Chapter 78: The 89th day of the Fierce Sand Season has ended, and the first place has been won...
After a while, there was a sudden commotion in the crowd. People in the distance, curious, rushed to see what was happening. Everyone was already more bloated than before after putting on their thermostatic suits, and the crowding almost caused a stampede.
Yu Luowei brought the guards and Su Tang and others to maintain order outside, and then followed the source of the disturbance.
In the center of the crowd not far away, three people of similar age were in a fierce confrontation. If there weren't so many people around, and there were not two patrol teams, they would probably have started fighting with skill cards by now.
As Luo Wei approached, he knew the source of the disturbance without asking - a red treasure chest of supplies located between the three people, which was obviously dug out when they had just planted the trees.
From the fifth day on, the temperature was no longer suitable for going out. There were no treasure chests during the activities, so it was not surprising that these people fought over the red treasure chests they dug out. If Yu Luowei hadn't been there, the people around would probably have gone up to grab them.
Yu Luowei stepped forward to replace the patrol team, asked them to evacuate the unnecessary people, and then personally handled the accident.
As the most powerful city lord, Yu Luowei was quite confident. They quickly came up with a solution: open the chests right here and split the supplies equally. If there were any special building cards, they would sell them directly to Yu Luowei, and the points would be split evenly along with the points earned from opening the chests. If other chests were found later, the same rules would apply.
None of the three had any objections. However, they insisted on opening the treasure chest together—this was their first time seeing a red treasure chest. Yu Luowei explained that the points earned from opening the chest wouldn't be split equally; whoever touched the chest first would have their points added to their handbook. Then, she let them do what they wanted.
As one of the people who had the most contact with the red treasure chest in the survival game, Yu Luowei felt that something was wrong with this chest, and the color seemed to be darker, so she made some special instructions and took out her skill card herself - she was very grateful for the setting of the game's skill cards and blank skill cards, which allowed her to not have to think hard about how to hide her magic.
Although their minds were completely occupied by the red treasure chest, Yu Luowei's words still gave the three of them a little wake-up call, so that when a red flame monster jumped out of the treasure chest, the three of them hid to the side in time. The monster only touched the arm of one of them and did not even break the constant temperature suit.
Unlike the other monsters that appeared during the event, this monster showed no interest in plants. Its only focus was on the three people who had released it, and it charged straight towards them. Panicked, the three pulled out some unknown skill card and threw it at the monster, but the effect was minimal. Fortunately, they still had some sense and didn't run into the crowd, instead circling in an open area.
When Yu Luowei first saw this monster, he thought of the flames that appeared in the desert before the event started. His palms were itching to absorb it as well.
, and see if the fire magic will continue to upgrade.
The three of them had originally dreamed of getting an extra point, but after using countless skill cards, the monster remained unchanged, except for being a little slower. Without giving it any more thought, they turned directly to Yu Luowei for help.
This was exactly what Yu Luowei had in mind. She pulled out a skill card and pretended to face the monster, but in reality, she condensed a flame in her hand, attempting to absorb the flames from the monster.
The effect was very significant. Although the fire monster was very reluctant, it could not resist the attraction of Yu Luowei's fire magic. After the flames on its body were absorbed, they were transformed into several bags of fertilizer, and the color of the treasure chest also turned purple.
Although the level was reduced, at least there was still a reward. After the three people came back, they thanked them and started to divide the reward. Yu Luowei was unable to say the excuse he had thought of for the monster's disappearance.
Just as she was about to leave, one of them caught up with her and handed Yu Luowei a skill card, saying that it was to thank her for saving her life.
The treasure chest is purple, but the monster reward just settled is based on the points given by a level six monster, so Yu Luowei rejected this skill card. Of course, the more important reason is that the level of this card is too low and she doesn't like it.
After the three of them, the others also dug out treasure chests one after another. The loud commotion they had just made served as a warning to the others, and the monsters that appeared were dealt with in time.
No one was hurt, but the tree planting process slowed down a bit, or rather, everyone was digging the tree pit more to dig out the treasure chest than to plant the tree. Fortunately, everyone remembered to plant the tree in the pit after taking out the treasure chest.
Before leaving this morning, Yu Luowei took a special look at the leaderboards. North City was still the clear leader. The sudden treasure chest digging event was either happening in all cities, which wouldn't affect the rankings, or the game's top-ranked reward was only available in North City, which could affect the rankings.
According to the game's previous performance, the first one is most likely the case. However, Yu Luowei still asked everyone to plant trees first, and put away the treasure chests they dug out for the time being and open them after returning.
Because everyone was worried that if the treasure chest was placed in one person's bracelet, that person would probably keep it for himself, so they chose to temporarily store the treasure chest in the rest area and divide it before going back.
