Doomsday

Early in the morning, teams gathered at the gates of the territories of Barnes Village, Glasgow Village and Djibouti Village.

Locke and others from Barnes Village packed their luggage and came to the gate of the territory at the moment of dawn. They gathered with their teammates' families, counted the number of people, and set off impatiently.

There are several teams like his in Banes Village.

The soldiers guarding the city gate

But with

"What are you going to do with so many of you leaving?" One of the soldiers stopped a caravan and asked sternly.

"I hope there are delicious foods in the village, so I just want to take my family on a trip." The leader of the caravan said quickly.

"Did everyone in your team bring their families with them?" the soldier shouted sternly. The number was too wrong!

When he said this, seeing the discomfort on the caravan leader's face, the soldier suddenly realized that he was right.

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There is only one possibility when a caravan will bring all its mercenaries and their families!

That means that this caravan is going to leave the territory and join another territory.

If a caravan did this on normal days, the soldiers wouldn't care.

But today, this situation has occurred in several teams in succession, and all together, there are hundreds of people!

There are still several hundred people near the city gate.

One sixth of the population was lost all of a sudden. If the lord found out, he would definitely kill them.

"You can't leave!" the soldier said directly, then looked at the person next to him, "Go report to the Lord."

"Yes." Another soldier responded quickly.

He also noticed something was wrong!

At this moment, the leader of the stopped caravan obviously noticed this. If the lord came, it would be difficult for them to leave. He immediately made an eye hint to the people behind him.

The next moment, the scene became chaotic.

"Why won't you let us go?"

"What's wrong with us just bringing our family with us?"

"I have never seen a territory that trapped people and prevented them from leaving."

"What do you want to do?"

"I just went off the track today."

Following various noises, several mercenaries confronted the soldiers.

When they confronted and pushed each other, the leader of the caravan led the rest of the people and rushed directly through the blockade. They had already reached the city gate, and they were free after rushing out.

Since they have made preparations to move to Hope Village, they will not give up at this last minute.

Locke was right. If we continue to stay in Barnes Village, no matter how much money we make, it will all be for others.

"Don't...go!"

"Ah! Don't do it."

"How dare you attack us!"

Seeing this, the soldiers subconsciously wanted to stop them, but they were stopped one by one. They could only watch as a group of people quickly rushed through the checkpoint and left.

Although there were soldiers guarding the city gate, there were only a dozen of them. How could they compare to the hundreds of people on the scene!

In addition, there were dozens of professionals left behind to block the attack.

A moment later, when Robin, the Lord of Barnes village, received the news and rushed over, there was no one at the city gate. The only ones left were the wounded soldiers and some residents who had heard the news and rushed over to join in the fun.

"What's going on?" Lord Robin looked at the mess at the scene with a sinister look in his eyes.

"They escaped! They escaped! The caravan returning from Hope Village left with their families." The soldier reported hurriedly.

"How many people?" Robin's expression changed slightly.

Taking a few people away means they will never come back!

You know, the financial income of his territory depends on these caravans.

"There are more than a thousand people!" said the soldier with a bitter look on his face.

Robin listened, gritting his teeth, "Where did they go?"

"No..." He was about to say he didn't know, but suddenly he seemed to remember something and changed his words, "Hope Village, it must be Hope Village."

At this time, Hudson, who came with Robin, also spoke up, "It should be this territory. Locke and his men were selling Hope Village's products in the territory yesterday. Hope Village must have agreed to something they requested."

He was a little scared in his heart. After all, he had just blackmailed these caravans yesterday, and today these caravans ran away with him.

If the lord's attention is not diverted, there is no guarantee that he will not be held responsible in the end.

Robin listened and looked at the territory ranking of Hope Village. The other party's position was after his!

However, Locke and his party were already set to leave. Looking at the residents not far away, he said directly: "From now on, strictly guard the gate of the territory. When the territory caravan leaves, you are not allowed to bring your family with you! Those who violate this will be detained directly!"

After issuing this order, Robin looked at Hudson and said coldly, "Lead the team to Hope Village and find out what's going on there."

He won't be polite to anyone who dares to poach him!

"Yes." Hudson said quickly.

