Knight Blueprint!

3. Random Soldier Blueprint (Same as above!)

1. 100 dozens of Breeze Brand Toilet Paper!

2. 10 dozens of premium toilet paper!

3. Random brand toilet paper (Same as above!)

….

"What the heck is this? Are the last few a joke!?"

Lin Ye was speechless.

The reward for opening treasure chests was getting more and more ridiculous. What the hell was this elementary school notebook!

However, there were a few that satisfied him.

For example, toilet paper.

It was not considered precious on Earth, but in this world, it was something priceless.

Two days ago, he almost had to wipe his ass with his bare hands.

In the end, he had to grit his teeth and stomp his feet, using the cheapest Level 1 Tent blueprint as toilet paper.

Even with that, it would mean that everytime he did it, it would be equivalent to throwing dozens of Zombie Souls into the pit at once which would be heartbreaking for others.

"I choose option 1 for toilet paper and bullets, option 3 for the rest!"

Swish—

A large amount of Breeze Brand Toilet Paper poured out and Lin Ye got Ron and the others to move them out.

For the time being, Warehouse One was only used to store weapons and equipment. It was managed by his loyalist subordinates. The other living supplies didn't matter as much so he would leave it to Xun Mingyuan and the others to manage. With his talent which acted as a lie detector, they would not dare to embezzle the supplies.

Soon, it began to spin through the other random choices.

The moment it stopped spinning, Lin Ye's smiling face fell.

"You have obtained 35 Class 3 Blacksmith Upgrade Scrolls!"

"You have obtained 89 Class 2 Blue Tier weapons—Nine-Ringed Blade!"

"You have obtained 2 Class 4 Attributeless Type Upgrade Scrolls!"

"You have obtained 5 blueprints for the Class 3 Middle Stage Wind Wolf Cavalry Soldiers!"

"You have received 69 University Student Sketchbooks (1,000mm x 1,414mm)"

"…"

Overall, this round was still a 'small loss'!

Lin Ye pursed his lips, feeling upset.

For the sake of his dignity as a gambler, he looked at the last two Silver Treasure Chests.

"F*ck! So be it then. I'll just do it all the way today!"

He waved his hand and opened the two Silver Treasure Chests again.

"You have obtained a Class 3 Purple Tier Weapon—Grenade!"

"You have obtained a Class 3 Artistic Book—Playboy's Photo Collection!"

With 100x Reward, you can choose between:

1. 100 Middle Grade Class 3 Weapon—Grenade!

2. 10 Top Grade Class 3 Weapon—Biochemical High Explosive Grenade (Damage increased by 300% against zombies)!

3. Random Weapon [For Class 1 and 2, 30% Chance (Quantity 1-100), For Class 3, 50% Chance (Quantity 1-10), For Class 4, 19% Chance (Quantity 1-3). 1% chance of triggering 100x Reward!]

1. 100 Playboy's Photo Collection

2. 10 Anniversary Special Selection Photo Collection

3. Random Literary Book [For Class 1 and 2, 30% Chance (Quantity 1-100), For Class 3, 50% Chance (Quantity 1-10), For Class 4, 19% Chance (Quantity 1-3). 1% chance of triggering 100x Reward!]

"Bleh!"

Lin Ye almost vomited.

Playboy's Photo Collection was considered Class 3, and a literary book?

"You might as well give me a nine-year compulsory education textbook package. It's more convincing than the photo collection."

Lin Ye was very dissatisfied with the reward options arranged by the system.

Wasn't this asking for mistakes to be made?

He chose option 3 easily!

Including the high explosive grenades, he chose option 3. Grandpa Lin didn't care. He wanted to be the European King today!

Charge!

Options confirmed.

Whoosh—

The reward panel rapidly spinned and stopped after a few seconds.

"You have obtained 49 Class 3 Purple Tier Weapon—New Moon Battleaxe!"

"You have obtained a Class 4 Silver Tier Literary Book—Chinese Dictionary!"

At this moment, the system sent another congratulatory message.

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. Civilization and culture is the origin of inheritance. You are the first person in the entire world to drop the book with the highest literary value in the world. Everything is inferior compared to education. Please spread the culture of Earth to the entirety of the other world. For every citizen who you aid, it will increase your reputation point by 1!]

[Unlocking Reputation. Unlocking the Reputation Shop. You can obtain more blueprints from the Civilization Architects and participate in various instant kill activities and auctions.]

[Please continue to work hard.. At the same time, thank you for your first recharge. You must work hard!]

Chapter 54

As soon as he finished reading, Lin Ye noticed a change in the Civilization Archive's page.

On the tenth page, the originally empty screen suddenly filled up. The first thing that appeared was two golden words.

Reputation Shop!

When his fingers touched the words, it was dark, indicating that it had yet to be unlocked. 𝓁𝒾𝒷𝘳ℯ𝘢𝑑.𝑐ℴ𝓂

[Hint: Requires 100 Reputation Points to unlock!]

"I wonder if I can trigger a 100x Reward…"

Lin Ye narrowed his eyes. The unlock mission to exchange for treasure chests was also related to reputation points.

He could not help but feel some anticipation towards this newly opened Reputation Shop.

After some thought, he gave up on the idea of immediately finding someone to experiment with.

It was already late and the native workers were still working overtime. The influence that the Chinese characters had on them was not indicated by the system.

Who knew if a night would change the minds of the native workers.

After clearing his thoughts, Lin Ye casually threw the Chinese dictionary and the drawing paper to a subordinate at the entrance and got him to bring the things to Zhang Bao'er and Worker Jiang.

Tomorrow, they will be giving lessons to the native workers. This was a godly item that may be able to increase his reputation points.

The toilet was also of utmost importance.

After the soldier left, his gaze landed on the purple glow and a large number of miscellaneous scrolls on the ground.

Lin Ye rubbed his brows and smiled bitterly. "I got a little carried away. I have to calm down when I encounter such situations in the future."

"Ron."

He waved his hand and pointed at the purple tier equipment and weapons on the ground. He instructed, "Find a reliable person to register and sort them out. Once you're done, report them to me tomorrow morning. It's getting late. I'm going to rest for a while. Inform True to rest in shifts and enter Class 3 early."

At this point, he looked at Ron and continued, "You too. Tomorrow, the lord will officially create soldiers which are mainly Class 2 and 3. For soldiers who have pledged their loyalty to me in advance, I hope that you can occupy an important position in the team."

"Therefore, before the award ceremony tomorrow morning, if you can advance to the late stages of Class 2, I can give you a chance."

Hearing this, Ron flushed with excitement and quickly knelt down to thank him.

"You bastard, it's a good thing this isn't New Year's on Earth. Otherwise, I would have to send you New Year's money."

Lin Ye smiled and waved his hand. He yawned and went to the bunker.

These days, he has been racing against time. He was exhausted and fell asleep as soon as he returned to the bunker.

When he woke up, it was already afternoon the next day and the sun was high in the sky.

"It's so uncomfortable sleeping on this wooden bed."

Lin Ye got up in a daze, feeling his backache.

At this moment, he missed his home's Simmons memory foam pillow.

"My lord, I'll massage your back for you."

The chef, Nicole, was already waiting by the side. She handed him a cup of mouthwash and obediently massaged his back.

"Mm, to the left. Yes, that's the place. Put in more force. Don't be afraid. Your lord is in good health…"

After Lin Ye finished rinsing his mouth, he appeared to be enjoying Nicole's massage on the surface. In fact, he had secretly discovered his Heart's Web talent.

Whoosh—

Streaks spread across his territory.

Apart from the places that were hidden, he could also see the voices, breaths, and colors of their emotions.

All kinds of random rustling sounds kept ringing in his ears, ranging from loud to soft ones.

At Barracks One, Tru had panda eyes and was laughing with his hands on his hips.

After that, his body emitted strange red energy.

"Battle aura. Our boss actually produced a battle aura. Impressive!" Someone exclaimed.

"This can be considered the late stages of Class 2, right? With another Class 3 Soldier Upgrade Scroll, the boss will be able to fly on the spot!" Someone said enviously.

"Hmph, what's the big deal? With so many resources, even a pig can break through to the next level," someone said sourly.

Those were from the new recruits. Every one of them was jealous of the treatment Tru and the others received.

Of course, the result of saying that was obvious.

Tru, this fellow, used his authority for personal wants. He staged a gang fight and taught the new recruits the cruelty of society.

"Fortunately, it was a friendly competition and didn't cause any resentment." Lin Ye nodded inwardly.

His Heart's Web talent allowed him to see the color of emotional particles.

Even though Tru and the others were beating them up, the new recruits only had angry red particles but there were no other dark colors.

That was good.

He could tell that after today, many of the soldiers who had been provoked by Tru would probably fall into his hands again.

He shifted his gaze and remotely monitored Xun Mingyuan, Zhang Bao'er, Zhang Liang, and the others.

Looking at them was fine but he seemed to have discovered a small secret.

Friendship points reached 10?

He could create a new channel in his Civilization Archive?

Good fellow, he was discussing this behind his back.

Lin Ye stole a glance because it was mainly Niu Wei acting out.

This fellow was dissatisfied with the current situation. The fisheries were smelly and tiring. He would rather die than work here.

In the friends' chat.

Niu Wei: "Everyone, have you all forgotten what you felt and wanted to do when we were caught on the first day? We are all lords, so on what basis should we be Lin Ye's lackeys? I propose to restart the plan we had from the day before. When the zombie wave comes, we can escape through the back door. The sky will be as high as the birds can fly. When we go out, we can be like him. Be a lord and raise a cute little chef. If we have nothing to do, we can drink tea and farm. It will be so relaxing."

Chu Meng said, "I don't want to. I think it's good to stay here. As long as I sing a few praises, I can live a carefree life. Also, Lord Lin is so handsome. He was smiling at me yesterday. Is he interested in me? Ah, if he wants to have children with me, should I reject him?"

Liu Yuan: "Stop dreaming. There are so many rangers and chefs, which one of them isn't more beautiful than you? With our lord's handsome and rich persona, I think it will be difficult for you to even be his foot-washing maid."

Xun Mingyuan: "Seconded!"

Niu Wei: "!"

Jiang Gong: "+1. Speaking of which, what are we having for breakfast today? The beef instant noodles we ate last night were already very nice. I took a screenshot and sent it to the Regional Channel. A group of people was calling me big shot saying how ridiculously awesome it was. Their hatred for me instantly skyrocketed. It was so funny."

Niu Wei: "Hey, hey, hey, are you all listening to me? Can you all respect me a little? Don't be bought over by the enemy's sweet words and things. We are humans, not those native workers outside. We need to have our principles and freedom! Brother Zhang Liang, come out and say something. What do you think?"

Zhang Liang said, "Old Niu, don't drag me into this. I'm currently considering giving all my loyalty to the lord. If you still say all these, I'll be the first to report you."

Zhang Bao'er said, "Count me in. I want to pledge my loyalty to you. Last night, the Lord sent me a Chinese dictionary. I might even become an educator for the people from the underworld."

Niu Wei: "Traitors, f*ck all of you!"

He was trembling with anger!

What was the point of chatting? Delete this chat!

In an instant, the chat group that had just been created was disbanded.

This farce amused Lin Ye.

Honestly speaking, he understood what Niu Wei was thinking. At least compared to the previous five-man team, this guy had never thought of harming him from the start. It was just his pride acting up. When the protection mechanism disappears today, he would know how wise it was to stay here.

For these types of people, when the time came, there was no way he would be able to get rid of him.

Not worth mentioning at all.

Before breakfast, the thousands of zombie corpses killed yesterday from the zombie wave finally disintegrated.

Chapter 55

"You have obtained 1,662 Zombie Souls!"

100x Reward.

"You have obtained 166,200 Zombie Souls!"

A wave of Souls, delightful!

Lin Ye smiled and kept all the Zombie Souls into his Civilization Archive.

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. Your bunker's experience bar is full. Do you wish to upgrade it immediately?]

"Upgrade!"

Lin Ye nodded. His experience bar had already been at 29,280 points, so he was only a step away from 32,000 points.

Now that he had converted so many zombies, it would be stranger if he did not level up.

As for the so-called buffs from the system, screw it, it felt like a huge pit.

If he had the time, he might as well level up sooner.

Was Grandpa Lin someone who lacked that little bit of zombie souls?

[Bunker, Level 5 → Level 6. Upgrade Time: 12 hours!]

[Friendly Hint: Acceleration Scroll can be purchased. Each Acceleration Scroll will decrease upgrade time by 1 hour!]

[Acceleration Scroll Price: 1,000 Zombie Souls]

"I already said that I'm not short of money!"

Rich Lin, who had just obtained more than 160,000 Zombie Souls, threw down 12,000 Zombie Souls and bought 12 Acceleration Scrolls.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The next moment, twelve consecutive golden beams descended. The original two-storey bungalow was upgraded to a three-storey mansion.

The layout of the bunker had also changed slightly.

Previously, it was relatively simple. There was only the recruitment hall on the first floor and the lord's bedroom on the second floor.

It was different now. The previous two were still there, but there was an additional lord's archive.

The information of the bunker now was as follows:

Territory: Bunker

Level: 6

Range: 6,000 meters

Population Limit: 8,000 [4,000/8,000]

Recruitment Orders: Native Worker Recruitment Order

Level 1 Attributeless Soldiers Recruitment Order

Level 1 Mining Factory Blueprint (Requires 10 Native Workers. Can process 100 units of ore per hour)

Newest Unlocked Function: Lord's Archive!

Bunker Experience Points: 3,280/64,000

"The Archive room. I wonder what it does."

Lin Ye walked to the third floor curiously.

The archive room was huge. It was about 100 square meters and there were a lot of scrolls inside.

He casually flipped through it and realized that it was all information about the people in his territory.

The people at the front were Lin One, Lin Two, Lin Three… Lin Nine. After Lin Nine, the scene changed drastically, and the names started changing.

Lin Shi became Lin Tianhu, and Lin Eleven was also changing. First, he called Lin Tianbao, then Lin Tianying, and finally Lin Tianlong.

"?"

Changing in real time, was it really so advanced?

Lin Ye held the scroll and walked to the window on the third floor to take a look.

As expected, after disbanding the chat, Zhang Bao'er took the Chinese dictionary and went to find the people from the underworld for a class.

Regarding knowledge, the native workers in the underworld were the most enthusiastic. As long as they returned to the territory for their rest time during their shifts, they would all sit around Zhang Bao'er like curious babies and listen to her class seriously.

After the initial simple exchange, Zhang Bao'er suggested changing their names.

Lin One and Lin Nine disagreed, thinking that this name was their honor.

Even if the Lin clan flourished in the future, their names would be engraved at the front of the family tree.

Therefore, their names did not change.

After Lin Shi, there were no such complicated thoughts. They were uneducated and could not wait for Zhang Bao'er to come up with a nicer sounding name.

Which was why this was currently happening.

"Everyone, sit properly. Take your time. If you guys keep squeezing, I won't be teaching this class!"

After Zhang Bao'er showed her authority as a teacher, the native workers immediately became obedient. They sat up straight and raised their hands one by one to request for a name change.

Reputation Point+1, Reputation Point+1, Reputation Point+1…

"Hm?"

Suddenly, Lin Ye started.

In just a short while, under the Heart's Web talent observation mode, he actually saw the reputation points above Zhang Bao'er's head.

With every change in name, her reputation points would increase by 1-2.

"Why? Why is it that I actually don't get a share of that?!"

Lin Ye gritted his teeth in anger.

I sent the person and gave the dictionary so why shouldn't I get a share of the reputation point that she was earning?

He asked the system and received the information that he could find the answer for himself and that the answer was in the archive room.

Zhang Bao'er…

There seems to be a file about her as well.

Lin Ye's eyes lit up.

He scanned the archive room. It was temporarily divided into three categories.

On the left were the people from the underworld, at the center were zombies, and on the right were the people from Earth.

Zhang Bao'er was the ninth among the people of Earth, so her file was easy to find.

A moment later, he got his answer and heaved a sigh of relief.

Reputation points had their levels as well!

The relationship between the people of Earth and their lord was that of an employee and their boss.

No matter what the people of Earth obtained in their territory, they had to give 9/10 of it to their lord.

The reason why he did not obtain any Reputation Points immediately was because the system had set a minimum limit on the number of Reputation Points before it can be split.

The Reputation Points that the people of Earth earned had to be above 100 points before it could be split.

Zhang Bao'er had only changed two or three names. The native workers were very careful with changing their names. It would still take a while before 100 of them changed their names.

"Alright, I will wait a while more. It should be able to reach 100 by today."

Lin Ye looked forward to it. Once he split the points, he might trigger 100x Reward and activate the Reputation Shop immediately.

For the time being, he had nothing to do. He activated his Heart's Web talent. With the bunker upgraded to Level 6, his Heart's Web talent could be upgraded again.

After spending 18,000 Zombie Souls, a white divine light descended from the sky.

Bathed in the light beam, Lin Ye felt his five senses improving again.

Everything within six thousand meters of his territory was under his perception.

"This ability is too strong!"

Lin Ye sighed contentedly.

As long as he was in his territory, he was like a god!

As a god, his knowledge still needed to be supplemented.

He walked straight to the shelf where the zombie files were placed and opened the first file to take a look.

There were four types of zombies recorded on it: Level 1 Slow Zombies, Level 2 Swift Zombies, Level 3 Supervisor Zombies (Those wearing suits), and Level 4 Venomous Zombies.

"They only have information on those I've seen before." 𝒍𝓲𝙗𝒓𝒆𝓪𝒅.𝙘𝒐𝓶

Lin Ye understood. This was similar to the monster cards in other games. The more information he collected, the better he would know his enemy.

Forget about Level 1, 2, and 3. He had already killed many of them with the exception of Level 4.

The day before yesterday, Adelia led Zhang Liang to find a treasure chest and suffered greatly from the Venomous Zombie.

He had promised Adelia that he would avenge her today.

Thinking about that, he opened the information about the Level 4 Venomous Zombie first.

Zombie: Venomous

Level: 4

Special Characteristics: Cunning, Concealment, Ambush

Strengths: Corpse poison is strong and they can kill Level 3, 4 Soldiers. Long-range attacks (Venom range separated into early, middle, late stages, from 5-15 meters)

Weaknesses: Body is fragile, equivalent to an ordinary Level 3 Zombie.

Sure-Kill Skill: Venom Self-Explosion!

[Before dying, it will detonate itself. Venom will cover a radius of 30 meters. Anyone below Class 4 will be instantly killed.]

"It does look a little like what Adelia encountered." Lin Ye smiled.

That put him at ease. The only thing he needed to take note of was the zombie's Sure-Kill Skill.

However, he had powerful long range units.

As long as he cured Adelia well, combined with his Heart's Web talent, they would be able to kill the Venomous Zombie from afar.

At the mention of treatment, he could not help but think of the Light Priest Gran, who became loyal to him for no reason last night.

Chapter 56

"It's not like I can't give him a chance!"

Lin Ye put down the Venomous Zombie's file, and a glint flashed across his eyes.

Loyalty was irreversible. No matter what that guy was thinking, as long as he offered 100% loyalty, he would become one of them.

He was never stingy towards his own people.

After staying in the archive for a while more and realizing that there was no other value of use, Nicole called Lin Ye down for mealtime.

Breakfast was a scrumptious one. Milk egg drop soup and the underworld's version of steamed buns with pork. There was also a bowl of beef bone soup.

To be honest, the taste was much better than yesterday and the day before.

After all, as an Advanced chef, her innate capabilities were clear. Even in this world where seasoning was scarce, the food she made was still awesome.

However, the Lin Ye today was not the same as yesterday. With his Heart's Web talent upgraded to Level 6 this morning, his five senses had been strengthened. His taste buds became extremely picky.

"Mm, there's 1g too much salt, a little over the tolerance limit of the body. The same goes for the milk egg drop soup. There's 5g too much lard. Although it tastes softer and smoother, eating too much will increase your weight and won't be good for your health."

"For the steamed buns with pork, the buns are a little hard but this can't be helped since those came from a treasure chest. Who knows if those were processed? On the other hand, the pork wasn't marinated sufficiently long and was too dry. It didn't meld perfectly with the cat-eared sauce."

"For the entire course, I would give it a 7 point which is already not bad."

Lin Ye chewed as he critiqued the food.

"I will work hard and strive to get a perfect score from the lord as soon as possible!"

Chef Nicole's eyes welled with tears. She might have improved, but her lord was improving faster.

Not being able to keep up with her lord's progress was a bad sign.

With his lord's wealth, he might even recruit the mortal enemies of the cat-eared chefs in the future.

That was the Sanzhi clan which was given the title of gourmet by the underworld. It was ranked alongside the cat-eared chefs as the main chefs in the underworld.

The threat was too great.

Therefore, at this moment, not only was the female chef not discouraged, she even felt extremely motivated.

All their beliefs melded together: No matter what, they must not let the Sanzhi clan replace the status of cat-eared chefs in this territory!

"Nicole, don't worry. You were the first to follow me. Naturally, you will get your share of the benefits. If I get the recipe of Earth's eight greatest menus when I open a treasure chest, you'll be the first one to reward that too," Lin Ye said with a smile.

He already dropped a Chinese dictionary and playboy's photobook so he was already immune to weird drops. It should be possible for recipes to drop as well.

After a few days of contact with his people, he had already understood the rules for the advancement of the various major groups.

The advancement of native workers required them to build a large number of buildings. Their experience points came from construction.

Following that reasoning, soldiers gained experience points from training and battles.

Of course, they were comparatively more complicated and had higher demands for their innate talent.

For those with stronger innate talents, their experience would increase faster compared to ordinary soldiers even with the same duration and training intensity.

That point was reflected in Tru.

Although the other recruits complained that Tru was the lord's lackey and had benefited most from the lord's resources, why didn't they use their brains a little?

Tru was the young master of a clan after all. In their world where bloodline culture was rich, his combat talent could definitely be ranked amongst the top in his clan.

Otherwise, he would not have reached the peak of Class 2 so quickly.

Seeing how hardworking he was, he would reward him with a few Class 3 and 4 upgrade scrolls later to see if he could become the first Class 4 soldier in the territory.

With that in mind, he dismissed Nicole and the joyful breakfast time passed.

The thousands of soldiers outside had long since finished their meals. In terms of efficiency in cleaning their meals up, they far surpassed Lin Ye, even licking the soup pot dry.

It was evident that the culinary skills of the cat-eared chefs were still popular among the people of the underworld. 𝑙𝒾𝒷𝘳𝑒𝑎𝘥.𝒸ℴ𝓂

With good food and good rest,

Under the morning sun, satisfied smiles appeared on everyone's faces, increasing their loyalty towards Lin Ye by about 1%.

The average was currently 93%!

"Not bad." The corners of Lin Ye's lips curled up into a smile.

He had already sensed that the various soldiers had gained a stronger sense of belonging to their territory.

In just one morning, another 40 plus people became loyalists.

In a while, he could reward them for their contributions and excite them a little. In that way, he could initiate a large-scale leveling of his people.

The number of Class 2 and 3 soldiers increased.

The Class 3 Protector's Armor and Class 3 New Moon Battleaxe that dropped last night would be useful.

After lunch, Ron reported the numbers which he had gathered from the warehouse to Lin Ye.

Lin Ye took a look and instructed him to move all the treasures onto the platform.

"Wow, so much purple tier equipment!"

"I know those. They are early-stage Class 3 Protector's Armor and a mid-stage Class 3 New Moon Battleaxe produced by Ultima City!"

"Oh my god, those golden scrolls at the back are all upgrade scrolls, right? There are so many of them. There seem to be ones with Class 3 and 4 runes too!"

"It's not just the upgrade scroll. If you look further behind, could that porcelain bottle contain Body Strengthening Pills?!"

"Oh my god, the lord is too generous!"

"My lord, I love you. Give it to me, give it to me please!"

Below the platform, the citizens of the underworld who had just finished their breakfast and were chatting suddenly fell into a frenzy.

All of them squeezed under the platform with flushed faces.

Just like those crazy die-hard fans on Earth who attended their idols' concerts, they cheered crazily.

"Silence!" Lin Ye waved his hand.

With what happened last time, even the new recruits did not dare to go against the rules.

Since the Lord had spoken, they had to obey.

Whoosh—

The crowd immediately fell silent. Even though their faces were flushed red and wished that they could rush up to the platform and snatch all the equipment and upgrade scrolls.

At this moment, they had to endure obediently and looked at their lord with fanaticism.

"Everyone."

Lin Ye spoke, drawing everyone's attention.

Fortunately, his throat had also been strengthened. Even though his voice was not loud, it spread far and wide. He said in a clear voice, "Originally, the reward for today's work should be in the afternoon, but because everyone has fought with the zombie wave yesterday, all major working groups worked overtime. This is the first time everyone is working overtime in shifts."

"Therefore, in order to reward everyone, I've decided to give everyone the benefits in advance."

"Long live our Lord!"

"Long live our Lord!"

Waves of cheers sounded from below.

"Alright, I know. But just living long is not enough. Remember to say 'live beyond ten thousand years' next time."

Lin Ye teased and continued, "Let's cut the crap. As per the old rules, loyalty takes priority. If you become a loyalist, you will be rewarded unconditionally. Your contribution will be ranked in the top ten."

"My lord!" At this moment, someone among the new recruits raised his hand.

"Please go on." Lin Ye nodded.

"My lord, if there are too many loyalists and the equipment and upgrade scrolls are all distributed, what will happen to the top ten contributors like us?"

The person asked pitifully.

Coincidentally, he was one of the newcomers who killed the most enemies yesterday.

After his lord's promise last night and the delicious breakfast that morning, he was satisfied with the new territory and his lord.

However, when it came to equipment and upgrade scrolls, there were too many people sharing too few rewards. He did not dare to take the risk and could only voice his worries in advance.

Chapter 57

"There are three ways."

Lin Ye looked straight at the newbie soldier and said with a smile, "The first option is for you to keep your contribution points for the next time. The following time, you will have the same priority as the loyalist. Of course, if two soldiers choose the same treasure, the loyalist will still take precedence with the final say."

"Don't get disheartened just from hearing that. After three or four rounds, you will definitely be able to obtain the treasure or upgrade scroll that you want. This is my promise to you as your lord."

"The second type is a payroll system. If you didn't get the equipment you want and don't want to keep the contribution points, you can exchange them for Zombie Soul. Whether you send it back to your family or ask someone to buy it from the underworld, that's up to you."

"Thirdly, I personally recommend you to choose this method. You can choose to be a loyalist. A warrior as brave as you is the most needed talent in the early stages of the territory. I will provide you with the best resources for free. You can use Tru and Ron as a reference for this."

At that, Tru raised his chin proudly among the soldiers.

Boom!

The next moment, a layer of orange-red battle aura appeared around his body.

Although it could not leave his body yet, it had already taken its basic shape. To a Class 1 or 2 soldier, having it would make them a big shot.

At the same time, Ron walked forward with eagerness and excitement on his face.

Last night, with the encouragement of his lord, he converted his grief into strength and trained crazily.

Together with the upgrade scroll that the lord had given him, he finally successfully advanced to a Class 2 soldier.

At this moment, he understood his lord's intentions. Just like Tru, he wanted to establish his military might through force and give these new recruits a push.

Clang—

The long saber left his side.

His gaze was as sharp as an eagle. His energy converged on a single point and instantly exploded.

Boom!

The saber gleamed like shining silk and a layer of invisible green energy gathered on the surface of the saber. 𝘭𝘪𝘣𝑟𝘦𝘢𝒹.𝘤𝑜𝓂

The long saber tore through the air and instantly cut through the wooden block that was as thick as a water bucket.

"Wind type Battle Aura!"

"Oh my god, even Ron has advanced. I remember that he used an upgrade scroll yesterday and failed!"

"He's different now. Not only has he broken through to Class 2, but he has also awakened his battle aura. Advancing to Class 3 is only a matter of time!"

"In my opinion, it's all thanks to our lord. Our lord is really good to his loyalists. That trash Ron probably wasted a few upgrade scrolls."

Soon, exclamations of admiration and envy sounded from below.

The newly recruited soldier was no exception.

He felt that his talent was definitely not inferior to Tru and Ron, but because they joined the lord a day earlier than him, they were so much stronger than him now. All of them had broken through to the next class and could even enjoy high-level equipment for free.

As expected, the Class 3 Protector's Armor, the Class 3 New Moon Battleaxe, and the Class 3 upgrade scrolls were prepared for them.

Damn it!

It felt like it wasn't too much anymore!

He silently panicked.

Before this, he had already secretly counted.

Among the veterans from the previous day, there were about twenty soldiers who were loyalists.

However, this morning, many people's attitudes had changed drastically. 80% of them probably increased their loyalty to 100%.

If this number exceeded 100, he would be doomed.

Furthermore, he was not a fool.

In the distance, the Level 3 Breeding Field was preparing to recruit a large number of Earth Wolves and Wind Wolves.

Even if Gu Jiang didn't spread the news around, he could guess his lord's intentions.

To create two of the major Class 3 Wolf Cavalry Soldiers!

In this situation, the person who broke through to Class 3 first would undoubtedly have a higher chance of being chosen.

The other idiots probably did not understand this.

However, he knew very well.

According to the notes left behind by his ancestor, humans had to develop step by step in the early stages. They must not fall behind in the first few weeks.

Otherwise, they would forever stay at the second, third, or even eighth or ninth tiers, gradually being marginalized.

And the result of that marginalization was becoming cannon fodders.

He, Luo Feng, was the top genius of the Luo clan warriors. How would he willingly let himself be reduced to an ant!

Moreover, the first two of the three choices given by the lord were basically non-existent.

The first option would delay when he would be able to obtain the equipment and upgrade scrolls. One rotation slower and he would fall behind, let alone three or four rotations.

The second option to exchange for Zombie Souls to buy the item from the underworld would result in the same delay as above.

Heavens, do you know how expensive the equipment and upgrade scrolls in the underworld are?

Resources were scarce and all of them were sold at astronomical prices.

If he were to use Zombie Souls to buy it, he would probably have to risk his life for months before he could even afford one.

And it would be the kind that was of the correct class but was something he did not prefer.

In summary, if he wanted to not fall behind and become strong, he only had one choice!

Luo Feng clenched his fists as his heart wavered.

During this time, his eyes were bloodshot as he watched loyalists walk up the platform one after another. Under the amiable praise of the lord, they were given the Class 3 Protector's Armor, the Class 3 New Moon Battleaxe, and the most important upgrade scrolls and Body Strengthening Pills.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Moments later, the upgrade scrolls were torn apart one after another.

There were a total of 100 newly leveled Class 2 soldiers and 39 Class 3 soldiers.

If a meticulous person were to take a closer look, 99% of these 39 people were loyalists who had served their lord since the first day.

It was evident that the lord had secretly given special treatment to those who were loyal to him right from the start.

"Hahaha, I've entered Class 3!"

"Boss, do you want to compete? I feel that my wind attribute battle aura can do long-range attacks!"

Not far away, Tru and Ron laughed and even sparred in their excitement.

A moment later, sabers and swords clashed, and streaks of orange-red and cyan battle auras danced in the air.

A few of them landed at the feet of Luo Feng and the other strongest new recruits, either intentionally or unintentionally.

Gasp!

The ground was instantly sliced through like an iron plow, and a fine gap was cut open by the sword's and saber's qi.

"Is this the power of a high-level Class 3!?"

Desire flashed across the eyes of Luo Fei and the others.

If it was according to the normal training methods in the underworld, they would have to spend at least five years, or even up to seven to eight years to complete the difficult training process of awakening, absorbing, condensing, and releasing their battle aura.

But now, in less than two days, Tru and the others had obtained the results which would take seven to eight years of arduous training in the underworld.

Nothing could attract a warrior's attention more than seeing the results with his own eyes.

In a short while, more than 40 Class 3 soldiers appeared once again. The upgrade scrolls and equipment were getting scarce.

For example, there were only 49 Level 3 New Moon Battle Axes and they had all been given out.

Only about ten sets of Protector's Armor remained.

If he hesitated any longer, there might not even be anything left.

Luo Feng and the others exchanged glances with one another as determination flashed across their eyes. They all knelt down and offered their loyalty to Lin Ye.

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. Class 1 Warrior, Luo Feng, has become 100% loyal to you!]

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. Class 1 Warrior, Su Yu, has become 100% loyal to you!]

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. Class 1 Warrior, Xu Que, has become 100% loyal to you!]

"Good, good, good." Delight flashed through Lin Ye's eyes.

He had read through the files of these three strongest newly recruited soldiers in the archive room and had been observing them for a long time.

Listen to their names. They were full of class. They were all the main characters in the books from his previous life!

With all of them submitting to him, in future battles, who could compare to him!

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"Warriors, please rise!"

With a smile on his face, Lin Ye said like a spring breeze, "We are brothers, there is no need to be so polite. Come, take a look at the treasures on the platform and choose whatever you want."

The three of them pretended to be in thought. Then, Su Yu, who was the most shameless, spoke first. He smiled honestly and said, "My lord, I'm not shameless. You can just give me anything. It's best if you can give a Class 3 Protector's Armor, a Class 3 Dragon Roar Sword, 5 Level 2 Body Strengthening Pills, and a Level 3 Body Strengthening Pill. That's all for now. I'm not that picky."

F*ck!

You shameless bastard, you call this giving you anything random?

Not picky?

There was no need to talk about the Protector's Armor and the New Moon Battleaxe. They were mid to low-grade Class 3 armor, and there were many of them.

Tier 3 Dragon Roar Sword was a top-notch purple tier weapon.

It was the only one in the entire pile, and many people were staring at it. How dare he ask for it directly with his thick face.

All the Class 3 soldiers present, including Tru, Ron, and the other older brothers, as well as the newly added Luo Feng looked over coldly. 𝙡𝓲𝒃𝓻𝓮𝙖𝒅.𝙘𝓸𝒎

"Hehe, everyone, don't look at me like that. Did I say something wrong? If I did, I'll apologize."

Su Yu laughed and scratched his head, looking innocent and innocent.

"My lord, I want what Su Yu wants too. He's weaker than me. I think I'm more qualified for it."

At this moment, Xu Que walked out pretending to be deep in thought. He looked around and said provocatively, "Mr Su, as well as everyone else present, I'm not targeting anyone. I view those of the same cultivation level as me like trash. If you aren't convinced, come out and fight. Let's see if I won't crush your brains."

As soon as he said that, everyone exploded.

"You arrogant brat!"

"Rude brat, beat him up!"

Tru was so angry his mouth was turning crooked. Was that what humans should say?

If he didn't want to be a human, he should be beaten to death with a stick.

With that, the group rushed forward.

"Hey, hey, hey, don't be rash. I didn't badmouth you guys. I scolded people who were of the same class. You're all Class 3… Ah, my eyes, f*ck! Who stole my monkey… If you continue to be rash, I'll retaliate… Brother, stop hitting me, stop, please. I was wrong. I'll admit it. I'm the trash…"

After a round of beating up, Xu Que lay on the ground with a swollen face. Su Yu even secretly stepped on him.

On the other hand, Luo Feng stood on the spot with a serious expression, completely unaffected.

Lin Ye burst out laughing in his heart as he watched from the side. He glanced at Luo Feng from the corner of his eye and asked, "Luo Feng, what about you?"

"I think you can give the Dragon Roar Sword to Xu Que."

Luo Feng said calmly, "Although that guy has a foul mouth, his strength is passable. He is also a genius in the way of the sword and is more suitable than Su Yu or me. Furthermore, with the support of the Dragon Roar Sword, as long as he can advance to Class 2, he will even be able to cross classes to easily defeat Class 3 soldiers who have leveled through the upgrade scrolls."

"The difference in strength is that great?" Lin Ye was shocked.

He only had a slight understanding of the different combat strengths of the underworld.

Simply speaking, it ranged between Class 1 and Class 9.

Talented Class 2 soldiers who could awaken their battle aura were extremely talented. Genius-level soldiers on the other hand could awaken their battle aura at the early stages of Class 2.

Then there was the Class 3, Battle Aura, Magic, and various elemental powers that could be used for external attacks.

That was all he knew.

After all, the strongest soldier in his territory was only Adelia, who was at the peak of Class 3.

As an outsider, he naturally did not know about the details of the innate battle capabilities between different classes.

"It's not just a large difference, but a massive one."

Luo Feng nodded and explained, "The upgrade scroll is energy bestowed by the Gods. Although it is magical and can directly increase a warrior's level regardless of their innate talent, it is after all not something that you obtained through personal cultivation. When compared, its combat power was the weakest among those of the same class."

"Therefore, in the underworld, the most talented disciples of each race are always restricted from using upgrade scrolls."

"Although this will slow down their cultivation speed, the upper limit of their future accomplishments will definitely be several notches higher than that which was achieved through upgrade scrolls."

"I see."

Lin Ye came to a sudden realization.

No wonder Luo Feng and the others did not choose the upgrade scroll but the Body Strengthening Pill instead.

In their eyes, the upgrade scroll just levels them up but the Body Strengthening Pill would enhance their battle aura and combat capabilities.

There was a huge difference between the two.

However, this would disrupt his plans.

He could not help but ask, "Is there no other way to solve this problem?"

He had high hopes for the trio, thus he hoped that they could break through to Class 3 as soon as possible.

The efficiency of using the Body Strengthening Pill was far inferior to using the upgrade scrolls.

"In a world ruled by gods, everything has its ways. According to rumors, there are two effective ways to solve it."

Luo Feng looked at the rising sun and said longingly, "The first is the legendary four Sacred Halls – the War God Hall, the Demon Hall, the Elevation Hall, and the Reflection Hall. These four Sacred Halls all possess all sorts of unimaginable magical energy. As long as you pass the levels in the Sacred Hall, not only will you obtain great power, you will also obtain pure divine water."

"The greatest use of the water is to purify the impurities left behind by the upgrade scroll."

"It will allow the body to return to the heavens and erase all the impurities from their past."

"The second type is more complicated. You need to exchange blood. Use the incomparably powerful blood of magical beasts and switch it with your own to obtain the innate talent and strength of the magical beasts. During the blood exchange, one can remove the drawbacks caused by the upgrade scroll. For example, in Dragonblood City, the Baruch clan is the best blood exchange warrior."

"Four Sacred Halls and the exchange of blood!" Lin Ye made a mental note of these two methods.

He had no choice but to wait until he had the strength to deal with the top magical beasts.

On the other hand, he was a little curious about the four sacred halls. He asked, "Where are the four sacred halls? Do you know?"

"That I know."

Su Yu interrupted with a smile, "There are relevant records in the ancient books of my clan. It is said that on the fourth day after the humans descended, which is the moment the protection mechanism that the Gods placed on humans disappeared, the four sacred halls will randomly appear in various territories."

"It will only be there for one hour per day. Its location does not follow any pattern. If you're lucky, the sacred hall might appear in the lord's territory. However, if one was unlucky, it might also appear at a place where the Haunted House was spawned. It would be a waste of an opportunity. In the early stages, the probability of the latter happening is higher."

"That makes things easier."

Lin Ye clapped his hands and casually threw out a few Class 2 and 3 upgrade scrolls. He handed them to the three of them and said confidently, "Don't worry and use them. The Heart's Web talent of this lord is most suited for finding the sacred hall. By this time tomorrow, we should have already conquered the first Haunted House. At that time, finding a sacred hall will be as easy as playing."

"My lord, is this… true?"

Luo Feng swallowed, as his calm expression finally broke, revealing a pleasant surprise.

You had to know, he had chosen to become a loyalist because he was afraid of being left behind.

He longed for the advancement of his strength more than anyone else.

Originally, he thought that as long as he advanced to Class 2, he would be able to fight with Tru and the others for a spot among the Class 3 Wolf Cavalry Soldiers.

However, things are different now. If he could use a simple upgrade scroll and clear any problems left by it, that would be for the best.

"Be confident. Remove the question in that sentence.'"

Lin Ye patted Luo Feng's shoulder and said, "Lad, in the future when you follow me, you have to get used to trust me. I am not some trash who only knows how to boast, but a true king!"

After saying this, he tapped on Luo Feng's forehead.

Whoosh—

Invisible ripples proliferated, instantly engulfing everything within a radius of 6,000 meters.

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"This… this is!" Luo Feng was flabbergasted.

With Lin Ye's help, his vision seemed to have changed. It felt like he was looking from the perspective of a deity.

Within a radius of six thousand meters, as long as there was no dark fog, everything was visible.

From big and imposing bunkers to tiny ants on the ground.

To the patrolling guards far away and the native workers who were working overtime to build a wooden fence defense circle two thousand meters away…

To Zhang Liang who was close by, fishing in the fisheries by the river… This was insane…

Everything was reflected in his eyes.

"Do you get it now?" Lin Ye withdrew his index finger with a calm expression.

This was the advantage of having his Heart's Web talent upgraded to Level 6. He could now share his perspective with others at close proximity, provided that the other party did not resist his intrusion into their consciousness.

In other words, other than loyalists, few people could accept this intrusion so freely.

On the other side, Luo Feng's body stiffened as he nodded. He had yet to recover from this shock.

This kind of god's perspective was simply… magical.

It was the best skill, be it surveillance, search, or observation.

With it, the success rate of searching for the four Sacred Halls tomorrow was almost 99%.

Thinking of this, Luo Feng trembled in excitement and he let out a roar, "I, Luo Feng, to have met my lord, promise to definitely surpass my ancestors!"

"Bootlicker!"

Su Yu rolled his eyes, speechless.

Even the upright Boss Luo in his eyes had become someone like Tru.

It was not only unexpected but also unbelievable.

"What's going on?"

Xu Que had also finished showing off. He patted the dust off him and looked strangely at Lin Ye and Luo Feng.

"Come, come, come. Your lord is giving out freebies. I'll let you guys experience the realm of gods."

Lin Ye waved his hand and gave the three main characters a taste of his Heart's Web talent one by one.

Before you could say anything, Xu Que's eyes lit up.

He winked and revealed a knowing look as if it was a public secret. He said cunningly, "My lord, remember to bring me along the next time you see something good. I'll help you evaluate it. I don't dare declare anything else, but when it comes to women, if I say I'm second, no one would claim to be the first."

"Scram, what are you thinking about all day long? Is the lord that kind of person? Do you know what it means to avoid things that are not of propriety? Forget it, you won't understand even if I tell you."

Lin Ye cursed as he retracted his talent, not giving this bastard a chance. 𝘭𝑖𝘣𝓇ℯ𝘢𝒹.𝘤ℴ𝘮

Otherwise, with this fellow's courage, he would really dare to have impure thoughts towards the rangers and chefs.

At the same time, he made up his mind.

If any books about filial piety or benevolence dropped, he would make Zhang Bao'er teach it to them.

This way, not only would it increase his reputation, it would also allow the overall quality of the people from the underworld to increase rapidly.

Perfect!

After dealing with the problem with the upgrade scrolls, Luo Feng and the others no longer had any scruples. They accepted the Class 2 and 3 upgrade scrolls from Lin Ye one by one.

Of course, the other seven warriors ranked in the top ten of the contribution rankings did not fall behind either.

The ten of them tore the upgrade scrolls open one by one. Immediately, under the shower of the golden light for the upgrade, they rapidly transformed.

"Impressive, Luo Feng's talent is so high. He has only broken through the early stages of Class 2 and has already awakened his battle aura. The quality of his battle aura seems to be very high!"

Tru narrowed his eyes and gasped.

"Su Yu's not bad either, second only to Luo Feng."

"Hold on, brother. That bastard Xu Que is powerful too. He's almost at the same level as Su Yu and Luo Feng. When they reach Class 3, even if the few of us old veterans join forces, we won't be his match. We beat him up so badly just now, and someone even stole his monkey. Will he take revenge on us afterward?" Ron said with a worried expression.

"Bullsh*t, we were the ones who beat him up, but I clearly saw what happened with the monkey. It was that black-hearted brat Su Yu. What does it have to do with us?" Tru also thought of that and cursed with an ugly expression. His voice was loud, and it was unknown if he was doing that so that Xu Que could hear.

