Firewood capable of sustaining 174 days and thirty-two villagers.

Nosa and Lucas are the only two who can be considered truly capable of fighting. The food and water reserves only last for about ten days.

Although Lucas can fight, he really can't help in these aspects. Nosa, or Wu Hui, can only find a way on his own (I'm really not used to writing Nosa, so I'll just call him Wu Hui from now on).

"It is impossible to sustain these reserves until the cultivation is completed."

So the first step is only through trade.

There are only two things that can be sold, people and firewood.

Wu Hui definitely doesn't want to sell people, so he plans to sell a few worker ants, about a month's worth of firewood, and the labor force of Lucas.

From an outside perspective, the so-called firewood is nightmare fuel. And Lucas's combat power is probably equivalent to a level five player. In this lightless world, the top powerhouse is probably at the level of a high-level player. The legendary god

It may be stronger than the Seven Kings mentioned in the opening mission.

The level of level five players is already considered pretty good.

"It's okay if I work as a laborer..." Lucas did not refuse: "So your next step is to build a signal tower to attract highland businessmen?"

The signal tower is also a building that consumes firewood. But the consumption is not large. It can announce your presence to the people around you. Passing businessmen, refugees, missionaries and crow doctors can all see your location. At the same time

You can also get a feel for where some other cell towers are.

The fighting power of Wu Hui and Lucas is enough to hold such a small firewood. It is not appropriate to convert it in days. You have to consider that there are only forty people here, and the amount that needs to be consumed is very small.

It is really difficult to keep such a village alive.

There was also good luck. About the next day, a group of merchants passed by. They used gold coins jointly issued by several major lords to purchase and sell various materials, including grain, firewood, population, architectural drawings, weapons...

The merchants who walked around the major camps holding torches prevented these villages from being completely closed to death. Of course, forced buying and selling, and incorrect prices were inevitable.

Wu Hui first purchased food and seeds. As for water, they had already found a river nearby. Water outside the range of light is polluted by darkness, and drinking it will speed up the death and mutation of humans.

Mutated animals or people are actually a treasure. Strange crystals will be produced inside their corpses, which can be used as materials for casting spells and parts of buildings. They are needed for sun towers and signal towers.

In addition, the babies of mutated animals and the seeds of mutated plants can also become edible species if they grow in a light environment. Some even have magical powers.

So for this world, firewood is the hardest currency. Harder than gold. After all, even ordinary stones will turn into gemstones if exposed to light for a long time.

The entire world depends on firewood, and the supply of firewood continues to decrease.

So finding a way out is necessary.

Traveling merchants cannot provide too many resources at one time. You can only buy them food for about a month at a time. When the population increases, it will be even less. And after building signal towers, you cannot immediately gain the trust of a large number of merchants. Only a few people

Will come.

It usually takes several days to come across a batch. If you have any specialties here, they may come more often.

Without understanding the market, you are often easily ripped off.

Of course, the premise is that you have fighting ability, otherwise the traveling merchants may become a bandit. They have no moral integrity in this regard.

There are specialty products. Wu Hui and the others carry a kind of medicinal seeds, which have been sown with the grain. But it takes three months to grow. In other words, within three months, they can only work hard.

With.

Unless you find open-pit or shallow mineral veins or something in the surrounding area.

Wu Hui took a deep breath. There were definitely no open-pit mines, but he would still have to spend time looking for shallow mines nearby. His glasses had a scanning function, which he had obtained during an expedition. They had great advantages in finding resources.

Where firewood shines, the probability of a mine being buried is very high. It’s just a matter of depth.

Lucas followed the caravan, and Wu Hui asked him to find a place to work as a mercenary to earn money. Wu Hui began to search for mineral veins around him. But with just a few people, it was useless to find the mineral veins. He hoped that more refugees would come as soon as possible.

…

Don't come too many. Otherwise, you won't be able to manage it by yourself. You won't even be able to find a third literate person in the village.

Even though all his worker ants were used, there was still a shortage of manpower. In short, Wu Hui was quite distressed when faced with a camp that lacked everything, and almost wanted to send these people to the town for shelter.

However, towns are different from wilderness camps like them. The population is basically saturated. After all, the range of light is limited. People who enter are either slaves or have very strict standards.

Wu Hui, who didn't even have a pen and paper, could only build a blueprint for the future on the ground and in his mind, sighed.

Fortunately, he found a shallow mineral vein. He also found a colony of mutant creatures living nearby - giant lizards. The latter can be used for hunting, or to capture the cubs and tame them.

Well, the creatures were also active near firewood flames before. Perhaps the degree of mutation was not high, and the meat could still be eaten in the short term.

The veins are bronze, a metal that is relatively easy to smelt, which is not bad. If you can cultivate enough craftsmen to make tools, weapons, armors, etc., you basically don’t have to worry about resources for the time being.

Wu Hui was quite satisfied with this ending. But after Lucas left, there were only thirty-nine people, including a dozen worker ants, and the manpower was still seriously insufficient.

We hope that some refugees will come and join us. It would be great if there are some reliable helpers among them.

Signal towers come in a few different colors. Green is welcoming to outsiders and merchants, red is exclusive, and yellow is somewhere in between.

In addition, there are black and white colors used by religious forces. Naturally, Wu Hui made the signal tower emit green light. However, others may not immediately believe in this kind of light, because many robbers also use this kind of green light for fishing.

There will always be people who are exhausted. Just like us before, no matter whether there is danger or something ahead, we can only move forward.

Commanding the soldier ants and using the ice ability, he successfully killed several mutated lizards and brought back more than a dozen eggs.

Build another sun tower over the mining area - when you have money in the future, you must buy more advanced sun tower blueprints. Lizards will also be raised here.

There is no rush to hatch, there is no food to feed now that it has hatched.

In short, you have to find a way to accumulate resources.

Is this a business simulation game? Wait, what is a business simulation game?

Wu Hui looked at his medieval-style clothes and pondered, and was once again puzzled by the word "medieval" that suddenly popped up in his mind.
Chapter completed!