Compared to when I left, Friendship Town has undergone significant changes. The number of houses has increased by more than double, and the village is extremely lively. Moreover, it's also experiencing a rare downpour in the northwest region.
However, I felt everything was so familiar and so comforting. This place is truly my home!
With a scream, a dozen acquaintances rushed towards me, surrounding me in the middle. I didn't expect everyone to be here.
"5555, boss, I miss you so much. I thought you had deleted your account!"
"Damn it, no news for so long. This time, I must keep your number!"
"Hmph, you really are lazy. You left the village affairs alone and let us friends worry about them. Pay us the money!"
"Ha, he's not being lazy. He's doing something serious - courting a woman! You didn't see? Even the sister-in-law has come back. Sister-in-law, you're so beautiful!"
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Finally, Baxter forcefully interrupted everyone: "Stop fooling around! Has the Fire God's Eye fallen? I have already made advertisements in various cities, saying that the lottery will start in ten days. It's been seven days now, and I'm really getting desperate."
I nodded and smiled: "It's still there. I also brought back many treasures. Let's do something bigger this time!"
Seeing the treasures I was showing everyone, everyone's eyes turned green. Bai Yu, Honey, the one who was always on the lookout, the Baxter brothers, were my best friends. I gave them a few useful pieces of equipment, and others, I didn't bother. Only then did I realize that Tiger King wasn't here.
After asking, I learned that Tiger King's former brothers had already obtained the villages in some other countries, or had become the leaders or the leaders of the mercenary groups. They all asked him to come and help, so Tiger King left three days ago.
To tell the truth, the number of players who obtained territories in the game is still very small. Tiger King and his brothers were able to get the territories thanks to me telling the best few friends. As long as you build up the poorest villages in the game and quickly gain more than four-fifths of the contribution, you can get the territory. Therefore, Tiger King and his brothers were in reality contacting their friends and looking for poor villages in various countries. Now, three places have succeeded.
While being happy for Tiger King's friends, I felt a bit sad. Tiger King, after all, was my first friend in this game and the most trustworthy. If I were to tell a friend that I was a vegetable, it would only be him. Unfortunately, I didn't see him when I came back.
However, the things Baxter told me next made me happy again.
After Jean and his brothers settled down in Friendship Town, because they were extremely righteous, they gathered a large group of friends and began to eliminate the "mine protection teams" and other things in Friendship Town.
Jean and his men were soldiers in reality, and Jean was a company commander. After leading his brothers to fight against various forces several times and having victories and defeats, the commander of the group found out about the situation.
That commander was also a passionate fan of the game. In a fit of anger, he issued an assembly order to the entire group and gathered in Friendship Town!
The main leisure activity of the troops now is online games, because online games don't require going out of the camp and won't cause trouble. It is widely recognized as the "best place for soldiers to vent their emotions".
Tianji Company is also very good at doing business. They offer a 50% discount to active military players and develop various small games that can train tactical skills. With strong public relations, various countries' defense ministries have also issued regulations to extend the time for soldiers to play the game, citing that progress can also be made in the game.
Even famous media published articles such as: "On the Positive Effects of 'Infinite World' on War Theory", "An army that doesn't play 'Infinite World' is a backward army!", "Why do we say that soldiers who don't play 'Infinite World' are not good soldiers?" and so on.
The troops in the game are a very important group in the infinite world. Besides their own quick response, their high physical strength, the most important thing is their high unity and discipline.
Therefore, Jean's subordinates and the soldiers of his brother troops, although separated by thousands of miles, still sold all the items they could and gathered the travel expenses to arrive in Friendship Town.
Because these soldiers arrived in batches, various forces still didn't know the situation and constantly called friends to gather in Friendship Town and launched fierce battles.
My dream of two gangs coming to fight in Friendship Town once was to make a fortune from the war. This dream has been realized this time.
When thousands of soldiers gathered in Friendship Town, the various forces finally lost.
In fact, the combined forces could mobilize up to tens of thousands of people. However, one reason was the scattered distribution and the other was the weak cohesion, so only a few thousand people came to Friendship Town to participate in the battle. Although all the forces formed an alliance, their combat effectiveness and organizational skills still had a considerable gap compared to these soldiers.
In particular, Jean's superior commander, after reporting to the division headquarters, ordered all the soldiers of the entire regiment to engage in continuous combat for 24 hours without stopping, no matter how tired they were!
The battle lasted for 36 hours. Including Friendship Town, the red and blue drugs in the surrounding 30 villages were all out of stock. Restaurants sold out of food, rentals were no longer available, and even the house prices in the area were skyrocketing.
The final result was that all the forces withdrew from Friendship Town, including some groups that were not considered forces but were just a small group of friends, and also left.
To expel the less than 500-person security team, a million-person battle broke out. Friendship Town became famous for this battle.
However, now as the players' money increased and they could afford the expenses, the organized players scattered around began to gather. Groups of several thousand people could be seen everywhere. Therefore, large-scale wars occurred frequently in the game. Like this "Friendship Town Battle", the scale was only ranked ninth on the player's war list.
After the war, Jean's comrades took this opportunity to choose the location in Sunset City and formed the gang "Learning Lei Feng Hall", and left many people in Friendship Town.
Since they had made so many sacrifices, it was reasonable for these soldiers to use the resources of Friendship Town. However, although there was gratitude and friendship (my friends fought alongside Jean in the war), the Tiger King still very seriously asked Jean not to monopolize the various resources of Friendship Town and allow other players to level up and mine.
