It seemed that Diana and Harrison were different, and after discussion, the residents turned to Diana.
“Hello? Are you an undead? Were you summoned by the Hall of Spirits? Can we ask you some questions?”
“I am an undead summoned by the Hall of Spirits, you can ask me questions.” Diana said directly. She recognized these as residents of this territory, and also her future customers, so even though her level was much higher than theirs, she remained friendly.
Of course, this was also related to her personality.
Hearing Diana say this, everyone became excited instantly, and then questions came one after another.
“What is this world like?”
“How many races are there?”
“What abilities does each race have? Do dwarves know magic?”
“Just now we encountered a dwarf undead. Many people went up to talk to him, but he didn’t want to pay any attention. After someone reached out to touch him, he just moved a wooden stick, and the person was knocked flying.”
“What did the territory summon you here to do?”
“Will you give us any tasks?”
“……”
Listening to these questions from the territory residents, Diana was somewhat confused.
She wasn’t stupid. Listening to these people’s simple inquiries, plus the few questions Zhou Bai had asked earlier, she had some guesses in her heart.
Perhaps this territory was really different from the human territories she knew, at least they didn’t understand this world very well.
Most importantly, there was the level issue.
She should have thought of it earlier – if a territory’s lord had such a low level, how high could the other residents’ levels be?
She just hadn’t expected that these residents’ levels were basically level three or four, with not a single one over level ten.
How long could such a territory survive in the current harsh environment?
A trace of worry appeared on Diana’s face.
Looking again at the faces looking at her expectantly, she collected her emotions and began to speak: “We are on the Stan Continent, which has humans, elves, dark elves, dwarves, goblins, beastmen, dragons, undead and other races. Each race can use magic. After level 10, you can develop your own profession, divided into physical and magical systems. The dwarf you encountered should be from the magical system. The physical system includes archers, assassins, rangers, swordsmen, craftsmen, etc. The magical system includes mages, summoners, beast tamers, etc. There are also those who practice both magic and physical skills, depending on individual talent. As for levels, 1-9 are ordinary, 10-19 are beginner, 20-29 are intermediate, 30-39 are advanced, 40-49 are saint level, 50 is max level, legendary. Monster levels correspond accordingly.”
“I used to be human, but after death I became undead, summoned from the Undead Kingdom. The Undead Kingdom is the most special kingdom on Stan Continent, on an isolated land surrounded by sea, making it very difficult to leave… As for my task, I was summoned by this territory and have now taken the job of tailor. I will work in the tailor shop next. Everyone can come to me for clothing repairs. I will also work hard to introduce new items and may collect materials for the tailor shop. If you have any, please support me.”
Everyone present learned quite a bit of information from Diana’s brief introduction, and their worldviews were somewhat impacted.
They had originally thought this world only had them and monsters, but didn’t expect there were so many races with their own complete systems.
Stan Continent!
A strange “world.”
Perhaps it really wasn’t the Blue Star they knew!
Many people on the scene felt somewhat disappointed.
Earlier they could still convince themselves they were still on Blue Star, but after today’s discussion of environmental changes, many had realized that perhaps from the moment of gamification, the world had already changed, and the familiar early environment was more to give them buffer time.
Just then, Ying Chengzhou in the crowd spoke up: “There’s magic! After level 10 we can cultivate and develop our own professions, magic or physical skills!”
This sentence immediately lifted everyone’s spirits.
“Yes! Develop professions, with magic, what do those monsters matter?”
“Work hard to level up, gain strength early.”
“At least we can see what elves are like, what beastmen are like?”
“On Blue Star before, we could only see them in novels!”
“Exactly! It’s not bad at all.”
“……”
Having experienced shock after shock in this world, everyone had learned to comfort themselves.
Because they all knew clearly that even if they were unwilling, everything that happened would not change according to their will. In this situation, what they could do was adapt and conquer.
At least under all the crises, they still had various opportunities and chances for survival.
Diana watched as after she finished speaking, these territory residents’ expressions changed from silent unease to excitement, and the sense of incongruity in her heart grew stronger.
But she still saw the different quality in them – the expectation for the future and the determination to strive for it.
Really too different!
So different from the humans in her memory!
She saw this territory’s difference, so she hadn’t directly mentioned the territorial war earlier. Now it seemed, perhaps it would be fine to mention it!
Thinking this, Diana’s gaze unconsciously turned to Zhou Bai.
Did she know?
Just as Diana hesitated, Zhou Bai was listening to everyone’s reactions in the crowd, knowing clearly in her heart that now was the right time to let everyone know about territorial wars.
She inconspicuously operated the lord panel and sent a task notification to all residents.
Zhou Bai had already determined the future management policy of the territory – to involve residents in territory construction through game format. Since so many people thought the territory was controlled by the system, let them continue thinking so!
