Chapter 3: Recruiting a Fifth-Tier General
Ding! Congratulations to player Half-Journey Through the Mortal World for successfully choosing a faction. Initializing game data and verifying account assets.
Ding! Dear player, welcome to the Divine Province Continent. We have prepared one thousand taels of silver as your starting funds. Please make good use of them and strive to become stronger.
Ding! Dear novice player, the beginner guidance quest is now available. Do you wish to accept?
Notice: Completing the guidance quest grants fifty taels of silver.
No!
Xiao Wen directly rejected it.
Did this young master look like someone lacking fifty taels of silver?
He silently opened the inventory interface and glanced at the contents inside.
Within the otherwise empty inventory sat only a tiny unremarkable basin, about the size of a palm.
This was...
The Treasure Bowl!
[Treasure Bowl]
Type: Unknown
Grade: Unknown
Attributes: None
Special Trait: Born to Gather Wealth (Condenses the gold energy of heaven and earth. Generates one gold ingot every day and automatically deposits it into the account.)
“The item has arrived. Same effect as in my previous life. Those planning staff members probably still think they made a profit, huh?”
“Trading one thousand Blue Star Coins for a virtual installment-type item? Those idiots are probably laughing at how stupid this daddy is right now!”
“The world laughs at my madness, while I laugh at how blind the world is!”
“Right now, the exchange ratio between Blue Star Coins and ingots is still 1:1, but who knows what it’ll become later?”
“If I remember correctly, the recharge system at the game company headquarters should already be completely paralyzed by now, right?”
“We’ll wait and see!”
That was what Xiao Wen thought inwardly as his gaze shifted away from the Treasure Bowl and landed on his account balance.
Game Currency: 1000 taels of silver.
Recharge Currency: 999,999,999 ingots.
Game currency and recharge currency were separated. No mistakes there.
After looking at the currency system inside his account, Xiao Wen finally relaxed.
He had been worried that his rebirth might create a butterfly effect and influence the entire Blue Star.
Now it seemed that concern was unnecessary.
Ding! Welcome player Half-Journey Through the Mortal World to the Western Liang faction. Please construct your Lord’s Manor.
The notification rang out beside his ears once more. Xiao Wen rolled his eyes.
Build the Lord’s Manor?
What a waste of time!
Constructing the Lord’s Manor at the start required no resources, but it consumed half an hour.
And during the early stages of the game, buildings could only be constructed one at a time.
Rather than wasting time on that, this young master might as well directly build a General Summoning Platform and recruit generals!
Thinking this, Xiao Wen immediately opened the territory construction interface. With a tap of his finger on the virtual screen, he directly selected the General Summoning Platform.
Notice: Constructing a General Summoning Platform requires 500 taels of silver. Confirm construction?
Yes!
Xiao Wen chuckled softly and chose yes without the slightest hesitation.
Five hundred taels of silver were immediately deducted from his account. After selecting the construction location, Xiao Wen pointed forward.
At once, a massive six-pointed star formation appeared on the empty ground ahead.
The instant the formation emerged, a towering pillar of light shot into the sky, connecting heaven and earth.
The ground trembled as a gigantic circular platform slowly rose from beneath the earth.
About ten seconds later, the light faded and a notification sounded.
Ding! Congratulations to player Half-Journey Through the Mortal World for successfully constructing the General Summoning Platform.
Notice: General Summoning Platform successfully constructed. You may now recruit generals. Fallen generals may also be revived through the platform. Initial revival attempts granted: 3.
The moment the notification sounded, Xiao Wen impatiently stepped onto the platform.
Looking at the two massive crystal pillars before him, Xiao Wen smiled faintly, the corners of his mouth rising slightly.
“Just as expected. Still exactly the same as before,” Xiao Wen sighed emotionally.
Before him stood two crystals: one entirely azure blue, the other glowing with a deep purple light. They corresponded to two different general recruitment modes.
After the game launched, every player received one opportunity to recruit a general. By constructing a General Summoning Platform, players could recruit generals.
And once a player successfully recruited a general they deemed suitable, that general could not be dismissed within the next three days.
Generals were divided into five levels from low to high, also known as the five tiers:
Ordinary General, Elite General, Famous Historical Figure, Great General of an Era, and Legendary Famous General!
Because of the differences between tiers, fifth-tier generals had major differences in their attribute stats, and even their level caps differed.
