Apocalypse Descent: Farming with My Harem

Chapter 949: Chapter 350: Artisan’s Enlightenment, Life Talent!

The entire population of Puteng Village is still in a state of shock.

Beside them, Tong Chuchu said: ”Get up, don’t continue kneeling on the ground, Big Brother will get angry!”

”I’m not blaming you; you didn’t hit me.”

”Don’t worry, Big Brother won’t punish you.”

Tong Chuchu’s innocent words echoed.

That relieved all the villagers of Puteng Village.

The two children who made mistakes stood up in a trance, as if waking from a dream.

Old Village Chief Zelco also came to his senses and gratefully said, ”You truly are a benevolent Lord, may the Goddess bless you.”

”And this beautiful lady, you are pure and kind like the stars in the sky.”

Even the two hundred villagers behind looked at Cao Xing and Tong Chuchu with eyes full of gratitude!

Cao Xing shook his head, saying nothing further.

He directly issued them a recruitment invitation.

The next moment, a system prompt appeared.

[Recruitment successful: Villager Zelco/Abu/Bezzi/Anfenson... have joined your territory, territory population +237...]

...

A total of over two hundred people, all ordinary creatures.

And Cao Xing’s territory population increased by more than two hundred again.

After the big upgrade last time, his population count had already surpassed a thousand.

The majority occupying this number, naturally, are those combat personnel.

An Elite Level Creature counts as 2 population, a Boss as 3, and so on...

He glanced at his territory’s population status.

[Territory Population: 1462/3000]

”Pretty good, the population cap is currently very ample.”

”Now, every time the Lord Mansion levels up, it can increase the population by 1000. Reaching Level 10 means a population of 5000.”

Then, Cao Xing glanced at the attributes of these newcomers.

[Puteng Village Village Chief: Zelco]

[Level: Level 9 (First-tier ordinary creature)]

[Life Value: 540/883 (Blessing of the Pale Tree)]

[Attack Power: 47~49]

[Skill: None]

[Life Skills: Intermediate Management Mastery (Possesses rich management experience, able to quickly and reasonably distribute work, coordinate relationships among subjects, while boosting ally morale)

Intermediate Planting Mastery (Possesses rich planting experience, increases the survival rate of crops by 20%, and enhances crop yield by 10%)

Advanced Brewing Mastery (Holds extensive knowledge of brewing, can increase success rate by 30% in brewing advanced liquor and has a certain probability of improving the quality of the brewed liquor)]

[Talent: None]

[Status: Frostrot (A disease caused by long-term living in a polar environment, absorbing a large amount of cold air, plus nutritional deficiencies, initial symptoms are decreased physical fitness, and constantly decreasing life value limit;

In the mid-stage, internal organs are affected, function declines, breathing becomes difficult, heartbeat weakens, ultimately leading to death.)]

[Satiety: 52]

[Loyalty: 67]

...

[Villager: Ruge]

[Level: Level 7 (First-tier ordinary creature)]

[Life Value: 323/523 (Blessing of the Pale Tree)]

[Attack Power: 24~38]

[Skill: None]

[Life Skills: Basic Planting Mastery, Basic Brewing Mastery]

[Status: Frostrot]

[Satiety: 53]

[Loyalty: 66]

...

A slight surprise appeared in Cao Xing’s eyes.

Unexpectedly, this Village Chief is actually a rare high-level talent.

That advanced brewing skill is really impressive, directly increasing success rate by 30%, with a probability of enhancing the liquor’s quality.

It’s known that generally, when brewing ordinary liquor, there is practically no failure probability.

But advanced liquors are different.

These advanced liquors require materials that are excessively advanced, and the brewing process is several times more complex.

A mistake in one step could lead to total failure.

Thus, a 30% success rate is still very strong.

As for the subsequent effect, enhancing quality...

He happens to have a [Illusion Dream Demon Wine Recipe] in his hand, which is of golden quality magic wine.

Could enhancing the quality turn it into orange, i.e., epic quality?

Thinking of this, Cao Xing felt a bit of anticipation.

However, to brew [Illusion Dream Demon Wine], not only do materials need to be collected, but also a [Advanced Brewery] is required.

A bit more preparation time is necessary.

Apart from the Village Chief, he also discovered that these villagers of Puteng Village more or less have a skill.

Of course, most of them are [Basic Planting Mastery].

Based on their names, Cao Xing also learned that previously, the villagers of this village made a living by planting a kind of winter grapes.

So having [Planting Mastery] is not surprising.

Cao Xing contemplated: ”This batch of villagers is of quite high quality, so many people possessing planting mastery means they can be assigned to specifically cultivate crops.”

”Right when my first batch of Kulin Barley and Cold Dew Rice mature, the farmland area can be ready for expansion.”

In his territory, livestock farming is already showing some progress.

While agriculture is still in its infancy.

If these villagers are utilized well, they can bring Cao Xing considerable benefits.

He also noticed that these villagers seem to have a kind of disease called [Frostrot].

According to the system introduction, this disease results from chronic malnutrition, combined with continuous inhalation of cold air, causing the cold to invade the internal organs.

Villagers afflicted with this disease generally don’t live long.

But fortunately, this is not a contagious disease, so there’s no worry about infecting others in the territory.

Cao Xing continued to think: ”My Cloud Yak’s milk can treat some dark ailments.”

”It should also be usable to treat this Frostrot.”