A loyalty update notification appeared.
[Because of your sincerity]
[Wolf Cavalry Colby's loyalty toward you increased by 10 points. Current loyalty: 90]
Colby's loyalty shot up to 90.
Zong Shen glanced at the notification and waved it away.
He kept one piece of Roasted Wolf Meat for himself.
He also gave Luna a piece of wolf meat and some Dried Meat.
Seven pieces of Roasted Wolf Meat remained.
But there were 11 Farmers. Figuring out how to distribute it was a skill in itself.
Tie Zhu, Er Gou, and Gou Dan were the first Farmers to follow Zong Shen.
They had been a little lazy at first, but had still worked hard for most of the day.
It was only fair to give each of them a piece.
The remaining four pieces were easy to handle.
Zong Shen had also been keeping an eye on things while they gathered resources.
He gave those four pieces of Roasted Wolf Meat to the four Farmers with the highest gathering efficiency.
San Pang, the Farmer with Excellent aptitude, was one of them.
After handing out the meat one by one,
the remaining four Farmers ate Unknown Dried Meat to tide themselves over.
[Because you provided food] [Farmer Tie Zhu's loyalty toward you increased by 5 points. Current loyalty: 88] [Farmer Er Gou's loyalty toward you increased by 5 points. Current loyalty: 88] [Farmer Gou Dan's loyalty toward you increased by 5 points. Current loyalty: 88] [Farmer San Pang's loyalty toward you increased by 5 points. Current loyalty: 65] ... [Farmer Xiao Zhuang's loyalty toward you increased by 3 points. Current loyalty: 63] ...
The Farmers who received Roasted Wolf Meat all gained 5 loyalty, while those who received Dried Meat gained only 3.
These Farmers really were practical!
After distributing all the food,
Zong Shen left them a Wooden Bucket of water to share among themselves.
Then he returned to the courtyard.
He walked over to the shabby little house.
He pushed open the old wooden door and went inside.
The house wasn't big, only about thirty or forty square meters.
The furnishings inside were just as spartan.
There was only a wooden stool, a wooden table, and a plank bed covered in straw.
Simple, primitive, unadorned!
Zong Shen sat on the stool, held the Roasted Wolf Meat in both hands, and began to eat.
Without any seasoning, the Roasted Wolf Meat was bland.
Still, he took bite after bite and quickly finished the fist-sized piece.
It was his first meal since arriving here.
Food was a major problem.
The only food supplies in his territory were Refined Wheat Bread and [Smoked Fish].
Food was a consumable resource, and the problem would grow more severe as the population increased.
So finding food had to be added to his list of priorities.
At the same time, he needed to find a reliable way to obtain food.
As night gradually fell,
the waves of beasts roaring outside the courtyard never stopped.
It was as if tens of thousands of beasts were having a party just beyond the walls.
The Farmers trembled with fear.
Fortunately, Night Huntress Luna was guarding them, and the beasts didn't dare approach.
Zong Shen sat inside the house.
He opened the [Channel].
First, he opened the [Friends and Family Channel].
"Aze, how did things go for you today?"
"Did you run into any danger?"
A few seconds later, a reply came.
"I'm doing fine, Bro. There are plenty of resources in the mountains, especially wood. Each tree yields eight to ten pieces of wood. It takes some effort to carry it all, but overall, the efficiency is great."
"Also, I found an abandoned Goblin Logging Camp in the mountains."
"I found a Goblin Shredder recruitment scroll inside!"
"[Goblin Shredder (click to view attributes)]"
Then Zong Ze sent over an attribute link with an image.
The picture showed a short, green-skinned Goblin wearing goggles and piloting a huge machine three meters tall.
One mechanical arm had a cutting blade fitted with sharp alloy teeth, while the other ended in an iron claw that could open and close.
It moved on an all-terrain tracked chassis.
It looked incredibly badass.
It had a kind of fantastical steampunk style.
Zong Shen opened its attributes.
[Goblin Shredder: Oily Oleck] [Quality: Excellent] [Level: Lv. 10] [Attributes: (click to expand)] [Hunger/Durability: 80/95] [Loyalty: 80]
Zong Shen expanded the attributes.
[Goblin State/Driving State] [Strength: 12/38] [Agility: 9/27] [Intelligence: 22] [Charisma: 16] [Health: 120/680] [Slash Damage: 21/70] [Head Armor: 0/0] [Upper Body Armor: 8/50] [Lower Body Armor: 6/50] [Magic Resistance: 16] [Skills: Death Whirlwind (The Goblin Shredder swings its extremely sharp Blade Wheel, dealing slashing damage to enemies within a 3-meter radius for 7 seconds. Cooldown: 2 hours.) Logging Mode (The Goblin Shredder enters Logging Mode. Its Blade Wheel continuously spins and cuts down trees, while its iron claw transports them.) Overclock (The Goblin Shredder enters Overclock for 1 minute. Durability consumption increases by 200%, movement speed increases by 30%, attack damage increases by 20%, and attack speed increases by 20%.)]
After reading the Goblin Shredder's attributes, Zong Shen could only say one thing to his brother: "You're awesome!"
"Holy crap, Aze, you're incredible!" Zong Shen couldn't help replying.
"It's pretty good, but the Shredder Mecha piloted by the Goblin Shredder consumes durability. It can be repaired, but the required materials are things I've never even seen before."
"Still, today I found a Black Iron Treasure Chest beneath a small waterfall not far from my territory. I got some food and blueprints from it."
"What about you, Bro? How was your day?"
Zong Ze seemed to be doing quite well.
With the Goblin Shredder, he could not only meet his combat needs, but also solve his biggest early-game shortage: wood.
At its efficiency, it could match at least a dozen Farmers when it came to logging.
"I never thought my little brother would be the lucky one!"
Zong Shen sighed.
"My day went pretty well too. I got two recruitment scrolls and recruited a Night Huntress and Wolf Cavalry. I also rescued eight Farmers and found a Black Iron Treasure Chest."
He gave a brief account of what had happened.
He didn't go into too much detail.
The two brothers understood each other without needing to say more.
Neither of them had any idea how big the Endless Continent was.
Until they had developed their territories to a certain point, even reuniting would be difficult.
They were brothers and both wanted the other to do well, but they also had a competitive streak.
They were determined to come out on top!
"Wow, Bro, you're doing pretty well too!"
"I checked the World Channel. Most people are still struggling, slowly developing by gathering and exploring. Only a tiny fraction have found treasure chests or gotten recruitment scrolls and blueprints."
"We've got to keep working hard!"
"A game with tens of billions of people taking part is bound to have lucky ones, as well as people who are exceptionally capable."
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