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 carving tool set. Xu Xin, who has obtained the ability of [Artist], can easily identify what these knives are used for.

Picking up one of the knives, he began carving into the egg-sized amethyst.

Just carve one, um, a small cocoa.

In fact, Keke has been following Xu Xin all the time, watching everything he does with curiosity. Every time Xu Xin conjures up a piece of furniture out of thin air, it will make a "meow" sound to express its surprise.

But there is only one reason why it is still following Xu Xin: it is 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 carving. So he carried Keke to the workbench and said, "Sit here and don't move. I want to carve out your image."

"Hmm?" Coco tilted her 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.

"Ying." In order to eat, Coco could only find a comfortable posture, holding the big tail in her arms, and 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.

"Hmm!" Coco cried out, waking up Xu Xin who was immersed in the state.

The sculpture 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, and 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, and 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, covering a large area near the tree house. Apparently, the lightning rod on the roof of his tree house was still absorbing the lightning and generating light and heat, causing him to not notice the passage of time.

Xu Xin had never installed torches in the treehouse for nighttime illumination. First, torches felt unsafe in the wooden treehouse. Second, before saltpeter was available, the treehouse was already very hot. Third, the light from the fire might attract powerful beasts that he couldn't handle.

The third point is what he is worried about now. Such a bright light can be seen from a very far distance 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 has decreased, 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.

"Ying!" Coco cried again, but still lay there obediently without moving.

Xu Xin stood up and said, "Let's eat first."

It feels like this carving will take nearly another hour to complete. I didn't expect such a small carving to take so much time. I can only hope that it can provide a high degree of decorative effect.

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 this time, Coco was fiddling with this miniature semi-finished product of herself with great curiosity.

This small sculpture is only a semi-finished product and has not triggered the prompt sound for increasing the decorative level. It seems that it must be completely carved. This is my first time carving, and I don’t know what level is considered a complete carving to increase the decorative level 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 could affect the human brain, causing Xu Xin to 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 previously told Bat to warn him if anything happened. Clearly, something was amiss outside! Could it be that the lightning rod's light had truly attracted all the monsters in the surrounding water?

He looked out the window, and what was happening outside the tree house suddenly made his eyes widen.

On the seemingly endless surface of the water, treetops suddenly appeared one after another! The small trees underwater, which were only three or four meters tall, began to grow rapidly again!

He looked at his watch and saw that it was just past seven in the evening.

Large areas of treetops have emerged from the bottom of 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.

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