On the mysterious continent shrouded in mist, two Shelters separated by a thousand miles formed their first bond.
He Yajun: “Brother, from now on, my life is yours. If you ever need it, take it whenever you wish!”
Li Qinglang: “I accept your thanks, but keep your life for yourself.”
He Yajun: “I’m serious!”
Li Qinglang: “All right, all right. Don’t make it so sappy. From now on, we’ll cooperate closely and survive in the Mist Continent.”
He Yajun: “Of course! From now on, what’s mine is yours!”
Li Qinglang turned around and patted Da Ju’s head:
“Looks like we won’t be lacking meat from now on.”
“Awoo!”
“Hahaha, you perked up the instant you heard there was meat, didn’t you?”
In fact, to Li Qinglang, spring water was not precious, since it was a mass-produced resource that could be obtained continuously.
Therefore, Li Qinglang could not bring himself to raise the price unfairly.
Of course, strangers with whom he had no connection were an exception~
However, before trading spring water, Li Qinglang still had one matter to explain.
Since He Yajun had only been active along the edges of the Dense Fog Zone and had not ventured deeper, he knew nothing about the Mistbreaker Totem.
He told He Yajun that tomorrow, while the effects of the Blood Clan Essence were still active, he should enter the mist again to obtain the Mistbreaker reward.
The Mistbreaker Totem reward was rated according to the Survivor’s overall current progress.
Considering He Yajun’s current state of having nothing, it would probably be difficult for him to obtain an S-grade reward.
Although even a starving camel was still bigger than a horse, making an A-grade reward easy to obtain, now that he knew about this, he had to aim for the best reward.
Besides, it was not as though he lacked the strength!
If not for this accident, He Yajun’s development progress should have been ahead of Li Qinglang’s.
After all, he was a ruthless man who had wiped out a wolf pack with a mortal body in just two days.
With that kind of Battle power, even though Li Qinglang believed in the principle that there was always someone better and a higher heaven beyond the heavens, he would believe that someone in this world could fight better than He Yajun. But if someone claimed they could reliably defeat him, Li Qinglang absolutely would not believe it.
In short, Li Qinglang told He Yajun not to rush to get rated tomorrow. While the effects of immortality were still active, he should first slaughter every beast near the Shelter that he could defeat!
Once he had earned enough resources, he could enter the mist to search for the Mistbreaker Totem.
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After ending his chat with He Yajun, Li Qinglang silently checked the trade information posted in the World Chat Channel.
Although he had used up his trades for today, he could first look for highly practical items and reserve tomorrow’s trade.
Unless something special happened, Li Qinglang did not plan to use spring water as currency for subsequent trades.
Although it could be mass-produced, there were only 300 milliliters per day. Most water resources with special effects in the Mist Continent required drinking at least 50 milliliters to activate their effects.
He and Da Ju needed 100 milliliters each day, and if He Yajun could truly provide meat over the long term, Li Qinglang would also have to give him 50 milliliters per day.
The remaining 150 milliliters had to be saved for emergencies. Otherwise, if he accidentally entered a Dense Fog Zone one day, he would have no second portion of Blood Clan Essence to extend his life.
After the Shelter’s field of vision expanded, Li Qinglang discovered several new coconut trees when he went to the seaside to collect water, but there were not many.
After calculating, the only thing he could currently use in large quantities for trade was Fine Grade purified seawater.
The value of seawater was still extremely high, after all, its anti-inflammatory and sterilizing effects were undeniable.
In the Mist Continent, whether or not there were beasts around you, injury was unavoidable. Everyone had to perform hard labor, whether tree felling or mining.
Therefore, almost no one would have no need for purified seawater. Its only drawback was that it was consumed slowly, making it difficult to exchange for fixed resources over the long term.
Li Qinglang examined the various trade information one by one, and during the process, he really did find something that interested him.
【Thermostatic planting box（Fine）】
Introduction: Made from special materials, it can maintain the internal temperature to an extremely high degree and slightly accelerate plant growth.
When he saw this item, Li Qinglang became extremely excited. The cultivation of Happy Sweet Potato had a solution!
However, it was only during his private communication with the seller afterward that he learned the thermostatic planting box was only one cubic meter in size.
The mature Happy Sweet Potato was more than half a meter long. At most, this planting box could be used to grow one sweet potato.
Sweet Potatoes could be cut into pieces for cultivation, and the one sweet potato Li Qinglang currently possessed could be divided into more than twenty seeds.
Therefore, a single thermostatic planting box was truly far from enough, and he could only helplessly give up on the trade.
Before he knew it, three hours had passed. But for the night, which lasted nearly eighteen hours, there was still a long time left to remain in the Shelter.
Wrapped in a quilt, Li Qinglang lay comfortably on the big bed and gradually fell asleep.
…
“So cold…”
In a daze, Li Qinglang was jolted awake by the freezing room temperature.
At some point, the flame in the fireplace had gone out, leaving only a few faint sparks.
The night had become unbearably cold, and the inside of the Shelter was just like a refrigerator.
The Mist Continent’s Weather Forecast only displayed the daytime temperature, so he did not know how many degrees it was indoors now. However, he could be certain that it was absolutely below zero!
Although the wooden boards of the Level-Two Shelter fit tightly together, they were not a warmth-preserving material. Thus, Li Qinglang, covered only by a thin quilt, shivered violently from the cold.