Compared to the bloody Barnes Village, Glasgow Village is much more peaceful.

There were also many people in the team that left, but most of them were there alone to watch the fun, especially when their own lords were in the team.

Their safety is guaranteed when the Lord is traveling, and they can just go to Hope Village for a visit.

Thus, a group of several hundred people set off in a mighty manner.

As for Djibouti Village, besides a few caravans that had been to Hope Village, Paul and other professional life workers and their families, there were also some tourists and caravans from other territories. Although the scale of the village was not as large as that of the other two villages, there were still quite a few people.

**

Zhou Bai, who was in Hope Village, didn't know that more than 2,000 people from the three territories were heading for Hope Village. Her attention was all on Hope Village, and the expansion speed of the territory accelerated instantly in the past few days.

First of all, the newly added shops were all rented out within one day.

There are also residential houses. Many of the newly built ones were sold out immediately. This is even though she has restricted each resident to only one house, and they cannot rent out the houses after buying them. Otherwise, no matter how many residential houses there are, there will still not be enough to sell.

Zhou Bai was happy about this situation.

In particular, there are many local residents among those who rent new properties or buy new houses.

She had done so much in the territory before just to attract residents to stay in Hope Village, whether they were Blue Star residents or local residents, she was willing to do so.

The feedback from the territory now is enough to prove that she did the right thing.

What surprised her most was the population.

Before I knew it, I had passed the three thousand mark.

You know, there are also many caravans that left Hope Village and returned to their original territories after becoming residents. What was the purpose of going back? It was to bring their families here.

When these people come back, the population of Hope Village will experience another surge.

This time the number of people has increased dramatically, and there is a good chance that it will exceed 5,000.

Once the population exceeds five thousand, given the current situation of the territory, we can prepare to upgrade to a level 3 village.

Therefore, if nothing unexpected happens, I hope that Village will surely enter a period of rapid development in the next period of time.

[Dear host, do you want to build a house? ]

[Dear host, do you want to build a shop? ]

At this time, there was already a system notification on Zhou Bai's control panel. Obviously, the territory had already determined the shortage of houses and shops.

Immediately, Zhou Bai looked at his account.

【Wealth: 3281 gold, 23 silver, 98 bronze】

There has been a lot of goods coming in and out of the territory recently, so she, as the lord, has received more taxes, plus a share of the profits from the factories in the territory. All these combined have allowed her to accumulate a lot of wealth.

With so much money, there would be no problem in building more buildings to make your territory look more prosperous.

Immediately afterwards, Zhou Bai built 50 shops and 100 second- and third-level houses without hesitation.

After the construction was completed, Zhou Bai's gold coins were spent in the hundreds.

Thinking about the number of buildings that would be needed in the future as the population grows, Zhou Bai, who had just felt generous, suddenly felt that he did not make enough money.

According to her guess, the next territory might welcome a thousand or even more people, and the territory must have enough buildings to accommodate this group of people.

This means that she still needs money, a lot of money to build the building.

Building a territory is a pitfall! No matter how much money you have, it's not enough to build it!

"What's wrong?" Seeing the distressed look on Zhou Bai's face, Ding Qiurou, who was resting at home today, couldn't help but ask.

"It's okay, I just built a lot of buildings and spent a lot of money." Zhou Bai looked at Ding Qiurou's worried expression and said quickly.

"Are you short of money?" Ding Qiurou asked in surprise.

It shouldn't be like this!

"No, I just feel that the territory will need a lot of money in the future, and the current amount of money may not be enough." Zhou Bai said directly.

"You've done well enough. There's no need to put so much pressure on yourself. Just take it step by step. If you need money, work hard to earn it. If it's not enough, ask mom for more. All the money in mom's hands is yours." Ding Qiurou said directly and arrogantly after hearing this.

Zhou Bai was somewhat moved when he heard the first part of the speech, but felt helpless when he heard the latter part.

Come to think of it, her mother actually had much more money than she does now.

"Now I don't need you to subsidize me, mom. The territory now has a lot of income every day, but the development of the territory requires large sums of money to be repeatedly invested." Zhou Bai said directly. She was just expressing her feelings slightly just now.

