The eighth day of survival on the Desolate Star.
The first thing Shen Qingyao did after waking up in the morning was, of course, eat breakfast—and open a Golden Chest while she was at it.
【Random Seed Bag ×1, Fertilizer ×11, Wood ×180, Stone ×130, Glass ×62, Iron Blocks ×15, Copper Blocks ×17, Cotton Cloth ×6, Blueprint ×1, Electricity Card ×1, Secret Realm Pass ×1, Refrigerator ×1, Hoverboard ×1, Spirit-Level Pink Bow ×1】
This enormous pink bow—if it weren’t Spirit-Level, Shen Qingyao absolutely would not have worn it!
She was long past the age of liking pink!
However, since it increased her speed, she still put it on. It was a little too conspicuous, but staying alive was more important, wasn’t it?
The hoverboard was also a much-needed means of transportation. If she encountered another beast she couldn’t defeat, she would at least be able to escape in time!
The Secret Realm Pass was for the Dark Night Cavern. No one had entered this secret realm before, so she would have to explore it herself.
For now, she would definitely prioritize Snow Valley. According to the information compiled in the group, the more straightforward the environment, the lower the difficulty.
The Dark Night Cavern—she could tell from the name alone that it was a cave. If it was filled with nothing but stone, her Spirit-Level hoe and shovel wouldn’t be of much use. Snow Valley sounded much simpler.
After breakfast, she made another batch of bone arrows.
Then she harvested all the crops that were ready and replanted another batch. Today, she finally planted the potatoes as well.
She didn’t cultivate any new land. Instead, she checked the backpack she was carrying, then took a deep breath and activated the Secret Realm Pass.
After a wave of dizziness, she couldn’t help rubbing her face.
It was so cold here!
Even wearing the Butterfly Wing Suit, she was chilled to the bone!
But she had turned into a little tiger again!
No wonder she had felt shorter just now.
She gloomily rubbed her face.
The pink bow was perched right on top of her head. Just thinking about herself as a huge tiger wearing a pink bow made her feel uncomfortable all over.
She was a young woman in the prime of her youth! How could she turn into a little tiger cub?
But there was nothing she could do. Life had to go on, even if she was currently nothing more than a little tiger!
Snow Valley was an endless expanse of white. Some black rocks could vaguely be seen here and there, but there was nothing else visible on the snowy ground.
She calmly swung her hoe.
“Ding!”
The ever-useful Spirit-Level hoe had finally met its match!
The crisp sound clearly meant it had struck ice!
She had no idea how thick the ice here was. Even the Spirit-Level hoe couldn’t break through it!
Unwilling to give up, she pulled out her Spirit-Level shovel.
“Ding! Congratulations, Host! You have obtained ×1 Thousand-Year Ice!”
What was this thing useful for?
Cooling off?
But the hot season was almost over, wasn’t it?
Almost every household on Blue Star had air conditioners and refrigerators anyway. They didn’t really need this thing, did they?
Still, she didn’t give up immediately. Instead, she mined nearly a hundred pieces.
Only after she reached the permafrost layer did she dig up some strange things:
“Ding! Congratulations, Host! You have obtained ×1 Seed of Unknown Grade in Hibernation!”
“Ding! Congratulations, Host! You have obtained ×1 Spirit-Level Low-Grade Cold Iron Ore!”
“Ding! Congratulations, Host! You have obtained ×1 Yellow-Grade Giant Beast Bone!”
The deeper Shen Qingyao dug, the stranger her expression became.
Just what kind of treasures were buried beneath this permafrost?
In other places, even giant beast bones would have been eroded and weathered away over the course of countless years. Yet here, they were still so well-preserved that they looked as if the creatures had only just died!
She had never seen a Yellow-Grade beast before.
She guessed that the giant eagle might have reached the Yellow-Grade level.
But she couldn’t be certain.
Still, even after tens of millions of years, the pressure emanating from this enormous bone had not dissipated!
Leaving aside everything else, if she placed it inside her shelter, those weaker beasts would definitely be too intimidated to approach anymore!
