Chapter 29: Wheat Seeds and the Church’s Letter

After the little girl finished speaking, she burst into tears again.

The 'being taken away' that she spoke of naturally referred to being captured by that group of Raiders to perform some kind of evil ritual.

Cao Xing and Liu Muxue exchanged a glance.

It was obvious that the little girl, having lost her father, had fallen into the hands of this group of crazed Raiders. If Cao Xing hadn't arrived in time, her fate would have been unimaginable.

Liu Muxue looked at Cao Xing and said softly, "A-Xing, can we take her back to the camp?"

Cao Xing thought for a moment and nodded.

Now that the camp was gradually getting on the right track, having one more mouth to feed wouldn't be a big deal.

Besides, this little girl was also a Survivor; she might be able to help out in the future.

Liu Muxue comforted her softly, "Little sister, are you willing to come back to our camp with me?"

The little girl named Tong Chuchu gradually stopped crying and asked suspiciously, "Does your camp… have food? Chu Chu hasn't eaten in a long time…"

Liu Muxue heard this, stroked her head, and said, "Of course it does. The master of this territory is that big brother over there; he is very powerful."

Her tone revealed admiration.

After hearing this, Tong Chuchu immediately turned her gaze toward Cao Xing, her eyes filled with a hint of fear and curiosity.

Then, remembering something, she asked tentatively, "Then… can we take my mother with us too?"

"Daddy won't come back, and Mommy is still in the camp all by herself…"

Cao Xing was stunned for a moment.

That's right, this version was a family team mode. Since Tong Chuchu was with her father, her mother must also be in the camp.

However, this question left Cao Xing feeling conflicted.

After all, human Survivors were not like those native inhabitants; they would not easily rebel against a lord, and one could see their loyalty.

He still understood the principle that one cannot know another person's heart.

The reason he was willing to take the little girl was because she had no combat power and posed no threat to Cao Xing.

If it were adults, it would be hard to say.

Thus, Cao Xing opened the system interface and asked, "If I want other Survivors to join my territory, what should I do?"

A system prompt immediately appeared.

[The answer to this question is the Territory Merger function. Currently, there are two methods.]

[Method 1: Invite the other party to join the territory as a new lord, sharing building permissions, resources, etc.]

[Method 2: Recruit the other party to join the territory as a resident. The other party only has basic residence permissions and construction permissions, and cannot initiate attacks against friendly units.]

Seeing the second method, Cao Xing felt reassured.

"Very good, I can recruit other Survivors into the territory as residents."

"This way, I don't have to worry about the newly recruited Survivors causing damage to my territory."

Cao Xing looked at the little girl and asked, "Do you remember where your camp is located?"

The little girl nodded and said, "I remember. Mommy taught me how to read the mini-map."

"Our camp is about five kilometers away from this place."

Cao Xing and Liu Muxue exchanged a glance.

It was so close; no wonder they were targeted by those Raiders.

Liu Muxue asked softly, "A-Xing, can we go over and take a look?"

Cao Xing thought for a moment. "If it's 5 kilometers, we can go."

"However, whether she is willing to join our territory depends on her mother's own choice."

Hearing this, a gentle smile immediately appeared on Liu Muxue's face.

She knew that Cao Xing would agree.

Hearing this, the little girl gradually stopped crying and kept thanking Cao Xing.

"Thank you, big brother! Chu Chu will remember your kindness for the rest of her life!"

In this world, two days of cruel life had already made her mature a lot.

Cao Xing shook his head and then turned his gaze toward the other humans in the tent.

These were all native inhabitants of this world.

Cao Xing said directly, "Do you know Jasmine and Sapphire?"

The six humans on the ground exchanged glances.

One of the slightly older humans said, "We do. They are our companions."

Cao Xing nodded. "Very good. They are now residents of my territory, and it was she who told me the news that you had been captured by the Raiders."

"So now, are you willing to submit to me and join my territory?"

Cao Xing didn't waste words. His goal this time was to expand his territory's military strength.

The older human asked tentatively, "Lord, what about the Raiders outside?"

Cao Xing replied, "As you can see, I have slaughtered them all."

The next moment, these humans said respectfully in unison, "We are willing, respected Lord."

Cao Xing nodded with satisfaction, then let the tall Assam walk over to cut the ropes on these humans, rescuing them.

[Recruitment successful: Colin Hopper, Lucio Lore, Marlin Kuhn… have joined your territory. Territory population +6]

It was another group of Western names, three men and three women. Cao Xing's mouth twitched.

He pointed directly at the slightly older human and said, "From today on, you are called Cao Yi, you are called Cao Er, and you are Cao San."

"For the women, we will start from Sihua. You will be called Sihua, Wuhua, and Liuhua respectively."

These humans looked at each other and nodded in unison, "Thank you, Lord, for granting us these names."

Then, a bunch of notifications about increased favorability rang out.

Cao Xing glanced at their attributes.

[Resident: Cao Yi] [Level: 3] [Talent: Primary Oratory Skills (Deliver a speech to soothe the emotions of the residents)] [Loyalty: 70] [Hunger: 44] …

[Resident: Sihua] [Level: 2] [Talent: Primary Cooking Skills (Food cooked provides an additional 20% satiety)] [Loyalty: 72] [Hunger: 47] …

Seeing these residents' talents, Cao Xing's eyes lit up.

Good heavens, there were actually two of them with special talents.

Although the other residents didn't have talents, they were all between levels 2 and 4.

The quality of this batch of residents was very high!

With this, Cao Xing would have enough manpower to assign to building various territory facilities!

After recruiting this group, his territory population limit also became: 25/50.

After subduing all these refugees, Cao Xing saw a yellowed wooden chest in the corner of the camp.

Approaching it, a system prompt appeared.

[Raider's Storage Box (White): Can be opened]

Cao Xing clicked to open it directly.

[Obtained White Bread * 17, Wheat Seeds * 72, Milk * 5, Copper * 7, Church's Letter (Special Item)]

There were quite a lot of supplies inside, and Cao Xing began to inspect them.

[White Bread, 1 White Bread = 2 Food] … [Wheat Seeds (White): Can be planted on tilled land.]

Cao Xing felt a surge of joy. "Huh? I can start farming?"

This way, he would effectively have a fixed source of food, and he wouldn't have to worry about running out of supplies!

However, to farm, he first needed to till a piece of land near the territory.

Besides that, he also needed to build a shed over it; otherwise, once they encountered a blizzard, all the sown seeds would be ruined.

Cao Xing continued to check the rest.