Lord of the Myriad Worlds

Chapter 8: Family Contribution

In just one morning, Li Wei effortlessly chopped down three trees and trimmed off their branches and crowns.

Among these, he set aside some arm-thick branches separately for building the wall, since he couldn't actually use whole logs for the wall—that would be constructing a castle rather than a camp.

However, during lunch, Fila urged Li Wei once again to go hunting.

Li Wei vaguely brushed it off, not taking it seriously. Hunt? Hunt what? He wasn't some apprentice hunter.

Especially since hunting scenarios were different from house-building scenarios—they involved a lot of randomness. It would be perfectly reasonable if he didn't encounter any prey for several days, whereas if there was no progress on the house for days, it would be immediately obvious.

So in the afternoon, Li Wei continued his frenzied tree chopping. He was truly becoming more and more proficient, with his body and limbs coordinating more smoothly.

Each swing of the axe didn't require using full strength; instead, he could utilize momentum and the twisting force of his waist to generate explosive power.

Plus, his chopping accuracy had improved significantly.

Now he could achieve with three axe swings what would have taken at least five swings just a day before, while consuming only about eighty percent of the stamina points compared to before.

This was what it meant to be like a fish in water.Soon, he chopped down two more trees, bringing his total to ten trees.

Then he stopped chopping and finished trimming all the trees, obtaining ten logs.

Just as he expected, a line of information silently appeared at that moment.

[Outside the family's plans, you have obtained ten logs. You have gained one unit of lumber, which will be your personal asset. You can donate it to the family to receive two family contribution points, or keep it to initiate new family plans.]

[Friendly reminder: Resources donated to the family can be used freely by all members without any cost.]

"This is really interesting, haha!"

Li Wei chuckled happily and made his choice without hesitation.

"I want to donate!"

[You have chosen to donate one unit of lumber to the family. You have gained two family contribution points. Your current total family contribution is three points.]

[Friendly reminder: Your status in the family has significantly increased. You now have the right to use Plot Kill within the family. Initiating a Plot Kill requires consuming three family contribution points, while every three family contribution points can also exempt you from one Plot Kill.]

[Friendly reminder: When actively initiating a Plot Kill vote, your profession will be revealed.]

[Friendly reminder: You can consume three family contribution points to exchange for a Loving Family card item, which can be assigned to someone in the family to prevent the target from initiating Plot Kill against you for the next thirty days.]

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"So that's how it works!"

Li Wei grinned. He didn't know if Penny and Fila could receive such messages, but he didn't care. He was becoming increasingly clear about what he needed to do next.

Before it got dark, he started breaking down the branches and tree crowns.

Ten logs equaled one standard unit of lumber.

The branches gathered from these ten trees amounted to one standard unit of firewood.

These could all be donated to the family. First, he needed to accumulate enough family contribution points.

In the blink of an eye, two days passed.

The house Penny was building was nearing completion, while Li Wei donated another unit of lumber and two units of firewood to the family, boosting his family contribution points to seven in one go.

From then on, he was no longer afraid of being voted out by Plot Kill.

At the same time, he was intentionally and unintentionally framing his profession as likely being a lumberjack type.

"George, thank you for your efforts these past few days. Our house will be very sturdy."

During dinner, Penny surprisingly smiled at Li Wei. Thanks to those twenty donated logs, she had directly used ten of them to further reinforce the house structure and even added another layer to the roof. All in all, if you ignored the underlying scheming, their family was indeed getting better.

"No need to thank me, we're all family," Li Wei replied seriously.

"By the way, George, how do you plan to build the wall? I have some ideas that might be useful to you."

Penny continued, as if making casual conversation, but this was actually competing for scenario progression. Her house would be finished in two days, but Li Wei's wall hadn't even been started yet. These were all scenarios for gaining experience and contribution points.

"That's great! I'm preparing materials right now. We can build the wall together when the time comes," Li Wei nodded, looking completely harmless, just like an innocent, good younger brother.

"Great. But George, I need to use the axe tomorrow."

"No problem. I'll start digging the foundation trench for the wall tomorrow."

"Oh, George, my dear brother, you're becoming more and more like a man now. Ever since father passed away, I've felt so lonely and helpless. This is wonderful—you'll definitely protect me and Mom, right?"

Penny laughed and cried at the same time, even giving Li Wei an enthusiastic hug.

They were becoming more and more like a real family—if you didn't count having to pay for meals.

Today was Li Wei's seventh day in this world. After paying today's meal expenses, his remaining assets were: 7 family contribution points, 19 logging experience points, 3 gathering experience points, and 6 construction experience points.

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Early the next morning, Penny took the axe, and Li Wei took that clumsy shovel. Using these tools didn't require any payment—it seemed they were either left by their cheap father or donated to the family, so they could be used freely.

But Fila's wheat and small chest, since she hadn't chosen to donate them, were her personal property.

It sounded awkward, but those were the rules.

Sometimes Li Wei actually wondered: why were the mission scenarios set up like this? Why did there have to be scheming? Why did they have to sabotage each other? Why couldn't they just be friends?

It felt more like they were playing a storyline version of Werewolf. Was the purpose of this to entertain themselves, or to entertain others?

What connection did this have with so-called awakening?

"Eight days into the game, and I finally have a chance to be a farmer."

Standing in the camp holding the shovel, Li Wei felt quite emotional. Over the past few days, he had played some small tricks. Although he wasn't sure if Penny and Fila would cause trouble, his daily frenzied tree chopping was meant to create the illusion that he was very likely an apprentice lumberjack.

Sure enough, Penny took the axe today.

As expected, he probably wouldn't get to use the axe for the next few days.

And he would take this opportunity to cultivate a small plot of land.

Yes, this was Li Wei's real goal.

Create an established fact and steer the storyline along his intended path.

Otherwise, once Penny finished her work, she might start developing craft industry scenario routes.