Chapter 13: Going Home

“My Lord, have you learned about any bandits roaming around?”

Hearing Mo Xiaobai’s question, Li Ji thought for a moment and came to the same conclusion, but this time he did not agree immediately. Instead, he shook his head and said, “Currently, there are 53 villagers in the village. The number of young and able-bodied men is under twenty. It is hard to train them into fighting force now, and it is not suitable to send them out to suppress bandits.”

“I know, but we still need to train a group of people first. I do not want them to clear out the mountain bandits immediately; I just want the village to have some ability to defend itself.”

Mo Xiaobai knew that a dozen village soldiers could not possibly attack the mountain bandits around, so he said immediately, “Tomorrow, I will trouble Maogong to go out of the village with me. There are a few things to do.”

“Both My Lord and you are leaving the Territory? If that is the case, we must build a wooden barricade gate at the valley entrance today to be safe.” Li Ji would not ask what Mo Xiaobai was going out to do. He only tried to arrange the Territory affairs as well as possible so that the Territory would not stop running or be broken into by outsiders after both the Village Head and the Vice-Village Head left.

Because of Mo Xiaobai’s words, Li Ji’s Territory construction plan was completely disrupted. Originally, he planned to continue building other basic living buildings after the blacksmith shop was finished, but now he could only send people to build a village palisade while picking out ten people for militia and village soldier training.

It was fortunate that the terrain Mo Xiaobai chose for building the village was very good. Once the valley entrance was blocked, the few roaming mountain bandits could not enter the Territory. The entire valley entrance was not very long either, and a palisade tens of meters wide could be finished in just one afternoon.

Watching the stone and wooden palisade of the Territory gradually take shape, Mo Xiaobai gradually felt relieved. He did not disturb Li Ji, who was currently training soldiers, but turned around and went back to the Lord’s Manor to connect to the Intellect Brain and choose to go offline from the Plane.

With a “swish,” he disappeared from the Territory. Two days later, Mo Xiaobai returned to the small rented room outside the school. Glancing at the 24-hour countdown light on his left arm, which had returned to normal, Mo Xiaobai began to pack his things.

Time to leave this place again!

As he packed his only luggage and opened his smart wristband, he saw the notice sent by the school department without any surprise. It was about an indefinite suspension of classes.

There was also a message from his mother, telling Mo Xiaobai that the whole family had entered the Lord Plane. However, since his younger sister was not yet twelve years old, she had not yet reached the minimum age limit for the Territory, so she could only stay by the side of her mother, who was her guardian.

Casually replying with a message that he would be home tonight, Mo Xiaobai finished packing his luggage and went to the kitchen to cook a bowl of noodles. After eating plain rice and wild vegetables in the Territory for consecutive days, even Mo Xiaobai, who was not picky about food, could not handle it well.

“When I finish the things I need to do with Li Ji outside, I must build a food restaurant in the Village first after returning. Well, at least one cook needs to be opened to start the restaurant. If the system does not refresh it, we will have to hire one from the Prefecture City. Daye Marsh belongs to the ‘Juancheng’ area. In my previous life, that was a prosperous Prefecture City. Not to mention ordinary cooks; with good luck, we might even find an advanced chef, though the cost might be relatively high.”

Thinking of the plan for the future in his heart, Mo Xiaobai lifted the steaming instant noodles, paired them with some mixed meat sauce and side dishes, and began to eat heartily.

After eating his fill and finishing packing, the sky gradually turned dark.

With his luggage, Mo Xiaobai walked out of the residential compound. The surrounding streets were silent. The university town, which was originally lively and bustling, could not even show a single couple. The shops and restaurants on both sides of the street had closed their doors to customers, but some windows among them were broken.

There was no need to guess; these were all acts of human destruction.

“The Will of the Universe brought not only changes but also the complete exposure of human nature. The real disaster has not even started yet, and humans have already become a mess internally.” He mocked and complained a bit, then dragged his suitcase away. He could finally see some signs of life only after leaving the area of the university town.

To be precise, it was the many passengers waiting anxiously inside and outside the Super Train station.

Mo Xiaobai was very clear that because everyone feared that the Super Train might also stop running, many people, even those who bought tickets for late at night, rushed over early in the morning just to wait for the train they would take a little earlier. Those like Mo Xiaobai who did not rush and appeared exactly on time were almost non-existent.

Get the ticket, check the ticket, and board the train.

Enjoying the last bit of civilized order remaining on Water Blue Star after the mutation, Mo Xiaobai boarded the train very smoothly. After putting his luggage away and opening the music on his wristband, at the speed of the Super Train, Mo Xiaobai estimated that after listening to twenty songs, they would arrive at Guning City.

“Phew~ Finally on the train.”

“Yeah, I was really afraid the Super Train would stop running too.”

“Luckily, luckily, at least we can return to Guning.”

“Return? What return? The world is a mess nowadays. We don’t even know what the situation is like in Guning. Oh my, this suitcase is so heavy. Seat number 33, is this it?”

Mo Xiaobai was listening to songs with his headphones when he glanced sideways and saw three girl figures walking towards his location. One of the girls stopped right next to Mo Xiaobai and struggled to lift her luggage.

Seeing this, Mo Xiaobai shook his head, stood up, and helped push the suitcase into the steel rack.

“Thank you.”

The girl’s voice was very sweet. If it were in his previous life, Mo Xiaobai would have been excited, but now his mind was full of nothing but his family and his Territory. He had not a single thought of flirting.

Seeing Mo Xiaobai’s indifferent reaction, the eyes of the girl’s companions showed some surprise. Then, they glanced at the girl next to Mo Xiaobai and winked, wearing an expression that said, “Little girl, your charm has dropped.”

The girl glared back angrily, feeling a bit worried as she spoke, “We have all seen the pinned post on that Plane Forum. Do you think a global disaster will really happen on Water Blue Star?”

“Nine out of ten, it will. The whole planet is acting very strange right now. It is not surprising that more strange things will happen.”

“What should we do then? Stay in the Lord Plane for the rest of our lives? I do not want to stay there. There is no Internet, no phone, and it is not even convenient to take a shower.”

When the girl brought up the future global changes, her two companions also chimed in in agreement.

For these young girls, staying in the Territory for even one day was a hard time to endure. There were no familiar star programs, no various delicious snacks, and most importantly, there were no toiletries or cosmetics.

Can they even live like this!

“Since the Lord Plane has appeared, it must be very important. If you think deeply about some of the content in that pinned post, you can not help but see that humanity’s biggest trouble is already brewing.”

The sweet voice rang out again beside him. The girl’s words successfully attracted Mo Xiaobai’s attention.

The biggest trouble?

This girl had seen my post. What did she discover?

“If the ocean and the wilderness are controlled by beasts and animals, and we can become Lords in the Plane, why can’t the animal groups in the deep mountains also have their own Lords? You should know that animals’ consciousness of territory is not lower than that of humans. Just like the subtext in that post, the mutation is certainly not only targeting humans. Animals or plants, all have a great possibility of mutating.”