Lords of the Heavens

Chapter 279 Laying a Solid Foundation
At this moment, Zhao Xuanxuan continued to introduce to Li Wei: "Among those one hundred healthy individuals, there are 62 women and 38 men. There are no elderly people. Among them, there are 12 female infants under the age of 5, 8 male infants, and 24 children aged 5 to 13. Excluding women who are breastfeeding, there are 46 people who can be brought over to perform tasks and work."

"As for the 108 novice ability users, they are actually deep level 2 blood plague infected individuals. They will all become level 3 ability users, or level 3 blood plague infected individuals, after experiencing one more radiation storm. Among them, 82 are adult males, and the remaining women are also adults."

"Li Yue said that this radiation blood plague prioritizes attacking natural people with strong immunity. The elderly, weak, women and children will not be able to trigger it because their immunity is not high enough. She suggested that they immediately bind their cards, then raise them all to the first level of awakening, and temporarily isolate them. They should take blood resistance medicine three times a day for three consecutive days. This should be able to suppress the second level blood plague from continuing to spread and worsen. At least until the end of the month, there is no need to worry."

"Of course, you will still need to take the two-star blood resistance drug in the end, which will require some effort from your second aunt. The specifics are up to you to decide. Li Yue said that this is a rare opportunity, so it depends on whether you dare to take it."

Zhao Xuanxuan's words seemed to have a hidden meaning, and Li Wei immediately thought of Mark's previous behavior, which was indeed a crooked path.

However, he was also well aware that this was like walking a tightrope, which was very dangerous.

Another point is that doing this would require a lot of resources.

Therefore, for the time being, it's better to play it safe.

He immediately said:
"I understand. Xuanxuan, go to warehouse number 1 and get a sufficient amount of blood resistance medicine. Make sure to take it three times a day. We'll figure out the rest later."

Then he took out 208 professional cards and threw them into the air.

In an instant, these professional cards transformed into streaks of light, each choosing a different person and swiftly disappearing into their brows.

As Li Wei expected, among those novice ability users, some people actually activated two professional cards at once.

And immediately upgraded the professional card to 2 stars, with a starting fate value of 20+.

Of course, such people are usually in their prime, around 30 years old, and look like they have experienced the entire 15 years of the apocalypse. They have very rich combat and survival experience, are excellent in all aspects, and are emotionally stable middle-aged people.

Those who are eighteen or nineteen, twenty-one or twenty-two years old, who are like college students or even high school students, are much older than that.

It's not that they're incapable, but fifteen years ago they were only five or six years old. They don't have a deep impression of the previous era, nor did they have the opportunity to learn from it. During their formative years, they experienced nothing but hardship and anxiety, so they had no motivation to learn.

In contrast, these people in their thirties were exactly the age of high school and college students fifteen years ago. They possessed both a broad knowledge base and the courage and drive to survive. It would be strange if they weren't outstanding after all this time.

In short, the novice ability users won this round decisively.

Next, Li Wei took out fifty more career cards, mainly for women, children, and even infants among the natural persons. They had no competitive advantage, but they still had to bind and activate the career cards, which would help them fight against the radiation plague.

As a result, half of these professional cards were absorbed by some of the novice ability users.

Having no other choice, Li Wei continued to take out more ability cards, but it turned out that the competition among these novice ability users was really too strong.

It wasn't until all 108 novice ability users had activated and bound their two professional cards that it was finally the turn of the women and children.

By this point, Li Wei had used 316 professional cards.

At this moment, he hurriedly shouted, "Listen up, everyone! Prioritize increasing your health to level one awakening. Higher health will help you enhance your resistance to radiation-induced blood plague infection."

"Nelson!"

"My lord, I am here."

“From now on, an organization should be established in the camp to take care of and manage mothers and infants as well as children under the age of 13. You recommend a candidate and develop several plans.”

"In addition, you can choose four people from these free people to be your assistants. Now, take these people to the camp."

"As you command, Lord."

Nelson accepted the order and left; this was the responsibility of his position as the chief steward of the free people.

"Lenos".

"My lord, please give your orders."

“Choose ten free men to be your assistants.”

“Alan, select ten female free citizens to join the kitchen team.”

“Javel, choose two free men as your assistants.”

“Jenny, choose two free men to be your assistants.”

Li Wei first made simple allocations of manpower, mainly to settle the 100 free citizens who were not infected with the blood plague. This required coordination and cooperation among various departments. He only needed to hand over the specific tasks to the specific departments, and he didn't need to worry about the rest. In fact, he really couldn't manage it; he didn't have the micromanagement skills.

At this time, what is needed is talent in internal affairs management.

