Wheat Seeds and the Church Letter

After the little girl finished speaking, she broke down in tears again.

By "taken away," she naturally meant being captured by those hunters and subjected to some kind of evil ritual.

Cao Xing and Liu Muxue exchanged a glance.

Clearly, the little girl had lost her father and then fallen into the hands of those crazed hunters. If Cao Xing had not arrived, her fate was easy to imagine.

Liu Muxue looked at Cao Xing and softly asked, "A-Xing, can we take her back to the camp?"

Cao Xing pondered for a moment, then nodded.

The camp was gradually getting on track. One more mouth to feed would not make much difference.

Besides, the little girl was also a survivor. She might be able to help in the future.

Liu Muxue gently comforted her. "Little sister, would you like to come back to our camp with me?"

The little girl named Tong Chuchu gradually stopped crying. She asked uncertainly, "Does your camp... have food? Chuchu hasn't eaten in a long time..."

After hearing that, Liu Muxue stroked her head and said, "Of course it does. The owner of this territory is that big brother over there. He's very capable."

Her tone was filled with admiration.

Tong Chuchu immediately turned her gaze toward Cao Xing, her eyes carrying a trace of fear and curiosity. Then, as if remembering something, she tentatively asked, "Then... can you take my mother with us too?"

"Daddy isn't coming back. Mommy is still alone at the camp..."

Cao Xing froze.

That was right. This version had a family team-up system. Since Tong Chuchu had been with her father, her mother had to be at the camp too.

However, this question put Cao Xing in a difficult position.

After all, human survivors were not like the natives. They would not easily betray their lord, and their loyalty could be seen as well.

He understood that people's hearts were hidden behind their ribs.

He was willing to take in this little girl because she had little combat ability and posed no threat to Cao Xing.

But adults were a different matter.

So, Cao Xing opened the system interface and asked, "If I want other survivors to join my territory, what should I do?"

A system prompt immediately appeared.

The answer to this question is the territory merger function. There are currently two methods.

Method 1: Invite the other party to join the territory as a new lord, sharing building permissions, resources, and so on.

Method 2: Recruit the other party to join the territory as a citizen. The other party will only have basic residence and construction permissions, and cannot attack friendly units.

Seeing the second method, Cao Xing felt reassured.

"Very good. I can recruit other survivors into the territory as citizens."

"That way, I won't need to worry about newly recruited survivors damaging my territory."

Cao Xing looked at the little girl and asked, "Do you remember where your camp is?"

The little girl nodded. "I do. Mommy taught me how to read the mini-map."

"Our camp is about five kilometers from here."

Cao Xing and Liu Muxue exchanged another glance.

It was so close. No wonder those hunters had set their sights on them.

Liu Muxue softly asked, "A-Xing, can we go take a look?"

Cao Xing considered it for a moment. "If it's five kilometers away, we can go there."

"However, whether she is willing to join our territory will depend on her mother's own choice."

After hearing this, a gentle smile immediately appeared on Liu Muxue's face.

She knew Cao Xing would agree.

Hearing those words, the little girl gradually stopped crying and repeatedly thanked Cao Xing.

"Thank you, big brother. Chuchu will remember your kindness for the rest of her life!"

The cruel experiences of the past two days in this world had already made her much more mature.

Cao Xing shook his head, then turned his gaze toward the other humans in the tent.

They were all natives of this world.

Cao Xing directly asked, "Do you know Jasmine and Sapphire?"

The six humans on the ground exchanged glances.

One of the slightly older humans said, "We do. They are our companions."

Cao Xing nodded. "Good. They are now citizens of my territory. They were also the ones who told me that you had been captured by the hunters."

"So now, are you willing to submit to me and join my territory?"

Cao Xing did not waste words. His purpose this time was to expand the territory's military strength.

The older human tentatively asked, "My lord, what about the hunters outside?"

Cao Xing replied, "As you can see, I've already slaughtered them all."

The next moment, the humans all respectfully said, "We are willing, honorable lord."

Cao Xing nodded in satisfaction, then had the tall Assam walk over and cut the ropes off these humans, freeing them.

Recruitment successful: Colin Hopper, Lucio Lore, Marlene Kuhn... have joined your territory. Territory population +6

Another group of Western names—three men and three women. The corner of Cao Xing's mouth twitched.

He pointed directly at the slightly older human and said, "From today onward, you will be called Cao Yi. You will be called Cao Er, and you, Cao San."

"The women will start from Four Flower. You will be called Four Flower, Five Flower, and Six Flower."

The humans looked at one another, then all nodded. "Thank you for bestowing us with names, my lord."

Then, a series of favorability increase prompts sounded.

Cao Xing checked their attributes.

Citizen: Cao Yi Level: 3 Talent: Basic Public Speaking (Deliver a speech to soothe the citizens' emotions)

Loyalty: 70

Hunger: 44

Citizen: Four Flower Level: 2 Talent: Basic Cooking (Food cooked grants an additional 20% satiety)

Loyalty: 72

Hunger: 47

Cao Xing's eyes lit up when he saw these citizens' talents.

Good heavens, there were actually two people with special talents.

Although the other citizens had no talents, they were all between levels 2 and 4.

This batch of citizens was of very high quality!

With this, Cao Xing had enough manpower to assign to the construction of various territory facilities!

After recruiting these people, his territory population limit had also become: 25/50.

After subduing all these refugees.

Cao Xing noticed a yellowed wooden chest in the corner of the camp.

As he approached it, a system prompt appeared.

Hunter's Storage Chest (White): Can be opened

Cao Xing directly tapped to open it.

Obtained White Bread x17, obtained Wheat Seeds x72, obtained Milk x5, obtained Copper x7, obtained Church Letter (special item)

There were quite a lot of supplies inside, so Cao Xing began checking them.

White Bread: 1 White Bread = 2 Food Wheat Seeds (White): Can be planted on cultivated land.

Cao Xing was delighted. "Huh? I can farm now?"

This meant he would have a stable source of food and would not need to worry about exhausting his supplies!

However, if he wanted to farm, he first needed to cultivate a patch of land near the territory.

Besides that, he would need to build a shed over it. Otherwise, if a blizzard struck, all the seeds he planted would be ruined.

Cao Xing continued checking.