The next day.


    Before dawn, arge number of yers rushed to Longevity Town excitedly, forming a dark circle around the door of the warehouse.


    Looking at the shelter residents surrounding the warehouse, Luca was startled, thinking that something bad had happened.


    "Is there anything I can help?"


    "I’m here to do a mission!"


    "Farmnd! Where is the farm?"


    "My hoe is already thirsty for some action!"@@novelbin@@


    Although Luca didn’t understand what the yers were saying, he quickly realized that it was probably rted to the administrator’s arrangements.


    He immediately opened the VM and took a look.<em>Sure enough, it is!</em>


    <em>These shelter residents are here to help!</em>


    After reading the instructions of the administrator, Luca was moved. He couldn’t help but look at the yers surrounding the warehouse door.


    It was difficult not to admire their dedication and hard-working spirit.


    In a solemn and serious tone, Luca said, "We need to nt the seeds in the spring, and before we can nt the seeds, we need to clear the weed, level the ground, drive out the mutants that are active in the area, and destroy their nests."


    "We are short of manpower at the moment, so thank you for helping us at this time!"


    "Please bring your tools ande with me!"


    After saying that, Luca walked ahead and took the yers to the open space on the west side of Longevity Town.


    The terrain there was rtively t, and it was rtively close to the warehouse. It was also an area that was rtively easy to plow.


    In the n of the administrator, thisnd was owned by the shelter, and would be cultivated by the hired farmers. The harvested grain would enter the granary as a strategic reserve to bnce the grain price in the market. ??Νó??ě?


    Further west wasnd nned to be contracted to private individuals, and further to the west was the area that prisoners of war were responsible for reiming.


    After arriving at the destination, the specific wastnd remation mission was quickly refreshed on the yer’s VM, and the area that each yer or team was responsible for was also marked on the map.


    For every 666 square meters ofnd cultivated, yers could get 100 event reward points.


    After the expansion ended, yers only needed to spend as little as 300 event points to exchange a piece of theirnd, and they could nt anything they wanted on it, as long as they didn’t change how they used thend.


    If they spend more points, they could also buy fertilend on the edge of Linghu Lake.


    Under the temptation of thend, the enthusiasm of the yers to open up more parts of the wastnd could be said to be unprecedentedly high.


    Especially seeing the proficiency of farming skills rising steadily, many people worked even harder.


    Using ability users to cultivate thend, such a unique thing would probably only happen in the area of Clearspring City.


    But even so,nd remation was still not an easy task.


    The first was to clear the weeds.


    Ordinary grass was fine, but if it was old tree roots or bushes, it would take some work to dig the roots out.


    And weeding alone was not enough. yers also needed to level thend, moving the soil from the higher area to the low-lying ce, then making ridges around the fields, and getting chemical fertilizer or manure in the fields.


    When spring began, the yers would need to plow the soil again, breaking up therge pieces of soil and picking up the concrete g and undegraded garbage buried in the soil. Then fences should be ced around the fields to prevent some small animals from eating the seeds.


    Fortunately, the area Clearspring City located on was a in, and if an ordinary survivor family worked together, they would be able to plow 18,000 square meters ofnd in the autumn, which was not bad.


    However, that was only possible in autumn.


    If it was in cold winter, and it happened to be snowing right after harvesting, it would be extremely troublesome. Not to mention the thick snow covering the ground, even if the snow melted, the soil in the ground would freeze and be too solid to be plowed.


    Plowing the soil in a condition like that was like plowing a concrete wall, not only would one not be able to make a dent on the ground, but one’s hands would hurt badly.


    Therefore, if yers wanted to open up wastnd in winter, it was not enough to just use a hoe; they also had to switch to the kind of pickaxe used for breaking stones, which could be said to be very realistic.


    ...


    At dusk.


    Sitting on the ridge, Night Ten, who was carrying an iron pickaxe and hoe, gasped while out of breath, "Fucking hell, I’m supposed to be azy person who would avoid all kinds of work, but I actually plowed thend all day today!"