After Jean's superior commander learned this, he not only did not get angry but also praised the Tiger King and called him brother from then on. At the same time, he also agreed to the Tiger King's request.
Because there was no "security team" or "boss killing team" in Friendship Town, its reputation greatly improved. More players came to settle there, and with the continuous arrival of NPCs, the population now reached over 500 people, and various attributes had also greatly improved.
I couldn't help but be excited when I saw such a big change in Friendship Town after I left. My first feeling was: "Making friends is so good!"
In the game before, I went by the pseudonym "Unlucky Star", acting alone and doing everything myself. Although I did achieve some accomplishments, they were all personal and it was impossible to build a territory or do ordinary business without the help of friends.
Jean might not have expelled those players just to help me. But if I didn't know Jean, how could I have achieved this result?
I first thanked Jean, but immediately was "cut" by that big guy Soto: "We just don't like those people. What do you have to do with me, kid? Come on, you this lord really sucks. Being so messed up by so many people in your territory, you just have to tolerate it!"
I felt a bit embarrassed. This big guy really likes to oppose me.
Jean smiled: "With the Lord of Heaven, my brother, is a German. His personality is more straightforward. Don't mind it."
I hummed in response. Chinese soldiers fighting side by side with Germans, this is probably only seen in the game. I wonder if the big guy would help one side if the two countries had conflicts in the game?
At this time, Julie was blushing from being called "sister-in-law" by everyone. I hurriedly introduced her identity and briefly summarized this trip to the Valley of Mystery.
However, halfway through, I found that all these guys had gone astray. Julie became the center of their attention, one by one asking her about long and short stories and showing excessive flattery. I wonder if players can marry NPCs. Ah, there are indeed fewer female players in the game. Girls like Julie, who have no boyfriends and are so gentle and beautiful, are even rarer. No wonder, they pity these single men.
One more thing, since Julie is an NPC, these men are completely not afraid of blushing. They can say all the cheesy things they dare not say in real life. If there were no "rebound" factor, they wouldn't know what they would do to Julie.
I shouted loudly, "Julie, come, I'll take you to the workplace."
I placed Julie in a restaurant, and most of these men followed us in. Well, let them try the skills of the only god-level chef on the continent back then!
After leaving the restaurant, I looked back and saw only Jean and Baxter left.
Jean waved to a girl not far away, "Xiaoyue, come here, I'll introduce you!"
I looked up and saw this girl was very gentle and her appearance was very beautiful. She was holding the baby that Jean brought back.
The NPC's growth time in the game is very fast, basically 10:1 compared to the real world. So this baby is already three months old.
Seeing this baby, I still had a strange feeling. I greeted this girl named "Xiaoyue Morning Star" and forced myself to suppress the discomfort and tried to reach out to play with the baby, but the baby immediately began to cry loudly.
I quickly withdrew my hand and smiled at Jean, "Congratulations! You found a girl who likes this child as much as you do."
Xiaoyue lowered her head shyly and comforted the baby. Jean smiled, "I also congratulate you! The system has informed that you are the first couple to get married. Why didn't you bring your sister-in-law back?"
I laughed, "She has something to do. By the way, you guys should consider getting married, it might be a nice reward for the second couple too."
Jean and Xiaoyue exchanged a glance, and Xiaoyue lowered her head again. Jean smiled, "OK, tell me where I can get married?"
I told Jean the location and entry methods of the city, and Jean immediately went to the city with Xiaoyue without waiting for any further instructions.
Baxter kept smiling at us. After Jean left, he reported the other situation.
Since I wasn't there, some advanced facilities in the town couldn't be built without my approval, so the surface of the town didn't change much, but the population was over 500, and the economy and production had risen to nearly 400. With the income brought by the 10,000 players to Friendship Town, the town's finances now have over 3,000 gold coins.
Also, because we bought high-quality grass seeds and cows, now the Kazakh people no longer need to migrate over long distances, and their income has also increased a lot.
Looking at Baxter who was reporting and analyzing carefully, I was really touched. This Jewish friend has spent so much effort for my village. Moreover, he only asked for my salary jokingly and never mentioned any demands to me.
However, I know that I owe him a favor and will surely repay him twice over in the future. Because he has become a trustworthy friend to me.
Perhaps, making friends with sincerity is one of the reasons why Jews become rich.
After understanding the situation, we immediately started working. I approved the construction of several new shops. Since there are many warrior classes in Jean's area, I approved a junior warrior union. Also, to attract female players to adjust our "single town", we specially opened a beauty salon.
Seeing the "Little Liang Coffee House" forced by the system to open in the town was very popular, I approved a coffee shop. We couldn't compete in selling coffee, but we had the milk sent by the Kazakh people.
After these projects were approved, an open tender was conducted. Even Fimir had to participate. The one who offered the lowest price would be given the job to build.
Why not build it yourself? With my mediocre third-level architectural skills, even if I combined my mind and technique, the quality of the construction would still be far inferior to those of the expert architects in the town. Moreover, my success rate is much lower, and the materials consumed are even less than spending money to hire experts.
After the work was completed, I raised my head and looked at the rain falling from the sky. The rain was blocked by the town's protective shield. I couldn't imagine what it would be like in the game's rain. In the moment of my whimsy, I opened the "Super Umbrella" as a reward from the king and walked outside the town.
Listening to the sound of raindrops hitting the umbrella and smelling the fragrance of the earth and grass blowing towards me, I truly felt a refreshing sensation of my soul being washed clean.
At this moment, suddenly dozens of wild screams and roars erupted from the town: "Too! Too delicious! This is the most delicious dish in the world!"