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Chapter 216 Second Weekly Settlement

“The Tongmenghui has not publicly disclosed the results of its internal investigation, but the family involved in the attack has now been apprehended,” Jia Liangcai said.

Qin Ziwen scoffed upon hearing this, "After something like this happened, instead of thinking about how to handle the situation, Zou Jianghe came here to me."

Qin Ziwen shook his head, "After such a terrible thing happened, the first thing to do should be to arrest the perpetrators and publicly execute them as a warning to others."

Otherwise, if acts of mass murder and theft of others' cards go unpunished, what credibility will the Alliance have left? With such a case in place, everyone within the Alliance will live in fear.

Jia Liangcai also couldn't understand Zou Jianghe's actions: "Even in Dayong, if such a murder occurred, the government would arrest the murderer and behead him in the street to appease the people."

Qin Ziwen nodded, "Your Dayong has done a good job in this regard."

Jia Liangcai smiled slightly, “No, it’s just about apprehending the murderer, not the real culprit. If you have the money to bribe the officials, it’s not difficult to find a few death row inmates with similar builds and switch them out.”

"This approach probably won't work in the neighborhood, since everyone here knows each other."

At this point, Qin Ziwen couldn't help but sigh, "When the Tongmenghui was founded, Zou Jianghe was full of vigor and had quite a bit of courage. How did he become like this now?"

Jia Liangcai said, "My lord, I've heard that the master of the homestead receives a settlement every time they traverse the map?"

"Yes, there's a map-based settlement system." Qin Ziwen nodded.

Hearing this, Jia Liang pondered for a moment, then said, "My lord, I have a plan."

"You said."

"My lord, if the court is behind the homestead and you are a powerful clan, why not temporarily lend the cards to others to swindle the court's provisions? Once the provisions are paid, have the others repay you with newly acquired cards. In this way, my lord will gain fame and profit, and the Qin Alliance's power will increase significantly. Wouldn't that be a win-win-win situation?"

Qin Ziwen nodded: "Your idea is good, but what if someone doesn't want to pay it back?"

Jia Liangcai said, "Our lord has great righteousness in his hands, and no one will disobey him. If there are any stubborn ones, execute them as a warning to others and to intimidate people."

Qin Ziwen pondered for a long time and nodded, "Okay, but even if it's a loan, it can't be for free. The number of cards is limited, and we can't provide them to everyone. Only those who perform well can borrow cards first."

"My lord is wise."

Night falls, at midnight.

Qin Ziwen heard the settlement sound in his mind.

"You have successfully survived a week in the Gobi Desert map, currently on day eighteen. During this week, you have acquired a large number of cards, successfully trained an extraordinary recruitment pet, and completed one level two Hunting Ladder quest. Overall score: 2380"

「获得奖励：【突破卡】极限突破卡*2、【复制卡】进阶建筑复制卡*1、【进阶建筑卡】勇武校场*1、【拓展卡】沙地拓展卡（大）*1、【功能卡】洞察*1、【强化卡】普通建筑强化卡*1」

The rewards remain as generous as ever.

This is why he made a special trip back home today.

Just like payday each month, there always needs to be a sense of ritual.

If there are suitable cards, I can use them in my homestead to avoid making another trip.

As usual, the cards were counted.

First is the Insight Card.

Qin Ziwen used it directly.

[Activate Feature: Level 4 Insight]

[Privileges elevated, current privileges: Level 3 (3/8)]

[Level 4 Insight: Can be used on card buildings, resource points, recruited units, humans, beasts, and plants to understand their basic rules or attributes]

A new ability has been added, which can now be used on plants.

Qin Ziwen arrived at the farmland and saw the mysterious little tree.

Use insights.

【Motian Fruit (Extraordinary): It can increase body size, but the effect weakens with repeated use. After taking it, the mind will be temporarily closed and the thoughts will be slowed down for a short time.】

"Liangcai, what does it mean to temporarily close your mind?"

After listening, Jia Liangcai pondered, "I once read in a book that those with clear minds have sharp wits and quick thinking." Qin Ziwen understood; the side effect of this Sky-High Fruit must be that it would temporarily make one less intelligent after consumption!

Fortunately, it's not permanent, otherwise the drawbacks would be significant.

"Hei Zai." Qin Ziwen picked a fruit from the tree and put it near Hei Zai's mouth.

Blackie sniffed it, and after realizing it wasn't meat, he turned away in disgust.

"You've really gone too far, haven't you!"

Qin Ziwen pried open its mouth, forced the purple fruit inside, and then pressed its mouth shut.

Blackie was so anxious that tears welled up in his eyes, not understanding why he had to eat this sour stuff.

Finally, it gulped down its throat and swallowed it.

Qin Ziwen sighed with relief, thinking how lucky the little guy was to have been born. If he had waited until it grew a bit bigger, he probably wouldn't have had the strength to hold its mouth shut.

Then he used the home base to deduce the maximum size of Blackie.

The maximum weight of this mutated Tarbosaurus was 60.5 tons.

Does he remember that he weighed only 55 tons before taking it, and that one pill increased his weight by 10%?

Then he picked another fruit.

Seeing that its owner was going to feed it again, Blackie struggled desperately, but it was too late.

The maximum weight of this mutated Tarbosaurus was 65.9 tons.

The maximum weight of this mutated Tarbosaurus was 82.4 tons.

After consuming a total of 6 Sky Fruits, Blackie's maximum size was finally pushed to over 80 tons.

The first stage of the three-tiered breakthrough mission is finally complete.

As for the second phase, Qin Ziwen sees it as another task.

In the second phase, in addition to him and Hei Zai, all of his recruited units can participate, including the Horned Eagle and Du Yu.

The greater the difficulty of the hunting target, the richer the reward. If possible, it is naturally better to choose the stronger target. In the Gobi Desert, the most difficult challenge is the Giant Rock Dragon.

However, no trace of the Giant Rock Dragon has been found so far.

Besides the Giant Rock Dragon, both Tarbosaurus have been killed. At this stage, the most suitable targets are the Hadrosaurus or the Junggar Giant Rhinoceros.

Looking at the farmland, Qin Ziwen took out a regular building enhancement card and upgraded it to level 5.

Currently, the only level 4 ordinary building in my homestead is farmland.

However, it's also worthwhile to use it on farmland. The higher the farmland level, the faster the Sky Fruit and melons and vegetables will mature.

The only one who has to work hard is Wei Zhaohua; he'll probably be even busier every day.

Apart from the soil becoming darker, the upgraded level 5 farmland doesn't show many other changes.

He then went to the Yongwu Training Ground.

I was about to use the newly acquired Valiant Training Ground card to upgrade it to level 2, but I received a notification.

The new building upgrade requires an area of ​​50*50 meters. Please ensure there is enough open space around it, or relocate the building to a different area.

Will upgrading a building increase the required area?

Before the upgrade, it was only 30*40, but after upgrading to level 2, the area more than doubled.

He first used the large sand play area card, and then upgraded the training ground.

[Level 2 Valiant Training Ground: Level 3 Physical Training Boost, Level 2 Stamina Recovery, Level 2 Long Weapon Boost] (Special Effects: Omitted)

(End of this chapter)