At this moment, Zhao Xuanxuan had already brought out a large pot, poured in warm water, added portions of blood resistance potion, stirred it well, and then had the low-level ability users line up to drink it. Each person drank a large bowl, but there was no immediate effect. This was normal; the one-star blood resistance potion wasn't very effective against level two blood plague infection. Fortunately, these level two blood plague infected individuals prioritized increasing their health, some even increasing it by 200 points at once, so this was able to curb the spread of the level two blood plague to some extent.

Next, Li Wei asked Thomas to arrange for them to designate an area outside the city walls as an isolation zone. Although the blood plague infection is transmitted through blood, it is still important not to cause panic.

After roughly processing these, two pieces of relevant information emerged.

[Your level 5 scavenging camp has received 208 free citizens, who have been successfully incorporated into the prestige card management system. You can now perform various remote operations through the prestige system, and the newly joined free citizens will receive relevant information.]

You have gained 50 Prestige points, bringing your total to 300.

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not bad.

Taking this opportunity, Li Wei used the prestige card to release some reward information that could be seen by all free citizens.

[Freeman Steward Nelson, a Level 3 Freeman, has worked diligently and conscientiously over the past period of time. Now, the Lord is awarding him a special reward: 50 standard copper coins and a bronze token.]

[Level 3 Freeman, Camp Engineer Lenos has worked diligently, conscientiously, meticulously, and professionally over the past period of time. Now, the Lord is awarding him a special reward: 30 standard copper coins and a bronze token.]

[Alan, a Level 3 Free Citizen, Camp Kitchen Supervisor, and Warehouse Keeper of Warehouse No. 2, has worked diligently over the past period of time. Now, the Lord is awarding her a special reward: 30 standard copper coins and a bronze token.]

[Level 3 Freeman, Warehouse Manager Javier of Warehouse #3... He received a reward of 20 standard copper coins and one bronze token.]

[Level 3 Free Citizen, Santiago, the captain of the first patrol squad, and two patrol members... each receive a bronze token as a reward.]

[Level 3 Free Citizen, Second Patrol Squad Leader Benjamin, and two patrol members... each receive a Bronze Token as a reward]

[Level 3 Free Citizen, Transport Team Leader Havel...rewarded with a Bronze Token]

……

A total of seven messages appeared before all the free citizens. The reward was amazing because Li Weiyi had taken out a total of 11 bronze tokens. The previous three silver tokens could only be broken down into 12 bronze tokens.

But it is necessary.

Nelson is the Free Citizens' Supervisor, Lenos is the Engineering Supervisor, and Allen is the Head of the Chefs' Team. They also have to take charge during the radiation storm.

As for Javier, he already had a bronze token, which he had used himself, but it didn't matter. Javier was a formidable fighter, so giving him another one wouldn't hurt.

Including Santiago, Benjamin, and Javier, all three will now have a professional card level of 3+3+2, and their average combat strength will be comparable to Leon's. If the last bronze token is given to Mark, the four free citizens will be able to form a formidable combat team, not to mention the four newly promoted patrol members.
"Thomas, you, He Yuying, Zhang Jinjun, and the first patrol team in Santiago will manage these people here."

"Benjamin, your second squad is responsible for patrolling the area around the camp."

"Lyon, you and a group of people continue to mine coal."

"Xuanxuan, take some people to forge weapons. There are quite a few orders this month."

Li Wei then issued a few more simple orders, which basically meant that the camp would return to normal operation.

Thomas, Lyon, Zhao Xuanxuan, Santiago, and Benjamin all loudly accepted the order. The first three were beaming with joy, while the latter two were full of energy. Only Zhang Jinjun and He Yuying were exceptions.

No, at least Zhang Jinjun is used to it, like a heartless pit master, his heart as still as water.

He Yuying looked unwilling but helpless.

She's already been isolated. Being put in charge of superhumans is just putting her on the sidelines. She won't be able to collect 300 contribution points by the end of this month, and then she'll inevitably be killed off by the plot.

The crucial point is that she couldn't even resist.

This camp has a leader buff, so even using item cards won't work.

Even more outrageous, Li Wei even sent Thomas and a small native patrol team to keep an eye on her.

Aside from having the freedom to use the toilet, eat, and sleep, this is all she can do all other times.

However, she couldn't complain. She could only blame herself for accepting the benefits and coming with ulterior motives to cause trouble. Now, instead of causing any trouble, she had become the one having fun.

Accept your loss.

Alas, who could have imagined that in yesterday's desperate situation, when even the two half-crippled big shots, Scorpion and Widow, were helpless, Li Wei was able to turn the tide?

(End of this chapter)