Luo Nan swore he had just witnessed the most absurd scene of his life.
After he clicked on the mathematics and physics major, the little green man merely turned around to think for less than a second before flipping back.
Then the button representing mathematics and physics went dark.
See?
Just say that math is useless in reality!
Designers at least go to the actual site to see what it looks like.
Although Little White still racked his brains this round but couldn't draw anything.
The Electrical Engineering Department is really good; after this round of development, they've actually built several wind power stations on the hillside.
Next, the Department of Life Sciences, which includes majors related to medicine, biology, and health.
Compared to mathematics and physics, this at least makes some sense. Little Pink, representing the Life Sciences department, took a look at the valley and then made a phone call to the Design department.
The two hit it off immediately and built a small clinic in the valley.
"That's more like it, at least there's been some change."
Although it was just a small hut, it was the first time anything other than the Electrical Engineering department had appeared in this valley.
For Luo Nan, this was already a huge improvement.
Meanwhile, the Electrical Engineering department has also been piling up server hosts in the valley.
Next is the cyan gear, representing engineering.
He's very skilled at it.
A single phone call brought in Little White from the design department and the Blues from the electrical engineering department.
After a discussion, the three of them simply hand-wrapped a small car out of the ground.
The so-called synergy was clearly demonstrated in this collaboration.
Little Cyan, an engineering student, was the first to create a car. The electrical engineering students then added an antenna that resembled a remote-controlled car.
The design department then perfected its streamlined design.
It must be said that the clever design here is excellent.
Each discipline is doing what it does best.
It took the combined efforts of the three of them to create this beautiful car.
only...
What's the point of parking this car here?
There's simply nowhere to drive through this wretched valley.
"Never mind, at least there's some change, that's good."
Luo Nan didn't hesitate and simply selected the next button.
The second to last is the Department of Materials Science and Applied Chemistry.
Its representative, Little Purple, ran to a deserted place in the upper right corner of the map, set up a research institute, and then jumped back. Well, at least that fits Luo Nan's impression of "chemists."
Based on the classic portrayals in movies, TV shows, and games, these quirky Ner characters do seem to be just like that.
For Luo Nan, chemistry was also a classic subject he "couldn't understand what use it had in reality."
He felt that the subjects of mathematics, physics, and chemistry were merely there to make up the numbers in the valley.
It's like it was forcibly crammed in to enrich the game's content.
The last button is a pickaxe.
Even without reading the written description, Luo Nan could guess what kind of industry this was.
Rather, he believed this was the most useful and necessary job in the valley.
Civil Engineering!
Department of Civil Engineering
[By building spaces and developing towns, we can contribute to society!]
To be honest, the civil engineering guys are really something else. Little Yellow, who represents civil engineering, just arrived and immediately transformed into an entire construction team.
Several of them pushed cement trucks to the riverbank to repair the bridge and lay pebbles along the river.
The other team built a large dam upstream and installed a hydroelectric generator.
For a time, it was incredibly prosperous.
This is also the first time in the entire valley's history that such a large-scale project has commenced.
But after the civil engineer finished his work, nothing happened.
The game ended abruptly.
"Whoo--"
Boos and jeers echoed from the speakers.
The buttons below also reveal their respective levels at this moment.
Except for Electrical Engineering (level 5) and Design (level 4), all others are only at level 1.
The most pathetic thing is that his math score was even 0, meaning he really didn't do anything. "Really?"
Luo Nan was taken aback.
To be honest, when Luo Nan saw them work together to build a small car, he thought he was doing pretty well.
Now that we've looked at the settlement, it turns out it's completely rotten.
"Wait, this is only the lowest level after all this construction? What would the maximum level look like?"
He glanced at the flashing [reset] button in the lower right corner and decisively started over.
Okay, Luo Nan, this time you need to get serious!
He looked at the game, which had returned to its very beginning, and sat up slightly.
For Level 6 Electrical Engineering, I got zeros in Design, Mathematics, and Biology. The remaining Engineering, Chemistry, and Civil Engineering scores were only Level 1 or 2.
Luo Nan suddenly realized that this game was not as simple as it seemed. "Even though Civil Engineering was the first character to go, why is his level so low?"
He looked at the lv.2 button on the pickaxe with a puzzled expression.
This time he learned from his mistake and immediately sent out the civil engineering guy to take the lead.
But aside from helping the engineering students build a track for their toy train, it was never used in any other way.
Good news, the car moved this time.
Bad news: the car bumped into the site where the hospital was supposed to be built, so when Little Pink arrived, she didn't know what to do and just left without paying.
Luo Nan felt as if the whole world was against him.
Everything's in chaos.
