The people in the collapsing iron gave the immortal ship a small shock from the Holy Lord.

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"That...of course, that's fine too. I hope you can do it as soon as possible."

The workers hesitated for a moment, but still agreed, after all, Bai Zhi had the highest status here.

On the player's side, however, the situation is different. A branching option appears: either choose to delay things like Bai Zhi did, or meet the workers' demands and receive a construction speed-up buff.

Who would fulfill such a request?

[You know what, you really do know, although it's more satisfying and reasonable not to be satisfied, anyone who's played simulation management games knows that this type of game is all about snowballing, so you should definitely grab the buffs you can in the early stages, because that's how you snowball into a powerful force later on.]

[That's right, the planners aren't stupid. There's always a reward for effort; meeting their demands will definitely give them more advantages.]

However, not long after, the workers returned with some materials and demanded that Bai Zhi build a tavern and canteen immediately.

Of course, players who chose the other branch also entered this storyline.

"Lady Baizhi, please begin building the tavern and canteen. You promised us!" The workers surrounded Baizhi, shouting.

"Of course I promised you, but didn't I say we'd get the heating system set up around here first?"

Bai Zhi ignored the workers' demands and instead demanded that they build other ones immediately.

This isn't a real game, and she won't listen to these people's advice unless they have all sorts of debuffs.

However, as a dream world based on the Frostpunk saga, these troublemakers naturally didn't believe Bai Zhi's promises and immediately started making a fuss.

"Sigh, I knew they were just making empty promises. They only care about fixing these things and completely ignore our demands. They're just evil capitalists!"

"That's right, all they do is exploit us, they don't even give us any benefits!"

"Don't worry, I'll give you the benefits right away."

Bai Zhi's vertical pupils darted around, and she spoke in a seemingly gentle tone.

[Huh, little Bai Zhi gave in so easily?]

[It doesn't seem like it. She just knocked that guide NPC away. I don't believe she would give in to a bunch of troublemakers.]

[Benefits? What benefits? Are they the benefits from Bai Zhi? I don't ask for anything, just let me smell your feet, prprpr]

The workers immediately cheered.

"You've just been collecting materials, you must be tired and want to warm up, right?"

Bai Zhi continued to ask in a kind manner.

“Yes, are you going to give us some hot soup? I think these perks are only fair,” one worker agreed.

"There's no hot soup, but I'll give you a little bit of motivation!"

Bai Zhi raised her fist and punched the worker in the face.

"You're still thinking about welfare during the apocalypse, huh? You want to stay warm, huh? Well, here you are, to keep you warm."

The fists, wreathed in flames, pounded into the faces of these troublemakers again and again. If they were ordinary people, the guy being beaten would probably be dead by now, but this was a dream, and besides, Bai Zhi had added the power of a dog talisman to him, so he wouldn't die.

After beating the troublemaker for two minutes, Bai Zhi stopped and looked around at the horrified workers.

"Now, do you still want the benefits?"

"No... I don't want it anymore..." the workers said, backing away.

"You've been spoiled so much that you still want welfare even in the apocalypse."

Bai Zhi makes no attempt to hide her violent tendencies.

But it is precisely this violent tendency that makes players feel good. After all, there are many innocent loli characters in various games, but a violent loli, especially one that takes strong action against unreasonable demands, is very rare.

If you add the character of the Dragon Girl to that, it's simply one of a kind.

After completing this scene, Bai Zhi could clearly see that her popularity was rising rapidly.

35. Angelica dahurica game character

Bai Zhi knew that some of the demands from these troublemakers were normal, such as the canteen.

Food is a basic necessity, but unfortunately, that can only be achieved after heating pipes have been installed.

Watching these guys obediently build the heating pipes, Bai Zhi nodded in satisfaction. If this were in reality, she might have been more reserved and perhaps satisfied the workers' requests.

But it's all in the dream, what's the point of satisfying it?

"This Bai Zhi is really awful. She doesn't even give us any benefits, and she just makes us do all the work." A worker complained angrily in the snow.

“That’s right, look at her, just sitting there staring at us, doing nothing. How can that be?”

"What can you do? You can't beat her." The worker shook his head helplessly. They had just been beaten up. They weren't stupid; they didn't want to go up and get beaten up again.

