Fertile Soil Era! The White Sand Island Lord Strikes!

Let's rewind to three days ago.

Standing inside the glass case, once Su Mo clicked the button to enter the challenge, the second teleportation immediately began.

But unlike the comfort of everyone who had been transported from the ship to this cabinet before.

Before Su Mo could react, a lightning-like shock came from all around him, and in the last instant before disappearing, it knocked Su Mo unconscious! When Su Mo opened his eyes again, he found himself in a pitch-black cell.

A rotten, smelly straw mat with bugs rolling around on it.

A food bowl that reeks of decay and has been used by countless people.

And a piece of scrap paper, yellowed but with clear handwriting.

Apart from these three things, it is difficult to find any other valuable objects with the naked eye.

The overall structure of the cell is not complicated.

The facility employs a two-way design, with each prisoner alone in a room. Behind them is a wall made of blue bricks, while in front is a fence made of hardwood.

If the Storage Space cannot be opened, it will take some effort to get out of here, but if there are no restrictions on the use of space, it is basically possible to escape with just a few hands.

"Any brothers from the wasteland here? Why am I locked up right at the start of the War of Domination?"

"Holy crap, bro, you're also here from the wasteland for the promotion tournament? No way, are we all starting from prison?"

"The Storage Space works! Anyone want to go for it? This ancient, crappy prison can't possibly hold us back!"

"Look, our starting identities are recorded on that piece of scrap paper."

"Damn it, how did I become a notorious womanizer, and even touched the president's daughter? In twelve hours, they're sending me to the Suicide Squad. This is too unbelievable!"

"Fortunately, my case is just tax evasion. I only need to get 50 lashes and be sent to the Vanguard Army. Speaking of which, my status isn't bad. I'm the big boss of the Seven Seas Trading Company. How can someone like me be locked up here?"

Before Su Mo could properly explore the prison, the murmurs outside interrupted Su Mo thoughts.

Incidentally, Su Mo also picked up the piece of paper on the ground that recorded his identity information.

Identity: Chief Escort of Tianya Escort Agency

Crimes: Murdering the Tianya Escort Agency Head Manager by brutal means, and protecting his subordinate escorts involved in the crime, taking full responsibility for the crime. Punishment: Exile (into the advance Suicide Squad). Execution time: 12 hours.

After reading it, the straw paper naturally turned into ashes and disappeared into Su Mo's hand.

Incidentally, this also led all those imprisoned, including Su Mo, to accept their "setup".

In terms of guilt, everyone is basically different, and their identities are also different, but everyone's punishment is roughly the same: they are sent to various branches of the military to serve in the army.

Of course, if Su Mo were to choose three days from now, he would definitely stay in this cell and obediently wait to join the advance Suicide Squad.

After joining the team, with his superior physical fitness and combat skills, plus guns and Explosive Pack, Su Mo only needs one battle to prove himself.

But at this point just inside the checkpoint, without sufficient intelligence analysis, Su Mo, like everyone else, also chose to escape.

And this is precisely the point of the first hurdle.

Accept your identity or rebel against it.

No one wants to enter the army as a criminal and slowly climb the ranks by gaining merit.

For the wasteland humans who have been struggling in the wasteland for two months, the choice to withdraw from the test at any time is entirely up to them.

Following these people, Su Mo also mingled into the group and fought his way out.

Then, everyone naturally received the reward for the first level: a new identity that looked very much like GTA 5 and was easy to pronounce. Deserter and Wanted: One Star.

At the same time, a mission from level 2 was also sent over.

The content is very simple.

Run! Run as far away as possible!

If you successfully escape the pursuit and complete the mission of level 2, you will receive a reward, shed your current prison break status, obtain your own Lord Token, and embark on a new career path.

And this time, the option has also been left for everyone to choose.

If he were to turn himself in at this point, he could successfully return to his cell and still be required to enlist in his unit 12 hours later.

Moreover, if they manage to capture a few of their accomplices during the escape, they'll likely receive a series of rewards, such as "upgrades."

