Chapter 70: Day 3 of the Fierce Sand Season, Level 5 City
Back at the base, without the fountain, the temperature was a bit higher than outside. Yu Luowei wanted to keep using her temperature control ability to stabilize the base's temperature, but even without it, she wouldn't be able to maintain it after falling asleep, not to mention the mental drain.
Therefore, Yu Luowei installed a simple air conditioner in the animal enclosure to cool the animals, and built a pergola above the farmland. In addition to plastic, bamboo and weeds were also used as materials. These two things had been lying in the manual warehouse for many days and can now be considered as waste utilization.
There are also public farmlands and pastures behind the base. We will go and install these two things tomorrow. We have finally got things on the right track. It would be a pity if we fail because of the high temperature and drought.
After returning to the shelter, having dinner and resting for a while, Yu Luowei opened the communication channel. Fu Xiangming, along with the leaders of other organizations, had likely been busy completing upgrade tasks recently and had practically disappeared from the channel in the past two days.
On the contrary, the people in the Golden City became lively again because the new arrivals were still unaware of their true identities. They wanted to use some luxurious conditions to attract newcomers and upgrade to a level 5 city as soon as possible.
Although victims come forward from time to time to explain the situation, they will be immediately brushed away by the people in the Golden City. In addition, there will always be greedy and ignorant newcomers who think they are very powerful and want to challenge.
Judging from the frequency of their news updates, there were only about 100 to 200 people. This made Yu Luowei curious about how the Golden City had gathered 500 people to reach level 4. Could it be that they were imprisoned?
If that were the case, then a trip to the Golden City would be even more necessary. Yu Luowei specifically checked the rankings. Of the citizens of the Golden City who appeared in the chat channel today, only six made the overall battle power rankings. The highest of these was Bobby, who was ranked 16th at level five, and Jin Yu, who was ranked 165th at only level four.
In the previous seasons, this combat power ranking was mainly based on level. Now everyone is basically level four or five, so the ranking criteria have been increased to include attributes and skill cards after wearing equipment, as well as scores. It can be said to be a ranking of comprehensive combat power.
Yu Luowei was the only one with a five-digit score. Luckily, the rankings didn't reveal the specific sources of the scores, so she didn't have to worry about her magic being leaked. Therefore, she felt more confident about tackling the Golden City.
Everything is ready, only the props are missing. Speaking of props, Yu Luowei thought of his other Easter egg reward, a high-level skill book of his choice.
There are many skill books, but there are only eight high-level skill books: Pharmacy, Cooking, Sewing, Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Medicine, Cartography, and Craftsmanship, each of which can only have eight books. The first five are as their names suggest, while Medicine is divided into Diagnosis and Pharmacy, each with four books. Cartography is divided into Blueprints and Maps (including Planning Blueprints), with high-level maps having teleportation capabilities. Craftsmanship is more complex, with Carpentry, Bamboo Craftsmanship, Blacksmithing, and so on, each with only one book.
From this item, Yu Luowei could clearly see how many books of each skill were still missing. He had the electronic butler do some research for him. Besides the three he already knew about, namely potions, cooking, and medicine, there were six more advanced skill books in North City, covering almost every skill category.
However, he was the only one in Beicheng who had the Potion Skill Book, and there was only one Advanced Potion Skill Book left, making it the smallest remaining one. Therefore, Yu Luowei followed his heart and chose the last Potion Skill Book.
Because this thing was too valuable, Yu Luowei took out the only contract scroll from his supplies, and then directly announced it through the loudspeaker in the city channel, telling everyone that he could provide advanced skill books and brewing tables, hoping to recruit an alchemist, but a contract had to be signed.
As soon as the announcement was made, there were about one or two hundred people who responded. Yu Luowei asked the electronic butler to select several suitable ones, and Yu Luowei chose the one with the highest loyalty - Chen Shu, who had lent her the umbrella before.
Yu Luowei had a good impression of Shen Shu, and she was very loyal, so after chatting for a few words, the two signed a contract, stipulating that Shen Shu would never betray Beicheng, and that the potion formulas opened from the treasure chest must be handed over in the future, and a certain number of potions must be refined every day.
After Shen Shu readily agreed, Yu Luowei sent over the skill book, brewing table, and some recipes.
Learning skill books takes time, and the higher the mental strength, the shorter the time. So, Yu Luowei only took a minute or two, while Shen Shu needed two days. Shen Shu himself said that it was because his mental strength was too low and the skill cards could not be used conveniently that he wanted to find a job in the city.
With that matter resolved, Yu Luowei immediately went looking for the owner of the Cartography Skill Book. Unexpectedly, he found an acquaintance—Lu Zhi. A closer look revealed that the other party had already signed up for urban planning that morning.
