Chapter 356: Cat-girl?

By the riverbank, a cool breeze swept over, and Heiniu felt the chill.

Shengtian stood to the side and said softly, "How does it feel to kill? Compared to the game, that is?"

Heiniu rested his hands on the railing: "It wasn't as terrifying as I imagined; in fact, it was somewhat cathartic... or something else, I'm not sure."

Yet, when he said this, his face carried a trace of sorrow and loneliness.

Even if the Gold army were dead, it wouldn't bring back Xiaomeng, or rather... Norma.

He had already learned from the villagers' mouths that the Xiaomeng he liked was named Norma.

"From now on, we are grasshoppers on the same line," Shengtian patted Heiniu on the shoulder, "I look forward to the day you step into the Legendary realm."

"According to you, that's just a Legendary in a game; what use does it have?" Heiniu gave a self-deprecating smile.

"Who knows?" Shengtian looked at the sky full of stars, wondering what he was thinking about.

Perhaps he was thinking about what kind of profit the Twilight of the Gods could bring him.

On Tieshi Mountain, Ye Di set down the food on the table.

"What, a beastman, and with cat ears?"

Hearing the news from the messenger, Ye Di's eyes lit up.

The few players nearby also immediately stopped eating.

"What, a cat-girl?"

"Where is the cat-girl?"

Shouhou was particularly excited, though Little Tough, level eight, who was beside him, was quite calm; after all, he had seen a real cat-girl.

That figure, that physique, that skin—simply Ultimate.

"I didn't expect this game to even create cat-girls; I wonder how they compare to the cat-girls in reality!" Little Tough, level eight, pondered.

Beside him, Shouhou suddenly raised his voice and said, "I want to have a sweet romance with a cat-girl."

He had heard Little Tough, level eight, mention the virtues of cat-girls many times, and his heart had been itching, his anticipation pushed to the Ultimate.

"Hahaha."

"Do you want to fall in love? You're just lusting after her body!"

"Let's go, let's go see the cat-girl together. Don't worry, Shouhou, we won't fight you for her!"

A group of players ran excitedly toward the camp at the foot of Tieshi Mountain.

That camp was a newly built place to house the laborers who were reclaiming land and farming.

At this moment, Languang was in the settlement, and as he took the quilt that had been handed out, his face was filled with joy.

After arriving at this settlement, he found that the environment here was even better than he had imagined.

Originally, he thought they would sleep in crude houses, sleeping on large communal beds.

A communal bed would have dozens of people, and the smell would be foul.

Languang felt that these things were a matter of course.

But he didn't expect that they wouldn't be sleeping on communal beds, but in rooms with four-person bunks.

Although the room was simple, it was very clean, and the room was even equipped with a toilet.

Moreover, he estimated this room was a full twenty-plus square meters.

This was even larger than the house he lived in with his younger brother and sister in the city.

There was one more thing Languang hadn't expected, and that was that there was actually a toilet in the room.

In the past, he always had a large bucket in the room, and he would relieve himself entirely inside it.

The room was originally very small, and even if the feces and urine in the bucket were changed frequently, the smell was especially suffocating, especially in the summer.

If it wasn't changed for a few days, those disgusting little long worms would crawl out of the toilet and crawl all over the room.

"Prince Lin is truly a good person." Beside him, the beastman Lilong said with a smile on his face, "I must work hard."

This quilt was much better than the one he had made himself.

"Yes." Languang nodded vigorously.

Having received Prince Lin's generous reward, they naturally had to work hard.

Just then, a soldier wearing leather armor among the crowd spoke up: "Who among you is literate? Raise your hand."

"Those who can write, come here to sign up and register."

In the crowd, many people looked at each other or shrugged.

Those who came here were all from poor families and were not literate.

"Brother Languang, aren't you literate? Hurry and raise your hand; maybe being literate has great benefits." The beastman Lilong had thick hair on his chest and was wearing short, rough clothing, looking quite furry all over.

"Hmm... okay." Languang thought about it and went to sign up.

After all, what if there were perks for being literate?

He was also very short on money.

Lilong waited for Languang in the queue, and about ten minutes later, Languang returned.

"How was it?" The beastman Lilong looked at Languang expectantly.

"Nothing... after registering, they told me to wait for notification." Languang felt anxious.

He had secretly heard that it seemed Prince Lin was recruiting some squad leaders for the land reclamation to manage some people.

A squad leader received a subsidy of one to two copper coins per month.

That is to say, he had a chance to become a squad leader.

