Farming game: Survival for all [StarCraft]

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As the system finished speaking, Xia Ji discovered that the map on his game panel, which originally only had a castle and thirty pieces of farmland, had expanded in scope, and the thick fog had partially dissipated, revealing the primary manor map.

Judging from the map, with the ancient castle as the center coordinate, the main entrance of the castle is a large open space, and on both sides of the main entrance are farmlands marked with [arable land]. Behind the left and right side of the castle is a small hill covered with weeds, marked with [pasture]. Next to the pasture, that is, behind the castle, are several small hills and high mountains covered with trees, marked with [woodland]. Next to the woodland, there is a small piece of flat land marked with [vineyard].

The most important thing is, if you click on the small map of [Vineyard], it will show [Ready to Harvest]!

Ahhh, Grape! Grape, here I come!

Xia Ji was so excited that he wished he could teleport to the orchard to pick grapes right now.

However, the important thing at the moment is to assign the tasks to the 100 people in front of us first.

The initial login location for the Summer Festival is in the lobby, but the lighting in the lobby is not very good, so she changed the login location for ordinary players to the castle gate, which can also be called the castle's open-air front yard, that is, the area between the outermost gate and the inner gate.

Standing here, the light is bright and you can see the sun by looking up, satisfying everyone's desire to see the sun.

But she underestimated the Hope Star people's obsession with and desire for the sun. Even before logging in, the team members in charge of the project told them that there would be a sun in the game. After these people came online, they still lost their composure when they saw the sun, and reenacted the shock, doubt and surprise of the first two teams when they first saw the sun.

"It's so real, so true. Such a good game should really be studied."

"Can I log off now and give my place to my sister? She had a rainy day syndrome and almost died once. If I let her come in and bask in the sun, she won't be so disgusted and desperate about the rain, right?"

"I don't want to go offline anymore. I'm just staying here and not going anywhere."

There was a moment of confusion at the scene, but fortunately these people were all official, and no matter what their positions were, once they received the task, they would complete it.

Just ...

"Beautiful manor owner, can I touch your face?" A young lady who is obsessed with looks brightened her eyes when she saw Xia Ji. After taking on the task of cleaning the farmland, she did not leave and stared at Xia Ji, ready to make a move.

Xia Ji took a step back, a fake smile of a corporate slave on his face, "No, next one."

The young lady was disappointed and had no choice but to leave. Not only was she reminded not to tease NPCs before going online, but the young lady herself was a very well-mannered person. Although she really wanted to touch the beautiful little queen, she would not force herself to do anything if she was rejected.

However, this incident served as a reminder to Xia Ji that currently all those entering the game are arranged by the state and have relatively high quality. They also stated what they must abide by before going online, but when the game is open to the public one day, that cannot be guaranteed.

The image given to her by the gaming world is really beautiful, like a little queen who walked out of a comic book, too beautiful to be real. Although she plays an NPC in the game, in her first life, game players are the most unpredictable disaster, and are called the 'fourth disaster'. Who knows what they will do to the NPCs.

"System, can I buy NPCs in this game?" She wanted to have real NPCs.

"Player, this game is realistic and does not support the purchase of NPCs. However, players can wear [Manor Lord's Majesty]. After wearing it, people in the manor with a lower status than the player cannot do anything to offend the manor owner. For example, if ordinary villagers ignore the player's wishes and forcibly touch the player or spit at the player, it will trigger [Manor Lord's Wrath] and force them to be whipped. During the whipping, the pain will increase to 100%, and the number of whippings will range from 10 to more than 100 depending on the situation."

"So powerful, a whip appears out of thin air to hit you? It won't harm your body in the main world, right?"

"Yes, the Invisible Whip. Being beaten by this whip will not affect the main body. It is mainly used as a warning to protect the personal safety of the players."

Well, Xia Ji thinks this is possible, but the problem is, "Where is [the majesty of the manor owner]? I didn't see it on the game panel."

"When the player reaches level 5, the game panel will automatically refresh."

"So do I have to complete the first mission first before my level changes?"

Currently, the game panel of Summer Festival looks like this—

[Game sub-panel
Player: Summer Festival
Current game: Cross-border Manor
Current race: Human
Current level: Level 1
Current status: Manor owner
Current population: 100/100 (players are not counted)
Current gold coins: 0 (gold coins can be used to purchase mall items, operate manors, etc.) (unlocked gold coins 100) (Note: each new population gold coin +1)
Current Blue Crystal: 0 (Blue Crystal is used to upgrade buildings, purchase items, etc.)
Current experience value: 0 (unlocked experience value 30) (Note: Experience value +1 for each piece of farmland cleared)
Current assets: Primary estate
Current tasks: Summon 100 players from the main world (completed), renovate 1 castle (to be completed), clean up farmland (100/30), plant crops (not yet opened)
Mission completion reward: Gold +100, Experience +3]

The game panel is very different from the first time, the task content has become more detailed, and the unlocked gold coins and experience points seem to remind Xia Ji to complete the first task as soon as possible.

Based on the experience of playing games in the previous life, the first task given by the game is always very important. It can be said to be the early foundation for the player. Now, if you want to play the game "Cross-border Manor", you must complete the first task before you can start the game.

