I Become a Landlady in the Game World

Reflecting on this, Zhou Bai ran through everything in his territory.

Hope Village at present only had so few special points.

One: Gourmet food.

Two: A wide variety of ingredients.

Three: Undead NPC and Beastman NPC.

Four: School.

Five: A relatively fair and free environment.

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Bit by bit analysis revealed nothing that would make Earl Orkot wary; in fact, if he wished, he could simply copy some things, which to a certain extent could deter residents from coming to Hope Village.

Wasn't Glasgow Village doing just that, informing residents that a school would be built and with the cooperation with Hope Village, those residents were no longer willing to leave their homeland?

If it wasn't these things, then it could only be some information.

Zhou Bai methodically ruled out options until his previous conversation with Bayer resurfaced in his mind.

Hope Village had a backer—Lovisa City.

Perhaps, Earl Orkot knew the true face of Lovisa City and knew that Fasal Village was supported by Lovisa City; therefore, after knowing that Hope Village was cooperating with Lovisa City, did he decide that Hope Village was Lovisa City's "cash cow" and thus no longer coveted it?

The more he thought about it, the more possible it seemed.

After all, this was the only reasonable explanation.

Thinking this, Zhou Bai shared his thoughts with Bayer.

Upon hearing that, Bayer was momentarily surprised, "So you're saying, the relationship between Fasal Village and Lovisa City isn't unknown to everyone?"

"The existence of invasive territories is no secret, so it's only natural for someone to investigate their origins; the Lord of Bengala Town has a family background, and it wouldn't be unusual for his family to know some inside information," Zhou Bai continued analyzing.

"Knowing that, why would they allow these territories to develop? Recently, due to the increased number of territories coming to Hope Village, I've had people gather information about exterior territories and found that more and more territories are being conquered from the outside, not just by invasive territories but also by the Beast Tides," Bayer mentioned as the conversation flowed.

He too had realized after coming into contact, that the situation in the Human Clan Kingdom seemed to have changed considerably from what it used to be.

"More and more, you say? Isn't it quite normal to have one or two fewer territories each day?" Zhou Bai asked subconsciously.

After all, they had experienced numerous territory destructions since coming to this world.

And so, he assumed that the competition in this world was naturally fierce.

"How could that be?" Bayer asked reflexively, "Initially, even with territorial wars, invasive types were very rare, almost non-existent; because if one appeared, other territories would band together to attack it since a territory's greatest crisis was often the Beast Tide during promotion. But during promotion, all territories would do their best to prepare, and it was rare for a territory to be wiped out due to not withstanding a Beast Tide."

"That means the environment has gotten harsher," Zhou Bai continued where Bayer left off.

"In terms of the environment surrounding Hope Village, I feel it has," Bayer agreed with a nod.

"Then that can only mean, perhaps due to some reason, the Demon Beast population has increased," Zhou Bai stated directly.

"Yes, but I'm not clear on the specific situation; after all, I've been in the Undead Kingdom for so long, I can only try to gather information from the outside world again now," Bayer replied bluntly.

"Right!" Zhou Bai nodded, "But I think those larger territories may know more; perhaps the existence of invasive territories has also been accepted due to these changes!"

Zhou Bai had not forgotten one thing; that they carried the Doomsday Game System.

Originally, he had thought it was because Blue Star had faced the so-called "Doomsday" challenge.

But now, it seemed, perhaps not only Blue Star, but this world too!

Though this was a big leap, it wasn't impossible.

However, to prove this theory with the resources currently at his disposal was utterly impossible.

So, all he could do now was to develop his territory as quickly as possible while collecting as much information about this world as he could.

Upon hearing Zhou Bai's words, Bayer seemed to recall something and quickly said, "Speaking of which, I have heard some undead in the Undead Kingdom talk about territories becoming fewer, not just in the Human Clan Kingdom, but also in other Race territories, which seem to be concentrating power, consolidating small territories into medium ones, and medium territories into large ones. Considering this, is the Human Clan Kingdom doing the same? Are invasive territories just a more aggressive approach, one that is acceptable now because it fits the current development situation, hence nobody stops them like before?"