Why Did You Go Confront Cao Cao By Yourself

193 AD, Autumn, Xuzhou.

Ren Wo Xing and Ren Fei Fan were engaged in combat with a Ghoul General unit exceeding 80 demons. They were still employing the 'run-hit-run' tactic, but the enemy also possessed 'Bow Ghouls' capable of ranged attacks and 'Riding Ghouls' with extremely fast movement speed. This battle proved to be quite challenging.

As the game time progressed, the demons' combat power also seemed to increase. In the past, the lowest-tier demons were trash with 1 attack and 0 defense. After advancing to 194 AD, the lowest level remained 1 attack and 0 defense, but there were also many with 2 attack and 1 defense.

With the enemy's strength increasing, the Aura Crystals obtained as rewards naturally increased as well. A quarter's expedition yielded at least 200 or more Aura Crystals in income.

However, earning a lot wasn't the real skill; spending it quickly was. Since Ren Xiaobai was born and the Tai Bai Plain Earth Spirit went into seclusion, the Ren family hadn't found another Elf with whom they could have a spiritual connection.

It wasn't until 3 AM that Ren Suo, playing in a daze, accidentally clicked "Scout" while performing the "Cultivation" operation.

In the "Cultivation" operation, unless all action points were used in the same direction, their own cultivation direction was randomly distributed. For example, if Ren Suo selected 2 points for Attack and 1 point for Scout, it was possible that Ren Wo Xing cultivated Scout, or it could be the other two cultivating Scout.

Therefore, unless Ren Suo completely stopped developing other abilities and had the whole family focus on one direction, he couldn't control who cultivated what.

Ren Suo had always wanted Ren Fei Fan to gain +1 point in Management so he could stay home, allowing him to send Ren Wo Xing and Ren Chang Sheng, the two ranged DPS, to clear a wave of demons.

However, the reality was that Ren Chang Sheng's Management attribute kept increasing, while Ren Fei Fan's Management attribute remained at 0 – like the gap between a poor student and a top student.

After clicking to cultivate Scout, Ren Wo Xing gained +1.3 points in the Scout attribute. In the next quarter, when Ren Suo sent the Ren brothers to clear a wave at Hulao Pass, the system suddenly popped up a notification:

"Ren Wo Xing noticed a mysterious aura appearing in the northeast direction. Explore?"

A new point suddenly appeared on the world map. Ren Suo's spirits immediately lifted, and he sent the Ren brothers to check it out.

Then, in a lake, they encountered the Lake Elf, Ling Bo!

Ling Bo: "Immortal, a great demon has been lingering nearby recently. This Lake Spirit's cultivation is insufficient to resist. Could I trouble the Immortal to take action and restore peace to the surrounding area?"

Then, Dong Commandery in the northeast lit up, showing it as a place that could be campaigned, and also added a piece of information: "Contains a small number of demons (Easy)."

Only then did Ren Suo realize that this seemingly useless Scout attribute actually had such a use: it could not only increase the chance of encountering random events on the world map but also display the difficulty description for newly appearing campaign points!

After returning from the campaign, Ling Bo Lake Spirit also appeared in the spiritual connection list in the family hall, costing 1000 Aura Crystals to mate – outrageously expensive.

Therefore, Ren Suo completely understood the specific meaning of the six attributes.

Attack: When fighting demons, if Attack is greater than Defense, it's an instant kill. If Attack is less than or equal to Defense, it deals (Defense - Attack) damage, weakening the enemy's defense. For example, if Ren Wo Xing has 1 Attack and the Ghoul General has 3 Defense, after one round of attack, the Ghoul General's Defense will be reduced to 2.

Defense: This is essentially the Ren family cultivators' HP during combat. They are fine until it drops to 0. The Defense attribute automatically resets after each battle.

Scout: Detects enemy data and increases the chance of random events.

Movement: During combat, it determines how far a character can move in one turn; on the world map, it is the maximum distance the Ren family cultivators can reach. Yes, if the target location is too far, the campaigning Ren family cultivators might not be able to return in one quarter.

Heal: During combat, it can directly restore lost Defense attributes and even save critically injured family members; normally, it can reduce villager casualties.

Management: Everything outside of combat is related to this attribute.

So far, Ren Suo felt quite good about this game.

It was complex but not difficult to understand, interesting and varied. Placing a family management game about demon slaying in the Three Kingdoms setting was truly very interesting.

Because most places where demons appeared were areas with extremely high casualties, and they were also famous battlefields in history.

Hulao Pass, where the Eighteen Route Lords attacked Dong Zhuo; Yanzhou, where the Yellow Turban remnants severely defeated the official army; Xuzhou, where Cao Cao carried out the 'Fengxiao Massacre'...

Each place required the Ren brothers to spend several quarters to deal with, and along the way, they would encounter bandits, Yellow Turban remnants, lonely souls, and wild ghosts... In this chaotic world of spiritual energy recovery, demons were insidious, and human hearts were wicked. Only cultivators like the Ren brothers could go around slaying demons.

"Let's go to sleep after finishing this!" Ren Suo looked at the bright sky outside, feeling an urge to equip "Infinite Stamina" and keep playing.

However, Ren Suo touched his hair and decided against doing something that would make his liver and hair sad.

After finally managing to kill the big boss, the Six-Armed Corpse Demon, the game displayed the battle settlement:

"Battle ended. After looting the battlefield, you obtained 3 intact straight swords, 8 intact long spears, 1 superior long sword, 120 units of gold and silver, and 250 Aura Crystals."

However, at this moment, Ren Fei Fan suddenly said, "Big Brother, why... are many of the demons here just ordinary people in their past lives..."

