**[Today's Weather]**
Today is a bright and sunny day!
The perfect choice for going out to gather supplies.
Daylight Duration: Six hours
Weather: Clear
Temperature: 12-18°C
Climate Trend: A cold wave is approaching, make sure to gather enough supplies for winter and keep warm!
The daytime temperature has risen significantly, more than ten degrees higher than at night.
It is currently daytime, and over ten minutes have already passed.
There are still five hours and forty-five minutes of daylight remaining.
Qi Yuan didn't rush to go out.
Instead, he took out the 'Mist Survival Manual' to check if anyone else had already left their shelter.
He also wanted to review the information needed to upgrade the shelter, even though he had looked at it yesterday, it needed to be confirmed again.
Shelter: Level 1 Wooden Cabin (Ten square meters)
"A dilapidated wooden cabin, barely able to shield from wind and rain. Upgrade your shelter as soon as possible!"
Level 1 Shelter Facilities: None
Shelter Upgrade: 0/100 Wood
0/50 Stone
Seeing that the Level 1 Shelter had no facilities, Qi Yuan shook his head helplessly.
If he couldn't improve the shelter's level, he would have to continue living in the broken cabin.
The goal for the next few days was clear: gather wood and stone.
Upgrading the shelter should be the primary issue everyone faces.
Just as Qi Yuan thought, the Chat Channel was bustling again.
"I'm... I'm going to freeze to death... This broken cabin is too simple, it even leaks wind!"
"So hungry! I haven't eaten in two days! Does anyone have food?!"
"Anyone have food? I'll trade 200,000 for it!"
"Are you kidding? Who isn't dirt poor right now? Who has food to give you?"
"Forget 200,000, even if you have 20 million, it's useless! Do you think you can go back?"
"......"
"I wanted to make a fire to warm up, but found out the Level 1 Shelter has no facilities!"
"Brothers, this tells us our first task is to upgrade the cabin!"
"Then what are we waiting for? Daylight is only six hours, hurry and go chop trees."
"Hehe, brothers, I've been chopping for ten minutes already!"
"Damn, already getting competitive?"
"Thanks, brother! I was worried about leaving the cabin being dangerous, thanks for trying it out. Since it's safe, I'll go chop trees too!"
"You sneaky bastard!!!"
"Hurry, hurry, only six hours, everyone rush!!"
...
Qi Yuan didn't look much further, just got a simple understanding of the "World Chat Channel."
He closed the 'Mist Survival Manual' and tucked it into his inner pocket to prevent it from falling.
He picked up the newbie tool on the table: the Stone Axe.
Picking up the Stone Axe, the information about it was displayed:
Name: Common Stone Axe (Item Grade: Common < Fine < Excellent < Rare...)
The simplest axe, barely able to chop wood, takes a long time, requires a lot of effort, and is easily damaged.
Qi Yuan was full of helplessness, unable to resist the urge to complain.
This Stone Axe was as crude as it could be, but it was better than nothing.
Qi Yuan took the 'Mist Survival Manual' and the Stone Axe, closed the door of the wooden cabin.
The outside environment was good, with a dense meadow in sight, and lush woods not far away.
Looking further, there was a thick layer of white mist, making it impossible to see clearly.
This was mentioned in the 'Mist Survival Manual.'
Within a 300-meter radius of the shelter, there was no mist, making it relatively safe.
From 300 meters to 2000 meters was the Light Mist Zone, where visibility was reduced but still explorable. However, the danger level increased.
Beyond 2000 meters was the Dense Mist Zone.
The Dense Mist Zone was filled with thick mist, with visibility almost zero.
Moreover, the danger level in the Dense Mist Zone was extremely high.
Therefore, for most people, the explorable area was only within a 2000-meter range.
Of course, this range was not fixed.
As the shelter upgraded, both the Clear Zone and the Light Mist Zone would expand.
In summary, everything centered around upgrading the wooden cabin.