"You have plenty of liquid funds on hand now. Think about how many fixed assets you have in the entire territory. There are also hundreds of thousands of pieces of wood stored in the warehouse, as well as various other resources. These are all your real assets. You don't need my money. If you are short of money, you can sell a lot of them! You are now in a state of making money from money!" Ding Qiurou continued.

Zhou Bai smiled when he heard Ding Qiurou talking about fixed assets.

Yes, now all the one hundred shops belong to her, and the monthly rent adds up to a considerable income, and this is in the long term.

At this moment, Zhou Bai was motivated again.

Even if there is no money in her account, she is still a real landlady!

She can no longer care about how much money is in the account as before, but how much assets she has.

Thinking of this, I feel much more relaxed.

The topic was just over, and Zhou Bai changed the subject directly, "Mom, how is Virgil doing in Hope Village now?"

Zhou Bai was busy during this period and really didn't pay attention to this merchant NPC, but she did notice that the grocery store's sales volume has been increasing recently, and this merchant NPC is also a capable person.

"Not bad. With him, it is indeed more convenient for me to manage the warehouse, and a lot of idle resources have been sold. It is also because of him that I can find a chance to take a day off today!" Speaking of Virgil, Ding Qiurou couldn't help but praise him. "As for outside of work, he often wanders around the shops in the territory. Every day, you can see him trying all kinds of food."

"It's good that he can adapt to Hope Village. As long as we win his heart, it will be beneficial to the territory in the future." In fact, after listening to Bayer's evaluation of Virgil, Zhou Bai had very high expectations for Virgil.

But thinking about the other party's achievements, she knew very well that with the current business environment in the territory, the other party might not be interested. Instead of approaching him and being rejected, it would be better to wait until he had a high enough favorability towards Hope Village and took the initiative to propose it.

"From what I can see from him, he seems to like Hope Village very much." Ding Qiurou said firmly.

Although she didn't know the specific conditions of other territories, seeing that the number of native residents settling in the territory had increased recently, she could guess that the environment in Hope Village was definitely excellent.

It can attract local residents, and it can attract even more undead spirits.

"Yeah." If that's the case, that's great.

"I've finished today's work. I'm going to go out of the territory to do a mission. Do you want to come with me, Mom?" Zhou Bai asked immediately.

The conditions for upgrading the buildings have been met, the population is increasing quickly, and her level must keep up.

And since she was going to upgrade, she could take her mother along.

There's no harm in leveling up anyway.

"Okay." Ding Qiurou nodded directly.

There are more and more professionals in the territory now, and more and more professionals in the life department. Although she will not take the combat route, it would be nice if she could become a professional earlier through fighting.

During this period, sometimes Zhou Zhengping and sometimes Zhou Bai would take her out to level up, and she got used to it.

Then, the two of them left the house together.

**

At this time in the territory, corresponding buildings have appeared one after another on the land belonging to shops and residential areas in Hope Village.

There have been a lot of people active in the territory recently. As soon as new shops and houses appear, people immediately notice them and the news spreads quickly.

Especially shops.

Recently, the shops in Hope Village, especially the food shops, can be said to be making a fortune, and many people are jealous.

In addition, Hope Village is now like a rising star. Anyone with a little common sense knows that in the future, Hope Village will definitely attract enough outsiders.

When there are more people, business will come.

The sooner they occupy the shops, the more opportunities they will be able to seize them when they come.

Therefore, soon after the news of the new shops spread, all 50 shops were divided up in a short period of time.

Some people who heard the news and rushed over couldn't even have time to eat the hot food.

"Fuck, a bunch of bandits, 50 shops! Not a single one is left!"

"That's right! I've always wanted to find an opportunity to open a store!"

"We can only wait for the next opportunity."

"I heard that the rent for shops is 10% higher this time than before, which is quite expensive. With so many shops in the territory, it must be hard to do business! After all, there are only so many people."

"Why do you think people rent in advance? Don't they still see the market in the next few months?"

"Well, that's right, but we are a step too late and have no chance."

"I'm just afraid that someone else will take over the business I'm thinking of."

“…”

Similar discussions were heard constantly in the territory, and many people were upset about not being able to rent a shop.

