The next day, he woke up in a daze.
When he opened his eyes, he found Nezario licking his face.
"Go, go, go…" He stuffed a mouthful of black iron-tier mist cores into his mouth and sent him away.
He wanted to go back to sleep, but lazed around in bed when he realized that he couldn't fall back into slumber.
Instead, he lay on the bed and turned on the world channel, wanting to dive for a while.
And maybe roast some losers while he was at it.
Then, Zhou Zhou saw a large number of lords' comments appear on the world channel.
At the top of the world channel, there was a blood-red announcement that he had never seen before.
[Cerulean Planet's Lord Announcement: There are only three days left until the novice lord test. All lords, please work hard to develop in the remaining three days. Otherwise, you will be eliminated by the fog monsters!]
[Prompt: In this novice lord test, the lords who pass the test will receive a reward!]
[The better the performance of the lord, the richer the rewards!]
[The lord who performs the best will receive the highest reward personally given by the Supreme Will!]
[Please work hard to develop and seize this opportunity!]
[Countdown: 95 hours: 32 minutes: 46 seconds]
…
Zhou Zhou raised his eyebrows.
He looked at the other lords' opinions on this announcement as he processed the information.
[I thought the novice lord test was just a simple test. I didn't expect a reward!!]
[I have a Yellow gold-tier lord talent. I will definitely stand out in this test!]
[Blazing Shit, Dragon Lady, Knight Lord, and Undead Lord haven't even spoken yet. Why are you with a Yellow gold-tier lord talent making noise?]
[I don't want to compare to those freaks. With my Yellow gold-tier lord talent, it shouldn't be a problem for me to scoop up some soup that the big shots don't want, right?]
[I still want to fight for it even though I don't have a lord talent.]
[Blazing Sun: You can always do what I said. You'll definitely awaken your lord talent.]
[Thank you, Blazing Shit, but I have no desire to die.]
[Blazing Shit, do you think you can come out on top in this test? Or would you be crushed by the Dragon Lady and the others?]
[Blazing Sun: Who among them have ever done anything worth being mentioned by the world channel? That should give you an answer.]
[Damn! Blazing Shit just roasted the other top lords! This test is definitely going be interesting to watch!]
[Blazing Shit, you can't get carried away just because you're ahead of the others. I heard the Dragon Lady would also conquer the territory of a scarlet lord before the day of the novice test comes!]
[Blazing Sun: Well, that's good for her. Dragon Lady, if you ever need some advice, I can direct you to the location of my territory. I have a warm cozy bed for the both of us.]
[F*ck you, Blazing Shit! How dare you have such filthy thoughts towards the Dragon Lady!? Do you think you're worth anything in front of her!?]
[Blazing Shit, if you dare speak of such filths again, I will make sure the #huntforblazingshit never ends!]
[Start it now! #huntforblazingshit!]
[#huntforblazingshit +1]
[...ingshit +2]
[...ingshit +3]
[...ingshit +109,031]
[Blazing Sun: I hope to see you all too!]
[This is it! I got goose-bumps just reading Blazing Shit's reply!]
[Even in the face of hundreds of thousands of lords, the filth, the dirt, the degenerate, Blazing Shit, showed no atom of fear!]
[Blazing Shit is my role model!]
[You should do a better job finding a role model!]
[Imitating Blazing Shit - The ultimate reward of the novice lord test belongs to me, the Son of Heaven!]
[Imitating Blazing Shit - My falcon corps is ready to tear through any hindrance at any time!]
[Not Imitating Blazing Shit - I've only summoned six professionals over the past four days. Do you think I can pass this novice lord test?]
[Dude, you've spoilt the fun! I was about to do mine!]
[I can't lie when I might die 4 days from now!]
[If you feel that you can't pass, find a way out as soon as possible. Give up your status as a lord and find a local faction to be an ordinary person.-
-It's not that I want to hurt anyone's feelings, but your lives are the most important. Don't you think so?]
[I'm tempted. There seems to be a local faction near my territory!]
[A bunch of cowards! No wonder Blazing Shit looks down on the lot of us. A real man should treat this test as his chance. The test isn't here yet and you want to escape already?]
[Not everyone has the heart to fight for supremacy.]
[That's right, who wants to be a lord! I was dragged forcefully here, okay! You and Blazing Shit can conquer as much territory as you want, but count me out!]
[This novice lord test will determine if you are a dragon or a worm!]
…
"Filth! How can someone be so disgusting!?" Suzanne Margaret cursed out loud as she stomped her feet repeatedly on the ground.
"He better hopes I don't find! I will send my wyverns to tear him apart!" She vowed.
..
The world channel displayed all kinds of human emotions.
Some were tempted, some were wavering, and some were already thinking of retreating.
However, most of the lords were still filled with ambition and anticipation for this novice lord test.