Of course, because this matter hadn't been decided yet, Languang naturally didn't tell the beastman Lilong.

"It must be a good thing!" Lilong also seemed very happy. He thought of something and asked, "Brother Languang, I heard there are many people on Tieshi Mountain wearing strange clothes and speaking a strange language. What is the status of those people?"

Languang had also heard others discussing those people.

"I heard they are warriors from an alien space, and they signed a contract with Prince Lin to pledge their loyalty to Prince Lin," Languang said. "I heard that our houses were built by them."

"Our houses were actually built by them? To be honest, the style of construction is indeed very rare; it is not the style of our Shaya Kingdom," the half-orc Lilong muttered.

"Those people are all loyal to His Highness the Prince and are brave warriors under the Prince's command. When we encounter them, we must not offend them."

"Don't worry, they are professionals, and we are just ordinary people; of course, we cannot offend those masters," Lilong said.

The two spoke as they walked.

Just then, a voice came over.

"Are there any half-orcs here?" The one speaking was a soldier wearing leather armor.

Lilong was slightly stunned: "Master, I am one."

The leather-armored soldier glanced at Lilong's ears and chest hair, then said: "Come quickly, the group of adventurers under His Highness the Prince said they want to see a half-orc."

Nowadays, players have a lot of contact with this world.

Although the vast majority cannot communicate, there are a few specific people who can communicate a little simply.

This leather-armored soldier's status on Tieshi Mountain rose by a large margin because he mastered a bit of the players' language.

"Those adventurer masters want to see me?" Lilong was somewhat uneasy.

Don't look at his burly figure; compared to the adventurers, he was nothing.

"Shouhou, don't be anxious, the cat-girl you're waiting to see will be here soon." Level 8 Little Tough laughed out loud when he saw Shouhou pacing.

"I'm not anxious," Shouhou retorted.

"Oh my, you guys, not doing your jobs all day, no wonder your levels are so low," Ye Di laughed from the side.

"We aren't like that pervert Heiniu. It's just playing a game; as long as you're happy, that's enough," Level 8 Little Tough said.

"Heiniu, that guy, is too desperate." Mentioning Heiniu, Ye Di sighed with emotion.

Ever since that Xiaomeng died, the number of times he and Heiniu met had greatly decreased.

Nowadays, Heiniu is often grinding monsters and leveling up alone, and he can also often be seen following behind the Manager, seemingly asking for advice on the path of cultivation.

"But this guy Jin Jun, ever since he was hacked offline by Heiniu last time, he hasn't logged on for several days, right?"

"That guy deserves it. An NPC didn't provoke him or bother him, but just because he was jealous of Heiniu, he forced the NPC to death. If I saw such a person, I would kill him too."

"I didn't expect an NPC to be so deeply affectionate toward Heiniu. Such a pure and cute girl probably only exists in games; such love is probably rare in reality."

"Hahaha, Shouhou, soon you will also have such a romance with a cat-girl, don't be envious," someone laughed loudly.

"Warrior, the half-orc has been brought," the leather-armored soldier walked over with a respectful look on his face.

His pronunciation was very non-standard and stumbling.

Even he himself, after finishing speaking, only knew the general meaning.

"The cat-girl is here? Where?" Shouhou was very excited and stood up.

"It's him," the leather-armored soldier pointed at the Lilong behind him.

"Him?" Shouhou was dumbfounded. "This is a cat-girl?"

In front of him was a burly man who was a full 1.9 meters tall.

His arms were thicker than Shouhou's legs.

Most importantly, the hair on his chest was exceptionally lush.

Shouhou moved his gaze upward and finally discovered... cat ears on Lilong's head.

"Haha... a cat-girl, this game is too ridiculous!" Level 8 Little Tough burst out laughing.

"Hahaha, Shouhou, don't worry, we won't fight you for her."

"Let's learn to meow together, meow meow meow meow meow!"

The others also laughed loudly.

They also didn't expect to encounter such a scene.

"Masters?" The leather-armored soldier was very confused, not knowing what they were laughing at.

"You take him away," Ye Di waved his hand.

The leather-armored soldier finally left with the bewildered Lilong.

A month passed.

On Tieshi Mountain, Ye Di held strong liquor in his hand, looking at the fire in front of him with a smile on his face.

"Damn it, it's been a month, finally level 10."

Grinding levels later on, the speed became slower and slower.

Heiniu being able to become a High-level Professional was also due to the advantage of killing the Legendary Succubus.