The system's affirmative answer also proved this point, but the system did not prompt how to update the content in brackets of the task [Planting Crops (not open)]. Xia Ji's own understanding was that all the farmland had to be cleared before it would be open, and then she would have a chance to get the seeds.

In this way, Xia Ji asked the vanguard team and the second batch of players to clean up the newly unlocked 70 pieces of farmland, and she explored the entire unlocked castle by herself.

The second group of players had no objection to clearing the farmland. They were not tired of the sun yet, and they were told to complete the tasks assigned by the manor owner before entering the game, so they had no resistance. The pioneer team knew Xia Ji's true identity, and they were not sure if Xia Ji could explore the castle alone. After all, the castle was dilapidated and needed to be renovated, and half of it collapsed. If he died accidentally in the middle of the game, it would be a big deal. In this game, Xia Ji only had three lives in total. If he died once at the beginning of the game, wouldn't it be possible that the other world would be closed at any time in the future?

Therefore, let Jiang Wen Yue and Captain Qin of the vanguard team accompany Xia Ji. Jiang Wen Yue has the ability to protect himself, and his main task is to draw pictures. At that time, they will have to renovate the castle. Captain Qin is good in martial arts and can protect Xia Ji when encountering danger.

In this way, the troops split into two groups.

Some players noticed that Captain Qin and Jiang Wenyue followed Xia Ji and wondered if they had triggered other mission plots.

After thinking about it, I finally didn't follow them because I couldn't bear to leave the sun. Besides, this was a game that the country asked them to play. Before entering, they were required to complete the tasks assigned by the manor owner. It wasn't about tracking or secrets. So there was no need to pursue it too much. Wouldn't it be nice to pull weeds in the sun? How long has it been since I last basked in the sun?

In short, the 70 new players, just like the previous two groups of players, were captivated by the sunny day. They pulled weeds under the scorching sun without complaining. It was so hot that they even made rough straw hats for themselves. They chewed some grass out of curiosity. It was like discovering a new world. They immediately shouted, "Grass juice! It tastes like real grass juice. My God, this game is too realistic! If the pain wasn't so strong, I would have thought I had traveled through time!"

The others followed suit and ate the grass. Although it tasted terrible, Hope Star could even eat the disgusting nutrient solution of the slimy fish. The grass tasted delicious in comparison! Not to mention the small, edible tubers of grass that could be found occasionally in the fields.

If it weren't for the official team's instructions that they must complete the tasks assigned by the manor owner, these people would have wanted to leave the farmland and go somewhere else to see if they could find something else to eat.

Even if it's just a game, it's good to satisfy my craving for it!
**
On this side, Xia Ji and the other two's journey to explore the castle was relatively smooth.

The entire castle is divided into three parts. From the outside to the main gate is a large courtyard with small corner towers on both sides of the courtyard, which seem to serve as lookouts and surveillance.

Looking forward to the yard, there are three types of buildings combined together. The one in the middle is the main building. The main building has three floors. The first floor is a hall, with rooms such as a kitchen, storage room, and chapel; the second floor is the bedroom, study, living room, etc.; the third floor has not collapsed, and the intact part also has various rooms, but it is empty and it is impossible to tell what it is used for.

The left side of the main building has completely collapsed and it is unrecognizable what it originally was; the right side seems to be where the manor owner's cavalry live, with houses, an armory, a practice field, and a small circular platform similar to a colosseum.

However, the swords, shields, bows and arrows in the weapons room were all rusted, and the wooden bows had rotted away. Xia Ji collected some of them and put them in the space, intending to take them back to the team researchers for study to see if they could find out which time period they were from.

They also discovered a racecourse and a backyard.

However, no matter how you look at it, there are very few things in this castle. It seems that after it was built, there was no time to put furniture in it, let alone live in it, and it has been empty for many years.

Could it be that after the castle was completed, something haunted or something happened, so the builders could not even live in it and it is now vacant? Or was it that right after it was built, someone had an accident, so it is no longer habitable?
I feel like none of the reasons make sense.

"System, this castle is really not placed in your game?"

The system denied, "Player, this castle was built by the indigenous people of the vice world and has nothing to do with the system. The system can guarantee that it is completely legal for the player to own this castle."

"Then I still have a real identity and background in this vice world?"

"Yes, please explore on your own."

Gan!
Xia Ji immediately recalled the Western fantasy novels she had read in the past, but didn't feel that any of them fit the description and could be asked to explain.

Forget it, don’t think too much about it for now. Anyway, she can’t get out of the unlocked range of the map at the moment. There is no one else in the map except her and the players. If she wants to explore, she probably has to unlock the entire fog-covered map.

Or see what changes will happen after level 5.

The system will not give out a setting like [Before level 5, the manor unlocked map has a protective effect on all players (including players in the summer festival)] out of thin air.

**
"Yuri, did you feel anything? There seems to be movement in the thick fog."

A slightly worried voice sounded in the silent mountains.

The man called Yuri stopped and listened, then denied it, "I didn't hear any noise, you think too much, if there was any noise, the guys underground wouldn't be so quiet."

"Is that so? That's good...but I still feel a little uneasy."

"It's okay. If you're really worried, Zhou Lis and I will go to the edge of the fog to check it out."

"that would be great."

(End of this chapter)