Lords of the Heavens

Chapter 97 The Terrifying Experienced Player

At this moment, with the voting completed, Li Wei took over the task, and the family, who had just been in a harmonious atmosphere, all stood up.

Without any hesitation, the three-star hunter, Old John, picked up the three recurve bows that originally belonged to Li Wei, along with all the arrows, leaving none behind. He also took an iron spear and a dagger with him.

Well, apart from the two-star compound bow he had already purchased, this one is entirely his.

Eddie Redmayne took all of Leon's fish baskets, simple fishing nets, an iron spear, and a short knife from the previous version and went fishing swiftly, because he was a three-star fisherman.

Clyde also took an iron spear and a short sword and began to tidy up the material yard and blacksmith shop south of the camp, preparing to rebuild the small blast furnace, since he was a three-star blacksmith.

In this version, Leon goes to the quarry with an iron spear and dagger, because he is likely a three-star stonemason who can also build houses and repair city walls.

In this version, Penny begins to take inventory of the supplies in the warehouse, suggesting she is a three-star tailor.
Sophie took a shovel and went to the riverbed. I don't know what she was planning to do, but she probably wasn't a three-star farmer.

As for Fila, she went out to gather resources with an iron spear and a short sword. After all, she was a three-star chef. However, she went straight into the depths of the forest. Compared to the previous version of Fila, this one was truly skilled and daring.

It's really booming and dazzling.

Undoubtedly, everyone is preparing to frantically increase their contribution points. There is no head of household this month, so apart from one unexpected task that is triggered, everyone else is essentially doing their own side hustles.

Just like what he did with the previous version of Penny, Fila did in the first month.

Li Wei watched with great interest as the group of veteran players got busy with their tasks before strolling to the warehouse. This salt-buying mission did not specify which goods to sell; he could choose randomly. However, as soon as he picked up an item, the lowest price for a household would be displayed.

For example, the two-star leather armor made by Margaret was a valuable family item that other family members were not qualified to touch or use. However, when Li Wei picked it up, it showed a minimum price of 5 gold coins. This meant that he needed to sell it for at least 5 gold coins and then use the 5 gold coins to buy salt.

To be honest, this is quite difficult.

However, if Li Wei used his own standard gold coins to buy it, that would be a different matter. The mission prompt also indicated that this was not considered cheating, since standard gold coins are universal.

After searching for a while, Li Wei found fifteen ash trees. These were cut down by Penny in the previous version last autumn. They had already undergone preliminary treatment and were currently being dried in the warehouse.

At the time, this was Penny's private property, and Li Wei didn't even have the chance to use it.

However, after the settlement, these ash stalks become family property, because materials of non-one-star quality cannot be taken out of this world.

Li Wei picked them up one by one and examined them; the prices were automatically displayed on them.

The best one, a straight ash tree trunk about two meters long, was worth five silver coins, while the worst one was worth only one copper coin.

All of these can be used to make weapons, whether it be spears, wooden lances, or even arrow shafts.

Li Wei pondered. Although he was currently treating it as a game and didn't have much of a competitive spirit, he would definitely go all out when it came to doing something.

"These veteran players are meticulous in their work, so don't expect them to make mistakes within their professional scope. Theoretically, I can only keep up with them to avoid being eliminated."

"So there's no rush to head to Kah City right now; I need to prepare enough weapons."

"I also need to activate the third profession. That way, I can get at least five more free attribute points."

Li Wei then checked his experience points. He currently had 595 hunting experience points, 50 logging experience points, 32 dismantling experience points, 27 looting experience points, and 200 experience points from any experience pack.

But how should one choose a third career?

"Is it necessary to complement the first two types of professions, or is it another type of profession?"

After thinking for a while, Li Wei first gave up on the profession of craftsman. Neither blacksmith, stonemason, nor carpenter would work. He didn't have a deep accumulation of professional knowledge. If he rashly plunged into it, he would only end up like the previous version of Leon, putting in a lot of effort for little reward.

"What about the chef, butcher, and fisherman classes? They might complement my hunter class cards to some extent, but would they be of better help in the current situation?"

Li Wei shook his head again. Although it was actually quite good, he felt that the third profession had to help him improve in combat.

"I will definitely take the long-range route in the future, but I can't focus all my energy on long-range attacks. After all, if an emergency occurs, should I, an archer, call for infantry to protect me?"

"Therefore, before the level of warfare reaches the age of guns and cannons, I need to make myself capable of self-rescue."

"There are only three points. First, rapid fire, which prevents the enemy from getting close by shooting quickly and flexibly. But this is difficult. The rate of fire of a bow is obvious. Even the fastest hunting bow cannot do it. Therefore, rapid fire can only be used as a useful means."

