At the first light of dawn, Su Yuan rubbed his eyes and sat up.
Little Coal Ball was lying right beside his feet, on its side, with all four limbs stretched out and its belly pressed tightly against the wall.
As Su Yuan got out of bed, Little Coal Ball jolted awake and chased after him to the doorway.
Su Yuan pushed the door open and stood at the entrance. The rain had cleared, and looking up at the sky, the sun had just risen. The countdown was displayed.
06:28:30
The daylight hours today were longer than usual.
He opened the handbook, and the World Chat Channel was already bustling with activity.
"I had a good sleep last night."
"Very comfortable."
"The bed board is too hard!"
"It's both hard and cold."
"By the way, are you all still covering yourselves with that white cloth?"
"Why wouldn't we? Do you have a better option?"
"Haven't you noticed? Aside from leaving us a tiny bit of food, this world seems to have nothing else."
"We're just eating through our supplies."
"No kidding, my clothes have even gone sour!"
The cloth clothes Su Yuan was wearing were also emitting an unpleasant odor.
"It's good enough that we have something to wear."
He closed the survival handbook and walked outside.
Little Coal Ball followed closely by Su Yuan's side, occasionally running ahead and then falling behind.
Su Yuan was heading toward the pig farm where he had first found Little Coal Ball; he intended to see if the python's corpse was still there.
He had been startled by the python at the time and had overlooked its inherent value.
Not to mention the medicinal value of the python gallbladder, python meat, and python skin, according to the information on crafting talismans in his mind, python blood was the exact primer Su Yuan needed to draw ghost-suppressing talismans!
He planned to go collect it. Although it was a bit off-putting, in the Eerie Survival World, every bit of supplies needed to be accumulated.
When Su Yuan arrived at the pig farm, the python's corpse was indeed still there, but unfortunately, the python blood had drained away, and it was emitting a disgusting, fishy stench.
Seeing the python, Little Coal Ball's ears instantly perked up, and it let out a series of low growls.
Back then, this python had chased it for a long time, and Little Coal Ball had even been driven into the pigsty here by it.
It had been cornered and nearly lost its life in the snake's belly, if not for Su Yuan's appearance.
Now, still acting arrogant, are you?!
This dog already has a Master, and as the saying goes, you have to look at who the dog belongs to before you hit it!
Woof, why aren't you moving?
Little Coal Ball looked at the huge wound on the python's body caused by the axe.
It's dead!
This evil python is dead!
Woof woof!
Little Coal Ball rushed forward.
It circled the python, barking incessantly!
Regardless, let's just take it back first.
Su Yuan found a rope nearby and, suppressing his inner revulsion, tied the python's head and began dragging it back.
With his current Strength, he easily dragged the python back to the Black Room.
Su Yuan brought it to the Processing and Decomposition Room. There was only one workbench in the entire room, and Su Yuan placed the python on it.
Immediately, a pop-up window appeared on the processing platform: Do you wish to begin decomposition?
Yes No
Su Yuan chose yes.
Then, mechanical arms appeared on the processing platform and began to operate on the python. A countdown also appeared on the side of the platform.
Time remaining until processing is complete: 10 minutes.
Su Yuan didn't wait there; he had another task to attend to.
Having eaten quite a bit of food that increased his Strength Attribute over the past two days, his Strength had reached the standard for transporting wood: 10 points.
Su Yuan followed the path from the Black Room to the park, moving the wood back one piece at a time.
Aside from barking blindly along the way, the Little Black Dog couldn't help at all.
Although his Strength was sufficient for carrying, after a while, Su Yuan found himself drenched in sweat.
If only there were a transport vehicle, but unfortunately, he had searched the entire area and found no means of transport—let alone a car, he hadn't even found a bicycle.
Half an hour passed, and Su Yuan gradually began to run out of Stamina; his endurance was bottoming out, and he had only transported back about 40 pieces of wood.
Su Yuan walked into the Storage Room, took out a bag of bread and a bottle of water to replenish his energy, and then turned toward the adjacent Decomposition and Processing Room.
"This place is quite convenient," he said, very satisfied to see the python already decomposed on the table.
The python meat, python scale hide, and python gallbladder were separated into three parts. Unfortunately, because he couldn't bring it back immediately, the python blood was indeed completely gone.
"Peerless! This is too intense, right?!"
After Su Yuan saw the information on the materials decomposed from the snake, he exclaimed!
