Lords of the Heavens

Chapter 199 Second Uncle's Inheritance

Hearing Liang Yuzhi sobbing, Li Wei also felt it was a difficult situation.

In reality, the rooftop terrace can only be planted with a maximum of two-tenths of an acre, which is the safest option, and even then, it has to be divided up, like planting flowers, which doesn't seem worthwhile at all.

Without killing that mutated rat king, even a fool would know that it's impossible to farm outside.

"Second Aunt, don't worry, I'll think of a solution. We can boil a few more water tanks and collect some rainwater when it rains. With the dew collector, we won't have any problem with our daily water supply. Tomorrow, we'll transport some soil to the rooftop and plant as much as we can."

"Then let's join Xiaoyue tomorrow and do it together?"

Liang Yuzhi suddenly said that she had made up her mind to get involved.

After hesitating for a moment, Li Wei finally agreed. Given the current situation, they had to join forces, even if it meant sharing some of the profits. The key was that Li Wei couldn't defeat that four-star mutated rat king!

Next, Liang Yuzhi and Li Yue went to the fourth floor to sleep and rest, while Li Wei went to the corner of the big hole on the third floor and huddled up. Theoretically, this was the most likely place for the mutated creature to crawl in. Although there was no moonlight tonight, he could clearly see two or three hundred meters away with the help of the faint starlight.

At this moment, the night was peaceful and the wilderness was quiet. Apart from the sounds of the mutated rats partying under the ruins, there were only a few calls from night birds.

It's a quiet yet crazy world.

Li Wei silently summoned the Development Card, and sure enough, two resource cards appeared on it, faintly visible. This was the 'legacy' of Li Guilin and Li Qiao!
"Second Uncle, Eldest Brother, may your spirits in heaven bless me so that I can pull off a big shipment!"

Li Wei prayed devoutly.

[You have chosen Li Guilin's legacy. You can now randomly draw one item from his resource card.]

As soon as Li Wei had a thought, a wisp of light rose up, and at the same time, a resource card disappeared.

Successfully extracted the inheritance.

You've drawn a 3-star Steel Tower Shield.

[Note: This is a steel tower shield weighing fifty kilograms, requiring extraordinary strength to wield. It is an iron fortress on the battlefield, an iron wall at the breach in the city wall, and an embodiment of an indomitable will to withstand heavy cavalry charges on the plains.]

【Quality: Three Stars】

[Weight: 50 kg, made from a one-star steel ingot.]

[Structure: Dual-grip structure, curved shield face, internal ribs, cross-shaped reinforcing steel bars, and built-in support rods, allowing it to maintain an 85-degree upright angle on the ground]

[Usage requirements: 30 Strength, 400 Stamina (Level 2 Awakening). Of course, if you're just using it as cover in a breach in the city wall, then you're really something.]

[Defensive effect: Ignores any unenchanted arrows, crossbow bolts, lance charges, steel axes, and maces; but all of this is contingent on you being the owner of this steel tower shield and being able to withstand the terrifying recoil.]

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Goodness, is my second uncle, Li Guilin, really that awesome?
Li Wei felt immense regret. He had been too greedy. Otherwise, if they had had the chance to face the four-star rat king head-on and not give it a chance to ambush them, their five-person team might have been able to kill the four-star rat king without taking any damage.

It's a pity, Li Guilin fell because the ground collapsed. His lower body was bound by the mud, and then he was directly killed by the Rat King.

I wonder what my second uncle is feeling right now at the base camp?
Second Uncle, how are you?
Li Wei certainly couldn't use this three-star tower shield, but placing it at this large gap on the third floor was truly a perfect cover made in heaven.

Well, actually moving some reinforced concrete blocks would be the same, and maybe even more effective?
Even so, Li Wei still found a spot to erect the steel tower shield, just in case.

Next, he began to draw his elder brother Li Qiao's resource cards, and instantly, a wisp of light rose.

You have successfully drawn ten kilograms of one-star wheat seeds.

Huh?
That's great! It's a pity there's no suitable farmland available for cultivation at the moment.

Next, Li Wei closed his eyes and pretended to doze off. Before long, he even fell asleep. This was not because he was reckless, but because Liang Yuzhi and Li Yue upstairs were both tossing and turning and had difficulty sleeping. He took advantage of their insomnia to catch up on some sleep. Although this was wrong according to the rules, it was still a reasonable use of the situation.

Even if mutated creatures attack, there will be no punishment as long as there is no loss of life or property.

About an hour later, the two women upstairs finally fell asleep one after the other due to their strong willpower, and Li Wei also woke up slowly. This ability to control falling asleep and waking up is something that most players can only dream of.

After just one hour of sleep, Li Wei's mental and physical energy were basically restored.

But nothing happened that night. As the first rays of the rising sun peeked over the mountains, two lines of messages silently appeared.

