Lords of the Heavens

Chapter 217 Development in Progress

With this discovery, Li Wei was even more excited about the sealed basement beneath the Kaihe Building.

Because, judging from all indications, there was no backflow of rainwater inside.

Upon opening the box, I found these were all expansion points.

That's right, this isn't a newbie mission or a resource-collecting mission, so there's no need to worry about keeping it for yourself; just exchange it all for development points.

Li Wei had no other choice; he had to support Night Owl with all his might.

“Xiaowei, I want to grow some mushrooms on the first floor, and also cultivate a plot of land outside to grow some vegetables. Today, when I was digging for wild vegetables outside, I discovered that this town used to be surrounded by farmland, and there are still some wild, reverted ancestral plants hidden among the weeds, especially legumes. I think we can start taming them now, although I'm not very good at these things…”

After dinner, the new second aunt suddenly mustered up her courage and cautiously made a suggestion, then quickly lowered her head, appearing extremely timid throughout.

Li Wei didn't speak, but simply nodded slightly. This was quite interesting. Did this person think that a three-star farmer like him would overlook these things? So he offered a reminder?
But in fact, Li Wei had already noticed it when he was scouting around the town on the first day. The reason he didn't take action was because he simply didn't have the time or energy to do so.

Last month, in his quest to become the head of the household, he idolized Thomas, digging a well and cultivating farmland to quickly gain the upper hand. If he had taken his time to tame those wild, atavistic plants, it would have been too late.

In short, it's meaningless.

He's not just a three-star farmer now, but also a future lord of the expansion territory. What he wants is to get more expansion points and survive until three years from now, not just to be an excellent farmer.

If his newly established territory is breached by mutated creatures three years from now, what good will it do if his farmer destiny is upgraded to level 50? Does he want to become Li Ji?
"Second Aunt, you can take care of these things. Plant more mushrooms and vegetables to improve the menu. I still miss your cooking."

Li Wei gave a tired smile, seemingly a casual chat, but it was an order.

As the head of this camp and the true arbiter, you order Liang Yuzhi to be responsible for planting mushrooms on the first floor and cultivating and domesticating wild crop plants. She will receive 50 contribution points at the end of the month.

Good, this is what a qualified ox or horse should be.

Next, Li Wei went to visit his poor sister Li Yue. It was a two-way favorability campaign. Since the character battleground had been set up, it was a fight to the death. The character you played had a perfect score of favorability towards me, and the character I played had a perfect score of favorability towards you. Neither of us could hurt the other. How wonderful!

If I could find an opportunity, I'd like to stage a dramatic scene to kick her out of the house.

However, this girl doesn't seem like a gambling addict. Perhaps we could create an opportunity for her to become one in the future?

Afterwards, Li Wei did not rest or go to sleep. Instead, he continued to clear the ruins with Leon, Thomas, and Zhao Xuanxuan under the starlight. They worked tirelessly until 10 p.m. before finally going back to sleep.

Is it a joke that you agree to work fourteen hours a day?
Although Li Wei doesn't need to do this, he really can't be lazy.

For the next few days, Li Wei and his three companions acted as if they were four crazy Thomases, clearing southwards all the way to the central park of the town, which meant that the area to the north, which was about one kilometer away, had been cleared out.

Meanwhile, while opening the basement, they successively looted some rusty shovels, pickaxes, sledgehammers, crowbars, jacks, wrenches, pliers, nails, claw hammers, and other ordinary supplies that were still usable. However, they did not find any good items such as enchanted entrenching tools.

However, an unexpected incident occurred during the cleanup process: the large area that had collapsed on the west side of the town continued to collapse northward for dozens of meters, eventually forming a large pit with a total area of ​​nearly two acres, and there was still a possibility of further collapse.

“This place can be completely transformed into a second sturdy farmland. Thomas, you and Leon continue clearing the ruins and looking for usable supplies. I'll dig out this big pit.”

Li Wei was very happy. Of course, ordinary farmland is easier to cultivate, but it is too vulnerable to risks.

In the future, he plans to build a larger city wall around the town's paved roads, which would undoubtedly better protect the farmland inside the wall.

At this moment, he glanced at Zhao Xuanxuan again and said:
"Xuanxuan, I remember you studied metallurgy, right? Do you know how to build an iron smelting furnace to melt down all that scrap iron? In the future, we might need to build two sturdy iron doors."

Upon hearing this, a hint of surprise flashed in Zhao Xuanxuan's eyes. Not bad, little George! I really didn't spoil you for nothing. These past few days, she had been looking for an opportunity to activate the conspiracy card and catch up with the old times, but she hadn't had the chance. She didn't feel comfortable with Liang Yuzhi and Li Yue, so to be on the safe side, she dared not make any rash moves.

Unexpectedly, Li Wei was so loyal. No wonder the Night Owl boss of the Ministry of the Interior had secretly wanted to transfer her from the Logistics Department seven months ago. But the transfer procedures were stuck for six months, and it just so happened that they got stuck here—it was all a scheme!
Anyway, she's just a marginal, invisible person in the logistics department and isn't well-liked, so why not find someone trustworthy?

She truly admired Li Wei.

