Lords of the Heavens

Chapter 212 Three-Star Pet Hunt
At this moment, Li Wei did not attack with the heavy wooden sword, but instead reached out and grabbed the raging and out-of-control crow. He wanted to observe it, but the crow pecked a bloody gash into his hand. Hmm, this strength, this attack power has obviously increased several times.

At this moment, Li Wei became interested, because this would help him trace the origin of the creation of magical zombies, and at the very least, help him find a way to mass-produce blood crows.

After all, if they encounter enemies in the air in the future, even a two-star Blood Raven could be killed.

To be honest, Li Wei now finds this two-star Blood Raven quite useful.

Ignoring the Blood Raven's resistance, he began his first experiment: he activated and summoned his own two-star Blood Raven to see if the two could resonate with each other.
Nothing happened. His two-star blood raven remained calm, and the out-of-control raven was the same; it went completely berserk and probably had a mental problem.

So Li Wei tried a second experiment, switching to the Tracker title, which increased his perception by 2.
At this moment, he could clearly sense that inside the crow's body—no, inside its head—a small ball of blood-red life force was dancing wildly, thrashing about as if trying to turn its brain into a turd.

In contrast, his own blood crow also had a mass of blood-red life force in its skull, but it seemed to have been smoothed out, optimized, and rearranged by some force.

I understand, that's the key.

In an instant, Li Wei seemed to have grasped something. He immediately focused his senses and tried to control the crow, because if he didn't do so soon, it would be too late. Its brain would explode, or it would break through some kind of threshold and turn into some kind of magical little zombie.

But in reality, Li Wei didn't know what to do. He just tried his best to calm and soothe the crow, and it actually worked. After just ten seconds, the crow stopped its frenzy, but Li Wei started to feel dizzy and out of control. Oh no, he had exceeded his limit.

He hurriedly switched to the Tracker title and put on the Rat Exterminator title. He felt dizzy and sat down with a thud. He was in a state of severe dizziness for several minutes and knew nothing.

When he regained some consciousness, he felt the big crow stepping on his chest, and it felt incredibly heavy.

So it's back to normal?
At this moment, Li Weicai suddenly noticed that several lines of information had already appeared.

You have acquired a fresh, stronger, and more agile hunting pet raven.

[Since your pet card was currently bound to a Blood Raven formed from a magical item, a battle ensued between them. Your pet raven defeated the Blood Raven and absorbed it, thus breaking the binding.]

【Do you want to bind this new hunting pet, the crow?】

Holy crap!

Can you do this?

Li Wei was greatly shocked, but he still immediately chose to bind it. What a pity for his two-star Blood Raven!

What a pity about his launch positioning!

Without his ability to set up shots, what kind of sharpshooter is he? He's just an average player now.

[Binding successful. You have obtained a three-star Blood Raven Hunter Pet.]

[Note: This is what a qualified hunting pet should be. It can appear around the clock and requires no resources, as it will find its own food and avoid danger.]

You can share the same field of view with it within a straight-line distance of five kilometers and receive an auxiliary shooting effect, increasing your projectile accuracy by 50%.

You can still use the projectile targeting skill, but you can only use it once a day, and you may be misled by similar enemies using magic while using it. You cannot rely too much on any one tactic.

When you wear the Tracker title, you can even understand the simple messages your pet brings back.

This pet can be taken out of this world.

Your Hunter Fate +1, currently at 50.

[Warning: Because your Hunter and Lumberjack affinities have both reached 50, you will be able to actively trigger a new special attribute, Perception. Please ensure that your physical condition is at its peak, that your surroundings are safe, and that you have at least ten units of one-star food available to provide energy replenishment. Otherwise, it is not recommended to do so.]

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Huh? Holy crap!

This is a pleasant surprise, and can it be triggered actively?
At this moment, Li Wei's heart stirred, and three professional cards naturally appeared between his eyebrows. The two kinds of destiny light of the Hunter Card and the Woodcutter Card were about to merge together, but they did not go out of control because the switch was in Li Wei's hands.

