This crystal is dark purple, which makes it easier to see and handle for Xu Xin, who is trying it for the first time.
There are eight knives of different shapes in the engraving tool set. Xu Xin, who has acquired the ability of an artist, can easily identify what each of these knives is used for.
Picking up one of the knives, he began to carve into the egg-sized amethyst.
Just carve one, um, carve a small cocoa.
In fact, Coco has been following Xu Xin, watching everything he does with curiosity. Every time Xu Xin conjured up a piece of furniture out of thin air, it would make a "meow" sound to express its surprise.
But there is only one reason why it is still following Xu Xin: it is already dinner time and it is waiting for Xu Xin to start eating.
After a long day, Xu Xin was actually quite hungry, but he was more concerned about the engraving. So he carried Ke Ke to the workbench and said, "Sit here and don't move. I want to engrave your image."
"Hmm?" Coco tilted her little head, looking confused.
"Anyway, don't move. It will be done soon. Once the carving is done, we'll eat." Xu Xin picked up the carving knife and the egg-sized crystal.
"Hmm." In order to eat, Coco could only find a comfortable posture, holding the big tail in her arms, lying there motionless.
The carving knife was very flexible in Xu Xin's hands. The tip of the knife moved smoothly on the amethyst. His hands seemed to have muscle memory and were very familiar with it, which made him quickly immersed in it.
Time passed by little by little, and Coco, who had been motionless, could no longer sit still. He was hungry and wanted to eat.
"嘤!" Coco screamed, waking Xu Xin up from his immersive state.
The carving in my hand already has a rough outline, and Coco's appearance can be recognized. It only needs to be processed with some details to be completed. There is no need for Coco to be a model here.
After checking the time, Xu Xin let out a cry of surprise.
An hour had already passed since he started carving!
At this time, it was completely dark outside the tree house, but the sound of heavy rain could still be heard outside the window, accompanied by thunder from time to time.
But the area around the tree house was bright, with light shining down from above the tree house, covering a large area near the tree house. Obviously, the lightning rod on the top of his tree house was still absorbing lightning and emitting light and heat, causing him to not notice the passage of time.
Xu Xin never installed torches in the tree house for night lighting. First, torches always felt unsafe in the wooden tree house, second, the tree house was already very hot before saltpeter, and third, the firelight might attract some powerful beasts that he could not deal with.
The third point is also what he is worried about now. Such a bright light can be seen from very far away at night. Although it has not reached the level of a searchlight, the jungle is relatively flat and his tree house is high. There is no problem for this light to be seen by all the beasts and survivors within a radius of dozens of kilometers.
But this is the only way for now. Although the frequency of lightning strikes is lower now, there will still be a lightning strike on the tree house every few minutes. The lightning rod cannot be removed, otherwise the furniture and workbenches in the tree house will be randomly damaged.
"嘤!" Coco cried again, but still lay there obediently without moving.
Xu Xin stood up: "Let's eat first."
It feels like it will take nearly an hour to complete this engraving. I didn't expect that such a small engraving would take so much time. I can only hope that it can provide a high degree of decoration.
Handing the unfinished little Coco statue to Coco, Xu Xin carried Coco out of the study.
Silver King and Mimi eat a lot in one meal, and they can go without food for a day or even several days after eating, so these two guys are not as hungry as Coco, they just feel a little bored. Mimi leans on the window to look out, while Silver King curls up in the corner and sleeps.
Xu Xin fried another dish with the mutant beast meat. During the cooking, Coco was fiddling with this miniature semi-finished product of herself out of curiosity.
This small carving is still only a semi-finished product, and it did not trigger the prompt sound for increasing the degree of decoration. It seems that it must be completely carved. It is the first time carving, and I don’t know what level is considered a complete carving, so as to increase the degree of decoration of the tree house.
Just as Xu Xin was thinking and serving the dishes to start eating, the screams of bats suddenly came from under the tree house.
The scream was mixed with ultrasonic waves that can affect the human brain, making Xu Xin frown.
He immediately put down his chopsticks, stood up, and rushed to the window in two steps.
"Hmm?" Coco, who was about to start eating, suddenly stopped what she was doing and stared blankly at Xu Xin's back.
Xu Xin had told Bat before that if anything happened, he should warn him. Obviously, something was wrong outside! Could it be that the light from the lightning rod really attracted all the monsters in the water around it
He looked out the window, and what was happening outside the tree house suddenly made his eyes widen.
On the surface of the water, which was almost endless, treetops suddenly appeared one after another! The small trees under the water, which were only three or four meters high, began to grow rapidly again!
He raised his hand and glanced at the watch. It was just past seven in the evening.
Large patches of tree crowns have emerged from under the water and are still growing taller. In just a few tens of seconds, these trees have grown to a height of about ten meters.
All the treetops were connected together, blocking Xu Xin's sight. The sound of heavy rain falling on the water was no longer heard around him, but the crackling sound of raindrops hitting the leaves.
