Lords of the Heavens

Chapter 238 ranked third
As the golden sunset cast Li Wei's shadow long and thin, the resulting shadow resembled some kind of flowing, mysterious code. With a gentle tap, time seemed to stand still.

Then, as if a scene was edited from the video, this scene formed a huge card, a hundred meters tall, slowly rotating within a vast and majestic golden palace.

The palace seemed to be forged from the fire of the sun; the golden light on it was not the luster of ordinary gold, but rather flowed endlessly as if by magic.

However, Li Wei's silhouette card is not the only one here, because there are a total of fourteen cards, which are arranged from top to bottom and obviously follow some kind of numerical change.

In addition, what makes these fourteen cards rotate as a whole is a planet that is half blue and half red.

Inside this golden palace, there are three more planets like this.

However, the trajectories of these three planets are quite different. One of them also has dozens of cards orbiting it, but the cards are much smaller, each less than a meter tall.

Footsteps sounded, and Night Owl, the Chief Minister of the Ministry of the Interior, suddenly emerged from a side door of the golden palace. Although the golden side door closed immediately, her luxurious and enormous office, filled with magical atmosphere, was still visible. One could even see the Ministry of the Interior's training ground and a corner of the blue sky over Ver City.

Almost simultaneously, at another side door, Black Wolf, the chief logistics officer of the logistics department, also came out. The two looked at each other, but there was no ripple in their eyes, and they didn't even bother to exchange pleasantries.

Immediately following, the heads of nine departments emerged from the nine side doors inside the golden hall.

Neither of them spoke, but instead each flipped through Li Wei's card, which quickly displayed Li Wei's actions over the past month, leaving no detail unchecked. However, the fragment of Liang Yuzhi activating the four-star conspiracy card to initiate the conspiracy was blurred, clearly indicating that the four-star conspiracy card had very high authority.

"Who wants to see this footage of the conspiracy?"

Someone asked a question, but no one answered, because there was no need. The reason they were brought out was because the end-of-month ranking of expansion points was too abnormal, so much so that they were not comfortable with the information they had obtained and came to headquarters to check.

Now that we've finished watching, there's nothing more to say!

say what?
Is it true that two five-star veterans who can cross over into different fields were completely outmatched by a newcomer?
This is illogical. It's just that these two are incredibly unlucky. Sometimes they need to try new things, but they can fail just the same way and need to recover their losses. Do you understand what a boomerang is?

However, in this world, some are happy while others are sad.

Back at the Ministry of the Interior, Night Owl laughed heartily. Life was so wonderful, and the future was so bright. She had once only hoped to break into the leaderboard and rank second, but now she was far ahead.

Now she just hopes that Li Wei can stay calm, maintain his current advantage, and not get cocky—it's only been three months, don't let your success be a flash in the pan and give up halfway.

Night Owl pondered for a moment, then suddenly pulled out a card and waved it lightly. Figures appeared on the card. If Li Wei's camp completed the construction of that city wall, it would be upgraded to a level 4 scavenging camp. Therefore, he needed to find suitable replacement players for him in advance. Otherwise, that scorpion Li Yue would most likely have the last laugh...

But after searching around, Night Owl couldn't help but sigh. The Ministry of the Interior had to prepare the first-class players who had free time for Hathaway. Even though Li Wei was slightly ahead now, it didn't mean she could stay ahead. That Poison Scorpion Li Yue had recovered from her injuries, and now was the time for her to exert her strength.

Night Owl could even guess Scorpion Li Yue's methods, which were nothing more than using someone else to do his dirty work. Liang Yuzhi was very likely to continue serving as the transport team leader next month, as long as Li Yue could devise a plan to kill her!
Then Li Wei, as the head of the family, would have to accept impeachment. Once this stage is reached, Li Yue can easily control the situation by using her own prop cards.

这是无解的.

Unfortunately, Li Yue, that scorpion, had already established a good relationship with Li Wei from the very beginning, while Widow Yang Liang Yuzhi was a step behind. What's worse, she was stingy, arrogant, and self-righteous. Damn it, what a bitch!

Night Owl didn't need to watch the conspiracy clips to know that the conditions proposed by Widow Yang must be terrible. After all, they had worked together before, so how could she not know this woman? She was indeed strong, a natural talent in certain professions, but because of this, she was arrogant and looked down on everyone. It's better not to mention her.

"Flowers in full bloom, oil on a raging fire! It's tough, Li Wei. Even if you lose this time, I won't blame you."

Night Owl shook her head, temporarily giving up the opportunity to give Li Wei the chance to choose candidate players. As the internal affairs officer, she had a quota to recommend in each round, but these had to be used to protect Hathaway and indirectly support Little John.

Because both of them are really stable, developing very steadily, since the mission lasts for three years, and this is only the third month.

