Chapter 53 Continuous Heavy Rain
On the ninth night, the night was peaceful, with only a few zombie attacks. The arrow towers were sufficient to protect the base.
It was pitch black outside, with only the sound of rain. Staring at it for too long gave one a heavy sense of oppression.
Jiang Baiyue stood on the stone wall until 00:30 before going down, putting her hands in her sleeves, yawning, and going back to sleep.
Beep beep!
A private message came in, saying that the swordsman who traded crossbow blueprints with her was still blind.
"Swords have no eyes: I'll buy 5 bottles of mineral water today. [Transaction - 30 coins]"
After receiving the coins, Jiang Baiyue sent them directly to the player opposite her.
A gust of biting wind blew by, and Jiang Baiyue shivered... This protective shield only blocks rain, not wind.
A gust of cold wind blew away her drowsiness, and she opened the chat area to check her messages.
"30-year-old single's typing speed: This rain has been going on for days, is it going to keep raining forever? I don't even have any warm clothes, I'm shivering from the cold."
"Eat smaller, more frequent meals to lose weight: It's like leveling up by defeating monsters; things get better once your physique improves. I'm still wearing the same clothes, and I don't feel too cold."
"You can dream about anything: Have you guys seen the news in the world chat? There's a server called 188, which used to have 100,000 people, but now only about 50,000 remain. Half of them are dead. It's terrifying. I wonder what they went through."
"Green hills and clear waters: Is that an exaggeration?! Then our 301 district isn't so bad after all."
"Anything can happen in a dream: I heard that after 3 days, the Eternal Night Disaster will end in District 188, and the zombies will be stronger and harder to fight."
"Love is a light: Our District 301 is like a downpour. It's been raining for days, and it looks like the rain won't stop anytime soon. We need to stock up on more supplies."
"The sea is immeasurable: hoarding supplies is difficult, especially food. Food has an expiration date, and it spoils as soon as the time is up. I thought packaged bread could be stored for a long time, but it only lasted 5 days before it rotted."
"No work, no work: I'm doing farming, otherwise it's been raining so much that even getting around is a problem."
"Ball No. 7: It's easier said than done; planting and harvesting take a long time."
"No work, no work: scavenge for fertilizer, or find a composting machine to make fertilizer to speed up the ripening time of the plants. Anyway, we can't leave the base later, so we can only rely on planting or transplanting more berry bushes."
"Under the Lemon Tree: Doesn't this game have any 'lifestyle players'? My gathering skills have improved, but it seems like the only benefit is that I gather more complete materials."
"Mountain Visitor: That's right. There's also a logging technique, and upgrading it increases the amount of wood you get from logging."
"Mantis Shrimp Isn't Blind: Yes, yes! Hahaha. I guess it's because something manually made a lot of dishes, and only with enough skill could it acquire a life skill. A fresh chef! Screenshot.jpg, Screenshot.jpg"
"Mantis Shrimp Isn't Blind: Providing ingredients and cooking services. Only ingredients are traded. DM me if interested. I'm based in White Moon Base, operating with integrity."
Jiang Baiyue was surprised; she didn't know he also had cooking and other life skills.
The first image shows that the "Mantis Shrimp Isn't Blind" attribute page now has an icon with a chef's hat design, labeled "Cooking Skill Lv1".
The second screenshot is a comparison of the attributes of two bowls of mushroom and pork congee. The bowl of mushroom and pork congee on the right has much higher attributes than the one on the left.
[Mushroom and Pork Congee: -35 Hunger, +22 Stamina, -10 Stress]
Jiang Baiyue had just eaten mushroom and pork congee that evening, so she knew that the mantis shrimp wasn't blind and wasn't lying.
Players from the same White Moon base who had bought the mushroom and meat porridge in the chat area were in an uproar.
"Cabbage Bun: Ahhh, I've bought your meat porridge before, but the stats weren't as good as the one on the right."
"Fox Talk: Do they really have life skills?"
"A butcher's knife: It's absolutely true. DM me if you need it. An essential item for monster hunting, replenishes quickly, and keeps you warm with porridge on cold days."
Sunflower: Orders, orders, do you accept pre-orders? I had meat porridge last night and thought it tasted really good.
"Under the Lemon Tree: Really? Is it true that you can learn this technique just by doing it a lot?"
"Hard work pays off: I can make bamboo hats and do bamboo crafts. If you're interested, please DM me. (Materials must be submitted before production; payment upon delivery is not accepted.) Screenshot.jpg"
Another player has revealed that they've learned a new technique. Jiang Baiyue stroked her chin, wondering what it was.
Looking at her attribute page, she only had a level 1 gathering skill. She spent most of her time fighting monsters. Since the quest hall was built, she had been directly purchasing many materials instead of gathering them herself.
My thoughts returned to the chat area, where many people started chatting casually, discussing what kind of handicrafts or skills they could do.
Jiang Baiyue pondered, "Having many skills means you won't have any worries... Hmm... It seems she doesn't have any special skills. Before, she was just a poor, hardworking laborer. Her only joy in life was playing management and construction games."
As for cooking, as long as it's edible, that's fine. Oh well, she has a base to manage anyway, so she can just enjoy herself.
As players develop more technologies, the base will definitely prosper.
Furthermore, if a player possesses culinary skills, the restaurant can be temporarily left unbuilt to avoid encroaching on the player's development space.
The main consideration is to upgrade the base to accommodate more people, and we also need to create more farmland.
If the torrential rain continues for a long time, many players may not be able to leave their base, making farmland very important.
Making farmland also requires clay, and for the past few days, no one has been buying clay from the shops.
...How did those level 2 bases acquire clay for upgrades? I can't even message the people at that base, sigh~
Jiang Baiyue even inquired about clay on a rainy day without an umbrella, but the person there had no clue either.
People in Zone 301 cannot trade with other zones through the World Chat Zone, and they cannot even add friends.
Many players have discovered that their relatives are in other servers, and they can only watch helplessly as their family members suffer, offering only a little game information but unable to provide any assistance.
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For the next 10 days, the rain grew heavier and heavier, forming a continuous curtain of rain, and the temperature was also very low, hovering between a few degrees below zero and 1°C.
Even with an umbrella and a straw hat, players felt a downward pressure, greatly affecting their efficiency in traveling and fighting monsters.
Today, the rainwater outside the base has even accumulated to the point where it reaches above knee height.
To make matters worse, players discovered that while the number of zombies in the surrounding urban areas decreased after the zombie night raids, resource points and supplies also became scarcer.
The joy brought by the huge profits from the zombie night raids was gradually replaced by sorrow. There were fewer and fewer transactions about food in the chat area and the store, and everyone was valuing the food they had more and more.
Players in some bases are finding it difficult to travel, their exploration range is shrinking, and their daily harvest is meager. A significant number of players are now trapped near their bases.
The people at the White Moon Base still had a choice. Relying on Space Station No. 2, they flocked to the underground city. Some bases without space stations could only build boats if they had ship blueprints, while those without blueprints for water travel were working hard to manually build rafts for transportation.
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