Lords of the Heavens

Chapter 252 One-Star Scout Card
As we passed by the Central Green Park, Javier happened to be driving a small electric forklift back from the parking lot, transporting supplies with great enthusiasm.

As Warehouse Manager No. 3, Li Wei gave him the authority to manage the industrial materials of the entire camp.

Javier is actually a sinister old man. His card description is ruthless, cold-blooded, and aloof, but he loves warehouse management because he has been the warehouse manager for thirty years.

"Good day, my lord."

Upon seeing Li Wei, Javier stopped his forklift and gave a stiff smile in greeting. Next to him sat a fourteen-year-old boy, Javier's nephew. His father was Javier's younger brother, but he had died in battle against mutated creatures several years ago. Now, this boy was the trainee warehouse manager of Warehouse No. 3.

It was arranged by Li Wei.

"Javier, you did a good job, but Warehouse 3 must be almost full."

"Yes, sir, but I think we need to build a covered platform outside the building, along the first wall. This platform doesn't necessarily have to be made of reinforced concrete. We only need to build some reinforced concrete pillars where load-bearing support is required, and the rest can be made of logs."

"In this way, we can have a very suitable combat platform and also expand the space on the first floor."

"Part of it can be used as a restaurant, which can accommodate several hundred people without any problem. Part of it can be used as Warehouse No. 4. Nelson and his team are currently mining coal, and the coal they bring back can be stored in Warehouse No. 4. To be honest, the winters here are not easy to endure."

Javier talked on and on for a long time, and yes, that's the attitude he wanted.

"Alright, then let's build a warehouse number 4. Our blacksmith Zhao Xuanxuan and electrician Lenos are currently at warehouse number 3. Once they're done, you can talk to them about building warehouse number 4, since you'll also be in charge of that warehouse."

"As you command, my lord!"

Javier paused, his eyes looking somewhat vacant, but in reality, he was being bombarded with over a dozen messages.

This prestige system is very useful, and also very easy to intimidate people.

It's more effective than black and white writing.

Everything is crystal clear: what to do, how to do it, what the standards are, what the deadline is, and what the reward is.

Even the payday date can be counted down precisely, which gives people the motivation to work instead of engaging in all sorts of secret chatter and conspiracy theories.

After waiting another half hour, three electric buses finally arrived from the end of the road. We're getting back a bit late today.

Li Wei led Nelson and the others to help unload the goods. At this moment, the expressions of the five free citizens who had returned with the bus were quite subtle. Before, they were too far away to receive information, but now that they were within 20 kilometers of the Prestige Card, all sorts of information kept popping up.

Although they were confused, they knew that things had changed.

After unloading the truck, Li Wei said to Liang Yuzhi, "Second Aunt, I plan to go to the town of Valley to mine coal. I'll leave an electric bus behind for Santiago and Javier."

"Of course, coal is just as important to us. Actually, we can slow down the underground base. Apart from the stone and limestone mines which need to be mined, the easily dismantled materials in the base have been mostly completed. The rest cannot be dismantled in a short time, and even if they are dismantled, we can't install them here."

Liang Yuzhi's words were meaningful.

"Is Xiaoyue alright?" Li Wei didn't respond and started chatting again. He knew that Liang Yuzhi wanted to discuss something with him, which might involve collaborating to betray Li Yue. He also knew that Liang Yuzhi knew that he knew.

But after chatting for a while, neither Li Wei nor Liang Yuzhi revealed their conspiracy cards; they were both just stubbornly holding on.

It seems the timing isn't right yet, or are you confident of victory and have him cornered?
Li Wei watched the two buses drive away with a smile, having already made a decision in her heart.

Yes, he cannot focus solely on the internal struggle and confrontation between Li Yue and Liang Yuzhi.

Why not jump out of that box and try something else?

For example, let's increase the difficulty of the extra missions for exploring side quests to 180%, which is four stars or more. You guys are so awesome, let's face it together.

For the next two days, Li Wei did not return, and even his three meals a day were brought to him by Nelson and others.

He himself settled in the mines below the church in the valley town, frantically mining coal and associated iron ore.

Once a certain quantity is mined, it is pushed out using wheelbarrows.

I only slept four hours in two days. It doesn't matter how much coal and iron ore I mined; what matters is adapting.

Two days later, on the night of the twenty-eighth day of this month, Li Wei returned to the camp silently, changed his equipment, and took various supplies. He then set off with Ah Dai that very night, heading south. By dawn, he had traveled sixty miles south and arrived at a place with rolling low mountains.

Heading south from here is the river that flows from west to east.

Nestled among these low mountains is a highway that runs through the area, and a highway bridge that spans the river. On the other side of the bridge lies another town, its ruins scattered and overgrown with weeds.

This is also Li Wei's destination on this trip.

This was also the area that Ah Dai had been focusing his investigations on for the past two months. Although there was no evidence, there were definitely powerful mutated creatures in this place.

However, Li Wei did not act rashly. Instead, he easily found a secluded spot in the mountains, nestled inside, closed his eyes, and fell asleep, while Ah Dai kept watch nearby.