"Who said that? I have other methods." Another worker mysteriously took out a walking stick. "This is something I found. It's very powerful. Using it to deal with that angelica will definitely be very effective."

"When the time comes, we'll teach her a lesson and show her that benefits and such are indispensable."

Similarly, this scene was also displayed in the player's game, and upon seeing the cane, the players couldn't suppress their吐槽 (tu cao, a Chinese internet slang term for sarcastic or critical comments) spirit.

[Hey, if I'm not mistaken, isn't that Old Yang's Eden Star?]

[Little Angelica's dream was truly a jumbled mess; an ordinary worker actually received the Star of Eden.]

[This thing is pretty powerful, isn't it? Are we going to see a cutscene of Little Angelica's defeat later?]

You're overthinking it. The internet is not above the law; how could there be a defeat cutscene?

[Open the door, Cloud Cavalry! We suspect you've broken the law.]

"This thing looks like a walking stick, doesn't it?" another worker said hesitantly.

"Oh, just trust me. Don't you think I would risk getting beaten up to do this with just an ordinary cane?"

"That's...that makes sense. Alright, let's take this and teach that arrogant guy a lesson!"

The two workers were instantly spurred on, and then they persuaded a few more, until finally more than ten people swarmed around Bai Zhi.

"What are you doing here at this time?" Bai Zhi looked at these guys with some confusion.

But when Bai Zhi saw the hint of anger on their faces, she realized that these guys might be planning a rebellion.

“Lord Baizhi, we respect the act of building the steam tower, but you have ignored our demands. I think we need to get you to pay more attention to this matter.”

"So, you want to beat me up?"

Bai Zhi stood up, her scarlet vertical pupils revealing a hint of cruelty.

[Oh, oh, oh, that's the look in my eyes, the look of looking at trash!!]

Although they both share the surname Bai and are both dragon girls, Bai Zhi and Bai Lu are completely different styles. Compared to Bai Lu's soft and cute style, I prefer Bai Zhi's violent little loli look.

【Lady Baizhi, please step on me and look down at me with that condescending gaze】

I am Bai Zhi's dog!

Seeing these comments from the players, Bai Zhi, who was initially quite serious, almost broke down and burst out laughing.

But for the sake of her image and the system points, Bai Zhi forcibly suppressed her laughter, then stretched out her right hand and made the same thumbs-up gesture as Shi Bao.

[Haha, this storyboard is exactly the same as the one from the treasure hunt video!]

The screenwriter is hilarious!

[Times have changed; we no longer need to play other roles.jpg]

Seemingly provoked by Bai Zhi's insulting gesture, the workers instantly became enraged, and a fight was about to break out.

"Huh, the Star of Eden?!"

Upon seeing what the other party had taken out, Bai Zhi was slightly taken aback, and then felt her whole body freeze, as if the surroundings had turned into a swamp, and the workers rushed towards her in a swarm.

"You think you can get rid of me like this?"

Seeing these charging figures, Bai Zhi ignored them with disdain. A red light flashed in her eyes, and flames rose from her body, instantly coalescing into a blazing dragon filled with intense heat, roaring ferociously and silently at the group.

The Dragon Talisman is not just about explosive power; it also includes the control of fire power and the most basic and primal power of the Holy Lord himself, which is proof of the true dragon.

Although the body was slowed down, the fire dragon formed from elemental power was not slowed down. It charged out with bared teeth and claws, then covered all those guys in it, and flames shot into the sky.

From the player's perspective, the game's battle interface appears as the workers charge in.

[Wow, what do I see? It's Bai Zhi's avatar!!]

[I knew the official team wouldn't suddenly release an event; it seems this event is roughly equivalent to a legendary quest for the character.]

I've been a die-hard fan of Bai Zhi for ten years, and I'm going to pull like crazy when the banner comes out!

"Let me see, Bai Zhi's character name is 'Bai Zhi·Long'...wait...isn't it just called Bai Zhi?"

Upon seeing this name, the streamer Yingyue pondered for a moment, "I remember during the closed beta, there was Danheng·Yinyue, which was another form of Danheng. If Baizhi also has this name format, does that mean that Baizhi has more than one form?"

