[Knight Niu Bu, you are willing to assist the King of Han, Chu Zhongxing, and you will inherit the position of Yancheng. ]

【Your position is restored to Centurion. 】

[You are the first player in "The Hundred Schools of Thought" to be promoted to the Qi Family Realm. The King of Han and Chuzhong are about to appoint you as a lieutenant. ]

[Player Niu Bu, you have been promoted to the rank of Yihui Xiaowei, a seventh-rank officer, and can command two thousand men. ]

The four lines of text informed Niu Bu's identity. When Chu Zhongxing was the commander-in-chief of Yancheng, Niu Bu was a centurion. Later, he was promoted to the Qi family realm. At that time, the system prompted him that when he saw Chu Zhongxing again, his official position could be promoted to captain.

But the system did not specify what kind of captain or what level of official position he was.

And now, with the early experience of the beta version, Niu Bu decided to assist the Han King Chu Zhongxing. He inherited his previous position in Yancheng, and his official position was also clarified.

Niu Bu was promoted to colonel and became the Yihui Colonel!
"Yihui Xiaowei? This position seems a little familiar to me!"

Niu Bu always felt as if he had heard of the position of Yihui Xiaowei somewhere. He thought about it, but couldn't remember it, so he put the question behind him.

The text about the official positions disappeared, and the map in front of Niu Bu kept getting bigger. After the map of the entire northern border covered Niu Bu's field of vision, another line of text emerged.

[The Imperial Shang Dynasty had thirteen cities in the northern border. Almost all of the 30,000 Northern Defense Army of the Imperial Shang Dynasty were buried in the northern border, and the thirteen cities in the northern border also all fell into the hands of the barbarians.

Now, with Yancheng reduced to ruins, the Imperial Shang Dynasty has completely lost the Northern Frontier, and the Northern Frontier will no longer have anything to do with the Imperial Shang Dynasty! 】

[Yancheng Commander Chu Zhongxing has died in battle in the northern border. Now the King of Han, Chu Zhongxing, has no generals, no soldiers, and no food. As a minister of the King of Han, please share the worries of the King of Han! ]

[You have activated the main quest: Fiefdom.]

[Task requirements: Please conquer a piece of land for the King of Han as his fiefdom.]

[Task Reward: ? ? ? (Early Access Version, no rewards yet)]

"Conquer a piece of land? As the fief of the King of Han?"

"Do you have"

Niu Bu was just about to ask if there were any regional requirements when his vision suddenly went dark. When he opened his eyes again, he had already entered the game.

There was still desert all around him. He was lying in the desert. In the distance, an ordinary warhorse was walking back and forth in the desert in a restless manner, as if the scorching yellow sand made it extremely uncomfortable.

"Is there any mission guide for this main mission?"

Niu Bu quickly opened the task panel and found that it was the same task as the one he saw on the login interface, without any instructions or requirements.

The entire main quest has only one requirement, which is to conquer a piece of land.

As for where to hit or how much to hit, there are no requirements.

"This mission doesn't have any requirements? You can let me do whatever I want?"

Niu Bu was surprised. He was also an old player of the game "Bai Jia Zhu Dao". This was the first time he encountered this kind of main quest since he started playing the game.

Just give one request, no other requests.

"The planner won't teach us how to play the game anymore?"

"Does this mean that I can play freely now?"

Although the game "Baijia Zhudao" is known as a highly free game, in fact, players are not truly free, and many tasks have various restrictions.

Now that the tasks were no longer restricted at all, Niu Bu suddenly felt uncomfortable.

Otherwise, let's establish the Han Empire in this desert. As soon as this idea came to Niu Bu's mind, he couldn't help but slap himself.

Damn, when did the Han Empire become so destitute and shabby? If the people of the Imperial Shang Dynasty knew that the northern border of the Han Empire was a desert that even the barbarians despised, they would probably laugh their heads off.

"Let's not talk about the jokes of the people of the Imperial Shang Dynasty. If I really treat this place as a fiefdom of the Han Empire, when the internal test is launched, other players will enter the game and find that they were born in the desert. I'm afraid I will be nailed to the wall of shame for the rest of my life."

"Other players asked the King of Han why he had his fief in such a remote place.

The King of Han said that this place was conquered by Niu Bu."

