Chapter 153 Cutscene (I)

The spring is bright and beautiful, and everything is growing.

Even the most weathered old trees are covered with new green buds. Under the warm and bright sunshine, the old and the new appear so harmonious.

At this moment, two figures, one old and one young, slowly came over.

The old man was actually still strong, with an upright posture, but his hair was full of white, and his beard was also a little gray. His eyes were bright and gentle, like a sunny day after going through a lot of hardships. There was not a trace of hostility in his eyes, except for the barely perceptible attachment and expectation deep in his eyes.

The young one, no more than five or six years old, held the old one's hand and jumped in the green grass, curious about every flower and every stone around.

"Grandpa, please walk faster. I want to catch that butterfly!"

The little guy simply broke free from the old man's hand, stumbled after a butterfly, and ran forward. Several women followed him from a distance, their expressions full of awe and caution.

The old man waved his hand, and the women chased after him.

"Haha, I looked forward to it day and night, but I never thought that this day would come so soon. Twenty years have passed in the blink of an eye. I don't know if I can still eat the iced watermelon at home."

The old man muttered to himself with some emotion, then sat down on a stone block by the roadside, and a hint of mischief appeared on his rather old face.

But in the end, it turned into a deep reluctance. His eyes swept over the plants and trees around him, and his mind couldn't help but recall the ups and downs of the past twenty years. Every detail was deeply hidden in his heart.

"My performance over the past twenty years should be considered barely excellent, right?"

"In the winter of the first year, after I killed the Ghost King, I got more than 10,000 ghost crystals. I didn't exchange or sell any of them. I used them all to build the Wood Demon Tower when the Wood Demons rebelled in the spring of the second year. Now that I think about it, the Ghost King was really my lucky star, because in the following 19 winters, I didn't even encounter a single evil ghost, let alone a ghost crystal."

"I used so many ghost crystals to make a level 38 Wood Monster Tower. Haha, I dare not say that such a terrifying Wood Monster Tower will never be seen again, but it is definitely unprecedented. Who would have thought that the effect brought by the level 38 Wood Monster Tower would be so magical, and it could even tame the ground-walking Wood Monster. So since then, there has been no large-scale felling of trees in the development of the village, because we want to live in harmony."

"To date, I have more than a hundred tamed wood monsters. They patrol the 3,000-kilometer border. In many cases, they are much more useful than soldiers."

"However, I remember that in the third year, there was still a huge crisis. It was not a man-made disaster, but a natural disaster. In the summer of that year, the sky seemed to be an overturned ocean. The heavy rain lasted for 32 days, and the flood rose more than ten meters. The town that I had worked so hard to build was washed away overnight, and 100,000 acres of farmland were completely destroyed. Oh, I almost turned gray overnight because of worry that year."

"I had no choice but to use up my magic power and divinity to build a super-large raft overnight. Only then did I rescue nearly 2,000 people. Then I moved, moved the Wood Demon Tower, changed places, fought, clashed, and annexed other villages. I spent the next five consecutive years on the move. It was only because I held the Ghost Queen's tooth in my hand that I was not afraid of the cold and gloomy air in winter. Only then did I finally stabilize in the ninth year."

"This 20,000-kilometer-long migration has increased the population under my command to more than 20,000, so I simply built a city. It took three years to build this city. It was really hard work. Fortunately, the old friends are still here, and the attributes of the former village are still there. Everything is fine."

"I've been doing this for another eight years. Before I knew it, I've grown old. It might be due to the village construction order. I think I can live another 300 years, but I have a terrible feeling that my end is near."

"Well, his three wives died one after another. He was lucky. He didn't have to face the tragedy of a scumbag like me leaving without saying goodbye. His children are not very capable. Of course, this may be because I deliberately indulged them. Who made Zhang Wenyuan so outstanding? So two years ago, when he was 23 years old, he simply gave up the position of city lord."

"What was a small village 20 years ago has now become a city-state with a population of nearly 100,000 and a territory of 3,000 kilometers. There is one large city, five small cities, six fortresses, and two border cities. This territory is close to mountains and rivers, which is quite advantageous."

"I've already seen that Zhang Wenyuan wants to be king, but he does have the ability. Before he turned 18, he accumulated the most free attribute points. After he became an adult, he jumped directly to the noble level. This is a must."

"But the population is still too small. However, I have already handed over the position of city lord, so I shouldn't interfere too much. In the past two years, this kid has done quite well. He is 25 years old, in the prime of his life, and has three extraordinary attributes: IQ, EQ, experience, and scheming. They are all first-rate."

"And the new generation of noble generals under him are much more powerful than Wu Yuan, Ryan, Wang Mumu and the other old guys. There are a total of 18 extraordinary heroes, 52 three-star heroes, 2,000 captain-level soldiers, 3,000 elite soldiers, 500 special hurricane swordsmen, 500 special elk heavy cavalry, and more than a hundred ground-walking wood monsters. There is also a level 38 wood monster tower as a backup. If we fight head-on, I think there will be no opponent within a thousand miles."

"But war is ultimately a means to an end. The economy, livelihood and productivity are the most important. Now the entire city-state has 10 million acres of farmland, 90 million acres of farmland to be reclaimed, and various fruit plantations, which can basically guarantee food."

"As for industry, it's not that great. After all, we are very poor, so we can't be too demanding. But at least the city-state is now able to refine steel on a large scale, and the weapons and tools it creates are very good."

"In addition, the most important point is the environment. With the Wood Monster Tower and more than a hundred tamed ground-walking wood monsters, it is foreseeable that the future development of the city-state is unlikely to cause endless damage to the environment. Greening and pollution must be relatively balanced, otherwise the ground-walking wood monsters will rebel, and the trees will also rebel. The future leaders of the city-state cannot ignore this point. After all, the proportion of senior population in the city-state is still very high."

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"Thanks to the Immortal Hero Village Building Order, among the children under ten years old in the city-state, the outstanding population now accounts for more than 50%, the elite population accounts for more than 5%, and the noble population accounts for more than 1%. The king-level population, well, there are only 17 of them at the moment, which is really not a lot."

"I just don't believe it. Even if these little bastards grow up to be more ruthless and scheming, the winner should always be the best. However, Zhang Wenyuan is already dealing with this problem. I wish him good luck, and I wish me good luck too."

After reviewing all of this, Zhang Yang sat there with a smile on his face. He seemed to have turned into a statue, without any breath. Only a piece of information appeared in front of him.

"The control phase of the fantasy village construction mission has ended and the cutscene phase is entering - please choose the screen mode or text mode. For the former, please pay 10,000 energy points."

“I choose text.”

(End of this chapter)