Farming game: Survival for all [StarCraft]

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The people of Huameng celebrated the festival happily, and the efforts of Xia Ji and others were not in vain.

Thanks to the game store that organizes activities from time to time, some of the milk and eggs come from cattle farms and chicken farms, and the others are purchased during the event gift pack benefits.

If the mall hadn't held discount events, it would have been difficult to raise enough milk and eggs to satisfy the needs of the entire nation.

While the common people outside were celebrating the festival, they were also celebrating the summer festival in the base.

Because the game matters cannot be exposed for the time being, players cannot go back home for the holidays this year and can only video chat with their families. But their families are basically used to it. They work for the country and have to move wherever they are needed. It is normal for them not to be able to come back for the holidays. Being able to video chat is already very good, proving that they are still fine.

However, more players don’t even have anyone to video chat with. After the end of the world, having relatives and friends has become a luxury.

It is true that we miss our loved ones more during the holidays. During the summer festival, I saw many people secretly wiping away tears.

Infected by the festive atmosphere, I miss my old family and friends during the summer festival.

But she was very good at adjusting her mood. After all, she had handed the game over to the country in her previous life. At that time, the country was still very weak, far from being a superpower like the Huameng. Instead, it was a country newly built from gunfire and blood. It was not recognized internationally and was marginalized. Not only did it have many spies in the country, but it also suffered from frequent disasters.

Out of considerations of protection and confidentiality, after handing himself and the game over to the country, the annual summer festival is basically spent in a closed base.

It was only later, when the country finally became stronger through science and technology and the hard work and struggle of successive generations of people, that she was able to return home for a while.

In his previous life, when he was fighting for his country, Xia Ji had become accustomed to spending such festivals with his compatriots and friends. Now, in a new life, even if the faces around him are not the same, they are still companions. Therefore, he felt a little melancholy, but the emotion faded away.

As for whether he was worried that the country would stagnate after losing the game in the previous life, Xia Ji was not worried about this, because the country has always been very sober. It is better to have it than others. They accept things from the game, but also learn from things produced by the game. They do not rely on completing game tasks to obtain resources, but send batches of people to learn, to study, and to understand thoroughly.

Therefore, even after reaching the maximum level, if Xia Jishou dies with the game, the country will not fall into panic, because they have mastered the technology and can stand proudly without the game.

As for what will happen after reaching the maximum level in this life, Xia Ji cannot guess it for the time being, but Xia Ji knows that the country in this life is also clear-headed. It may rely on games in the early and even later stages, but it will not rely entirely on games. Researchers and scientists are working hard, and sooner or later, they will break the current predicament of Hope Star.

Maybe, before reaching the maximum level in the game, the apocalypse ended? Maybe, they found another habitable planet and got rid of the influence of the powerful spiritual power of the humanoid?

As long as the distance is far enough, or the planet itself has its own master, the will of the Blue Water Planet will be difficult to catch up.

Just like the 'Death Star' like Star Hope, didn't it only slowly have an impact after a period of time after human migration?

Just like a distant other world like the Other World, isn’t it also impossible to catch up?

As long as they work hard, live a little longer, and hold on a little longer, they will definitely find the real way out.

Xia Ji never doubted this.

**
On the 28th, just after midnight, the system prompted that the game had been updated and I could log in to the game again.

In addition, this update also made some changes, as follows.

[① The limit of 2 hours online and 12 hours standby for each player has been lifted. After the update, the online time will vary according to the strength of the player's mental strength. At the same time, the standby time will also be adjusted accordingly. Without damaging the player's physical health, the game does not limit the player's online time and login time. If insufficient mental strength is detected, the game will pop up an offline reminder and force the player to log off after ten minutes. The player can log in again after the mental strength is restored.

②Open the ordinary player game panel. The format of the ordinary player game panel is as follows:
[Name:
age:
race:
Current status: (The manor owner, or the steward authorized by the manor owner, is responsible for the appointment)
Current gold coins: (Ordinary player gold coins can be used to purchase the mall opened by the manor owner)
Current reputation: (Reputation will affect the impression of the native races of the secondary realm on the player)
Current tasks: (Tasks can be issued by the manor owner or steward/housekeeper)
Manor map: (The manor owner/steward chooses whether to open and the scope of opening)
③In addition to the fixed population, a new floating population is added, that is, the [Current Population] in the Manor Lord Summer Festival game panel is divided into [Fixed Population] and [Floating Population]. [Fixed Population] is bound to the account and there is no restriction on login. [Floating Population] is in visitor mode and the account is not bound to the spiritual body. After the first login, you need to compete with your hand speed to grab the number before you can log in again.
After level 5, 1000 floating population accounts can be added at each level. The login time is the same as that of ordinary players, depending on the strength of the spiritual body; but the visitor mode account does not save data. In order to enjoy the success of your own labor, please use all gold coins before logging off.

④ Added a new function to retain the body after the player goes offline. Just like when you are online in the main world, after going offline, the body template left in the secondary world will be in a sleeping mode. Please return to a safe area before going offline. The point of going offline is the next login point. If the body is accidentally damaged during the offline period, it will be considered death in serious cases, and the account will be deleted immediately (Note: This function does not apply to temporary players. After the temporary player goes offline, the body data disappears)]

Seeing the four new changes made to the game panel, Xia Ji felt that the system was still very "humane". In this way, not only were players no longer restricted to fixed logins, but the newly added temporary population also provided them with a labor force, greatly alleviating the current shortage of people in the manor.

