Chapter 67: Strength Increase
The dark sky gradually began to receive a ray of light. This gentle sunlight pierced through the darkness and shone upon the land, bringing with it a rare sense of peace and tranquility.
Looking up, Xiao Wen stood with his hands behind his back, quietly gazing ahead as the darkness in the sky dispersed. A faint smile appeared at the corners of his lips.
The darkness retreated, light returned, illusion and reality became one, and heaven and earth were reborn!
At the moment the darkness between heaven and earth vanished, twelve golden characters faintly appeared in the sky.
However, these twelve characters only remained visible for a few breaths before disappearing as though they had never existed.
After the twelve characters appeared, many players on the forums captured the scene and uploaded screenshots. Countless people gathered around the topic, discussing it endlessly as its popularity soared.
But Xiao Wen paid no attention to any of it. He simply stood quietly atop the city wall, silently observing everything.
Soon after, a system notification arrived.
Announcement: The Yellow Turban sacrifice to heaven has been completed. The main storyline quest, Yellow Turban Rebellion, has officially begun. Players are requested to choose a battlefield and proceed accordingly.
Available starting storylines:
Zhuo Commandery — The Peach Garden Oath of Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei;
Nanyang Commandery — Zhang Mancheng's Yellow Turban offensive;
Yingchuan Commandery — Bo Cai's Yellow Turban siege;
Battle of Runan;
Battle of Guangyang;
...
Notice: During this storyline event, each player may bring no more than one thousand soldiers and generals. Players may choose different offensive and defensive factions on different battlefields. If their chosen faction wins, players will receive substantial rewards.
All battlefields will open in three days. Please make preparations in advance.
When this announcement sounded, players reacted with mixed feelings.
Those who were happy saw this as a large-scale storyline event. The number of participants would undoubtedly be enormous. On such a massive battlefield, blending into the crowd and collecting rewards while contributing little would be incredibly easy.
Those who were unhappy were the overwhelming majority of players whose territories had not even reached the level of a Level 3 Village. Many didn't even possess five hundred troops, let alone gather a thousand soldiers for battle.
If they joined, wouldn't they just be cannon fodder?
As a result, ever since the announcement was released, the player community had become divided between excitement and frustration.
However, Xiao Wen did not care about any of this.
To him, the Yellow Turban Rebellion was an excellent opportunity to obtain attributes and elevate the rank of his generals.
After the promotion of his Main City was completed, the three-dimensional attributes of his Lord talent finally broke through twenty points and reached thirty points, equivalent to the level of a third-tier general.
Logically speaking, this breakthrough should have occurred when he established a County City.
However, perhaps because he had undergone a Lord class advancement midway through his progression, the difficulty of advancing his general rank had silently increased.
What originally should have been achieved at the County City stage could now only be accomplished after upgrading to a Main City.
Still, it did not matter much. After all, he had successfully completed the attribute advancement now.
Nickname: Half-Journey Through the Mortal World
Territory Level: Main City (Unnamed)
Lord Level: 32
Territory Coordinates: 241, 142
Equipment: Python-Head Three-Piece Set
Skills: Army-Breaking Strike, Dragon King Break, Divine Dragon Stride, Dragon God's Wrath
Talent Attributes: 400/30
Constructed Buildings:
Lord’s Manor, General Summoning Platform, Barracks, Archer Training Ground, Heavenly Crafts Workshop, Wood Workshop, Blacksmith Shop, Warehouse, Farmhouse, Watchtower, Stable...
Unconstructed Buildings:
Siege Workshop, Steel Furnace...
Owned Generals:
Ma Chao (Level 32), Zhang Song (Level 32), Lu Cheng (Level 32)
Assets:
Dragon Manor (Luoyang).
After reviewing his lord attributes, Xiao Wen narrowed his eyes and nodded.
The attributes were fairly good. Although the level was somewhat low, it was not a major issue.
Level fifty was a major threshold. Once that point was crossed, everything would become different.
As for the Yellow Turban Rebellion, entering it with his current level was more than sufficient.
Xiao Wen silently thought to himself before calling over Ma Chao and Zhang Song, instructing them to clean up the battlefield, reorganize military supplies, and recruit new troops.
As for himself, he chose to log out and exit the game.
His consciousness withdrew from the game, and immediately a foul odor entered his nose.
Even though Xiao Wen had mentally prepared himself, suddenly smelling that stench still left him somewhat uncomfortable. His brows furrowed, and his expression became unsightly.
Lowering his head, he looked at his body.
His clothes had become sticky and greasy, emitting waves of foul odor. These were impurities expelled from his body.
With a leap, he jumped out of the gaming pod and headed straight for the bathroom, thoroughly washing away all the filth.
When Xiao Wen emerged wearing a bathrobe, he slowly clenched his right hand.
Immediately afterward, an explosive sonic boom echoed through the air.
The force generated by his tightening fingers had compressed and detonated the surrounding air.
“Not bad. A very powerful strength. I already possess seventy to eighty percent of my character's strength in the game. Once the Yellow Turban Rebellion ends and another major update arrives, my strength will achieve one hundred percent synchronization with the game.”
“It's a pity that before the major update, equipment from the game still can't be brought out.”
Xiao Wen shrugged helplessly and muttered a few words before calling Uncle Fu inside and instructing him to arrange for someone to thoroughly clean the gaming pod.
Hearing this, Uncle Fu nodded in acknowledgment, but he looked deeply at Xiao Wen, his gaze lingering for a long time.
“Uncle Fu, what are you looking at?” Xiao Wen asked.
Seemingly startled by Xiao Wen's voice, Uncle Fu came back to his senses. After studying him for several moments, he smiled slightly and said:
“N-Nothing. It's just that Young Master seems a little different today. You seem to possess a special kind of presence.”
“A special presence?”
Xiao Wen muttered to himself. He did not think much of it, merely giving Uncle Fu a somewhat surprised glance.
“Perhaps. By the way, Uncle Fu, after improving the surveillance system outside, did you discover anything?”
“Discover anything? There was indeed something. According to the surveillance footage, a few people wandered around our villa several times. I investigated their identities. They aren't residents of our villa district,” Uncle Fu replied.
Not residents of the villa district?
So those people were probably from the Public Security Department?
The Public Security Department had already discovered his identity?
Xiao Wen raised an eyebrow, though he was not particularly surprised.
Back at the shopping mall, he had shown his face and left behind images.
As long as they had images, it would not be difficult for the Public Security Department to identify him through facial recognition and big-data analysis.
“Any outside phone calls?” Xiao Wen asked.
“Yes. Someone called Three days ago. I answered it. They didn't explain what it was about, only said that if Young Master had time, he should return their call.”
“If you hadn't mentioned it, I probably wouldn't have remembered,” Uncle Fu answered.
Xiao Wen nodded, unsurprised.
“Send me the phone number. Also have someone clean the gaming pod. I'm heading out.”
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