Of course, if Li Wei can withstand Li Yue's offensive next, that will truly be a turning point, and she will send a heavyweight player from the Ministry of the Interior to protect her at the appropriate time.

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The sun slowly set, but the area inside the Level 3 scavenging camp was bustling with activity. Since all the free people had returned today, dinner was served outdoors, with several large bonfires burning brightly and searchlights from three electric buses illuminating everything.

Many of the supplies brought back from the underground base are ready to use, such as dining tables and chairs, battery arrays stored deep underground, various light bulbs, solar panels, etc. As long as these are placed underground, sealed in lead alloy boxes, and protected from radiation storms, they can be taken out and used when the radiation storms stop.

It has to be said that these free citizens are all seasoned experts when it comes to post-apocalyptic survival. Nelson has even planned to dig a well inside the walls, using manpower to pump water during radiation storms and an electric pump for other times. His method of exploiting bugs is incredibly ingenious.

There are at least a dozen such small-scale projects. The weakness of the Free Citizens lies in their limited individual strength, but rapid progress should be expected next month.

In short, being here, Li Wei always felt that these free people were the true masters of this place.

At this moment, the free people, who had all changed into clean clothes, were both reserved and expectant, with long-lost smiles on their faces, and the sounds of children playing and laughing were crisp and melodious.

Tables were set out, and dishes were served one after another.

On the rooftop of the building, four Free Citizens, armed with anti-material sniper rifles, were vigilantly observing their surroundings, while the dilapidated tank remained parked outside the wall, though it only had one armor-piercing round left...

Li Wei, who had also changed into summer clothes, was being led by Li Yue as they chatted amiably with the free people, exchanging some trivial remarks.

The process was boring and the effect was ridiculous. It will probably make the free people even more convinced that the two of them are just NPCs in the story. There's nothing we can do about it until we have enough information.

In just over twenty days, Li Yue had grown even more beautiful.

Radiant with spirit, and with a charming smile.

After the process was completed and all the food was served, the cooks, who were older women, even poured each person a glass of red wine, which was quite a luxury.

Then let's eat.

During the meal, everyone chatted and laughed, clinking glasses and exchanging toasts, losing track of time.

At first, a few women started singing in a corner, and everyone joined in or hummed along, which made them quite happy. However, as they sang, sobs replaced the singing, and sorrow replaced happiness.

No matter how beautiful the night is, it cannot change the cruel reality that this is a post-apocalyptic world.

After a long silence, dinner ended. Thomas and Leon directed the free citizens to rest and arranged for them to patrol and keep watch. These were all two-star professionals now, and the 20 free attributes they possessed greatly enhanced their overall strength. In particular, there were seven of them who were said to be special operations soldiers, making their overall attributes even stronger.

They may have various hidden injuries and ailments, but in terms of physical strength, endurance, agility, and even defense, they are indeed more than normal people.

For example, the two snipers who were rescued by Li Yue had an initial strength of 13 points, an initial agility of 9 points, an initial defense of 5 points, and an initial stamina of 150 points.

Very naughty.

In a sense, they can now even hold their own against a three-star ability user for more than a dozen rounds.

In short, these free citizens are a valuable asset. If they can be nurtured, they can become the backbone of this territory in the future.

After all the free citizens left, the seven players—Li Wei, Li Yue, Liang Yuzhi, Thomas, Leon, Zhang Jinjun, and Zhao Xuanxuan—sat down at the same table.

After waiting quietly for a few seconds, a faint gray mist enveloped them. To the other free people, they were still chatting and laughing, talking about the future development of the scavenging camp, which seemed perfectly normal.

But in reality, their end-of-month summary has only just begun, with lines of information silently emerging.

This has been a fruitful and extraordinary month. Under the leadership of Li Wei, the head of the family, and with everyone's efforts, the Level 3 scavenging camp has achieved unprecedented and leapfrog development. This month, the food supply crisis has been resolved. Also under the wise leadership of Li Wei, the camp members took the initiative to explore and, after experiencing a difficult and fierce battle, successfully rescued a natural human survival base and incorporated 48 natural humans into the Level 3 scavenging camp.

A large amount of supplies were transported back to the camp this month, families' fixed assets are steadily increasing, and confident smiles, joyful songs, and children's laughter all prove that this scavenging camp has a bright future and strong development potential.

This month, the scavenging camp led by Li Wei, the head of the family, has earned a total of 128 pioneering points, bringing their current total to 240 points, ranking third on the pioneering points leaderboard.

[Li Wei, the head of the family, set an example this month and arranged all tasks properly, thus earning an extra 15% completion rating, bringing his total to 23%, and accumulating 8100 contribution points, of which 148 points came from free citizens.]

(End of this chapter)