Grandpa Qian of Bone-Touching laughed while laying bricks: "Haha, you understand us players."
With the addition of these new players, the progress of the Divine Hall had undoubtedly greatly accelerated.
The players continuously fired the bricks and tiles, which started to come out one after another, ensuring the construction progress of the Divine Hall wouldn't slow down.
In the blink of an eye, two days had passed.
The outer wall of the Divine Hall was basically complete, and under Mr. Zhou's command, players began processing wood and using mortise and tenon joints to construct the Divine Hall's framework.
After the structure was completed, they began roofing with tiles while the player skilled in woodcarving added carvings and coloring in suitable places to enhance the overall aesthetic.
Another group of players successfully installed a Holy Pool made from a whole piece of stone within the Divine Hall, then laid bricks inside the hall and constructed steps around the Holy Pool.
At midnight, the entire Divine Hall was basically finished, with only the player decorating various parts of the hall remaining.
"Fatty Orange, I have something to tell you." Upon seeing the player finish carving a beam and climb down from a ladder, Mr. Zhou approached and said.
This player, skilled in carving, went by the nickname 'Chubby Orange Cat' on the platform, so Mr. Zhou liked to call him Fatty Orange.
According to Chubby Orange Cat, he wasn't just skilled in wood carving, but also in stone carving, jade carving, and painting.
Whether that's true, we don't know, but one thing for sure, his wood carving skills are truly impressive.
"What's up, Zhou?" Chubby Orange Cat looked at Mr. Zhou with some confusion.
Mr. Zhou pointed at the empty Divine Hall: "Fatty Orange, don't you think this Divine Hall is a bit too empty?"
Chubby Orange Cat glanced around and then nodded in agreement: "Indeed, it is a bit empty. Besides this Holy Pool, there isn't anything else, so what? Do you have any ideas?"
Mr. Zhou's eyes gleamed for a moment before he grinned and said: "How about carving a throne from stone loaded with skeleton heads? That would suit our Mage Fang Ka's identity perfectly."
Chubby Orange Cat jumped up immediately: "Are you trying to exploit me, making me carve a throne full of skeleton heads from stone?"
"You make it sound easy. Are you going to give me the tools, or do you want me to grind some tools from stone and then slowly carve out the throne?"
Mr. Zhou shrugged his shoulders: "I'm doing this for you. Think about it, isn't everything inside the Divine Hall part of the construction task itself?"
"Once you create it, you can certainly get a little extra reward from the reward pool. Don't you think so?"
"Plus, when Mage Fang Ka sees such a surprise, he'll surely be very happy, maybe even increase your favorability."
Chubby Orange Cat hesitated upon hearing this: "But there are a lot of tools needed for stone carving, such as chisels, flat files, hammers, axes for splitting, knives for carving patterns, tools for surface processing..."
"Many tools are manageable, with my craft, I can substitute many, but for rough chisels, axes for stone cutting, chiseling knives for carving patterns, surface processing tools... sigh."
"Not possible, given our current conditions, stone carving is too difficult."
"How about using wood carving? There are many high-quality types of wood here, it would be easier to carve a throne with them and the quality would be good."
Upon hearing Chubby Orange Cat's words, Mr. Zhou chuckled: "I don't know much about this; I just thought the Divine Hall was too cold and empty, hence my suggestion."
"Do what you think is suitable, honestly, aside from a throne, I think we could add other large wooden sculptures for decoration."
Chubby Orange Cat shook his head: "Carving a throne from wood should be fine, but crafting other large statues from wood doesn't seem appropriate."
"Because wood sculptures lack the heaviness and majesty of stone, for large statues inside the hall, stone sculpture is certainly more suitable and matches the hall better."
"With our current conditions, stone sculpture is out of the question."
"Let's leave it at that; I'll carve some relief patterns at suitable spots in the hall and carve a throne from wood."
Mr. Zhou considered for a moment and nodded gently: "Should I get someone to elevate the throne's position and lay some steps for it, so it looks more grand and upscale?"
Chubby Orange Cat paced toward the exit: "You're into constructions; your sense of layout must be stronger than mine. Do what you find suitable, I'm off to find suitable wood."
Seeing Chubby Orange Cat depart, Mr. Zhou pondered for a bit, then stepped out to find some players to implement his idea.
By then, almost all players were outside the Divine Hall, gazing at the almost completed hall with complex expressions.
Pride, excitement, pleasure, emotion... an array of feelings.
Whether old players or new, seeing this towering Divine Hall filled them with an indescribable sense of pride and accomplishment.
It's like witnessing their progeny succeed.
Thus, Mr. Zhou smoothly gathered a bunch of 'lucky fools' to go inside the hall and get busy.
Of course, these 'lucky fools' didn't consider themselves unlucky; they felt fortunate.
Now that the Divine Hall is nearly complete, the fact that there's still work to do means the system will probably give them extra rewards, right?
At dawn, Chubby Orange Cat returned.
He carried a wooden throne, with many intricate carvings of skeletons and demons on it, with a strong visual impact.
At this time, Mr. Zhou had already finished with the players who elevated the platform, and seeing the chair, they all gathered around excitedly.
"Nice going, Fatty Orange, quite efficient," Mr. Zhou said while giving a thumbs up.
Chubby Orange Cat placed the chair: "I'm just lucky to be a skeleton; if I had human hands, they'd be bloodied using these stone tools."
"Once I'm done with the hall's relief patterns, I'll use the juice prepared by you guys to color them, then we can head to Mage Fang Ka to turn in the task, hopefully earning extra rewards for my wear and tear."
Mr. Zhou grinned at Chubby Orange Cat: "We're heading out now, Fatty Orange, waiting for you."
Chubby Orange Cat made a halt gesture: "Hold on, I only let girls wait for me."
As noon approached, Chubby Orange Cat finally finished, and the players, suppressing their excitement, moved toward Fang Ka.
At this time, Fang Ka was reclining on a lounge chair a hundred meters from the Divine Hall reading a book; seeing the players approaching hand in hand, he closed the book.
Mr. Zhou excitedly went up to Fang Ka: "Mage Fang Ka, the Divine Hall is officially complete, please go and inspect it!"
On hearing this, Fang Ka stood up and led the way to the Divine Hall.
A new player nudged Chubby Orange Cat: "Is this game detailed enough to require an in-person inspection? I thought the task could be submitted directly."
Chubby Orange Cat shrugged: "That's right, it's detailed like this. There's nothing in this game that's unattainable."