Lu Yao received a long phone call from home.
His mother first asked if he would come home for the Chinese New Year, then inquired about his health and the progress of his work, and finally naturally transitioned to personal questions.
How long until marriage? Does he have a girlfriend? Is there anyone he likes at work? He wouldn’t like men, would he?
Lu Yao felt his scalp tingling from the questions.
The whole process lasted for more than an hour, and every word his mother said seemed to have hidden intentions, filled with an oppressive feeling comparable to that of a god, making him extremely cautious.
Finally, the routine urging from home came to an end, and Lu Yao was covered in cold sweat.
He returned to his computer.
At this time, a new prompt popped up in the simulator.
【Salt City has abolished the slave system.】
【Because of the abolition of the slave system, everyone’s attack has been slightly reduced, and defense has been slightly increased.】
In just one phone call, a political upheaval had occurred in Salt City.
Slave traders were executed or expelled, and all the slaves in the city were unconditionally released. The houses and remaining property of the slave traders also became public property of Salt City.
A paddle steamer sailed into the still under repair harbor from the northern ocean.
An old man named Shang Li, with white hair and a cane, returned to his former city.
The citizens were filled with question marks and astonishment.
“Is that… the former mayor?”
“Didn’t the former mayor die?”
“You must have received the blessing of the gods.”
“No, no, it’s a conspiracy by the slave traders! They tried to kill the former mayor…”
With the support of a young man, Shang Li, who had lost his left eye, arrived in front of the library and said to everyone, “Citizens, please listen to me.”
The people quieted down.
“Twenty years ago, they conspired and sank my ship, almost causing me to perish at sea. But under the protection of God Yao, I was able to survive until today.”
“Salt City encourages commercial trade, but it will never allow slave trading!”
“Now we will correct this cruel mistake.”
…
Next, Shang Li first visited the prophet Dorennunu in the temple and received his support. Then he quickly issued a series of decrees.
First, slave trading was deemed illegal, and any trafficking of people and slave trading would not be recognized by Salt City and would be severely punished and expelled.
The Northern Temple Army was officially renamed the 【City Defense Army】, retaining one hundred soldiers, with Tonghai as the commander. They were the first professional soldiers of Salt City, receiving regular salaries and responsible for defending and patrolling the city.
The City Defense Army and the corruptor legion commanded by General Yangeer were two separate systems, with the former dealing with ordinary affairs and the latter dealing with transcendent individuals.
The Citizens’ Council and the tax system were preserved.
The council would select representatives from various industries, including farmers, craftsmen, scholars, merchants, sailors, and shepherds.
The tax system became fairer, no longer favoring merchants directly, but instead imposing additional taxes on commercial trade…
These policies were engraved on a stone monument in the central square, with two scholars explaining them to prevent illiterate people from being unable to understand.
Lu Yao didn’t read them carefully; he had a new focus.
– Great god, a believer has made a heroic feat that surpasses the same group. Do you need to transform him into a hero?
The pixel character with hero qualifications is named Tonghai, 37 years old.
Lu Yao clicked yes.
In the character illustration, Tonghai is a strong man carrying a hammer. He is wearing bronze armor, has a square face and a broad nose, and a thick beard around his mouth. In the picture, he stands on the deck of a ship, gazing into the distance.
Under the illustration, there is a sentence.
– I am not a hero, I am just a husband with a hammer.
…
【Hero Lv7】Tonghai
Attack 7 Defense 7 Knowledge 0 Mana 0 Luck 1 Morale 2
【Abilities】
Warrior Lv1: Born with combat talent, able to grow rapidly.
Evasion Lv2: Can evade some damage caused by attacks. Compared to his weak life, this probability is higher.
【History】
At the age of 19, his wife Mahaya was sold, and after killing the slave trader, he joined the Northern Temple Army.
At the age of 37, he led the Northern Temple Army to capture Salt City and end its slave system.
…
Feeling the blessing from the god, an exclamation mark appeared above Tonghai’s head, and he immediately knelt down on the ground. “Thank you for your gift, almighty God Yao.”
“Great god, your devout believer asks if you can guide me to find my Mahaya?”
