Chapter 8 Day 3
[Extreme Cold Disaster: Day 3, Temperature: -11℃, Number of Players: 8970/10000]
On the third day of the game, Zhu Yu still got up early and washed up.
After getting ready, she did not go out to fight monsters immediately. The bottled water she brought was used up, so she went to the hot pot restaurant with a thermos and filled a pot with hot water.
By the way, she ordered a portion of brown sugar rice cake and crispy fried milk as breakfast to fill her stomach.
While eating, Zhu Yu habitually cleared his mind and looked at the heavy snow falling outside the hot pot restaurant.
Before leaving yesterday, she posted an eye-catching poster on the glass window outside the hot pot restaurant, which advertised the discounts she was offering to old customers who brought in new customers.
In addition, she also put up a wooden sign at the door, which clearly stated that the hot pot restaurant's business hours are from 10 am to 12 pm.
She also kindly added a warm reminder: players who stay in the hot pot restaurant during non-business hours will be automatically kicked out of the hot pot restaurant.
This is a special function set up by the game system in the safe zone, which ensures that no players will disturb her when she is resting.
Zhu Yu took a sip of hot water and his eyes fell on the only heating device in the store - the small stove.
The temperature dropped by six degrees today compared to yesterday. Now the small stove in the hot pot restaurant is no longer enough to maintain a warm environment.
She opened the hot pot restaurant's system mall. After spending money at the wandering merchant and the trading hall, she still had about 2,000 gold coins.
She browsed around the mall and her eyes quickly set on a high-quality blue fireplace.
This fireplace has a temperature control function and can automatically adjust the comfort level in the store according to changes in outdoor temperature. The price is 200 gold coins.
After clicking to confirm the purchase, the system prompt sounded and the new fireplace was automatically installed in a corner of the store.
The newly installed fireplace has a very delicate appearance, and the outer circle is made of a layer of fine and smooth white marble.
The special texture of the marble forms a gentle contrast with the wooden furniture in the store, exuding a tranquil beauty.
As the fireplace started, the burning flames flickered slowly.
The slight chill in the hot pot restaurant was quickly dispelled, and even the air began to emanate a faint woody fragrance, as if covering the entire hot pot restaurant with a layer of warm gauze.
After staying in the warm room for a while, Zhu Yu finished his breakfast.
When she came out into the cold outside, she was blown by the cold wind and she became much more awake.
She put on snow boots and a knitted hat as usual, summoned a bow and arrow, and walked towards the snowy forest.
At this point, the sun has not yet risen completely, and a faint morning light is appearing on the horizon.
The snowy forest was silent in the early morning, and the slight "crunching" sound made by Zhu Yu's steps on the snow was the only sound that broke the silence.
As his profession upgraded, Zhu Yu felt that his senses seemed to have been elevated to a higher level.
She could vaguely hear the slow movement of a frozen river beneath her and headed in that direction.
The probability of monsters appearing near the river is usually higher than in other places.
Zhu Yu walked forward for a while, and she caught a glimpse of a gray figure moving in the distance by the river.
She looked carefully and found that it was an E-level snow wolf. Its fur almost blended with the snow, and only its pair of ice-blue eyes were particularly eye-catching.
This is one of the monsters mentioned by players in the group chat. The speed and agility of an F-level snow wolf can cause some players a lot of trouble, not to mention an E-level snow wolf.
Only by killing them with one blow before they can react can we avoid unnecessary trouble.
Zhu Yu quickly drew the bow and drew the arrow in one smooth motion.
The snow wolf was wandering by the river, apparently searching for prey, unaware.
Zhu Yu held his breath and fixed his eyes on the snow wolf.
After adjusting her breathing a little, she decisively released the bowstring.
The arrow flew through the air.
The sharp arrow drew a silver streak in the air and accurately shot into the snow wolf's neck.
The snow wolf let out a short howl, its body trembled violently, and then fell down weakly.
Zhu Yu put away the bow with satisfaction and walked towards the prey.
