Whole School Transmigrated: I Have 3 Daily Intel

Chapter 17: Chapter 15: B-Level Fish Pond, An Unreliable Strategist

[Daily settlement initiated. Based on your gains and performance over the past day, a score and rating will be assigned, and a corresponding Card reward will be automatically redeemed.]

[Over the past day, you have collaborated with others to gather a large quantity of wild fruit, single-handedly acquired two wild chickens, and traded items for medicine, information...]

[Score: 50]

[Rating: B]

[Reward: Building Card · Fishpond, Recruitment Card · Laborer, Building Card · Vacant Land Card]

[Notice: Excess score points have been automatically redeemed for lower-level Cards.]

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「The next morning.」

Chen Chong slowly woke up to find three Cards beside him.

Recalling the voice he’d heard in a daze last night, he was a little surprised.

’I thought the daily settlement only gave one Card a day, but it seems that’s not the case.’

’If your score is high enough, the excess points can even be exchanged for lower-level Cards.’

’It’s like getting change when you buy something, only it doesn’t give you cash back.’

’Instead, it’s exchanged for low-level goods you could have bought. I guess it’s not a waste, then.’

’And the wild chickens... does that mean prey hunted by my recruits also counts as my own gains?’

’On the other hand, it seems the Card found via the traded intel wasn’t counted as one of my gains.’

’Then these three Cards...’

Chen Chong quickly picked them up to examine them.

[Card Type: Building Card · Fishpond]

[Rating: B-Level]

[Description: Can be used to build a 50-square-meter fishpond. Automatically produces edible aquatic plants for fish daily. Aquatic life within the pond experiences a 100% increase in daily growth speed.]

"Hm?"

Chen Chong was a little surprised.

’As expected of a B-Level Card. Fifty square meters, and it even produces food automatically.’

’A hundred percent daily bonus... doesn’t that mean one day in the fishpond is equal to two days of growth outside?’

’Double the growth speed!?’

’If I raise fish in it, does that mean fish that would normally take a year to mature will be ready to eat in half a year?’

Fish grow slowly to begin with. With the fishpond’s effect, this drawback could be largely offset.

Just raising fish alone would be enough to eat.

’If a B-Level Card has this kind of effect, then how fast would the growth speed be for an A-Level Card, or even higher?’

’And what about enclosures for raising animals, or farmland? If their level is higher, will the growth bonus also keep increasing?’

Chen Chong looked at the next two Cards.

The Vacant Land Card was familiar, just like the one he’d gotten before.

The only difference was that this Vacant Land Card wasn’t D-Class, but C-Class.

The area it could expand also increased from 10 square meters to 50, which was just enough for the fishpond.

[Card Type: Recruitment Card · Laborer]

[Rating: D-Class]

[Description: An ordinary person with no merits, only capable of heavy manual labor.]

[Evaluation: Loyalty is not high. Will try to escape at the slightest oppression or exploitation. Perhaps useful as disposable cannon fodder.]

[Note: The recruited individual will not harm their master, but if their Loyalty drops below 20, they may flee.]

Chen Chong wasn’t surprised.

It was just a D-Class Recruitment Card, after all. It would be a miracle if everyone recruited was like Wang Biao.

He didn’t use it right away.

After all, just as the evaluation said, the laborer from this Recruitment Card was practically useless.

Besides, summoning them brought living people into the world; the more he summoned, the greater the strain on their food supply.

’I’ll just set it aside for now...’

Just then, Xu Jun also woke up. He saw his daily settlement and immediately laughed out loud.

"Haha, I got two Cards! And one of them is a Recruitment Card!"

Chen Chong looked over, thinking, ’Looks like other people can also have their excess score automatically redeemed.’

Xu Jun had worked with him yesterday and gathered so many things; his score shouldn’t be low.

"What did you get from your settlement?"

"Brother Chong, the settlement said I gathered wild fruit, traded for intel and items, and found a Card yesterday! It gave me a C- Rating with 31 points and awarded me two Cards!"

