The memories of Huo Yan harassing the original owner flooded her mind, and her heart was shrouded in killing intent.
Oh no! If this keeps up, her qi will be mixed with an ominous aura!
This is clearly an inner demon and must be the remnants of the original soul before it travelled to the afterlife.
She could understand the original owner's anger, but Li Chunhua was an outsider.
Li Chunhua sat down and entered meditation state to dispel her burdensome thoughts, but the obsession still clung to her.
"Help me." A faint whisper flowed into her consciousness.
Li Chunhua didn't respond and made her chants louder, but the voice persevered and shoved her with additional memories. Beads of sweat rolled down from her scalp.
After a few minutes, Li Chunhua opened her eyes and sighed heavily. "Alright, as repayment for using your body, I will fulfill your wish."
The voice said 'thank you' before it disappeared completely, and so was the restlessness in her heart. The inner demon was gone.
Li Chunhua browsed the original owner's memories and also recalled Huo Yan's character in the story. Gradually, she became willing.
Huo Yan was a petty guy who liked to throw curse spells at everyone who offended him with the slightest grievance.
The original Li Chunhua was also one of his victims. He (HY), the male stallion, would flirt with every female he saw, forcing the ones he fancied into a relationship.
Although Li Chunhua was not an unforgettable beauty, her petite physique and clean and cute facial features, especially her doe eyes, attracted him, and he started festering with her, enticing her, and offering her tempting deals. When she didn't bat an eye, Huo Yan started casting debuffs and curses on her.
From temporarily losing 10% of her overall stat points to a poisoned state, withdrawing her special immunity, and making her bald, this guy did everything he could to make her surrender. If it wasn't because she was still of use to the villain as a pawn, she surmised that this man would have killed the original Li Chunhua just like he did to the other women he discarded after use.
Pei!
Petty Crow-mouth Perverted Bastard!
Alright, she will deal with him!
The original Li Chunhua suffered so much under his hands. Xun Mingsheng turned a blind eye to his right-hand man's deeds because Huo Yan was much more useful than her, a common ranger who only possessed average potential, contrary to Huo Yan, whose profession had a large room for growth, and this was the main reason Xun Mingsheng catered to Huo Yan's whims.
Li Chunhua recalled one of her senior sister's teachings about punishing scoundrels like Huo Yan and Xun Mingsheng. She said the land under the heavens should have no place for debauchery pigs who like to sexually harass girls in broad daylight and villains who regard people's lives as sacrificial pawns, so the very thing you must do is cut off their XXX—Senior Sister's ultimate move.
Senior Sister, this junior sister of yours will take your teachings to heart!
A certain senior sister sneezed and looked around, confused.
--
Huo Yan was giving his instructions to the men when his ears picked up rustling sounds from the woods ten meters in the west.
Four pairs of eyes looked ahead, but the dense shrubberies covering the trees prevented them from inspecting the source of the noises.
"Check it out," Huo Yan said to the middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man walked towards the spot Hou Yan was referring to.
Rustle-
Something leapt out of the woods.
Their eyes went wide watching a mud smudge figure in the air, landed with a thud, a small crater formed under its feet, and ran towards Huo Yan with its white teeth exposed, grinning wide, and eyes laced with ferocious glint.
Huo Yan was stunned and took out his weapon, a rusted spear, thrusting the tip forward to the smudge figure.
The tip of the spear hit the figure's shoulder, and... broke? It split into two and fell to the ground, leaving half of the wooden stick in his grasp.
Then he saw floating damage on the smudge figure.
-0
(ʘᗩʘ')
The other three men also saw it and looked at each other before running away, leaving Huo Yan and dust on their trails, fearing for their lives.
"Deputy Captain, we'll call for backup!" The three shouted, never giving him a glance.
Huo Yan was stunned, and the mud-smudge figure, looking like a semi-swamp monster, raised one of the limbs and softly, gently, slightly, and subtlely flicked his head with its two muddy fingers.
-360
(╬⁽⁽ ⁰ ⁾⁾ Д ⁽⁽ ⁰ ⁾⁾)
His body flew into an arc like a rag doll. Back slammed onto a tree, bones broken from the impact.
