Then he opened the territory interface again.
[Territory: None]
[Lord's Manor: Level 1]
[Current Expansion Range: 1,000 meters in every direction. Complete the land expansion quest to expand your territory.]
[Click to Begin Expansion]
(You'd better not click this by mistake. Clicking means you accept the expansion quest, and ten hostile targets within five kilometers will be randomly selected to attack you.)
Zong Shen looked at the requirements for expanding his territory, then at the Strategy Guide, and immediately understood.
Next, he opened [Buildings].
[Tier 1 Thatched Shed]
[Quality: Ordinary Human Building]
[Requirements: Wood ×10, Hemp ×3]
[Area: 4 square meters]
[Provides a simple place to rest and slowly restores health.]
(Recovers 1 point per hour.)
[Capacity: 2 people]
[Construction Time: 1h]
(Can be affected by the lord's passive skill [Engineering]. Each additional worker reduces construction time by 20%, up to a maximum of 3 workers.)
[Tier 1 Simple Stove]
[Quality: Ordinary Human Building]
[Requirements: Stone ×10, Wood ×5]
[Area: 1 square meter]
[Can be used to cook food. Eating raw food may harm your body.]
[With different cooking skills, you can prepare food with beneficial effects using the stove. The success rate for cooking high-level food varies depending on the stove's level.]
[Construction Time: 2h]
(If you don't want to eat raw meat, this building is a must.)
[Tier 1 Blacksmith Shop]
[Quality: Ordinary Human Building]
[Requirements: Iron Ore ×10, Wood ×25, Stone ×50]
[Area: 20 square meters]
[A basic blacksmith shop, crucial in the early stages. You can forge basic weapons and tools inside.]
(If you can afford it, build one as soon as possible. Your three foolish farmers all need weapons.)
[Tier 1 Tailor Shop]
[Quality: Ordinary Human Building]
[Requirements: Iron Ore ×5, Wood ×30, Stone ×40]
[Area: 20 square meters]
[A basic tailor shop, crucial in the early stages. You can make basic clothes, armor, and tools inside.]
(If you can afford it, build one as soon as possible. Your three foolish farmers all need protection.)
Zong Shen looked through the options. They were all Level 1 buildings, and none of them stood out.
The Level 2 options were all grayed out, with a note saying that blueprints were required to unlock them.
At the very bottom was a [Special] option, which he couldn't open either.
There were precious few useful functions under Buildings.
Next, Zong Shen opened the [Crafting] function.
[Stone Axe: Stone ×5, Wood ×2, Hemp ×3]
[Crafting Time: 3m]
(A crude stone axe. Very inefficient and easily damaged.)
[Stone Pickaxe: Stone ×5, Wood ×2, Hemp ×3]
[Crafting Time: 3m]
(A crude stone pickaxe. Very inefficient and easily damaged.)
[Hemp Rope: Hemp ×10]
[Crafting Time: 8m]
(A product made from natural hemp fibers. Can be used to tie things up or woven into other items.)
[Fishing Basket: Hemp Rope ×5, Hemp ×18]
[Crafting Time: 30m]
(An advanced product made from hemp fibers. Requires some weaving skill and can be used to make fishing traps.)
[Hemp Net: Hemp Rope ×10, Hemp ×25]
[Crafting Time: 1h]
(An advanced product made from hemp fibers. Requires some weaving skill and can be used to make hunting traps or as a carrying net.)
There were dozens of flashy options under Crafting.
Most were basic items that could be made with simple methods.
After studying them for a while, Zong Shen had a rough idea of how things worked.
This mysterious Lord Survival was looking more and more like a game.
Only this game was incredibly realistic, as if it were based on reality.
After checking the [Crafting] options,
Zong Shen opened [Channels].
Six sub-options immediately appeared before him.
[Global Channel] (Not yet open. This channel will become available after the regions merge.)
[World Channel] (World chat. Automatic translation. Lords of your current level can send one message per day.)
[Regional Channel] (A 200-kilometer-by-200-kilometer area centered on your territory, covering 40,000 square kilometers. Unlimited chatting.)
[Alliance Channel] (This channel will become available after you create or join an alliance.)
[Private Chat Channel] (One-on-one chat using personal IDs. Unlimited chatting.)
[Friends and Family Channel] (Unlimited chatting.)
Zong Shen was stunned...
There really was a chat function.
Could it really be a mass transmigration, with everyone becoming lords?
With a sense of unease, he opened the [World Channel].
"[Zhao Jun1993216: What's going on? I was just walking down the road, and suddenly I ended up in an all-white room. It even made me choose a background. Can anyone tell me what's happening?]"
"[Chen Qi1994615: I think we've all transmigrated. This is a game played by the gods. There's no other way to explain all this!]"
"[Baker1991324: Oh, shit. Are we sure this isn't some prank show? I picked a few backgrounds at random, and all I got was a pile of junk and three foolish farmers!]"
"[Elizabeth1989221: Everyone, be careful. I took my farmers out to gather supplies earlier and was attacked by green-skinned goblins. One of the farmers died. Death here is real!]"
"[Yamada Takeshi1996712: Damn it! I ran into three bandits. They tried to cut me down without saying a word. Thank goodness for the Newbie Protection Period; the courtyard is invincible...!]"
"[Park Tae-an1994713: Ah! I found a treasure chest! I got some supplies and building blueprints from it! Our great nation of Simida really is destined to rule!]"
"There are a lot of people who've transmigrated here."
"Not everyone has a cheat!"
"And this world is full of both opportunities and dangers!"
From the jumbled information, Zong Shen picked out a few useful details.
The situation was far more complicated than he'd imagined!
The entire world had formed a completely new system, and he had to adapt as quickly as possible!
After closing the [World Channel], he felt even more troubled.
Then he opened the [Friends and Family Channel], his heart even more uneasy.
If everyone had transmigrated, then his parents and younger brother should have come here too.
He had the Strategy System to rely on. What about them?
At the thought, he hurriedly checked the [Friends and Family Channel].
This channel was more like a chat room.
The members were displayed on the right.
There were four profile icons at the moment, one for each member of the family.
His parents' icons were gray, while his and his younger brother's were in color.
[Chen Hongmei] (Over 45 years old, eligible for the second batch. She will enter the continent in 180 days. If any of her first-batch family members are still alive, she will be transported nearby. She will also receive a certain amount of starting support.)
[Zong Qiming] (Over 45 years old, eligible for the second batch. He will enter the continent in 180 days. If any of his first-batch family members are still alive, he will be transported nearby. He will also receive a certain amount of starting support.)
[Zong Ze] (Currently located in the western part of the Endless Continent, 2,100 kilometers southwest of the Great City of Beluda.)
Seeing this, Zong Shen felt much more at ease!
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