1: I am the king of the mountain

【Hello everyone, welcome to the Lord's World. Each transmigator has their own unique territory. Please use this territory as a base to continuously develop and strengthen yourself.】

【Warning: This is a world with indigenous inhabitants and real countries. You must not only compete with other transmigator Lords for dominance, but also learn to survive in this world.】

【Pay attention to the loyalty of your subordinates. If their loyalty is too low, they may betray you.】

【Severe Warning: Life is only once. Failure means complete death. Go collect resources, recruit soldiers and horses. Rebellion is your only destiny. Hurry up and build your territory.】

......

Transmigrated!?

Han Huohuo pinched his face, confirming it wasn't a dream; he had really transmigrated.

But he wasn't regretful at all and had no nostalgia for that crappy world. This new world, where everyone competed for dominance, was the new chapter of his life!

It sounded like a world of a war strategy game.

I'm good at this!

Looking around, could this be my main city?

The courtyard wasn't small, covering over a thousand square meters, but it was incredibly simple. Besides a thatched shed, there was nothing in the courtyard.

What the heck! This is too simple, isn't it? But the system said it could be upgraded, so it should slowly get better.

Looking outwards, there was a courtyard gate swaying in the wind.

On a wooden frame over three meters high, there was a sign hanging. The mountain wind was strong, and after a while, with a "bang," the sign was blown off by the strong wind.

Han Huohuo walked over, flipped the sign, and saw the three large characters "Black Wind Stronghold" written on it.

Damn, am I going to be a mountain King?

"King!"

Han Huohuo was startled. Was there anyone else in this stronghold besides himself? Turning around, he saw a limping, gaunt Bandit standing behind him.

A huge screen appeared out of thin air, clearer than an HD television. The Bandit's information immediately appeared on the screen.

【Bandit】: Gou San

【Stamina】: 100/ 100

【Combat Power】: Strength 3, Defense 2, Endurance 5, Intelligence 3.

【Trait】: Extremely unstable emotions, very poor gathering ability.

【Food Consumption】: One unit per day

【Loyalty】: 23

A subordinate? Han Huohuo's face lit up with joy. He had never managed a subordinate before. He was definitely not going to work himself. From now on, he would just let this guy do the work and serve him.

Just as he was about to give him an order, he suddenly saw a red dot next to loyalty.

He clicked to see the detailed explanation.

【Loyalty】: 23, which is extremely low loyalty. If you ask him to work or fight now, he might betray you at any time and might even stab you in the back.

Shit!

"You... go rest first. I'll find you later."

Loyalty +1

No need to work, that's great. The Boss seems to be in a good mood today. Gou San happily went back to rest.

The mountain wind was biting, the courtyard was dilapidated. Han Huohuo looked around. His stronghold was actually on a mountaintop in the mountains. The land here was barren, the trees withered. It didn't look like a good place at all.

Other transmigrators get old grandpa systems or something. There's no reason I shouldn't have one. Who could stand this kind of terrible start?

While complaining, Han Huohuo felt his pocket and pulled out a wooden token from it. The wooden token was emitting heat and light.

He had obtained this unintentionally; it was a strange object with ancient patterns carved on it.

destiny card?

【System detected you possess a destiny card. Exchanging exclusive facilities for the most honorable Lord.】

Han Huohuo smiled. He knew it. Since he was here, how could he not have any benefits? He relaxed, thinking, I am indeed the chosen one.

The system calculated for a long time.

【Congratulations on obtaining exclusive facilities. You have obtained a special unique building at the start, the Mecha Workshop. Please select the construction location.】

Mecha Workshop?

Exclusive unique building?

He looked. The required space wasn't large, only about ten square meters. There was open space everywhere here. Han Huohuo randomly designated a spot.

A mechanical hut that looked like it belonged to the steam age appeared out of thin air.

【Mecha Workshop】: Special barracks. Various mechanical soldiers and mechanical workers can be manufactured in the workshop. Currently, the Mecha Workshop is Level 1. To upgrade to the next level, 1000 iron ingots are required.】

Han Huohuo checked the current resources in his stronghold. There wasn't a single iron ingot. Initially, he only had a hundred stones, a hundred pieces of wood, twenty units of food, and ten gold coins.

