Chapter 18

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

“Can I only recruit more laborers next week?”

Looking at the two remaining laborers, Rene immediately checked the building and found no way to change the cooldown.

If he wanted to recruit again, he had to wait for a week.

This was unbearable.

If he could not receive new personnel, he would not be able to increase the production capacity of the territory. Perhaps in the next five days, the territory would remain in its current situation.

With that in mind, Rene had to consider the issue carefully.

Although Overlords could trade laborers on trading platforms, the number of workers transacted per week was limited.

The maximum number of soldiers traded per week was: (Overlord Level) x10.

In other words…

The current Rene could only trade ten soldiers at most.

This was still too few. It was impossible to keep up with the construction speed of the territory.

“Looks like I have to raise the level of the buildings in the territory as soon as possible.”

“Higher-level buildings can recruit more soldiers.”

Rene pondered alone.

Upgrading the building was not a simple task.

Before leveling up other buildings, the Overlord had to raise the level of the [Overlord’s Hall].

The basic requirement to raise the level of [Overlord’s Hall] was: All the construction sites had to be completed, which meant that ten buildings had to be built.

After completing it, he could level up the Overlord’s Hall.

The specific resource requirements were: 1,000 pieces of wood, 1,000 pieces of stone, 100 pieces of iron, 100 pieces of bronze.

After he finished building the Overlord’s Hall, the other buildings in the territory could be improved accordingly.

When one raised all the buildings to level 10, the territory would evolve into an even larger intermediate territory, thereby giving more building spaces and a higher upper limit for the population.

“With that in mind, there’s really a lot going on.”

“I have to resolve it one by one.”

“First, I need the fire runes and wood runes to build the smelting workshop.”

Rene did not let the difficulty affect his rhythm. He calmed down and began to solve the problem by doing what he needed to do.

Building a smelting workshop required ten fire runes and five wood runes.

These were two very rare resources that needed to be exchanged for at a high price on the trading platform.

He should be able to sell some high-quality light blobs in the next two days, but after the first two days, it would probably be impossible.

After two days of exploring, most people would develop flames of their own.

Although it was not easy to drill wood and start a fire, when one had the right method, after many tries, one could still create fire.

This way, the value of the light lump would decrease.

If it was just exchanging for wood, there would probably be a market for it.

However, it would only become harder and harder to exchange for rare items like runes.

“Let’s see how everyone is doing first.”

“If there’s no other choice, I’ll have to sell my woodcutters.”

Rene opened the chat.

After circling around, he realized that the demand for wood was gradually increasing.

More than 30 hours had passed since everyone entered this world.

Rene was almost done with the fifth building, while most others were building the second.

This was because a [Guild] would only produce one woodcutter. Even with the addition of another initial axe, the yield of wood in the territory could only be around 15 units per hour. It would take nearly half a day to build a building.

Therefore, it was not ideal for other Overlords to quickly build buildings.

“Unfortunately, I don’t have much wood.” Rene shook his head helplessly.

The faster a territory developed, the higher the demand for resources.

Although the territory had a lot of resources in reserve, as long as the building of the smelting workshop started, all the resources would be used up.

Now, he could only wait for the sales of the machete to rise and bring enough resources to the territory.

“Huh?”

“So many people lack water?”

Rene opened the trading area and found many people asking for food and water.

Although these were survival supplies, the system gave them food and water at the beginning. There was no need to be so anxious, right?

In the territory of Rene, their drinking water came from the muddy water in a nearby pool. After boiling, they could drink it after the residue settled for a period of time.

But now that there were more people, it was harder to obtain drinking water.

In a day or two, it was time for Rene to consider water resources.

He glanced at the [Construction System] and quickly frowned.

Because there was no water well blueprint inside.

“No wonder everyone is so anxious.”

“But it shouldn’t be so scarce, right?”

“After all, as long as there’s a small river nearby, it can support the lives of countless people.”

Rene opened the chat again to check for information regarding “water.”

He did not know about it, but he was shocked when he checked.

It turned out that not long ago, many people had been talking about water resources in the wilderness.

The conclusion was terrifying.

“The water resources in the wilderness are poisonous?!”

Rene was also shocked by this information.

There was a small river not far from the territory of an Overlord. He took some water to drink but quickly fell sick.

It was as if there were special microorganisms in the river that could cause great harm to humans.

Moreover, this microorganism could not be dealt with even by boiling it!

The moment this information appeared, it attracted the attention of countless people.

They all chipped in.

“The pollen contained in the pool has certain effects that must be removed before it can be safely consumed.”

“Although the pollen of the plants is not fatal, it will severely affect the body’s condition.”

“There should be an antidote near the pool, but there are too many plants. I need to test them one by one.”

“I want to form a testing team. Does anyone want to join? Everyone will test separately and find the antidote as soon as possible. Otherwise, when the water resources run dry, countless people will die.”

“I’ll join!”

“I’ll join too!”

…

It was precisely because they had a premonition of the impending crisis that they were so nervous.

Only when they had to work hard to survive did they truly feel the difficulty of the game.

It seemed that in this game, everything was different from what everyone remembered. Be it big or small matters, or even just drinking water, one had to treat it with absolute vigilance. Otherwise, it was very easy to fall into an accident.

“Fortunately, I didn’t buy any water from the trading platform.”

Rene was glad he had not been too rash. He had had such thoughts before, but he was not in a hurry to buy it.

The water sold on the trading platform was too unsafe, it was common to be harmed by profiteers.

He continued checking the chat history.

But this time, the result disappointed him.

There was no indication that there was a [Water Well Construction Blueprint] on it. Instead, there were many people who wanted to buy it.

This was normal.

After all, the cost of a construction blueprint was much higher than an item blueprint.

Construction blueprints were the foundation of the territory. Even people who did not know the game would quickly understand its meaning after seeing the blueprint. They would not easily trade it.

Especially when it came to well construction, since only wells could create clean drinking water in their territory.

In the early stages of a game with such tight water resources, safe drinking water could even be sold as an essential item, like wood or stone.

“Wait…”

“Can I create water resources by creating something like the Mud Monster?”