Lin Feng repeated to Ying Zhan what he had told Ying Yi to convince him.
Ying Zhan was dumbfounded.
The Human Emperor had sent Skyfallers to the Barbaric Continent to help the Human Race rise?
Lin Feng was the leader chosen by the Human Emperor?
It sounded fantastical, but seeing the players chatting and laughing in the distance, Ying Zhan felt it made sense.
Heaven had finally begun to favor the Human Race!
"This matter is of great importance. If the other races in the Savage World find out, they'll surely nip the Starry Tribe in the bud. I trust you, Big Brother Ying Zhan, so I'm telling you. Don't tell anyone, no matter what."
Lin Feng gave him a solemn warning.
"Don't worry. I swear on the honor of my Ying ancestors that even if they kill me, I won't reveal a single word!"
Ying Zhan excitedly raised his hand and swore to the heavens.
Lin Feng nodded and continued, "The problem now is that the Skyfallers arrived in the Inner Valley. If other people live there too, they'll easily notice something is amiss after a while."
"So I've decided to make the Inner Valley off-limits to the tribe. No one may enter without permission. Everyone else will live in the Outer Valley. What do you think?"
Lin Feng asked Ying Zhan's opinion.
"Of course. We have to do that!"
Ying Zhan agreed without hesitation.
This concerned the great cause of the Human Race's rise. How could they afford to be careless?
"Recently, I had the Skyfallers cut down a lot of trees and stockpile plenty of lumber. Starting tomorrow, we'll begin building houses in the Outer Valley."
Lin Feng said.
"What!"
Ying Zhan was shocked to hear that Lin Feng had actually made the Skyfallers do such rough work as felling trees.
"The Skyfallers were sent by the Human Emperor to help you. Isn't it a bit much to make them do such rough work? Leave this sort of thing to us from now on!"
Ying Zhan said.
What if the Skyfallers got angry and left? What would they do then?
Lin Feng smiled. "Don't worry. These Skyfallers are all very enthusiastic. As long as there's work for them, they won't mind whether it's dirty or exhausting."
They were players. What did they have to fear from a little hard work?
As long as there were quests and experience points, they were happy.
"No wonder they're Skyfallers. They're so selfless and noble!"
Ying Zhan exclaimed.
Lin Feng and Ying Zhan returned to the crowd and announced their decision to build a residential area in the Outer Valley.
Construction would begin tomorrow.
The players cheered when they heard the news.
The NPCs would surely issue quests to help build the residential area. Whether they gathered materials or helped build houses, they'd get experience points.
Even without the quest rewards, getting to enjoy the fun of building something in a game was wonderful.
Wasn't this much more realistic than those blocky sandbox games?
Ying Zhan had worried that the Skyfallers wouldn't want to help build the residential area.
But seeing them cheer, each one eager to get started right away, he couldn't help feeling moved.
No wonder they were Skyfallers. They were so selfless and noble!
With the players' help, Ying Zhan and the others set up a simple camp in the Outer Valley to live in until the residential area was finished.
Afterward, Full Han Chinese Banquet showed off his cooking skills and prepared a sumptuous dinner to celebrate their victory that day.
Everyone praised the feast, especially Ying Zhan and the others, as well as the Pan Family Three Brothers. They practically wolfed it down.
They ate even more voraciously than the actual Jackalmen and Wind Wolf.
That evening, the players logged off one after another while Lin Feng began considering which three NPCs to choose.
There were now nineteen "NPCs" in the tribe.
The five children, including Ying Yi; Ying Zhan and five others; the Pan Family Three Brothers; Wind Wolf; and four members of the Wood Race.
Naturally, he wanted to choose NPCs with powerful skills.
That way, they could teach their skills to the players and improve their strength, while also leveling up quickly by gaining experience from players learning their skills.
It was a win-win.
First, he checked the four skills he had obtained.
Powerful Strike (Active Skill): Concentrates the user's strength into a full-power strike, increasing damage by 50%.
Cooldown: 30 seconds.
Race Requirement: None
Class Requirement: Strength Class
Level Requirement: 2
Experience Cost to Learn: 100 points.
Swift Step (Active Skill): Increases speed by 50% and grants immunity to all movement-reducing effects for 10 seconds.
Cooldown: 2 minutes.
Race Requirement: None
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Class Requirement: Agility Class
Level Requirement: 2
Experience Cost to Learn: 100 points.
Defense Enhancement (Active Skill): Increases defense by 30% for 30 seconds.
Cooldown: 3 minutes.
Race Requirement: None
Class Requirement: Constitution Class
Level Requirement: 2
Experience Cost to Learn: 100 points.
Magic Missile (Active Skill): Fires a magic missile formed from condensed mana. On hit, it deals damage based on the user's Intelligence.
Cooldown: 3 seconds
Race Requirement: None
Class Requirement: Intelligence Class
Level Requirement: 2
Experience Cost to Learn: 100 points.
Lin Feng considered these four skills basic skills provided to players by the system.
It was just that the system's owner had leveled up too slowly, so they had only just been unlocked. The players had been without skills until now.
The Intelligence Class players especially had been struggling. If they could delete their characters, they probably would have started over.
Now that they had the beginner skill Magic Missile, the Intelligence Class was finally playable, at least.
After reviewing his own skills, Lin Feng began checking the skills of the other "NPCs" in the tribe.
He needed to choose the three most suitable candidates to become NPCs.
Once an intelligent being from the Savage World joined the Starry Tribe, Lin Feng could see their attributes and skills.
He started with the four members of the Wood Race. After a quick look, he ruled them out.
It wasn't that they had no skills or that their skills were weak. Rather, all their skills required the Wood Race.
That hidden race had not been unlocked, so making any of them an NPC would be pointless.
Lin Feng reviewed everyone's skills and, after weighing his options, settled on the final candidates.
Ying Zhan, Ying Yi, and Wind Wolf.
Ying Zhan was level 5 and had two skills: Tiger Strike and Battle Will.
Battle Will was an extremely rare passive skill!
Tiger Strike (Active Skill): Concentrates strength into a powerful blow, increasing damage by 30%. On hit, it has a 30% chance to inflict a bleeding effect that causes continuous damage.
Cooldown: 20 seconds.
Race Requirement: None
Class Requirement: Strength Class, Agility Class
Level Requirement: 3
Experience Cost to Learn: 200 points.
Like Powerful Strike, Tiger Strike was a damage skill.
Although Tiger Strike dealt less damage than Powerful Strike, it could inflict a bleeding effect on hit, and its cooldown was shorter.
Most importantly, both Strength Class and Agility Class players could learn it!
Judging by its experience cost, Tiger Strike was clearly superior to Powerful Strike.
The second skill was Battle Will.
Battle Will (Passive Skill): After entering combat, all attributes increase by 1% for every minute spent in combat, up to a maximum of 30%.
Race Requirement: None
Class Requirement: None
Level Requirement: None
Experience Cost to Learn: 500 points.
Battle Will was a skill that all races and classes could learn, with no requirements whatsoever.
Of course, although there was no level requirement, its steep experience cost of 500 points still set a level threshold.
It took 500 experience points to advance from level 5 to level 6.
In other words, players had to be at least level 5 for their experience bars to hold more than 500 points, which they could then spend to learn the skill.
After Ying Zhan came Ying Yi.
Ying Yi had only one skill, but it was an extremely useful passive skill.
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