Online Game: Unrivaled Gods

Basic Fence Blueprint: A basic building structure, upgradable (requires intermediate fence blueprint). Creates a wooden fence with 1000 durability points. Requirements: 1 novice carpenter, 3 laborers, 100 units of lumber.

Basic Barracks Blueprint: A basic building, upgradable (requires Intermediate Barracks Blueprint), can be used to construct a soldier advancement training area. Requirements: 3 laborers, 50 units of wood, and 30 units of stone.

Basic Wooden Prison Blueprint: A basic building structure, upgradable (requires Intermediate Stone Prison Blueprint). It can construct a wooden prison with a capacity of 2000 people and a durability of 1000 points. Requirements: 1 Junior Carpenter, 3 Laborers, 50 units of lumber.

"Destroying a stronghold gives you so many blueprints?" Sun Rui was puzzled by the three blueprints the system gave him after destroying the stronghold. Establishing a village requires a village-building token, and building structures in a village, besides houses and farmland, all require blueprints. Although basic blueprints aren't as difficult to obtain as village-building tokens, they shouldn't be coming out in bulk.

What Sun Rui didn't know was that this stronghold was also built by someone in a similar situation to him. That leader had the strength of a pre-game master from the moment he entered the game, so he had collected blueprints and hidden them in this stronghold during the four months of gameplay. When the stronghold was destroyed, the system distributed these blueprints as a reward, since they would have been found by Sun Rui's men sooner or later anyway. Sun Rui was still marveling at the system's generosity, unaware that the system had actually withheld his reward.

"Now that I've received such a windfall, I'll go back to the city and buy it at the exchange." Looking at the construction blueprints in his hand, Sun Rui felt like they were a pile of money flying towards him, and his anger over the counterfeit incident had eased considerably.

"Sir, this is the harvest for this time." The village chief handed over a list, clearly having already tallied up the entire haul.

"Hmm... Hmm!" Sun Rui, who was originally thinking about how to make money by buying blueprints, glanced at the list casually, but his attention was immediately drawn to it.

Tier 1 Pikeman Training Manual (26 copies): Allows natives and players to learn Tier 1 Pikeman skills. Players can use the barracks to change their class to Tier 1 Pikeman.

Tier 1 Swordsman Training Manual (35 copies): Allows natives and players to learn Tier 1 Swordsman skills. Players can use the barracks to change their class to Tier 1 Swordsman.

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The list contains 76 Tier 1 training books, 28 Tier 2 training books, and a paltry 8 Tier 3 training books. These are the skill books dropped by killing all the bandits in the mountain stronghold. Training books are the foundation of the army; only with training books can troops be developed rapidly.

大刀（37柄）：白色武器，攻击力4-6，耐久49/50。

长枪（28柄）：白色武器，攻击力4-6，耐久45/50。

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The weapons list showed that the harvest included 37 broadswords, 28 spears, 13 longbows, and 267 arrows. Sun Rui was quite satisfied with the result. He had acquired a lot of weapons. Each weapon had durability and was considered a consumable. For example, the spears and broadswords that Sun Rui used to attack the mountain stronghold were already worn out in his hands. Warfare is expensive, so the captured weapons were a significant source of income.

Sun Rui didn't care much about the remaining miscellaneous resources and clothing. Anyway, whether he planned to build a village or not, he didn't care much about resources.

"What is this?" Sun Rui noticed a folded list among the documents.

"This list contains spoils that were taken from the two leaders of the bandit group."

Upon hearing the village chief's explanation, Sun Rui was shocked. The items that had been revealed were definitely valuable. Sun Rui quickly opened the folded list, but after just one glance, he was frozen in place. He could only see the items in the first row.

The five large characters "Bronze Village Construction Order" completely stunned Sun Rui. Looking at these words, Sun Rui felt an urge to cry. The mountain that had weighed on his heart for the past few years finally gave him hope of being removed.

"Phew..." Sun Rui took a deep breath, calming his excited emotions, and continued reading.

Whirlwind Blade Technique: A martial art used during the Qi Accumulation stage. Requirement: A general in the Qi Nourishment stage.

Surging Waves Spear Technique: A martial art used during the Qi Accumulation stage. Requirement: A general in the Qi Nourishment stage.

Ordinary internal energy cultivation: Can be cultivated to the Celestial Realm. Requirement: 10 points of martial arts strength.

Silver Spear: Silver-grade weapon, attack 50-60, durability 86/100.

Wolf Fang Knife: Bronze-grade weapon, attack power 30-40, durability 45/70.

The items dropped by the bandit leader and the second-in-command are quite good. They can completely allow the owner to summon two Qi Cultivation stage generals. Don't be fooled by Sun Rui's ease in killing Qi Accumulation stage generals; that's because he possesses the Lu Bu template. In a time when most players are still in the newbie village, internal energy manuals are just unimaginable things for them.

"Good, bring the items over." Sun Rui was very satisfied with the list, so he ordered the village head to bring the items on the list over.