The lowest level cap was Level 20, while the highest reached Level 100.
Different levels and attributes naturally resulted in enormous differences in combat power.
A general’s strength could even heavily influence how smoothly a player survived the beginner phase.
Therefore, for novice players who wanted to rapidly increase combat power and freely navigate the game, early general recruitment was critically important!
Of course, for ordinary players, they could mostly just choose to lie flat.
Why?
Just look at the recruitment modes and you’d understand.
The General Summoning Platform had two recruitment modes: Destined Good General and Spending Gold Like Dirt.
Destined Good General: New lord players receive one free draw upon spawning, and another draw every ten levels thereafter. Costs 500 taels of silver and randomly recruits a tier 1-5 general.
Spending Gold Like Dirt: No draw limits. Costs 500 ingots and randomly recruits a tier 2-5 general.
For ordinary players, being able to afford a few-hundred-dollar regular gaming helmet was already considered decent.
And people expected them to whale repeatedly on recruitment draws?
So...
The hearts of the game planners were truly black.
At the start, the 500 silver plus another 500 silver instantly consumed the entire thousand taels of gifted beginner funds.
Of course, Xiao Wen didn’t care.
This daddy had plenty of money!
Just as Xiao Wen was about to begin recruiting generals, he suddenly noticed a flashing purple system message in the corner.
Western Liang Faction Announcement: Congratulations to player Feng Xiao Yi Han Xi for successfully recruiting the Great General of an Era (Fourth-Tier General) — Pang De.
The announcement flashed past.
Xiao Wen immediately opened the faction chat channel and saw countless players instantly causing an uproar.
[Yang Wei Is Not Impotent]: Holy crap! Pang De? A fourth-tier general? That’s insane! I’m still waiting for my Lord’s Manor to finish construction!
[Xu Mo Li Xu Mo Qi]: The idiot upstairs is hilarious. We’re all whales here, so who’s still following the normal order and building the Lord’s Manor first? Isn’t it better to directly open the General Summoning Platform and roll generals?
[Squeeze Your Tire Flat]: Heh... roll my ass. Trash game. I already spent fifty thousand. A hundred pulls and my fingers are numb from clicking, but I got nothing. Highest was only third-tier.
[Feng Xiao Yi Han Xi]: Cough cough, I just got lucky, that’s all. Got it in ten pulls. I thought there was some pity system or something.
[Feng Xiao Yi Han Xi]: Seeing that nobody else pulled one makes me feel relieved. I’m heading off to do the beginner trial now.
[Squeeze Your Tire Flat]: Holy crap! You damn humblebragging dog, don’t leave! Let me borrow some of your luck!
...
Xiao Wen withdrew his gaze and smiled slightly.
His face carried three parts envy and seven parts regret.
A soul hit in ten pulls?
That guy’s luck was genuinely incredible.
Unfortunately, he missed out on a hidden beginner benefit.
If Xiao Wen remembered correctly, recruiting a fifth-tier general for the first time at the start granted a random equipment reward.
Clearly, that guy had missed it.
Forget it. Better let this daddy slowly draw instead.
Xiao Wen placed his hand on the nearby purple crystal.
Notice: Spend 500 ingots to use Spending Gold Like Dirt and recruit a general?
Yes!
Ding! Congratulations to player Half-Journey Through the Mortal World for recruiting the second-tier general Zhang Wu.
Notice: Spend 500 ingots to use Spending Gold Like Dirt and recruit a general?
Yes!
Ding! Congratulations to player Half-Journey Through the Mortal World for recruiting the second-tier general Liu Yan.
Ding! Congratulations to player Half-Journey Through the Mortal World for recruiting the second-tier general Fu Che.
...
Second-tier...
Second-tier...
Third-tier...
Second-tier...
Suddenly, purple light erupted brilliantly.
Fourth-tier!
Ding! Congratulations to player Half-Journey Through the Mortal World for recruiting the fourth-tier general Ma Dai.
Ignored.
Continue recruiting.
Spend!
Spend like crazy!
Third-tier...
Fourth-tier...
Second-tier...
Second-tier...
Suddenly, dazzling golden light exploded from the purple crystal, flooding the entire General Summoning Platform in radiant brilliance.
Success!
Fifth-tier!
A Legendary Famous General!
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