The Inside of the Treehouse

Xu Xin climbed up the stairs.

The treehouse consisted of three floors. The second floor was empty like the first. Besides a few windows, there was a circular pattern on the wall, just like the one on the first floor.

"Is it another entrance?" Xu Xin didn't go in, but continued to the third floor.

The third floor was completely different. As soon as he stepped onto the third floor, his eyes were drawn to a huge screen embedded in the wall of the treehouse.

"Huh?"

Why was it suddenly so high-tech?

Xu Xin looked at the screen before him, which was at least a hundred inches wide, and was a little dazed.

The high-grade treehouse came with a TV? But how could there be a signal in the wilderness?

Of course, this world couldn't be understood by common sense. Xu Xin was only stunned for a moment before he walked up to the huge screen and felt it.

The screen was not hung on the wall, but embedded in the wooden wall, integrated with the whole wall. It could be said that the frame of the screen itself was the wooden wall with the tree ring marks.

Xu Xin reached out to touch the screen. The smooth texture was no different from a normal television screen, but he couldn't find a switch.

There was a cardboard box on the floor next to the screen. Xu Xin opened it and found five bottles of water and five bags of bread. It seemed to be a gift bag for novices.

He couldn't use these things casually. After all, they had a long shelf life and could be used as reserve food.

Suddenly, the screen lit up.

[The treehouse's main computer has started.]

[Currently available functions: Basic Item Production, Regional Channel]

Countless options appeared on the screen, but only these two options were lit up. The other options were covered in a layer of gray, just like the words "thank you for your patronage" on a supermarket ticket that had not been scratched open.

Xu Xin clicked on "Basic Item Production". As he expected, he could use the treehouse to make some simple tools and materials.

There were a series of stone tools such as stone axes, stone picks, stone shovels, and other simple furniture such as wooden beds, wooden tables, and wooden chairs.

[Stone Axe (white): Can be used to cut down trees of the green grade and below. Durability 200. Materials needed: tree branch (white) or wood (white) X5, stone (white) X5]

[Stone Pick (white): Can be used to mine stone or ore of the green grade or below. Durability 200. Materials needed: tree branch (white) or wood (white) X5, stone (white) X5]

[Stone Shovel (white): Can be used to excavate soil materials of the green grade and below. There is a small chance of obtaining the seeds of plants from the soil. Durability 200. Materials needed: tree branch (white) or wood (white) X5, stone (white) X5]

There was also an item that made Xu Xin feel like "the game is finally about to begin".

[Synthesis Station (green): Allows you to create higher-grade tools. Materials needed: wood (green) X50, cobblestone (green) or stone (green) X50]

Good stuff!

He needed green-grade wood and cobblestones. These might have been a headache before he found the lake, but now, green-grade wood was everywhere and cobblestones could be found in the stream. The basic Synthesis Station was easy for him.

But first, he had to go down and pick up some branches and stones to make the stone tools.

Xu Xin wasn't in a rush to go down though. Instead, he exited from the Basic Material Production page and entered the Regional Channel.

He was a little nervous. After all, this name should represent...

As soon as he entered the Regional Channel, the introduction that greeted his eyes made him reveal a happy expression.

[This channel allows you to chat, interact, and trade resources with survivors in the same area. Current area: Jungle area 188, current number of people in the area: 9998.]

[The function will be open on the last day of the novice protection period. It is to make it convenient for the survivors to exchange supplies, but please remember to never try to abandon your treehouse, or you will bear the consequences.]

Wasn't the last day of the novice protection period tomorrow? Xu Xin had been exploring the forest by himself for the past two days, and his mind was on the verge of breaking down. Now that he finally found an interactive trading platform, he was ecstatic.

Who would refuse to brag in a group full of survivors?

"Let's not think about this," Xu Xin shook his head, "Let's make these stone tools first."

Since he didn't have any tools on hand, he couldn't cut down trees or mine for ore. However, the materials for stone tools, branches (white) and stones (white), could be picked up from the ground.

So, how was he supposed to get down?

Xu Xin looked around and immediately found a circular pattern on the wall similar to the one on the first and second floors. He walked over and pressed on the pattern.

It was the same familiar feeling. He subconsciously walked towards the circular pattern. Suddenly, the wall squirmed like plasticine. He walked directly into the frown, and a root tied his waist and brought him to the ground under the treehouse.

"This... This is amazing!"

The fibrous roots on his waist loosened and drooped naturally by his side. Xu Xin reached out to grab the roots again, and the image of the three floors appeared in his mind.

"The second floor," Xu Xin muttered in his heart.

The roots wrapped around his waist again and brought him to the second floor.

So he could go straight to the second and third floors!

After the second time coming down, he had basically mastered the way to enter and exit the treehouse. The whole process was smooth and as exciting as the amusement park's facilities, which made him want to continue.

But forget it, it was more important to get down to business.

The newbie protection period was only three days, and he had to collect as many supplies as possible before the trading platform opened tomorrow. He might be able to trade for something he didn't have here.

Thinking of this, he immediately started to get around doing things.

Xu Xin started picking up "trash".

Thanks to his Item Identification ability, all the items on the ground with good grades were glowing. Not everything had a grade, just like the branches he needed now. Only the thicker and fresher branches were of the white grade, while the small branches were nothing.

It was the same for the stones.

However, he had a big problem now, and that was that he did not have a backpack. Without a backpack, he didn't have a few compartments on his body either. As such, he could only carry things by hand now, which was very inconvenient.

However, there was nothing he could do. Xu Xin had searched through the Basic Material Production page for a long time, but he hadn't found an option to make a backpack. He probably had to use the Synthesis Station to make higher-grade items.

As such, he had no choice but to use his pockets to store the stones and his arms to grab the branches. After collecting 15 branches (white) and 15 stones (white), he grabbed the fibrous roots and returned to the third floor of the treehouse.

He went to the screen and opened Basic Material Production. He then clicked on the stone axe. Suddenly, enough materials flew out of the stones and branches on the floor and gathered, forming a light ball.

Xu Xin had seen such a ball of light before when he had been given the treehouse seed, so he reached out to grab it without hesitation. With that, a simple stone axe appeared in his hand.

It looked extremely simple and crude, and even the blade of the axe looked extremely dull. He couldn't help but wonder if this thing could really cut down trees.

Using the same method, Xu Xin made a stone pick and a stone shovel.