Ravenna sighed as she gazed out of the window, the golde stretg endlessly uhe bzing sun. Life as Ravenna Sorius wasn’t particurly difficult for her. Her memories and the sense of familiarity she retained from the inal character made the transition manageable. Yet, despite the retive fort, her position came with challenges she could not ighe most pressing of all was the responsibility of stabilizing Jo Isnd before the dwindling treasury ran dry.

  Though she wasn’t currently struggling, she khe peaceful days had an expiration date. The thought loomed over her like the unfivi heat.

  “Oh, I only had to worry about myself,” she muttered, a hint of exasperation in her voice. “But now...”

  The weight of managing a city of 5,000 people wasn’t overwhelming, but it was undeniably taxing. It wasn’t just about ensuring survival; it was about building sustainability.

  “Whatever,” she mumbled dismissively, flipping through the dots scattered across her desk. A particur report caught her attention. It detailed how the isnd’s residents sourced their drinking water.

  She had a vague uanding of the process before but had never delved into the specifiow, the dot id it out clearly:

  Current Water-S Methods on Jo Isnd

  Boiling and densier is boiled in rge cy pots, and the steam is funneled into separate tainers where it denses into freshwater. While effective, this method is bor-intensive and limited in scale due to the size of the pots. It’s primarily used for small-scale water needs.Sor Stills:A pit is dug and lined with sand. Seawater is poured into the pit, which is then covered with a thin, translut cloth that slopes downward toward a colle cup in the ter. Sunlight evaporates the seawater, and the freshwater denses on the cloth, dripping into the cup. This method is more effit than boiling, providing a sistent supply throughout the day, but it still falls short of meeting the needs of all 5,000 residents.Ravenhe report down and leaned ba her chair, deep in thought. These methods were suffit for now, but they wouldn’t be enough ohe isnd began farming and growing crops in the ing weeks. The water demand would skyrocket, and they needed a more effit system.

  Her first instinct was to create aed rge tank system that could use sunlight to heat water to get drinking water then distribute water through taps across the city using gravity. It seemed like an obvious solution. However, the absenodern teology posed a signifit challenge.

  Pumps were essential to move water into elevated tanks, but electricity did here. If the steam engines were easy to make, the logistics of acquiring materials and assembling the necessary manpower problem resurfaced again here.

  Frustrated, she turo the Reputation System. She spent two hours bing through ideas, only to hit dead end after dead end.

  Finally, inspiration struck. “Don’t waterwheels pump water?” Ravenna excimed. The solution was so simple that she berated herself for not thinking of it sooner.

  Waterwheels could pump seawater into elevated tanks, which could then serve two purposes:

  Sor Desalinatioer ianks could undergo the sor desalination process on a rger scale, ensuring a steady supply of drinking water.Boiling and densing: If sor desalination proved impractical fer quantities, they could use the boiling and densihod in these elevated tanks, fueled by the isnd’s abundant supply of dried kelp.This system would allow every er of the city to access fresh water through a work of taps, eliminating the need for residents to walk long distao collect water manually.

  However, this idea introduced a new set of challenges:

  Tank stru: How could the tanks be built quickly and effectively? Before they start farming?Pipe Durability: How would they prevent the pipes and taps from corroding and rusting in the salty air?Ravenna leaned ba her chair, rubbiemples in frustration. She reopehe system and resumed her research, desperately seeking ao the growing list of problems.

  After another hour of scrolling through fragmented solutions and vague ideas, she let out a long, exhausted sigh. Her thoughts had begun to crystallize, revealing a clear path forward. Two things stood out as immediate priorities:

  First, she needed an architect or structural engineer capable of designing the elevated water tanks and the waterwheel system. Without someoh expertise, her pn would remain nothing more than a sket paper.

  Sed, she needed t. It was versatile, durable, and allowed for faster stru with fewer borers. "t would make everything easier and quicker," she murmured to herself. "But even if I figure out how to make it, where would I find an archite a pce like this?"

  She pressed her fio her temples, thinking hard. Suddenly, aruck her like a fsh of lightning. Her eyes lit up as she opehe system and began scrolling through its menus. "It has to be here somewhere..." she muttered.

  Her gaze nded on the familiar options uhe Speation Points:

  Access to the I: 100 Points per HourAccess to Magic Spell Library: 100 Points per Hraphical Ss: 5 Points per Kilometer (0.6 Miles)Nullify Minor Poison Damage (Self): 250 PointsNullify Minor Poison Damage (Others): 350 Points per EntityMinor Heal: 1,000 Points per EntityMajor Heal: (Locked)Lie Detector: (Locked)Her focus settled on the Geographical S option. It was expensive, but it might be her best ce. The s could potentially locate limestone deposits on the isnd, and limestone was a key ingredient for t produ.

  Ravenna leaned forward, a spark of hniting her determination. "A desert he o is one of the prime pces to find limestone deposits," she muttered, recalliime as a project manager for a stru pany. One of her ts had been a tractor who often discussed the geological ditions needed for such resources.

  However, her optimism dimmed as reality set in. "These points won’t be enough to s the whole isnd," she realized, frowning. Jo Isnd was enormous, as vast as a small kingdom. The southern coastline was home to the only city, but the rest of the isnd remained an uncharted wilderness—a sprawli that could take months to cross on horseback. With scorg heat, limited water, and scarce food, su expedition erilous at best.

  From the maps she had studied, Raveimated the isnd's total area to be around 65,000 square kilometers (roughly 25,000 square miles). To s the entire isnd using the system, she would need 13,000 reputation points—a far cry from the 9,000 she currently had.

  She tapped her fingers against the desk, deep in thought. "How do I earn more points quickly?" she wondered aloud. Ideas flitted through her mind, most of them impractical, until ohought stood out.

  Her eyes widened, and a slow grin spread across her face. "Of course! Why didn’t I think of this sooner?" She shot to her feet, brimming with newfound energy. "Hughes!" she called out, her voice eg through the halls. "Get my carriage ready immediately!"

  As the sound of hurried footsteps approached, Ravenna’s mind raced with pns. She kly how to rally the people and gain the points she needed.

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