Lords of the Heavens

Chapter 360 The Gift of the Gods

8am.

At the entrance to the mine near Base 349, Li Wei personally delivered four black iron tokens, twenty one-star professional cards that could be used for synthesis, and ten thousand standard gold coins to Thomas.

Since it's a profit-sharing arrangement, everyone gets a share.

"Boss Li, actually, I completely obey the overall situation."

Although his reaction time became very long, it didn't stop Thomas from being happy.

"Take these and combine them all into two-star attribute cards. Try to maximize your attributes. You'll be the tank for the team from now on, so low attributes won't do. Within three years, I'll make sure you become a level two awakened warrior with all attributes."

"In addition, this kind of dividend will be distributed every year in the future, and will also be distributed irregularly based on random events."

Li Wei smiled and gave a few instructions. Even if Thomas awakened the talent of dullness, he would still belong to the warrior card in terms of combat direction, just like Zhao Xuanxuan, who was also classified as a warrior.

Including Lyon, and even Zhao Guozhu, warriors are the most numerous, while spellcasters, rangers, and knights are relatively rare.

After saying goodbye to Thomas, Li Wei drove an electric bus and continued towards the riverside fortress.

The only option is to go west, because going east is Zhao Kewu's territory, which is currently being heavily targeted by Duke Hanbing, so there's no point in going there.

Heading south, there's a high chance of encountering Duke Frost's legion of superhumans. Li Wei isn't afraid of them, but he does have some psychological trauma from those Neanderthal cross-borderers, so he doesn't want to cause trouble.

The off-season for farming is so short; after finding allies, we still have to come back to prepare for the autumn harvest.

In addition, Scarface's territory is to the west, about 500 li away from Li Wei's territory.

If Zhao Kewu's territory is also 500 li away from Li Wei's territory, then are the positions of the three of them somewhat mysterious?
This means that other territories are kept five or six hundred miles apart from each other, perhaps in a straight line or perhaps in a circle.

In that case, is the Ice Duke's territory right in the center of this circle?

At 10 a.m., Li Wei drove his electric bus to the riverside fortress. There, he had another conversation with Li Yue and had lunch. Only then, under Li Yue's earnest instructions, did he set off on foot.

Electric buses do not have fixed charging points, so they cannot be used for long-distance travel, and they are too conspicuous and easily exposed.

It doesn't matter if it's on your own turf, but if you go out, you're likely to be ambushed and beaten.

So, to be on the safe side, Li Wei simply put Ah Dai into the five-star pet card. Instead of taking the highway, he took the wilderness and mountains, going wherever the terrain was complicated and never taking a straight line, so that he could memorize the surrounding terrain after each trip.

This is a common problem in the scout profession.

In addition, Li Wei did not blindly head west. He first went northwest, crossed the plain, entered the northern mountains, and then went straight west.

Standing high allows you to see far. On these mountains, which are often seven or eight hundred meters or even thousands of meters above sea level, you can really see two or three hundred miles away on a clear day.

In addition, it must be acknowledged that there is a greater chance of finding higher quality herbs, wild vegetables, and mushrooms in the mountains.

Occasionally, you might even encounter a stray mutated creature—it's a treasure trove from head to toe!
First, finely chop the meat to make the topping, then cut some lean meat, and collect some blood, fur, horns, teeth, claws, and the like.

In the end, the level 4 mutated creature died and turned to ashes, without dropping even a single four-star universal gold card; everything valuable was taken away.

Yes, this is the standard procedure. Li Wei brought several blank resource cards with him on this trip. He's not worried about having too many magical materials; he can pack them in groups and give them to his second aunt to make potions when he gets back.

Making a living is not shameful.

So, Li Wei didn't rush to find Hathaway. Instead, he wandered around the northern mountains for nearly ten days, covering more than 5,000 miles, until he had memorized the entire terrain of the northern mountains and accumulated enough reconnaissance experience to upgrade his scout card. Only then did he stop.

At this moment, he had already filled all three three-star resource cards, including one hundred units of two-star and three-star mushrooms, wild vegetables, herbs, two hundred units of three-star quality logs, and various magical materials decomposed from mutated creatures.

These are the ones that will be sold on the market; they won't be sold for less than 10,000 gold coins.

Of course, taxes still need to be paid.

Because this entire planet, theoretically, belongs to the Kingdom of Locke.

Of course, it's not impossible to evade taxes, but you'd have to use the "One Hand Covers the Sky" card. Li Wei currently has three such five-star item cards, but there's no need for that.

It must be admitted that without the army of the Kingdom of Locke and without Duke Will holding the front line, this planet would have been swallowed up by the Neanderthal army in an instant.

Therefore, it would be better to obtain viscount status and legally reduce taxes.