Unfortunately, after emerging to find the outside world peaceful and having captured and interrogated several native humans belonging to the world of the checkpoint, they were caught off guard.

Su Mo was extremely shocked and had no intention of going back.

Humans can become gods by studying, by receiving divine favor, by achieving success in a certain field, or even by doing things that benefit the continent.

When this strange rule came out of the mouth of the native humans, Su Mo immediately had a thousand guesses flash through his mind and determined his choice for level 2.

This is the Fertile Soil Era, an era before the war had fully begun!

Joining the army, joining the Suicide Squad, would send me to the front lines of war. If anything were to happen in a short time, I would miss a golden opportunity to learn the truth! Escape! I must escape! Even if I can't advance in rank this time, I must find a way to understand who the enemy facing all the gods on this continent truly is!

With this in mind, Su Mo immediately chose to part ways with the main force.

After entering a tributary of the sea in the city, it escaped the scene at an extremely terrifying swimming speed.

Furthermore, after Su Mo successfully escaped to the sea, he also received the reward for level 2.

Lord Token! Holding this token allows you to choose two different career paths.

First, there's the familiar option of joining the army. Although, based on the Lord Token, one can only join the same advance Suicide Squad as before, there's still a chance to turn back at this stage.

The second path is the Free Lord development route, which involves going all the way down the road, choosing to establish one's own Private Armed Force, rebelling against the laws of the maritime kingdom, and ultimately becoming a powerful lord who dominates a region.

"I originally thought that choosing to be Free Lord would give me plenty of time to uncover the truth behind the lost era of the Fertile Soil Era, but now it seems..."

"Instead, they've got me all tangled up!"

After recalling the process from choosing to enter the level to the three subtle choices given by the level, and then looking at the Lord Token that appeared on the screen in front of him, a helpless smile flashed across Su Mo's face.

Once you choose to become Free Lord, you must find a territory and bind it within one day.

If you are still a free agent after one day, you will be considered a failure, kicked out of the level, and lose the right to participate in this competition.

In the rush, they were unaware of the current ocean topography and had no suitable means of transportation.

Su Mo had no choice but to force his way back to the port, where he plundered a small boat that was trading fishman slaves and also obtained a map of the sea area.

This time, with too many eyewitnesses and Su Mo's blatant actions, his wanted level jumped from one star to two stars in the blink of an eye.

Compared to the one-star level, after reaching the two-star level, the previously disappeared Ocean Guard Team finally reappeared.

And because these people chased him like mad dogs, they also disrupted Su Mo's entire plan.

If we kill these people, and their star rating changes from two stars to three stars, the resistance we encounter will inevitably be greater, leading us down a path of no return where we kill them one after another, and the difficulty will become increasingly terrifying.

But if you don't kill these people, they're like madmen, their eyes filled with a fury you can't escape.

Left with no other choice, Su Mo had to release the cages that imprisoned all the fish-men slaves. Relying on his noble status as a mermaid, he temporarily subdued these fish-men and made them his subordinates, serving as sailors.

The two groups of people were in a standoff, one chasing and the other fleeing.

The small wooden boat used for trading slaves was a sailboat with a capacity of 25 people, unlike the Hope, which possessed terrifyingly powerful mechanical power and had an impressively slow speed.

The Ocean Guard Team, who were in charge of the pursuit, did not have luxurious ships, but with the two sides unable to gain a significant speed advantage, it was not easy for Su Mo to escape at will.

They chased each other from day to night, from the east wind to the west wind.

As they drew closer and the Ocean Guard Team ' faces grew increasingly menacing, Su Mo decided to go all out, jumping into the water as a striker to breach the Ocean Guard Team ' ships and escape.

Because of the delay in the pursuit, Su Mo had little time left to bind his territory.

After glancing at the map and confirming his location, Su Mo immediately took a liking to the White Sand Island he was currently on among the islands he could choose from.

