Chapter 58: Forming a Team

“I still lack many materials. Are you willing to gather three hundred units of iron ore and five hundred units of granite for me?” Nüwa continued to issue the quest.

“Okay, I’d be glad to.”

“You did very well. I have another quest here that requires…”

“No problem, I’ll finish it very soon!”

“Excellent work, Child of Earth. Next, I still need…”

“Accept!”

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While Ma Wei and Zhang Qiang were still miserably chopping trees, Xu Feng had already started a crazy quest-grinding process. Because of his Gathering Art, he completed all material collection quests extremely fast. Even the later Insect Crystal quests didn’t trouble Xu Feng much, as it was still just a One-Star small village, and the needed Insect Crystals were all One-Star Insect Crystals.

One day before the Earth’s Will’s third awakening, Xu Feng crazily completed dozens of quests. His Fate Points had accumulated to over thirty thousand. Within the camp, buildings like the Fate Store, an inn, and a Blacksmith Shop had been constructed. Moreover, the moment these buildings were established, NPC-like beings had moved into these shops. These NPC-like existences were all strands of the Earth’s Will’s consciousness.

Over these days, among Xu Feng’s skills, not only had his Gathering Art upgraded to Intermediate level, but even his Swift Wind Thrust skill had also reached Intermediate level, becoming much more powerful. Xu Feng’s other life skill, “Suyi’s Cooking Art,” had reached the peak of the Beginner level. In at most three or four days, it could advance to Intermediate level.

“Three hundred One-Star Insect Crystals, two hundred units of magic crystal ore, one thousand units of timber, one thousand five hundred units of stone ore…” Nüwa stood outside the thatched cottage where she lived, her face filled with joy, and announced loudly, “All resources are now fully prepared. Now, I declare that the One-Star Nüwa Village is promoted to Two Stars!”

As Nüwa’s voice fell, the entire camp began to tremble slightly. All the buildings changed simultaneously. The originally simple thatched cottages and other structures became more magnificent in appearance.

The thatched cottages turned into small courtyards with brick and tile structures. The Blacksmith Shop became taller, and all the tools inside also became more ornate.

Soon, the entire camp looked completely new.

“Xu Feng, you’re just too amazing. You actually managed to upgrade the entire camp by one star all by yourself,” Ma Wei couldn’t help but praise.

Ma Wei and Zhang Qiang had only completed that tree-chopping quest yesterday and had just accepted a mining quest. It could be said that the vast majority of resources for the camp’s promotion were provided by Xu Feng.

“The Earth’s Will is about to awaken for the third time. By then, compared to now, this place will likely experience explosive development.” Xu Feng checked the time; there were roughly just over ten minutes left before the Earth’s Will would awaken and issue the third quest.

…

Soon, the unique voice of the Earth’s Will resonated in everyone’s hearts…

“What? The third quest is actually collecting resources?” Xu Feng was stunned, thinking to himself, “It seems I’ve changed the course of history once again.”

In his previous life, the Earth’s Will’s third quest was still mainly about killing alien Void Insectoid Race. But in this life, the Earth’s Will actually changed the quest to collecting resources, and these resources were all needed for building the camp.

“Five hundred timber, five hundred stone ore, five hundred iron ore…” Xu Feng read the introduction of the third quest, a bitter smile appearing on his face.

“The Earth’s Will thinks too highly of me, giving me so many gathering quests!”

The resources near Nüwa Village were almost depleted. The resources around each camp were at most enough to raise a One-Star village to a Two-Star village. The remaining resources required the Chosen Ones of that camp to go outside to gather.

After so many days, nearly over a hundred people had chosen this camp as their gathering place. Moreover, this number would keep increasing in the future. Xu Feng estimated that eventually, even all the survivors of Linhai City would come here.

Leaving Nüwa Village, Xu Feng arrived at Resort Lake. It now somewhat resembled how it looked in his previous life. Many people came here to search for boxes or form teams to hunt Fish Monsters. There were also quite a few people collecting timber in the small grove by Resort Lake.

“With my current strength, I can’t improve much here anymore. I must go to more dangerous places. However, going to those places alone is too risky. Even I can’t guarantee I’ll return alive.” Xu Feng pondered for a moment, then raised his left hand and lightly pressed a metal bracelet he wore on his left wrist.

This metal bracelet was a communicator that could connect Earth’s Chosen from all over the globe. It was sold in the Fate Store for three thousand Fate Points.

This communicator was very powerful, containing all sorts of information: buying and selling items, posting quests, forming teams, etc. Almost all kinds of information could be found here.

“Buying Silver Quality one-handed axe, price negotiable. Interested parties please add contact number 8767878”

“Central Park, team forming to hunt One-Star killer bees, needs three people, ranged attackers preferred, strength must be One Star or above, bring your own weapons. Willing participants please contact 9102938”

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Xu Feng browsed through message after message. These messages were all from the Linhai vicinity. Messages from farther away weren’t very useful to Xu Feng; he only looked at information from other places when he was bored.

Soon, Xu Feng selected a team-forming message.

“Clearing Insect Humans in Xinfu Village, needs five people, requires strength of Two Stars or above, SR-grade healing talent prioritized. Willing participants please contact 1223232”

Xinfu Village?

Xu Feng slightly frowned; the name of this village felt very familiar. After thinking for a long while, Xu Feng remembered that in his previous life, a message exploded on the communicator’s forum: near Linhai City, there was a village with a dried-up well. Inside that well was actually a Three-Star Elite Monster. Because of the well, that Elite Monster couldn’t leave it. The team that discovered that Elite Monster only needed to stand at the well mouth and attack the Elite Monster from a distance to safely kill it. It was practically like picking up free loot.

It was said that Elite Monster even dropped a Gold Grade item. Finally, that item was obtained by the leader of a small team, while the others were only given some Fate Points as consolation. Because of this, someone, unwilling to accept it, leaked this information.

“I remember, the village where that Elite Monster was located was Xinfu Village.” Xu Feng smiled slightly and said to himself, “Even though it’s just a rumor, it probably isn’t too far from the truth. I should go to Xinfu Village and check it out. What if the rumor is true? Wouldn’t that mean I could get a Three-Star Elite Monster for free?”

One must know, currently, even Three-Star ordinary monsters were rare, and Elite Quality monsters were extremely hard to encounter. However, if you killed an Elite Quality monster, the dropped items would certainly be very good.

Thinking of this, Xu Feng opened the contact list and added the contact who was seeking team members.