He clicked on the Mecha Workshop and found that only two things could be manufactured at the moment.

【Level 1 Mechanical Wolf】: 10 iron ingots

【Combat Power】: Strength 10, Defense 10, Endurance 10, Intelligence 10.

【Power Source】: Can last for two hours per action. Returns to the Mecha Workshop to recharge when power is depleted.

【Loyalty】: Always 100.

......

【Level 1 mechanical Worker】: 10 iron ingots

【Ability】: Lumbering, stone mining, ore mining, farming.

【Combat Power】: Strength 1, Defense 3, Endurance 5, Intelligence 10.

【Power Source】: Can last for six hours per collection. Automatically returns to the Mecha Workshop to recharge when power is depleted.

【Loyalty】: Always 100.

Seeing 100 loyalty, Han Huohuo was overjoyed. Machines are still the best! These things will never betray me!

But where could he get iron ingots?

Alright, I'll go ask Gou San. He must know best.

Gou San was just about to rest when Han Huohuo woke him up.

Loyalty -1!

Han Huohuo cursed under his breath. This employee is really a pain in the ass. His loyalty drops just by the boss asking a question. When I have enough iron ingots, I'll have the mechanical dog get rid of him!

"King, you called for me."

"Where are there iron ingots? Do you know?"

He thought the King would ask something difficult. It turned out to be such a simple question. Gou San said with a fawning smile, "King, this is easy. There are iron ore veins in the mountains. You just need to take a miner's pickaxe to mine the iron ore, and then build a simple furnace and blacksmith shop with stones to smelt iron ingots."

Gou San led Han Huohuo into the thatched hut. In the corner, there was a tool rack with various tools: axes, hoes, kitchen knives. He rummaged through them and found a miner's pickaxe, which he handed to Han Huohuo.

Han Huohuo looked at the miner's pickaxe, then looked at Gou San.

Does this mean I, the mountain King, have to go mining myself? Shouldn't it be you, Gou San, who goes?

The two stared at each other.

Loyalty -1

Loyalty -1

.......

"Forget it, I'd rather die than do the work myself. It seems you're the same, right? Let's think if there are any other ways?"

Gou San's loyalty dropped to 16. Hearing that he didn't have to mine, he stopped.

He said with a forced smile, "It's not impossible. First build a simple recycling furnace, which can recycle these tools into iron ingots."

Gou San was just joking. These tools were the foundation of the stronghold. How could they continue without tools? But he didn't expect Han Huohuo to take it seriously.

"Hey, that's a good idea!"

He rummaged through the building list and quickly found the simple recycling furnace.

【Simple Recycling Furnace】: 50 stones, 50 wood

【Function】: Recycles various resources, including iron, stone, wood, etc. There is a 50% loss during the recycling process.

"Build!"

These simple buildings were given directly by the system and didn't require construction time. After consuming resources, a recycling furnace instantly appeared in the stronghold.

【Detected that you possess the special building Mecha Workshop. The simple recycling furnace has been automatically upgraded to the space-time recycling furnace. Recycling loss is reduced to 0.】

Space-time recycling furnace?

No loss when recycling resources? Does that mean the amount of resources used during production is the same as the amount recycled?

This is a divine building!

Han Huohuo's eyes lit up. He quickly threw in the lumbering axe and obtained two iron ingots and two pieces of wood.

Then he threw in the hoe and obtained three iron ingots and two pieces of wood.

He threw in the kitchen knife and obtained one iron ingot.

He threw in the hammer and obtained two iron ingots.

He threw in the scissors and obtained one iron ingot.

Gou San was dumbfounded. What was this prodigal son doing? Throwing away all the tools? Did he not want to continue living like this? Was he breaking up the family?

Han Huohuo smiled and said, "Anyway, I won't be doing any work. What's the use of these tools?"

Then Han Huohuo's eyes fixed on the curved saber in Gou San's hand.

Now, besides the miner's pickaxe, the only thing in the entire stronghold that could be considered metal was the curved saber in Gou San's hand.