Starting Off Survival With A Small Treehouse

Chapter 721: Chapter 468 Huge Changes: The Strongest Heavy Crossbow! (4,400 Words)

”Huh? Oh, you saw those purple-black pillars of light outside, right? The other two are from District 23 and District 5. Apart from them, other regions with unlocked arrays have only one Transmission Array. Thinking about it like this, it feels like such a waste!” Li Wenxi exclaimed.

”It really is a bit wasteful.” Xu Xin nodded.

Only two Transmission Arrays within the same region can connect. Regions that unlock just one Transmission Array are basically taking up a spot without utilizing the Transmission Array’s function.

However, we can’t really blame the survivors from other regions. After all, how many among the seven billion people on Earth can climb snow peaks thousands of meters high with their bare hands?

Even if the survivors’ physical abilities have indeed improved, this goal is a huge gap for the majority of them.

Having one in a region is already impressive.

Of course, after this underground exploration activity, he also has a new perspective on the Transmission Array.

Perhaps a single Transmission Array is useful, too.

...Can it connect to the underground?

He shook his head.

Forget it, it doesn’t matter. The problems on the surface are already overwhelming for people in other regions, and the underground is indeed beyond their reach.

”Okay, you should get some more rest. Oh, by the way, District 1 has been trying to establish a connection with us since yesterday. That Shi Wanyun has been posting messages on the trading platform several times.”

”There’s such a thing?” Xu Xin was slightly taken aback.

He remembered that they had told the other party they would consider it for a day and discuss it the next day, right?

Were they in such a hurry?

”Yes, yesterday she posted new messages six times from morning till night. Her messages topped the global trading platform, Li Wenxi said, with a hint of dissatisfaction in her tone, ”It made survivors worldwide criticize us, saying survivors should help each other, and we shouldn’t refuse. There were also many unpleasant comments. It’s really enough!”

There was actually such a thing.

It seems the world chat wasn’t very harmonious back then.

There was probably a group of angry trolls.

After all, the world chat is forcibly anonymous, so you wouldn’t know who they are even if they’re being vitriolic.

”So how did you handle it?”

”What else could we do? All six of you had disappeared, and those of us left didn’t know how to handle it, so what could we say...” Li Wenxi’s tone carried a trace of helplessness.

”She posted message after message, as if there was some emergency requiring immediate contact with us. It felt really urgent. Besides, you guys did say you wanted to establish a connection with District 1.”

”So in the end, we discussed it among ourselves and posted a message on the world trading platform, explaining the actual situation. We said you all went out and hadn’t returned, and we couldn’t get in touch for the time being, so we’d have to wait until the next day.”

”After we posted that message, Shi Wanyun withdrew all the top trades. She hasn’t posted again since then.”

As a strong figure from District 1, Shi Wanyun’s actions were slightly unbecoming.

Could it be that District 1 really encountered some difficulty?

Xu Xin voiced his doubt.

”I don’t know either.” Li Wenxi also seemed puzzled, ”I observed the world chat at the time. People in District 1 were very active since it related to their area. However, despite that, no one said District 1 encountered any issues. Many people even said Shi Wanyun was losing face for District 1.”

So it’s not a problem for the entire District 1?

Then it’s an issue with Shi Wanyun herself.

”I see. We’ll deal with this matter as soon as possible.”

”Mm-hmm, I’ll leave it to you guys. I really don’t understand about establishing connections and all that.”

”Alright. By the way, are you still mining outside now?” In his mind, on the map, the green dots indicating survivors on Li Wenxi’s side were mostly concentrated a few kilometers from their treehouse.

”Yeah, why?”

”Well... you should come back for a bit. I’ll give you the new metals to see if you can smelt them.” Xu Xin said, somewhat embarrassed, ”I forgot to give them to you before I fell asleep...”

”Oh, right, right!” Li Wenxi also realized, ”I’ll head back now!”

Ending the call, Xu Xin opened the world trading platform.

Indeed, Shi Wanyun’s posts were gone.

Instead, there were top posts from District 23 and District 5.

The people from both areas also wanted to establish contacts with District 188.

Speaking of which, have those few regions already established connections with each other?

Is that why Shi Wanyun is not in a hurry to contact them anymore because... the issue was resolved?

At this moment, the sound of the teleportation gate forming came from outside the treehouse.

Who came?

Xu Xin went to the window and looked outside. It was a man who seemed somewhat familiar.

Oh, it seems to be...

One of the people responsible for the crossbow research from Ma Hongwei’s side?

That person, seeing Xu Xin at the window, waved excitedly, ”Brother Xin!”

”What have you been up to?” Xu Xin asked.

”Brother Wei sent me to help others install the new crossbows. I just got back from Li Wenxi’s treehouse.” He looked up at Xu Xin at the window, explaining.