The two girls couldn’t help but cover their mouths and laugh. Waldo’s strength indeed exceeded their expectations.

Other survivors can handle at most twenty or thirty snow beasts. This is the record of the second-ranked strongman in the world.

As for the third-ranked globally, they can only deal with ten snow beasts at a time. The difference in strength is quite evident. Those in the top one hundred on the leaderboard can usually handle one or two snow beasts at most.

This is already considered a strong combat ability. In general, cooperation between multiple people is needed to truly deal with a snow beast. More people are needed to actually kill it!

At this moment, Waldo suddenly thought of something and asked with a smile, "I am ranked first globally in terms of combat power, how about you?"

In theory, the two girls shouldn’t have a low ranking. After all, with his support, the two girls had already reached level seventy. Waldo planned to let them adapt to the power of level seventy first.

After all, they had only recently leveled up to sixty, and their foundation was shallow. It wasn’t suitable to increase their levels too much all at once. Wait for some time and then let them level up to eighty or higher.

Step by step. Anyway, he still had a lot of experience points at the moment. Moreover, Waldo was confident.

After the city was built, he could use the city to gain more experience point income. Upon hearing this question, the two girls felt a bit embarrassed.

Helen glanced at Waldo and said hesitantly, "As you know, both Alanna and I, although we have high levels, we don’t have much combat experience, so our ranking is not very high."

The two girls felt quite embarrassed and were unwilling to reveal their rankings. This made Waldo suspicious. The reason the two girls were reluctant to reveal their rankings was that their rankings were too low.

Much lower than they had anticipated.

They are both level 70 survivors! In theory, they can be considered top players in terms of global combat power.

However, their rankings are not optimistic at all. In fact, many survivors at level 60 rank higher than them. This made them feel quite embarrassed.

However, under Waldo’s repeated inquiries, the two girls couldn’t withstand the pressure and reluctantly revealed their rankings. Helen is ranked 1702 globally! Alanna is ranked 4350 worldwide!

The rankings of the two girls were not very promising. Especially Alanna, who was far behind.

If the ranking were purely based on level, the two girls could easily be in the top five hundred.

"This is quite unexpected!" Waldo couldn’t help but feel amused.

The two girls blushed and glared at him angrily.

"We agreed not to laugh, but look at you, completely forgot!" Waldo burst into even louder laughter upon hearing this, much to the annoyance of the two girls.

Actually, upon careful consideration, the rankings of the two girls are understandable.

There are mainly three reasons for this:

First, the number of battles experienced by the two girls is limited.

They have always been under Waldo’s protection, which somewhat weakened their combat power.

Second, Helen and Alanna don’t have much combat experience or achievements.

This time, the combat power ranking was largely based on survivors’ achievements in dealing with snow beasts.

Of course, the first two points are not the most critical.

The most critical and influential factor is actually the two girls’ abilities. Alanna’s ability is purely supportive and provides limited enhancements to her own strength.

As a result, her ranking is quite low. However, Alanna’s "Healing" ability is crucial in a team context and is more important than anything else.

Helen’s situation is very similar.

Her ability is "Beast Mastery". So far, her ability has reached level three, allowing her to control three beasts.

However, she has only controlled one Chubby up to now, and it was controlled at an early stage, lagging far behind in strength.

The relatively formidable Titan Orca, also known as the Tiger Whale, had its contract released due to the arrival of the Ice Age. Consequently, Helen’s current ranking has dropped somewhat. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

Upon hearing Waldo’s insightful analysis, the two women nodded thoughtfully. In the midst of their conversation, the three of them returned to the Dawn.

As for other matters, they entrusted them to Calvert and Silva.

Speaking of which, Silva’s global ranking is quite impressive, reaching 137th place. This ranking is considered quite good. However, it’s a pity that it fell just short of acquiring a city-building token.

This left Waldo feeling regretful. If Silva had obtained another city-building token, wouldn’t he then have control over two cities? His influence and power would significantly increase.

However, it was just that little bit short.

Calvert’s ranking also surprised Waldo slightly. When Waldo first met Calvert, it was because Calvert had discovered the invincible destroyer stealth ship. At that time, Calvert was only at level 30.

Who would have thought that since then, Calvert’s level would quickly rise, reaching level 40 in no time. After being promoted by Waldo to the captain of the invincible ship, his strength improved by leaps and bounds. With more experience came rapid growth and astonishing progress.

