Killing the brocade flame bird yielded 20 kg of toxic brocade flame bird meat, 30 brocade flame feathers, and 1 fire energy bead.
【Toxic Brocade Flame Bird Meat: Meat contaminated with the venom of the phantom color snake. Highly toxic and unfit for consumption.】
What a waste.
Qiyu looked at the meat with a twinge of regret before packing it away separately.
【Brocade Flame Feather: A special material that unlocks the Brocade Flame Feather Set. Go to the workbench to view the set information.】
Curious, Qiyu picked up a shimmering feather and placed it on the workbench.
【Brocade Flame Quilt: Comfortable and warm bedding. Crafting Materials: Brocade Flame Feathers x10, Cotton x20, Cashmere Flowers x10.】
【Brocade Flame Pillow: Comfortable and warm bedding. Crafting Materials: Brocade Flame Feathers x5, Cotton x10, Cashmere Flowers x5.】
【Brocade Flame Ornament: A decorative item that raises the room temperature by 5°C when placed indoors. Crafting Materials: Brocade Flame Feathers x10.】
Qiyu happened to need bedding. He had some idea of where to find cotton, but he had never even heard of cashmere flowers. He made a mental note to check the trading page later.
The brocade flame bird had also dropped a fire energy bead.
It was a smooth, round, fiery-red bead, slightly larger than his thumb. It felt faintly warm in his palm.
【Fire Energy Bead: A bead containing energy. Collect five fire energy beads to craft an Energy Crystal Card.】
Energy Crystal Card?
Qiyu recalled seeing something about Energy Crystal Cards on the card slot in his bathroom. To make sure he remembered correctly, he went to check. Sure enough, the slot was designed to accept Energy Crystal Cards.
When he placed the energy bead on the workbench, the option to craft an Energy Crystal Card appeared, just as he had expected.
【Energy Crystal Card: General Consumable. Crafting Materials: Energy Orb 1/5.】
Qiyu carefully put it away, hoping he would soon be able to use hot water.
Next came the drops from the phantom color snake.
Level 2 phantom color snake venom x10 ml, phantom color snake skin x10, phantom poison needle blueprint x1, phantom armor blueprint x1.
After reading through the items, Qiyu couldn't help exclaiming in heartfelt admiration, “Phantom Color Snake, you really are a great snake!”
Not only had it died all on its own, but it had even dropped items he could put to immediate use.
He learned both blueprints.
【Phantom Poison Needles: Unique Equipment.
Crafting Materials: Phantom Color Snake Venom x1 ml, Refined Iron x1.】
【Phantom Armor: Unique Equipment. Equipment Effect: Changes color to match the surrounding environment. Stealth +10.
Crafting Materials: Phantom Color Snake Skin x10.】
Craft them all!
The phantom poison needle was ten centimeters long and as thin as a strand of hair. Perhaps because it had been made from the phantom color snake's materials, it blended naturally into its surroundings. It was almost invisible in the firelight, occasionally revealing itself with a faint silver glint.
The system classified it as highly toxic and had thoughtfully provided a needle case for storage.
Qiyu examined it carefully. He realized that using such a weapon to catch an enemy off guard could produce unexpectedly good results. He used up all the venom he had obtained to craft a total of ten phantom poison needles.
The appearance of the phantom armor, however, caught Qiyu somewhat by surprise. He had assumed that something called armor would at least resemble actual armor.
Instead, the finished product lying before him looked like an ordinary white tank top, completely unremarkable.
Qiyu chose to equip it.
He immediately sensed that his awareness of his surroundings had grown even sharper.
Aside from the loot, there was also a fine iron chest.
“Open.”
【Congratulations! You have obtained 1 fine iron long blade, 2 backpack expansion cards, 1 high-quality lumber axe, and 2 basic healing potions.】
Backpack Expansion Cards? Basic Healing Potions?
Qiyu's eyes lit up as he picked them up.
【Backpack Expansion Card: Expands your backpack capacity by 1 slot.】
【Basic Healing Potion: Restores 10 HP upon consumption.】
Excellent!
As he accumulated more supplies, his limited backpack capacity was becoming an increasingly serious problem. Ten inventory slots would never be enough in the long run. Qiyu immediately used both expansion cards, increasing his backpack capacity to twelve slots.
The basic healing potions were even more valuable. With a starting HP of 100, two potions could restore a total of 20 HP. That could save his life at a critical moment.
The fine iron long blade was a standard weapon without any additional attributes.
【High-Quality Lumber Axe: Increases tree-chopping efficiency by 50%.】
After organizing everything, Qiyu opened his personal panel, intending to contact his only friend so far, 【Civil Engineering Brother】.
