Chapter 41 The Garbage King of the Recycling Station
Although Shen Dixin's aim isn't great, there are plenty of birds in the sky, and they're not on guard against her. If you choose a target carefully, you'll hit it at least half the time, if not nine times out of ten.
The stone cone, imbued with the extraordinary power of a calming mind, could instantly incapacitate a seabird if it struck it; its lethality far surpassed that of monkeys.
Panting, the monkey king noticed a subtle shift in the battle. A glint of light flashed in its eyes, and with a powerful leap, it jumped onto a tree branch and hurled eight pebbles, each hitting a seabird in a different direction.
The monkey king had been fighting the flock of birds for hours and was already exhausted. The stones he threw had not caused any real damage to the seabirds. He only managed to effectively cover up Chen Dixin's presence by leading the monkeys who were rising up from all directions.
Seeing that the Monkey King was so cooperative, Chen Dixin's actions became more unrestrained. Her current physique was fully capable of supporting her to continuously fire powerful projectiles like a cannon, and she didn't even break a sweat after throwing them for more than ten minutes.
During this time, whenever she made a move, she could take down a seabird in just a few shots. Seabirds of all sizes fell to the ground with mournful cries until the density of the flock became visibly sparse, and Chen Dixin's accuracy decreased again.
Even the dumbest flock of birds would sense something was wrong after their companions suffered repeated defeats. However, their not-so-bright brains could only guess that the monkey king might have a backup plan, completely ignoring the enemy lurking in the shadows.
"唳——"
A sharp cry pierced the sky, and the seabirds stopped what they were doing. After a series of calls, they flapped their wings and retreated.
The Monkey King breathed a sigh of relief, then looked warily in the direction of Chen Dixin. The monkeys also slid down from the tree, forming a circle around him.
"Friends, I was just passing by."
Chen Dixin peeked out, putting on a sincere and harmless appearance, trying to tell the monkey troop that he had no ill intentions through body language and a soothing tone.
With her abilities, she could easily subdue or kill the monkey king, who was only a few meters away from her, if not wipe out the entire monkey troop.
But Shen Dixin had no intention of doing so. Once her identity was exposed, her long-range attacks would be a joke. After killing the monkey king, she would have a hard time dealing with the monkey troop's counterattack. At the very least, continuing to explore this island would take a lot of effort, and what she lacked most right now was time!
Unlike usual, if the wind picks up now, no matter what we encounter, we must return to the boat and raise anchor, otherwise the waves will crash and the boat will capsize!
Similarly, they definitely couldn't explore the island anymore, so they had to hurry.
During the fight, Shen Dixin visually assessed the Monkey King's strength. His physical attributes were around 12 points, slightly higher than the average attributes of current players, and on par with Lu Mingang.
This indicates that the island is of good quality and may yield valuable items!
The Monkey King was the first to arrive, scrutinizing the composed Shen Dixin. He roared in a hoarse voice, bowed his head to her, and the monkeys scattered. When they returned, they were all carrying wild fruits, wildflowers, and other such produce.
The items were piled up like a small mountain in front of Shen Dixing. The monkey king turned his back and picked through them, reluctantly stuffing two nuts into her hand from a handful. He didn't linger and led his troop away, tacitly allowing her to move around on the island.
The monkeys were quite sensible; they calmly examined the nuts in their hands.
【Item Name: Acorn】
Item Quality: Purple
[Item Description: A tree species that contains the energy of plants.]
Purple-attribute resources... If the resources on the island happen to be ripe, they could indeed attract a large number of outsiders to plunder them.
But how should this be used? I pondered deeply.
Previously, she would ask the chef to prepare the local products she found on the island into high-quality dishes for future use.
This tree doesn't look like it's edible. Are we going to plant it?
Chen Dixin stuffed it into his pocket with a backhand, thinking, "Never mind, I'll study it when I get back to the ship!"
She glanced at the sky, sent a message to Lu Mingang to come back and meet her. Lu Mingang had taken her backpack; even if she had three heads and six arms, she couldn't carry such a large load. She just stood there and waited.
Moreover, if Lu Mingang runs around recklessly, it's hard to say whether a conflict will break out if he encounters a monkey, although he probably won't suffer any losses.
Larger islands inevitably have other creatures, and the danger level of monkey troops among them is only moderate.
Lu Mingang wasn't bad with directions, and the two quickly met up after retracing their steps.
Upon seeing Chen Dixin, Lu Mingang's eyes lit up instantly, and with a proud expression, he mysteriously handed over a green leaf package.
"Dixin, look what I found!"
Shen Dixin gently peeled back the leaf, and inside were several pieces of beeswax, the holes of which were full of honey!
【Item Name: Wild Honey】
Item Quality: Purple
[Item Description: It smells so sweet and delicious, it'll make your teeth ache!]
Cleanse your heart: ...
So all that effort she put in, this guy just wandered around and got the same purple item as her?
"The bees aren't home? Could it be that they're not stinging you because you look kind?" Shen Dixin asked casually.
Lu Mingang looked at him with admiration, "You guessed it all. You are truly a master of Dixin. I picked it up on the road. A whole honeycomb had fallen on the ground, so I just brought back some clean ones."
Chen Dixin waved his hand and asked about other gains.
"What else did you find? Honey is hard to carry, aren't you going to put it in your spatial storage?"
Lu Mingang smiled innocently and took out a small pile of chestnuts in their shells, a watermelon weighing almost ten pounds each, freshly picked cocoa fruits, and two large bottles of sugar palm juice from his backpack and personal storage space...
