Chapter 18
Da Wang eagerly researched his new toy, his chubby paw poked at the city overview with the main quest written on it, and a new page popped up;
【City Name: Great Jin·Secluded Prefecture】
【City Location: Northern Hemisphere; Great Jin; northwest of the Bohai Sea】
【City Area: 5.92 million square kilometers】
【City Households: 128,000 households】
【City Citizens' Happiness Index: 3 (Red Alert! 100 is citizens' happiness)】
【City Citizens' Hunger Index: 92 (Red Alert! 0 is eradication of hunger)】
【City Infrastructure Index: 2 (My lord, those xx on your city cannot be collectively called basic construction)】
The Da Wang mostly understood, a brain full of messy numbers, he roughly guessed eight or nine out of ten. This basic construction, Da Wang saw the thick sarcasm! Our Secluded Prefecture's houses don't deserve to be called basic construction!
Da Wang puffed his cheeks in anger!
Also, that hunger index means that out of a hundred people in his fief, ninety-two haven't eaten enough, right?
"You're such a big treasure, you gotta help this king!" Da Wang muttered while continuing to check. "If they can give a real horse, why not give some money and grain? If not, even just grain would do!"
The most eye-catching section below is the 【Main Quest】.
【Main Quest: My lord, the citizens of your city are already living on the red alert line, the situation is extremely urgent! Among the online city lords of the myriad realms, there are 10,682, and You Prefecture is the only city with a hunger index as high as 92%. According to big data analysis, a hunger index of 50% already poses a possibility of overthrowing the regime—you can't just lie around any longer!!!】
Quest 1: Please strive to raise the happiness index by three percentage points.
Quest 2: Please strive to eliminate the hunger index by three percentage points.
Quest Rewards: Unlock the game butler; open the Myriad Realms Homestead; A-rank roulette draw x2】
Accept the quest? Yes (accepting the opening first main quest grants an SSS-rank companion-type pet x1) | No
Da Wang looked at it, speechless.
He actually sensed a sense of urgency from between the lines; all the previous threats and intimidation were meant to scare him, and to coax him into accepting the quest they gave him a sweet date as a treat.
"Mengmeng, I'm not trying to scare you, big guy—if you're also anxious, just give me something to eat! What's a companion pet? And are those few curvy lines also characters?"
He couldn't help but ask in a small voice, of course no answer would come.
He currently has no achievements, and the little butler has no authority to unlock.
Da Wang didn't wait for an answer, he reached out and tapped the selection key: Yes.
In the next instant a bubble popped up: 【My lord has accepted the quest, obtained an SSS-rank companion-type pet—White Marsh from the coast of the East Sea x1, placed in {My Assets-Warehouse}, please check】.
At this time, Great Jin had hardly any
When he discovered the warehouse now had a white fluffy icon, he thought it was a kind of wildcat slave.
Excitedly, he clicked the nearby 【Summon】.
In the next instant a clump of fluff appeared out of thin air on the carriage's carpet, looking suddenly startled, with a bewildered expression turning its head toward Da Wang, it was only the size of an adult's palm.
Da Wang had no idea what fear was, he beamed as he lifted it up, "How cute~"
The little thing was clearly at the juvenile stage, with a pair of deep purple big eyes round and shiny, its cuteness rivaling Da Wang's. Most remarkably, above its eyes were two reddish tufts of red fur, looking quite imposing.
Its looks instantly dazed Da Wang, "Oh my, you still have purple eyes! I've never seen a wildcat with red eyebrows before—truly imposing and adorable!"
Although the King still doesn't know what those few winding characters mean, he understands the companion type and pampering him. This wildcat cub is still a youngster; one look tells you it's meant to grow up with him—if this isn't companionship, what is?
"Mengmeng, you don't need to use the wildcat to coax me; I, the King, will accept the task too! But after receiving a gift, I, the King, am even happier—hahaha!" The King, holding the White Marsh, almost laughed himself into flowers.
