Lords of the Heavens

Chapter 248 Prestige
This is clearly a gambling addict's sword!

Li Wei was finally convinced.

This was truly tailor-made for him. It looks very cumbersome and heavy, but when you hold it in your hand, it's incredibly powerful!
After swinging it a few times, Li Wei liked it even more, and without delay, he began to cut the hilt and other parts himself.

After nightfall, Zhao Xuanxuan slowly woke up. The consumption and replenishment of mental energy is just that simple and straightforward.

Meanwhile, Li Wei had already finished taking care of the rest of the two-handed greatsword's parts, including the hilt. It wasn't difficult or complicated.

He didn't even intend to sharpen this two-handed greatsword. What a joke! It's a 25-pound block of refined steel. Anyone who dares to say it won't do any damage can try.

"Li Wei, what do you think?"

"That's great, thank you very much. Let's go back and have dinner."

Li Wei nodded, while Zhao Xuanxuan wanted to activate a one-star conspiracy card. She seemed to have something to say, but Li Wei stopped her with a look, as a one-star conspiracy card was meaningless.

The highest level is to not use the conspiracy card.

On the way back to the camp building, I ran into Thomas, who was also returning. This guy was like a ghost, but this time he had activated a three-star conspiracy card.

“Li Wei, don’t you think these free citizens are too smart? This afternoon they even came over and tried to trigger the monthly mission through me. I’m saying, did one of you leak something before?”

"Yes, yes, this afternoon, that freeman named Jenny was acting strangely, always trying to trick me into talking. Thomas, you didn't let them succeed, did you?" Zhao Xuanxuan said hurriedly, this was exactly what she wanted to say.

"Tch, I completely ignored them. In the past month or so, I haven't exchanged more than ten words with these free citizens. But as for the underground base, I have no idea about Li Yue, Liang Yuzhi, Leon, and Zhang Jinjun."

"It's alright, I know what I'm doing, there's no need to worry about it. Xuanxuan, you can rest for the next few days to recover your strength, just in case. Thomas, you should also restrain yourself, there might be a battle before the end of the month."

"Are you afraid of being ambushed by those superhumans under the Duke of Flames?" Thomas asked, having already guessed it.

“Yes, it’s been almost fifty days and there’s been no movement at all, which is very abnormal. Also, Thomas, could you lend me 100 gold coins?” Li Wei said calmly. Now that he had the Black Iron Token and his farming experience points had exceeded 10000, only the condition of 100 gold coins remained to be met.

This is not a small amount; Zhao Xuanxuan simply cannot afford it.

Thomas should be fine.

Sure enough, he directly traded 100 gold coins over.

The three of them didn't say anything more and silently returned to the camp building. Thomas went to wash up, Zhao Xuanxuan went upstairs, and only Li Wei stayed outside the building, pretending to be surprised as he looked at the wooden planks and iron railings that had actually been installed long ago.

At this moment, Jenny, a free citizen, and a group of free citizens hurriedly stepped forward to greet them. Even if it was just an act, they had to keep going.

"Jenny, you did a great job!" Li Wei smiled brightly, his gaze sweeping over the dozen or so free people, and he accurately called out the names of five of them, because only those five had participated in the reinforcement and repair of the windows.

Then, he took out six doses of one-star blood resistance potions and distributed them to the five of them and Jenny, ignoring the other free citizens who wanted to freeload on the mission.

"You are the most hardworking girls and boys I have seen in this camp. Here, this is your reward."

After saying that, Li Wei took out the weapons from each of the five people and solemnly gave them to them. These were one-star or two-star blank weapons that Zhao Xuanxuan had made for them before. Did you think you could just take these weapons for free?

Zhao Xuanxuan can get 10 extra contribution points for crafting a one-star white board, and 20 extra contribution points for crafting a two-star white board. Aren't the coke and steel consumed money?
Rules are rules, and today I will teach you how to follow them.

Or if any of you disagree, you can rebel.

Leaving behind the free citizens with their strange and complicated gazes, Li Wei went straight to the fourth floor. Soon after, a sumptuous dinner was served, and the lights inside the building were turned on one by one, all powered by solar energy generated during the day.

After dinner, Li Wei went downstairs for his routine night patrol. Downstairs, he encountered the old man Nelson and several fully armed freemen.

"Your Excellency, is there anything we can do to help you?"

