Lords of the Heavens

Chapter 242 Cooperation and Random Tasks

Damn it?

Four-star sincerity card!
So you couldn't hold on any longer either? You must be feeling really anxious!
Li Wei breathed a slight sigh of relief. The situation seemed calm on the surface, but it was actually very dangerous. He could sense it, so there was no reason why Liang Yuzhi would be oblivious.

She's just being stubborn.

He immediately asked bluntly, "Do you have any items that can burn the corpses of superhumans without increasing the difficulty of the mission?"

"No, that stuff is too expensive. I didn't bring it this time. Let me tell you, don't worry about that. So what if the difficulty is increased by 120%? It's just an upgrade from the current three stars+ to four stars-. It's still far from the highest difficulty. Besides, when our group's time is up and the mission is settled, this extra increase in mission difficulty will be reset to zero when the radiation storm ends. What are you so afraid of!"

"So, this is my honesty card. I won't lie. I just want to recover my health and maybe get a couple of job cards. I'm really not interested in scheming with a little brat like you right now. I was already fed up with doing cross-server quests. Let me tell you, that little slut Li Yue is the real killer, shameless swindler, a venomous scorpion with a stinger at the end, and the most poisonous bitch heart!"

Hearing Liang Yuzhi's irritable words, Li Wei deeply agreed and believed her, because the Four-Star Sincerity Card had this effect; if it was a lie, you wouldn't hear it at all.

However, he didn't respond, but instead changed his perspective.

"Okay, Sister Yang, I'd like to know what the three professional cards you currently hold are? Do you have a farmer's card?"

"Huh? You asked about this—oh, I remember now, your first job card is also a farmer card, what a coincidence. My third job card is also a farmer card, a four-star farmer. So let me guess, you want to upgrade to a four-star farmer, but you lack farming experience, right?"

“Yes, Sister Yang is right.” Li Wei readily admitted that he had previously approached Lyon, Thomas, and Zhao Xuanxuan, and had also secretly traded farming experience with them.

However, the transaction failed, and the reason is simple.

Li Wei is currently a three-star farmer, and he can freely sell his farming experience to others, but he cannot trade his farming experience to a four-star farmer.

This is a hidden barrier for professional cards, which will be triggered once they reach three stars.

Different levels of professional cards produce different amounts of experience.

Therefore, he had no choice but to try asking Liang Yuzhi.

On the one hand, it would be best to solve the problem of farming experience. On the other hand, it is also to prevent problems before they occur. In any case, he has no reason to give up the underground base and the mine over there. If he brings everyone back and does nothing, how can he talk about development?

But the Duke of Blazing Flames remained silent, which made him uneasy and anxious.

Since that's the case, let's upgrade it to four stars.

Li Wei didn't believe that with a four-star professional like himself in charge, he couldn't stop the Flame Duke's attack.
At the very least, the enemy can only launch an attack at night; otherwise, the first to be attacked would definitely be the transport convoy guarded by Liang Yuzhi.

"Hmm, you're quite cunning, but I must say, you're pretty decisive in this matter. Okay, how much farming experience do you still owe? I can only trade you a maximum of 8000, but that four-star helmet with attributes is gone. Because this farming experience comes from a four-star farmer card, it's very valuable and can increase your farmer destiny by at least 3 points. If this weren't just my third profession, I wouldn't have traded with you no matter what. Experience is very precious in the later stages."

Liang Yuzhi still looked arrogant, but she seemed more like a blusterer than a coward.

Li Wei could subtly sense Liang Yuzhi's change, but this kind of thing is like haggling over the price of clothes; it requires wit and courage.

But he really didn't have time to waste any more time, nor did he dare to. He was also well aware of the risks involved. If things went wrong, it would be a lose-lose situation for both him and Liang Yuzhi, while Li Yue would win big.

"I have one last question: why don't you stay at base to heal and recover? Of course, if it's inconvenient for you, you don't have to answer."

This is something that Li Wei is very curious about.

In his view, both Liang Yuzhi and Li Yue's behavior was quite unacceptable.

Upon hearing this, Liang Yuzhi let out a cold laugh.

"Ha! You really are a greenhorn. I can tell you this without hesitation, because our losses can be divided into three aspects. First, the physical body suffered severe injuries, which are visible and can be healed by healing medicine. Basically, as long as it's not death, it's not a big problem. Second, the awakening went out of control due to the collapse of attributes caused by the theft of the job card. Out of control, you understand? Third, there is the loss of destiny. You can't imagine the pain. Only ancient magic runes can sort it out and restore it. And the power in the universal gold card comes from ancient magic runes."

"That's all I can say. Can you actually do it?"

"Alright! Deal. But I have a suggestion. Could we avoid provoking Duke Flame in the west? It's too far from the camp, and I'm worried something might happen. So, how about we take care of the four-star mutated creature in that town in the north instead?"

"Fine, I don't care."