In this regard, we can absolutely trust Brother Dai.

Li Wei woke up around 10 a.m. under the scorching sun. It was late July and the average daily temperature was 27 or 28 degrees Celsius. He was still wearing thick noble armor. An ordinary person would have been dehydrated by the heat, but he felt just right and had slept quite soundly.

"Dumb?"

Li Wei looked around, and then Ah Dai emerged from the grass in the distance, looking more like a free-range chicken. Sigh, hopeless. This guy really likes to crawl into those crevices and gullies now, I don't know if it's a hobby or something else.

Furthermore, this guy seems to have grown quite a bit, a veritable giant raven, now comparable to the giant raven of the former Black Witch Missy.

Especially their eyes, so bright and lively, sometimes even carrying a hint of mockery or other inexplicable emotions, like right now, what kind of look is that, you scoundrel!

"Bear with it, just be a rat for half the time. You know this place is dangerous, right?"

Li Wei scolded him, then crawled on his hands and knees, using the lush vegetation to make his way to a small hill. He then greedily looked into the distance. The hill wasn't high, but he could see very far, which was helpful for memorizing and mastering various terrains, especially the ruined town on the other side of the river, whose complex terrain was his favorite.

About two hours later, after Li Wei had memorized the entire terrain within a radius of several miles and integrated it into his 3D model map, the miraculous moment arrived.

[You have observed and memorized approximately 5,000 square kilometers of complex terrain, including mountains, valleys, forests, and plains. Your terrain exploration skills have reached an excellent level, and you have gained 500 reconnaissance experience points. These are extremely valuable experiences, requiring years of hiking, observation, memorization, and organization to acquire. Would you like to convert them into a one-star rare scout card?]

Sure!

Isn't that exactly what Li Weiwei is after?

The next moment, a wisp of golden sand seemed to be guided out from between his eyebrows, instantly forming a unique card in front of him.

As Li Wei reached out and took the card, relevant information automatically appeared in her hand.

【Name: Scout Card (Rare)】

【Quality: One Star】

[Note: One star represents both quality and level. Rarity signifies the uniqueness of this scout card, indicating that it possesses characteristics not found in other ordinary scout cards.]

[Note: This card is tradable and can be bound and activated, but requires an empty card slot. After binding, it will be promoted to a one-star scout, with a base agility of +3, and will also gain a class talent, as detailed below.]

【Talent 1: Eagle Eye, can be actively activated. Once activated, it grants extremely powerful vision, even allowing the user to spot a mouse's tracks from 300 meters away. It also grants extraordinary dynamic capture abilities. However, activation will consume stamina and mental energy, consuming 5 stamina points and 0.1 mental energy points per second.】

[Talent Two: Excellent Sense of Smell, passively activated. You can recognize subtle changes in the air, whether it's the fragrance of flowers or the aroma of earth, or the stench of blood or decay, or even changes in sweat. Note that this talent is only effectively activated when the user possesses a Woodcutter Card/Mountain Dweller Card/Pharmacist Card.]

[Talent 3: Weapon Mastery, passively activated (Note: Requires 400 Stamina, 30 Strength, and 30 Agility to activate passively, as high strength allows for explosive attacks; only with sufficiently strong attributes can one ignore weapon clutter). Reduces weapon clutter by 8, allows seamless switching between up to four weapons, and enables proficient handling of most unexpected situations.]

[Talent 4: Mounted Archery Mastery, passively activated (Note: requires meeting the prerequisites for Talent 3). Even on a galloping warhorse, you can find a stable shooting balance and even skillfully use the infantry bow while on horseback. It is worth mentioning that this still requires extremely excellent archery skills and a lot of training to master. At the same time, the warhorse you summon can exist for a long time, which is equivalent to the effect of a cavalry card.]

[Talent 5: Pet Interaction, Passively Activated. Note: This talent is only effective when the bound activator possesses a Hunter Card. The specific effect is that an additional Pet Card slot can be obtained without consuming Fate Points.]

[Talent Six: Directional Awareness, passively activated, meaning that even in darkness, storms, or dense fog, you can still accurately find your way back.]

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"It was really tough! The card finally worked."

"It just feels a bit too strong, beyond imagination. Not only does it give +3 Agility, but it also comes with six talents from the start?"

Li Wei was pleasantly surprised. He thought about it carefully for a long time and realized that the one-star scout card in his hand was very different from the reward given in the newbie mission world.

No, actually, that scout card only had one talent: Agility +3.

"So, it's because there's an extra rare suffix at the end?"

"Or perhaps it's because the way I swiped this scout card was a bit unusual?"

Li Wei had no choice but to make this guess, because he himself admitted that it was one thing to measure thousands of square kilometers of land with his own two feet, but to also memorize it was something that anyone would call insane!
What delighted him even more was that since his second profession was Hunter and his third profession was Woodcutter, his two passive talents could also take effect at the same time, which meant that the three profession cards could work together perfectly.

Finally, with this scout card, you don't even need a cavalry card anymore.

From this perspective, the choice of professional cards is extremely important.

(End of this chapter)