Python meat: Two pieces
Quality: Peerless Grade
It is not fresh, so it cannot be eaten raw. However, it is of Peerless Grade quality and can be cooked. After consumption, Deterrence against snake-type creatures +10.
Python gallbladder
Quality: Peerless Grade
It is not fresh, so it cannot be eaten raw. However, it is of Peerless Grade quality and can be cooked. After consumption, gain a special attribute: Immunity to Snake Venom.
Python scale hide
Quality: Peerless Grade
Preserved intact, it can be used to sew clothing. The sewn clothing is Indestructible and has the additional special attribute: Warm in winter and cool in summer.
These attributes are too powerful!
However, when Su Yuan imagined himself having to cook these two slippery pieces of snake meat, he felt a bit nauseous.
But its attributes were truly tempting.
Not only that, Su Yuan discovered that the snake meat attribute could be enhanced a hundredfold.
He decisively chose to enhance it.
After enhancement, the attribute changed to 1000.
It also derived a special ability: Deterrence against snake-type Demonic Creatures +10.
Demonic Creatures?
Su Yuan's expression changed slightly. As expected, in the Eerie World, anything could exist. He would have to be even more careful when going out at night next time.
He glanced at the silly Little Coal Ball at his feet and thought to himself: Since there are snake demons, I'm afraid dog demons exist too. I wonder if this little guy has the potential to become a demon.
Su Yuan pondered that Little Coal Ball was currently eating food that increased Attribute Points, so its body must be undergoing subtle changes.
Just as he was lost in thought.
Woof!
Little Coal Ball pressed its front paws to the ground, jumped up suddenly, and snatched a piece of snake meat in its mouth.
It trotted away happily.
"Little Coal Ball!"
Su Yuan had black lines on his face, but since there was one piece left, he couldn't be bothered to fight the dog for food.
"But I don't know how to cook snake meat, and as for that scale hide, how do I sew it?"
A flash of inspiration struck Su Yuan.
"The Kitchen and the Equipment Synthesis Room."
However, he first had to upgrade the Black Room to Level 1. This way, he would be able to cook the python meat and python gallbladder, and craft the python scale hide into clothing, just in time to replace the rags he was wearing.
Action speaks louder than words!
Su Yuan first put the python gallbladder, python meat, and python scale hide into the Storage Room to prevent Little Coal Ball from stealing them again.
Then he started getting busy.
After about another hour, Su Yuan finally transported all the wood back.
He had originally thought he would need to personally build the Black Room or something, but he didn't expect that once the supplies were sufficient, the Black Room would automatically fill in.
Wood: 100, collected.
As for the Stone Blocks and Evil Warding Ore, Su Yuan could browse the Trading Market.
He clicked on the Trading Market and, sure enough, found quite a few trade listings for Stone Blocks and Evil Warding Ore.
One name caught Su Yuan's attention.
Liu Yiyi: Female Miner.
Seeing how this woman described herself, he was stunned. She could actually mine?
Since she was an acquaintance, it would naturally be more convenient to deal with her.
Su Yuan took the initiative to send her a message.
"I need 100 Stone Blocks and 50 Evil Warding Ore."
Liu Yiyi seemed to be waiting for messages from friends, as she replied instantly, "Whatever, how many talismans are you offering?"
Liu Yiyi leaned on her pickaxe; whether it was from the exhaustion of mining or some other reason, her face was flushed pink.
Su Yuan checked his Mental Power; it had recovered to 6 points. After all, with the Peerless Grade Cinnabar Inkstone, he could draw 5 talismans.
But with night approaching, he had to keep at least 2 for himself.
"3 talismans."
"Deal."
This response speed was too fast.
Current talismans, especially those capable of attacking anomalies, were of immeasurable value. As for ore, as long as there was a mine pit nearby, it was relatively easy to obtain.
Her quick reaction was likely to leave a good impression on him, making it easier to haggle during the next trade.
Su Yuan felt that this woman, Liu Yiyi, was not simple at all.
Seeing the trade completed, Liu Yiyi was very happy. Current talismans were definitely top-tier life-saving tools; the fact that he was willing to trade with her made her very satisfied.
What's more, if it weren't for the Spirit Fire Talisman Su Yuan traded that night, her game would have already ended. How could Liu Yiyi possibly haggle with Su Yuan?
"Hehe, I wonder if his jaw will drop when he sees the quality of the Evil Warding Ore I traded."
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