Strategic Planning on the Floating Island
On the Floating Island, in the living room of the villa, Yuto Saito sat on the sofa, deep in conversation with the system. After an afternoon of extensive exchanges, Yuto had gathered a significant amount of information. For instance, he learned that a seventh-grade refining pharmacist could create "detoxification pills" to treat zombie poison, and he gained insights into the innate talents of beast masters. He also asked about what abilities would activate when a character reached Level 7. Yuto wasn't shy about asking, resolving many of his lingering questions.
Just then, Mina walked into the villa, smiling. "Sisters, I'm back!"
Yuto looked at her, concerned. "Is everything settled?"
Mina nodded. "Yes, my parents are very happy."
"Come on, Mina," Yun Yun greeted her, "have some juice and rest for a while." Mina sat beside Yun Yun, happily sipping her juice.
Moments later, Nako, Juzi, and Ruoruo entered the villa.
"We've settled all the classmates from the school; there are twenty in total," Nako reported.
"I gave them some fruit, food, and daily necessities, and they were very happy," Ruoruo added. "Sister Zhou kept asking what conditions were required to join the team."
Mina smiled. "It seems Sister Zhou really wants to join the team."
Yuto smiled. "We'll talk about this later. For now, let them help farm the fields starting tomorrow."
Yuto had his own plans. The team currently consisted of eleven people. If future recruits also brought their relatives, material consumption would accelerate rapidly, so he needed to increase the requirements for joining. Previously, to quickly boost the team's strength, Yuto had agreed to let anyone join as long as they met basic conditions. Now, with Yuto's combat power at 36 stars and the rest of the team at a minimum of 9 stars, there was no rush to recruit.
Juzi then reported, "I just asked them about their talents and why they stayed in the girls' dormitory, just for our records." She held up a document. "Zhou Shuyi has a fire talent and a combat power of two stars. Her reason for staying was to 'hang out with the captain.' Mina once told them that when the time was right, she'd suggest to the captain that he recruit them, which is why all four girls in Sister Zhou's dormitory stayed."
Mina nodded slightly. "I did say something like that."
Juzi continued, "Wang Yumeng has a wind element talent and one-star combat power. She's very low-key and has her own ideas. She stayed in the girls' dormitory because she felt there were hidden dangers in the shelter, and that many people there might not be safe. The shelter has all sorts of people, and there could be bad individuals. She also values her freedom, so she chose to stay in the girls' dormitory."
Yuto smiled. "This Wang Yumeng is very smart."
Mina added, "Wang Yumeng used to be very good at Werewolf; she's genuinely smart."
Yuto recalled the hidden dangers of shelters in his previous life and secretly agreed that Wang Yumeng was indeed prescient. Shelters often housed many unsavory characters, and fights over food were common. Some guards, seeing attractive girls, would hint at offering more food in exchange for favors. While most girls refused, a small number, desperate to survive, chose to comply. Wang Yumeng likely had these concerns, leading her to stay in the girls' dormitory.
Yun Yun provided statistics. "With Mina's parents, there are 62 people in Building 1 of the Fukong Community. There are 20 people in Building 2. That's 82 people in total."
"Including our eleven team members, the total population on the Floating Island now reaches 93," Ni Shuang added.
Nako worried, "93 people will consume a lot of materials every day."
Yun Yun looked at Yuto. "Xiaotu, how long can our current supplies last?"
"We have a total of 2,000 tons of supplies now," Yuto replied. "Everyone needs about two catties of grain a day, so you can calculate it yourselves."
Yuqi was pleasantly surprised. "Captain, we still have so much food!"
"Yes, don't worry about food for the time being," Yuto confirmed.
Natto picked up her phone and started calculating. "One ton equals 1,000 kilograms. Everyone eats about two pounds a day, so that's roughly one kilogram per person per day..." Natto finished the calculation and announced in surprise, "With our current supplies, 93 people can eat for 58 years!"