As expected, once that statement dropped, Xu Que looked at Su Yu with an unfriendly expression.

"What are you looking at? That bastard is clearly trying to sow discord between us. For you to not even have the ability to tell right from wrong, I'm embarrassed to be associated with a fool like you!" Su Yu's face was filled with righteousness as if he had been greatly wronged as he berated angrily.

"Whether you do or not, you won't be able to run. In any case, you've done a lot of dirty things before!"

Xu Que grumbled and narrowed his eyes as he swept his glance over Su Yu, Tru, and the others.

The meaning behind his glare: Just you wait. This Xu will remember this!

"Cut the crap and focus on leveling up," Lin Ye urged from the side.

Now was the best time to level up. They should not be interrupted.

With that, all of them shut their mouths and started to seriously absorb the golden light to level. At the same time, they ate Body Strengthening Pills in large mouthfuls.

The three of them were different from other warriors. Their bodies had a much higher potential. Just the golden upgrade light was unable to provide sufficient energy for them to advance to Class 3.

Coincidentally, these Body Strengthening Pills would come in handy. They would increase their combat power and strengthen their physique.

Even if they advanced to Class 3 through the golden upgrade light, their strength would far surpass Tru and the others.

As they were absorbing the essence from the pills.

During this time, more than a hundred soldiers and rangers could not resist the temptation of equipment and upgrade scrolls and offered their 100% loyalty.

Lin Ye was generous. He took out his 'savings' and distributed the remaining 200 Soldier Upgrade Scrolls.

His luck was pretty good. The success rate was 70%, and the territory gained over 60 Class 2 soldiers and 40 Class 2 rangers.

Including the previously leveled soldiers, there were a total of 155 Class 2 soldiers.

He distributed the 89 Class 2 Blue Tier Nine Ringed Blade and 10 Class 2 Blue Tier Black Forest Swords to the 99 soldiers who had advanced to Class 2.

For those that did not get any, they would temporarily use Class 1 White Tier equipment. Although the tier was not high, it was better to have both armor and weapons.

From there, all Class 1 and 2 equipment were used up.

On the other hand, it was a little awkward on the Class 2 rangers' side. Very few bows and arrows dropped from the treasure chests.

Up till now, they were all using beginner bows made free of charge by the Level 1 Armories.

But that was okay.

This time, a large number of Armory and Blacksmith Upgrade Scrolls dropped. He had already gotten the blueprint for the Blue Tier weapon – Crossbow.

It was a good opportunity to increase the level of forging in his territory.

He immediately called for the territory's chief blacksmith, Lin Dachui.

"My lord, you finally remembered me!"

Previously, Lin Dachui had been impatient when he saw the large number of soldiers advancing in class.

For this, he even spent a lot of effort to get the elites in his tribe to offer their loyalty for Lord Lin.

All for today.

"Even if I forget everyone, I won't forget you."

Lin Ye chuckled. He had long seen the process of Lin Dachui brainwashing his clan's blacksmiths through his Heart's Web talent.

After so many provocations, the number of blacksmiths who became loyalists was only second to the native workers.

From the initial ten people, it had grown to more than three hundred people. It was terrifying.

He was never petty towards loyalists.

He took out 100 Level 2 Armory Upgrade Scrolls and 300 Blacksmith Upgrade Scrolls and distributed them to the chief blacksmith, Lin Dachui.

For this mass leveling up, once the Armory reached Level 2, it would provide some free blueprints for Level 2 early-stage Blue Tier weapons so that all the soldiers could change their equipment.

At that time, even if he did not count the hundred or so Class 3 soldiers,

Just the thousands of Class 1 soldiers wearing Class 2 equipment could easily crush a beginner Haunted House!

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The leveling of the armories and blacksmiths was a spectacular sight.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Hundreds of golden upgrade beams landed on the ground, engulfing the western part of the territory in golden light.

Lin Dachui and the other blacksmiths were bathed in golden light as their forging experience skyrocketed.

Forging+100! Forging+100! Forging+100!

….

Moments later, 197 people advanced to Intermediate Class.

Lin Dachui and his trusted aides, who were originally intermediate blacksmiths, followed closely behind and successfully advanced to advanced blacksmiths.

They were considered back-end workers and had a higher rate of advancement than the soldiers. As long as the conditions were right, they would be able to conquer all obstacles and quickly reach the other side.

"My lord, the armory might still need some time." Lin Dachui, who was already an Advanced Blacksmith, had a different aura. When he spoke, his voice had a strong and sturdy quality to it, similar to the voice of Mordekaiser from League of Legends.

"Rascal, you still dare play hints with me?" Lin Ye rolled his eyes. He naturally understood the meaning behind Lin Dachui's words.

When the bunker was upgraded to Level 5, it had the ability to buy acceleration scrolls on a pay-to-win basis.

They had previously seen how he upgraded the bunker and the breeding field. Naturally, they wanted to enjoy the same treatment.

However, he glanced at the upgrade time of the Armory and immediately dismissed that idea.

Different from people who leveled rapidly, even with the upgrade scrolls, the armories would take at least two hours.

If every armory used an acceleration scroll, 100 armories would cost 200,000 Zombie Souls. The cost was too high.

He could only lament inwardly for not being rich enough.

Next time, he will definitely do it next time!

"Don't even think about it. I'll give you 10 of it, just enough to form a Level 3 Armory. Here, this is 20,000 Zombie Souls. After they are combined into a Level 3 Armory, I'll leave it to you and your trusted subordinates to manage it."

Lin Ye threw out a large amount of Zombie Souls and instructed, "Give priority to the 56 people who have yet to obtain any Tier 3 equipment and forge the Tier 3 equipment using the blueprints given for free by the Level 3 Armory."

"No problem. However, my lord, I can only forge five sets a day using the free blueprints. You will have to find more blueprints for the high-tier equipment as soon as possible."

"Mm," Lin Ye replied. He waved his hand and asked Lin Dachui to upgrade the Level 3 Armory and forge the equipment.

He glanced at Luo Feng and the others from the corner of his eye. They were also at the final stage before their advancement.

Perhaps they would become the strongest Class 3 soldiers in the entire territory in less than five minutes.

As for the other Class 2 soldiers, they had a bright future.

Currently, the training blueprints that he could choose from were Class 2 Gladiators and Class 2 Tiger Hunting Blade Guards.

There were 100 blueprints for Class 2 Gladiators and 15 for Class 2 Tiger Hunting Blade Guards.

115 blueprints for 155 Class 2 elites. The difference in numbers was not too big.

It would only take half a cycle for the blueprints to be refreshed. Just that amount was not a big deal.

After thinking this through, Lin Ye threw out another 20,000 Zombie Souls and the barracks upgrade scroll, letting Lin One and his native workers upgrade the barracks.

He handled all the trivial matters well.

Lin Ye took out the last two attributeless Class 4 Upgrade Scrolls and looked at the two highest-ranked people present.

Ranger Adelia and Light Priest Gran.

Both of them were at the peak of Class 3, especially Adelia. After consuming the Level 4 Body Strengthening Pill, she was half a foot inside Class 4.

As long as the venom patches on her arm were healed, there was a high chance that she would be able to transform and officially advance to Class 4.

With this thought in mind, he waved at Gran.

"My lord, I'm willing to serve you."

With a smile on his face, Gran walked towards the platform.

Along the way, a divine power of light appeared in his palm and he smoothed the creases on his clothes.

When he arrived in front of Lin Ye, he bowed humbly as a form of respect.

"Other loyalist soldiers are seeking benefits for themselves. What about you?"

Lin Ye stared at him strangely. "You pledged your loyalty to me for no reason last night and now you're standing aside like it doesn't matter?"

"Would the lord like to hear the truth or the lie?" Gran smiled.

"Don't play with your words. Tell me both at once." Lin Ye was speechless. What was wrong with these people?

"If you say so."

Priest Gran sighed. "The truth is that the lord's unparalleled luck has convinced me. As for the lie… I believe in the lord's promise that even if I don't ask, you will still give me a Class 4 Upgrade Scroll."

"You got it the wrong way."

Lin Ye cast a sidelong glance at him. If not for the fact that this fellow's loyalty had reached 100%, he would really suspect that he had another motive.

His actions were too abnormal!

"But all I said was the truth." Gran smiled bitterly. With regards to the Nine-Colored Divine Light, he didn't dare to mention it. If word got out, it would bring more trouble to his lord so it would be even better if others didn't know.

"Forget it, I can't be bothered with you. Just answer me."

Lin Ye took out one of the attributeless Class 4 Upgrade Scrolls. "If I give you one, what are the chances of you breaking through to Class 4?"

He still had to count on this guy to remove Adelia's corpse poison.

After all, as long as Gran became a Class 4 Light Priest, the purification ability of his Sacred Healing would increase drastically and it would be enough to cleanse all the corpse poison.

After he detoxifies the corpse poison, Adelia might even be able to benefit from this misfortune and break through independently, saving him from having to use another Class 4 attributeless upgrade scroll. 𝙡𝙞𝓫𝙧𝒆𝙖𝓭.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Whether it was given to Luo Feng and the other 2 or Tru, he would have another chance to create another Class 4 elite.

"I'm 99% sure that I can do it. I've been at the peak of Class 3 for decades and am just short of one step. If not for the lack of resources in the underworld and the oppression by the archbishop, I would have been a Class 6 and 7 Light Priest by now." Gran smiled bitterly.

Evidently, internal strife was everywhere. The Church of Light was no exception.

Of course, Lin Ye had no interest in his past. Hearing that he was 99% confident that he could make it, he couldn't help but smile.

He looked at Gran and said calmly, "No matter what your objective is, you have ultimately given your loyalty to me. My attitude towards my loyal citizens is the same. For the time being, no equipment related to the Priest class has been dropped. Take this Class 4 Attributeless Upgrade Scroll as compensation. Do you have anything else you want?"

Accepting the Class 4 attributeless upgrade scroll from Lin Ye, even the usually elegant and easy-going Gran was a little excited at this moment.

He clutched onto the upgrade scroll tightly as something flashed across his mind. He hurriedly said, "My lord, I'm saying if, if we find the Elevation Hall of the four major sacred halls tomorrow, may I humbly request for a chance to enter said hall?"

"You may." Lin Ye nodded.

He obtained quite a lot of information about the Sacred Halls from Su Yu.

For every Sacred Temple that descended, there would be 10 chances each hour, meaning that there were 10 spots.

The Elevation Hall of the Sacred Temple was aimed at providing enlightenment within one's profession. It could elevate one's foundations.

As for what would be elevated, he still had no idea.

However, Gran who would be a Class 4 Light Priest by then should gain quite a lot from it.

"Thank you, my lord!" Gran bowed deeply.

Then, under the gazes of Lin Ye and the others, he tore open the Class 4 attributeless upgrade scroll.

Boom!

A beam of red light as thick as a water bucket descended from the sky. The energy of the beam of light was much stronger than what Luo Feng and the other two combined experienced.

Priest Gran bathed in it, his robes fluttering in the wind. A large number of divine light particles gathered from the void and landed on his body.

From afar, he looked like a giant white light bulb, frighteningly bright.

Whoosh—

Suddenly, the incandescent light bulb bloomed beautifully like a flower.

The next moment, countless light particles followed the wind and spread over the entire camp.

Everyone present seemed to be showered by the rain of life. The fatigue and soreness on their bodies were all swept away.

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"So comfortable! This is too magical. The fatigue from working overtime has disappeared!"

"Me too. These light spots have healing properties. The blood clot on my hand is gone too!"

"A Class 4 Light Priest. As expected of a high-class special class. Terrifying!"

Not far away, the soldiers guarding the platform exclaimed.

"Hahaha, I didn't expect that I could also break through to Class 4 in this lifetime at my old age. Feels good!"

At the same time, Gran laughed freely. His style was completely different from his previous elegant and easy-going self. It was as if he wanted to sweep away all the grievances that he had been suppressing over the years. Moreover, after his mental block was removed, he became a few years younger, looking radiant.

At once, Gran's charm completely overshadowed Luo Feng, Su Yu, and the other two who had just succeeded in breaking through to the next class.

"What incredible mental strength!" Luo Feng narrowed his eyes, his expression grave as he muttered, "I remember that Class 4 Light Priests seem to possess offensive abilities. Their initial skills are Spiritual Shock and Energy Ignition. Be it warriors or other classes, those whose mental strength is inferior to him will probably suffer."

"I think the skills are only so-so. It's only useful for mediocre people. Let me go. I might beat him to death within three punches." Su Yu bared his teeth and smiled kindly at Gran.

"Don't just be all talk. That old bastard stole our limelight. Let's find an opportunity to beat him up. Blackie Su, are you up for it or not?"

Xu Que urged in a low voice, his expression calm.

"Bleh! Who do you take me for?"

Su Yu raised his head arrogantly and shot Xu Que a sidelong glance. "Don't come looking for me if there's nothing to gain from it."

"If you don't dare, then forget the trash. I'll find a chance and do it myself," Xu Que muttered.

Soon, the three of them withdrew their gazes and simultaneously stared at the remaining Class 4 attributeless upgrade scroll in Lin Ye's hands.

An upgrade scroll of this class could be used for any occupation type.

With their foundation and talent, all three of them were more than qualified to use it.

However…

If it was in terms of seniority, it probably wouldn't fall to them.

As expected, after rewarding Priest Gran, Lin Ye asked him to remove the corpse poison from Adelia.

In Class 4, Sacred Healing was enough to heal her perfectly.

Then, he waved his hand and called for Try again.

"My lord!" Tru seemed to have sensed something. He forced a straight face and prevented the crocodile's tears from falling.

He walked forward and stood pencil straight.

His broad shoulders were like doors, but they could not withstand the excitement and eagerness at this moment and were trembling.

Finally, would he, Lin Tru, have the chance to restore the glory of his ancestors and become a great Class 4 powerhouse?

"Don't be so excited. I haven't decided whether to give you the Class 4 attributeless upgrade scroll yet," Lin Ye teased.

"Ah, don't, my lord. I've already prepared my heart. Even my emotions have been brewing for a long time. I got my old friends to give me a few punches one by one to squeeze out these tears. Besides, haven't we reached an agreement? I'll help you be the bad person…"

"Cough!" Lin Ye coughed lightly and interrupted Tru.

"Forget it, I was just joking with you. Look at how scared you are. Take it. If you succeed, you will be the commander of the soldiers authorized by the territory's lord."

Lin Ye casually handed the Class 4 Upgrade Scroll to Tru and said, "If you don't succeed, the position of commander will be given to Luo Feng."

"Ah, this…" Tru blinked, the upgrade scroll burning his hands a little.

In terms of talent, there was no doubt that he was worse than Luo Feng and the others. That was why he had to break through to Class 3 using the upgrade scrolls.

He already felt the gap of his cultivation. Moreover, when it came to Class 4, the success rate would drop drastically and be only about 70%.

He did not dare to guarantee that he would succeed in one try.

Of course, it was impossible for him to give up on the upgrade scroll.

As a warrior of the 'Lin clan', for something which was so close to his hands, he'd rather throw it away than give it to anyone else.

Unless, of course, the three of them submitted and called him big brother.

Perhaps he would then let them be…

Lin Ye could not be bothered with the rivalry between his subordinates. As long as there was no hatred or revenge, they could do whatever they wanted.

After sending Tru away to advance to Class 4, Lin Ye looked at Luo Feng, Su Yu, Xu Que, and Ron. He spoke slowly, "What I said just now was not a joke. If Tru did not advance to the next class successfully…"

Boom!

A powerful and golden upgrading light descended not too far away.

Lin Ye was speechless. He glared at the grinning Tru, who was still in pain as he crazily devoured the golden upgrading light.

He turned back and organized his words before continuing. "I've decided to establish eight churches under the commander. After the upgrade of the bunker, the population's upper limit is now 8,000 people. The rangers will be managed by Adelia. The blacksmiths by Lin Dachui. The native workers by Lin One. The chefs by Nicole. And on the soldiers' side, their numbers far exceed those of other occupation types."

"The original 1000 soldiers will be under the direct control of True. Whether it's the patrol team or my personal guards, Tru will be in charge. The four of you, go to the barracks later and recruit class 1 attributeless soldiers."

"Each of you will recruit 1,000 soldiers. I will give you guys the authority to directly hand the fees over to the soldiers' tribes."

"I don't ask for much. Manage your own soldiers. Don't create trouble for me."

"All those are the basic requirements. Of course, there's only one core mission…"

At this point, Lin Ye's voice became very low, so soft that only the four of them could hear it. 𝘭𝑖𝘣𝓇ℯ𝘢𝒹.𝘤ℴ𝘮

"Remember this. I will reward you with 10 Zombie Souls each time you convert a soldier into a loyalist. I will give priority to the people who convert more loyalists whenever high-tier weapons and equipment drop. Have you seen Adelia's Level 4 Silver Tier Weapon, Windbreaker Bow?"

"That was rewarded to her personally by me. Now, there are still a few of them left. It will all depend on how capable you guys are."

Hearing this, Luo Feng and the others swallowed hard.

Class 4 Silver Tier Weapons!

Heavens, this was considered a piece of top-grade equipment in the underworld.

That fellow, Adelia, carried the Windbreaker Bow with her around all day to show it off.

Who didn't know? Who didn't? But because of the lord's presence, they didn't dare to say much.

But now, the Lord had also given them the same promise.

What was there to hesitate? A glint flashed across their eyes.

Even someone as steady as Luo Feng could not help but start thinking about his own tribe.

Not to mention converting 1000 soldiers from his own tribe, even if he needed to convert 3000 of them, it would not be a loss if he could exchange it for top-grade Class 4 equipment.

After all, this was choosing Lin Ye's side. Becoming loyal to him was a supreme honor.

When they thought of that, why would the four of them hesitate? All of them volunteered themselves to Lin Ye.

"Lord, I still have 3,000 people in my tribe back home. Can I recruit more, including my father who is a Class 3 top tier soldier? You can't usually recruit them, but I can use the Bloodline Teleportation Technique, which can only be used once every 30 years, to forcefully bring him over. What do you think?"

Xu Que had learned this method from Lin One a while ago. He would follow suit and sell off his father as well.

However, there were others who were even more ruthless. Su Yu lowered his head and silently dashed towards the barracks like a phantom. Without a word, he started recruiting.

"Blackie Su, how dare you!"

Xu Que flew into a rage. "You dare to disrespect even me? I'll beat you to death!"

Soon, mayhem occurred at the camp. The three main characters took action, their battle aura soaring. Lin Ye shook his head continuously.

At this moment, a system notification popped up.

"You've received 90 Reputation points!"

Chapter 62

"You've received 90 Reputation points!"

100x Reward.

"You have obtained 9,000 Reputation points!"

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. Your reputation has reached 100 points. You have officially unlocked the Reputation Shop!]

[Friendly reminder: The current level of the Reputation Shop is 1. There are eight fixed options. To unlock more functions, please upgrade the shop as soon as possible!]

[Shop Leveling Methods: 1. Increase Reputation Points. Please follow the list in the Civilization Archive about the Reputation Shop for more specific details about points allocation. 2. Gold Treasure Chests and above have a chance of dropping Reputation Points Scrolls. With 10 of them, you can level up unconditionally.]

"Reputation Shop?"

Lin Ye's eyes lit up. He had been looking forward to this since a while ago.

However, because he did not have a source of Reputation Points, he could only give it up first.

The 90 Reputation Points just now was obtained through Zhang Bao'er changing the Chinese names of the underworld people.

At this moment, that silly girl was probably going to explode with anger.

As expected, a sharp roar came from the simple classroom built in the distance.

Although it was called a classroom, it was actually a small graveyard.

The blackboard was a rectangular wooden tablet stuck on the graveyard. The pointer was the remaining firewood from the bonfire last night.

The podium was made up of the three gold slabs.

"My lord!"

Tap tap tap…

Sounds from urgent small steps.

Zhang Bao'er gnashed her teeth. With a Chinese dictionary in her left hand and a burnt firewood in her right, she charged towards the platform in front of the bunker.

On the road side, Light Priest Gran who was healing Adelia from the corpse poison, raised his eyebrows at the sight.

He looked at Zhang Bao'er with an experienced gaze and muttered to himself.

A sweet but silly girl?

There was no chance for her to become the mistress of this territory!

At the thought of this, he completely lost interest in observing Zhang Bao'er.

If he had the time, he might as well curry favor from the person before him.

Even if she could not become the mistress, she would still be a core figure working for the lord in the future.

Adelia. If you split her name, it would be Ade Lia.

Ade, Eden, Ade, Eden…

Could it be a homonym? Eden was the surname of royalties amongst the rangers!

Wow, this girl might have a powerful background!

Gran was elated inwardly and could not help but sigh. As expected of his lord who was the child of destiny who carried the nine-colored divine light.

He was extremely glad that he was the only one among all his lord's loyalists who knew about this news.

It was like he was the only sober one among the drunks.

Now his thoughts raced as his brain processed rapidly.

Mm, I heard that Little Lord started an organization called the 'Lin Clan' or something…

This was not a bad move. He would have to find out more about it later.

Regardless, he had to enter the upper echelons of the 'Lin Clan' as soon as possible.

When Little Lord rose to his power, hehe, my status will probably become extremely prominent.

Perhaps he could really become like Karl, the strongest Pope in history who beat up the previous Pope, stepped on the 12 Cardinals, rebuked the lords of 72 underworld cities, and guided the world. That would be awesome!

At the thought, even with Gran's personality, he could not help but appear like a pig.

"Old Man Gran, are you crazy? I treat you as a comrade, you dirty pervert, you actually have ulterior motives about me?!"

On the other side, perhaps because it had been a long time since Gran used his divine power of light, Adelia looked up impatiently and saw Gran's ugly expression. She was furious and kicked him.

Kacha—

!

Gran clasped his crotch and fell onto the ground on his knees.

His eyes were bloodshot and his fingers trembled as he pointed at Adelia.

It was a pity that he had suffered a critical hit. At this moment, he couldn't speak at all and could only gasp for his breath.

At the same time, he didn't forget to give himself a wave of strengthened Divine Healing.

Just as the farce here ended, another started at Lin Ye's side.

Zhang Bao'er placed her hands on her hips and glared at Lin Ye. "My lord, you're too much!"

"Is it because of the splitting of the points?" Lin Ye chuckled.

"Of course." Zhang Bao'er nodded heavily. Her beautiful eyes were glistening with tears as she glared at Lin Ye angrily and accused him of his crimes.

"I've changed more than a hundred names for the students from the underworld. Do you know how frustrating it was?! They didn't know anything and were still picky. After changing, they wanted to change again. My head almost exploded. I barely managed to change the names of a hundred people to meet the minimum requirements of the Reputation Shop."

"But the Reputation Shop has just been unlocked and I haven't had the chance to buy anything when my reputation points decreased by 90%."

"The system explained that it was taken away by my lord. Is that true?"

"It's true," Lin Ye admitted with a nod.

"Outrageous!"

Zhang Bao'er said angrily, "You're more capitalistic than the capitalists on Earth. You squeezed me dry of my hard work. You…"

"Wait…" Lin Ye quickly interrupted her accusation.

"Who taught you to say that?" he asked.

"What?" Zhang Bao'er was stunned for a moment.

"I said, who taught you to say those words?" Lin Ye asked patiently.

"Well, well…"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Bao'er panicked and stuttered. In the end, she gritted her teeth and said, "I thought of it myself."

"Impossible." Lin Ye shook his head firmly. "With your intelligence and courage, even if I took 100% of your points, you wouldn't dare to resist, much less say that long string of complaints."

"I… I'm not that much of a coward," Zhang Bao'er retorted softly, but Lin Ye ignored her.

He secretly activated his Heart's Web talent and scanned the entire territory. Soon, he found the place where humans gathered.

After eavesdropping on Chu Meng and Liu Yuan's conversation, he immediately understood.

Sanitary pads?

Reputable shops even sell such things?!

F*ck!

He cursed under his breath and quickly opened the Civilization Archive to look at his Reputation Shop.

Paper Crafting Blueprint x1 (1000 Reputation Points)

Sanitary Pads x20 (40 Reputation Points)

Gel Pen x10 (20 Reputation Points)

Moisturizer x1 (30 Reputation Points)

Refreshing Shampoo x1 (80 Reputation Points)

Speed Talisman x1 (500 Reputation Points)

Level 1 Lord's Skin x1 [With Special Effect] (2000 Reputation Points)

Condom 0.01mm x1 (100 Reputation Points)

It had 8 fixed goods which would be refreshed every 6 hours.

For those with the capacity to spend, the first spending would require 100 reputation points. The second time, it would double. The third time, it would double again. The points would stack one after another. There was no limit.

For Reputation Shop Level 1 → Level 2. One can upgrade it for free once they accumulate 2,000 Reputation Points.

Note: The higher the level of the Reputation Shop, the higher the probability of high quality items appearing.

Alright, it was really the same.

What strange items!

Lin Ye was speechless.

For girls, sanitary pads were indeed important. There were always a few days when they felt uncomfortable every month.

There were three girls in the territory now.

No… that's not right. Including the cat-eared chefs and rangers, there were at least 700 of them.

F*ck, this was not a small number.

Lin Ye clenched his teeth.

Forget it. Since they were loyal to him, he would give them some specialties from Earth.

He didn't read it through detailedly and simply bought all the items from the shop.

Whoosh—

In an instant, eight balls of light fell to the platform, each of them wrapping an item in it.

"Take it. This is for you."

Lin Ye directly took out the sanitary pads from one of the balls of light and threw it to Zhang Bao'er. He said expressionlessly, "Don't monopolize the good stuff. Remember to share it with Adelia, Nicole, and the others. Give a few to the core people first. I'll think of a solution for the others later."

"Oh! Oh!" Zhang Bao'er nodded adorably like a little chick and accepted the box.

Before she left, her gaze suddenly landed on a ball of light on the right. Her face immediately flushed red.. She glared at Lin Ye in embarrassment and anger, lightly reprimanding him for being shameless, before running away.

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"?"

Lin Ye was confused as he watched Zhang Bao'er leave.

What did I do? How am I shameless?

Ridiculous!

His gaze landed on the ball of light on the far right. When he saw the word 'condom', he seemed to realize something.

He couldn't help but shake his head and sigh. "Indeed, I'm the more innocent one. These girls know more than anyone else!"

As he casually stuffed the condoms into his pocket.

But to be honest, this was something good for teaching family planning.

If he got married someday and didn't want children, it would be useful.

Otherwise, his 100x Reward would be a little strange. It shouldn't reward him with 100 children, right? That scene would be…

Lin Ye imagined for a moment and couldn't help but shiver. He quickly eliminated this possibility.

After clearing the pitfall which may be caused by the condoms, he looked at the other six balls of light and opened them one by one.

Level 1 Paper Crafting Blueprint x1

[Requires a Class 1 Research Laboratory and Research Specialist. For every Paper Crafting blueprint, you can produce 100 pieces of ordinary A4 paper per hour.]

[Research Laboratory. You can obtain construction blueprints for free when you enter the tribal era. You can also open Silver Treasure Chests and above to obtain primitive blueprints.]

"Tribal era?"

Seeing the new vocabulary and its description, Lin Ye understood the meaning of the words.

This was similar to a certain Civilization Age game on Earth. Depending on the strength of the territory, technology, and other elements, there were different stages of development.

He now belonged to the most basic primitive bunker era.

Once the bunker was upgraded to level 10, he would be able to obtain the blueprint for entering the tribal era.

In other words, this paper crafting technique was useless for now.

Said blueprint was immediately banished to the cold palace.

The second item was the gel pen x10. It was a good item.

Jiang Gong had always complained that the natural charcoal pencil made from burning firewood was not good enough.

With this, he might be able to draw a toilet blueprint soon.

"Someone, send these pens to Jiang Gong."

Lin Ye called a personal guard over and handed the gel pens to him. He thought for a moment and said, "Split it. Five for Zhang Bao'er and the other five for Jiang Gong."

Zhang Bao'er was his only source for reputation points currently, so he couldn't neglect her.

Moreover, it was inevitable that she would eventually feel dissatisfied if he continued to let a girl like her stand on a tombstone to give classes to the people of the underworld.

He shall give her sanitary pads and gel pens to placate her as long as she doesn't slack off.

After the personal guard left, Lin Ye continued to look through his gains.

Next was the moisturizer and the shampoo. They were all used during showering.

Lin Ye winced at the mention of a shower.

Speaking of which, he hadn't bathed for more than a week even before he descended to this world.

He lowered his head and sniffed his armpits.

Hm, it was alright. It didn't stink, but it did smell a little like instant noodles.

Did he eat too much instant noodles recently?

Whatever. He would try his luck later and see if he could get a tub or a shower sprayer for a hot bath.

If it really didn't work out, he would make one himself.

After throwing all the bath products into the warehouse, only two of the eight items were left.

One was the Speed Talisman x1, and the other was the most expensive Lord's Skin.

Leaving the good stuff to the end, Lin Ye opened the description of the Speed Talisman.

[Speed Talisman: Increase in 200% speed for a single person. Duration: 1 hour]

[Mass Speed Buff: People within a 5 meters radius around the holder of the talisman would get a speed buff of 100%. Duration: 20 minutes]

"Not bad. It's a pretty good thing to fight at the Four Sacred Halls this morning."

Lin Ye nodded and stuffed the talisman into the Civilization Archive as an important object.

Finally, it was the highlight, Level 1 Lord's Skin.

The description was as followed:

Item: Lord's Skin (Special Type Treasure)

Level: 1

Attractiveness: Increased by 10%

Charisma: Increased by 10% 𝒍𝓲𝓫𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅.𝙘𝙤𝒎

Special Effect: Every word and action of the wearer will have a king's disposition. People will respect it and it will increase their loyalty (Human Lords are immune to it)

After reading it, Lin Ye was exhilarated.

He did not care if it could increase their loyalty. It was the aspect that increased his attractiveness which stood out to him.

He touched it with his fingers and put on Level 1 Lord's Skin.

Whoosh—

With a flash of light, his clothes were completely changed.

A young master wearing a white satin robe with purple flowers sewn on its inside, a jade belt around his waist, with his hand holding a golden feathered fan appeared.

At this moment, Lin Ye was the exemplification of the words elegance, charisma and handsomeness.

He walked out of the platform and passed by the area where the chefs and rangers were. It immediately caused a huge uproar.

"Oh my god, this outfit is too compatible with the Lord. So handsome!"

"Ahhh, the Lord smiled at me. I can't take it anymore, I'm about to faint!"

"Compared to our Lord, underworld men are all trash. I've decided that I won't marry anyone unless it's our lord!"

He heard the mad wails of the female chefs and the female rangers.

Lin Ye was expressionless, but his heart was blooming with joy.

In his eyes, loyalty was increasing everywhere.

Loyalty+1, Loyalty+1, Loyalty+1, Loyalty+1…

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. Your ranger xx loyalty has reached 100%. She has become a loyalist!]

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. Your ranger xx loyalty has reached 100%. She has become a loyalist!]

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. Your chef xx, loyalty has reached 100%. She has become a loyalist!]

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. Your chef xx, loyalty has reached 100%. She has become a loyalist!]

[Hint: At present, there are 205 rangers and 73 chefs who have become loyalists. Loyalists are the most precious talents. Please treat them well!]

"With this, I've obtained close to 300 loyalists!"

Lin Ye stared in disbelief.

He didn't do anything. He simply walked around wearing the Level 1 Lord's Skin.

And smiled at the chefs and the rangers.

Just this? Just with this?

And they became loyal to him?

Indeed, a girl's criteria for loyalty was different from a man's.

Men cared about their upgrade scrolls, power and status.

Women, huh…

Hm, it must be because I'm too handsome. The hearts of girls do not lie.

It couldn't be helped. He was outstanding and was the center of attention wherever he went!

Lin Ye thought happily as he walked back and forth between the rangers' area two more times. When he felt that it was impossible to further increase the number of loyalists, he turned and headed towards the barracks where the soldiers were trained.

After going through the rewards, Luo Feng, Su Yu, and the rest each recruited 1,000 Level 1 Attributeless Soldiers.

At this moment, they were training hard in the barracks.

"My lord?"

Suddenly, they saw a man wearing such luxurious robes in the territory.

They fell into a daze.

Fortunately, the wills of Luo Feng and the other four were quite strong, allowing them to recover from their shock, and immediately came to greet him.

"Don't worry about me, I'm just here to take a look."

Lin Ye's smile was like a spring breeze, making one feel at ease.

Under the guide of the four churches, he walked around the barracks like an officer inspecting a military parade.

In the end, under the gazes of more than 4,000 new soldiers, he waved his hand with a calm expression and said, "Hello, soldiers! You've worked hard!"

"Greetings, my lord!"

For some reason, although these new recruits had seen Lin Ye for the first time, they felt that he had a kind expression on his face, like an elderly father at home, kind and amiable.

Immediately, everyone's faces turned red as they shouted in response to the lord's call.

Loyalty+1, Loyalty+1, Loyalty+1, Loyalty+1…

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[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. The loyalty of your Class 1 recruit xx has increased to 65%!]

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. The loyalty of your Class 1 recruit xx has increased to 72%!]

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. The loyalty of your Class 1 recruit xx has increased to 60%!]

"Not bad, not bad!"

Lin Ye was all smiles when he heard the good news from the system.

[Friendly Hint: Lord's Skin has the best effect when it is used for the first time. There will be a daily reset time for each person after use. When the Skin's level is increased, the daily reset timing will be calculated again.]

[Skin Leveling Method: 1. Two Skins of the same level can be combined to form a Level 2 Skin. 2. Destroying a Level 1 Haunted House with a difficulty of five stars and above has a 50% chance of dropping a Level 1 Skin. For difficulties above seven stars, there is a 70% drop rate. For difficulties above nine stars, there is a 100% drop rate; Level 2 Haunted House has the same drop rates as above.]

"Combining Skins? There's actually such a good thing."

Lin Ye was overjoyed and he waved his hand to dismiss Luo Feng, Su Yu, and the rest before heading straight to the bunker. He took out his Civilization Archive and went straight for the Reputation Shop.

He had just used more than 3,000 Reputation Points. There was still a lot left, enough to level up his skin.

He entered the Reputation Shop. The Level 1 Reputation Shop was currently empty after being cleared by him.

The refresh countdown was currently at 5 hours and 40 minutes.

At the bottom of the products, there were two other options. One was Refresh which would cost 100 Reputation Points. The other was Free Refresh (1/day);

Before Lin Ye clicked on the free refresh button, an option appeared on the Reputation Shop page.

"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. Your spending at Reputation Shop has exceeded 2,000 points and it can now be upgraded to Level 2 for free. After the upgrade, the items will be refreshed and there will be higher quality products from Earth. Do you wish to upgrade immediately?"

"Upgrade it."

Lin Ye regretted it immediately.

What a scam! There was still an unused chance to refresh for free!

A huge loss!

As soon as he finished speaking, a blue light flashed across the Reputation Shop screen. The goods section increased from eight to nine, and the items were refreshed.

"Forget it, I'll just treat it as poverty alleviation. This Line does not lack money." Lin Ye shook his head and looked at the new shelf of items.

KTV Lights x1 (300 Reputation Points)

Special Battery for Colored Lanterns x4 (100 Reputation Points)

Grade 1 Language Textbook x1 (100 Reputation Points)

Grade 1 Mathematics Textbook x1 (100 Reputation Points)

New Oriental Cuisine Recipe Book x1 (500 Reputation Points)

Minimalist Styled Cloth Sofa (2000 Reputation Points)

MP4 (500 Reputation Points) [Note: Comes with both action and romance dramas from all over the world as well as the favorite of the film watchers]

Xiang Piaopiao Brand Milk Tea x10 (100 Reputation Points)

MICOE Shower Cubicle (3,000 Reputation Points)

"They're all good stuff, all really useful!"

Lin Ye's eyes were bright as he bought everything again.

However, when he was trying to buy the MICOE Shower Cubicle, the option turned black.

"Dear customer, your Reputation Points are insufficient. Please recharge it immediately!"

Not enough?

Lin Ye frowned and looked at his purchase history and everything became clear.

His first purchase cost 3,770 points.

This time, there were too many items. He only had 1,530 points left after buying the Xiang Piaopiao Brand Milk Tea.

For now, he could choose to refresh and buy other cheaper items. However, this MICOE Shower Cubicle was something Lin Ye wanted quite badly.

"D*mn it! I, who is called a tycoon, is actually stopped by Reputation Points!"

Lin Ye punched the wall of the bunker angrily.

At this moment, on his head the words Reputation Points+90 ,+90, started appearing!

100x Reward.

"You have received 18,000 Reputation points!" 𝓵𝒊𝒃𝙧𝙚𝒂𝓭.𝓬𝙤𝙢

"Current Reputation Points: 19,530!"

?

What was happening? Lin Ye was shocked but delighted at the same time.

The waves of Heart's Web swept across the entire territory and received the feedback soon.

It was from Zhang Bao'er, Nicole, Adelia and the rest!

"Wow, Sister Bao'er, this little thing is really awesome. I feel so much better after sticking it on!"

"That's right. It's much more convenient than our old method!"

"I was originally worried that my period would come in the next two days. If I were to stain my clothes in front of the Lord, it would be so embarrassing!"

"Sister Bao'er, hurry and teach me how to use this."

After observing for a while, Lin Ye touched his chin.

Ah, so this was how this thing was used. This was the first time that a pure and innocent man who had been single for more than twenty years heard of it.

Through his eyes, he could clearly see Zhang Bao'er's reputation points increasing rapidly.

Reputation Points+10, Reputation Points+10…

"What sort of logic is this!"

Lin Ye stared in disbelief. He could understand that education gave Reputation Points.

However, teaching women from the underworld to use sanitary pads could also be considered as spreading Earth's knowledge?

Of course, that was not the main point. The main point was, why did they only get 1-2 points for changing names?

And this sanitary pad could contribute several times of that, and each teaching would give at least 10 points. This was too unfair!

Lin Ye felt aggrieved by the Chinese dictionary, but he forgot about it when he turned around.

With a large amount of reputation points coming in, he felt energized again!

With a wave of his hand, he bought the MICOE Shower Cubicle.

-3,000 Reputation Points!

Whoosh—

Nine light balls flew out of the Civilization Record and scattered around in the bunker's bedroom.

Lin Ye called someone up to tidy the place and left the MICOE Shower Cubicle at the corner of the bedroom.

The minimalist cloth sofa was placed in the recruitment hall on the first floor.

The next time he recruited native workers and other professions, he could at least put on a show.

Otherwise, the huge hall would look too shabby if there was only one recruitment desk in it.

Two Grade 1 textbooks were directly given to Zhang Bao'er.

The New Oriental Cuisine Recipe Book could be used by Nicole to improve her cooking skills.

Otherwise, when the bunker got further upgraded in the near future, his improved Heart's Web talent would also be upgraded, and wouldn't he be in trouble then?

KTV Lights?

This was good stuff. He left it on the platform.

In the future, when Chu Meng and Liu Yuan would perform at night, this thing would be an atmosphere booster.

Aish, hold on a second. Chu Meng… singing?

If she taught the people from the underworld how to sing, would his Reputation points increase as well!

She could teach the native workers farming songs, the soldiers war songs, the rangers popular songs, the blacksmiths death metal music…

F*ck!

The more he thought about it, the more interesting it became.

There was also Jiang Gong's civil engineering, Xun Mingyuan's warehouse management, and so on. They could educate people from the underworld.

This way, he would have a stable source of reputation points, and he wouldn't have to rely on Zhang Bao'er alone.

With that, Lin Ye decided.

After lunch, he would give the orders to Jiang Gong and the rest.

They would be like Zhang Bao'er and have a basic mission quota to hit every day.

If it couldn't be completed?

Did they still want to eat? If they wanted to sh*t, they can forget about using the toilet paper and use their fingers instead.

Hmph, there were plenty of ways to make them submit.

Lin Ye turned his head and continued to look through the Reputation Shop.

After the second round of the stock sweep, the system sent another upgrade notification. This time, Lin Ye was not so stupid.

He had wasted a chance to refresh the shop.

He chose to refresh!

Unfortunately, there were no good items like the Lord's Skin which appeared. Most of them were daily necessities.

Then, he spent many points at the Level 2 shop.

After all, after the upgrade, the initial value of recharging became much more expensive. He would not allow the system to take advantage of him.

Nike sportswear? Buy!

Li Ning's running shoes? Buy!

Nanjiren's underwear?

Pfft, the quality of it was rubbish. Hm, but he didn't think he had a choice since he hasn't changed his underwear in a few days. Buy!

A dress?

A gift for a girl? He didn't think he would use it. Forget it, just in case, he would buy it!

Nether regions… numbing cream?

Tch. System, something's definitely wrong with you.

MP4, Condoms, Numbing Cream for the nether regions, was this a set or something?

What were you trying to make me do!

The system ignored him. Lin Ye pursed his lips and quietly bought them! Buy! Buy!

Anything which was passable was all purchased.

After spending tens of thousands of Reputation Points, he still did not see the second Level 1 Lord's Skin.

Upgrade it then! This European King didn't believe that he didn't have the luck.

After successfully upgrading to the Level 3 Reputation Merchant Shop, the goods section refreshed again. Lin Ye's eyes lit up when he took a quick glance.

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Level 2 Lord's Skin x1 [Additional Special Effect] (5000 Reputation Points)

The Reputation Shop rose to Level 3, and the item slots increased to 10.

And the first was what Lin Ye wanted most at the moment.

The Lord's Skin was not Level 1 and was Level 2 instead.

Of course he was buying it!

Lin Ye's reputation points decreased by 5,000 and a blue ball of light appeared in front of him.

When his fingers touched it, the ball of light shattered and the Level 2 Lord's Skin came into view.

It was different from a Level 1 Skin's scholarly outfit. The Level 2 Skin's outfit belonged to the warrior series, with silver armor, bright silver spear, and red cloud boots.

It was very similar to the outfit of Zhao Yun, a mighty general from the Three Kingdoms.

As descendants of China's Nine States, they had a long-standing admiration for ancient generals and heroes. Lin Ye was no exception. For the time being, he threw the useless skin of a Level 1 Lord's Skin into the Civilization Archive's inventory.

Soon after, a message came.

Item: Lord's Skin (Special Type Treasure)

Level: 2

Attractiveness: 20% 𝘭𝒾𝑏𝑟𝑒𝒶𝒹.𝘤𝘰𝓂

Charisma: 20%

Special Effect: 1. All Level 1 functions remain and their effects are doubled

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Special Skill: Flying Meteor

Note: Special skill. All your attacks will carry the Meteor Effect. It will not increase the power, but its visual effect will be magnified by 200%!

"Its attributes are not bad, and it even has an additional skill!"

Lin Ye smirked.

After understanding the information given, he changed into the Level 2 Lord's Skin.

After putting on the clothes, his temperament changed greatly.

Heroic, mighty!

Besides, he was originally tall and handsome.

As he walked, not only did he have the mighty and domineering aura of a general, but he also had the heroic aura of a peerless hero.

He paced back and forth in the bedroom. The red cloud boots were light. The soles of his feet felt like he was stepping on clouds. It was extremely comfortable.

"Perfect!"

Lin Ye clicked his tongue, extremely satisfied with this outfit.

At the same time, he also deeply felt the greatness of his parents. How could an ordinary Earthlings like them give birth to someone as stunning as him?

What kind of heaven shaking luck was this?

He immediately took a photo of himself with his Civilization Archive and sent it to his family chat.

Zhang Cuiling: "?"

Lin Jianguo: "Son, is this for real? God, if it wasn't that this was the system's verified family channel, I wouldn't believe that you're my son!"

Zhang Cuiling: "Mr Lin, what do you mean? Are you implying that I have someone outside?"

Lin Jianguo: "Honey, listen to me. That's not what I meant…"

"…"

From outside, he stared at the family channel which was in chaos.

Lin Ye smiled bitterly.

Dad said something wrong and apologized to Mom again.

