Chapter 34: The Rise of Heroes in the Huaxia Region

While Lin Mu and Chang Yin were discussing urban planning, the Huaxia District was actually experiencing a surge of activity, with various factions emerging like spring bamboo shoots

"—Huaxia District Announcement: Congratulations to Huaxia District player Xuanyuan Changying for establishing the third village in the Huaxia District, [Xuanyuan Village]! Reward: One Grade 6 Special NPC! Prestige +50, Level +1. We hope the player continues to work hard, achieve great feats, and contend for world supremacy!"

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"—Huaxia District Announcement: Congratulations to Huaxia District player First Myth for establishing the fourth village in the Huaxia District, [First Village]! Prestige +50, Level +1. We hope the player continues to work hard, achieve great feats, and contend for world supremacy!"

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"—Huaxia District Announcement: Congratulations to Huaxia District player Sima Longxiang for establishing the fifth village in the Huaxia District, [Sima Village]! Prestige +50, Level +1. We hope the player continues to work hard, achieve great feats, and contend for world supremacy!"

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"—Huaxia District Announcement: Congratulations to Huaxia District player Temple God-Emperor for establishing the sixth village in the Huaxia District, [Temple Village]! Prestige +50, Level +1. We hope the player continues to work hard, achieve great feats, and contend for world supremacy!"

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"—Huaxia District Announcement: Congratulations to Huaxia District player Beitang Xue for establishing the seventh village in the Huaxia District, [Qingguo Village]! Prestige +50, Level +1. We hope the player continues to work hard, achieve great feats, and contend for world supremacy!"

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"—Huaxia District Announcement: Congratulations to Huaxia District player Ye Nantian for establishing the eighth village in the Huaxia District, [Hanye Village]! Prestige +50, Level +1. We hope the player continues to work hard, achieve great feats, and contend for world supremacy!"

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"—Huaxia District Announcement: Congratulations to Huaxia District player God of War of Blazing Fire for establishing the ninth village in the Huaxia District, [God of War Village]! Prestige +50, Level +1. We hope the player continues to work hard, achieve great feats, and contend for world supremacy!"

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"—Huaxia District Announcement: Congratulations to Huaxia District player Jianghu Baixiaosheng for establishing the tenth village in the Huaxia District, [Qianji Village]! Prestige +50, Level +1. We hope the player continues to work hard, achieve great feats, and contend for world supremacy!"

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Hearing such a massive wave of announcements in the Huaxia District, and noting that the establishment times were quite close together, it was clear that many factions were beginning to surface.

Lin Mu knew that these territories could be established so early because of him. His continuous sale of Yellow-tier weapons over the past few days had greatly enhanced the strength of Huaxia District players, allowing them to organize more aggressive offensives to conquer system-generated bandit camps, obtain Village Building Orders, and establish player territories.

At this point in time, having so many players in the Huaxia District establishing territories was a significant departure from his previous life. In his past life, these factions didn't start competing for territory until about two or three months after the game launched, once players had naturally achieved a baseline level of growth.

This time, with Lin Mu secretly assisting by selling large quantities of weapons and providing powerful equipment support, player strength grew rapidly, making it easier to conquer bandit camps. Under Lin Mu's influence, the growth of the Huaxia District had actually accelerated by more than a month—meaning it was growing over a month faster than other districts. He wasn't sure if this was a blessing or a curse, but currently, in the eyes of all Huaxia District players, this was a sign of prosperity. After all, the establishment of such large-scale territories drove more players into a frenzy, strengthening the resolve of ambitious players and sending them onto the battlefield with burning passion.

Of course, where there is blessing, there is also misfortune; they are two sides of the same coin.

With the rapid development of players and the increasing number of territories, competition between players became inevitable, leading to open conflict, secret struggles, and sieges. Among players, the fires of war were bound to ignite. Wherever there are people, there are interests; wherever there are interests, there is strife; and wherever there is strife, battlefields and wars will form.

The consumption of resources and equipment on the battlefield would be immense, which essentially amounted to internal attrition.

Lin Mu knew that in his previous life, many factions fought one another. Unless they were far apart and had no immediate conflicts of interest, they would only cooperate and form alliances.

The world is bustling for profit; people move for gain.

The practice of backstabbing would also develop, which is why many factions would not resort to methods like formal alliances unless absolutely forced to do so.

Lin Mu knew that internal fighting among Chinese people was quite fierce, though internal strife was common in other districts as well. It was rare for any district to remain harmonious and develop peacefully during its early domestic growth stage.

However, there was one very special place that Lin Mu knew of: the players in the "Vatican Pope" civilization district were all led by Pope Benedict XVI. The district was unified and harmonious, but due to the small geographic area, scarce resources, and small population, its development remained very slow despite being one of the few districts with a unified faction and a unified developmental nation.

"As expected, those hidden families and conglomerates have begun pouring everything into *Mythic Three Kingdoms*. It seems their strength is roughly similar. As long as they plan well, it's quite easy for players with some strength to conquer a few bandit camps and get Village Building Orders. However, the level of their Building Orders probably won't be high; they certainly won't be able to compare to mine, hehe..." Lin Mu muttered to himself upon hearing the massive wave of announcements.

Beside him, Xiao Hu watched his lord muttering softly. He didn't know what was being said, but he didn't disturb him, maintaining a serious military posture.

It was now time for Lin Mu to lead the team to clear out monster camps.

Lin Mu led Xiao Hu and 100 soldiers to first clear out low-level monster camps. This wasn't difficult; equipped with fine weapons and gear, they treated low and mid-level camps as mere practice to get a feel for combat and gain some experience.

