After making the decision, Earl Olcott strolled around Hope Village at ease, and also tried the Hope Village delicacies that were highly praised by everyone.

I have to say that from a tourism perspective alone, Hope Village is a very suitable place.

Any one of these delicacies can become the signature product of a territory, but Hope Village has so many of them concentrated at once. For foodies, this is a feast.

There will always be many people who will come from thousands of miles away just for a few bites of food.

Especially when the food in many territories is barely edible.

The food in Norwich, the food capital, would have to kneel down in front of Hope Village.

Hope Village is a gold mine!

No wonder it's developing so fast.

Lord Olcott sighed in his heart.

Hope Village should be thankful for the fact that the Stan Continent has some rules regarding the territory, which are both restrictions and protections.

...

...

Otherwise, with what Hope Village has shown so far, I'm afraid many big territories would be tempted.

Of course, Hope Village itself is also very smart. It has already advertised its products before it emerges.

When a secret is no longer a secret, the probability that people are willing to take risks for it is much lower.

While thinking about it, Earl Olcott took a big bite of the hamburger in his hand. After chewing, his expression showed a hint of satisfaction.

Let’s not talk about anything else this time, just the food is worth it!

It seems that I can come here more often in the future.

Maybe you can invite a few good friends to eat and drink and have some fun together?

Share such a great place with them, they will probably like it too.

Murtagh, who was standing aside, paused as he looked at his lord earl looking so leisurely.

All right!

Our Lord Earl, once he has made a decision, usually won't let it bother him.

This... is good.

The ones who suffer are their subordinates, whose mentality is not so stable.

Originally, everyone was considering Hope Village as an enemy of Benguela Town, but the Lord suddenly gave up the plan.

After silently comforting himself in his heart, Murtagh also immersed himself in the delicious food of Hope Village.

Sometimes, delicious food can make people forget all their worries.

In fact, although this trip is a bit tiring, it is still worth it!

Just like that, the two of them ate and drank along the way, sweeping the entire food street.

Even if it arrives

**

Just like that, Count Olcott's visit did not cause any trouble for Hope Village. It was so calm that even Bayer, who was well prepared, found it a little unbelievable.

"Are they really just on vacation?"

Not causing trouble is one thing, but not contacting them at all is also one thing.

There was no movement at all, and he was worried.

"I feel like the other party gave up their original plan because of something, but I don't know what it was." Zhou Bai said sharply. The other party did not reveal his identity when entering the city, and obviously wanted to inquire about Hope Village privately.

During the time he was in Hope Village, he ignored the food street nearby and walked around the territory first, then hung out in taverns and other places with large traffic and a lot of information. It didn't seem like he was not going to do anything.

As a result, suddenly I was just enjoying the food and doing nothing else.

It’s a bit weird no matter how you think about it!

Were you shocked by the power of Hope Village?

Hope Village is quite prosperous, but Zhou Bai doesn't think such prosperity can shake the heart of the lord of Benguela Town.

She had also been to the small town of Benguela, and the prosperity there was simply not on the same level as her own.

The other side is a real magic town!

Hope Village is still a long distance away from the other party!

In this situation, how is it possible that the other party doesn't have any thoughts?

So she really felt that something must have changed the Earl's decision.

"Do you want me to ask them if they have inquired about anything, or if they felt strange when they encountered something?" Bayer always believed Zhou Bai's words, and he immediately agreed as soon as Zhou Bai finished speaking.

Zhou Bai listened and shook his head. "According to the description, they were just walking around casually and didn't communicate with anyone. Let me think about it!"

Thinking about it, Zhou Bai went over everything in his territory.

There are only a few special features in Hope Village at present.

1: Delicious food.

Two: A wide variety of ingredients.

3: Undead NPCs and Orc NPCs.

Four: School.

5. A relatively fair and free environment.

…

After analyzing it bit by bit, there is nothing that can make Earl Olcott afraid. In fact, if the other party is willing, there are some things that the other party can copy, which can to a certain extent deter the residents from coming to Hope Village.

Isn’t this what happened in Glasgow Village? They told the residents that a school would be built, and coupled with the cooperation with Hope Village, the residents were unwilling to leave their hometown.

If it's not these things, then it can only be some information.

Zhou Bai eliminated them bit by bit until the words he had spoken to Bayer came back to his mind.

Hope Village has a backer - the city of Loviisa.