Yu Luowei adjusted the patrol team, letting Lu Zhi, Su Tang and the others each be in charge of a team, patrolling the area and recording the number of treasure chests, so as to minimize the citizens' concerns that the patrol team would steal the treasure chests.
To get more treasure chests, everyone worked tirelessly, and by the time they returned to the city, everyone had received six or seven. For most people, this was more than they had gained from their previous explorations.
There was no quarrel, and everyone packed up their own boxes very contentedly, which made Yu Luowei feel relieved. She was worried that everyone would quarrel or even fight because of the uneven distribution, so she did not return to the snack bar early today, and waited until now with the patrol team members.
After packing up the things in the rest area, Yu Luowei and his friends returned to the city, and then tacitly divided into two groups: Lin Zhixia accompanied Su Tang to the restaurant, and the others went to the snack bar to help Yu Luowei.
Since the first thing everyone did when they came back today was to unbox the boxes, it gave Yu Luowei some room to buffer. They prepared some food in advance. After filling their stomachs, Fang Min and Jiang Nian'an became extremely curious about the machines in the snack bar. Without waiting for Luowei's introduction, they started to use them themselves.
Yu Luowei and Lu Zhi took on other tasks, and the four of them worked well together. Before the crowds started to gather, they had once again reached a certain size for the buffet. However, since there were so many people today, they still had to provide "waiters."
After the crowd dispersed, the four people who had been busy for more than two hours finally had a break. After three days of experience, Yu Luowei put the recruitment of "snack shop owners" on the agenda - she never wanted to touch these machines again.
After returning to base and posting the recruitment notice, Yu Luowei noticed that two citizens were missing. They must be the two who bought the escape talismans yesterday. I wonder why they only left the city on the third day. There definitely wouldn't be enough time to compete for a spot on the personal rankings.
However, all the points she borrowed were returned, not a single point less, so Yu Luowei didn't worry too much about where the two of them were going, as it wasn't her points that were being spent. Moreover, compared to other cities, the number of the two of them was very small.
After flipping through the communication channel and finding no important information, Yu Luowei put away the manual and prepared to try the power of the fire magic after absorbing the monster's power.
The level has not changed, and there are no other monsters around. Yu Luowei can only be sure that using magic consumes less mental energy. Moreover, her ability to control temperature has become stronger, and she can accurately control the temperature anywhere in the base - you know, her base is now at least as large as two football fields.
Although Yu Luowei could have lowered the base to a suitable temperature directly, her power card was fully charged, so she didn't bother. She cleaned up the mess she'd made and went to rest. As for the five boxes she'd dug up, three blue and two purple, she'd save them for the settlement day and the ranking rewards. Her desire to open boxes had already been largely quenched by the sheer number of boxes she'd seen yesterday.
On the ninth day of the Fierce Sand Season, there were no activities, so everyone chose to stay in the base during the day. Although the activity mall was still open and constant temperature suits could be exchanged, everyone wanted to take a good rest after three days of physical work.
After his workout, Yu Luowei arrived at the processing center's office. Looking at the map, he could see that, aside from the protected resource points and the patch of vegetation they'd just planted yesterday, the rest of the area surrounding North City was a yellow desert. Even the swampland where Yu Luowei had once hunted snakes had turned yellow on the map.
The temperature outside is estimated to be around 100 degrees today. I can't imagine what it would be like to go out without a thermostatic suit. In such a harsh environment, I don't know if the small animals can survive.
However, with the establishment of a city, the ability to respond to disasters has greatly increased. Not only in North City, but since the increased greenery and the addition of fountains, the temperature inside the city is relatively normal compared to the outside (50 degrees Celsius), and no one has died from heatstroke. Even in their district, the number of deaths this season hasn't decreased significantly, which is also good news.
With a sigh, Yu Luowei began to deal with other matters. After the city reached level six, it would be able to accept a large number of new citizens. However, due to the previous event, few people joined. Now that the leaderboards are set and there are constant temperature servers, survivors are eager to try. Even if it's too late now and they can't take advantage of the first place reward in North City, the future development is still good.
Yu Luowei took a moment to glance at the personal rankings. The first place was an unfamiliar name, probably from a later merge. The competition in the personal rankings was much more intense than that in the city rankings. The difference in points between the top few was not that big, and everyone's enthusiasm for the city-building order was extremely high.
Because of the system prompt, the other survivors were very eager to join the city. Fortunately, there was an intelligent butler, otherwise Yu Luowei would definitely not be able to read so many messages alone.
Sitting in the office, looking at the messages filtered by the smart butler, Yu Luowei suddenly felt a bit like an HR. The manual was xx Direct Recruitment, and he was now scheduling interviews.
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