Lords of the Heavens

Chapter 226 Dividing Natural Persons Equally

Holy crap, what you said makes so much sense. Your Flame Duke is truly a virtuous superhuman.

However, Li Wei still asked, "So, how many natural beings will I get? If our great Ice Duke knew that I wasn't going to participate in such a virtuous event, he would beat my filthy left cheek with his great fist. But if I participate and don't bring back any natural beings, I'm worried that disaster will befall me."

At this moment, the superhuman smiled and said, "Of course, it's according to the rules of the wilderness: splitting it equally. We already have three teams. We'll set off when we have five teams. So, will you stay here for the next few days, or will you go to the designated meeting point in three days?"

"Of course, we'll go to the designated meeting point."

“Very good, my friend. Here is a map. Look, this is our location. You need to head north to this town, and then continue north for about fifty miles to reach the natural people's stronghold. We will be waiting for you in the town. You must arrive within three days. Of course, if you can't make it, you can go directly to the natural people's stronghold, but in that case, you will not be able to enjoy the equal distribution of the wilderness rules, understand?”

"I understand, then it's a deal."

Li Wei shook hands with the superhuman with pleasure, and the moment the latter turned to leave, several lines of gray information silently appeared.

[You have triggered a wilderness hunting mission initiated by an indigenous superhuman. Travel to an unnamed base deep in the mountains, destroy the fortifications of this survivor base, and 'divide' the 152 natural beings hiding within.]

Upon completion of the quest, you will gain 100 reputation points with the Flame Duchy and be granted special permission to enter the duchy.

[Note: This is not a mandatory task; the choice is yours.]

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Interesting. The survivor base of the natural humans hiding deep in the mountains has fortifications. Does it also have a Gatling gun with blue flames, rat-a-tat-tat?

Could it be that some weapons hidden deep underground haven't had their atoms altered by the magical radiation? It's like some areas are severely affected, but there are always other areas that are less affected?
However, gathering five teams of wilderness mercenaries is a major undertaking.

The five superhumans then left on their own. Li Wei turned and exchanged glances with the others, but no one commented on the matter. Oh, only Zhang Jinjun was frantically devouring the mutated river fish he had just caught; he was genuinely terrified.

If your magical radiation level isn't high enough, you can't be a zombie... This is truly insane.

But then again, everyone has a one-star anti-blood plague potion, right?

Li Wei found the whole thing quite bizarre.

In the world where the newbie quest takes place, you can easily brew a one-star anti-plague potion by simply picking some herbs. Hathaway, for example, can easily brew a two-star anti-plague potion. Isn't there any connection between these things?

Could it be that the antidote is within ten steps?

Could it be that the world of Kahe City has a deep connection with the loss of control over the origin of magic?
There are even gods in that world.

The waters here are probably very deep, but there's no need to waste too much time studying it. The most urgent thing is to figure out what to do.
Is it to 'divide' the natural people equally, or to eliminate the superpowered individuals and save the natural people?

Anyway, Li Wei didn't believe that the so-called equal division was actually equal; it might just be an equal division on a physical level.

This is feasible!
"Hurry up and catch fish. We need to stockpile at least 3,000 catties of mutated river fish within three days. Be quick, Xiao Zhang. I'm sorry to trouble you, but the overall situation is more important. Don't eat them."

At Li Wei's command, no one dared to slack off. They had no more leisure time. Even Li Wei went into the water to catch fish, emptying one area before moving on to the next.

Once they had collected a thousand catties, Li Wei ordered them to return to the scavenging camp. They had no choice but to return because even the mutated vultures had been attracted. Faced with these creatures that could spray acid from above, Li Wei and his men could only push the carts and run at full speed.

Fortunately, the mutated vultures and mutated crows don't get along either. Just throwing some river fish entrails or something is enough to make them fight each other.

As night fell, they successfully returned to the ruined town. From a distance, Li Wei spotted the sickly young woman, Li Yue, patrolling near Farm No. 5. She held a compound longbow and had a quiver at her waist. Although she was thin, she inexplicably had a heroic air about her, as long as one ignored her punk-style half-bald head.

"Brother, it really is you! That's wonderful! I've been dreaming about you these past two days."

The yandere little sister rushed over, bursting into tears of joy, while the composite longbow and quiver, which were clearly superior to Li Wei's three-star warbow, mysteriously disappeared.

Rich and willful.

"Haha, don't cry, I'm back now. Look, I'm all right here. Second Aunt, we caught a lot of big fish. I'll have Second Aunt make you braised fish later."

Li Wei responded with utmost naturalness, without the slightest hint of disharmony, as if she were his own sister...

By this time, the new second aunt had already been alerted. Upon seeing the river fish on the handcart, she immediately began to work, first recording the fish and then processing them. Some were made into dried fish, and some into salted fish. Since 100 kilograms of salt had been found in the underground warehouse, there was no need to worry about a salt shortage.

Once it's salted, it'll be excellent food. When the wheat harvest is plentiful, well, the great undertaking will be accomplished. After a flurry of activity, the new second aunt prepared a sumptuous dinner for Li Wei and the others. After everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, Li Wei suddenly spoke up, "Three days from now, Xiao Zhang, you stay here with my second aunt to watch the house and patrol the fields. Little Sister, you come with us. We've discovered a natural human scavenger camp, and I want to talk to them."