Perhaps, Count Olcott knew the true face of the city of Loviisa, and also knew that Fassar Village was supported by the city of Loviisa. Therefore, after knowing that Hope Village was cooperating with the city of Loviisa, he determined that Hope Village was the "money bag" that the city of Loviisa was eyeing, so he no longer cared about it?

The more I think about it, the more possible it seems.

After all, this is the only reasonable explanation.

Thinking about it, Zhou Bai told Bayer his thoughts.

Bayer was also surprised when he heard this. "So, the relationship between Fasal Village and Loviisa City is not unknown to everyone?"

"The existence of aggressive territories is no secret, so it is normal for someone to inquire about their origins. The lord of Benguela town has a family background, and it is normal for his family to know inside information." Zhou Bai continued to analyze.

"If you knew that, why did you let these territories develop? Recently, because many territories have come to Hope Village, I also asked people to collect information about foreign territories. I found that more and more territories have been breached from outside, not only by invasion, but also by beast tides." Bayer mentioned it.

After coming into contact with it, he also discovered that the current situation in the human kingdom seemed to have changed a lot compared to what he had seen before.

"Are they increasing? Isn't it normal to have one or two fewer territories every day?" Zhou Bai asked subconsciously.

After all, after they came to this world, they experienced many territories being destroyed.

Then I thought that the competition in this world is so fierce.

"How is that possible?" Bayer said subconsciously. "In the early days, even if there were territorial wars, aggressive ones were very rare. It can be said that there were almost none. Because if one occurred, other territories would attack it together. The biggest crisis for a territory is the beast tide during the promotion. However, when the promotion occurs, all territories will try their best to be prepared. It is rare for a territory to disappear because it cannot resist the beast tide."

"That means the environment has become worse." Zhou Bai continued with Bayer's words.

“As far as the environment around Hope Village is concerned, I feel so.” Bayer nodded in approval.

"That can only mean that, perhaps for some reason, the number of monsters has increased." Zhou Bai said directly.

"Yes, but I don't know the specific situation. After all, I have been in the Kingdom of the Dead for so long. Now I can only try my best to collect more information from the outside world." Bayer said directly.

"Okay!" Zhou Bai nodded, "But I think the big territories may know more. Maybe the existence of the aggressive territories is also recognized because of this change!"

Zhou Bai never forgot one thing, that is, the system they carried was the Doomsday Game System.

Originally, she had always thought that it was because Blue Star was facing the so-called "doomsday" test.

But now it seems that maybe it's not just Blue Star, but this world as well!

This is a bit far-fetched, but not impossible.

Just trying to prove this point was completely impossible with the resources she currently had access to.

Therefore, what she can do now is to develop the territory as quickly as possible and collect as much information about this world as possible.

Hearing Zhou Bai say this, Bayer seemed to remember something and said quickly: "Speaking of which, I heard some undead in the Undead Kingdom mention that the territory has become smaller, not only in the human kingdom, but also in the territories of other races. However, the territories of other races seem to be constantly concentrating power, combining small territories into medium territories, and concentrating medium territories into large territories. From this point of view, is the human kingdom also doing this? The aggressive territory is just a more radical approach, but because it is in line with the current development situation, there will be no one to stop it like before?"

Bayer's words directly hit Zhou Bai's heart.

That being said, the end of the world is more likely to happen in this world!

"Perhaps a major event really happened on the entire continent, and only a small part of us know about it." Zhou Bai said directly, and then sighed, "We are still too weak to know so much. If such a thing really happened, it would be a big deal."

They are just newbies who have just arrived in the continent of Stan.

"I will try to pay more attention to the information outside." Bayer said quickly, "Just because we don't understand it now doesn't mean we won't understand it in the future."

"Then thank you for your help! You can give more bonuses to investigators." Zhou Bai said directly. Bayer already has such a team under his command that specializes in investigations. In the past, they were investigating resource points near Hope Village, etc., and they will inevitably expand outward in the future.

"Okay." Bayer nodded.

"Then you continue with your work! I will not take care of this Earl for now," Zhou Bai continued.

Just treat them as tourists visiting Hope Village for vacation.

"Yeah." Bayer nodded. There have been a lot of things happening in the territory recently.

It's not just the tourists coming from various territories, but also the various things caused by the surge in tourists.

Now! There is one more thing to do to find out the news.

