The Exchange Game Starting with Lu Mingfei

Chapter 108 Who cares about NPCs?

Lu Mingfei was unaware that Xiao Xiao had begun to suspect his identity.

He felt that Di Tian was truly amazing! It felt really good to have such a hardworking and emotionally supportive subordinate.

"How about it? Want to join me?" Lu Mingfei asked again, his gaze slowly sweeping over the two men's faces.

He Caitou looked at Lu Mingfei, then at Di Tian, ​​and finally at Xiao Xiao.

Xiao Xiao took a deep breath, her expression gradually becoming serious.

"Yuhao, we know your difficulties, and we know your character, but," her tone became much more serious, "how will others see you?"

Huo Yuhao is a human, yet he has become the leader of the soul beasts. In the eyes of others, is he a soul beast in human form? Or has he already betrayed humanity?

Lu Mingfei met her gaze, neither giving a perfunctory answer nor avoiding the question.

He said, "I don't care."

Please, who cares about what ordinary NPCs think when playing a game?!

While StarCraft also has a storyline and unique characters, the game's appeal lies in the macro-strategy and micro-management of the three races, unlike games like League of Legends or Warcraft, which have rich storylines, countless hero units, and where hero units play a crucial role in gameplay.

So to Lu Mingfei, whether it's a soul beast or a human, they are all just farmers in his base and soldiers in his barracks!

All of you, get to work and create value!

As for their mental state, who cares?

Lu Mingfei raised his hand, stopping Xiao Xiao from speaking for the second time today: "In this world, more than 80% of people are ordinary people without soul power or even awakened martial souls. They don't care who the ruler of this world is, or even who the emperor is."

"As long as they don't increase taxes and leave them hungry and cold, and don't bully men and women, kill or commit arson that endanger their safety, it doesn't matter if an evil spirit master becomes emperor. It has nothing to do with them."

Xiao Xiao blinked.

She felt that Huo Yuhao's statement was a fallacy.

How could ordinary people not care who the emperor is? And how could they not fear evil spirit masters?

Lu Mingfei noticed her confusion, smiled, and continued to explain, "The emperor doesn't collect taxes personally. Every decree he issues is carried out through layers of officials. And the lowest-ranking officials, when carrying out these decrees, neither know nor need to tell the people which emperor the order came from."

Xiao Xiao seemed thoughtful, but wasn't quite sure: "You mean—there are even many common people who don't know the emperor's name?"

"So what if I know?" Lu Mingfei calmly retorted. "Will it make the crops grow taller, or will it lower the prices of daily necessities?"

"Yuhao is right." He Caitou's expression darkened considerably. As the "former crown prince of the Sun Moon Empire," he knew very well that the emperor and the royal family were too far removed from ordinary people.

They had neither the time, energy, nor the opportunity to learn about the grudges and feuds at the top.

Initially, his father was assassinated, and Xu Tianran's lineage usurped the country, forcing him to flee. His guards were killed or wounded in the repeated pursuits until he was rescued by the people of Shrek Academy and found peace within the academy.

To conceal his identity, he used a secret technique from the previous dynasty of the Sun Moon Empire to change his appearance—he only regained his original appearance after the Qiankun Asking Love Valley incident.

During his escape, he saw too many ordinary people at the bottom of society.

He also hated the common people, hated that they didn't care at all even though Xu Tianran's lineage had usurped the country!

But he also witnessed too much helplessness and despair among ordinary people.

An illness, a poor harvest, or a man-made disaster—any of these could be enough to destroy their family.

It's already hard enough to just stay alive, why bother caring about the affairs of emperors and lords?

"Among ordinary people, many couldn't even say what the governor of their province was called, let alone the emperor. They were only concerned with this year's harvest, tomorrow's grain prices, and whether their children's illnesses could be cured—who sat on that throne was really unimportant to the vast majority of them."

Lu Mingfei was taken aback.

He never expected that He Caitou would say such a thing.

Xiao Xiao opened her mouth, also somewhat puzzled.

Ever since she learned that He Caitou's real name was "Xu He" in Qiankun Wenqing Valley and vaguely understood his heavy past, Xiao Xiao felt even more sorry for him.

As a girlfriend, Xiao Xiao was certainly qualified. She knew that even though He Caitou had faced Xu Tianran in that test, and she had avenged He Caitou during the test, she never asked about the details of He Caitou's past.