Liang Yuzhi appeared indifferent, but in reality, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Without saying a word, she traded 8000 points of farming experience for a five-star overstay card, fearing that Li Wei might change his mind.

To be honest, she was almost at her breaking point. If Li Wei didn't come to her to plot today, she would have to go to his door again tomorrow to beg and plead. She was anxious because everything was fine now that nothing had happened. But if the situation changed, she was very likely to be tricked and killed by Li Yue. The nickname "Poison Scorpion" was not just for show; it was based on real achievements!
Not only will she be in trouble, but Li Wei, as the head of the family, will also be in trouble. This is truly a two-birds-with-one-stone strategy. [Family member Liang Yuzhi has initiated a trade with you. You need to pay one standard copper coin to purchase 8000 points of four-star farmer experience and one five-star stay card.]

[Transaction successful! Warning: You have one 5-star Retention Card. According to the existing rules, you can only hold one 5-star Retention Card in the current mission world. Please make a choice within one minute, otherwise it will be automatically converted into 1000 standard gold coins.]

You have gained 8000 four-star farmer experience points, which has increased your farmer aptitude to 20.

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So that's how it is. Liang Yuzhi was telling the truth before.

Li Wei couldn't help but glance at her again. It seemed that she was actually anxious, but she was still putting on this act, which was quite interesting.

Next, Liang Yuzhi ended the Sincerity Card state, and Li Wei went directly to Zhao Xuanxuan and casually traded the five-star Retention Card to her.

The price is one copper coin.

Zhao Xuanxuan wasn't surprised. Li Wei and Liang Yuzhi must have started another round of negotiations, and now they've chosen to cooperate?
She didn't think the five-star overstay card was a gift to her; it was clearly meant for her to keep safe.

“Xuanxuan, come with us in a bit. There are forests around that town to the north. I think we can expand there and prepare for storing firewood for the winter. However, there may be mutated creatures there, so we should be careful.”

Li Wei, speaking in an official tone as if reciting lines, came up with a reason. After all, Liang Yuzhi was now the head of the transportation team, and Zhao Xuanxuan was in charge of the blacksmith shop. They each had their own main tasks and couldn't just casually put down their work to do something else.

Therefore, there must be a seemingly reasonable reason.

As soon as he finished speaking, lines of information appeared.

[You have been temporarily assigned a random mission to wipe out the mutated creatures in the town in the northern valley. This is a very impulsive decision, but because of your status as the head of the household and the leader buff, no one will object to this random mission. However, if there are any casualties or losses during this mission, you will bear full responsibility. If the impeachment criteria are met, double impeachment may be triggered at the end of the month.]

[Participants in the mission: Li Wei, Liang Yuzhi, Zhao Xuanxuan, and five free citizens]

[Note: As free citizens of the territory and members of the transport convoy, they will automatically trigger a random mopping-up mission in front of them when they hear your mission. You can choose to send them to their own devices, but this may discourage their ambition and make them question their existence.]

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What the heck? Free citizens can join these random missions?

It was my carelessness.

Li Wei turned to look at the five free citizens on the bus not far away. They were the strongest among the free citizens, three of whom were special forces soldiers, and the other two were not bad either.

Now they are looking over with burning eyes, probably because they really think that Li Wei, the old village chief, has issued a new task.

Oh well.

Actually, they are quite strong. They have two two-star professional cards, plus the bulletproof vests and tactical boots they wear, as well as the two-star blank iron spears that Zhao Xuanxuan recently made for them. In addition, they are very good at teamwork.

Now, with Liang Yuzhi, a powerful player with low health, leading the team, the opponents are at most four-star mutated creatures, so there shouldn't be any problems.

Li Wei thought so. After all, the valley town was only twenty miles away from the scavenging camp. No matter how much commotion there was in the past two months, the mutated creature hadn't come out to cause trouble.

At that moment, Li Wei called on the lazy Ah Dai, and together with Liang Yuzhi, Zhao Xuanxuan, and five free citizens, they set off on an electric bus.

Once on the highway, we bypassed the rift valley and eventually returned to the highway. With this electric bus as our mode of transportation, it was quite comfortable.

Everyone hurried to recover their strength, while Li Wei released Ah Dai to go ahead and scout ahead.

In fact, Li Wei could know this area like the back of his hand even with his eyes closed. Ah Dai would patrol through this area every day for the past forty days without fail, rain or shine. It could be said that this area was quite quiet. Even the forest to the south had not seen any more monsters spawning. A while ago, Liang Yuzhi and Li Yue both came here to chop firewood.

In just over ten minutes, the electric bus stopped outside the small valley town.

The scenery here is beautiful. A mountain ridge, shaped like a crescent moon, embraces the entire town. It is precisely because of this mountain ridge that the town cannot be seen from the scavenging camp building.

You can see lush forests everywhere, stretching all the way north. The environment is excellent. Before the apocalypse, this must have been a resort.

(End of this chapter)