Chapter 10
Lu Yu had plans to build a territory with Matai, but to be honest, he was just a cook, not an architect or anything. Building a house was out of the question; at most, they could find a more comfortable cave to settle in.
Unexpectedly, fortune favored the sleepyhead with a pillow. Lu Yu had completely forgiven the task of acquiring favorability through intimacy with the game panel.
He stared at the lines on the panel, reading them repeatedly.
The next day.
While everyone was having breakfast, Lu Yu stood up and cleared his throat twice.
Matai people set down their meat and looked up at him in unison.
Lu Yu spoke loudly, “I have two things to tell everyone.”
“The first thing is, after the King killed the wolf king, I gained a new ability as a witch. As long as we have meat, we can produce healing Pills. From now on, as long as we avoid fatal wounds, we won’t die from untreated injuries.”
Matai people cheered, “Awoo!”
After they finished cheering, Lu Yu brought up today’s main event.
“And the other thing,” Lu Yu paused for a moment, then excitedly continued, “From now on, as long as we gather some wood, stone, and soil, I can build a village for us!”
After speaking, Lu Yu raised his chin, waiting for another round of cheers, but after a while, he didn’t hear any response, feeling somewhat puzzled.
Could it be that Matai preferred living in caves? What’s so good about caves anyway? They’re damp, dark, and lack personal space.
“Witch,” Shan Pu scratched his head, puzzled, “What’s a village?”
Lu Yu suddenly realized that they didn’t understand the term “village.”
After thinking for a moment, he explained, “It means a tribe, where everyone can live in houses made of wood.”
Matai’ eyes lit up.
“A tribe?!”
“We don’t have to live in caves anymore?”
“We Matai used to have a tribe too.”
“I didn’t expect the witch can build wooden houses, that’s amazing!”
Facing the admiring gaze of Matai, who thought “our witch is capable of everything,” Lu Yu felt a little embarrassed. In fact, it was all thanks to the cheat system; he was just a middleman.
Lu Yu scratched his head and looked at Tai Li, who was sitting in the first place, and suggested, “King, I think we can split up and work. Some people can go hunting, and some can gather wood and other materials.”
Tai Li nodded in agreement.
After assigning tasks, Lu Yu didn’t join the hunting team but instead acted with the material collection team because he needed to figure out the standards for the wood, stone, and soil that the panel required.
After several experiments, it was determined that the stones needed to be roughly cubic with a side length of about 40 centimeters. Of course, it wasn’t so strict; approximately was sufficient. The soil needed to be about as much as one could hold in both hands, wet, and free of rocks and gravel.
Finally, there was the more troublesome wood. Trees that were too thin wouldn’t work, and they didn’t have saws to cut them. Fortunately, Matai were strong as oxen and could forcibly pull up trees and break them with their palms, turning them into roughly one-meter-long, 15-centimeter-thick pieces of wood.
To protect the environment, Lu Yu also buried the tree roots back into the ground.
It was also because of the tree-cutting incident that Lu Yu learned that Lei Shui had exceptionally strong hands, almost like someone who had practiced Iron Palm.
…Matai people were indeed a group of talented individuals.
Once these materials were collected, they would be retrieved and converted into numbers on the panel after being searched by the game panel.
All Matai were busy, even the little ones actively helped find stones and dig soil.
After five or six days of hard work, they finally gathered all the materials.
With excitement in his heart, Lu Yu searched for the last piece of stone.
The information on the panel began to change.
[Wood 200/200 Completed]
[Stone 100/100 Completed]
[Clay 100/100 Completed]
[Exchange for a Basic Village Successful, please choose a suitable location for placement]
Seeing the words “suitable location,” Lu Yu thought for a moment, then turned to ask Tai Li, “King, where do you think we should build our village?”
Tai Li remained silent.
Lu Yu thought he was carefully considering it.
But Xia Cao knew that the king was clueless about such matters and didn’t want to admit to the witch that he didn’t understand, so he remained silent. She smiled and took over the conversation, “I remember there’s a place past that mountain, with a small river nearby, and because the nearby mountains are steep, there aren’t many large wild beasts. Do you think it’s suitable?”
It sounded good.
Lu Yu said it was completely fine.
After packing up, Lu Yu and Matai set off together towards their new dwelling.
After crossing a mountain, they arrived at the place Xia Cao mentioned.
The place was surrounded by mountains and rivers, with a tranquil environment. Although hunting large wild beasts might require going a bit further, it was not a problem for Matai who had inexhaustible stamina.
The decision was made. Lu Yu opened the panel and focused on the “place village” marker for a few seconds.
A holographic image of a small village appeared in the empty grassland in front of him.
Lu Yu selected “confirm.”
A second later, he blinked.
A complete small village had appeared out of thin air in front of him, as if it had always been there.