He quickly got out of bed and rekindled the fireplace. After moving around a little, he finally felt his body temperature return to normal.
Da Ju, on the other hand, was sleeping soundly. It slept by Li Qinglang’s feet, and thanks to its Pure Yang Body, his feet did not become icy cold.
Thus, during the time that followed, Li Qinglang was awakened by the cold twice more, and each time he had to add firewood to the fireplace.
Precisely because of this, although he slept for more than ten hours, his sleep quality was extremely poor. Under the influence of the cold weather, he was unable to enter deep sleep.
Li Qinglang even developed a slight fever.
Fortunately, the existence of purified spring water allowed him to regulate the body.
“Sigh, I really wonder how those Survivors without enough warmth items are surviving.”
Even Li Qinglang, as one of the top ninety-nine percent certified by the Mistbreaker Totem, found the current temperature difficult to handle, let alone the remaining ninety-nine percent.
There were still several hours until daybreak, so Li Qinglang planned to make some breakfast first.
He placed the 400 grams of meat patty left over from last night on the fireplace to heat it. The meat patty, which had originally been frozen hardness, gradually softened under the temperature of the flame.
“Awoo~”
Li Qinglang turned his head and saw that Da Ju had woken up at some point. It was crouching beside the bed, staring eagerly at the meat patty.
“No wonder they call you a little glutton. The cold weather didn’t wake you, but the moment I started making food, you woke right up.”
“Awoo…”
“All right, all right. I can’t eat this much. There’s a portion for you.”
“Awoo~”
“Sigh, I wonder when you’ll grow up. I’m still counting on you to help me slaughter everything in all directions.”
Da Ju had an enormous appetite. The two pieces of hyena meat traded from Xu Zhiqiang would have been enough to feed Li Qinglang for several days if he had eaten them alone.
But because Da Ju was there, they were devoured in a single night.
“The announcement says that the activity range of the native creatures in the Mist Continent will increase greatly today. How about taking Da Ju outside to try it out?”
Although Da Ju was still juvenile and the System had rated it as only ordinary, judging from its body size alone, it was already about as large as an ordinary hunting dog.
If a dog of this size could hunt, then as a saber-toothed tiger, it should be even fiercer, right?
Li Qinglang had no understanding of Da Ju’s Battle power at all. He only knew that Da Ju was very strong.
After all, when he had tried to mess up Da Ju’s freshly licked fur last night, Da Ju had struggled fiercely and escaped Li Qinglang’s grasp with ease.
By now, Li Qinglang’s body had at least been strengthened by Fine Grade hyena meat and two days of spring water, making his physical fitness considerably better than an ordinary person’s.
But to Da Ju, that amount of strength was still nothing worth mentioning.
After the meat patty had been heated, Li Qinglang tore off about one-quarter for himself and gave the rest to Da Ju.
Although Da Ju could eat a lot, its increase was truly rapid as well. Its body size grew at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Since it ate so much, it naturally absorbed more energy, which made Li Qinglang extremely envious.
After finishing the hyena meat in his hand, that familiar feeling surged forth again, as though every part of his body were filled with vigor.
He had no choice but to start doing exercises such as squat jumps and push-ups to speed up digestion.
Only after half an hour did he feel the energy in his body gradually settle down.
However, Li Qinglang did not stop exercising. He merely lowered the intensity slightly.
The system announcement had applied pressure, and native creature activity had become more frequent, so he planned to perform physical training once or twice every day from now on.
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【Today’s Weather】
Clear skies, temperature: -3 to 5°C
Sunrise time: 10:00
Daytime duration: six hours
Climate Trend: The harsh winter is drawing closer. Cherish this good weather and collect as much food and cold-resistant supplies as possible.
The daytime temperature had also dropped below 0°C.
Furthermore, the daytime was becoming shorter and shorter.
Six hours. They had to be cherished!
Standing at the door of the wooden house and feeling the howling cold wind outside, Li Qinglang gritted his teeth, put on his windbreaker, and went out.
First, he took two Boxes to collect seawater. This seawater was for the Big Tycoon, Wang Yixin.
After two trades, and with Li Qinglang intentionally allowing the other party to gain an advantage, the two of them had developed a preliminary trust.
Thus, they had already agreed that Wang Yixin would lend Li Qinglang the Spatial Backpack for use this morning.
However, this naturally came with conditions. First, the lending and returning would both be carried out through the Friend gift function, so it would not affect their one daily trading opportunity.
Second, Li Qinglang would first gift Wang Yixin two Boxes of purified seawater as collateral. That way, even if Li Qinglang took the Spatial Backpack and failed to return it, Wang Yixin would not lose too much.
Finally, after the Backpack was borrowed, the two Boxes of purified seawater would directly serve as the reward, and Wang Yixin would not need to return them.
While the Purified Water Pearl purified the seawater, Li Qinglang dug soil with all his strength. He wanted to use the Earthenware Blueprint to make as many utensils as possible.
Half an hour later, after successfully obtaining the Spatial Backpack, he filled it with soil and rushed straight to the seaside.
The soil and water required for the pottery were ready. Next came making it with the blueprint.
With a thought from Li Qinglang, the Make Blueprint in his hand emitted a gentle white light.
The soil and seawater enveloped by the white light rapidly took shape and solidified at a speed visible to the naked eye.