Milk: Restores 10 Satiety and 50 Health after consumption. (It has spoiled a little, but is still drinkable.) Copper: A widely used metal that can be used to make some simple electrical components.
Cao Xing pondered. "Copper is also an important metal in this world. After all, many electrical appliances require copper."
"With copper, I can make wires, electric lights, and other things."
"Making snowfield robots, or even war robots, requires large amounts of copper."
At that moment, a yellowed letter appeared in his hand.
This was also the last item in the storage chest.
Letter from the Light Church: Special Item. Click to read.
Cao Xing clicked it, and a line of text immediately appeared before him.
[To all followers of the Light God, the Lord has bestowed a revelation, declaring that the Seed of Salvation will soon appear. To welcome the arrival of the Seed of Salvation, we will soon carry out a blood sacrifice. All followers of the Light Church near the Crystal Ice Kingdom, please proceed to the base near coordinates 71231, 5213, 23719. Once the number of followers reaches a certain scale, we will launch an attack on Dorun Lake City and sacrifice every living being in the entire town to the Seed of Salvation.] (Note: This is a quest item. You may deliver the letter to Dorun Lake City and expose the Light Church's conspiracy in advance.)
After reading the letter's description,
Cao Xing frowned. "Does this mean that those hunters will soon carry out a massacre, killing every resident of an entire town?"
"Damn, that's completely insane!"
"The system wants me to deliver the letter, but I don't even know where Dorun Lake City is. How am I supposed to deliver it?"
Cao Xing rolled his eyes.
Then, he checked the coordinates recorded on the letter.
Cao Xing let out a breath. "Good. It's more than two hundred kilometers away from me."
"At that distance, it probably won't affect my territory."
However, although that hunter base was still some distance from Cao Xing,
having such a huge unstable factor in this region was still worrying.
After all, he had already seen how insane those hunters were.
Shaking his head, Cao Xing had no solution for the moment.
He could only set the threat of the hunters aside for now.
At least during the Newbie Protection Period, he was safe.
Cao Xing led Liu Muxue, the six civilians, and the little girl Tong Chuchu out of the tent.
Outside, he looked at the corpses scattered across the ground and the bloodstains everywhere.
"Assam, Andrew, carry all these bodies over and burn them."
The two powerful second-tier beings obeyed Cao Xing's command and gathered all the hunters' corpses.
More than ten minutes later,
a blazing fire roared to life, engulfing the entire camp.
Watching the smoke rise, the refugees burst into tears.
During the time they had been held captive, they had personally experienced the hunters' madness.
Their companions had been taken away one after another, followed by bloodcurdling screams from the tents outside.
They had huddled on the freezing ground, trembling in fear, terrified that they would be next.
But now, they had finally been freed.
The little girl Tong Chuchu beside them already had tears streaming down her face.
Cao Xing turned to Tong Chuchu and said, "Come on. Take me to your camp."
"I... I'll tell you the coordinates, big brother..." Tong Chuchu said timidly.
Cao Xing nodded.
Then, the group of more than ten people set off toward the coordinates Tong Chuchu had given them.
More than half an hour later,
they spotted a bonfire camp in the snow from afar.
The camp had only a simple Lord's Hut. It did not even have a Polar People Hut built.
"This is it, big brother, big sister. I'll go get my mom."
After saying that, Tong Chuchu jogged into the bonfire territory.
Cao Xing was just about to follow her inside when the system stopped him.
During the Newbie Protection Period, you cannot enter another survivor's territory.
Cao Xing froze, seemingly recalling that rule.
So, they waited silently outside the territory.
Before long, the Lord's Hut door opened.
A very tall woman emerged from inside, at least 175 centimeters tall barefoot.
She was still wearing the jeans she had brought from Blue Star, along with a fitted white T-shirt.
Her curvaceous, voluptuous figure exuded a mature charm.
The woman held Tong Chuchu's hand and cautiously approached.
Tear tracks still lingered on her slightly mature face. She had clearly just cried.
Cao Xing also saw her name.
Survivor: Xia Yanni v1
The moment Xia Yanni came out and saw so many people gathered outside the territory, her shoulders trembled.
Especially Assam, who rode a Frost Wolf, and Andrew, who was as strong as a giant bear. They gave her an overwhelming sense of mortal danger.
Xia Yanni's face turned pale with fright.
Tong Chuchu tugged on her hand and comforted her. "Mom, don't be afraid. They're the good people who rescued me from that place."
"That big brother and big sister are their lords."
Xia Yanni gradually calmed down.
She looked at Cao Xing with misty eyes and said gratefully, "Thank you for saving Chuchu. Thank you, benefactors."
As she spoke, she was about to kneel with Tong Chuchu.
Cao Xing hurriedly stopped her. "Ma'am, there's no need to be so polite."
"Chuchu should have told you already. My territory needs more people right now."
"If you're willing to join us, you can return to our territory with us, help build it, and develop together."
"In return, we'll guarantee your safety and provide food."
Xia Yanni had already heard about this from Chuchu. She gripped the hem of her clothes, seeming to make a difficult decision.
Cao Xing did not rush her. He knew that leaving one's own territory to join a stranger's faction required great courage.
After a moment, Xia Yanni said softly, "I'm willing to join you."
"Thank you, kind little brother, for being willing to take in my daughter and me."
Cao Xing nodded and sent them a recruitment invitation.
A system notification appeared.
Survivors Tong Chuchu lv1 and Xia Yanni lv1 have joined your territory. Territory population +2. All survivors in this territory have joined your faction. This territory is now ownerless. Do you wish to occupy it?
Cao Xing directly selected occupy.
Occupation successful. You may now enter this territory.
Cao Xing stepped into the bonfire territory, then noticed a large chest nearby.
Lord Tong Guangrong's relic chest. Open it?
"Yes."
Relic chest opened successfully. Obtained Wood *54, Stone *24, Food *3, Rat Meat *2...
These were the final resources left in this territory.
What little remained was not even enough for the mother and daughter to last a day.
In other words, if Cao Xing had not arrived, within two days, the woman would either starve to death after running out of food or freeze to death after running out of wood.
Cao Xing took a deep breath.
This world was full of opportunities, but it was also full of danger.
At that moment, Cao Xing made up his mind.
He would develop his strength and territory as quickly as possible. He absolutely could not let his storage chest become a relic chest!
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