...
Qi Yuan carefully walked into the lush grassland.
The grass reached about ankle height, and the dew brushed against his feet, soaking his pant legs.
Seeing the dew on the ground, Qi Yuan was tempted, as he hadn't drunk water all night.
But considering that collecting it would be too time-consuming, he temporarily gave up.
As he moved forward, the grass wasn't very tall, but Qi Yuan still walked cautiously.
Walking in the Mist World for the first time, one couldn't be too careful.
The trees weren't far, and he reached them within a few minutes.
Without hesitation, Qi Yuan attempted to chop a tree, to gauge the difficulty of obtaining wood.
The efficiency of resource acquisition was very important.
The blunt Stone Axe struck the tree, leaving a not-so-deep notch.
Qi Yuan felt it was very laborious.
At this rate, how long would it take to gather 100 units of wood?
The "thud thud" sound echoed through the woods.
After about fifteen minutes, he barely managed to chop down a tree.
One tree yielded 6 units of wood.
Fifteen minutes of continuous swinging of the Stone Axe was very difficult for Qi Yuan.
After chopping each tree, he needed to rest for a while.
Chopping just three trees took nearly an hour.
Eighteen units of wood were already piled up, and Qi Yuan planned to take a break and transport the wood back to the cabin.
At this work efficiency, it was difficult to upgrade the cabin to Level 2 within a day.
Gathering even a hundred units of wood was impossible, let alone fifty units of stone.
Daylight was only six hours, and there were many things to do during these six hours, not all of which could be spent chopping trees.
The most important things were food and water!
If he couldn't replenish his energy quickly, he would soon starve to death in this Mist World.
Next was the issue of warmth!
He had already experienced the cold weather last night, and that was before the cold wave arrived.
Once the cold wave hit, the temperature would definitely drop to an unimaginable level.
Qi Yuan had to find suitable warm items before the weather turned cold.
The initial gathering of wood was to assess the time consumption of chopping trees.
If wood collection was fast enough, he would upgrade the shelter as soon as possible.
But now it seemed that upgrading the shelter couldn't be completed in a short time, so he immediately changed his target.
Qi Yuan planned to transport this batch of wood back to the cabin and then solve the food problem first.
...
After transporting the wood back to the cabin, Qi Yuan set out again.
The woods where he had just chopped trees were to the east of the cabin, and he hadn't seen any edible food along the way.
This time, Qi Yuan planned to head north.
However, as soon as he stepped out of the cabin, he was attracted by a glint of metal in the grass ahead.
If he wasn't mistaken, it was a Bronze Chest!
A Resource Chest?!!
Qi Yuan was instantly overjoyed, unable to resist pinching himself hard to confirm he wasn't dreaming.
After ensuring there was no danger around, Qi Yuan quickly ran over.
The 'Mist Survival Manual' had introduced this type of Resource Chest.
In the Mist Survival World, besides manually gathering resources, there was another way to obtain precious resources.
That was through Resource Chests!
Resource Chests randomly appeared, scattered across various corners of the Mist World.
They came in different qualities, with higher quality being rarer.
(Resource Chest Quality: Wooden Resource Chest < Bronze Resource Chest < Silver Resource Chest < Golden Resource Chest...)
The Resource Chests contained various survival necessities.
Such as food, water, seeds, tools, wood, stone, crafting blueprints, etc...
Items like blueprints could also be obtained through regular gathering, but the probability was very low.
The main way to acquire them was through Resource Chests.
Moreover, the items in the Resource Chests generally had higher quality and rarity.
Suppressing his excitement, Qi Yuan quickly picked up the Resource Chest from the grass.
The chest wasn't large, with a light bronze sheen that was particularly eye-catching.
According to the 'Mist Survival Manual,' Wooden Resource Chests appeared more frequently.
The higher the level of the Resource Chest, the lower the appearance probability.