Hearing this number, all the girls were thrilled, no longer worrying about food and clothing.
"Not enough!" Yuto declared. "There are only 93 people now. If the floating community is full in the future, that food will only be enough for 1,000 people for five years. Besides, if we want to build a commercial street in the future, we'll need to set aside some food to exchange with people who temporarily visit the island, so we can earn more spar. Therefore, we should not only develop the planting industry but also establish a farm. We need to raise chickens, ducks, sheep, pigs, cows, and so on."
"I plan to get the farm and high street options in the next upgrade," Yuto continued. According to the system's reminder, when the Floating Island next upgrades to Level 5, he could choose five options.
Ni Shuang took out three spar and handed them to Yuto. "Xiao Tutu, we just went to the Lighthouse Country, killed ten ordinary zombies, and got three spar for you."
Yuto placed the spar into his ring.
Ni Shuang asked, "How many crystals do we have in total now?"
"Two chlorite, three redite, and 6,826 dolomite," Yuto replied.
Natto calculated again. "Two pieces of chlorite can be converted into 200 pieces of dolomite, and three pieces of redite can be converted into 30 pieces of dolomite. So, that's 6,826 plus 230, totaling 7,056 pieces of dolomite."
Yuto smiled. "Well, it takes about 3,000 spar to upgrade the Floating Island to Level 5. Natto, keep an eye on the news and see where there are many zombies."
"Okay," Natto said, picking up her phone to check the news.
The top trending search result was: [Shocked! The God of War team supports Sanya, destroying a zombie horde in minutes! Thanks to the God of War team!]
The top comment read: I beg the God of War team to open an account! I want to follow you! I love you so much...
Natto clicked on the link and watched for a while, then laughed. "These netizens are so cute; they're even begging us to open an account!"
Hearing this, Ni Shuang suggested, "I think we can open an account. Finding zombies and high-level monsters on our own is too inefficient. If the majority of netizens help report locations, our efficiency will definitely improve a lot."
Mifen echoed, "I think it's feasible. We haven't collected all the materials for refining the enhanced potions or the awakening pills. Opening an account would certainly improve efficiency."
Nako nodded. "Yes, I just used flight to look around the school, but I didn't see a single chicken. I wanted to catch a few, but it seems the nearby residents already took them."
Yuto kindly reminded her, "To refine strengthening potions, you need chicken blood from monster species. Ordinary chickens aren't effective."
"Oh," Nako realized.
Ruoruo said mischievously, "Ordinary chickens are good for catching for fresh eggs, or for making chicken soup!"
Juzi smiled. "That's true, I suddenly want to drink chicken soup."
Yuto gestured. "Okay, then open an account. Natto, you've been an anchor before, so you know best. You can manage the account."
"Okay!" Natto said happily.
The group discussed the details and finally agreed to use the name "God of War Squad" and number themselves according to the order they joined the team:
Yuto Saito
Yun Yun
Ni Shuang
Natto
Mina
Juzi
Ruoruo
Nako
Yuqi
Hu Tuan'er
Mifen
Everyone strongly agreed with this order.
Since the "God of War Squad" was trending first in searches, many people were pretending to be them to defraud others of spar and materials. To confirm the authenticity of their account, Ni Shuang had Yuto Saito put on a black mask and recorded a simple video.
Wearing the mask, Yuto Saito greeted the camera: "Hello, everyone, I'm No. 1 of the God of War Squad."
Just five seconds of video was enough to confirm the account's legitimacy. Only Yuto Saito, wearing his mask, appeared in the video; the other female members did not. Subtitles would later instruct viewers to provide location information for bears, turtles, chickens, and high-level monsters.
Ni Shuang smiled radiantly. "This time, just having Xiaotutu appear on camera is enough to confirm the account's authenticity. If we need anything else in the future, we can just have one person record a video each time."
"Well, I agree," Natto nodded.
As soon as the video was released, the entire network erupted, with netizens quickly following the new account.