The sky was drizzling.
The short-lived autumn quietly left, and almost overnight, the temperature dropped.
After nightfall, there were fewer pedestrians on the streets, and only the sporadic barking of dogs and cats could be heard. Outside the dormitory of the locomotive factory near the outskirts of the city, the streetlights stretched the shadow of a passerby.
This starry night returnee was Lu Yao.
The reason why he came back so late was because the company had a dinner gathering. Boss Huang had survived the catastrophe and had finally been generous enough to treat everyone to a meal at the bottom of the sea.
At first, Apostle Hiroute locked Boss Huang in his car and asked him where the keys were. Boss Huang was dumbfounded.
Hirute strangled Boss Huang’s throat and made him almost die in the car.
But after bullying, Hirute also determined that Boss Huang really didn’t know about this Jia Xiaokai thing – he didn’t even know that Jia Xiaokai had been arrested, and thought that Jia Xiaokai was out of the country to avoid the wind and was hiding from his creditors.
All of this information was confirmed by Isabelle after asking Hirute’s dead soul.
Unfortunately, as an apostle of [Lamp God] Lin Zecheng, Hirute’s knowledge was rather limited. He only followed the orders of the god to act, and was just a high-level toolman.
Lu Yao jogged all the way back home, put down his umbrella and handbag, and gathered in front of his computer.
Daytime was work, and nighttime was life.
He actually thought about it.
Nowadays, he was different from ordinary people and had some special abilities. Was it possible to consider quitting his job and jumping out of the life of a labourer.
Lu Yao made a serious deduction.
After quitting his job, he would have to find another way to make money.
The fastest way to make money is, of course, those big projects in the criminal law.
But do you have the guts?
No.
Is he ready to spend his life hiding in XZ?
No.
Do you have the ruthlessness to kill like a man and the madness and arrogance to make enemies of all sane people?
Still no.
Most importantly, Lu Yao really didn’t like the business life.
For a grey or black practitioner, running around was an essential experience that must not be savoured.
Lu Yao truly realised.
At the root, he is a thoroughly good guy, and cannot be a bad guy.
He crossed out the branch of illegal projects.
There is still one way left.
Entrepreneurship.
Seeing these two words, Lu Yao’s brain started to hurt.
As a person who hated trouble, he probably had nothing to do with entrepreneurship in his life.
Using the simulator to cash in some pixel world precious metals?
Then one would have to find a shop or a buyer, which would easily attract attention.
You might even be seen as a fat sheep to be watched, whether it’s a stalking by miscreants or a police enquiry, it’s never-ending.
Eliminate all the wrong answers.
The remaining answer, even if it is outrageous, is the closest thing to the right option.
Going back to work seems to be the best option for you at the moment.
It was unobtrusive, and I had regular time to work on the simulator and continue my development.
All things come slowly.
Lu Yao thinks there’s nothing wrong with that.
……
On the computer screen, the Garlic Tribe’s little people had already started taming horses.
Camels could also be used, but their speed was much slower than horses, and they were better at carrying weight. Horses are sort of a newer generation on livestock carriers.
The addition of dogs has livened up the tribe.
The Garlic tribe was very well fed, so the dog population grew rapidly. They not only acted as hunting dogs, but some of them also became pets.
On top of that, the game boy, Mukhor, also invented something new.
Mukhor invented dogfighting.
[The Garlic Tribe has learnt to tame and use fighting dogs, and everyone’s morale has improved slightly.]
It was the first time Lu Yao had seen a tribal invention increase morale.
The appearance of the fighting dogs made the tribe’s martial arts style prevalent, and the pixelated little people couldn’t move without transforming into grumpy old men.
“Stop, your horse hit my horse!”
“Then why didn’t it duck?”
“You’re not going to apologise?”
“That’s between horses, you’re meddling too much.”
“Bright dog!”
“Who’s afraid of who!”
And so it was that the two villains, who had been in a friction over riding horses, each shook their dogs over, leaving the two dogs to battle it out.
Each of the two bragged about how good their dogs were. The winner is smug and leaves with a big smile on his dog’s face, the loser hangs his head in shame, and the two defeated dogs slink home together.
This is a microcosm of the tribe’s daily dogfighting.
When they encounter conflicts they fight dogs, when they are happy they also fight dogs, and when they are bored they also fight dogs …… Most of the time, the tribal little people are just looking for a reason to fight dogs.
Soon after, Mukhor even organised a tribal dogfight.
He used a sheep pen as a venue and invited all kinds of little people who were willing to fight dogs, and we all met friends here with dogs. This small event slowly became a regular occurrence, and after expanding, it turned into the Garlic Tribe’s most important entertainment for all.
Another hero, Shang Li, took the opportunity to work with Mukhorn to make the dogfights bigger and better.
They had a stonemason build up a huge circular plaza where the dogs would be the centre of the fights. In addition to the dogs, there were also wolves, boars, bears and even lions.
A reminder popped up in the simulator.
Mukhor and Shangli built the Colosseum.
[The Garlic Tribe invented the Colosseum.]
[Discovered the prototype of a usable spectacle: the Colosseum.]
[The faith required to build a spectacle for the first time has been reduced.]
The Garlic Tribe’s morale has risen.
The Garlic Tribe is ecstatic.
[The Garlic Tribe is convinced that they have entered a new era under the guidance of the gods.]
–You have named it the ____ Era.
Lu Yao couldn’t read it, but he was greatly shaken.
The wheel of the era that he had failed to push with all his hard work, the turning point was actually the Colosseum.
Lu Yao typed two words.
On the screen, a line of subtitles slowly appeared.
[From the primitive beginnings, the people here have demonstrated extraordinary potential.]
[From garlic to iron, the land began to reveal its secrets, the oceans excited them, and the gods guided them on a new journey.]
[The Garlic Tribe enters the Age of the Fighting Beasts.]
One by one, the pixelated little people raised their arms in the air and cheered.
“Great Yao God, thank you for giving us guidance.”
“The Fighting Beast Era! This is the Fighting Beast Era!”
“A new journey, we will become different.”
“We are the Divine Chosen, and we are the One!”
“Blessed by the mighty gods, a mighty age is upon us!”
As he watched a smiling face emerge above the heads of the little people, Lu Yao couldn’t help but smile as well.
To say that the beauty of it was that entering the new era actually didn’t produce any extra faith.
Never mind, it was enough for now anyway.
Lu Yao glanced at the upper right corner.
Population: 21, 701 Faith: 24, 117
As long as it wasn’t a large-scale Divine War, these faith reserves weren’t that small.
Lu Yao then remembered that he seemed to have overlooked a hint.
The Colosseum was the second Wonders prototype, and looking at the description below, the cost of building Wonders was once again reduced.
He tapped on the [Wonders] bar.
Sure enough, the consumption of [Wonders] at the bottom had become 3000 points, which happened to be a 20% discount.
Lu Yao said, “I don’t want it even if you’re giving it to me for nothing… I’m still counting on this place to develop.
He opened his bag and carefully took out the plastic bag inside for fear of crushing the fragile gift.
The bag contains the latest [gift].