Niu Bu shook his head fiercely, feeling that he couldn't afford to lose face in front of this person, he really couldn't.

"Take a look at the map and choose a good fief for the King of Han!"

Niu Bu immediately opened the map. He wanted to browse the map of northern border and choose a suitable fiefdom for the King of Han, but he found that the map had changed.

In the original map system, Niu Bu could see his location and the areas he had explored.

And now, in the original map system, there is an extra page, namely: Han.

Niu Bu switched to the Han map and found that the entire map was pitch black, without a single bit of light.

"My Great Han Empire has no territory yet. As a citizen of the Great Han, I cannot tolerate this!"

As a player of the Flame Dragon Empire, Niu Bu had looked at the world map several times, and always felt uncomfortable that the Flame Dragon Empire was not the largest country in the world.

All under heaven belongs to the king, but the Yanlong Empire still has so many territories that have not been conquered. This really makes Niu Bu feel uncomfortable from the bottom of his heart.

But on Earth OL, Niu Bu does not have the ability to expand territory, and the situation does not allow it.

But in the game "Bai Jia Zhu Dao", Niu Bu felt that he must expand the territory for the Han Empire and include the entire world in the Han territory!
"Let's set a small goal first, to completely take over the Northern Frontier and turn it into the territory of our Han people!"

Niu Bu took a step forward and quickly came to the side of the warhorse. He rode on the warhorse and continued to move towards the direction of the Sushen tribe.

The mission has no requirements and a high degree of freedom. Niu Bu decided to go to the Sushen tribe first and join up with the Zhenbei Army in Yancheng.

Riding on a warhorse, Niu Bu began to explore the differences between the beta version and the closed beta version.

First of all, Niu Bu discovered several different contents in the game’s UI.

In the beta version of the UI, there are five additional systems: [Pets], [Gang], [Friends], [Marriage], and [Imperial Calendar].

There is no need to say much about the four systems of pets, gangs, friends, and marriage. In the preview of the new version, the planners clearly told the players that these are systems added in the internal test. Niu Bu opened these three systems one by one and found that there was no content on the four system pages.

To enable the pet system, you need to get a pet. Similarly, to enable the gang system, you need to create a gang.
The four systems have greatly enriched the gameplay of the game, but Niu Bu cannot experience these systems yet.

“We agreed to be the first to experience it, why aren’t these systems open to me?

If it is not enabled for me, how can I experience it and find bugs?
I need to give feedback to the planner in the future and ask him to give me the permissions for these four systems so that I can experience them!"

Niu Bu silently closed the four extra systems. He moved his gaze to the [Imperial Calendar] system and clicked it.

Swish!
What came into view was pitch black. Just when Niu Bu thought that the internal beta had experienced a lag that had never occurred before, he suddenly discovered that the pitch black thing that had just come into view was actually the territory of the Han Empire.

Today, the Han Empire doesn't even have a fiefdom, so naturally there will be no light or territory.

Niu Bu looked at the Imperial Calendar and found a line of text below it.

[Imperial Shang Dynasty July 1074, 7.

Yancheng commander Chu Zhongxing crawled out of the ruins. He thought that the friendship between him and the Shang Dynasty was over, so he adopted the advice of the chivalrous man "Gui Bi" and proclaimed himself king. He named the country "Han" and called himself the King of Han. This was known in history as the first year of the Han Dynasty.

"The Imperial Calendar is the historical record of the Han Dynasty, eh."

Niu Bu, who was about to close the Imperial Calendar, suddenly discovered that in the first line of records in the Imperial Calendar, the name of the knight "Gui Bi" could actually be clicked.

Niu Bu clicked it out of curiosity, and the next second, Gui Bi's image appeared in front of him.

This is a 3D character image, so lifelike that it seems as if a real person is appearing before your eyes.

The 1D character image of Gui Bi is not the image of a barbarian with his face pinched, but the image of him changing his job to a strategist. Looking at this image, Niu Bu felt a surge of blood rushing to the top of his head.

No!

Dude!

How do you play?
No one can resist the allure of a separate page in their family tree.

No one can refuse to be the person at the center of the family tree.

The same applies in games.

What is the Imperial Calendar?
It is the history of the rise of the Han Empire. The Imperial Calendar will record in detail the various details of the rise of the Han Empire until the Han Empire annexed the entire Imperial Shang Dynasty.

