After several days of sleepless travel, eating wild fruits when hungry and drinking clear spring water when thirsty, the weary Lin Mu finally descended Yinglong Peak and arrived at its base.
At the foot of Yinglong Peak lay a vast canyon, surrounded on three sides by towering mountains. This enormous basin resembled a bowl, but with one side missing, the side that faced the sea.
He had finally arrived. This was the place Lin Mu planned to establish his village: Yinglong Valley.
Yinglong Valley was a valley with its eastern side facing the sea. A massive river flowed down from the peaks and ravines of the Qilian Mountains, passed through the valley plain, and emptied into the vast ocean.
To the north of Yinglong Valley was Yinglong Peak, to the east was the boundless sea, and to the west stretched a continuous mountain range, endless and full of unknown dangers, perhaps even home to immortals. This was the Qilian Mountain Range, where the Yinglong River flowed.
To the south of Yinglong Valley was also a continuous mountain range. However, in his previous life, Lin Mu knew that many foreign tribes and mountain clans resided there, their forces intricately intertwined. In the future, that area would be one of Lin Mu's key targets for conquest.
The terrain of Yinglong Valley was very flat, essentially a vast grassland, home to many wild beasts. However, none of this could deter Lin Mu's determination to establish a village here.
In Lin Mu's mind, this was the best place in Yangzhou to establish a village force. Surrounded by mountains on three sides and with the sea on one, it offered abundant resources from the many beasts in the mountains and fish in the sea.
After running for half a day, Lin Mu reached the central part of Yinglong Valley, closer to the Yinglong River, where there was both water and land.
He took out the 【Yellow Dragon Token】 from his bosom. Its seven-colored flowing light was incredibly mystical and never ceased to amaze him. In his previous life, the best village-building token Lin Mu had owned was only Earth-tier, and the best token he had seen was Heaven-tier, with five-colored radiance. Earth-tier tokens only had two colors, with blue and green intertwining, like two dragons floating within.
The seven-colored token in his hand, with its colors appearing as one, transformed in an instant into a majestic golden dragon, its roar echoing through the air, profound and mysterious.
He placed the token in mid-air, bit his finger, and dripped his blood onto it. The blood slowly seeped into the token, and at the same time, a pleasant system prompt sounded in his ear:
"Ding!"
"—System Prompt: Player Lin Mu, do you wish to use the Divine-tier City Heart 【Yellow Dragon Token】 to establish a village?"
"Yes!!!" Lin Mu confirmed with immense excitement.
The flowing light on the token immediately burst forth and soared into the sky. A seven-colored ray of light descended from above, illuminating all directions, truly extraordinary.
As Lin Mu used the token to establish the village, and the flowing light shot up into the sky, a rumbling sound seemed to emanate from the ground... like a dragon roaring to the heavens!
Lin Mu noticed that the ground was shaking as if there was an earthquake. What was happening? Was there going to be an earthquake here? Don't mess with me!
In his previous life, when he established a village in this valley, nothing like this happened. Could it be a sudden change in the world caused by using the 【Yellow Dragon Token】?
Responding to the dragon-shaped flowing light soaring in the sky, the ground continued to tremble.
After a moment of uneasy waiting, the dancing flowing light transformed into a majestic true dragon-like phantom and disappeared into the ground ahead.
Lin Mu then heard a reassuring and joyful system prompt:
"—System Prompt: Regional conditions meet the requirements for 【Yellow Dragon Token】 usage. Village establishment successful."
"—System Prompt: Village establishment successful. Please name your village. Note: Village naming is a one-time opportunity."
Lin Mu seemed to ignore the system's naming warning and calmly entered the two characters, 'True Dragon'.
"—System Prompt: 【True Dragon Village】 has been established! Player Lin Mu can view its attributes in the territory's council hall property panel."
