Late at night.

Chu Guang slept restlessly. During this time, he woke up several times, touching the gun hidden in his sleeping bag, and then fell asleep intermittently.

The shelter was much safer than here, and there was no need to worry about any danger at all, so he suddenly couldn't adapt to this unstable environment.

"I've lowered my guard too much."

Chu Guang sighed, and unconsciously touched the gun in the quilt. The thick and long barrel gave him a strong sense of security.

He couldn't help but wonder what happened to the players.

Although he told Little Seven what it should do when he was away, he was still a little worried.

After waking up at five o'clock in the morning, Chu Guang couldn't fall asleep anymore, so he opened his eyes and waited quietly.

He didn't get out of the sleeping bag until there was a trace of sunlight outside the window. He put on his clothes and put the steel pipe and the gun that he had just bought on his back.

This time he went out, estimating that he would not come back soon.

The town mayor's tax collection forced him to advance his plans for moving, and all preparations had to be completed before the end of the month.

If it was not possible to store enough supplies for a hundred people to consume, he would have to wait until February and March next year before proceeding to the next round of testing.

In that case, he would have to wait through the entire winter.

Opening the door after finishing packing up his equipment, Chu Guang was about to set off, but he happened to run into the men of the Wang family.

Wang Defu, who was trying to break into his house yesterday, glanced at him without saying a word, but his eyes were a bit provocative.

Perhaps it was because he was with his father, big brother, and second elder brother along with the hunting tool on his back, but his courage was obviously much bigger than yesterday, which seemed to be a bit flaunting.

Of course, Chu Guang would not keep a brat's provocative action in mind.

A sixteen-year-old was already a man on Bett Street, but in his eyes, he was just a brat.

"Hey, don't die outside."

Chu Guang ignored him.

The Wang family's child was angry, gritting his teeth to the point that his face flushed. The ignorance of this outsider made him feel humiliated.

However, just as he was about to make further irrational provocations, the eldest brother next to him suddenly put his hand on his shoulder.

Although still a little angry, Wang Defu quickly became obedient.

It could be seen that this brat listened to his brother very much.

Chu Guang glanced at the eldest son of the Wang family, the strong man with a burly figure also looking back at him.

From that person, Chu Guang perceived a slight danger, though it was subtle.

Interestingly, when observing him, the man's face clearly showed a hint of surprise, although he hid it carefully.

Hunter's intuition—

This guy was not easy to deal with!

After a brief moment of eye contact, the two sides quickly moved their gazes away from each other.

There was no need to cause unnecessary trouble.

After the Wang family walked away, Chu Guang was also ready to set off.

At this time, a crisp voice came from behind.

"Be careful on the road."

Chu Guang stopped and turned back to see Xiaoyu hiding behind the door peeking at him.

Smiling, Chu Guang said lightly.

"Mhm, thank you."

"No need."

In the blink of an eye, the little girl slipped back into the house and disappeared.

...

At six o'clock in the morning, it was almost dawn.

The gate of Bett Street slowly opened. The survivors carrying baskets, bows, arrows, short knives, crossbows and, other equipment stepped on the cracked concrete road and the weeds that had sprouted out of the cracks, heading towards the devastated ruins in groups.

But two hundred years after the war, it was no longer so easy to find good things in the wasteland. Occasionally, the shells dropped by mercenaries or marauders could even be regarded as treasures.

Chu Guang didn't leave the settlement immediately, but spent a while at the gate. After everyone had gone away, he went to the recycling station.

"I need 7 kilograms of green wheat. Here are 21 chips. I also need tobacco leaves for marinating meat... How much can I get for 4 chips?" Chu Guang asked.

"50g for one chip."

"Then 100g please."

Food was the key to development.

Only by preparing more food could he recruit more players to work for him.

It was impossible for the survivors to eat porridge and green wheat everyday. Even if they could handle it, he couldn't.

Now with guns, hunting would be much easier than before.

Chu Guang planned to buy some tobacco leaves and process the meat he couldn't finish eating as preserves for the winter.

Old Charlie raised his eyes.

"I remember you just bought five kilograms of green wheat a few days ago."

"Any problems?" Chu Guang replied casually.

Old Charlie grinned.

"No. It's not a bad thing to have more money."

Chu Guang, who was planning for the future, suddenly became alert.

A listener may perceive an unintended meaning in what is said.

He suddenly realized a problem.

He hadn't brought back useful garbage or other gains for a while, but he bought a large amount of supplies twice in a row.

The town mayor may not have noticed him, who was a nobody, but other people would inevitably have doubts about where he got so much money.

But Old Charlie didn't say anything, or maybe he didn't care at all. He helped him weigh the grain, then smiled and saw him out the door.

"Too careless..."