’No wild chickens?’

’So that really is exclusive to me. Just like the Card Xu Jun found only counts as his own gain.’

’Only things we cooperate on, like the kiwis and yesterday’s berries and bird eggs, get split evenly.’

’And my score really does seem to be a little different from others’.’

’Even with two extra wild chickens, it shouldn’t be enough to raise my rating by a whole level, right?’

Xu Jun trusted Chen Chong completely and handed over both Cards for him to see.

One of the two was a D-Class Vacant Land Card that could create 10 square meters of empty ground. The other one was...

[Card Type: Recruitment Card · Strategist]

[Rating: C-Class]

[Description: A strategist well-versed in the art of war who has commanded several small-scale battles, all ending in major victories.]

[Evaluation: Has many clever strategies, but sometimes comes up with terrible ideas. Clearly has the talent to be a general, yet insists on being an advisor.]

[Note: The recruited individual will not harm their master, but if their Loyalty drops below 20, they may flee.]

"’Terrible ideas?’" Chen Chong was taken aback. ’Despite his victories, this strategist seems a bit unreliable.’

’They’re both C-Class recruits, so why does this strategist feel weaker than Wang Biao?’

’Could it be that Wang Biao is a top-tier C-Class recruit, while the strategist is just an average one?’

He then returned the Cards to Xu Jun and turned to look at Wang Biao.

"Did you get any?"

Wang Biao shook his head. "My lord, this subordinate did not receive any Cards."

Chen Chong nodded. It seemed recruited individuals didn’t get a daily settlement, which was just as he’d expected.

"Wen, at your service, my lord!"

’Crap!’

Chen Chong’s heart sank. ’I forgot to tell Xu Jun not to recruit anyone yet! Another person means another mouth to feed.’

He turned his head to look.

A slender man wearing a silk kerchief, holding a feathered fan, and sporting a mustache appeared on the spot, bowing respectfully to Xu Jun.

’This look... why is it so familiar?’

Chen Chong wondered to himself.

"Brother Chong, look! I have a subordinate now, too!"

Xu Jun was ecstatic. He had clearly been incredibly envious of Wang Biao, Chen Chong’s exclusive subordinate, and had summoned his own recruit the moment he got the Recruitment Card.

"Our team has another person, and he’s a strategist! Skilled in both literary and martial arts! This is awesome!"

Chen Chong laughed along with him a couple of times but remained skeptical.

Wang Biao was definitely the "martial" type.

As for whether this strategist could handle the "literary" part... just as the description said, he sometimes came up with terrible ideas, which was certainly food for thought.

In the time that followed, Xu Jun learned through conversation that the strategist’s name was Jia Wen and that he came from a small kingdom.

It was just another kingdom that neither Chen Chong nor Xu Jun had ever heard of, likely from a background similar to Wang Biao’s.

The two of them found some clothes for Jia Wen as they’d done before, trying their best to dress him like a modern person. They even had him shave his mustache.

But while Jia Wen was changing, the two of them discovered something.

This strategist, who appeared rather thin and frail, actually had his body covered in vicious scars from blades and spears. His muscles were also incredibly solid, just not as obvious as Wang Biao’s.

Regarding this, Jia Wen explained.

"Wen simply adores the advisor’s role of devising strategies that decide battles a thousand miles away. It’s not that I cannot fight. My family runs a martial arts hall, and Wen has practiced martial arts since childhood. I did not slack off even after becoming a strategist. If a situation cannot be resolved through strategy, Wen will personally lead the troops to carve out a path."

Chen Chong: "..."

’Well, I’ll be. He’s actually a talent skilled in both literary and martial arts.’

’If his strategies don’t work, he’s still got his fists and feet.’

’No wonder the description said he had more aptitude for martial arts. So his talent points were all allocated incorrectly. It’s no surprise he’s an unreliable strategist...’

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