Lords of the Heavens

Chapter 142 Crush the whole crowd
Li Wei glanced at Penny and roughly understood.

The reasons behind this are rather complicated.

It all comes down to profit. Those six hundred one-star quality armor plates are really tempting, especially for Penny, who is willing to offend Li Wei in order to seize this opportunity.

However, the prerequisite for obtaining this opportunity is that Li Wei cannot be re-elected as the head of the family next month.

So Penny thought, or rather, she wanted to be a gambler for once.

After all, although Li Wei is awesome, these three super players might be even more awesome. If they could kick him out of his position as the head of the family, then no matter what it would do to others, she, as a three-star tailor, could make Legion Scales with more confidence and boldness.

Even if others wanted the Legion Scales, they wouldn't have the same demand as Li Wei.

She just wanted a perfect opportunity and space to showcase her talents.

That's all there is to it, so what's wrong with that?
The results of it!
Old John looks impressive, but his final contribution this month probably won't exceed 400 points. Although he's awesome, he really isn't achieving the effect Penny wants.

Old Ron also looks even stronger, and his final contribution this month might approach 500 points, but that still won't achieve the effect Penny wants.

So, only Hathaway is left.

Perhaps based on a woman's intuition, Penny felt that Hathaway was holding back a big move, so in the last few days, even though she had the opportunity to get close to Li Wei, she refrained from begging for forgiveness. She wanted to take a gamble!
As the saying goes, "When a person dies, the bird flies to the sky; if they don't die, they live for ten thousand years!" Success or failure hinges on this one moment!

As it turns out, Hathaway really did have a powerful move, a really big one, which generated 600 points of family contribution in one go.

But that's not enough!
At this moment, Penny was almost in despair. She even wanted to shout out Li Wei's total contribution value from last month, even if it meant making a mistake, but she didn't dare. She herself didn't understand why high-level players like Old John, Ron, and Hathaway didn't know to ask around first.

If you just throw out a conspiracy card, this information won't be hard to obtain!
Why? Why?!

Hathaway, please donate some more medicine.

Penny even started praying in her heart.

But it was no use. When Hathaway started to sit down to eat, it meant that the rules were in effect, everything was put on hold, and the end-of-month summary was underway.

Besides, the information rules already state that only ten can be donated.

At that moment, Hathaway's gaze swept proudly over the pale-faced Penny, then over the strange-looking Leon and Clyde, and over Fila, who was eating intently with her head down, but actually dared not look up for fear of offending someone.

Huh?
Hathaway was slightly surprised, then turned to look at Li Wei, whose expression was calm. Oh, she could probably guess.

Old John and Ron had guessed it too, but it didn't matter. Because of their high rank, they weren't allowed to collude privately in the first month; that would be considered thuggish. But what did it matter? The family head competition wasn't limited to the first month.

If you're so capable, why don't you show off again next month?
In short, once high-level players like them enter the mission world, everything that happened before should come to an end, and they will only become supporting characters.

Twenty minutes later, after everyone had finished dinner and put down their utensils, the routine month-end summary began.

Suddenly, the flames in the fireplace leaped up, like a melodious piano tune flowing out. Everyone watched as the dancing flames spun like light and shadow. At the same time, a deep, mellow male voice rang out, no longer as information, but as a voiceover.

[George, the head of the family, continued his steady performance this month. His calm demeanor, keen insight into the situation, and rich experience ensured the family remained on the right path of orderly and healthy development. The family's wealth continued to increase this month, and the completion of a one-star tavern was like a pinch of salt into a delicious broth, giving the family its soul. From now on, the family is just one step away from upgrading to a level 5 camp.]

George, the head of the family, received a 10% bonus to his completion rating. Based on the blueprint, he received a 2.5% bonus, and due to the increased mission difficulty, he received a 5% bonus, bringing his total bonus completion rating to 32%.

As the sound faded, scenes of Li Wei's work this month began to appear in the campfire of the fireplace. It was actually quite monotonous, just logging, weeding the wheat fields, loosening the soil, and night patrolling. These were not part of the main storyline and therefore would not be shown, belonging to the category of working for free.

Li Wei felled only one-star quality trees this month, not many, a total of twenty-four.

It doesn't sound like much.

Ha ha!

However, finding a one-star quality tree easily in a forest, among a dense array of diverse trees, is by no means a simple task.

Others might have to cut down hundreds of trees in one go before they could stumble upon just one, like a blind cat finding a dead mouse.

So even though his work this month was easy, the main quest rewards were actually full, which is 60 points. In addition, there were extra contribution points; each one-star quality tree would earn him 5 contribution points.