But for those who rent shops, it is a surprise.

"It's a pity that we are too late. The shops along the main road have already been rented out." Maria looked a little regretful as she spoke.

Several team members beside her listened and smiled, saying, "Compared to others who couldn't get it, we are still lucky."

"That's right." Maria nodded. "Hurry up and find someone to decorate the place. We'll quickly put the goods we brought on the shelves and open for business right away."

"So anxious!" others said in surprise.

"Of course, we still have

"Yeah." After hearing what Maria said, everyone in the group became anxious.

Meanwhile, Maria herself plans to visit the woodworking workshop.

She had also learned about this woodworking workshop. Although the products there were made of wood, the variety was very complete, covering all aspects of life.

Most importantly, the price is cheap.

Although it is not as useful as magic products, it is simply unbeatable in terms of cost-effectiveness.

On the way, Maria immediately noticed Zhou Bai.

"Village Chief!"

She had met him a few times before in the small town of Benguela, and now that she had become a resident of Hope Village, she had the opportunity to get in touch with the territory's top brass, so she naturally couldn't let it go.

"Maria." Zhou Bai also recognized the heroic female captain of the mercenary team and said with a smile.

Seeing Zhou Bai's smile, Maria breathed a sigh of relief. She was afraid that he would ignore her!

"Are you going out hunting, village chief?" Maria asked.

Since she chose Hope Village, she would naturally understand the situation in Hope Village, and she would certainly not let go of the village chief Zhou Bai.

Then I realized how hard Zhou Bai, the village chief, worked in training.

I heard that during this period, the village chief went out hunting during the day and went to the training camp for training when he came back at night!

Her training intensity is no less than that of the soldiers currently undergoing intensive training!

The reason why she was able to decide to become a member of Hope Village so quickly was not only because the environment of Hope Village was attractive, but more importantly, it was because a group of territory officials headed by Zhou Bai made her see "hope".

She didn't believe that a territory that worked so hard would lose in the next territory war.

So, even though Hope Village is not as good as the small town of Benguela now, she is willing to give it a try.

"Yes, I have taken care of the affairs of the territory. I will improve myself when I have time." Zhou Bai said simply.

"That's great!" Maria looked at Zhou Bai with admiration.

Zhou Bai is her idol now.

Being a woman, you have to live like this!

"Since you and your team are staying in Hope Village, what are you going to do? Are you planning to go hunting?" Zhou Bai asked.

She had also seen the strength of Maria's team, and she was really happy that they chose Hope Village.

The more teams like this come, the better.

That will definitely improve the territory's strength.

"We'll start hunting once we're settled, but today we just happened to rob a shop and plan to start a potion business."

Medicine?

Zhou Bai's eyes lit up.

Although there are many medicines for sale in the stalls in the trading area of ​​Hope Village, there is no shop dedicated to selling medicines.

"Are there any pharmacists among you?" Zhou Bai asked directly.

The price of medicine is not cheap. The current medicine business is all about taking medicine from other territories and reselling it. The cost is high, so the quantity is small and it cannot form a scale.

But it’s different with a pharmacist. As long as there are enough medicinal plants, the pharmacist can make enough medicine.

"Yes, I am the pharmacist." Maria nodded, "I kept this matter secret when we were in the small town of Benguela."

Pharmacists are in short supply in any territory. If her identity were to be exposed, she would definitely become a being controlled by some forces.

And she was completely unable to compete with just a team of mercenaries.

“Why not cover up in Hope Village?”

"I just think that Hope Village needs a pharmacist like me. In order to keep me, you shouldn't force it, will you, Village Chief?" Maria asked back.

"No, you are welcome to join Hope Village." Zhou Bai said seriously.

"Thank you!" Maria smiled.

For some reason, she did not choose to hide it in front of the village chief.

Maybe it was just a little premonition of her own.

In Hope Village, she can get the freedom she wants.

They walked together for a while until they arrived at the carpentry workshop.

"I'm here, bye." Maria said.

"Goodbye." Zhou Bai said, and continued to walk out of the territory with his mother.

