After a moment, Zhou Bai put on her equipment, grabbed her weapon, and left the territory.
Not far outside the territory, Zhou Bai immediately noticed the changes in the environment.
She could no longer find any traces of the former villa area, the garden and groves had already been swallowed up by the forest, the trees stood tall and dense, looking like a true primeval forest from afar.
The world has changed!
At this moment, Zhou Bai's understanding was clearer than ever before.
Of course, from Zhou Bai's perspective as a Lord right now, this was a good thing.
Because as the environment became more primitive, the surrounding resources also increased.
For example, on the map, all sorts of marked locations started to appear: Cloud Mist Forest, shrubbery, waterfall, bamboo forest, hills, Chaotic Stone Forest, solvent cave, lake… countless places.
Unsurprisingly, these spots would be future supply points where territory residents could gather resources.
Of course, the resources weren't just there for the taking; most supply points had Demon Beasts roaming nearby, making them pretty dangerous.
Right now, Zhou Bai followed the Lord Map and arrived at a shrubbery area with relatively few Demon Beasts and no other people around.
Once she arrived, Zhou Bai noticed a few plants in the shrubbery bearing bright red fruits.
Zhou Bai reached out to collect them, and soon the system sent a notification.
[Congratulations, Host! Obtained Wild Berries*1, Experience Points*1]
Once she collected them, Zhou Bai could see their introduction; after confirming they were edible, she tried a bite, and the sweet and sour flavor instantly burst in her mouth.
Delicious!
Zhou Bai's eyes lit up.
Her mom would like this.
She hurriedly started picking the rest of the wild berries.
After clearing them out, Zhou Bai looked around again.
She couldn't really recognize most of the plants, but she still tried picking them.
[Congratulations, Host! Obtained useless wild grass*1, Experience*1]
[Congratulations, Host! Obtained Rattan*1, Experience*1]
[Congratulations, Host! Obtained herbal stone pine*1, Experience*1]
[Congratulations, Host! Obtained useless wild grass*1]
[Congratulations, Host! Obtained useless wild grass*1]
[Congratulations, Host! Obtained bracken*1, Experience*1]
[...]
Zhou Bai exploited the system's identification, keeping the useful stuff and tossing the useless, gleefully gathering resources.
No idea how much time had passed, when the system sent another notification.
[Congratulations, Host! After 100 collections, you have acquired Basic Identification Skill.]
With this, Zhou Bai could basically scan the shrubbery and clearly see which plants nearby were useful.
Zhou Bai's eyes brightened.
This refreshed world was giving residents more and more danger, but correspondingly, there were more and more good things!
Combat definitely wasn't the only option for residents.
Nice!
Just as Zhou Bai was about to continue practicing Identification Skill, some movement came from the shrubbery, grunting and snorting noises echoed over.
Zhou Bai became instantly alert.
Soon enough, a Demon Beast burst out from the shrubbery.
Zhou Bai then noticed that the Demon Beast in the shrubbery was a Blood-toothed Demon Pig.
Seeing the Blood-toothed Demon Pig, Zhou Bai's eyes sparkled.
Pork!
Without waiting for the Blood-toothed Demon Pig to get close, Zhou Bai already rushed forward wielding her Iron Axe.
[Congratulations, Host! Killed lv.5 Blood-toothed Demon Pig. Obtained sweet potato*, pork*5, Pig Teeth*5, Experience Points*50, copper coin*50.]
Pork, acquired!
Too bad, though—does this game's "pork" mean it's really just pork, pork trotter, pork belly, pork intestine, pork ribs and so on?
Those parts are the real treasures!
She sighed briefly, then continued sweeping through the area.
Maybe because level 5 is like a mini-boss among Demon Beasts here and it's his territory; apart from finding a few lower-level Blood-toothed Demon Pigs, Zhou Bai didn't encounter any more beasts.
After almost clearing out the resources in this shrubbery, Zhou Bai switched to another location.
She realized that even though there were so many supply points, the resources at each seemed limited; she wondered if they could refresh.
On the next leg, Zhou Bai relied on her Lord Map to gradually explore the area, occasionally slaying a few lone Demon Beasts.
Figuring her Experience Points might be enough now, Zhou Bai opened her personal control panel.
[Character: Zhou Bai]
[Race: Human]
[Level: lv.9 (961/4500)]
[Identity: Lord of Hope Village, Hope Village Resident]
[Life Value: 855/900]