"And this chili pepper! I just tried it, it's really spicy!" The boy earnestly held up a handful of bright red chili peppers and handed it straight to me.
Shen Dixin rubbed his temples. Had he fallen into a treasure trove? He took a few steps and showed off the gifts the monkey troop had given him.
"We still need to take these back with us."
Lu Mingang, carrying a full backpack on his back and another full backpack in his hand, squatted down and looked through the things the monkeys had given him.
It's very messy, probably because the island's vegetation is more like a tropical rainforest. There are very few minerals, but the plant products are very abundant. There are all kinds of nuts and berries from the forest, and strangely shaped plants, but I guess there are three, four, five or six kinds of plants that are edible.
They would have to make several more trips to get it back; neither Shen Dixin nor Lu Mingang was willing to give up the food.
Lu Mingang, in particular, had a passion for his work shining in his eyes.
"Wow, blue-quality nuts! And these red ones too!"
He picked up this and couldn't bear to put down that, all because of his desire for high-quality ingredients. Since his level was upgraded, he has come to realize how important the quality of ingredients is.
Even if you use very complicated cooking methods with low-quality ingredients, the dishes made to the standard of a Manchu Han Imperial Feast will not be of a very high quality due to the limited quality of the ingredients.
Survival at Sea seems to encourage players to produce and consume their own food. The various ingredients that can be found in the supply crates are mostly gray or white, and if the dishes you make don't upgrade, they can only go up one grade at most, and they can't even reach blue.
Lu Mingang now produces a large quantity of dishes, with a very small proportion of dishes from higher tiers. He is able to consistently produce green dishes entirely thanks to the fruits and vegetables provided by the three farmers, as well as the fish caught by Shen Dixin. The ingredients produced by his professional items are basically all green.
Speaking of blue ingredients, the only one he came across was the fish that had been caught on the boat last night. If it weren't for the disaster, fish of this quality would be hard to catch in fishing nets.
With so many ingredients, he can create many high-end dishes, gain a lot of experience, and keep up with Di Xin's pace. If he works hard, he might even be able to create quite a few purple dishes! Di Xin said that a chef's main strength lies in being able to create purple dishes, so could he also help out...?
"Alright, alright, it's not like we're not going to stop after this trip."
Chen Dixin didn't let any supplies she could carry go to waste, filling her space to the brim, and then found a few banana leaves to cover the rest of the items.
After finishing tidying up, I looked back and saw that Lu Mingang was still immersed in his beautiful fantasy, so I had to interrupt him helplessly.
After completing one trip, the two split up. Shen Dixin continued to pack up the remaining supplies, while Lu Mingang used his amazing talent to wander around and see if he could find more supplies.
Fortunately, neither of them had a bad sense of direction, and they were both careful and meticulous, and had the habit of marking their way through the forest. Otherwise, it would have taken a lot of effort just to find their way out of the forest!
As soon as they returned to the ship, Shen Dixin made a compass for her and Lu Mingang.
The weather seemed to be on their side; the light drizzle continued without stopping, but it remained a gentle downpour.
Unlike Lu Mingang, who moved slowly but kept picking things up, Shen Dixing was exploring very quickly and had almost walked around the entire island.
Garbage recycling station!
What came into view was a small white house, which filled me with a mixture of surprise and worry.
Finally found it! No time wasted. She turned back to the boat and started moving her things!
After struggling to carry two boxes of discarded household waste, Chen Dixin couldn't help but sigh, realizing that she had spent the entire morning doing manual labor.
The front of the garbage station has a display screen and two windows, one large and one small, for depositing supplies and receiving white coins. There are also crooked slogans painted with black paint.
"Protecting the ocean is everyone's responsibility."
As Chen Dixin threw the trash in, settlement information kept popping up on the display screen.
[Recycle 8 empty plastic bottles to earn 1 white coin.]
[Recycle 10 pieces of dirty cloth to obtain 1 white coin.]
[Recycle 10 contaminated plastic lunch boxes to earn 1 White Coin.]
[Recycle 2 depleted batteries to obtain 1 white coin.]
...
[Collect 2 green slime slurries to obtain 1 white coin.]
[Congratulations, player! You have triggered the talent effect! You have received 5 White Coins!]
[Collect 1 Frog Eye to obtain 1 White Coin.]
Besides household waste, monster materials dropped by sea monsters in the Heart Cleansing Soul event also fall under the category of waste recycling, as well as...
[Collect 4 ropes to obtain 1 white coin.]
[Recycle 1 knife and receive 1 white coin.]
If you want to recycle things that don't belong to the category of garbage, no one will object.
Of course, Shen Dixin wouldn't waste resources. This was a small knife she had saved up, with only a little durability left. Combat consumes a lot of weapon durability.
As for the rope, it's simply because the prices were too cheap!
One white coin requires two bowls of fish soup to exchange, but two bowls of fish soup can easily be exchanged for eight ropes. After arriving on the island, the price of plant fiber plummeted, to the point where one plank could be exchanged for two pieces of plant fiber.
[Congratulations to the player for obtaining the unique title "King of Trash"! Unlocked by recycling more than 300 White Coins worth of trash in one day. Wearing this title increases the trash recycling price by 20%.]
Apart from the first two trips, all the ropes that Shen Dixin brought over afterwards were ropes.
The message refresh for the recycling station is based on the lowest price of one white coin, and there is also a counter in the upper right corner.
[Today's total value of recycled items: 322 White Coins.]
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