After walking a distance, Ding Qiurou immediately spoke up, "There are more people in the territory now, more talents, and all kinds of professions have emerged. It's great!"

"Compared to us, the local residents have more diverse occupations." Zhou Bai nodded.

"There will be more and more! And we will adapt to this world more and more. Although it's been less than two months, I have kind of forgotten what my previous life was like." Ding Qiurou looked somewhat helpless.

Once upon a time, it seemed so far away.

"The only time we can choose is now!" Zhou Bai said.

"Well, fortunately, our family is together." Ding Qiurou felt fortunate again. Compared with many people who were separated from their families, they were really lucky!

"I don't know what's happening on Blue Star now!" Zhou Bai couldn't help but say. She could guess that this world was not Blue Star now. They were most likely transferred from Blue Star to this world by the Doomsday Game System, and only a part of the people were transferred.

So, what about the original Blue Planet! And what about the billions of people there? What would it be like?

Ding Qiurou listened without saying anything, she didn't know either.

That is too far away and beyond their human ability.

Zhou Bai just sighed and quickly put the question behind him.

As she just said.

Living in the present is their best choice.

His eyes became determined, and Zhou Bai quickly took Ding Qiurou to a resource point.

On the other side, Maria had already entered the woodworking workshop.

I followed the signs directly and headed towards the container area.

In the container area, Maria ran into a few acquaintances.

"What are you all doing here?" Maria looked at Wendell and others with a probing look.

Especially Wendell, he didn't choose to become a resident of Hope Village, right?

"I rented a shop and did some business." Wendel, the leader, spoke up. The others remained silent, which was considered as their agreement with this answer.

"Are you looking for someone to put their name on it?" Maria immediately saw through Wendell's plan.

Wendel will not give up the small town of Benguela, but he also needs the market of Hope Village.

Maria was a little wary.

She knew how serious Wendell's desire for power was, and if she could improve his status in the town of Benguela, Hope Village would definitely become his victim.

"Anyway, my procedures are reasonable." Wendell did not answer directly. Looking at Maria's changed identity as a resident of Hope Village, he raised his eyebrows and said, "What kind of store do you run? You don't plan to return to Benguela Town."

"I run a pharmacy." Maria said without hesitation.

Wendell was surprised for a moment, and suddenly thought of some of the primary potions that Maria's mercenary team often used. A dark light flashed across his eyes, "Your mercenary team is quite well hidden."

There is definitely a pharmacist.

"Just to save myself, otherwise I really can't survive in the small town of Benguela." Maria said straightly.

Wendell: “…”

Why did he feel like the other party was hinting at him?

Before he could say anything, Maria said directly: "I am also busy shopping, so I won't bother you."

After saying that, Maria went about her business.

At this time, the other few people also hurriedly said goodbye to Wendel. They all chose to become residents of Hope Village, and they really didn't need to hang out with Wendel like before.

Wendell looked calm as he watched the people around him disperse.

"Captain, they..." Someone nearby couldn't help but speak out.

"It's okay. It's normal. We won't be in the same territory anymore, so our interests won't be the same."

So it’s normal to go our separate ways!

He just didn't expect it to happen so soon.

Come to think of it, what happened during this trip to Hope Village was really unexpected.

"Will there be any problems with this shop here?" For example, what if it is restricted by Hope Village?

"As long as my things are what the residents of Hope Village need, there's nothing to worry about." Wendell said calmly. Even though he hadn't been there for long, he had seen through the essence of Hope Village.

Later, Wendell also bought a lot of things here.

After the purchase, I quickly went to decorate my shop.

Just like that, after this group of mercenaries from the small town of Benguela robbed the shops in Hope Village, they opened all kinds of shops at lightning speed. Even though some shops did not have a complete range of goods, they still opened them.

Compared to the food shops in Hope Village, most of the shops in this section are related to professionals.

Pharmacy shop.

Magic scroll shop.

Magic furniture shop.

Magic equipment shop.

…

Their appearance seems to indicate that Hope Village has entered a new stage, a stage of collision and integration with the local territory.

As long as we successfully pass this stage, Hope Village will definitely make a significant contribution to the territorial history of the human kingdom on the Stan continent.

Three chapters in one big fat chapter~

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