It wasn't because she wasn't curious or cared, but because she understood that it was a deep wound in He Caitou's heart.

Although they were already the closest of lovers, the tragedy of the past could not be undone. Every time that wound was touched, it would bring He Caitou back to the most desperate and helpless moment.

Therefore, she didn't understand why He Caitou, who was once the crown prince of the empire and had hardly left Shrek Academy after joining, was so knowledgeable about the common people.

But she cared too much about He Caitou, and quickly realized why he could say those things.

Xiao Xiao didn't speak; she simply held He Caitou's hand silently.

Sensing Xiao Xiao's distress, He Caitou quickly comforted her, "That's all in the past."

Lu Mingfei had seen almost everyone's trial content when he was in Qiankun Wenqing Valley, so he also knew He Caitou's true identity.

However, he will not reveal this information on his own initiative.

He went on to explain his point of view: "So, as long as I can feed and clothe them, and give them a good life, and tame them with noble character and great power—no matter who I am, they will be grateful to me."

"Yuhao, are you sure you want to do this?" He Caitou didn't care about Douluo Three Kingdoms, but as for the Sun Moon Empire, he dreamed of annihilating Xu Tianran's lineage.

Therefore, he did not oppose Huo Yuhao's idea of ​​unifying the world.

However, if Huo Yuhao were to use the power of a soul beast to interfere in human internal affairs, the difficulties he would encounter would likely be far beyond imagination.

"I won't act recklessly." Lu Mingfei took out a document and handed it to He Caitou and the other man. "You might want to take a look at this first."

He Caitou and Xiao Xiao looked at the documents in front of them, exchanged a glance, and then took the documents and began to read them.

This is a "Human Society Strategy Plan" that Lu Mingfei has been researching in his spare time these past few days. It is still just a draft and there is a lot of content that needs to be improved, but it should be enough to recruit He Caitou and Xiao Xiao to join the team.

At the very least, the plan he wrote is beneficial to humanity in this world.

After reading the "plan", He Caitou and Xiao Xiao couldn't help but raise their eyes and look at Lu Mingfei with shocked expressions.

"This is insane!" Xiao Xiao murmured unconsciously.

Her family wasn't the best, but it was a family of Soul Masters, which could be considered a minor noble family.

Therefore, it's normal that she hasn't truly interacted with the lower strata of society and lacks sufficient understanding of them.

But after reading this "plan" that was supposed to completely overturn the human social system, she first felt cold in the hands and feet, but when she saw the prospect, she felt excited!

"This is an extremely long war," He Caitou said with a solemn expression, drawing on his political acumen as a former crown prince, "but we don't have enough time."

"The Sun and Moon Empire is clearly under Xu Tianran's control, and has completely colluded with the Holy Spirit Cult. Their ambitions extend far beyond the Sun and Moon Continent."

What they want is to unify the four kingdoms and become the sole empire!

He Caitou glanced at Di Tian before looking directly at Huo Yuhao again: "Will the Star Dou Great Forest intervene in the war between the Sun Moon Empire and the Douluo Three Kingdoms?"

"That depends on whether the God Realm will intervene in the internal affairs of Douluo Continent." Lu Mingfei never intended for soul beasts to participate in human civil wars.

But if Tang San leaves the scene, then the Silver Dragon King should make his appearance.

However, the Soul Beast race does not directly intervene in the specific course of the war or the details of the battlefield.

"Therefore, I need to buy time now, and at the same time create some trouble for the Sun Moon Empire so that they cannot start a full-scale war in the short term."

The Douluo Three Kingdoms is already barely clinging to life. If it weren't for Shrek Academy holding them back, they would have been destroyed by the Sun Moon Empire long ago.

Therefore, they will not initiate wars, and even when faced with war, their primary choice is defense.

The true source of the war was always the ambitious Sun Moon Empire and the Holy Spirit Cult that colluded with it.

He Caitou was silent for a moment before saying, "Shrek Academy saved me, and they also nurtured me into a talent. I cannot easily betray Shrek Academy."

Unlike Huo Yuhao, who earned most of his resources through hard work, Shrek Academy not only saved He Caitou's life but also truly nurtured him.

As for Xiao Xiao, although Shrek Academy hadn't done her any favors, she still had to consider He Caitou's position.

"I didn't ask you to betray Shrek Academy," Lu Mingfei said. "Just like when you joined the Tang Sect, it's just asking you to join another sect."

As for the betrayal of the Tang Sect?

