The First Hot Meal

Xu Xin looked at the discussions in the Regional Channel. A person called Ji Zhaoyang was very active and would often share some useful strategies, making him quite popular in the channel.

"The novice protection period is almost over, but we can't make weapons in the treehouse yet. Is the Synthesis Station a must to make weapons?"

"I think so? Are there any experts who have created the Synthesis Station? Please sell some weapons!"

Ji Zhaoyang replied, "I've made the Synthesis Station, but there are no weapons available for making in it. There are only some high-end tool tables and daily necessities."

Oh? Xu Xin raised an eyebrow. Sure enough, other than him, there were other lucky people who were able to create the Synthesis Station that required 100 pieces of green-grade materials during the novice protection period. After all, these three days had only been given to the novices to plant the treehouse. The resources around were relatively singular, so it was definitely very difficult to obtain 100 pieces of green-grade materials. Even for someone like him who had the Item Identification ability had to cooperate with another to get two types of green-grade materials.

He had also looked through the production list in the Synthesis Station, and there were indeed no weapons available for making. The one that looked most like a weapon was the stone axe, which could be made without the Synthesis Station. However, he did not know how useful the stone axe would be in the face of imminent danger.

Remembering that his stone axe had broken into pieces, he used a blue-grade stone and a blue-grade wood to make his second stone axe with green-grade materials.

[Superior Stone Axe (blue): Able to cut down trees of the purple grade and below. Due to the addition of higher grade stones and wood, it has become tougher and sharper. Durability 1000]

The blue-grade stone axe with 1000 durability could even cut down purple-grade trees. Xu Xin nodded his head in satisfaction. This thing should last him quite long. Speaking of which, could this axe cut down his treehouse? According to the grading, his treehouse was indeed a purple-grade tree.

Xu Xin held back the urge to try and cut his treehouse with the axe and continued to look at the Regional Channel.

The survivor called Ji Zhaoyang had started revealing the items available in the production list in the Synthesis Station under the requests of many.

"Furnace, fireplace, torch, grill, and backpack. All of these can be made."

"Boss, you must have a lot of materials. Please help us!"

"That's right. We have to unite and help each other. Only then can we overcome the difficulties in front of us!"

"Shouldn't we distribute the resources equally?"

Xu Xin didn't look further. He sneered and shook his head. He had expected that in such an environment, guilt-tripping would be everywhere. The novice protection period was not over yet, and the danger was still unknown. He didn't want to be in such a situation.

Ji Zhaoyang did not say anything else. It seemed that he did not want to bother with this group of people either.

Very quickly, half an hour had passed. He went down to the second floor and took out the fresh piece of iron (blue) from the furnace. He then threw the rest of the iron ore into it.

[Iron (blue): A block of iron that has been basically removed of impurities. Using one can improve the level of the tool when making iron tools.]

Just as Xu Xin had expected, the use of iron (blue) was similar to that of wood (blue) and stone (blue).

Making a grill required three pieces of iron, so he immediately used two pieces of iron (green) and one piece of iron (blue) to make the grill he had been thinking about for a long time.

[Grill (blue): A high-grade grill that can roast food just right, making the food more delicious and slightly improving the effect of the raw materials.]

Without another word, he put in a few pieces of wood (white) and placed the shiitake mushrooms (blue), abalone mushrooms, and edible fungus he had obtained earlier on the grill to roast. The unique fragrance of shiitake mushrooms assailed his nostrils, and they were cooked in a short while.

The fire in the grill automatically stopped after the mushrooms were cooked. Xu Xin raised his eyebrows. This function was really convenient. It made him, who only ever managed to either half-cook his food or make his food emit black smoke, very satisfied.

He found the dining utensils on the production list. Xu Xin made them out of the lowest grade white-grade wood. Although he still had blue-grade wood, it was a little too extravagant to use them for utensils. He decided to use the lowest grade for now.

Under the boost of the blue-grade grill, the fragrance of the roasted mushrooms was fully released. Added with the abalone mushroom and fungus, Xu Xin still ate with relish even though there was no salt or seasoning. After all, he had only been eating apples, oranges, and other berries for the past two days. It had been a long time since he had a hot meal.

The more than 20 mushrooms were quickly finished, and Xu Xin licked his lips as if he hadn't had enough. He remembered that the function of the mushrooms seemed to be a permanent and minimal increase in intelligence, right?

With the boost of the grill and dining table, the effect of the mushrooms should have been enhanced, but he did not seem to feel any difference. Perhaps the increase in intelligence should be reflected in other places? Or was the increase too little for him to feel?

Shaking his head, Xu Xin decided not to think about this for now. He didn't have an intelligence, stamina, and strength panel to look at his own data, so he couldn't see how much it had increased. But it didn't matter, as long as it was delicious.

After eating the shiitake mushrooms, Xu Xin decided to head out again. There were still two hours before midnight. He could go to the lake and bring back some reeds and lotus roots. After all, once the novice period was over, the lake might become more dangerous.

He could also catch some fish while he was at it and roast them. The shiitake mushrooms just now had left him a little unsatisfied.

There was still some time left from the previous three hours of night vision buff. Xu Xin quickly went down from the treehouse and tiptoed to the lake. The lake water was extremely clear under the moonlight. Not only were the fish visible, but they also glowed with a green light, allowing Xu Xin to see where the fish were. However, without any fishing tools, it would not be easy to catch them.

After a long time of hard effort, Xu Xin returned with a bunch of lotus roots and reeds that he had plucked from the shallow shore.

"Catching fish is really a technical job."

Xu Xin, who was completely drenched, sent a message to Li Wenxi, "Do you still have any green-grade stones? I'll trade some with you."

"Sure," The other end replied in seconds.

Hence, Xu Xin initiated a trade. Wood (green)*100 for stone (green)*100.

After the other party agreed to the deal, she video called.

Xu Xin looked at how his hair was stuck to his forehead and he was drenched, and rejected Li Wenxi's video call, replying, "Wait a moment."

Then, he quickly and generously made a fireplace and placed it next to the huge screen.

He didn't notice it before he went out, but when he came back, the house was filled with the smell of smoke from the barbecue. The fireplace had a function that would automatically absorb smoke and poisonous gas. He was also soaked and needed a fireplace to dry himself anyway.

After the fireplace was made, Xu Xin threw a piece of wood (white) into it.

[Remaining burning time: 15 minutes.]

The same piece of wood (white) could burn here for three times longer as compared to in the furnace.

The surrounding of the fireplace emitted heat, and the temperature of the entire treehouse gradually rose, making the originally comfortable temperature in the treehouse a little stuffy. In less than 10 minutes, the clothes on his body were dried, and there was no smell.

Xu Xin sent a video call request over. This was the fourth time he was calling the beautiful girl he had just met today. Who would have thought that this beautiful girl liked video calls so much?