Chapter 116 A waste of money! (Third update of 8,000 words, please vote for me!)


    “Okay, let’s see how she resolves these events.


    "If I can really train this adopted daughter to be my right-hand man, doesn''t it mean that I will only be responsible for the combat part in the future, and I can leave all the internal parts to her?"


    “That’s pretty good, guys, I like to tell the truth.”


    I saw the little girl Xia Mi starting to walk around the city. Everywhere she went, she would enter the building and start handling the affairs here.


    A progress bar will then appear above the building. When the progress bar runs out, the incident will be successfully resolved.


    Then Xia Mi began to rush to the next place non-stop.


    “Ah? Is this solved?”


    Lecturer Ding scratched his head, a little confused about the situation.


    Because when Xia Mi solves these problems, no relevant prompts will appear on the screen, nor will her specific solutions be displayed.


    ??If you don''t care about the numerical changes on the UI, you won''t even know that a transaction has been resolved.


    “Meaning that she handled the matter herself and didn’t report it to me, so I didn’t know about it?


    “Oh, that’s quite reasonable.”


    ?Lecturer Ding carefully looked at the changes in UI information on the screen. The first eye-catching change in information that caught his eye was that people''s satisfaction has increased significantly!


    “Huh? This thing can be done well. I am much more satisfied than before!


    "Why?


    “Because I am a rough and vicious city lord, and she is a kind little girl, do I win more love points?


    “Or is it some kind of special mechanism of the game? This little girl is used by the designer to assist players in handling internal affairs? Does she have special bonuses in handling internal affairs?”


    Lecturer Ding had several guesses in succession.


    There''s no way around it. In many cases, Nitiantian''s games don''t clearly display all the information to players, and they especially like to use fake-AI, an AI model that even designers can''t predict the behavior of, so players can''t play it. Often I am confused.


    It takes a while to explore the game mechanics before you can fully understand them.


    Lecturer Ding clicked on Xia Mi’s panel again and looked at it.


    ??Although Xia Mi’s specific attributes and values ??are still not visible, the changes in Xia Mi’s favorability towards the city lord will be recorded here.


    Every time he handles a matter, Xia Mi''s favorability will increase.


    This means that if Xia Mi is allowed to deal with it for a while, the relationship between father and daughter may be able to be repaired.


    “It’s really okay. If I had known, I would have asked her to handle these things!”


    In any case, Xia Mi seems to be quite reliable, and there are too many affairs in the city. Even if Xia Mi shares a part of it, Professor Ding still has a lot of things to do, so he doesn''t care too much about it. Continue to progress through the game as normal.


    But as he was playing around, Professor Ding discovered that something was wrong.


    “Huh? No, why does the food in my warehouse seem to be less?


    “Brothers, have you noticed that it has become less?


    “I know there is daily consumption of rations, but it seems like it shouldn’t be consumed so fast, right?


    “And aren’t there a few church members who incited the people in my dungeon? When did they disappear?


    "Death in the dungeon? That''s not the case, I didn''t deprive the prisoners in the dungeon of food. They all have very strong vitality. They can''t just die so easily, right?"


    “Wait a minute, why are there so many more shelters in this open space? Didn’t I only build two?


    “I didn’t lose my memory, did I? I did build two!


    “No, if this continues, the food in my city will be eaten up soon!”


    ??Lecturer Ding was playing around and suddenly discovered that something was wrong with the data. Many of the data did not match his impression!


    ??If he remembered these incorrectly, what about the mysterious disappearance of prisoners in the prison and the shelter appearing out of thin air in the open space?


    Lecturer Ding frowned. He temporarily put down the work at hand and carefully watched the changes on the screen.


    Finally, he discovered the reason.


    Obviously, this is all Xia Mi’s doing!


    ? ?Some new hungry people will appear outside the city every once in a while. In the past, Lecturer Ding''s method of dealing with them has been to only select some healthy hungry people to enter the city, and then give them limited expired food.


    This behavior is the optimal solution in the opinion of Lecturer Ding, because it can increase the population of the city without paying too high a price.


    As for the old, weak, sick and disabled, it doesn’t matter if they die outside. After all, in the world of this game, what does it matter if a few people die?


    He is not a **** and cannot save everyone.


    ??And this measure will not reduce the satisfaction level too much, because the satisfaction level refers to the satisfaction level of the residents in the city, and the opinions of the hungry people outside the city have no impact.


    ?However, this time he did not touch on this incident personally, because there were more important things waiting for him to deal with, and this matter could be put on hold for the time being.


    Unexpectedly, Xia Mi went to deal with it!


    Lecturer Ding watched helplessly as she let all the hungry people in, and sent the sick ones for treatment, while those who were not sick were sent to the shelter.


    The current shelters were obviously far from enough, so she mobilized resources in the city and built several new shelters.


    As for the food used for relief... of course, the new food in the warehouse was used.