After the routine greetings and salutations, the old man had no choice but to utter the pre-set lines that Li Wei wanted to hear. The ritual was crucial; this was a very clear signal from Li Wei: if they didn't follow this, they shouldn't expect to trigger the hidden quest.
By the time these free citizens had finished using the blood resistance potion, they should already know its purpose. They would receive a notification upon taking it—a benefit of their class card. So, in this apocalyptic world with terrifying magical radiation, who had any other choice but to avoid becoming a magical zombie?
Or you could try to win over that stingy and eccentric widow, Liang Yuzhi?
Wow, that's really interesting. Widow Yang is a widow, and Liang Yuzhi is also a widow. Is this some kind of coincidence?
With this thought flashing through his mind, Li Wei looked at Nelson with satisfaction and said:

“Nelson, you are a very energetic and intelligent young man. Yes, I have been worried about something lately. Our village has just begun construction and there are still many shortcomings. We have too few weapons, especially some long-range, high-powered crossbows, because we need them for defense. If mutated creatures attack, we will also have some ability to counter them.”

Yes, Li Wei knew that in the past forty days, Nelson and his group of free men had built two siege crossbows with considerable power. Under normal circumstances, it would take three ordinary adult men to cock and operate them. Of course, gears could also be used instead. In short, the maximum range was 500 meters, and the power was no less than Li Wei's two-star sniper armor-piercing arrow...

Next, they are planning to make a third one.

Yes, they're making it secretly!
It's the kind of thing that's very deceptive.

Tell me, which lord wouldn't be heartbroken if he knew?
Although these free citizens are bound by the rules and cannot do something like hanging Li Wei from a street lamp, what if some assassin did do it?

So it's no wonder that Li Wei racked his brains to teach them the rules.

At that moment, a flicker of panic could be seen on the faces of Nelson and the others. Haha, so you guys know that secretly manufacturing siege crossbows is a taboo subject, huh? You're not stupid, are you?

At this moment, they have the ability to apologize to the adults, but we can't?

If they really dare to say that, then Li Wei really dares to stop distributing blood resistance drugs to them from now on.

The Alliance of Lords of the Heavens does have a minimum requirement of humanitarian concern and cannot indiscriminately kill, but if the radiation concentration in your bodies increases and you eventually get infected with the second-level blood plague, please don't blame me.

There isn't just one natural human survival base left in this world, and you're not the only natural human group.

let's play!

And if you commit even the slightest act of disrespect, I will punish you accordingly.

The inability to kill at will does not mean that there is no punishment. Why not test the authority of the law?
"My lord, we can help you with this matter, but we will need the help of that skilled blacksmith. With that help, we will be able to make a powerful siege crossbow that can be cocked by gears."

Nelson quickly replied that he was a smart young man and knew what choice to make at this moment: let's discard those infuriating, terrifying, and despairing conspiracy theories first, at least we have to get through this hurdle.

“Great, Nelson, I’ve been waiting for your good news. Here’s what we’ll do: for every siege crossbow like this you make, I’ll give you a generous reward. Of course, my blacksmith will also do his best to cooperate with you.”

Li Wei spoke with satisfaction. He had already decided on the amount of the reward: five one-star blood resistance potions for each siege crossbow. Speaking of which, he could also have Zhao Xuanxuan start making a more powerful giant crossbow. Now that they had a castle and walls, it would be a real pain to not have a ranged attack method. And the bullets left in the underground base were almost gone.

Nothing happened that night. When he returned for breakfast the next morning, he saw Nelson and several men carrying a siege crossbow that weighed at least fifty pounds, standing at the door. Their efficiency was top-notch.

There's nothing more to say. Li Wei said a few words of nonsense and then threw five one-star blood resistance potions at Nelson. "You can distribute them yourself. The others don't have enough favor with me, so they can't trigger the mission. Figure out what to do yourself!"

At this moment, Nelson and the others almost changed their expressions. Only five portions were given, and only to him. This was a divisive tactic, a conspiracy!
But they were helpless.

The anti-radioactive agent is their T-virus serum. Especially after some people had already taken it, they were surprised to find that, less than two months after moving out of the underground base, the radiation levels in their bodies had risen to a very dangerous level.

At this point, no matter what Nelson, this young and shrewd man, wanted to do, he couldn't stop the other free citizens from seeking a safe path.

As a result, Li Wei successfully triggered more than twenty tasks for all the free citizens in the following day.

The content of the task doesn't matter, but it must have a standard format and a strong sense of ceremony.

These tasks included reinforcing and improving the basement of the building, redesigning and renovating the various rooms in the camp building, making barbed wire traps, building a breeding base for rats and insects, constructing a sewage pipe system, building a septic tank, a sewage pipe, drilling a deep well and installing both manual and electric extraction devices, as well as installing solar panels, small electric machine tools, and lighting fixtures, among other things.

It basically covers all the work achievements of these free people over the past forty days.

Li Wei then threw out two hundred doses of blood resistance potion in one go.

Everyone was very satisfied, including Li Wei, because it finally worked.

(End of this chapter)