This matter may become a top priority for the territory in the future.

After Bayer went to work, Zhou Bai went straight to the warehouse after dealing with the village chief's affairs.

In the warehouse.

Ding Qiurou was sorting out the supplies she had recently collected.

As more people came to the territory, there were also a lot more supplies. After all, those people also needed to convert the supplies into money.

This is not a loss for Hope Village, because the money exchanged for resources will eventually be used to buy Hope Village’s products, and the collected resources can be sold in large quantities to factories and shops.

Both going in and out are beneficial to Hope Village.

Ding Qiurou also feels a special sense of accomplishment when doing such things.

Ding Qiurou, who does this job, has more and more skill points. Often, she can accurately sort items into their corresponding positions just by thinking about it. At the same time, her memory is also amazingly good.

[The list of items required by the grocery store, merchant, Virgil is as follows: ...]

[The list of items needed by the Blacksmith Harris at the Blacksmith Shop is as follows: ...]

[The list of items needed by Tailor Shop·Tailor·Diana is as follows: ...]

【……】

A series of information was sent on the panel, all of which were various materials and items needed for several buildings in the territory.

After Ding Qiurou took a quick look, she recorded it directly in the registration book.

There is no need to check at all, just focus on registering, the content registered is exactly the same.

After registering them in the corresponding booklet, Ding Qiurou began to review their applications.

Once the application is approved, the items in the warehouse will be transferred directly from the warehouse to the respective buildings.

After doing all this, Ding Qiurou started to busy herself with the extra finished goods. She needed to take the initiative to deliver these goods to the grocery store and let Virgil, the businessman, handle them.

Speaking of which, Ding Qiurou and Virgil are quite familiar with each other.

Virgil is a pure businessman. He can always maximize the value of any item in his hands.

Before he started his new business, he couldn't sell many things by running the grocery store independently. After all, there were many other shops in the village with good services.

But after Virgil came, the sales of grocery stores increased rapidly and there was nothing that could not be sold.

Just as Ding Qiurou was sighing, Zhou Bai came to the door.

"How come you have time to come to see me? Is there something?" Ding Qiurou said with a smile.

When her husband was around, her daughter often went out early and came back late, so she rarely saw him. But after her husband left, in order to take care of her emotions, she would take time to visit him.

We met last night and now we meet again today, what a surprise!

But she knew very well that if he came so early, he must have some official business.

Facing Ding Qiurou's gentle eyes, Zhou Bai coughed lightly.

The smile on Ding Qiurou's face froze instantly, and the corners of her mouth flattened, "Do you have to go out? It will take several days?"

She watched the child grow up, and as long as the child made a move, she knew what the other person was going to do.

"Well, I'm going to the town of Benguela. There are more intermediate monsters there, and I can level up faster." Zhou Bai saw what his mother had seen, so he could only speak truthfully.

Her sense of urgency had already increased, and now that she knew the world might be heading towards doomsday, it became even more urgent.

The territory still needs to be stronger so that it can be more resistant to future storms.

"How many days will you be gone?" Ding Qiurou asked.

"The time is uncertain. I plan to advance to an intermediate professional before coming back." Zhou Bai said directly.

"Are you alone?" Ding Qiurou frowned.

"No, I'm not that brave! I dare to go alone near Hope Village, but I don't dare to go so far away. I will lead a few teams of soldiers out." Zhou Bai said directly.

This time, she is not the only one leveling up, there are also people from the soldier team!

"Then you better be careful." His lips moved, and in the end he only uttered these five words.

"I will." Zhou Bai responded, "There is one more thing I need your help with, which is hiring NPCs. You can operate it on the panel after you advance. I can't summon them when I leave the territory, but I can entrust someone to do it. You are the only one I can entrust now."

"It's okay, leave it to me. I'll hire you all, right?"

"Yes, hire them all, and then you just ask them to go find Bayer."

"Okay." Ding Qiurou agreed immediately.

"Well, Mom, goodbye." Zhou Bai gave Ding Qiurou a hug, then turned and left.

After walking a short distance, he raised his hand and waved to Ding Qiurou with his back to her.

Looking at Zhou Bai's departing back, Ding Qiurou pursed her lips and then continued to be busy.

All she could do was to guard the rear for her daughter.

Two changes in one

Thank you Lan Shui Bing Jing for the 5500 points, and thank you all for your votes, muah~