"God da*n it. Why can't I quit this game!"
"You guys are facing the same problem? Did the game company do that on purpose?"
"I dare not play games anymore. Just let me go back!"
In the Eastern Han of the World of Feudal Lords, hundreds of millions of players just found out that they couldn't go offline. They were trapped in that world.
Feudal Lords Online was an online game that incorporated all the ancient civilizations around the world, with territories ten times larger than the ordinary world.
The oriental civilizations comprised the Huaxia Civilization, the Samurai Civilization, the Korean Civilization, the Nomad Civilization, the Ancient Indian Civilization, and so on.
The Western civilizations consisted of the Roman Civilization, the Greek Civilization, the Macedonian Civilization, the Viking Civilization, and so forth.
Furthermore, there was the Egyptian Civilization, the Ancient Persian Civilization, the African Tribal Civilization, the American Indian Civilization, the Mayan Civilization, the Ancient Babylonian Civilization…
Every civilization was set in its own unique era. The Huaxia Civilization was in the final years of the Eastern Han Dynasty. The Japanese Dongying Civilization was in its era of wars. At the coastline of the Mediterranean Sea, the Greek, the Roman, the Venetian, and many other civilizations were situated.
However, right on the first day of the beta testing, the players realized that they were left behind in the World of Feudal Lords when they wanted to exit the game.
They were inevitably captured in the world, yet all the systems in the game were properly functioning.
...
In the Xu Prefecture of the Eastern Han, 60 kilometers to the South of Langya City, Langya Nation, on the plain of the Yi River's bank, a white light shimmered, and a village popped up from the ground.
At the center of the village, there was a core stone tablet, on which the details of the village were written.
[Territory]: Xia Village (Level 1 Village)
[Feudal Lord]: Chu Tian (Level 1 Public Officer)
[Jurisdiction]: Langya Nation, Xu Prefecture, Eastern Han
[Specialty]: None
[Population]: 100/300
[Popular Sentiment]: 60
[Public Security]: 60
[Level of Prosperity]: 10/50
[Administrative Efficiency]: 10/100 (Affects the rate of the village's growth. The lower the administrative efficiency, the lower the popular sentiment, and the easier briberies and upheavals happen. It is related to feudal lords and the political nature of civil officers.)
[Agricultural Efficiency]: 10/100 (Affects the production of food. It is related to agricultural technology and the political nature of civil officers.)
[Economic Efficiency]: 10/100 (Affects trading and tax revenues. It is related to the cities and roads surrounding the territory, as well as the political nature of public officers.)
[Cultural Efficiency]: 10/100 (Affects the growth rate of the population under the territory's jurisdiction.)
[Military Score]: 40 (40 local soldiers)
[Value of Blessings]: 5/100 (Enhances the probabilities of great harvests and propitious omens, and reduces probabilities of disasters such as floods, earthquakes, locust plagues, blizzards, and so on.)
[Food Production]: 200 units/year (One unit stands for food needed to be consumed by a person on an annual basis.)
[Village Warehouse]: 500 units of food, 500 units of timber, 300 units of mineral ore…
[City Defense Works]: Wooden fence (Better than nothing, defense power of soldiers +1)
[Existing Constructions]: Thatched houses, wooden residences, Level 1 blacksmith stores, Level 1 grocery stores, Level 1 farmlands, Level 1 mining lands…
[Buildables]: Camp for local soldiers (can enhance the combat power of local soldiers), Level 1 hospitals (produces medicinal herbs, enhances popular sentiment, recovers wounded soldiers), Level 1 pottery mills (manufactures pottery ware, enhances trading, rarely produces specialties)...
Chu Tian lived in the ramshackle backyard of the feudal lord's mansion in the village.
It was known as the feudal lord's mansion, but in fact, it was only a brick-wooden house made up of some rainproof bricks.
This was the most luxurious residence of the entire village.
Chu Tian only gradually came to accept the fact that he was trapped in the game after three days and had completed the village-building mission.