-30
Gasping and hissing in pain, he slid down and remained motionless on the ground, with white foam and blood on his mouth. His vision was blurry. He was on the verge of dying, left with only a sliver of life.
What the heck? The rabbits' monster only has a one-digit damage number, but this monster can chip 360 points off his health bar with a single flick. Where am I? Is this still Newbie Mountains? Where's the promise of retrieving all the monsters? Hello, system, you clearly forgot one! I'm filing a complaint!
Li Chunhua dashed towards him and was dumbfounded, looking at the health bar above his head. "This…"
[HP: 10/400]
She already controlled her strength with that flick, so she could torture him longer, but it appears to be impossible now because if she flicked him again, he would burst into white light, which is too cheap for him.
So what can she do?
Li Chunhua walked back and forth in front of the weak Huo Yan for a minute until she came up with an idea. Her eyes lit up.
That's it!
___
Half an hour later, Xun Mingsheng stared gloomily at Huo Yan, bare-naked with his white buttocks exposed in the air. His hair was ripped off his head, with only a few remaining tendrils on his scalp. He was not showing signs of life activities; if not for the HP bar [5/400] above his head, Xun Mingsheng would've thought he was dead.
"Mei Ying, exchange items that can restore HP with the supplies we accumulated," he ordered with reluctance. There's nothing he can do; this Huo Yan will be one of the powerhouses in the global game in the future; he cannot afford to lose him at the moment.
"But Leader, that's for the territory."
"Just do what I say," Xun Mingsheng yelled in a bad mood.
Mei Ying threw the unconscious man a hateful glare before posting her request on the trade market.
Another five minutes have passed since there was another shocking global announcement.
[System Notification: Global Announcement]
Congratulations to Player Anonymous (Newbie Mountain No. 27) for being the first player to establish territory.
[The system will reward Player 'Anonymous' with 1000 Earth points and a golden chest.]
The system notification was announced three times.
Everyone looked at the three units of wood, leaves, and vines in their inventory and cried. Gathering leaves and vines was easy, but chopping wood was not because the trees also have an HP bar of 70/70, and each swing of their stone axe manufactured from the system interface would only reduce one-three points, depending on their strength stat, and after 50 swings, players will have a debuff on their status.
Players need to take a break for ten minutes for the debuff to disappear before they can resume.
The team was supposed to have an easier time than the single players, but because of Xun Mingsheng's scheme, they needed to start from scratch. They could only grit their teeth in hatred.
The global chat once again exploded.
[Director Nuo]: I believe Big Brother Anonymous has six arms!
[Beef Noodles]: No, I believe Big Brother had little forest friends.
[Little Kitty]: My arms are already sore, and all I got were three units of wood. Can Big Brother share some tips?
[Frying Pan]: What do I do? Can someone lend me some wood? I'll pay it back!
[I'm a sloth]: I think upstairs is still dreaming. Wake up upstairs and stretch your limbs. We are not your mom!
[Deer in headlights]: There's still a lot of time before midnight. Everyone can build their territories if they aren't lazy.
Xun Mingsheng's face was dripping with ink.
Meanwhile, Li Chunhua's lips twitched, looking at the dilapidated thatched cottage on the verge of breaking down and the creaking stick fences. She reckoned that if a wind blew over, the stick fences and the roof would be smashed to smithereens.
[System Notification:
Congratulations, Player Li Chunhua, for establishing your special territory!
The system will finish upgrading in a few hours, and the real start of the global game will commence.]
"Where's my knife?" She wanted to hack someone to pieces. Where is the special territory you're speaking of? This is basically more broken than normal territory. Return my expectations, my hope, and my youth!
(Little Baozi: (┛◉Д◉)┛彡┻━┻
Author: Baozi, you haven't looked inside, so don't be disheartened.
Little Baozi: Really? (☉。☉)!
Help us in winning WPC! Little Baozi needs you!)
[System Notification: The player is required to name the territory.]
[Please input the name you desire.]