As for the family channel verification that his father mentioned,

He had seen a lot of news on the world and regional channels.

On the first day, questions regarding the family channel were indeed a little messy.

For some of the family channels.

A lot of different green scenes appeared on that day.

Other than their biological mother, the rest were all strangers.

After communicating with her biological mother, she realized that the stranger was actually their biological father or their other relatives.

This scene was blown up by fathers who were green.

The whole world was shocked to hear the news that the greened fathers brought to the world and regional channels.

Hence, there were quite a lot of such incidents recently.

Whether they were biologically related was highly dependent on whether they were on the same family channel. The verification rate was as high as 90%.

All those who jumped out were ultimately hammered by the stone.

Of course, the person involved would self-destruct.

In this world full of zombies, people were about to die. Why would they care about anything else?

Of course, there were worse things.

Some people were greened, others were murdered. Families were destroyed overnight.

The better ones went crazy, the worst ones turned evil, sending threatening comments on the regional channel and killed anyone they saw.

When he saw the crazy comments, Lin Ye was still amazed that his sister was actually his biological sister…

Well, speak of the devil.

Lin Wei: "Dad, Mom, stop arguing. Brother, fu… cough cough, what are you wearing? You're too handsome, I want one too!"

Lin Ye: "Calm down, calm down, I'll tell you how to obtain it."

Upon hearing this, the family channel fell silent as they stared intently at the screen.

Lin Ye told his family about the method to obtain Reputation Points, Reputation Shop, and the Lord's Skin.

After a moment, his mother, Zhang Cuiling asked hesitantly, "Beibei, this information is very important in the early stages. Should I tell this to Captain Wang Hui? He treats us old people and children well and is a responsible person…"

Lin Ye was straightforward. "Mom, there's no harm in telling him. But if he harbors evil intentions, show him these and he'll understand what I mean!"

As he spoke, he stood on the second floor of the bunker and took a picture of the flourishing bunker and the thousands of soldiers and sent it to the channel.

In an instant, everyone was shocked by the scene in the photo.

This was several times more powerful than the photo sent by Lin Ye on the first night. The rate of development was too frightening.

Even so, Zhang Cuiling's attention was still on Lin Ye.

She hurriedly said, "Beibei, don't work too hard. Don't worry. We're all safe right now. Don't push yourself too much. If you want to save us, you have to take care of yourself first. You being alive is more important than anything else!"

After these two days of adaptation, she had learned a lot through the world and regional channels.

In this world surrounded by billions of zombies, they wanted to develop quickly, like those bragging people.

Behind the prosperity, they were risking their lives.

Yesterday at noon, there was someone who claimed that he would go to the Haunted House to steal the treasure chest, but on that day, his profile picture turned black.

Therefore, she could imagine, her son's development speed was far faster than those who were flaunting in the world channel.

There was definitely a terrifying risk that ordinary people did not know about.

Lin Wei: "That's right, brother, don't die too early. If you die, all of the Lin family's inheritance will be mine, not a single cent will be yours."

Lin Jianguo: "Beibei…"

Although the concerns from his family were heartwarming, Lin Ye did not feel the same hearing it.

I was just hanging around, what danger could there be?

On the other hand, all of you didn't tell me about your real situations and wouldn't be able to help even if you wanted to.

Forget it, I should develop faster. There will always be a way when the bunker's develop to a certain level.

Thinking of this, Lin Ye hurriedly bade farewell to his family and asked about his sister's awakening.

It seemed like there was still no progress. The probability of self-awakening early on was too low.

After consoling his slightly depressed sister, Lin Ye put away his Civilization Archive and opened the Bunker's Technology—Virtual Sandbox.

His gaze locked onto the northern region.

During this period of time, he had secretly made many preparations to attack.

Other than recruiting new soldier types,

Every once in a while, he would send the fast rangers to patrol and clear some of the dark fog.

Without the dark fog blocking, he could use his Heart's Web talent.

He could see everything that was happening within six kilometers north of the bunker.

On this path, there were 13 human lords.

Among them, there were 11 who were in solo mode and 2 who were in team mode.

There were many haunted houses as well.

There were four Level 1 Haunted Houses with one-star difficulty.

3 Haunted Houses with two-star difficulty; 2 Haunted Houses with three-star difficulty; 2 Haunted Houses with four-star difficulty; 1 Haunted House with five-star difficulty.

Level 1 Haunted House with one-star difficulty had a Level 1 zombie as its leader, no Level 2 zombies and at least 2,000 zombies;

Two-star. On top of what the one-star Haunted Houses had, the numbers were doubled;

Three-star. On top of what the two-star Haunted Houses had, 70% were Level 1 zombies, and 30% were Level 2 zombies;

Four-star. On top of what the three-star Haunted Houses had, the numbers were multiplied;

Five-star. On top of what the four-star Haunted Houses had, 50% were Level 1 zombies, 40% were Level 2 zombies, 10% were Level 3 zombies, and there were also a few Level 4 zombies.

Chapter 66

"With my current ability, I can easily crush one-star to four-star Haunted Houses. If I attack a five-star, I can defeat it, but the losses will be much higher."

Lin Ye narrowed his eyes and stood in front of the virtual sandbox, calculating for a while.

Of course, even if many people would die, he had already decided.

This piece of land would definitely become his, even Chunda wouldn't be able to stop him.

After organizing the plan, Lin Ye left the bunker. He wore the Level 2 Lord's Skin and reaped another wave of loyalty. Almost 90% of the rangers and chefs became his loyalists, which further confirmed Lin Ye's understanding of his own handsomeness.

For the new soldiers, the situation paled in contrast.

After all, they were all men. It was good enough that they were not jealous of you to the point of losing loyalty. They were barely able to reach 70% loyalty. 𝙡𝙞𝓫𝙧𝒆𝙖𝓭.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Level 3 Breeding Field.

Lin Ye headed straight there.

Beast Tamer Gu Jiang hurried over to receive him. "My lord, what brings you here?"

Lin Ye looked at him. His loyalty had only increased by 5%, even worse than a new recruit.

Hmph, even if you ignore me, I wouldn't care.

He went straight to the point. "Have you prepared the Earth Wolves, Wind Wolves, and Beast Saddles that I asked of you?"

"Preparations are completed."

Gu Jiang nodded and continued, "But as you also know, we only have one Class 3 Cavalry Warrior blueprint. According to God's rules, we can only recruit twice a day and at most ten at a time. Only half a day has passed since yesterday."

"The daily reset has just passed and we recruited another batch, but unfortunately, our luck wasn't good. Two Earth Wolves with Mad Wolf disease appeared, and after killing them, there are only 18 Earth Wolves remaining."

At this point, he seemed to notice that Lin Ye's expression wasn't too good. He quickly changed the topic. "However, please rest assured, my lord. This is definitely an accident. The Gale Wolves are more rideable than the Earth Wolves and the recruitment success rate is also optimistic."

"There are a total of five Wind Wolf Cavalry blueprints. I've asked Gu Mo to recruit 50 of them. The success rate is 100%. They are currently being tamed at the east side of the field."

"As for the beast saddles, they are too expensive to sell in the underworld, and the quantity sold is also small. Class 3 beast saddles cannot be sold in large quantities, and can only be temporarily replaced by Class 2 blue tier beast saddles. Of course, it will not affect the soldiers' combat ability by much, so you don't have to worry."

"By much? In other words, it would affect their combat abilities." Lin Ye raised his eyebrows.

"Well… you do get what you pay for," Gu Jiang said with a dry laugh. He didn't say it explicitly, but it was a clear confirmation.

However, he couldn't be blamed. Buying the beast saddles from the underworld was too expensive.

In addition, the previous incident had left him with a lingering fear. He was afraid that he would be resented by Lord Lin if he spent too much Zombie Souls.

"There's no need to save money for me. Use all of it for beast saddles that are compatible with the mounts. Also, recruit with the blueprints given for free by the breeding field. 200 Class 3 Iron Blooded Racing Horses, 500 Class 2 Ferghana Horses, and 100 Class 1 Ordinary Horses."

Lin Ye flicked his sleeves and calmly said, "Just answer me this, how many zombie souls do you need?"

War horses and mounts were not considered production units.

In theory, every soldier could use a mount.

However, even if Lin Ye had a huge business now, if he were to buy Class 3 mounts for everyone, he wouldn't be able to afford it.

"My lord, without a recruitment order, even if you use the complementary blueprints to summon, it will cost much more than a recruitment order. You have to be mentally prepared. 200 Class 3 Iron Blooded Racing Horses will cost close to 20,000 Souls. 500 Class 2 Ferghana Horses will cost about 32,000 Souls. 1,000 Class 1 Ordinary Horses will cost more than 15,000 Souls…"

"Including the beast saddles that are compatible with the mounts, it should be close to 100,000 Souls…"

Gu Jiang counted on his fingers, his saliva flying everywhere. As he spoke, his voice became softer and softer, as if he was afraid of scaring Lin Ye with the numbers.

To be honest, he felt that his Lord had been bragging.

One must know that this was not the 5,000 of the previous time, but 100,000.

Good heavens, even the ancestors of the clan had never seen such a massive number of Zombie Souls before.

Normally, only noble families from the major cities could afford such a recruitment.

Therefore, although he admitted that Lin Ye was very rich, he did not think that his lord could afford it.

There was an 80% chance that he was boasting!

Dong! Dong! Dong!

Before he could finish his sentence, ten big bags full of Zombie Soul rolled to his feet as if they were garbage.

"…"

F*ck!

F*ck!

F*ck!

His Lord was impressive!

Gu Jiang's eyes were wide open, and his heart was roaring wildly. He was so excited that his blood pumped faster, and his eyes were bloodshot.

At that moment, he felt that all the lazy cells in his body had been killed and countless tiny people were howling in his body.

At the same time, the same went for the other three beast tamers.

Ever since they were born, they had been relying on their status as Class 3 beast tamers and had seen many influential figures. However, Lin Ye was a master who didn't regard money like money.

He was simply too rare.

For Lords like this, dear Heavenly Gods above, if you have the guts, do send a few more down.

If I'm a coward, I'll be a dog in my next life.

Bark bark!

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. Your Class 3 beast tamer, Gu Jiang, has received a critical hit by your wealth. His loyalty has increased to 100%. He will serve you wholeheartedly.]

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. Your Class 3 beast tamer, Gu Ji, has received a critical hit by your wealth. His loyalty has increased to 100%. He will serve you wholeheartedly.]

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. Your Class 3 beast tamer, Gu Nan, has received a critical hit by your wealth. His loyalty has increased to 100%. He will serve you wholeheartedly.]

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. Your Class 3 beast tamer, Gu Mo, has received a critical hit by your wealth. His loyalty has increased to 100%. He will serve you wholeheartedly.]

Lin Ye was dumbfounded at the four combos he got.

What do you guys mean?

This lord wore the Level 2 Lord's Skin and you only gave me 5% loyalty.

Showing you 100,000 zombie souls was so touching to you that you decided to give me 100% loyalty?

What am I supposed to think of my attractiveness now!

"My lord, I have the Beast Taming Encyclopedia from the Valley of Beasts, which has been kept for hundreds of years. I am also willing to give you our precious Beast Language Book."

"As long as you can use what you learned from the book, you'll definitely become an impressive Class 9 beast tamer in the future. You might even surpass the Class 9 and reach the legendary…

Coughs…

At this point, he coughed lightly and quickly stopped talking.

"The legendary what?" Lin Ye squinted and a smile appeared on his face.

There was something above Class 9?

It seemed like a piece of useful information had dropped again.

"My lord, please don't make things difficult for this little one. For this kind of secret, the Gods have their rules and we cannot tell you this early. This is a law that no one can go against."

Gu Jiang smiled bitterly. His body quivered and his prior excitement vanished instantly.

"Forget it if you can't talk about it." Lin Ye shook his head.

It probably involved certain secrets which were also the reason why the previous humans failed.

As soon as he finished speaking, he received two secret books that were covered in thick beast skin from Gu Jiang.

Chapter 67

"Beast taming Secret Records, Languages of the Hundred Beast Tribes…"

Lin Ye flipped through it slightly. With the system's translation, he could barely understand it.

To be honest, he was interested in riding.

Although he could get cars and airplanes from the high level Reputation Shop, he could not afford any of them at the moment.

And it wasn't necessarily better than magical beasts from another world.

After reading for half an hour, the spells from the books were easy to understand once translated.

You are an obedient Earth Wolf!

You are a dog that listens to its master!

You will bite whoever I point at!

Come here, kneel down, lick me!

Only obedient babies get candy to eat! (Candy: Zombie Souls which were fatally attractive to magical beasts)

….

Of course, there were still many things he could not understand.

At this moment, Gu Jiang took the money and blueprints to recruit the Iron Blooded Racing Horses. Lin Ye's gaze swept across the huge breeding field.

He immediately looked at Gu Nan, who had just tamed the other eight giant earth wolves.

"You, come here!"

Lin Ye waved his hand. "Come, teach me step by step. The incantation and technique, as well as the beast language of the different races!"

"Oh. Sure, of course."

How could Gu Nan, who was his loyalist, not put in any effort? He directly taught decades of the family's knowledge to Lin Ye.

Beast Taming Experience+1, Beast Taming Experience+1, Beast Taming Experience+1…

Beast Language Experience +1, Beast Language Experience +1, Beast Language Experience +1…

100x Reward.

Beast Taming Experience+100, Beast Taming Experience+100, Beast Taming Experience+100…

Beast Language Experience +100, Beast Language Experience +100, Beast Language Experience +100…

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have mastered Level 1 of Beast Taming skill!]

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have mastered Level 2 of Beast Taming skill!]

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have mastered Level 3 of Beast Taming skill!]

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have mastered Level 1 of Beast Language skill!]

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have mastered Level 2 of Beast Language skill!]

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have mastered Level 3 of Beast Language skill!]

In just four hours, Lin Ye could already easily control the Great Earth Wolf and the newly recruited Wind Wolf.

"Straight line sprint! Go faster! Go faster!"

"Wind blade, shoot it!"

"Earth Shield, protect!"

"Stop, jump, crouch, run, roll—"

"Come here, kneel down, lick me!"

Lin Ye continuously tested the beast taming incantations and chanted.

The several large earth wolves and wind wolves which were facing him were extremely obedient and did as they were told.

In the end, they even became like friendly dogs, wagging their tails and kneeling at his feet, excitedly licking his red cloud boots!

Fortunately, the Level 2 Lord's Skin which he had equipped had a self-cleaning function and he was not afraid of getting dirty.

But what made him uncomfortable was…

The incantation felt a little… unclean when he said it.

"My lord is truly a peerless genius in the Beast Taming realm. It's a pity that we're only in Class 3 and can't teach you anymore."

Gu Nan's expression was full of admiration.

It was impossible not to be impressed. In four hours, his lord had accomplished what was equivalent to decades of hard work from the geniuses of their Gu Clan.

He could tell that Lin Ye's skill in beast taming and beast languages had already surpassed his to a certain extent.

With such astounding talent, it would be a pity not to become a beast tamer.

"Don't worry about it. Don't you have some Bloodline Teleportation Technique? You're all my loyalists anyway. Your elders, parents, uncles, and aunts are no longer strangers. Bring them all here. Why are you looking at me? You guys don't even want benefits that I'm giving to your Gu Clan? There's no way they would suffer if they came here."

Lin Ye started.

"…"

Gu Nan opened his mouth. He felt like he was on a pirate ship.

They weren't low-grade workers like Lin One. The higher their Class, the more precious their Bloodline Teleportation was, to the extent that perhaps they could only use it once in their lives.

Furthermore, their fathers were all Class 4 or 5 beast tamers. Even in the underworld, they were all well-known figures.

Bloodline teleportation could be considered a form of stowaway, and the cost of teleportation was not low.

To be more precise, it was probably more expensive than the recruitment fee.

Logically speaking, he shouldn't agree, but now that he had become his loyalists, there was no way for him to go against his lord's wishes.

Gu Nan could only nod bitterly. "Yes, my lord, but I might require hundreds of thousands of zombie souls."

"We will do it slowly then. When I return from clearing the Haunted Houses, we'll bring your father and the rest over," Lin Ye said nonchalantly.

Purchasing a large number of mounts, beast saddles, weapons manufactured in the armories, and fences, were all extremely resource-consuming.

Last time, he had killed a small-scale zombie wave and obtained over 160,000 zombie souls. Now, 90% of them are gone.

After lunch, they would set off. Otherwise, they would be so poor that they would not be able to even eat.

"Mhm, good girl. Go play with Gu Mo."

With a smile on his face, Lin Ye casually threw out over ten zombie souls to the dog-like magical beasts under his feet and sent them away.

From the corner of his eye, he glanced at the other directions of the breeding field.

While he was learning the Beast Taming Technique, Gu Jiang had already completed the recruitment work. He had also cooperated with Luo Feng, Su Yu, and the others, and started training the Class 3 Earthwolf Cavalry, Class 3 Wind Wolf Cavalry, and the Class 2 Tiger Hunting Blade Guards a few hours ago.

With the help of the training blueprints, training speed was fast. Together, the pressure of the cavalry soldiers instantly increased.

As for Iron Blooded Horses, Ferghana Horses, and ordinary horses, their training was relatively simple. 𝒍𝓲𝙗𝒓𝒆𝓪𝒅.𝙘𝒐𝓶

With Gu Mo's help, Class 1 and 2 new recruits quickly adapted and transformed from foot soldiers to cavalry.

It was a pity that they did not have the corresponding Class 2 cavalry blueprint. Otherwise, the combat power of the lower class cavalry could be raised by a few notches.

"I'll take it slow."

Lin Ye felt comforted. When he left the breeding field,

Adelia had recovered and was trying to break through to the Class 4.

Light Priest Gulan's face was pale, as if he had expended too much energy. He sat cross-legged and was absorbing the light particles floating in the air.

On the other hand, Tru was much more relaxed. Perhaps it was because he had just broken through and his body was empty, but he was currently holding a black iron pot the size of a millstone and eating heartily. His mouth was full of oil, and he even let out a loud laugh in the end.

"Hahaha, not enough, not enough. This is far from enough."

"Sister Nicole, another pot please! This big brother has surpassed his limits and finally broke through to Class 4. Now, my body is feeling empty."

"Well, didn't Teacher Bao'er say that I need to make up for whatever I'm lacking? Hurry up and whip me up some bull penis. I need to nourish myself a little."

"Aren't you afraid of bursting to death from eating too much?"

Suddenly, he heard a chuckle behind him.

"You…!"

Tru was about to fly into a rage, but before he could say the word 'dare', he felt that the voice sounded familiar.

He turned to look and immediately changed his tone, "My lord is wise! This lowly one is full. Delicacies like the bull penis should be kept for my lord."

"Move it."

Lin Ye smiled and teased, "After lunch, the soldiers will be done with their training."

"We might not have finished forging the weapons yet. There are a few new soldiers who don't have Class 2 Blue Tier weapons. Let them use the new weapons first. After we destroy a few one-star Haunted Houses, we'll replace them."

"Yes, my Lord." Tru nodded.

"Also…"

Just as Lin Ye was about to instruct more about the final preparations before the expedition, Xun Mingyuan rushed over as he shouted.

"My Lord, it's murder. There has been a murder. Zhang Liang killed someone!"

Chapter 68

"What's going on, Old Xun? Why are you shouting so much? That weak brat, Zhang Liang, killed someone? Who's so unlucky?"

Tru held the pot in one hand and looked curiously at Xun Mingyuan, who was rushing over.

For them, people dying was nothing rare.

There were large numbers of people dying every day in the underworld. Even a child could look on expressionlessly as villains were killed at the vegetable market. It was no surprise.

"He really… really killed someone. I'm not lying. It's Niu Wei. I don't know what happened between that idiot and Zhang Liang. They fought and fought until they were really angry. We couldn't persuade them at all. Zhang Liang picked up the metal rod used to move the fish and hit Niu Wei on the head. Niu Wei's head was smashed and covered in 'green' blood as he laid on the ground twitching. He is probably dead."

Just a few hundred meters of running and Xun Mingyuan was already panting heavily.

The stamina of Earth people was a lot weaker as compared to the natives of the underworld.

"Seriously…"

Tru muttered something and turned to his lord.

At this moment, Lin Ye had already activated his Heart's Web talent. Invisible waves spread to the tents near the fishery.

Zhang Liang was made to work in the fishery as punishment because he did not tell the truth.

Niu Wei, on the other hand, had a bad habit of cursing in his heart and was also made to work at the fishery as punishment.

Not long ago, he had even managed to peek using the Heart's Web's talent.

These guys formed a friends' chat channel. Niu Wei made a big fuss, wanting the others to escape with him.

Although he didn't succeed, that guy definitely wouldn't give up.

It might be related to this matter.

Lin Ye narrowed his eyes. However, he did not expect that the one who died was not Zhang Liang but Niu Wei.

Wait… wait. Dead my ass. He still had half a breath.

He could still see Niu Wei's breath with his Heart's Web.

However, his breath was extremely weak – like a candle in the wind. If he wasn't careful, he might really die.

On the contrary, Zhang Liang felt a bit off.

A large amount of black particles were floating above his head.

According to the Heart's Web talent's interpretation of emotional particles, black represented darkness, the blackening of one's soul.

In his line of sight, Zhang Liang had a ferocious look on his face. Even though he was pressed to the ground by the patrol team, he was still fiercely cursing at Niu Wei who was lying on the ground.

"He was agitated?"

Lin Ye raised his eyebrows and thought for a moment. Then he beckoned to Gran, who was sitting cross-legged on the platform absorbing light particles. "Come, let's go together."

"I…" Light Priest Gran's face was pale, and he wanted to refuse.

However, he could not disobey his Lord's orders.

He covered his crotch and walked over slowly, looking like a wounded crab. He bent his legs and gasped after taking a few steps. 𝒍𝓲𝙗𝒓𝒆𝓪𝒅.𝙘𝒐𝓶

"This…" Lin Ye looked suspiciously at Gran.

"My balls… my balls hurt!" Priest Gran's face turned red as he explained.

"It's okay. I get it. You just made a mistake that any man would. It's not your fault…"

Lin Ye showed an expression that he vaguely understood what happened but at the same time could not help but laugh out loud.

This old man was a pervert.

Perhaps he wanted to take advantage of the young lady and got beaten up.

He deserved it!

"My Lord, it's not what you think!"

Gran grimaced.

As smart as he was, how could he not tell what his Lord was thinking? He screamed in his heart.

Before he could explain, a violent wind blew.

Whoosh—

It was Adelia, who seemed to have reached the edge of advancement. A large amount of green wind elemental energy surrounded her.

Her entire body was suspended within the gale as she frantically absorbed the wind elemental energy.

Boom!

A few seconds later, the invisible tornado dissipated and the beautiful figure landed on the ground.

It was clear that after the corpse poison was removed and coupled with the Level 4 Body Strengthening Pill, she eventually benefited from this disaster and successfully advanced to Class 4.

After breaking through, Adelia was in a good mood. She had also heard the conversation between Lin Ye and the others. She walked over with a smile and complained, "My Lord, this old man is dirty-minded. Please don't learn from him."

"Adelia! It's thanks to me that you were able to break through! How could you humiliate me like this?!" Gran was trembling with rage.

If this continued, he would not be able to protect his integrity!

"My Lord, Zhang Liang…" Xun Mingyuan, who was standing behind them, could not help but remind them weakly when he saw how indifferent they were.

"That's true. He's not completely dead yet. Let's go. Ride the Wind Wolves which I've just tamed."

Lin Ye nodded and whistled.

Tap-tap-tap…

Five wind elemental energy wrapped Wind Wolves as large as oxen flew over.

They rubbed their heads against Lin Ye's legs affectionately and wagged her tail wildly.

"My Lord has learned beast taming?"

"It seems like his level isn't low too!"

Gran, Tru, and Adelia's eyes lit up. They had a newfound understanding of how powerful their Lord was.

"My… my lord, it's better for me to walk over. I have motion sickness."

Xun Mingyuan timidly said as he looked at the incomparably fierce Wind Wolf.

"Suit yourself."

Lin Ye acknowledged and led the three of them to the fishery.

The Wind Wolf was a high Class 3 Magical Beast, which was also of the wind attribute. Its speed was much faster than the Giant Earth Wolves.

In less than ten seconds, the four of them reached the resting area near the riverside fishery.

At this moment, this place was surrounded by native workers who were watching the commotion and patrolling soldiers who controlled the situation.

"Our Lord is here!"

"Get out of the way, don't block his path!"

"Those who disturb the Lord's mount will be locked up!"

Seeing the group of mighty Wind Wolves from afar, the patrol team quickly cleared out a three-meter wide passageway for them.

Moments later, Lin Ye and the other three jumped off the Wind Wolf's back and quickly walked to the scene.

Looking at Niu Wei who was lying in a pool of green blood, Lin Ye waved his hand and said, "Gran."

The latter immediately understood and went over to cast the Sacred Healing Spell.

The white light particles entered Niu Wei's body.

Very quickly, the blood stopped. Niu Wei opened one of his eyes and shouted sadly, "Lord… My Lord, save me!"

Lin Ye looked at Gran.

Gran shook his head. "It's hopeless. There's such a big hole in the head. It's terminal lucidity right now. Even with sacred healing, he can only live a few more minutes."

"…"

Niu Wei was so anxious that he cried. "No! It's not like that. Gran… Priest Gran, I think I can still be saved. Please save me!"

"Give up on treatment, child. This is just your hallucination. Other than Sacred Healing from experts like the pope and the archbishop or a Level 9 healing pill, no one can save you. Rest assured, the lord will bury you well."

Gran said with regret.

Both options, either of them, was a death sentence for Niu Wei.

Whoosh—

Instantly, large amounts of black emotional particles appeared above Niu Wei's head.

His eyes were bloodshot as he glared angrily at Zhang Liang, who was pinned to the ground by the patrolling soldiers. It was as if he wanted to tear into his flesh and drink his blood.

In the end, he even hated Lin Ye.

If not for this bastard, he would still be a lord of a territory.

Now that he was going to die anyway, he wasn't scared, opening his mouth to curse out.

"Gran, there's no need to treat him anymore." Lin Ye couldn't be bothered with such a person.

After losing the sacred healing of Gran, Niu Wei fell into unconsciousness soon, and his life seeped out of him at a speed visible to the naked eye.

After saying that, he walked over to Zhang Liang and squatted down. He asked, "What's your situation?"

"He killed my father. My Lord, let me go please. As long as I kill him, I'm willing to be your dog!"

Zhang Liang's eyes were red. As he spoke, his tears flowed down uncontrollably. "This dogsh*t. He wanted to run away by himself, but I wasn't willing to. He played dirty. While I was resting, he used my Civilization Archive to send a message to my family channel."

"He hinted to my father that I was captured by other lords and that my life was at stake."

"My dad was worried about me, so he wanted to come out and save me. He didn't expect to get bitten by a zombie on the way."

"He is lying in his graveyard waiting to die. My father had just built his bunker. He has no chance to kill zombies for any healing-type soldiers to drop. In two days, the corpse poison will act up and he will die…"

Got it.

Hearing this, Lin Ye finally understood the whole story.

Niu Wei, this fool, thought that he was smart and tried to hint at Zhang Liang's father to persuade Zhang Liang to escape with him.

In the end, he did not expect to cause this disaster and ended up harming Zhang Liang's father.

Now Niu Wei had to die for sure. As for Zhang Liang…

Lin Ye hesitated.

He was about to set out to clear the surrounding Level 1 Haunted Houses, and Zhang Liang's treasure hunting talent was a perfect match with Heart's Web.

According to the protagonist's mission, he should kill him straightaway and seize the treasure seeking talent.

"Kill him! Since his soul has already darkened, it's not safe to keep such a person by my side." Lin Ye sighed in his heart.

Zhang Liang, who was under his feet, seemed to sense something. His expression changed drastically. At first, he was horrified, but soon, he revealed an ecstatic look.

At the same time, Lin Ye's system sent a reward notification.

Chapter 69

Going back in time a little.

A few seconds ago, when Lin Ye was filled with killing intent, Zhang Liang's vision turned red.

His 'hint' talent kept sending warnings.

[Hint: Your lord is overwhelmed by greed and wants to kill you!]

[Hint: Give up your identity as a Lord and sacrifice your loyalty to the Lord Lin Ye. At the same time, cut 1% of the talent's fragment and give it to the Lord! This way, you have a high chance of obtaining the Lord's forgiveness!]

[Hint: Submit to the Lord and your father may have a chance at survival!]

[Final Hint: Give up your identity as a Lord. The 'Hint' talent's level will drop and you will become a Shattered. You will lose all hope of advancing!]

"Father will have a chance of survival? Is this… true?!"

The other three were ignored by Zhang Liang, and this was the most important one in his eyes.

He was overjoyed. "Sacrifice, I'll give all my loyalty! I want to become Boss Lin's right-hand man!"

At this moment, the lives of his family were more important than anything else.

As for the ambitions that were once burning…

Perhaps when he awakened his talent in the beginning he had some ambition, but over the past two days, he had been beaten down daily by Tru and the others, as well as the terrifying rate of development of Lin Ye.

His ambitions were almost completely eroded.

Among the many human subjects, he was the first to witness the rise of Lin Ye.

The terrifying drop rate of resources could be felt with just one look.

At this moment, he didn't want to think about anything else. He just wanted the Lord to be merciful and protect his family.

Although he did not know why the talent was so certain, he would rather believe that it was true.

After all, his talent had never disappointed him.

Thinking of this, his mind cleared up.

Everything was destined!

When he first met Lin Ye, his talent had already hinted at it once.

If he chose to submit, he would eventually become Lin Ye's right-hand man. Rather than that, he might as well become Lin Ye's loyal follower.

With that, he erased his identity as a Lord in his Civilization Archive and offered 100% loyalty to Lin Ye.

A moment later, Lin Ye received the gift and the system sent a reward.

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have obtained the loyalty of the human lord, Zhang Liang. Loyalty level is 100%. At the same time, as your first top-class talent loyalist, you will receive a portion of Zhang Liang's talent fragment.]

"You have obtained the top-class talent, Hint's fragment!"

Note: 'Hint' talent. It has powerful effects such as pre-warning, searching for treasures, predicting karma, etc.

100x Reward.

100 top-class 'hint' talent fragments! (Shattered, unable to level. Combining the shattered pieces to its complete self will consume Zombie Souls)A complete 'hint' talent crystal!Randomly rewarded with a complete Talent Crystal (50% Normal Talent, 30% Medium Talent, 15% Higher Higher Talent, 4.9999% Top Talent, 0.0000001% God-level Talent)

F*ck!

So powerful!

'Hint' Talent?

This was actually a top-class talent!

It was one level higher than the Heart's Web Talent, second only to his God-tier Talent, 100x Reward!

This was a huge profit!

Lin Ye was excited.

He conveniently excluded option 3. These kinds of surface things were completely useless.

If it was an ordinary trashy talent, he wouldn't mind giving it a try.

Using a top-class talent to gamble was stupid!

The only dilemma was…

After obtaining the Heart's Web from the Treasure Giving Boy, he suddenly had an idea.

With the aid of 100x Reward, in this…

There seemed to be a bug!

If he chose 1, he could give the 100 fragments to others and kill them all. Then, he would have unlimited talent fragments.

After that, he can put the gathered fragments together again.

Perhaps, he could gather all the Talent Crystals in the shortest time possible and immediately become the protagonist of this season.

"Why don't we give it a try?"

Lin Ye was a little tempted and could not help but glance at Niu Wei who was only left with half a breath.

He was a dead man anyway. Be my tool and I'll give you a glorious burial later!

That's settled then.

"I choose option 1!"

As soon as he finished speaking, over 100 Talent Fragments appeared before his eyes.

"!"

Low-level native workers and soldiers were still ignorant, but Adelia, Gran, Tru, and the others were people who had seen a lot.

After a moment of confusion, their eyes widened.

Talent Crystal Fragments!

The legendary Talent Crystal Fragments!

My god! Look at the glow! It's at least of high quality, yet there were so many of them!

"Rumble—"

The three of them involuntarily gulped.

Even though they were all at the Shattered level, if they were to assimilate it into their bodies, they would be able to become awakened individuals at least, and their battle prowess would definitely soar. 𝒍𝓲𝒃𝙧𝒆𝒂𝒅.𝓬𝙤𝒎

"My lord?"

At this moment, Gran noticed that Lin Ye had picked up one of them and was walking towards Niu Wei.

The next moment, his eyes widened.

"Don't do it, my Lord. This is a priceless Talent Crystal Fragment. It's a waste to use it on a person about to die!"

"Don't speak. I know what I'm doing."

Lin Ye glanced at him, grabbed Niu Wei's mouth and threw the talent fragment inside.

"Mm?"

Niu Wei, who already had half a breath left, experienced his second bout of terminal lucidity.

"Didn't I die?"

He looked up dazedly and opened his eyes.

What he saw was Lin Ye with an expectant face, glowing in the sunlight, followed by a glaring red warning.

[Hint: Your Lord has the intention to kill you. You will become a test subject and die without a doubt!]

[Hint: Your brain tissue has been completely destroyed. Vitality has decreased by 92%. You need a Class 9 Light Priest to cast their Sacred Healing on you to recover!]

"Talent? Hunt? An Awakened!"

"Damn it, I must be the legendary protagonist. Before I died, I became Awake! This is the golden finger of the protagonist!"

"Hahaha, this talent is simply too amazing. He can even find treasures and warn others. That bastard Lin Ye must have also been Awakened. Hehe, now that I'm on the same starting line as him, I'll surrender first and save my life. At the critical moment, I'll stab him in the back and steal everything from him. Perfect!"

"Niu Wei, you're really a genius!"

Just as Niu Wei was feeling pleased, his talent issued another warning.

[Hint: Your vitality is decreasing constantly, 7% → 6% → 5%…]

"Boss Lin Ye, my Lord, save me. I've awakened my talent. As long as you save me, I'll be your lackey. Hurry up and save me. I don't want to die. I'm still single. I haven't married. My Niu family has only one heir. I can't let my line end here!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Ye's cold face greeted him.

Under Heart's Web view.

This lad had a green halo above his head just now. It was obvious that he was begging for mercy on the surface, but in reality, he was mocking him in his heart.

He might be scolding him badly.

What a naughty little brat!

Master Lin doesn't believe you. Besides, he was already beaten up by Zhang Liang. Even Priest Gran couldn't save him. What could he do then?

Just accept your fate.

[Hint: Your vitality is decreasing constantly, 2% → 1% → 0, you are dead…]

"No!"

"I have just awakened my golden finger. I haven't become the main character yet!"

"I can't accept this. Zhang Liang, you were the one who caused this. F*ck your ancestors!"

At the last second, Niu Wei's eyes widened in horror. He revealed his longing for the world of living and let out his final roar.

Lin Ye could not care less and quickly searched for the talent fragment which dropped.

"You have obtained a 'hint' talent fragment!"

Chapter 70

"You have obtained the top-class talent, Hint's fragment!"

100x Reward.

1. 100 top-class 'hint' talent fragments! (Shattered, unable to level)

2. A complete 'hint' talent crystal!

3. Randomly rewarded with a complete Talent Crystal (50% Normal Talent, 30% Medium Talent, 15% Higher Higher Talent, 4.9999% Top Talent, 0.0000001% God-level Talent)

"Success! Success! The bug is actually real!"

Lin Ye's blood pumped in excitement.

As long as he chose 1, he would get 199 pieces of the 'hint' talent fragments which he obtained from Zhang Liang.

The bug had already been confirmed. If it was refreshed again, there would be a total of 199 fragments. The reward would be 1,900 fragments.

Heavens!

He was going to take flight!

"I choose option 1."

Lin Ye spoke without hesitation. 𝑙𝒾𝒷𝘳𝑒𝑎𝘥.𝒸ℴ𝓂

Whoosh—

Another white rain of light descended, and a hundred crystal fragments fell to the ground.

"I'm going to quickly grind before the system sees this!"

Lin Ye was cackling maniacally inside.

It was a race against time. There was no time to care about the 100 Talent Fragments which dropped on the ground.

He grabbed one of them and prepared to find the next human tool.

However, things didn't go as planned. The system's voice sounded again.

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have successfully discovered a bug in the system. As your reward for discovering it, you will not be held accountable for your vile actions of making use of the bug. Furthermore, the talent fragments that you have obtained will belong to you.]

[The system is fixing the bug right now. Every talent fragment will be 99% damaged when it drops. If it is dropped more than three times, it will automatically disappear.]

[Thank you Survivor Lin Ye for your friendly cooperation. I hope you will work harder in the future!]

"?"

Lin Ye was stunned. What was it playing at?

It was fixed just like that?

You must be targeting me on purpose!

Every drop would be 99% damaged, which was equivalent to 100x Reward.

"Dog system, get out here. If you don't give me an explanation, this matter will not end!"

Lin Ye angrily shouted in his heart, as he crazily pinged for the system.

System: "…"

After hesitating for a moment, the system decided to show some respect to the richest human lord of the season.

"Survivor, how do you wish to resolve this?"

"Compensate me!"

In his heart, Lin Ye thought of a motion picture of him slamming the table and roaring in anger. He argued, "I used my own ability to grind for benefits using the bug. Even if you already fixed it, it's considered a huge contribution. You want to send me on my merry way with just one merit? Let me tell you, that's impossible. Do you still want me to recharge my points? Do you still want me to kill zombies?"

"I don't care. You have to give me an explanation!"

Tick—

Time passed quietly, and the space instantly became silent.

Lin Ye's expression was firm, and his powerful will suppressed the roaring blood in his body. He showed a relaxed exterior, as if victory was within his grasp.

After a long while, the system finally gave in.

System: "Alright, as compensation, the market page that can only be opened seven days later after the first zombie wave ends will be released to you in advance!"

"Wait a moment, what is the market page?" Lin Ye hesitated. It sounded pretty worthless to him.

The system explained, "The market page, as the name suggests, is a trading place. When the market page is opened, you will be able to trade across territories within the region. There are two modes. As for specific gameplay instructions, you can choose when it is released."

A trade market!

Upon hearing this, Lin Ye understood what was going on, and was slightly surprised.

In other words, as long as the region was large enough, he could sell equipment, weapons, and other resources to his family at an extremely low price.

In that case, there would be no need to worry about his parents and sister's safety during the zombie wave four days later.

At the same time, he would be able to develop without any worries.

"Alright, this will do then. Let me access it immediately!" Lin Ye hurriedly said.

System: " We cannot for the time being. Even if I give you permission, there are prerequisites that you have to fulfill. It's a market. If you don't have popularity, how can you have a market? Therefore, you need to accumulate popularity to unlock it."

"Popularity?" Lin Ye raised his eyebrows.

He had heard of loyalty and reputation points, but this was the first time he had heard of popularity.

System: "Popularity is the core measurement for a market's range."

"In other words, the higher my popularity, the larger the area covered by the market?" Lin Ye caught the key information.

System: "Yes. As for the method to obtain popularity, we will send it to you as a mission."

After saying that, Lin Ye heard a message from the system.

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have received a popularity challenge mission. Send a short video to the national channel.]

[Mission Requirement: You need to obtain more than a million likes.]

[Friendly Hint: Dislikes will offset the number of likes in a ratio of 1:2]

[Effective Time: 1 day. If you succeed, you will unlock the market page. If you fail, the market page will be activated according to the normal schedule]

"This is too much. Even if dislikes can offset the number of likes, it shouldn't be in the ratio of 1:2. At least be fair. Let's do a 1:1." Lin Ye was speechless.

System: "You can choose to reject the mission."

"Fine, you win." Lin Ye threw down a vicious sentence and quickly chose to confirm and accept the mission.

System: "Can we leave now?"

"Wait, take care of this for me." Lin Ye pointed at the 199 talent fragments scattered on the ground.

System: "What do you mean?"

"Combine it into 100 fragments for me. If you had appeared earlier, I would have chosen 2 and taken the complete Talent Crystal. Now, I have to spend 100,000 Zombie Souls to combine them into a complete 'Hint' talent."

Lin Ye said righteously, "Do you think I'm stupid? This is not a small sum and it's your fault, so you should be the one paying."

"…"

The system was speechless. It did not seem to want to continue communicating with Lin Ye.

It simply said 'as you wish' and disappeared without a trace.

As soon as it finished speaking, a strand of ethereal three colored divine radiance descended onto the 100 Talent Fragments.

Whoosh—

As the light flickered, a complete Talent Crystal that emitted a three-colored luster appeared.

Lin Ye's fingers touched it.

"You have obtained a complete top-class talent crystal—'Hint'!"

100x Reward.

1. 100 Complete top-class talent crystals—'Hint'!

2. Demigod-class…

"Ding… met with an unknown energy obstruction. 100x Reward canceled! '

"System, f*ck you!"

Lin Ye cursed under his breath. He hadn't expected this stingy system to take advantage of him.

As for the words 'demigod-class',

Was it talking about demigod-class talent?

From the looks of it, my 100x Reward is quite a high class talent. It's a tier higher than top class.

Yup, very good. Fantastic.

It would be best if I was the only one in the world who had a good class talent.

Keeping these thoughts to himself for the time being, he began to sort through his gains this time.

Even though he had been scammed by the system, he had gained a lot.

Not only did he obtain a complete top-class talent, he also had 99 talent fragments.

Including the semi-finished product, Zhang Liang, he could form a treasure-seeking team.

In the future, when the territory became larger, he would be able to sit safely in his lair and leisurely locate the direction of the treasures. The specifics of the treasure hunt would then be handed over to the treasure-seeking team.

Perfect coordination!

Lin Ye thought happily.

Chapter 71

After receiving the entirety of the 'hint' talent, Lin Ye opened the talent's introduction.

Talent: Hint

Grade: Top (Grade Upgrade Method: Absorbing Energy from Talent Fragments of the same grade)

Level: 1 (Increases area of territory, the higher the level of the bunker, the higher the number of Zombie Souls it may consume. With every increase, the talent will be enhanced)

Ability: Hint, Warning, Treasure Seeking, Karma Prediction, etc. (Current effective radius is 100 meters)

Coincidentally, the system sent a notification.

"Friendly Hint: Your bunker has reached Level 6. By using 120,000 Zombie Souls, your talent can be instantly upgraded to Level 6."

"Current number of Zombie Souls is insufficient. Please recharge as soon as possible!"

"It actually costs 120,000 Souls. As expected of a top-class talent. The cost of leveling it up is almost twice that of the Heart's Web!"

Lin Ye took a look. Not only was he not upset at the high cost of Zombie Souls needed, he was actually overjoyed by the news.

He had 100x Reward. For now, he had no interest in currency or equipment.

On the contrary, he was curious about these peerless talents.

It was a pity that he had just emptied his inventory by spending over a hundred thousand zombie souls and could not level the talent up for the time being.

However, it was not that there was no other way. He could just destroy one of the haunted houses later to get enough.

Before leaving, he instructed Lin One and the others to remove half of the zombie converters from the territory.

When the time came, he would bury them around the Haunted Houses. Once he cleared them, he would convert the corpses immediately. He would kill the zombies and convert them simultaneously without wasting time.

Also, there was a mission from the system – to make a video with millions of likes.

It felt like something big was about to happen.

The Zombie Souls, treasure chests, and supplies all over the ground were videoed.

At the end, he even used the special skill of the Level 2 Lord's Skin, Flying Meteor, to finish the video.

A million likes were a piece of cake.

A smile appeared on Lin Ye's face. "Forget it. Let me try the 'Hint' talent first."

With that, he activated the talent according to the description.

Whoosh—

In an instant, pitch black energy flowed out from the depths of his pupils, turning the white of his eyes black.

This state was similar to Heart's Web and felt really strange.

It was somewhat similar to a domain. With him as the center, everything within a hundred meters was like an electrocardiogram, sending back all sorts of information from time to time.

"Search for animals!" he chanted in his heart.

"Hint: There are 37,824 Red Striped Ants in the grass 72 meters southeast of you."

"Hint: There are 5 three foot long blue carp playing by the river 97 meters southwest of you."

