Lords of the Heavens

Chapter 439 Collective Hidden Attributes

Li Wei had never gone a full two weeks without sleep before, and he was busy every day, so he was really too tired and exhausted this time.

I lay down and slept for three whole days.

My stomach was growling non-stop when I woke up; I was starving, but I felt great.

In addition, a small piece of good news is that his scout destiny has increased from 54 to 55.

This profession's destiny remained unchanged after reaching level 50, and no hidden attributes were triggered. However, Li Wei had a feeling that after the Scout destiny reached level 60, his perception limit would increase by 1, and so on.

That's not bad either.

When both the Hunter's Fate and the Woodcutter's Fate reach level 60, you get +1 Perception. These are two different concepts, but they complement each other.

In fact, there are still too few ways to increase the upper limit of perception.

The foreseeable future opportunity to increase the upper limit of perception is to advance to the third-tier Dark Ranger.

Hmm, at this moment, Li Wei's heart stirred slightly, and the Prestige Stone appeared in his hand, but it was faintly hot. After a brief inspection, he realized that there had been another change.

[You led 407 refugees to build twenty level-one wooden huts for warmth in the wilderness, dug a well, and constructed a level-one wall, successfully establishing a level-one wilderness camp.]

[In this process, you demonstrated your unique personal charm and provided tangible benefits, giving hope to every refugee. They all became your staunch supporters, willing to do anything for you, including becoming your suicide squad.]

Survival in the wilderness is difficult. Under your leadership, the refugees suppressed their inner beasts and abandoned various bad habits. They all took you as their role model, caring for the weak, working diligently, making the camp their home, distributing according to need, and realizing that "everyone for me, and I for everyone" was no longer just a dream. They redefined themselves and others in their work and lives.

[Your wilderness camp has received a collective buff—Unity of the People. Under this buff, camp work efficiency increases by 50%, camp conflicts decrease by 50%, the chance of encountering talented individuals increases by 10%, and all refugees gain +1 sanity.]

[Regarding rationality, it is a collective, social, latent attribute that cannot be generated by individuals, because individuals cannot survive; an infant without care will not grow into an adult. Only when the collective society functions normally, providing a stable and safe environment, offering rich and healthy emotional values, and generating a beautiful and rigorous knowledge system, can rationality arise.]

[Note 1: Your current sanity is +11 because you come from a socially stable and healthy country, a stable family, and grew up in an environment with a high moral atmosphere. This is a very good hidden attribute that makes you inconspicuous among the masses. In a stable environment, you may be down-to-earth and achieve nothing, but as long as there are upheavals, you can calmly seize opportunities and rise to the top.]

[Note 2: This is why your country is most prone to time travelers, reincarnators, reborn individuals, and all sorts of strange and unusual creatures. This is not a joke. Due to insufficient collective rationality, they cannot quickly adapt to sudden changes in the environment. Therefore, collective rationality is actually called the "idle and bored syndrome" or "the syndrome of wanting to watch the drama unfold." Similar examples include the Martians of the past, the Earthlings of today, and the Poppy aliens, etc.]

[Note 3: Higher rationality allows you to easily see the essence of a problem, enabling you to accurately find a more suitable path amidst chaos. It also allows you to subtly influence others. When encountering malicious curses or indescribable forces, you have a greater chance to resist, suppress, or escape.]

[Note 4: When you are in a camp where the group's sanity is low or nonexistent, you will automatically become the leader. When everyone in the camp activates the hidden sanity attribute, the sanity effect of the entire camp will be doubled, making it impossible for external evils to invade.]

[Congratulations, your Prestige Stone has been upgraded. It can continuously draw upon and store the rationality accumulated by the refugees in the camp, releasing it when needed to restore peace. You can now set a sanity cap for all refugees in the wilderness camp.]

[Friendly reminder: Based on basic humanistic concern, let me tell you that compared to so-called pure faith, collective rationality is the greatest luxury.]

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Huh?
The collective hidden attribute was something Li Wei never expected, because he hadn't encountered it in the Blazing Flame Territory and hadn't had a chance to activate his sanity.

Is it because we are not united enough and cannot achieve the special buff of being of one mind?
It seems that this is indeed the case. Although the Blazing Territory is full of talented people, they are too smart and have too high a starting point. They have formed factions and gangs. In addition, they have experienced the calamity of the apocalypse. Their mentality and temperament are bound to fluctuate. At least at that time, the prestige card system never gave a loyalty option, because there was no loyalty to speak of. Out of 100 points, you would be lucky to get 30 or 40. What more could you ask for?

Therefore, they are not as good as these semi-literate, ignorant farmers. They are not stupid, but they lack knowledge. When they have no other choice, they are willing to repay Li Wei's kindness tenfold!
Of course, on the other hand, it may also be related to Li Wei's ability and personal charm. If he is not strong enough, he cannot win the complete respect of those smart people.

"Sir, you're awake? Are you hungry? I'll ask Aunt Luna to cook for you."

At this moment, a very pleasant voice rang out, but it was a teenage girl. So, they've arranged a maid for him?
"I'm not hungry, don't worry about me."

Li Wei sat up from the scorching hot kang and saw a room full of dark-skinned people. About twenty children were staring at him with their big, dark eyes, like a group of groundhogs...

Well, this seems to be the warmest cabin.

Li Wei got off the kang (a heated brick bed), reached out and touched the heads of the little ones, then pushed open the door and left. A gust of cold wind blew in his face. Wow, they're really energetic.

