Obviously, if the talent [Eternal Power] is to be effective, more territory troops must be mobilized.
"It seems that I will develop into a leader in the future." Cao Xing thought to himself.
At this time, Cao Xing noticed a countdown above his head.
[Distance until night falls: 4 hours and 32 minutes...]
[Note: During the novice protection period, there will be no monster attacks on the camp. The remaining novice protection period is: 5 days and 17:00...]
"Only 4 hours left until dark!"
Cao Xing's scalp tightened instantly.
But he knew that in this extremely cold world, the temperature would drop sharply at night.
Cao Xing looked at the bonfire in front of him.
【Campfire: Level 1】
[Bonfire effect: can increase the temperature of the area within a radius of 10 meters by 5~20℃]
【Consumption】: 15 minutes/1 wood.
[Materials required for upgrade]: Stone*5
The temperature near the campfire has now reached -32 degrees Celsius, and at night the temperature will drop by more than 20 degrees.
Obviously, the heat emitted by this level 1 campfire was not enough to keep him going through the night.
Cao Xing looked at a collapsed small house next to him.
[Damaged Lord's Hut: Repairable]
[Materials required for repair: Stone*10, Wood*20.]
Cao Xing's eyes lit up instantly.
That's it!
Once it is repaired, the territory interface can be opened, and you can drill in at night to avoid the severe cold.
However, repairing the Lord's Hut requires materials such as Stone and Wood.
Cao Xing looked at the snow around him. There was a pile of white stones and some cut wood near the campfire.
【Stone (white): A basic material.】
【Wood (white): A basic material. 】
Cao Xing was just about to pick up some wood when he heard Liu Muxue beside him softly ask, "Ah Xing, the reminder sound asked me to choose a career, what should I choose?"
It was obvious that the woman had digested the system information and accepted the fact that she had come to a new world.
Cao Xing nodded secretly. She was able to adapt quite quickly.
"Sister-in-law, please choose the Aurora Knight."
Cao Xing had selfish motives in asking her to choose this career.
Because in the later stages of the Aurora Knight's life, he will have many powerful amplification skills, but the effects are very short-lived.
With his own [Eternal Power] talent, he can turn these amplification effects into a permanent state.
It is conceivable that when Cao Xing controls a group of soldiers with stacked permanent buffs, their combat power will be terrifying.
However, Liu Muxue's temperament and appearance have nothing to do with a knight.
Especially, she was wearing a pair of white silk today.
When Cao Xing thought of the image of Liu Muxue wearing armor from behind and white silk on her lower body, he felt a little bit violating.
Uh... no, it seems pretty good?
White Silk Knight... Hehehe...
"Okay, then I'll choose Aurora Knight." Liu Muxue had no doubt about Cao Xing's decision.
In this strange world, Cao Xing is the only person she knows.
Cao Xing nodded, and then he saw a small wooden box next to the campfire.
[Territory Storage Box: Level 1]
[Storage box capacity: 40 slots]
【Note: There are some materials and tools needed in the early stages, please open it as soon as possible. 】
Cao Xing walked forward and opened it, and a lot of supplies suddenly appeared inside.
[Open successfully: Get Bread*20, Get Iron Pot (white)*1, Get Stone Axe (white)*4, Get Stone Hammer (white)*4, Get Wooden Staff (white)*1, Get Wooden Round Shield (white)*1]
The supplies inside were for four people, and the system did not deduct supplies just because they were only a team of two.
Cao Xing nodded with satisfaction.
With the stone hammer, they can start building the lord's hut, which is the key to whether they can safely survive the first night.
Then he began to seize the time to collect nearby stones and wood and move them over one by one.
System prompts keep appearing.
[Stone +1]
[Stone +1]
Wood +2
…
These stones were quite heavy, and after moving them for a while, Cao Xing was sweating profusely.
As modern people, our physical fitness is still a little lacking after all.
However, after nearly twenty minutes of hard work, he finally gathered all the materials needed to repair the lord's hut.
Cao Xing came to the front of the hut.
[Do you want to start repairing the [Damaged Lord's Hut]? This repair will take 17 minutes...]
"yes."
Then, Cao Xing began to swing the stone hammer himself, and it started to knock according to the pattern given by the system.
There is no other way. Only after repairing the lord's hut can other buildings in the territory be opened.
Before recruiting the polar people, Cao Xing could only do it himself.
Looking at his busy figure.
Liu Muxue squatted on the ground. The severe cold made her hug her arms tightly. At this moment, her perfect body curves were clearly visible.
She stared at him with curious eyes and asked, "Ah Xing, is there anything I can help you with?"
Cao Xing glanced at the fire on the ground, then at the rocks and wood scattered on the snow, and nodded, "Go collect the rocks and wood nearby, and then upgrade the campfire as soon as possible."
Liu Muxue listened without any hesitation.
He stood up and started walking towards the fire.
After a while, she was seen carrying a stone over with a bit of clumsiness.
It was obvious that the weight of the stone was a bit difficult for her.
Liu Muxue held him in her arms, her arms red from the cold.
But she still gritted her teeth and continued to move the stones.
[Stone +1]
The high heels on her feet were inconvenient, so Liu Muxue took them off and walked on the snow with her bare feet, her little face turned pale from the cold.
Cao Xing, who was building the lord's hut, did not stop it.
In this world, everyone has to contribute in order to survive.
