You bastard—I’ve remembered you.
In her previous life, Yan Yiqiu had spent the full ten days in the first dungeon, so she was somewhat familiar with the outer forest area. She knew the edge near the foot of the mountain was less likely to encounter ferocious beasts, so her goal was clear—she headed straight to the trees along the edge.
She took out the ordinary attribute-less axe from the beginner gift pack and swung it at the tree in front of her.
After about five or six strikes, the tree collapsed with a loud crash.
The fallen tree did not go directly into her backpack.
Yan Yiqiu stepped forward slightly and clicked the Collect option that appeared in front of her. Only then did the tree turn into white light and disappear.
To be honest, she thought this game mechanic was extremely unreasonable.
Because some players refused to spend stamina and preferred to freeload. They would hide nearby, wait for someone else to chop down a tree, then rush out to snatch the collection first and run away.
In her previous life, Yan Yiqiu had been robbed three times in a row by the same person!
In the end she couldn’t stand it anymore. She grabbed her weapon and chased that person around the dungeon for two whole hours. She even stopped collecting materials just to catch him. After finally grabbing him, she beat him up badly and took all the materials he had stolen before calming down.
Since then, whenever she chopped trees, she stayed extremely alert, afraid someone would jump out and steal her stuff again.
[Obtained Wood ×15, EXP +2.]
Yan Yiqiu returned to reality and opened her backpack. Ten pieces of wood lay quietly in the grid.
The starting backpack had 15 slots, and each slot could hold up to 9,999 of the same item.
It looked like it could store a lot, but in the late game… upgrading a territory once could require hundreds of thousands or even millions of wood.
These slots were only enough for the early stage. Later on, players had to bring materials to a Tailor to sew larger backpacks and increase storage slots.
She closed the backpack and opened her status panel.
[Player Level: 0 (2/100)][Stamina: 48/50 (recovers 5 per hour)][Energy: 50/50 (recovers 5 per hour)][Health: 100/100][Fullness: 97/100 (does not recover automatically)]
Yan Yiqiu continued chopping trees.
First, she would chop fifteen trees to gather enough wood to upgrade her territory to Level 1. Then she would go catch fish to accumulate cooking experience and try to make attribute food as soon as possible.
Fishing was far less dangerous than facing beasts in the forest.
Although Yan Yiqiu had combat experience from her previous life, she was now a fragile life player with low combat power and low health. A single mistake could get her killed.
Even with experience, she couldn’t become careless.
She silently reminded herself of that and continued chopping trees carefully.
[Obtained Wood ×20, EXP +2.][Obtained Wood ×10, EXP +2.][Obtained Wood ×16, EXP +2.]…[Obtained Wood ×15, White Chest ×1, EXP +2.]
Yan Yiqiu froze when she saw the white treasure chest appear.
Good heavens—she actually got a treasure chest from chopping trees?
It wasn’t impossible, but the probability was extremely low, roughly one in a thousand. In her previous life she had chopped countless trees and never gotten one.
Her luck was a little ridiculous.
But then again, she had already experienced rebirth, so getting a chest from a tree wasn’t that shocking.
Yan Yiqiu’s eyes lit up and she immediately opened the chest.
[Obtained: Carpenter Blueprint – Crossbow (White) ×1][Obtained: Cooking Recipe – Braised Pork (White) ×1][Obtained: Copper Coins ×200]
Yan Yiqiu thought happily: Looks like this life I’m truly a luck emperor.
A white chest actually produced two blueprints!
She checked the carpenter blueprint first. Crafting a crossbow required 50 wood. Its damage was fairly good, and being a ranged weapon made it extremely useful.
She planned to craft it immediately.
Next she checked the recipe.
[Restores 25 fullness. Movement speed +10% for 30 seconds.]Required materials: Raw Meat ×1, Sugar ×1
It even had attributes!
Yan Yiqiu took a deep breath and learned both blueprints before moving to a safer hiding spot with her axe.
Not long after she left, a massive wild boar nearly three meters tall, like a small hill, slowly walked over.
It seemed to sense something. Lowering its head, it sniffed the ground, snorting heavily while pacing irritably.
Suddenly, sounds of fighting echoed from behind.
The boar found its outlet.
With tusks nearly the size of elephant tusks, it roared and charged forward. Its enormous body made the ground tremble as it ran.
Soon, panicked screams echoed through the forest.
Meanwhile, Yan Yiqiu had already found a hidden safe spot and was preparing to craft the crossbow.
She took out wood from the material pack and laid out the full carpenter tool set, awkwardly beginning to polish the wood.
Her movements were slow. Piece by piece, she carefully carved the necessary parts. Wood shavings covered the ground, even sticking to her clothes and hair.
Finally, when the last component was finished, she began assembling.
[Obtained Crossbow ×1, Crossbow Bolts ×20.][Congratulations! Carpenter leveled up to Level 1. Furniture Blueprint Pack ×1 obtained.]
