For a moment, the air froze. A gentle breeze rustled past, and the five members of the team shivered in unison.

Just now, Ye Miao asked for 1,000 gold. They all thought she was taking advantage of the situation, but they refused to compromise just to save their lives.

Now it seems that the boss is not taking advantage of the situation! The boss is so powerful and willing to help them, so what's wrong with taking some hard-earned money!

In today's world, violence reigns supreme, and everyone has, to a certain extent, abandoned their moral values ​​in pursuit of survival. Someone like Ye Miao, whose combat power far surpasses others, could easily wipe out the five-man team before attacking the boss. This way, not only would all the boss's loot belong to her, but she would also clear out all their equipment, skill cards, and gold.

But she didn't.

The five-member team was filled with gratitude.

Ye Miao walked towards the place where the wolf spider's body fell to the ground to check what was dropped. He first collected the gold coins and medicines, and then checked the equipment and cards one by one.

Soon, she smacked her lips with a lack of interest: the game has too much freedom and too many types of drops, so it is really difficult to get exactly what you need.

But even if it was useless, she might as well keep it for now. If nothing unexpected happened, once the chaotic period was over, a player trading hall would appear in the game, where all kinds of items could be put up for sale. Now, if she had the time, she could also privately find players to sell them to.

After collecting the fallen items, Ye Miao turned back to the five people and said, "1,000 gold!"

"Here!" The five people put aside their previous hesitation and gave the money very happily.

Ye Miao took the small cloth bag they handed her. The system displayed "1000 gold coins," indicating the correct amount. She tossed the bag into her backpack and said casually, "Goodbye!"

"Boss!" Zhang Feng spoke up promptly, tentatively suggesting, "How about adding me as a friend?"

Ye Miao turned around and smiled politely, but said nothing and turned to leave.

The five-member team suffered a silent rejection, feeling dejected, yet also feeling that this outcome was perfectly normal. Sighing, they composed themselves and headed to a safe place to recover their health.

In the evening, the setting sun was a blood-red sky. After a long day of hard work in the wild, Ye Miao had a rich harvest. His 30-slot backpack was almost full with various dropped equipment and materials, and his gold coin count had risen all the way to 4572.

Ye Miao couldn't help but feel happy, humming a little tune as she returned to the city. Passing by a street, she suddenly noticed a crowd of people in front of a dilapidated newspaper stall. Years of gaming experience had taught her that where players gathered, there was most likely an NPC standing in the middle.

Without hesitation, Ye Miao walked over to investigate, hoping the NPC would offer some sort of quest. As he got closer, he saw the name on the NPC's head: [City Merchant·Zhang Lei].

Traveling Merchant!!!

Comrade, I finally found you!!!

Ye Miao quickly pushed his way into the crowd. Many games, to improve efficiency, allow NPCs to communicate with multiple people simultaneously, allowing everyone to work independently without interfering with each other. However, Fantasy World prioritizes immersion, so no matter how many players arrive, the NPCs can only attend to each one individually.

But fortunately, the purchase process is still a simple one-click process, without much hassle. So even though there are many people, everyone's purchase speed is not slow.

Soon it was Ye Miao's turn. The merchant opened the transaction panel in front of her, and the panel became visible only to her. Ye Miao looked closely and saw that the first item on the panel was the license she wanted.

[Item: Shelter Construction Permit]

[Description: After purchasing, players can find a place to build a shelter. The shelter covers an area of ​​1,000 square meters and can accommodate 30 players. It can be upgraded later.]

[Price: 3000 gold coins]

[Others: For the safety of the shelter, it is recommended to use it with the shelter barrier stone.]

She decisively pressed the buy button and searched for barrier stones that could be used in the shelter.

After turning two pages, a golden floating cube came into view.

[Item: Boundary Stone]

[Description: A barrier stone specifically designed for use in shelters. When the shelter is attacked, it minimizes damage. As the shelter is upgraded, the barrier stone will also upgrade, expanding its protection range.]

[Price: 10,000 gold coins]

Ye Miao: “Oh my god.”

10,000 gold! Why not grab it!

She cursed the system internally for being unfair, sighed, closed the panel, and concluded the transaction. Then, she squeezed out of the crowd and looked around, searching for a suitable location to build a shelter.

Although there is no protection from the barrier stone for the time being, she still plans to build the shelter first.

Firstly, there are some infrastructures in the shelter that can provide help. Secondly, the fundamental purpose of building a shelter is to "gather younger brothers" so that everyone can huddle together for warmth and overcome difficulties.

It was now the eighth day since the doomsday system arrived. Many people should have saved enough money to build shelters, and the levels of players had also been initially differentiated. The battle for talent was about to begin, so she naturally had to enter the game as soon as possible.

Ye Miao looked around and recalled the places she had visited to fight monsters today. Suddenly, an idea came to her mind and she turned back to the outside of the city.

An hour later, Ye Miao appeared under a cliff outside the city.

This was the place she passed by when she was fighting monsters during the day. It was not far from the rice field where she killed the wolf spider. There was also an orchard near the rice field, and a stream flowed through the orchard.

In this way, the most basic food and water sources are available. In addition, the cliff is also very important - the cliff is high enough, and the view from above is blocked by layers of clouds and fog, avoiding the possibility of attacks from above.

In this way, the cliff becomes a natural protective wall. No one can enter the side of the shelter that is closest to the cliff, so there is no need to defend that side.