Moreover, that Legendary Succubus was not an ordinary succubus.

This game has been in closed beta for almost three months, and to this day, only four people have stepped into level 10.

"Sigh, without Heiniu helping me grind monsters, leveling up is so slow," Ye Di sighed from the side.

Nowadays, the number of players is increasing, reaching three thousand people.

The current Tieshi Mountain cannot be called a mountain; it can even be called a mountain city.

These players are unwilling to work in reality, but they are exceptionally hardworking in the game.

For example, in order to build houses on the mountain, many players will log off to check information and then log on to build.

Their strength is very strong, and they are not ordinary people.

Plus, they created cement in the game, and for a few copper coins, they can hire many NPCs to build houses.

There are already many houses on Tieshi Mountain now.

"Ye Di, our tap water project needs your funding." Just then, a long-legged girl walked up to Ye Di.

This girl had entered the game one month ago.

She did not love grinding monsters; she just liked... farming, construction, and commerce.

Now, she was preparing to install tap water in the players' houses.

In Ye Di's view, she was just fond of making a fuss.

"Hong Ying, I really don't have any money." Ye Di spread his hands.

Hong Ying had already come to him many times.

"Brother Ye Di, don't you want to be able to drink clean mountain spring water and take a refreshing hot bath every time you return home after fighting monsters?

Don't you want to..."

"Stop!" Ye Di was annoyed by the listening. "If you can create the internet, create mobile phones and computers, and let me play games and surf the web in the game, then I will fund you."

Upon hearing this, Hong Ying's eyes lit up: "Brother Ye Di is right, this is a good idea, but... making mobile phones... is probably very difficult; even with Arcane arts, it would take decades? And we have to unify this world before we can popularize the internet."

Hong Ying was truly thinking it over.

Actually, she was right; the development of technology in the real world is, in fact, explosive.

Perhaps a few decades is the transition from a feudal dynasty to a modern society.

Of course, this requires an opportunity, as well as the environment and soil.

"I really give up on you." Ye Di felt helpless and took out ten silver coins. "Don't come to me anymore, I have no money."

The current Ye Di also understood the value of monster corpses, which could be used as materials.

He now had over a dozen Gold coins on him.

As for the three silver coins of remuneration from the Guard Team, he might not care for it, but he would not resign.

Nowadays, becoming a member of the Guard Team was a point of honor among players.

"I knew Brother Ye Di was kind-hearted." Hong Ying took that silver coin and left happily.

She had many things to do; not only was she connecting the tap water pipes among the players, but she was also connecting them in the rooms of the workers down the mountain.

The thing she liked doing most was changing things slowly.

At this time, on Tieshi Mountain, inside a room.

Lin Chao listened to the report from Jin Kela, his fingers occasionally tapping on the tabletop.

"The food crops planted this time can support two thousand people for a month?" Lin Chao was slightly surprised.

Food crops was food in the game.

This time, Jin Kela had led one thousand people to reclaim land and farm, and after only one month, they had achieved such results, which made him slightly surprised.

"Yes, Manager, now I have cultivated a hybrid food crop; if we plant it, doubling this amount again would be no problem!"

Lin Chao closed one eye and calculated carefully.

Koya City currently had a total of four hundred thousand residents; if this hybrid food crop could be promoted, Koya City would likely change drastically.

And he would no longer have to keep bleeding the nobles in the city to ensure the players' food, clothing, housing, and transportation.

"Hmm, do a few more experiments, and once confirmed, go ahead and promote it."

Lin Chao spoke.

"Alrighty." Having received the approval of the Manager, Jin Kela was very happy.

"By the way, those laborers have also been here for a month; it is time to give them a month's leave in batches." Lin Chao gave another instruction.

These matters were insignificant to him.

He was occasionally willing to be a good person.

"Rest assured, Your Highness, our monthly leave has already begun in batches," Jin Kela replied.

"Good." Lin Chao nodded.

Jin Kela left, and Lin Chao held the document on the table, frowning.

"Winter is coming."

Winter was not a good thing for a frontier city like Koya City.

Especially last month, when an Orc Tribe in the west was broken by the Arcane Empire, many orcs became homeless strays, looting human kingdoms everywhere.

And that Orc Wangcheng happened to border Koya City.

It was very likely that in a while, remnants of the Orc Tribe would drift here.

For Tieshi Mountain and Koya City, this was a huge pressure.

That was not a small band of mountain bandits, but a regular army.

(End of chapter)