Sun Wukong left a message, ["Boss Ethan, is what you said real! You're really going to give me a short bow and arrows, and even give me a kerosene lamp! Did I read that wrong? Then if I give you 108 earth-type beast cores, will that be too little?"]
'Not bad at all.'
'This kid can be taught.'
'This guy can actually take the initiative now to ask me if I took too much advantage?'
Since that's the case, Ethan naturally didn't need to be polite with him.
Ethan replied, ["It's alright, but I really do lose a tiny little billion. How about this, the beast cores and some advanced materials you get later, sell them to me first, I'll buy them from you at market price, and that way we both benefit."]
Sun Wukong left a message, ["Of course, boss! If it weren't for boss' sour water, I wouldn't be where I am today. Boss is definitely the idol I admire! Clinging to boss' thigh!"]
Ethan replied, ["Then wait a bit, I haven't made the kerosene lamp yet, I'll craft it and trade it directly."]
Sun Wukong left a message, ["OKK!"]
Ethan opened the list for [Upgrade Tree].
[Kerosene Lamp (needs blueprint): You have already advanced from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age, and a kerosene lamp is an incredible invention. A kerosene lamp not only burns for up to 10 hours but also saves a large amount of material used to make torches, and the lighting range can reach as far as 10 meters. Crafting requirements: Glass 93/2, Bronze 1479/2, Cotton 50/1, Kerosene 100/1]
[PS: You need to add 1 unit of kerosene every 10 hours.]
Ethan calculated it.
His materials were just enough to craft 46 kerosene lamps.
"Craft all!"
[Kerosene Lamp +46, Glass 92, Bronze 92, Cotton 46, Kerosene 46 removed.]
Right after that, forty six classical kerosene lamps appeared in Ethan's warehouse.
These kerosene lamps had a glass lampshade on top, and a kerosene lamp structure below (similar to an alcohol lamp), with a rotating controller in the middle to adjust the brightness of the flame.
Each new kerosene lamp was already filled with kerosene inside, enough to provide light for ten hours.
After the ten hours were used up, it needed kerosene added again.
As for the short bow.
The old one would always have some durability flaws.
Ethan chose to make a fresh short bow for Sun Wukong.
[Short Bow: Can attack prey within a 50 meter range. Beyond 50 meters, accuracy is insufficient. Crafting requirements: Vine 328/2, Beast Tendon 13/1, Bamboo 218/1]
[PS: Remember to craft arrows. Arrows: Bamboo 218/1, Feathers 990/2, Bronze 1470/1]
Considering himself and the eight squads.
Other than Medical Squad One, Logistics Squad Two, and Cook Four Squad who didn't need to leave the villa area and wouldn't need bows and arrows, the other squads would definitely need some ranged weapons.
Ethan simply assigned each squad two sets of bows and arrows based on their specific conditions.
He calculated it, and that came out to a total of 10 sets of bows and arrows.
Adding one set for Sun Wukong, that made 11 sets.
However, Ethan didn't plan to keep his own set of short bows anymore.
Red Dragon had brought him excellent materials, and Ethan planned to craft a dragon bow, so this set of short bows became extra.
So he only needed to craft 10 sets of bows and arrows.
But he needed to make more arrows.
Looking at the materials, Ethan decided to first craft 200 arrows.
That way, when his citizen squads ran out of arrows, they wouldn't need to come to him to have them made, they could just go to the warehouse and take them.
[Craft 10 sets of bows and arrows.]
[Craft 200 arrows.]
[Vine 20, Beast Tendon 10, Bamboo 10 removed!]
[Bamboo 200, Feathers 400, Bronze 200 removed!]
The tool room again rang with a series of ding ding dong dong hammering sounds.
Right after, his warehouse gained 10 short bows, though the arrows took longer to make because of the quantity.
The number of arrows in the warehouse increased 10 at a time… 10 at a time.
As long as he had enough 10 arrows for Sun Wukong, that was fine.
The rest could wait for the tool room to finish slowly.
Ethan: ["@Sun Wukong It's done, let's trade!"]
Sun Wukong left a message, ["Got it!"]
[Earth-type Beast Core +108]
[Nightmare Rat Meat 17, Kerosene Lamp 1, Short Bow 1, Arrows 10 removed]
"All done."
Ethan's warehouse instantly gained 108 earth-type beast cores.
The materials needed to build the dormitory were finally complete!
"Build Dormitory Building Type A."
[System alert: Not enough glass!]
"What the hell!"
Ethan really felt furious.
He had clearly calculated everything, but because he overlooked it and used the glass to make kerosene lamps, the glass here became not enough again.
Ethan frowned: "Logistics, come here!"
"Lord, what are your orders?"
The logistics girl with twin ponytails hurried in. Her cute, round face still carried a respectful smile, and she worked quickly and neatly.
As she replied to Ethan, her knees reflexively bent forward, looking like she wanted to kneel.
Seeing this, Ethan quickly braced her knee with his foot, "I already said you don't need to kneel."
"Yes, Lord!"
She spoke, then tried to kneel again, because this was a program carved into her brain.
She must maintain absolute respect toward the lord.
But since the lord had already said she wasn't allowed to kneel, then she had to follow his order completely.
After thinking it through, logistics finally bowed deeply to the lord.
[Citizen No.022 Logistics: Loyalty +5]
"Take your team, get all the quartz sand from the warehouse, and take it all to the alchemy room to refine into glass."
"Yes, my lord."
"For fuel for the alchemy furnace, just use dead branches," Ethan was worried they might use wood as charcoal, so he added another reminder, "Send someone to burn dead branches to make charcoal, understand?"
"Yes, my lord, we will definitely work hard."
After she spoke, she swayed her two ponytails, waved her hand, and the equally pretty girls in her team all hopped along toward the alchemy room.
———
Not long after.
Ethan's warehouse lost 900 quartz sand and gained 100 glass.
Although the alchemy furnace could refine 100 glass every hour, with the logistics girls helping add charcoal, take glass, add quartz sand, and do all kinds of chores, Ethan really saved a lot of trouble.
[Advanced Stone 100, Mud 200, Advanced Wood 100, Tree Vine 200, Glass 54, Earth-type Beast Core 10]
"Let's go, let's head outside together and witness creation out of thin air!"
When the system alerted that the warehouse materials had been deducted, Ethan knew the dormitory building had already started construction.
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