Initially, Qi Yuan only hoped to find a Wooden Resource Chest, which would have been quite good.
Unexpectedly, luck was on his side, and he found a Bronze Resource Chest as soon as he stepped out.
It was important to note that this was only the first day of survival.
Currently, only two types of Resource Chests would appear in the Mist World: Wooden Resource Chests and Bronze Resource Chests.
And their numbers were extremely scarce, even if they appeared, they might not be discovered.
Not to mention the rarer Bronze Resource Chests.
With a nervous heart, Qi Yuan opened the Bronze Resource Chest.
A blue light spread out from the chest.
Qi Yuan squinted slightly but couldn't bear to look away, keeping his eyes fixed on the inside of the chest.
As the blue light faded, the items inside the chest were revealed.
There were three items in total.
First was an iron pickaxe.
With a thought, the information about the pickaxe appeared before him.
Name: Iron Pickaxe (Fine)
"A fine-quality iron pickaxe, with no other bonuses, used for mining ores."
This iron pickaxe wasn't particularly impressive, just one level higher than the Common Stone Axe.
This was normal!
Because Bronze Resource Chests were likely to contain items of three qualities: Common, Fine, Excellent.
Getting a Fine quality item was normal, while Excellent quality was a stroke of luck.
If it contained a bunch of Common-grade items, one could only consider themselves unlucky.
Accepting the iron pickaxe, Qi Yuan then reached for a glowing orb.
It was a transparent glass-like orb.
Inside the orb was a small, exquisite item.
With a thought, the information appeared.
[Name: Flower Bed (Fine)
"Used for indoor planting, can increase seed growth rate
Common-grade seeds: Increase by 10%
Fine-grade seeds: Increase by 5%"]
This was a Flower Bed tool, capable of slightly increasing seed growth rates, although the increase wasn't much.
But for survivors living in wooden cabins, it was definitely a rare and valuable item.
Qi Yuan was already grinning from ear to ear.
Such unexpected gains greatly enhanced Qi Yuan's survival capabilities.
Even if he didn't use it himself, selling it on the trading platform could fetch a considerable amount of resources.
However, the iron pickaxe and flower bed were needed in the near future, so Qi Yuan naturally wouldn't sell them.
The last item was a scroll.
"Is this the crafting scroll mentioned in the 'Mist Survival Manual'?" Qi Yuan muttered to himself.
Unlike the already crafted flower bed, which was used up once.
With a crafting scroll, one could have the crafting method forever.
Both already crafted items and crafting scrolls had their own advantages.
While the flower bed would be useless once damaged, it didn't require crafting, saving labor costs and material collection time.
The crafting scroll, although usable for a long time, required collecting materials, which was a troublesome task.
Qi Yuan didn't hesitate and opened the last item.
As Qi Yuan expected, it was indeed a crafting scroll.
[Name: Healing Potion Crafting Scroll (Fine)
Materials: 2 Tree Roots
1 Flesh Essence
50ml Purified Water
Used to treat minor injuries, such as colds, fevers, external wounds, etc. Can be taken internally or applied externally.]
Qi Yuan's face lit up with joy!
In wilderness survival, hunger wasn't the most terrifying thing.
The most terrifying thing was disease!
A minor cold or a small wound could develop into an incurable disease.
With a population base of 7 billion, the number of people accidentally injured would not be small.
Healing potions would definitely be in high demand.
The only troublesome part was the crafting materials.
Tree roots were easy to understand; they could be dug up while chopping trees.
Purified water was also relatively easy to obtain.
Although no water source had been found yet, obtaining water wouldn't be too difficult, otherwise, most people wouldn't survive.
The most troubling part for Qi Yuan was "Flesh Essence."
Qi Yuan had never even heard of it.
But based on the name, it was likely obtained from animals.
Currently, there wasn't even food to fill the stomach, let alone meat.
Crafting healing potions would have to be postponed.
Right now, the most important thing was to find food and a water source.