Global Lords: My Species Can Mutate-Chapter 69 - 68: Duchy Rankings

"Lord, are you serious?!"

Upon hearing Lin You’s words, Xue Changgui and the others were wide-eyed in disbelief.

Ten pounds of meat, and demon meat at that, might not be much elsewhere, but to them, it was incredibly precious.

And Lin You said it would be ten pounds every day!

This almost solved a household’s food needs at once, and there would even be some left over!

They were certain that once this news got out, countless people would sign up eagerly to take on this task.

"Is this okay?"

Lin You continued to ask.

"No problem! Absolutely no problem! I’ll go notify everyone right away!"

Xue Changgui nodded excitedly and hurriedly left with several stewards to deliver the news door to door.

Just as expected.

As soon as the news spread, it caused an uproar in the city.

"What did you say? You can get ten pounds of meat just for a day’s mining?!"

"And the Lord said it himself?!"

"Quick! Help me sign up! My son too!"

"Hey, stop cooking, go and help me sign up!"

"I want to go too! Count me in!"

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In no time, the streets of Yellow Sand City were in an uproar.

A large crowd, with families in tow, surrounded the stewards responsible for registration, forming layers of circles around them, each clamoring to sign up themselves or their household members.

Of course, those stewards did not forget Lin You’s requirement and only selected those who were healthy and free of chronic illnesses.

After all, mining required a strong body, something Lin You had fully considered.

The reason he let the townspeople help gather ore instead of using the plants.

Apart from needing the plants to go hunting with him, a major reason was to improve the lives of the townspeople.

After all, he had harvested a lot of demon corpses today, enough to last several days without issue.

And so.

The vigorous registration continued until nightfall.

By the time the registration list and the city’s resource statistics were delivered to Lin You, it was already dark.

Looking at the list in his hands, it had over fifty people, about what he had expected; this was probably the most able-bodied young adults Yellow Sand City could muster.

The rest were mostly the elderly, women, or older individuals, more suited for tending the crops.

The spiritual qi of this world was much denser than in his previous one; he heard from the townspeople that ordinary crops only took three months to mature.

His specially made seeds would grow even faster, probably much less than three months.

If they could get through this period, life would improve significantly.

The future is promising.

Then.

Lin You began to flip through another resource statistic.

It detailed every household and Yellow Sand City’s building situation, recorded very meticulously, even more detailed than what the territory display showed.

This gave him a deeper understanding of Yellow Sand City and an idea of what to do next.

With this in mind, Lin You put away the documents and began grilling meat over a fire nearby.

Once the meat was cooked, he sat by the fire and casually opened the territory function’s [Rankings] information.

Yesterday, having just arrived and knowing nothing, he had forgotten about this until now.

Soon.

A ranking interface appeared before him, showing the options [Kingdom Rankings] and [Duchy Rankings].

However, perhaps due to insufficient privilege, the [Kingdom Rankings] were greyed out, leaving him only able to open the [Duchy Rankings].

Immediately, a detailed leaderboard popped up.

What surprised Lin You was that the duchy rankings were actually arranged by lord level.

That is, rankings among lords of the same level, evaluating each lord’s comprehensive strength.

Upon reflection, this seemed reasonable.

It not only increased competition among lords of each level but also promoted development; the King of the Great Wilderness Kingdom really had a grasp on it.

With this thought, Lin You looked at the bottom of the interface where his ranking was displayed.

"Not on any leaderboard."

As expected...

With his current territory and strength, he couldn’t even make it onto the leaderboard.

This was something he had anticipated, so his expression remained unchanged as he directly opened the Tier Six Lord rankings to take a look.

First place: Qiu Changsheng [Tier Six: Humanoid Type]

Second place: Ji Yunshuang [Tier Six: Angel Type]

Third place: Nangong Jianyu [Tier Six: Undead Type]

Fourth place: Yan Rang [Tier Six: Demon Type]

Fifth place: Anturo [Tier Six: Beast Type]

...

Spread across hundreds of pages, the list ranked up to ten thousand names.

Beyond that, rankings were no longer displayed, not even qualifying to be listed.

Lin You was somewhat surprised to find that the first place troop type was Humanoid, with a variety of troop types in the subsequent rankings.

Indeed, this was the true Primordial Continent, home to so many outstanding figures.

Moreover, as levels increased, some originally weaker troop types began to shine, frequently appearing on the leaderboard.

Climbing onto the leaderboard wouldn’t be an easy feat.

After checking the Tier Six list, Lin You returned to the main page of the duchy rankings and continued to scroll upward.

He kept scrolling to the topmost part when his pupils suddenly contracted.

What did he see?

Tier Ten!

The Tier Ten leaderboard!

Hovering at the top of all rankings, enveloped in a golden glow.

This was the second time Lin You had seen Tier Ten.

The first time was in the Gray Mist Zone.

That terrifying World-devouring Beast, even recalling it now sent shivers down his spine.

Effortlessly, it almost wiped them out; it wasn’t even in the same league.

Now seeing Tier Ten appear again, how could he not be shocked?

Hurriedly opening the leaderboard, there was only one name with a gold border hanging high above, nothing else beside it.

[King: Ji Xinghe (Tier Ten: Elemental Type)]

...

Lin You stared at this name in utter shock; he never imagined the King of the Great Wilderness Kingdom had reached Tier Ten!

The same level as the World-devouring Beast!

How powerful must he be?

No wonder he could establish such a duchy; Lin You finally understood now.

In other words, if he wanted to establish a duchy, he too must reach Tier Ten.

Tier Ten...

For him now, it was truly a distant goal.

He couldn’t even make the Tier Six leaderboard, not to mention anything else.

Indeed, there was still a long way to go.

But this also reignited Lin You’s determination.

If others could do it, why couldn’t he, Lin You?

Perhaps one day he too would rise suddenly, creating a Forest Kingdom renowned throughout the Primordial Continent.

Lin You couldn’t help but fantasize about it internally.

Then he closed the interface and continued to check other rankings while keeping an eye on the chat channel to gather useful information.

The entire night passed quickly.

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