Chapter 2: Full Authority

With the addition of Su Mu, his identity on the status panel changed from a refugee to a villager of Chang'an Village.

From then on, he had become a member of Chang'an Village.

At the same time, information about Su Mu appeared on Avril's Lord Panel.

When it came to basic attributes, there was not much difference between Su Mu and the other farmers, but there was one thing…

The other farmers had their loyalty points marked on their boards, and they were all above 60. However, Su Mu's was different. His loyalty points were only 10 points.

Seeing that Su Mu's favorability towards her was only 10 points, Avril was a bit puzzled. However, based on Su Mu's performance just now, she felt that this subject should be a little special. However, she could not pinpoint what was special about him.

Still, she wasn't a narrow-minded person, to begin with, so she didn't think too much about it. His loyalty was low, so she just needed to slowly nurture him.

"By the way, since you're a Lord, then start giving orders now."

Su Mu thought for a moment and then urged her.

According to the game's progress, there were already many players entering the game and starting to explore.

On her side, she absolutely couldn't fall behind. 

"Ah? I will give an order? What order should I give?"

Avril was stunned for a moment. Such a quick change did not allow Alice to adapt to it.

Just a second ago, Su Mu was still hesitating whether he should join Chang'an Village, but now, Su Mu began to seriously request for development.

"First, gather resources and build houses. In the first three days, you must build a barracks!"

Su Mu looked at Avril's stunned gaze and spoke slowly.

He was very clear about the construction plan of the territory.

During the starting point of the "People's Lord", there would be at most ten villagers in a territory. The priority was to build more houses to attract more refugees.

After that, they had to construct the barracks immediately.

This was because every territory would welcome a wave of beasts after the end of the novice protection period a week later.

If they couldn't resist the invasion of wild beasts, then the territory would be destroyed, and all the villagers might die!

Therefore, the construction of the barracks was crucial!

"Then, I'll listen to you, but...the construction of the barracks requires a lot of materials. I don't know if it can be completed in a short time."

Avril listened to Su Mu's words. The content was clear, and there was an inexplicable sense of trust.

Therefore, she chose to trust Su Mu without mulling over it.

However, in this game, building a barracks was not easy. A lot of resources were needed!

Moreover, during the period that the territory was first handed, the collection of resources was also the slowest.

"You can go and collect resources. Try to do it in the shortest time possible. There's still time left."

Su Mu chuckled.

Fortunately, he had memories of his previous life and knew how to accomplish the territory's development through the fastest means.

Moreover, Su Mu's demand for the construction of the barracks was extremely urgent!

This was because this game had always been a fast-paced game. This world was called the Twelve Circles World and was also known as the "Twelve Worlds of Gods" by the players. It was a world where magic flourished, and it was divided into twelve main worlds—each main world had some special small worlds. Su Mu was in the "Meria Main World" of the twelve main worlds.

Following the invasion of wild beasts, the entire world would soon enter the first chapter—the chaotic world of the alien races.

The so-called alien races were the Mermaids, Hell Demons, Elves, Vampires, and Celestials. There were a total of five major races.

These five races stirred up chaos in the world. There were wars occurring everywhere, and they attacked the Lord Players all around.

Almost 70% of the players had their territories destroyed in this chapter. They could no longer establish their own territories.

"Ah... Oh, okay! Let's quickly gather more resources to build civilian houses and barracks!"

Her face was full of shock. Only then did she understand a little.

The NPC in front of her seemed to be very powerful. He actually knew how to develop the territory.

She had never seen such a self-conscious NPC before in the videos of other game streamers.

Maybe it was an NPC with special skills!

She had heard that some players had some management talents that could help with managing villages when they were offline.

Maybe...she could give it a try. This NPC Su Mu was a special talent in this area!

"Su Mu, you're so amazing. Why don't you...arrange their work?"

Avril thought so and asked tentatively.

"Hmm? I'll arrange it?"

Su Mu was taken aback. He didn't expect Avril to be so ambitious.

Generally speaking, players wouldn't be willing to give up their authority in the beginning.

First, the subjects at the beginning weren't smart, and second...it was not very safe!

"Yes! I believe in your ability!"

She looked at Su Mu with hope, desperately eager for Su Mu to agree.

"Then... Alright!"

Su Mu hesitated for a moment but soon nodded his head lightly and agreed.

He calculated in his heart that he had more than ten years of management experience in his previous life.

If the territory was handed over to him to manage from the beginning, the development speed would definitely be much faster than other players.

Thereafter, his cultivation speed would also improve a lot!

After a simple communication between Su Mu and Avril, he was appointed as the leader of the ten villagers, letting the other villagers take orders from Su Mu.

Then, Su Mu looked at Avril and spoke.

"Lord, Chang'an Village is newly built, and the resources are not abundant. I suggest having three people cut wood, three people pick rocks, two people gather food, and making the last person follow me to explore the surrounding terrain and environment."

Hearing this, Avril nodded without hesitation.

"Okay, okay, we'll do as you say!"

There were many ways to play the Lord's game, but in the early stages, they had to focus on developing and increasing the scale of the village as soon as possible, so as to upgrade the territory promptly.

To do this, not only did they have to build houses, expand the scale of the village, and absorb more people, but they also had to gather enough food.

Otherwise, no matter how many people they recruited, if they did not have food and accommodation, they would not be able to keep the people.

And this would seriously drag down the development speed of the territory.

After that, following the first few days of scarcity, food would be guaranteed, and the population would start to become abundant. As such, they would have to consider farming.

As for the latter, there were more things to do.

Building barracks, recruiting soldiers and horses, constructing blacksmith shops, forging tools, weapons, armor, establishing medical halls, manufacturing medicine for the treatment of injuries and illnesses, erecting taverns and recreation rooms, enriching the lives of the people, attracting special talents, and so on.

Of course, although these tasks seemed complicated, they could all be classified into four categories.

Those were territory construction, territory military, territory people's livelihood, and territory economy.

However, for now, what the village had to do was very simple. They needed to build houses, get food, and do their best to expand the population.

Avril didn't know how to play, nor did she know what to do next, but Su Mu did.

She felt that what he said made sense.

Hence, it didn't matter if she didn't understand it. It was definitely right to leave it to Su Mu to settle the arrangements.

After that, Avril went offline, leaving Su Mu to face the nine farmers in front of him.

Looking at the Lord's building where Avril disappeared, Su Mu let out a long sigh.

"The three of you, go and cut wood. The other three of you, go and pick rocks. The two of you, go and gather wild fruits nearby."

"Yes, Captain!" The farmers who received the order replied in unison and then dispersed.

In the end, Su Mu left behind the farmer who looked the strongest and followed this farmer out to explore.