193, autumn, Xuzhou.

Ren Woxing and Ren Feifan are fighting against a ghost general unit with more than 80 demons, still using the 'run-hit-run' tactic. However, the enemy also has 'bow ghosts' that can attack from a distance and 'riding ghosts' that move at an incredibly fast speed, so this battle is still quite difficult.

As the game progresses, the monsters seem to become stronger and stronger. In the past, the lowest-end monsters were garbage with 1 attack and 0 defense. After 194 years, the lowest level is still 1 attack and 0 defense, but there are also many with 2 attack and 1 defense.

As the enemy's strength increases, the amount of spiritual crystals obtained as rewards will naturally increase. In a quarter of expedition, at least 200 spiritual crystals will be earned.

However, earning a lot is not a skill, but spending quickly is. Ever since Ren Xiaobai was born and the Taibai original spirit went dormant, the Ren family has not found another spirit that can communicate with them.

It was not until 3 o'clock in the middle of the night that Ren Suo, who was distracted by the game, accidentally clicked on "detection" while performing the "practice" operation.

In the "cultivation" operation, unless all action points are used in the same direction, their own cultivation direction is randomly distributed. For example, if Ren Suo checked 2 points for attack and 1 point for reconnaissance, it is possible that Ren Woxing is practicing reconnaissance, or it is possible that the other two are practicing reconnaissance.

Therefore, unless Ren Suo does not develop other abilities at all and lets the whole family focus on one direction, he will not be able to control who practices what.

Ren Suo has always wanted to give Ren Feifan +1 point of management so that he can stay at home and send Ren Woxing and Ren Changsheng, two long-range DPS, to kill a wave of monsters.

However, the reality is that Ren Changsheng's management attribute is getting higher and higher, while Ren Feifan's management attribute has always been 0 - just like the gap between a poor student and a top student.

After clicking on the practice of reconnaissance, Ren Woxing gained +1.3 points of reconnaissance attribute. In the next quarter, when Ren Suo sent Ren Woxing and Ren Feifan to clear Hulao Pass, the system suddenly popped up a prompt:

"Ren Woxing noticed a mysterious aura in the northeast direction. Do you want to explore?"

A new point suddenly appeared on the map. Ren Suo was immediately alerted and asked the Ren brothers to go over and take a look.

Then, in a lake, they met the lake elf, Lingbo!

Ling Bo: "My Lord, there has been a big demon lingering around recently. My spiritual power is not enough to fight it. Could you please help and make the surrounding area peaceful?"

Then Dongjun in the northeast direction lit up, showing as a place where expeditions could be carried out, and there was also a little more information: "There are a small number of demons (simple)".

It was only then that Ren Suo noticed that this seemingly useless reconnaissance attribute actually had such a use: it not only increased the probability of encounters on the large map, but also allowed difficulty descriptions to appear on newly-appeared expedition points!

After returning from the expedition, the Lingbo Lake Spirit also appeared in the spirit exchange list in the family hall, and it cost 1,000 spirit crystals to obtain it - extremely expensive.

Therefore, Ren Suo also completely understood the specific meaning of the six attributes.

Attack: When fighting against demons, if the attack is greater than the defense, the demon will be killed instantly. If the attack is less than or equal to the defense, the damage will be (defense-attack), which will weaken the enemy's defense. For example, if Ren Woxing has an attack of 1 and the demon's defense is 3, after one round of attack, the demon's defense will be reduced to 2.

Defense: Actually it is the health value of the Ren family cultivator during battle. It is fine until it is reduced to 0. The defense attribute will be automatically reset after each battle.

Reconnaissance: Explore enemy data and increase the chance of encounters.

Movement: In battle, it determines how far the character can move in one round; in large maps, it determines the farthest distance that the Ren family monks can reach. Yes, if the target location is too far away, the Ren family monks who go out to fight may not be able to return for a quarter.

Treatment: In battle, it can directly restore the lost defense attributes, and even directly rescue dying tribesmen; in normal times, it can reduce the casualties of villagers.

Management: All matters except combat are related to this attribute.

So far, Ren Suo feels pretty good about this game.

It is complex but not difficult to understand, interesting and varied. It is really interesting to put a family business game about slaying demons and monsters in the background of the Three Kingdoms.

Because most places where demons appear usually suffer heavy casualties, and they are also famous battlefields in history.

At Hulao Pass, the 18 princes fought against Dong; in Yanzhou, the remnants of the Yellow Turbans defeated the government army; in Xuzhou, Cao Cao "killed in filial piety"...

It would take the Ren brothers several quarters to deal with each place, and they would encounter bandits, remnants of the Yellow Turbans, lonely ghosts along the way... In this chaotic world where the spiritual veins are reviving, the demons are vicious and the people's hearts are wicked. Only cultivators like the Ren brothers could slay demons and eliminate evil everywhere.

"Let's go to sleep after we finish playing here!" Ren Suo looked at the already bright sky outside and had the urge to equip "Infinite Energy" to continue playing.

However, Ren Suo touched his hair and decided not to do anything that would make his liver and hair sad.

After much difficulty, the big boss, the Six-Armed Corpse Demon, was finally killed, and the game popped up the battle conclusion:

"The battle is over. After you have searched the battlefield, you will obtain 3 intact straight swords, 8 intact spears, 1 top-quality long sword, 120 pieces of gold and silver, and 250 spirit crystals."

However, at this time, Ren Feifan suddenly said: "Brother, why... many demons here were just ordinary people in their lifetime..."