Who helped the Han Empire rise?
It's a player!
So who are the people recorded in the imperial calendar?

Of course it’s the players!
In other words, the Imperial Calendar is actually a platform for players to show off. As long as you make great contributions to the Han Empire, you will be recorded in the Imperial Calendar.

After being recorded in the Imperial Calendar, if your ID name appears, your image will also appear on it for countless players to see.

Later players, as long as they enter the game and open the Imperial Calendar, will be able to see the players’ honors and appreciate their handsome dignity.

This is the supreme honor for players, and it is what all players pursue.

"Damn it, Gui Bi actually took the first place in the Imperial Calendar. This supreme honor was actually taken by him."

"Damn, no, as the number one player in this game, I, Niu Bu, must leave my mark in the history of the empire!"

"I am a loyal follower of the Han Dynasty. I want all the players to see that I shed blood and sweat for the Han Dynasty!"

Niu Bu's emotions instantly reached their peak. He took a deep breath, closed the imperial calendar, rode his warhorse, and quickly moved towards the direction of the Sushen tribe.

The Imperial Calendar will record the rise of the Han Empire. He, Niu Bu, wants to be included in the Imperial Calendar and become the object of admiration of countless players.

So, let’s start by establishing the first fiefdom for the Han Dynasty!
Observing Niu Bu riding a war horse and galloping towards the Sushen tribe with blood boiling, Chu Zhongxing couldn't help but smile.

The Imperial Calendar, in other games, is actually the Hall of Fame. Chu Zhongxing believes that no player can resist the temptation of the Imperial Calendar.

As long as players are willing to fight for the Han Empire, they will have the opportunity to be recorded in the imperial calendar.

The 3D character images of all players recorded in the Imperial Calendar will appear on the Imperial Calendar for other players to admire.

"Honor is the best reward for a man!"

Chu Zhongxing looked at Niu Bu running towards Sushen and nodded with satisfaction.

This time, he only gave Niu Bu one requirement in the task he assigned, and did not impose any other restrictions.

Chu Zhongxing's behavior is to liberate the players' nature.

The biggest taboo in a game is that the planner teaches players how to play!
In "A Hundred Schools of Thought", in previous missions, the restrictions on players were very large. Many times, players completed the tasks not by relying on their own abilities, but with the intervention of Chu Zhongxing.

As the number of players increases, Chu Zhongxing does not have enough energy to assign corresponding tasks to each player.

Then the word "freedom" should be put on the agenda.

Give players freedom, some real freedom.

The so-called partial true freedom.

It means that the player's freedom is exercised within certain rules.

First of all, you, the player, cannot betray me, Chu Zhongxing. I can't give you freedom and then you quickly join the barbarian team and attack me in turn.

Such a thing is impossible.

The real freedom is to act within the rules. Chu Zhongxing will not interfere in any way. It doesn't matter whether you can succeed or not.

It does not matter.

Anyway, the number of players is increasing, and other players can do well in things that you can't do well.

"What marriage, what friends, the core gameplay of the internal beta is freedom!"

"As long as you act within my rules, you can do anything!"

Just like the task given to Niu Bu this time, no matter where Niu Bu chooses as his fiefdom, Chu Zhongxing will let him complete the task.

It is nothing more than recording Niu Bu’s choices in the imperial calendar.

"If freedom within certain rules is feasible, I will gradually release the power in my hands, including part of the Han Empire's right to fight wars."

“As long as players fight for the Han Empire and act within my rules, everything is free.

Anyway, I gave everything to the players, and I can also take it away!"

Chu Zhongxing has absolute control over the players, and he is not afraid of any player betraying him.

If you dare to betray me!
Find out about the title!
“If the Tongtian Divine Tree is upgraded, and I encounter the ability [Delegate Power] again next time, I can choose [Delegate Power] and delegate some of the power to the players.”

The ability of [Decentralization] is something that you will encounter during the upgrade in the Tongtian Divine Tree. By choosing this ability, Chu Zhongxing can distribute part of the rewards to players and let the players distribute them on his behalf.

In short, it is to transform some players into semi-NPCs.

This player is still a player, but can give rewards to other players! (End of this chapter)