CHAPTER 133: CHAPTER 133: END OF THE NEWBIE STAGE, ARRIVAL OF THE OFFICIAL PERIOD!

The rain outside is getting heavier.

The sound of drizzle has started to become noisy.

Zong Shen remains still, quietly waiting for that moment to arrive.

The rain has changed from a drizzle to a downpour.

As the rain sounds grow chaotic, the time has reached noon at twelve o’clock.

Zong Shen’s vision suddenly lights up.

A white light rapidly occupies his entire view.

When the light fades, everything around freezes.

Zong Shen can see, in the Lord’s Courtyard, the falling rain droplets halted mid-air.

It seems as if everything has been paused by a mysterious and unfathomable existence.

Zong Shen’s body can’t move, only his thoughts and senses function normally.

A screen of light emerges before him.

Just like the one when choosing his ancestry, lines of information leap out.

[The Newbie Stage officially ends]

[Out of this batch, 4,367,698,529 people meet the landing standards, with 589,639,301 deaths during the Newbie Stage, a comprehensive death rate of 13.5%]

[Surviving Lords, congratulations, after surviving three days of the Newbie Stage, you can now proceed to the Official Period. We hope you can create your own brilliance on this continent.]

[Official Period 1.0 rules adjustments are as follows]

[Mass Beast Boiling Challenge concluded, Burrow Challenge opens. A random number of burrow monsters will wander the land daily for one week. The strength of monsters refreshed each day will be updated at noon, categorized in levels from 1 to 7. After seven days, new challenges will appear]

[Experience Value of burrow monsters is 30% of normal monsters. Killing burrow monsters can earn Points, which can exchange for basic resources and lottery attempts]

[Significantly reduce recruitment scroll drop rate for non-relic monsters, as well as fortification item drop rate, special items drop rate. Monster corpses can’t be decomposed in one click, requiring secondary processing]

[Weather changes in recovery areas will create corresponding climatic effects based on different regions, seasons, and weather, impacting construction and development]

[Disease effects restored. Consuming unclean food or drinking can cause disease state, unprocessed corpses may spread plague and disease, getting chilled in the rain may cause a cold, etc. Disease state reduces attributes and Life Value, is a negative state, can’t be cleared by Life Recovery Magic, only through Potion and self-healing]

[Pain setting restored. Preset pain value increased from 40% to 100%, pain affects bodily state, severe pain can temporarily reduce attributes]

[Attack Damage is influenced by certain body parts. When some unarmored key parts are attacked, they suffer full damage and extra negative impact]

[Limb, torso subjected to severe damage or accumulating high Damage Value may result in effects like amputation or disability, can’t be fully restored through Life Recovery Magic, only treated with valuable Potion. Disability and amputation affect attribute values]

[Hunger Level setting improved, requires periodic Feeding daily. Prolonged hunger decreases attribute values and Loyalty]

[Native forces and roving bandits will gradually notice the suddenly appeared Lords. Without sufficient Reputation and power accumulation, they may be regarded as illegal forces and face an attack by Indigenous People’s legion]

[Killing monsters without Equipment won’t cause Equipment to drop]

[Killing monsters carrying Equipment will drop undamaged Equipment, Tier drop rate of Souls lowered from 100% to 20%]

[Ordinary monsters can drop at most Tier 2 blueprints, elite monsters Tier 3 blueprints, excellent monsters Tier 4 blueprints, commander-level monsters Tier 5 blueprints, ordinary monsters can’t drop special blueprints, drop rate and type are random]

[Main source for recruitment scrolls, special blueprints, and various special items will come from relic exploration and opening Treasure Chests, theoretically any item can randomly be acquired from chests, higher Quality of the chest raises item Quality limit]

[Food will rot and spoil, consuming spoiled food will make you sick]

[Activate [Legion] function, when your territory upgrades, if there’s another Lord within the Range, you can send a legion invitation, become a legion member, please check the details by yourself]

[A new batch of Treasure Chests has been deployed. Various relics, wild buildings, and indigenous people’s towns will randomly contain Treasure Chests of different qualities]

[Territory prosperity, development, Population Number, and Lord’s Reputation Value will gradually attract Indigenous People and refugees from the wilderness to join in admiration]

[Cancel forced 1 point Damage in non-Defense Break state, cancel Shield Block probability, strictly follow actual Block]

[All rules adjusted, 27 days later, prepare for your first defense challenge]

The subtitles are long, highlighting various changes in rules.

Recruitment scrolls are no longer easily dropped as before.

Moreover, there’s weather state, disease state, pain state.

In battle, a severely injured body part may lead to amputation or disability.

Similarly to a disabled person, affecting physical attributes.

Zong Shen reviews all the rules.

In summary, one sentence.

Difficulty increased, more realistic!

Native people will have heightened caution towards Lords.

Dangers facing Lords will also escalate.

This proves the initial three days of the Newbie Stage were indeed extremely lenient and preferential!

Overall, the difficulty has significantly increased.

Weather conditions will affect development and construction, such as downpours, gales, frosty winters, and scorching summers, all affecting subjects and soldiers’ state.

During downpours, Favide’s Fire Magic will be weakened.

Such changes and factors are numerous.

Especially combat risks and territory expansion will face substantial influence.

However, the Lords’ main objective remains unchanged.

Which is to build territory, to survive!

Surroundings still remain in a state of supernatural pause.

The light-screen indicating the rules appears for a long time before disappearing.

"Buzz!"

Zong Shen’s view whitens again.

Chaotic noises can be heard.

It is exactly the pattering sound of falling rain.

At this moment, the Communication Crystal placed near his chest starts vibrating.

A number 5 appears on it, which is Wenresa’s Crystal Number.

He lightly taps it to initiate communication between both sides.

"Wenresa, please speak!"

He actively inquires.

"Pitter-patter..."

"My Lord, the burrow countdown has reached zero, the mysterious barrier is gone."

"Now, burrow monsters have begun to appear one after another, but the Quantity isn’t too vast, our arrangements are sufficient to withstand."

"Pitter-patter..."

A torrential rain sound reaches first, followed by Wenresa’s report.

Evidently, the rain outside is frighteningly heavy.

Such environmental conditions have significant impact on frontline battles as well.