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nChapter 28

nJi Chen pushed open the wooden door and took a peek outside.

nThe rain had finally ceased.

nIt had been a relentless downpour throughout the night, accompanied by thunder and lightning.

nBut now, everything was calm and peaceful.

nThe locals were busy cleaning up the debris left behind by the storm, mending their damaged houses, and heading to the resource point to resume their work.

nAfter a short period of rest, the whole territory was back in action.

n“My Lord…”

nAlice’s gentle voice came from behind. She had just woken up and was rubbing her eyes while looking outside in a daze.

nDespite her groggy expression from just waking up, her alluring appearance was still noticeable. The shoulder strap of her garment hung loosely on her arm, revealing a generous expanse of unblemished skin.

nDue to the internal storm, Alice did not return to the pool to rest last night. Instead, she stayed in the lord’s mansion.

nOn such a stormy night, a man and a woman were alone in a room. The atmosphere was naturally a little ambiguous.

nWith a full 100 favorable impression points, it was not difficult for him to do something to Alice.

nHowever, there was a problem.

nWhenever he looked at her beautiful face, her eyes were full of childlike fondness and admiration for him. He wouldn’t bear to hurt someone who looked at him as though he was the most admirable and important person.

nJi Chen admitted that he couldn’t do it.

nHe wasn’t the kind of creature who thought with his lower body.

nMoreover, Alice was not a pure human, but a legitimate Siren that even seafarers who make a living on the ocean feared. Her true form was that of a mermaid, with a large tail, beautiful scales, and pointed ears.

nAs these thoughts crossed his mind, the small flame burning inside Ji Chen quickly extinguished, as he adopted a wise and prudent demeanor. He knew that he should not, or at least he wasn’t ready to take such action yet.

n“My Lord, what’s wrong?”

nAs he came to his senses, Alice was already standing in front of him, so close that he could almost smell the faint fragrance emanating from her body.

nShe lowered her head slightly, revealing a patch of snowy white that caught his eye.

nJi Chen cleared his throat and avoided eye contact before saying, “I’m fine. Let’s go out. It’s the start of a new week.”

nIn this game, a week held significant importance, and it signified several new opportunities.

nThe Resource Detection Tower had refreshed its scanning chance, which allowed the exploration of three new resource points.

nThe military recruitment camp had also started a new wave of recruitment, and the novice period was over, meaning that the territory would no longer protect itself from wild beasts and monster attacks.

nToday, he could also collect the week’s resource points.

nEvery Monday, a new pile of work would await him, but Ji Chen did not feel impatient.

nHe considered this a battle rather than work. As he took a deep breath of the fresh post-rain air, he felt ready for the new week.

nJi Chen began by using the Omniscient Crown to survey the territory within a 1-kilometer radius.

nHe discovered only a few red dots in the sea towards the beach, indicating small sharks.

nHowever, there were no abnormalities in the jungle in the other three directions, and there weren’t even many red dots.

nThis suggested that the crazy sweep a few days ago had been effective, and he didn’t need to leave behind troops to guard the territory for the time being.

nArriving at the Murloc statue, he found that recruiting a River Murloc now required more resources after unlocking the nodes twice before.

nTo recruit 14 of them, he needed 350 units of wood, fiber, and clay.

nAs soon as the new Murloc appeared in the territory, chaos ensued with their croaking, and the old Murlocs’ emotional expressions and languages filled Ji Chen’s ears.

n“Croak!”

n“Croak!”

nHowever, Ji Chen quickly suppressed them.

nHe continued to head to the Resource Detection Tower and used up all three of his scouting opportunities.

nThree golden lights flew above the forest and turned into pillars of light at three locations.

nThe locations of these three resource points were slightly further away than the previous week’s three.

nAs the Resource Detection Tower was used to detect the nearest resource points to the territory, the detected resource points would gradually become farther and farther away from the territory with each use over time.

nBefore setting off to explore the new resource point, he first went to the crude iron mine and the clay mine to collect the resource output that was one day less this week.

nThe mini crude iron mine collected about 600 units of crude iron, while the small clay mine only collected about 900 units of clay and 180 units of by-product stone due to its capacity being only half.

nA week passed, and the neutral recruitment camp for the Naga Warriors refreshed.

nSimilarly, the 14 Naga Warriors consumed a total of 420 units of wood, fiber, and clay.

nAfter a round of recruitment, the wood and fiber that the people had painstakingly cut down for many days had almost been exhausted, leaving only a single digit number of resources.

nHowever, it was all worth it. The army was the most important existence in this game.

nLooking at the twenty-eight Naga Warriors and thirty-five River Murlocs behind him, Ji Chen’s heart swelled.

nHe had worked hard this week to get this!

nIn the future, his military strength would only increase in numbers and become stronger.

nAfter recruiting the troops, he set off without stopping.

nAfter a long journey, they arrived at the first new resource point.

nThis was a concave-shaped stone mountain. In front of the green stone wall, there were some stones piled up in the open.

nQuarry

nScale: Small

nLevel: 1

nMain resource produced: Stone

nBy-product: Limestone (1

/5 of the main resource)

nStorage: 17500

/17500 units

nMaximum weekly production: 2100 units

nWeekly Personnel Production: 50 units

/person

nIt was a small quarry!

nJi Chen was delighted at first, but then he couldn’t help but sigh.

nIt was useless to give him such a quarry now. The territory simply did not have enough labor to excavate.

nNow, the population problem had become a worry for him.

n“After I’m done with these things, I have to start looking for the natives. If this continues, it’ll be too wasteful to have resource points but not mine them.”

nHis gaze shifted.

nHe frowned slightly.

nWhy was there no guardian monster in this quarry?

nHe opened the Omniscient Map.

nThe map showed that there were more than 20 red dots in the mine, but to the naked eye, they were just a pile of stones.

nCould it be…The monster was hiding in the pile of stones?

nHe focused his gaze on the pile of stones.

nAs expected, the monster’s interface appeared.

nStone Puppet

nLevel: 8

nTier: 2, 8 stars

nSkill: Stone body (blue skill, the stone body has strong physical defense)

nRock Bash (Blue skill, uses the rock body as a weapon. Heavy blows can easily cause impact and stun effects)

nThrowing Rocks (Green Skill, Throwing Rocks at Enemies)

nStone Swallowing Revival (Green Skill, Able to Swallow Stones to Repair Body)

nMilitary characteristic: Elemental creation (increases resistance to spiritual spells by 50%)

nGood heavens.

nLevel 8 Tier 2 Stone Puppet.

nThere were two blue skills, one for Stacking Armor and the other for Control.

nLooking at the stone puppets sleeping soundly in the pile of stones, Ji Chen didn’t have the confidence to defeat them.

nBecause of the characteristics of the army, Alice could not control them properly, and their sandbag-sized fists were dangerous threats once they broke free from Alice’s control.

nFurthermore, he was unsure if the weapons of the River Murlocs and Naga Warriors could penetrate their defenses.

nThus, he decided to skip this resource point for now, knowing that the quarry they had just occupied was empty due to a lack of manpower.

nAs the saying goes, a wise man judges the situation and knows when to advance or retreat.

nHe planned to deal with the stone puppets when the conditions were favorable, but for now, he decided to let them be and led his army to the next resource point without hesitation.

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