Zhou Zhou was no exception.
"I have a legendary-tier lord talent and soldiers ready to improve their combat abilities! There's no reason not to fight for this supreme reward!"
"I can't underestimate the other lords since their lord talent might grow stronger in later stages.'
'Although, mine is the same too, I can't rest any more than is required!"
"The novice test supreme reward isn't the title of lord of all races. I won't stop until the title is mine or I die chasing after it!" He swore.
He did not become egoistic with the achievements and fame of the past three days nor was he in the mood to continue sleeping in.
He simply got up and walked out of the lord's wooden house.
Bai Yung and the others had already woken up and were eating breakfast.
Zhou Zhou washed up quickly and joined in.
Finishing his meal, he headed to the gate of summoning and prepared to summon his subjects on the fourth day.
A golden text notification appeared.
[Prompt: Do you want to summon immediately?]
"Yes!" He immediately said.
The next second, the gate of summoning suddenly lit up with white light, and 12 people walked out.
"Greetings, my lord!"
When the 12 new subjects saw Zhou Zhou, they immediately said respectfully.
"Welcome to Blazing Sun City." Zhou Zhou said as usual.
Then, he began to check the attributes of the 12 new subjects.
These 12 subjects were six men and six women.
10 of them were ordinary people without any profession.
As for the other two, one of them was a black iron-tier intermediate grade female chef.
The other person was a cartographer, a young boy who was only 15 years old.
He looked delicate and young, but his eyes were quite determined.
[Subject: Wu Tu]
[Territory: Blazing Sun City]
[Life Profession: Cartographer]
[Profession Class: Black iron-tier intermediate grade]
[Ability Overview: He has a 'image memory' talent. He could 'record' the scenery he saw with his brush.-
-He is good at drawing all kinds of terrain distribution, natural resource gathering points, mountains and rivers, and the territory of monsters.]
[Skills: Talent – Image memory, black iron-tier intermediate grade (graphic skill, terrain recognition, monster recognition, medicinal herb recognition, mineral recognition), black iron-tier elementary grade fish spring town, black iron-tier intermediate grade (maple town, gobi desert, raven forest)]
[Loyalty: 75]
[Potential: Yellow gold-tier advance grade]
Zhou Zhou was a little surprised.
This was the first time he had seen a human with talent in skills.
Moreover, it was not a racial talent like the elementary grade mental potential.
This person's potential was also higher than average since he actually had Yellow gold-tier advance grade potential!
What surprised Zhou Zhou the most was… This child was clearly not very old, but he had unexpectedly mastered many skills.
His caliber was second only to Elder Zhao among the people he knew.
He put away the surprise in his heart and began to distribute these people.
Zhou Zhou assigned the 5 men without any profession to Elder Zhao. Elder Zhao and the others were building new buildings every day, but they were very short of manpower.
Elder Zhao, this old man, sometimes had to personally carry stones and metals.
Therefore, it was necessary to assign construction personnel to him and his student, Qian Du.
The lady chef was assigned to assist Qin Guang, his wife and the other 6 women in the kitchen, bringing the number of cooks to 8.
As for the 5 other women, he assigned them to Bao Xiu'er and requested that they get trained.
The important of life professionals could not be more emphasized.
Finally, Zhou Zhou looked at Wu Tu.
Wu Tu was a child that has developed issues in regards to his superiors. Under Zhou Zhou's gaze, he quickly became a little nervous.
"Don't be afraid of me. I'm not going to eat you. Go to the gnome alchemy workshop later and apply for a mechanostrider from the workshop owner, Ashburn. After you get it, get familiar with it."
"When you have completely mastered it, follow the soldier by the name of Man Nao in the exploration of the surrounding information of the territory. Draw a map for me."
"This mission is important. Can you do that?" He asked the kid.
"I can! That's what I did in the military. I'm already familiar with it." Wu Tu said confidently.
"Okay. I like how confident you are. Since you're so confident, I will entrust you with a heavy responsibility and make you the vice-captain of my scout team if you can satisfy my conditions. How about that?" Zhou Zhou said.
Since there was only Man Nao in the scout team, he would end up the vice-captain either way until someone better joins in.
And he also did not look down on him because he was young and wanted to give this talented child a chance.
In any case, he would only be the vice-captain.
Man Nao could look out for him and prevent him from doing anything wrong.
When Wu Tu heard Zhou Zhou's words, his eyes could not help but light up.
When he was in the army, no matter how much knowledge he learned or how many skills he mastered, he did not gain the trust of many soldiers because of his tender age.
He did not expect this lord to trust him so much after he came here.
'My lord seemed to be different from the other of my superiors…'
The young man thought.
Then, he nodded vigorously.
"I'll definitely become the vice-captain!"
The lord in front of him smiled at him before turning to leave.
..