However, everyone was highly disciplined and possessed strong military literacy this time. Even when clearing low-level camps, they maintained proper offense and defense with steady footing. It seemed that over the past few days, everyone had trained hard, and under Feng Zhong's instruction, they had made rapid progress!

In the low-level camps, their side's potential and strength were very high, allowing them to sweep through almost effortlessly. In the mid-level camps, although the combat was a bit more difficult, Lin Mu led his men to advance slowly, killing enemies step-by-step to level up his subordinates and gain experience.

Lin Mu and Xiao Hu cleared both the low and mid-level camps without significant casualties.

Monster camps, like bandit camps, could be destroyed or occupied, but Lin Mu chose to preserve them for the time being rather than destroying or occupying them.

If a camp is destroyed, its level increases—for example, a low-level camp becomes a mid-level camp—but it can only be destroyed a maximum of two times.

If it is a low-level camp, after being destroyed twice, it can only upgrade to a high-level camp, so the increase in value isn't very large. However, for other levels, the increase in value is much greater. For instance, if a mid-level camp is upgraded twice, it becomes a King-level camp, which spawns a [King Beast]! A high-level camp, after two upgrades, becomes an Emperor-level camp, spawning an [Emperor Beast]! However, the territory level must also reach the corresponding level.

Lin Mu was well aware of the value of a King Beast. It represented not just top-tier weapons and equipment, but killing a King Beast would also drop rare items like top-tier building blueprints and manuals. In his previous life, King Beasts were extremely popular among players, who focused all their attention on them. Wild King Beasts were rare and did not respawn, whereas only the King Beasts in monster camps would respawn after a certain period.

Players would fight for the right to kill a King Beast during its respawn window, and that was when bloody battlefields would descend. The struggle among players was endless; in a sense, this was also part of the game's fun!

Preserving a camp meant it remained unchanged; after clearing the monsters, the camp would normally respawn to full capacity the next day.

After spending more than half a day clearing the low and mid-level camps, Lin Mu led Xiao Hu and his men to the only high-level camp to the east.

This was a humanoid monster camp—a Rebel Camp.

Rebel Camps were very rare among the system's monster camps. Generally, monster camps were gathering places for beasts, and humanoid camps rarely appeared. Since one had appeared in his territory, this would also be one of the sources of his territory's population!

Lin Mu did not have a scanning skill, so he could not detect the information of these rebels, nor could he determine the aptitude of the rebels in the high-level camp. If they had high aptitude, he could use Recruitment Skills once he obtained them to recruit these rebels. Although recruited rebels had low loyalty, he believed that given the situation in his territory, they would soon turn toward the light.

Unfortunately, he had neither scanning nor recruitment skills, which was quite a pity!

Regardless of whether it was a low, mid, or high-level monster camp, there would always be a leader. Killing them would yield better items and higher drop rates, unlike common mobs which sometimes dropped nothing but experience.

By clearing five low-level camps, Lin Mu obtained some medicines for treating injuries, but no building blueprints, skills, or cultivation methods.

The mid-level camps were better. Aside from other things, it was worth mentioning that Lin Mu obtained a low-level Private School building blueprint. Once the territory had teachers, he could establish and operate it.

Because his territory possessed the Refugee Camps and Vagrant Camps that he had exchanged for with a large amount of prestige from the Fate Merchant, his daily population growth was about twenty times that of other players. Combined with the bonuses from his God-tier territory attributes, his development was truly progressing by leaps and bounds.

With a Private School, the talent in his territory would explode. When that time came, the territory's products would become more abundant, better, and stronger!

His advantage could be maintained indefinitely.

As for this high-level camp, he didn't know what it would drop. Unfortunately, it was currently impossible for Lin Mu to clear this high-level camp without casualties. Lin Mu led his soldiers to clear some of the patrolling scouts and scattered rebel soldiers on the outskirts of the camp, but he did not venture deep into it. He did not yet have the strength; it might be possible if Feng Zhong were here. However, Feng Zhong was also very busy. Before the territory had soldiers, he had only lightly cleared the camps to prevent them from attacking the village, without going deep into them.

He would clear it once the soldiers reached a higher level and became stronger; for now, he would let it be!

This high-level territory would definitely have a high-level commander, likely a mid- or high-tier general. Lin Mu and his men were currently too fragile to face such an opponent.

After clearing some of the rebels, Lin Mu himself was currently Level 21, which made him a Tier 2 soldier. He had no internal arts, no skills, and no special talents—a "triple-nothing" grunt!

As for Xiao Hu, under Feng Zhong's training, his level had already reached 29, the peak of Tier 2 soldiers. He only needed to reach Level 30 to become a Tier 3 soldier. With his Tier 8 aptitude, his strength truly grew by a world of difference every level!

Name: Zhang Xiaohu Aptitude: Tier 8 Loyalty: 90 Class: None Prestige: 0 Identity: Soldier of Zhenlong Village Merit: 0 Level: 29 (58%) Command: 13 | Martial Power: 60 | Intelligence: 16 | Politics: 7 Combat Power: 6200 Leadership: 1300 Divine Strategy: 1600 Internal Affairs Efficiency: 7% Stamina: 150 Speed: 20 Defense: 30 Morale: 80 Talent: None Skills: None Specialties: [Intermediate Saber Technique], [Basic Archery] Equipment: Deerskin Clothes, Oxhide Boots, Black Iron Steel Saber Wealth: 1489 Copper Coins