In just less than a minute, the scene outside the window had completely returned to what it was before the jungle fire, a complete jungle!
Looking down at the water surface under the tree house, under the illumination of the lightning rod, Xu Xin could clearly see that even bushes and grass had grown under the water.
Looking into the distance, the original vast ocean was covered by vast tracts of jungle. If there were not five or six meters high water surface under the tree house, Xu Xin would even feel that the jungle had completely returned to normal if he only looked into the distance.
He could even see that within the range of his vision, there were several locations emitting blue light.
A new blue resource is born!
"this… "
It was late at night and the rainy season hadn't even ended yet, but how come these trees were starting to grow again and were fully grown
Could this be part of the rainy season
Xu Xin's thoughts moved as fast as lightning, and he immediately understood the changes that the growth of trees would bring about at this point in time.
It's time to help those few who haven't ventured out to explore.
Xu Xin sent a message in the explorer group.
“Have you noticed the changes outside the tree house? Those small trees have grown completely, and the jungle has basically recovered. Of course, the water level has not dropped.
For those who are not good at swimming and dare not explore far away from the tree house, now there are so many trees to lend a hand. If there is any danger in the water, you can climb up the trees. You can go out for a walk.
There are many new resources outside, there are some ornamental fish in the water, there are crystals at the bottom of the water, and there may be redwood floating on the water surface, all of which are related to the new attribute decoration of the tree house. "
Although the jungle has returned and the area around Xu Xin's tree house looks normal, the tornadoes in the distance have not stopped yet. However, Xu Xin feels that they seem to have become much smaller and are gradually disappearing.
Xu Xin hesitated for a moment, then decided to share his information: "There is a water vortex under the surface of the tornado. You can enter it, but you have to be careful. I have a mutant swordfish that is much stronger than ordinary mutant beasts guarding me. Don't get close to the tornado if you don't have the strength to kill it."
Just seconds after he sent the message, he received a response.
Wang Lei: "Fuck! I didn't realize it until Boss Xu told me. The outside has really turned back into a jungle! That's great. I'll go out now. It's no problem to swim farther now!"
Qi Xuefei: "Thank you. I'll go out and take a look too."
Li Wenxi: "Oh my god, the jungle is back, I can finally go out! New resources are here!"
All three of them only sent one sentence and then stopped talking. It seemed that they were getting impatient in the tree house and wanted to go out and find new resources.
Suddenly, Qin Yunlong, who had not spoken since the beginning of the event, appeared.
Qin Yunlong: "I have a mutant swordfish here. It is very fast in the water and very dangerous. However, it only moves near the whirlpool. It will not chase me if I am far away. I am no match for it in a head-on confrontation. Xu Xin, how did you kill your swordfish?"
Xu Xin told him his method. Qin Yunlong thanked him and went to try to use Xu Xin's method to hunt the swordfish.
Xu Xin's method has a limitation, that is, he must be very good at swimming and have a fast speed, be able to dodge the attack, hurt the swordfish, and lead the swordfish to the tree house. Most people can't even see clearly underwater, let alone do this. But Qin Yunlong might be able to do it.
Wen Guixin and Zhao Xiaochuan, who had not been seen for a day, also showed up.
Zhao Xiaochuan: "Ah? Boss Xu actually killed that fish over there! Oh my god, it's too strong. I have to dodge that thing everywhere to pick up materials. If it hadn't been active near the tornado, I might have died. The gap is too big..."
Wen Guixin: "What's the big deal? I killed the fish too, but I didn't know we could enter the underwater whirlpool. Xu Xin, you won't cheat us, right? Thank you very much."
Xu Xin: "There is no water in the vortex, it's just a little cold. I have a small box with resources here, and there is a small floating vortex. If you attack it, the tornado will disappear."
"Okay, thank you." "Thank you, Boss Xu!" The two didn't ask any more questions. They just said thank you and stopped talking.
I don't know what Ji Chaoyang is like, he is not much worse than me. Although Xu Xin is the first person to survive a tornado, he thinks Ji Chaoyang should be able to do it.
His correspondence with Ji Chaoyang still stopped at the sentence he asked about the situation in the morning, but the other party has not replied to him until now.
Xu Xin returned to the dining table. Coco, who had been sitting at the table waiting for Xu Xin to come back, suddenly started to cry, as if complaining to Xu Xin that she was almost starving to death.
Xu Xin handed a pair of chopsticks to Keke's little paws, and Keke started eating immediately. He was becoming more and more skilled in using chopsticks.
After filling his stomach, Coco lay contentedly on the sofa, burping from time to time. Xu Xin was about to continue carving his Coco when Ji Chaoyang suddenly replied to him.
"I just saw the message you sent. The first person to eliminate a tornado is you, Xu Xin."
Oh? It seems that Ji Chaoyang did it, and he also ranked first. From his tone, could it be that he is the second one