"Forget it, there's no point in worrying about this now. Let's take a look at Bai Zhi's small skills, which allow characters to inflict burn, her ultimate skill to charge the entire group, and all characters can inflict burn on the enemy."

"This positioning... is basically Tingyun's upgrade, and she can also be a support for DoT (damage over time) teams. At least on the stat sheet, she's very strong. Let's take a look at her in actual combat."

After saying that, Yingyue began to control Baizhi's game character and first gave Lao Yang, who was in her team, a buff.

Then, Lao Yang used a small skill, and the other characters took turns attacking. After the second round started to settle, Bai Zhi's energy quickly increased.

"This talent is pretty good. One burn can increase this much. Let's do another round."

Shadowmoon gave Bai Zhi's skill to Seele, and after another round of output, Bai Zhi's energy was full due to the burning charge.

"Now, let's see what happens after Bai Zhi is fully activated."

Yingyue's tone was tinged with excitement as she activated her ultimate skill. Fiery red energy erupted from Baizhi's body, coalescing into a majestic dragon that illuminated all the characters.

These characters have all recovered at least 50% of their energy, and some with less need have even recovered 70%.

"This effect is too exaggerated. Tingyun was directly bombarded with gold coins. I took a look and it has a group energy charge of 70 points. Basically, it can be said that it is a must-pull. The only drawback is that it does not have a speed boost effect, but that is understandable. Otherwise, would other support characters be playable?"

36. The Embrace on March 7th

Wow, that's strong? Releasing such a powerful support at launch is a bit over the top.

Never mind all that, just tell me if you're going to smoke or not.

"Brothers, Bai Zhi is indeed very strong, completely outperforming Ting Yun in terms of gold coins, but that's understandable. After all, she's a five-star support character. If she were inferior to a four-star character, no one would be willing to pull for her, right?"

After trying out Bai Zhi's game character, Ying Yue gave a direct review.

[Who wouldn't want to pull for a strong and cute loli? But this is the game character trial phase, so why isn't there an announcement about when the gacha banner will open?]

[Yeah, I saved a lot of Starflower from pulling for Seele, and I'm waiting to pull for Bai Zhi, but what about the gacha banner?]

"Oh dear, I don't know when this gacha pool will be available. Logically speaking, since this kind of character event is out, the gacha pool should be open at the same time."

Shadowmoon also shook his head. He really didn't understand this strange strategy. Logically speaking, they should have taken advantage of the character storyline and struck while the iron was hot, as many people would have gone all out to draw cards.

But he didn't see any Angelica in the card pool, which puzzled him.

"Never mind, the plot is quite interesting. We can see Bai Zhi, the little loli, causing trouble in her dreams, and the simulation management gameplay is also very interesting."

Controlling her team and Bai Zhi's game character, streamer Yingyue quickly finished the battle. What followed was a series of simulation management tasks, where players needed to arrange for workers to collect materials around the area to start building.

At this point, the difference in choices became apparent. Players who agreed to build the welfare facilities immediately were forced to build the canteen and tavern first, which severely delayed the construction of subsequent heating facilities.

[Damn it, these troublemakers, all they do is complain about welfare. Don't they know that if the heating isn't fixed soon, people will die?]

[Who said they'd choose the one with the perks? Come out here, I want to give you a hug!]

There's a kind of beauty that's willing to risk everything to enjoy it.

Bai Zhi, who was supervising the workers' construction, burst out laughing when she saw these comments. If she hadn't played Frostpunk, she probably would have been a bit too sentimental, since she was just an ordinary person in her previous life and would definitely empathize with them.

However, having played Frostpunk, she would never make such a foolish mistake; she would simply throw her fists at unreasonable demands.

Looking up at the sky, Bai Zhi noticed that the wind and snow were getting stronger, and the surrounding temperature was dropping rapidly.

"It seems a cold wave is coming."

When the wind blew on Bai Zhi's face, she had already stood up and gave orders to the workers, telling them to immediately take shelter in the newly built heated houses.

After the workers returned to their houses, a cold wave arrived, and endless ice and snow mixed with biting winds relentlessly attacked the entire camp.

From Bai Zhi's perspective, one can see that the houses are constantly being frozen over, and even the steam tower in the middle is of no use.