Chapter 142: Crushing the Entire Field
Chapter 142: Crushing the Entire Field
Li Wei glanced at Penny, and then he roughly began to understand.
The reasons behind this were somewhat convoluted.
It was still caused by interests. Those six hundred One-Star Quality armor scales were truly too tempting, especially for Penny. She wouldn't hesitate to offend Li Wei to fight for this opportunity.
But the prerequisite for obtaining this opportunity was that Li Wei could not be re-elected as Head of Household next month.
So Penny believed, or rather, she wanted to act like a betting dog (gambler) this once.
After all, although Li Wei was awesome, these three super players might be even more awesome. If she could kick him off the position of Head of Household, then no matter what the others did, as a Three-Star Tailor, she could craft the legion scale armor more freely and boldly.
Even if the others wanted the legion scale armor, they wouldn't have the same demands as Li Wei, right?
She just wanted an opportunity and space to perfectly display her talents.
That was all. What was wrong with that?
But the result!Old John looked very fierce, but his final Contribution this month probably wouldn't exceed 400 points. Although it was awesome, and truly meant he was awesome, it really couldn't achieve the effect Penny wanted.
Old Ron similarly looked even fiercer. His final Contribution this month might perhaps approach 500 points. However, it similarly couldn't achieve the effect Penny wanted.
So, that only left Hathaway.
Perhaps based on a woman's intuition, Penny just felt that Hathaway was holding back an ultimate move. So in the final few days, even if she had the chance to approach Li Wei, she held back from coming to apologize and beg for mercy; she wanted to take a gamble!
As the saying goes, when a man dies his bird (dick) faces the sky, but if he doesn't die he'll live ten thousand years! Success or failure relies on this one move!
It turned out Hathaway truly had an ultimate move, and it was a very, very grand ultimate move. With one move, she smashed out 600 points of family Contribution.
But it wasn't enough!
At this moment, Penny was almost in despair. She even wanted to shout out Li Wei's total Contribution value from last month, even at the cost of an NG (blooper), but she didn't dare. She herself also didn't understand. Could it be that high-level players like Old John, Ron, and Hathaway didn't know how to inquire about information first?
If they had just thrown out a Conspiracy Card, this information wouldn't have been hard to obtain!
Why, ah, why!
Hathaway, donate a bit more potion.
Penny even started praying in her heart.
But it was useless. When Hathaway sat down to eat, it meant the rules were in progress, everything was sealed, and the Month-End Summary was underway.
Furthermore, the information rules had stated that she could only donate ten doses.
At this moment, Hathaway's gaze proudly swept over the pale-faced Penny, then swept over Leon and Clyde, who had weird looks in their eyes, and finally over Fila, who had her head bowed, single-mindedly focused on eating, but was actually afraid to lift her head for fear of angering a certain someone.
Huh?
Hathaway was slightly surprised. She turned her head and glanced at the calmly-composed Li Wei, and oh, she could roughly guess.
Old John and Ron also guessed it, but it didn't matter. Because their levels were too high, during the first month, they were not allowed to collude privately. That essentially belonged to playing dirty tricks. But what did that matter? It wasn't as if the championship match for Head of Household could only be held during the first month.
If you have the capability, try being smug again next month?
In a word: when high-level players of their caliber enter a mission world, everything from before should come to a close and will only be reduced to a supporting role.
Twenty minutes later, when everyone had eaten dinner and put down their tableware, the routine Month-End Summary began.
The flames in the fireplace suddenly danced, like the melodious flow of a zither. Everyone watched the dancing flames spin like light and shadows. At the same time, a somewhat deep and mellow male voice sounded. It was no longer just text information, but a dubbed voice.
[Head of Household George continued his stable performance this month. His calm personality, keen insight into the situation, and abundant experience allowed the family to continuously walk on a correct, orderly, and healthy path of development. The family's wealth continued to increase this month, and the completion of a One-Star Tavern was like salt about to be sprinkled into a delicious meat soup, granting this family a soulful musical movement. From now on, the family is only one step away from upgrading to a Level 5 Camp.]
[Head of Household George received an extra 10% Clearance Evaluation. Based on the existence of the Blueprint, he received a 2.5% Clearance Evaluation. Because of the increase in mission difficulty, he received an extra 5% Clearance Evaluation. His total extra Clearance Evaluation has reached 32%.]
The voice dissipated, and Li Wei's work scenes for this month began to surface in the completely lit campfire of the fireplace. Honestly, it was quite monotonous—just felling wood. Weeding the Wheat Field, loosening the soil, and night patrols were not within the scope of the main tasks, so they naturally weren't displayed. They belonged to the category of working for nothing.
The trees Li Wei felled this month were all One-Star Quality large trees. There weren't many—twenty-four trees in total.
It sounded like nothing.
Hehe!
But trying to easily find One-Star Quality large trees in the Forest among the dense and diverse array of trees—this was simply not an easy task at all.
Others might chop down hundreds of trees in one breath just to chop down one, like a blind cat running into a dead mouse.
So although his work this month was very relaxed, the rewards for the main tasks were actually maxed out, which was 60 points. In addition to that, there was extra Contribution. Every One-Star Quality large tree could earn 5 points of Contribution.
