The scene the Zhou family saw early in the morning was this.
Seeing everyone's enthusiastic spirit, their mood was unconsciously affected as well.
At this moment, Zhou Bai also understood the significance of the territory's existence.
If there were no territory, would these people adapt to the environment so quickly? No way!
She, usually lazy, silently added a bit of responsibility to herself.
Then, Zhou Bai directly looked at the Lord module on the control panel.
At first glance, Zhou Bai noticed the territory map.
Because the small red dots on it had significantly increased compared to yesterday, even a small group of Demon Beasts appeared.
Zhou Bai hurriedly said to her parents beside her, "We were right, the number of Demon Beasts has increased, and they seem to be deliberately approaching our territory."
Zhou Zhengping and Ding Qiurou listened with a few more degrees of seriousness.
Although they had anticipated it before, it was indeed not a good piece of news for them.
This Doomsday Game was really constantly pushing them to fight, making them strive to become stronger.
The more it was like this, the more it indicated that the future environment might become more perilous.
"Do we need to remind others?" Ding Qiurou whispered. Just by looking at the stance within the territory, one could tell that many teams went out. If they encountered a large number of Demon Beasts, it might be bad.
"Not suitable!" Zhou Zhengping directly rejected it. If reminded, others might ask where they got the information from.
Ding Qiurou instantly realized, hurriedly shut her mouth. Her daughter was still more important than others.
Zhou Bai's eyes moved slightly, directly saying, "I do have a way to remind others without exposing ourselves."
Their gazes immediately turned to her.
"You probably forgot, I am the Lord and can issue tasks and notifications. All residents within the territory can receive them," Zhou Bai replied, "I just need to recruit some Guard Team members to protect the territory. Anyone with a brain can figure out the reason. Moreover, the territory needs to build up guard forces, so it achieves both goals at once."
She had just thought of this upon seeing the increase in Demon Beasts. Everyone was thinking about going out to gather and hunt, turning the territory into an empty shell. If Demon Beasts attacked, she would suffer significant losses.
More importantly, she never forgot the remark on the Lord's panel.
[The territory can only be conquered by the Lord.]
To her, this might mean territories might fight each other in the future.
Therefore, the strength of the territory became very important.
Even if she was wrong, having a strong territory couldn't hurt.
Zhou Zhengping listened, nodded in agreement, then couldn't help but ruffled her hair, "Do as you think!"
She really had grown up!
Or perhaps it was only when faced with problems that he realized how capable his daughter was.
Then Zhou Bai opened the Lord Mansion's building and directly began to issue notifications on the bulletin board.
[Recruiting 20 Guard Team members, 100 copper coins per day, personal gain from dropped supplies.]
[Rescue survivors task, reward 1 copper coin per person rescued.]
[Purchasing linen, 2.2 copper coins per unit.]
[Purchasing...]
Once the notification was issued, residents all received it. Upon seeing it, each one was stunned. Previously, they only received procurement tasks; they hadn't expected a recruitment task today.
"The Guard Team should be to protect the territory. Is there any danger to the territory?"
"Personal gain from dropped supplies means there might be Demon Beast attacks like yesterday; the Guard Team's task is to deal with Demon Beasts?"
"Doesn't the territory have a shield?"
"But it's possible that the shield has conditions? After reaching a certain level, it can't be used?"
"If that's the case, isn't the territory not absolutely safe?"
"Where is absolute safety? It's already quite good like this."
"Are you going to sign up?"
"Of course, these conditions are already good, and it's working for the territory."
"By the way, was this recruitment task automatically issued by the territory, or was someone controlling it?"
"That's not clear. Anyway, nobody has jumped out to admit to being the Lord. Let's assume it has no owner for now!"
"If there really is one, it's better to keep it hidden. I don't want the territory to be thrown into chaos because of power struggles."
"..."
All of a sudden, the entire territory became lively, and many people chose to sign up. Some timid ones gave up their original plans to go out, deciding to wait for those who had gone out to return and then learn about the outside situation before deciding whether to go out. After all, there was no rush.
As for those who felt they could handle it, they still led their teams to go out.
Outside, the teams collecting and hunting around the territory at an earlier time also received the notification.
Li Xingteng led a team and, upon seeing the notification, his eyes involuntarily flickered.
After going outside today, they clearly felt the number of Demon Beasts around had increased significantly. However, since his team had eight or nine people, when they encountered Demon Beasts, they all rushed forward together. With the Iron Axe, they could basically handle it in a few blows.
They could be said to have reaped a full harvest today.
But correspondingly, the more Demon Beasts they killed, the faster they consumed their Physical Strength. They were now resting in a cleared space.
"Brother Li, today's Demon Beasts have indeed increased and higher Level ones have appeared. It seems the territory has already noticed, that's why this recruitment happened!" someone said as they approached Li Xingteng.
Once he started, others couldn't help but speak up as well.
"But the daily income for a Guard is a bit low!"
"Brother Li, will you join the Guard Team?"
"..."
Others also gathered around Li Xingteng, each saying their piece.
They originally entered the territory with Li Xingteng, and thanks to his excellent guidance along the way, they managed to enter Hope Village smoothly. Following that, they naturally formed a team with him as the leader.
After working hard these past two days, even the ones who achieved the least had leveled up to Level 2. As for harvests, it was more labor, more gain.
Therefore, they really respected this big brother.
That's why they wanted to see Li Xingteng's next plan.
Seeing the anxious eyes of everyone, Li Xingteng directly said, "I plan to join the Guard Team."
"What about our team?"
"If you're interested, you can sign up with me. Who says the Guard Team can only stay within the territory? With the current scale of the territory, 10 people are enough. They selected 20 people, probably wanting to divide into two teams, one to stay, the other to go out. After all, the territory surely wants to improve the Guard's Level." Li Xingteng analyzed, "If you aren't chosen, you can form your own team to continue hunting and wait for the next opportunity. Now it's 20 people, but as the territory upgrades, more will definitely be needed."
By then, those who joined first and were capable could lead teams.
And judging by the current development of the territory, everything was heading in a good direction.
So as long as this territory had potential, he would firmly follow it.
Relying on the territory was stronger than fighting alone!
After listening, everyone's eyes lit up, and with Li Xingteng's analysis, they also felt the benefits of the Guard Team, and the next moment, they all signed up too.
After the group rested, they began searching for Demon Beasts nearby again.
No matter what the Guard Team's criteria were, having a higher Level always offered more possibilities.
And many teams thought like Li Xingteng's, so Zhou Bai clearly noticed that after the recruitment information spread, the number of Demon Beasts around the territory was continuously decreasing.