Chapter 90: Function

"Ding! Game Panel upgrade complete." Seven minutes later, the crisp notification sound finally rang out.

Meng Yifan hurriedly went to check the Game Panel.

Name: Meng Yifan

Race: Human

Occupation: Second Grade Lower Tier Martial Artist

Technique 1: Savage Bull Strength Level 2, Yellow-grade Lower-tier Technique, Proficiency (3/900).

Technique 2: Hunyuan Strength Level 1, Yellow-grade Upper-tier Technique, Proficiency (342/800).

Skill 1: Shooting Technique Level 2 (200/1000)

Skill 2: Lingbo Microsteps (Fragment), Lightness Skill, Mysterious Grade Middle Quality Lightness Skill, Experience Value (682/).

Strength: 70/200 (The physical strength limit for a Second Grade Martial Artist is 200)

Defense: 69/200 (The physical defense limit for a Second Grade Martial Artist is 200)

Speed: 200/200 (The physical speed limit for a Second Grade Martial Artist is 200)

Aptitude: 0.2/100

Experience Value: 1332 points

Return countdown, 364:18:32:48, 364:18:32:47...

Territory: Luolong County City

"Huh! The Game Panel has added a territory tab." Meng Yifan's heart stirred. He clicked on the territory tab, and the Game Panel unfolded another screen. The background was a map of Luolong County, and there were a few lines of small text on the side.

Territory: Luolong County

Subjects: 30 people. (The number of people following the lord.)

Meng Yifan discovered that there was a drop-down option on the subjects interface. After opening it, the names of Meng Dayong, Meng Qingshan, Meng Qinghe, and others appeared, and their loyalty levels appeared behind their names.

(The maximum loyalty is 100 points, and the minimum is 0 points.)

(Loyalty 0-30 points: Only nominally obedient to the lord, following the lord to get a free meal. At the slightest sign of difficulty or setback, they will grow hesitant and find ways to sever ties with the lord.)

(Loyalty 30-50 points: Usually obedient to orders and commands; they are fine for winning battles, but if they encounter defeat, they are likely to defect.)

(Subjects with 50-60 points basically acknowledge the lord's ruling status, but if there is a better place to go, they might leave.)

(60-70 points are general subjects who have already accepted the lord as their master from the heart, acknowledge the host's ruling status, and are filled with gratitude toward the lord.)

(80-90 points are sincere subjects; even if the battle is lost or there are heavy casualties, they will always follow the lord and never leave. However, if the lord does something that incurs the wrath of Heaven and man, sincere subjects will also become general subjects and subsequently betray the host.)

(90-100 points are dead loyal subjects; once loyalty reaches 90 points or more, they become the host's dead loyalists. No matter what the host does, dead loyal subjects will not betray the host and will follow the host wholeheartedly. Even if the host orders them to commit suicide, the subjects will do so without complaint or regret.)

(For dead loyal subjects, the host can use Experience Value to cultivate them.)

"Being able to check the subjects' loyalty—this function is very practical." Meng Yifan understood that hearts are hidden behind faces and are the hardest things to fathom. With this loyalty function, he could clearly see the loyalty of those around him, which would prevent him from being stabbed in the back by those close to him.

Meng Yifan hurriedly went to check the subjects' loyalty. Ranked first was his cheap father, Meng Dayong; his loyalty was 100 points, already the limit of loyalty.

This meant that Meng Dayong would die for Meng Yifan without hesitation, which moved Meng Yifan deeply.

Perhaps in this world, only the love of parents for their children is the most uncomplaining and regretless, willing to abandon their own lives to protect their children.

Meng Qingshan's loyalty is 91 points.

Meng Qinghe's loyalty is 92 points.

Meng Qingyu's loyalty is 91 points.

Meng Yitong's loyalty is 85 points.

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The hunters of Qinghe Village had all become Meng Yifan's subjects, but their loyalty varied. The three highest were the three youths like Meng Qingshan, who were already Meng Yifan's dead loyal subjects.

The lowest was only 62 points, an elderly person of some age.

Meng Yifan looked at their loyalty and fell into deep thought. It was obvious that adults' thoughts were complex and it was hard for them to truly submit, while youths like Meng Qingshan had simple minds; as long as you were truly good to them, they would respect you from the heart.

To put it bluntly, youths are easily brainwashed into becoming dead loyal subjects.

When the Game Panel upgraded, it also incidentally modified the Luolong County Great Seal.

From now on, the Luolong County Great Seal no longer belonged to the official seal system of the Great Wu Heavenly Dynasty. Meng Yifan, holding the Luolong County Great Seal, could also mobilize the People's Will of his subjects to unleash skills similar to mental attacks.

It was just that he only had 30 subjects now, so the mental attack formed was very weak and had almost no practical use.

"This Game Panel upgrade has added many functions. The two most important points are that I can see the subjects' loyalty to distinguish between the loyal and the treacherous, and that I can use Experience Value to cultivate dead loyal subjects."

Meng Yifan's current Experience Value was limited, so he definitely had to prioritize improving his own combat power. But if he had more Experience Value in the future, he could cultivate Meng Dayong and the three youths like Meng Qingshan, allowing their combat power to also advance by leaps and bounds and become Meng Yifan's right-hand men.

Rebellion is a matter for a group of people; relying on Meng Yifan alone would certainly be impossible. Only by gathering a large group of loyal and capable subordinates around him could he take big strides forward on this path of rebellion and walk it step by step.

Meng Yifan now had 1332 points of Experience Value. He exchanged them for 130 points of Strength attribute, directly adding the Strength attribute to the limit of a Second Grade Martial Artist.

As he added the points, Meng Yifan felt a warm current appear out of thin air within his body, strengthening his body at an incredible speed.

One minute later, Meng Yifan's physical strength soared several times over, becoming twenty times that of an ordinary person, capable of exerting a powerful force of two thousand kilograms.

Such immense strength, if it struck a Third Grade Lower Tier Martial Artist, would be enough to break through their defense.

Meng Qingshan and the others went to check the inventory. An hour later, Meng Qingshan ran over and said to Meng Yifan, "Brother Meng, according to the account book, there should be 5328 shi of rice in the granary, but in reality, there are only 3721 shi of rice."

Meng Yifan did a quick conversion in his mind. One shi of grain in the Great Wu Heavenly Dynasty was equivalent to 57 kilograms on Earth. This meant there were a total of 212 tons of rice in the granary. This number looked large, but if all 30,000 people in the city were to eat the grain from the granary, each person could be allocated an average of 7 kilograms of grain.

A person needs to eat at least 0.5 kilograms of grain a day, which means if Meng Yifan used the grain in the granary to support all the commoners in the city, it would only last for 14 days.

"Luolong County is a large county with 30,000 people living in it. Why is there so little grain in the granary?" Meng Yifan frowned.