He glanced at the chat channel along the way. No matter what time it was, the place always seemed to be bustling with activity.
【Peppermint Candy: Has everyone activated their personal panel yet? My Attack is 6 and my Defense is 8. Is that really low?】
【Braised Pork Shank: Then what does that make me? My Attack is 5 and my Defense is 5!】
【Fighting Monsters Every Day: Could the person above be the legendary “lousy fighter”?】
【I Choose Sweet Tofu Pudding: Check out the stats on my 【Cloud-Piercing Sword】!】
【Luren007: Wow, the guy above is a total pro!】
A string of replies followed, all praising the expert.
Qiyu opened Civil Engineering Brother's chat window.
【I Love Survival Game has sent you a trade request.】
He offered the refined iron longsword in exchange for an ordinary dagger.
【Civil Engineering Brother: Holy crap, boss! Am I seeing this right?】
【I Love Survival Game: I promised you earlier that I'd trade you a weapon once I got one.】
【Civil Engineering Brother】 hadn't expected the expert to be so true to his word.
Once the trade was complete, he held the fine iron long blade in his hands, admiring it so much that he couldn't bear to put it down.
【Civil Engineering Brother: You're too generous, boss! Is there anything you need from my selection? I'll make it for you at cost, without charging a processing fee!】
【I Love Survival Game: A Simple Stove and a Beanbag Sofa. Do I need to trade food for them?】
【Civil Engineering Brother: Hold on a sec.】
A moment later, Civil Engineering Brother sent another message.
【Civil Engineering Brother: Hey, here's the thing. I'm in a small group chat with two other people. I've traded with both of them recently, and they seem pretty reliable. Would you be interested in joining?】
【I Love Survival Game: Do the blueprints belong to them?】
Civil Engineering Brother didn't seem the least bit embarrassed by the direct question.
He was a chatterbox by nature. Over the past couple of days, he had gotten to know quite a few people through the chat channel and even more through trading.
He had always been good at judging people, or perhaps he simply possessed a remarkably accurate sixth sense. He had never had a bad experience with his friends before, and now that he was in the Survival Game, that good fortune seemed to have grown even stronger.
He already had an excellent impression of 【I Love Survival Game】, whom he had met just today!
【Civil Engineering Brother: That's right. Actually, neither blueprint belongs to me. I just asked them about it, and they'd like to speak with you directly.】
【I Love Survival Game: Okay.】
【Civil Engineering Brother】 was delighted and immediately added Qiyu to the group chat.
The group was called 【01 Survival Squad】.
【Tranquility Yields Transcendence: Welcome.】
【Dare Not Open My Eyes: Welcome, boss!】
【I Love Survival Game: Hello, everyone.】
【I Love Survival Game: I want the 【beanbag sofa】 and the 【simple stove】. Who owns the blueprints?】
【Tranquility Yields Transcendence: I can craft both the beanbag sofa and the simple stove. I'm not short on food right now. Do you have any furniture you could trade?】
Qiyu sent over the details of the wooden bed and mattress.
The moment Tranquility Yields Transcendence saw them, he sat bolt upright.
The other two reacted much the same way.
【Civil Engineering Brother: Boss, why didn't you mention you had such good stuff earlier? If I'd known, I would've begged you to trade with me!】
Who among them didn't know the misery of spending an entire night sleeping on the floor?
【I Love Survival Game: @Tranquility Yields Transcendence, interested in a trade?】
【Tranquility Yields Transcendence: The materials needed to make the beanbag sofa are worth about the same as those for the mattress, so we can exchange the finished products directly. I'll only charge you a small fee for the wooden bed: 10 units of refined iron. In exchange for the stove, I'll also craft an iron pot, an iron spatula, and a set of cutlery for you.】
【I Love Survival Game: Deal.】
Qiyu didn't have any refined iron left in his backpack, so he dismantled a fine iron chest.
Crafting a wooden bed required 50 units of wood. He still had 90 units in his inventory, so he went straight to the workbench and made one.
The mattress required 20 units of hay and 20 units of cotton.
Hay was easy enough to obtain.
As for cotton, he searched the trading page and exchanged the ordinary dagger he had just acquired for 40 units of cotton.
With that, the mattress was complete.
Qiyu initiated the trade.
Two minutes later, both finished items were in his hands.
Qiyu chose to place them.
The stove came with a stone countertop more than a meter long, which he positioned against the wall. He then neatly arranged the cooking utensils on top, including the spatula crafted by 【Tranquility Yields Transcendence】.
Just like that, he had himself a proper little kitchen.
Qiyu placed the beanbag sofa beside the fire and settled into it.
The flames danced and flickered, their light reflected in his bright eyes.
Look at that. He had actually managed to make himself a home in this survival game.
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