I loathe to agree with anyone who has an avatar with the WRONG Marvin (^_^), but I have to agree with
@LazyTony! These short-term events do not seem to cater for long-term players who will have to wait 5-6 days for a single SCOUT! In the past, having "SCOUT" or "RESEARCH TREE" on a single "quest item" when you've completed the final chapter means wasting TIME BOOSTS for something that might not end up being useful in the "next chapter"! Whenever that it released to the populous!
Personally, I do not participate in these smaller events, but continue to gain resources (mainly PORTAL PROFITs via CRAFTING) until the release of the "next chapter". In the larger, one month, events I tend to compete the "daily quests" and forget about the sequential ones!
I thank INNOGAMES, however, for providing these events for "newer" gamers, so they can progress their cities easier/quicker than we did 3-4 years ago!