….

His field of vision changed, and Lin Ye activated Heart's Web again.

Sure enough, in the southeast direction, there were large numbers of red-striped ants 72 meters away, and there were blue carps 97 meters southwest.

After a few tries, he found out that the accuracy was almost 100%.

However, Lin Ye was not satisfied.

This function was similar to Heart's Web. The only difference was that Heart's Web ability covered the entire map and swept across a larger area.

As for 'Hint', it was like a search bar. If you wanted to look for something, you had to do it one by one.

"I'm going to try to use it to look for treasures!" Lin Ye said again.

Hint's ability to search for treasures could be considered its greatest attraction to Lin Ye.

A moment later, he scanned the area within a hundred meters and received a message through his black pupils.

"Hint: 60 meters away from you, Human Lord Xun Mingyuan is running at a speed of 4m/s, slower than the average human. He has a bronze treasure chest hidden in his Civilization Archive."

"Hint: There are no treasure chests in this area."

"Xun Mingyuan?" Lin Ye raised his eyebrows and asked Tru to move aside.

As expected, Xun Mingyuan, who was not riding the Wind Wolf, was panting heavily as he rushed over.

When he arrived, he was still bent over with his hands supporting his waist. He panted as he looked at the lifeless Niu Wei regretfully.

"He really died!" He sighed.

After arriving in this world, human lives seemed to have become worthless. Others had also become indifferent to deaths.

As he finished speaking, he suddenly felt that something was wrong.

His lord's eyes turned completely black, just like when Zhang Liang used his talent. He was still staring at him blankly.

"My Lord, why are you looking at me?" He smiled awkwardly.

His black eyes were really scary.

"Old Xun, I heard that you hid a bronze treasure chest in your Civilization Archive?" Lin Ye asked with a smile.

"No, of course not!" Xun Mingyuan hurriedly shook his head as anxiety coursed through his veins.

God, how did the Lord find out?

"Oh, you really have one." Lin Ye's eyes lit up. 𝑙𝒾𝒷𝘳𝑒𝑎𝘥.𝒸ℴ𝓂

He had two talents activated right now.

He could see large amounts of purple and gray emotional particles coming from Xun Mingyuan's head.

Purple represented anxiousness, while gray indicated that he was lying.

It was obvious at a glance that this person was not honest as well.

"Old Xun, you've lost your spot to enter the Four Sacred Halls tonight." Lin Ye's smile vanished as he spoke calmly.

"?" Xun Mingyuan was shocked.

The outside world was completely unaware of the news of the Four Sacred Halls, but it had long since spread throughout Lin Ye's territory.

At midnight today, which would also be a few minutes after the protection mechanism ended.

Four Sacred Halls would descend all over the world. This was a great opportunity for the rise of the human lords.

Among them, the most important was the Reflection Hall.

It was said that there was a high chance that it would help Human Lords awaken their talents.

Before this, it was fine if he didn't know about it. But now that he knew, wasn't not letting him go worse than killing him?

Xun Mingyuan was no fool. He immediately realized that his lie had been seen through by the lord.

He gritted his teeth and stomped his feet. With the mindset that he would not be able to get better things without sacrificing something close to him, he said loudly, "My Lord is wise. I do have a bronze treasure chest here. I was just joking with you."

"Treasure Chests belong to those who are capable. Only someone as handsome, generous, and open-minded as this Lord is worthy of having such a noble object."

As he spoke, he took out the treasure chest which he had kept for a long time and said solemnly, "I'm willing to offer it up to you!"

You're indirectly scolding me!

Lin Ye cast a sidelong glance at Xun Mingyuan, looking at him cursing at him for his lowly interests and lousy character.

If this Great Lin had a lousy character, I would've left you to die.

Furthermore, as the lord of these people,

Wasn't what's yours mine?

Why would I need you to offer me something that was supposed to belong to me in the first place?

People who didn't know better would think I owed you a favor.

"Old Xun, have some steamed buns and pickled vegetables for lunch. Beef instant noodles are too nutritious. Your body is so weak that you almost collapsed from exhaustion after running for a few hundred meters. I'm really afraid that you won't be able to handle it and it would be a pity if you were to die. My toilet project still needs someone of your caliber to complete it."

Lin Ye patted Xun Mingyuan's shoulder and took the bronze treasure box.

"Ah, this…" Xun Mingyuan revealed an awkward expression. He knew that his thoughts had been seen through.

At this moment, he was both nervous and worried.

He was afraid that in the future, the 'generous' Lord Lin would make things difficult for him.

"I'm just joking, look at how scared you are." Lin Ye smiled and ignored him, temporarily putting away the bronze treasure chest.

At this moment, his interest in the treasure chest was not as great as his curiosity with the 'Hint' talent.

He had just tested the search and treasure hunting ability but he was still lacking the warning and karma prediction aspects of it.

"Adelia, go shoot me from a thousand meters away!" he suddenly said.

Chapter 72

"My lord?"

Adelia's face was full of questions and she thought that she had misheard.

"If I tell you to go, just go. Don't use the power of the wind element. Just use the basic strength you have as a Class 4 to shoot at me." Lin Ye said calmly.

"But…" Adelia felt so wronged she was about to cry.

If you want to kill yourself, don't make me do it. I'm a Class 4 Elemental Ranger after all.

Even if she only used her basic strength, she could still shoot through that small body of his.

She couldn't bear to see such a generous Lord die!

"Women are always so fussy. Can you be more decisive?"

Lin Ye frowned and waved his hand. "Don't worry and go. I'll get Thru to guard by my side. If I can't dodge it, he'll move me."

"Oh, so that's the case." Adelia was relieved.

Right now, Tru was also a Class 4 soldier. With battle aura protecting his body, if she didn't use her elemental power, she probably wouldn't be able to break through his defense.

"Lady Adelia, just shoot as hard as you can. My body will be the Lord's strongest shield."

Tru thumped his chest with confidence.

"One moment."

Adelia nodded and rode a Wind Wolf. With a few leaps, she soon arrived at a place a thousand meters away.

She took out the Wind Splitting Bow, drew the bow, and shot the arrow in one go!

Swish!

The arrow pierced through the air, turning into a black streak as it shot straight towards Lin Ye who was a thousand meters away.

"It's coming!" Lin Ye narrowed his eyes, his heart beating slightly faster.

Fortunately, his Heart's Web was Level 6. While strengthening his senses, it also slightly improved his physical fitness.

With his powerful vision, he could clearly see the trajectory of the arrow.

In fact, he could easily dodge an arrow that did not contain any elemental power just by relying on Heart's Web.

But that was not his purpose.

"It's going to reach! 300 meters, 200 meters, 100 meters!"

In an instant, three urgent notifications echoed in his mind.

[Hint: A powerful long-range attack arrow is coming to you at a fast speed. Strength: Level 4. Estimated to arrive in two seconds.]

[Hint: Dodge on your own towards the right side. With your constitution, there is a 90% chance of not getting hurt and a 10% chance of a scratch.]

[Hint: There is no need to panic. With the accumulated battle aura in the soldier beside you, there is a 100% chance that he will block it for you. The broken arrow will land 50 cm away from your feet.]

The voice had just ended.

Seeing that Lin Ye had no reaction, an orange-red battle aura rose around Tru.

The blade flashed.

Three meters away, the arrow was cut in half.

Swish! Swish!

The two pieces of the broken arrow changed direction and landed 50 cm away from Lin Ye.

F*ck!

Impressive!

Lin Ye cheered in his heart. With this, it would be difficult for him to die in the future. 𝓁𝘪𝘣𝘳ℯ𝒶𝘥.𝘤𝑜𝓂

Right now, the talent was still at Level 1. Once he obtained enough Zombie Souls, he could level it up to Level 6, Level 7, or even higher.

That would be insane.

"My Lord, were you scared just now?"

Tru grinned, showing two large dark yellow teeth, and chuckled.

"Did I look like I was afraid?" Lin Ye's face was full of disdain.

"My Lord's mentality is unparalleled in this world!" Priest Gran complimented happily.

From the corner of his eye, he glanced at Zhang Liang and the talent fragments which were kept by the Lord just now.

He could vaguely guess the answer.

He was even more certain now that the Lord was the Child of Destiny.

"Words cannot be trusted."

Lin Ye glanced at him. Did he think that his Heart's Web was just for show?

"Hehe, this subordinate is an honest person and never lies." Gran revealed a brilliant smile.

As long as I don't feel embarrassed, the embarrassed ones will be others. He smiled at his Lord cheerily.

"Tsk, you're the only honest one then!"

Lin Ye laughed. He was in a good mood.

Although it was a lie, who didn't like hearing nice things about them? Furthermore, this 'hint' talent was even more impressive than he had imagined.

Zhang Liang, this silly boy, if not for his unlucky start, he might have really become a massive lord in the future.

This ability was too all encompassing and full of bugs!

Just the first three abilities were enough to make countless people envious, but this fourth one.

He was a little confused. Karma prediction?

There was no description for this section, nor was there anything about the way to use it.

After thinking for a moment, Lin Ye looked at Zhang Liang and signaled for the soldiers escorting Zhang Liang to release him. He asked, "What is karma prediction? Do you know it?"

"I don't."

Zhang Liang shook his head, but his eyes were bright. He said excitedly, "But just now, I accidentally triggered it once."

"How did it trigger? What hint did you get?" Lin Ye's eyes lit up.

Zhang Liang frowned and recalled seriously. He hesitated before he started, "Back then, I was fueled by my hatred and sadness. I hated Niu Wei for harming my father, and I also felt guilty for causing my father to be bitten by a zombie. Therefore, I screamed crazily in my heart, that as long as my father can be safe, I would be willing to give up everything."

"And then I got a hint from my talent."

"Continue." Seeing that Zhang Liang had stopped there, Lin Ye was so anxious to know more that he wanted to give his head a buff.

"Yes, my lord!"

Zhang Liang's expression turned serious as he knelt down and kowtowed. He said sincerely, "My lord, the karma prediction shown by my talent said that as long as I offer my loyalty to you, you will be able to save my father. Please, no matter what, you must save him!"

"Weirdos. All of you like to kneel, right? The men of China's Nine States are all tough and unyielding men. How can they kneel so casually? Of course, it's fine to kneel to me, but if I ever see you kneeling to others, I will break your legs."

Lin Ye gave Tru a look. Tru, who immediately understood, helped Zhang Liang up.

As he spoke, he was also pondering over Zhang Liang's words.

Becoming loyal to him was definitely true, but it was a little confusing.

Karma prediction. The starting point was on Zhang Liang, but the ending point was with me.

Save Zhang Liang's father? How do I save him? I have no idea.

Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind.

The market page?!

Right, that must be it.

I was the only one in the world who could open the market page to sell things.

When the area expanded sufficiently, the market might cover the area where Zhang Liang's father was in.

The corpse poison would flare up in two days.

Before that, he could sell healing medicine to Zhang Liang's father through the market function.

Wouldn't that solve the problem perfectly?

There was still the question of how karma prediction was triggered.

Was it related to willpower or emotional turmoil?

He tried to recite the name of his family in his heart, and his willpower surged.

Lin Jianguo, crisis/safety…

Zhang Cuiling, crisis/safety…

Lin Wei, crisis/safety…

A moment later, he received a notification from the talent.

"Hint: Sensing the bond of the survivor to your family, your father will face a small crisis four days later!"

"Four days later, will that be during the zombie wave?"

Lin Ye frowned slightly.

After passing his tests, the trust he had in this talent was almost at 80% already.

But this was too unbelievable.

It was hard to tell what it relied on. Moreover, he always sought after stability. He had to ensure that it was foolproof!

Otherwise, it would be very easy to make errors in judgment in the future.

He would start with Zhang Liang's father then.

If it was true, as long as he opened the market page and saved his father, it could be confirmed to be foolproof.

At that time, he would have enough time to change his own father's fate!

Chapter 73

After understanding these trivial matters, Lin Ye made a decision.

He looked at Zhang Liang and chuckled. "Don't worry, your father will be fine."

"Does the lord really have a way to save my dad?" Zhang Liang's eyes were filled with hope.

Although the 'hint' talent had already given him a hint, he still wasn't confident and was extremely flustered.

"I guess." Lin Ye didn't have a definite answer either. Everything was just speculation now.

As soon as he finished speaking, he seemed to have thought of something and asked, "Which one of you has the best filming skills?"

"It should be Dong Wei. That guy used to be an internet manager and has studied all kinds of device maintenance. He's also knowledgeable about video cameras. Previously, the beef ham instant noodles I sent on the World Channel were taken by him."

Xun Mingyuan interjected, "His combination of the angle and color is simply too great. Just looking at it will make one's appetite increase."

Dong Wei?

Lin Ye nodded. He remembered the lad.

He was tall, but his face was slightly pale and unhealthy looking, as if he was malnourished.

"Alright, it's him then."

Lin Ye smiled mysteriously. "In a while, call Dong Wei, Jiang Gong, Zhang Bao'er, Chu Meng, and Liu Yuan. If they perform well, I'll give you guys some benefits tonight.

"Benefits? The Four Sacred Halls?!" Xun Mingyuan's eyes lit up.

Zhang Liang could not help but swallow.

There were many underworld people with big mouths in the territory. Even the human lords knew about that piece of news.

"Make a guess."

Lin Ye smiled with narrowed eyes and ordered, "Before that, hand over all of your Civilization Archives to Zhang Liang for safekeeping."

"Don't do that, my Lord!"

Xun Mingyuan's face fell as he spoke pitifully. "I want to chat with my girlfriend."

"What is this? Do you have a girlfriend even when you are like this?!"

Zhang Liang widened his eyes and said in disbelief, "How blind is she! Old Xun, be honest, were you a rich second-generation heir back on Earth?"

"Have you ever seen a rich second-generation heir working as a warehouse manager?" Xun Mingyuan rolled his eyes and said proudly, "My girlfriend and I are childhood sweethearts. In this day and age, you have to start from a young age to find a girlfriend."

"That dog sh*t luck. Fine, I'll admit defeat!" Zhang Liang said sourly.

Now that he knew that his father had a chance to be saved, his personality returned to how it was before.

The emotional particles that indicated the blacking of his soul also dissipated at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Alright, cut the crap. Hand over your Civilization Archive first. I'll give you time to chat with your family and girlfriend every day. However, before your loyalty reaches 100%, you'll have to be temporarily supervised. Otherwise, all of you will cause trouble like Niu Wei. If that's the case, I might as well just kill all of you since it would be easier for me."

With that, Lin Ye looked kindly at Xun Mingyuan. "Old Xun, I won't force you. Which do you choose?"

"This…" Xun Mingyuan smiled awkwardly.

To be honest, they were different from Niu Wei in that they did not have much ambition.

Other than the initial resistance they had, he felt pretty good staying by Lin Ye.

As long as he didn't cause any trouble, Lin Ye's treatment was impeccable.

He went to the world and regional channels every few hours to show off. On the public chat, groups of people would be shouting for him to carry them or to spare them a few mouthfuls of food.

Every time he saw this, a warehouse manager like him who had accomplished nothing, could not help but feel excited.

After a moment of hesitation, he gritted his teeth and said, "Then I'd better offer my loyalty. Otherwise, my girlfriend would worry if she sent a message during the regulation period and I didn't reply."

"Stop flexing your relationship. Hurry up." Lin Ye glared at him. He seriously suspected that this brat was deliberately showing off.

"Right away, right away." Xun Mingyuan laughed.

A moment later, the lord tag on his body disappeared, replaced by the citizen of the territory tag.

On the other side, Lin Ye also received a system notification.

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have received the loyalty of the Human Lord, Xun Mingyuan. His loyalty is at 100% and became your loyalist!]

"Very good."

Lin Ye revealed a smile. This was a pretty good sign.

There were many possibilities held by both humans and the people of the underworld. There was no harm in taking in more loyalists.

Of course, for those who were not his loyalists. Well, too bad for them, they would just be prisoners and work for him.

"Zhang Liang, I'll leave the mission of getting the Civilization Archives to you. The conditions are just as I said. If they are willing to pledge their loyalty, then so be it. If they aren't willing, then so be it as well. Our Lin Clan's territory doesn't lack those two or three minions. It's only because we are in the early stages. Otherwise, I might not even want them."

After instructing him, Lin Ye dispersed the surrounding native workers who were watching.

Before he left, he glanced at Niu Wei who had died with his eyes wide open and said, "Tru, find a random grave to bury him."

Then, he turned around and walked towards the bunker.

The sun was shining brightly and it was almost lunchtime.

Thousands of people happily ate a big pot of rice. Lin Ye found Lin Dachui and began to do calculations for the equipment and supplies for the soldiers.

Lin Dachui wiped the sweat off his forehead and forced a smile. "My lord, this subordinate has let you down. Class 2 equipment is quite lacking. Even though you've given us enough resources, our manpower and blueprints are extremely limited. There are still more than 1,200 Class 1 soldiers who are unable to equip themselves."

"You don't need to blame yourself. This is a problem from my side." Lin Ye waved his hand and didn't blame him. He continued, "Since they don't have any equipment, there's no need for them to send themselves to their deaths. I'll leave the soldiers without equipment to guard the territory. On one hand, they can guard the territory, and on the other hand, they can continue to enter the barracks for training."

"If I need reinforcements, I'll send people back. But before that, get the other blacksmiths to speed up their progress. Don't slack off."

"Also, you will come to the frontline with us later."

"Me?" This time, Lin Dachui was a bit surprised. He was just a backstage worker. What was the use of him going to the front lines?

"Four Sacred Halls." Lin Ye rolled his eyes at him.

"Many thanks for the Lord's generous gift!" Lin Dachui was so excited that he almost drooled.

The four Sacred Halls were different from others. What he yearned for the most was Elevation Hall of the four Sacred Halls.

From the elders of his clan, he knew the importance of the Elevation Hall to a blacksmith.

If he could successfully pass the trial, perhaps he could advance from a blacksmith to a better occupation.

Occupations like engineers, researchers, inventors, etc.

At that time, no matter who it was, his lineage would definitely be ranked at the top in front of the billions of blacksmith families and bring honor to their ancestors.

At the thought of this, tears streamed down Lin Dachui's face as he called out to his lord.

"That's enough. We're family. Damn, how long has it been since you've showered? Don't come near me." Lin Ye pushed away Lin Dachui with a disgusted expression.

As he spoke, he took out Xun Mingyuan's bronze treasure chest and opened it.

"You have obtained a Class 2 Blue Tier weapon—Black Iron Spear!"

100x Reward.

100 Class 2 Blue Tier Weapon—Black Iron Spear1 Class 4 Silver Tier Weapon—Purple Golden Snake ScepterRandom Weapon

Without any hesitation, Lin Ye chose option 1.

It was impossible to guard a territory without weapons.

After the incident with the five-man team, he did not dare to be careless.

If their homes were raided again and one thousand people lost to a hundred people. Wouldn't that be a huge slap in the face?

Lin Dachui would be the one to distribute these weapons.

After he was done, Lin Ye walked out of the Armory and went to the square platform.

Before this, Tru had heard his instructions and was long waiting for him there.

Including the thousand veterans that he had brought along, there were more than 2,700 new recruits.

A total of 3,753 people!

All of them were to gather at the plaza, ready for a battle!

Chapter 74

Thousands of people stood outside the territory.

From afar, it looked like a long dragon with 'blue skin'.

The team had already started to take shape and had great combat strength.

Amongst them were three Class 4 Jobs and two warriors.

They were the Class 4 Wind Wolf Rider, Tru, and the Class 4 Elemental Ranger, Adelia.

The remaining person was also the team's only nanny.

Class 4 Light Priest—Gran.

Below Class 4.

The Class 3 Wolf Cavalry consisted of Luo Feng, Su Yu, and Xu Que as their leaders, with a total of 17 people.

Class 3 Wind Wolf Cavalry totaled 50 men, while there were 16 Class 3 Iron-Blooded Horse Riders.

A total of 83 people.

There were 155 Class 2 Soldiers who were also riding Iron-Blooded Horses.

The remaining 29 horses were left in his territory.

Just in case.

As for the 2,000 plus Class 1 soldiers and rangers…

Lin Ye ranked them according to their physical fitness stated in the archives.

For the top one thousand people.

They were given Ferghana Horses or ordinary horses, equipped with mounts and weapons according to their strength.

The soldiers who didn't make it would all become foot soldiers.

It wasn't that Lin Ye was prejudiced, looking down on these weak individuals. It was that he simply didn't have enough resources, or else he would have turned them all into cavalry soldiers.

It would be best if they were all Class 3 wolves as well. 𝓵𝙞𝒃𝓻𝓮𝙖𝓭.𝙘𝓸𝓶

In the early stages, if blueprints of higher class soldiers didn't drop, it would be a disaster of catastrophic level.

When that happened, nothing could flourish.

Of course, that was something that he could only keep in mind and continue to face reality.

When Lin Ye stood on the platform of the field, this platform was actually the huge corpse pit that they had dug previously. After obtaining Heart's Web, he felt that it was too close to the bunker.

The stench was overwhelming, so he filled the pit up and moved the Level 3 Zombie Converter elsewhere.

This place was then left empty. When Tru challenged the new recruits, it turned into a sort of training field.

Standing on the platform, looking at the 1,000-man team that was all equipped with Class 2 Blue Tier equipment, Lin Ye felt a boundless sense of heroism.

With such a fine and elite army, who could fight against him!

"Hey, wait. My lord, this is a wonderful scene. Yes, lift your chin and keep your eyes on the sky at a 45-degree angle. Keep your gaze focused. With the attitude of the lord looking down on the world, smile a little. That will make you look approachable. After all, we're shooting a video and it needs to be popular…"

"Sister Bao'er, Little Meng, go and help the lord tidy up his appearance. The lord is not good at smiling so he may seem a little cold. Help the lord with his smile…"

At this moment, Dong Wei was squatting in the corner of the school field with his Civilization Archive. He instructed Lin Ye so that he could create the best video.

Jiang Gong, Liu Yuan, and Wang Qiang, who knew how to operate the excavator, were assisting from the side.

Zhang Bao'er and Chu Meng suppressed their laughter. When they heard Dong Wei's words, they quickly ran to Lin Ye's side and helped him tidy up his appearance.

She even pointed at his face from time to time, teaching him how to smile more naturally.

At this moment, Lin Ye was like a robot, allowing them to have their way with him.

If this was any other time, they would have been beaten to a pulp.

As to why it was currently so harmonious.

It was because before they gathered, they had given their loyalty to Lin Ye under the coercion of Zhang Liang and Xun Mingyuan.

Now that they were family, there was naturally no estrangement between them.

"Ah Wei, are you sure you can do it?"

Lin Ye frowned and said unhappily, "We can just shoot a few scenes. This is not a movie or television drama. It's just a short video. The main part is the killing of zombies and the clearing of a Haunted House. We just have to see a spectacular sight. While the protection mechanism is still in place, we can scam some likes. Rather than wasting time here, we might as well leave early."

"That's different."

Dong Wei shook his head like a rattle drum. He looked at Lin Ye seriously and continued, "My lord, we are professionals in filming. Let me tell you. Even the simplest short videos have their own rigorous criteria to meet."

"There are those green-eyed people in the Regional Channel."

"Hmph, don't be fooled by their praises. If he really uploaded a video of him killing zombies and blowing up a Haunted House, they might turn their opinions on us."

"When the time comes, without even mentioning a million likes, it will be difficult to even guarantee a positive number of likes."

"Therefore, we have to shoot with our hearts. That way, we can appear sincere. It's best if we can make it look like a big production."

"Remember this. Ignite. Ignite those flames. That is the core!"

He swept his gaze across his surroundings and said regretfully, "There are enough people, but this background won't do. If there are more than ten flags, bonfires, background music, and a few deafening war drums on the platform, this scene will be more spectacular."

"Troublesome," Lin Ye muttered, but his actions were quick.

He directly threw out a large number of things from the Reputation Shop.

Previously, regardless of whether it was useful or not, he had bought many Chinese products.

Among them were flags, war drums, old-fashioned cassette players, and so on that Dong Wei mentioned.

"That's all I have now. I can't afford anything else."

"Wow, the lord is impressive."

Dong Wei's eyes lit up. He was just shooting his mouth off and saying those for fun.

Who would have thought that his lord was so resourceful and could source such strange and old items in this godforsaken place?

These should be from the Reputation Shop!

Yesterday, Sister Bao'er and the rest seemed to have obtained sanitary pads from the lord.

He didn't know if there were any video playing devices like an iPad.

When it came to that, he would organize some good movies and enjoy the movie with a few others at the graveyard…

That scene was great just thinking about it!

He was thinking happily but when he turned around, he was kicked by Lin Ye.

"Hurry up and get to work. If you're done, go blow up the Haunted House. We still have to fight for the Four Sacred Halls at midnight. We don't have time to waste here," Lin Ye said unhappily.

"Immediately, immediately. My lord, please don't worry. Wang Qiang and I are known as the Crouching Dragon and Phoenixes of the Men. We are extremely reliable and will definitely not make any mistakes."

Dong Wei patted his chest and assured.

After saying that, he threw the war drum to Wang Qiang and got him to find a few strong new recruits.

He found good spots on the platform and prepared to play the drums.

He threw the large flag to Zhang Bao'er and instructed, "Sister Bao'er, your handwriting is beautiful. Make the 'Lin Clan' sign look better. Don't use a gel pen since the font will be too small. Use a large carbonized pen made with a firestick."

"If it's not clear enough, pour the ink out from the gel pen and dip the firestick in it to write. It's best if it looks a little rough so that it will look imposing."

"Okay, I'll try my best." Zhang Bao'er held the flag and tried to think of a solution.

The next problem was the background music. There was actually no other choice.

There were only a few old songs given complementary in the cassette player.

For example, 'Romance in the Rain', 'The Two Tigers', 'Sad Pacific Ocean', 'Patriotism to the Country', 'Borrowing another 500 years from the Heavens'…

"Patriotism to the Country," Lin Ye said.

This song was one of his father's favorite songs, and it was the only song he could remember.

His father would probably be able to see the video after they posted it so he hoped that it would give him the strength to continue fighting.

"Sure, this song is inspiring and very suitable."

Dong Wei nodded in agreement with Lin Ye's choice.

"Alright, everyone, move. Props team or whoever that is, light up the bonfire! Light up the colored lights. We have everything now. Stand straight!"

"Work!"

Chapter 75

After tidying up for more than half an hour, more than a dozen flags with the words 'Lin Clan' written on them were created.

"Finally completed!"

Zhang Bao'er heaved a sigh of relief and casually threw the large 'firestick' to the side and wiped the sweat off her face.

"Not bad, you've practiced well." Lin Ye took a look.

On the flag were the two characters 'Lin Clan'. The characters were written in one smooth stroke in a bold yet elegant manner.

Even though he did not know much about calligraphy, he could tell that Zhang Bao'er was definitely not bad at it.

"I'm still far from good."

Zhang Bao'er shook her head humbly as if she had thought of something. She sighed softly and said, "I learned my calligraphy from grandfather. He was the president of the Calligraphy Association of the largest Song House in China. He taught me all kinds of calligraphy since I was young. I've practiced for more than twenty years, but I've only gotten a basic grasp of it. I've truly let my grandfather down."

"Your grandfather descended as well?" Lin Ye asked as if he had sensed something.

"No, he didn't."

Zhang Bao'er looked up with a bitter expression. "Half a year before the descend, my grandfather died of cancer. Now, only my mother, brother, and I are left on the family channel."

"What about your father?" Dong Wei, who was also resting, interjected.

"Father… is dead. He died on the first day of his descent…"

At this point, Zhang Bao'er looked a little down.

"…"

The others quickly shut up and Lin Ye gave Dong Wei a meaningful look.

"Sister Bao'er, don't mind him. Look, compared to him, you're a little luckier. At least you still have your mother and brother. Old Wang and I are miles away from that."

Dong Wei had a good attitude as he chuckled lightly. "The two of us are orphans. Someone bothered to give birth to us but couldn't be bothered to take care of us. We don't even know our parents' surnames."

"Bullshit. You're the real orphan."

At this moment, Wang Qiang interrupted and cursed, "I have parents. It's just that I don't know them."

"You have parents? That wasn't what you said the day before yesterday!" Dong Wei widened his eyes in disbelief.

The two were roommates and had known each other for a long time.

When they first found out that they were both orphans, he was a little touched. The two of them could talk about anything and they hit it off very well.

If it wasn't for the fact that he had no alcohol and didn't get drunk, they might have become sworn brothers that night.

Now, the other party suddenly stepped out to say that he wasn't an orphan and that he had parents.

This was no different from a clap of thunder exploding in Dong Wei's ears.

"Nonsense. If I don't have parents, are you expecting me to jump out from a crack in a rock," Wang Qiang rolled his eyes. "I'm serious. The two people in my family channel, no, I should say four. The two older ones should be my biological parents. The remaining two younger ones are most likely my younger brother and sister."

"Your family is really capable of giving birth." Zhang Bao'er opened her mouth and spoke in a sly manner.

Furthermore, after hearing about the matter with Dong Wei and Wang Qiang, she came to a realization.

In this day and age, if goods had to always be compared, they would be thrown away. For humans to compare with each other, it was incredibly repulsive and tiring.

There was no such thing as the worst, only worse. Compared to them, what happened to her was indeed a small matter.

"Maybe that's why I was given away."

Wang Qiang sighed. Perhaps because he was used to it, his tone and expression did not show much sadness.

He leaned back against the drum, grabbed a piece of wood, and threw it into the bonfire that had just been lit.

Then, he said in a carefree manner, "In any case, I won't acknowledge them. Over the past few decades, I've been through this alone. It's not like I can't live without them. Rather than it being awkward when acknowledged, it's better to not know them at all."

"It's better than nothing. It's an extra person to miss I guess," Dong Wei advised.

"Bullsh*t, I've already blacklisted them. They shouldn't only remember that they have a son like me when they're in trouble."

Wang Qiang pouted and turned to Lin Ye. He immediately smiled mischievously and said, "My lord, I've sold my life to you. I don't ask for anything else. I don't have any other abilities but if there's an excavator or something in the future, my skill in operating excavators is among the top ten in the entire factory."

"You've seen television dramas using excavators to open the cap of beer bottles, right? That was developed by my master and me. If you want to dig for anything, just say the word and I'll immediately go dig for it."

"Forget about the excavator. It's not up to standard." Lin Ye shook his head. Seeing Wang Qiang's disappointed gaze, he chuckled and said, "Are you interested in aircraft or tanks? I've seen the technology blueprint for them sealed in the Reputation Shop. We should be able to get it once we are upgraded to a certain era." 𝙡𝓲𝙗𝙧𝓮𝒂𝒅.𝙘𝓸𝒎

"Aircraft, tanks…" Wang Qiang swallowed. His originally gloomy gaze suddenly became passionate.

How could a man who could operate an excavator not be courageous?

In China, he was at a huge disadvantage right from his birth. Adopted by a welfare institute since he was young, he did not have the money or resources to apply for military school.

Which was why he had to settle for learning how to use an excavator instead.

To be honest, this could be considered his dream. A dream that he dared to think of but did not dare to chase.

He originally thought that he would never have a chance in this life, but who would have thought that there would always be a silver lining.

After being rejected by the lord for an excavator job opening, he instead flew straight up and touched his dream.

"Can… Can I do that? I only know very little about planes and tanks," Wang Qiang said nervously.

Apart from his own reasons and excitement, he was more afraid of disappointing his lord.

"Even if you can't do it, you have to. How can someone from my Lin Clan say that it's impossible?"

Lin Ye patted Wang Qiang's shoulder assuringly. "Be firm and confident. If there's an extra slot for the Elevation Hall at midnight, everyone will have a share. I've received information that as long as you are determined to pass the trial and clear your thoughts, the profession which you will get will greatly lean towards your ideal profession."

"When the time comes, if you can obtain classes like a pilot, flight captain, or tank operator, you can quickly learn them even if you don't have a foundation."

"Yes, my lord, don't worry. I will definitely be able to do it!" Wang Qiang stood up excitedly and replied loudly.

"This is what a young man should be like. Be a little energetic, don't carry a depressed aura with you all day." Lin Ye nodded his head.

"F*ck, turns out that I'm an orphan again," Dong Wei said sourly.

"What orphan? Our Lin Clan is a big family. We are all like biological siblings. In the future, if any of you lack fatherly love, you can look for me or Lin One's father. If you really can't, Lin Dachui's father can be an option as well. We can directly take you in as our godson. Wouldn't that solve everything?" Tru spoke loudly.

"Scram! Don't try to take advantage of me," Dong Wei scolded with a smile. "Just you wait. One day, I'll go find your biological father and become his sworn brother. I don't have any other wishes in this life. I want to be a part of your father's generation."

"How dare you! Watch out or I'll get Xu Que to beat you up in the middle of the night!" Tru glared at him threateningly.

"Don't worry, Commander Tru. Playing dirty is our forte. Recently, I've decided to name the thousand-man team under me the Ghost Bomber Gang. If anyone has any private work, feel free to look for me. Be it sneak attacks, bombing Haunted Houses, or zombie killing, we brothers will always be here for you."

Xu Que said brazenly.

He also officially announced the establishment of the 'Ghost Bombing Gang'.

As soon as he finished speaking, the thousands of people present roared with laughter.

Chapter 76

Before the laughter died down, a piece of passionate and spirited background music suddenly played.

"When the fiery smoke rises I look at the vast land towards the north."

"The roaring of the dragons and neighing of the horses are echoed by the chilling sword."

"My heart is as boundless as the water of the yellow river."

"Who could challenge the power in the past twenty years?"

"…"

The music sounded, and everyone's hearts were ignited with the flames of passion.

Singer Tu Honggang's voice was bright and passionate, bringing people back to the times of the Great Song.

The image of them rushing through the battlefield with their lives on the line appeared in their minds.

The beautiful melody combined with the powerful lyrics of the song rendered all excessive descriptions useless.

If it was possible, Lin Ye was willing to replace the feeling with three words.

Burn it up!

Yes and burn it did. 𝑙𝘪𝒷𝓇𝑒𝑎𝑑.𝘤𝑜𝑚

Everyone had three fires in their lives.

The hot-blooded fire of a youth's self-searching, the mature and explosive fire of a person in their prime, and the burning fire in an elderly's old heart!

These three fires encompassed a person's entire life. They were hot, long – the nirvana of one's life.

In an instant, Jiang Gong, Dong Wei, Wang Qiang, and Lin Ye all stood up excitedly.

"It's here, it's here. This is the feeling. Hahaha, my youth has returned!"

Dong Wei laughed out loud. As he recorded with his Civilization Archive, he feverishly instructed the others to assist him.

When the song reached its impassioned chorus, he waved his hand decisively.

"Sound the drums!"

Dong! Dong! Dong!

The urgent drumming and singing blended with each other perfectly.

Every note and lyrics were like the streams of an invisible force of morality, deeply shaking and inspiring everyone's hearts.

Even for these soldiers who had never heard this song and did not understand the meaning of the lyrics,

At this moment, they could not help but have a solemn expression. The drum beats drummed in their hearts, their blood pumped rapidly and passion soared.

The cavalry soldiers mounted their horses and sat upright in their beast saddles. The infantry soldiers let out powerful cheers.

"Awesome, this is awesome!"

Dong Wei was grinning from ear to ear. In the end, he even turned his head to look at Lin Ye and called out, "My lord, it's time for you to go on stage. Don't say too much, the simpler the better. The atmosphere has already reached its peak. With a single order from you, the 'main' of the video will be confirmed."

"That's simple, watch me perform." Lin Ye gave an OK sign. With the help of Zhang Bao'er and Chu Meng, he put on the Purple Star Armor that Lin Dachui had repaired and Level 2 Lord's Skin. He looked like a god of war that had galloped into a battlefield when he ascended the platform with a determined expression.

Thump! Thump!

His footsteps were steady as he followed the beat of the drum. Every step he took was like a drumbeat striking at one's heart, attracting everyone's attention.

"Wow! The lord is so handsome!"

In the camp, chef Nicole's eyes twinkled like a fan watching her idol.

Looking at her lord's exceptional beauty, she felt like she had drifted into a country of delicacies. She was so happy that she almost fainted.

"I feel that he looks even more powerful and domineering than Lu Xiaobu from the City of Wargods. Every action he makes is deeply rooted in the hearts of people. I wonder how outstanding the future mistress has to be to be worthy of such an excellent lord." Adelia's face flushed red as she sighed.

"Shallow!"

Not far away, Light Priest Gran chuckled as he looked at Nicole and Adelia. He stroked his beard in satisfaction.

Although he couldn't understand it, he could roughly sense that Lin Ye and the others were trying to stir something up.

The lord was the most important.

Sure enough, in the next moment, Lin Ye's words shook them.

"Warriors, why have your families been hiding underground for generations!" Lin Ye shouted.

"Zombies, these damned zombies!" The soldiers below the stage had bloodshot eyes.

Under the influence of the song, scenes of their ancestors being brutally killed by zombies flashed through their minds one after another.

In the end, they gave up their home in humiliation and hid in the underworld.

Every time they thought of their sad past, the thousands of native soldiers, including Tru, who had already advanced to the Class 4, Luo Feng, Su Yu, and Xu Que, the three main combatants, all responded with their hoarse voices.

"That's right. Zombies have harmed countless generations of humans and underworld citizens. They are the source of all sins. I don't care about others, but for my Lin Clan soldiers…"

At this point, Lin Ye paused, Heart's Web activating to its limit.

Boom!

An invisible wave of talent spread to everyone.

At this moment, in everyone's eyes.

He was like a god that had descended to this world. His determined eyes seemed to be able to see through the root of one's heart and guide everyone to have the same mindset as him.

After a long time, his voice went from low to high until it reached its climax.

"Whenever—We—See—Zombies, We Will Annihilate Them!"

With that, he took out his Class 3 Purple Tier Weapon, Desert Eagle, and secretly activated the special skill of the Level 2 Lord's Skin—Flying Meteor.

Bang—

The gunshot was loud and clear. The next moment, the bullet seemed to have transformed into a meteor the size of a millstone and soared into the sky. It drew a long tongue of flame in the air and finally exploded at an area where the zombies were gathered.

Rumble!

A mushroom-shaped cloud rose up as a deafening explosion echoed through the air.

The sound wave swept across like the roar of a thunder god and the sad wail of an evil ghost combined, shocking the world.

There was a short silence. Every soldier was dumbfounded as if stunned by the flying meteor.

Fortunately, Tru and the others had strong wills and quickly came back to their senses.

With a fanatical expression, Tru led, "Annihilate Them!"

In an instant, the soldiers below seemed to be infected by a virus. Their faces flushed red as they shouted at the top of their lungs.

"Annihilate Them!"

"Annihilate Them!"

"Annihilate Them!"

Their roaring chants were like a wave that spread in all directions.

During this time, it also caused the many high-level zombies in the zombie wave at the Haunted House far to the north to let out angry roars at the provocation of mere mortals.

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. All your new recruits have felt their burning passion and their loyalty has increased to 82%! The destructive power of Battle Formation has increased by 22%!]

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. All your new recruits have felt your strength and their loyalty has increased to 95%! The destructive power of Battle Formation has increased by 35%!]

Lin Ye smiled when he heard the system's good news.

What an unexpected gain.

Loyalty was almost 100%.

Mm, Ah Wei was a good lad with a good brain on his shoulders.

This move could win the hearts of people and shoot videos to gain likes. Killing two birds with one stone. Perfect!

He would be rewarded with a drumstick after work.

He looked at Dong Wei and the latter immediately gave him a thumbs up, indicating that the video shoot was fine.

"Let's go!"

Lin Ye didn't waste his breath when he saw this, and he directly leaped onto the Earth Wolf and shouted loudly.

Although the Wind Wolf was stronger, in terms of survivability,

The giant earth wolf was more sturdy.

He was the lord, not a soldier who would charge into the enemy lines. Having him at the rear of the army was already a form of professionalism.

Whoosh—

The 3,000 plus soldiers followed the instructions and turned into a long stretch that followed behind the wolf cavalry in an orderly manner, kicking up sand as they marched.

At the same time, the human lords who were hiding within the protective barrier in the range of a dozen kilometers were alerted.

They all walked out of their territory.

They looked at the area where Lin Ye's territory was and was astonished.

What… What kind of a strong person was this? He actually dared to challenge the haunted houses in the north!

In less than ten seconds, someone sent a screenshot taken by the Civilization Archive to China's chat group.

In an instant, the chat room exploded.

However, the focus of the human lords was off.

What they cared about was not the sentence 'Annihilate Them', but the terrifying power of Flying Meteor.

Li Qiang: "Oh my god, is this the legendary Grandmaster Class combatant big shot? How terrifying!"

Lin Hai: "Who knows who the big shot who released the bomb in the photo is? I offer 10 million RMB. I want to form an alliance with him!"

Qian Bocong: "RMB? Heh heh, if it's useful, I'll pay 1 billion or even 10 billion but what the f*ck use is that? This is a different world. Wake up! What a bunch of idiots! If you have time to lick the big shot's boots, why don't you think about how to survive tonight?"

Liu Xiaoye: "Wow, f*ck, National Husband, Husband Bocong, I'm your fan. Can you form an alliance with me? This girl can be both sweet and handsome…"

Lu Fei: "Person above, appraisal completed."

Zhang Bairen: "Transgenders are humans too, don't discriminate against them. But speaking of which, comparing ourselves to others will kill us. I'm still building the barracks, and they can already use advanced cannons. There's no logic in this!"

Liu Tianlong: "What's going on? Where's the person who just sent the screenshot? Where did he go? Stop hiding. Come out and talk!"

On the other side, a human lord had just built a bunker, tent, and barracks in a small graveyard.

His face was pale and he was sweating profusely as he stared at the entrance of his territory.

Chapter 77

Gasp!

Heads were lobbed off one after another, and zombie corpses fell to the ground.

The Lin Clan's army swept through the area.

In a few minutes, this batch of hundred zombies which had been attracted by the sound,

The two large wolf cavalry teams led the cavalry and charged forward, killing all the zombies in their way.

Even though there were some 'lucky' zombies that were missed, they were unable to escape the attacks of the thousands of infantry soldiers at the back and were all stabbed to death by the spears.

"Hahaha, feels good!"

Luo Feng wiped the black blood on his New Moon Battle Axe away, a carefree expression on his face.

"Boss, why did that terrifying attack from the lord just now feel strange?"

At this moment, Su Yu sneakily rode his Wind Wolf to Luo Feng's side and said with a frown, "It did look strong, but… it didn't seem to be accompanied with any energy fluctuations?"

"You sensed it too?" Xu Que interjected with a raised brow.

"Nonsense, we're all top Class 3 elites after all. Who do you think is as nitwitted as you?"

Su Yu rolled his eyes and gave Xu Que a sidelong glance.

"Tch, this is called having a pure and young heart." Xu Que curled his lips. "But what you said earlier was correct. I didn't sense any energy fluctuations either. Either the lord is a Class 7 expert with the power to hold his inner energy, or…"

At this point, the t0wo of them looked at each other, their faces revealing an expression of understanding.

"Stop making wild guesses. Be careful with your words when it comes to the lord. Clean up the battlefield quickly!"

Luo Feng patted their shoulders and urged, "A treasure chest dropped over there. Quick, don't let others find it. The Lord will reward you."

Upon hearing this, Su Yu and Xu Que came to a realization, and their eyes immediately reddened.

"F*ck, the kid in front, that's a freaking treasure chest that Sir Su dropped. Put it down!"

"And you! Tsk! A mere Class 1 Infantry soldier, you actually dare to snatch something from my Ghost Bomber Gang. You are not respecting me. Loot at my Universe Unrivaled Dragon Subduing Heavens 3,948 Billion Heaven Splitting Palm!"

A moment later, the group of veterans and new recruits were in a mess, fighting over treasure chests everywhere.

In the end, even the corpses of the zombies were not spared.

This was not because they wanted to annihilate all evil, but because Lin Ye had passed down the benefit rankings a while ago.