On this day, Li Wei sat in a valley, summoned Ah Dai, and had it stand guard and give warnings around the area. Then he lit a campfire and grilled the newly caught mutated river fish, crabs, and prawns. Next to him, a pot of mushroom and meat soup of at least two-star quality was cooking. He held his second aunt's treasured three-star wine in one hand and ate grilled fish in the other. He prepared over a hundred pounds of food in one go.

There's a reason for this display of force, of course.

Over the past ten days, his Hunter's Destiny stat has increased from 68 to 69, his Woodcutter's Destiny stat from 64 to 65, and his Scout's Destiny stat from 27 to 28, a significant improvement. But most importantly, he can now upgrade his Scout card to four stars.

Now that Ah-Dai had finished his meal and drinks, he flapped his wings and flew away, confirming that there was no danger around.

With a thought, a silver token vanished, and the rare scout card, like a comet trailing a magnificent light, flew out from between his eyebrows, soaring into the sky and simultaneously drawing his senses and soul to an unimaginable height.

It was as if they were ascending to heaven.

But it wasn't ascension; it was more like unlocking layers of magical codes.

Perhaps it was because of his +6 perception, or perhaps it was because the scout card was rare, but at this moment, he was fortunate enough to see another side of this world, this planet.

It is no longer the common features of mountains, trees, rivers, and lakes, but thousands upon thousands of strange and magical particles that make up all of this, or are eroding and evolving it—maybe, I'm not sure.

Perhaps this is a fantasy rhapsody, or perhaps something else entirely.

He didn't have time to think about it, nor did he have the chance, before everything disappeared. The scout card had returned to his brow and activated the Four Fates Matrix, completing the upgrade.

Even without any information emerging, Li Wei could clearly sense that the Four Fates Matrix was undergoing a fundamental upheaval.

Yes.

A seed appeared. Li Wei couldn't be sure what kind of seed it was. It was gestating in the light of the Scout's Destiny. It was so tiny, so weak, so insignificant.

Or is this just a concrete seed?

Then, it began to grow slowly.

But growth requires nourishment, and then Li Wei was surprised to find that it began to fall.

Like dandelion seeds.

In the Four Destiny Matrix, the Scout Destiny's light is at the very top.

Next are the woodcutter's fate, then the hunter's fate, and finally the farmer's fate.

This tiny seed first absorbed 3 points of Scout Destiny from the light of Scout Destiny, then drifted into the light of Woodcutter Destiny, rolled around, and absorbed 5 points of Woodcutter Destiny.

This scene is truly amazing.

As it continued to fall, landing in the hunter's destiny light, this seed actually triggered a subtle illusion—no, it seemed more like a real phenomenon.

Li Wei watched as, within the hunter's destiny light, the seed was no longer a seed, but had merged with the illusion. Here appeared a clear blue sky, and a ray of golden sunrise appeared. This was a sunrise that would fall, seeping down from among the thousands of leaves in the lush forest and landing on the ground.

No, there is no ground, but the eyes of a huge black bear running. Through these eyes, you can see crows flying in the sky, eagles soaring, flowers blooming, the sun rising and setting, the wolf king howling, and beautiful deer running on the grassland. So this is the manifestation of the hunter's destiny.

Li Wei could sense that this seed possessed an irresistible force of fate, forcing it to fall continuously. Nothing could support it—not the scout's destiny, not the woodcutter's destiny, not the hunter's destiny.

Finally, the seed, imbued with ten points of destiny within the hunter's destiny, drifted down again, landing headfirst in the light of the farmer's destiny.

In that instant, all was darkness, like the earth covered in the dead of winter, where nothing could be seen or sensed in the deep soil.

Li Wei even felt a sudden darkness before his eyes, and he collapsed with a thud, feeling as if his soul had been sucked away and buried.

Only at this moment did he realize that the seed born from that scout destiny was his own soul!
Fortunately, Li Wei woke up in just a few seconds, completely unharmed. The Four Fates Matrix had also disappeared, and even when he summoned it again, there was nothing unusual. The seed was gone.

It was as if nothing had ever happened.

Only then did lines of information begin to flow in like a gentle stream.

You have bound and activated a rare four-star scout card.

Your scout destiny +3

Your Agility attribute passively increased by 7 (previously +5).

You have acquired six class talents (unchanged)

You have gained five free attribute points.

Your hidden attribute Perception growth cap increased by 1.

[Because this is a rare four-star Scout card, when it is upgraded to a certain level, it will automatically generate a Primal Particle. This means that it is a gift from the gods, and only those who have stepped into the extraordinary realm can obtain it. Due to the destiny characteristics of Scout cards, this Primal Particle belongs to the True Sequence. A normal class card can theoretically only generate one Primal Particle, a rare card can only generate two Primal Particles, and a double rare card can generate three Primal Particles.]

(End of this chapter)