Chieftain, Please Let Me Explain!

At this stage, players' quest rewards consisted only of experience points, with no monetary or item rewards.

The players might not care, but Lin Feng found it a little too monotonous.

The monotony of the rewards was only one aspect.

More importantly, Lin Feng felt there were many unreasonable aspects to the experience rewards automatically generated by the system.

For example, hunting gave relatively high experience rewards, while tedious tasks like chopping wood and cooking were considered easier by the system and awarded less experience.

At first, out of novelty, players might not fuss over the difference in experience rewards and would diligently carry out tasks like chopping wood and cooking.

But once enough time passed and the novelty wore off, players would inevitably prefer hunting-related quests, while no one would be willing to handle miscellaneous chores that could help the tribe develop.

To motivate players in this regard, the best method was to add another type of reward on top of the experience rewards generated by the system.

He could not offer monetary rewards for now.

There was no unified currency anywhere on Fangzhang Island. Bartering was the primary method of trade.

Perhaps only on the Barbaric Continent, in territories controlled by powerful races, would things like currency exist.

With only so few people in the tribe, there was no need for him to create a currency himself and deceive himself.

As for item rewards, he was so poor that he had nothing presentable to offer.

So he thought of Contribution Points.

Contribution Points would supplement the experience rewards from quests, be handed out to players, and encourage them to take on all kinds of tasks.

Whenever there was a boring task with low experience rewards, he could increase the Contribution Point reward to motivate the players.

As for what Contribution Points could be used for, honestly, he had not figured that out yet.

But that was not important.

In the future, he could let players use Contribution Points to exchange for items, money, titles, or perhaps establish a ranking system within the tribe that could be raised with Contribution Points.

Any of those would work.

He even felt that even if Contribution Points had no actual use, as long as they could be displayed on the status panel, players would feel a great sense of accomplishment and happily keep earning them.

There was nothing in the world easier to satisfy than players.

Outside the cave.

Full Han Chinese Banquet, who claimed to be proficient in all eight major cuisines, placed the cleaned roe deer over the bonfire and carefully roasted it.

He and another player had worked together to skin it and clean out its organs, earning quite a bit of experience and Contribution Points.

They did not know what Contribution Points were for, but saving them up could not hurt.

The players nearby stared at the roe deer sizzling on the rack, breathing in the rich aroma of meat, and could not help swallowing.

It looked so delicious!

"Just as the Jackalman pounced on Da Qing, I didn't hesitate for a second. I raised my Stone Spear and stabbed it!"

"Then there was a crack!"

Wanhuatong stood beside the bonfire, gesticulating wildly as he recounted the battle with the Jackalman.

"What happened? Did you stab the Jackalman to death?"

Shooting A Bit Like Kobe listened with great interest.

"Not exactly. With that crack, the Stone Spear in my hand was smacked in half by the Jackalman's claw."

"Even though my weapon broke, I didn't panic at all. With one smooth step, I moved behind the Jackalman!"

"That Jackalman, no exaggeration, was over two meters tall and ferocious as hell! But I wasn't scared one bit."

"I leaped up, jumped onto its back, wrapped my arm tightly around its neck, and choked it until it couldn't breathe."

Wanhuatong demonstrated with an exaggerated expression, making a choking motion.

"Did you choke the Jackalman to death?"

Shooting A Bit Like Kobe asked again.

"Not exactly. Later, the Jackalman got scared and used all its strength to break free from my grip before running off. Otherwise, I definitely would've choked it to death."

Wanhuatong said regretfully.

Da Qing listened from the side, smiling without saying a word.

Choke the Jackalman to death?

If the chieftain had not been so formidable in battle, the Jackalman would probably have bitten through your neck.

Of course, Wanhuatong was in the middle of bragging, so Da Qing had no intention of exposing him.

"Monsters can run away too?"

The players all expressed their surprise.

"Of course. The monsters in this game are incredibly smart. I just don't know whether all monsters are like that."

Wanhuatong said.

"By the way, Innocent got bitten to death by the Jackalman. Why hasn't he revived after so long?"

The player who spoke was I Am A Fish, I Shoot You Innocent's roommate.

"I logged off earlier to ask him. He's fine, but he has to wait twenty-four hours before he can revive."

Borrow Five Hundred Yuan From The Sky Again, another roommate from their dorm, said.

"Damn, twenty-four hours? That long?"

"The time cost of dying once is way too high, isn't it?"

"Looks like we really need to die as little as possible. This game is so awesome—I can't stand being unable to log in for twenty-four hours!"

The players all said they found the twenty-four-hour revival time unacceptable.

"It's done! Time to eat!"

Full Han Chinese Banquet interrupted their discussion.

The roasted meat was cut into pieces and handed out to everyone.

"Mmm, delicious!"

"This game's taste system is absolutely insane!"

"It'd be great if eating in the game could make us full in real life too."

"Keep dreaming!"

The players ate while showering the food with praise.

Full Han Chinese Banquet listened to everyone's compliments with a beaming smile.

What could be more satisfying than having food he cooked recognized by others?

"It tastes way better than the chieftain's roasting!"

Wanhuatong sighed as he ate.

The next second, he felt a gaze fall on him.

When he turned around, he saw the chieftain looking at him meaningfully.

His heart skipped a beat.

He had played many games, and NPCs with a certain degree of AI usually had favorability settings.

With high favorability, he might even get some hidden quests or something.

Judging from the chieftain's inscrutable expression, that remark had definitely lowered the chieftain's favorability toward him!

This stupid mouth of mine!

Wanhuatong wanted nothing more than to slap himself across the mouth.

"Chieftain, please let me explain! That's not what I meant!"

Before eight in the evening, the players reluctantly logged off.

The tribe, which had been lively moments ago, fell quiet again.

Lin Feng extinguished the bonfire at the cave entrance and returned inside.

There was another bonfire in the cave, and the five children were gathered around it, eating fragrant roasted meat.

Over the past two days, the five children had not had much contact or interaction with the players.

After all, they could not understand each other's language.

However, with only himself as an NPC the players could communicate with, things were bound to feel rather monotonous for them.

His gaze fell on Ying Yi, the oldest of the five children.

At twelve years old, Ying Yi was still a child in his eyes, but in this Savage World, he was already considered half an adult.

In many tribes, twelve-year-old children had already begun following hunting parties out to hunt.

It was time for Ying Yi to shoulder some responsibility and gain some experience.

It would also lighten Lin Feng's burden somewhat.

"Ying Yi."

Lin Feng called Ying Yi over to his side.

"Chieftain, what is it?"

Ying Yi came over and asked, his mouth stuffed with roasted meat.

Brother Lin Feng had already become the tribe's chieftain. Ying Yi had decided to change how he addressed Brother Lin Feng to chieftain.

It sounded more respectful and more formal that way.

Lin Feng was somewhat surprised to hear Ying Yi change his form of address from "Brother Lin Feng" to "Chieftain," but he did not pay much attention to it.

It was only a form of address.

"I've decided to teach you the language spoken in the world where the Skyfallers come from. Starting tomorrow, you'll be responsible for issuing quests to the Skyfallers and leading them to gather wild fruit."

Lin Feng said.

The tribe had two main sources of food: hunting and gathering.

With players around, there was naturally no need to worry about hunting. Given some time to familiarize themselves and adapt, they would all become excellent hunters.

But gathering could not be neglected either.

A balanced diet of meat and vegetables was necessary to ensure proper nutrition.

Besides, compared to hunting, gathering was a more stable way of acquiring food.

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