In all frontline battles, for every 10 Level 1 zombies killed, they would be rewarded with an additional Zombie Soul as a bonus.

Zombies above Level 2 were increased at a rate of 1: 10.

As for the treasure chests and blueprints, rewards were even more exaggerated. Treasure chests, even the lowest-level sandalwood treasure chests, were rewarded with 10 Zombie Souls each time they found one.

Bronze treasure chest increased the rewards by 10 times. 100 Zombie Souls per treasure chest.

Silver Treasure Chests would give them 1,000 Zombie Souls while Gold Treasure Chests would give them 10,000 Zombie Souls…

As long as they could find a treasure chest, they would become rich.

Whether it was for their own use or to send it back to the underworld to be given to his clan's people, it would be a huge amount.

On the other side, Lin Ye led Tru and Adelia to the territory of a human lord.

Along the way, they killed zombies and occupied the lord's territory.

In less than half an hour, 99% of the lords within a 6,000-meter range had been caught by him.

It was the 11 people who were in solo modes that he had seen in the virtual sandbox earlier and the two teams.

This was the last one.

Honestly speaking, their abilities were too lousy.

Strictly speaking, they were much weaker than the five-man team that ambushed him the day before.

Under his huge army of wolf cavalry soldiers, other than a thorn in a team who tried to argue back before he was taught a lesson by the experienced Tru, the people after him quickly became obedient and chose to surrender by handing over their Civilization Archives.

After conquering more than ten bunkers, Lin Ye gained more than 30,000 experience points. He was close to upgrading his bunker to level 7.

Swish!

At this moment, an arrow landed firmly at the feet of the wolf cavalry in the front row.

At the same time, a nervous but determined voice came from inside.

"Friend, this is my territory. If you take another step forward, I will lead my subordinates to fight back!"

Hearing that, Lin Ye raised his eyebrows. Interesting.

He had consecutively defeated more than ten lords. This was the first time some dared to speak harshly even after they saw the wolf cavalry army.

He shot Tru a look.

"Human Lord, listen up. You have already been surrounded by the army of my Lin clan. I respect you as a man. If you come out and surrender now, my lord may consider letting the citizens of your territory off. Of course, he will also provide you with a way out!"

Tru was riding on a Wind Wolf.

He was tall and sturdy to begin with and his face was filled with malice.

With said person calling for a fight in front of the other party's territory, it instantly frightened the people inside.

Inside the territory.

A dark-skinned ranger soldier looked at the dark and scary wolf cavalry army and almost pissed his pants.

He turned his head to look at his lord and said anxiously, "Lord Lin Hai, let's surrender. Although you are a respectable Awakened, with our strength, we definitely don't stand a chance of winning. If we continue fighting, we… we might be completely wiped out!"

Lin Hai was the owner of this graveyard.

He was a retired soldier who guarded the borders of China. No matter when it was, whether it was out of fear or terror, he had never entertained the thought of surrendering.

This belief remained even after he descended to the underworld.

He clenched his fist, his palms drenched in sweat.

Anxiousness and fear…

As long as they were humans or living beings, they could not escape these physiological reactions.

Lin Hai took a deep breath and said calmly, "Everyone, we've known each other for a while. If you're afraid, I'll give you all the Zombie Souls and cancel the recruitment contract. You can escape back to the underworld. No matter how strong he is, he can't enter the underworld."

"My lord, what are you saying? You've given us everything. How can we betray you? Moreover, if we escape, what will happen to you?" The leader of the rangers had a bitter expression.

At this point, anyone who wasn't stupid would naturally know Lin Hai's fate.

"I will welcome the honor that belongs to me." Lin Hai wiped the sweat off his face with a determined expression.

He stood up. His legs seemed to have been injured previously, making it difficult for him to walk.

Even so, he had already drawn a blue tier black iron longsword from his waist.

This was the weapon that dropped when he and his subordinates killed a Level 2 Swift Zombie and opened the treasure chest.

It was the best equipment in the territory.

"My lord!"

The leader of the rangers and the others looked at each other, a struggle in their eyes.

At this moment, they could already feel the recruitment contract disappear.

If they wanted to escape, they could directly activate the transport formation and escape back to the underworld.

But their lord would definitely die then.

"Whoosh—"

Soon, the sky-blue teleportation circle opened.

"My lord, we'll meet again!"

"My lord, we'll meet again!"

With that, all the native workers ran away. 90% of the Class 1 soldiers ran away, as did the rangers.

When the teleportation array disappeared.

Apart from Lin Hai, only the rangers' leader and the ten other personal guards were left.

"You guys! Truly foolish!" Lin Hai turned around and smiled.

"My lord, we are destined to be mediocre in our lives, but you are different. You are a natural general, the most determined soldier, and the person we dreamed of following. We are willing to fight to the death for you!"

"Fight to the death!"

"Fight to the death!"

The others all held the determination to die and roared angrily.

"Brothers, I'm happy to meet you. Let's fight together!" Lin Hai laughed. The trust of the people from the other world made him reminisce about the scene of him guarding the border with his comrades in the past. His hot blood instantly dispelled his fear.

Whoosh!

Several golden beams of light burst out from his body and rapidly fused into the bodies of every citizen who followed him.

At this moment, they were like indestructible shields, guarding the entrance of the territory

Chapter 78

"How stubborn!"

Tru snorted when he saw Lin Hai and the others swearing to fight to their deaths.

As a Class 4 soldier, he could see through the golden glow emitted by the other party at a glance.

Although it had some defensive attributes, its luster was at most Level 1.

Such strength was truly fragile, unable to withstand even one blow.

"Tru, finish this quickly."

As he was about to attack, Lin Ye spoke, his eyes shining.

Awakenings were good.

As long as he killed this person, he would be a step closer to completing the 3,000 Protagonist's Destiny mission.

"Don't worry, my lord." Tru laughed as an orange-red battle aura rose around him.

Swish!

In the next moment, he rode on his Wind Wolf and charged rapidly towards the golden defensive shields of Lin Hai and his subordinates.

Thump!

A dull sound rang out.

"Too weak, too weak. Eat a blow from my axe!" Tru laughed.

At this moment, his New Moon Battleaxe had already snapped Lin Hai's Class 2 Blue Tier Black Iron Longsword into halves.

At the same time, the terrifying Class 4 battle aura exploded, instantly shattering the golden shield.

Thump!

The chests of the twelve Lin Hai and his people caved in as they were sent flying amidst a shower of blood.

One by one, their backs crashed into the territory's entrance and they fell to the ground, unconscious.

"What a strong defense!"

Although he won in one move, Tru secretly clicked his tongue.

One had to know that his current battle aura was equivalent to that of Class 4 Purple Tier New Moon War Axe with powerful offensive power.

Yet, he did not instantly kill these guys and only heavily injured them?

This was too terrifying.

"My lord, this person's talent is probably exceptional." After some thought, Tru turned around and said.

"What do you mean?" Lin Ye was confused.

"Usually, combat power and defense strength are the most basic forms which talents will show. In terms of combat power, the stronger the talent, the easier it is for them to kill enemies like dogs."

Tru pointed at Lin Hai, who was lying on the ground and continued, "This fellow has a similar potential, but he favors defensive abilities. With this axe of mine, even Class 3 experts will die. It's hard to say for those of the same class since I relied on the upgrade scrolls to advance and my foundation is still too weak."

"Even so, it's definitely not something a bunch of Class 1 soldiers can defend against."

"You mean, I should keep him?" Lin Ye could vaguely tell what Tru was implying.

"Yes."

Tru nodded and said seriously, "Our Lin clan doesn't lack offensive power, but there's a huge gap in our defense. Almost all of us relied on our equipment's defense to climb up."

"It's naturally not a problem for us if the class difference is great, but if we encounter someone of a similar class, casualty rates will increase drastically. If he has a strong defensive talent, he can solve this problem perfectly. Furthermore, this guy has strong willpower and can easily pass the tests of the four sacred halls."

"…" Lin Ye hesitated.

He didn't tell Tru and the others 100x Reward could allow him to obtain other similar talents.

In theory, other than Zhang Liang, who was already loyal to him, he had no interest in anyone else for the time being.

But what Trump said made sense.

In his future battles, this fellow's talent was indeed suitable as a meat shield commander.

As a territory lord, even if he had the same talent, he could not risk his life to fight at the frontlines.

This was not appropriate.

"Then give him a chance. Let Gran heal him. If he's willing to serve me as a loyalist, he'll live. If he's not willing, then I'm sorry."

In any case, loyalists could give him a talent fragment as well. It would be best if he could agree to it. If he did not, there would be no loss as well.

With that, Lin Ye led the way into Lin Hai's territory.

He walked straight to the bunker.

"Conquer!"

Without the lord's protection, the Civilization Archive could directly conquer the bunker. A large number of black particles landed on the surface of the bunker and the barracks.

Soon, with a speed visible to the naked eye.

All the buildings in the territory were rapidly collapsing, turning into the most fundamental energy particles that surged into Lin Ye's Civilization Archive.

Soon, the system sent him the good news.

"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. Your experience bar is full. You can upgrade your bunker to Level 7 once you return to your territory."

"Not bad." Lin Ye smiled.

He wondered what new changes his Level 7 bunker would bring.

At the same time, the sound of cavalry came from behind.

It was Luo Feng and the others who had returned.

Thousands of soldiers followed behind him, dragging a large number of zombie corpses on dozens of bamboo rafts.

On the bodies of the Wind Wolves in the front row were more than 20 treasure chests.

"My lord, I've accomplished my mission. The path to the first Haunted House has been cleared," said Luo Feng as he cupped his fists.

"You've worked hard."

Lin Ye chuckled lightly and nodded. His gaze swept across the treasure chests handed over by Su Yu and Xu Que, and the smile on his face widened.

He took a quick look and saw a total of 26 treasure chests.

19 sandalwood and 7 bronze ones.

To be able to gain this much within half an hour was already a great accomplishment.

"My lord, what about the zombie corpses behind? Should we bring them back to the territory? Or…" Xu Que asked.

In fact, before they came, they had seen the zombie converter that Lin One and the others had brought. However, for some reason, Lin Ye did not pass the converter to them.

"Let's convert them on the spot. Everyone, rest for a while. I have some personal matters to settle."

Lin Ye waved his hand and called Lin One over, asking him to bring people to install the zombie converter.

Currently, the six thousand meters area was all his territory. The converter could be used at will within the territory.

As for why he did not leave it to Luo Feng and the others to convert directly after the kill.

Of course, it was for 100x Reward!

This strange thing would only trigger 100x Reward if it was close to him. Otherwise, there was no chance at it.

A moment later, when he felt the eager gazes of the new recruits not far away, Lin Ye realized and laughed. "Zhang Bao'er, come here for a while."

"Huh?"

Zhang Bao'er jogged over in a daze and asked in confusion, "My lord, why are you looking for me?"

"Didn't I give you a lot of notebooks for primary school students last time? Use them for the new recruits who have just gone out to kill enemies and count the number of enemies and treasure chests they've obtained. After we finish clearing the Haunted House, we'll consolidate the scores when we get back," Lin Ye said.

"Oh, okay. Can I ask Chu Meng and Liu Yuan to help me? There are too many people."

"Sure."

With Lin Ye's approval, Zhang Bao'er brought the two music major girls to the new recruits' camp.

Immediately, the eyes of the thousands of native recruits lit up.

One by one, they crowded around them.

They stood up straight and reported the number of enemies they had killed as if they wanted to show off their strength in front of the opposite sex.

"These fellas."

Lin Ye found it funny. This act was very similar to his own from his elementary school days.

As he read, he casually put all the treasure chests into his Civilization Archive.

He would not open these things for the time being.

He suffered greatly on the first day. After 100x Reward, there were too many living supplies that dropped.

It took a long time for the hundreds of native workers to transport all the supplies back.

Because of this, he even complained about the Civilization Archive for half a day. Why couldn't the living supplies that dropped be kept in the Civilization Archive?

The space was too small. It could only hold small weapons like Desert Eagle and grenades.

After packing up, Lin Ye glanced at the Zombie Converter. He was still some time away from completing the conversion, so he called out, "Adelia, bring a hundred cavalry soldiers and follow me. The rest of you, rest here. There will be a huge battle later. Only by restoring your energy will you be able to emerge victorious in every battle."

"Where are we going?"

Adelia was surprised. Didn't they agree to go to the haunted house?

"The Level 4 Venomous Zombie!" Lin Ye replied plainly. He summoned his giant earth wolf and sat down.

Upon hearing this, Adelia's eyes were immediately filled with joy.

Knowing that her lord was avenging her, she said happily, "My lord, I love you to death!"

"I don't love you. Don't even think about it. Women only hamper my development."

Leaving behind a joke, Lin Ye rode the giant earth wolf and led the way out of the territory.

"Cavalry team, follow me!"

Adelia shouted and picked up her Class 4 Silver Tier weapon, Wind Splitting Bow.

A group of wolf cavalry and Iron-Blooded Horse Riders followed closely behind with Lin Ye's lead and disappeared into the distance.

Chapter 79

Tap-tap-tap…

The huge earth wolf was swift. The group of people traversed through the forest as fast as lightning.

"My lord, it's nearby. Be careful of that zombie. It is good at hiding. Don't be ambushed by him."

A few minutes later, they arrived at the spot where she had been injured the day before. Adelia looked wary.

"Don't worry, everything is within the lord's control." Lin Ye said confidently.

At this moment, he activated both his talents. 𝙡𝙞𝙗𝒓𝙚𝓪𝙙.𝒄𝓸𝓶

Whoosh—

His black pupils released dense domain ripples. As long as there was danger, it would quickly send a notification.

Furthermore, Heart's Web was suitable for all-around surveillance.

As long as there was any abnormal movement from the Level 4 Venomous Zombie, it would immediately be discovered.

As expected.

After searching for a while, a notification from 'hint' came.

"Hint: In 65 degrees northwest, 89 meters away from you, there are a large number of zombies lying in ambush in the bushes."

"Hint: In the opposite direction, at the same distance, there are also a few zombies lying in ambush."

[Hint: There is something in the opponent's camp whose level far exceeds the level of your talent. Unable to analyze its energy level or its exact location.]

"Level which far surpasses mine?"

Lin Ye narrowed his eyes. His 'hint' talent was still at Level 1, and so level-wise, it was sure to lose out.

Even so, Level 1-3 zombies were almost unable to escape the detection of 'hint'.

Only when the other party was Level 4 could a notification like this happen.

This guy should be that Level 4 Venomous Zombie…

Whatever. He would think about it after he got there.

"The others move towards 65 degrees in the northwest direction. Adelia, lead your rangers."

Lin Ye immediately pointed to the southeast and said, "Shoot at the bushes 89 meters away in that direction!"

"Oh, okay."

Adelia nodded.

Although she did not know about Lin Ye's Heart's Web, she knew that her lord had already obtained Zhang Liang's talent and was proficient at scouting.

In addition, as a loyalist, her lord's orders had to be completed no matter what.

The other wolf cavalries were the same and they charged towards the ordinary zombies in the northwest direction.

"Storm of Arrows!"

Adelia took a deep breath.

Having recovered, she was now a proper Class 4 elite who did not use an upgrade scroll either.

She was definitely one of the best among her peers.

Combined with the strongest Class 4 Silver Tier Wind Splitting Bow in the territory, her offensive power was comparable to a peak stage Class 5 Elite.

Whoosh—

The bowstring of the Wind Splitting Bow was pulled taut.

Moments later, elemental energy filled with terrifying cutting power condensed between the bowstring and the tips of her fingers.

"Elemental power." Lin Ye looked on enviously.

However, he was confident that he could obtain this power as well after destroying the Haunted House.

At that time, elemental power combined with firearms would have stronger destructive power as compared to bow-type weapons.

Swish!

Soon, when the wolf cavalry team charged into the pile of zombies lying in ambush and started killing, Adelia shot her strongest arrow.

The arrow tore through the air and transformed into a sky-blue colored arrow beam, directly tearing through the grass and hitting a Level 3 supervisor zombie in the chest.

Bang!

The wound exploded, and half of the Level 3 zombie's body was smashed into pieces, causing it to die instantly.

The other Class 2 rangers also shot dozens of arrows, clearing the Level 2 zombies which stood around the Level 3 zombie.

"Over there!" He pointed to another location.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

With the arrow rain of ordinary Class 2 rangers and the terrifying Storm of Arrows, he killed another two Level 3 Supervisor Zombies and five Level 2 Swift Zombies.

"I can't believe they were all not it." Lin Ye frowned.

Obviously, these Level 2 and 3 zombies were all subordinates of the Level 4 Venomous Zombie.

This little boss was more cunning than he thought.

No wonder he still fell for the trap despite having Zhang Liang's 'hint' talent.

"Roar—"

In the distance, roars came from the dark and sinister fog. It seemed like it was controlling the zombies lying in ambush from afar.

Whoosh—

Moments later, a large number of zombies charged out from the bushes.

"Wolf cavalry! Retreat!"

Adelia bellowed.

"Yes, Lady Chiliarch!"

The leader of the wolf cavalry killed the last zombie with an axe. Riding a Wind Wolf, he led the way towards the ambush in the southwest direction.

Rumble!

The strength of the Class 3 Wind Wolf and Earth Wolf was strong.

One of them spat out green wind blades while the other activated its earthen yellow shield to lead the group of cavalry soldiers forward.

Furthermore, they were all wearing Class 3 Purple Tier armor—Protector's Armor.

Its defensive power allowed them to be able to ignore Level 2 Swift Zombies. With the two of them combined, even a Level 3 Supervisor Zombie could not break its defense.

Bang bang—

After a round of crazy bites, the zombies were beaten down by the Class 3 soldier until his head was covered in blood, and its health bar rapidly fell.

"It's not too bad since we're strong enough to crush them." Adelia was relieved to see this.

This time, it was much better than last time.

The battle that time made her heartache.

It was the first expedition she led and more than a dozen rangers had died during it.

She almost died as well and embarrassed the ranger race in front of her lord. She hated that Level 4 Venomous Zombie so much.

This time, the lord had personally led a team to avenge her, and they were accompanied by the Class 3 Wolf Cavalry Soldiers.

Not everyone could enjoy such an honor.

Furthermore, this level of combat experience was simply too awesome.

She did not even need to move and all she did was sit on the back of her mount.

She simply had to follow her lord's instructions and hit wherever he pointed at. All she had to do was to release her Storm of Arrows crazily. It felt very comfortable.

Soon, Lin Ye pointed to another place.

"Ignore the cavalry. Continue to shoot at Southwest 72 degrees, 383 meters away!"

This had already exceeded the range of 'hint'.

However, just now, Heart's Web captured an afterimage from his unlimited perspective.

The other party was fast. After rushing out of the fog, it evidently saw a large number of his subordinates die. That fellow couldn't hold it in anymore.

"Great!"

Adelia remained silent. Right now, she blindly worshiped her lord for being all-knowing.

With all her might, she used the family's secret manual.

Double Storm Flare!

Swish! Swish!

Her fingers were so fast that they left afterimages as she shot out two storm arrows in a row.

Be it its power or speed, they were the same as before.

Two arrows emitting sky-blue colored energy tore through the air and struck the tree 383 meters away.

Gurgles!

The power of the first arrow exploded, and its terrifying wind attribute's cutting power tore through the tree.

The second arrow almost grazed through the gap which was torn open and hit the figure steadily, dragging it as it crashed into a towering tree opposite.

Whoosh—

The tree collapsed, raising a cloud of dust.

"Is it dead?" Adelia revealed an expression of confusion.

With her current combat power, she could indeed kill a Level 4 Venomous Zombie instantly, but she had to hit its heart or head.

For zombies Level 3 and above, its defense and vitality would increase greatly.

It was not that easy to kill them.

For example, the Class 3 Wolf Cavalry Soldiers over there all leveled up using upgrade scrolls. Their abilities were greatly restricted when it came to dealing with those of the same level.

Killing Level 1 and Level 2 was fine and would usually score an instant kill.

However, if they encountered a Level 3 Supervisor Zombie, it would be difficult to kill it single handedly without slashing it a dozen times.

It was only because they had more people that the fight became much easier.

"Wait, don't go over!"

Chapter 80

"Wait, don't go over!"

Lin Ye pulled Adelia back when she was about to move forward to check.

"What's the matter?" She turned around in confusion.

"That zombie hasn't lost his breath." Lin Ye narrowed his eyes. Heart's Web was pushed to its limit, and through the smoke and dust, he could clearly sense the presence of the Level 4 Venomous Zombie.

Although it was 90% weaker than before, it was definitely not dead.

Moreover, according to the records of the monsters in the Archive, before the death of the Level 4 Venomous Zombie, it would definitely use its sure-kill technique—Venom Self-Explosion!

This skill attacked indiscriminately. As long as something was within its range of 30 meters, it would instantly kill.

Adelia was squishy, to begin with. If she was within the range of the venom self-explosion, she would probably lose her life.

After explaining that to them, Adelia's eyes widened with fear.

Fortunately, she had her lord to remind her. Otherwise, she would be doomed.

A moment later, seeing that Lin Ye and the others did not fall for it, the Level 4 Venomous Zombie was furious. It pulled out the storm arrows that were constantly corroding its body. Stumbling, it charged madly at Lin Ye and the others.

It raised its head, and its neck expanded rapidly as if accumulating venom.

"Continue shooting. The range of its explosion is only 30 meters. Don't give it a chance," Lin Ye said calmly.

Without another word, Adelia and the rangers drew their bows and shot.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Another wave of arrows rained down.

Gasp! Gasp!

The Level 4 Venomous Zombie was instantly shot into a pile, its entire body covered in green blood.

In the end, it stopped a hundred meters away from Lin Ye and the others as it exploded. Dark green venom rained down on its surroundings. Even the low-level zombies that followed closely behind were killed. In the blink of an eye, they were corroded until they were at their last breath.

"Damn it, the corpse of a Level 4 zombie!" 𝓵𝒊𝓫𝓻𝓮𝓪𝒅.𝓬𝓸𝙢

Lin Ye cursed under his breath and clutched his chest in pain.

At Level 4, after converting its corpse, it would increase the experience points of the bunker by a hundred plus points and give him more than 2,000 Zombie Souls.

A great fortune was lost just like that!

"My lord, there seems to be a silver glow!"

At this moment, Adelia called out in surprise.

Lin Ye's eyes lit up when he followed her finger.

Heart's Web was still activated. Just now, because of the heartache from the loss, he did not notice. When he took a look, he realized that a treasure chest with a silver glow dropped at the side of the Level 4 Venomous Zombie after its self-destruction.

It was a Silver Treasure Chest!

"Bring it over quickly. Be careful of the corpse poison. Don't let it touch you."

Lin Ye commanded a cavalry soldier who quickly returned with the treasure chest.

"My lord, we have also obtained nine treasure chests – two bronze ones, and seven sandalwood ones."

On the other side, the group of wolf cavalry who had killed the Venomous Zombie's subordinates had also returned. A large number of Level 2 and 3 zombie corpses were dragged behind them.

As for Level 1 corpses, because there were too many of them, without the foot soldiers, the corpses were simply thrown on the ground.

"Not bad, not bad. A small boss in the wilderness is stronger than a Level 1 Haunted House."

Lin Ye kept all the treasure chests and sighed slightly.

He had read the information in the archive room before this.

A Level 1 one-star Haunted House was not strong. It did not even have Level 3 zombies and relied on the sheer number of Level 1 and 2 zombies to win.

In terms of higher-end combative capabilities, it was really incomparable to the Level 4 Venomous Zombie that they had just killed.

"That's true, but a Level 1 Haunted House with a lower difficulty is not that bad. It's our lord who is too strong and rich. On our side, most of the wolf cavalry are wearing armor for Class 3 Protector's Armor and are equipped with Class 3 New Moon Battleaxe."

"Higher classes and high-level equipment make those zombies look like trash."

Adelia smiled and complimented him.

"That's true."

Lin Ye smiled and sat back on the back of the giant earth wolf. "Let's go. It smells like blood here. We can't stay here for long. Let's return to our resting spot."

With that, the group quickly went back to Lin Hai's territory.

This was the place closest to the Level 1 Haunted House.

Lin Ye planned to establish this place as a temporary resting point so that he could set out and clear Haunted Houses at any time.

After returning to rest for a while, the Level 2 and 3 zombie corpses were thrown into the converter.

The previous batch of Level 1 zombie corpses had already been converted.

"You have obtained 160 Zombie Souls!"

100x Reward.

"You have obtained 16,000 Zombie Souls!"

"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. Your 'hint' talent has met the requirements to level up. It will require 10,000 Zombie Souls to level it up to Level 2. Do you wish to level up?"

"Do it."

Lin Ye could finally confirm that it was because of the lack of Zombie Souls that his 'hint' talent became as bad as Zhang Liang's.

Now, upgrading it to Level 2 would greatly increase its range.

Swish!

A moment later, a tri-colored beam of light descended from the sky and landed between Lin Ye's eyebrows.

Whoosh—

The invisible domain which represented his 'hint' talent expanded rapidly.

From the initial range of 100 meters, it directly increased to a radius of 2,000 meters within the territory.

"You get what you pay for. The feeling of spending money is awesome."

With the level of his talent increased, Lin Ye was in a good mood.

"Hint: 500 meters southwest, there is a random sandalwood treasure chest!"

"Hint: 675 meters southeast, there is a random sandalwood treasure chest!"

"Hint: 975 meters southeast, there is a random sandalwood treasure chest!"

"Hint: 1,239 meters to the south, there is a random bronze treasure chest!"

The 18 treasure chests notifications in a row stunned Lin Ye.

Was this the charm of a top-tier talent?

He loved it.

He secretly clicked his tongue, feeling overjoyed.

No wonder this thing required 120,000 Zombie Souls to upgrade to Level 6. It looked like a huge black hole for Zombie Souls, but the benefits you could reap from it were ridiculous.

There was no need to fight monsters. He just needed to send people to pick up those treasure chests.

With this in mind, Lin Ye got a piece of paper and a gel pen from Zhang Bao'er and wrote all the information from the notifications on the paper.

"Tru, send a few capable people to these places and bring these treasure chests back for me."

As he spoke, he handed the piece of paper over.

"…" Tru took a look and looked troubled. He smiled bitterly and said, "Our people don't even know these words. Teacher Zhang Bao'er only taught two classes of Chinese characters. Some people can't even remember their names, much less these words."

"That's simple."

Lin Ye chuckled and called out to Zhang Liang, who was discussing with Dong Wei and the rest about how to shoot the video of the Haunted House being bombed. "Little Liang, go with them. Any of these treasure chests may contain medicine that can save your father. Whether it succeeds or not depends on you."

As soon as he said that, Zhang Liang's enthusiasm was charged to the maximum. He left Dong Wei and the others behind and ran over.

"Rest assured, my lord. I promise to complete the mission!"

This matter concerned his father's life so Zhang Liang would work especially hard for it. He removed a set of armor from Su Yu and wore it.

Then, he took the piece of paper recording the locations of the treasure chests and brought ten or so Wind Wolf Cavalry soldiers with him as they rushed out.

After Zhang Liang left, with Tru leading the way, Lin Ye arrived at the location where Priest Gran was.

This was a clean temporary tent. Lin One even brought other native workers to set up temporary places for accommodation here.

He glanced at the half-dead Lin Hai and frowned. "He's still not awake?"

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"His injuries were too severe. His chest collapsed, and his fractured ribs almost pierced his heart."

At this point, Priest Gran looked at Tru and laughed. "Commander Tru's technique is really powerful. He can always leave someone alive on the brink of death."

"One who is surnamed Gu, don't talk nonsense."

Tru glared. He was just following his lord's orders, alright?

He had originally wanted to hammer this fellow to death with his axe. Who asked him to be so lucky?

"Alright, stop arguing. I need to know the exact details."

Lin Ye stopped the two of them from arguing. "Can you save him? How long will it take?"

"I can," Gran confirmed. "After I advanced to Class 4, the power of the Sacred Healing has increased greatly. Other than fatal injuries, ordinary serious injuries can be treated. As for the specific time needed, it will require two Sacred Healing sessions a day. It will take seven days at most for him to be saved. With healing pills, it will be much easier. If it's fast, it will take half a day. If it's slow, it will take two days."

"Half a day. Not bad." Lin Ye nodded.

Seven days or the likes of it was naturally ignored by him.

Time was money these days. Seven days would be too slow. What was the use of having him if it took that long?

Coincidentally, Zhang Liang's father also needed healing pills. He would settle them together when the time came.

He hoped that he would not be ignorant when he woke up.

"My lord, if something like a magic staff drops from the treasure chests, please keep it for me. It doesn't need to be of an extremely good quality, just a Class 4 Silver Tier weapon will do. It's best if it's a holy attribute magic staff. With the proper equipment, I might be able to heal him instantly," Gran suddenly said.

Just now, he saw that his lord had obtained a large number of treasure chests. Last time, other than upgrading scrolls, he did not obtain any substantial treasures.

Learning from his past mistakes, he knew that he had to mention this in advance.

"Oh, old fellow, you finally stopped pretending. I thought you were still going to act noble and great." Lin Ye chuckled.

"There's no need to be so formal with my lord since we're family. I'll just be a layman for once."

Gran smiled back.

His expression was somewhat similar to Lin Ye's.

"You're not allowed to learn from me!"

Lin Ye cast a sidelong glance at him. This old fellow didn't learn well and even liked to take advantage of these small things.

Upon hearing this, Priest Gran's smile froze.

This was a professional habit. He was used to being targeted by the archbishop and could not help but imitate his superior's expression.

"My lord, Lin Dachui is looking for you. He said that he found a treasure and wanted you to go take a look."

At this moment, a personal guard walked over and reported in a low voice.

"Treasure!"

Lin Ye's eyes lit up when he heard this word. He turned around and forgot about Lin Hai.

"Where? Bring me there quickly."

Lin Ye was overjoyed and followed the guard.

A moment later, he arrived at the back of Lin Hai's territory. A magical crack appeared in front of him, and a blue metallic luster emitted from within.

Lin Dachui and a few native workers were watching when they saw Lin Ye arrive.

Lin Dachui hurriedly went up to welcome him. He pointed at the rocky crevice and laughed. "My lord, look! It's a blue iron ore mine! We're in luck!"

"Blue iron ore mine? Blue ore mines? It gives blue tier weapons?" Lin Ye guessed.

"My lord is wise. Dachui is impressed."

Lin Dachui was shocked. He had only said a name, but the lord had already guessed it.

"Stop bootlicking. A serious question. What's the difference between this and the blue tier weapons produced by our own Armory?" Lin Ye asked.

"In the Armory, even if there are blueprints, the items produced will mostly be of beginner, intermediate, and advanced quality. Only when blue iron ore is added to it can it be upgraded to its peak quality. Both its defensive and offensive power will be greatly improved."

Lin Dachui stared at the blue iron ore mine with a burning gaze. He clicked his tongue and said, "Moreover, according to my decades of experience, this mine is definitely not an ordinary blue iron ore mine. An ordinary blue iron ore mine doesn't have such a strong luster. Perhaps its core has evolved into purple iron ore."

Actually, what he said was modest. He did not dare to spout nonsense.

The luster of this blue iron ore was almost comparable to the intermediate silver iron ore which he had seen before. Its core must not be underestimated.

"Purple Iron Ore!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Ye's interest was piqued.

According to Lin Dachui's deduction, if it was true…

When the time came, the Protector's Armor and the New Moon Battle Axe would be strengthened, and the overall combat power of the wolf cavalry team would be greatly increased.

Moreover, once the blueprint for a Class 3 weapon dropped, he would immediately take off.

In the early stages, he was definitely the only one in the world to create Class 3 equipment in a streamlined process.

Once the market opened, he could use one purple tier weapon to exchange for ten treasure chests, wouldn't that be a huge gain for him?

Bleh. Purple tier weapons my a**. Even I myself wasn't fully equipped with purple tier things. It would be better to consider the trading using Class 2 blue tier weapons instead.

Lin Ye thought for a moment and hurriedly said, "Then what are we waiting for? Dig!"

"But the blueprint for the mining factory is still with you, my lord," Lin Dachui said aggrievedly.

"I forgot, I forgot."

Lin Ye laughed and quickly took out his Civilization Archive and went to the page of the bunker.

He remembered that when he leveled up to Level 4 or 5, its new function seemed to be the mining factory.

Later on, when he leveled up to Level 6, it gave him a higher-level mining factory.

However, at that time, the area he was in had only ordinary stone. There were no forging type ores at all.

Without ores, something worthless like this was thrown into the cold palace by him.

After searching for about ten seconds, he finally found it.

He casually handed the blueprint to one of the native workers. He narrowed his eyes and found it familiar. "You're from Lin One's family?"

"I'm Lin One's cousin. My name is Lin Tianhu! The people beside me are Lin Tianbao, Lin Tianlong, and Lin Tianzhu!" 𝓁𝒾𝒷𝘳ℯ𝘢𝑑.𝑐ℴ𝓂

The one called Lin Tianhu had a simple and honest expression as he said with a smile, "My lord might not know, but the few of us are the Tian generation disciples of our Lin clan."

"Interesting." Lin Ye nodded.

He had seen their names in the archive room. They were all native workers ranked at the front.

In terms of construction, they were far more talented than people from their own clan. No wonder Lin One brought them here.

If the four sacred halls had more slots, he might be able to give them a chance.

With this thought in mind, across from him, the four Lin brothers took the blueprint and started their work at the blue iron mine.

Bang bang—

Experience +30, Experience +30, Experience +30, Experience +30…

[Level 3 Mining Factory x4. Requires 5 hours]

When a new building type was built, the experience points it gave would be much higher than other buildings.

Soon, the four of them reached the peak of advanced native workers. Without the upgrade scrolls, it was difficult for them to advance to the next level.

"My lord, I think we should build a small base here in the future," Lin Dachui suggested while it was still early.

He still felt that there was something strange with this blue iron ore mine. He had to protect it with all his might.

If he was not afraid that his lord would scold him, he would have suggested building a large fortress here that was not weaker than the one at their base.

"What small base? If we want to build one, make it big!"

With a straight face, Lin Ye lectured in all seriousness, "My brothers are wholeheartedly following me. How can I let my brothers risk their lives at the mining factory? If someone attacks, wouldn't they be dead meat?"

"Yes, yes, my lord. You're right." Lin Dachui was sweating profusely.

He almost forgot that his lord was a legendary wealthy man who did not care about money.

"That's settled for now then. I'll get the money," Lin Ye said and ran off.

"!"

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"Building a large base…"

"The soldiers to protect them must at least total to 8,000…"

"That means that I'll have to make another bunker which is at least Level 6…"

"To recruit people, we have to consider accommodation, food, chefs, barracks, breeding fields, and other issues…"

"Tsk, it's all money!"

Lin Ye gnashed his teeth, feeling it in his bones that he was still too poor.

Returning to Lin Hai's territory, the high platform here had collapsed and the place was now reduced to a wasteland because he had conquered the other party's bunker.

He was standing in a huge graveyard.

He gathered everyone and said, "Leave 300 foot soldiers and 20 wolf cavalry here to guard this place. Everyone else, follow me and blow up Haunted Houses!"

"Long live our Lord!"

The soldiers had rested enough and were full of energy and fighting spirit.

The Lin Clan army charged forward. In about ten minutes, they arrived at the first haunted house to the north.

"Roar—"

As if attracted by the commotion, the roars of zombies came from the 1-star Level 1 Haunted House opposite him.

"A mere one-star Haunted House dares to cause such trouble? Brothers, destroy them!"

A ferocious look flashed across Lin Ye's face. He raised his hand and fired.

Boom!

With the help of Flying Meteor, the bullet hit the roof opposite. The smoke from the explosion filled the entire area around the haunted house.

Although the damage dealt was not high and he did not kill any zombies, it was still an insult!

"Boom—"

The concrete was smashed into pieces.

In an instant, the zombies in the Level 1 Haunted House were enraged and charged out crazily.

"Tru, I'll leave the command of this place to you. I'll be staying back to guard the back camp."

Lin Ye said calmly as he rode the giant earth wolf towards the back of the army.

Things like going to the battlefield to kill enemies were better left to the professionals.

He was the lord, and he shouldn't interfere with their roles.

"!"

Tru was used to his lord's shamelessness.

The New Moon Battle Axe soared through the air. Orange-red battle aura burst around his body like blazing flames as he shouted loudly.

"Cavalry team, charge! Shield soldiers, flank them on their left and right! Break them up in one go!"

"Rangers, cover us from afar!"

With that, he took the lead in the charge.

Luo Feng, Xu Que, and Su Yu also led a group of people and followed closely behind.

Rumble!

The Class 3 Wolf Cavalry Soldiers were incomparably valiant. Combined with the Class 3 Purple Tier Protector's Armor, they could completely ignore the bites from these Level 1 and 2 zombies.

They charged forward.

It was simply a lot easier than killing a Level 4 Venomous Zombie.

The rangers at the back provided great assistance as well. With a wave of arrows, hundreds of zombies were cleared.

The battle instantly became one-sided.

Lin Ye was dumbfounded.

What was farming? This was it!

Sweeping through everything was too spectacular to watch!

The front row was guarded by the shield wolf cavalry. The middle had more than 2,000 shield soldiers to suppress them. The back row provided firepower from afar.

In terms of number, equipment, and levels, they greatly surpassed the one-star Level 1 Haunted House.

"Ah Wei, why are you standing there in a daze? Hurry up and film. When can we find such good material? Any slower and the fight will be over!"

Lin Ye was angry at Dong Wei's slowness and whacked his shoulder thrice.

"…" Jiang Gong wanted to cry.

You whacked the wrong person, did you know that!

"Oh, oh, right away, I'll do it right away. Damn it, this is too exciting. I'm dumbfounded. These are the zombies? This is a haunted house? Holy sh*t, this is so blinding to watch. As usual, the lord is impressive. Hahaha, cute zombie, here I come."

Dong Wei smiled widely. At this moment, he was like a crazy war reporter who was fearless of danger.

Crossing the mountain of corpses and swimming through the sea of corpses, he dashed forward.

Far shots and close shots. Shots of the rain of arrows clearing the field, wolf cavalries passing by, shield soldiers stabbing the zombies…

He hated that he couldn't capture all the scenes in the video.

"My lord, this is not enough. Give me something more exciting. If it's a big production, I'll need some high-level goods!" Dong Wei shouted from afar.

"Sure, I'll satisfy you."

Lin Ye nodded. It was a smooth ride and there was no danger at all.

However, he was not stupid either. The incident with the Level 3 zombie ambushing him last time was still vivid in his mind.

"Adelia, lead the personal guards and follow me."

With that, Lin Ye rode the giant earth wolf.

Whoosh—

The Purple Star Armor on his body activated its defensive ability—Violet Protection.

At the same time, a pale yellow earth attribute defensive shield appeared in front of him.

This was the Earth Wolf's innate skill.

Earth Shield!

It could effectively defend against physical attacks Level 3 and below.

As long as the magic energy in its body was not exhausted, or an attack that exceeded the limit of its shield,

this shield would never break.

Of course, usually, the Earth Wolf would not dare to use it recklessly.

The amount of magic power in the body of Class 3 Magical Beast was too low. It would be used up in at most 10 seconds.

But who was Lin Ye?

The legendary European King, a wealthy man, raised his hand and took out 20 Zombie Souls.

"Big Yellow, keep a close eye. If there's any danger, take your lord and escape immediately!"

Using his beast taming technique, he communicated with the wolf. As for the huge earth wolf, it was so happy that its tail was wagging crazily after devouring a large number of zombie souls.

It could freely use the earth's attribute energy.

It protected Lin Ye as it ran through the pile of corpses to the ground floor of the Level 1 Haunted House.

They called it a haunted house. 𝓁𝘪𝒷𝘳ℯ𝘢𝑑.𝒸𝘰𝑚

In fact, it was just a dilapidated two-story building that took up about 1,000 square meters.

The elites from hell made a teleportation array, continuously channeling low-level zombies into the haunted house.

According to what Priest Gran and the others said,

There were many types of teleportation arrays. Arrays in one-star Level 1 Haunted Houses could only transport Level 1 and 2 zombies.

As long as he destroyed the Haunted House and the teleportation array inside, this area would be secured.

He eyed his surroundings and adjusted the distance of his Heart's Web.

After weighing his options for a moment, he felt that his current position…

With his strengthened body, he should be able to throw the Class 3 Purple Tier Weapon, Grenade, into the Haunted House.

He took out a grenade from his Civilization Archive.

Ever since he obtained this item from the treasure chest, he had never used it. It was probably going to rot in his inventory anyway.

Now, he was giving it a good chance to make its contribution.

Following the instructions given by the system, he pulled the pin and threw the grenade in a high arc.

Swish ~ Bang!

With the 200% effect of Flying Meteor, he set off a huge firework at the top of the Haunted House.

This was much more terrifying than a bullet. It felt as if a meteorite weighing dozens of tons had landed on the ground.

Rumble!

The weather changed colors. Crimson light spread through the sky and the explosion caused the sky within a radius of 1km to turn gloomy.

In reality, he only blew up a portion of the Haunted House.

But the effect was too astonishing.

To outsiders, this scene looked like the arrival of the end of the world.

"This is the true beauty of violence. Those movies from the past were all trash!"

"My lord, maintain the posture of a victor!"

Dong Wei was so excited that he waved his hands and legs as he filmed the scene.

Suddenly, he fell.

In an unfortunate coincidence, he fell on the head of a zombie whose head had been chopped off.

Bites—

"Aiyo, what the f*ck!"

Dong Wei screamed miserably as his butt was bitten by the zombie's head that had yet to die.

"My lord, save me!"

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"My lord, save me!"

With this dramatic scream, the battle at the one-star Haunted House ended.

It was much easier than he had imagined, like doing something he liked.

He was excited about it before this, but after he was done, it somehow felt tasteless.

Life's but a walking shadow probably meant this.

Lin Ye stepped on a pile of rubble and looked up at the sky with his handsome face. His eyes were filled with contempt, ridicule, and nonchalance.

"Cut! Break—"

Dong Wei gnashed his teeth. As he perfectly did the recording on his Civilization Archive of Lin Ye's pretending to be cool, his butt raised.

Whoosh—

A large amount of light-filled with divine particles fluttered in the air.

The owner of the light was Priest Gran who had a disdainful look on his face as he cast Sacred Healing to purify the corpse poison.

"Alright, done. Clean up the battlefield. Finish up killing for those who need it. Treasure chests…"

At the mention of treasure chests, Lin Ye's pupils darkened and he activated his 'hint' talent.

"Tru, behind you!"

"Luo Feng, go to the 37 degrees northwest, on the 62nd zombie corpse!"

"And Su Yu, go over there!"

"Xu Que, there… at the feet of your second great uncle's third son's fifth nephew!"

"Forget it. I'll give you the talent. Find it yourself. This lord is tired."

As he spoke, Lin Ye threw out five 'hint' talent fragments.

Tru, Luo Feng and his gang, and Adelia each received one each.

This was his precious treasure left behind from when he farmed the bug, a total of 99 fragments!

He could create 99 incomplete talents.

Although the talent would not be able to advance in levels, it was still a fragment of top-tier talent.

Be it for warning of battle or a small-range treasure search, this was the best talent for it.

He originally planned to get Zhang Liang to organize a treasure hunting team later on.

But right now, Lord Lin was getting impatient.

Zhang Liang went to look for new treasure chests in the wilderness. He was still thinking of going to the rubble of the Haunted Houses to look for a sharing contract.

That was the priority.

On the other side, Tru and the others looked at the talent fragments that flew into their palms.

Everyone was stunned.

Heavens, this was a talent fragment unique to human lords. As native soldiers, it was almost impossible for them to awaken their talents.

The rules of the Gods stated that if their lord did not violate the rules, they could not unilaterally break the recruitment contract.

Therefore, killing their lord to obtain his talent was not a viable route.

Therefore, even the trashiest talent crystal could be sold for a high price in the underworld.

