Chapter 42 If you don't eat the acorns, they'll poison you.
Before darkness fell, the two hurriedly returned to the boat, weighed anchor, and left the island.
In the end, I collected a total of 389 white coins. It wasn't that I didn't want to exchange them for more, but I had already reached the recycling limit of the garbage station. This is also one of the reasons why I didn't throw the rope in at the beginning.
Aside from household waste that genuinely needs processing, the amount of waste collected at a waste station is determined by its capacity; once the small shed is full, it will stop collecting waste.
The tiny hut, barely tall enough for one person, was piled high with ropes, but it couldn't be exchanged for many white coins.
The ropes used for survival at sea are all hemp ropes, with a diameter larger than a bottle cap. When rolled up, they look like a big pancake and are quite heavy!
We were able to transport so many thanks to Chen Dixin for making room to store them in her space, with a stacking limit of 999!
Speaking of making money, the materials dropped by sea monsters these days account for half of Chen Dixin's white coins. The garbage recycling station is the final destination for low-level monster materials.
Exploring this vast island is no easy task. Even if you run at full speed with all your might, it will take more than ten minutes to make a round trip, not to mention that moving quickly consumes a frightening amount of stamina.
By walking and stopping intermittently, maintaining just the right amount of stamina, I can make three round trips in two hours, with most of the time spent collecting white coins.
Lu Mingang brought back a lot more than his wooden house could hold, so he was currently taking a box and picking out some easy-to-store ingredients to pile up at Chen Dixin's place.
The little elves only recognize one species and can't be of much help. Giving them commands is a waste of time. Chen Dixin wanted to go up and help.
But this guy not only didn't find the workload heavy, he actually quite enjoyed it.
Shen Dixin smiled and shook her head, then began to count her income.
She took the two acorns out of her pocket and tried to figure out their purpose, word by word.
Plant energy... When it comes to plants, you either use them as seeds or as fertilizer!
Shen Dixin thought of a way to satisfy both sides. She went back to the room and looked at the experience fruit and butterfly she had just released.
These potted plants wouldn't last ten minutes in a storm! Soon, the pot and the plant were completely destroyed.
If you don't want to uproot all the plants like farmers do, piling up pots so you can't grow anything, you can only store them in space. The constraints of storms are always evident in every aspect.
Shen Dixin had only released them briefly to move things, and this was just right.
Despite being confined in the space for a long time, the Experience Fruit remained vibrant, while the Butterfly Life withered.
[Race: Butterfly]
【quality:? 】
[Status: Seedling (17%)]
Lifespan: ?
[Item Description: This weed is only pretty and useless. If you don't want it to wither away, you'd better let it bask in the moonlight.]
Upon closer inspection, the description of the item had been changed. Apparently, it wasn't allowed to bask in the moonlight last night to avoid the storm. What a precious little thing!
Before the butterfly could even grow up, Chen Dixin muttered to himself, "I must remember to let it out tonight!"
She picked up an acorn, poked it, and stuffed it into the two planting pots, then covered it with some soil. Done!
Shen Dixin patted the dirt off his hands, quite satisfied.
Now it can be used for both seed and fertilizer. If it is really a seed, it can be transplanted to farmers for cultivation after it germinates.
Looking at the buff bar, the "Full of Food and Drink" buff had disappeared. Chen Dixin peeked into the next room.
"Lu Mingang, is there anything to eat?"
He nodded, his excitement barely concealed, and described his newly developed recipe to Shen Dixing in a light and cheerful tone.
"Fish and bird honey coconut pie, Stargazing with berry jam, shredded bird meat with nut salad, fish paste and mushroom soup... What would you like to eat?"
Shen Dixin's expression gradually became serious. Are these... all human recipes?
This cannot be blamed on Lu Mingang. Compared to the small pile of produce they had collected, the large amount of bird meat and the continuous supply of fish meat were more urgently needed to be consumed.
Yes, bird meat. After hunting for so long, the ground was littered with dying seabirds, meat everywhere! It would be an outrage to not pick them up and eat them!
