2000 Niu Ma, that's a full 40,000 gold coins!
Lin Yi watched as the money on his account instantly dropped by a large chunk, and it truly pained him.
However.
When the 'Niu Ma,' dressed in linen clothes and respectfully bowing, were teleported in front of the Lord's Mansion, one by one.
His displeasure instantly vanished.
【Niu Ma People】
Race: Exclusive Slave (Cannot be listed)
Level: 7
Profession: All-purpose Handyman
Strength: 3, Constitution: 3.5, Agility: 2.7, Spirit: 3.5
Racial Talents: Self-Improvement, Preparedness, Healthy Physique, Environmental Adaptation
Skills: Language Mastery (Human Language, Common Tongue, Orcish Language.)
Status: Fully Enslaved, World Native (Cannot be directly converted into a troop type.)
...
Good heavens.
A full four racial talents made Lin Yi dumbfounded.
Clicking on them, each one was more impressive than the last.
Self-Improvement: A Niu Ma who doesn't improve will eventually be eliminated by society, increasing the learning speed of professional skills.
Preparedness: Even in a stable environment, to avoid being optimized, Niu Ma adhere to the philosophy of finding work if there's none, and creating work if it can't be found, greatly increasing work enthusiasm.
Healthy Physique: Even with long periods of eating junk or not eating, Niu Ma can survive healthily.
Environmental Adaptation: When a Niu Ma's ability cannot match the working environment, powerful genes will force them to improve themselves, actively adapt to the environment, and the effect of 【Self-Improvement】 is greatly enhanced!
These four talents could actually be combined.
The Niu Ma people as a race are truly something else.
Lin Yi looked up at the 2000 or so individuals who had appeared before him, almost filling his territory.
Before he could observe them closely.
The closest Niu Ma suddenly rubbed his hands, winking and wiggling his eyebrows as he walked up to him.
"My Lord, what work do you need me to do? I'm someone who hates being idle the most."
"Once I stop, I feel uncomfortable all over; only overtime can make me happy."
Looking at the middle-aged man in front of him, who was almost indistinguishable from a human.
Lin Yi silently commented in his heart.
This bizarre race, living like this, is entirely their own doing.
They have evolved themselves into the favored appearance of all those in power.
After all, buying such an observant and enthusiastic slave for 20 gold coins.
Is truly a huge profit.
Suddenly.
Lin Yi's heart skipped a beat.
Wasn't he like this before he transmigrated, when he had to attend morning classes?
He still remembered when he was working a summer job.
The way he groveled before the manager of a fried chicken shop to get a job, how was it any different from the Niu Ma in front of him?
"Damn it..."
A few black lines appeared on Lin Yi's forehead as he waved his hand and commanded, "Go, go, go, from now on you are the captain of the Niu Ma team. You guys go and build that large mountain projection for me first."
"I'm only giving you three days."
"Three days?" The middle-aged man pushed back his hair, stood up straight, and said seriously, "My Lord, if you don't see the complete structure of that building before dawn, I'll twist off my head and let you kick it like a ball!"
After speaking.
The middle-aged man immediately gathered all the Niu Ma and systematically rushed towards the Guang Long Nest!
"Awesome."
Lin Yi smacked his lips and gave a thumbs-up to the group of slaves.
Putting everything else aside.
This attitude alone was enough to make most other Lords drool with envy.
"Slaves have no human rights, cannot enjoy territory bonuses, and can only be used for early-stage transition. We still need to expand the number of villagers."
Lin Yi stroked his chin.
"However, slaves can fill the low-end labor gap."
"Cannot be directly converted into a troop type..."
Seeing this information, Lin Yi's mouth curved into a smile.
Even if he didn't let them enter the barracks.
With their level 7 four-dimensional stats and equipped gear, they are still a powerful combat force at this stage.
Even if they don't fight, assisting the Scarlet Tassel Spearman is no problem.
"My Lord!"
Wang Qiu'er walked towards him with a piece of beast hide.
Lin Yi saw her worried expression and asked, "What's wrong?"
"After today's hunt, Father sent a team of warriors to investigate the changes in the basin..."
Wang Qiu'er handed the beast hide to Lin Yi and continued, "The situation is not optimistic."
"Oh?"
Lin Yi took the beast hide, his brows slightly furrowed.
It recorded information about the gathering of fierce beasts and wild beasts in the basin area.
The intelligence showed that the massive beast herds from a few days ago were now few and far between.
"We've only hunted less than half of the previous numbers recently. Even if some beast herds escaped, it shouldn't be this exaggerated."
Lin Yi's eyes narrowed slightly, and his mind quickly became active.
Currently, his main food source and trade income relied on beast herd resources.
Based on the previous numbers, he had calculated that it would be enough to last through the entire trial period.
But now...
"If there's no stable food source later."
Wang Qiu'er worried, "Going hungry is a small matter; it will also severely delay the development of the territory."
"Understood."
Lin Yi nodded and instructed, "Qiu'er, find a way to increase the villager population. You can freely use the treasury resources. I'll figure out the food situation."
"It's getting late, let's rest."
After dismissing Wang Qiu'er, Lin Yi carefully recalled the recent changes in the basin.
"Hmm?"
Suddenly, Lin Yi remembered.
During today's hunt, there were still endless fierce beasts actively attacking the team in the basin.
By nightfall, not only the fierce beasts but also the wild beast herds had vanished without a trace.
There must be some unknown secret behind it.
"Fierce beast meat is one of the few ways I can make money right now; I can't easily give it up."
Lin Yi glanced at the Scarlet Tassel Spearman standing guard on the wall.
The latter could work without pay, but he couldn't not pay them.
After all, it concerned the improvement of the army's combat power.
There would be many places to spend money in the future, so he still needed to broaden his ways of making money.
"Send someone to check carefully again during the day."
Then, Lin Yi opened the territory panel.
【Lord's Hall】
Level: 3
Owner: Lin Yi
Attribute: Pure Land (Unique Supreme)
Occupied Area: 1.5 square kilometers
Reputation Value: 1600
Heroes: 2
Population: 160
Army: 160
Slaves: 2000
Treasury: 1100 purple crystal coins, 17,000 gold coins...
Granary: 12610 fierce beast meat...
Resource Storage: 50,000 wood, 10,000 stone, 3000 iron ore.
Existing Buildings: 1 Scarlet Tassel Spearman Barracks, Guang Long Nest (under construction), Light Purification Pool (under construction).....
Available Blueprints: Institute (Requirements: 150 wood, 50 stone, 30 iron ore, 1 Tier 2 magic core.)
Upgrade Requirements: 3000 wood, 5000 stone, 3000 iron ore, 50 purple crystal coins, 10 Tier 3 magic cores, Lord level raised to 10.
...........
"Upgrading now requires a Lord level."
"The most difficult to achieve is still the magic core restriction...."
Lin Yi sighed.
Let alone high-tier magic beasts, he couldn't even see the shadow of a Tier 1 magic beast nearby now.
Even with the strength to kill a Tier 3, it was useless.
"I'll see what surprises the Guang Long Nest brings me once it's completed!"
Lin Yi looked at the bustling Niu Ma in front of him, his anticipation growing stronger.