Legend has it that in a certain season, there was a ruthless lord who wanted a complete talent crystal.

He did not hesitate to sell his own city and the tens of millions of citizens in it.

This matter had shocked many generations.

But now, they have done nothing. Just because their lord was getting impatient, they were given a talent fragment!

?!

For a moment, the five of them were dumbfounded and could not react.

"What are you guys standing around for? Hurry up and use it!" Gran urged with an envious expression.

Unfortunately, he was in a babysitting class and knew his limitations. Giving a treasure like that to frontline soldiers was undoubtedly the best choice.

"Oh-kay."

Tru and the others came to their senses and made a noise of acknowledgment. They placed the talent fragment between their eyebrows.

Whoosh—

At the next moment, a weak light descended from the sky and fused into their sea of consciousness. 𝒍𝒊𝙗𝓻𝒆𝓪𝙙.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Immediately after, five invisible light wave domains covered an area of 100 meters.

"My God, this… this is actually a top-tier talent!"

"Hint talent's main effect is a warning, treasure-seeking and karma prediction…"

"Oh my god, this talent is so compatible with combat classes…"

"I feel that I can already kill enemies of a higher class. Even if I can't beat them, they can't kill me with this as well!"

….

When the information about the 'hint' talent popped up in their minds, the five of them were shocked to the core.

"My lord, this… this is too precious! Our contributions are not worthy of such a treasure!" Tru swallowed his saliva and said with difficulty.

Upon hearing this, Luo Feng and the others turned their gazes to Lin Ye, within it, excitement mixed with a tinge of reluctance.

Tru was right. Right now, the territory rewarded treasures like this according to their contributions.

With the entire army present, their lord publicly gave them special treatment.

If others saw this, they would more or less feel envious or even hateful.

In this day and age, it was not rare for people to be consumed by their green-eyed monsters.

Therefore, it was not wise to do so since it would be detrimental to the future development of the territory.

As expected, the commotion here was quite loud.

Rainbow light was falling from the sky.

Clearly, their lord had bestowed the commander and his chiliarchs with precious treasures.

The other new recruits who were killing the surviving zombies looked over and pointed at them as they gossiped.

"Take what's given to you. Don't worry about others. The rules of the game are determined by me. If I say it's yours, it's yours. Who dares to object?"

Lin Ye glanced at their surroundings as he said domineeringly, not caring about the opinions of others.

[Friendly Hint: All your new recruits have felt the preferential treatment. It went against the promise you made about rewards and their loyalty has dropped to 89%! Cavalry soldier's powers are weakened by 5%, Shield Soldiers' Defense is weakened by 4%!]

[Friendly Hint: All your new recruits have felt the preferential treatment. It went against the promise you made about rewards and their loyalty has dropped to 88%! Cavalry soldier's powers are weakened by 6%, Shield Soldiers' Defense is weakened by 5%!]

"…"

Their loyalty to him was still slowly decreasing.

Tsk!

Lord Lin cursed under his breath although he looked nonchalant on the surface.

He quickly purchased a loudspeaker from the Reputation Shop and turned it on to its maximum volume.

"Attention all soldiers, this lord keeps his word. This is definitely not differential treatment. Commander Tru and the others have contributed greatly. Before you came, they've saved this lord's life more than once. Furthermore, this time, we wiped out a Haunted House. We are the number one army in the world. Everyone has contributed greatly for this to happen."

"When we return, I promise you that, other than the battle merits you deserve, I will add an additional 10 Zombie Souls for each of you as a reward for our first victory against a Haunted House! Furthermore, when your individual contribution points reach 10,000,000, I will grant you a talent fragment!"

"What I said will remain true, be it for you or any of those who came later!"

"Our lord is wise!"

"Long live our Lord!"

"I love our lord!"

Upon hearing this, everyone's faces flushed red!

The additional reward of Zombie Soul was secondary.

But before that, these zombie souls were enough for half a year's wage.

If they could get it, they would be happy even in their dreams.

But compared to a Talent Crystal, those were nothing!

At once, everyone was in high spirits, killing the remaining zombies with more and more effort.

Even the Priest Gran could not help but roll up his sleeves to join the 'last hitting' army.

At the same time, the decreasing loyalty finally stabilized before it increased once again.

Loyalty +10, Loyalty +10, Loyalty +10, Loyalty +10…

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. All your new recruits have been moved by your sincerity. Their loyalty has increased to 100%. The charging power of all cavalry has increased by 40%. Cavalry soldiers' powers increased by 40%, Shield Soldiers' Defense increased by 40%!]

[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. All your rangers have been moved by your sincerity. Their loyalty has increased to 100%. Shooting speed increased by 40%!]

Chapter 84

"It's fortunate that I'm smart, giving up some money to avoid a disaster. Not only did I stabilize their loyalty, I even made an earning."

Seeing that all the soldiers had submitted to him, Lin Ye patted the ashes off his clothes and revealed a satisfied smile.

"My lord, I've just calculated for you. There are 3,753 soldiers. 10 Zombie Souls for each of them. There's also the reward for killing zombies and picking up treasure chests. With that, you will need to spend at least 46,000 Zombie Souls," Jiang Gong reminded kindly as a graduate from the science and engineering department.

"Compared to loyalty, is this considered much?" Lin Ye cast a sidelong glance at him. "Little Gong, life is long. You have to have foresight and be magnanimous. In the future, you would be the manager of the territory's ten million toilets. You can't be so stingy, understand?"

"…" Jiang Gong secretly gave himself a slap. You owe me!

This was great. Originally, he was only designing the toilet blueprint. Now, he was demoted to a toilet manager.

"I was just joking with you."

Noticing that the other party's expression darkened, Lin Ye smiled and said, "By the way, how's the design of the toilet going? I've found a few good things here which are ready to be given to you."

He was not lying. He had purchased many things from the Reputation Shop and his level was increasing rapidly.

Every time it leveled up, there would be a grayed-out item summary appearing on the shelves of the Reputation Shop. Amongst them were a few treasures that were extremely compatible with the toilet.

It was just a little pricier. After this matter was over, he had to gain some reputation points from Zhang Bao'er and the rest.

Before Jiang Gong could reply, cheers sounded from afar.

The last zombie was killed by a new recruit.

In that instant, the system sent him a piece of good news.

"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You are the first human lord to destroy a one-star Haunted House in this world. You have three choices."

"1. Global Notification. Reward: 10,000 Reputation points. 2. Regional Notification. Reward: 5,000 Reputation points. 3. Territory-wide Notification. Reward: 1,000 Reputation points. Please make your choice within 10 seconds. If you don't, it will be considered as giving the reward up."

What a trashy system. You wanted me to be hated by others? Is the owner of this ability so vain and greedy for fame?

One word for you: Shallow!

"System, I have no need to consider. I chose option one."

Lin Ye immediately spoke.

He had no interest in being famous or pretending to be someone special which would offend people for no reason.

But these 10,000 reputation points were too enticing.

When it triggers the 100x Reward…

Coughs. That would be 1 million reputation points.

In China, this was equivalent to hitting the jackpot.

With these resources, he would take flight right away!

Apart from that, Lin Ye's eyes were as bright as light bulbs.

He seemed to have found a way to quickly start a business…

Previously, the system did not explain why his reputation points were so low and he had to rely on himself.

Zhang Bao'er had accidentally triggered reputation points when she taught others.

With his current development speed, it was too slow to rely on just a few of them.

There were so many high-level goods in the Reputation Shop that he couldn't wait to get his hands on.

If he continued to follow his current speed, god knows when he would be able to get his hands on them.

Now, this problem has been solved.

The first person to destroy a Level 1 one-star Haunted House would get a reputation points reward. Then, would he also get a reputation reward for clearing the two-star, three-star, and four-star haunted houses?

That wouldn't do. With the system's personality, not only would there be rewards, it would be more.

Mm, after completing the video and likes mission,

he would go to conquer them all!

It would save them the trouble of being overtaken by other awakened people.

Lin Ye turned on his Heart's Web. The few haunted houses thousands of meters away did not seem scary to him at all. Instead, they looked like shiny gold mines.

Soon, after he made his choice, the system immediately sent his reputation points to his Civilization Archive via an email.

"You have received 10,000 Reputation Points as a reward!"

100x Reward.

"You have received 1,000,000 Reputation Points as a reward!" 𝒍𝓲𝙗𝒓𝒆𝓪𝒅.𝙘𝒐𝓶

Looking at the funds entering his account, Lin Ye was overjoyed. When everything was settled, he would return to buy more!

At the same time, the World Channel of the Civilization Archive suddenly rang with a tune for national celebration.

Lewis: "What's going on? Has the system gone crazy?"

Roman: "Someone must have completed some kind of mission! Just like in the game, it would broadcast to inform everyone."

Tyrael: "I hope it's a kind human lord."

A moment later, the background music reached its climax and a golden line of words appeared on the screen.

"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye for being the first person in the world to complete the mission of destroying a one-star Haunted House. He is rewarded with 10,000 reputation points!"

"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye for being the first person in the world to complete the mission of destroying a one-star Haunted House. He is rewarded with 10,000 reputation points!"

"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye for being the first person in the world to complete the mission of destroying a one-star Haunted House. He is rewarded with 10,000 reputation points!"

The entire world was shocked by the congratulatory message which was repeated three times.

What was this?

They were still worried about going out to find supplies when powerful people who could destroy Haunted Houses appeared?

What the hell!

After a short period of calm, the world chat channel exploded. The number of chat notifications increased to 99999999999+.

Even with the pause function, it was still dizzying to look at.

Logan: "I protest, someone is hacking!"

C-Sang: "The name Lin Ye sounds like someone from China. There's something wrong with this person!"

Jin Zhengu: "You blind people! How could Lin Ye be from China? His surname is Lin which is the main surname of my country, the universe. Ye… Eh, although it's not common and the pronunciation is a little strange, I believe that he must be a citizen of my country."

"Wow, my lord, you're on TV!"

"Hahaha, these foreigners have turned into green-eyed monsters. I just saw someone defaming the Lord, saying that you are so strong because you have an indescribable deal with the system. I'm dying of laughter!"

"This feels good. Quite a number of people directly scolded us. It helps to vent. These scums used to belittle us."

At this moment, Dong Wei, Zhang Bao'er, Wang Qiang, Jiang Gong, and others also saw this shocking piece of a congratulatory message from their Civilization Archives.

All of them ran over to Lin Ye excitedly.

They looked happier than if they had won the award themselves.

"Calm down, this is nothing new, there's no need for this!"

Lin Ye's expression was calm. The corners of his mouth curled into a faint smile as if nothing had happened.

At this moment, the personal information page exploded. 99+messages popped up in his information panel.

A large group of familiar people -ing him.

function was a new function that appeared the next day. Only people who know each other in the real world could use it to ping the person.

When the function first came out, there were many people acknowledging their relatives worldwide. It was bustling with activity.

However, he had been too busy recently and had no time for channels.

He only had a basic understanding of it and did not use it to look for his former friends.

Of course, no one looked for him.

Probably because I'm too handsome!

Lin Ye sighed and accepted this fact calmly. He opened the information panel and skimmed through it.

Most of them were his classmates and colleagues.

As expected, they were teasing and probing him for information: Brother, brother, you're famous. The world channel's number one has the same name as you. It shouldn't be you, right?

One of them was the most eye-catching.

Fan Jianqiang?

This guy actually dared to him. Lin Ye's eyes flashed with a dangerous glint.

Chapter 85

Fan Jianqiang, this person.

Like his name, this person was a little… perverted!

Honestly speaking, if it wasn't for the harmonious society which saved him, he would have killed this scum back in China.

This guy was a senior executive in their company and was the boss's relative. He strutted around arrogantly usually and liked to bully everyone he saw.

Especially when newly recruited handsome guys.

Yes, you didn't hear wrong. This guy wasn't playing by the rules.

The company did high-quality lingerie designs and there were many beautiful female employees, but this fellow did not like women and preferred men. Wasn't that infuriating!

Of course, there was nothing wrong with this in the first place. The problem was that Fan Jianqiang was not honest.

He always liked to rely on his authority to touch the new male interns.

Unfortunately, Lin Ye had just graduated from university back then. His specialization was unpopular so he was met with obstacles everywhere.

After a few companies, he came to this company and interned for three months. Perhaps because of his looks, Lin Ye was successfully converted into permanent staff.

Signing a contract, working, and getting a promotion. He thought this would be his path to smoothly reach the peak of his life.

In the end, at a business venture, Fan Jianqiang wanted to take advantage of him. How could Lin Ye tolerate that with that temper of his?

He exploded on the spot.

He picked up a bottle of red wine and split Fan Jianqiang's head open. Secondly, a kick to cut off his bloodline.

Thirdly, he beat him up with his fists.

Fan Jianqiang was seriously injured, and a few of his ribs were broken.

After that, Lin Ye was held accountable for everything. He paid a lot of medical fees and was almost thrown into jail.

Fortunately, the higher-ups of the company didn't want to make a big deal out of it and suppressed the news in the end.

But after this conflict, the feud was formed.

He wanted to quit, but Fan Jianqiang was unwilling to let go and still bore a grudge.

The contract was still in Fan Jianqiang's hands. If he breached the contract, he would have to pay a large amount of compensation.

As a result, Lin Ye suffered years of vicious beatings by society.

During this time, perhaps because he decked him too hard the previous time, Fan Jianqiang did not dare to touch him. However, he constantly made things difficult for him at work.

Lowering his job and salary was the first step. He had to serve tea and water to his clients, clean the office, and buy breakfast for his colleagues.

At the company meeting, he was never included in the list of outstanding employees to commend and reward.

If the company's performance was affected, he would definitely be the scapegoat.

There were also various company ventures. He would always take the ugly role and was responsible for making everyone happy. He also received all kinds of sarcastic insults every day.

For the sake of living, he endured it.

If it followed the original plan, there was still half a year until the contract expired.

Before he resigned, he wanted to settle scores with this bastard and definitely give him a beating.

But before he could settle this score, the entire world transmigrated.

He had been too busy these two days, so he didn't think about this at all. Who would have thought that the little rabbit would deliver himself to his doorstep?

At the same time, in a territory hundreds of kilometers away near a mountain pass.

A middle-aged man with a big belly held his Civilization Archive. He was anxious like an ant on a hot pan and kept muttering.

"Lin Ye, Lin Ye… Although China is rich in resources and there are countless people with the same name, who knows about luck's game? If it was true, with that brat's tiger-like personality, I could fool him easily."

"Moreover, I, Fan Jianqiang, am only 41 years old. I'm in my prime and still have a lot of good times to enjoy. No matter what the price is, I want to live!"

A ruthless glint flashed across the eyes of the man called Fan Jianqiang.

Roar—

Right at this moment, a large number of zombies' roars came from outside the territory, as if a small-scale battle had occurred.

A moment later, more than ten native workers and rangers escaped miserably with injuries.

"My lord, the ambush failed. You took too much risk yesterday. You shouldn't have snatched the bronze treasure chest. The Level 2 zombies guarding the treasure chest have surrounded us for an entire day with their zombie minions. It seems that they won't retreat until we are all dead."

The leader of the rangers looked fatigued and there was a hint of displeasure in his voice.

"You still dare to blame me? If it weren't for you useless people who can't even defeat a Level 2 Swift Zombie, would I have been stuck in my territory and unable to leave? Why don't you reflect on your own mistakes when you meet with problems? You actually dare to find trouble with your lord. Do you want to die?"

Fan Jianqiang had a bad temper, to begin with. He grabbed the ranger leader's collar and bellowed.

After losing his temper, the rangers and native workers dared not to say anything.

After a while, a native worker's stomach growled and he said timidly, "My lord, we haven't eaten for half a day. Can you give us something to eat? Otherwise, we won't have the strength to work."

At the mention of food, the rangers looked at Fan Jianqiang.

Other than the initial recruitment fee, the only requirement they had when they were recruited was food and lodging.

But this lord was too stingy.

All the living supplies were locked in the bunker. They were only given a little bit every meal and could not eat till they were full.

And this lord still wanted them to work overtime to kill zombies.

They were really unlucky to have followed such a lord.

"Eat? Eat my ass. You will only have the right to eat when you kill the zombies outside. You're useless and only want to eat. Won't you die eating too much? All of you have no loyalty to give and your combat ability is trash. Serves you right for being discriminated against in the underworld. You were all born with inferior characteristics. Bleh."

Fan Jianqiang cursed angrily. He spat five times a second as if he wanted to vent all his anger on these underworld natives.

Moments later, a green virtual number appeared above every native worker and ranger.

Loyalty -1, Loyalty -1, Loyalty -1, Loyalty -1…

"Friendly hint that all your rangers detest your bad attitude. Their loyalty has dropped to 40%."

"Friendly hint that all your native workers loathe your bad attitude. Their loyalty has dropped to 45%."

"Friendly hint that if loyalty decreases to 30%. All your rangers and native workers will betray you."

"Dammit!"

Upon seeing this, Fan Jianqiang's originally dark and oily face turned as black as the bottom of a pot. He looked at the rangers and native workers with a gloomy expression.

After staring at them for a moment, he suddenly smiled kindly. "Everyone, don't be angry. I'm just joking with you. Um, don't you want to eat? That's easy to solve. Let's go, Ranger One. Follow me to the bunker to get the supplies. I'll give you all you need to eat."

"Really?" Ranger One couldn't believe it.

Why did his attitude change like that of a monkey? His cat-slit eyes were ever-changing and he was too unpredictable.

"Boss, I'm hungry too. Hurry up and go."

"That's right. Without food, it's difficult to even walk, much less kill zombies."

His other lackeys looked eager.

"Alright." Ranger One gritted his teeth and nodded, following Fan Jianqiang into the bunker.

Soon, a scream was heard.

Fan Jianqiang had a ferocious expression on his face as he backstabbed the ranger. With a swing of his axe, he killed Ranger One, who was carrying food.

"Boss!"

"My lord, what are you doing?!"

"You killed Ranger One!"

The others were shocked.

The scene of An Jianqiang's face being splattered with blood was reflected in their eyes. At his feet was the corpse of Ranger One.

Unable to vent his anger, he kicked the corpse and turned around, carrying his Class 2 blue tier axe as he walked out.

His expression was fierce as he glared at the native workers and rangers and cursed, "You bastards, I've already given you all face. I reprimanded a little and you guys dared to lower your loyalty. Do you really think I don't dare to kill you? If there's a next time, I'll kill all of you and recruit a new batch of people!"

After this threat, the decrease in loyalty really stopped.

Of course, it did not increase either.

"Hmph, a bunch of cowards!" Fan Jianqiang said disdainfully.

He tore open a bag of bread and ate it in front of everyone.

The native workers and rangers swallowed hard.

"Bastards, don't say that I didn't give you a chance. Eat half a meal first. Whoever can kill a zombie will get the remaining half."

As soon as he finished speaking, he kicked the treasure chest which contained a few buns out of the bunker, and scattered them all over the ground. 𝓵𝒊𝓫𝓻𝓮𝓪𝒅.𝓬𝓸𝙢

Tumble—

The native workers and rangers gritted their teeth even though they were unwilling.

But what could they do?

They could only pick up the dust-coated steamed bun from the ground with a humiliated expression and eat it silently.

"That's more like it. A servant should act like one."

Seeing this, Fan Jianqiang revealed a proud expression.

After dealing with his people, his gaze landed on the Civilization Archive's chat channel.

Seeing that Lin Ye did not reply for a long time, Fan Jianqiang continued to him crazily.

"Lin Ye, are you there? If you are, answer quickly! I'm your boss, Fan Jianqiang! Fan Fan…"

"Fan my ass!"

Lin Ye, who was far away at the Haunted House, almost threw up his dinner.

"If you continue being so disgusting, I'll block you."

As if sensing Lin Ye's impatience, Fan Jianqiang did not dare to show any dissatisfaction. He quickly lowered his voice and smiled apologetically.

"Just a joke, just a joke. Lin Ye, was that you on the world channel just now? Tell me more."

Lin Ye's face was cold. "It's me."

Fan Jianqiang was shocked.

Was it really him? What dog shit luck!

Then, he was overjoyed. There was finally someone strong near him. Wasn't there f*cking hope now?

"That's great. Brother Lin Ye, quickly thought of a way to save me. I'm so scared. These damn zombies are like a plague. They surround me outside my territory every day and don't leave. I'm so f*cking tired of them."

"Lin Ye, listen to me. I will definitely not let you work for nothing. I've heard a lot of reliable information these two days. As long as we can survive for a month, we will be able to return to China. If you help me tide through this crisis, our grudges can be written off. I promise to give you a promotion and a raise!"

"Also, didn't you lack money? You're almost at the age where you can get a wife. The property prices at Chang'an are so high. With your salary, how long will it take for you to afford a house? Your parents are only working-class people. You definitely don't want them to spend their retirement money to buy a house for you."

"Look, how about this? Come and help me, I have three unused apartments under my name. You can choose any of them…"

"Ahem, you don't have to choose. I'll give them all to you! If you're worried, I can use the Civilization Archive to record a video. I won't lie to you!"

Who were you trying to fool!

Not long ago, even the national son-in-law, Qian Bocong, had said that there were no shortcuts. How could Fan Jianqiang have a better background than Old Qian?

Lin Ye sneered in his heart but appeared calm on the surface.

"Oh? What information channel? Where did you hear it from?"

Oh?

Seeing that Lin Ye had taken the bait, Fan Jianqiang's eyes lit up.

Indeed, he was still young and would smile once he received some benefits.

He was as easy to deal with as the cheap slaves outside. Hmph!

"Don't worry about that. I promise that the information isn't fake."

Isn't it fake…

As if I would believe you!

If I don't kill you this time, I'll take your surname.

Lin Ye pursed his lips. "I can help you. Take a photo of your surroundings and send me the rough directions. It's best if there's a landmark or something."

Fan Jianqiang said warily, "Lin Ye, I'm telling you first, don't take revenge on me. Let's leave a way out so that we can meet again in the future."

In the future?

Do you still want a future?

You must die before sunset!

I said it!

Lin Ye's attitude was firm. "It's up to you whether you want to give it to me or not. I'm busy and don't have time to waste with you."

After that, he was about to hang up.

Fan Jianqiang was scared silly. At this moment, he only had Lin Ye to rely on amongst his acquaintances.

At midnight, the protection mechanism would disappear and the zombies outside were enough to cut him into pieces.

As for the information channel, it was all nonsense. If he had any news, he would have long fled.

"Don't, don't do that. I'll take a photo. I'll take the photo right now."

Fan Jianqiang replied and quickly used his Civilization Archive to take photos of his territory.

In the end, he even took a few photos of Goat Horn Mountain opposite his territory and sent them all to Lin Ye.

Fan Jianqiang: "That's all I have. Lin Ye, you have to be fast. I think our territories are quite near. Hurry up. Even if you can't find me, survival games like this will usually have a trading market sooner or later. When the time comes, you have to send me more money and weapons. I can buy them from you with China's currency."

Sure, he was an expert. He could even make an accurate guess that there would be a trading market.

Lin Ye narrowed his eyes and replied on the surface.

He turned off his private channel and blacklisted Fan Jianqiang.

Looking at the information in his hands, the corners of Lin Ye's mouth curled into a cold smile.

Just wait. I'll 'save' you soon.

"My lord? Your smile is very scary." Zhang Bao'er shivered.

"Don't spout nonsense. How can a kind person like me look frightening?"

A bright smile appeared on Lin Ye's face. He teased her a little before turning to shout at Dong Wei, "Ah Wei, are you done filming? Hurry up and upload it. I want to complete the 1 million likes mission as soon as possible and start the market trade."

"The introduction and content part of it has already been filmed. All that's missing is the word 'panchilaine'!" Dong Wei spoke with an awkward-sounding accent.

Lin Ye was stunned.

"What the hell?" He frowned.

"Punchline! My lord, you probably never watched hip-hop back in China. The teachers in the show like to say it like that. Before I transmigrated, that was a popular saying across the internet."

Seeing Lin Ye's unfriendly expression, Dong Wei quickly explained, "Ahem, in Chinese, it's just the finishing touch."

"Don't you have a more cultured way of speaking… China is vast and profound with deep cultural roots. There's always more for you to learn. Why must you learn from the dregs of other races?"

Lin Ye glared at him and urged, "Hurry up, what else do you need? After you're done, we are going to clean up the next Haunted House. Time is tight, and the mission is important."

"Open the treasure chests then. The Lord's European King talent is exceptional. Every time he opens a treasure chest, it will be a huge hit. That should be the most important finishing touch. At the end of the video, have a short message. Tell everyone that they have benefits that they can get. Those who like the video will have the chance to obtain equipment of various levels or Zombie Souls after the market opens," Dong Wei said.

"There's a reward function? Why didn't I know about that?" Lin Ye was surprised.

"Just making it up. No one would know anyway. Let's get through this mission first." Dong Wei chuckled.

"Not bad, Ah Wei. How scheming. I think more and more highly of you."

Lin Ye patted his shoulder heavily. The pain made him grimace, especially his butt that had just been bitten by a zombie. The wound almost split open.

Terrified, he hurriedly went to Priest Gran to cast his Sacred Healing.

Lin Ye did not hesitate. With a wave of his hand, he took out ten bronze treasure chests from the Civilization Archive's treasure chest page.

Chapter 86

"My lord, you can just open the sandalwood treasure chests. Open the bronze treasure chests when you get back. If the items are too good, it's easy to draw hatred from viewers!"

Dong Wei reminded me.

"What's there to be afraid of? We can take the good stuff ourselves and leave some trash behind," Lin Ye said indifferently.

Of course, the main reason was that he was afraid of the inconvenience.

The probability of sandalwood treasure chests getting living supplies was too high.

If he opened too many, with this place so far from his territory, even if he sent them to Lin Hai's territory, it would still require a lot of manpower and resources.

The probability of getting a weapon or armor from a bronze treasure chest was high.

If there was good stuff, it could be given to the new recruits directly to increase their combat power.

The equipment they changed out could also be used to be given to the people who liked his video.

It would be a win-win situation for everyone!

Besides, leveling up 100x Reward was also important.

If he went higher, he would need to use 10,000 bronze treasure chests.

This was a huge project.

The remaining sandalwood treasure chests were kept for when the treasure chest exchange system opened so that they can be all converted into bronze treasure chests.

This way, he could increase the speed of leveling 100x Reward.

With that, Lin Ye opened 18 bronze treasure chests in a row.

To enhance the effect, he even added a Silver Treasure Chest to liven things up.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

A large amount of equipment shone through from the treasure chests.

At the same time, the system's good news fell like rain.

"You have obtained a Class 2 Blue Tier Weapon—Green Destiny Sword!"

"You have obtained Level 2 living supplies—5kg of premium pork belly!"

"You have obtained a Level 2 Zombie Converter!"

"You have obtained a Class 1 White Tier Weapon—Multi-Shot Bow!"

"You have obtained a Class 2 Blue Tier Armor—Spirit Ascension Chestplate!"

"You have obtained a special type of spatial treasure, a Class 2 Blue Tier Accessory—Small Meru Ring!"

100x Reward.

100 Class 2 Blue Tier Weapon—Green Destiny Sword Class 4 Silver Tier Weapon—Berserker's Giant SwordRandom Weapon (1% chance to invoke 100x Reward again)500 kg of premium pork belly 100kg of giant hairy crabRandom Living Supply100 Level 2 Zombie Converter1 Level 4 Zombie ConverterRandom Zombie Converter

100 Class 2 Blue Tier Accessory—Small Meru Ring1 Class 4 Silver Tier Beginner Accessory—Huge Meru RingRandom Accessory

The dazzling array of treasures made Lin Ye dizzy.

Among them, the most eye-catching were the special type small spatial ring and the Level 2 Zombie Converter.

These two items had a low drop rate and were one of the things he needed the most at the moment.

After a moment of hesitation.

Because a Class 2 small spatial ring only had 5 cubic meters of space and a Class 4 large spatial ring had 300 cubic meters of space.

Option 1 would give him a total of 500 cubic meters of space. Although it was troublesome, it was 200 more cubic meters than Option 2.

F*ck!

It wasn't like he didn't have a chance to drop it again. Who cared if he was right or wrong.

Earth's maxim was that when one did not know what to choose, choosing the big one or choosing a high quantity one or choosing the handsome one would definitely not go wrong!

Thinking of this, Lin Ye made his choice.

"For Zombie Converter, option 1. For the spatial ring and Class 2 equipment, option 2. For living supplies and Class 1 equipment, I choose option 3."

Option selection ended.

As usual, the treasure chest exploded once again.

Swish—

The light from the treasure-filled the sky, looking like a meteor shower, covering the entire haunted house.

"You have obtained a Class 4 Silver Tier Weapon—Berserker's Giant Sword!"

"You have obtained a Class 4 Silver Tier Accessory—Huge Meru Ring!"

"You have obtained 200 kg of beef!"

"You have obtained 100 Level 2 Zombie Converters!"

"You have obtained 87 Class 2 Blue Tier weapons—Feather Bow!"

"You have obtained 49 Class 3 Attributeless Type Upgrade Scrolls!"

"You have obtained a Class 4 Silver Tier Armor—King's Armor!"

"You have obtained 35 Class 3 Magical Armor!"

"You have obtained 21 blueprints for Class 3 Demon Hunters!"

"You have obtained 12 Level 3 Armory Upgrade Scroll!"

"Oh my god, so many Class 3 Purple Tier Equipment? And 3 Class 4 Silver Tier Weapons!"

All the soldiers and humans were stunned.

Previously, the Lord had opened hundreds of treasure chests, and most of them were blue tier equipment.

For Purple Tier Equipment, only Protector's Armor had a hundred sets.

But now, their lord had only opened 18 bronze treasure chests.

The drop rate of high-class equipment was that high?

Common understanding was that a Level 2 Bronze Treasure Chest should usually only drop blue tier equipment. There was only a small chance for Class 3 Purple Tier weapons to drop.

As for a Class 4 Silver Tier weapon, that was just an empty dream.

However, the lord was good at what others could not, and even dropped them one after another.

"My lord, as expected of the European King's Heaven Fate! It's even more terrifying than before!" Adelia exclaimed in her heart.

She had never respected anyone so much except for her lord when it came to opening treasure chests.

Watching others open treasure chests was nerve-wracking.

But seeing her lord open treasure chests would definitely not disappoint.

Every draw was a visual feast for wealth.

No matter how trashy a treasure chest was, in the hands of her lord, it would still give him a Class 3 Purple Tier or Class 4 Silver Tier weapon.

After all, something like luck…

Other than her shockingly handsome lord, not everyone could have it.

"Damn it, there's actually no Class 4 Silver Tier Staff!" Priest Gran's eyes were about to pop out.

However, after taking a look around,

Not to mention a silver tier staff, there wasn't even a single purple, blue or white tier staff.

"Don't hold any hope. For you to be able to come out so early, it's all because of the lord's luck and you still want a Silver Tier staff? You must be tired of living. It's only the third day, and the restriction on your innate talent is still there. Take your time. It'll be much easier after this," Adelia consoled him.

"Aish, why does God always care for these stupid combat types!" Gran looked far sourly.

At this moment, Tru was smiling like a fool.

A Class 4 Silver Tier Berserker's Giant Sword. This was completely made for him.

He was the only Class 4 melee soldier present who could hold a two-handed sword. The compatibility with him was instantly maxed out.

At this moment, all the soldiers were 100% loyal. There was no difference in treatment. They were brothers. Was there a problem with Boss getting the best equipment?

Even if they had any problem, they had to hold it in! 𝓁𝑖𝑏𝑟𝘦𝒶𝘥.𝒸𝘰𝑚

Did they think that Boss Tru's dirty tricks were only for show!?

As expected, under everyone's gaze, Lin Ye casually threw the Class 4 Silver Tier Berserker's Giant Sword to Tru.

"Thank you, my lord. You are the best lord ever!"

Tru was overjoyed. The Class 3 Purple Tier Weapon, New Moon Battle Axe, in his hand, was dropped like trash on the rubble remains of the Haunted House.

The Lord had spoken just now anyway. For equipment which he took off, there must be a few presentable ones.

The Class 3 Purple Tier Weapon, New Moon Battleaxe, was just nice for that purpose.

In the early stages, this item would probably be one of the top pieces of equipment in the world. Those guys would be green with envy.

In order to get this treasure, they would probably press the 'Like' button until it broke.

Taking the Giant Sword, Tru's body emitted a dazzling orange-red battle aura.

The next moment, he leaped into the air and slashed in a stroke to let out a scarlet sword beam.

"Rumble!"

The remnants of the Haunted House and its stone walls exploded, splitting the Haunted House into literal halves.

A gully of ten meters long and three meters deep was formed.

"Hahaha, this feels good! Its power is more than ten times stronger than New Moon Battleaxe!"

Tru laughed heartily. "Even if I don't enter the Four Sacred Halls to be baptized, I need not be afraid of any elites of the same class!"

Chapter 87

While True was testing the power of Class 4 Silver Tier Berserker's Sword, Lin Ye had also thrown the Class 3 Purple Star Armor into the remains of the Haunted House.

And conveniently put on the entire territory's only…

No, to be exact, it should be the only Class 4 Silver Tier Armor in the entire world—King's Armor.

Listen, even the name sounds better than before.

It was not just the name, even the quality of the equipment had changed.

He opened the information about the King's Armor.

Item: King's Armor

Level: Advanced Class 4 (Can be refined into top tier using silver iron ore)

Skills: Lord's Descend (Ignores attacks from Level 1, 2, and 3 Zombies. Block 10 Level 4 Zombie's sure-kill techniques. Block 1 Level 5 Zombie's sure-kill technique. Class 4 Blacksmith and Level 4 Armory can repair the armor back to 100%. Class 3 Blacksmith and Level 3 Armory can repair it up to 80%)

Equipment's Special Effect: Disdain of the King. Anyone who the King looks at will be oppressed by the King's Spirit. Reduces the other party's attributes by 20%.

"F*ck, this attribute is awesome!"

Lin Ye's eyes lit up. This time, even if a Class 5 elite wanted to assassinate him, it would be impossible to kill him in a single shot.

And at this point in time, forget about Class 5 enemies, the Class 4 powerhouses under him were all strong warriors.

Wearing it and combined with the protection of thousands of soldiers.

As long as he didn't court death, who could kill him!

Lin Ye wore it happily and placed the Class 4 Huge Meru Ring on his middle finger.

Why was his middle finger? For it to be more eye-catching!

"How do I use this?" He touched the surface of the Huge Meru Ring.

A notification came through.

Item: Huge Meru Ring (Special Type Spatial Treasure)

Level: Early Stage of Class 4 (Rarity Level )

Space: 300 cubic meters (Space can be increased using Void Ores)

Usage Method: Focus on the ring in your mind and look at the item you wish to store. Make sure that the level of the item does not exceed the ring's level. Once that is fulfilled, the ring will release Meru Light to store the item.

[Friendly Hint 1: For items that exceed the level of the ring but have a size that does not exceed the storage limit of the ring, you need to touch the item with your hand to store it.]

[Friendly Hint 2: Spatial-type equipment cannot hold living things. Fresh living supplies can be kept fresh indefinitely.]

"Impressive, is it magical? Not only did it have a rarity rating, what do the filled and empty stars actually mean?"

Lin Ye tapped on the stars on the rarity index with his fingers and realized that there was no note.

He was instantly speechless. Looks like it was something for him to find out again.

In any case, he could not figure it out for the time being. He pushed it to the back of his mind and turned his attention to the method of use.

After studying it for a few seconds, Lin Ye immediately became like Tru.

Like Tru, when he saw something new, his intelligence dropped as he fiddled with the object happily.

He concentrated his attention on the Huge Meru Ring and in his Eye of Consciousness, he seemed to see an empty space.

It was quiet and dry inside. Even time seemed to have stopped.

"Is this Meru's Space?"

This was the first time Lin Ye had seen something so technologically advanced.

At the spatial fault, he actually saw a strange cross-section left behind by a sharp object. 𝓵𝒊𝓫𝙧𝙚𝒂𝙙.𝒄𝓸𝒎

At a certain point in time, it was like a piece of space that had been cut off from an unknown universe.

Of course, with his current realm, he could not wrap his head around this.

He was just curious. His consciousness observed every corner of the space for a while before he reconnected back to the outside world.

His gaze turned to the living supply – 200 kg of beef.

Whoosh—

In an instant, a sky-blue energy beam descended.

Meru Beam?

It felt similar to the energy of the various teleportation arrays, but its strength and efficiency were much lower.

The beam of light slowly enveloped the treasure chest containing the beef, and light flashed.

Swish!

The beef and the treasure chest shrunk at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Until the blue light completely entered the Huge Meru Ring.

At the same time, a treasure chest filled with beef appeared in his meru mind space. It was lying in a corner, looking beautiful on its own.

Then, for the other living supplies.

Anything like 50kg of potatoes, rice, he kept putting it into the ring, taking it out, putting it again…

He repeated it seven or eight times and tried playing with it using different methods.

"…"

Zhang Bao'er, Dong Wei, Jiang Gong, and the rest were dumbfounded.

Was the lord… doing magic?

When did he become so powerful?

It was not until Adelia reminded them that they realized that their lord had obtained the legendary Meru Ring!

In an instant, the eyes of every human lit up.

Wow, this thing…

A celestial treasure!

It seemed like things only seen in novels and xianxia dramas.

They didn't expect to see the real thing so soon after transmigrating to another world.

"My lord, my lord, can you let me play with it for a while?" Zhang Bao'er mustered her courage and asked weakly.

"My lord, let me try it too!" Dong Wei smiled with his teeth.

"If you don't mind, I can try it for my friend," Wang Qiang laughed sheepishly.

"My lord, my lord, Nicole is also…"

Nicole, who had been silent for a long time, also stepped forward. Her beautiful eyes shone with anticipation.

Her pitiful look was screaming the words, 'I want it too' and 'If you don't let me play with it, I'll cry'.

"A bunch of country bumpkins. Isn't it just a Meru Ring? Take it."

By now, Lin Ye had had enough fun.

After the novelty wore off, it felt like nothing much as well. He casually threw the large Meru Ring into the crowd, immediately attracting a commotion.

"Whoever loses it, for guys, you will have to cut your family treasure off and cultivate yourself at a monastery. For girls… you can't do make-up for a month… Wait no, there are no cosmetics in this world so how can they even do makeup? In that case, you're not allowed to receive sanitary pads for three months. That's settled then."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone froze in their action.

Although everyone was curious…

For the sake of their future happiness, everyone was more careful than before.

While True and the others were still fooling around, Lin Ye summoned a dozen native workers.

"Go and place these Level 2 Zombie Converters around the rubble remains of the Haunted House. 1,000 zombie corpses is quite a large sum of money."

"Yes, my lord." The native workers heard the order and quickly went to get the converter.

100 Level 2 Converters was much more efficient than the one at the territory.

It would probably take about ten minutes for the conversion, faster than Tru and the rest can finish playing.

As for Lin Ye, after he returned to the remains of the Haunted House once again, he had yet to touch the best part of the Haunted House.

He had gained a lot from destroying the Haunted House.

He had obtained 93 sandalwood treasure chests, 9 bronze treasure chests, dozens of low-level blueprints, and low-level equipment that Lin Ye could not even be bothered to look at…

Of course, these were all external items. The most important was the gain of a sharing contract.

According to what Adelia and the rest said, a Haunted House was the best place for sharing contracts to drop.

Even for a one-star Haunted House, there was a 90% chance that a Level 1 contract would drop.

The hiding place of the sharing contract was under the teleportation array on the first floor of the haunted house.

At this moment, the first and second floors had been split into two by Tru. The main body of the Haunted House had been destroyed, and the teleportation array naturally disappeared.

Broken rubble blocked his way.

"Big Yellow, make a path for me!"

Lin Ye patted the mighty Earth Wolf beside him and threw a piece of Zombie Soul.

"Howl—"

The huge Earth Wolf jumped up and swallowed it, immediately turning into a small excited bull.

An earthy yellow shield of light appeared above his head and he slammed it against the debris.

Rumble!

Rubble collapsed dust and smoke curled about.

A moment later, with Big Yellow's help, Lin Ye found a contract glowing white in the ruins.

"You have obtained a Level 1 Sharing Contract!"

100x Reward.

Chapter 88

100x Reward.

100 Level 1 Sharing Contract1 Level 3 Sharing ContractRandom Sharing Contract

Lin Ye took a look. What was the use of 100 Level 1 contracts?

The speed at which high and low-class soldiers absorbed magical energy was two extremes.

Unless there were 100 super-geniuses like Luo Feng for him to bind the contracts to, it was useless.

He directly ignored option 1.

Option 2 and 3…

"I'll take a gamble. After all, there are still so many Haunted Houses left. At most, I'll waste one contract."

Lin Ye had a calm mindset.

Although he longed to obtain the magical energy, it was only a yearning.

Just like how children longed for martial arts secret manuals from novels.

However, once you realized that you could really attain it, you would look down on ordinary martial arts like the Mountain Splitting Blade and the Ancestor's Fist. From then on, you would fantasize about jumping straight up to the Great Kun Overarching Movement, Nine Men's Divine Art, Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms, Divine Palms, Unbreakable Divine Power, etc…

To put it simply, Lord Lin's eyesight was set high up. A Level 3 contract was not enough to catch his attention.

"I choose option 3."

"You have obtained 1 Level 4 Sharing Contract!"

"!"

Lin Ye was stunned for a moment before he became overjoyed.

He was just trying his luck and he actually got it.

System, my son, you really understand me. Dad will give you a Like!

"But… if I can trigger the second 100x Reward, tsk tsk, that would be even better."

Lin Ye clicked his tongue greedily.

Whoosh—

A moment later, the contract that emitted a white ball of light disappeared from his hand, replaced by a silver scroll.

A Level 4 Sharing Contract!

The description was as followed:

Special Type Treasure: Sharing Contract

Level: Early Stage of Class 4 (Rarity Level )

Effect: A contract can be signed with people of the same level as the contract. You can obtain the other party's talent. At critical moments, you can also borrow the other party's magical energy. Correspondingly, when you activate your talent, the other party can also enjoy a partial reflection of your innate talent (The stronger the talent, the smaller the effect of the reflection. Borrowing energy will also result in side effects after it ends)

Requirements: The number of people who can sign the contract is tied to the level of the bunker. The higher the level of the bunker, the more people you can sign with.

Oh my god, its value was a star higher than the Huge Meru Ring.

Also, this effect was too heaven-defying.

They could actually enjoy a partial reflection of the lord's talent.

Lin Ye's thoughts raced, his eyes shining.

This setting was too good! 𝘭𝑖𝑏𝘳ℯ𝑎𝑑.𝒸ℴ𝘮

Did that mean that my 100x Reward god-tier talent would also reflect on the person who signed the contract?

Even a weakened version was good.

When the time came, if he signed his father and the rest, and if they got 50xReward, 30xReward or even 10xReward would be good.

With that, he could rest easy too!

In an instant, Lin Ye was extremely excited.

However, the reality was cruel. A basin of cold water was poured over his head following the system's notification, completely extinguishing him of his dreams.

[Friendly Hint: God-tier and top-tier talents require a super contract for it to be reflected]

"Tsk!"

Lin Ye cursed under his breath and pointed his middle finger at the sky.

100x Reward was his only talent.

In that case, he would not be able to let his family benefit from it.

Helpless, he could only shift his focus back to himself.

During this time, he had relied too much on the protection of Tru, Adelia, and the others. He was too weak to guarantee his own safety.

Which was why he had to be so careful.

And this sharing contract would be the turning point.

He read the description carefully.

Lin Ye roughly understood how sharing contracts worked.

With a Level 4 contract, he could sign a contract with a Level 4 elite and obtain their talent to assist in his own cultivation or borrow their battle aura, elemental energy, and other magical powers if there was a crisis.

"Who should I sign this with?"

Lin Ye's gaze swept across Tru, Adelia, and the dejected Priest Gran, who was playing with the Huge Meru Ring.

