Lords of the Heavens

Chapter 201 Level 1 Scavenging Camp

Half an hour later, Li Wei returned to the temporary camp with light steps. He saw Li Yue bustling about like a little motor, but he didn't see Liang Yuzhi. She should be in the parking lot.

After dumping the clay into a room on the first floor, Li Wei went straight to the parking lot. Sure enough, Liang Yuzhi was already showing off her skills there, having dismantled most of a pickup truck. When she saw Li Wei coming over, a wary look flashed across her eyes, and then she smiled and said, "Xiao Wei, is there something you need?"

"Second Aunt, I was thinking, could we assemble a handcart?" Li Wei carefully chose his words, still hoping the other party would cooperate with him.

The credit for assembling the trolley can be given to Liang Yuzhi. As long as it is donated to the family, it can be considered a fixed asset, which would benefit everyone.

But Liang Yuzhi shook her head. "Xiaowei, it's not that simple. First of all, these wheels are almost ruined, and we don't have an air pump. I've searched before, and the sizes don't match. But you can wait a bit while I think of something."

Li Wei glanced at her and knew that Liang Yuzhi clearly had a plan, but she just wouldn't cooperate because she wanted to keep all the benefits to herself.

Sure, that's fine, as long as you can make a handcart and then donate it to a family.

Li Wei didn't dwell on it and continued digging for clay. He made four trips that afternoon, bringing back about 800 pounds of clay.

However, Liang Yuzhi and Li Yue also reaped considerable rewards.

The former dismantled several cars, obtaining a few pieces of sheet metal and dismantling several wooden doors, which were then piled up at the entrance to the second-floor staircase. Next to them were some rivets and expansion bolts that were clearly brought along, indicating that they were quite well-prepared and had done detailed planning.

As for Li Yue, she blocked all the windows on the second, third, fourth, and even fifth floors with concrete blocks, except for the large hole on the third floor.

"Xiaowei, Xiaoyue, I'm going to use rivets to join the sheet metal to the wooden door. It might make a lot of noise. Can you keep an eye on the outside for me? I'm afraid that rat king might come out."

At this moment, Liang Yuzhi called out.

Li Wei and Li Yue naturally wouldn't refuse. Liang Yuzhi wanted to make a door, which might be the key to further consolidating the temporary camp and upgrading it to a level 1 scavenging camp. They would also benefit from it. If they could take the opportunity to lure out that mutated rat king, fighting on the surface would be more advantageous than fighting in the burrow!
However, to Li Wei's surprise, Li Yue ran up to the large hole on the third floor, looking like she was a ranged attacker who was positioned above to provide support.

interesting.

Li Wei glanced at Liang Yuzhi, whose expression was slightly unpleasant.

Disassembling a few cars and getting a few pieces of metal isn't difficult; even using your own expansion bolts and rivets isn't much of a contribution.

The real problem is that the installation will be extremely loud, and this ruined town has a four-star mutated rat king.

Without Li Wei and Li Yue's cooperation, she really wouldn't dare to start.

"That's it!"

At this moment, Li Wei's heart sank, and he took the initiative to go downstairs, took out the three-star noble crest armor and put it on. He then put the Bloodthirsty Spear and the one-star heavy wooden sword aside, took out two two-star sniper armor-piercing arrows, stuck five one-star armor-piercing arrows in the soil, and finally strung the three-star war bow. He took out a piece of precious three-star venison jerky, ate it, and then waved to Liang Yuzhi behind him.

let's start!

What's meant to happen will happen. Although it's only the second day of the month, and we're a bit outnumbered, we still have to get through this.

Perhaps nothing will happen in the end, or perhaps it will really alarm the four-star rat king.

So what?

Let's fight.

At this moment, although Li Wei was not at his peak, his fighting spirit was incredibly high!

At the same time, he also pictured the various rooms and structures on the first floor. If he were to attract that four-star rat king, a head-on confrontation would not be a good choice. Therefore, maneuvering and fighting would be very effective.

That's right. As long as it dares to come out and enter this building, Li Wei is 70% confident that he can kill it.

"Oh!"

Liang Yuzhi took out a large hammer and first struck lightly, then struck heavily.

The booming echoes reverberated through the building and throughout the ruined town.

At this moment, Li Wei gently exhaled a breath of stale air, closed his eyes, and relaxed his whole body. This state was not laxity, but rather composure and ease, after all, he had fought head-on against a four-star final boss.

There will definitely be pressure, but it won't affect me.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Liang Yuzhi swung the sledgehammer faster and faster, trying to nail the car body panel to the wooden door. This was no easy task, and the booming sound echoed like thunder.

This is truly the most exciting and intense provocation; theoretically, no mutated creature could withstand it.

But a few minutes later, Li Wei opened his eyes in surprise, took a few steps, and stared wide-eyed in the direction of the town center, but there was no movement at all.

That four-star mutated rat king actually refused to accept such a provocation?
This is really unexpected.

However, we can't be careless. What if it suddenly pops out from somewhere else?
But the truth is, it was very quiet.

Not to mention the four-star mutated rat king, even the other mutated creatures were not alerted.

