Wow! The item-dropping rate is really high!

[Combat halted; Reward calculation in progress...]

[Based on your achievements in battle, you have gained "Influence—Dawn Town" reputation +2, experience +10.]

[Dawn Town Reputation (Level 1): You have already received the town residents' natural goodwill, establishing a foundation for building relationships with them.]

"Boss, if we're not killing monsters, what are we hanging around here for?" Wang Wenyan scratched his head in complete bewilderment.

While other players were zealously slaying monsters, the three of them loitering in the town's ruins without fighting seemed somewhat useless.

"Killing monsters?" Yafei turned back to glance at the two brothers with contempt, "Are you two cut out for that?"

Together, the three had skulked in a corner for half a day and had only barely managed to attribute a spider's "kill" to one of them. With such an efficiency in killing monsters, competing with others for kills was sheer folly.

"Then what are we doing?" Wang Wenyan touched his head, looking completely lost.

Everyone was killing monsters to rack up experience and learn skills from the Great One, who was said to be stationed here for a limited time—miss this chance, and there'd be no other.

Moreover, because of the pioneering mission, everyone was receiving double experience due to both the experience from killing monsters themselves and additional mission reward experience.

Once this pioneering period was over, the gap between players would become quite pronounced.

"I know," Yafei said nonchalantly waving her hand. "That's exactly why I brought you guys to the ruins to try our luck. The entire town is in ruins and awaits restoration. The task of clearing out the beast threat we have is certainly just one part of it. Since we can't beat others in monster hunts, we might as well try to get a head start elsewhere."

"But didn't the Great One say to let those NPCs figure out the basic construction tasks by themselves? What can we do to help?"

"I don't know either..." Yafei rolled her eyes, "So aren't I leading you guys to look around now?"

The construction site by the roadside was bustling with activity.

Rebuilding the ruins would be a long-term effort, and a place sheltered enough to sleep peacefully was essential.

So, the first thing that needed to be rebuilt in the town was... the residential buildings.

Now, the long streets on both sides were bustling with the busy figures of NPCs at work.

The three onlookers, who stood by the roadside as if they were stray dogs being shooed away, drew disdainful glances wherever they went, implying that they were just in the way.

"Boss, I feel like we're here at the wrong time," Wang Wenyan said, feeling somewhat dejected.

"No," Yafei narrowed her eyes, looking like a fox that had spotted something. "Follow me."

A few NPCs were gathered around a newly collapsed pile of rubble, loudly arguing with one another. The gist of their arguments was nothing more than "You should've listened to me!" "If you'd followed my method, this wouldn't have happened!" "If only you'd listened to me sooner, it wouldn't have collapsed!" and so on.

No one could persuade the others, and eventually, they came to a unanimous decision: "Go find the Great One!"

Sheng Yan was certainly impressive, but she was busy at the moment and had mentioned that she was not knowledgeable in these matters. Only the most superior Great One had said he could help with anything and was quite idle...

Bai E, who had come over with Li Ming, was somewhat vexed as he watched Li Ming explain to the refugees the specific steps of how to proceed with each part of the task.

That Li Ming was involved in some basic construction work in the military camp was a surprise that Bai E had not anticipated, and it was a pleasant one at that.

Indeed, the current problem could be resolved, but they couldn't always rely on their own personnel to do so.

After all, their own people would eventually leave.

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Take, for example, the five members of their special team, who could all serve as temporary skill instructors stationed here. Li Ming took care of close-combat abilities, Ling took care of long-range abilities, You was responsible for charging, coordination, and medical skills, and Rose was almost an all-rounder.

This was a harsh reality, and learning skills wasn't just a matter of a simple click—it required actual teaching. Including themselves in the effort was necessary to meet the learning needs of players, so they wouldn't have to wait in long queues.

However, whenever the locals encountered construction-related issues, Bai E had to step in to mediate and solve the problems. This resulted in long lines forming in front of the temporary instructor services whenever he was called away on those duties.

He had considered appointing someone to take on that responsibility, but capability was one aspect, and prestige was another.

While there were talented builders among the locals, they also had their own matters to attend to, and not everyone among the group of over a thousand recognized one another.

He was inclined to promote someone from among these people to be an "official" responsible for these aspects, similar to the role that Xu Ruoguang played in Black Street as the "Captain of the Guard."

People with responsibilities could solve related issues.

It's just that he hadn't yet decided who should take on this responsibility.

Perhaps he had never considered developing this town's ruins before, but now that things were on the right track, this large "base" would undoubtedly play an important role in all of his future plans. Hence, deciding on the person for this responsibility couldn't be taken lightly.

Assigning it to the local NPCs? He wasn't too comfortable with that idea.

After all, everybody in this world naturally possessed the potential to turn hostile at any moment, and since he couldn't always be stationed here, it would be very easy to lose everything should a problem arise that he couldn't support in time.

By comparison, players—who were inherently unpredictable creatures—were ironically more reliable in this regard.