Moreover, the opening of the ordinary player game panel is also very helpful for managing manor players, issuing tasks, and counting working hours and contributions, allowing them to instantly return to modern data-based office work, saving time and strengthening management.

As for the last update, we can only say that the system is really keeping up with the times. Once the entire primary manor is opened, the players are also provided with a body retention function.

However, temporary players are a little tricky. When they log off, their bodies disappear. It's still pretty creepy. The system makes this setting. Could it be that it thinks that the disappearance of the body is less serious than the nature of "split personality"? I can't figure it out, so I don't care about it during the summer festival. Anyway, the update has been updated. This is the rule. And maybe the existence of temporary players can add some mystery to their manors and make the local races less covetous of their manors. Of course, it may also attract more hostility. Everything has two sides.

In addition, after the update, Xia Ji found that the thick fog on the manor map on his game panel had dissipated, and the range he could see was several times larger than the current primary manor map.

In the current game map, from Xia Ji's perspective, the primary manor is located to the right of the center. Outside the primary manor, all the land only shows forests, mountains and oceans. Xia Ji wants to zoom in on those maps like he zoomed in on the primary manor, but he can't do it because the system indicates [Unlocked area, map not open, please wait to be unlocked, or explore and supplement by yourself].

This means that her attempt to have a "God's perspective" is not feasible. She has no idea what kind of trees these are, what resources are distributed in the mountains and oceans, whether there are other races living there, and what race they are.

However, the phrase 'self-detection and replenishment' meant that they could finally leave the primary manor!
Drone detection, let’s get started!
**
While Xia Ji was busy sending out micro drones to conduct surveys, residents living near the thick fog in the Primary Manor were shocked by the disappearance of the fog.

Due to the time difference between the two worlds, it is early morning on Hope Star while it is still afternoon in the main world.

When the thick fog dispersed, the Tauren people who lived not far from the edge of the fog were working in the fields.

The best soil in the farmland of the Tauren tribe is the large area near the edge of the thick fog. If you plant a bean here, you can harvest seven or eight beans, but if you plant it in other places, the harvest can only be two or three times the amount you sowed. (Note ①)
Therefore, the Tauren have never moved away from here for generations and have been farming here. Today is the same. In the farmland, the Tauren are busy working in their own land. The young and strong laborers are responsible for the heavy work such as turning the soil, plowing the land, and fetching water. The old or younger ones help with sowing or weeding. The younger children do not have to bear the burden of labor for the time being. They usually just need to take care of themselves, play with themselves or with children of the same age, and don't run too far.

Usually, the place where these little kids like to stay the most is this thick fog.

This thick fog has been here for as long as they can remember. No matter whether they try to break in or dig a hole to get in, they cannot get through the fog. Even throwing stones into it doesn't work.

But this made people even more curious, as if there was some great treasure guarding in the thick fog that they could not see.

As a result, more and more little kids became interested in the thick fog, and they fantasized every day about going into the thick fog one day, then meeting the Minotaur and never going hungry again.

Adults always laugh off the wild fantasies of little kids, because they went through the same thing when they were young, and over the years, they have come to understand that although the thick fog is strange, it does not hurt anyone, and the kids can play by themselves and not cause any trouble, so just let them be. Anyway, when they grow up they will have to work and will have no time to play, and they will also understand that they cannot get in through the thick fog no matter what.

However, this was the thought before there was any movement in the thick fog. On a very ordinary day, there was suddenly a movement in the calm fog. At first, only Emily, who had sharp hearing, heard it. The minotaurs did not believe it at the time and laughed at Emily for being too sensitive and timid. They had lived here for generations and had never heard of any sound in the thick fog.

However, after the tribal warriors Yuri and Zhou Lis went to investigate, the news they received seemed to be true.

Gradually, the sound could be heard while working in the fields, no longer requiring one to go close to the mysterious and strange fog.

This caused panic among the Tauren tribe. They dared not go to the fields to farm, and they also detained their children and did not allow them to run into the thick fog.

If it weren't for the group of guys underground who were brave enough to throw a "firework ball" in there, which they either picked up or made themselves, causing such a scary noise, the things inside wouldn't have escaped.

The chief also promised to arrange for the warriors to patrol the farmland every day. The annual output of the farmland accounted for the majority of the tribe's grain production. If they wanted to move to another place, the good land would be occupied by other tribes. Otherwise, these minotaurs would not dare to stay here anymore and would like to escape far away.

Now, more than a year has passed. Although there is still movement in the thick fog, and sometimes people can vaguely hear voices and "boom" sounds from something, the thick fog is still as inaccessible as before. They have gradually gotten used to it, and at most they have to keep the children from running there. For this reason, they have made up countless horror stories.

However, the minotaurs have never been good at making up stories. They have no literary talent, and the stories they tell are dry. The little kids don't believe them. The adults often notice that these kids have gone into the thick fog again. They are really angry and have beaten them, but they just won't listen. Now that nothing has happened and they are too busy to look after the kids, they just scold them when they take a break to catch their breath.

Then the Minotaur regretted it.

Because the thick fog that had existed for who knows how many years disappeared silently. When the first minotaur, who had been bent over and busy for most of the day, straightened up to take a break and took a look at what the child was doing in the thick fog, he suddenly realized that both the fog and the child were gone.

What was exposed to their eyes were the bizarre moving creatures and the towering castle in the distance.

That is—

The Minotaur widened his eyes, and at this moment he remembered the legends that had been passed down among various races.

"The Devil's Castle! The Devil's Castle has appeared! Help!"

(End of this chapter)