    Perception type yers only had an initial strength of 5, and after they awakened, they might possess 7 points in strength. It was equivalent to 140% of the average of normal adult males, and was slightly stronger than the intelligence type.


    However, he was still exhausted.


    The fatigue debuff had already appeared on his VM, and he felt like he could no longer move both his hands and legs.


    If it was in reality, it would not be as simple as being tired, and most likely, their muscles would have already started to hurt!


    However, a day’s hard work was not without harvest.


    After plowing a piece ofnd by himself, his proficiency in farming rose to two levels, and he was 1 level away from unlocking the first achievement.


    With the hoe on his shoulder, Old White, who was also exhausted, took a breath and sighed, "I’ve done it before, but I’ve never used such a primitive tool."


    He was probably the most capable member of the Bull and Horse Squad, and he had plowed three times morend than Night Ten all by himself.


    It was basically equivalent to five times the work efficiency of refugees!


    Night Ten looked at him curiously and asked, "Speaking of which, Old White, what exactly do you do in reality? How can you know how to make bricks and charcoal, while also knowing how to do farm work?"


    Old White smiled. "Didn’t I tell you already that my hometown is in the countryside, and I asionally helped my family with farm work when I was a child. It has nothing to do with what I do now, and there are not many people in my hometown farming anymore. I actually almost forgot about it. But experiencing it asionally do make me miss those old days."


    Night Ten nodded slightly, but he didn’t fully understand what Old White meant.


    He grew up in the city since he was a child after all, so it was understandable why he didn’t know much about this.


    Gale, who was sitting next to him, wiped his sweat, nced at the fruits of hisbor, and said with his eyes narrowed, "We can’t continue like this. It would take us ages toplete the mission... We have to improve our tools."


    Ample Time nodded in agreement. "Indeed, grinding our axe won’t dy the work of cutting firewood. If we keep plowing the soil like this, we may not be able to plow 6,000 square meters ofnd by the end of the month."


    Night Ten looked at them both and asked, "Do you have any good ideas?"


    Ample Time and Gale looked at each other, and thetter nodded. "Wait for another 3 days. I have a friend who has just received the invitation for the test. He should be able to help a little."


    Night Ten asked curiously, "Who? Male or female? What kind of friend?"


    Gale didn’t bother to answer the annoying guy’s questions. After a pause, he continued. "Professor Wang from the Engineering Department in my university. He specialized in Mechanical Engineering and Automation. In terms of application knowledge, he knows more than I do."


    ...


    2 days passed since the new expansion wasunched.


    At present, at least two-thirds of the 800 yers in the entire server were involved in the wastnd remation work.


    The remaining one-third of the yers also indirectly supported thend remation work in other forms even if they were not interested in farming and did not want to level up their farming skill proficiency.


    Such as Steel nt 81.


    In just two days, 500 sets of steel structuralponents for agricultural implements were produced by means of mold casting.


    After the small workshops in the industrial area rushed their production to equip the hoes, pickaxes and other tools with wooden handles, the first batch of tools were quickly sent to the front line, recing inefficient and poor quality wooden and stone tools.


    Another example was Mosquito.


    Mosquito made a huge contribution this time again.


    He modified his Hell’s Breath a little bit, increased the output power of the portable steam engine, and made a simple tractor out of it.


    Not only could it carry goods, but he also added a rake behind the tractor for plowing.


    This thing would help yers greatly in the entirend remation mission.


    However, Mosquito was not a phnthropist. Seeing that the price tag of 2,000 silver coins scared other yers away, he immediately started a leasing business.


    yers could rent the tractor for 10 silver coins an hour, or 50 silver coins a day.


    After finding out the new payment model, all the yers cursed him loudly, but in order to improve efficiency, they still had to pay for it.


    Discovering that it was such great business to rent tractors, Steel nt 81 immediately made a copy and started to charge yers only 40 silver coins a day.


    Chu Guang also ordered 10 units from each of the two workshops at the price of 2,000 silver coins per unit for the delivery before the end of the month.