Just as Lin Mu, filled with excitement, was about to check the attributes, countless other system prompts sounded in his ear:
"—System Prompt: Congratulations on successfully establishing the second village in the world, 【True Dragon Village】! You are awarded the title 'Second Village of the World', and receive special rewards: one special ore vein! Personal level +2, intrinsic attribute +2, reputation +200! We hope players continue to work hard, achieve great deeds, and conquer the world!"
"A world announcement is now required. Do you wish to hide your name?"
Of course, hide it. Low-key is king. It's not about being afraid of thieves, but about being afraid of being targeted.
Moreover, he was using his real name. If some powerful financial groups or evil forces found out, with his current foundation, he wouldn't be able to withstand their unscrupulous methods.
At the same time, three world-wide announcements, audible to all players, echoed through the heavens:
"Ding!"
"—World Announcement: Congratulations to an anonymous player in the Huaxia Region for establishing the second village in the world, 【True Dragon Village】! You are awarded the title 'Second Village of the World', and receive special rewards: one special ore vein! Personal level +2, intrinsic attribute +2, reputation +200! We hope players continue to work hard, achieve great deeds, and conquer the world!"
"...!"
"...!"
Three consecutive announcements caused countless players to exclaim. The second village in the world had appeared!
In the American region, similar to the "Mythical Three Kingdoms" civilization in the Huaxia region, the "God Civilization" was its world background.
The first village in the world was 【Angel City】.
Salid, the player who established the first village, also sighed, "I didn't expect people from the East to establish territory so early. It seems they also had some fortuitous encounters. I need to speed up construction, or they'll catch up! My village-building token was obtained through an agreement between my country and 【Nuwa】. Now Huaxia also has one. Did they also compromise?"
The Huaxia region had the largest population and the most players. Although the overall average level was not high, there were many hidden talents. To establish a firm foothold, one could not be complacent. Salid buried himself in handling territory affairs, while looking at the special reward, the barracks, a grin spreading across his face.
Great America was still number one in the world... In the Dongying region, the "Mythical Warring States" civilization was its background, a chaotic period of warring states where heroes contended for power.
At a wild monster spawn point, Honda Taro, the guild leader of the Imperial Guild, exclaimed.
"Huh, how did the Huaxia people establish territory so quickly? They even established it earlier than our Great Japanese Empire. Did they sign an agreement early?..."
"Takehata Hattori-kun, you must speed up your progress on the system's village-building token quest! Don't fall behind those Huaxia people. Once our Great Japanese Empire successfully develops, the vast land opposite us, their land of abundant resources, will be our expeditionary army's big cake!"
"Ha-hi!"
...In the Indian region, the "Mythical Buddhist Kingdom" civilization, a civilization background from the origin period of Buddhism...
"..."
In the European grand region, the "Civilization of the Gods"... "..."
In the Egyptian region, the "Pharaoh Civilization"... "..."
...In the Huaxia region, the "Mythical Three Kingdoms" civilization, in Yanzhou, outside a forest, Xuanyuan Changying, the legitimate son and young patriarch of the Xuanyuan family, the most outstanding disciple of the Xuanyuan family.
Xuanyuan Changying was moving around, fighting a humanoid monster, a Tier 1 rogue of level 13. He attacked with ease. Although he was shocked to hear the world announcement, it didn't completely make him lose his composure, only causing a slight pause. He swung his wooden spear, executing a spear flourish, and struck the rogue's throat. Blood gushed out, and the rogue fell dead. A small white cloth bag rose from the fallen rogue, which was a drop from killing monsters or people.
And a prompt for gaining experience points also sounded in his ear.
Drops in "Mythical World" appeared in this way: if players killed wild monsters in the wilderness and there were extra drops, they would appear as small white cloth bags. If multiple items dropped, then the small cloth bag would contain multiple items.
Xuanyuan Changying killed the Tier 1 rogue, and a small cloth bag dropped, indicating that there was an extra item drop from this kill.
Killing monsters did not guarantee an extra item drop every time; there was a probability. Speaking of this probability, it truly drove players crazy. It was rumored to be one in ten thousand, one in a thousand, and so on; in short, the probability was slim.