"Secondly, it's about roaming. As long as I run fast and am agile enough, the enemy can't catch me. This requires more agility and a long stamina. And it's only suitable for entanglements between small teams."

"Thirdly, I could transform into a melee archer. For example, I could first use a wooden spear to headshot someone, and then use a long spear to attack their face. While I might not be as good as a professional infantryman, I could at least hold out for a while." Li Wei analyzed carefully, and after considering the characteristics of the various class cards he already knew, he finally decided that he might need to activate the Mountain Man class. This class not only allows him to gather various valuable mountain products, but more importantly, it provides an extra 1 point of agility, and in mountainous terrain, movement speed is increased by 10%.

"However, the Mountain Dweller profession card requires 500 gathering experience points. Even if I use the 200 experience point pack, I'll still be short 300 gathering experience points. Can I manage to get it this month?"

Li Wei hesitated again.

He needs to allow at least twenty days, or even twenty-five days, to go out and buy salt.

Even if he were a gathering maniac, he still couldn't accumulate 300 gathering experience points within ten days this spring.

"So I actually had no choice!"

Li Wei sighed, his gaze quickly hardening. Without hesitation, he converted the 200 experience points into logging experience, adding it to the 50 logging experience points he already had, leaving him with only 250 points short.

However, the biggest difference between logging and gathering is that as long as Li Wei has enough strength and his logging tools are powerful enough, he can even gain 40 logging experience points every day.

Of course, there's a step involved in transportation; the supplies need to be transported to the camp's material area before they can be donated to families.

Back when the old ox was still alive, none of these things were a problem; they could just lead the ox and drag it back.

For most of last year, everyone in the family was cutting down trees, using the old ox. Although it never plowed a single field, it certainly didn't eat or drink for free; it truly contributed its strength, sweat, blood, and flesh to the family.

Sigh, it's the thirty-first day of missing Lao Niu.

Li Wei sighed. For now, he could only temporarily give up the contributions he would gain from donations and prioritize acquiring logging experience.

Just do it.

There doesn't seem to be a three-star woodcutter or any related profession among the family members, so no one uses the two steel axes. Li Wei grabbed one and headed straight for the forest across the stream, chopping down any trees he saw without saying a word.

After felling it, trim it to make it a log, and then you can get the corresponding experience points according to its unit standard.

This standard remains unchanged.

One unit of log is one cubic meter. You get 10 experience points for felling it, and you can get one contribution point by transporting it back to the camp and donating it to your family.

Similarly, one unit of iron ore is 100 jin (50 catties), yielding 10 experience points from mining, and donating it back to the camp is also a contribution.

One unit of stone weighs 300 jin (approximately 150 catties), yielding 10 experience points from mining. Donating the stone back to the camp also contributes one point.

Other supplies are generally similar, and any minor changes won't be too drastic.

Li Wei has no opportunity to donate now, so he doesn't care and focuses on logging and building to gain experience.

From morning to noon, and then from noon until nightfall, under the twinkling stars, he successfully gained 40 experience points, which is actually a very exaggerated number. If Lao Niu were here, he could have directly gained 4 contribution points by transporting these logs back to his family for donation!
Well, this is just a hypothetical scenario. In reality, even if you use an ox to drag logs back and forth, it would take a long time, but getting 60 contribution points a month shouldn't be a problem.

Of course, all of this is based on Li Wei's excellent attributes. His current strength attribute is as high as 13 points and his stamina attribute is 170 points. Even though there is no salt for lunch and dinner, he is still fine for the time being.

On this day, the family members were very quiet. During lunch and dinner, they didn't exchange a single word or even a glance.

After returning home under the starlight and night, Li Wei thought that his ex-girlfriend Su Fei would be able to have some flirtation with him, after all, the fiery look in her eyes that morning had really left a deep impression on him.

But after going back, I realized I had overthought it; it was just an identity.

Just like the male and female protagonists in a TV series, they are all lovey-dovey and affectionate when there are cameras around, but it's a miracle if they don't roll their eyes at each other in private.

Fortunately, his portion of dinner was still kept, and Fila thoughtfully placed it next to the fireplace to make sure it wouldn't get cold.

But his original room was gone. His old love, Sophie, one of his childhood sweethearts, had taken over his room. She seemed to be asleep, but the curve of her body lying on her side and her long, golden hair that spread out like clouds made his heart skip a beat in the dim firelight.

No way, no way, veteran players are giving out perks?

As expected of a veteran player, that's terrifying. I love veteran players.

But just then, Li Wei heard her older sister Penny's domineering voice from behind.

"George, you're blocking my way."

(End of this chapter)