Chapter 11 Beginner's Diet Potato
[Ding! Star River Enters Dream has initiated a trade with you. Do you wish to exchange Monster Cave Information for a Basic Lantern Fruit Seed and five Energy Hearts?]
Hunting Moment: "Let me make this clear first, this isn't applicable to all caves; it's just my personal experience and not universally applicable."
"Today I came across a cave and saw a pheasant peeking out. But when I chased after it, it refused to come out. Later, I bought some insects from the trading shop and managed to lure the pheasants out one by one. There were ten pheasants in total. After killing all the monsters, a silver resource box dropped."
Star River in Dreams: "Hunting the big boss, what's in the silver resource chest?"
Hunting Moment: "That's a different price. You're inquiring about my privacy, so you'll have to pay extra."
Star River in Dreams: "..."
Inside a red minivan, a long-haired man looking at his watch twitched at the corner of his mouth.
Gu Xinghe tapped his fingers, thinking to himself, "How strange is this? The monster in this cave is a group of pheasants, and one of the stupid roosters is even peeking out and being discovered?"
Well, everyone has their own secrets. The master hunter might have plant skills and could manipulate plants to sneak into the cave to investigate, but that's not a common possibility.
However, he also received information that the monsters in the cave could indeed drop resource chests, and even silver treasure chests!
Yu Qi also received the lantern fruit seed. This seed was different from ordinary seeds. It looked like an orange-yellow jade stone and was exceptionally beautiful.
She pressed her forehead, and the game's home system detected the seed and automatically stored it.
Primary Physalis seeds: need to be planted with primary fertilizer, and the planting time is 24 hours.
Yu Qi paused when she saw that the planting time was 24 hours.
Planting lantern fruit definitely requires a piece of land, which means you can't grow enough tomatoes to exchange for the basic resources for vehicle upgrades.
However, this kind of lantern fruit is also very practical and is indeed suitable for evenings after the beginner period.
Another thing is that all crops planted in the homestead can be upgraded, meaning she can gradually increase the level of the lantern fruit.
The basic lantern fruit has a weak repelling effect, but what about the intermediate and advanced levels?
Even if she doesn't use it, countless players would want to buy these lantern fruits if she sold them.
It would be great if our homestead could be upgraded to unlock more land.
Yu Qi entered the homestead, opened the warehouse, and saw the materials he had collected in the upper right corner.
[Timber 18/50, Copper 24/30, Crops 116/100, Silver 4/0]
We are still 32 units of wood, or 16 wooden crates, away from reaching level 2 homestead status.
Sixteen wooden crates weren't difficult to obtain, and since the agreed-upon tomato deal hadn't been completed, she opened her private messages to inquire with the two of them.
Dreaming of becoming a live-in son-in-law: "Boss, these boxes are useless. I'll give you all the boxes I opened these past two days! Luckily, I kept these boxes. If you need them in the future, just come to me!"
[System: A dreamer seeking to become a live-in son-in-law has submitted five empty log boxes and four empty bronze boxes. Accept?]
Not long after, the man in white also quickly sent a transaction.
[System: The White-Clad Tea Master has sent three empty log boxes and two empty bronze boxes. Accept?]
Yu Qi accepted the offer and quickly sent two tomatoes to Dream and one to White-Clad Tea.
Mutual benefit is the only way to go further in any relationship, and reciprocity is the only way to win people's hearts.
In the future, when she upgrades her home, she will need a lot of empty resource boxes, so this kind of exchange of benefits is more appropriate.
Over there, someone who dreamed of becoming a live-in son-in-law was flattered and sent over another universal battery.
"Boss, I don't need these boxes. I can't even sell them. Two tomatoes are enough for two meals. I'll give you a pack of universal batteries. I don't need batteries anyway."
"Don't refuse, boss! I'll have to buy tomatoes from you every day from now on. Tomatoes are so delicious, and they can even relieve some fatigue. Tomatoes are impossible to get in the store; everyone's hands are so fast! థ౪థ"
Yu Qi took the batteries and looked at them; there were still eight wooden crates missing.
Just then, the bald girl and Lolita both messaged her asking if she had any extra tomatoes, so she traded two tomatoes for both of their suitcases.
[Homestead Resources: Wood 54/50, Copper Ingots 46/30, Crops 116/100, Silver 4/0]
[The resources for upgrading your homestead are available. Would you like to upgrade it to level 2?]
Yu Qi clicked "Confirm," and the warehouse was instantly covered by a blue cloth. Next to it, a building surrounded by wood and under construction appeared.