When the Ice Age arrived, he had just reached level 60. Moreover, his foundation was very solid. After all, he had steadily progressed step by step, gaining experience from the trials of fire and blood.

Calvert’s ranking on the combat power leaderboard was 1031st, even higher than Helen by a good margin. This made Waldo express his admiration.

After returning to the room, Helen curiously asked, "Waldo, when will we start building the city after obtaining the city-building token?"

Waldo couldn’t help but respond, "Why are you so concerned about this? Instead of worrying about that, you should think about how to please me!"

"Stop being sarcastic!" Helen retorted. "I am showing concern for you, after all!"

"Just think about it, we’ve just entered the Ice Age," she continued. "As time goes on, the temperature will only get lower. When that time comes, the Dawn may not be suitable for habitation. In fact, it’s not very suitable now. After all, the Dawn is just an ordinary Noah’s Ark. In such low temperatures, many facilities have already frozen and become inoperable. Plus, we lack proper heating devices. In reality, many lower-powered survivors are already struggling to adapt. It would be best if we could build a city as soon as possible!"

The room where Waldo and the others lived was a first-class room. They had various heating devices, so the low temperature didn’t affect them much. However, it was a different story for other survivors. They were finding it quite challenging.

Upon hearing this, Waldo nodded thoughtfully. Indeed, he should consider building a city as soon as possible.

"You make a valid point. I will take it into consideration," he replied. "However, building a city is a significant matter and cannot be rushed. We must choose a suitable location for the city. It doesn’t necessarily have to be a natural stronghold, but it must ensure easy access!"

Waldo had to consider many aspects. To develop and prosper, their city needed to be in an area with relatively good transportation.

Shortly thereafter, Waldo decided to dispatch drones to survey the terrain and find a suitable location for building the city. However, the report came back that due to the extremely low temperatures, the drones were unable to function.

"What? The drones can’t function?" Waldo expressed his frustration. If the drones couldn’t be used, he would have to send helicopters out. However, with the current heavy snowfall, sending out helicopters was filled with safety risks. After much consideration, Waldo ultimately abandoned this plan.

"Send combat robots! Although the individual strength of a single robot may not be formidable, the advantage is that they are not afraid of the cold and have no physical limitations. Using them to explore the terrain would be ideal. Moreover, with them paving the way, when we migrate in the future, we can also avoid many dangers on land. It’s a win-win situation," Waldo suggested.

The combat robots were quickly dispatched as per his instructions. They were organized into groups of six robots each, forming ten teams, heading in different directions.

At this point, not long after entering the Ice Age, the snow accumulation wasn’t too significant. While the robots’ travel speed was slowed down, the impact wasn’t substantial.

However, Waldo was already thinking ahead. The snow accumulation wasn’t too thick at the moment, allowing for easy passage. But over time, the snow might become quite deep. By then, even if they found a suitable area for building a city, it might be difficult to reach.

Waldo couldn’t help but worry about this very real issue. It was a challenge they would have to face. However, he didn’t have a solution yet and could only take it one step at a time.

In the following days, Waldo conducted multiple draws and obtained an Infinite Down Jacket. He sighed at this, as the down jacket was just a supplementary item since they already had thermal combat suits.

Subsequently, Waldo focused on the information the robots were relaying. Over the past few days, he had dispatched over two hundred combat robots in various directions. Finally, they found four suitable areas for building a city.

The first location is a valley with a flat terrain, making it suitable for building a city.

The second location is a small plain with flat and vast terrain. The downside is that there seems to be snow beast activity nearby, posing a certain level of danger.

The third location is a narrow valley bottom, originally a river but now completely frozen, offering relatively convenient transportation.

The fourth location is also a vast plain. However, based on the information provided by the robots, there seems to be a large number of snow beasts inhabiting the plain, making it highly dangerous.

Waldo focused and carefully reviewed the information relayed by the combat robots. At this moment, Helen appeared beside him.

He showed her the details of the four locations and asked, "Which one do you think is suitable? Valleys and river valleys are suitable for building a city, but the drawbacks are apparent. There will be significant limitations for city expansion in the later stages. However, if we choose the plains, there are many snow beasts. The danger is too high for the average survivor, and an abundance of snow beasts might pose a severe threat to our city."