sbdcsierra Chapter 10 We finally got to eat meat!
Chapter 10 We finally got to eat meat!
Everyone in the channel knew that Lin Feng was trying to buy elemental fragments at a "high price".
Anyone with a modicum of sense would know that these elemental fragments are definitely valuable. This is a world with extraordinary powers, and elemental fragments are clearly related to those powers.
Based on Su Li's experience with novels and games, this thing is probably used to provide energy for various devices. To be more bold, it might even be related to obtaining extraordinary powers.
Others may not know, but Su Li certainly wouldn't trade this for a pound of meat just because she heard about cola.
At this stage, unless you're completely desperate and have no other options, don't even think about it.
Looking at this [small elemental ore], Su Li felt her adrenaline starting to surge.
“80! 80! 80! 80!”
Su Li swung his pickaxe and smashed it against the ore pile, but as he smashed, the pickaxe head broke off with a bang!
Then, the pickaxe turned into specks of light and disappeared before Zuli's eyes.
"Huh?!" Su Li let out a screeching scream, "My durability's gone, damn it!"
Without saying a word, Su Li took out his stone hammer and continued to smash the elemental ore.
It took 10 attempts to smash it, reducing its durability by half, before I finally managed to break the elemental ore.
Seeing the elemental minerals turn into materials and fall to the ground, Su Li finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Holy crap, that was close! I still had 29 durability points left, how did it break?!"
Su Li deeply reflected on her actions, "My thinking was wrong; I wanted to save the surprise for last. As a result, I almost ruined Akaishi!"
"If the stone hammer doesn't break in the end, and I don't have any other mining tools, this thing will break its durability in 5 minutes. At that point, I'll have no one to blame but myself."
I learned about the 5-minute durability refresh from a chat room, and that guy cried his eyes out.
"It's not just a matter of durability. What if something unexpected happens? For example, if a monster attacks and I have to run, I'll end up with a bunch of ordinary materials and lose the best stuff. Just thinking about it makes me so frustrated! I'd want to slap myself in the middle of the night!"
I repeatedly reminded myself that next time I gather materials, I should start by collecting the good stuff.
Su Li glanced at the stone hammer's durability; it was originally at 100%, but now it had just shattered.
Based on my estimation, a pickaxe consumes 3% of its durability and deals 9% damage per hit, while a stone hammer consumes 10% of its durability and deals 1% damage per hit.
"In terms of material consumption, the pickaxe requires 2 iron ingots and 1 piece of wood, while the stone hammer requires 2 stones and 2 pieces of wood. Iron ingots are precious, so using the stone hammer throughout is more cost-effective in terms of materials. However, considering the stamina consumed, the pickaxe is still more cost-effective."
"Furthermore, based on my previous experience playing games, there will be mineral deposits that cannot be mined with a stone hammer and can only be mined with more advanced tools in the future."
"It's a choice: whether to save on materials or save on effort."
Su Li sighed. He still preferred to save on materials, as manpower was the cheapest resource in the early stages. Materials were the real scarcity.
After finishing her reflections, Su Li began to examine the materials provided by the elemental ore pile.
[Stone*5] [Fire Element Shard*2] [Shattered Ruby*1]
"So that's how elemental ores come about. And a ruby too. Hey, I've never seen a ruby before."
Zurich picked up the elemental ore and the ruby to examine them closely.
The elemental fragment is a square crystal with red fluid flowing inside, while the broken ruby is a round gemstone about the size of a jujube, with a cloudy interior and numerous cracks.
[Fire Element Shard: An ore material containing a trace of fire element]
[Cracked Ruby: A Gemstone, High Selling Price]
"High selling price? Does this mean a trading system will be developed in the future?"
After putting the two items away, Su Li began to organize the tools she had collected during the mining operation.
A total of 18 ore piles were collected, including 7 small ones, 10 medium ones, and 1 element pile.
Having acquired a large amount of materials, Zuli could only use iron treasure chests as boats, storing the materials inside and filling her backpack to the brim, repeatedly moving towards the shore.
After transferring all the materials, they were then transferred from the shore to the train.
Avoiding the hottest part of the day, Zurich rested on the train for half a day, and then resumed work at 4 pm.