She continued digging for another half hour, but couldn’t find anything else. Only then did she reluctantly climb out of the pit.
She shook her fur, flinging off the mud and snow covering her body.
Then she suddenly froze in place.
What was going on?
A physiological reaction?
Had she really started thinking of herself as an animal?
No!
Absolutely not!
She took out a towel and wiped herself down, then firmly clenched her tiger paws.
“I’m a civilized person! Not an animal! That’s right! I’m not a beast!”
Having said that, she raised her head and puffed out her chest, marching toward the depths of Snow Valley on her fluffy paws.
There were already so many good things at the entrance. What would be waiting deeper inside?
“System, what’s the secret realm mission?”
“Host, just like Butterfly Valley, this is a survival secret realm. As long as you can survive in the secret realm for eight hours, you will complete the mission.”
“So there’s no exploration requirement?”
“No. However, the rewards will be calculated according to your exploration progress!”
“What is the current exploration progress?”
“3%!”
“Huh? I just got here, and I’m already at 3%? So the things I dug up count toward exploration progress too?”
Shen Qingyao was quite surprised.
“Host, that’s correct! Anything you do within the secret realm may trigger an increase in exploration progress!”
“I see!”
Her eyes lit up. In other words, she didn’t actually have to follow the usual routine of killing monsters and gathering resources.
Even if she just kept digging holes, she could eventually max out her exploration progress!
However, at 3% after half an hour, she would only reach 24% after eight hours—far from 100%. She still needed to hurry up and kill monsters and gather resources.
It wasn’t until she reached the center of Snow Valley that she discovered there was actually an ice lake here!
The surface of the lake was crystal clear, and flowers radiating a rich energy bloomed across it. They were probably Ice Lotuses.
Ice Lotuses had only flowers, with no leaves or stems visible. They bloomed one after another across the surface of the ice lake. The sight was so beautiful that it was almost mesmerizing!
However, Shen Qingyao didn’t miss the fact that a Frost Toad was crouching in the center of every Ice Lotus. Obviously, these were the beasts guarding them.
Wang Guodong had mentioned that Frost Toads could use an Ice Arrow technique. One careless mistake, and a person could be frozen into an icicle!
Shen Qingyao glanced at the nearest Ice Lotus. The Frost Toad perched upon it had already opened its eyes warily.
Shen Qingyao cautiously took out her bow and arrow and suddenly fired.
The Frost Toad puffed up its belly and spat out an ice arrow at the same time.
Shen Qingyao’s arrow struck the Frost Toad, but it failed to kill it immediately.
Instead, she was hit in the calf by the ice arrow.
Although it didn’t penetrate her defenses, her entire leg instantly became as cold as ice. The sensation nearly caused her to lose her aim with the bow in her hands!
She endured the discomfort and fired another arrow.
Only then did the Frost Toad finally flip onto its back and die!
She stood there for nearly thirty seconds before she could finally feel her leg again.
When she reached the Ice Lotus, she took out her Spirit-Level shovel and carefully dug it out.
“Ding! Congratulations, Host! You have obtained ×1 Grade-5 Mortal-Level Ice Lotus!”
“Ding! Congratulations, Host! You have obtained ×12 Grade-5 Mortal-Level Ice Lotus Seeds!”
Shen Qingyao would actually like to grow Ice Lotuses, but the environment around her shelter wasn’t suitable.
Unless the season changed to winter and the temperature dropped to something as cold as Snow Valley, there was no chance of growing them!
Still, she carefully stored them away.
This was the Desolate Star Survival Game. What if such a day really came?
It was always better to be prepared!
Now that she had some experience, she continued fighting in an orderly fashion, eventually harvesting all the Ice Lotuses in the lake!
At noon, she simply ate some roasted meat and tomatoes to fill her stomach.
“System, what’s my current exploration progress?”
“Host, your current exploration progress is 76%. Keep up the good work!”
Sure enough, killing monsters and gathering resources was the fastest way to increase exploration progress!
She then began making her way toward the snowy mountain.
Wang Guodong had said that the Frost Giant Bear was somewhere halfway up the mountain.