Chapter 1: I Am The Lord

Whooosh

The breeze carried a trace of warmth, calmly waking Wang Qi.

The sky was a beautiful blue, the surroundings carrying a wet salty smell.

Wang Qi reached out to grab his drink to the side, but touched nothing.

He stood up, dazedly looking around.

The calm sea in the distance turned to mist, the soft beach underfoot into hard grass, and there was nothing around but him.

Where is this?

Wasn’t I on a beach vacation?

Pop!

Wang Qi slapped himself hard, the powerful sensation on his face forcing him awake.

I’ve teleported?

But what the hell is this place?

Just then, a crisp voice came from above.

“Welcome, everyone, to the Global War Strategy Game!”

“From now on, each person will be given three days of protection period time.”

“During the protection period, you will not be in any danger”

“You need to build your own kingdom, build an army and improve infrastructure.”

“You can establish friendship with others and become allies.”

“Of course, you may also be attacked by other countries, so it is important to upgrade the strength of your kingdom.”

“I hope every kingdom lord can build a strong kingdom.”

“Have fun and play hard!”

At the same time, a clear game panel was presented in front of his eyes.

“Dear Lord Wang Qi, please choose the tribe to which you belong!”

There were five types of tribes: Red, yellow, blue, green and purple.

[Red Tribe: Recruiting time of army shortened by 5% and army combat power is increased.]

[Yellow Tribe: Has a Skyfire attack. (After using, target loses resources, and has its resource production reduced. Duration is seven days, cooldown time is 7 days. PS: This skill ignores the early protection period.)]

[Blue Tribe: Scientific research project time is reduced by 5%, the construction of some buildings is made cheaper.]

[Green Tribe: All resource production efficiency increased.]

(Translator’s Note: It does not say by how much for Green.)

[Purple Tribe: Building construction time shortened by 5%, additional +1 talent.]

Global War Strategy?

Did they put me in here without knowing I’m a veteran?

Haha, this time I win for sure!

As a veteran Global War Strategy player, he has been an ally, a diplomat, and a spy deep into enemy territory.

His great name was still passed down in people’s hearts today.

“I choose blue!” Wang Qi ordered blue without any hesitation, and in an instant, a light fell from the sky on his body.

White light bloomed in the field and after a few seconds, the light faded. A magnificent blue and white dragon robe was put on him.

Wang Qi looked himself up and down a bit and found that the clothes fit just right.

As for why he chose blue, it had something to do with the characteristics of the five tribes.

The red tribe was mainly the choice of war zealots, although in the early stage they could quickly build an army and attack other countries to get resources, that tribe did not meet his character.

And with his years of experience, the yellow tribe, though it seemed very good, should be the most useless one. Whoever chose that was sorely unlucky.

As for the green and purple tribes, their benefits were not obvious, they belonged to the middle of the road.

Only the blue tribe’s ability attracted Wang Qi. Knowing that this was a real war strategy game, not an online game, and that strong scientific research strength often determined the prosperity of a country.

At this time, the chat channel next to the game panel suddenly flickered.

There were three major chat channels, namely.

[World Channel], [Tribe Channel], and [Personal Channel].

At this moment, it was the world channel that exploded into a frenzy

“Does anyone know what this place is?”

“Who can tell me which tribe is better to choose?”

“Brother, I suggest you choose the yellow tribe, I’m an old player, listen to my advice.”

[K:508 X:209 Y:668 Yellow Tribe (Good People) using Skyfire attack K:508 X:112 Y:345 Red Tribe (Skyblade Smile)]

A message slid across the world channel.

Skyblade laughed, “Which son of a bitch threw a skyfire at me? I haven’t even started production! My resources are negative? Good People, right? I’ve memorized your coordinates! You wait for me, once the protection period time is up, I will let you know why I picked the red tribe.”

Good People replied, “Big brother… this really isn’t what it looks like..”

Wang Qi laughed and closed the chat channel.

At this time, a mechanical voice suddenly spoke, but not from the sky but from Wang Qi’s heart.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for signing in successfully. Reward: A military mentor.]

Just as the words fell, an old man with a white beard appeared in front of him.

“Servant kowtows to the kingdom lord!” The old uncle respectfully knelt on the ground.

“Get up!” Wang Qi was only surprised for a short while before he stepped into his role.

Although he didn’t really need someone to assist him, it would be nice if someone could relieve a little bit of his pressure.

“Kingdom Lord, I have a matter to report!” The old uncle stood up and said with an arching hand.

“What is it?” Wang Qi raised his eyebrows, puzzled.

“Now that we have just established the country, we still need the kingdom lord to state the name of the country.”

