In the real world, Yang Rui was being condemned by the players, while in the game, Yang Rui's reputation was rising day by day. The two situations were completely different.
Whether it was in the game or in the real world, Yang Rui did not pay too much attention to this matter. There were still many things in the game that he needed to worry about.
At this moment, the Three Kingdoms Region was in the middle of the first large-scale hidden system storyline [Border Race Chaos]. Because the Xiongnu people had participated in the battle, Yang Rui had already left the storyline and could not participate in the storyline. Naturally, the Xiongnu quests could only be temporarily put aside.
Apart from this, there were basically no conflicts between the various Vassals in the Three Kingdoms Region. They were much more well-behaved than before and should be taking advantage of this rare period of peace to silently accumulate strength.
Yang Rui could almost foresee that after the Jizhou, Yanzhou, Xuzhou, Yongzhou, Liangzhou, and Youzhou War ended, the various Vassals would definitely recover their strength and would likely be much stronger than before. A new wave of conflict was almost inevitable.
Before this, Yang Rui should also make the corresponding preparations while accumulating strength. He especially needed to be wary of Hebei Yuan Shao, Chen Liu, Cao Cao, and Xuzhou Liu Bei. He even needed to secretly guard against Yuzhou Yuan Shu.
Yuan Shu was an extremely ambitious person. During the Xuzhou War, this point had already been highlighted. At a crucial moment, Yuan Shu had already created some estrangement with Yang Rui. It was hard to guarantee that the same situation would not occur in the future.
Apart from this, Yang Rui also thought about taking advantage of the Sixteenth State War to do the Fourteenth State War quest. At the same time, he might be able to obtain some clues to go out to sea and use a portion of the rich marine resources.
However, Yang Rui currently had too few large ships, especially the number of Turreted Ships. The number of soldiers that they could carry and the overall strength of the Fourteenth State War would not be enough. It would be quite difficult to rashly carry out the Fourteenth State War quest.
Once he entered the quest sequence, the possibility of items like Sky City being of use was very small. Perhaps he could only use the Turreted Ship Blueprints to complete the quest. As such, the number of Turreted Ships would be the key to the quest.
The exploration of the 14th Prefecture of the Han Domain could only be temporarily shelved. At the same time, Yang Rui felt that it was necessary to make a trip to the Nihon civilization. Ever since Yang Rui helped the two Uesugi Clan and the Ashikaga Seiji Clan to flatten the Hōjō Clan, Wako Uesugi did not seem to quickly grasp the initiative of the Echigo Country and its surrounding areas as Yang Rui had hoped.
When Yang Rui logged into the game's built-in forum to understand the comments of the players attacking him, he also took the opportunity to learn about the situation of the Japanese civilization. Although there wasn't much information about this, some of the players in the Three Kingdoms region had been paying attention to it.
According to the posts on the forums of the three civilizations, Yang Rui found that the focus of the discussion was on the Guanxi region. There was very little news about the Guandong region, the Northern Continent, and the Eastern Sea region.
The posts on the Three Kingdoms Civilization Forum were not comprehensive. Yang Rui had long planned to go to the Wo Nation Civilization Forum to take a look. Therefore, Yang Rui, who had some free time, was ready to go to the Wo Nation Civilization Forum again.
However, before that, Yang Rui decided to first investigate the situation of the surrounding feudal lords, especially Yuan Shao and Cao Cao. Yang Rui needed to understand as much as possible.
Currently, the teleportation circle in the Three Kingdoms region could be used. It was just that the feudal lords' cities had restrictions. For Yang Rui, who had Sky City, the Wind Carpet, and other items, this was not too much of a problem.
With the need to expel Cao Cao, seize the entire Yan Province, and complete the mission of subduing Xun You, Yang Rui first teleported to Lihu City, then operated Sky City to Chen Liu's territory.
Although the teleportation circle could be used, it could be set up with identity restrictions. For example, Yang Rui's territory had restrictions on players. Cao Cao's territory naturally included Yang Rui in the teleportation blacklist.
Therefore, Yang Rui could only use Sky City to travel. It just so happened that he could take a closer look at the situation in his territory, but it would take a little more time.
Yang Rui operated Sky City from the north to the south, moving unhurriedly in Chen Liu County. He checked almost all the cities in Cao Cao's territory, spending almost two gaming days.
Unlike the bustling scenes in Qingzhou, Yan Province, and Xu Province under Yang Rui's jurisdiction, Chen Liu County under Cao Cao's control did not seem to be anything special. It did not look much different from before the Forbidden Army's invasion. In fact, it was even worse than before.
This was different from what Yang Rui had expected. Cao Cao should not be so easy to deal with, even if it was only Chen Liu County. He should also do his best to develop it.
With such doubts in mind, Yang Rui finally discovered something strange near the evening of the second day. It was near the southwest of Chen Liu County. There were groups of NPCs migrating!
At first, Yang Rui thought that they were just refugees or disaster victims. After all, similar situations were not rare. However, there were a lot more of them here. Moreover, they seemed to be moving in the same direction.
Yang Rui immediately felt that something was wrong. He followed the direction of the refugees and investigated. In the end, he was led to Hulao Pass!
Back then, Dong Zhuo had caused a lot of trouble in Sili Province. He had either migrated or killed all the NPCs in the province. Sili Province was a desolate place.
Only some of the counties near Luoyang in the west were transferred by Yang Rui to Dragon Soul and other players. Dragon Soul and other large player organizations had done their best and used a lot of resources to build a large number of territories. They recruited NPCs and expanded, causing the area near Luoyang to become much more prosperous.
The eastern region still maintained its desolate appearance. There was no one watching over the various administrative areas. Although there were people gathering in the cities, there was no one guarding them. There were only a few people who had migrated there and slowly accumulated a population.
At this time, Yang Rui was following the direction of the refugees in Chen Liu County. Before he reached Hulao Pass, he already understood that Cao Cao wanted to move the NPCs in Chen Liu County to the west of Hulao Pass!
What he saw later confirmed Yang Rui's guess. On the morning of the third day, Yang Rui controlled Sky City to cross Hulao Pass, which was occupied by Cao Cao, and arrived in Yong Ning County. He quickly discovered a large number of NPCs who had migrated there and were busy working in the fields.
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