If You Want to Eat, You Have to Work [Seeking Favorites and Recommendations]

The three foolish farmers stared at the bloody Grassland Wolf carcass, their mouths practically watering.

Zong Shen frowned, ignoring their flattery as he walked behind them and kicked each of them in the backside.

He sent all three of them sprawling face-first into the dirt.

"Ouch!"

"L-Lord, please spare us!"

The three foolish farmers knew exactly why Zong Shen had kicked them, and they cried out with guilty consciences.

"Hmph, the three of you—nowhere to be found when it's time to kill a wolf, but you're certainly eager when it's time to eat the meat."

"When you were running for your lives earlier, you even managed to drop the tools I gave you for gathering resources."

"Tell me, what use are you to me?!"

Zong Shen said in a chilling tone.

In his view, these three foolish farmers weren't actually foolish at all; they were top-tier at avoiding danger and fleeing for their lives.

They were only "foolish" when it came to doing actual work.

Slow and dim-witted.

In every other aspect, they weren't the least bit stupid.

They were the classic example of being useless at everything, but first in line when it was time to eat.

Because of this, Zong Shen was indeed holding back a surge of frustration.

Coupled with the fact that he had just killed a Grassland Wolf, he was fully armed and still wore a trace of murderous intent on his face.

This made the three foolish farmers even more afraid to look him in the eye.

They could only remain where they had fallen, begging and pleading for mercy.

However, these three foolish farmers were the only labor force he could utilize in the early stages.

Zong Shen couldn't actually banish them.

Doing this now was merely a reprimand.

As the saying goes, it's the principle of the carrot and the stick.

"Speak for yourselves, the three of you."

"How should I deal with you for what happened today?"

Zong Shen paced back and forth behind the three foolish farmers.

The rusted one-handed sword in his hand dragged along the ground, its tip carving through the soil and grass with a soft, rasping sound.

"Lord, please forgive us this one time...!"

"Next time, we will definitely fight side by side with you!"

"I'll go retrieve the lost tools and resources right now!"

The three foolish farmers began to plead once again.

Listening to them made Zong Shen's head throb.

He felt the urge to give each of them a taste of his blade.

In the end, he could only let out a soft sigh.

"Sigh."

"Get up, all of you, and get to work."

"Tie Zhu, you stay here."

"Er Gou, Gou Dan, the two of you go and find all the lost tools immediately. If even one is missing, you'll be going hungry today!"

"Once you've gathered all the tools, resume collection immediately. Wood, iron, hemp, food, water—I want all five types of resources, and the more, the better!"

"If you slack off or try to cheat again, you can all get out and go wander the wilderness yourselves!"

Zong Shen threw the one-handed sword down with a fierce motion, embedding it into the grass.

"Yes, yes... we won't dare do it again!"

"We're going to work right now, right now!"

The three foolish farmers scrambled to their feet.

At the same time, three system notifications appeared in the bottom right corner.

[Due to your stern reprimand.]

[Farmer Tie Zhu's loyalty to you has increased by 3 points, current loyalty 78.]

[Farmer Er Gou's loyalty to you has increased by 3 points, current loyalty 78.]

[Farmer Gou Dan's loyalty to you has increased by 3 points, current loyalty 78.]

Watching these notifications, Zong Shen understood a few more details about the game's mechanics.

The three foolish farmers stood up timidly.

Under the watchful gaze of Zong Shen, Er Gou and Tie Dan began searching along the path they had taken while fleeing.

Tie Zhu, meanwhile, stood respectfully behind Zong Shen, not daring to move a muscle.

The place where they had previously gathered resources was not far away, only about a hundred meters from the small courtyard.

Therefore, it was not difficult to retrieve the lost tools.

After Zong Shen finished lecturing the three farmers and experienced the authority of a lord, he shifted his focus to the wolf carcass on the ground and the mysterious scroll.

These were all his spoils of war.

When his gaze fully focused on the wolf carcass.

A prominent option appeared before him.

[Dismantle]

With a thought, he clicked [Dismantle].

Instantly, the entire wolf carcass transformed into a ball of white light.

[Dismantle Grassland Wolf carcass ×1]

[Obtained Fresh Wolf Meat ×10]

(Delicious meat that can satisfy hunger)

[Obtained Fresh Wolf Blood ×500ml]

(Unpalatable fresh blood; perhaps you can use it to set bait traps, or as a supplement to water resources)

[Obtained Hard Grassland Wolf Skull ×1]

(A hard skull that can be used to craft a simple helmet, increasing head protection)

[Obtained Grassland Wolf Bones ×15]

(Hard bones from the wolf, one of the primitive materials that can be used to craft simple armor or weapons)

[Obtained Sharp Wolf Fangs ×2]

(These two wolf fangs are very sharp and can easily be modified into crossbow bolts)

[Obtained Intact Grassland Wolf Pelt ×1]

(An intact Grassland Wolf pelt, a great material for leather; of course, if you can sell it to those fur merchants or the minor nobles of Avalon, you could make a small profit.)

After a series of notifications.

The corpse of the Grassland Wolf, which had turned into a ball of white light, scattered like fireworks.

It transformed into six different clusters of light that landed on the ground.

These six clusters of light were the six items obtained from the decomposition.

All the items had turned into miniature cube shapes.

Even the wolf blood had become a tiny cube.

Zong Shen reached out and touched them, collecting them all into his personal storage grid.

It was quite convenient.

He locked his attention onto the [Sharp Wolf Tooth] and selected to extract one.

The next moment, a wolf tooth about three knuckles long appeared in his hand.

This function was quite handy and very easy to use.

However, given the nature of this Lord Survival game.

With such vague descriptions, other players without a Strategy System would inevitably have to take many detours.

Although one could guess some things just by using common sense.

There were many details that were truly easy to miss or delay progress.

He looked at the wolf tooth in his hand; it was unexpectedly sharp.

Zong Shen looked down at the tattered leather short-sleeve shirt he was wearing; he feared it would not be able to effectively resist the penetration of this wolf tooth.

Zong Shen clicked his tongue in wonder.

"Does this wolf usually use an angle grinder to pick its teeth..."

With a thought, he put the wolf tooth away again.

Items of the same type could be stacked, so Zong Shen still had plenty of empty slots in his storage grid.

"Tie Zhu, do you want to eat roasted meat?"

Zong Shen picked up the scroll from the ground.

He suddenly asked.

"I do, of course I do!"

Tie Zhu swallowed a mouthful of saliva, seemingly already imagining the wonderful experience of fragrant roasted meat being chewed between his teeth.

"Very good, then our Level 1 Stove is handed over to you."

"10 units of Stone, 5 units of Wood."

"Additionally, the construction time will take 2 hours."

"Whenever you finish building it, that's when we eat. If you're diligent, you should be able to make it in time for dinner tonight."

Zong Shen patted his shoulder and pointed toward the trees and stones scattered nearby.

"By the way, tell those two idiots that if they want to eat, they have to work."

"Today, each of them must collect at least 15 units of Wood, 8 units of Stone, and 5 units of Hemp, otherwise none of them will be eating!"