Among everyone present, only the three of them were Class 4, so he did not have much choice.

He will give the support class a pass first.

Furthermore, the class of the healer was too low and he did not have the corresponding equipment, so the experience he would have signed with him was bound to be the worst.

Tru was a warrior, and Adelia was a ranger.

One was for melee combat while the other was for long-range combat.

Safety wise, it had to be Adelia.

"Alright, let's try the power of the wind elemental first."

Lin Ye made his decision. With a kind expression, he waved his hand and said, "Adelia, come here for a moment."

"Oh, coming!"

Adelia threw the Huge Meru Ring to others and ran over happily.

"My lord, do you have a treasure for me too? I knew it, my lord still has me in mind," Adelia said happily.

"Well, I guess this can be considered one."

Lin Ye laughed and took out the sharing contract that was emitting a silver glow. He smiled and said, "Are you surprised? A Level 4 Sharing Contract. Come, quickly sign it with your lord. In the future, if you and I were to work together, who in the world can stop us?"

"…"

Adelia gaped, her eyes wide as if she had seen a ghost.

Gulp—

She swallowed hard. A Level 4 Sharing Contract?

No way…

She remembered clearly.

According to the ancient records, the probability of dropping a Level 1 to 3 sharing contract from a Level 1 Haunted House was high.

But for a Level 4 contract to drop…

That was an insane leap.

Even the most difficult nine-star haunted house only had a 5% of dropping a Level 4 sharing contract.

Usually, if one wanted to obtain contracts Level 4 or higher, they would have to fight a Level 2 Haunted House with at least a five-star difficulty.

However, the Haunted House that they had just destroyed was the trashiest one-star Level 1 Haunted House, and it had already dropped?

Sure I guess. Her lord was awesome x999!

Over the past few days, she had seen too many surprises and was used to it.

"Hey, hey, what are you thinking about? Hurry up and sign here!"

Lin Ye reached out and waved his hand in front of Adelia's eyes, calling her back from her shock.

"Yes! It's my honor to sign a contract with the lord!" Adelia was also overjoyed.

She shouted in her heart: I am the first elite in the Lin clan to sign a contract with the lord.

This feeling… Ah, this was too good!

In the future, I, Adelia, will be able to leave my name in history like my grandmother. Hahaha!

The tiny Adelia in her heart placed her hands on his hips and laughed wildly.

Whoosh—

Soon, under the guidance of the contract, Adelia eagerly squeezed out a drop of blood and dropped it onto the contract. She signed her native name on the corner and pressed her fingerprint on it.

Lin Ye followed suit.

When the fingerprint fused with the blood essence, the Level 4 sharing contract emitted a blinding light.

The next moment, it shattered into two silver beams that fused into the space between Lin Ye and Adelia's eyebrows.

"Hm?"

Lin Ye raised his eyebrows. "This is…"

The moment the contract was completed, his senses changed.

Vaguely, he could sense the green energy particles wandering in the air.

However, these green particles could not be seen with the naked eye. Even his powerful Heart Nexus talent could not see through them.

However, after binding Adelia, he could sense them clearly.

He raised his hand, wanting to touch these green particles, but they were like lively elves who naughtily escaped through the gaps of his fingers.

It was still floating in midair not far away from him, dancing up and down as if mocking his incompetence.

"These green particles must be the wind elemental energy that Adelia mentioned."

Lin Ye nodded as he came to an understanding.

In that case, I should be able to cultivate now, right?

"My lord, not only do you have to feel the elemental power with your heart, but you also have to practice the techniques. This is my clan's Secret Records for Wind Elemental Techniques of my race. It contains the breathing technique that my ancestors created after countless years of research."

"However, with my current class, I've only obtained the first four tiers. Please take a look first."

Adelia took out an ancient notebook from her animal skin bag behind her and handed it to Lin Ye.

Chapter 89

"Ranger's Records?"

Lin Ye held it in his hand. The system automatically translated for him. There was no language barrier during the entire process.

The notebook was thin but very precise. It was full of practical experience.

The records were divided into two parts.

The first section focused on cultivation and the second section focused on skills.

He was still in the early stages. He would leave the skill chapter for later and focus on cultivation.

That was the breathing technique that Adelia mentioned.

The opening chapter of the cultivation included a portion of advice from past rangers.

The rangers were not the top noble families of this season, but they were once honorable and respectable too. Just because they were not at their peak didn't mean that they were trash.

As long as he cultivated diligently, he would definitely become a top powerhouse who could rule the world in the future.

The elder who wrote the notebook encouraged words and even considerately divided breathing techniques into ordinary and genius sections.

As the name suggested, those with ordinary talent could practice the simplified version. Although it was not as powerful, there was at least another path of cultivation that would prevent them from hitting a wall.

This was much better than other Level 1 attributeless soldiers.

The warrior tribes had high requirements for talents. Other than elites like Tru, Luo Feng, Xu Que, and Su Yu,

Ordinary soldiers had no hope of seeing any battle aura techniques.

This was also the reason why many Class 3 soldiers in the territory had advanced, but most of them still did not know how to fight.

The reason why they were able to break through was not that they were outstanding, but because Lin Ye had precious upgrade scrolls for them.

This sort of shortcut cultivation path would not be able to obtain approval from their underworld clansmen.

Unless one was extremely outstanding and had made great contributions to the clan, they would definitely not be given the secret technique behind battle aura.

Speaking of contributions, Lin Ye had been planning to help these Class 3 soldiers with their contributions after destroying a few Haunted Houses and getting his Zombie Souls.

To put it bluntly, the low-class soldiers of the underworld had a tough life. Wasn't it the greatest thing to have money?

And what the great Lord Lin didn't lack the most was probably money.

At that time, he could just casually spend a hundred thousand or so Souls. He didn't believe that these old stubborn fellows who had been poor for hundreds or thousands of years would not bow their heads.

With that, Lin Ye felt increasingly optimistic about his future.

As a genius, he naturally ignored the ordinary breathing technique and went straight for the genius version.

The genius version was indeed for geniuses. He wondered if it was because of the translation.

The words were awkward-sounding and profound.

For a moment, even with Lin Ye's high IQ of 135, he actually could not understand it.

"Adelia, come here and teach me!" Lin Ye shouted.

"Ah, oh, wait a moment, I'll go right away!" Adelia walked unsteadily after she signed the contract as well.

Her senses were also different from before, especially her five senses. They were much better than they were.

The one which was the most impactful for her was the improvement in vision.

Was this Heart's Web?

Amazing!

Little stars appeared in her beautiful eyes as she constantly adjusted her focus and played happily with the talent.

When she was far away, she was like a god who could see everything within a radius of two thousand meters, except for the dark fog.

This kind of god-like vision was the strongest support for high-class rangers.

As her focus pulled nearer, the world in front of her became extremely clear. The dust became huge specks, and the lord opposite her was like a giant.

Well, his head was huge. So were his eyes. His neck, waist, legs, everywhere were huge.

"My lord, your Heart's Web talent is too good. Although I can only obtain one-third of its effect, it's really too strong!"

Adelia's footsteps seemed to be a little unsteady.

As she walked shakily towards Lin Ye, she happily tapped the dust particles in the air.

However, just as she was about to reach the end, she slipped and fell straight into Lin Ye's arms.

"…"

!

The air became quiet, and Adelia's heart thumped wildly.

Move! Do you dare to not move? Move it!

At the same time, her colorful mind exploded.

The innocent self in her heart shouted crazily, "Ahhh, my lord, I didn't do it on purpose!"

A small, peach-colored person appeared with sweet smiley eyes. "Oh, the lord's embrace is so warm. I really want to lie in his arms forever!"

Thud!

As soon as she finished speaking, the warm hand disappeared and she lost her balance, falling straight to the ground.

"Ah, that hurts."

Adelia frowned, completely awake, and looked at Lin Ye with a resentful expression.

Now that her Heart's Web had been shut down by her lord, her perspective had returned to normal, and she naturally understood what had happened.

"How rude!"

With a straight face, Lin Ye snorted in all seriousness and said, "If there's a next time, remember to go somewhere uninhabited. There are too many eyes watching!"

?

Too many eyes?!

What did I do?

Who am I?

Where am I?

In an instant, Adelia was stunned.

She did not dare to turn back. Her mind was already filling up with the thoughts of her comrades laughing crazily behind her back.

Oh my god, I have no face to continue living!

Immediately, her cheeks flushed red and blood surged up to her brain.

And her thoughts did come true. After a short period of calm, thunderous laughter erupted.

"Hahahaha, I'm dying of laughter. Elder Sister Adelia is falling in love!" It was a female ranger with long legs and a thin waist.

"Elder Sister is too brave. She even dares to flirt with the lord! She's our role model!" A certain lady who felt inferior sighed.

"Sobs, I want to feel the lord's embrace too. That bad woman, Adelia, I'll feed her with broad beans for dinner!" This was the envious Nicole.

The effect of the broad beans was similar to purging croton from Earth, but they were more effective. It was said that one of them was enough to cause a person to have diarrhea for several days.

Hmph, any bad woman who has designs on her lord should disappear!—This was the motto of her lord's crazy fan, Nicole.

Alright, the show was over.

Lin Ye pulled Adelia up and shouted to the crowd, "What are you looking at? Can't you see that this lord is teaching his subordinates a lesson? Are you so free that you don't want those 30 sets of Class 3 Purple Tier Magical Armor? The same goes for rangers, if you don't want the Feather Bows, I'll give all 80 of them away at the draw."

"Tru!"

"Yes, my lord!" As the commander, Tru's expression turned serious as he hurriedly replied.

"While I'm training, organize a small-scale combat competition among those of the same level. As long as any of them can win five rounds first, they will have the right to wear the Magical Armor. Same for the rangers, whoever's archery can hit the bullseye five times first will be able to exchange it for the Feather Bow. The equipment that is taken off is to be left in the ruins of the Haunted House. I'll use them later!" 𝑙𝒾𝘣𝘳𝑒𝒶𝒹.𝑐𝘰𝓂

As soon as he said that, the Class 3 soldiers who had not obtained armor and the rangers who were still wearing the free Class 2 blue tier equipment all became excited.

They just had to win five rounds. It was not mentioned that they had to fight with the strongest. The room for manipulation was gigantic.

Immediately, they surrounded Tru, jumped out, and started clamoring for a one-on-one fight.

Everyone's attention was attracted by the fight.

Relieved, Lin Ye looked at Adelia.

The latter's face was still flushed slightly. After she stood up, she asked awkwardly, "My lord, was what you said true?"

"What?" Lin Ye frowned.

"Ah, well… nothing."

Adelia shook her head repeatedly, feeling embarrassed.

She straightened out her thoughts and asked curiously, "Why did the lord call for me then?"

"Nonsense, of course, it's to practice breathing techniques. The genius version is too awkward-sounding. Explain this chapter to this lord. Here, and here!"

Chapter 90

"My lord, the genius version of the breathing technique of my ranger race is called the primitive breathing technique. It has been passed down for a long time."

"However, in my generation, it is lacking. Its power is far inferior to what it was at its peak. It was only thanks to the countless elders of my clan that I was able to continue on my path of cultivation."

"This is the primitive breathing technique. Come, I'll teach you myself…"

Seeing that Lin Ye was listening intently, Adelia calmed herself down and gradually taught him the core that the elders of the clan had imparted to her.

A moment later, experience numbers appeared above Lin Ye's head again.

Primitive Breathing Technique Experience +1, Primitive Breathing Technique Experience +1, Primitive Breathing Technique Experience +1…

100x Reward.

Primitive Breathing Technique Experience +100, Primitive Breathing Technique Experience +100, Primitive Breathing Technique Experience +100…

Ten minutes later, Adelia stopped teaching when Lin Ye had completed the first stage of learning all the breathing techniques.

He sat down cross-legged and circulated his Qi in his core. His hands were placed in a triangle shape as he breathed in and out.

This time, he clearly felt something different.

He vaguely sensed that the inverted triangle palm pose seemed to have produced a slight vortex under the qi circulation of the breathing technique.

With every breath, the whirlpool would spin unsteadily, pulling in the elemental energy in the air.

Of course, the process of absorbing the elemental power for the first time was very long.

Lin Ye didn't know how long he had been meditating before he finally managed to lure a seemingly relaxed and lively wind elemental energy particle over.

However, the little fellow was very cautious. For every three steps it took forward and it would take one step back.

This caused him to be careful every time he breathed, not daring to expose his intention to devour the other party.

He only became ruthless when the particle was about to enter the inverted triangle vortex.

In one go, the vortex's direction reversed and he pulled the wind elemental particle into his core.

"Rascal, you play too much!"

Lin Ye laughed happily. After entering his core, it was like beating a dog behind a closed door. With a series of dull beating, he easily subdued this wind elemental particle.

"You've refined the wind elemental particle!"

100x Reward.

"You've refined 100 wind elemental particles!"

In the blink of an eye, he absorbed more than ten wind elemental particles.

Whoosh—

With 100x Reward, the scene seemed a little exaggerated.

Lin Ye felt as if he was surrounded by dense green energy particles.

Even though he had stopped using the breathing technique, the green energy particles were like his followers, crazily diving into his core and he was unable to stop them even if he wanted to.

From the outside world's point of view, his body was wrapped in a layer of green elemental light.

To a certain extent, it looked like how True looked when he released his battle aura.

"My God, the lord's affinity with elemental energy is too terrifying!"

Adelia was losing her cool.

Wasn't the sharing contract supposed to share the talent of the person who signed it?

Why did the lord suddenly become so powerful after signing the contract with me?!

He was clearly borrowing my talent so why was the gap so huge!

In the distance, Tru sensed a large amount of wind elemental energy gathering while he looked over the new recruits' fight.

He quickly glanced at it and his mouth twitched.

He turned to look at Luo Feng, Su Yu, and Xu Que.

"Don't look at us. We don't understand it either."

The three of them were all expressionless and had no interest in gossip.

The only one who was more clear-headed was probably Priest Gran who had just recovered from his despondency.

His expression became calm again. He no longer felt conflicted about the Class 4 Silver Tier Staff and looked at Lin Ye, who was surrounded by green wind elemental energy.

It was a glorious sight.

This is the master that I, Gran, have chosen. This one person could match a million, no, billions of silver tier weapons.

Whoosh—

At the same time, a strong wind howled as the energy ball that surrounded Lin Ye fused into his body.

"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have understood Class 1 Heart of the Wind Elemental and have successfully advanced to a Class 1 Wind Elemental Ranger!"

"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have understood Class 2 Heart of the Wind Elemental and have successfully become a Class 2 Wind Elemental Ranger!"

"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have understood the Class 3 Wind Elemental Heart and have successfully become a Class 3 Wind Elemental Ranger!"

"Is this the power of Class 3?"

Lin Ye got up, feeling incredulous.

With the powerful observation of Heart's Web, he could clearly sense the subtle changes in his body.

Bang!

He moved quickly as if flying.

100 meters was achieved in 6 seconds, which was more than 3 seconds faster than the 100-meter sprinters on Earth.

He went back and forth three times in a row without feeling breathless.

He then tried his strength, grabbing a black brick and breaking it.

Crack—

It broke.

"Feels good! My strength, constitution, and speed have all been strengthened!"

"Right now, even if I fired a hundred shots from Desert Eagle, I probably won't feel any discomfort."

Lin Ye was overjoyed.

This was the first time he felt strength and completely broke away from the tag of 'powerless'. 𝒍𝒊𝒃𝒓𝙚𝙖𝙙.𝓬𝙤𝙢

Who said that handsome guys were weak?

I, Lin Ye, am the most handsome man in the universe. I can now fight ten strong, handsome, and beautiful men on my own!

"Oh right, there's also the power of the wind element!"

At Class 3, he could use elemental energy like when Luo Feng and the others awakened their battle aura.

"Adelia, pass me your Wind Splitting Bow," Lin Ye spoke up.

"My lord, you've just broken through. I think you should try with the Class 2 Feather Bow first," Adelia reminded him kindly.

"It's okay. Your lord is a strong man now. A mere Class 4 Silver Tier Wind Splitting Bow is definitely not beneath my capabilities." Lin Ye boasted shamelessly.

"…"

Helpless, Adelia could only hand the Wind Splitting Bow to Lin Ye.

"Come, teach me how to do the Storm of Arrows and its technique as well as how to channel the wind elemental particles."

Lin Ye grabbed the Wind Splitting Bow, adjusted it a few times, and shouted excitedly.

"Rumble—"

Under Adelia's guidance, Lin Ye improved rapidly as he channeled the energy through a series of complicated elemental circuits.

Storm of Arrows Experience +10, Storm of Arrows Experience +10, Storm of Arrows Experience +10, Storm of Arrows Experience +10…

100x Reward.

Storm of Arrows Experience +1000, Storm of Arrows Experience +1000, Storm of Arrows Experience +1000, Storm of Arrows Experience +1000…

"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have mastered a Class 3 Storm of Arrows!"

"It's too easy. I've mastered it!" Lin Ye laughed. He no longer needed Adelia's guidance.

"Tsk!"

At this moment, even someone as cultured as Adelia couldn't help but curse.

It was bad enough that his cultivation speed far exceeded hers, but why was his supposed hard work skills so fast as well? Was this his talent?

It hurt her dignity too much!

With that, Lin Ye suddenly leaped up and jumped onto the top of the collapsed haunted house.

He supported his stance with feet behind him and shifted his center of gravity back. Drawing the bowstring, he fired.

His actions were smooth and natural like water flowing. He made the action of shooting like how Guo Jing, the hero from a novel did it.

Whoosh—

The bowstring was pulled taut with difficulty.

At the same time, the wind elemental power in his core, rushing along his meridians and infusing in the Storm of Arrows.

"F*ck!"

Lin Ye cursed under his breath, his face pale.

This Class 4 Silver Tier Wind Splitting Bow was simply a behemoth. Just one arrow required so much wind elemental power.

It almost sucked him dry.

Fortunately, under the gazes of his lackeys, he didn't embarrass himself too much. A layer of green sheen covered the surface of the arrow.

Gasp!

At the next moment, the arrow pierced through the air and transformed into a green arrow beam that flew into the forest.

Rumble!

Chapter 91

Rumble!

A deafening explosion sounded 500 meters away.

Immediately after, a grayish mushroom cloud soared into the sky, and a terrifying energy tide raged.

The wind howled, splitting the clouds as dead leaves flew everywhere.

"Tsk!"

Lin Ye's face turned green. He felt bitter in his heart. "I forgot to turn off the lord's skin special effect! This is f*cking embarrassing!"

A moment later, when everything returned to normal.

All the native workers and human citizens had poker faces on.

Even the zombies in the field within the range of the explosion were extremely confused.

?

It looked like it was a fierce surging tide, but nothing changed.

The only change was probably when the arrow hit a tree and… it ended there.

"…" 𝒍𝒊𝒃𝒓𝙚𝙖𝙙.𝓬𝙤𝙢

Everyone fell silent.

Right at this moment, an extremely exciting shout sounded from the ground.

"The lord's divine power is unparalleled and has reached the Transcendent Realm. That arrow just now clearly contained supreme power, but with the perfect control, the lord has its strength laid within. I believe that although the tree which was shot looks unscratched on the surface, its interior has long been destroyed."

The person who spoke was none other than Lin Ye's number one lackey, no, his number one supporter.

Tru's tone was filled with excitement and his belief. He continued in a loud voice, "Our clan's first supreme elder once said that a cultivator's main focus lay in controlling their energy. Focus on a single point and reach the peak. He was talking about an outstanding genius cultivator like our lord. Such a person will definitely stand at the top of the world in the future!"

As soon as he said that, everyone looked at each other.

Many quick-witted people were enlightened and looked at Tru with admiration.

They had no choice but to accept it. No wonder this uncultured and rough-looking guy could become the lord's favorite, personal guard, and commander.

This bootlicking skill was definitely not something one could easily beat.

We are ashamed to be associated with him.

However, the next moment, everyone 'agreed' with Tru's words.

Even the new recruits who were fighting had stopped.

The crowd cheered loudly.

"The world's overlord!"

"The world's overlord!"

"The world's overlord!"

….

"!"

Lin Ye silently gave Tru a thumbs-up.

He stood with his hands behind his back, looking calm and collected.

Whoosh—

Behind the lord's skin, the cape fluttered in the wind.

For a moment, it looked extremely impressive.

Of course, it would be even more perfect if the trembling hand behind his back was not hurting.

After all, he had just entered Class 3 and his body had yet to be fully strengthened.

The Wind Splitting Bow devoured the elemental power too quickly, causing his fingers to ache.

After a moment, he felt that it was about time.

Lin Ye coughed lightly to stop the crowd from cheering. "Alright, those who need to fight can continue. The top 49 can exchange their contribution points for 1 Class 3 Attributeless Soldiers Upgrade Scroll. For those who are already Class 3, you're only allowed to exchange for Magical Armor. It's decided then."

With that, he ignored what the others thought and returned the Wind Splitting Bow to Adelia before going to find Priest Gran.

"Old Gu, quick, give me some sacred healing. It hurts so much."

Knowing that he could not hide it from this old fellow, Lin Ye did not plan on acting. The moment he arrived, he gritted his teeth and stretched out his hands that were as red as pig trotters.

At the same time, he sighed inwardly. He would have to be careful when he tries to show off. Next time, he should just quietly watch others show off instead.

"A small matter." Gran stroked his beard and chuckled. A ray of holy light poured down from his hand and covered Lin Ye's hands.

In less than a minute, all the bruises disappeared.

At this moment, Zhang Liang rushed back with the ten or so wolf cavalries. Treasure chests were hung all over the wolf cavalry.

18 Wilderness Treasure Chests, 12 Sandalwood, and 6 Bronze ones, not one more or one less.

"My lord, I've accomplished my mission." Zhang Liang jumped off the Gale Wolf and handed over all the treasure chests respectfully.

"Well done."

Lin Ye kept the treasure chest into the Civilization Archive and patted the young man's shoulder in satisfaction.

Young people were indeed efficient.

"Catch it." He casually threw out a small porcelain bottle.

"My lord, this… this is!"

Zhang Liang's eyes lit up. He grabbed the porcelain bottle in the air. He seemed to have sensed something and was so excited that he became speechless.

"The antidote to saving your father. A Level 2 Purifying Pill. It should be enough to remove the corpse poison in your father's body," Lin Ye said calmly.

Previously, when he opened the treasure chests, this Purifying Pill was among them. It was merely a Level 2 pill so it did not catch his attention at all.

But to Zhang Liang, this was undoubtedly the most precious thing.

He had already promised to save Zhang Liang's father, so he gave the pills to him directly.

Doing this would also show others that as long as they worked hard for their lord, they would definitely obtain benefits.

Otherwise, even if they were loyalists, there would still be a difference.

"This is more than enough. My dad was bitten by a Level 2 Swift Zombie. This bottle of pills is just enough. Thank you for your help, my lord." Zhang Liang shed tears of gratitude.

Lin Ye raised his hand. "Don't be happy too soon. The market trade has yet to open. When it does, go locate your father's location. If the market trade happens to cover his location, you can consider yourself lucky. If it doesn't, you should prepare yourself."

"Yes, yes. This subordinate understands." Zhang Liang nodded repeatedly. To have hope was already something to be thankful for.

Over the past few days, be it the World or Regional Channel, the number of deaths has increased almost every day. It was too scary.

He was already extremely lucky to have a chance to save his father. He did not dare to hope for anything else.

"As long as you understand."

Lin Ye nodded, increasingly satisfied with Zhang Liang's attitude.

At this moment, the system sent a congratulatory message.

"You have obtained 2,854 Zombie Souls!"

100x Reward.

"You have obtained 285,400 Zombie Souls!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Ye turned his gaze to the hundreds of Level 2 Zombie Converters. At this moment, they were densely packed with glowing green particles.

It was the Zombie Souls which everyone was familiar with.

In the underworld, this was their currency. The desire in the eyes of the native workers was evident when they swept their gaze across the Souls.

This was real!

At the same time, this was also where Lord Lin's confidence stemmed from!

After a while, the battle between the new recruits ended.

The warriors who were ranked at the front changed into the Class 3 Purple Tier Magical Armor.

There were also 49 lucky Class 2 soldiers who obtained Class 3 attributeless soldiers upgrade scrolls.

Dozens of golden beams landed and another 42 Class 3 soldiers were added to the territory. (There was a chance for the upgrade scrolls to fail.)

Once they obtained the records of battle aura, their combat strength would increase drastically.

For rangers, their improvement was limited. After all, he only had 80+ Class 2 Feather Bows. Currently, he does not have much bow-type equipment.

In a few days, when the bunker enters the tribal era, he might be able to develop all kinds of Class 3 firearms.

When the time came, they would exchange spears for cannons.

There was no need to use bows. He could just change them for Desert Eagles or M4A1s.

Combined with the new blueprint for Class 3 Demon Hunters, their long-range offensive power would also increase greatly.

"Alright, everything is ready now. I can start acting strong now!"

Chapter 92

"My lord, give me a few more minutes. The video is almost completed. I'm just short of the lottery speech at the end. As liars, bah, we're not lying. It's a kind lie. Anyway, we're giving them actual benefits. It'll be done soon."

"Troublesome!" Lin Ye rolled his eyes, feeling a little tired.

According to his plan, he might as well say it directly. 'Like this video and I'll carry you guys!'

The background was filled with Zombie Souls and Class 2 and 3 equipment…

What was more convincing than money?

At the very least, he had captured so many human lords under him. He could get a few of them to crazily support the post and channel.

Wouldn't it be easy to get a million likes?

Forget it. He didn't have to worry about it anyway. He could do whatever he wanted.

He watched as Dong Wei got busy.

Lin Ye did not have the heart to spoil his mood. He shook his head. Since he had nothing to do, he started to clear the shelves of the Reputation Shop.

Didn't he just get 1,000,000 Reputation Points? If he didn't buy high-level goods, wouldn't it be a waste of the system's filial piety towards him?

"Balcony with Outdoor Bed—10,000 Reputation points. Purchased!"

"Autumn Sandalwood Tea Table—13,000 Reputation points. Purchased!"

"Taiji Black Gold Tea Set—18,000 Reputation points. Purchased!"

"Mountain Bulang's 10 Year Pu'er—15,000 Reputation points. Purchased!"

"SY135C Small Size Excavator—100,000 Reputation points. Purchased!"

"Home use 10KW diesel generator—6,900 Reputation points. Purchased!"

"Diesel (500 liters)—3,500 Reputation points. Purchased!"

"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have spent 50,000 Reputation points. Reputation Shop has upgraded to Level 4."

"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have spent 100,000 Reputation points. Reputation Shop has upgraded to Level 5."

"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have spent 200,000 Reputation points. Reputation Shop has upgraded to Level 6."

He browsed through more than ten pages in a row. It didn't matter if it was useful or not or if it was expensive. He bought them all.

The rich could spend however they wanted!

No matter who he wronged, he could not wrong himself!

Feeling that he had bought enough, Lin Ye did not go over the top this time and temporarily stopped buying.

"Wang Qiang, your chance has come!" Lin Ye smiled.

"What?" Wang Qiang was still confused. What was going on?

"Your lord has found something good for you!" Lin Ye waved his hand, and a yellow and black excavator flew out from the Civilization Archive and landed on the ground.

"F*ck!" Wang Qiang was stunned.

Was this real?

The lord really got him an excavator!

He was still joking with his lord this morning. He didn't expect the surprise to come so quickly that he almost lost him.

The other human lords were the same. All of them stared with their eyes wide open and were speechless.

Tru and the other native workers were all filled with curiosity as they circled the excavator.

They had never seen such a strange thing in their entire lives.

"Move away."

Lin Ye dispersed the native citizens who had turned into curious children. He turned his head to look at Wang Qiang and asked, "Do you still know how to operate it?"

"I do, I know it too well," Wang Qiang nodded repeatedly.

Previously, Dong Wei, who was also a member of Crouching Dragon and Phoenixes of the Men, worked for the lord to increase his value.

He would be lying if he said that he was not envious.

But he only knew how to use an excavator. This ability was trash in the underworld.

Even if he were to chat with the lord and talk about things like planes and cannons, it was just a fool's dream.

After thinking about that, he felt disheartened.

After all, those things were too unreal in this world. They were so unreal that it felt unbelievable.

Originally, he had planned to follow Dong Wei obediently in the future. At least in the future, he could obtain an official position in the territory and live a carefree life.

He did not expect his lord to be so resourceful to get an excavator so quickly.

This was simply a chance for Qin Ling's Little Zhuge to rise up.

"My lord, what do you want to dig? I'll flatten it for you immediately!" Wang Qiang excitedly climbed into the driver's seat and shouted excitedly.

"Bury the remains of the Haunted House first. I want to do something big to maximize the impact of the promotional video."

Lin Ye was scheming in his heart.

The mission to exchange for treasure chests required 100 human lords to join him.

In the territory, including Dong Wei, Zhang Bao'er, and the other human lords, there were only 26 people.

There was still a long way to go before reaching a hundred people. It would be too troublesome to capture them one by one.

As the old saying goes, you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink. Tsk, guiding them would be better than killing them off… it wasn't as if…

F*ck, I forgot…

The general idea was to let some of the human lords who weren't doing well join them.

Humans were after all living things that thrived in communities. If they weren't doing well, they would want to cozy up to someone powerful.

As long as his legs were thick, hard, and strong enough, he wouldn't need to worry about people not relying on him.

Of course, it was important to send people to catch them personally.

After all, there were some people who were born arrogant. He could not let them have their way.

Soon, Wang Qiang finished adding diesel to the excavator and started working vigorously.

Rumble!

The power of the excavator was strong. Wang Qiang's skill was not exaggerated either. In a short while, he overturned the debris and flattened the place.

The people from the underworld were dumbfounded.

You could do that?

That metal lump was too efficient!

"Come, lay a red carpet for me and let the people in the world broaden their horizons. Our reputation as the number one survivor in the world is not undeserved! Let them see us. The only word in their subconsciousness when they see this should be 'rich'!"

Ignoring the stunned expressions on the faces of the people from the underworld, Lin Ye was also feeling arrogant now. He had given himself the title of number one in the world. Casually throwing out a large red carpet, Tru and the others tactfully laid it out.

Finally, he added an outdoor balcony to the carpet, a wooden tea table, tea set, tea leaves, and natural mountain spring water.

Perfect!

Lin Ye laid comfortably on the mini sofa that came with the outdoor balcony.

Coincidentally, among the human lords that he had caught this time, there was a professional tea master.

Her name was quite nice too, Xue Xianyao!

She seemed to be a top student who recently graduated. 𝒍𝒊𝙗𝓻𝒆𝓪𝙙.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Because she was too pretty, she was often harassed by others which resulted in her going back to inherit her family's tea shop.

In the eyes of ordinary people in China, she was also a great beauty with both talent and looks.

But here, she led a miserable life.

When Lin Ye caught her, she had yet to even trigger the bunker mission.

In other words, till now, she had never killed a zombie before…

"My lord, you actually have Mountain Bulang's Pu Erh Tea Leaves that are more than ten years old. That's awesome!"

Xue Xianyao looked at the tea set and tea leaves on the tea table and could not help but exclaim.

Although her family background was not bad, it was simply average.

The tea and tea set which Lin Ye was using now was what she wanted back in China.

However, she could not bear to buy it because it was too expensive and the price-performance ratio was not worth it.

"It's nothing much. Come, make a cup of tea. Let this lord try your skills in tea making and see if it's good." Lin Ye laid on the chair and narrowed his eyes as he looked at the beautiful tea master making tea. For some reason, he felt a sense of satisfaction.

"My lord… there's no electricity here…" Xue Xianyao said weakly.

He had all kinds of other tools, including water which was natural spring water from the mountains purchased with Reputation Points. It was crazy expensive.

However, no matter how good she was at brewing tea, it was useless without hot water.

"It's okay, we have a generator."

With a thud, Lin Ye threw out the newly bought generator from the Reputation Shop.

"My lord, I'll activate it for you."

As the leader of the science and engineering department, Jiang Gong also came over to show his worth. He solved the problem of generating electricity in a few seconds.

While boiling water, Dong Wei finally came up with a lucky draw speech and ran over excitedly.

Chapter 93

"Done?"

Lin Ye immediately got up from the sofa and waved his hand. "Come, come, come. Hurry up. Zhang Liang's father and the billions of citizens in this world still need this lord to save them."

"My lord, shall we watch it first? I think it's good." Dong Wei said expectantly.

This was the first time he had meticulously produced a video. He wanted to show the lord the results no matter what.

Every cent was worth its weight in gold. His lord's money was not wasted.

"Why should I watch? I will watch it with the others. Post it and we shall watch it with people around the world. Besides, you've already wasted a long time. Let's talk about it next time."

Lin Ye unexpectedly rejected him immediately and urged, "Hurry up and send it to the world channel. Complete the mission of getting a million likes. Zhang Liang's father is still waiting to be saved."

"…"

Dong Wei had a long face, feeling like his art had been insulted.

Yet, this was their supreme lord who was above all.

"Brother Wei, what the lord said makes sense. Let's watch it together. When my father is saved, I'll help you take videos every day."

On the other hand, Zhang Liang was anxious to save his father. He clasped his hands together and looked at Dong Wei pleadingly.

"Don't call me that. Use a different word, you can call me Brother Dong, Ah Wei, or even Little Wei. Just don't call me that. It's not auspicious."

Dong Wei waved his hands repeatedly and corrected Zhang Liang in all seriousness. 𝓵𝓲𝓫𝙧𝓮𝙖𝙙.𝒄𝓸𝙢

"Oh, I understand, Brother Wei." Zhang Liang nodded obediently, looking harmless.

Tsk—You!

Dong Wei cursed inwardly. Why did he feel that these fellows were all so shameless and were better at acting than him?

In the end, he could not disobey the lord's orders. Dong Wei opened the world channel and clicked on the upload button.

At the same time, Lin Ye quickly opened his Civilization Archive.

Dong Wei was his loyalist, him sending a video was the same as sending it himself and the infographics would be sent to him as well.

Likes +1, Likes +1, Likes +1…

100x Reward.

Likes +100, Likes +100, Likes +100…

"What the f*ck, this thing can get 100x Reward too?"

Lin Ye started. Sometimes, 100x Reward did not work too like for Reputation Shop and Bunker Experience Points.

He thought that likes for videos wouldn't count so it was unexpected that it could.

If that was the case, he only needed 10,000 likes for the million likes mission.

"It's increasing, it's increasing. Wow, it's increasing too quickly!"

Zhang Liang was the most excited as they looked at the rapidly increasing number of likes. He excitedly grabbed Wang Qiang's arm.

Perhaps because he was Awakened, his physique was stronger than ordinary people, Wang Qiang actually gnashed his teeth and cried out.

Perhaps because he was a talent, his physique was stronger than ordinary people, Wang Qiang actually gnashed his teeth and cried out.

"Forget it, just don't do it again. Also, I'm not interested in guys. Remember, you're not allowed to have any improper thoughts about me." As Wang Qiang spoke, he distanced himself from Zhang Liang with a wary expression.

The same went for Jiang Gong and the rest.

"…"

Zhang Liang wanted to cry but no tears fell. "I… I'm not! Listen to me!"

"Hey, look, why did the likes suddenly stop and decrease instead?"

Suddenly, Zhang Bao'er reached out and said anxiously.

In fact, everyone saw it too.

"That's not right. Did I miss something? That doesn't make sense." Dong Wei could not believe it.

His first big project in another world failed just like that?!

The atmosphere was a little awkward.

Lin Ye's face was tense as he opened the world channel indifferently.

Information flowed like a river. Even though he paused the function, he could not see the data information clearly. In the blink of an eye, it increased to 9999+ notifications.

"Alright, I've found the reason. There are too many messages on the world channel. Only those who use the pause function can see the video at that timestamp. Some of them liked it while others disliked it."

Lin Ye said in a low voice.

"Oh and my lord, on the third day, which is this morning, the chat channel unlocked a spending function. It's the one in the upper right corner. Many people complained about how expensive it was and no one has used it yet," Zhang Liang's eyes lit up as he hurriedly said.

In order to save his father, he browsed through various channels for information.

"Why didn't you say so earlier?" Lin Ye glared at him and heaved a sigh of relief. As long as it was something that could be settled with money, it would not be a problem.

Soon, he opened the World Channel's spending column.

Spend 10 Zombie Souls and you can send another message. The number of Zombie Souls will increase by 2 for each additional Channel Message Pin Function (Time Limited: 1 minute for 100 Zombie Souls. Higher bidders can replace the pinned message)World Channel Message Pin Function (Limited to 30 seconds, 1,000 Zombie Souls. Higher bidders can replace the pinned message)Silencing Function (Spend any amount of Zombie Soul to gag a Survivor that you don't like. The other party requires double the amount of Zombie Soul to remove the gag. Silence Time: 1 day)Showtime Face (There is no upper limit. The more money you spend, the showier it gets and the more surprises you will get)

"F*ck, why do these rules look a little familiar?"

Everyone looked at each other.

"It's one thing to look familiar, but this price is a little ridiculous. Our video will take at least five minutes. The world channel's pinned message will cost 1,000 Souls for 30 seconds. In other words, the video will take at least 10,000 Souls to finish playing?" Jiang Gong from the Engineering Department instantly calculated the amount and couldn't help but gulp.

The mouths of others dried up as well.

Just the price to pin the message on top was enough to sell them off. Perhaps even selling them off would not be sufficient to afford it.

After all, this was not a small amount.

10,000 Zombie Souls…

It was money that you could obtain only after killing 10,000 Level 1 zombies.

Of course, this was for ordinary people. For their lord, who was the European King, it was nothing.

As expected, Lin Ye didn't even blink and directly threw in 20,000 Zombie Souls.

"…"

Rich bast*rd!

Everyone complained, but it did feel good to watch.

They would be termed rich bast*rds if they were strangers but since the lord was family, he was their daddy!

A moment later, after playing the Zombie Souls, Lin Ye immediately pinned the video at the top of the channel.

Rumble!

The Civilization Archive of all the Survivors around the world vibrated.

Then, strange scenes appeared on the screen. Nine dragons pulling the coffin, a meteor descending from the skies, a goddess descending from the heavens. Countless holograms formed an invincible divine pattern.

"Lord Lin Ye has arrived!"

In an instant, the entire world blew up.

Dong Wang: Sure, the way he appeared was too cool. It looked like how I was back on Earth!

Tracey: Wow, the big boss is here. Finally, the big boss. Sobs, begging the big boss to carry me. I'm starving to death here.

Li Wenjian: I went to look up about it, just this showing will cost at least 10,000 Zombie Souls! Spit, a rich bast*rd!

Claire: Oh my God, the oriental man in the video is so attractive. F*ck… Leon, forget about me.

Scarlett: That damn smile, that damn silhouette. I love this man to death. Baby, add me to your friend list.

In an instant, Lin Ye's private message exploded.

Previously during the world announcement, the entire server could not open Lin Ye's profile, but they could now because Lin Ye posted a video.

"xxx wishes to add you as their friend!"

"ooo wishes to add you as their friend! Note: I'm a cute girl. As long as you give me blue tier equipment, I can send nudes!"

"bbb wishes to add you as their friend! Note: Big boss, I love you. I want to have children with you~!"

"qqq wishes to add you as their friend! Note: Hi, Lin, I like Asian men a lot. You're too charming. I like to make friends like you!"

Chapter 94

In the blink of an eye, the friend request column reached 9999+, reaching its upper limit.

Lin Ye quickly blocked all the friend requests and sent a small pinned post on the world channel. (Character Limit: 500)

Lin Ye: "I won't be adding friends for the time being, please be understanding. Watch the video and give it a Like. Benefits will be given when the likes go past 1 million. Thank you!"

Upon seeing this, many people temporarily gave up on the idea of cozying up to him.

Since they were all bored, they started watching the video seriously.

Bell Edmund: "This background music is not bad. The feeling is there, but the words are a little awkward. I don't understand them."

Haywood: "Is that the main point? Friend, please take a look at the number of soldiers. It's just a dark mass. There must be at least a few thousand of them!"

Liu Zhang: "Equipment, look at their equipment. Damn it, the front row is all equipped with Class 3 Purple Tier weapons and armor. The ones in the middle are also equipped with Class 3 Purple Tier weapons. The trashiest in the main group are all at least Class 2 Blue Tier weapons. God, if I had one-thousandth of his equipment, I would be able to fly!"

Remistrio: "Damn it, why does he also have a mount! What's this, the description says that it's a giant earth wolf? A wind wolf? An iron blooded horse…"

Ava: "Let me count. 68 Class 3 Wolf Cavalry Soldiers, 200 Class 3 Iron-Blooded Horses, 500 Class 2 Ferghana Horses, and nearly 1000 ordinary horses. Heavens, how many Zombie Souls would that cost!"

Mi Zi: "He's too strong. I'm willing to call this lineup the strongest in the world!"

Likes +1, Likes +1, Likes +1, Likes +1…

Dislike -2, Dislike -2, Dislike -2, Dislike -2…

100x Reward.

Likes +100, Likes +100, Likes +100…

Current Likes: 287,000

His popularity score was increasing rapidly, but clearly, it was not as fast as he had imagined.

Obviously, many people had disliked it, and there were quite a few of them who did so.

Otherwise, with Lin Ye's 100x Reward, he could've exceeded a million likes in a few seconds.

However, it was not a big problem. No matter how terrible the haters were, with 100x Reward, 1 fan of Lin Ye's could beat 50 anti-fans.

"Zhang Liang, bring out the captured human lords and make them like the video. Even if it's not much, it's still something. Don't waste it." Lin Ye turned his head and said.

"My lord is wise!" Zhang Liang's eyes lit up. He quickly got someone to bring the boxes containing the Civilization Archives over and used them to like the video.

26 people. That would mean 2,600 likes. Wonderful!

At this moment, the first part of the video ended. It was the scene of Lin Ye activating the lord's skin special effect and starting the expedition with a literal bang.

There was a small climax in the chat.

There were mixed reactions from all the different countries…

On Lin Ye's interface, the chat was paused.

Kardashian: "Oh my god, this damn charisma. I can't take it anymore. I want to become that giant earth wolf!"

Bella: "Pervert. You're still the same even in another world. Get lost and stay away from our Lin clan."

Liu Tianlong: "F*ck, the power of this Desert Eagle is too terrifying. Hold on, not long ago, didn't someone in China post a photo of this explosion as well?"

Wang Ye: "I think so. I saw it and it looked the same. I even took a screenshot. Let me send it here." Image Attachment (jpg)

Zhou Ling: "I knew it. The name Lin Ye shows that he must be someone from China. Those red-eyed monsters want to claim everything. Why don't you grab sh*t then! ( )"

Little Chestnut: "Those people are 'honest and simple'. This is what they always do, you'll get used to it."

Jinkela: "Tsk, I'm eating dirt here and you actually dare to show off here? If he's a citizen of my country, it would've been fine. But he's actually a Chinese native? F*ck you, and you still dared to ask for likes? I'll give you a thumb up your ass. Brothers, attack him and trample on him. This video must be a special type of mission! End him! Copy and paste this below. Talking on the World Channel itself is too expensive and I can only send this once. I must pull him down. If he's not from my country, I'll destroy him!"

Pu Yinshan: "Just step on it and it'll be over. Trash! Spit!"

Li Jing: "Hahaha, they're anxious. Since when have the people of China ever been afraid of competing? Brothers, let's go! It's time to bring glory to our country!"

Liu Xiuxian: "You have a lot of people but there is a lot of internal strife. There might even be more people from your own country stepping on him than people from other countries. Hahahaha!"

The chat group turned into a catfight session.

Lin Ye did not care about that. His focus was on the likes. With 100x Reward, he was not worried that he would not be able to complete the mission. He was just worried that the likes would not be enough and when the time came if the market would be able to cover the area where his family was at.

As expected, even with the haters from other countries criticizing him, everything was useless under the collective praise of the people from his own country.

The number of likes increased rapidly and it was a completely one-sided situation.

