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Chapter 104 - 103: The Gradually Awakening Self Consciousness (Please Subscribe)_l
Chapter 104 - 103: The Gradually Awakening Self Consciousness (Please Subscribe)_l
Chapter 104: Chapter 103: The Gradually Awakening Self Consciousness (Please Subscribe)_l
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The very next day, Mu Yuan woke up on a slightly hard bed inside the Mage
Tower.
Opening the window, he took a deep breath, inhaling the fresh scent of Vitality spring water, greeting the new and sunny day.
At this moment, he was not in Consciousness Mode, but had actually entered the Eternal World.
– After the Lord Trial ended, Lord Players could freely switch between ?Consciousness Mode’ and ‘Media Mode’, and through the Lord’s Altar, they could ‘transport’ themselves into the Eternal World.
The trans-dimensional fee was very low, but he could only transport himself and not other players.
After some pondering.
If he stayed in the real world, his projection in the Eternal World would still be his Achilles’ heel, but if he actually entered the Eternal World, wouldn’t that decrease his weaknesses from two to one?
Thinking back to the wanted criminal from the church he encountered last time, it seemed… safer to stay within the confines of his home in the Eternal
World.
Either way, he had no intention of venturing out.
Living in the Mage Tower was tolerable.
He still paid long-term rent for his little villa in the real world, where he occasionally needed to pick up some items and…
The unused computer turned itself on and logged directly onto the Tai Xuan Forum.
Even while residing in the Eternal World, he found that as long as he stayed within his territory, he could still control objects in reality that had been branded with the media imprint – it could be a computer or a mobile phone.
Simply put, even after truly entering the Eternal World, Lord Shepherd could still surf the internet.
This was crucial.
He usually browsed the forum for news and gathered intelligence.
Surprisingly, not many players were now discussing the event of Tianyuan Territory’s ascendancy the day before, as another incident had attracted their attention.
Big news!
“Lanxing will finally be integrated into the Eternal World? The constant appearance and expansion of the intersection region is a sign.
If it cannot merge smoothly, it will be a disaster.
But if it can land smoothly, opportunities may arise during the calamity.
There are rumors that when ordinary people first step into the Eternal World, they would randomly awaken a ‘profession’, Halberd Guard, strongman, and possibly Militia or even Little Skeleton, but no matter which, all were keys to transcendent powers, Lanxing might enter the ‘Era of Professionals .
The first generation were lords, the second generation hero rangers, and the third generation professionals.
Mu Yuan scratched his hair, he had just been promoted to a lord, why were there so many changes in the situation so quickly?
If Lanxing was not safe, the Eternal World definitely wouldn’t be either.
Mu Yuan felt a bit uneasy, but since the forum was already open, he didn’t want to waste it. He looked up some information related to refugees to avoid any pitfalls.
It happened that the trials had just ended, and there were also many new lords asking questions on the forum.
‘?I started recruiting refugees today. I’m bold enough to ask, is it possible to recruit fair-skinned and good-looking girls? I don’t expect soldier-type girls, but it seems possible with the civilians, right?
?’What the hell are you thinking about, upstairs? What are refugees? They are people with yellowish faces and thin muscles in ragged clothes. In fact, the refugees we recruit often look like people hit by famines and disasters in ancient times: not only are their skins coarse and bony, but they can also barely read. Most of the time, the civilians we can recruit are these people. Of course, these civilians can still do basic work such as farmer, miner, forester, transporter, etc. If they can’t, they can be taught and trained more.” A senior lord explained, “Occasionally, we can also find one or two talents among the refugees, such as teachers, herbalists, and carpenters, etc. That’s roughly the upper limit of the talent cards we can draw. Any higher? Either you’re an Ou Huang type or you need a high-order Guiding Landmark.” “For example, official Forging Masters and Pharmacists. These kinds of people are considered SR talents and often come with their own blueprints. If you can draw SR or SSR, it’s not impossible to recruit a fair-skinned and beautiful girl.” “Remember three years ago, there was a lord of civilian origin who discovered a top talent with the appearance of a general among the refugees. This general, now known as the Invincible Hammer, is quite a powerful lord now.”
However, such lucky ones are rare.
Especially for newly ascended lords with weak foundations.
Sometimes, whether or not advanced talents can be attracted is closely related to the level of development in the territory.
Mu Yuan didn’t care about advanced talents; he mainly wanted a group of civilians to carry out basic construction in the territory. He couldn’t rely solely on Miracle Buildings, and the Miracles that could be built were also limited.
No, he didn’t need the high-level talents like generals, but Lord Shepherd still needed talents from other various professions.
Mu Yuan left the Mage Tower and headed south.
Once he left the core area, wood fences had been constructed two hundred meters south from the original soil wall. The fences were two meters high, with a wooden door in the middle left wide open and two sentries stationed there.
Here was the boundary between the core area and the south area.
There were boundaries to the east and the west as well.
The terrain in the south area was flat and mostly barren, with only a few trees scattered here and there – these were mostly large trees that had survived the earlier sweep by the logging team, with a few… trees camouflaging as
Treemen, standing guard in the area.
There was no soldier type better suited for standing guard than Treemen.
Not even Skeletons.
Besides, there were also some newly reclaimed ordinary farmlands, and a few level-1 residences.
He had built only a few residences.
Not because he was reluctant to spend Soul Sand, but because allowing the settlers to build their own houses could improve their sense of belonging.
That was how it was.
Mu Yuan simply walked and observed around the area, going straight to the edge of his territory, placing three ordinary and one rare Guiding Landmarks at intervals, with the furthest one being several hundred meters away from the south end of his territory.
This was a little trick.
Placing the Guiding Landmarks outside the territory range could slightly increase the number of refugees attracted. The downside was the distance from the territory, making it easy for the refugees to be attacked by monsters.
To counter this, Mu Yuan arranged for plenty of soldiers to patrol the surrounding area.
Looking to the side, he saw Lu Liu, dressed in full armor but without a face mask, his eyes shining with bright lights, “I leave the task of guiding the refugees to you. If there is anything you don’t understand, you can ask me directly through mental contact.”
“Lu Liu understands. If I fail in my duties, I will kill myself here.”
Ah, there was no need for that.
Lu Liu seemed slightly more serious after awakening his self-consciousness yesterday.
His awakening was inevitable; it happened just a few hours after his breakthrough to the professional level.
Bone Two, Bone Three, Bone Four, Seventeen, Hong Yi, and Jun, all of them also awakened their self-consciousness in succession after breaking through to the professional level. However, the non-human soldiers were not as articulate or fluent in human language as Lu Liu and Seventeen.
After assigning the work to Lu Liu and Seventeen, Mu Yuan walked away with his hands behind his back, just like an old cadre patrolling the area.
Over an hour later,
To the south of Tianyuan Territory, some tens of meters outside the furthest Landmark, the fog suddenly thickened, enveloping the surrounding area. Figures of people in ragged clothes could be faintly seen within the fog, groping their way out..