"Yes."

"This is the village establishment order." Sun Rui held a rectangular bronze token in his hand. He could hardly take his eyes off the token. In his eyes, this village establishment order was a life.

"Sir, we should go back to the city to report." The village chief reminded Sun Rui, who was staring intently at the village establishment order but not giving any orders.

"Okay, pack your things, let's go back to the city."

"What's going on!" Sun Rui looked at the more than 110 soldiers standing in front of him. Yes, 110 soldiers. More than 30 soldiers died in this attack on the mountain stronghold. Sun Rui did not expect, no! He deliberately avoided the fact that his side would also lose people during the attack on the mountain stronghold. When dealing with things before, Sun Rui felt that he had brought fewer soldiers, and he optimistically thought that they had gone to search for supplies.

"Reporting to you, sir, in this bandit suppression operation, a total of 153 bandits were killed, and 36 soldiers were injured." The garrison commander solemnly reported the soldiers' situation to Sun Rui.

"Is it always like this?" Sun Rui asked the village head, hoping for the best.

"No, sir."

Just as Sun Rui breathed a sigh of relief, he heard the village head's voice again.

"Thanks to the presence of the adults, our unit suffered far fewer casualties this time." The platoon leader completely shattered Sun Rui's hopes.

Sun Rui then remembered that these soldiers possessed his ultimate skill, "Desperate Measures," and yet so many had died despite having it. If they didn't... The thought sent a shiver down Sun Rui's spine.

"You..." Sun Rui opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.

"Sir, since we joined the army, we have considered the consequences. As I said before, if we are all just afraid of death, who will protect Jiuyuan City and who will wipe out these bandits?" The garrison commander comforted Sun Rui, trying to reassure him.

"Well... let's take a portion of the money from this operation and give 30 silver coins to each of the families of the fallen soldiers." Sun Rui couldn't think of any other effective solution, so he could only offer monetary compensation.

"Thank you, sir!" the garrison commander said to Sun Rui from the bottom of his heart.

"Thank you, sir!" more than 110 soldiers shouted in unison.

"Back to the city."

It took Sun Rui and his group another two hours to reach the outskirts of Jiuyuan City.

Looking at the bustling crowds in Jiuyuan City, Sun Rui felt as if it were two completely different worlds. The peaceful and tranquil life of the common people in Jiuyuan City seemed far removed from death, a stark contrast to the life-or-death battle they had fought just two hours earlier, giving Sun Rui a sense of unreality.

Sun Rui shook his head to clear his mind of the jumbled thoughts.

"You all go back to the camp first, I have something to do," Sun Rui said to the 110 soldiers behind him.

This system update removed the previous feature that allowed the system to buy and sell items for players, and introduced an exchange. There are exchanges between each city or village where players can list their unwanted items, set prices, or wait for others to buy them. Of course, players will have to pay a fee, which the system will charge as a percentage based on the distance between transactions.

Sun Rui led Ugly Girl to the exchange, opened the chat window and looked at the items inside. Currently, only Tianyang among the players has built a village; the rest are still trying to reach level nine in the canyon. Sun Rui originally thought the exchange wouldn't have much, but after seeing the items in the chat window, he realized he was wrong. Looking at the dazzling array of items in the chat window, Sun Rui realized that the exchange wasn't just for players.

Inside the exchange, resources, provisions, horses, and weapons could all be seen. After browsing for a while...

Sun Rui's hands trembled slightly as he pulled out the bronze village-building token. Although he guessed that the token was very valuable, it was just a guess and he wasn't sure.

Global Hope No. 9527 Beginner Village Exchange

"Hey bro, which guild are you in?" A young man dressed in plain clothes with an ordinary face asked the person next to him, seemingly bored.

“I’m from the Starry Sky Guild, brother. You were also sent here to keep an eye on the exchange.” The man who was being questioned, who had been drowsy, instantly perked up.

"That's right, otherwise who would be watching over us every day? They would have gone out to level up long ago," the young man complained.

His words immediately resonated with the people around him, who echoed his sentiments.

"Sigh... There's nothing we can do. The higher-ups think that someone might buy village-building orders at the trading floor."

"Yeah, I wouldn't do this job if the guild didn't pay me well."

"****..." Suddenly, someone jumped up from among the group chatting.

The people around him looked at him with puzzled expressions.

"Haha, it's nothing, I just thought of something." The man awkwardly scratched his head, then secretly sent a message to his guild leader. He thought about how he had helped the guild leader snatch the village-building token, and the reward the guild leader would give him was a promotion, a raise, a high position, marriage to a beautiful and wealthy woman, and reaching the pinnacle of life. He was getting a little excited just thinking about it. He wiped his drool, making sure they didn't see it.

Before long, the president of the labor union arrived with his men. The remaining union members immediately understood what was going on and quickly sent messages to their respective presidents.

At the same time, similar events occurred in various newbie villages, and the trading hall suddenly became lively.