Sitting under the tree house, Xu Xin silently looked at the sun which was gradually setting in the west.
He knew why he couldn't go up.
Because the roots that pulled him up were actually the aerial roots of the banyan tree, a kind of adventitious roots. In the final analysis, they were still roots. Since the roots were developing secondary, these roots naturally temporarily stopped the function of entering and exiting the tree house.
It’s too difficult, you can’t even just lie there and do nothing.
After sitting for a while, Xu Xin decided to do something.
Xu Xin looked at his backpack, which contained a stone spear, a stone axe, a stone pickaxe, a stone shovel, a gold treasure chest, several bottles of water and some fruits. These things alone almost filled up all 10 slots of his backpack.
It was also because of this that he left fertilizer and seeds in the tree house when he came out last night, which resulted in him being unable to plant birch and pine trees now.
"The grid is still not enough, I still need a more advanced backpack."
“… Let’s clear an area first. Otherwise, there will be no place to plant these two trees.”
Xu Xin first took out the gold treasure chest from his backpack and placed it next to the base of the tree house. Even in a backpack, it was heavy enough, and carrying it on his body would affect his work.
He took the sleepy Coco off his shoulders and placed her on top of the golden treasure chest.
Coco whimpered softly and opened her eyes slightly.
"Help me watch the treasure chest and don't let anyone pick it up." Xu Xin joked to Coco. After all, there were no other people around.
Coco nodded her little head slightly, then curled up into a ball and continued to sleep.
Xu Xin took out a stone axe, found an area with more green soil next to the tree house, and began to cut down trees indiscriminately. The cut wood was directly put into his backpack.
His stone axe was of blue level, and he could chop down a poplar tree (white) with one stroke, and a poplar tree (green) with two strokes. It didn’t take long before he cleared out an area.
70% of the soil in this area is green grade, and Xu Xin does not plan to deal with the remaining 30% white soil. After all, a piece of soil is only about one square meter in size. Considering the planting spacing problem, it is not possible to plant trees on every piece of land, so this is enough for now.
Xu Xin ran to the lake again, collected some reeds, and dug some lotus roots for tonight's dinner.
Lotus root and bear meat, perfect.
Before leaving the lake, Xu Xin looked at the piranhas in the center of the lake.
…Sure enough, he still felt that the piranha's range of activity seemed to have expanded a little, although not much, but it was indeed a little closer to him.
It seems like we have to think of a way to deal with these piranhas.
If the situation is allowed to continue, once the piranhas' range of activity expands to the entire lake, not only will all the other fish and shrimp in the lake be affected, even his trip to the lake to fetch water and collect fish may be affected.
If these piranhas swam into the stream... Xu Xin couldn't imagine what the scene would be like then.
I wonder if the giant crocodiles in the creek can deal with these piranhas.
The secondary growth of the tree house's roots has been completed, and the tree house's protection area has expanded to a radius of six kilometers.
Suddenly a reminder sound rang in Xu Xin's ears. He was overjoyed. He could finally go home!
Coco, who had slept for two hours, had woken up and was sitting on the golden treasure chest in a daze.
"I went up to Coco and went home."
“Hmm.”
Xu Xin put the golden treasure chest into his backpack. The wood and golden treasure chest in the backpack suddenly made him feel a little overwhelmed, so he quickly carried Coco into the tree house.
After putting all the cut wood on the first floor, Xu Xin returned to his third floor.
"Comfortable!" He threw his backpack to the ground and fell on the wooden bed. The wooden bed had the effect of quickly restoring physical and mental strength. Just lying on the bed made Xu Xin feel a little relaxed.
Coco curled up in bed and fell asleep again.
However, Xu Xin did not rest for too long. He just lay down for a while and then sat up.
Just as he sat up, the mysterious voice sounded again.
The jungle exploration activity is over. Congratulations to all the survivors who found treasure chests and obtained limited resources in this exploration activity. You are excellent tree house explorers.
Survivors who haven't found the treasure chest, don't be discouraged. This is just the first step. You still have a chance to catch up with them.
Now, the regional rankings for this event are announced. The top 100 will receive corresponding rewards. Survivors are requested to check the screen in the tree house.
The last 50 survivors, you have 10 minutes left, say goodbye to the world.
Xu Xin quickly came to the screen, clicked on it, and saw that another option was unlocked: the ranking list.
Click on this option. There is only one activity in the options, the jungle exploration activity, which can be selected.
He continued clicking and a ranking list appeared before his eyes.
The first place winner is Xu Xin. He opened the gold, silver and bronze treasure chests and obtained some other supplies, reaching the highest blue level.
The second place winner is Ji Chaoyang, who opened the gold, silver and bronze treasure chests and obtained several other supplies, reaching the highest blue level.
The third place winner is Wen Guixin, who opened the silver and bronze treasure chests and obtained some other supplies, reaching the highest blue level.
Fourth place: Li Wenxi, opened the silver and bronze treasure chests and obtained some other supplies, the highest blue level.
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No. 7132 Lu Renjia did not receive the treasure chest or any other supplies.
The last one is number 7132.
"I can't be anonymous anymore." Xu Xin didn't really want to put his name on the top of the list, as it would cause unnecessary trouble. "Forget it, I'll just use my real name."
Xu Xin looked down and saw the person in the second place.
Ji Chaoyang.
The name Xu Xin was very familiar. He had been giving advice to everyone during the novice protection period. The strategies he posted on the regional channel during the beast riot made the death rate in the entire region far lower than the world average, saving many lives.
"He actually found the golden treasure chest? Does that mean he also knows the secret of this world?" Xu Xin murmured to himself.
When the secret was discovered before, the mysterious voice once said that the secrets of the world should not be shared with people who do not know the secrets, but what if it is someone who knows the secret
If it is someone who knows the secret, can I exchange some information with him
"Does this person have special abilities like me, or did he obtain the golden treasure chest on his own? Regardless of the former or the latter, he is a big shot worth making friends with." Xu Xin thought silently.
Continuing to look down, Xu Xin saw Li Wenxi's name in fourth place.
Wow, this little beauty opened the silver treasure chest
Seeing Li Wenxi's name listed as fourth, Xu Xin fell into deep thought.
Before this, he had always thought that this little beauty was a cheerful, European and wealthy woman, but now it seems that this is not the case. It is absolutely impossible for her to rank fourth among ten thousand people just by luck.
When I chatted with her before, she seemed to have described the process of obtaining the copper treasure chest in one sentence. Although she was covered in wounds, she did not show the weakness of an injured person, but was rather excited.
Now she has the silver treasure chest.
Xu Xin didn't know how other people got the silver treasure chests, but looking at the entire ranking list, including him and Ji Chaoyang, there were only nine people who got the silver treasure chests, and Li Wenxi ranked fourth among these nine people.
She is definitely not as innocent as she seems, and like Xu Xin herself, she is definitely hiding something.