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Chapter 507 - 279: The Transmigrator’s Dynasty Struggle System_2

Chapter 507: Chapter 279: The Transmigrator’s Dynasty Struggle System_2

"Damn it, we need to evacuate quickly, or else..."

He didn’t finish his sentence when he saw a tangle of mission failures and alerts interwoven, clearly due to the death of generals, Daoist soldiers, and civilians, the consumption of food, the damage to buildings, and various other reasons, causing the multitude of missions he already had to fail as well.

Many of the missions were related to different aspects of his power.

[Congratulations, you’ve unlocked the achievement: First Failure, Reward: One Random Village-Level Main City]

[Attention: Your main city has been destroyed. A Random Village-Level Main City has been detected. Would you like to teleport?]

[Yes/No]

Zhou Ding stared at the latest system message that appeared, completely stunned. He had not expected his initially favorable situation to just vanish, and he didn’t even understand how it had happened.

In the end, he could only helplessly click Yes.

Everything was ruined. If he didn’t leave now, he wouldn’t be able to survive in such a hostile environment without the 99% damage reduction.

As he confirmed his choice, his entire being was teleported away, and everything around him turned into a distortion.

When he came to his senses again, he found himself in a rather dilapidated little village. Compared to his previous city-level main city, this village was a much too lowly starting point.

"From Xiang Province to Yan State? Crossing over half of the Dalong Dynasty, it looks like everything has to start over." He rallied his spirits and pulled up the inventory and supplies tabs.

Resources had hit rock bottom, but fortunately, the items in his inventory were still there, since they existed in the system space.

The greatest loss must be the death of Yue Fan, the SSR-ranked general. In his eyes, it was the help from Yue Fan that had allowed him to rise so smoothly in the early stages.

That previous unidentified attack not only caused Yue Fan’s death but also led to the deaths of all his generals, because he had allocated all his resources to the Black Flood Dragon Daoist Soldiers, so the other generals had been mostly dealing with administrative affairs.

Plus, he felt that training low-quality Daoist Soldiers was pointless—one Black Flood Dragon Daoist Soldier could beat ten or twenty low-quality Daoist Soldiers, with costs being about the same. The choice was obvious.

He hadn’t trained many other types of Daoist Soldiers, only about a hundred of each, just enough to activate the generals’ special abilities and didn’t bother with the rest. He knew that more Daoist Soldiers meant stronger generals, but with limited resources, he had to focus on the cultivation of key troops.

So, after this attack, not a single general or Daoist Soldier survived, and he had to come here completely alone.

"Lucky I hoarded some resources; I can summon three more generals." Zhou Ding looked into his inventory at the special items and found three low-level general summon cards.

Unfortunately, being prefixed with ’low-level,’ the chances of drawing an SSR-ranked general were only 0.01%—almost impossible.

Still, he didn’t aim to draw an SSR general; N or R cards would suffice for now, to tide him over.

But in the next moment, one white, one green, and one golden glow appeared.

"I... I hit the jackpot?!!" Zhou Ding’s face carried shock.

Gold represented SSR rank.

He had just lost Yue Fan, and now, he had actually struck gold again, leaving him somewhat stunned for a moment.

"Indeed, miracles happen with single draws."

Zhou Ding took a deep breath to calm himself, and then three figures emerged from the brilliance.

This time, he had to be more careful, he couldn’t afford to be reckless again.

He actually had some guesses, like the fact that although system missions said there were no penalties for failure, there must definitely be some sort of punishment. For example, the moment his epic chain mission failed, he was hit by some unknown strike.

While his daily routines and construction task failures can lead to issues in the main city, it is not just about being attacked and then failing the tasks, thinking about it conversely, the failure of tasks would inevitably result in the destruction of the progressing projects in the main city.

Therefore, he felt that when accepting and conducting tasks in the future, he had to be more careful to avoid repeating the same mistakes.

He had also heard of the power of this world, after all, he had once held the position of a regional lord.

"Greetings, Village Chief."×3

The three people emerging from the brilliance bowed in unison and directly addressed him as Village Chief.

As Zhou Ding’s main city was currently at the village level, he could only be addressed as "Village Chief." Once the main city was upgraded to the county government level, they would call him Lord County Magistrate, and at the prefecture city level, he would be addressed as Lord Prefect, with his title elevating step by step.

"Very good, very good. Having the assistance of all three of you is indeed my good fortune," Zhou Ding quickly spoke, knowing he must certainly honor the wise and lower-ranked, although they were loyal to the death and would not betray him, if he acted too excessively or without consideration for their interests, they might become passive in their duties or simply slack off and refuse to work.

Looking at that SSR-level officer, Zhou Ding felt a mix of emotions; if Yue Fan were still here, he would have a strong left and right arm, and even as a village-level main city, returning to its original status would not be difficult.

"Now my village lays in ruins, waiting to be rebuilt. I hope the three generals will give it their all to create a beautiful home together," Zhou Ding began to clumsily offer promises and motivational speeches.

These were tactics that interviewers and bosses had once bamboozled him with, and coupled with the recent failure, he had learned much, no longer the greenhorn he once was, entirely dependent on Yue Fan.

He realized that officers could die and main cities could be destroyed. In contrast, what related to him directly would not have issues, such as the national strategies he had previously developed that could still be used, or the collected artifacts whose effects and attributes remained active. Even his achievements, despite starting over, persisted from before, enhancing his various abilities.

Therefore, this time he planned to shift his focus, not allocating all resources to officers and Daoist Soldiers but rather apportioning some to the system.

Of course, this was not to say he would abandon the officers and Daoist Soldiers; he wasn’t foolish and knew that military strength was the best safeguard in this era of war and chaos.

Until he could train powerful Daoist Soldiers himself, he had to rely on the officers under his command.

The two were not in conflict and could proceed together.

As the sky gradually darkened, Zhou Ding and the three newly summoned officers immersed themselves in the bustling construction of the village.

Having already gone through this once, Zhou Ding was much more familiar with the process, unlike when he first transmigrated and knew nothing, depending on Yue Fan for guidance.

His somewhat adept actions also raised his standing in the eyes of the three officers.

When night fell, they stopped their work and began to exchange information.

...

Meanwhile, Gu Shanhai packed up his digging equipment and casually performed a Prophetic Divination on the other party’s situation, only to find that the chaotic mists encompassing the northern part of Xiang Province had disappeared.

"Dead? Are you kidding me?" Gu Shanhai looked perplexed. How could such a person be killed by a single Mana Dragon Breath Laser Cannon shot?

"It’s unlikely he’s dead; I’ll spend a bit more to see where he went."

Gu Shanhai couldn’t believe that someone with such advanced destiny shielding and spatial teleportation technologies could just die like that.

"He went to Yan State? That’s halfway across the Dalong Dynasty. The opponent’s technology seems rather formidable," Gu Shanhai stated after quickly locating the chaotic region again through Prophetic Divination and couldn’t help but exclaim.

"If he’s that far from me, he should be out of my reach," Gu Shanhai thought about pursuing to finish the job but it was too far away. Instead of going after him, overwhelming and defeating him with sheer power would suffice.

"First set a small goal, to gather the Three Emperors Tripod for myself," said Gu Shanhai as he picked up his digging equipment and headed towards the location predicted for the Earth Emperor Tripod. Now that it was dark and windy, it was the perfect time for deeds best kept hidden, often related to murder and arson, though unfortunately, not this time.

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