2: All are traitors

"No way, this is how I make a living!" Gou San hid his knife behind him.

Loyalty -1

Loyalty -1

Loyalty -1

......

Han Huohuo's face turned green. If this bastard's loyalty kept dropping like this, wouldn't it turn negative soon? Would he stab me anytime?

Helpless, he also threw the miner's pickaxe in his hand into the recycling furnace.

Obtained two iron ingots.

Ten iron ingots were finally gathered!

Gou San's loyalty had dropped below the red line. Fierce light appeared in his eyes as he stared at Han Huohuo, looking extremely unfriendly.

Han Huohuo felt a chill on his neck. He also felt ruthless in his heart. This damn traitor, am I supposed to keep you for the New Year? When I make the Mechanical Wolf, I'll make sure you pay.

He pretended not to see, and quickly walked towards the Mecha Workshop.

Gou San, harboring malicious intent, quickly chased after him from behind.

Just as he drew his knife, he heard a strange sound of footsteps. Gou San immediately stopped.

Han Huohuo turned around with a sinister smile. Behind him, a massive Mechanical Wolf with fiery red eyes suddenly walked out.

Gou San had never seen such a monster. He was so scared that he couldn't hold the knife in his hand.

It clattered to the ground.

The Mechanical Giant Wolf knelt on both knees before Han Huohuo, expressing absolute submission. Then it turned around and stared fixedly at Gou San with its terrifying titanium alloy mechanical eyes.

Gou San was sweating profusely and knelt on the ground with a thud: "King, I have a treasure to offer you!"

[Special event triggered. Gou San's Loyalty has risen to 100. He is offering you a treasure.]

"What?"

Han Huohuo had never seen such a despicable and shameless guy. He thought to himself, I've already drawn my forty-meter-long sword, how am I supposed to put it back now?

Just as his expression was uncertain.

Ding!

The system's voice rang out.

[System Alert: The Ten Thousand Mountains have been targeted by the authorities. In seven days, the authorities will send the imperial army to suppress banditss. You must defend your stronghold. Any Lord who fails to defend will die!]

[During the defense, you must protect the crystal. If the crystal is shattered or the Lord dies in battle, the defense fails.]

A red light flashed, and a huge red crystal suddenly appeared in the middle of the camp. It was over three meters tall, sparkling there, and its health of one thousand was displayed above it.

Holy crap!

This health.... isn't it too low?

This game isn't much fun. Why do I keep risking my head at every turn?

A cold wind blew through the mountains. Han Huohuo felt a chill on his scalp. My good head can't just be gone like this.

He glanced at Gou San, who was kneeling on the ground and trembling. This guy's loyalty had now reached 100, so he wouldn't betray him immediately. There was no rush to kill him. When the time came, letting him block arrows would count as recycling waste.

He had no time to bother with him for now, because at this moment, the forum had completely exploded.

Han Huohuo hadn't had time to check the system's forum earlier. Only after seeing the danger of Gou San's betrayal resolved did he start reading the comments from the beginning.

"Where is this? I was just on the toilet, how did I suddenly appear here?"

"Ah, it's so scary. Why are there several dark and short dwarves around, looking at me with lecherous eyes? I'm scared, I want to go home!"

"The system says we've all become Lords? But has anyone ever seen a Lord's home that doesn't even have a thatched roof?"

"How did I end up on a small island surrounded by sea? And it says I'm a Pirate? But why is there only one strange person with a fish head in the camp? Is this my subordinate? The problem is, where's the ship? What kind of Pirate can I be without a ship?"

"......"

"......"

These were all previous comments. Han Huohuo quickly scrolled back.

"What does this mean? The beginner protection period is only seven days, and the authorities are coming to suppress banditss? Are you kidding? I can't even build a wall in seven days, right?"

"There are no authorities suppressing banditss here, but there's a warning about a Desert insect swarm. How can I defend against an insect swarm with such a simple camp?"

"Holy cow, where do I recruit soldiers? How can I defend without troops?"

"A bunch of idiots. Just go out and walk around. There must be places to recruit soldiers. Hurry up and get resources first, and build up the camp before anything else."

"......"

After reading for half an hour, he closed the chat area. Han Huohuo found that everyone had come to this world together, and their initial conditions were similar.

This was an ancient world, primarily based on swords, spears, bows, and crossbows, but there seemed to be some mythical creatures as well. What were those fishmen and little dark ghosts?