That definitely can't be triggered at this moment. Where would he get ten units of one-star food? The dried meat from those mutated rats is just ordinary meat.

Do we have to wait until the wheat is harvested in the fields?

"Hey, let's go!"

Li Wei stood up, still feeling dizzy, and even his nose was bleeding. He couldn't stay in this state any longer. He had to hurry back to the scavenging camp and patiently wait for the end-of-month summary. As for what was in the basement, it wasn't hard to guess. It might be some kind of magical radiation fragment, but the value shouldn't be high, otherwise the four-star Rat King would be even more powerful.

However, it's probably all been absorbed by Ah-Dai now, which is actually a good thing.

Nothing more happened after that. Li Wei returned to the Scavenging Building and lay in bed for two days before he recovered, which shows how much the Tracker title had taken a toll on him.

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At this moment, the sun is setting.

Li Wei's shadow was stretched long, and on his shoulder a large crow was looking around, occasionally flapping its wings without making a sound, looking utterly dejected, as if life was boring and it would be better to go home.

That's why they say you can't have a bad name. It's clearly a three-star hunting pet, but most of the time it's just dull and doesn't go out hunting. All it does is steal his dried rats every day.

Stealing without a word, eating without complaining, shifty-eyed, sneaky, stupid and dull.

So in just a few days, Li Wei's stockpile of rat jerky has decreased by at least thirty pounds, and instead of gaining weight, it has become even lazier.

Its favorite thing now is to stand on Li Wei's shoulder, facing the wind, and reminisce about how it used to soar through the sky. Sometimes, while thinking about it, it falls asleep and then falls to the ground with a thud. Whether it was scared out of its wits or learned a new skill, it has actually learned to play dead to cover up its embarrassment...

"Get lost, you idiot!"

Li Wei rudely chased the guy away. He was watching the sunset. "What are you looking at? You're so rude."

Today is the last day of the month, so the routine end-of-month summary is about to begin, but only if he can cook a reasonably delicious meal.

This should already be a tradition.

Li Wei wasn't good at this, so he simply placed the wooden planks on the rooftop as a dining table, letting the fiery sunset serve as his backdrop and the gentle evening breeze accompany his dance.

Drinking under the starlight, eating under the bright moon... I can't make this up anymore, whatever.

In short, Li Wei was impeccably dressed and finished his dinner in a very formal manner, demonstrating the importance of ritual.

A few lines of information arrived slowly.

This has been a sad and disastrous month. Your family nearly faced annihilation, and you were the only one who escaped unscathed and did quite well.

[You killed the four-star mutated rat king that was entrenched around the camp. This was a nightmare for many, yet you killed it, which proves your strength and will help increase your prestige. Furthermore, this will provide your family with a fairly stable development period. For a long time to come, the area within a twenty-mile radius of the camp will be safe for you.] [You cultivated four valuable plots of farmland without delaying the farming season. You dug a well, although it's a bit far, but thanks to your efforts, you and your family have undoubtedly established a firm foothold here.]

[You have officially become the head of the household. You have earned 58 development points this month, currently ranking sixth. You can check the development points leaderboard at the end of each month.]

Your second aunt, Liang Yuzhi, and your younger sister, Li Yue, got lost while out collecting samples, but they will definitely return home within 24 hours.

Thomas, your elementary school classmate and the builder, heard that you've made it big here and has come to join you.

Zhao Xuanxuan, the college beauty you once had a crush on, recently escaped from another survivor camp and hopes you can take her in.

[Your distant third aunt's fourth uncle's son's son, that is, your eldest cousin, Leon the Executioner, has come to seek refuge with you.]

[Friendly reminder: They all came to you because they had nowhere else to turn, so according to the plot logic, they cannot voluntarily donate their property unless they acquire new private property later. However, they can trade or give it away for free.]

[Friendly reminder: Donation is a virtue, but if the amount of donated external materials exceeds a certain threshold, it may prematurely trigger some dangers. Such donations are usually considered invalid. You need to figure out the specific criteria yourself.]

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Lyon?

Leon the Executioner! And that Thomas?
Haha! Finally, friendly forces have arrived.

