My Players Are So Fierce – Handsome dog Frank
Chapter 156 - 56. The best plan to build a city is...not to build it! _2

Chapter 156: 56. The best plan to build a city is...not to build it! _2

"What did you say?"

As soon as the gathered cooks had prepared the first pot of "campfire rice" in the camp and were about to start the meal, the dumbfounded trio of middle-aged men eating together gazed at Dust Beater who was operating a mud truck and exclaimed:

"You pondered all night and surprised us with this? What do you mean by ’cannot build’? Explain yourself! Are you planning to bail?"

"It’s just as it sounds, we cannot build."

Dust Beater curled his lip, having no appetite for the dish cooked in the large pot in front of him.

He had recently eaten a takeaway before logging in, so he just passed the porridge filled with various wild vegetables and a few seasoned meat strips to his two "assistants" beside him. He asked the Palyan sisters to find a place to eat and come back later.

Only after the two young girls left with the "camp administrators’ grand lunch" did the young design student explain to his three acquaintances:

"Last night, I looked at the terrain and even discussed it with my dorm mates. We agreed that this place is not suitable for large-scale construction.

Firstly, it is too far away from the local water source, the Kaderman River, and secondly, the terrain isn’t great, and lastly, we don’t have enough manpower.

Do you guys know that to build a permanent base, you need to dig a hole first?

What I mean is, a perfect underground drainage system!

Whether a place can endure or not, these invisible things concealed underground are the key. Therefore, my conclusion is, don’t go building the camp on a large scale!

Use tents for the survivors, I found a simplified version of an Arabic tent online, it’s large and comfortable. Furthermore, I’ve checked, it’s unlikely to rain here anytime soon and the climate is suitable, tents will be sufficient.

We must conserve our resources, I have a better plan for setting up our newbie village."

At this point, Dust Beater habitually pushed his glasses, but upon touching nothing, he chuckled awkwardly and then pointed in the direction of Cardman City, saying:

"Didn’t Sir Morphy mean to reclaim the outer city? Simply build the newbie village right there!

The city has survived for 400 years in the backstory, indicating that its underground drainage and other designs aren’t too bad, we can directly take over and utilize it.

Unless the development team never thought of this.

But considering the realism and hardcore nature of this game, they shouldn’t have such a major oversight.

Secondly, the city’s disaster was an energy invasion, not an earthquake, so many of the remaining buildings in the outer city don’t even need to be cleared and can be directly restored.

This can undoubtedly save a lot of manpower.

Finally, I consulted with my two assistants.

They explicitly told me that there is an underground water source in the city, which is connected to the largest river in the area.

There’s a natural cave serving as an underground reservoir in the inner city, which people have been relying on for water during droughts for 400 years. So, the water source issue is also resolved.

In my current judgment, the choice of that city is actually perfect. The development team obviously put a lot of effort into this aspect. I suspect they hired a professional designer for the modeling.

I don’t know how high their standards were, but they must have been much higher than mine as a student.

So, we don’t need to mess around on our own, we only need to clear the city’s remnants, then do some patchwork, and it’ll be okay."

"Your explanation does seem to make sense."

Brother Shovel scooped a spoonful of soup into his mouth.

The taste simulation in this game is quite realistic, he tasted the peculiar flavor and while gnashing his teeth, he said:

"But you still need to come up with a design! Even if we really use the ruins of the old city area as the newbie village, it cannot directly accommodate people. That will be our first newbie village.

It doesn’t need to be grand, but at the very least, it cannot be embarrassing."

"I need to survey the actual site."

Dust Prince curled his lip, shook his hands, and said:

"I can’t just draw up a virtual plan, I need to go see the underground tunnel layout before I can set different zones on the blueprint. Sigh, it would be great to have the design sketch of Cardman City, just fixing it up a bit could put it into use.

If I take this kind of professional medieval city to my adviser, he would definitely be interested, and I might even be able to profit from his labor."

"What’s so hard about that?"

Brother Shovel rolled his eyes and said:

"Go tell the NPCs. This game lets us take on official positions, tell them what you need, and they will figure out how to get it for you. You have to believe in the wisdom of NPCs.

Sigh, Mud Trucker, lend me some of your warehouse guards.

We will start the first curfew tonight, and I am afraid we do not have enough camp guards.

I’ll get offline first and check back later tonight. I’m not comfortable completely letting go and having them do everything, I need to check on the progress for the first few days. Once everything goes smoothly at the beginning, it can be left to them."

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Outside Cardman City, Morphy was checking a special request from Milian on his Calculating Pearl to help find the design sketch of Cardman City. The Vampire was startled as he saw Mark, who had a guilty expression, report his loss to him.

"You lost? How’s that possible?"

Morphy exclaimed in surprise:

"And to a level 1 player... I mean, you were defeated by a girl who has just entered our world? You held back, didn’t you?"

"No, not at all, sir. I gave it my all, but that lady named ’Pomegranate’ was astounding in close combat. I suspect she was once a Martial Monk!

But I graciously admit my defeat."