Liang Yuzhi smashed away for a full half hour until an ugly but absolutely sturdy iron and wooden door, along with its frame and the expansion bolts hammered into the wall, was finally secured. The central area of ​​the ruined town remained quiet; the four-star rat king hadn't appeared. It seemed it was truly insensitive to sound.

Or perhaps it simply didn't enter its territory?
Just as I was thinking this, a few lines of information silently appeared.

[Family member Liang Yuzhi made a simple sheet metal gate, which was installed with your help. From then on, this dilapidated yet still sturdy abandoned building finally had its first barrier.]

[Family member Li Yue blocked all the windows of the abandoned building. Although this still couldn't keep out the wind and rain, it provided the most basic protection, and all the family members could finally get a good night's sleep.]

[Congratulations! You have found a scavenging camp that can provide shelter from the wind and rain. Because a preliminary defensive barrier has been established, the temporary camp has been upgraded to a Level 1 scavenging camp. Resting in the camp will grant all family members a +1% stamina recovery every 24 hours, and the family contribution gain cap has been increased to 800 points.]

[Friendly reminder: In a level 1 scavenging camp, the importance of mandatory night watch will continue to decrease, and night watchmen will only receive 10 contribution points. Since there is currently no head of household and monthly main quests cannot be initiated, each person who can sleep peacefully must voluntarily contribute 5 contribution points to reward the night watchman.]

Family member Liang Yuzhi has earned 5 family contribution points, bringing her total to 67.

Family member Li Yue has gained 5 family contribution points, bringing her total to 96.

Family member Li Wei has gained 20 family contribution points, bringing her total to 205.

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Huh?
Li Wei was slightly taken aback. He hadn't expected that Liang Yuzhi and Li Yue would only get 5 contribution points each after working all afternoon, and the former had even paid for the rivets out of her own pocket.

On the contrary, even though he didn't participate in anything, he was able to get 20 contribution points because of the camp upgrade.

Is there some hidden mechanism here? Or is it because he voluntarily stood on the first floor to provide cover?
Although nothing happened, its importance even surpassed that of the iron gate made by Liang Yuzhi?

Li Wei seemed to be deep in thought, and realized that the pioneering mission and the newbie mission were fundamentally different. Hathaway, that bitch, was just spreading misinformation.

Putting everything else aside, if in a newbie mission, Liang Yuzhi were to be banging away and Li Wei were to stand by like an idiot, guarding and providing cover, it would only make her a laughing stock. Are you crazy?

But here, I've actually made such a great discovery!
At this moment, Liang Yuzhi closed the iron gate again, and Li Wei moved concrete blocks over from outside the gate and piled them up to form a wall, which would maximize the defensive effect.

Then, in the twilight, they climbed up the exterior wall of the building and crawled through a large hole on the third floor.

Mission accomplished! Hehe, although it's dark inside the building, it already feels a bit like home.

"Xiaowei, Xiaoyue, I'll keep watch tonight. You two have been working hard all day, but I'm not too tired yet."

At this moment, Liang Yuzhi said that in the dim light of day, her and Li Yue's gazes were somewhat complicated. Sometimes they had to admit that the new king who only appeared once in a hundred years did indeed have his extraordinary qualities.

Both their courage and magnanimity are admirable.

As the saying goes, there is no such thing as success by chance; true skill is revealed in the details.

They're likely to lose this round!

"Thank you for your hard work, Auntie!"

Li Wei didn't mind Liang Yuzhi taking his night watch job. He hadn't had enough food lately, so he wasn't eating much and was working too hard. If he couldn't get proper rest, it would have a negative impact on his health in the long run.

“Well—okay, Second Aunt, call us if you need anything!” Li Yue said considerately.

"Alright, alright, go and get some rest."

In the darkness, Liang Yuzhi smiled brightly, but as soon as she turned around, the three of them became expressionless and distanced themselves from each other with mutual disdain.

Li Yue went to the fourth floor, and Li Wei went to the fifth floor. After eating some food, they opened the tent, crawled inside, and soon fell asleep.

As a result, he woke up hungry in the middle of the night.

It was quiet outside. Li Yue's breathing was steady on the fourth floor, and Liang Yuzhi's breathing was also normal on the third floor. They were both still alive.

They were both in good condition because they had eaten enough and brought plenty of food and water.

On the other hand, Li Wei could only exclaim "Holy crap!"
How about we go eat some rat meat?

Li Wei thought that if he used his resources sparingly, he would only have enough food for three days. After that, he would have to eat rat meat.

He still lacks resources. If he had just one more resource card, he would definitely have brought plenty of food and water.

"Forget it, let's just eat it. What's the big deal? It's not like we've never eaten it before."

Li Wei got up silently, went to the fourth floor, took a string of rat jerky skewered with steel bars, and collected some scraps of wood and cloth from the fourth and fifth floors. He took them to the fifth floor, started a fire near the exit of the rooftop staircase, and roasted the meat.

At this moment, he was quite grateful to the little maid who had prepared a seasoning for him before leaving. Now, with a sprinkle of salt on top, hmm, it should taste pretty good.

[Friendly reminder: You used your own seasonings and salt, so this cooking will not receive any family contributions!]

[Friendly reminder: You have already missed four family meals, so you can take food from the family for free. You currently have three free meals remaining. Once all free meals are used up, you will need to pay a family contribution if you take food outside of mealtimes.]

(End of this chapter)