The Ranger's Conspiracy and the Lord's Relic

Milk: Consuming this restores 10 Satiety and 50 Health. (Slightly spoiled, but still drinkable.)

Copper: A widely used metal, it can be used to create simple electrical components.

Cao Xing pondered, "Copper is an important metal in this world too, after all, many electrical appliances require copper."

"With copper, we can craft wires, electric lights, and other things."

"A large amount of copper is needed to create snow robots, and even some war robots."

At this moment, a yellowed letter appeared in his hand.

This was also the last item in the storage box.

Letter from the Church of Light: Special Item. Click to read.

Cao Xing clicked it, and a line of text immediately popped up before him.

[To all Followers of the God of Light, the Lord has sent down a revelation, announcing that the Seed of Salvation is about to appear. To welcome the arrival of the Seed of Salvation, we will soon launch a blood sacrifice operation.

All followers of the Church of Light near the Ice Crystal Kingdom are requested to proceed to the base near coordinates 71231, 5213, 23719.

Once the number of believers reaches a certain scale, we will launch an attack on Lake Duolun City, sacrificing all living beings in the entire town to the Seed of Salvation.]

(Note: This is a quest item. You can deliver the letter to Lake Duolun City to expose the Church of Light's conspiracy in advance.)

After reading the description of the letter.

Cao Xing frowned, "Does this mean those Rangers will launch a city-slaughtering operation soon, directly killing all the residents of an entire town?"

"Damn, that's crazy!"

"The system told me to deliver the letter, but I don't even know where this Lake Duolun City is. How can I deliver it?"

Cao Xing rolled his eyes.

Then, he checked the coordinates recorded on the letter.

Cao Xing breathed a sigh of relief, "Good, it's more than two hundred kilometers away from me."

"At such a long distance, it shouldn't affect my Territory."

However, even though the Ranger base was still some distance from Cao Xing.

Having such a large unstable factor in this area still caused concern.

After all, he had already witnessed the madness of those Rangers.

Shaking his head, Cao Xing had no solution for now.

He could only temporarily put aside the threat of the Rangers.

At least, he was safe during the Novice Protection Period.

Cao Xing, along with Liu Muxue, the 6 civilians, and the little girl Tong Chuchu, walked out of the tent.

He came outside and looked at the ground covered with corpses and bloodstains.

"Assam, Andrew, carry these corpses over here, and then burn them directly."

The two second-tier powerful creatures obeyed Cao Xing's command and collected the Ranger corpses from the ground.

Ten minutes later.

A large fire burned fiercely, engulfing the entire camp.

Looking at the rising smoke, the refugees were moved to tears.

During the time they were captured, they had personally experienced the madness of those Rangers.

Companions beside them were captured one by one, and chilling screams were heard from the tents outside.

They huddled on the cold ground, trembling, fearing that they would be next.

And now, they were finally freed.

The little girl Tong Chuchu by his side had her face already wet with tears.

Cao Xing turned around and looked at Tong Chuchu, saying, "Let's go, 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 majestically towards the coordinates Tong Chuchu had mentioned.

More than half an hour later.

From afar, they saw a bonfire camp in the snow.

This camp only had a simple Lord's Hut, and not even a Polar Dweller Hut had been built.

"This is it, big brother, sister. I'll go call my mom out."

After Tong Chuchu finished speaking, she ran into the bonfire camp.

Just as Cao Xing was about to follow, he was prompted by the system.

During the Novice Protection Period, you cannot enter other survivor camps.

Cao Xing was stunned; it seemed he also remembered this detail.

So, they waited silently outside the territory.

Before long, the Lord's Hut door opened.

A woman with a very tall stature, at least 175 cm in height, walked out.

At this moment, she was still wearing jeans brought from Earth, and a tight white t-shirt on her upper body.

Her voluptuous figure, with a hint of flesh, exuded mature charm.

The woman, holding Tong Chuchu's hand, walked over cautiously.

Her slightly mature face still bore tear streaks; she had clearly just finished crying.

Cao Xing also saw her name.

Survivor: Xia Yanni v1

As soon as Xia Yanni came out and saw so many people gathered outside the territory, her shoulders trembled.

Especially Assam, riding the Frost Wolf, and Andrew, as strong as a giant bear, gave her an extremely fatal sense of crisis.

Xia Yanni's pretty face turned deathly pale from fear.

Tong Chuchu, holding her hand, comforted her, "Mom, don't be scared. They are the good people who rescued me from that place."

"That big brother and big sister are their Lord."

Xia Yanni had also calmed down by now.

She looked at Cao Xing with her mist-filled eyes and said gratefully, "Thank you for saving Chuchu. Thank you, my benefactors."

Saying this, she was about to kneel down with Tong Chuchu.

Cao Xing quickly stopped her, "Madam, there's no need to be so polite."

"Chuchu should have told you that my territory needs people right now."

"If you are willing to join us, you can come back to the territory with us, help build it, and develop together."

"In return, we will guarantee your safety and provide food."

Xia Yanni had already heard about this from Chuchu. She tugged at her clothes, seemingly making a decision.

Cao Xing did not rush her. He knew that leaving one's own camp to join a stranger's forces required great courage.

A moment later, Xia Yanni said softly, "I am willing to join you."

"Thank you, kind young man, for being willing to take in my daughter and me."

Cao Xing nodded and sent them a recruitment invitation.

A System Prompt appeared.

Survivors: Tong Chuchu lv1, Xia Yanni lv1, have joined your territory. Territory Population +2

All survivors in this territory have joined your faction. It is currently in an unclaimed state. Do you wish to claim it?

Cao Xing directly clicked to claim.

Claim successful. You can now enter this territory.

Cao Xing stepped into the Bonfire territory and then noticed a large chest beside him.

Lord 'Tong Guangrong's' Relic Chest. Open?

"Yes."

Relic Chest opened successfully. Obtained Wood * 54, Stone * 24, Food * 3, Rat Meat * 2...

These were the last resources of this territory.

The remaining items were not even enough for the mother and daughter to last a day.

This meant that if Cao Xing hadn't arrived, this woman would have starved to death from lack of food or frozen to death from lack of wood within a couple of days.

Cao Xing took a deep breath.

This world was full of opportunities, but also full of dangers.

At this moment, Cao Xing made up his mind.

He had to develop his strength and territory as quickly as possible, and never let his own storage chest become a relic chest!