Xu Xin walked to the window and looked outside the tree house.
Although his eyesight is no longer as strong as before, Xu Xin now has extraordinary hearing and can clearly hear any movement around the tree house.
He heard the cries of the little pangolin under the tree house, as well as the chirping of various insects and birds, but other than that, there were no other animal sounds.
Without the super eyesight he had yesterday, he could no longer see things in the distance, but he still remembered that one of the tree houses of other survivors he had seen was due east. He decided to head east to find that survivor's tree house.
Since the distance is so close, the tree house over there should be owned by the people in Jungle Area 188.
But before that, he still had to deal with some things around the tree house.
Looking at the lake next to the tree house, the lake water is rippling in the wind. On the map, there is no red dot showing the location of the lake.
Because he had consumed the blue-level resources, Xu Xin's ability to resist water pressure had increased, and he could now explore deeper into the lake.
Also, the yellow area in the field of vision a hundred meters away from the tree house is the alchemical material, and it is time to dig it out to see what it is.
He planned to go down and look for materials from his beloved concubine first.
"嘤!" Seeing that Xu Xin was about to go out, Ke also climbed up from the sofa and nimbly climbed onto Xu Xin's shoulders.
Xu Xin rubbed Coco's little head, took Coco out, and came to the cave of his beloved concubine under the tree house.
A circle of red berry bushes had grown around the cave entrance, full of fruit. Xu Xin had used green-grade fertilizer to ripen the fruit last night. The purpose was to cover the cave entrance. This made it look much more comfortable.
Keke was immediately attracted by the red fruits and jumped down to pick them and eat them. Xu Xin slid into the cave.
The beloved concubine was lying in the cave. The two little guys beside her had just eaten and were lying on the ground with their bellies facing up, twisting their bodies slightly.
Wow, these two little guys... have they grown a little bit bigger? Xu Xin walked over and picked up one.
The beloved concubine just glanced at him and did not stop him.
He weighed it, causing the little one in his arms to cry out. Sure enough, it was much heavier!
The growth rate of the behemoth bloodline is really fast. I am really looking forward to seeing them grow up.
"My beloved, come with me. I need you to help me dig a place." Xu Xin put the little guy down and said to his beloved who was lying on the ground.
The beloved concubine made a clear sound like a bird's cry, stood up and indicated that she agreed.
Xu Xin crawled out of the cave, followed closely by his beloved concubine, and the two little ones also crawled out following their mother.
"Ying!" Coco looked at the two little guys in surprise with her little mouth, and there were still berries in her mouth. She felt that the two little guys would soon be bigger than her!
As soon as the little ones came out, they were pushed back into the cave by my beloved concubine. They were well-behaved and did not come out again.
With his beloved concubine and Coco, Xu Xin came to the vicinity of the yellow light. The yellow light was indeed emitted from underground. Looking closer, it was not shallow at all, at least five or six meters deep.
"It's right here. Dig down. There should be something underneath." Xu Xin also took out his shovel.
The beloved concubine immediately started digging at the location Xu Xin pointed. The flying soil made Xu Xin, who was about to swing the shovel, stop.
Wow, the speed of digging the hole is incredible. He even took out a shovel to help, but it was completely unnecessary.
Looking at his beloved concubine who was completely stuck in the hole, Xu Xin put away the shovel. He would only make things worse.
While it was digging the hole, Xu Xin looked around.
This place is nearly 200 meters away from the tree house, outside the protection range of the plant heart. There is no other yellow light except this area flashing yellow.
It seems that only that area around the tree house has alchemical materials.
He walked around the entrance of the cave where the mutant plant heart was. Unfortunately, the cave and the mark on the map disappeared.
Why? Who filled it in
Xu Xin stepped on the original location of the hole and dug a few times with a shovel. There was thick soil underneath.
strangeness…
But unfortunately, he probably won’t be able to go to the place where Ji Chaoyang knows the secret.