That adds up to 180 points. Yes, he earned 180 contribution points this month alone, and also raised his Woodcutter Destiny to 35 points!
This also boosted his Hunter Fate to 42 points.

He also gathered some herbs, rare wild vegetables and mushrooms, and casually hunted some prey, but this amounted to only 49 contribution points. Ultimately, his total family contribution reached an unprecedented 810 points.

Even Li Wei himself could only sigh when he saw it. Thinking back to three months ago and then to last year, it was indeed true that as long as you level up your profession, this task is actually very simple.

If he really worked as hard as Old John, using every means possible, it wouldn't be difficult for him to accumulate 200 contribution points a month, but that would be too tiring.

It's worth mentioning that he also gained an extra 600 logging experience points, 50 farming experience points, 50 hunting experience points, 200 gathering experience points, 100 dismantling experience points, and 150 carpentry experience points this month.

Including the original experience, it becomes 2350 hunting experience points, 300 fishing experience points, 700 farming experience points, 850 logging experience points, 350 gathering experience points, 86 scavenging experience points, 332 dismantling experience points, 150 carpentry experience points, and 200 basic smelting experience points.

At the same time, I also have a one-star fisherman card, a one-star chef card, a one-star tailor card, and a one-star pet card.

54 gold coins, 3 silver coins, and a series of equipment.

Overall, it's very good.

When the number 810 was announced, the family members in the room did not react much.

Lyon and Clyde were already numb.

Fila and Penny had long since given up struggling; they knew things would turn out this way.

The three new family members were not surprised. A newcomer who can become the head of the family and be re-elected, and who can keep the family stable when the difficulty of the mission increases, is naturally not easy to meet. He already has the strength to challenge for fifth place on the newcomer list.

It's a pity that all three of them were also just passersby on the Rookie Ranking!

At this moment, the flames in the fireplace changed again, and a second end-of-month summary appeared.

It's still Mom Fila. This month, she's focused on collecting herbs and trying to brew herbal preparations. Although she hasn't been able to make a breakthrough, she's still making quite a bit of money.

Her main quest's base reward is 40 points; by skipping one meal of white bread, her workload immediately decreases.

Even so, by collecting herbs and preparing herbal preparations, she eventually earned 85 contribution points, bringing her total contribution to 211 points.

The third month's summary is about teacher Ron, because of his special status!
The main quest reward for forging steel armor plates is up to 60 points, with an additional 300 points. Discovering a stone ore grants 80 points, and mining a stone ore grants 80 points. As for helping Leon build a one-star tavern, you only get experience points, for a total of 520 points.

This number is astounding.

The fourth month's summary is for Old John. He worked very hard this month, mining and hunting during the day, and fishing at night, turning into a 24/7 contribution warrior. But even so, he only got 437 contribution points in the end.

The fifth month's summary was for the older sister, Penny. Her month was mediocre because she refused Li Wei's request and didn't get the Legion Scale Armor, which wasn't perfect but was guaranteed to be profitable. As a result, she only received 60 basic contribution points.

A total of 160 contribution points.

The summary at the end of the sixth month is for the younger brother, Leon. His income this month was also quite high. First, there was the discovery of a two-star stone mine, which earned him +60 contribution points. Then there was the 60 base contribution points for building a one-star tavern in the monthly main storyline. Finally, because the tavern was of one-star quality, he received an extra 100 contribution points, bringing his total contribution for the month to 220 points, accumulating to 418 points.

Of course, under normal circumstances, it would be impossible for Lyon to complete the construction of a one-star tavern in a month by himself. It's safe to say that without the cooperation of the head of the household, it's just a pipe dream.

This month, Clyde, Old John, Ron, Hathaway, and even Li Wei all lent a hand to help in some way, and it took so many people to complete the construction of the tavern.

This means that so many people are working for him for free.

This may be because one-star buildings have a higher weight.

For example, evaluating whether a one-star tavern or a two-star Bloodlust Spear is more valuable is not comparable.

Can a house be compared to a common item?
Furthermore, if Leon hadn't surrendered to Li Wei, he would have worked himself to death until his mission deadline, and he probably still wouldn't have been able to build a one-star tavern.

Hathaway's summary at the end of the seventh month was simple: 600 points, no more, no less.

At that moment, she suddenly glanced at Ron, smiled meaningfully, and then when she looked at Li Wei again, she had seamlessly switched back to the affectionate woman whose eyes were full of Li Wei.

Well, although it was expected, it's still quite rare for three advanced players to be outmatched by a mere newbie.

(End of this chapter)