One of his subordinates immediately stepped forward, picked up the small cloth bag, and handed it to Xuanyuan Changying.
The small white cloth bag was palm-sized, not exquisitely made, and even a bit rough.
Xuanyuan Changying briefly checked it and put it into his backpack. He then said to the old man beside him, "Order the people of the Shadow Legion to investigate who established the village and see if there are other ways to obtain village-building tokens! Also, if that player is a lone wolf and not from a noble family, see if we can recruit them."
"Yes, Young Master! Your subordinate will go immediately," the somewhat elderly man beside him said.
"Alright, Uncle Tian, I've told you how many times, you don't need to call me Young Master," Xuanyuan Changying said helplessly, as if he had admonished him many times.
"This is etiquette, and etiquette cannot be abandoned! Young Master, there's no need to be angry, and you are worthy of me calling you Young Master!" the old man replied with a smile.
"Oh, you really are..." Xuanyuan Changying smiled slightly.
Their conversation was very calm, unlike the enthusiasm and boldness of other players. It was as if Lin Mu's 'Second Village of the World' was just a fleeting cloud in their eyes, and did not warrant a particularly serious response.
If Lin Mu were here, he would also be very surprised, after all, this Xuanyuan Changying was very powerful in his previous life... "Wahahaha, I didn't expect our Great Huaxia Region to establish the second village in the world! What an honor for the country! A true warrior of the nation!"
"Quick, quick, kill this boss and see if it drops a village-building token! If it does, we'll hit the jackpot! Haha, come on, brothers!" Players currently fighting an elite monster charged even more fiercely at it.
"Investigate, investigate for me! Someone actually established a village before me. Find him, destroy his village, wipe out his level, and make him regret it endlessly for surpassing me, hmph..." A scion of a wealthy family... Countless players were either envious, jealous, or hateful. Lin Mu couldn't hear any of it, but after the world announcement sounded, a regional announcement followed, though it was very simple:
"—Huaxia Region Announcement: Congratulations to an anonymous player in the Huaxia Region for establishing the first village in this region! We hope players continue to work hard, achieve great deeds, and conquer the world!"
This was also the common announcement after players established territory in their region. Regardless of when, as long as a player established a village, there would be a regional announcement like:
"—Huaxia Region Announcement: Congratulations to an anonymous player in the Huaxia Region for establishing a village in this region! We hope players continue to work hard, achieve great deeds, and conquer the world!"
However, now that the game world had just started, there were system announcements. Compared to the countless announcements later on, the current announcements were a good opportunity for advertising.
While such prompts had their meaning, it wasn't significant. Later on, there would be too many players establishing villages and territories. There might even be over a hundred prompts in a single stream, so people would get used to them.
Moreover, as development progressed, some villages would be destroyed, some would start anew, and countless situations would arise. This diversity and playability of the game were what attracted people.
The territory establishment announcement rewards were only available to the top three in the world; others did not receive them. Lin Mu had already received the world announcement reward, so he would not receive a regional announcement reward.
Lin Mu's world announcement truly brought glory to the country and boosted the enthusiasm of many players.
Reputation, a special ore vein, levels, and intrinsic attribute points—it was truly a rich reward. No wonder those people in his previous life fought so fiercely for first place or the top three.
The game had only been open for less than 10 in-game days, and in the real world, only a little over half a day had passed.
The time ratio between the game world and the real world was 10:1, meaning one real-world day was ten in-game days.
Lin Mu received the system's special rewards and was now level 2 (0%), having gained 10 intrinsic attribute points. Of these, 2 points were system rewards, and the other eight points came from leveling up twice, with each level automatically granting 4 intrinsic attribute points.
He added all the intrinsic attribute points to his Martial Prowess, bringing Lin Mu's Martial Prowess to 14 points. Like other derived attributes, one basic attribute point increased it by one hundred, so his combat power reached 1410.