Chapter 73: Entering Nüwa Village

The Doomsday Ark Alliance was a bandit organization disguised as a religion. In his previous life, this organization had pursued Xu Feng, and Xu Feng had also spent a long time hunting down the high-ranking members of the Doomsday Ark Alliance.

But now, the Doomsday Ark Alliance dared to block the entrance to Nüwa Village. A cold smile crossed Xu Feng’s heart; they were forcing him to set a trap for them.

“Since when did Nüwa Village become the stronghold of the Doomsday Ark Alliance?” Xu Feng sneered.

Two people wearing black cloaks looked up and glared fiercely at Xu Feng. They said, “Nüwa Village is now within the territory of the Doomsday Ark Alliance. If you want to enter, you must join us. Otherwise, please leave.”

The ownership of Nüwa Village had completely belonged to Earth’s Will. It was the first territory owned by Earth’s Will, which was very significant. It was likely to become the first national-level city on Earth.

Such an important status naturally drew more attention from Earth’s Will.

“I request to enter Nüwa Village!” Xu Feng stood at the passage entrance and said calmly.

“Request approved. You may freely enter Nüwa Village!” A mechanical voice sounded in Xu Feng’s ear.

“But now there are people blocking my entry into Nüwa Village,” Xu Feng said.

“Investigating and identifying…”

“The situation you reported is true. Those who obstruct you will face punishment from Earth’s Will.”

Crackle~

Two blinding bolts of lightning appeared out of thin air and struck the two members of the Doomsday Ark Alliance in front of Xu Feng.

Two screams followed, and the two individuals, covered in black smoke, collapsed to the ground.

A single blow had pushed them into near-death state.

Xu Feng let out a cold snort and glanced at the two lying at his feet. Not only were they in near-death state, but their recovery speed was halved. From then on, they would enter a weak state where all their attributes were reduced by 90% for the next month.

This was because it was their first offense. If they committed the same mistake again, the next time, they would be directly killed, without even a near-death state.

There were many people in the passage, all Earth’s Chosen who wanted to enter Nüwa Village. In the past, because Earth’s Will had been dormant, and the Doomsday Ark Alliance members blocked the way, no one had reported such situations to Earth’s Will. As a result, many were barred from entering Nüwa Village or were forced to join the Doomsday Ark Alliance.

However, today’s scene astonished many. Their gazes toward the Doomsday Ark Alliance became thoughtful.

“I didn’t know we could do that. If I had known, I wouldn’t have joined this cult.”

“Yeah, so we could just request entry directly. Hmph, the Doomsday Ark Alliance is in trouble now…”

“This cult used to bully us Solo Players by occupying the entrance to Nüwa Village. Let’s see how they act tough now. If they dare, send more people to block the passage…”

“Wah, if I had known it was possible, Xiao Shan wouldn’t have died…”

The passage entrance buzzed with voices, and the faces of the Doomsday Ark Alliance members turned pale. Watching person after person stride confidently into Nüwa Village, those cultists in black cloaks and hoods looked so gloomy that water could drip from their faces, but they could do nothing about it.

“Hurry and report to the leader,” a minor boss whispered.

Several black-clad individuals rushed toward the village.

As Xu Feng entered Nüwa Village, his eyes brightened. Nüwa Village no longer resembled its initial state with a few thatched huts. Now, a gravel road wide enough for two cars stretched from the passage entrance all the way into Nüwa Village.

On both sides of the main road in Nüwa Village stood rows of stone houses: a Blacksmith Shop, a tavern, a tailor shop, and residences, all arranged neatly. Along the street, many people sat in front of black cloths, with equipment and materials emitting white light placed on them.

Xu Feng smiled slightly at these people, a familiar warmth rising in his heart. In the past, he had been like them, laying out a black cloth by the roadside to set up a stall.

Such stalls were unprotected and easily robbed. Only when Nüwa Village reached the town level would a market be built. Stalls set up in the market would be safer after paying a fee.

In his previous life, this was a camp built by human Chosen Ones. It had always been a Level 1 Village, and no market ever appeared; they could only set up stalls like this.

Xu Feng strolled casually, observing. Most of the stall owners had One-Star Strength, and the items they sold were mostly related to the Fish Monsters in Resort Lake or items dug up from boxes near Resort Lake.

“How much for this Antidote?” Xu Feng stopped at a stall and asked.

“One hundred Fate Points per bottle.”

There were two Antidotes on this stall, and one hundred Fate Points wasn’t expensive. Without haggling, Xu Feng bought them and tucked them into his chest.

As he walked, Xu Feng bought any good items he saw, as long as the price was low.

Soon, his over thousand Fate Points were all spent.

“Ding, you have received one hundred thousand Fate Points. Please check.”

His Communicator flashed, conveying a message.

Opening it, he saw that the one hundred thousand Fate Points promised by Sun Lei had been transferred.

At this stage, most people having a few thousand Fate Points were considered rich. Xu Feng obtaining one hundred thousand Fate Points all at once made him an overnight upstart.

“With this starting capital, I can make some good investments. I won’t have to worry about Fate Points anymore,” Xu Feng thought to himself.

Reborn into this life, Xu Feng had many opportunities to make money, but his goal was to improve his own strength, not to become a wealthy man in the apocalypse.

Otherwise, just a few pieces of advanced information could have made him extremely rich.

Moving through the crowd, Xu Feng arrived in front of a building under construction.

“Adventurer’s Guild?” Xu Feng glanced at the sign placed beside it, not yet hung up.

“I never thought that a Level 3 Village could build an Adventurer’s Guild. Earth’s Will is cheating,” Xu Feng thought, rubbing his chin.

If it were a camp built by players, the village had to be upgraded to the corresponding level before constructing the relevant buildings.

All guild buildings required a Level 1 Town to be built. But in Nüwa Village, at just Level 3 Village, they had started building the Adventurer’s Guild.

Earth’s Will was exploiting a loophole in the rules. This Adventurer’s Guild was constantly under construction, but if Nüwa Village didn’t upgrade to a town, it would remain under construction indefinitely, never completed.

But could Nüwa Village fail to upgrade to a town? Of course not. On the day Nüwa Village upgraded to a Level 1 Town, all the buildings required for the town would be completed simultaneously, allowing it to directly upgrade to a Level 2 Town, greatly accelerating the upgrade speed.

However, only Earth’s Will could do this. Others building camps couldn’t; they lacked materials to build even the structures corresponding to their camp level, let alone construct other buildings in advance.