Upon hearing this, Liang Yuzhi and Li Yue's eyes lit up. As advanced players with rich experience, they knew exactly what this meant. They should even have one or several countermeasures. It could be said that if Li Wei used the conspiracy card at this moment, he would have a chance to get the standard answer from them.

In fact, Li Wei also hoped that Liang Yuzhi or Li Yue would activate a conspiracy card and come to talk to him.

But neither of them said anything. Li Yue just sat obediently next to him, looking like she was saying, "Brother, do whatever you want. I have no objection. I know you will definitely protect my good little sister."

Oh, that makes things easier. Don't blame me for not giving you a chance!

At this moment, Li Wei suddenly let out a long sigh, as if he had made some difficult decision.

“Little sister, you’ve really suffered following me. The scavenging camps here aren’t safe at all. We’re exposed to that strange, mutated radiation every day. The natural human camp I found this time is a base deep in the mountains. It has complete living facilities and defenses. There’s even an official army maintaining order there, and hundreds of natural humans…”

"Little sister, I'm beyond saving, but you can still live a good life. You should have a bright future ahead of you, get married, have children, or at least live a longer life. Maybe in a decade or so, this strange mutated radiation will disappear or weaken."

At this point, Li Wei was already in tears, his eyes brimming with grief. Alas, what excruciating pain this was! But as his older brother, all he wanted was for his sister to have a better life. She was his own sister, and his choice was right!
"elder brother--"

Li Yue looked up in astonishment, unable to believe it.

Almost simultaneously, a line of information silently appeared before everyone.

[The patriarch of the family, Li Wei, has found a suitable excuse. He is now initiating a plot-driven eviction, which is perfectly logical and will take effect in thirty minutes. Family member Li Yue will be evicted.]

[Family member Li Yue used the five-star item card—"Change of Heart." The head of the family, Li Wei, suddenly realized that even if they went to the survivor base deep in the mountains, it wouldn't change the overall situation. His sister was only eighteen years old, and without his protection there, she would suffer countless hardships. Rather than that, it was better to stay together; they would die together.]

"Brother! Please don't send me away, I'll be very good."

Li Yue burst into tears, as if she had suffered a great injustice.

Li Wei was also crying her eyes out. "How could I have been so foolish? How could I have made such a stupid decision? I'm such a bastard! Waaah, little sister, let's never be apart again."

They hugged each other and cried for a full ten minutes, deepening the bond between Li Wei and her younger sister, Li Yue.

"Brother, your iron spear is damaged. I can repair it for you," Li Yue said ingratiatingly. Now that the camp had an iron smelting furnace and a blacksmith shop, repairing the damaged Bloodthirsty Spear would certainly not be a problem.

Actually, Li Wei originally planned to have Zhao Xuanxuan help him fix it, but since Li Yue took the initiative to say so, it didn't matter.

After that, he slept and rested. The next morning, he acted as if nothing had happened and went back to fishing in the river. As for Zhang Jinjun, he naturally continued to be the bait. This unorthodox fishing method was very effective. Unfortunately, the number of mutated river fish in the river was limited. Li Wei thought he could catch 3,000 catties, but in the end, he only caught about 1,000 catties, and then no more mutated river fish came out.

Well then, may we meet again someday.

[Under your leadership, the camp has captured a resource point and obtained a total of 2451 catties of mutated river fish. Although these are mildly irradiated mutated creatures, they have indeed temporarily solved the current food shortage situation in the camp. Next, you still need to lead people to continue to scavenge and find more food to feed seven people for four months. Current progress: 46%]

The main quest for this month is not yet complete, but it's not a big problem anymore.

Early on the third day, Li Wei set off with Li Yue, Leon, Thomas, and Zhao Xuanxuan. Zhang Jinjun was left behind at the scavenging camp. It wasn't that his combat strength was insufficient, but rather that he had only been there for less than five days and his accumulated magical radiation was not enough. If he encountered those superhumans, there was a high chance of him being discovered, and as a natural person, he would likely be divided up.

What will Li Wei do then? They can't just start fighting amongst themselves, can they?

There is nothing we can do about this.

As for bringing Li Yue along, it certainly doesn't mean actually sending her to the natural human survival base, but rather using her as a backup.

He's a big shot in his own right, so if things change, he'll be the one to cling to.

The group of five pushed three handcarts and raced along the highway for forty miles. They found the fork in the road and followed the cement road into the town. It was not large, with only thirty or fifty households. Apart from a small number of houses that had been destroyed, the remaining buildings were basically intact.

However, the town was quiet at this time, and Li Wei was not at ease, so he sent Ah Dai into the air to scout.

As soon as Ah-Dai flew over the town, he nimbly climbed up and accelerated away. Almost at the same time, a strange feathered arrow with flames shot into the air and exploded in mid-air, almost turning Ah-Dai into a roast chicken.

Immediately afterwards, whoosh!

Dozens of mutants of various shapes suddenly appeared in this abandoned town!
(End of this chapter)