"Oh? Another new lord?"

Chen Hao felt a bit interested. After the Nightmare World descended, obtaining a Village Establishment Order became extremely difficult; every time a new territory was born, it was a major event.

Especially for Daxia's territories, which to some extent represented the extension of the national destiny in the Nightmare World.

"I wonder if it's some wealthy heir who threw money at it, a military genius, or perhaps another major guild leader transitioning like Goddess Jiang?"

As he thought this, he casually clicked on the link.

The screen switched immediately.

A brand new, extremely desolate livestream room appeared before his eyes.

The title of the livestream was simple to the point of being crude: 【Beacon Fire Village - Lin Feng】. No prefix, no suffix, no guild logo, no titles whatsoever.

Popularity: 1374. The number of online viewers was probably less than a thousand.

Compared to Jiang Zhaoyue's popularity waterfall of over two hundred million next to it, this place was practically a dilapidated temple in the middle of nowhere.

The content of the screen made Chen Hao pause in surprise.

The camera seemed to be fixed at a high vantage point, overlooking the entire territory. But the visible area... was only about half?

The side of the territory closer to the camera looked as if it had just experienced the ravages of war, with scorched marks and repaired walls visible in some places.

The buildings were sparse, mostly simple wood and stone structures. They were arranged quite neatly, but they definitely couldn't be called beautiful or magnificent.

The key was a distinct, invisible dividing line that cut the screen in two.

About half of the area was shrouded in a layer of faint, semi-transparent grey mist, where only blurry outlines could be seen, and details were completely invisible.

Below the livestream, there was a small system note: 【The grey area is the Core Area, protected by the lord's authority; the livestream camera cannot penetrate it.】

"Making the Core Area this big? Is this lord a paranoid?"

Chen Hao muttered to himself. Usually, for a village-level territory, the Core Area only included the Lords Mansion and essential warehouses. This guy, however, had designated almost half his territory as such.

As for the visible "non-core area", apart from a few rows of shacks that looked like residential areas, an open space (a training ground?), and some undeveloped wasteland, there was nothing else.

Human figures were sparse; only a few sporadic figures, who looked like avatars of Awakened, stood guard in fixed positions, motionless, like statues.

Desolate, crude, and even a bit... shabby.

The chat was also sparse, completely incomparable to Jiang Zhaoyue's livestream, and the content was vastly different:

"That's it? A village-level territory? My backyard is probably bigger than this, right?"

"Riverbend Land? Never heard of it. Which obscure corner is that?"

"Black Wolf Den ruins? Sounds like a bandit den. Did this lord take over a bandit territory?"

"The Core Area is covered so tightly, is it because there's nothing inside and he's afraid of losing face? / funny"

"Lin Feng? Never heard of this guy. Which guild is he from? Or is he a lone wolf?"

"A freelance lord, I guess? Looking at these conditions, can he survive the first Nightmare Tide?"

Amidst the Chinese chat, some foreign text soon began to intermingle, which was automatically translated by the system:

【Sakura Language: Pfft, is this the strength of Daxia's new lord? It looks like a primitive tribe.】

【Korean Language: Aish, it doesn't even have one-tenth the scale of our great Korean Republic's'Star Shine Territory'. Daxia is weak, oh.】

【Sun Never Sets Country Language: A disappointing start. Lack of planning, scarce resources. Doubting its survival capability.】

【Sakura Language: This kind of territory can be recognized by the National Fortune Cauldron? Is Daxia's national destiny having problems? / snicker】

Seeing these foreign comments, Chen Hao's brows immediately furrowed, and a nameless anger flared up in his heart.

He did think this "Beacon Fire Village" didn't look like much, and the lord "Lin Feng" was also unknown; he was likely just a lucky freelancer or a minor character.

But that was still a Daxia lord! A Daxia territory!

Our own people can tease or question it, but when did it become the turn of these foreigners to mock and ridicule it?

The daxia national destiny cauldron is third in the world and first in Asia, built by the bloody battles of countless predecessor lords in the Nightmare World!

Every new territory established, regardless of strength, is a part of the national destiny and is expanding living space for all people of Daxia!

Chen Hao's fingers flew across the virtual keyboard, his anger turning into fighting spirit:

"You Sakura Country netizens who live such 'good lives', get back to your own crappy island and watch your own livestreams!

No matter how weak our Daxia lord is, he is still stronger than that'Sunrise Town' of yours that gets scared shitless by the 'Hundred Ghosts Night Parade' every day!"

"Shut up, you bastards! Besides stealing our culture to package your'Star Shine Territory', what else do you have?

Forgot that you were almost beaten back to your original form during the last Level 3 Nightmare Tide?"

"Saying it looks like a primitive tribe? Your ancestors crawled out of such tribes! Who do you think you're looking down on?"

"You don't need to worry about survival capability! Our Daxia lords are very resilient; even if it's crude now, it can develop in the future!"

"National destiny having problems? Worry about yourselves first! Look at how many cracks there are on your National Fortune Cauldron!"

He wasn't a fanatic; he was mostly a troll when surfing the internet.

But when it involved comparisons and ridicule at the national level, especially in a field like the Nightmare World that concerned the survival of national destiny, the cohesion and sense of honor of ordinary Daxia citizens were extremely strong.

Chen Hao's few messages were sent, immediately acting like lighting a fuse.

The originally sparse Daxia netizens in the livestream room seemed to be angered by the foreign comments as well, and they joined the fray one after another:

"Where did these wild dogs come from, barking here? Where are the mods? Ban these users with foreign IPs!"

"Our lord is developing in a low-key manner, what the hell does it have to do with you? Sour grapes jumping around!"

"Exactly! So what if it's crude now? Lord Jiang Zhaoyue also started from scratch!"

"Support the new lord! Go Lin Feng! Build the territory well and slap these hypocrites in the face!"

The chat instantly became filled with the smell of gunpowder, with Chinese counterattacks and various translated foreign taunts intertwined. Although there were few people, the momentum was not inferior in the slightest.

"Damn it, no matter who this Lin Feng is, since he's flying the Daxia flag, I can't let outsiders make a joke out of him!"

Chen Hao hardened his heart, "Low popularity, huh? I'll keep it on for you! I want to see what kind of name this 'Beacon Fire Village' of yours can make!"

He temporarily withdrew from the "intense battle" with the foreign netizens, found the follow button for the livestream, and clicked it.

【You have followed the "Beacon Fire Village - Lin Feng" livestream room】

The follower count, which was pitifully low, jumped up slightly.

Chen Hao minimized the livestream screen to the side and reopened Jiang Zhaoyue's pleasing and bustling "Crescent Moon Territory" construction site.

But this time, out of the corner of his eye, he kept glancing at that quiet, desolate, yet inexplicably intriguing "Beacon Fire Village".

"Lin Feng... are you just a newbie who got lucky, or are you a..."

He shook his head, shaking off the somewhat absurd guess in his mind.

He took a bite of an energy bar, his gaze shifting between the two livestream ~Nоvеl𝕚ght~ rooms.

The night in the Nightmare World was still long.

On the Blue Star's network, discussions about this new territory "Beacon Fire Village", which had appeared abruptly, was extremely crude, yet had sparked a small war of words, and its mysterious lord "Lin Feng", also began to quietly ripple in a very small circle.