Chapter 179: Discussing the Upgrade

“The population has finally reached the maximum value.”

“Now, it is time to upgrade Daming Village to a Small Town Territory.”

While eating breakfast with Mother Mo and Little Dot, Mo Xiaobai felt a hint of hesitation in his mind for the first time.

Before this, even during the Chaos of the Hundred Beasts, Mo Xiaobai had hardly ever hesitated. But regarding the “Town Establishment,” he truly dared not make a decision lightly.

With every upgrade of a Territory, the difficulty of the subsequent tasks doubles. For a major leap like “Town Establishment,” going from a Village to a Town, the difficulty increases by far more than just a little.

“If it were just about increased difficulty, that would be easy to handle. The key is that the types of Town Establishment tasks are so complex. Even after fifteen years in his past life, he had never heard of anyone receiving a duplicate Town Establishment task. Saying there are millions is not an exaggeration.”

“If he randomly got a task he had never heard of, and it was extremely difficult, even he would have a headache.”

Mo Xiaobai looked down in deep thought. Seeing this, Mother Mo couldn’t help but speak up: “What’s wrong today? Is my steamed bun not tasty? Your sister is enjoying hers.”

“Oh, no, I’m fine. Mom, you guys eat, don’t worry about me.” Mo Xiaobai looked up upon hearing this and took a bite of a meat bun.

“You say you’re fine. You’ve always been like this since you were little. When you have something on your mind, you lower your head. You can tell me anything. Even if I can’t help, it’s good to just talk about it.”

Mother Mo shook her head and continued, “Or maybe it’s something too private to say? If it’s inconvenient, then forget it. Just eat your breakfast quickly. Cold food doesn’t taste good.”

“There’s nothing like that I can’t say. I was just thinking about upgrading to a Small Town.”

Mo Xiaobai chewed his bun, swallowed, and continued, “The stats for Daming Village have all reached the upgrade standard. I am considering whether or not to upgrade.”

“Upgrade? So soon?”

Hearing this, Mother Mo was surprised. “Just two days ago, I saw on the Forum that another Player in Huaxia had successfully upgraded to a Village Level 3. Our Daming Village is already ready to upgrade to a Small Town?”

“Your son is the Number One Lord of the Plane,” Mo Xiaobai said with a smile, nodding. “Since others are catching up, of course, I need to widen the gap a bit more.”

He knew exactly what Mother Mo said. Recently, among the players who had just finished upgrading, Shangshan Ruoshui was one of them.

For the next while, there would be a surge of players upgrading to Level 3 Villages. As for Gold Grade Level 2 Villages, Mo Xiaobai wasn’t sure. Perhaps they had already appeared, or maybe they were still hiding at Level 1.

“Since you put it that way, what are you waiting for? If you can upgrade, just upgrade. If Daming Village becomes a Town, shouldn’t it be called Daming Town?”

Mother Mo’s thinking was simple. Since her son wanted to keep the Number One seat, then he should upgrade. Being the creator of the Number One Small Town in the Plane was a title that sounded much flashier than the Number One Village Level 3.

“I also know I should upgrade, but I’m not entirely sure about the task after upgrading to a Town.”

Mo Xiaobai voiced his hesitation in his heart and looked at Mother Mo. “Mom, if it were you, how much certainty would you need before upgrading?”

“I think I understand now. Son, you don’t want to take a risk, right?”

Mother Mo did not answer Mo Xiaobai’s question directly. Instead, she asked back and then added, “I don’t understand anything about Territory construction or upgrade tasks. However, I know that if you want to do great things, you cannot look ahead and backward. If you truly have no confidence, just give up the worry entirely. After all, compared to other Players’ territories, Daming Village has always been far ahead.”

“But son, if you want to leave other Players behind in the dust, you will definitely need to take some risks. The world has many smart people besides you. You have had a smooth few months already. Why not face some storms? Besides, son, you don’t need to worry. Your father’s side is doing just fine. Even if it truly fails, our whole family will at least have an escape route. We won’t be unable to survive in the Plane.”

Hearing what his mother said, Mo Xiaobai clenched his right hand into a fist.

Just as Mother Mo said, relying on his rebirth memories, his development had been extremely smooth for the past few months. Now that he suddenly realized the advantage of his rebirth memories might be disappearing, he instinctively felt resistance.

“He cannot let the advantage of rebirth cloud his mind. He also needs the ability to face storms and waves.”

“This Town Establishment task is the perfect test for himself. Even without relying on ‘spoiler-like’ memories, he must succeed in building the Number One Small Town in the Plane.”

Thinking of this, Mo Xiaobai took a deep breath and looked at his mother. “Mom, thank you for waking me up.”

“You, always talking about waking up. You’ve been lazy since you were little, always wanting to live the most comfortable life.” Mother Mo shook her head, amused. She pointed to the plate with two buns left. “Are you going to eat them? If not, I’ll take them away.”

“I’m not eating them. You can clear the plate.”

Mo Xiaobai waved his hand. Then, remembering something, he took out a pile of items from his backpack and placed them on the table. “Mom, here is 500 Gold Coins, a Silver Talisman, and a Migration Talisman. If the upgrade task truly fails and Daming Village gets removed from the Intellect Brain, these three things will be our chance to make a comeback. Please keep them safe for me for now.”

“So many Gold Coins! You, little rascal, spend money so carelessly, yet you can also hoard wealth.”

“Haha~ Mom, our Daming Village is very wealthy. This is just a part of it, just for insurance. Please take it. I’m going to find Guo Yuan and the others to discuss it again.”

After handing the items to his mother, Mo Xiaobai made up his mind and immediately ordered people to invite Guo Yuan, Li Ji, Li Guang, Guo Jia, and the Dong Family’s eldest daughter to the Baron’s Manor.

“Everyone here today are the Elite of our Daming Village and should all have some affection for this place. I have gathered you all today for only one thing.”

After seating everyone in the Council Hall of the Manor, Mo Xiaobai raised his right index finger.

“Daming Village is finally ready to upgrade to a Town!”

Upgrade to a Town?

Hearing Mo Xiaobai speak, a few people in the room were somewhat surprised.

It was not that they were surprised that Daming Village was upgrading and expanding. They were surprised that Mo Xiaobai wanted to bring everyone together to discuss this.

“Just establish the town, right? Everyone here has seen a great city that can hold 100,000 people.”

“I know you might be a bit confused, which is why I invited everyone. Because this upgrade to a Town will require us to complete a task.”

Seeing the confusion in the eyes of Dong Zhen and others, Mo Xiaobai immediately explained, “I don’t know exactly what the task will be, not even me. But the task certainly won’t be easy to complete. So, for this task, I will be taking Zini. Ziyang, you must stay and help Guo Yuan temporarily manage the affairs of Daming Village. Additionally, Maogong and Flying General must go with me. Junyi will temporarily replace Li Ji to handle military affairs for a while.”

“Fengxiao will also leave with us, so the Projection Hall must close temporarily. Also, Miss Jun Xin, if you have no urgent matters, I hope you can lend me a hand.”