After logging off, Ouyang Shuo heaved a sigh of relief. Although only two days had passed in the real world, Ouyang Shuo had logged off countless times. It was truly torturous.
After sending Bing'er to school, the first thing Ouyang Shuo did when he got home was to sleep. He didn't wake up until three o 'clock in the afternoon.
Ouyang Shuo made some food in the kitchen. After filling his stomach, he returned to his room, turned on his optical computer, and logged into the game forum to check the latest news in the game.
The hottest topic in the forum was naturally the battle of Zhuolu that had just ended. Because the players who participated in the mission often logged off, the gossip about the battle never stopped. Basically, all the incidents that happened on the battle map were exposed by the players in a timely manner.
In this battle of Zhuolu, Ouyang Shuo and the League of Mountains and Seas led by him were in the limelight. The forum was overwhelmingly in favor of Ouyang Shuo. Now, the League of Mountains and Seas had become the symbol of the China region.
Of course, it was inevitable that the mysterious veil of Shanhai Town was unveiled by the players. Whether it was the Mountain Barbarian soldiers in infantry armor or the heavy-armored cavalrymen in Radiant Armor riding Cyan Beetle Horses, they were all displayed in front of the world without reservation.
Especially the battle between Shi Wansui and Chiyou at the end. It was earth-shattering. Naturally, the news of Shanhai Town having an Emperor-level historical general spread like wildfire.
All of this put a lot of pressure on the Overlord players in Lianzhou Basin. What was even more infuriating was that they still didn't know where Shanhai Town was located in Lianzhou Basin. The players with the slightest bit of ambition were already restless after learning more about the Shanhai Town.
Previously, no matter how famous Shanhai Town was, it was just an empty reputation. This time was different. With the exposure of Shanhai Town's army, it was a complete show of strength.
The Lianzhou Basin's feudal lord players couldn't help but shudder at the thought that such a leviathan was hiding near their territory.
On the forum, in addition to the voices supporting the League of Mountains and Seas, there were also many discordant voices.
Some people pointed out that Ouyang Shuo had used his identity as an Inhuman representative to frame other Overlord players. He was extremely cunning and didn't deserve to be the leader of the China region. There were many people who supported this argument. Most of them were players who had suffered in the battle map.
Ouyang Shuo dismissed such arguments with a smile.
This time, Di Chen didn't ask for a snub. From the beginning to the end, he didn't say a word.
Apart from the news regarding the Zhuolu battle, Ouyang Shuo was most concerned about the global promotion of county cities. In the international section, Ouyang Shuo saw that players from other regions had already applied to the system to be promoted to a Level 1 County. However, none of the territories had passed the test and successfully advanced to the next level.
The earliest application was from Mikasa Town in the Japanese region. Keisuke Honda was too eager for success, and in the absence of adequate preparation, he acted rashly in order to fight for the honor of being the world's number one prefecture.
With the lesson of Mikasa Town, the other lords did not dare to act rashly. One had to know that one failure basically meant that one had completely withdrawn from the competition for the number one county in the world.
Ouyang Shuo made up his mind. As long as none of the territories succeeded, Shanhai Town still had a chance. He had already made up his mind to submit an application to the system after he went online today.
After exiting the forum, Ouyang Shuo started to cultivate the Inner Canon of the Yellow Thearch while he still had time. That time in the game, he had already gotten the hang of it and could now practice it in real life. In order to avoid being disturbed, Ouyang Shuo deliberately switched off his phone and locked his bedroom door, completely isolating himself from the outside world.
When he really started cultivating, the difficulty was greater than Ouyang Shuo had imagined.
The first step was to hold his breath and focus without any distracting thoughts. In the game, players existed in a form similar to a spiritual body, so it was easier to enter the state. But in reality, people had too many distracting thoughts, and they were more restricted by their desires. It was really not easy to be completely free of distracting thoughts.
Fortunately, Ouyang Shuo's temperament and mental fortitude had improved greatly recently. He tried to completely empty his mind and not think about anything. When his heart had completely calmed down, he began to circulate his energy according to the Inner Canon of the Yellow Thearch. Ten minutes later, a trace of golden inner force slowly appeared in his Dantian. Ouyang Shuo didn't dare to be negligent. He circulated this trace of inner force along his meridians. The weak meridians were nourished by the inner force and became more resilient. At the same time, it nourished the inner force and made it thicker.
After one circulation, the very first thread of inner energy had already turned from the thickness of a strand of hair to the thickness of a nylon thread. Ouyang Shuo was secretly excited. He persisted and continued to circulate it three more times. At this time, his meridians were already swollen and painful. Ouyang Shuo didn't dare to be greedy and immediately stopped the circulation. Looking at the four traces of inner force floating in his Dantian, Ouyang Shuo felt a great sense of accomplishment. No wonder people say that cultivating is fascinating.
After he stopped, Ouyang Shuo picked up his phone and turned it on. It was actually six o 'clock at night. Damn it, Bing'er and Xiaoyue should have gone home at this time. I haven't prepared dinner yet.