[You have completed your night watch duties. Although the family currently lacks a head of household, this task remains indispensable, crucial, and mandatory. According to the rules, family members Liang Yuzhi and Li Yue will each contribute 10 points to your family contribution, bringing your total to 155 points.]

[Friendly reminder: Daily watch work will be affected by external environmental factors. If the family's temporary camp has higher-level protection measures, traps, etc., the family contribution earned from watchkeeping will decrease proportionally, and vice versa.]

[Congratulations! You have successfully survived the first day in this strange world. Your Explorer Card has begun to integrate with your surroundings.]

[Friendly reminder: Because the family is currently residing in a temporary camp, the total contribution points that family members can obtain cannot exceed 500 points. Unless a fixed asset can be used to increase the total contribution cap, it is impossible to continue obtaining family contribution points.]

Wow!

Li Wei's eyes lit up. This mandatory work was great! This was so comfortable; it was like using other people's contributions to pay himself a salary.

Also, is the last rule a new addition or unique to the pioneering missions?
It seems quite reasonable.

A family is like a small company, and it's impossible for them to have unlimited liability. Family contributions can't be issued without limit like gold yuan, since currencies are pegged to gold or oil. It's unreasonable for a family to contribute hundreds or thousands of dollars before they even have any fixed assets.

For example, what's the use of a family that's starving and begging for food if they accumulate 1000 family contribution points?
There must be fixed assets, corresponding jobs, and resources that benefit the family in order to continuously generate contributions to the family.

Otherwise, if you accumulate 1000 contribution points in the early stages but your family doesn't even have a farm or a place to live, wouldn't that be a form of exploitation for your family members' work later on?
Li Wei did the math: he had 155 points, Liang Yuzhi had 47 points, and Li Yue had 61 points, for a total of 263 points. If Li Guilin and Li Qiao hadn't died yesterday, their family would have reached the 500-point limit by last night.

Just as Li Wei was thinking this, he heard Liang Yuzhi and Li Yue get up. The two of them went straight to the fifth floor and then to the rooftop. A moment later, they collected less than 500 milliliters of dew. For this season, it was already quite good for this area, because the climate here is not very humid, but the temperature difference between day and night is relatively large.

This time, neither Liang Yuzhi nor Li Yue donated food, because the family already had food, even rat meat, so donating at this time would not be very effective.

Neither of them greeted Li Wei. They each took food and water from their resource cards and started eating on their own. Cooking? What was that? Now that there was no head of the household, I could cook if I wanted and naturally get the benefits. If I didn't want to cook, I wouldn't cook and wouldn't get those benefits.

Even Li Yue isn't planning on winning over Li Wei anymore. Sigh, it's the first day I've missed Hathaway.

Fortunately, Li Wei also had food and water, although not much. At this stage, as long as he didn't donate, eating the food he brought himself wouldn't violate the plot logic.

After quietly eating about 40% of his fill, Li Wei went downstairs. Today's task was to dig and transport soil, a job somewhat like the Foolish Old Man Who Moved Mountains, but one that was absolutely necessary.

Because farmland is also considered a fixed asset.

Liang Yuzhi and Li Yue silently followed behind him. If they didn't speak, the plot wouldn't be triggered. They could take care of each other while working together, doing whatever each other did to ensure no one fell behind. They would share the contribution together.

Because it is almost certain that farming on the rooftop is far more valuable than cultivating farmland on flat land. Once successful, it will become family property, or the private property of the three of them, without any donations.

this point is very important.

You need shovels to dig, but you need bags to fill them. Luckily, there's no shortage of bags; the few tattered and dirty tents that haven't been taken down yet in the underground parking lot are the best bags.

Li Yue took out the tools and carried out the cutting, trimming and sewing in one go. Finally, Li Wei and Liang Yuzhi tacitly paid her one standard gold coin, and the transaction was completed.

Next, wherever Li Wei went to dig, they followed closely behind and dug there as well.

No matter how much Li Wei carries, they will continue as before.

Their tacit understanding was outrageous.

Nothing happened all morning; no mutated creatures came to bother him. Li Wei chose to dig in the area west of the building, a distance of no more than a hundred meters, because in his view, the soil in this world had become extremely fertile under the radiation of the out-of-control magic.

Each round trip is 100 meters, and each trip involves carrying 100 kilograms of soil. Obstacles on the stairs between the first and second floors are removed, and the journey continues all the way to the rooftop.

Here, Li Wei occupied the west side of the rooftop, Liang Yuzhi occupied the north side, and Li Yue occupied the south side.

This is not only to demarcate individual farmlands, but also to place the farmlands within the load-bearing wall area.

However, this would require some devices to define the boundaries.

Fortunately, this ruined town lacked everything except materials. They moved some bricks and piled them up to a height of thirty centimeters, then covered the inner circle with soil. Although this would definitely not be enough to gather three-tenths of an acre, as long as they could plant wheat, it would be a fixed asset.

(End of this chapter)