Earlier, in the Palace of Never-Ending, Baili Hu had raised a blue-eyed Western Regions hunting dog; that dog was adorable as a puppy, and he also found it precious, but the Fourth Brother never let him touch it. Humph, now I, the King, also have one!
Zhao Ba heard faint speaking from inside, then went over to ask the King if he had any orders.
Baili Jing hurriedly shoved the White Marsh he was holding back into storage, then said nonchalantly, "I'm a bit tired from sitting; I, the King, will go ride a horse for a while."
Zhao Ba: … Really, one trick after another, you really know how to cause trouble, Your Majesty!
No choice, Zhang Tu again lifted the short-legged King onto the horse's back.
The King began obediently riding the horse, slowly walking behind the guards ahead. He would return to the city that evening; other matters were not urgent, only one thing was pressing—he had to produce the White Marsh openly before returning to the city.
Picked up outside the city, a ready-made perfect interface.
So as the King walked, the horse's head drifted outward, and after a few moments it swayed to the very edge of the troop.
Zhang Tu was about to speak, but seeing that the person was walking honestly at the side without causing trouble, he held back. He thought the King didn't like to follow behind the guards' horses—nothing wrong with that, understandable, even heavenly horses have their pride.
Who would have thought that just after he relaxed for three seconds, he saw the King jerk the reins, and Little Date instantly sprang to life, lifting its forelegs and dashing off several zhang in the blink of an eye.
"Your Highness!"
His Highness, oblivious, rode his Little Date off into the distance, leaving behind a string of clear laughter.
Zhao Ba and Zhang Tu were equally desperate; Little Date was hard to catch, so the two could only chase while loudly begging His Highness to raise his hand in mercy and spare their lives.
Grand Tutor Xu, in the carriage behind, lifted the curtain and sighed outright, "This King… is a bit lively."
Baili Jing waited until Little Date and Zhang Tu's group had opened a distance, then quickly reined in the horse to stop, and then… he rolled off the horse. Indeed, he rolled.
Zhao Ba was frightened till his eyes almost burst, but the King himself was fine.
He had the heart of a city lord, knowing he wouldn't be hurt, at most feeling a bit of pain. Who made his legs short and Little Date so tall that without performing a horse jump he couldn't get down.
When Zhang Tu arrived, he saw his Highness sitting unhurt in a clump of grass, all four limbs intact, carefully cradling a pure-white little creature, his face full of excitement.
"Chief Zhang, look what I, the King, have picked up?!"
Zhang Tu: My life.
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About the White Marsh popular science:
White Marsh, a auspicious beast in ancient Chinese mythology. It can speak, understand the feelings of all things, knows the matters of ghosts and gods, appears only when a ruler possesses virtue, and can dispel all evil in the human world. (It suits our King……
The Liang dynasty's Book of Song, Auspicious Signs chapter records: "The marsh beast, during the Yellow Emperor's patrols, when he reached the eastern shore, the marsh beast appeared, able to speak, reaching knowledge of all things' essence, to admonish the people and eliminate harm for the time. Only a virtuous ruler with manifest morality that reaches far will it come." (The Yellow Emperor once patrolled to the eastern sea shore; the marsh beast appeared, able to speak, fully understanding all things' principles, used to admonish the populace and eliminate harm for contemporary society. Only a worthy ruler with sagely virtue and conduct will the White Marsh descend.)
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———Not a nitpick, the essence can be skipped————
ps: Can't you stop using your third-grade elementary school history level to shoehorn into my alternate history story?! I can't delete, you nitpicker!
Writing according to history is called fanfiction.
For example, in your alternate history story, you keep making You Province big or small, wrong— is that necessary? Big brother, which dynasty are you projecting onto again? You said it's alternate history!!! Otherwise, go look up whether there ever was a royal clan with the surname Bai Li in history, or who has the heart of a city lord? Otherwise, you might as well just read a history book.
Alternate history!!!
I'm done! Everything in the story has its own plot considerations; you don't need to educate me with all that talk! You think it's fine, but your mistaken view will drive away clueless fans. I'm done, brothers, please let me off!
I'm a liberal arts student, stop educating me, I firmly won't change. ⌓‿⌓
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