Isn't This Supposed to Be a Farming Game?

Mu Ran started a game that gave her a thousand mu of land, a grand residence complete with a steward and several servants, and a beginner's seed bundle.

"A new full-dive farming game? The setting seems pretty realistic, with a nice bit of old-time charm."

Game prompt: "There are five hundred refugees in the suburbs. Will you take them in?"

"I need people to work the fields, and they showed up right on cue. Is this a beginner's bonus?" Mu Ran perked up. "But there are over a hundred children among them? This beginner's bonus comes with a catch. I'll have to build a school as well as staff housing."

Game prompt: "County Magistrate Wang demands five hundred taels of silver as a kickback. Will you pay?"

Mu Ran: "Does this magistrate ask me for this much money every time? It's not worth it. Let's see if I can fight him... Huh, he's got a health bar! Someone, take care of him!"

Game prompt: "The barbarians came to your rice fields. They were driven away after stealing thirty percent of the rice. Rice lost: 30%."

Mu Ran: "Why does someone keep coming to steal my food? Is there no law and order? Dig a moat and build fortifications. We'll beat back anyone who comes. They're not taking the grain I worked so hard to grow!"

After playing for a long time according to the game's unreliable prompts, Mu Ran suddenly realized that she had built up a sizeable army and a steadily growing team of strategists.

A subordinate hurried in with the news: "My lord, we've taken Yongzhou! Once we capture three more cities, we can march on the imperial capital and answer to Heaven and Earth!"

Only then did she begin to sense something was off. "Wasn't I playing a farming game?"

But as a player, isn't starting a rebellion perfectly reasonable?

Note: The game is another world. The female lead repeatedly transmigrates between the two worlds through the game. She will eventually become emperor. The male lead appears later, and the story mainly takes place in the other world.

Reader advisory: The female lead has a player's mindset. She does whatever she wants and doesn't care about the rules. If someone sits down to talk with her, she might just loot their headquarters.

Theme: Never give up, no matter the circumstances.