“Sure, I’ve checked beforehand, and we have plenty of materials. I can handle this without any problem,” Zhao Xuanxuan said sweetly. She tried her best to convey some information through her micro-expressions and simple conversation, but it seemed a bit difficult.

This kid's a bit slow!

"Okay, it's settled then. By the way, Lyon, you can transport the construction waste, such as concrete blocks, to this area, and then transport the excavated soil to Central Park. We can build an orchard or something there in the future."

Li Wei then gave Lyon and Thomas another instruction.

“Okay!” Lyon and Thomas had no objections, as they didn’t have much relevant experience either. They then split into two groups; Zhao Xuanxuan went to build the iron smelting furnace and charcoal kiln, areas she was skilled in.

Li Wei then took a sledgehammer and knocked away all the paved road surface that was about to collapse at the edge of the pit, finally creating a pit that was about three acres in size.

Then, following the usual procedure, they dug the soil to a depth of four meters, then threw in stones and concrete blocks to build a solid foundation.

This time, in order to ensure that the edge of the pit would not continue to collapse, Li Wei even went so far as to backfill and reinforce some of the rat holes in key locations.

There's so much construction waste outside, it's an eyesore just sitting there, so why not use it for backfilling?

As for what to do about the drainage facilities in the future territory, well, let's just leave it at that. We'll deal with the future later. They currently have four workers. Even if they all turned into a berserk Thomas, how could they possibly launch so many engineering projects at the same time?
Fortunately, the new second aunt has proven to be quite capable these past few days, with excellent culinary skills. She prepares a balanced diet of meat and vegetables every day, preventing everyone from suffering from a dietary breakdown.

Meanwhile, Li Wei's sickly little sister, Li Yue, was finally able to get out of bed and do some work. Starting a few days ago, she was able to help Leon and Thomas clean up the ruins.

Regardless of whether anyone has ulterior motives, the camp will be very stable this month. Once the foundation is laid, things will proceed smoothly.

In the blink of an eye, twenty-two days of this month have passed, and the ruins of the entire town have been basically cleared away.

Zhao Xuanxuan had already built a charcoal kiln and a small blast furnace for iron smelting in the parking lot and had begun logging and charcoal burning.

On the same day, the fifth fortified farmland belonging to the camp was also basically completed.

At that moment, a few lines of information drifted by silently.

Under your leadership and hands-on guidance, the scavenging camp achieved a tremendous success. A total of 1.5 square kilometers of ruins were leveled and cleared, resulting in 1 square kilometer of paved road surface. 124 usable residential foundations were cleared, a 12-acre central park was restored, 2.5 acres of new one-star farmland were cultivated, a one-star blast furnace and a charcoal kiln were constructed, and a total of 271 usable tools, 52 tons of scrap iron, and 154 tons of discarded timber were collected. Large areas of dangerous underground rat burrows were also backfilled.

All of the above will be added to the scavenging camp's fixed assets, increasing the maximum contribution points a family can currently obtain to 3500.

[Due to the current Dictator's Camp buff, you have accumulated 500 contribution points, bringing your total contribution to 1500 points (including a portion of the monthly main storyline rewards)].

[Leon, Thomas, and Zhao Xuanxuan, members of the temporary camp, each received an additional 30 contribution points. These contributions are not counted towards the main quest contribution.]

Liang Yuzhi, a member of the temporary camp, received an additional 20 contribution points.

[Li Yue, a member of the temporary camp, received an additional 15 contribution points.]

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This is more than just exploitation; even Zhou Bapi (a notorious skinflint) wasn't this ruthless.

But Li Wei won this all by himself.

Who made Liang Yuzhi and Li Yue voluntarily resign from the board of directors last month?

Dictatorship, only this kind of dictatorship can be called dictatorship.

Otherwise, if Liang Yuzhi and Li Yue had stayed, they would at least have been directors. Then Li Wei wouldn't have been able to exploit their relatives and friends so ruthlessly. Otherwise, it would have been another mess!
Nothing compares to this moment, when Li Wei alone is making all the decisions—how wonderful!
However, even with all this, the scavenging camp still hasn't reached level 2, which Li Wei thinks must be due to some missing important factors.

Perhaps it's because there's a missing wall?
Well, there's nothing more to say, let's open the basement of the building.

It's already the end of the month, so it's fine.

Li Wei didn't hide this matter from everyone. There was no need to worry about everyone sharing the profits with him. Given everyone's current status, they could only take a small share.

Besides, this matter can't be kept secret any longer.

On the morning of the twenty-third day of this month, after breakfast, Li Wei solemnly announced the matter and took the opportunity to observe the changes in Liang Yuzhi and Li Yue's expressions. As a result, the two of them did not reveal any flaws at all.

The next step was a series of preparatory work, mainly involving heating and re-forging some salvaged old steel bars to make them harder.

Previously, Li Wei had Zhao Xuanxuan set up an iron smelting furnace and burn charcoal, all for this moment. The entrance to that basement was at least a meter deep reinforced concrete, and without some sturdy equipment, there was really no way to get there.

As for digging from underground, the environment is unsuitable, and it's impossible to exert sufficient effort.

After a flurry of activity, all twelve old steel chisels were transformed into something brand new, and even the wooden handle of the sledgehammer was replaced.

(End of this chapter)