Lu Yao tried clicking with the mouse, and when he clicked on Mahaya’s name in Tonghai’s 【History】 column, there was actually a reaction.
The perspective suddenly switched to a forest outside Salt City.
In the center of the picture was a pile of scattered bones.
Mahaya was already dead.
And there was no indication of the ghost city Sanilo, indicating that when Mahaya died, Scott and the others responsible for guiding her did not find her, causing her to sink completely into the Sea of Farewell.
Lu Yao guided the hero Tonghai to this place.
The hero character remained silent for a moment and picked up a skull from the ground.
“Mahaya, my dear Mahaya… you have already gone to another world.”
“I will come find you, but not now. Please wait for me.”
Tonghai knelt on the ground and prayed to the sky, “No words can express my gratitude and reverence. Thank you for your mercy, great god.”
He buried the white bones in the ground.
Next, Tonghai went to find Shang Li.
“Mayor, I cannot serve as the commander of the City Defense Army.”
“The god has revealed to me that Mahaya is already dead.””But the slave traders have not completely disappeared. They are hiding overseas, still threatening the freedom of many people. I will continue to hunt down these pests and liberate all the slaves in the world.”
Old Merchant Li did not persuade him, but gave his blessing: “Go, Copper Sea, go. You are destined to be a hero who will be remembered in history. I sincerely wish you smooth sailing.”
The hero carrying the hammer boarded a paddle sailboat, heading towards the next battle.
……
Lu Yao pulled his perspective back to Salt City and entered the temple.
After the era update, he had not seen the White God and did not know the current situation of this subordinate god.
In the temple of Salt City, the White God was now rummaging through the piled-up offerings.
Lu Yao’s face darkened at the sight.
Fortunately, the pixel people could not gaze at the gods, otherwise, seeing a white wild boar swimming around in various foods and treasures, eating and drinking wildly, their faith would probably be shattered.
Sensing the gaze of the main god, the White God, like a fat pig doing a push-up, sprang up.
“Main God! Your faithful subordinate god is always waiting for your command.”
Since you have volunteered, it would be unreasonable not to assign you some tasks.
Lu Yao glanced at the situation of the White God.
Population: 2,942 Faith: 2,922
This is what you call a real winner. Absolutely winning.
The White God didn’t need to make much effort, just lying down and earning faith. As long as the number of believers controlled by Lu Yao was large, this subordinate god could enjoy the shade under the big tree. There were always some believers willing to worship him, hoping to receive the blessing of this god of treasure.
Lu Yao gave the order.
– Go to the new continent in the south and develop believers.
The White God shivered.
However, he did not dare to disobey and immediately responded: “Yes! I will go to the south to develop believers right away!”
He left the temple and turned into a white shadow, rushing into the western sea, and hurriedly diving towards the south.
This local god had a body, the advantage of which was that it was convenient to act and operate, and it itself was a movable statue.
After the era change, a new continent emerged from the north and south of the sea.
Lu Yao pondered.
According to the reminder in the Simulator, elves and symbiotic forests appeared. There was no change in the forest of the western continent, the eastern continent was still a prairie, the north was an ice field, so the elves were likely in the new southern continent.
Lu Yao clicked on the item bar.
Next was one of his favorite parts.
Item testing!
Fire Box and Dwarf Fortress, one by one.
He flexed his fingers and first clicked on the wonder “Aegir’s Fire”.
The meteorite inventory was still 1/5.
Thirty years had passed in the pixel world, and not even a single round of ammunition had been replenished.
Lu Yao threw the Fire Box into Aegir’s Fire and clicked on the open option on the Fire Box.
The black mountain range suddenly erupted into a volcano!
Flames shot into the sky, smoke filled the air, and the surrounding forests and grasslands visibly withered. Forest elemental creatures and animals were scared and scattered.
Lu Yao rained twice around to avoid causing a forest fire.
At this time, a surge of flames in the volcano, and a fierce red dragon head drilled out, spraying a pillar of fire into the sky! Half of the sky was instantly dyed red.
Lu Yao noticed that Aegir’s Fire had become LV2.
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(End of this chapter)