Unless necessary, she would not remove her lord disguise.
【Hope Village residents, you have triggered the territory’s first main quest through Tailor Diana.】
【Main Quest 1: Territorial War】
【Nature: Time-limited quest】
【Description: After passing the trial, the territory is ranked 192 in the region and has opened territorial wars. Within 1 month, the territory needs to challenge other territories or accept challenges from other territories.】
【Reward: Unknown】
【Target: All residents】
People on the scene quickly received the notification, and were somewhat confused when they saw it.
The excitement of just learning the truth about this world hadn’t passed, and new excitement came.
“This quest description is somewhat unclear!”
“What is territorial war? Fighting with other territories, where are the other territories?”
“Also, are there any penalties for failure? It’s not clear!”
“Is it possible that if the territory fails, we’ll be eliminated and cease to exist, so the system doesn’t tell us?”
“What’s the strength of the territories we’ll fight against?”
“How do we fight? Will they give us coordinates of the opposing territory for us to attack?”
“Are other territories also Blue Star people?”
“No wonder the territory built so many buildings today and turned the fence into a city wall – they were waiting for this.”
“Actually it’s not bad, the territory at least upgraded so many things.”
“Is our territory’s current strength considered strong?”
“Ask the NPC again?”
“……”
One question after another surfaced in everyone’s minds. As they talked, their gazes suddenly turned to Diana.
As a newly hired member of Hope Village, Diana had temporarily become a member of Hope Village residents. When others received the message, she received it too.
Looking at the content, she understood that Zhou Bai, the lord, knew about territorial wars. She just hadn’t expected Zhou Bai to use this notification method – she had never seen a lord operate this way!
She didn’t understand why Zhou Bai wanted to hide her identity, since lord status was quite welcome in this world.
But listening to these residents’ reactions after hearing the quest, she seemed to understand the benefits of this approach.
But listening more, she felt the intense gazes focused on her. NPC? Were they referring to her? They had mentioned this about her before.
Thinking about their questions, her expression paused slightly, and she proactively said: “Territorial war is normal on Stan Continent, but opposing territories are always of the same level – village against village, town against town, city against city. If you lose the war, the opponent will plunder buildings, supplies, and even population from your territory, all at their choice. Sometimes after being plundered, the territory situation becomes terrible and may not be able to withstand monster invasions. Some territories choose to join the opponent’s territory and become their subsidiary territory.”
“Same level means if the opponent is a level 3 village and we’re a level 1 village, they can still challenge us?”
“Yes.” Diana nodded. Being limited to the same level was already relatively fair.
“We’re doomed! If a level 3 village challenges us and we’re only level 1! What can we do?”
“This world is indeed cruel – monster invasions and territorial wars, not giving people a chance to develop quietly.”
“Since there are other territories, can we choose to go to a stronger territory?”
When this person spoke, everyone on the scene fell silent. They had thought of this too.
Zhou Bai knew this and had prepared early. People have selfish motives – if there were strong territories for protection, why choose a backward one? After all, being backward means getting beaten! So what she as lord could do was develop the territory as quickly as possible to attract more people to stay.
Besides, to find another territory now, you’d have to have one available!
The time gap in between was the opportunity she needed to seize.
Diana wasn’t surprised to hear this, but she still reminded them: “Large territories also have thresholds for accepting people. They basically don’t accept ordinary people.”
These people were still ordinary people – weren’t they thinking too far ahead?
Everyone immediately reacted upon hearing this.
A thought instantly surfaced in their minds.
They must reach level 10 as quickly as possible.
Feeling she had delayed enough time here, Diana continued to the group: “I’m going to work at the tailor shop. If you have anything you want to know in the future, ask me again!”
After speaking, Diana left and walked out. While this territory still existed, she would do her job well, hoping to be summoned again in the future.
Others followed closely behind. This NPC Diana had given them a lot of information, and they were thinking if there was anything else they could ask.
After leaving the Hall of Spirits, Diana immediately saw the somewhat tall city wall in the distance, and was completely stunned.
“Didn’t you say this was a level 1 village?”
“Yes, it’s a level 1 village. Our territory was only built 3 days ago!”
“You said how many days?” Diana asked incredulously.
“3 days! But the territory’s big change was this morning. Yesterday our territory’s protective barrier was just a fence. Yesterday we were invaded by level 5 monsters. This morning everything changed, and the territory upgraded many buildings.”
Speaking, this person saw Diana’s expression was too shocked and couldn’t help asking: “What’s wrong? Is there something wrong with our territory?”
Diana was silent for a moment, then said quietly: “This is the first time I’ve seen a human territory have city walls that only towns have when it’s still a level 1 village.”
It smells of… money!
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