    Lecturer Ding was dumbfounded.


    “This is a scam!


    “Prodigal thing, why did I ask you to handle my affairs like this?


    “It is a sin to give the free money to the poor!


    “No wonder the satisfaction level has increased so quickly!”


    Considering that Xia Mi is the adopted daughter of the city lord, this is a "really cheating".


    Lecturer Ding hurriedly cut his losses. He nodded Xia Mi’s head and then asked her to terminate all affairs.


    ?However, what he didn''t expect was that Xia Mi disagreed! 【Father, I think there is nothing wrong with my handling. Why don''t you allow me to help you deal with the affairs of the city and help you solve your problems? 】


    【I want to continue to contribute to this city! 】


    ?After clicking out of the dialog box, Professor Ding found that Xia Mi had no intention of stopping and was still running through the city, dealing with various things.


    Lecturer Ding was stunned: "What do you mean? This NPC still has his own ideas? He doesn''t listen to me!"


    “You still help me solve my problems? Your existence itself is my biggest difficulty!”


    Lecturer Ding clicked on it several times in succession, but it was of no use. After handling some affairs, this Xia Mi seemed to have learned the taste of the marrow and did not listen to the dissuasion at all.


    What''s even more outrageous is that every time Professor Ding clicks on her, even if she doesn''t listen, her favorability will still drop!


    “I’ve given you such shame!”


    Lecturer Ding was a little crazy. At this time, Xia Mi’s cute face could no longer be cute, which was really annoying.


    In the end, Lecturer Ding had no choice but to directly click on the "Special Category" menu.


    The first option here is "ignore".


    At first, Professor Ding thought that this option was just to ignore Xia Mi, but after a closer look, it turns out that this option actually allows everyone who can be directly ordered by the city lord to stop obeying the little girl''s command.


    ?Lecturer Ding was still a little confused at first. Is it necessary to put Xia Mi under house arrest for this matter?


    ?There is no need to worry now. Compared to "imprisonment" which seems a bit extreme, "ignorance" is obviously a more reasonable option.


    Lecturer Ding nodded without hesitation.


    The effect is naturally immediate.


    Xia Mi is still running between various buildings, trying to deal with those matters, but her authority is obviously blocked, and the NPCs in the building no longer carry out her orders.


    Xia Mi was still running around in the city, but there were no further changes in the affairs of the city.


    Lecturer Ding let out a sigh of relief: “That’s pretty much it!”


    ?This episode has seriously affected his originally planned development progress, and he has lost a "good helper". Now he can only continue to deal with trivial matters personally.


    ??As a result, just after two clicks of the mouse, a pop-up box started popping up in front of me.


    【Father, why don''t you let me handle these affairs? Even make the guards in the city stop listening to my orders? 】


    【Another group of victims appeared outside the city. I must go to rescue them immediately! 】


    【Father, answer me quickly! 】


    Father, I am going into the warehouse now to move grain. Please give me the key to the grain house door! 】


    Lecturer Ding would click × to close it without hesitation every time, but after a while, a new dialog box would pop up.


    “Oh, you’re crazy!”


    Lecturer Ding was speechless. The dialog boxes that kept popping up almost broke the fourth wall. He could even picture the little girl pestering the city lord in his mind.


    Lecturer Ding doesn’t want to be like Xia Mi, but now this situation has seriously affected his gaming experience.


    It’s like the small advertisements that keep popping up in every corner of the computer screen after installing various FamilyBuckets, which is very annoying.


    What''s even more egregious is that even if Professor Ding has clicked "Indifference" so that the guards in the city no longer obey Xia Mi''s orders, Xia Mi can still cause damage!


    Even when Lecturer Ding was not paying attention, the [grain depot theft incident] occurred.


    ?The person who tried to steal the grain depot was immediately caught by the guards. It turned out that it was Xia Mi who did it!


    ???If Lecturer Ding had not taken back Xia Mi''s authority, then Xia Mi would have transported the grain away and distributed it to the hungry people without anyone noticing. But at this time, when the authority was taken back, Xia Mi forcibly stole the grain, which triggered the incident.


    Lecturer Ding was so angry that he was almost smoking.


    “Don’t push me! Even if you are my daughter, my patience with you is limited!


    “Don’t challenge my bottom line!”


    Lecturer Ding clicked on the special operations column again, and then selected "Imprisonment".


    Lock him up!


    The guards took Xia Mi away and put him in a dungeon.


    ?The world is temporarily clean now.


    “Huh, it turns out that women only affect the speed at which I make money! I feel like this Xia Mi is simply a confusing item forced in by the authorities.


    “I should have just ignored her from the beginning, otherwise the current situation would not be so passive.


    “A lot of food was wasted, I hope I can withstand the next wave of war...”


    With the hidden danger resolved, Professor Ding geared up again and prepared for a big fight.


    (End of this chapter)