    Afterpleting the order, the yers from the two workshops could also get 5,000 Longevity Town regional prestige, and 500 contribution points.


    Faced with an order worth 20,000 silver coins, Mosquito and the two factory managers of Steel nt 81 immediately told Chu Guang that they would work overtime to produce and deliver the equipment in the order as soon as possible.


    In addition to missions for Lifestyle Profession yers, there were also missions for Combat Profession yers.


    Such as killing mutant wild boars, destroying hyena dens, building fences, and the like.


    In the evening of the second day after the expansion wasunched.


    At the entrance to the Longevity Town warehouse.


    Facing Chu Guang who came to inspect the work, Luca reported the progress of thend remation work to him excitedly. "Sir, in the past 48 hours, your residents have reimed 666,000 square meters of wastnd!"


    "At this rate, it won’t even take until the end of the month. At most, we will be able toplete the target of 6,660,000 square kilometers of wastnd in 15 days!" He continued with an expression of joy and disbelief on his face.


    He originally thought that the shelter residents could not adapt to such high-intensitybor, but he did not expect that they were far more capable than he thought, andpleted one-tenth of the expected goal in just 2 days.


    ording to the n of the administrator, the first batch of arablend they had nned to reim was 19,000,000 square meters.


    Among them, 6,000,000 square meters would bepleted by the shelter residents, and half of the remaining would be handled by prisoners of war and the other half by refugees.


    They may even be able to reim more than that!


    Although the seeds hadn’t been nted yet, he seemed to have seen fields full of ripened golden wheat stretching as far as the eye could see and granaries filled with grains!


    Chu Guang was not surprised by what Luca reported.


    The main reason was that he had never worked in the fields, so he didn’t know how difficult it was to open up the wastnd.


    "666,000 square meters... if there are 600 people, they managed to convert an average of 550 square meters per person per day?"


    Touching his chin, Chu Guang thought for a moment. "Is this fast or slow?"


    "Sir, they are really fast!" Listening to the words of the administrator, Luca couldn’t help sweating. He quickly exined, "Reiming wastnd is different from farming. The workload involved is huge, especially now that the snow has notpletely melted, making it even more difficult."


    "Wait until the middle of the month or even the end of the month, and our progress will be even faster!"


    Chu Guang nodded and said with relief. "Thank you for your hard work!"


    Hearing the administrator’s praise, Luca’s face shed a trace of excitement, and he said respectfully. "I didn’t do anything, but your residents, they are really hard-working."


    "By the way, now that the blizzard has stopped, those refugees ced in the abandoned department store can also gradually move back to Longevity Town. We can’t always give them food for free."


    Chu Guang nodded and mumbled, "<em>Mhm</em>, it’s time to find something for them to do after a whole winter of recovery."


    After inspecting the spring plowing work, Chu Guang walked around the warehouse and was about to go to the guards to see the training of the recruits.


    However, at this moment, he suddenly received amunication request from the outpost.


    After epting the request, Liu Ding’s voice came from the earphone before Chu Guang could ask anything. "Sir, a caravan hase from the south of the wend park, and they are now parked at the south gate!"


    "A caravan from the south?" A look of surprise appeared on Chu Guang’s face, and he continued immediately, "Are they from Boulder Town?"


    "Yes..." Liu Ding said cautiously, "the owner of this caravan is called Liszt. He ims to be your old acquaintance and wants to meet you."


    <em>Liszt?</em>


    Hearing this familiar name, Chu Guang was stunned for a moment, and then an expression of interest appeared on his face.


    <em>My goodness.</em>


    <em>He’s finally here!</em>


    Chu Guang still didn’t forget the oath he made in the past.


    He vowed that the next time he met that asshole, he would definitely squeeze him dry!


    With a happy smile on his face, Chu Guang continued happily, "Oh! Liszt, that’s my old friend."


    "Quickly invite him to the reception room to entertain him, and prepare tea and some other refreshments. Tell him I’ll be there in a minute!"