Xu Xin turned around twice and returned to the place where his beloved concubine was digging a hole. At this time, a hole with a diameter of about one meter had appeared on the ground. There were also digging sounds coming from inside, but it was not digging the soil, but rather sounded like chiseling stones.
Coco jumped off his shoulders and jumped directly into the hole.
Soon, the sound of digging stopped and Xu Xin looked into the cave.
Not only did the yellow light representing the alchemical materials appear before my eyes, but there was also green light representing the color grade.
Green-level materials were dug out!
At this time, Coco crawled out of the hole with a black thing in its mouth, then spat it on the ground and stuck out its tongue. The edges of its little mouth were black, and its fur was also stained with some black.
Xu Xin picked up the fist-sized black fragments that Coco had spit out.
Obtain coal*1
Coal (green): A very efficient furnace fuel that can improve the smelting efficiency of the furnace and is also one of the indispensable raw materials for refining steel.
The prompt sound made Xu Xin's mouth curl up slightly.
It was coal, great! With coal, he could make steel!
Xu Xin slid directly down from the cave.
The beloved concubine has stopped digging. A large space has been dug out underneath. Xu Xin discovered that the area under his feet is all black coal!
"So many! This is too much!"
The cave was filled with broken coal that his beloved concubine had dug up, and Xu Xin immediately collected it.
Obtain coal*367
Wow, it’s only been a short time since we started digging, and we’ve found so much!
Xu Xin took out his pickaxe and swung it down. "Crack!" The coal on the ground broke apart, and more than a dozen pieces of coal were scattered.
It’s settled. The coal shipment volume is huge. With this coal mine, he can make steel!
One steel fire requires 25 pieces of coal and 1kg of mutant vine juice. He originally thought that it would consume a lot of materials and might not be able to be mass-produced. Unexpectedly, the output of coal was so ridiculously large!
What's more, he doesn't need to do it himself. Just dig for half a minute and he can produce hundreds or thousands of pieces of coal!
As for the mutant vine juice, he still had a lot of it. Although he gave them some of the blood-thorn vines last time, there were still quite a lot left. If he collected all the juice, it would not be a problem to get a few hundred kilograms.
"My beloved, dig a little more!" Xu Xin commanded his beloved concubine.
The beloved continued to swing its sharp claws to mine the coal in the cave. Soon, the amount of coal in Xu Xin's hands reached 1,000 pieces.
"Okay, oh, by the way, make the hole wider, otherwise I have to climb up and down every time." Although the hole with a diameter of one meter is large enough for my beloved concubine to go up and down, it is still too small for him who is standing and walking. This is the mine he will come to often in the future, so of course it needs to be handled better.
After making the cave entrance wider, Xu Xin walked out of the cave. His scales had turned pitch black.
Coco, who had been lying at the entrance of the cave and looking inside, saw Xu Xin, dressed in black, coming out. He was stunned for two seconds, then covered his mouth with his little paws, as if he was laughing.
"You little brat!" Xu Xin lifted Keke onto his shoulders in a gruff voice, "Look at yourself, there's not a single spot of hair on your body that isn't black!"
"嘤!" After hearing what Xu Xin said, Coco immediately shook its body, and the black powder fell off, and its hair immediately became shiny and bright again.
I really envy Coco's ability to keep her body clean without even taking a shower.
Carrying thousands of pieces of coal, Xu Xin quickly returned to the tree house. He did not rush to refine the steel fire, but went to the lake to wash first. Ai Fei also rolled in the mud by the lake, washing the black ash on her body in the unique way of pangolins.
Standing in the shallow water at the edge of the lake, looking at the deep and calm center of the lake, Xu Xin was considering whether he should go down and take a look now.
His ability to withstand pressure has improved now, so he should be able to collect the green ore at a depth of forty meters.
"嘤!" Coco suddenly cried out by the lake, sounding a little anxious.
… Is there danger in the center of the lake
Xu Xintong's eyes shrank, and he stepped out of the lake. He asked Ke Ke who was standing by the lake, "Is there any danger in the lake?"
"嘤!" Coco nodded very affirmatively.