They joined because of Huo Yuhao, and now that Huo Yuhao has left, they naturally won't hesitate for long.

I just feel a little sorry for Beibei and the others, after all, they are brothers and sisters who have gone through life and death together.

Furthermore, the honor of being "the Shrek Seven Devils for life," which they had risked their lives to obtain with great difficulty, seems to be on the verge of collapse.

Behind Lu Mingfei, out of his sight, Di Tian stood silently, his gaze falling on He Caitou and Xiao Xiao like a cold, sharp blade, his eyes surging with undisguised killing intent.

The two felt a chill run down their spines and silently clenched their fists.

They should have known long ago that Di Tian's so-called submission to Yu Hao was nothing but a superficial pretense!

This Beast God was merely using Yu Hao's intelligence to make him help the Soul Beast race grow stronger.

If Yuhao does anything that is not in the interests of the soul beasts, they will immediately retaliate!

Even now, Di Tian may not completely obey Yu Hao's orders; he may only outwardly comply while inwardly resisting.

If they reject Yuhao's offer, given Yuhao's personality, he certainly won't make things difficult for them and will be willing to let them leave, but—

Di Tian would never allow two humans who had already entered the core area of ​​the Star Dou Great Forest and learned many of the secrets of the soul beasts to leave so easily.

He Caitou and Xiao Xiao's expressions suddenly tightened, which puzzled Lu Mingfei.

Is this matter really that difficult?

He suddenly felt somewhat frustrated.

He had no foothold in this world, and Huo Yuhao didn't know many people, and he might have even fewer people he could win over.

He Caitou doesn't care about many people nowadays except Xiao Xiao. As long as he can persuade Xiao Xiao, they should all stay.

But it seems that Xiao Xiao is not willing.

"Fine, I won't force you—" Lu Mingfei had just opened his mouth when he suddenly turned his head and looked up at Di Tian, ​​"What are you doing?"

Di Tian lowered his head and happened to meet Lu Mingfei's gaze.

The murderous intent in his eyes vanished in an instant, but he did not directly deny it when confronted with Lu Mingfei's questioning.

"Yuhao, we're willing to stay."

Seeing that Huo Yuhao might clash with Di Tian, ​​Xiao Xiao didn't hesitate and immediately agreed to stay.

Lu Mingfei glared at Di Tian.

Even a fool could tell that Di Tian had just threatened Xiao Xiao and the other person.

However, since this was also a favor to him, Lu Mingfei did not directly reprimand Di Tian, ​​but instead said to him, "This is none of your business, go and get busy."

Di Tian lowered his head meekly and said, "Yes, Sect Master."

Even after Di Tian left, Xiao Xiao still didn't dare to relax. She pinched He Caitou, signaling him not to speak.

"I'm sorry," Lu Mingfei said somewhat awkwardly, "you don't need to worry about Di Tian. If you really don't want to stay, I'll send you away."

But Di Tian had just made a small move, and Xiao Xiao and He Caitou were unwilling to gamble.

They are also worried about Huo Yuhao and plan to stay here for a while longer to personally check on his living conditions.

Xiao Xiao forced a smile and said, "I am indeed very curious about your plan. Joining the Peerless Tang Sect is fine with me."

He Caitou rubbed his bald head and revealed a simple, honest smile that Huo Yuhao recognized very well: "I'll listen to Xiao Xiao."

The clock tower and attic of Kassel College.

The room, filled with the strange smell of cigars and whiskey, and piled with magazines, empty bottles, and fast food garbage, had a disheveled vice principal lounging on the sofa, chugging alcohol and looking Angers, who seemed completely out of place in the messy environment, through bleary eyes.

"Have you noticed you've been spending far more time in the attic lately?"

Before Angers could even speak, he quickly interrupted, "I've already been to Japan on business this year! Remember to reimburse my travel expenses, and don't schedule any more business trips for me until this time next year!"

"It won't work even by this time two years from now!"

Angers watched the vice-principal's drunken outburst without batting an eye. He kicked the empty box that had once contained fried chicken, expertly grabbed a tissue, wiped the chair splattered with cola, and leisurely sat down.

"Of course, your travel expenses will be reimbursed, and I can even reimburse you a little more," Angers said with a smile. "You can also take this year's swimming assessment."

"That's my job!" the vice-principal retorted loudly. "Unless you let me throw a swimsuit party, I won't agree to any of your next requests!"