400,000… 600,000… 800,000…1,000,000…

The numbers were still increasing rapidly, and the system sent out a global announcement.

"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye for being the first to complete the mission of getting 1,000,000 likes. The market page has been opened. The trading range will be determined by the number of likes received. The final range will be decided by the number of likes received at the end of the video! Please work hard!"

? 𝓁𝒾𝒷𝘳ℯ𝘢𝑑.𝑐ℴ𝓂

The video paused for a moment. Then, there was a huge commotion.

From the system's global announcement, they found the keywords.

Over a million likes?

The market page has been opened?

The number of likes he received would determine the market range?!

At the thought of that, many people became excited.

"Brothers from other countries, don't let them take the lead. They might become our enemy in the future. Giving likes now is no different from aiding the enemy!"

The smart people started to lead the conversation towards the conflict between countries.

As soon as they said this, countless people from their country followed suit and copied those words. For a moment, those words dominated the page.

These sarcastic remarks gained quite a lot of momentum. The number of people who disliked the video increased rapidly and greatly hindered the rate of increasing likes.

"Damn it, those scums! I'll f*ck your 18 generations of ancestors!"

Zhang Liang cursed with a dark expression.

The range of the market trade concerned his father's life, so how could he not be angry?

"Don't be anxious."

Lin Ye chuckled and ignored the haters for the time being. There were still four minutes until the end of the video.

He opened the market page and quickly scanned the functions.

Information is as follows:

Market Level: 1

Functions: 1. Common Marketplace (Rental: 1,000 Zombie Souls for 3 months)

Note: It's a fixed price, no need for negotiation. Set the number of goods you need to sell. The buyer will pay first. First come first serve basis.

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Selectable Marketplace (Rent: 1,500 Zombie Souls for 3 months)

Note: You can choose whether to trade. Able to search up names and designate trading partners, or restrict trading partners. Includes other comprehensive functions…

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Range of Transaction (100 likes = 1 square kilometer)

Upon seeing this, Lin Ye narrowed his eyes.

Chapter 95

"It's 1.4 million likes now, which means 14,000 square kilometers. The range is too small."

Lin Ye mumbled and opened the trading map.

Note: If the trading map encompasses your relatives or friends you added, your chat history with them will light up.

Alright, it didn't light up. The chat history with his parents and sister was all dark.

"If the first time is the most effective, I'll have to go big!"

Lin Ye was determined.

He spent another 4,000 Zombie Souls and pinned another four messages.

"Friends from all over the world, it doesn't matter whether you like me or criticize me. There's an old saying in my country. When you're out, you walk on a path and the people you make are friends. Everyone, vote for me and we will be friends."

"To tell you the truth, the number of likes is related to the range of the market. From now on, I will put up equipment or Zombie Souls on the market page every three seconds." 𝓁𝑖𝘣𝘳ℯ𝘢𝘥.𝒸ℴ𝑚

"If you want to see what equipment there is, you can fast forward to the end of the video. All the equipment that I would give out is on the ground. The rich have to make others rich as well. As long as I have food, I will not let everyone starve."

"Of course, the market trading can only be done within my territory's range. Doing something small will allow you to obtain excellent equipment on a first come first serve basis."

Four consecutive pinned messages shocked many people until they were dizzy.

Coincidentally, the video also captured the blue tier equipment that fell all over the ground. Among them was a few purple tier equipment too.

Eddie: "God, so much equipment. Is he really giving it all away?"

Jin Chilao: "No, I don't believe it. He's lying!"

Zhang Aili: "Boss Lin Ye, I've given you a Like. Hurry up and distribute the goods. I've already found dozens of small stones and am ready to shoot them!"

Ivanov: "Secretly gathering information here. If you have any friends who have gotten it, please let me know! ( )"

Lin Ye replied, "Do it immediately."

"My lord, are you sure you want to do the giveaway now? My elaborate scam hasn't even played yet," Dong Wei said aggrievedly.

"Let's see how it goes. Give them out first. These fellows are all people who don't shoot until they see a rabbit. If we don't give them some benefits, they'll be stubborn."

Lin Ye sneered and directly bought one year's worth of Common Marketplace and Selectable Marketplace.

Soon, the profile picture on the market page lit up, and the words 'Level 1 Member' appeared.

"Alright, you win I guess!"

Lin Ye was speechless and dispelled his distracting thoughts.

His gaze landed on the choices on the market page.

After thinking for a moment, he ruled out Common Marketplace and opened Selectable Marketplace.

Set Trading Partners: Set trading probability of people who disliked the video as 0. Set the trading probability of people who scolded me as 0. Set the trading probability of people who were rude to my country as 0. Set the trading probability of people from country A as 0. No, set the trading probability of foreigners to 0.

"Mm, that's about it."

Looking at the restrictions done up in the marketplace, Lin Ye nodded in satisfaction.

The corners of Zhang Bao'er, Dong Wei, Zhang Liang, and the others' mouths twitched.

Indeed, the lord's mouth was a lying one.

Just now, he was still talking about how he didn't care about the past. What the f*ck, things like walking down the road and making friends. It was all an illusion.

Inside the minds of the native citizens.

Priest Gran, Chef Nicole, and Ranger Adelia looked at each other and smiled knowingly.

That's right. This petty attitude was the lord they knew.

They were still wondering why their lord would do something so stupid like supporting the enemy, but now they understood.

"Why are you all looking at me?"

Lin Ye asked Tru to throw ten blue tier equipment into the market page as he turned his head to look at the few human citizens. He pursed his lips and said, "A bunch of rascals who have yet to enter society can't even understand this insincere facade, and yet they are barking so arrogantly like dogs? They still expect me to give them equipment?"

"Tsk, overthinking people. I'd rather throw the equipment into a latrine than give them to these human scum. They don't deserve to be humans!"

"Then, in your eyes, what are humans?" Zhang Bao'er raised her hand and asked curiously.

"Of course it's those who are close to me. For example, everyone present. Those who are my enemies are not humans," Lin Ye replied in all seriousness.

"…"

This answer, this logic.

Great, he did sound like a lord.

During the conversation, more than 10 Class 2 blue tier equipment were sent to the market page. There were both weapons and armor.

They were all trash that the soldiers had just taken off from not long ago.

"Holy sh*t, so fast!"

In less than 0.5 seconds, all the equipment disappeared.

In its place were more than ten small stones. A retarded guy actually threw a huge pebble in.

Lin Ye was so angry about his lack of principles that he blocked him.

"My lord, you need to remind the guys who got the equipment to advertise. That would be better…"

After a moment, Zhang Liang kept his eyes on the chat screen. When he saw that there was no movement in the public chat, he frowned.

"You reminded me."

Lin Ye slapped his forehead and sent another message. "Everyone who has obtained the equipment, take a screenshot and send a message here to prove that I'm not lying!"

However, there were only a few responses and they were quickly drowned out by the flood of notifications.

"These guys!" Lin Ye scratched his head, a bit annoyed.

"My lord, some of them might not have a chance to speak." The new tea master, Xue Xianyao, was smart and reminded him softly.

"How troublesome. Outsiders are just unreliable. I have to make good reviews myself."

Lin Ye was a little angry.

He opened the trading interface and changed it to: If you are not my people, the trading probability will be 0.

"Our lord is wise!"

"Our lord is awesome!"

"Our lord is great! That's a good idea, hahaha!"

Upon seeing this, everyone was elated.

This was how online merchants on Earth did things as well.

They would write the good reviews themselves since no one else would know anyway.

"Hurry up. There's no need to save on Zombie Souls. Screenshot it from some distance and post it in the pinned messages on the world channel!"

Lin Ye hurriedly instructed.

At this moment, there were only two minutes left before the video ended.

And the number of likes he had was only 9 million. It was still far from what he wanted.

On his side, he was crazily stocking up the shelves!

Although people from other countries could not buy it, they could clearly see the equipment displayed on the market page.

Soon, the equipment disappeared one after another, proving that the goods had been purchased.

On the other side, Zhang Liang and the others organized the human lords that they had just captured. Under the baton threat of Tru, Xu Que, they took photos one after another and praised their lord on the world channel.

Liu Yue: "Five-star rating. Lord Lin Ye is generous. Long live Boss. This is the black iron longsword that I managed to grab."

Zhang Chao: "Five-star rating. Boss is awesome. This is the Class 2 Blue Tier Bow and Arrow that I got. I'm going to take a flight now, hahaha!"

Li Kang: "Five-star rating. Lord is a real man. I scolded him but still managed to get a Class 2 Blue tier weapon, Longsword. My lord, from now on, I will be your loyal fan."

Qian Yuegeng: "Five-star rating. Lord Lin Ye's promise is worth a thousand gold. This is the Class 3 New Moon Battleaxe that I grabbed. Big boss, I love you!"

Chapter 96

"This little bastard, does he take the humans of the world as fools? The good reviews he received are too fake!"

Thousands of square kilometers away, in a graveyard of a desert oasis.

A few youths with yellow hair gathered together. One of the younger men pointed at the Civilization Archive as he trembled in anger.

"Boss, in the entire world, China's social network is probably the most developed so people from other countries will probably fall for it."

A lackey reminded me.

"No, I have to create some roadblocks for him and make use of this to advertise our Hongxing Thirty-Six."

After saying that, the blondie's brain raced. Not only was he not angry, but his eyes were also lit up.

The more he thought about it, the more promising it seemed!

"Bosses, including the elderly, weak, women, and children, we only have 27 people." A lackey thought that his boss had made a mistake in calculation and reminded him softly.

"Do you think I graduated from primary school like you? Do I need you to point me in the right direction? Who are you looking down on? It's all just an exaggeration. Do you understand? The higher the numbers, the more representative they are. If it wasn't for the short time, I would have said Hongxing Hundred and Eight. If you don't understand, shut up." The yellow-haired boss was a little angry.

The lackeys this season were too dumb.

Not only were they slow and cowardly in killing zombies, but even their brains were also lacking.

They couldn't keep up with him at all. If his old friends from China were here, he would have taken off long ago.

"You guys, transfer all your Zombie Souls from the resource page to me. Just 1,000 in total will do." The yellow-haired boss had a straight face as he forced them to give it to him.

Many people became awkward.

1,000 Zombie Souls was a painful thought.

"Boss, don't be impulsive. Although we can gather the money if we grit our teeth, the entire camp is still waiting for the money to recruit soldiers and upgrade the bunker. If it's all for nothing, not only will it be a waste of money, it will also delay our development for a day."

A quiet-looking boy advised, "This is a gamble. If you don't succeed, you will die trying. It's safer to develop steadily."

"What do you know? Borrowing Lin Ye's influence, our 36 Young Masters of Hongxing can go further. Can you recall how many of us there were on the first day? What about now? In just three days, if it weren't for my eloquence, would we have been able to gather more than twenty people?"

"In China, strength comes with numbers. Look at our territory. Just the rangers and native workers who were given to us for free amount to hundreds of people."

"This is power. What do you know!"

"You still don't understand? F*ck! To put it bluntly, you can upgrade the bunker with 1,000 Zombie Souls and recruit soldiers but how many can you recruit? 50 Class 1 soldiers? We'll take advantage of this opportunity. Once our reputation is established, all the weak humans within a few thousand kilometers will gather here."

"Each of them will bring four native workers and four rangers. Think about it. As long as 13 people join us, it will not be a loss. Do you understand?"

"I have a feeling that today is our opportunity. Once we miss it, it will never happen again."

At this point, the yellow-haired boss swept his determined gaze across everyone. "Brothers, trust me. I, Qi Delong, never boast. Believe me and give me your Zombie Souls. It's okay if you don't believe me. Hongxing Thirty-Six shall be disbanded and everyone can return to their respective homes. We don't owe each other anything."

Upon hearing this, many people panicked. Without Qi Delong's leadership, what use were they? They wouldn't even know how they died.

"Boss, you're being too serious. Who dares not to believe you? I, Gao Lu, will be the first to disagree!"

A thin young man stood up, gritted his teeth, and transferred all the Zombie Souls he had. "Boss, I've given my life to you. I only have one request. When we rise in the future, help me find my girlfriend if you have the chance. I can't live without her."

Qi Delong was overjoyed and patted Gao Lu's shoulder heavily. He said with a smile, "A friend in need is a friend indeed. Don't worry, Brother Gao Lu. From now on, you're my biological brother, and your girlfriend is my sister-in-law. It's only right and proper for me to find her. Leave it to me."

"This…"

The other 20 people looked at each other. The elderly, weak, women, and children did not matter. Although Qi Delong looked like he was improper, he was indeed ruthless when it came to killing zombies. He could ensure everyone's safety. They did not object to this.

After a moment of hesitation, they handed over their Zombie Souls one after another.

"Alright, enough!" Qi Delong looked at the 1,039 Zombie Souls displayed on his resource page and his heart almost jumped out of his chest.

Although he was considered a top figure in China and was extremely wealthy, this was different.

The feeling of being trusted was too damn good!

"Everyone, don't worry. I, Qi Delong, will definitely lead everyone to become the lord of the oasis!"

With that, he looked at the video Lin Ye sent. It was about to end.

At this moment, after countless good reviews.

Even though the people from the other countries still had their doubts, they were unwilling to offend such a powerful person. They all gave their likes.

With the 100x Reward, the number of likes increased to 110 million. It was extremely exaggerated. 𝘭𝒾𝑏𝑟𝑒𝒶𝒹.𝘤𝘰𝓂

"The reviews are still the best push!"

A carefree smile appeared on Lin Ye's face.

110 million likes were equivalent to 1.1 million square kilometers.

He secretly opened the market page and saw that his family's photo had lit up.

This meant that the market had already encompassed them. When they returned at night, he would be able to transfer a large number of resources to them and help them develop rapidly.

In this way, the disappearance of the protection mechanism tonight and the problem of the zombie wave crisis four days later would be completely eliminated.

The huge boulder that was weighing on his heart was gone. He felt like he had eaten ice cream in the summer, his heart soothed and comfortable.

At this moment, a text appeared on top of the World Channel.

Qi Delong: "Tsk, you don't even put in the effort to fake the reviews. My Hongxing Thirty-Six specializes in counterfeiting. Each pinned message costs 1,000 Souls. Where did they get the money to give you good reviews? It's too f*cking ridiculous. Do you think everyone in the world is a fool? Lin Ye, I know that you are rich and powerful, but my Hongxing Thirty-Six's reputation is not undeserved. Friends from the oasis in the desert, if you see the road signs we have placed, you can come and find us. There is strength in numbers. I, Qi Delong, am not talented. I have already established a hundred-man team. Everyone is welcome to join us!"

"F*ck, my lord, this brat wants to step on us to progress!" Zhang Liang was trembling with anger.

Making trouble for them at this critical moment was equivalent to killing his father. How could he not hate that person for killing his father?

"Interesting." Lin Ye revealed a sarcastic expression.

In the blink of an eye, he forgot about it.

Another person was acting smart. He was just using the wind to climb up the ranks. It was not worth mentioning.

However, a moment later, he still underestimated the power of the world's smart people. There were quite a number of them.

If there was one, there would be two. If there were two, there would be three… Unlimited sets of duplicates.

Whoosh—

In the blink of an eye, more than ten similar fake messages were placed at the top.

There were people from all the major countries, and their intention was about the same as Qi Delong's.

They wanted to trample on Lin Ye first, saying things like fake reviews.

And ending with a wave of advertisements that bragged about themselves.

The effect was actually pretty good.

At least Lin Ye remembered them.

"China's Hongxing Thirty-Six, and from different countries, Dawn, Idol's God, Avengers, Brotherhood Clan, Sacred Buddha… Great… I'll remember this."

Chapter 97

"My lord, the video is ending soon. Give me a chance. I can still get a surge of likes!" Dong Wei begged.

He had yet to use his ultimate technique.

"Up to you. Don't go too far."

Lin Ye waved his hand and canceled the option which only allowed his own people to buy the items.

Now that he had accomplished his goal, he did not really care anymore.

It was reasonable to give some benefits to the people who supported him.

As long as he waited for the like mission to end and concluded it, followed by finding treasure chests and rare treasures, the market mission would be completed perfectly.

Whistle—-

"My lord, the water is boiling. Try my skills."

At the same time, Xue Xianyao steeped the tea elegantly. She held a pair of metal tweezers in her hand and heated the teacup with boiling water.

Meeting Lin Ye's curious gaze, she chuckled and explained, "Making tea is an art. You have to warm the pot first, wake the tea, rinse it, offer the tea, then taste it."

"I know, I just purely like to watch pretty girls make tea." Lin Ye laid on the sofa with his hand supporting his head as he smiled.

"My lord, you really like to tease. There are so many pretty ladies in the territory. I'm stupid and don't know anything." Xue Xianyao's pretty face was slightly red. Although she said that, her actions were well-practiced. Clearly, she had long carved the Way of Tea into her bones.

A moment later, she handed him a cup of freshly brewed Pu'er and said expectantly, "My lord, please try it."

"Mm."

Lin Ye made a sound of acknowledgment and picked the cup up. He covered the cup and took a light sniff.

The fragrance of the tea was refreshing.

He lifted the tea lid and saw that the tea was bright-colored and rich.

The tea base was full and soft, smooth and beautiful.

It looked pretty good.

Lin Ye lowered his head and took a sip. His eyes lit up.

The texture was fragrant and sweet.

The 15,000 reputation points were not wasted. It was expensive for a reason.

He closed his eyes and drank it all in one go, feeling that the bad taste from killing zombies had mostly disappeared.

"The lord looks so bold and generous when he drinks tea. Let me give you another cup."

Xue Xianyao smiled knowingly and took the cup from Lin Ye before rinsing the teacup.

"It's still easier to chat with pretty girls who are smart. Even when coaxing people, their words sound so nice."

Lin Ye crossed his legs and tilted his head. "Do you have a boyfriend back in China?"

"No, my family is more strict. I've never dated anyone since I was young."

Xue Xianyao shook her head and asked curiously, "What about the lord?"

"I had one in college. We broke up after graduation, but three years ago, I heard that she flew to Beautiful Country to pursue a love that was free and equal."

Lin Ye narrowed his eyes and said calmly, "Unfortunately, an accident happened to the plane she was on. Bang, it exploded on the spot."

"Ah, well…"

Xue Xianyao smiled awkwardly. Why did she feel so strange hearing this story from her lord?

"Don't need to feel awkward. I'm alright. It's been so long, I've long forgotten about it."

Lin Ye smiled and glanced at her. "On the other hand, your skills in the Way of Tea are not bad. Are you interested in working at the lord's mansion? Make tea for this lord everyday and it will count as 10 contribution points. Of course, you can also teach the Way of Tea to the chefs. For every chef you teach, you will be awarded 100 contribution points. How about that?"

"R-really?" Xue Xianyao's beautiful eyes lit up.

She didn't have to kill zombies and could still do what she was good at, what could be better than this?

Her friends were either dead or being bullied.

To be able to meet a good person like Lin Ye, she was truly a blessed person.

"It's settled then. From today onwards, you will be the exclusive tea artisan of this lord. When the conditions get better in the future, I'll get you a few qipao or something. That way, it'll feel better when you make tea."

Lin Ye said that, but his gaze was attracted to Dong Wei not far away.

That guy was very loud. Those who didn't know would think that he was arguing with the people from the World Channel.

"My lord, Dong Wei is going to use his ultimate move!"

As one of the members of Crouching Dragon and Phoenixes of the Men, Wang Qiang was very familiar with his best friend. He chuckled.

"Oh? Let's take a look then." Lin Ye's interest was piqued.

As expected, when there were only ten seconds left in the video, Dong Wei exploded.

On the world channel.

Dong Wei: "All of you shut your mouths! I'll countdown. Come on board immediately. When the video reaches 100 million likes, 30,000 Zombie Souls, 100 Class 2 Blue Tier Equipment will be randomly distributed. The rewards will be split into 300 sets. The first 100 sets will contain both weapons and Zombie Souls on a first come first serve basis. For lucky friends who manage to get it, there's no need to pin the message as well. All you need to do is give my lord a five-star review. Those who don't post after receiving the benefits will be blacklisted. In the future, on the market page under my lord's banner, all the equipment and weapons sold will be inaccessible to you. There are already dozens of treasure chests available. 10…9, 8, 7… 2, 1. It starts now!"

"…" Lin Ye's face darkened. This was the ultimate move?

And wasn't this a rip-off of a prank from a certain station?

But who would have thought that so many of them would fall for this? It caused a huge commotion on the world channel.

When the people heard that there were 30,000 Zombie Souls and hundreds of Level 2 equipment.

At this moment, many people were tempted. They would not lose anything anyway so why not just try it?

In an instant, the third wave of likes came.

Ding Ding Ding Ding!

As long as they were online, they would press the 'Like' button until it broke.

Those who had stepped on him earlier on were so regretful that their intestines were turning green.

Likes +1, Likes +1, Likes +1…

Dislikes -2, Dislikes -2… 𝒍𝒊𝒃𝒓𝙚𝙖𝙙.𝓬𝙤𝙢

100x Reward.

Likes +100, Likes +100, Likes +100…

This time, the number of likes was overwhelming.

The data skyrocketed in the last few seconds. The changes every second were extremely exaggerated.

120 million, 280 million, 410 million, 630 million…

"Hurry, hurry up. 100 Zombie Souls per cart. Give them out, quickly!"

On the other side, Dong Wei's face was flushed red with excitement. He shouted desperately and called for the new recruits to carry bags of Zombie Souls.

Weapons were convenient. He casually threw it on the market page at a fast speed.

In the blink of an eye, the 30,000 Zombie Souls and 100 Class 2 Blue Tier equipment put up on the market page were emptied.

This time, perhaps Dong Wei's threat had taken effect.

A series of five-star reviews flooded the world channel.

Jiang Wei: "Hahaha, this is actually true. Fortunately, I've been single for a long time so my hand speed is fast enough. I successfully obtained a Class 2 Blue Tier Fish Stripe Bow and 100 Zombie Souls! Brothers, I'll go and give Lord Lin Ye a good review. Please call for me when there's an activity next time!"

Eden: "First, am I the first? I'm invincible now. I'm the first to obtain a Class 2 Blue Tier Weapon and Zombie Soul. Brothers at Unicorn Mountain, is there anyone of you who wants to join me? Bah, brother, I was wrong. I'll give you a five-star review first. Also, I'm really not trying to drag—"

Zao Zige: "My hand speed is too fast. I have no choice. Brother Lin Ye, do you know how to play league of legends? Since you're carrying me here, when we get back, I'll carry you to the challenger tier. Oh, right, there's still a five-star review to do, right? It's settled. Brothers, with my identity, I won't be a burden. My hand speed is really fast! Stop flaming me."

Rang Ti: "To be honest, you'll have to let the professionals do it. I've won it with my bare feet. What about you guys? Forget it, I won't mock you anymore. I'll go and give Lin Ye a good review. If there's a chance, let's have a good time together!"

Chapter 98

"What the f*ck! Two huge fish were actually lured out!" 𝑙𝘪𝑏𝓇ℯ𝑎𝒹.𝒸𝘰𝓂

Lin Ye felt incredulous when he pressed the pause button.

Zao Zige and Rang Ti were the team members of a certain professional gaming team in China who was incredibly popular.

Although he had not played that game for a long time, it was still a part of his lost youth.

Oh, how about adding each other as friends first then?

If I have a chance in the future, I'll lure all the gaming professionals here, form a team, and let the four of them carry me in-game. I'll experience what it feels like to sit on a carriage ride…

However, after some thought, Lin Ye gave up on this unrealistic idea.

This was a different world. If he were to go back to his life in China, the difference would not be small.

Moreover, the current situation did not allow it. He could not lose his ambition just because he wanted to play around.

He would start as a Lone Wolf, relying on his talent to dominate a region before enjoying such things.

At the same time, the pinned video ended.

The number of likes finally stopped at 920 million. It was much better than expected.

"D*mn it, I almost broke through to 1 billion likes, just short of the last 100 million! My dream of 1 billion likes is gone!"

Dong Wei knelt on the ground and lamented.

"Look at how smug you are."

Lin Ye cast a sidelong glance at him. This fellow looked like he was wailing, but he was actually feeling pretty smug inside.

Under the Heart's Web view.

The brilliant red light above his head was almost condensing into a demonic smiley face of Jin Guangchang. (The orange-red from anger was very different from the brilliant red from happiness)

He cast a sidelong glance at Dong Wei.

Lin Ye just didn't want to dampen his enthusiasm.

In fact, if not for the 100x Reward, the most this video would have received would be at most 9.2 million likes.

From this, one could see the difficulty of opening the market page early on.

After all, no matter how many benefits he put on the market, most people from foreign countries were destined to not get them.

In the early stages, the market's area range was too small. The range was one thing, but some people did not want him to grow strong at all and stepped on him crazily.

In addition, some of them were focused on killing zombies outside, farming, and developing, so they had no time to pay attention to the chat channels…

There were also people who did not know how to use the Civilization Archive. They might not even be able to open the world channel.

For example, his mother, Zhang Cuiling.

If she did not have Captain Wang Hui's guidance, he would not have been able to contact her.

This was the difference between knowing how to use a smartphone and not.

The aging of the global population was a serious problem, and many people from the previous generation have never used smartphones.

In summary, being able to obtain 920 million likes was already considered quite a great feat.

A moment later, the system sent a congratulatory message.

"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have accumulated a total of 920 million likes from the likes mission. The market will cover a range of 9.2 million square kilometers. You are only allowed to do 1 popular mission per week. Time till the next mission: 7 days."

"9.2 million square kilometers. Wow, that's about the same size as China. Also… this popularity quest is actually repeatable."

"The next time is seven days later?"

Lin Ye nodded to himself and asked Zhang Bao'er to note the time down to prevent himself from forgetting.

After some thought, he said, "Zhang Liang, organize a group of human loyalists. You will be the bridge, create a chat group and include your family in it. The range of my market should be enough to cover most citizens of China. If your family is in trouble, you can use your contribution points in advance and borrow resources from me to resolve the crisis. As for the debt, I'll calculate it according to contribution points. In any case, you just have to work hard for me."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Gong, Zhang Bao'er, and the others' eyes turned red with excitement.

Tonight was the day when the protection mechanism came off. Their families could not compare to them who had encountered a great person like Lin Ye.

Many people had problems securing enough food. Whether they could survive through tonight was difficult to say as well.

They had been hiding these things in their hearts and had been hesitating on whether they could ask their lord for help. They did not expect the Lord to take the initiative to offer.

For a moment, every loyalist was extremely touched and tears welled up in their eyes.

"Long live our Lord!"

"My lord is incomparably handsome. You will always be a god in my heart!"

"My lord, I love you!"

….

"Get lost, I only like women!"

Lin Ye scolded jokingly and joined Zhang Liang's chat group first.

Soon, he realized that other than him, another newcomer had joined the chat group. Zhang Guozhong, a person with Zhang as his surname…

Zhang Liang's father?

He looked up at Zhang Liang.

"It's my father." Zhang Liang scratched his head and smiled.

"The trading icon is lit. He's within the trading range. I've given you the authority. Send the Purifying Pill to your father yourself. You can send other supplies and even Zombie Souls. You can send a maximum of 1,000 souls per person. If you don't have enough, ask me for more."

"Thank you, my lord. You are generous!" Zhang Liang was moved to tears as he hurriedly went to trade with his father.

"What a filial son."

Lin Ye sighed when he saw this. This was also the reason why he admired Zhang Liang.

After that, he sent a bunch of resources to his family on the family channel.

Especially his father, Lin Jianguo. He had an injury on his waist caused by his early years as a soldier. It was fine if it did not flare up, but once it did, it would become extremely painful.

It was a pity that he only had the Purifying Pill for healing corpse poison. It was not good for healing injuries.

But this was not a problem for Lin Ye.

If the medicinal effect was not good enough, he would make up for it with quantity.

He opened the box and gave Zhang Liang one. There were 99 of them in the huge meru ring.

He gave 50 to his father, 20 to his sister, and 20 to his mother.

And 30,000 Zombie Souls each.

It was better for his mother not to expose her relationship with him.

Just in case, Lin Ye gave the Class 3 Purple Star Armor that he had changed out of to his mother.

This thing could be worn. Unless it was a crisis, outsiders would not be able to see it anyway.

In the early stages, it could be considered a divine artifact used to protect lives.

His father and sister did not have such concerns. Their development was slow.

For the time being, he gave them a few sets of Class 3 Purple Tier weapons, Class 3 Purple Tier armor, and about 10 blueprints of Class 2 Light Armored Shield Soldier which he would stop using.

Then, he told them the details about the Four Sacred Halls.

When the time comes, they should try their best to obtain it.

With Class 3 equipment protecting them, combined with a large number of Class 2 light armored shield soldiers, should be enough to sweep everything out in their region.

After settling his family matters, the karma prediction given by hint finally disappeared.

It meant that his father's crisis was averted.

When he saw this, Lin Ye felt like all his meridians were loosened, and his entire body felt extremely relaxed.

"My lord, we still have work to wrap up. You have to come personally." Dong Wei pointed at the market page and reminded him.

"Alright, take a rest first. Little Xue, make a cup of tea for Dong Wei and the others. It's better to celebrate together than to do it alone. Try the expensive tea and see if it's fragrant. At the same time, let those people who have yet to join us get jealous."

Lin Ye gave him a look and directly hinted.

"Don't worry, my lord. Leave this matter to me. Where can I find such conditions? I'll use some tricks. Give me three days and I promise to get 90% to be loyal."

Zhang Liang also sent the purifying pill to his father. The knot in his heart disappeared as he patted his chest and laughed.

"It's good that you're confident. When you succeed, I'll send your father another batch of resources to ensure that he will be safe from the zombie wave seven days later."

Lin Ye smiled and ignored Zhang Liang who was crazy happy. He finished the sweet tea in his cup in one go, picked up the Civilization Archive, and entered China's Regional Channel.

At this moment, the only people they could trade with were the people from China. There was no need to go to the world channel to attract hatred.

Moments later, he got another 2,000 Zombie Souls.

He chose a background for a Godly Monarch's appearance.

Rumble!

In an instant, a strange phenomenon appeared on the chat screen of China.

33 Levels of Immortal Palaces in the sky, nine-colored clouds covered the sky, celestial maidens scattering flowers, dragons, and phoenixes together…

Whoosh—

A divine throne filled encased in immortal fog descended.

They could vaguely see a tall figure sitting on it. His hands were clasped together in front of the bridge of his nose.

When he raised his head, his eyes revealed divine splendor, carrying a kingly aura as he swept his gaze through the world.

"Lord Lin Ye has arrived!"

Chapter 99

"Boss Lin Ye, I haven't obtained any Zombie Souls or weapons. I beg you. As fellow citizens, please give me one set. If you really can't, something to eat would be great. I haven't eaten anything for a day. At this rate, my brother and I will have to feed each other shit and pee. It's too difficult for me. Sobs."

"Hubby Lin Ye, Hubby Lin Ye, look here. I'm your little fan. I'm fair-skinned and beautiful in person. I have a slender waist, long legs, and a sweet mouth. During the day, can you take me along for the ride? At night…"

"Boss Lin, I'm begging for an alliance. The hundred and eighty people under me are about to be forced to death by the zombies. Don't worry. As long as you're willing to accept and protect us, we'll support you as our boss."

"Daddy Lin Ye, I love you. Do you need another person? I'm very light. Please carry me along!"

….

The illusion disappeared. Lin Ye blinked, shocked by the scene before him.

His comrades from China were all too enthusiastic.

He felt a little embarrassed being called their husbands, boss, brother, and daddy one after another.

Of course, there were also many people who were jealous. They couldn't stand seeing others doing better, so they scolded him the moment they opened their mouths.

"Here comes the show-off dog! You've finished posturing in the world channel and now you're doing it in front of your compatriots again. Serves you right for being scolded by the people of other countries. If you were in China, I would beat trash like you to death with a few tight slaps. Spit!"

"A man whose skin is whiter than a girl's. One look and I can tell that he's a sissy. Tell me, other than being more handsome than me, what else are you better than me? For you to be able to thrive in this world, you probably have sexual relationships with aliens."

"Do you guys still have any sense of shame? For a mouthful of rice and equipment, you dared to call him husband and daddy. My ancestor's reputation has been thrown away by trash like you!"

The people who were scolded became more ruthless the more they scolded. Their words were starting to sound more awful as they dragged even the ordinary audience into it.

However, compared to the people from China who liked Lin Ye, these cynical scumbags were in the minority.

Those insults were quickly flooded by praises of him by others.

During this time, it was not that they did not want to resist, but before they could, Lin Ye had already spent money to silence more than a hundred people.

The cost to silence one was not much, just 10 Zombie Souls.

If they wanted to lift the restriction, they would have to wait one day for it to automatically lift. Otherwise, they would have to pay double the price and spend souls to lift the restriction.

20 Zombie Souls.

In the eyes of these scum who were still living in misery and suffering, this was a huge sum of money.

Not many people were willing to part with this money.

Even though there were a few lucky people who were arrogant, they gritted their teeth and paid to remove the gag.

In the end, what greeted them was not their showy counterattack, but a heavy blow to the head.

Boom!

-100,000 HP!

Exploded on the spot!

A gag order which cost as much as 100 Zombie Souls instantly made these trash understand their place.

In an instant, the confidence of the haters was gone. The keyboard was broken, their lackeys were gone as well…

Their dignity fell to the ground and was trampled by Lin Ye. In the end, they were foaming on the ground.

Against this, the haters had no choice.

Their fists were tightly clenched and their eyes were bloodshot. They gnashed their teeth, revealing a hideous expression.

However, it was useless. In the end, they could only stare at the screen and look at Lin Ye, who was talking to the citizens of China, as they roared in anger.

"Feels so good, hahaha!"

On the other hand, Lin Ye could roughly imagine how frustrated those people were.

That scene was too beautiful.

However, there was something he could not understand. These people were teaming up to attack him.

Did they suddenly go crazy?

Why didn't they take a look at their own capabilities? How dare they spout insults when facing a powerful person like him?

What rights did they have to say that!

Huh?

Not only did they offend someone for no reason, they even completely cut off their future path.

There was something wrong with their brains.

Fortunately, there were still too many people who liked him. He only spent 2,000 Souls and his ears instantly felt much better.

However, without the flaming comments, more and more people were wailing miserably.

Some people said that they were so hungry that they were eating sh*t;

Some people said that their legs had been bitten off by zombies and were about to bleed to death;

There were also people who said that their family's name had been grayed out and they became the only survivor. If they died again, they would really have no descendants…

It was unknown if what they said were real or fake, but all of them sounded tragic.

It was a competition about who was more tragic.

Some were so tragic that even Lin Ye felt moved.

However, he still resisted the urge to help. He couldn't start it now, or it would be a disaster.

"Coughs… Everyone, as a fellow citizen of China, I naturally won't leave you guys in the lurch. Don't cry anymore, we have so many people. No matter how awesome I am, I can't help you all. How about this? I'll give everyone some benefits. As long as you all work hard, I guarantee that you will be able to survive tonight's crisis."

"Firstly, from now on, I will get my subordinates to watch the market in shifts. The current trading range is 9.2 million square kilometers. As long as you are a Chinese citizen, every once in a while, I will put a large number of Zombie Souls and equipment on the market page. You can use treasure chests or unique treasures to trade for them."

As soon as he said that, some people's hearts turned cold. It seemed like there was no chance of getting a free carry.

There were even some who hated him for it and jumped out to create a ruckus.

"Hmph, after so much, you're just here to do business. You're the only one who has opened a market in the world now. Why do you want to take the opportunity to make a fortune?"

"You're really something. Lin Ye, you look like someone dignified. You actually did such an immoral thing, trying to exploit the hard-earned money of your compatriots. Aren't you afraid of being criticized by billions of people from your country?"

"Comrades, don't be fooled by this human-faced beast. He's here to cheat everyone of their treasure chests and monopolize them. What's the difference between this and those capitalists from other countries? Even if we worked to death, we would still be working for him. He's living well up there, but we have to use our lives to exchange for it. In the end, we're only worth one steamed bun and one piece of bread in his eyes. This is reality!"

Without even looking, they spoke whatever they wanted.

Lin Ye had never been polite to such people.

The arrangement for big mouths! 𝘭𝑖𝑏𝘳ℯ𝑎𝑑.𝒸ℴ𝘮

Silence! Silence! Silence!

After silencing more than hundreds in a row, Lin Ye wiped the sweat from his forehead. The haters were really relentless.

I'm from China too. Why would I harm my fellow countrymen?

Of course, I won't give a single cent to inhumane people like you.

At the same time, he blacklisted all these people and included them in the list of people restricted from trading with him.

Without shade thrown on him by the haters, the other kind-hearted Chinese were still hesitating.

Many people were considering if Lin Ye was telling the truth or if he was really lying to them.

Some people even mustered their courage and shouted through the air, hoping that Lin Ye would explain himself.

Lin Ye was naturally very willing to do so.

He had to strike while the iron was hot and quickly spoke.

"Everyone, I, Lin Ye, am a Chinese citizen as well. I've been a Chinese citizen my entire life. There's no need to doubt this. Furthermore, everyone's eyes are clear. If I've scammed you, you can come to curse at me and I will definitely not retort. Facts speak louder than words. I won't waste any more words and will just put up the goods directly!"

With that, Lin Ye directly listed the value for the trading of treasure chests and pinned it on the regional channel.

Instantly, the chat room exploded.

Chapter 100

"What? A sandalwood treasure chest can actually be exchanged for 30 Zombie Souls! Seriously? 30 Zombie Souls can be exchanged for food for three days, or 3,000 Wood! This is at least three times the cost of opening the sandalwood treasure chest! Isn't this a losing deal for him?"

"Oh my god, the Bronze Treasure Chest is even more ridiculous. One of them can be exchanged for 150 Zombie Souls, or a set of Class 2 Blue Advanced Equipment! Ahhh, damn it, I got lucky yesterday and picked one up but ended up opening it. Damn, I only got a Class 2 Blue Tier Martial Longsword. I've made a huge loss!"

"Boss Lin Ye is too generous. A Silver Treasure Chest would give us 1,000 Zombie Souls! Or two Class 3 Purple Tier equipment! Isn't he afraid of losing everything from doing this!?"

At this moment, all the Chinese citizens who saw the list were all shaken.

They could not understand if Lin Ye had too much money and was trying to burn it or something.

It was clearly a losing deal, yet he still vowed to do it.

Was he putting on a show or was he a true saint?

To save tens of thousands of people?

No one knew the answer.

This action clearly entered the eyes of the upper echelons of humanity.

Ever since they arrived in this world, the higher-ups of the various major countries seemed to have disappeared, never appearing before the public.

Now though, they appeared.

Far away on an island filled with dark fog, a thousand soldiers equipped with Class 2 equipment charged outside the camp.

They were well-equipped and well-trained.

The zombie team that was against them was completely not their match and were killed wantonly.

The few people in the lead were even more powerful.

One drew a flaming saber through the air;

One drew his saber and instantly killed a Level 2 zombie;

One controlled the dagger through kinesis. With a thought, a cold beam of light slashed down with hidden killing intent.

They were in a strange state, unlike any Awakened.

They were more similar to native citizens like Adelia, but their cultivation system was completely different.

Opposite the school field was their bunker camp.

If Lin Ye was here, he would definitely be shocked when he discovered that the speed of development here was actually only slightly inferior to his.

It was already at Level 5 and almost catching up to him.

At this moment, in the bunker.

Three figures clad in purple armor stared at the screen with the Regional Channel with grave expressions.

"Never would I have thought that the citizens of China would live such a miserable life. It is our incompetence as the government which has caused us to let our people down."

After a long while, the dignified man sitting on the main seat sighed. His voice was filled with helplessness and self-blame.

"There's no need to take it to heart, Governor Zhu. When the world made that decision, we understood the worst-case scenario. However, now is not the time to regret it. What we are doing concerns the survival of humanity. Our forbearance now is to prepare for the victory of humanity. Endless cycles of life and death must end this season!"

The person who spoke was a refined man who was sitting, his right hand holding a special material textbook.

He looked thin and weak, but his eyes were determined. The light in his eyes flickered with the glimmer of wisdom and decisiveness.

"I understand."

Governor Zhu sighed and changed the subject, "General Chen Feng, what do you think of this little kid called Lin Ye?"

After some thought, an illusory image flashed across Chen Feng's eyes. He said slowly, "First of all, I can confirm that he is Awakened. Furthermore, his awakened talent is of an unimaginably high tier."

"Secondly, his talent attribute might be related to the treasure chests' drop rate. It can allow him to make a profit that would be worthwhile for him even if he has to pay two to three times the price."

"Other than that, I can't find a more suitable reason. Of course, that's unless he's a helpful fool." 𝓁𝑖𝒷𝑟𝘦𝒶𝑑.𝒸𝘰𝘮

"But from his actions, it clearly isn't."

"He's smart. Every step he takes has a strong purpose. He's decisive and never sloppy. Also, the video he took is a little impressive. We're all soldiers, so we know better than others about the state of those native soldiers in the video. Their convictions are like knives, and their loyalty is terrifying."

"It has only been three days and he could make thousands of people from the underworld loyal to him. It's impossible for him to not have some tricks up his sleeves."

"That's true, you're right."

The man sitting at the head of the table rubbed his temples and said in distress, "This is also why we have to separate our soldiers from the native soldiers. They keep a distance from us. Without the help of the chefs or gourmets, their loyalty increases too slowly. They can't become our core combat power."

"It's a pity that the descent of the entire world was too rushed. Our Heavenly Army had to rush to deal with it. All the large armies were split into tens of thousands to successfully avoid the pursuit of the Red-Eyed Zombie King. It's safe now, but we're too scattered. We can't break through any relics in a short while…"

"I wonder how Old Qin's Demon Suppression Army is doing. I've been unable to contact them. They might have met some trouble."

"The other armies have their own ways of dealing with this. Let's focus on our task first," Chen Feng said softly.

"That's true."

Governor Zhu nodded and said seriously, "General Chen, use your talent to analyze the information about this Lin Ye. I need more detailed information about him."

"Hold on, I'm trying to analyze him."

Chen Feng narrowed his eyes. His pupils reflected a large amount of unknown data and images.

Amongst them were information about Lin Ye during his time in China, as well as his comments and actions on the World Channel and Regional Channel after his arrival.

A moment later, all the images disappeared. He chuckled and said, "An interesting fellow. I will send the specific information privately to the governor later. Overall, this person is in a better state than most humans. The retainment of his humanity is very high. The specific value cannot be measured for the time being, but his initial value is definitely not lower than ours."

"That strong?!"

This time, it was a figure on the left who had never spoken.

She was the only woman among the three.

She was young, tall, and pretty.

However, upon closer inspection, one would discover that although she was female, her muscles under the armor were more exaggerated than many men. She looked like a King Kong Barbie in cartoons.

"There are many capable people in this world. Don't look down on others. Who knows how many terrifying people will be born from this time's global descent."

A look of worry appeared on Chen Feng's face as he gazed deeply at the female King Kong Barbie and instructed, "Zhan Mingyue, your talent is strong. You must not offend this guy. My Heavenly Eye tells me that he's terrifying. Most importantly…"

At this point, he paused and said with a strange expression, "This person is a little petty. 99% of those who offend him will be killed by him if they don't submit."

"So brutal? Didn't you say that he still retained a large part of his humanity? How could…" Zhan Mingyue frowned.

"Humanity cannot be explained clearly with data. It's the most difficult to grasp. Heavenly Eye can only provide the numbers from the data. Look at this kid. Anyone who has scolded him, have they spoken after that? Oh, the messages pass too quickly so you probably can't see it, but my Heavenly Eye records everything clearly."

"You mean that he spent a huge amount of Zombie Soul to silence all those who scolded him?" Zhan Mingyue's eyes revealed her surprise.

Ever since she descended to this world, she had been managing the expenses of the base. Naturally, she knew the fees of the various channels.

If he wanted to silence so many anti-fans, he would have to spend at least a few thousand souls.