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Chapter 119: Gaining a Scarecrow and 10 Probationary Residents

Chapter 119: Gaining a Scarecrow and 10 Probationary Residents

After the ambitious loli army’s leader got wrecked without landing a single attack and left the ground in an ugly fashion, the natives, who had no morale from the beginning after loli’s depressing speech, became even more morale-less when they saw her flying to oblivion.

Knowing that they would soon reunite with the loli in the sky if they uttered one word about overthrowing the fatuous ruler again, the natives dropped their weapons.

They cut the vine attaching their master to the bamboo pole and laid their offering before kowtowing to the fatuous ruler, who was eyeing their master’s body like it was a rare gem.

"Mountain ruler, we held no grudges against you. Please accept our token of surrender."

Huo Yan, wrapped in dried vines that were being offered, was too stunned to make any resistance. "..." Is he being betrayed?

Huo Yan quickly checked his natives’ loyalty points by summoning his personal screen and the affiliated territory section where his residents’ stats, personal information, and loyalty points were registered.

[Territory Residents]

[Fern Maur, Profession: Spearman, Level: 2, Territory Job: Sentry, Loyalty Points: 45]

[Yinu, Profession: None, Level: 1, Territory Job: Sentry, Loyalty Points: 35]

[Calhoun, Profession: None, Level: 1, Territory Job: Farmer, Loyalty Points: 30]

[Reno, Profession: None...]

All of the loyalty points of his ten natives were below 50?

But it was not supposed to be this way! He remembered it was hovering above 50 this morning, but how come it suddenly dropped so much?

The system had repeatedly emphasized the loyalty points function, which can be monitored by the landlord anytime and is summarized into several categories:

[Loyalty points at 100: Not subject to change. The resident will defend the territory and landowner at all costs, even death.]

[Loyalty points at 80–99: Slightly subject to change. The resident will defend the territory and landowner but has a small chance of hesitation in life-threatening situations.]

[Loyalty points at 50–79: Subject to change. The resident will defend the territory and landowner but may abandon it in life-threatening situations.]

[Loyalty points below 50 are subject to change. The resident will not hesitate to abandon the territory and landowner in bad situations.]

Huo Yan was thrown into a fit of confusion. He was completely unaware of how much his decision to side with the Death Envoy had affected his natives.

He wriggled and tried to move away, but a foot landed on his stomach, preventing him from being a full-time worm.

"Hey, long time no see. How have you been? "Li Chunhua’s greeted the Crow-mouth who she had been ’missing’ because of being busy. The red aura surrounding Huo Yan was denser compared to the last time she saw him. The temperature in Li Chunhua’s eyes turned chilly.

Huo Yan was startled. He stared at the face of the woman who treated him as an acquaintance, but he couldn’t sense any familiarity with her, yet her question implied that they had met before.

Li Chunhua’s eyes darted from the 10 natives to Huo Yan. The shock in Huo Yan’s eyes was conspicuous when the men offered him to her. "What is this man’s relationship to you?"

Fern and the other natives looked at each other before honestly replying, "He is our master."

Master? It seems Huo Yan left Xun Minsheng’s party, but...

Li Chunhua raised her brows. "If he were your master, why are you not defending him?" Although Huo Yan was a scum, Li Chunhua also dislikes backstabbing.

Fern and the others detected the obvious coldness in her tone and instantly relayed about the matter of their master’s shameful collusion with a death envoy.

Huo Yan was very surprised at how his natives knew the identity of the shadow man and tried to twist out of Li Chunhua’s feet, but his pitiful strength couldn’t beat the cheat’s.

Mentioning the death envoy, it struck Li Chunhua badly, like it was a thousand-year-old fish paste left under the sun.

Suddenly, Fern and the others saw that their master was being carried by the lady. Huo Yan gave them each daggered hateful glares, but they paid no heed. Huo Yan’s face became pale.

"Where are you taking him?" One of them spoke, to which Li Chunhua replied, "I am lacking a scarecrow."

Scarecrow?

Fern and the others were confused and unable to understand what she meant.

But after a few minutes, when they reached the top, they finally realized the meaning of her words.

The fatuous ruler leapt atop one of the trees, literally tying their master to one of the trunks near the pathway leading to a seemingly territory.

Fern and the others: "..."

Li Chunhua took off the fabric stuffed in Huo Yan’s mouth.

Huo Yan had a bellyful of profanities waiting to be unleashed, but out of the blue, the woman patted his shoulders before she leaned in his ears and said with encouragement, "Today, it’s your first day of croaking. Please croak beautifully if there are hostile forces attacking the territory."

