Lords of the Heavens

Chapter 236 Li Wei's Conjecture

Upon hearing Li Wei's words, Leon was stunned for a long time, but finally smiled with relief. Yes, what was he worried about? Standing in front of him now was a new king who only appears once in a century.

If there was any controversy about this three months ago, what controversy is there now?
If their pioneering camp's pioneering points don't make it into the top five of the rankings by the end of this month, he's willing to livestream himself eating shit!

"Alright, cousin, I'll pack up and head to the quarry in a bit. I do have a lot to learn. If Thomas can build a city wall, so can I!"

Lyon strode away, it was unclear whether he had grasped Li Wei's intentions or not.
You should know that, right?

His primary profession is stonemason, and his secondary profession is miner. The two professions are clearly highly complementary. If you don't cultivate both of their destinies, what are you waiting for?

Is this a matter of considering fighting style?
Continuously enhancing his stonemason and miner destinies is the key to making his executioner codename even more powerful.

After glancing at Liang's retreating figure, Li Wei then looked at the busy figure on the south side of the town.

Even from two kilometers away, the faint sound of hammering could be heard. Compared to that, Zhao Xuanxuan's choice was undoubtedly much wiser.

Her main focus is on the blacksmith's destiny, and her weapon is a hammer. Isn't this constant swinging and hammering a way of comprehending the power?
When facing the mutated crocodile that day, her sudden flash of inspiration and powerful hammer strike was actually an excellent direction.

By constantly reflecting, pondering, and attempting to recreate, until finally losing oneself in the process, one should be able to achieve something.

Anyway, I've given you the opportunity.

Next, Li Wei jogged around the town a few times, about ten kilometers, until the sun came out. Then he saw Ah Dai lazily jump onto the roof of a building and stay there without moving. This silly guy finally got up.

At this moment, Li Wei looked towards the west of the town, where, bathed in the morning glow, three electric buses, fully loaded with supplies, were slowly approaching.

It's so convenient. I can make three trips during the day, charge at the nuclear power plant at night, and set off before dawn. This mode should last for at least two months, and then it won't work anymore.

Because in just over two months, it will not only be the time of autumn harvest, but also the time when the annual radiation storm is about to hit, and the miniature nuclear power plant in the underground base will most likely not be able to withstand it.

What will it be like when the monsters siege the city?

Will a five-star rock giant appear?
Or perhaps mutated creatures that cover the sky and the ground?
Li Yue and Liang Yuzhi will surely shine, but can his three trustworthy teammates, Thomas, Lyon, and Zhao Xuanxuan, help him turn the tide?
Three buses quickly stopped at the parking lot on the south side of the town. Liang Yuzhi, Thomas, and five freemen jumped off and immediately began unloading.

Lyon and Zhao Xuanxuan will also come to help, as will Li Wei, all to save time.

"Second Aunt, was the journey smooth?"

During the unloading process, Li Wei casually asked a question.

It's been almost half a month since we wiped out those superhumans, so why is Duke Flame still making no move?
"That's good. We haven't encountered any trouble these past few days, but this is not quite normal. Xiaowei, I suggest you take your Ahdai with you and let's go check out that camp in the west. Of course, this is just a suggestion."

Liang Yuzhi said meaningfully that just yesterday, she successfully raised her contribution to 300 points by cutting down one-star and two-star trees and collecting various herbs. From now on, she is a formal member of the camp and is no longer restricted by the lingering power of the dictator's buff, nor is she afraid of being kicked out. So now she speaks with confidence.

"Okay, Second Aunt, I'll think about it."

Li Wei nodded, and that was the end of the matter.

He certainly wouldn't provoke the Flame Duke on his own initiative; that's a completely different matter from the Flame Duke's subordinates being wiped out.

Moreover, he seriously doubted whether the Flame Duke was still mentally sound.
In short, we should not move unless the enemy moves. It is better to seize the time to dismantle and transport supplies than to do anything else. Why bother to cause trouble everywhere when there is nothing else to do?

He didn't even bother with the suspected four-star mutated creature in that small town to the north.

In the next few months, try not to increase the difficulty of the exploration tasks, because if you increase it any further, it will be 120%, which will result in a qualitative breakthrough.

In short, everything is for the sake of stability.

Three buses carrying a total of sixty tons of supplies were unloaded by a group of people in less than ten minutes.

The five free men watched with immense envy and admiration, for Li Wei and his companions were incredibly strong.

Even Liang Yuzhi, a seemingly unremarkable middle-aged woman, is so capable.

However, just as everyone boarded the bus and prepared to go to the scavenging camp building for breakfast, Liang Yuzhi suddenly approached Li Wei, who was standing at the entrance of the parking lot, and casually activated a four-star conspiracy card.