This means that without the protection of the barrier stone, she only needs to defend three sides, which is slightly less stressful.

Having made up his mind, Ye Miao walked towards the open space next to the cliff, opened his backpack, took out the license and chose to use it.

Instantly, a blue light began at her feet and spread out in all directions. After spreading for a distance, the blue light stopped, forming a white edge line, enclosing a square area. Then, a neat row of fences grew above the white light, forming a wall that enclosed the shelter.

Ye Miao breathed a sigh of relief, and the system prompt popped up immediately: [Shelter has been established, please name your shelter.]

There is a jumping cursor below, you can type.

Naming is the hardest part.

Ye Miao thought hard and decided to use a lucky word that everyone would like: get rich overnight.

[System prompt: Are you sure you want to name the shelter "Get Rich Overnight"?]

Ye Miao: Yes.

[System prompt: The Get Rich Overnight Shelter has been established and can accommodate 30 people. Now, you can collect materials for construction.]

[System prompt: The shelter can be upgraded later, in the following order: camp (accommodating 50 people), settlement (accommodating 100 people), village (accommodating 1000 people), town (accommodating 3000 people), and city (accommodating 10,000 people).]

The next second, a huge panel unfolded in front of him, showing buildings of various shapes and sizes.

Unlike many games that have ready-made "blacksmith shops" and "clothing shops", in "Fantasy World", the system only provides a variety of building exterior drawings. Players can collect materials and build houses by themselves after purchasing the drawings, or they can directly purchase materials. As for what function the building will be used for after completion, it is up to the players to decide.

In addition, advanced players with construction skills above level 95 can also design their own building blueprints.

Ye Miao's construction skills are as high as level 100, and she has the ability to design her own designs, but there are no blank blueprints available now, and she doesn't want to be so high-profile for the time being.

The various architectural blueprints sold by the system had different prices. Simply put, the better-looking, the more expensive. After purchasing the shelter construction permit, Ye Miao only had 1,572 gold coins left. He had to be frugal and forget about buying any fancy mansions.

After searching around, Ye Miao chose a square red brick house, intending to use it as a reception room for the shelter and handle daily affairs.

[Drawing Price: 50 Gold Coins]

[Required Materials: Clay*20000, Cement*500, Directly purchasing the materials costs 600 gold coins]

600 gold coins...

Ye Miao's heart ached as she watched. But if she wanted to gather 20,000 parts of clay and 500 parts of cement, she would have to kill about 10,000-15,000 goblins and 300-500 slimes.

We can defeat them, but there are simply too many of them.

Ye Miao had no choice but to press "Buy Blueprint" and then press "One-click for missing materials", and the gold coins instantly dropped to -650.

922 left.

After careful consideration, Ye Miao chose a two-story cylindrical brick house to use as a warehouse. The blueprints and materials also cost 650 gold coins.

Suddenly, only a pitiful 272 gold coins were left.

Ye Miao looked indignant as she looked at the blueprints, picked up the red bricks, and began to work. Her fully advanced construction skills allowed her to build very smoothly. Not only did she lay the bricks very quickly, but she also applied the cement very smoothly.

At 11 o'clock in the evening, the two houses were completed. Ye Miao stood in front of the door and the system immediately displayed the building properties.

[Building Name: Square Red Brick House (Players can change the name)]

【Building level: ordinary】

[Attribute: Defense 500]

[Additional bonus effect: Staying in the brick house for more than 5 minutes will increase the gold coins dropped by monsters within two hours by 50%]

The bonus effect is randomly generated based on the building's level and the player's construction skill level. Simple buildings like the Red Brick House can activate the bonus of dropping extra gold coins, thanks to Ye Miao's high construction skill level.

[Building Name: Cylindrical Red Brick House (Players can change the name)]

【Building level: ordinary】

[Attribute: Defense 500]

[Additional benefit: The amount of food stored in the brick house increases by 1% every 5 days.]

"Wow, it happens to be a warehouse, the grain-producing grain buff is just right!"

Ye Miao was in a good mood. He clicked on the panel and changed the name of the "square red brick house" to "shelter reception room" and the "cylindrical red brick house" to "warehouse".

She spent 20 of the remaining 272 gold coins to buy a thatched house blueprint and another 10 gold coins to buy straw materials, and built herself a 15-square-meter thatched house as a bedroom.

After all this was done, time silently walked towards midnight.

[Sunday, 00:00]

[System prompt: You have a new card pack dropped, please check it. If you are in a safe house or shelter, you may need to go out to pick it up.]

Ye Miao raised his eyes and looked around. Outside the fence not far away, an envelope with a faint luster was floating in the air.

She walked out of the door and headed straight for the envelope. A dark figure behind a tree not far away saw someone and quickly retreated back behind the tree.

Unlike the equipment dropped by monsters, which can only be claimed by the killer, the card packs issued by the system are said to be one per person, but in fact they can be snatched. Even after the envelope is opened, as long as the skills have not been learned, they can be snatched away.

The black shadow narrowed his eyes and looked at Ye Miao fiercely, as if he was looking at prey.

She was just a little girl, wearing only a piece of purple heavy armor. The shelter she built didn't even have a barrier stone, which showed that its quality was average.

The black shadow determined the enemy's attributes, took out two silver darts, and walked towards Ye Miao silently.

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