Ren Woxing: "When they died, they contained great resentment, which resonated with the spirit veins and turned into demons. Isn't this normal? In the inherited knowledge, you should also know that among demons and ghosts, demons are bloodthirsty animals, demons are fallen humans, ghosts are the resentment of the dead, and monsters are the alienation of spiritual energy."

Ren Feifan: "I know... but these people are all civilians, just like Xiao Cui, who work honestly in the fields. Why... why do they have to suffer such a fate, being slaughtered with great resentment!? Why did Cao Cao do this?"

Ren Woxing: "Massacre can frighten the enemy and make them surrender... At the same time, it can also relieve the pressure on the soldiers and Cao Cao's anger. I heard that Cao Cao's father was killed in Xuzhou. The reason for sending troops this time is to fulfill the filial duty."

Ren Feifan: "...So, it's all Cao Cao's fault?"

Ren Woxing: "You can say that...what's wrong with you?"

Ren Feifan: "It's okay..."

Ren Suo's eyebrows were raised as he watched - this Ren Feifan was obviously going to cause trouble!

As expected, the next second the game displayed a prompt: "Ren Feifan has left the team."

In the winter of 193, in the family hall, Ren Feifan was not there, and Ren Changsheng said: "Master, I don't know where my third brother has gone... Please instruct us on the plan for this quarter."

Ren Suo spat out a mouthful of blood. As the only melee cultivator, Ren Feifan was an almost indispensable meat shield in the current situation where demons were growing stronger day by day. Now that he was gone, how could he fight?

Fortunately, Ren Feifan came back in the spring of 194. However, his hair was as white as that of a man in his sixties or seventies, and he looked tired, as if he was in his twilight years.

Ren Feifan said: "Brother, Brother... I'm back."

Ren Suo checked Ren Feifan's attributes and found that his life span was reduced to 18 years!

But he is 18 years old this year!

Fortunately, this game didn't intend to keep the players in the dark. Ren Changsheng was very surprised: "Third brother, how did you become like this?"

Ren Feifan: "I tried to kill Cao Cao, but failed. Not only was there a genius with aura around him, but most importantly, when I tried to hurt him, my body stiffened... I tried three times, but failed each time."

Ren Changsheng: "This is the shackles in our blood. Even though we have violated it once, if we violate it again, the shackles will be tightened, our champion blood will be strengthened, and our life span will be shortened. Third brother, why are you so stupid...Does Cao Cao have a grudge against us? Why are you doing this?"

Ren Feifan: "I don't know either... Anyway, when I closed my eyes, I saw all the dead people in Xuzhou gathered together with countless grievances, turning into monsters that were neither human nor ghost."

"What did they do wrong? They did nothing wrong, so someone else is wrong. Shouldn't the person who did something wrong be punished..."

The courtyard outside the family hall is full of spring and the weather is sunny and breezy.

Ren Suo looked at the number of spirit crystals in the upper right corner, selected "Exchange Spirits", clicked on Lingbo Lake Spirit, and selected Ren Feifan.

In the summer of 194, Ren Feifan looked haggard but appeared in the family hall with a smile on his face, holding a child.

"This child is called Ren Buhui..." Ren Feifan only said this, and then the screen entered the plot CG.

"Fortunately, I have fulfilled my destiny, big brother... I have continued the bloodline of the Ren family..."

Ren Feifan was supported by Ren Woxing and Ren Changsheng, and said tremblingly: "What a pity, I still haven't learned how to cook. I have to rely on you to cook on the road... What you cook is really unpalatable..."

"Second brother, I have really troubled you over the years. I know that you have helped me with many things. This time I have offended Cao Cao, and I don't know what kind of trouble I will cause. I have one last thing to ask, second brother, please help Xiao Cui find a good man..."

"Third brother!" "Third brother, stop talking!"

Ren Feifan hugged his two brothers tightly and finally burst into tears. Tears flowed down his face and his body glowed. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry... When I leave, will you remember me?"

"Yes!" Ren Woxing nodded heavily, "I, you, and my second brother...will never be forgotten!"

"In the summer of 194, Ren Feifan died at the age of 18. His last words were: I'm sorry, I left too soon."

In the family tree screen, Ren Feifan's portrait turned black and white.

Ren Suo looked at it for a long time and suddenly remembered this game.

"Oops, I didn't save the game!" Ren Suo remembered this. He had been playing for 16 hours straight without stopping, and the game wasn't difficult, so he was too lazy to save the game.

However, when he opened the system, he found that he could only exit the game but could not save the game!

Ren Suo chose to exit the game, and when he chose to load the game, he saw this column on the save interface:

"His name will go down in history and last for thousands of years."

Unable to save the game. Either load the game or start over.

Now, Ren Suo finally understood the difficulty of this game's 2-star level.

In his Ren Family archive, Ren Woxing will also die in 195, and by then only Ren Changsheng and two children who have not yet grown up will be left! Ren Changsheng has no way to leave, he can only wait for the children to grow up, and by then he may also be old and dead!

And the children who have grown up are simply not capable of dealing with the increasingly powerful demons!

Even if they grow up, any character that Ren Suo cannot control will always behave unexpectedly - not to mention Ren Feifan, even Ren Changsheng once suddenly left the battle during an expedition to save a group of refugees, and Ren Woxing almost lost his life in that battle.

The family members who might cause trouble cannot be perfectly controlled, the enemies are getting stronger and stronger, the disasters are sudden, the lack of sexual partners, and the curse of short life and the curse of no successor. In such an environment, the family has to continue for 76 years——

Simply put, it is as difficult as it is for an online writer to become famous with just one book.