“Teacher Zhang... what’s the situation with you guys?”
Li Zihan walked alongside them, sneakily glancing back at the group from the supermarket, his eyes full of curiosity.
“We were all staying at the supermarket, but the fact that we’ve ended up like this is all thanks to Sister Hui,” Zhang Xiao flattered Mo Shao directly.
“Mhm.” Mo Shao nodded in acceptance before arranging their tasks. “We can talk while we walk; we need to get to the cafeteria quickly.”
“To the cafeteria? What for?”
“To handle pre-battle preparations. More monsters will be coming tonight.” Seeing that Mo Shao was already leading the way, Zhang Xiao helped explain.
Li Zihan wasn't surprised; he simply sighed. “Sigh... so more monsters are coming tonight after all?”
After all, since the monsters had “besieged the city” last night and rested during the morning, anyone could tell something was off.
On the way to the cafeteria, Li Zihan managed to gain a bit of an understanding of the supermarket squad.
The look in his eyes when he turned toward Mo Shao became one of utter disbelief.
It was unclear whether his disbelief was directed at her style of conduct or how she knew so many things.
...
Once the group arrived near the cafeteria, they encountered more and more people. Everyone showed the same surprise upon seeing their condition.
Just like Li Zihan, many sought out familiar faces within the supermarket group to exchange information.
Afterward, they looked at Mo Shao's side with the same mix of shock and suspicion, and a few individuals even looked ready to pledge their allegiance on the spot.
However, Mo Shao tossed those matters to Little Ka to handle—if she didn't let the girl learn how troublesome these people could be, how would she be able to recruit her as a subordinate in the future?
Mo Shao didn't continue heading inside. Instead, she stood her ground outside and called for people to begin constructing a perimeter wall.
In fact, the cafeteria group had also been building defensive measures, but they were using ordinary people for the job since the Dead-bound survivors had all gone out to farm monsters.
However, their efficiency was staggeringly low.
To be honest, implementing an elite-only development strategy in the early stages was truly foolish—if they had just given those people any Dead-bound Object, their work efficiency would have skyrocketed!
...
With the current rate of progress, it was uncertain how many fortifications would be finished by nightfall, so Mo Shao chose to let the professionals take over.
As a bonus, she decided to add a moat.
As for where the water would come from—two blocks of water made for an infinite water source. A single ring of water could solve the threat of 50% of the early-stage monsters.
While it wouldn't be as ridiculous as the game, where monsters simply drowned and died upon touching it, a moat provided a significant amount of restriction. Why else would people have built moats in the past?
If it weren't for the fact that she only had two buckets of lava, and that lava tended to cause friendly fire, she would have preferred to just pour lava everywhere.
Once the Minecraft tools joined the fray, the construction speed of the perimeter wall multiplied countless times in an instant.
A one-meter wall that ordinary people struggled to put together was nothing more than a single block in Minecraft; it was done in less than a second.
If it weren't for the fact that a Live-binding slot could only hold one tool at a time, requiring them to constantly switch things out, the speed would have been even faster.
Fortunately, they had prepared a supply platform in advance.
Essentially, they had prepared several handcarts with chests on top to carry their materials; they already had over a dozen stacks of stone pre-stored.
As for where all that stone came from—it was a simple matter of scaling up the stone generator and letting each Dead-bound survivor mine a few blocks.
They were all top-tier laborers who automatically worked overtime with maximum efficiency...
...
In less than five minutes, the gap in front of the cafeteria had been plugged with a five-meter-high wall and a five-meter-deep moat.
Their sheer efficiency, combined with the appearance of the Minecraft tools, naturally drew everyone in the cafeteria and the surrounding area over to watch.
As for their reactions—there was only praise and wonder... as well as covetous peering.
A few minutes later, Wu Yingzhe arrived with a group of people. However, he didn't do anything reckless and instead maintained a genial appearance.
“This must be Sister Hui, correct?” Wu Yingzhe acted very warmly, walking directly toward Mo Shao.
“A true young hero!” he praised loudly from a distance, having clearly learned a bit about Mo Shao's circumstances already.
“Mhm. Hello,” Mo Shao replied with a flat nod.
Wu Yingzhe wasn't annoyed. He simply feigned a surprised expression and continued to chat with Mo Shao. “Is this... a Crafting Table?”
However, Mo Shao was too lazy to argue over these details with him.
“Do you want one?” she asked bluntly.
“Can we?!” a startled voice rang out instantly. It wasn't Wu Yingzhe, but the arts student who possessed the Lightning Staff.
Mo Shao had learned from Li Zihan that her name was Tu Sisheng, while the sports student with the Stonelace was named Ying Yusheng.
Tu Sisheng's behavior left Wu Yingzhe speechless. Why had he brought this impatient girl along to support his prestige?
...
“Of course. I’ll even throw in a sapling.” Mo Shao continued on her own. “But you must agree to one condition.”
“Please, say it!” Tu Sisheng became excited on the spot, completely failing to notice Wu Yingzhe’s increasingly darkened complexion beside her.
“My condition is that if you encounter people who don’t have these in the future, you must give them a Crafting Table and a sapling.”
Mo Shao’s words were entirely outside everyone’s expectations.
“These are renewable; they won't affect your original items. Of course, if you see any evil factions, there’s no need to share.”
Admittedly, with her actively asking people to spread them, evil forces would likely get their hands on a Crafting Table anyway.
But if she could make them get it a bit slower, that small gap might cause them to lose in a competition later on.
While she wasn't a truly pure saint, she didn't mind doing good deeds that didn't harm her own interests.
...
“That is certainly doable!” Wu Yingzhe finally spoke before Tu Sisheng could—because she had been pulled back by her boyfriend to be silenced.
“However, might I ask why?” He was clearly a bit skeptical, unable to understand what profit could be gained from this.
“To save as many as I can.” Mo Shao gave a casual answer. She wasn't entirely lying; she truly did hope the world would be a bit better.
She wasn't the type of person who would tear up someone else's umbrella just because she had been soaked by the rain—besides, this was also a way to harvest Feedback for herself.
She gained benefits too, so it wasn't like she was being completely selfless. Yes, exactly!
As for what would happen if Wu Yingzhe and the others violated the agreement when there was no binding contract...
That would rely on the “invisible hand” of [Order].
As long as they were within a place governed by [Order]—which meant any large settlement or city.
If they agreed and then failed to uphold a promise that would “make the Order side stronger”...
Then they were effectively working against [Order], and they would naturally be given [Sin], the counterpart to [Merit], as feedback!
The more Sin a person had, the unluckier they became. Eventually, they might truly find themselves choking on water, until they met a mysterious end one day!
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