Ren Wo Xing: "They died, filled with immense resentment, and resonated with the Aura veins, thus transforming into demons. Isn't that normal? In the inherited knowledge, you should also understand that among demons, ghosts, and monsters, demons are animals that crave blood, fiends are humans who have fallen, ghosts are the resentment of the dead, and monsters are mutated Aura."

Ren Fei Fan: "I know... But these people were civilians, just like Xiao Cui, honestly farming and tilling the land. Why... why did they have to suffer such a fate, slaughtered with immense resentment?! Why did Cao Cao do this?"

Ren Wo Xing: "Slaughter can strike fear into the enemy, making them surrender... It also releases the soldiers' pressure and Cao Cao's anger. I heard Cao Cao's father was killed in Xu Province, and the reason for this expedition was Fengxiao's campaign."

Ren Fei Fan: "...So, it's all Cao Cao's fault?"

Ren Wo Xing: "You could say that... What's wrong?"

Ren Fei Fan: "Nothing..."

Ren Suo's eyebrows twitched – this Ren Fei Fan was clearly planning something!

As expected, the next second the game displayed a prompt: "Ren Fei Fan has left the party."

In the winter of 193, in the family hall, Ren Fei Fan was absent. Ren Chang Sheng said, "Patriarch, Third Brother doesn't know where he went either... Please instruct on this quarter's plan."

Ren Suo felt a mouthful of old blood. Ren Fei Fan, as the only melee cultivator, was an almost indispensable tank in the current situation where demons were getting stronger. With him gone, how were they supposed to fight?

Fortunately, in the spring of 194, Ren Fei Fan returned. However, his hair was as white as that of a sixty or seventy-year-old man, and his expression was weary, as if he was in his twilight years.

Ren Fei Fan said, "Big Brother, Second Brother... I'm back."

Ren Suo checked Ren Fei Fan's attributes and found that his lifespan had decreased to 18 years!

But he was already 18 this year!

Fortunately, the game didn't intend to leave players completely in the dark. Ren Chang Sheng was very surprised: "Third Brother, you... how did you become like this?"

Ren Fei Fan: "I went to kill Cao Cao and failed. Not only does he have a genius by his side who has a basic understanding of Aura, but most importantly, when I tried to harm him, my body stiffened... I tried three times, and all failed."

Ren Chang Sheng: "This is the Lock in our bloodline. Even if we violated it once, violating it again tightens the Lock. Our Champion Bloodline will strengthen, leading to a reduction in lifespan. Third Brother, why are you so foolish... Do we have a grudge against Cao Cao? Why go through all this trouble?"

Ren Fei Fan: "I don't know... Anyway, as soon as I close my eyes, I see those people from Xu Province who died with countless resentments gathered together, turning into monsters that are neither human nor ghost."

"What did they do wrong? They did nothing wrong, so someone is at fault. Isn't it right for the person who made the mistake to be punished..."

In the courtyard outside the family hall, spring was in full bloom, and the weather was pleasant.

Ren Suo looked at the number of Aura Crystals in the upper right corner, chose "Aura Exchange," clicked on Ling Bo Lake Spirit, and selected Ren Fei Fan.

In the summer of 194, Ren Fei Fan's face was gaunt, but he had a smile on his face as he appeared in the family hall holding a child.

"This child will be named Ren Bu Hui..." Ren Fei Fan only said this one sentence, and then the screen entered a story CG.

"Fortunately, I did not fail my mission, Big Brother... I have continued the Ren family's bloodline..."

Ren Fei Fan was supported by Ren Wo Xing and Ren Chang Sheng, and he said tremblingly, "It's a pity, I still haven't learned how to cook. On the road, I still had to rely on Big Brother to cook... What you make is really hard to eat..."

"Second Brother, I've really troubled you all these years. I know you've helped me cover up a lot of things. This time I've offended Cao Cao, and I don't know what kind of trouble it will cause. I have one last thing, Second Brother, please find a good husband for Xiao Cui..."

"Third Brother!" "Third Brother, don't say anymore!"

Ren Fei Fan tightly hugged his two older brothers and finally cried. Tears streamed down his face, and his body shimmered with light. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry... I'm leaving. Will you remember me?"

"We will!" Ren Wo Xing nodded heavily. "I, you, Second Brother... none of us will be forgotten!"

"Summer of 194, Ren Fei Fan died at the age of 18. His last words: I'm sorry, I left too quickly."

In the family tree display, Ren Fei Fan's portrait turned black and white.

Ren Suo watched for a while, then suddenly remembered this game.

"Oh no, I didn't save!" Ren Suo remembered this point. Because he had been playing for 16 hours straight without stopping, and the difficulty wasn't high, he was too lazy to save.

However, when he clicked on the system, he found that he could only exit the game, not save!

When Ren Suo chose to exit the game and then chose to load the game, he saw this entry on the save interface:

"Recorded in History, Undying for a Thousand Years."

Unable to save, he could either load a game or start over.

Now, Ren Suo finally understood where the 2-star difficulty of this game lay—

In his Ren family save file, Ren Wo Xing would also die in 195. At that time, only Ren Chang Sheng and two children who hadn't grown up yet would be left! Ren Chang Sheng couldn't leave; he could only wait for the children to grow up, and by then, he might have died of old age!

And the grown-up children's combat power would be no match for the increasingly strong demons!

Even if they grew up, as long as they were characters Ren Suo couldn't control, they could do unexpected things at any time—not to mention Ren Fei Fan, even Ren Chang Sheng once suddenly left a battle during an expedition to save a group of refugees. In that battle, Ren Wo Xing almost gave up his first blood.

Unable to perfectly control family members who might cause trouble, increasingly strong enemies, sudden disasters, a shortage of mating partners, and the curse of a short life, the curse of having no descendants. To continue the family for 76 years in this environment—

Simply put, it was as difficult as a web novel author wanting to become famous with one book.