After exiting the gate of Bett Street and turning a corner, Chu Guang breathed a sigh of relief, stopped and observed for a while before moving on.

More than 10 chips were already a huge sum of money for scavengers because they usually couldn't save money.

However, twice in a row, he took out a huge sum of more than 20 chips to purchase materials that he could not consume in a short time.

Old Charlie was kind to him because he was from the shelter, but he worked for the town mayor after all.

Thinking of this, Chu Guang frowned.

It was a pity that the merchant named Liszt only accepted grain and sold Boulder City's industrial products.

Perhaps, he should try his luck at Brown Farm.

...

Seven kilograms of green wheat and ten liters of drinking water, plus bullets and equipment weighed more than 20 kilograms, weighing heavily on Chu Guang's shoulders.

In addition to moving things, Chu Guang also had to carefully conserve his energy and beware of the dangers lurking in the shadows.

Even if his muscles contained power that was different from ordinary people, he could only walk a distance and stop for a while, observing the road conditions before moving on.

The road outside the settlement was not easy to walk, and sometimes one had to bypass the collapsed highway or pass through the collapsed tall buildings.

Chu Guang suddenly envied the protagonists in "The Last of Us" and "Dying Light" who could even do parkour in ruins with numerous things on their backs, unlike him who could only walk one step at a time.

Perhaps....

He should also buy a yak next time?

But he wondered if that guy Liszt would sell one to him.

Fortunately, none of the mutants encountered along the way discover him.

After passing through the ruins and walking along the road for a while, Chu Guang finally arrived at the nursing home in the wetland park before 8:30 in the morning.

However, to Chu Guang's surprise, when he arrived, he found that all four closed beta players were already online.

Not only that, but when he arrived, he noticed other additions outside the wall of the nursing home. There stood four earthen kilns approximately as tall as half a person, and a hemispherical earthen kiln that was a bit taller than a single person.

‘What is it?'

He didn't remember giving out the task of building a kiln.

"Administrator! You finally came back." Looking at the surprised administrator, Ample Time walked up and said with a smile.

"I stayed out all night," Staring at the stoves intently, Chu Guang even forgot to put down the things he was carrying on his back, "...What's going on here? Did you encounter mutants or other survivors?"

"Everything is normal! There have been no accidents!"

Ample Time reported their work to Chu Guang with an excited expression.

The four half-a-person-tall kilns were used to burn charcoal, and the kiln with a tuyere attached to it was used to calcine the coarse material of cement at a high temperature.

"We burned the tree bark into plant ash, then added it to the water and stirred it to filter out the potash water in the upper layer, and the remaining paste was squeezed out of the water to obtain calcium hydroxide and calcium carbonate for making cement."

"Next, we put these raw materials into the tall kiln and burned them until they were orange-red. After mixing them with the sand picked up by the river, we can add water and mix them well, then we'll get the wood cement!"

To be honest, Chu Guang was surprised by the hands-on ability of these players.historical

It was not that he had never tried to make cement with wood ash mixed with mud. He also used a method he learned online, but the things he made fell apart as soon as he squeezed it, and it was not useful at all.

Looking at it now, it turned out that his method was wrong.

Was the key the kiln and secondary calcination?

And the purity of wood ash...

Ample Time's mouth continued.

"...We plan to use cement to repair the wall of the nursing home! By the way, we also collected the filtered potash water in containers. This thing can be used to tan leather, which is very useful!"

"You guys... did a good job."

After thinking about it for a long time, Chu Guang couldn't figure out how to reward these players. He could only come up with such a compliment.

But when Ample Time heard this sentence, he became extremely excited.

It went up!

His favorability definitely went up!

Without missing this opportunity, Ample Time said with a serious face the lines he had thought about all night.

"For the continuation of civilization!"

"It is an honor for me to share your worries for you!"

"..."

Chu Guang suddenly didn't know how to face him.

Compared with him, these players were too righteous.

"Well said... for the continuation of civilization and for the future of all of us."

After coughing, Chu Guang maintained a majestic expression, watching the excited players and continued on, "I'll go down to the shelter and put the supplies down, your plan is very good... so you can carry on!"

Ample Time said energetically with his back straight.

"Yes, Administrator!"

"Pay attention to rest also, don't work too hard." Chu Guang exhorted.

It wasn't because he felt guilty for asking the players to do all the work, but because he was worried that these players would work too hard and overdraw their enthusiasm.

However, this player didn't seem to realize his good intentions. He held his head up to show his loyalty.

"Serving you is my mission, and this is also my declaration under the banner of the Federation of People!"

Chu Guang almost didn't hold back when he heard this sentence.

The declaration was fine...

But did he even know what the flag of the Federation of People looked like?

"... Okay, very energetic, you can carry on."

Watching the players trot away, Chu Guang sighed silently in his heart.

After all, his worries were unnecessary