Chapter 12: The Art of Persuasion

  Found a large area of wild dogs to refresh, Yang Tian appointed Wu Ma as the captain and put everyone under his name. Who made him the highest commander among these people? Although there is only 5% increase, he will still level up, right? Yang Tian planned to cultivate Wu Ma into a commander-type martial general.

  Then let these villagers without attack power stand a little further away, and Yang Tian began his crazy monster brushing with Big Cow.

  It's really crazy, to know that the two of them are exchanging bird guns today. The sharpness of the iron long gun can completely penetrate the body of a wild dog with one shot. Yang Tian's shooting speed is not fast now, and he only wears a piece of leather armor on his body, so he can only lure the wild dogs to come over and kill them one by one.

  The big cow became terrifying, the long gun in his hand danced so densely that even more wild dogs couldn't get close to him, so he directly charged into the pack of wild dogs and slaughtered them, rushing all the way through, leaving behind a field of corpses.

  After a while, Yang Tian found that the gap between him and Da Niu was too big, his efficiency was less than one-fifth of Da Niu's, so he simply stopped for a moment. On the one hand, he used gathering skills to collect dog skin, on the other hand, he observed the situation in this camp.

  Here is a large pack of wild dogs, with about 5,000 to 6,000 wild dogs accumulated. A large beast pack like this can refresh around 1,000 per day, but due to the effect of the White Gold Village Building Order, it doubles to 2,000 after doubling. As soon as the village is established, these camps will spawn monsters, plus the original 1,000 or so wild dogs that already existed, and having such a number is not unusual.

  But Yang Tian was now somewhat frightened. According to what he knew, within the 50-square-kilometer range of the village, there would be a large low-level monster camp every ten square kilometers, ten medium-sized monster camps (refreshing 100 each day), and 100 small monster camps (refreshing 10 each day). Most of the monsters that refreshed in this range were not very aggressive, and even if they accumulated to a certain number, they would not attack the settlement. The only thing to worry about was the wild dog, which was also the only actively attacking monster in this range. If your village's large monster camp was a wild dog, you had to be careful.

  Within a 100 square kilometer radius, large intermediate monster camps will appear, and these large gathering points are only human-shaped monsters. In addition, within the range of 50 to 100 square kilometers, there will be 10 medium-sized intermediate monster camps and 100 small intermediate monster camps, which will feature wolves or bears. These monsters are generally between levels 30 and 40, while human NPCs are mostly fourth-tier. The same distribution pattern applies within a radius of 100 to 500 square kilometers.

  Similarly, within a 1000 square kilometer radius, a large high-level monster camp will appear - the Rebel Camp. The soldiers inside are mostly fifth-tier troops, with a small number of sixth-tier troops, which is quite terrifying. Fortunately, medium-sized camps and small camps will not appear again, otherwise players would be exhausted from running around.

  Similarities and differences exist between this type of camp and the system's own dens or beast gathering points. The similarities lie in the fact that no matter what kind of gathering point it is, as long as the camp's landmark building is destroyed once, the next refresh will upgrade the level of the camp, and all the monsters that appear will be upgraded by half a rank or 5 levels. The differences are that the system's own dens have a slower monster refresh rate, but after each refresh, there will be a certain amount of resources and treasures inside, and there will also be a BOSS, such as the den that Yang Tian subdued yesterday, which belongs to the system's gathering point, with a refresh time of one month. The gathering points that come with player camps are standard leveling grounds, except for the initial clearing, where you can get some rewards, but afterwards, it's almost impossible to get anything else. After the leader is killed, another will refresh the next day, but this is not a true "BOSS" because killing him won't yield any rewards. Moreover, the refresh rate is fast. Another difference is that system gathering points can be continuously upgraded to giant gathering points and can be occupied by players, after which the gathering point level drops back to its original level. System gathering points may also experience permanent downgrades or complete destruction due to certain reasons. In contrast, camps that come with player camps can only be upgraded once, such as from small to medium, or large to giant. Moreover, these camps cannot be occupied by players and will be completely destroyed after being destroyed three times.

