“Materials? Isn’t that simple? Forget it, I’ll show you something.”
【Light Spirit Steel Axe（Excellent）】
Introduction: An axe forged from high-quality steel. It is large in size but light in weight, and automatically generates assistance when swung! One end has a sharp blade for logging, while the other is a blunt weapon for pounding. It is an excellent tool for felling trees and splitting stones!
Note: It is also a good choice to use occasionally as a weapon.
“Wang Yixin: There are only huge trees and boulders around my spawn point. As for wood, I can basically fell one tree with two axe strikes. I can also hammer out seven or eight pieces of stone with three to five strikes, so long-term trading won’t be a problem.”
Good grief! I’m seriously impressed! Poverty has limited my imagination!
While he was still worrying about the materials needed to upgrade his log cabin, someone else had already achieved wood freedom.
“Good brother, I’m definitely making you my brother. I’ll upgrade now, and add you as a Friend immediately afterward! Wait for me.”
“Sure, sure.”
He bundled the coconuts, 50 milliliters of purified seawater, and spring water and Listed them. Before long, he received a notification that the trade had succeeded.
Accompanied by a soft light sphere, 100 pieces of wood and 30 stones instantly filled the log cabin.
“That was close. If there had been any more material, would it have directly burst the Shelter...?”
Everything was ready; all that remained was the upgrade!
Shelter: Dilapidated log cabin（8 square meters）
Introduction: A badly damaged wooden house that can barely be used to shelter from wind and rain. It is unsuitable for habitation.
Shelter Facility: None
Materials required for upgrade: Wood*100, stone*50
Current materials: Wood*160, stone*60
【Upgrade?】
Yes!
As his words fell, a strand of soft white light seeped from every gap in the wooden house, filling the surrounding darkness like melting moonlight. A warm halo shone through the holes that let in the wind, and the entire wooden house seemed to become a glowing amber.
About three seconds later, a brand-new wooden house stood in the original place. Its walls were made of warm, light-brown wooden planks, with the joints fitted tightly together. The original dirt floor had also turned into a stone floor made up of slabs resembling tiles.
Level-Two Shelter: log cabin（14 square meters）
Introduction: An ordinary log cabin that can serve as a temporary resting place. However, because it is made of ordinary materials, it is easily damaged by harsh climate. It is unsuitable for long-term habitation.
Shelter Facility: None
Buildable facilities:
【Kitchen】
Construction materials: Wood*50, stone*20
Expanded space: 6 square meters
Equipped facilities: Simple stove and iron pot
【Bathroom】
Construction materials: Wood*30, stone*10
Expanded space: 4 square meters
Equipped facilities: Feces bucket
【Living room】
Construction materials: Wood*60, stone*50
Expanded space: 8 square meters
Equipped facilities: fireplace
Note: The Level-Two Shelter can have two of these facilities built. Once the requirements are met, it can be upgraded to a Level Three Shelter.
Shelter Upgrade Material: Wood*200, stone*200, iron*100
Current materials: Wood*60, stone*10
“Mm, not bad~ Not bad~”
Li Qinglang looked around the Shelter. After the upgrade, several new things had been added inside.
First, there was finally a window. It was neatly assembled from wooden planks and opened and closed by sliding horizontally. Although it was not a glass window, Li Qinglang still liked it very much.
Next, there was a square table inside, along with two stools. There was no bed, after all, the introduction had stated that it was unsuitable for long-term habitation.
Although there was no bed, there was a wooden lounge chair. His butt, which had been painfully pressed against the treasure chest, was finally liberated. Wrapped in the air-conditioned quilt, he slowly lay down on the wooden lounge chair.
“Oh~ How virtual floaty~”
With his feet propped up on the stool, Li Qinglang felt as though he had returned to his childhood in that instant—lying on a chair in the yard of a rural home and watching the stars. His body, exhausted after a full day’s labor, finally relaxed properly.
“Bzz~ Bzz~ Bzz~”
The familiar vibration came from the Communicator:
“Congratulations on successfully upgrading to a Level-Two Shelter. Successfully upgrading on the First day proves that you possess a trace of the qualifications needed to survive long-term on the Mist Continent!
The Practical Tools Gift Pack has been delivered. Please keep up the good work!
The Level-Two Shelter brings you new functions:
The Fogless Area has Increased from a radius of 100 meters to 150 meters.
The Thin Fog Region has Increased from a radius of 1,000 meters to 2,000 meters.
You have also unlocked two Friend Slots. Friends can conduct one additional transaction each day, and friends can send gift items to one another. The number of gifts has no upper limit.
The information on the Communicator pulled Li Qinglang back to reality from his childhood feigned sleep.
“Does only upgrading the Shelter on the First day give someone a trace of a chance to survive...?”
“Phew...”
Li Qinglang rapidly adjusted his emotions:
“There are still a few good things! The Safe Zone and Thin Fog Region have both grown considerably.
Having more expansive land means having richer resources. Besides, the Practical Tools Gift Pack has arrived too!”
Looking at the wooden treasure chest that had appeared out of nowhere on the wooden table, Li Qinglang eagerly opened it. Four items came into view:
【Novice Saw（ordinary）】
Introduction: A single-person saw manufactured on an assembly line. It can collect wood with fairly good efficiency, but has low durability and breaks easily.
【Novice Iron pickaxe（ordinary）】
Introduction: An iron pickaxe manufactured on an assembly line. It can be used for mining stone.
There was also a box of matches and a four-pound quilt.
Li Qinglang happily removed the air-conditioned quilt draped over him, spread it on the lounge chair as a mattress, and covered himself with the newly acquired quilt.
“Tomorrow I finally won’t have to use that broken stone axe to fell trees. I wonder if there are any stones to dig up in the newly cleared Thin Fog Region?”
At present, Li Qinglang was relatively short of stone. All three facilities that could be built in the Level-Two Shelter were extremely useful.
He had not yet decided which one to give up. The bathroom would greatly improve the living environment. After all, nighttime was too dangerous, making it impossible to go outside to use the toilet.
The kitchen offered a larger expansion area, mainly because it came with an iron pot! Originally, Li Qinglang had also wanted to try drilling wood to make fire in the future, then use the treasure chest as cookware.
But the treasure chest was too thick, so its thermal conductivity would probably be extremely poor. The good news was that the Practical Tools Gift Pack had included a box of matches, which was truly assistance in a time of need.
As for the remaining living room, that was a must-have!
Not to mention that it offered the greatest expansion to the Shelter’s area; the accompanying fireplace alone was enough to make it worth the price.
Li Qinglang did not know exactly how cold the temperature would become later, but he was certain that no heating facility could withstand the cold current!
Using the bathroom could be managed, and the pot could be replaced with other things, but a fireplace was genuinely difficult to obtain.
For all he knew, he might light a fire indoors today and die of carbon dioxide poisoning tomorrow.
“I currently have 60 wood and 10 stone. I have enough wood to upgrade the living room, but I’m a little short on stone.
I’ll see if I can find somewhere to obtain stone tomorrow. If not, I’ll have to exchange with Wang Yixin.”
At this thought, Li Qinglang found Wang Yixin and Huang Zhiteng in the Private Chat list.
The two Friend Slots were just enough. He sent friend requests...