The Xia Village was built on the plain near the Yi River. It was under the jurisdiction of the Langya Nation of the Xu Prefecture and was situated at a fairly short distance from the two important cities, Xiapi and Xiaopei.
Based on its location in reality, the Xia Village should be situated nearby Linyi. It was a place that produced an abundance of food.
"The Xia Village is located near a river, hence wooden boats can be built, and food production can be enhanced by fishing. There's also a mountain in the vicinity… The original hillsides have become small-scale mountain ranges as well. Every once in a while, new refugees and beasts will be replenished nearby. Hunting is also a source of food."
A sloppy map drawn by Chu Tian was spread out on the shabby wooden table. That was the result of his exploration of the surrounding topography for the past three days.
"Ding! Player 'God Bless You' has risen as the first player in the world to own a Level 2 village. Rewards include a golden recruitment order, which can be used to recruit Ordinary Heroes of golden level and has very small chances of recruiting Special Heroes."
"Ding! Player 'Jiujiu Old Qin' has become the first player in the Eastern Han to own a Level 2 village. Rewards include a silver recruitment order."
Notifications from the system sounded from time to time.
Apart from being unable to go offline, the rest of the systems were working normally. Even the messenger system was usable.
"Unlucky. Why is everyone stuck online? Speaking of which, the other players are progressing way too quickly. They're owning Level 2 villages so soon."
Chu Tian turned on the ranking panel, on which the levels of prosperity of all the players' territories were stated.
The first in the ranking was a player named 'God Bless You' from the Vatican region, and the second was 'Jiujiu Old Qin' from the Eastern Han. The total levels of prosperity of their territories were 55 and 52 respectively, which was only a minor disparity.
Yet all that Chu Tian owned was a Level 1 village with a prosperity level of 10. He wasn't even listed in the ranking.
The difference between people was sometimes even greater than that between humans and dogs.
"Village chief, a big group of refugees have turned up out there."
An elderly man holding a wooden walking stick came inside.
That was Elder Li of the Xia Village. He had a high status among the initial batch of villagers, only inferior to the Village Chief Chu Tian. He belonged to the category of bronze Ordinary Heroes.
[Name]: Li Ergou
[Talent]: Bronze (Ordinary Hero)
[Rank]: 40
[Experience]: 12/100000
[Role]: Elder of the Xia Village
[Loyalty]: 70
[Command]: 5 [Strength]: 5 [Intellect]: 25 [Politics]: 30 [Charisma]: 65
[Equipment]: Wooden walking stick (No property)
[Phase]: 40 (The higher the phase, the more unsociable one becomes.)
[Characteristics]: Great Harvest·Minor (Level-E characteristics. In the management of farmlands, small probabilities raise chances of great harvests.)
Chu Tian had no Special Heroes at hand at the moment. All he could rely on was Elder Li.
"Take me to the village entrance. It is best if we can recruit those refugees."
The Xia Village happened to have a small population. Hence, it was easy for Chu Tian to accept the arrival of a group of refugees.
"Ding! There is an error to the control system, an error… You have received a hidden system—— authority to the achievement system. You can receive special rewards by unlocking achievements."
Right as Chu Tian wanted to go recruit the refugees with Elder Li, the notification ringtone from the system suddenly went off in his head.
An error to the control system? Authority to the achievement system?
Chu Tian opened the achievement system, and was greeted with numerous gray-colored achievements—— Tragic Destiny of the Great Ruler, the Four Great Beauties, the Three Talents of the Early Han, the Great Wall of China, the Union of the Thirteen States, the Seven Great Wonders…
It seemed like he could receive those handsome rewards if he managed to unlock those achievements.
One of the achievements was illuminated—— [I am the Lord]: Received a territory and random rewards (minor).
Chu Tian casually clicked open the achievement.
"Ding! You received a golden recruitment order."
He got a recruitment order just like that? A golden one even?
Chu Tian weighed the golden recruitment order in his hand. This achievement system seemed a little rebellious.