Ouyang Shuo opened the door and saw Bing'er watching cartoons in the living room while Xiaoyue was busy in the kitchen.
"Brother, you're at home. Sister Xiaoyue just called you and said that your phone was turned off. "Bing'er was very surprised to see Ouyang Shuo walk out of the room.
Ouyang Shuo walked to the sofa and pinched the little girl's face. "Brother overslept."
"Oh." Bing'er didn't care and continued watching her cartoons.
Ouyang Shuo got up and walked into the kitchen. Seeing Sun Xiaoyue busy, he said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Xiaoyue. I overslept in the afternoon."
Sun Xiaoyue didn't turn her head and said, "It's okay. I know that you players who participated in the battle map have been sleeping day and night for the past two days. You definitely need to catch up on sleep today. I just didn't expect you to be so good at sleeping. You've slept the whole day. "
Ouyang Shuo smiled bitterly. He couldn't tell her that he was cultivating.
While eating, Ouyang Shuo rarely cared about Sun Xiaoyue's progress in the game. "Xiaoyue, how are you playing the game? How long will it take for you to graduate from the Royal City Architecture School?"
"Soon. I can graduate in a week at most," Sun Xiaoyue said confidently.
"So soon?" Ouyang Shuo was a little surprised.
"That's for sure. Plus, I've made a lot of friends in Dali. They're the same as me. They don't like fighting and killing. They've all chosen life classes. "
Ouyang Shuo nodded. It seemed that Xiaoyue had really found her own joy in the game. After dinner, Ouyang Shuo watched TV with Bing'er for a while before returning to his room and logging into the game.
After going online, Ouyang Shuo anonymously sent 200 gold coins to Xiaoyue in case he forgot about it when he was busy. It was completely different from three months ago. Shanhai Town had enough funds, so Ouyang Shuo sent a few more gold coins. It just so happened that Xiaoyue said that she had made a lot of new friends. It was always good to have more gold coins on her.
Back in his office, Ouyang Shuo told the clerk, Bai Nanpu, to inform the four directors and the battalion commanders that a military and political meeting would be held at three in the afternoon.
Ouyang Shuo got up and went to the meeting hall, silently thinking about the promotion request.
With a flash of white light, a golden stone tablet slowly rose from the ground in the middle of the meeting hall. He pressed his right hand on the front of the stone tablet, and a system notification sounded.
"System Notification: Testing the promotion requirements for Shanhai Town …"
"Condition 1: The population has reached the maximum of 10000 people, meeting the requirements!"
"Condition 2: All basic buildings have been completed, meeting the requirements!"
"Condition 3: The feudal lord must be at least a third-class earl, meeting the requirements!"
"Condition 4: The political, economic, cultural, and military indexes must not be lower than 45 points, meeting the requirements!"
"System Notification: Congratulations to player Who Says Nothing for establishing Shanhai Town. All the requirements have been met. Do you want to apply for promotion?"
"Yes!"
"System Notification: Congratulations to player Who Says Nothing for successfully applying. In three days, there will be a large-scale bandit attack on Shanhai Town. Please prepare in advance."
What Ouyang Shuo didn't know was that when he applied for promotion, Di Chen had also applied to the system. It was still unknown who would win.
What was more frustrating was that because of the China region's battle map, Ouyang Shuo had fallen behind the other feudal lords.
Apart from the Japanese region's Mikasa Town, which had already been confirmed as a failure, the American region's Liberty Town and the Indian region's Bangalore Town would be tested by the system in the next two days. As long as one of these two towns succeeded, Shanhai Town would completely lose the right to compete for the title of the world's number one county.
There was no point in thinking too much. All Ouyang Shuo could do now was to do his job well. Apart from praying for Liberty Town and Bangalore Town to fail, it was more important to be prepared to face the enemy. Otherwise, when these two towns failed, the Shanhai Town would also fail. That would be a joke.
At the end of April, when the Storm Tribe was subdued, Shanhai Town had a chance to apply for promotion. However, Ouyang Shuo eventually gave up because he hadn't made enough preparations back then. Ouyang Shuo only had one of the trump cards he relied on, the bed crossbow developed by the Archery and Crossbow Division. He was worried.
At the beginning of May, a thousand elite barbarian warriors were reorganized. Following that was Operation Dawn, which was to destroy the Tianpiao Tribe and seize the Green Beetle Horses. After Operation Dawn, Ouyang Shuo was prepared to apply for promotion. However, the military mission came unexpectedly and completely messed up his plans.
In the battle of Zhuolu, Shanhai Town had lost 300 elites. Originally, Ouyang Shuo had planned to wait until the recruits were replenished before applying for promotion. However, the applications from Liberty Town and Bangalore Town had once again messed up Ouyang Shuo's plans. He had no choice but to apply for promotion in advance.
With such haste, Ouyang Shuo didn't have full confidence that he could succeed in one go. (To be continued.)
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