By the way, I haven't had time to look at the recruitment information today. For professional talents like this, Yu Luowei still needs to make the final decision. This is convenient for Yu Luowei. After all, it is too embarrassing to directly ask others if they have advanced skill books. She quickly replied:
Yu Luowei: Senior, I'm so sorry, I just saw your registration message. Do you need me to prepare any materials for you?
Lu Zhi: It's okay. I'm glad I can help you. I don't need any materials. I've already toured the city today. You should have a map of the city, right? I can just copy it and I can modify it.
[Lu Zhi: If you want to design new equipment blueprints, you can come to me. I have two advanced skill books: blueprints and maps.]
[Yu Luowei: ? Are they all ranking rewards? Then you're incredibly lucky, senior! I only got one.]
Lu Zhi: If I were to go by numbers, yes, my luck value is 10. But in this game, numbers aren't everything. During the Eclipse Rain Season, I didn't encounter a single junk rod; I only used treasure chest rods and monster rods. My points were highest in the zone, but then during the Wormwood Season, I encountered three times as many bugs as someone who encountered even one junk rod. Because of this, I couldn't complete the first day of the Insect Trial.
The senior’s personal experience made Yu Luowei more aware that the game’s attitude towards luck is more in line with the principle of “blessings are closely related to misfortunes, and misfortunes are closely related to blessings”. This may be the reason why there are no props in the game that increase the luck value.
Because he might be upgraded to level five tomorrow, Yu Luowei made an appointment with him to copy the map after the upgrade tomorrow afternoon, and then make plans. If all goes well, it can be completed the day after tomorrow.
After solving the two major issues, Yu Luowei relaxed. Seeing that it was still early and the weather was getting hotter, she turned her attention to Ma Tuan and prepared to help him trim his fur so that he could cool down.
Ma Tuan struggled for a while before accepting reality and obeying Yu Luowei's actions. Of course, Yu Luowei didn't go too far, only cutting a thin layer, not shaving it off completely.
The hair that was cut off could be made into special yarn through the system, so Yu Luowei collected some and made it all into yarn, which she gave to Grandma Lin. Grandma Lin had sent her several sets of clothes over the past few days, so Yu Luowei was returning the favor.
After cleaning the shelter and himself, Yu Luowei dragged his tired body into the next day.
In the game, no matter how many electrical appliances are turned on, one electricity card is valid for one day. Yu Luowei adjusted the air conditioner to the lowest temperature of 16 degrees and then slept wrapped in a thick quilt. This was her favorite way to spend the summer in her original world, but because it consumed too much electricity, her mother never allowed her to use it.
On the third day, the temperature outside must have risen another ten degrees, but thanks to the air conditioning, the room was quite cool. Last night, many people were woken by the heat, so the chat channel was very lively in the early morning.
However, many people in North City have slowly resumed their daily routine on Blue Planet because they live very comfortably in the city - staying up late and getting up late, and when they see that others can't sleep, they immediately start showing off North City's greening rate, parks and fountains, and say that in North City you can sleep directly in the park.
Therefore, early in the morning, the electronic butler reminded Yu Luowei that many new prospective citizens had gathered in front of the city gate.
It was another day when she couldn't go out, so Yu Luowei could only ask Ma Tuan to go out and see the world on her behalf and look for the treasure chest.
There were too many people coming, and the place was already full with 1,000 people, but more people were constantly being teleported to the North City.
Yu Luowei pulled Lu Zhi over to work with Lin Zhixia to handle these matters. He then returned to the processing center and quickly upgraded the city to level 5 and increased the greening rate.
Everyone who had arrived had already moved in, and the residential area was nearly half full. The spontaneous publicity campaign by the citizens last night had proven effective. Yu Luowei went to Su Tang's restaurant and invited Lu Zhi and Lin Zhixia, who had been tired from a long day, to have a meal together.
Since it was already late, Su Tang joined in later, seeing that there were few customers. During the conversation, Su Tang also mentioned that with the increasing number of residents in the city, one restaurant was clearly not enough to meet everyone's needs. She also really couldn't handle everything.
The commercial area facilities required for the next level are also much different, so Yu Luowei took Su Tang's words to heart and built a snack bar or other similar store.
Ma Tuan had already brought nearly ten treasure chests to wait for Yu Luowei at the base. When Yu Luowei said goodbye to Lu Zhi, Lin Zhixia, and Su Tang and returned to her home, she was shocked by Ma Tuan's efficiency - there was even an orange treasure chest among the treasure chests.
Although Ma Tuan had reached level 5 in the past few days and was wearing the equipment enhanced by Yu Luowei when he went out this morning, she still worriedly turned Ma Tuan around and observed him, and only let him go after confirming that he had no wounds.
Looking at Ma Tuan going to play with his friends, Yu Luo shook his head slightly, put aside the sudden sadness of "the child has grown up and can be independent", and began to unpack.
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