Chapter 148: Yuesha Village Erased by the Rampage

“Swish~”

While Mo Xiaobai and Li Ji were chatting, nearly 40 Refugees “spawned” again in front of the Territory Stele.

Compared to the “Boatman” event bonus from the previous day, the quality of this “spawn” was slightly lower, but a Tier B Carpenter did appear. As usual, he was handed over to Li Ji for unified arrangement.

This settling of the newly spawned Refugees would be the last time Li Ji interfered in government affairs.

As Li Ji led the Refugees away, Guo Yuan began to register the citizens one by one. Mo Xiaobai did not stay in the square longer. He stepped towards the Projection Hall, preparing to check on the harvest of Guo Jia and Liu Ye these past two days.

…

India Region, the Maurya Empire.

Yuesha Village.

As one of the few top-tier Gold Grade Village Lords on the Plane, and currently the only remaining Gold Grade Village Lord in the Maurya Empire, Yuesha Village’s Lord, Suoluomingwang, had always been amassing strength to push for a Village Level 2 territory upgrade.

As a Gold Grade territory, Yuesha Village had a range of 3,000 acres even at Level 1, and its population cap rivaled a Silver Level 2 territory. If it were not so, Suoluomingwang would not have been unable to upgrade for so long.

Now, his territory had finally reached full population, and all its stats met the upgrade requirements. Suoluomingwang had reason to believe that once he upgraded the village to Level 2, he would become one of the rare Lord Players on the Plane.

“That Huaxia Person may upgrade quickly, but his territory must not be Gold Grade. The potential and development prospects of his territory must not be stronger than mine. Once I successfully upgrade, I will have a full chance to surpass him. I will not miss the next Instance again!”

Just like Players from other nations on the Plane, Suoluomingwang had only one imaginary enemy in his heart!

Huaxia Region, Daydreaming!

Surpassing Daydreaming was the first goal he set for himself.

And today would be the starting point for him to achieve that goal.

When he silently confirmed the upgrade in his heart, he soon heard a notification from the Intellect Brain. It first congratulated him on the successful upgrade, and then immediately presented the upgrade quest.

For the post-upgrade territory quest, Suoluomingwang was well prepared. Since many Players had already reached Level 2 before him, the post-upgrade territory construction quests had long been exposed. He had prepared sufficient resources, waiting just to upgrade every building within the territory after the level-up.

However, the development of events always differed slightly from his imagination.

At this moment, he not only saw the construction quest, but a Beast Territory Defense quest also appeared.

“How could this be?”

“Didn’t Players on the Forum who upgraded using low-tier tokens say there were only construction quests?”

“Why is there also a Territory Defense quest?”

Frowning in confusion and doubt, Suoluomingwang scanned the content of the entire “Chaos of the Hundred Beasts.” Soon, layers of sweat dripped down his forehead.

It was actually attacks from the Beast Territories surrounding his territory!

“Around my ‘Yuesha Village’, there are at least three unconquerable Beast King Territories. Those are forbidden zones I cannot even approach during normal leveling.”

“Does this quest mean I will have to face an attack from the Beast Kings?”

In the blink of an eye, Suoluomingwang felt the deep malice from the Intellect Brain. It seemed his prepared abundant supplies could not allow Yuesha Village to complete the upgrade quest successfully.

“No, I still have a chance. There must still be a chance.”

“I have three hundred Soldiers and over a thousand Territory Citizens.”

“No matter how many sacrifices it costs, I must complete this quest. The territory must successfully upgrade!”

Caught off guard by the Intellect Brain’s quest, Suoluomingwang forced himself to calm down and summoned Jhatrapati Shivaji, his most trusted Historical Celebrity, to his side.

The former Jhatrapati had single-handedly overthrown the Mughal Dynasty, established by descendants of the Mongol people. He was one of the few historical heroes in India and the representative of the Indian people washing away past disgrace. His status in India remained perpetually high.

Recruiting him to his service had cost Suoluomingwang no small effort. Now, Suoluomingwang was particularly fortunate to have Jhatrapati by his side. Otherwise, as a single individual, he simply could not command such a battle.

Even if this was just a localized small-scale battle limited to one village.

After summoning his capable assistant and explaining the general situation, the young Jhatrapati, dressed as a warrior, considered it for less than five seconds before nodding. “I understand. We must mobilize everyone to participate in the city defense. No one is exempt, not even you.”

“Whatever you say. You command this battle!”

At this moment, how could Suoluomingwang dare to say “no”? He prayed that Jhatrapati could display magical methods to repel the Beast Kings and save his territory.

Unfortunately, sometimes ideas and reality did have some distance.

The high-level Beast Kings in the Beast Territories were not like the declining Mughal Dynasty, nor was the power of his Yuesha Village comparable to the army of volunteer warriors once led by the former Jhatrapati.

When signs of the Beast Kings appeared simultaneously on the south, north, and west of the territory, even if Jhatrapati was as strong as he was, he could not be in two places at once.

They held out for less than half an hour before the Wooden Stockade Wall on the west side was ruthlessly trampled by the hundreds of beasts. The remaining hundreds of Territory Citizens could only retreat to guard the area around the square under Jhatrapati’s command.

In less than an hour, the number of Territory Citizens in Yuesha Village who could still stand was fewer than two hundred.

Jhatrapati was covered in scarlet blood, unable to distinguish whether it was his own or from the beasts. When he retreated back to Suoluomingwang’s side, he urged him wearily, “The territory can no longer be defended. All I can do is lead you to escape from here.”

“But this is my territory.”

“It used to be, but now it might not be.”

Jhatrapati shook his head and pointed to the Beast Kings, who had now merged into one group in the distance. “Even facing just one of them, I could not hold back. If several Beast Kings attack together, I am afraid you will not even have the chance to escape.”

If they did not leave now, even escape would become a luxury!

Suoluomingwang also clearly understood he must face reality. He gnashed his teeth hard. “Fine, we go!”

Since the territory could not be defended, he could not throw himself into the abyss as well. At least by escaping with Jhatrapati, there was still a chance to turn the tables in the future.

Following Jhatrapati as they retreated to the rear, bringing only a dozen Tier 2 Soldiers to break through the blockade, Suoluomingwang gathered all his strength to charge out of the territory.

When he fought his way out of the beast swarm’s encirclement, relying on Jhatrapati, an official notification from the Intellect Brain rang in his ear:

“Beep~ Lord Player ‘Suoluomingwang’ failed to defend effectively in the ‘Chaos of the Hundred Beasts’ quest. As a result, the Territory Stele of ‘Yuesha Village’ was trampled by a Beast King. Player ‘Suoluomingwang’ receives a penalty. The territory ‘Yuesha Village’ is automatically destroyed and will be permanently erased from the India Region.”

Territory breached, permanently erased!

Upon hearing this Intellect Brain notification, Suoluomingwang almost sprayed blood from his mouth.

The territory he had worked hard to cultivate had simply vanished into thin air. Not even the name of the territory could be kept. There would never be a second “Yuesha Village” in the future.

“The ‘Chaos of the Hundred Beasts’ is so terrifying. Why has no one ever mentioned it?” Taking one last look at the territory behind him, where hundreds of beasts had gathered, Suoluomingwang’s eyes were filled with depression and despair.

How could Players possibly complete a quest of this difficulty?

Did their territories all measure just a palm’s width?

The initial excitement of receiving the Gold Token had completely scattered at this moment, along with the loss of the territory.