He was looking it over.
Suddenly, he heard a commotion outside the door.
Zhao Chi froze, then hurried to the doorway.
He cautiously poked his head out.
More than a dozen deathly pale hands suddenly reached out of the dirt outside.
They kept clawing at the air.
"Oh no!"
Zhao Chi's heart lurched.
He hurriedly grabbed a chair and held it in front of himself as a shield.
The next moment, more than a dozen arms emerged from underground.
Heads followed one after another.
Those heads pushed hard against the soil, struggling and swaying before suddenly breaking through.
Chapter 9: Summoning a Female Hero
Zhao Chi watched nervously.
To his surprise, the faces emerging from the ground all belonged to women.
He stared, dumbfounded.
Then he suddenly remembered that this was the birth method he had set for the Peach Haven Humans.
Just like those skeletons, they would break out of the earth.
Zhao Chi relaxed.
He counted carefully. There were exactly ten women.
The hands he had thought were deathly pale simply had very fair skin.
Now that he looked again, their fair skin had a rosy tint.
They definitely looked alive.
Soon, all ten women climbed out of the soil.
Ten deep holes remained in the ground.
When the women saw Zhao Chi, they all instinctively covered their bodies.
Zhao Chi had been a little dazed.
Only now did he realize that all these newborn women were naked.
He quickly lowered his head.
But the sight of all that bare, fair skin was already etched into his mind.
"Um... my lord, are you the lord here?"
A woman in her twenties asked hesitantly.
Zhao Chi nodded. "That's right."
The woman cautiously asked another question.
"We were born in your territory. May we join it?"
Zhao Chi nodded and said:
"Of course. You're all welcome here.
"My territory has only just been established, and you're its first villagers.
"I can't promise much else, but I'll do my best to keep you fed and clothed, and I'll do everything I can to keep you safe.
"I hope we can work together to make this territory better and better."
All ten women sighed with relief at his words.
"Wonderful! Now we have a home."
"Yes, we won't have to wander out there."
"My lord, do you have any clothes we could wear? Staying naked like this is a little... inappropriate."
"Yes, my lord, is there a bathhouse nearby? A stream would do too. We've only just been born, and we're covered in dirt. We'd like to wash."
Their needs were perfectly normal.
After all, they were young women. They couldn't stay naked forever.
Their bodies and hair were covered in dirt, too. They really did need to wash.
Zhao Chi scratched his head.
I'm looking for a river myself.
As for clothes, he truly had none.
His territory had only just been established, and he had next to nothing.
Zhao Chi replied, "We don't have either yet, but I'll figure something out."
Li Ruanyu had sent him a Lord's Toolbox earlier.
He could open it now.
And see what was inside.
Zhao Chi clicked to open it.
[Please select a placement location]
He even had to choose where to put it?
Zhao Chi casually pointed at an empty patch beside the lord's house.
The next moment, white light shot from his fingertip.
A wooden crate measuring one cubic meter appeared.
The women all widened their eyes.
"Wow!"
"Spirit arts!"
"Our lord is amazing."
Zhao Chi was taken aback.
That counts as spirit arts?
He ignored the women's exclamations and walked straight over to open the crate.
A one-cubic-meter crate was no small thing.
It was packed full of tools.
Hammers, axes, billhooks, daggers, hoes, pickaxes, needles and thread, ropes, and much more.
There were several of each kind.
There was also a set of iron cookware and several pieces of flint.
It was a very comprehensive assortment.
With these tools, they could get to work.
Zhao Chi opened the system again.
On the hero screen, he clicked on the Female Medical Officer he had selected earlier.
[Summon your starting hero now?]
He clicked [Yes].
[Your starting hero is currently a "Human." As a same-race summon, she can be changed to a "Peach Haven Human." Would you like to change her race?]
He could even change her race?
This wasn't an effect of his Transplant Flowers, Connect Jade skill.
It was an option the system offered.
Of course he would change it.
Although most of her attributes and information would remain unchanged afterward.
Her racial talent would definitely change.
The Human racial talent was "Farming," while the Peach Haven Human racial talent was "Fearless."
If he could change it, of course he would.
[Change complete. Summoning]
Crack! Crack!
Suddenly, something pushed against the soles of Zhao Chi's feet.
He quickly stepped back twice.
Two women's arms reached out of the ground where he had been standing.
The next moment, a stunningly beautiful face emerged.
Although her hair was full of loose dirt and her face was covered in dark mud.
Zhao Chi recognized her at once.
She was the Female Medical Officer he had chosen.
Before long.
The Female Medical Officer emerged completely.
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