Wow!

Have you finally given up?

It seems your duel with Li Yue over there was slightly less impressive.

"Let's make a deal."

Liang Yuzhi got straight to the point. "Tell me about it?" Li Wei asked, showing great interest.

He wasn't opposed to making deals with these two big shots, as long as it was reasonable—but that would be a stretch, since interests are always intertwined. The pie is only so big now, and there's only one expansion card, so the pie can't get bigger. The only way to get the benefits is to steal from others and deceive them.

A very interesting fact is that, over the past fourteen days, the difficulty of the pioneering side quests displayed on the pioneering card has remained stable at an additional 90%.

This means that in the past fourteen days, neither Li Yue nor Liang Yuzhi has been able to obtain a four-star universal gold card...

Li Wei's conjecture is gradually taking shape.

At this moment, Liang Yuzhi sighed, with a sense of vicissitude, like a hero growing old and a beauty turning gray.

“I’m injured, as you probably guessed. Lyon recognizes us. We suffered a major defeat in the cross-border mission and almost lost our lives. I only have three professional cards left, and I have very serious internal injuries. These injuries either require a long period of rest or I need the Universal Gold Card to recover.”

"That's why Li Yue and I chose to join your side quest to recover our losses. Of course, neither of us expected to meet here. We weren't in the same cross-server quest. We were just unlucky."

“Li Wei, I know what you’re worried about. You’re worried that we’ll take your position as head of the family. To be honest, I did have that thought at first, and I believe Li Yue did too. And please believe me, she’s currently planning ambitiously to take your position as head of the family. The reason is simple: her injuries have healed, and she’s really lucky to have met a five-star ability user!”

"You know, she was in a worse situation than me at first. At least I still had two five-star job cards and one four-star job card left, but she lost her second main job card and now only has one five-star and three four-star cards left."

"But now, she's ahead of me. You might think I'm exaggerating, but I'm not, because you have no idea what kind of existence players at our level really are. Even if Li Yue can only exert 70% of her full strength right now, she can still easily kill a five-star ability user."

"You could say that the moment she recovered, Li Wei, you had already lost the mission. And now I'm willing to lend you a hand, because if we don't cooperate, not only will you lose, but I will lose too."

Upon hearing this, Li Wei's expression remained unchanged, but he secretly switched to the Tracker title, increasing his perception by 3. Then, he only asked one question.

What are your specific demands?

“It’s simple. You’re the head of the family, so you can be a little willful. Take me, Thomas, and Leon with you. The four of us will go to that city in the west and kill a team of superhumans. I don’t want a five-star universal gold card. I just need a four-star one. I don’t need to fully recover from my injuries. Even if I only recover a third, that will be enough for me to fight against Li Yue.”

"As payment, I don't want that universal gold card. I can give you another five-star overstay card, you understand? Each person can only carry one of these special items. This means that I only have this one. If I give it to you, I will definitely settle and withdraw after four months. It is impossible for me to gain enough advantages within four months to trigger the hidden options."

"This is my greatest sincerity."

The moment Liang Yuzhi finished speaking, Li Wei quickly switched to the "Dog Slayer" title, and at the same time, he made a decision in his heart.

Yes, it's very simple.

Even with his perception at +3, he couldn't discern Liang Yuzhi's inner turmoil, but her words and micro-expressions were enough to expose her to him.

The answer is that she was not telling the truth.

Yes.

Using his +3 perception level, he listened to the conversation for about ten seconds and concluded that the speaker was not being sincere.

Logically speaking, is there a problem with Liang Yuzhi's statement?
There seems to be no problem.

Each person is indeed limited to one five-star stay card.

But there is a premise, which is something Li Wei has been considering and pondering these past few days, and it is related to one of his conjectures.

Why did Li Yue use a special tool to burn the body of that five-star ability user in the underground base that day, so that the difficulty of the current exploration side quest would remain at 90%?

If Li Wei agrees to Liang Yuzhi's request, the four-star universal gold card seems to drop very easily, with an almost 100% drop rate...

Regardless of why the drop rate is so high, just one thing is certain: the difficulty of the current mission has increased by an additional 120%.

90% and 120% may seem similar, but in reality, they could be a dangerous tipping point.

So even though Liang Yuzhi's proposal was tempting, Li Wei was not a gambler.

He wouldn't gamble on something like that.

Especially now, when we're racing against time to transport all sorts of supplies, why are you trying to create this unnecessary trouble?

I'm too busy trying to play it safe.
For the sake of stability, he even personally oversaw the scavenging camp, leaving Li Yue and you to develop on your own. He wanted to maintain stability, but you underestimate me too much.

"Sorry, I have no interest in cooperating with you!"

(End of this chapter)