“Hmm…”
When Liu Muxue put the stone down, her raised buttocks were facing Cao Xing, showing her round curves clearly, which made people's blood boil.
Cao Xing quickly turned his eyes away and concentrated on his work.
He is repairing the lord's cottage here.
Liu Muxue was moving stones to upgrade the bonfire, and the two of them divided the work.
After a while, Cao Xing heard a system prompt.
[Your campfire has been upgraded to level 2.]
【Campfire: Level 2】
[Bonfire effect: can increase the temperature of the area within a radius of 20 meters by 10~20℃]
【Consumption】: 13 minutes/1 wood.
[Materials required for the next level]: Stone*10
…
The coverage area of the upgraded campfire is significantly larger.
Even Cao Xing, who was working, felt a little warmth, and his work efficiency became faster.
After a few minutes, the system prompt appears.
[The lord's hut has been built successfully, and the territory interface has been unlocked. Congratulations! You can now build more infrastructure. ]
Cao Xing's face lit up with joy, he could finally build other buildings!
The next step is to build the [Polar Hut], and then summon a few polar bears to officially start your own journey to become a lord!
At the same time, the second system prompt appears.
[Because you are the first survivor in the server to build a lord's hut, you will receive a reward: Ice Therapy (skill book)]
[Ice Healing (White): Consumes a certain amount of mental power, casts ice healing on the target, recovers mental power*0.8 health points per second, and the effect lasts for 3 seconds.]
Bang!
A yellowed skill book appeared on the snow in front of Cao Xing.
Wow! It's actually a skill book!
And I use it myself.
Although fighting rarely occurs during the novice protection period, this skill book undoubtedly gives Cao Xing a lot of confidence.
[Do you want to learn ice therapy (white)]
"yes."
Cao Xing clicked on "Study" directly.
At this time, many function panels appeared in front of Cao Xing.
They are: [Territory], [Building], [Backpack], [Crafting], [Channel], [Personal], and [Territory Force].
These interfaces cover almost all functions.
Cao Xing opened the [Backpack] first, which only had 20 slots of storage space.
Of course, it was empty.
Then, he clicked on [Architecture]
After clicking it, a lot of level 1 buildings popped up immediately.
Such as: [Level 1 Simple Stove], [Level 1 Simple Cooking Range], [Level 1 Smelter], [Level 1 Lumberyard], [Level 1 Blacksmith Shop], [Level 1 Polar Man's Hut], etc.
Other infrastructure is not considered for now.
Cao Xing was the first to click on the introduction of [Polar Hut].
[Level 1 Polar Man Hut: You can summon polar men to work for you by consuming food.]
【Area: 12 square meters】
【Possible population: 4 people. 】
[Materials required for construction: Stone*10, Wood*30.]
[Repair time: 45 minutes (you can add more people to participate in the repair to speed up the repair time, upper limit: 2 people)]
…
Cao Xing thought to himself, "It will take 45 minutes. If I build it alone, it will take a long time."
"It's only three hours until dark, and I need to do something else."
So, he looked at Liu Muxue who was standing beside him, "Sister-in-law, come and help me."
…
…
Liu Muxue had consumed a lot of physical strength at this time because of carrying stones and wood, and her dress was soaked with sweat.
Through the dress, the outline of her white lace bra can be seen.
Hearing Cao Xing calling her, Liu Muxue put down the work in her hands and walked over slowly.
"Ah Xing, what do you need me to do?"
Cao Xing pointed to the empty space ahead and said, "I want to build a polar man's hut here, but it will take too long to build."
"If you help me build it, it will go much faster."
Liu Muxue's eyes were a little confused. She seemed not to understand, but she nodded anyway.
Then, the two began to work together to build a polar man's hut.
“Ding! Ding!”
In this empty snowfield, there was a sudden burst of rhythmic knocking sounds.
Half an hour later.
A system prompt appears.
[Successfully built: Polar Man's Hut, territory population +4]
[Now, you can recruit polar people to work for you by consuming food. ]
[Note: As a lord, you need to provide food for your subordinates every day. If you leave them hungry for a long time, they will abandon you.]
A small hut less than two meters high, similar to a camp tent, suddenly appeared on the snow in front of the two of them.
At this time, a system prompt appeared in Cao Xing's ears again.
"Because you are the first survivor in the server to build a [Polar Hut], you will receive a reward: 50 pieces of bread."
When Cao Xing saw this system prompt, his eyes flashed with surprise.
Good job! 50 food items, this reward is really good.
Cao Xing couldn't help but feel fortunate that he had played this game before, so he was able to build these buildings in the shortest time and be ahead of everyone else.
Cao Xing thought to himself, "It takes 5 food items to recruit a polar man. If there were no rewards from this system, I could only recruit 2 at most.
"But now, we can directly recruit four polar people."
Thinking of this, Cao Xing directly clicked on recruit.
[Do you want to consume food*20 and recruit polar people*4? ]
"yes."
As soon as he finished speaking, the tent in the camp before him began to tremble.
Then, the door was pushed open.
Four dwarfs, less than 1.5 meters tall, wearing thick snow coats and with rough shapes, emerged from inside.
These are the polar people.
After they came out, they looked at Cao Xing and the other two and saluted respectfully.
"Dear Lord, the polar people serve you!"
Liu Muxue, who was standing by, was completely stricken by the sight of this miraculous transformation.
She opened her mouth slightly and exclaimed, "Ahhh, Xing, it's out... out!"