It seems that she has not absorbed the elementary archery scroll in vain. Zhu Yu clearly feels that her accuracy with this arrow is much better than before. If it were her before, it would probably take several arrows to hit the snow wolf's vital point.
She came to where the snow wolf fell and collected the materials and experience points it dropped.
[Thick Snow Wolf Skin*1, Snow Wolf Fang*1, Snow Wolf Bones*2, Wood Blocks*40, Stone Blocks*30, Iron Blocks*30, Gold Coins*36, Experience Points*85]
"This snow wolf skin feels softer and more comfortable than the wild boar skin I used last time. Next time I'll see if I can get some clothing blueprints and find a player to help me make a snow wolf suit to keep out the cold. It would be great."
As Zhu Yu spoke, he put the materials into the player's backpack and continued to look for traces of other monsters.
In the next few hours, she killed two F-level monsters and one E-level monster, and now her experience bar has reached 184/500.
With the unlimited blessing of physical strength, her efficiency in a few hours early in the morning can almost catch up with the progress of an ordinary player in a whole day.
On the way back to the hot pot restaurant, Zhu Yu received a message from the explorer.
After the other party invited her to cooperate last night, Zhu Yu did not agree immediately.
She wanted to observe the other party's attitude and behavior before making a judgment. After all, unlike the blacksmith who only needed to trade online, cooperation with the explorer required both parties to meet offline. If the other party was a player with bad conduct or ulterior motives, it would be a lot of trouble.
However, it seems that this explorer is quite trustworthy and sent her the private transaction of ironwood blocks on time.
After the transaction was completed, the other party sent another new message.
[Explorer]: Boss, when I went to the Ironwood Mine this morning, I detected an iron ore source on the way!
Upon seeing this news, Zhu Yu's pupils shrank slightly.
The discovery of iron ore sources means that players will no longer have to rely on iron blocks dropped by monsters, but can mine them themselves, which will have a huge impact on the entire game economy and equipment system.
Just as her heart was beating faster and she was excitedly thinking about the possibilities, the explorer's next words immediately extinguished all the thoughts that had just emerged in her mind.
[Explorer]: The iron ore is hidden deep in a snowy valley peak [click the link to view the shared map], but I can sense that there is more than one high-level monster guarding it. I am not sharing this news to encourage you to go mining, but to hope that you stay away from that area when you go out to fight monsters on weekdays. It is really too dangerous!
Zhu Yu lowered her eyelashes. This was a message that clearly expressed goodwill. She replied:
[Player 0996]: OK, thanks for the reminder. I will handle this carefully.
The shortcut to the iron mine cannot be taken for the time being, but fortunately the last piece of iron wood has been obtained.
Zhu Yu then handed the drawings and materials of the ironwood bow to the foundry engineer.
The blacksmith had sent her a price list before. White quality weapons cost 50-100 gold coins, while blue quality ones cost 200-600 gold coins. Future prices have not been updated yet.
In fact, the players who are looking for Li Fenglan to forge weapons currently basically bring white drawings. The price of the blue quality casting was temporarily set by her last night based on the drawings given to her by Zhu Yu.
As a lifestyle player, Li Fenglan's upgrade path and way of gaining experience are different from those of combat players.
Every time she successfully forges a weapon, she gains experience points, and the higher the quality of the weapon, the more experience points she gains.
Therefore, it was a good opportunity for her that Zhu Yu gave her the blue quality weapon blueprint so early.
She had a feeling that after completing the ironwood bow, she would be able to be promoted to an E-level blacksmith.
In order to express gratitude and retain Zhu Yu as an important customer, Li Fenglan only charged her the lowest price of 200 gold coins for blue quality.
After the other party promised that the ironwood bow could be completed this afternoon, Zhu Yu returned to the camp happily, changed into the hot pot restaurant's work clothes, entered the store from the back door, and prepared to start a new day of business.
She is looking forward to the players' reactions when they see the new hot pot snacks on the menu.
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