Li Chunhua rolled her eyes and ignored the system prompt. She trotted toward the threshold of the stick fence. In front of a meter-high wooden gate made up of thin, withered barks weaved together by a dried vine.
Suddenly…
Her eyes widened, seeing the numbers on the golden screen above the fence. She rubbed her eyes, trying to see if she was mistaken.
She was not!
Surprisingly, the HP of her fences that seemed so frail was actually [Durability: 500/500] and had [Defense: 10]!
Durability was the amount of damage the defense facilities could withstand before they became unusable. Players needed to gather certain materials to repair it before it could serve its purpose again.
While 'Defense' is the amount negated every time the fence is attacked, the white rabbits before had a strength of 5–10, which means if they ever stumble upon her territory, their attacks will be nullified and won't reduce the fence's durability, commonly called health points by the players.
This only made her feel relieved. If that is the case, then in the early stages, she won't need to constantly chop trees or gather vines to fix it.
Ah wait! Would the necessary material for repair also be different from ordinary territory? Or perhaps the amount is several times higher?
Li Chunhua nearly wanted to test it out out of curiosity, but when she recalled the amount of damage her single flick caused Huo Yan, even when she made sure to rein in almost all of her strength, she still almost killed the man.
Thus, she can only restrain her urges and curiosity. Who knows what her territory will become if she does so? She will be left crying if it gets destroyed. She'll wait for tomorrow, when the monsters will be back, and test it by luring them to her house.
The wooden fence of a Level 0 territory only has [Durability: 100/100] and [DEF: 2], but hers has five times the durability and DEF stats.
The dissatisfaction in her face lessened, and a smile budded on her lips, causing some of the dirt to fall off. She began to look forward to the sort of surprise her dilapidated, thatched cottage held for her.
Maybe it isn't as dilapidated as it appears to be. Could there be some surprises? Or possibly this is some sort of disguise like those illusion arrays from her previous world?
Her muddy hand pushed the gate, and the moment it came into contact with the dried skin of the barks, Li Chunhua felt she was pushing a thick metal door instead because it was heavy. It took her more than two seconds to open it. That says a lot for someone whose stats were abnormal.
She nodded, quite pleased, and raised her eyes to inspect her humble abode.
A cold wind blew over the loose tendrils on the sides of her face. The smile on her face cracked, along with the dried mask made of mud on her face.
Li Chunhua vomited blood. Before her sight, there was 200 meters of square land with yellowish wilted grass, littered with stones, and in the center was a twenty-meter-square house that was dilapidated. dilapidated... dilapidated.
With her super-enhanced eyesight, she could see every crack on the wall, even the spiders spinning their webs on the eaves of the roof and those green molds on the bottom of some wooden planks.
She couldn't find another word to describe it other than dilapidated.
Another soft wind blew over.
Bang-
Li Chunhua jolted.
The wooden plaque hanging on top of the door fell down and split into two. There was a rickety sound, and she could see a section of the straw roof was uprooted and flew with the wind, never to come back. A big, glaring hole was left, revealing the termite-infested roof beams.
('◉⌓◉')
Li Chunhua wanted to complain, but a golden screen appeared before her face.
[System Notification: The player is required to name the territory.]
[Please input the name you desire.]
"I just wanted to be a salted fish. System why can't you give me a better house?" Li Chunhua pressed her lips into a thin line and swatted the screen. Didn't you see that her face was on the verge of tears? She had a lot of hopes, but the reality in front of her shattered them. When the words left her mouth, the tip of her fingers grazed over the 'yes' option box accidentally. It was too late for her to retrieve it.
Oh no!
Beep-
[System Notification: Congratulations on naming your territory!]
[The given name is too long. The system shortens it for the player's convenience.]
[From now on, there will be a land under the sun of the Green Planet with the name 'Salted Fish' Territory' with Player Li Chunhua as its landlord.]
Hold on! Please let me rename it!
Li Chunhua rubbed her eyes, smeared with dirt, and leaned towards the golden screen to make sure it really was not an illusion. It really wasn't. "Salted Fish's Territory," she mumbled in a daze and didn't suppress her tears anymore.