  According to the official data on territorial area of different levels released half a year later: The territorial area of villages is between 10 and 50 square kilometers, that of towns is between 100 and 500 square kilometers, and that of small cities is between 1,000 and 7,000 square kilometers. In other words, players will only face the threat of mid-level monsters when they reach the town level, and will only face the threat of high-level monsters when they reach the small city level.

  Yang Tian finally realized that the White Gold Village Order was not as easy to use as he thought. Originally, in a first-level small village, there was only one large low-level monster spawn point. Beast-type monsters had no long-range attacks and were easy to eliminate; any small village with a primary general and ten or so fourth-tier soldiers could wipe them out. If a first-level small village developed for over ten days, it would be embarrassing if they didn't have a primary general and ten or so fourth-tier soldiers. The condition for wild monsters to attack the village was when their numbers accumulated to 10,000, which is equivalent to ten days without killing any of them. Then, half of the number would be sent to attack the player's base. Defending the base was much easier than attacking, and besides, they were dealing with mindless beasts.

  Baiyun Village was built by Bai Jin, and its territory is sixteen times that of an ordinary village. It faces the threat of sixteen large-scale low-level monster points. This is not the most important thing, Yang Tian believes that even if the number of wild dogs increases tenfold, he can still eliminate them cleanly, as can be seen from the current situation. The power of a special-grade general is not something that 20-level wild dogs can shake. Moreover, his territory was divided into two halves by the river he called Tianhe, and it's estimated that only eight or nine large camps on the west side of the river pose a threat to him. It's worth noting that in the Chinese server of "Tianxia", there are no flying monsters among the low-level monsters, and amphibious ones are also rare.

  But the key is that Yang Tian's territory has reached an area of 160 square kilometers, which means that one or two strong bandit dens or mountain bandit camps may appear in his territory. Moreover, after three days of building villages, two days later, Yang Tian's White Cloud Village will have 5,000 to 10,000 NPC bandits or mountain bandits arriving.

  Ten thousand...! It's still a 4th-tier foot soldier!

  Yang Tian's scalp felt a little numb! How did he get so carried away and build this village?

  But now it's too late for regrets, let's make up our minds early. But for now, I only have two generals in my hands, so let's wait until we've trained a few more soldiers before making plans!

  Yang Tian's heart was also praying that the large mid-level monster camp in his territory would be on the opposite side of the Tianhe River. Although it couldn't be certain whether the other party could cross the river or not, it should at least delay them for some time. For White Cloud Village now, time represented life.

  Looking at the big cow that is still killing with great enthusiasm, in less than two hours, it has already killed over a thousand wild dogs, which is quite perverted.

  In order to help these soldiers upgrade to a higher level in a short period of time, Yang Tian also joined the battlefield.

  It was almost noon when they finally killed all the wild dogs. Although nearly six thousand wild dogs were killed, Wu Ma and the other thirty NPCs only leveled up to level 7. After all, there were only two people working, but thirty people shared the experience, and it was already a great achievement that they could level up to level 7. In between, Da Niu rested for over ten minutes due to physical exhaustion. On the other hand, it was because the monsters here were densely packed and numerous, so there was no need to run around looking for targets. Da Niu only leveled up once, reaching level 11, while Yang Tian himself still had a long way to go before reaching level 20.

  After killing the last BOSS, Yang Tian found a skill book "Persuasion" in the doghouse.

  Surrender: 1% - 5% of enemy troops defect to our side, skill cooldown time 1 day.

  The rewards for opening up new lands are indeed rich. Skill books are as rare as architectural drawings. Moreover, persuasion is a practical skill that can turn the tide of battle when both sides are evenly matched.

  Without saying another word, I'll learn it for myself first. Imagine when I participate in a plot war later on, with hundreds of millions of troops facing off against each other, and I secretly use the surrender skill - wouldn't I be able to gain tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people? But how many times does the system have plot wars anyway? The scenes where hundreds of millions of troops are at a standoff are even rarer.

  Recollecting some of his scattered thoughts, Yang Tian had no choice but to face the cruel reality.

  Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck Yang Tian's mind, and he came up with an unorthodox plan, which might be the only way to alleviate his current predicament. Thanks to this book "Persuasion", it arrived just in time. Finally, thanks to these wild dogs.

  Bring everyone back to the village, just in time for lunch together.