Wasteland Lord: Starting from Thirty Days to Live

The next morning, Vittorio lay in bed, enjoying the first rays of morning sunlight on his body.

The warm sunshine made him feel relaxed all over.

Just as he was stretching and enjoying the morning, his blanket suddenly bulged out, as if a mouse was scurrying around inside.

He pulled the blanket open a crack, and a head popped out from inside.

Serena emerged from within and nestled against Vittorio's chest, a faint blush on her face.

"Good morning."

"Good morning," Vittorio replied cheerfully.

"Is it really that good...?" Serena drew circles on his chest out of boredom.

"Of course, I really enjoyed it last night..."

Serena suddenly reached out and covered Vittorio's mouth, glaring at him, seemingly a little embarrassed and annoyed.

"Don't tell."

Vittorio could only shrug, indicating that he would say nothing more.

Serena then lowered her hand.

She crawled out of bed, her long hair hanging loosely down her back. She was completely naked, and the sunlight shining on her made her look like a piece of fine porcelain, with smooth, delicate, and exquisite lines.

It must be said that white women are at their peak between their teens and twenties, like flowers in bud.

Vittorio took a look and found that there was some reaction again, but this was normal. This body was full of blood and energy, it would be strange if there was no reaction.

But Serena didn't notice and just kept getting dressed—she wanted to get back to her room quickly before anyone noticed.

Vittorio didn't want her to leave, so he started to flirt with her.

"Actually, I've found that you women are all very cunning."

"What?"

"Women know that their greatest weapon is their charm, yet they refuse to share any of it with us, leaving us to be manipulated at will."

Serena smiled and leaned closer. Vittorio thought she was going to kiss him, but instead she bit Vittorio's lips hard.

"Ouch!" Vittorio cried out in pain.

Serena stood up.

"You're right. It's precisely because we know what our greatest weapon is that we're unwilling to reveal it easily. Otherwise, why would we keep you on your toes?"

She gently kissed Vittorio on the forehead again, then picked up the candlestick and left, leaving Vittorio alone in the room, still feeling unsatisfied.

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It was past nine o'clock when Vittorio finally got up, much later than usual.

He went out for a brief inspection and found that the castle's repairs had reached a critical stage. At the latest, all repairs would be completed by the end of this month. Although it was only a preliminary repair, the castle's defensive and residential functions had been fully restored.

Many refugees have joined the repair team, but most of them are still idle. Vittorio felt that understanding these people and assigning them tasks needed to be put on the agenda.

So I opened the system.

Before checking the information on the refugees, he first organized the lord points.

Previously, I swept through the South Bank and killed three large, evil level 2 monsters, including "Stonemason" and "Grom," earning 2100 Lord Points from the monster kills.

Meanwhile, the state of high morale on the territory lasted for 30 days, with each person gaining 1 loyalty point per day. This state has ended today, but all the loyalty points have been added, and the loyalty of all ordinary survivors has reached the "Fortified" level, which provides an additional 2565 loyalty points.

Yesterday, he recruited 256 refugees for the first time, including one special unit, "Serena," 17 units with special skills, and ordinary units, which added 2480 lord points to his lord's lord.

In addition, he expanded most of the land on the south bank of the Reach, which lit up the map and provided him with 580 Lord Points.

Subtract the 2000 Lord Points spent on exchanging for the River Bend Castle blueprint, and the 200 points spent on exchanging for the wooden basic residential house blueprint, plus the costs of multiple simulated village attacks.

He now has 7583 Lord Points remaining.

Although I don't want to say it, but... he really has so many Lord Points that he can't even spend them all.

The only downside is Edmund's loyalty, which is currently stuck at 90, but the message "[Further understanding of the character is needed to unlock the cap]" appears.

It seems that a special opportunity is needed to raise his loyalty to "die-hard".

However, this level is perfectly adequate for now.

After discussing the lord's position, there's also the matter of the people's hearts.

Now, with the subjugation of the South Bank and the addition of new groups of refugees, public sentiment has moved from "hope" to "cohesion," unlocking a new state that replaces the old one.

New Status Quo – [Rule of Law: The entire populace deeply approves of the lord's newly enacted laws, and the probability of crime in the territory has decreased by 50%.]

And [Frequent victories: Successive victories in foreign wars have filled the people of the territory with confidence in their lord, and loyalty increases by 1 point per person per day.]

They are both in very good condition.

Winning increases loyalty, loyalty earns lord points, lord points enable simulation, and lord points allow you to advance your tech tree. Simulation and tech tree advancement, in turn, lead to more wins.

A positive infinite loop is a valid type of loop.

After checking some basic statuses, Vittorio focused on examining the information of the newly arrived refugees in the territory.

They are roughly equal in number, with men and women each making up half, and the elderly and the young and middle-aged each making up half, which is quite balanced.

There are quite a few women of marriageable age among them, which fills the gap in the number of male survivors compared to female survivors in the past.

After a period of time, some of them will voluntarily form unions, which will then bring new population to the territory.

Vittorio, however, was primarily looking at the 17 units with special abilities.

These people, being from big cities, possess a wide variety of skills, giving them a completely different style compared to the simple, honest residents of the river bend.

This includes, but is not limited to, a variety of professions and skills such as [Brewer], [Urban Thief], [Circus Performer], [Professional Caregiver for the Elderly], and [High-Class Streetwalker].

Two individuals in particular caught Vittorio's eye.

One is [brewmaster] Old Martin.

One is Arthur, the blacksmith's apprentice.

These two people have very practical skills. The blacksmith is a given. Vittorio has always dreamed of having a blacksmith in the camp. With someone who can forge iron, many technologies that were previously impossible to develop can now be developed.

While brewers may seem less useful than blacksmiths, that's not actually the case.

The south bank has now been cleared, and many docks near villages have also been cleared.

Vittorio is keen to restart trade, and the essential element of this is "goods".

The prosperity of trade in the river bend area in the past relied on its geographical location and the turnover of goods.

The river bend has been abandoned for more than ten years and is in dire need of reconstruction. It is difficult to find merchants who want to do business here.

The infrastructure here has been destroyed, and half of the territory has not yet been recovered. Merchants are unlikely to place much trust in them.

Unless you abandon the idea of ​​turnover and instead become a supplier of goods.

For some time, Vittorio had been struggling to figure out what kind of product this was.

But now that Martin is here, Vittorio has a plan.

That's high-concentration distilled spirit!