Chapter 103: Chapter 103

Finally, she took out a bag of salt and a bag of chili powder, mixed them together, wetted the sword blades, and sprinkled the mixture on them. With no poison available, this would have to do.

She then used a silence spell to erase the sound of her footsteps.

Step by step, she crept up to the small petrifying lizard, pressed close to the shield, and aimed for its eyes. With both swords, she stabbed hard, twisting them as she did.

""ROAR!!!"" The small petrifying lizard howled in pain, reflexively stumbling back a few steps to get away from danger.

Reluctantly, the swords were pulled free.

If the little petrifying lizard could speak Common, it would surely be screaming, ""My eyes hurt! My head hurts! It’s cold and hot at the same time! I’m about to split open!""

The small lizard shut its eyes and let out a shrill, miserable cry, drawing the attention of the other petrifying lizards.

Two of the bigger ones anxiously paced back and forth.

But none of them dared approach the shield again.

Mu Ying didn’t want her prey to be dragged away, so she lashed out with a Thorn Whip, wrapping it around the small lizard’s leg and yanking it inward.

If it hadn’t been a small one, she might not have been able to drag it at all.

Even so, its violent, unconscious struggles caused Mu Ying quite a bit of trouble, but also distracted the other lizards.

Seeing their wounded companion being pulled closer to the source of its injury, the big lizards tried to stop it.

Clearly, they weren’t very bright—their first reaction was to bite the little lizard and try to drag it back.

But the small lizard was blinded, with a wound through half its brain, not to mention the lingering effects of the salt and chili powder. All it could do was thrash violently in an attempt to relieve the pain.

As a result, the other lizards accidentally got hit in the face and didn’t dare get too close.

However, the wound from its eyes into its brain was fatal. The more the lizard struggled, the faster its strength and life ebbed away.

Seizing the opportunity, Mu Ying dragged the small lizard as far as she could into the sub-camp, then rode her broom a short distance above the ground inside the camp to avoid accidental injury from the other lizards.

Not long after, the small petrifying lizard was dead.

Only then did Mu Ying land, storing its entire corpse in her small storage pouch. She planned to ask Coin 559 later which parts of the petrifying lizard were valuable before dissecting it. Keeping it in the storage pouch would ensure it stayed fresh.

The death of the small lizard enraged the others, but there was nothing they could do. After a few futile charges at the sub-camp’s shield, they gave up.

They didn’t even dare linger outside the shield, instead retreating deep into the rocky forest.

Mu Ying breathed a slight sigh of relief and resumed construction of the quarry.

The sub-camp now encompassed the bases of all three stone hills.

Mu Ying first used her control over the territory to convert the loose rocks around the edges into building materials, storing them in the territory panel.

Then she dug mine tunnels at the bases of all three hills, with entrances inside the sub-camp and the tunnels extending to the camp’s boundary.

Later, workers could dig inward from there. Even if they tunneled beyond the camp’s range, the entrance would still be inside, so monsters couldn’t get in and the work environment would be safe.

Finally, she built a row of wooden cabins on the open ground outside as temporary rest spots for the quarry workers and supervisors.

A simple quarry was now basically complete."

"She teleported back to her territory and started tinkering in the blueprint design panel again, coming up with two new items.

【Facility: Territory Bulletin Board】

【Function: Information Update—Announce and update all territory matters at any time; Information Entry and Verification—Responsible for entering and verifying resident identity information, updating and issuing ID cards; Mailbox—Residents can send letters to a location designated by the lord; Splitting—Can split into sub-bulletin boards based on content】

【Scale: Depends on the amount of information】

【Required materials: Wood, Energy】

【Blueprint Conversion Cost: 100 Energy】

【Facility: Territory Resident ID Card】

【Function: Displays resident information; Records resident contribution points; Handles payments; Defines resident levels and specific benefits】

【Scale: Unlimited】

【Materials: Wood, Energy】

【Blueprint Conversion Cost: 500 Energy】

Compared to the bulletin board, the ID card blueprint was much more expensive, but of course, it also offered more powerful functions.

She had already planned for this. After converting the blueprints, she immediately began construction.

The signboard in front of the seed shop’s planting camp was the first to disappear, followed by the bulletin board at the territory gate.

Residents near the former were puzzled, while those at the latter were startled by the sudden appearance of a row of seven bulletin boards of various sizes.

“Bulletin Board 1: Qingshan Territory Rules (Provisional)”

“Bulletin Board 2: Resident ID Card Introduction and Claim Instructions (Provisional)”

“Bulletin Board 3: Sub-camp 1: Planting Camp Instructions (Provisional)”

“Bulletin Board 4: Sub-camp 2: Quarry Camp Instructions (Provisional)”

“Bulletin Board 5: Territory Tasks and Contribution Points Info (Provisional)”

“Bulletin Board 6: Territory Deposit Instructions (Provisional)”

“Bulletin Board 7: Resident Notices and Territory Mailbox Info (Provisional)”

Aside from the first board, which was similar to the original rules board at the territory gate, and the third, which matched the planting camp sign outside the seed shop, the rest were all unfamiliar and new, stirring up everyone’s curiosity—especially the content on the second board.

【Resident ID Card Introduction and Claim Instructions (Provisional)】

【Every newcomer to the territory can submit personal information here to apply for a Qingshan Territory ID card, which will be issued after verification by the bulletin board】

【ID cards, from lowest to highest, are: Temporary Resident, Official Resident, Star Resident, etc. The higher the level, the better the benefits】

【Temporary Resident ID Card: Any newcomer entering the territory can claim one, but it grants no rights】

【Official Resident ID Card: Those listed on the ranking/achievement boards can claim one directly; Temporary residents who accumulate 1,000 contribution points can upgrade to official residents; other methods to be announced. Official residents are exempt from entry fees and have the right to purchase one treehouse】

【Star Resident ID Card: Awarded to those who make great contributions to the territory. Star residents enjoy all official resident benefits, get a treehouse for free with permanent usage rights, and five-star residents may gain the right to purchase a sub-camp (essentially a mini-territory)】

【Resident ID cards are bound to the individual, one per person, and cannot be misused】