Although the island is surrounded by the sea and has no natural defenses, it is located on the shipping routes of caravans, so there is no need to worry about being trapped on an isolated island.

Although there are no sustainable crops on the island, there is food for the fish people and a freshwater river that can solve the water problem.

In addition, there are Beet Coconut with a decent yield, and excellent Honey Pot Grape.

Although the island received a low rating from the Lord Token, Su Mo saw it as having great potential for development.

"These Ocean Guard Team are practically like AI in a video game."

"They'd swim after the sinking ship, that kind of drive is absolutely outrageous! If everyone in this Fertile Soil Era had that kind of will and fighting spirit, it would be absurd if we lost this battle!"

Having completed the mission of level 3, and realizing that he had no other choice but to go down a dead end, Su Mo felt no joy whatsoever.

The fact that they had managed to deal with the forty pursuers completely, and that the wanted level hadn't increased, made Su Mo feel slightly relieved.

"Lord Token: Collect the rewards from stage three!"

With a thought, he chose to complete the task of level three, and after receiving the reward, a card with a faint white glow appeared in Su Mo's hand.

And as Su Mo turned his gaze over, a short description of the attributes naturally appeared.

[Beginner Territory Modification Card (Common)]

[Description]: This is a card containing a slight divine power. It is a reward for choosing the path of Free Lord and completing the first trial by binding your territory. If you can use it properly, it will help your path to becoming Free Lord smoother.

[Function Description]: The lord can use cards to make the following four modification choices (Note: Only one modification can be selected, and the card will disappear immediately after selection).

[Function 1: Area]: Selecting this function will proportionally increase the Territory Area by one square kilometer. [Function 2: Modification]: Selecting this function allows the lord to fine-tune the territory's current terrain; the adjustment range depends on the area being modified.

[Function 3: Resources]: Selecting this function will provide three common-level resource options for the lord to choose from. Once selected, these resources will be added to the territory in real time.

[Function 4: Special Ability]: Selecting this function will grant your territory a common-level special ability. [Restrictions]: Cannot be traded, cannot be taken out of the territory.

"Oh? This card is quite useful. It would be great if I could take it with me back to the depression!"

After staring at the attributes of the modification card for a few moments, Su Mo's interest was piqued when he noticed the special ability of function four.

Looking at the four functions, the first two are somewhat similar to the Mountain and Shan Hai Painting cards, allowing for some degree of modification to the terrain.

The third function, similar to resource cards, is to add a new resource to the territory.

As for the fourth function, whether it's wasteland or ruins, this is truly the first time Su Mo has ever seen it.

"I definitely won't choose option one. I only have nine merfolk right now, and I can't possibly use all two square kilometers."

"Thirdly, there's too much uncertainty, and even if we add resources to White Sand Island, it would be difficult to trade them for the corresponding goods while I'm on the wanted list."

"Why not try your luck with feature four?"

After some deliberation, without rushing to make a choice, Su Mo put the card into his Storage Space and then looked up at the Lord Token.

There is a one-hour interval between completing the level tasks in this title advancement test.

According to the time currently displayed on the panel, Su Mo will be able to accept the fourth level of the quest in 42 minutes and take the lead on the leaderboard.

However, according to the current scoring rules, killing a Ocean Guard Team should earn 10 points, with the extra 3 points being the reward for previously capturing a ship.

The current situation is relatively optimistic; 403 points is enough to secure first place. However, once the major battle begins, the points of these centurions and chiliarchs on the leaderboard will increase rapidly.

If they still can't find a good source of points by then, they will be eliminated.

Sitting cross-legged on the ground, the ever-optimistic Su Mo was not in a hurry, patiently waiting while planning the development of his territory.

After more than forty minutes, a white light flashed on the Lord Token, and the mission for Level 4 finally arrived as scheduled.

[Level 4: As the lord of White Sand Island, your fame should be praised by all seafarers]

[Level Content: Rob a passing merchant ship and seize all its supplies (Incomplete)]