To be honest, when Lin Yi first finished reading Niu Ma's detailed information, he still had doubts about the latter's work ability.
Until—
“To work for Lord, I must do it beautifully!”
“Add one more for me, I can still do it!”
A Niu Ma was carrying a light crystal, and under the flickering firelight, one could see numerous beads of sweat on his forehead.
Despite this, when he noticed Lin Yi's gaze on him, he quickly urged his companion, who was in charge of loading, to add another one for him.
The weight of two crystals pressed down on him like a mountain.
His trembling legs and reddened eyes all proved that he had pushed his single-digit attribute value to its limit.
As the first person carried two crystals, the other Niu Mas seemed to be infected by a virus.
They all carried the same number of crystals from the warehouse.
They were afraid of losing their jobs if they did worse than others.
“Not bad.”
Lin Yi's mouth twitched, and he casually praised a Niu Ma who was forcing a smile in front of him.
Upon hearing this, the latter immediately flushed red, as if injected with a stimulant, and his movements became several times faster.
In a few swift motions, he carried the crystals to the base of the nest, handing them over to his companions responsible for building the main structure.
The massive mountain nest before their eyes visibly improved in their hands.
“It really can be finished before dawn.”
After estimating the time, Lin Yi decided to return to his mansion to sleep.
Back in the room, it was fortunate that Wang Qiu'er had a task, so she did not serve him that night.
Otherwise, for the next few hours, he would have been worried about his beloved Guang Long Nest.
.........
The next day—
Just as dawn broke, Lin Yi opened his eyes and habitually opened the territory panel.
【Government Affairs Management】 99+ messages.
【Intelligence Statistics】 3+ messages.
【Diplomatic Personnel】 25+ messages.
【Financial Statistics】 No messages for now.
The daily number of government affairs messages accounted for the majority, mostly various trivial matters and gossip.
Intelligence referred to content triggered when citizens explored outside, and after more than a week of development, the trigger frequency had stabilized.
Lin Yi looked at the two templates; there were no particularly urgent matters, so he glanced at the last financial information.
“Still no one earning money for this Lord… That’s fine, as long as there’s no alarm.”
Muttering softly, Lin Yi opened the personnel panel.
At this sight, his eyes instantly widened.
【Your citizen, “Wang Qiu’er,” has accepted 20 villagers for you from the Dream Network!】
【Your citizen, “Wang Qiu’er,” has accepted 8 villagers for you from the Dream Network!】
【Your citizen, “Wang Qiu’er”............】
【Through negotiations by your citizen Wang Qiu’er, the Cracked Earth Rhinoceros tribe located in the eastern Monster Mountain Range is willing to establish an alliance with you.】
【Through deterrence by your citizen Wang Qiu’er, the Nether Ghost Tribe of the southeastern plains has temporarily given up on waging war against you for one month.】
There were more than twenty messages in total.
Excluding the last two special messages, a rough estimate indicated at least 300 new villagers!
“Dream Network, what the hell?”
Lin Yi felt confused; he had never unlocked such a function, nor had he heard anyone mention it in the channel.
Logically, given the early-stage Lord’s daily limit of recruiting only twenty villagers, such a method that could cause a sudden surge in citizens overnight should certainly be a topic of discussion.
“Lord, you’re awake.”
Just then, Wang Qiu’er pushed the door open at an opportune moment, holding a basin of water for washing.
“Could it be, Qiu’er….”
Lin Yi abruptly stood up and quickly flipped through the notification messages he had missed while sleeping.
A moment later!
“Indeed!”
【Congratulations! Your citizen 'Wang Qiu’er' has completed a specific event, and her hidden talent has been activated! Please check the details yourself.】
Lin Yi looked up and murmured, “You’ve awakened your talent too!”
In his vision, Wang Qiu’er’s panel had new changes compared to yesterday.
The most eye-catching was undoubtedly the newly added talent content.
【Dream Network (Hidden Talent - Universal Level)】
Description: Using dreams as strings, weave a hidden network that transcends reality. Consciousness transforms into invisible nodes, allowing free passage within the surrounding limited range into the dreams of intelligent beings in the realms of all living things and the real world, forming silent resonance. This connection ignores the prying of laws; even gods find it difficult to detect!
Range: 400 kilometers
Effects:
1: After recruiting villagers within the realm of all living things, you can gain a corresponding amount of experience points.
2: After reaching alliance, deterrence, persuasion, conspiracy, or other plans with other forces in the real realm, you will gain experience points corresponding to their scale and effect.
3: In the Dream Network, when the initiator proposes a plan, the success rate increases by 500%.
4: After any plan is achieved, the target of the spell cannot refuse or delay in any form. If the contract is not completed within the proposed time, the initiator can apply to the world for a judgment against the target of the spell.
5: When the initiator holds a “handle” over the target of the spell, there is a probability that the other party will immediately accept the proposal.
Restriction: Cannot re-network with the same unit within 3 days.
“Holy crap!”
Lin Yi's mouth hung wide open after reading the message, his eyes filled with shock!
This is so awesome!
This Dream Network not only allows Wang Qiu’er to level up directly through diplomatic actions, but the superposition of the corresponding three effects is even more heaven-defying.
Hey!
You’re good buddies and friends with a certain neighbor, right?
At night, Wang Qiu’er pulls him into the Dream Network, and with a 500% increase in success rate, wouldn’t it succeed after a few more tries?
If Lin Yi caught him by the pigtail, there would be an even greater probability of absolute success!
As long as the proposal is achieved, even if the other party is a beloved relative or a sibling, the spell target must fulfill the contract objective with reddened eyes.
Without any abnormality revealed, you wouldn't even know how you died!
Killing two birds with one stone, truly terrifying!
It is definitely a god-tier skill strategically!
However...
It’s just this 400-kilometer range...
“Lord.”
Wang Qiu’er’s soft voice sounded.
After placing the wooden basin by the bed, she picked up a towel from the water, as if knowing what Lin Yi was thinking, and explained, “The talent’s coverage will increase with level growth.”
“As for how many kilometers it can specifically extend, I don’t know.”
“I am still a little rusty with the Dream Network and cannot precisely find valuable targets or specify objects.”
“In one night, I could only achieve this much for you, Lord.”
Lin Yi listened and nodded thoughtfully.
As long as it could be improved, everything was fine.
Then, he asked Wang Qiu’er about the conditions for awakening her talent.
He learned that she had merely fallen asleep while repeatedly thinking about how to increase the number of villagers.
Just like Wang Qianqian, there were almost no threshold requirements.
With the two girls as references, Lin Yi couldn't help but become curious about the Old Man Wang's talent effect!
“Oh, right!”
Suddenly, Lin Yi frowned and asked, “What’s going on with the Cracked Earth Rhinoceros and the Nether Ghost Tribe?”
Cooperating with the former was understandable.
This Nether Ghost Tribe had no connection with him, so why would they inexplicably wage war against him?
Or was it that there were no restrictions on indigenous alien races declaring war?