“Hoo…”
Seeing the notification, Yan Yiqiu slowly exhaled and stretched her stiff wrists and neck, unable to hide the joy in her eyes.
“I actually succeeded on the first try.”
Even after learning blueprints, crafting could still fail.
Being able to succeed immediately put her in a great mood. After all, she had spent three full hours slowly crafting and polishing every part.
Her status now showed:
[Player Level: 0 (58/100)][Stamina: 37/50][Energy: 32/50][Health: 100/100][Fullness: 74/100]
It had consumed quite a bit of stamina and energy.
Yan Yiqiu glanced at her fullness stat. She decided to wait until it dropped to 60 before eating.
First, she wanted to test the crossbow.
She walked back toward the meadow and aimed at the fat fish swimming quickly in the stream.
Standing about ten meters away, she narrowed her eyes and fired.
A faint whoosh cut through the air as the bolt shot into the water. The clear stream was soon dyed red with blood.
Yan Yiqiu ran to the riverbank.
The bolt had pinned a fish to the ground beneath the water, the arrowhead embedded in the mud.
She pulled it out and inspected the wound.
The damage was decent. It couldn’t instantly kill forest beasts, but if it struck the right spot, it could definitely seriously injure them.
[Obtained Fish Meat ×1, EXP +3.]
After testing the crossbow, she put it away, tied up her dress, and jumped into the stream to catch fish by hand.
The water was so clear that she felt bad ruining it repeatedly with crossbow shots.
Perhaps because they had never seen humans before, the fish were surprisingly stupid—easy to catch.
Still, she had to be careful.
There were also piranhas in the river.
Dungeon piranhas were far more dangerous than the ones on Earth—one bite could sever a player’s hand.
[Obtained Fish Meat ×1, EXP +3.][Obtained Fish Meat ×1, EXP +3.]…
Soon her level increased.
[Player Level: 1 (3/250)][Stamina: 57/60][Energy: 51/60][Health: 200/200][Fullness: 63/100]
She leveled up.
Seeing her fullness about to drop below 60, Yan Yiqiu finally stopped catching fish and stepped barefoot onto the grass.
Her stomach growled with hunger. Her movement speed had slowed slightly.
She walked to a flat clearing away from the forest, took out some wood, and shaved off wood chips.
After preparing the spot, she struck two flint stones together. Sparks fell onto the chips and ignited instantly. She quickly fed the flame with small pieces of firewood.
Once the fire grew stronger, she skewered fish meat on a stick and roasted it over the flames, sprinkling salt from the system’s seasoning pack.
The provided seasonings were simple: salt, MSG, chicken powder, dark soy sauce, and chili powder. Nothing else.
Other seasonings had to be gathered in dungeons or purchased from the territory shop after upgrading.
[Obtained Grilled Fish ×1, Cooking EXP +5.]
Grilled Fish: Restores 10 fullness
“Ten points… not bad.”
Smelling the fragrant roasted fish, Yan Yiqiu licked her lips, blew on the steaming fish, and eagerly took a bite.
She had roasted it a little too long.
It was slightly burnt.
After eating enough to raise her fullness to 70, she continued roasting the rest.
Soon she finished cooking all 15 fish, eating three and storing the rest in her backpack.
After eating and resting, it was time to chop wood again.
She returned to the outer forest and diligently continued collecting wood.
More players were entering the dungeon now. She encountered several others while chopping trees. They exchanged wary glances before silently going their separate ways.
Occasional beast roars echoed from deep in the forest.
Yan Yiqiu remained cautious. If a roar sounded too close, she immediately moved to another spot.
Thanks to her previous experience, she did not encounter a single beast all day.
As the sun gradually set, the last rays of light dyed the clouds red.
[Obtained Wood ×14, EXP +2.]
Her backpack now contained:
Grilled Fish ×8Wood ×489Biscuits ×3Drinking Water ×3Stamina Potions ×2Energy Potions ×2Bandages ×3
Fortunately, life professions had expanded backpacks. Otherwise, the basic slots would never have been enough.
Yan Yiqiu sat cross-legged on the ground, checking her harvest for the day while resting.
Nighttime forests were far more dangerous than daytime.
Just as she was thinking about leaving the forest soon, the ground suddenly began to tremble violently.
Heavy breathing echoed nearby.
Yan Yiqiu instantly jumped to her feet and ran without hesitation.
“ROAR!”
She glanced back.
Behind her was a huge wild boar, towering like a small mountain. Its yellowed tusks were stained with blood and bits of flesh.
In front of the boar ran several fleeing players.
One of them looked familiar.
The man spotted Yan Yiqiu, and his eyes lit up.
“Run toward her! She’s a life player! She runs slower than us—if we’re faster than her, we’ll survive!”
It was the same man who had tried to recruit her earlier.
Yan Yiqiu: “….”
Damn.
You bastard—I’ll remember you.