At this moment, I saw that the sun was shining brightly outside, the sky was clear and cloudless, the wind was not strong, but it was cold, probably around minus twenty degrees Celsius. And this was only in the morning. The temperature at night was probably even lower.

Rows of small wooden houses are situated all around, and there are not many refugees out and about anymore. Smoke is billowing from the chimneys of each house. Now, twenty houses have been built, wells have been dug, there is firewood and food, and walls have been erected. There is indeed no need to go out and suffer from the cold anymore.

Li Wei first went to the designated location to take care of his personal matters, and then inspected the wooden houses one by one. Overall, they were in good condition. The heated brick beds in three of the wooden houses were already usable, and the heated brick beds in three other wooden houses were waiting to be heated to dry.

Now all the refugees praise this kind of heated kang bed. Firstly, it has a very good heat retention effect, and you can lie down and rest, which is very comfortable. Otherwise, even if the fireplace is very hot, it is not comfortable to lie on the cold ground, and you are more likely to get sick.

Secondly, it's about conserving firewood as much as possible. Refugees are very concerned about these aspects, namely food and heating.

Li Wei observed through the Prestige Stone and discovered that the refugees had voluntarily reduced their food supplies and firewood consumption in the past few days.

But we only have enough food for two and a half months at most, and fuel supplies can only last for another two and a half months at the current rate. So a new problem has arisen.

Should we take out the fire crystal to use for heating?

Li Wei hesitated for a moment before rejecting the idea. Although he didn't know much about fire crystals, he knew that they were definitely a very rare magical material.

This isn't something that can be accomplished simply by using a few dozen or a few hundred units of magic. It requires simulating that much magic without reservation, completely exploding in a certain area, with a sturdy level 4 city wall acting as a natural reaction vessel to block it, and finally, a large amount of magic burning—all these conditions must be met.

Perhaps only a duke or a lord of that rank could afford such extravagance?
Anyway, Li Wei would absolutely not be willing to blow up one of his three-star magic mines.

It would be great to use it for cultivating winter wheat.

His ten mu of winter wheat is growing very well and is not affected at all. Now the furrows are all green and it has officially entered the winter stage. By early June next year, it may be able to produce several kilograms of five-star quality winter wheat.

These are different in nature.

"Hmm, how about we open a purple card?"

After much hesitation, Li Wei decided not to go out to chop firewood or get something to eat.

It's not that he can't do it, but with the heavy snow blocking the mountains, even a top-notch scout can't avoid leaving his footprints.

The nearest forest is hundreds of miles away, not to mention the food shortage.

What if we get caught?
Not worth the candle.

What Li Wei needs now is to honestly get through this winter, get through spring, and welcome summer. By June, when the winter wheat is harvested, it won't matter if he's discovered.

Because at that time, he was not far from starting his cross-border mission.

Cross-border tasks, in principle, take priority over other tasks.

In other words, the schedule had already been arranged several years ago. Especially last year, when Li Yue, Second Aunt, Zhao Xuanxuan, and Thomas all used the Six-Star Dimension Upgrade Card to be exempted from the next round of cross-border missions, Li Wei's name had already been registered by the cross-border mission management department and bound to his first career card. At that time, even if he was in a chaotic killing mission, he would be teleported away first.

Unless he has the ability to betray the Alliance of Lords of the Heavens, he must follow the rules.

That's why Li Wei wanted to hide.

It must not be discovered by His Majesty the King.

Once discovered, His Majesty the King has the authority to change his cross-border mission into a conquest mission with a wave of his hand, since he's involved with Earl Windbreak.

So all he had to do was wait quietly, and once he had arranged things for the refugees, he could happily go and carry out his cross-border mission.

"Open it!"

Li Wei made a decision and immediately activated a five-star Heaven-Covering Card to give himself full buffs. Then he spread his cloak on the ground.

Then he took out the purple card dropped by the Neanderthal archer. The moment he activated it, the purple card turned into a ball of purple light and floated silently in place.

The Five-Star Sky-Covering Card is really amazing.

At this moment, Li Wei casually waved his hand, and the purple light scatters like bubbles, with a large pile of items landing on the cloak, glittering with golden light.

As expected, it was a huge hit.

First is an enchanted powerful bow of the same five-star quality, slightly inferior to Li Wei's enchanted powerful bow, but it can still be used as a backup weapon.

After examining it, Li Wei immediately added it to his resource card.

Secondly, there are nine five-star magic-piercing arrows. These are hard currency; even in Oxhorn Alley in Ver City, one arrow costs five thousand gold.

Li Wei had four-star logs at his disposal, enough to carve five-star arrow shafts, and he also had Hathaway's help, as well as Zhao Xuanxuan, a four-star enchanted blacksmith. That's why he could produce them so discreetly. In reality, even without considering the manpower of Zhao Xuanxuan and Hathaway, or the resources required to establish an enchanted blacksmith workshop in the territory, the cost of one arrow was still five hundred gold...

Of course, this thing is also a real killer weapon, capable of instantly killing a five-star professional without any pressure.

Then there were a full one hundred four-star enchanted armor-piercing arrows and five hundred three-star enchanted armor-piercing arrows. Archers have the most of these. If Li Wei were to be killed, the total number of arrows dropped would be over a thousand. He really had that many in reserve.

(End of this chapter)