Chapter 39: Gathering Resources
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
After noticing that Ji Ye and Lu Zhishen had not returned in ti, a team of settlers went to the mountain woods to look for them.
In comparison, the Eagle n carried the dead bear away and disappeared, not before tossing the body of their fallen mber over the cliff. Perhaps this was how they paid respect to the deceased. Or, they simply didn’t care.
Either way, both Ji Ye and Lu Zhishen agreed that they should be very cautious about their new neighbors.
By then, it was very likely that they knew how to get their hands on more “Hearts of Enlightennt,” which was by killing other tribesn. For this reason, they would not be able to coexist in peace.
The Soul of Civilization which erged from the dead Eagle Man flew into Lu Zhishen’s hand, so they didn’t need to worry about losing it. Being the case, they only needed to find another “offering item” to summon another mber for the settlent.
In other words, waging wars against other tribes and monsters was an efficient way to increase the size of their group.
It was almost nightfall. Ji Ye found several settlers to have them watch the cliff area from a safe distance, before heading back to the settlent with Lu Zhishen.
However, they didn’t see any particular movents from the Eagle n, who made no attempt to avenge their killed mber. Again, perhaps they didn’t really care about losing a mber or two. Maybe they were trying to gather resources and develop first before expanding their territory.
Speaking of resources, Ji Ye made sure to ask so people to loot the ape cave clean, before heading to the serpent’s pool together with Lu Zhishen. There, they found the self-replenishing fountain water to be another Extraordinary Rank-1 treasure nad “Frigid Water.” Also, there were “Frigid Iron Ores” hidden at the bottom of the pool, which could be used to forge quality weapons.
The discovery had confird Ji Ye’s theory; they could find many useful resources scattered around a monster’s lair. Those Eagle n were probably after the winged bear for the sa purpose.
Without wasting any ti, Ji Ye and Lu Zhishen dispatched more settlers to search around Twin Dragon Mount so they could find other Extraordinary monsters to hunt. anwhile, Ji Ye stayed inside the settlent because it was almost ti for the second group of “testers” to enter the Land of Inheritance. He wanted to brief the new players if any of them showed up in his area.
To his disappointnt, he didn’t see anyone arrive, even after waiting all the way till midnight.
After spending another day waiting to no avail, he chose to log off and return to reality.
“...Mister Ji Ye, what you provided is crucial intelligence. The higher-ups offered their sincere gratitude for your effort.”
Half an hour later, Ji Ye was having a confidential conference inside the player base of Yang City.
No players had ntioned killing an “alien player” up to this point. As soon as they heard Ji Ye’s report, the confederation office imdiately considered this to be top-secret.
After learning that killing “alien tribes” yielded Hearts of Enlightennt, a few experts present imdiately showed worried looks upon realizing what this ant.
Ji Ye didn’t hold anything back when explaining what he had learned. As far as he could see, being frank made things easier.
After the conference, Director Zhou approached him and made a serious suggestion. “Mister Ji, be a dear and consider moving away from the base if necessary, all right? We’ll find a more secure place for you to stay.”
The director even ordered Ling Chen to go there again and escort Ji Ye back to his room just in case.
“Man. Why do I get the feeling that I’ll be busy every ti you co back?” Ling Chen complained in a jokingly manner while moving along the hallway.
Ling Chen used to believe that the security work was pretty relaxed because all the gathered players were civilized people. However, Ji Ye had proved him wrong many tis.
Of course, he wasn’t allowed to attend the conference so he had no idea what kind of grand discovery Ji Ye had just brought back, which was sothing that surprised the heck out of the governnt.
To make matters worse, Director Zhou was already busying himself and preparing new arrangents for Ling Chen. At this rate, he’d be dispatched to a better-protected player residence and beco an on-call liaison for important players.
“Do you want to be selected as a player?” Ji Ye joked. “That way, you won’t not need to run around the base everyday because you won’t have ti for that anymore.”
It wasn’t entirely a joke because Ji Ye knew he’d be busier by the day at this rate. From then on, he would have to constantly be on the watch for invasions. Not to ntion that he needed to spend a lot of “virtual ti” training.
“Are there gonna be new players at all?” Ling Chen frowned. “At least I didn’t hear about any popping up yet. Soone on the forum is suspecting that the second group of testers is only a baseless rumor.”
“I think there will be in due ti.” Ji Ye shook his head. “Otherwise, the description of the mission wouldn’t have ntioned sothing that relevant. I think we have made a mistake here. Nobody said that the new players would arrive as soon as the settlent missions ended. We simply assud it.”
“Perhaps. As to the players themselves, I’d like to know how they get chosen. Do they still need to be professionals and such? If so, things may get problematic.”
As a matter of fact, the confederation had already sent an alert to warn people about the likelihood of protests or sothing worse taking place, if the majority deed the player selection process to be unfair. The people in charge of security had not slept a wink in the past 24 hours.
“Going by common sense, letting people with the right skills build the settlents in the early stages is a wise choice,” said Ji Ye.
As soone who had just witnessed potential enemies, Ji Ye believed that humans had to rely on their professionals and elites to win a war. Throwing random people from the crowd into the Land of Inheritance would just make things worse.
However, the security alert also ca with a reason. If the “common crowd” left in reality grew displeased, who is going to keep them in order? It was already a ss when the first group of a million experts were suddenly spirited away from this world. Missing more of them could only lead to a bigger uproar.
Crash!
They suddenly heard sothing breaking apart in a room nearby.
“I fu*king SAID I have a trauma, and you’re telling no? What do you an I’m ‘ntally healthy’? You psychiatrists are frigging useless! Rich guys PAY YOU to get fake proof, but you can’t give one of those when I actually have a problem with my mind?”
A cute thermo cup was hurled from a door nearby and almost hit Ling Chen.
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