Chapter 23: Goblin Shredder, the Lucky King is Actually My Younger Brother [Please Add to Collection]

At this moment, a loyalty update notification appeared.

【Due to your sincerity】

【Wolf Cavalry Colby's loyalty to you has increased by 10 points. Current loyalty: 90】

Colby's loyalty rose sharply, reaching 90 points.

Zong Shen glanced at it and waved his hand to close the notification.

He set aside a piece of roasted wolf meat for himself.

He then gave Luna a piece of wolf meat and some dried meat.

Seven pieces of roasted wolf meat remained.

However, with 11 farmers to account for, how to distribute them was a matter of skill.

Tie Zhu, Er Gou, and Gou Dan were the three farmers who had followed Zong Shen first.

Although they were a bit lazy at the beginning, they had still worked hard for more than half the day.

Out of fairness and reason, all three of them deserved a piece.

The remaining four pieces were easy to handle.

Zong Shen had observed during the gathering process earlier.

These four pieces of roasted wolf meat would be distributed among the four remaining farmers with the highest gathering efficiency.

San Pang, a farmer with "Excellent" aptitude, was among them.

After Zong Shen distributed them one by one, the remaining four farmers were to stave off hunger with the unknown dried meat.

【Due to the food you provided】

【Farmer Tie Zhu's loyalty to you has increased by 5 points. Current loyalty: 88】

【Farmer Er Gou's loyalty to you has increased by 5 points. Current loyalty: 88】

【Farmer Gou Dan's loyalty to you has increased by 5 points. Current loyalty: 88】

【Farmer San Pang's loyalty to you has increased by 5 points. Current loyalty: 65】

...

【Farmer Xiao Zhuang's loyalty to you has increased by 3 points. Current loyalty: 63】

...

The farmers who received the roasted wolf meat all saw a 5-point increase in loyalty, while those who received the dried meat only saw a 3-point increase.

These farmers were truly pragmatic!

Once the distribution was complete, Zong Shen left a wooden bucket of water for them to share among themselves.

He then returned to the courtyard.

He walked all the way to the front of the dilapidated little shack.

Pushing open the old wooden door, he stepped inside.

The room was not large, only about thirty or forty square meters.

The furnishings inside were very simple.

There was only a wooden stool, a wooden table, and a wooden plank bed covered in straw.

Simple, primitive, and plain!

Zong Shen sat on the wooden stool, held the roasted wolf meat, and began to eat.

Due to the lack of seasoning, the meat lacked flavor.

However, Zong Shen ate it bite by bite, quickly finishing the fist-sized piece of roasted wolf meat.

This was his first meal since landing.

Food was a major issue.

Currently, the territory's food reserves only consisted of [Fine Wheat Bread] and [Smoked Fish].

Food was a consumable, and this problem would become increasingly severe as the population grew.

Therefore, he had to add "searching for food" to his schedule.

At the same time, he had to find a way to obtain food steadily.

As night gradually fell, the rising and falling roars of wild beasts outside the small courtyard never ceased.

It felt as if tens of thousands of beasts were throwing a party right outside the courtyard.

The farmers were trembling with fear.

Fortunately, with the Night Huntress Luna guarding them, the beasts did not dare to approach.

Sitting in the small shack, Zong Shen opened the [Channel].

He first opened the [Friends and Family Channel].

"A-Ze, how is your development going today?"

"Have you encountered any danger?"

Ten seconds later, a reply came in.

"I'm doing great, brother. The resources in the mountains are abundant, especially timber. Every tree yields 8 to 10 units of wood. Although it's a bit strenuous to transport, the overall efficiency is very high."

"Also, I found an abandoned Goblin Logging Camp in the mountains."

"Inside, I found a recruitment scroll for a Goblin Shredder!"

"【Goblin Shredder (Click to view attributes)】"

Then, Zong Ze sent an attribute link accompanied by a picture.

The picture showed a short, green-skinned goblin wearing goggles, piloting a giant mechanical humanoid standing three meters tall.

Of its two mechanical arms, one carried a cutting saw blade with sharp alloy teeth, while the other was a pair of iron claws capable of biting up and down.

At its base was a tracked, all-terrain chassis.

It looked incredibly badass.

It had a sort of magical steampunk style.

Zong Shen opened its attributes.

【Goblin Shredder: Oil-Stain Oleck】

【Aptitude: Excellent】

【Level: lv10】

【Attributes: (Click to expand)】

【Satiety/Durability: 80/95】

【Loyalty: 80】

Zong Shen expanded the attributes.

【Goblin State / Piloting State】

【Strength: 12 / 38】

【Agility: 9 / 27】

【Intelligence: 22】

【Charisma: 16】

【HP: 120 / 680】

【Slashing Damage: 21 / 70】

【Head Armor: 0 / 0】

【Upper Body Armor: 8 / 50】

【Lower Body Armor: 6 / 50】

【Magic Resistance: 16】

【Skills: Death Whirlwind (The Goblin Shredder swings extremely sharp cutting wheels, dealing cutting damage to enemies within a 3-meter range for 7 seconds. Cooldown: 2H)】

【Logging Mode (The Goblin Shredder enters logging mode; the cutting wheels rotate continuously to cut trees, and the iron claws are used for transport)】

【Overclock (The Goblin Shredder enters an overclocked state for 1 minute. Durability consumption increases by 200%, movement speed increases by 30%, attack damage increases by 20%, and attack speed increases by 20%)】

After reading the Goblin Shredder's attributes, Zong Shen only wanted to say one word to Zong Ze: "Damn!"

"Holy crap, A-Ze, you're freaking awesome!" Zong Shen couldn't help but reply.

"It's alright. The Shredder mech piloted by the goblin consumes durability. Although it can be repaired, the materials required are things I've never even seen before."

"However, I also found a Black Iron Chest under a small waterfall not far from the territory today. I got some food and blueprints from it."

"Brother, what about you? How was your day?"

Zong Ze seemed to be doing well.

With the Goblin Shredder, he could not only meet combat needs but also solve the most lacking resource in the early game: wood.

With its efficiency, it would be worth at least a dozen farmers in terms of logging.

"I didn't expect the 'Lucky Emperor' to be my little brother!" Zong Shen remarked.

"I did okay today too. I got two recruitment scrolls, recruited a Night Huntress and a Wolf Cavalry, rescued eight farmers, and obtained a Black Iron Chest."

He gave a brief account.

He did not go into too much detail.

The two brothers understood each other implicitly.

No one knew exactly how large this Endless Continent was.

Without developing to a certain level, it would be difficult for the two brothers to even meet up.

Although they were biological brothers who hoped for each other's success, there was an underlying sense of competition in their hearts.

They both strove to be at the top!

"Wow, brother, your development isn't bad either!"

"I checked the World Channel. Most people are still struggling, developing slowly through gathering and exploration. Only a very small number of people have encountered chests or obtained recruitment scrolls and blueprints."

"We brothers must work hard!"

"In a game involving billions of people simultaneously, there will definitely be no shortage of lucky people and those with great individual abilities."

(End of Chapter)