Come to think of it, she shouldn't really be disheartened because her goal was to be a salted fish. No one would know her territory exists. That's her plan...
[The glorious battle ahead will be perilous. Player Li Chunhua must do everything to guard the 'Salted Fish' Territory's dignity...]
Her heart was stabbed. She already lost dignity just from her name alone.
Just please let me rename it!
[Every time the territory successfully defends against the monster tide, which will occur weekly, the system will determine the performance of each territory, and rankings will be made with corresponding rewards given. So, Landlord Li Chunhua, let the world know that your 'Salted Fish' territory is not full of weak fishes that just want to bask under the sun, just like its name!]
An invisible arrow struck her chest. Does the system mean everyone will know her territory's idiotic name?
No, she won't let it!
Whoosh-
The sky split, and a golden beam descended on the top of the straw roof and left the words in golden fonts atop the roof, shining with incandescent light akin to a proud peacock as if it wanted everyone to know its existence.
[Salted Fish Territory]
Her mouth was left agape, able to fit an egg inside.
To worsen the matter, a shimmering golden rectangular screen appeared above her head besides her level.
[Salted Fish Territory's Landowner]
Li Chunhua's veins popped, and she quickly ran inside the thatched cottage at the speed of light, afraid someone would see her.
Closing the shabby door with a bang, she slid to the ground and started complaining about the system in all the languages she knew. "I want to file a petition..."
"Let me rename it!"
In the middle, she raised her head, and the rest of the words lodged in her throat. She pinched herself until her arm was red, and only then did she burst into tears of happiness.
This is my house? It's better than she expected. System, thank you for the compensation! My heart has healed.
Because the interior of her thatched cottage was actually larger than what appeared outside, and it even had ready-made furniture.
All her frustrations vanished. Li Chunhua scurried inside and inspected her home full of excitement, forgetting the uncool name.
She finally had something to be happy about. It looked like the house was cast in an illusion. She needed to check the vicinity later.
___
An hour after the first territory was built, the second, the third, and so on were announced, but the rewards were not as rich as the first one.
[System Notification]
[Congratulations to Player Xun Mingsheng (Newbie Mountain No. 37) for being the tenth player to establish territory.]
[The system will reward the player, Xun Mingsheng, with 20 Earth points and a copper chest.]
Xun Mingsheng was gloomy, staring at Huo Yan, who was sipping water. To save the man from death, Mei Ying traded off almost all the supplies, especially the wood. They needed to chop fast in order to secure a spot in the top ten and were only able to occupy the last place. He had an impulse to strangle someone.
"Leader, thank you so much for saving me. This little life of mine is yours." Huo Yan patted his chest and saluted Xun Mingsheng, unaware of the villain's inner thoughts.
Xun Mingsheng eyed him with a dim look before asking, "Who beat you to the brink of death?"
Huo Yan thought Xun Mingsheng wanted to avenge him, and he felt gratitude in his heart. He began to narrate what had happened hours ago and describe the monster's appearance, painting it as something ferocious, colussus, six arms, steel skin, and difficult to defeat to cover up his shame.
Xun Mingsheng's eyes lit up, and he pondered if that was another hidden boss that wasn't mentioned in the book. He became greedy for the loot. "We'll set out in an hour. You will lead the way." He ordered and went out of the makeshift tent, never knowing he had just shot himself in the foot.
Huo Yan had a bit of fear but still trusted Xun Mingsheng's ability, thinking he could be a match.
An hour later, Li Chunhua had just finished eating the meal Player Hua had sent when she sensed that Huo Yan was moving towards the previous spot where she had beaten him or flick him.
Before leaving the crime scene, she branded him with a tracking mark made of her qi essences because a single flick won't really end it all. That inner demon might come back.
(A/N: Part of the reason I wrote this story was to relieve stress. I hope yours will be as well. Right, Little Baozi?
Little Baozi: As long as there's delicious food, you're right. (。•̀ᴗ-)✧
Little Baozi: Please support us! I'll share you my delicious food. ⊂(・ω・*⊂))
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