Fortunately, he had cut down the surrounding trees, so even if a forest fire came, it would not burn him. However, considering that smoke might get into the tree house, he installed glass windows on all the windows and closed all the windows on the upper and lower four floors.
The thunderstorm outside continued. Xu Xin was so annoyed by the thunder and the thunder-induced sounds that kept exploding on the top of the tree house that he could not stand it anymore. Finally, he rolled up some cotton and stuffed it into his ears, and he felt a little better.
There was no fire around the tree house because the lightning rod attracted all the surrounding lightning, but places farther away from the tree house were not so lucky.
Looking out the window, forest fires were burning in all directions, and the fires spread from almost everywhere, slowly surrounding the tree house.
But Xu Xin was not panicking. He had already done everything he should do, so there was no need to panic. Even if something really happened, panicking would be useless.
Because the window was not closed just now, the heat from outside blew in, making the room very stuffy. He brought a basin of water and threw saltpeter into it, and the temperature in the room instantly became comfortable.
Sitting on the sofa, Xu Xin breathed a sigh of relief.
Coco was sitting on the sofa at this time, covering her ears and burying her head, with the big tail behind her shaking constantly.
At first it was startled by the thunder, but now it is not frightened anymore. However, it still cannot stand the huge noise that occurs every ten seconds.
Xu Xin rolled two more cotton balls and stuffed them into Coco's ears, and then Coco raised its head from the sofa, but it still looked a little listless.
Yin Wang and Mimi were lying in the living room nonchalantly. They seemed to be able to tolerate noise very well. Mimi even yawned, squinted her eyes and began to rest.
Influenced by these two guys, Xu Xin was not so irritable anymore. He had just chopped down trees for such a long time that his stomach was rumbling. He planned to have a hearty breakfast.
He took out the meat of the wild boar that Silver King and Mimi had hunted yesterday and gave it to them. He also summoned the bats in the bracelet to eat with them. He then fried a dish of lotus root and mutant pork, accompanied by fresh fruits, and had a hearty breakfast amid the thunder.
The warm current flowing slightly in his body made him clench his fists. If he continued to eat this mutant beast meat, the longer the time, the more obvious the gap between him and others would be.
After eating the last slice of the orange in his hand, he suddenly thought that today was the fourth day since he planted the strawberries, and his blue-grade strawberries should have been ripe.
So he came to the plantation on the top floor of the tree house.
As soon as he came up, Xu Xin was blinded by the light from the lightning rod. This lightning rod was like a high beam that radiated white light in all directions, emitting a dazzling light.
Moreover, Xu Xin felt that the light even had a hint of warmth, just like the sun. Perhaps it was because there was too much stored electrical energy and it could no longer be stored, so it was automatically converted into heat and light energy and released.
Wait, isn’t this lightning rod equivalent to a fill light in a greenhouse
In this way, even if it is cloudy, with dark clouds and no sun, the plants in his top-floor plantation can still carry out photosynthesis and grow normally.
Even if it could stay lit like this all the time, plants would continue to grow at night, and the time to maturity would probably be further shortened.
This really meets the needs of the top level.
But it also has disadvantages. It may be useless when there are no mines.
And if the lightning rod was lit like this at night, his tree house would attract the attention of surrounding wild animals and mosquitoes like a big light bulb, and might even be seen by other survivors not far away, which would not be a good thing.
Forget it, let's take it one step at a time. At least it's a good thing for him now.
Xu Xin walked to the large flowerpot where strawberries were planted.
The five strawberry plants in the flowerpots have already borne fruit. Egg-sized fruits are hanging on the strawberry vines. Each one is bright red, like red agate, which makes people very appetizing just by looking at it.
Each strawberry plant has seven fruits, and a total of 35 strawberries (blue) were harvested from this piece of soil.
Xu Xin picked a big strawberry and looked at it in the palm of his hand.
Strawberry (blue): A fruit that can be eaten directly. It tastes very sweet and makes you feel extremely happy after taking a bite. Eating it can eliminate negative mental states and keep your mood at its best within an hour!
This introduction made Xu Xin frown. What kind of effect is this? Happy fruit? Why does it feel like something that can be sucked
He wiped the strawberry in his hand and took a bite without washing it. He grew it himself and didn't use any pesticides, so it was very clean.
A sweet taste bloomed in the mouth. This blue-grade strawberry was indeed much sweeter than the green-grade strawberries I had eaten before.
Xu Xin ate the whole strawberry and licked his lips. Not only the tip of the strawberry was sweet, but also the bottom of the strawberry was sweet, which made him smile.
The moment he ate it, his irritable mood caused by the thunderstorm calmed down, and his mind instantly became clear.
This feeling is different from the restorative effect of oranges. Oranges restore mental strength and make the brain that has been working all the time no longer tired. But Xu Xin had just got up and was not tired at all. He was just a little irritated because of the noise.
Being full of mental energy does not mean that your emotions are positive, nor does it mean that you can make correct judgments.
He instantly understood the true function of strawberry (blue).
When he first encountered the Piranha Plant, even though he had eaten oranges (blue) that kept his mental strength at its best, he was still affected by the pollen and did some imprudent things that he wouldn't normally do. Also, in the passageway of the dungeon, the sound of the bats gave him a splitting headache, and it took him a long time to recover.
And this fruit can give Xu Xin a clear mind and stable emotions in that situation.
nice one!
Xu Xin picked all the strawberries and put them in his pocket.
"Oh oh oh!" Coco followed Xu Xin up. When Xu Xin picked the first blue-level strawberry, she was attracted by this new blue-level fruit. When she saw that he had collected all the fruits, she immediately grabbed Xu Xin's trouser leg and started crying.
I haven’t given the little guy a blue-level fruit today.
Xu Xin took out a strawberry and stuffed it into Keke's hand. The strawberry was as big as an egg. Keke held the strawberry contentedly and sat on the floor to eat it.
The thunder outside the window continued to roar, but it no longer annoyed him. He even felt that the rhythm of the thunder was somewhat dynamic. This made him sigh at the effect of the blue-level strawberry.
An hour of fun!
Come to think of it, the effects of strawberries really do seem a bit like something... They shouldn't be addictive, right
Back on the third floor, Xu Xin washed some fruits, moved a chair and sat by the window, holding Coco, eating fruits and looking out the window.
The sea of fire had spread and was very close to the tree house. The billowing smoke blocked most of his vision, making it almost impossible for him to see anything.
Fortunately, the glass windows keep the smoke out of the tree house, and the outer walls of the tree house have heat insulation properties. In addition, there is "powerful air conditioning" blue saltpeter inside, so the interior of the entire tree house is not affected in any way. The difference between inside and outside the windows is like heaven and hell.
It’s not long until nine o’clock, and today’s activities should be about to begin.
Xu Xin sat by the window, quietly waiting for the mysterious voice to announce the start of the event.