Li Wei breathed a sigh of relief. Others might not be certain, but the executioner, Lyon, was definitely a close ally of the Ministry of the Interior.

Even Thomas was in the Interior Ministry.

Not bad,

We can finally officially begin the construction and development of the camp.

At this moment, many plans suddenly came to Li Wei's mind: building a territory from scratch—that sounded very appealing.

"However, I still think exploration is more important; the search-and-attack-and-retreat method might be more popular!"

Li Wei thought to himself, if he could find a few hundred tons of cement in a well-preserved warehouse, things would be much simpler.

Wouldn't it be better to just build a concrete city wall?

Wouldn't it be even better to reinforce the camp buildings with reinforced concrete and harden the roads?

I dare not hope to find a Gatling gun with blue flames; under the corrosive influence of the magical source, these are definitely unusable...

Li Wei hesitated for a long time before finally issuing himself a series of main quests.

First, cut down trees; second, clear the ruins in the town and open up the basement of the building; third, explore the manor to the north; fourth, find a larger city and scavenge for resources.

Look, their camp is called Scavenger Camp, so picking up trash must be the right thing to do.

Farming is certainly important, but he has run out of seeds and there's a donation limit, so he has to give up.

[You have spent 50 contribution points to post next month's main quest. If you complete the quest, you will receive a reward of no less than 300 family contribution points.]

Hey!

He would certainly find it difficult to complete this pile of tasks on his own, but he'll have five people helping him next month.

This time, there shouldn't be any players who intentionally give up and drag the team down!

Next, Li Wei silently recited the "Expansion Points Ranking" in his mind, but there was no reaction. He stood up with some doubt, thinking that he needed to perform a very complicated ceremony, when a gust of wind blew by and a very ordinary A4 sheet of paper landed in front of him in a very formal manner.

There was even a large footprint on the A4 paper, several oily handprints along the edges, and a torn piece in one place, as if it had been passed around by many people.

On this A4 sheet of paper, there are fifteen names written in total, and the sixth one is none other than Li Wei's own name.

The person ranked first is Zhao Kewu, followed by a parenthesis that says "Tactical Department", with a score of 78.

The second one is Socrates, from the Department of Resources, with a pioneering score of 74.

The witch Hathaway only ranked third, from the Ministry of the Interior, with 71 points in pioneering.

Fourth on the list is Knight Ron, from the Logistics Department, with a Development Score of 70.

The fifth one is Scarface Glenn, from the Ministry of Commerce, with a pioneering score of 65.

Without a doubt, these five are the true leaders of their respective departments this year. Just think about Hathaway and Ron's fighting strength and abilities, and they can only be ranked third and fourth.

Moreover, it can be almost certainly confirmed that all five names are code names.

Furthermore, they should all be able to easily kill four-star mutated creatures near the camp shortly after the start of the game.

Yes, there is no doubt about that.

Li Wei killed that four-star mutated rat king here, jumping around and racking his brains, but he only got 58 pioneering points. The difference is huge.

Hmm, I don't recognize the seventh one, it's 52 points.
The eighth place goes to John Jr., with 50 points in the Pioneers category.
Wait, where's Clyde?
Damn, you're already eliminated after only the first month?

Li Wei was taken aback, but then felt it was normal. If his side was like this, wouldn't the other teams be even more chaotic?

Interestingly, the five eliminated teams—one each from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Logistics Department, the Resources Department, the Tactics Department, and the Commerce Department—are in the worst tier, and they don't hold back when they argue with each other.

So is this for the team competition later?

As Li Wei was sighing, he noticed a dark patch of soot from the bottom of a pot suddenly appear on the A4 paper, as if it had been left when he touched it earlier.

Then a gust of wind blew, and the A4 paper was blown away.

Almost simultaneously, he suddenly sensed something, and the next second he saw a cloud of gray mist spreading across the rooftop. In just a few seconds, a familiar figure appeared in front of Li Wei.

It's Leon, Leon the Executioner, the one from the beginner quests.

Of course, he is now Li Wei's older cousin.

(End of this chapter)