It's worth mentioning that the birds returned at night, and Zuli wasn't so lucky this time, only managing to shoot one bird.
After being broken down by the system, a bird can yield 2 portions of bird meat and 1 portion of bird feathers.
At night, we cut down trees. There were 55 trees in total, and we chopped them all down to collect and move materials.
After finishing the work, Su Li couldn't help but sigh, "I don't know what will happen after the safe period, but just talking about the current stage, I feel that the difficulty of this game is quite different from the novels I used to read. As long as you are willing to work hard and work steadily, the difficulty of collecting resources is not very high."
Zurich stayed there until the evening of the third day before he had finished collecting all the materials and moved them onto the train.
On the third night after arriving here, Su Li sorted out her supplies with satisfaction.
Furniture
Homemade Simple Water Purifier *10
[Wooden Storage Box: Crafted from 10 Wood and 1 Iron Ingot, contains 10 slots, each slot can hold 20 materials] x1
10 wooden barrels
The materials needed for crafting are too fragmented, so I'll just mention a few that are urgently needed.
Timber has exceeded 200, and branches are exactly 100. Timber has so many uses that Zuli has decided to use branches as fuel for the train from now on.
There are 134 stones, 34 coal, 70 iron ore, 11 copper ore, and 2 iron ingots remaining.
I also collected 64 weeds and 41 salt grasses.
Su Li calculated that 2 units of weeds could make one rope, which was enough for now.
Based on this calculation, the initial train enhancement module is only 8 iron ingots away.
To make iron ingots, a smelting furnace is needed.
Zurich remembered the recipe for the smelting furnace.
Simple melting furnace
Stone*10, Bricks*50, Soil*10, Water*2 liters
Soil and water are both broad categories. As long as it's soil and water, it can meet the requirements of the recipe.
The sewage outside counts as water, and if you want, you can even use it to synthesize beer and cola.
The bricks are the mud bricks that have been exposed to the sun for the past few days. After three days of intense sun exposure, these bricks turned into "mud bricks" this afternoon. The system's verification process is quite lenient.
After submitting all the materials for synthesis, a countdown timer appeared on Zuli's interface.
[Simple Smelting Furnace: 9:59]
Zuli waited quietly for a while, and then started grilling the meat.
After he lit a fire with flint, he took out a pound of bird meat.
In the past two days, he has hunted a total of 4 birds, obtaining 8 portions of bird meat and 4 portions of bird feathers. According to the system's calculation, one portion of bird meat is 1 jin (approximately 500 grams).
The system only gives 2 experience points for each of these non-aggressive birds, which is very stingy.
In addition to bird meat, he also used his coat to scoop about 20 portions of salt-resistant brown algae from the lake.
There are no pots in Zurich, so they can only use stone slabs to grill meat.
Su Li first lit a fire, then moved a stone slab from the side and placed it on the fire.
Then they moved far away.
After waiting for a while and confirming that the stone slab had not exploded, Su Li sat back down.
As for why he knew it would explode? Well, we have to talk about the guy in the chat room, he was crying his eyes out.
"Be careful when grilling meat on a stone slab for the first time. If this thing doesn't fry properly, you might consider keeping it in your car as a pot."
Su Li muttered to himself, and once the temperature rose a little, he took out a portion of bird meat.
After taking it out, Su Li first put the bird skin on it. There is a layer of fat under the bird skin, so she first rendered some oil to grease the "pot"!
With a hissing sound, a wisp of smoke rose from the stone slab. Su Li took a deep breath and smelled the alluring aroma of fat.
Once some of the subcutaneous fat had come out, Zuli rubbed the bird meat on the stone slab, instantly giving the surface a glossy sheen.
After wiping it, Su Li picked up the bird meat, tore it a few times, and divided it into several pieces.
After baking both sides until they changed color, Su Li took out a handful of salt grass.
He cut a small piece of salt grass, crushed it on a stone, poured some strange-tasting water over it, and finally poured it over the roasted meat.
The roasted meat suddenly turned a disgusting green.
Zuli then took out a small portion of brown algae and placed it on the stone slab. The color of the algae quickly deepened to a dark brown. One more time, the soul of the saltwort was poured on~