The creatures that were originally at level one have now been reduced to zero.
The math and physics score remained at zero, just like in the previous game.
What should we play?
As he was deep in thought, a voice rang out beside him. It was Luo Nan's father.
He has finished his lunch break.
He was so engrossed in playing that he didn't even notice when his deafening snoring stopped.
"A... uh, I don't know, anyway, it's a game."
Luo Nan scratched his head.
He wanted to explain this rather interesting game to his father.
But when the words came out, he simply couldn't find the right words to describe the game.
There was no other way but to play it right in front of my dad and show him.
"Let me see... have you tried letting the design department go first?"
The old man, with his big belly sticking out, put the meat on the table and plopped down in front of Luo Nan.
Don't be fooled by his appearance.
The old man is a true expert, a graduate of a prestigious architecture institute. He's incredibly skilled at hand-drawing blueprints and design.
It was because of his unique career path that the old man was able to work from home and become a designer.
"This compass? But all he does is lie on the Table and draw."
Luo Nan scratched his head.
Even now, he still doesn't understand what the compass is for.
The design Little White is always writing furiously in every game, but never actually does anything.
The only contribution it made was probably making the car more streamlined.
"Without blueprints, how will the construction team know what to do? The designer's job is to create dreams, and the architect's job is to realize those dreams. Trust me, give it a try."
The old man patted Luo Nan on the shoulder, yawned, and sat down sleepily in front of him, watching.
"All right..."
Luo Nan was skeptical, but he still reset the game and let the design students go first.
As expected, he only glanced at it from the hillside before returning to his table to begin work.
Luo Nan turned to look at his father, giving him a "tl y" expression.
But the other party remained calm and unhurried.
"Let's get the civil engineering guy on the field."
Bridges were repaired, dams were built, and pebbles were laid—everything proceeded as usual.
Luo Nan increasingly felt that his father seemed even more unreliable.
"Next is the Electrical Engineering Department; good communication is the foundation for cooperation."
"Okay, but the design department didn't do any work this round, so they definitely won't reach the maximum level!"
Luo Nan nodded helplessly, signaling for the Electrical Engineering department to take the stage.
As before, a signal tower was built, and a message was sent to the people who had already appeared.
It is at this time that unforeseen circumstances arise.
The design department suddenly burst into action, unleashing all their skills and actually completing the blueprints. He leaped up, arrived at the large plain in the middle of the valley, planted a signboard, and posted the blueprints on it.
Just when Luo Nan thought this round was over.
Suddenly, the civil engineer displayed incredible skill. He glanced at the blueprints and quickly transformed into a construction team, building a circular road in the valley.
Luo Nan had encountered a similar situation before, but that time the area had been converted into train tracks.
This time, the road surface was paved with concrete.
"Why?"
"Next up is engineering."
This time, Luo Nan didn't hesitate and followed his father's instructions to bring in the engineering students.
As before, they called and got in touch with the design and electrical engineering departments.
The three people built a streamlined smart car with an antenna.
But this time...
The car drove directly onto the newly constructed road and started circling around. "Wow!"
Before Luo Nan could even express his surprise, things were still going on.
The design department staff approached the blueprints, bent down to listen as if they were surveying geology, and then began to write furiously.
In a direction Luo Nan didn't notice, the old man's lips curled up slightly.
But that wasn't all. The civil engineers were out in force again. After glancing at the blueprints, they transformed into a construction team once more and launched a large-scale groundbreaking operation throughout the valley.
A tunnel was dug into the hillside, and the road surface was leveled.
They built fences, gardens, and planted greenery; they constructed houses within the mountainside...
The entire valley suddenly came alive with life.
Subsequently, the Electrical Engineering Department upgraded the signal tower, further improving everyone's communication situation.
"Now we can let theoretical disciplines like mathematics, physics, biology, and chemistry do the work. Industry is the foundation, and theory is the ceiling; neither is dispensable in this world."
[lv. max] Luo Nan stared in disbelief at the several subjects that were all at maximum level.
And that vibrant valley—for a moment, I didn't know what to say.
People built ponds, a large hospital, a cool elevator tower, a garbage recycling station, and hillside pavilions in the valley...
They even excavated a complete underground city.
The server's heat is buried underground and used for heating the swimming pool and hot spring.
Convenience stores, underground parks...
There's even a subway line!
High in the sky, satellites hang in the universe, their solar panels receiving energy from the sun.
If it weren't for the distant mountains and the river that runs through it all.
Luo Nan honestly couldn't recognize that this place was the same desolate valley he had come from.
Even so, considering the game's 5040 endings, including one perfect ending and one hidden ending, he had only experienced a fraction of it.