Added together, it was 180 points. Yes, in just this month alone, he obtained 180 points of Contribution, and conveniently leveled up his Woodcutter Destiny Grid to 35 points!
It also consequently raised his Hunter Destiny Grid to 42 points.
And he also gathered some herbs, some precious wild vegetables, mushrooms, and the like, and casually hunted some prey. This part wasn't much, only 49 points of Contribution.
Ultimately, his total family Contribution reached 810 points, an unprecedented height.
Even Li Wei himself could only sigh with emotion upon looking at it. Thinking back to three months ago, and then thinking back to last year... sure enough, as long as one raised their profession level, this mission was actually very simple.
If he really wanted to go all out like Old John and use every conceivable means, grinding out 200 points of Contribution in a month shouldn't be hard for the current him. But that would be too tiring.
It was worth mentioning that he also gained an extra 600 Woodcutting Experience this month, 50 Farming Experience, 50 Hunting Experience, 200 Gathering Experience, 100 Butchering/Disassembly Experience, and 150 Carpentry Experience.
Adding in the original experience, it became 2350 Hunting Experience, 300 Fishing Experience, 700 Farming Experience, 850 Woodcutting Experience, 350 Gathering Experience, 86 Scavenging Experience, 332 Butchering/Disassembly Experience, 150 Carpentry Experience, and 200 Basic Smelting Experience.
At the same time, he still held a One-Star Fisherman Card, a One-Star Chef Card, a One-Star Tailor Card, plus a One-Star Pet Card in his hands.
54 Gold Coins, 3 Silver Coins, and a series of equipment.
Overall, very nice.
When the number 810 came out, the family members in the room basically didn't have much of a reaction.
Leon and Clyde had long been numb.
Fila and Penny had also long given up struggling, already knowing it would be like this.
The three newly arrived family members were also not surprised. A newcomer who could become the Head of Household, be re-elected, and still stabilize the overall situation of the family when the difficulty of the mission plot increased—was naturally not easy to deal with. He already possessed the strength to strike at the top five of the Rookie List.
Pity, the three of them were also people who had once left their marks on the Rookie List!
At this time, the flames in the fireplace changed again, and the second person for the Month-End Summary appeared.
It was still the mother, Fila. This month, she focused on gathering herbs and tried brewing herbal preparations and such. Although she was never able to make a breakthrough, she still earned quite a bit.
And the base reward for her main task was 40 points. Her workload immediately dropped just from making one less meal of white bread.
But even so, through gathering herbs and preparing herbal preparations and such, she ultimately also got 85 points of Contribution, and her total Contribution smoothly reached 211 points.
The third person for the Month-End Summary was the teacher, Ron. His status was special, after all!
The main task reward for forging refined steel armor scales had a limit of 60 points, plus 300 points in extra rewards. Discovering the stone quarry was 80 points, and mining the stone quarry earned him 80 points. As for helping Leon build the One-Star Tavern, he could only get Experience Points. His ultimate total was 520 points.
This number was explosive.
The fourth person for the Month-End Summary was Old John. He actually went all out this month: mining during the day, hunting on the side, and fishing at night, frantically transforming into an all-weather Contribution-grinding warrior. But even so, he only ultimately got 437 points of Contribution.
The fifth person for the Month-End Summary was the sister, Penny. She was considered mediocre this month. Because she rejected Li Wei's request, she didn't get this extra order for the legion scale armor, which, while not perfect, was definitely a guaranteed profit without a loss. So ultimately she only obtained 60 points of base Contribution.
Her accumulated Contribution was 160 points.
The sixth person for the Month-End Summary was the younger brother, Leon. His income this month was similarly quite high. First was the exploration and discovery of the Two-Star stone quarry, +60 Contribution points. Then was the 60 points of base Contribution from the Monthly Main Task to build the One-Star Tavern. Finally, because the Tavern was of One-Star Quality, he received an extra 100 Contribution points. His total Contribution this month reached 220 points, with an accumulated 418 points.
Of course, under normal circumstances, it would have been impossible for Leon to complete the construction of the One-Star Tavern in a month by himself. It could be said that without the cooperation of the Head of Household, he'd be dreaming.
This month, Clyde, Old John, Ron, Hathaway, and even Li Wei had more or less pitched in to help. It took so many people to complete the construction of the Tavern.
This was equivalent to so many people working for him for free.
Perhaps this was because a One-Star Building carried greater weight.
For example, it was like evaluating whether a One-Star Tavern or a Two-Star Bloodthirsty Spear was more valuable—there was no comparability.
Can a house be compared to a common item?
Additionally, if Leon hadn't surrendered to Li Wei, then even if he exhausted himself to death until his task deadline ended, he probably wouldn't be able to build a One-Star Tavern.
Hathaway was the seventh person for the Month-End Summary. Hers was simple: 600 points, not a point more, not a point less.
At this moment, she suddenly glanced at Ron and gave a meaningful smile. Immediately after, when she looked at Li Wei again, she seamlessly switched back to that little woman with boundless tenderness and eyes filled entirely with Li Wei.
Mm, although expected, it was still very rare for three high-level players to suffer a setback in front of a mere newcomer.
(End of this chapter)
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