Chapter 5 The Devil's Gift
She doesn't regret any of her decisions; she only hates that she's not strong enough.
What she needs to do now is figure out how to resolve the current situation.
[7:30 PM, Summer, Sunny]
Some people said that a torch was needed to go out to sea at night, and that nighttime was the best time for exploration. Su Tinglu tentatively walked to the raft and found that the seawater's indication had indeed changed.
The sea at night is fraught with both opportunities and dangers. Without a torch for illumination, you are likely to encounter fog and various shipwrecks. Note: Torch crafting method: 1 stone, 1 piece of wood. You can craft it in your personal panel when you have a campfire.
Su Tinglu opened her personal panel, clicked "Crafting," and found that the previously blank crafting page now had a torch icon.
She immediately understood that the item icon would only appear when the required materials for the item were available.
Furthermore, it's highly likely that not all items can be crafted in the personal panel; otherwise, there wouldn't be a crafting table.
She immediately clicked to create it, and the next moment, a torch appeared in her hand. She tried to walk onto the raft and found that there was a special place on the raft to put the torch.
As expected of a game, it's truly amazing.
She placed the torch on the surface, and a moment later, a notification appeared beside it: [The burning torch can illuminate the sea, helping to avoid some dangers and allowing for better exploration at night. Duration: Five hours]
Su Tinglu took the rope off the raft and tied it to her hand. The raft gradually moved forward and left the island.
She was surprised to find that at night, the raft moved in the direction she wanted, and it could maintain a certain speed without any human effort.
interesting!
The torch shone brightly on the boundless sea, and she sat on the raft, observing the surface of the water.
Perhaps because of the coconuts they ate, two glittering treasure chests suddenly appeared not far away!
Su Tinglu's eyes lit up, and she quickly stopped the raft.
Just as my hand was about to touch the treasure chest, a prompt appeared next to it.
[The Devil's Gift: This is a treasure chest belonging to the devil. One thought leads to heaven, another to hell. Choose carefully!]
Su Tinglu paused.
A gift from the devil?
It seems this game is full of traps for players.
She looked at the hint next to the treasure chest on the left.
[Heavenly Treasure Chest: Contains 99 Wood, 99 Stone, and 1 Seawater Filter]
Her eyes lit up.
A seawater filter, what a great product! And not only that, there's so much wood and stone too?!
She then looked at the treasure chest on her right.
[Hell Chest: Contains one poisonous snake, increases bad luck attribute by 50]
The two treasure chests looked exactly the same, but the supplies inside were completely different.
Su Tinglu gasped and decisively retrieved the treasure chest on the left.
She eagerly opened it and found that, just as the instructions said, there really was a seawater filter and basic materials inside.
Seawater filter: Can filter seawater, but can only filter 1L of seawater at a time, filtration time: two hours.
Even a mosquito's leg is still meat, so Su Tinglu put some seawater in, and the seawater filter immediately started working. She put the remaining wood and stones into her storage backpack and decided to continue her journey.
The sea at night truly presents both danger and opportunity.
Without any hints, she would have to rely on luck.
She stared at the hellish treasure chest that flashed past her for a few seconds, and in the last second before the raft was about to leave, she scooped it up.
Although she didn't need the contents for the time being, she decided to stock up on them.
Because you never know when it might come in handy.
After putting the Hell Treasure Chest away, Su Tinglu continued to observe the sea.
Before long, she noticed that there were faint lights in some places under the sea at night. The lights kept moving. It seemed to be... lanternfish?
If lanternfish exist, then there must be other fish species in the sea.
Sure enough, after a while, she noticed some jellyfish and small fish swimming up and following behind the raft.
[Cloud Jellyfish: It has relatively weak toxicity, will not actively attack players, prefers to hide in the shadows, can be caught with a fishing net, and can be used for furniture crafting]
【Sea bream: Appears only at night, must be caught with a fishing rod, and can be used for ornamental purposes, consumption, and cooking】
Tools are needed for everything.
Su Tinglu had no choice but to give up on the idea.
She turned around, and out of the corner of her eye, she suddenly saw a message in a bottle appear on the sea.
After scooping it up and opening it, I found it was written on it:
Once you have the basic materials, open your personal panel to see if any new item icons have been unlocked!
It seems my guess was right after all.
Su Tinglu put the note away, opened the chat room, and spoke publicly for the first time.
Blank: [Selling torch crafting recipes, flint and steel crafting recipes, basic item crafting recipes, price to be offered]
It's only the first day, and most people don't dare to go out to sea to explore. They're all huddled together in the meeting hall for warmth.
As soon as Su Tinglu's message came out, the page exploded with activity.
What? Someone already knows how to make the torch? Are they sailing at sea right now?
[Waaaaah, I'm so lucky! Please, handsome, hug my long legs! I can do anything!]
[You can't be kidding, it's only the first day, how can you be so lucky?]
Flint and steel require a workbench to craft, and those middlemen make a profit, driving up the prices to outrageous levels—I can't afford them!
[Exactly! Can't you give it to us? We're all compatriots, we should help each other. How could you know and still keep it from us?]
[I agree, it should be given away for free!]
Her ID and profile picture looked like those of an online heartthrob, so everyone assumed the person making the comment was a ruthless and unscrupulous businessman.
Most people have nothing now, but Su Tinglu not only has a fire source and a seawater filter, but now she doesn't even lack basic materials.
Su Tinglu read the message without any expression and waited for someone to send her a private message.
Where there are lucky people, there are also freeloaders; she doesn't care about these moralistic attempts to blackmail her.
At this point, the private message went viral.
Su Tinglu went in to check and found that several people had already messaged her privately, but the supplies they offered were not much.
Some people want to trade a piece of cloud bread for everything, others want to trade a piece of wood for everything, and still others directly ask her if she can deliver it.
Su Tinglu immediately added the message to the blacklist. She discovered that the message at the top was actually sent by Dahe Xiangdongliu.
The Great River Flows East: [Could you sell me the torch crafting method and the basic item crafting method?]
Su Tinglu replied: [Price]
The Great River Flows East: [I found a small iron ore mine under the cabin, but I don't have a pickaxe, so mining is very slow. How about this, I'll give you two iron ore, three stones, three pieces of wood, and half a bottle of purified water. How about that?]
There are quite a lot.
Su Tinglu never expected that the other party would be so lucky, as there was a mine shaft beneath the wooden house.
As for the half-bottle of purified water, Su Tinglu was now certain that the other party must have figured out a method for extracting purified water.
This deal is a good one, Su Tinglu agreed: 【Okay】
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