One sentence --
It is taken from the people and used for the people.
Song Xiaozhu smiled and opened the communicator recipe. The main ingredients for synthesizing the communicator were [crude oil] and [ Iron Raw Material ].
The iron ore wall beneath the Earth Temple has been almost completely looted by Song Xiaozhu. At most, another two thousand portions will be needed before it's completely sold out.
Song Xiaozhu remained unperturbed by this.
The Scavenger Community not only provides [crude oil], but also a large amount of [ Iron Raw Material ].
These are all scraps from the bottom of the Garbage Mountain, some very low-quality iron products, which can also be synthesized into [ Iron Raw Material ].
The more Song Xiaozhu learned about the outside world, the more curious she became: how did this Garbage Mountain form?
Has Ink City, this "ghost town," accumulated so much garbage over the past century?
What exactly does it mean to be a "ghost town"?
These questions can't be answered by mere speculation. Let's send people to explore Ink City when the conditions are right.
As the white mist dissipated, Xiao He's voice rang out:
Synthesis successful, obtained 'Communicator'*1.
Comment: Please refrain from casual conversation.
"Usage effect: Enables long-distance communication; call distance, quality, and effect depend on the Synthesizer level."
Song Xiaozhu looked closely and saw a pair of "earphones" lying on the Workbench.
It wasn't the kind of phone she had imagined, nor was it a watch-like device; instead, it was a pair of wireless earphones.
It is all white with a simple and elegant design. It is an in-ear style, with two thumb-sized earphones connected by a white wire.
With whom can a communicator communicate?
Song Xiaozhu picked it up and tried it on. Immediately afterwards, Xiao He's voice rang in her ears. "Unlocked Level 1 ' Engineer ' achievement, reward: 10 Quantum Coin. Communicator detected. Set as host?"
"Yes."
"The current device is set as the host. Communication modes can be configured according to the following instructions: 1. Host Mode: The host issues commands, and the slave devices report information; 2. Free Communication: Slave devices can communicate freely based on their communicator numbers; 3. Locked Mode: Cuts off all communication."
Song Xiaozhu understood and knew how to use it, but those used to panel controls found the commands a bit cumbersome. "Host mode."
Free communication will not be allowed for the time being. It will be gradually opened up after communication devices are widely available and everyone has become accustomed to them.
Song Xiaozhu asked, "After the Synthesizer is upgraded, will it be more convenient?"
"Manage the communicator?"
Xiao He: "There's no module for that."
Song Xiaozhu was quite surprised. There wasn't one? A thought suddenly struck her, "Can the Base Manager manage the communicator?"
Xiao He: "Okay."
Song Xiaozhu breathed a sigh of relief, understanding the logic behind it.
The modules on the Workbench are all closely related to the Synthesizer; even the task panel is for the Synthesizer's growth and repair.
The communicator in front of us, although a product of the Workbench synthesis, has no relation to the Synthesizer in terms of function, and therefore does not have any related modules.
However, it won't rely solely on passwords in such a rigid way; instead, it's integrated into the Base Manager.
From this perspective, she needs to develop the Base Manager as soon as possible.
Song Xiaozhu glanced at the Base Manager's recipe—"Base" and 500 Quantum Coin —and felt a wave of dizziness.
Song Xiaozhu casually opened the mission recipe and looked at the mission progress of the "base".
She raised an eyebrow and noticed that the population had surged dramatically, jumping from less than a thousand to around 2,000!
The people from Deer Town and the logging camp have been taken to Liu Family Village and must have been settled in.
But this group only numbered a little over 500 people, how could it have doubled in size all of a sudden?
In the blink of an eye, Song Xiaozhu's population had increased by more than 300, and it looked like the required 3,000 people were about to be filled.
It can only be Scavenger Community.
Although the losses there were heavy, the number of survivors was still the largest.
Liu Family Village was very quiet, and Xiao Yunjie did not send anyone to look for her, so it was not that scavengers flooded into Liu Family Village, but rather that the residents of the community were also included in her population.
The reason, well...
It is estimated to be related to the Leadership Value.
Tian Man only distributed a portion of the simple meals, water, and medicine, but the Guard Team brought a lot of supplies, and the Old Madam Hu would definitely distribute them in an organized manner later. The residents who received the simple meals, water, and medicine provided Leadership Value again.
Song Xiaozhu's Leadership Value is still zero.
It might require her to collect it, or it might require Tian Man to go there.
Well, Tian Man has had a tough time these past few days. [Crude oil] is one aspect, but the Leadership Value is even more important!
The population surged rapidly, while other metrics plummeted.
The Construction Value, which was already only 10 points, dropped to 2 points.
Public support has also dropped from 100 to less than 60, and there's also the issue of defense.
Xiao Yunjie had re-established defenses over Liu Family Village, her score on this side immediately dropped to 20 points.
The task is arduous and the road ahead is long. Song Xiaozhu never imagined that one day she would have to contribute both money and effort to build Scavenger Community.
The important thing is that she wasn't unhappy at all; in fact, she was full of anticipation.
A population of over three thousand!
If everyone is well-fed and clothed, wouldn't her Leadership Value going bankrupt?
Song Xiaozhu cleared her throat, calming her pounding heart, and looked towards the warehouse and trade area.
The latter remains at 0, indicating that she and the community cannot engage in trade.
That makes sense, since the entire community is now considered part of the "base," internal trade certainly doesn't count.
From this perspective, Trade Value abroad.
Song Xiaozhu then looked at the warehouse. If the community was also included in the "base", then it was obvious that this warehouse was not a warehouse in the true sense of the word - each recycling station in the community had a large warehouse.
Since it's a synthesized item, Song Xiaozhu opened the "Infrastructure" section of the recipe module, where there was an unlocked recipe, which was very likely in the warehouse.