The breeze was gentle.
A warm, mild wind woke Chen Yu from his sleep. He opened his eyes slightly and stretched lazily.
Today was another day full of hope.
As he stretched, Chen Yu suddenly felt something was amiss. He glanced to where Hei Dou should have been, but unusually, he didn't see Hei Dou still fast asleep.
This was strange.
Getting Hei Dou to wake up early was probably harder than climbing to heaven.
Scratching his head, Chen Yu padded barefoot to the window and craned his neck to look outside. He heard a few delicate cries. Although he couldn't see anyone, it sounded like they were doing broadcast gymnastics.
Following the sound with suspicion, Chen Yu froze.
The side yard of the camp.
Led by Illya, Kailin, Nuoya, Su Bei, and other women from the camp were gathered there, following Illya in doing exercises.
Hei Dou, who wasn't sleeping in, wagged its tail, drooling as it stared intently.
No wonder!
Seeing this scene, Chen Yu immediately understood.
He had been wondering why Hei Dou wasn't sleeping late. Even during those days when it had diarrhea, it would hold back and refuse to get up, stubbornly wanting to sleep.
It had secretly snuck out to enjoy a private feast.
Tiptoeing behind Hei Dou, Chen Yu raised his hand and slapped the back of its head.
"Insolent!"
Hei Dou, who had been squatting and wagging its tail, immediately turned around. Upon seeing that it was Chen Yu who had hit it, it grinned.
"Boss~"
"You're quite enjoying yourself, sneaking off here?" Chen Yu narrowed his eyes. "Watching quite enjoyably, aren't you? You didn't even call me?"
"I was afraid of disturbing your sleep!"
"Get lost."
Chen Yu shot Hei Dou a look.
"If you want to have a private feast, just say so. You're still afraid of delaying me."
Immediately, Chen Yu sat down as well.
Not bad.
Illya's dancing was actually quite lively.
The others were probably just learning and weren't very skilled yet. Although their movements weren't great, they made up for it by wearing revealing clothing. Take Kailin for example; if not for these morning exercises, Chen Yu wouldn't have known she was so well-endowed.
Nuoya also had a deep cleavage, embracing everything.
"When did it start?" Chen Yu whispered. Hei Dou blinked. "It only started a short while ago. I was just woken up by the urge to pee, and when I went to relieve myself, I heard Illya say she wanted to lead them in aerobics. As soon as I heard that, I was no longer sleepy."
"Aerobics."
Chen Yu muttered the word and smiled slightly.
"It's good. You watch it carefully."
"Hey, where are you going?" Seeing Chen Yu actually stand up, Hei Dou blinked in confusion. "Watch for a while, it's such great entertainment."
"Do you think I'm as idle as you are?"
Patting Hei Dou's little head, Chen Yu turned and left.
Did he not want to?
He did!
The problem was, he didn't have that much spare time.
After a simple wash-up.
Chen Yu went to the barbecue area to prepare food for the other members of the camp. With the increase in camp personnel, the consumption of meat had reached an astonishing amount.
Preparing food took him several hours.
"Who can handle this?" Chen Yu, sitting in front of the barbecue stall, rested his chin on his hand and watched the grilled meat above. He hardly got any rest.
As soon as meat was placed on one grill, the meat on other grills was already cooked.
He was swamped.
"Boss, I'll help you." A black shadow darted up. It was Hei Dou, who helped Chen Yu collect the perfectly grilled, exquisite roasted meat.
Seeing that it had actually run back, Chen Yu chuckled.
"Why aren't you watching anymore?"
"It's no fun without you watching, boss." Hei Dou grinned. "Good things are always more fun when shared, boss. Since you don't have time to watch, I won't watch either. Helping the boss is even more fun."
"Oh my, I didn't dote on you for nothing~"
Chen Yu bent down and ruffled Hei Dou's little head.
The brothers cooperated.
In about half an hour, the hundred barbecue grills produced about 3,000 units of exquisite roasted meat. This quantity could probably last them half a month's worth of food.
Now, it would be hard-pressed to last even a day.
After preparing the roasted meat, Chen Yu went back to the refrigerator to take out the beasts hunted by the mercenaries for dissection.
With the Perfect Hunter's Dagger.
Dissection took 1 minute.
However, the quantity was large!
Dozens of mercenaries, likely due to the reward system, were hunting with all their might. Dozens of mercenaries, wishing they could bring back hundreds of beasts a day.
Chen Yu didn't know where they got them from.
Anyway—
Now, Chen Yu's camp had absolutely no shortage of meat.
There was mostly wild boar meat; he could see over forty heads piled up before him.
There were also ground moles.
Once the largest source of meat for Chen Yu's camp, ground moles, Chen Yu was now somewhat tired of them.
The meat yield was low.
Dissection took the same amount of time.
However, ground moles were a stable source of Gloom Souls, so it wouldn't be good to abandon them. A person shouldn't forget their roots. It's not as if they should abandon a stable source of meat just because meat is abundant now.
Ground moles would definitely continue to be caught.
At most, they would be stored in the refrigerator and decomposed when there was time.
While the decomposition process was underway.
Chen Yu had to open the crafting page and frantically craft Adventurer Swords, three-piece sets, and Magic Cloaks.
Although the camp had grown, and he no longer needed to explore, he had actually become busier than before.
Grilling meat, drying meat, dissecting, opening chests, crafting equipment, camp construction—
He was incredibly busy.
If this continued, he would collapse, but he couldn't afford to slack off. The current brilliance of his entire camp was actually maintained by his greedy critical hits.
If he slackened, it would mean a complete collapse.
"Brother Chen Yu~"
Just as Chen Yu was fretting, Illya, wearing hot pants and a tube top, ran over with a smile. Seeing her energetic demeanor, Chen Yu's mood seemed to lighten considerably.
"Did you finish dancing?"
"Mhm, Brother Chen Yu watched, didn't he." Illya smiled. "Then why didn't you keep watching? Was my dancing not good?"
"Illya's dancing is very good."
In fact, he was very willing to let Illya dance. She was also very beautiful. He had noticed earlier that with Illya and the others dancing, Kuka and his group were even more enthusiastic about pounding ground moles.
The efficiency was astonishing!
Er Gou was training the Blood Pill warriors, and those warriors were also as if they had been injected with chicken blood.
If Illya could stay and lead the dances.
Then, perhaps—
Their camp's development efficiency would be even higher.
"Why don't you become the camp's dance leader from now on? Lead the people in the camp in dancing and relieve their work stress," Chen Yu said softly.
"I thought so too."
Illya tilted her head and smiled.
"Last night, I heard Brother Chen Yu say that there would be work at night here as well, so I guessed they must be very tired. This exercise routine of mine was learned from the elves. Dancing it makes one feel very relaxed. Brother Chen Yu, wouldn't you like to join us? We've just finished resting, and there'll be a second session later."
"I'll pass."
Chen Yu gave a wry smile and spread his hands.
The ground was covered with beast corpses, all waiting for his dissection.
Where did he have the time?
"Does Brother Chen Yu still have to do the dissections himself?" Illya blinked. "There are so many people in the camp, can't anyone else do it?"
"Mmm~"
Chen Yu pondered without speaking, but Illya then smiled.
"Or, you could hire some spirit familiars."
"Spirit familiars?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Yu's eyes widened.
"Tell me more!"