[Food processing workshop: Under construction, time limit 2 hours.]
In the game's homestead system, the food processing workshop can perform simple decomposition and food processing, such as processing wheat into flour and steamed buns, pressing soybeans and rapeseed into oil, and making sugar if sugarcane and sugar beets are available...
After the workshop is upgraded, it can also make lotus flower candy, strawberry jam, spicy peanut sauce, pumpkin cakes, caramelized melon seeds, sugar-roasted chestnuts, pickled bamboo shoots, rock sugar pears...
All of them are simple and delicious foods!
Moreover, she can decompose the monsters she kills in the future!
Yu Qi was very excited. She twirled around in the air a few times, dragging her fishtail, and then patted the second piece of blue cloth to cheer it on.
"Hurry up and finish building it, then you'll be a great contributor!"
After she came out, she checked the basic resources she had obtained from the trading shop, withdrew all her earnings, and then opened the vehicle information.
Vehicle: Electric tricycle, Level 2 (Max speed 20km/h, 100% battery, upgrade resources required: 121/150 iron blocks, 84/80 plastic, 10/8 glass, 5/5 tires, 29/30 energy cores)
The tomatoes on the open market are sold out, but the good news is that an upgrade is in sight!
The taciturn man said, "Is the Hunting Master there? Do you have any medicine to treat your injuries or detoxify today? I'll exchange some Energy Hearts for it for you!"
Hunting Moment: "I have three bandages and an antidote pill, but I'm not sure if they'll cure your poison. Besides, what I urgently need right now isn't the Heart of Energy, but an Iron Block. Do you want to exchange them?"
The man, who was usually taciturn, said: "How many iron blocks do you need? I'll see if I can gather them all."
Hunting Moment: "I need thirty iron blocks and two energy hearts. I'll trade you three bandages, antidote pills, and five tomatoes."
Without the slightest hesitation, they quickly threw over thirty iron blocks and five energy hearts.
He remained silent and said, "The antidote pills are very precious. I searched the entire hall and couldn't find them. I won't take advantage of you."
This is a customer who can continue to trade, but the other party seems to be unlucky, getting injured for two consecutive days.
Hopefully, this customer can survive a long time in the survival game.
Yu Qi clicked to accept and quickly gathered all the resources needed for the vehicle upgrade.
Clicking the one-click upgrade button caused the vehicle to be enveloped in a white light and begin to slowly modify itself.
With both the home and vehicle upgraded simultaneously, the two most pressing matters were finally settled. Yu Qi could finally feel her stomach growling loudly, making a series of rumbling noises as if in protest.
Sure enough, when you're busy, it's hard to notice your own state.
She sat leisurely next to the tent, took out a bowl of tomato soup noodles and a can of fruit from her spatial backpack, and then took out a braised meat gift pack from the storage compartment. She sat on a bronze box, set up the small table she had exchanged during the day, and slowly began to eat.
The tomato soup noodles are self-heating. Just open the lid, add water and seasoning, and it's ready to eat in five minutes.
However, this tomato soup was too salty and not flavorful at all; it didn't taste as good as the tomatoes grown in our garden.
The canned fruit was too sweet; only the braised meat snacks were quite flavorful. She ate several chicken feet and wings in a row.
The monsters outside the protective shield were howling, seemingly attracted by the aroma inside, but they couldn't get in no matter what they did.
"Hey, old buddy, it's great to see you again!"
While gnawing on a chicken foot, Yu Qi greeted the familiar health bar.
This Shadow Tiger is really persistent. What kind of hatred could it have to follow you for 80 kilometers?
"Old buddy, have a piece of meat!"
Yu Qi took out a slingshot, then picked up a piece of snake meat, cut it into several pieces with a knife, and accurately threw it at Yinghu.
She couldn't see the monsters in the dark, but she could see their health bars!
That familiar health bar, how comforting!
In the vast darkness, Shadow Tiger let out a howl and charged forward again, only to slam its head into the protective shield and fall flat on its backside.
Yu Qi said with a pained expression, "Look at you, that piece of fresh meat was picked up by other monsters for nothing, wasn't it?"
The shadow tiger opposite was stunned for a moment. It seemed to react then, and suddenly pounced backward, howling at the monsters that were stealing its snake meat. It jumped and leaped in anger, wishing it could slap those monsters.
Yu Qi smiled and flicked another piece of meat at him.
This time, Lao Gao from Hupu jumped up in an instant.