CHAPTER 38: CHAPTER 38: PROFESSION BALANCE

This Level 3 Safe House, if they can’t breach it that’s one thing, but now, the opponents inside can add firewood and have a stove.

How are we supposed to play like this?

Doesn’t this mean they can just clear the level easily?

Who can possibly win against him!

If we knew the Architect was this powerful, the three of us would have chosen Architect, and built a safe house right after landing.

That way, at least we could make it to the top three, unlike now, where we’re ranked over thirty.

"That’s right, this guy must be cheating, creating something like this; how are others supposed to play?"

The other eliminated players, noticing the state of the safe house, also exploded in outrage.

They still had teammates.

If Zhou Yingting plays like this, doesn’t that take away one of the top three spots immediately?

This can’t be allowed!

With this thought in mind, they started shouting as well, hoping this instance would punish Zhou Yingting.

But no matter how much they shouted, the instance remained unresponsive.

Seeing this, they calmed down.

"Do you think maybe he didn’t cheat?"

Someone pondered for a moment, then spoke, "In a word-based instance, cheating shouldn’t be possible, right?"

Hearing this, they calmed down too.

The recently eliminated team of three seemed to think of something and immediately turned to look around.

"Where’s the Architect we eliminated before? Where are they?"

At this moment, he remembered that they had eliminated an Architect when entering the safe zone.

Now everyone is here, watching the match from a God’s-eye view, so the eliminated player should also be here.

Hearing the voice, someone nearby moved a little, then came out.

Upon looking closely, it was indeed the Architect they had eliminated earlier.

Seeing him, the three of them walked up directly, "You’re an Architect, didn’t you notice you could also build this safe house before?"

Hou Huaqai twitched his lips at these words, "I wanted to, but at that time I was directly eliminated by you guys, wasn’t I?"

To be honest, Hou Huaqai didn’t even want to deal with these three.

However, thinking that his teammates were still alive, but these three had been eliminated, he felt a sense of comfort.

Uh...

Hearing this, the three of them felt a bit embarrassed.

"Then we want to ask, is it easy to build this Level 3 Safe House?"

The other party was a Builder and should be quite knowledgeable about this.

Upon hearing this, Hou Huaqai shook his head immediately, "How could it be, just think about it, your Level 3 equipment is so hard to get, and this Level 3 Safe House is even more difficult than your Level 3 equipment."

"When collecting wood, three First-level Wood can be combined into one Second-level Wood, and three Second-level Wood can be combined into one Third-level Wood."

"And you need a thousand pieces of Third-level Wood to build a Level 3 Safe House."

"Collecting one piece of First-level Wood takes about a minute, so nine thousand pieces would take nine thousand minutes, a total of 150 hours, which is more than 6 days to complete the collection of Third-level Wood."

"If you collect Third-level Wood directly, the time required can be significantly reduced, but it still takes a lot of time, and you have to run around to find the Third-level Wood."

"By the time you gather some Third-level Wood, the zone should have started shrinking, and then you’ll have to endure the blizzard, unable to complete the collection and construction tasks."

At this point, Hou Huaqai also started explaining the Builder’s limitations.

The eliminated players nearby were stunned by these words.

If what he said was true, that a thousand pieces of Third-level Wood are needed to complete the construction of the Level 3 Safe House, even if you collect Third-level Wood, each gathering takes a minute, which would still take a thousand minutes, which is more than ten hours.

And in this, not including the time spent moving around searching, and the time spent transporting.

Adding it up like this, it’s indeed very difficult to build this Level 3 Safe House.

With this view, it’s no wonder that this Level 3 Safe House is so robust.

A safe house built with a thousand Third-level Wood may not even be breakable with a Level 3 Blade!

"Since it takes so long to build this Level 3 Safe House, how was he able to complete it?"

The eliminated team of three had a puzzled look in their eyes.

If there were three Builders, then they might indeed be able to build this safe house in such a short time.

Three people working together can save a lot of time.

"The opponent got lucky, landing right in the safe zone, allowing them to search for Third-level Wood and construct the safe house there immediately."

Hou Huaqai, hearing this, shared his speculation.

When the instance started, no one expected such a thing as a shrinking zone.

As a rule, everyone would explore a little around their landing spot.

At that time, I intended to build a safe house at this point too.

But unexpectedly, while collecting wood, I was killed by someone and directly eliminated.

Thinking about it this way, one can only sigh that Zhou Yingting had such good luck to land in a safe zone.

However, the eliminated three were still somewhat dissatisfied upon hearing this.

"If we’d known the Architect was this strong, the three of us would have chosen Architects, even if we didn’t go after Third-level Wood, and just collected First-level Wood — three people sharing the work, it would only take a little over a day to finish the safe house!"

Warrior Man felt regretful at this moment.

Though building the safe house takes a long time, working as three could significantly cut down the time.

Others, hearing this, nodded repeatedly, all thinking they’d chosen the wrong profession.

Hou Huaqai sneered at these words, "You’re overthinking it, the safe house can only be built within the safe zone for it to be effective."

"Though the Level 3 Safe House is great, it can’t withstand the blizzard outside the safe zone; just look at how it is outside the safe zone now."

With the God’s-eye view, they could zoom in to check the scene outside the safe zone.

Upon hearing Hou Huaqai’s words, they subconsciously checked the situation outside the safe zone.

As they looked outside, they froze: the further away from the safe zone, the stronger the blizzard.

Mature forests that should have been outside the safe zone had completely disappeared.

"Third-level Wood outside the safe zone cannot withstand the blizzard. If you actually build a safe house out there and stay, you’ll certainly be eliminated."

"The blizzard outside the safe zone grows stronger endlessly. I guess this is to restrain Builders and maintain balance among the professions."