Compared to chicken, seagull meat is tougher and has a strange taste; it seems to ruin any ingredient you put with it.
Seeing this, Lu Mingang explained, "After the nutritional values came out, it seems that everyone prefers dishes with more ingredients. I think developing some new dishes would sell better."
"As for the taste..."
Lu Mingang got stuck, which showed on his face as a slightly furrowed brow and an impatient expression. Coupled with a series of bizarre dishes, it gave people the impression that he would poison you if you didn't eat them.
"I won't eat it until you take a bite." Shen Dixin spread her hands, deciding that saving her life was the priority. "How about some bread or steamed buns instead?"
With Lu Mingang's meticulous preparation of three meals a day, Shen Dixin hadn't eaten a steamed bun in a long time, which shows how much she was impressed by the creative dishes.
"Store the honey first, there's no need to make it now. Purple dishes are judged not only by the proportion of ingredients, but also by the taste of the dish and how well the ingredients match. Simply put, dishes that don't taste good won't pass. There will be a career bonus when you upgrade later, so don't rush."
Shen Dixin frantically hinted that she was genuinely afraid Lu Mingang would add a ton of honey to a dish in order to create a high-end culinary experience, and then how could it still be eaten?
If the highest-grade ingredients make up more than 40% of the dish, you can make a dish of that grade. This is something that players have already figured out.
Lu Mingang nodded, then asked with some distress, "Dixin, do you think there will be refrigerator blueprints in the future? My space is full of vegetables right now, and five compartments are not enough at all."
"There will be cold storage facilities, but we may not be able to access them."
Once a ship is upgraded to level 5, it can build various functional facilities, such as cold storage, greenhouses, meeting rooms, and observatories. Attack facilities such as large patrol drones and artillery will also appear.
However, the three facilities you can choose from for each ship upgrade are completely random, and most of them are useless facilities, such as the watchtower, farmland and warehouse that Chen Dixin had encountered before. He had no choice but to reluctantly choose to collect a second set of upgrade materials to refresh the options, which was heartbreaking to hear and tearful to see.
Hearing Lu Mingang say this, Shen Dixin also began to dream about ice storage. If they had this, the fish they caught, the raw materials delivered by the farmers, and the dishes they prepared could be preserved for a longer time!
We still need to work harder to upgrade the ships!
Shen Dixin glanced at the terrifying amount of upgrade materials and silently calculated that she had lent out at least 20,000 units of resources. When she got them back, she should still have a lot left for Lu Mingang to upgrade his ship.
Looking up at the sky, almost ten hours later, the wind and rain finally intensified. A huge wave crashed in, and with a hiss, the door that wasn't properly closed was suddenly swept open. Shen Dixin covered her head and muttered to herself, "So she really hates storms the most!"
She steadied herself and continued organizing the supplies methodically. The medicinal wine had almost been spilled, but fortunately, Shen Dixin had anticipated this and placed it on the bed.
After returning from the island, the medicinal wine was naturally ready. Chen Dixin took out the dregs and didn't forget to check on the shop.
Ironically, the herbs and painkillers have sold quite a bit, and the temporary warehouse already has 224 herbs and 37 painkillers.
Shen Dixin took out all the herbs, and the 12 herbs she had accumulated a few days ago were not conspicuously placed inside.
With so many herbs, how long would it take to fill bottles of medicinal wine if we used just two herbs to make one serving?
Shen Dixin decisively sent a message to Lu Mingang, asking him to bring the little elf to share some of the workload.
The 112 bottles of mineral water truly emptied Chen Dixin's inventory, making her glad that she hadn't lent them all out. Because the ship's water purifier had a large output, two boxes of empty bottles were specially kept when recycling the garbage, so she wouldn't have to worry about containers even if she wanted to make more medicinal wine.
Lu Mingang was quite surprised to see that Shen Dixin was going to make so much medicinal wine.
She shook her head and replied, "It's not enough."
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