"You!" Huo Yan wanted to curse, but a ball of iron the size of several basketballs appeared on the woman’s hand, and under his shock gaze, the woman effortlessly molded the ball of iron into different shapes with her bare hands while looking at him with a ’warm’ smile. "You can do it!"

The remaining rosy color on Huo Yan’s face vanished, and he gulped before nodding like a chicken pecking at feeds, too afraid to end up like the metal ball. "Isn’t it just croaking? I’ll croak all night!"

Li Chunhua, after acquiring a free alarm, jumped down from the tree before walking toward her residence, planning to open the chests to enrich her dinner tonight, but halfway, she was stopped by the shouts.

"Uhm, mountain ruler, what about us?" Fern stepped forward in nervousness.

Li Chunhua turned around after hearing his question. Her eyes examined the ten natives before remembering the upgrade conditions for level 2.

Hold on!

If she accepted them, wouldn’t she have the opportunity to upgrade her territory after accumulating enough lime stones?

Li Chunhua’s eyes shone, which cooled down after a few seconds when she remembered how easily these people abandoned Huo Yan.

"I will accept you in my territory."

"We thank..." Fern and the others were relieved.

"But as probationary residents..." Li Chunhua added as a precautionary measure.

Probationary?

Fern and the others stared blankly at the woman for a few seconds before accepting their fate. "We comply..."

The names of the territory on the natives’ personal screens changed to Salted Fish. This was one way of gaining population besides summoning, which is why in the book, players conquered each other’s territories.

[Player Black Rookie’s natives have defected to Player Little Baozi’s camp’s Salted Fish.]

Fern and the others read the territory’s name and secretly looked at each other.

A holographic screen appeared in front of Li Chunhua, asking for her decision.

[Does the player accept the defected natives as permanent residents or probationary residents?]

Li Chunhua chose the latter. Fern and the others received the notifications, as did the scarecrow, Huo Yan.

<@_@>?

Little Baozi is a woman?

Huo Yan was beyond shocked, and his eyes showed greed.

Meanwhile, Li Chunhua looked at the loyalty bar over the natives heads in a bunch of 20s, 15s, and 25s and scratched her head in helplessness.

These people are even more unreliable than Martial Aunt. Nevertheless, if they really did betray her, she wouldn’t let it slide.

After Fern and the others defected, Li Chunhua immediately gave them an order, which was to build a bridge and a gate for the entrance, before she gave them 100 units of wood, hammers, and boxes of nails.

The eyes of Fern and the other brightened when they saw the nails, hammer, and so many woods. They thought they would be the ones gathering the materials instead, but their expectations were wrong.

With this, they can start right away, avoiding wasting time and having the chance to finish the task early.

[Please set the mission and rewards].

Li Chunhua tapped a bunch of commands.

[Probationary Resident Task: Build a detachable bridge and a sturdy gate.

-Reward Resident Points: 100 points/PR]

In order to be a full-pledged resident, each of them needed to earn 5000 points. Fern and the others became enthusiastic.

Li Chunhua’s salted fish heart was filled with happiness because she doesn’t have to work for the rest of the day. (⁠~⁠‾⁠▿⁠‾⁠)⁠~

One of the natives, the one from a human kingdom, possessed a little knowledge about carpentry and instructed the others on how they should build the bridge and gate.

Having some of her problems solved, Li Chunhua was in a good mood and walked inside the house to the living room before taking out the secret realm chests, leaving the grumpy Huo Yan and his ex-natives.

While taking out the chests, she noticed the mahogany box on the bottom squares that Gong Panli gave her before she left Metropolitan Base.

She withdraw the box from her inventory and opened it, revealing a folded paper and a stone.

Li Chunhua unfolded the letter.

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Meanwhile in the Metropolitan Base’s Main Administration Building, Gong Shangguan noticed the smile on Gong Panli’s lips and couldn’t help but asked.

"What are you smiling for?"

Gong Panli remembered the confession letter he wrote. A blush crept from his neck to his cheeks before he adjusted his expression, "Nothing."

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Li Chunhua pressed her face on the letter and tried to read it but she couldn’t understand a single word!

(⁠ー⁠_⁠ー⁠゛⁠) What kind of language is this?

If Gong Panli was here, he would have vomited blood.

It took all his courage to confess but it was hindered by a language barrier and the system doesn’t offer post-translation services.

(Little Baozi: Thank you for the gifts dearies, LotusLin and mischeng_2044)