From the conversations, he didn't find anyone else mentioning special items, let alone the destiny card. Therefore, the Mecha Workshop was his exclusive building.

It was likely that there were others with special encounters, but like him, they wouldn't go around publicizing it. Nobody was stupid.

He also found that people had transmigrated to all sorts of places.

Some were Pirates at sea, some were sand banditss in the Desert, some were Savages in swamps, recruiting refugees in snowy areas, and of course, many, like himself, were banditss in the mountains.

Anyway, there wasn't a single good person, let alone anyone from the authorities. They were all rebels!

Looking at the data, Han Huohuo's eyelids twitched. Thirty billion people were online simultaneously.

These weren't just thirty billion people; these were thirty billion rebel leaders?! Han Huohuo secretly prayed for the authorities of this world.

There was also a hint of schadenfreude.

Which guy didn't have a little thought of rebellion in his heart?

Overthrowing an evil old world, wasn't this the dream! How awesome this was!

At this moment, Han Huohuo was the happiest, because he didn't yet know how brutal and powerful the authorities were. Thirty billion bandits leaders might not necessarily be enough to kill!

In short!

This was a super-large strategy game set in an ancient world, where both victory and defeat, and life and death, were decided!

Wouldn't his mechanical troop division be unstoppable in this world?

The prerequisite was that the supply of iron must be sufficient!

Han Huohuo sorted out all the causes and effects and dared not waste any more time.

Seven days was just a blink of an eye. Although he didn't know the scale of the authorities' bandits suppression, it certainly wouldn't be just a few weaklings.

Just looking at the stats, one Mechanical Wolf could easily defeat four or five Gou Sans. The authorities' soldiers were fully armed and definitely wouldn't be worse than Gou San.

So now, he must quickly collect iron ingots!

Then, build a powerful mechanical army to protect his stronghold!

Survive first, then think about development.

According to normal logic, everyone should prioritize collecting wood and stone in the early stage to build up the camp.

Build houses for people to live in, collect food, build blacksmith shops, craft weapons, build barracks, and train teams.

Recruit soldiers and horses, strengthen defenses.

But Han Huohuo only needed iron. As long as there was enough iron, he would have everything. This was the absolute dominance of the industrial age over the agricultural age.

"King!"

Gou San knelt on the ground, his knees bleeding. Without hearing Han Huohuo's call, he dared not stand up.

"You just said you had a treasure to offer me?"

"Yes, I have a peerless family heirloom treasure to offer to the King. King, you are the true Son of Heaven, radiating dominance. This humble one is willing to follow you to the death!"

Gou San spoke sincerely, then carefully glanced at the terrifying Mechanical Wolf.

"Bring it up!"

Gou San quickly got up, took out a sheepskin scroll from his chest, respectfully held it above his head with both hands, and walked forward with small steps.

"What is this?"

"King, this is a map of the Ten Thousand Mountains. It contains information about various mineral deposits and beast locations!"

Han Huohuo was overjoyed. This was a real treasure!

What's most valuable these days? Of course, information is the most valuable! He wouldn't need to scout paths directly, saving too much time in the early stage!

Looking at Gou San again, he suddenly felt that this traitor wasn't so annoying anymore. He even looked a bit refined now. In the future, he could let him be cannon fodder and leave him a complete corpse.

Han Huohuo was in a good mood and suddenly felt a surge of kindness.

He opened the map, and the markings inside were quite detailed.

His Black Wind Stronghold was just one of many unremarkable small hills. One hundred meters down the slope, there was an iron mine!

Good news, the iron mine was very close.

The bad news was that no one could mine. Gou San's loyalty was up now, but the miner's pickaxe had just been thrown into the recycling furnace by himself.

Without tools, even with workers, he couldn't mine.

Thinking of this, Han Huohuo was so angry his teeth itched. His gaze towards Gou San started becoming unfriendly again.

"Let's go!"

"King, where are we going?"

"Damn it, of course we're going to work. Are we going to stay here and wait to die?"

"But there are no tools?"

Gou San wanted to remind Han Huohuo that he had just melted down all the tools in the stronghold.

Han Huohuo was impatient and completely ignored him. He had already led the Mechanical Wolf directly out of the stronghold gate. Gou San quickly followed behind, jogging to catch up.