“That’s true, since I chose the blue tribe, the name will be Blue Shark and the country name will be Dan!” Wang Qi thought carefully, and then said again, “and then you will be named as the founding minister of the country, given the name Fang, first name Bo. How about that?”

“Thank you, Lord!” Fang Bo old tears, once again kneeling up.

(TN: So, the “country name” being Dan in this case is used as more of a dynastic name, whereas Blue Shark is probably just the username.)

…

Wang Qi looked at the game panel in front of him, pondered slightly for a short while, then clicked left and right.

The National Court, which was related to the development of the whole country, would also be the place where Wang Qi would deal with all kinds of things in the future.

[The National Court successfully been built!]

[Unlocked: Barracks, Farmland, Hospital.]

[Wood-21k, Stone-13k, Iron Ore-36k, Crystal-2k.]

[Strength +3580, total strength:3580.]

[Remaining resources.]

[Wood:79k]

[Stone:87k]

[Iron Ore:64k]

[Crystal:48k]

Wood, stone and iron were three resources that the system provided 100k of each at the beginning, while crystal was more valuable, only 50k.

Just by building a National Court, it cost almost 1/5 of his resources, Wang Qi was a little heartbroken.

When Wang Qi had built the barracks, the good field and the hospital, his resources were almost depleted.

[Barracks: 500 infantry, 500 archers, 500 cavalry or 500 artillery can be trained.]

Wang Qi looked at his pitiful resources.

[Wood:9k]

[Stone:8k]

[Iron Ore:5k]

[Crystal:25k]

And these resources were only enough for him to recruit one type of soldier.

“Lord, I suggest recruiting cavalry first!” Fang Bo saw Wang Qi’s hesitation and spoke out.

“Look, Lord, the speed and collection bonus of this cavalry is higher than any other troop type, it is suitable for relieving the pressure in our early stages.”

Wang Qi clicked on the details of the cavalry and revealed a smile.

[First-rank Cavalry: Speed 5, combat power 3, resource weight 10, collection bonus 10%]

While the corresponding values for infantry and bow soldiers were much smaller, it could be said that cavalry was the most suitable type of soldier for gathering.

“Good, then recruit cavalry!” Wang Qi waved his hand and selected Cavalry.

Soon, a countdown appeared over that barracks.

[10:29-10:28-10:27…]

After waiting patiently for about ten minutes, a group of soldiers on war horses slowly came out of the barracks, each of them clad in cloth armor with sharp eyes, looking formidable.

When all 500 cavalrymen came out, they were neat and tidy, standing in small teams of fifty people, with a senior cavalryman wearing a red scarf in front of each team leading the way.

(Author Note: Senior cavalrymen are a gift.)

“Greetings, generals!” Wang Qi stood in front and shouted.

“Long live the country master! Long live the Blue Shark Kingdom!” The cavalrymen shouted loudly with a powerful voice.

Wang Qi made a gesture, signaling for them to quiet down and the cavalry quieted down instantly.

“This game is too cool!” Wang Qi was inwardly shocked and satisfied.

The taste of being the lord of the country was simply not too comfortable!

Before, it was just a game addiction, but now he could actually experience it firsthand, which he didn’t even dare to think about before.

This real feeling told him that it was not all a dream!

“Cavalry, currently our resources are in short supply, I need you to go to the outside world to collect resources, are you scared?”

“Not afraid! Not afraid! Not afraid!” The cavalrymen shouted three times to the sky in unison.

“Very well! Then I’ll be here expecting the triumphant return of all of you!”

“For the Blue Shark Kingdom!” The commanders shouted and led hundreds of cavalry to disappear in unison through the mist and out of sight.

In this game, going out to collect resources would not only expose you to other countries, there was also a variety of beasts and natural disasters.

Especially for such low-ranking soldiers, the danger level was even higher, and the mortality rate was usually 10:1.

However, all players are now in a protection period, they only needed to defend against wild beasts and natural disasters.

(Author Note: During the protection period, players may not attack each other, except for skills.)

The cavalry reached a stone mine.

A notification message suddenly appeared.

Wang Qi immediately clicked on it, a picture presented in front of him.

In the screen, it was the cavalry from before, and in front of them was a stone mining area that was tens of meters high.

After choosing to mine immediately, the cavalry divided the work clearly, one squad mining, another squad transporting, and another squad guarding, very high efficiency.

[Stones mined: 1k…5k…10k…]

Looking at the numbers moving in the top right, Wang Qi understood that this should be the resources currently mined by his cavalry, when they transported back, these virtual numbers would change.

[Congratulations to the player (Old Ye) who came first in reaching the second level. He obtained the title of Elite Player!]

(Translator’s Note: Changed to Old Ye after I thought it was Blue Shark..)

A banner suddenly appeared above Wang Qi’s head, staying for a full ten seconds before disappearing.