After getting a positive response from Coco, he looked at the map and found no red dots. It seemed that it was probably the giant anaconda in the center of the lake. Could it be that after the second stage, the giant anaconda would return
That shouldn't be the case... Even if we can work as a team in the second stage, it's a bit exaggerated to deal with a giant anaconda that is so huge that it can dive into the water. This guy can only be dealt with by large-scale thermal weapons!
In short, it is temporarily impossible to dive into the center of the lake.
After taking a final look at the seemingly calm but dangerous center of the lake, Xu Xin turned and left.
Back in the tree house, Coco went to have a "whimpering" conversation with the Silver King Mimi, while Xu Xin came to the alchemy room again, clicked on the production list of the alchemy synthesis table, and found Steel Fire.
Steel Fire: Add it to the furnace together with the refined iron block to smelt the same grade of steel block. Requires 1kg of mutant vine juice and 25 coals (green)
He immediately clicked to refine.
Although it is called steel fire, it is not fire, but a black viscous liquid, somewhat similar to the universal alchemical material. He filled it with a reagent bottle, and a bottle of steel fire was made. Next, just pour it into the furnace with the iron block to make steel blocks!
Xu Xin came to the furnace, put a piece of iron (blue) in, poured in steel fire, and finally put a few pieces of coal at the bottom of the furnace. The introduction of coal said that it can improve the efficiency of the furnace.
Smelting: Steel ingot. Remaining smelting time: 50 minutes.
Huh? 50 minutes?!
The steelmaking time is too long! This is after the coal is used to improve the efficiency of the furnace. Normally, it would not take an hour to make one steel piece...
No, smelting is not his strong point, this kind of thing should be left to Li Wenxi. She has many furnaces and an amplified smelting room, and her speed is many times faster than his.
Xu Xin went to the alchemy room to refine a few more steel fires, and then directly initiated a transaction with Li Wenxi.
Within two seconds, the transaction was accepted, and at the same time, Li Wenxi's video call came directly.
After Xu Xin answered the call, he found that she was outside the tree house, riding on the back of a cow, wearing a tight leather armor, looking heroic.
He suddenly remembered that Li Wenxi had given the blue-level armor to Wang Lei during the last event.
"Aniu, let's go back. We're not going any further. Let's go back to the tree house! Ah, Xu Xin, how did you find the materials for making steel?" Li Wenxi, who was urging the cow under him to go back, saw Xu Xin answering the video and immediately asked excitedly.
"Well... I gained an ability, alchemy." Xu Xin decided not to hide it from her. Not only would he not hide it from her, he also didn't plan to hide it from the other explorers.
Alchemy can greatly enhance the survivors' abilities. Now they are all in the same boat with the same interests. It is time to crowdfund materials to benefit both themselves and others.
"Alchemy?!" Li Wenxi's eyes widened again. "That sounds so powerful. You asked me for so many materials just for alchemy?"
"Yes, this steel fire is made through alchemy. I tried it myself and found that it takes a lot of time to make a steel block, so I want to ask you to make it for me. We will split the profits 50-50. How about that?"
He provides the steel fire, Li Wenxi provides the iron blocks and is also responsible for refining, and then they split the profits 50-50, which is very suitable.
"Leave it to me!" Li Wenxi patted his ordinary chest and said confidently, "My smelting room is absolutely fast. I have added all the decorations sold in the points mall to the smelting room. Now the smelting speed has been increased by more than double. I guarantee you will be satisfied! Mass production is not a dream!"
"I don't need a 50-50 split. If you need materials, I'll help you refine them. But I also want what you have!" Li Wenxi knew that even if she refined the steel blocks, she would not be able to use them to make things. After all, only Xu Xin and Ji Chaoyang could use metal to make weapons and protective gear. The most she could do was to use metal to make survival tools.
Xu Xin naturally had no problem with this. He was also going to open up the alchemy products to the public. "Okay, no problem. Go back and refine them. I'll carve a statue for you to help you increase the smelting speed."
"That's great! This time you have to follow my body proportions, hehe."