He closed the magic book, no matter how big the matter was, he'd talk about it after sunrise.
Ethan walked back to the bedside. No matter how he looked at it, he felt there was something missing from his bed.
"Maybe I should make a quilt."
Ethan quickly flipped to the upgrade section under the upgrade book, to the part about the bedroom.
[Advanced Large Bed: After you have your basic needs met for food and warmth, the next thing to consider is a big, comfortable, warm bed. This Advanced large bed even comes with a fur quilt. Its comfort and warmth will absolutely make you never want to get up!
Crafting requirements: Advanced Wood 191/10, Tree Vines 396/10, Animal Hides 7/2, Fur 110/100, Fire-Type Beast Core 17/2]
"Upgrade!"
[Advanced Wood -10, Tree Vines -10, Animal Hides -2, Fur -100, Fire-Type Beast Core -2]
A flash of golden light and Ethan's original straw bed directly transformed into an ancient carved wooden bed.
The wooden bed was now about two meters by two meters. Not only was there an extremely soft mattress on it, there was also a soft feathery quilt, and even a soft pillow made from lightning leopard hide.
Ethan pressed down with his hand and found that the wooden bed was radiating warmth, just like an electric blanket had been laid underneath.
"This must be the effect of the fire-type beast cores."
He was growing more and more fond of this world. These items with slight magical effects were honestly just ridiculously satisfying to use.
Especially the fire-type beast cores, they could heat up all kinds of things.
Get on the bed.
It was really too comfortable.
Ethan let out a long sigh. As expected, the difference between having a mattress and not having one was massive.
This kind of soft large bed, wrapped up in a thick fur quilt, was just unbelievably comfortable. Especially on such a cold winter night, it was enough to make someone want to shout from how good it felt.
———
Kah! Kah! Kah! (Crow Sounds)
Asleep in three seconds.
When Ethan opened his eyes again, the sky was already bright.
It had been a long time since he slept this well.
But what time was it now?
Ethan quickly grabbed the magic book beside his bed and took a look. Thankfully, it was only 7 a.m.
But he had to admit, this bed was really great.
After sleeping through the night, Ethan felt refreshed, and even felt like he had endless energy throughout his whole body.
[Weather Report: The cold wave has passed. Today's weather is pretty good. The daytime temperature will reach 18 degrees(celsius), very suitable for outdoor work. There will be plenty of sunlight today, a full 6 hours of daylight before the sun sets.]
[PS: But take note, the newbie protection period has ended. You now need to use a torch when going out, otherwise you won't be able to see anything.]
"..."
Seeing this weather report, Ethan was completely thrown off.
'Previously, when the sun rose, it used to disperse the fog within 10 meters, but now even that benefit is gone?'
"It seems the newbie protection period really is over."
Those who survived until now were probably not weak at all.
And those who couldn't survive… well, there was no need to think about them anymore.
Ethan had passive protection, and with an entire warehouse full of supplies, he naturally had nothing to worry about.
The only thing he needed to worry about was probably whether he had enough time to eat breakfast.
He took out a piece of lightning leopard meat from the warehouse and put it over the fire to heat up.
Ethan added two tomatoes into the meat, making himself a pot of tomato stew, then opened the [Region Chat] channel.
The chat content in the channel was much quieter compared to the chaos in the middle of the night.
The main reason was…
[Online: 146 People]
From midnight to now, more than half of the people had been eliminated again.
The remaining 146 people should count as the true strong ones in this region now, but even so, they weren't doing very well.
["Last night was so cold! I didn't freeze to death, but barely! I've started to run a fever!"]
["A fever is nothing! All of my toes turned purple, I think they're already frozen. I poke them and feel nothing at all."]
["I didn't sleep the whole night. I was so cold I couldn't take it anymore, I burned my bed!"]
["I feel so hot! I'm burning up! I just want to take off all my clothes and go outside for some fresh air, but the fog hasn't cleared yet. I don't dare go out!"]
["Brother above! You better keep yourself warm immediately. You're suffering from hypothermia. Your blood vessels expanded from the cold and forced more blood flow, causing your brain to misinterpret the sensation! Many people who freeze to death take off their clothes right before they die, that's hypothermia!"]
["What? Hypothermia?? Is it serious? Will it kill me?"]
["Hard to say. Just pray for yourself!"]
While Ethan ate his tomato stew, he noticed the number of people continuing to drop.
He had only just gotten out of bed, and more than a dozen people had died already.
The count was now 131 people.
["I saw the weather report say the newbie protection period ends today. If we go out without a torch, we won't be able to see anything. Damn! How are we supposed to survive like this!"]
["The torch is one thing, but isn't the real issue that we won't be able to SEE? I won't even know how to get back home. Even with a torch, it's basically being blind!"]
["Right! The fog is everywhere. If we go out, how do we come back?"]
["If you have rope, you can tie one end to your waist and one end to your house, then you can find your way back!"]
["Easier said than done! Where am I supposed to find rope that long?"]
["It's over! Don't tell me none of us can go out now?"]
One after another, everyone began howling in despair.
But Ethan suddenly remembered that he still had a crafting blueprint he got from a lucky chest, for a compass.
[Fine Compass: In the fog, having a fine compass can absolutely save your life. Crafting requirements: Magnet 0/1, Glass 114/1, Resin 385/2]
"Looks like this blueprint was prepared by the system just for today, isn't it?"
It was just that Ethan happened to be lucky enough to get it.
Now he only lacked the magnet.
Ethan quickly added 5 portions of carbon, activated the alchemy furnace, then threw all the magnetite into the furnace. The prompt showed that it would take half an hour.
A bit faster than the glass.
Ethan didn't waste any time. He immediately ran to the region chat channel and shouted, ["I have compasses for sale! You can reserve one now! Highest bidder gets it!"]
["Damn! Big bro, are you Doraemon? How do you have everything? It's like whatever we lack, you have!"]
["I seriously suspect this Ethan is actually a system GM here to exploit us!"]
["Everyone better not trade with him, or you'll get scammed so hard even your underwear will be gone!"]
["Idiot above!"]
["Brother, please give me a compass, uwu~ I can let you ride me like a horse~"]
["Damn, how is that uwu girl still alive? She survived last night's cold wave? Amazing!"]
["You don't know how much wood she got from selling catfished photos. Compared to her, you're nothing. And honestly, with that l*li appearance of hers, if she really let someone ride her, tsk tsk tsk, drool…"]
"..."
As for Ethan, he quickly received his first private message.
["Big bro, I got a Four-Leaf Lucky Clover from a chest. Can I trade it?"]
["Lucky clover? Let me see!"]
Very soon, the other party sent the Four-Leaf Lucky Clover trade request.
[1 Four-Leaf Lucky Clover in exchange for 1 Compass.]
Ethan opened the clover's attributes and took a look. He immediately agreed to the trade. This was indeed a good item.
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