Lin Hu carried back half a basket of scallops; he had originally planned to put them directly onto the island while he was outside.
But 1097 told him that there was no teleportation array, and he would need to spend 100 level-3 crystal cores to teleport to the island from other places.
Lin Hu decisively gave up and decided to return to the raft for teleportation, since it wasn't far.
Lin Hu kept cursing 1097 the whole way. Why didn't he say it sooner or later? What if he needed to teleport when he was out and about and didn't have any crystal cores?
And why is it specifically a level 3 crystal nucleus, and not a level 1, 2, 4, or 5?
They must have been eyeing the crystal cores in his pocket for a long time.
"1097, why does the mall charge crystal cores?" Lin Hu asked 1097, putting down his basket.
He felt something was off. They needed crystal cores to replenish themselves and their rafts, so why would the 1097 store need crystal cores?
[1097: Just like the host, each world in every dimension needs the resources of that world to sustain itself. Other worlds might need love or the protagonist's favorability, but ours is a post-apocalyptic world, and crystal cores are the most abundant resource, so of course we need crystal cores to sustain ourselves~]
These are all in its employee handbook, so it's possible to talk about them, and Lin Hu explained them in more detail.
Lin Hu understood and took the scallops to the secluded countryside to raise them.
"This scallop has a rather long growth period," Lin Hu murmured, looking at the 72 hours displayed on the system interface.
[Ding! The system will temporarily close the store. You have one minute to shop. In addition, as compensation, the system will reward you with a propeller set.]
Countdown begins: 59...58...57...
Lin Hu stared at the words that suddenly appeared on the screen and heard the cold, mechanical voice in his head.
It's not the child's voice from 1097!
Lin Hu didn't have time to think much and quickly opened the online store, adding the things he had wanted but hadn't had time to buy to his shopping cart. Who knew when the store would open?
There were too many items to choose from, and the online store's homepage prioritized previously purchased items, causing Lin Hu to waste some time. He quickly made the payment just before the countdown began.
[Ding! Your account balance is insufficient. Would you like to activate your reserve fund?]
"Yes, yes, yes." Lin Hu said anxiously, seeing that the countdown had already reached 5 seconds.
[Ding! You have successfully paid for [number] Level 3 Crystal Cores. Due to insufficient space in your inventory, the item has been automatically placed in Warehouse #4. Please go and check it.]
Lin Hu breathed a sigh of relief. He had been squatting and browsing the mall, and his legs were so tense that he sat down on the ground with a thud.
"1097? What's the situation now?" Lin Hu asked tentatively, unsure if 1097 was still around.
After waiting a few seconds without a response, he sat on the ground for a while to recover before going to check the nearest warehouse, number 4.
The items were displayed in large and small quantities, and Lin Hu didn't actually buy a lot of different kinds of things, but the quantities were large.
He bought watermelon seeds, as well as tangerine trees, pomegranate trees, lemon trees, and the like.
Lin Hu inventoried the inventory in the warehouse and finally obtained the following: [x ordinary seedless watermelon seedlings, 10 tangerine trees, 2 pomegranate trees, 3 lemon trees, 5 camellia trees, 5 jasmine trees, 5000 ordinary cantaloupe seedlings, 1000 mutated strawberry trees, 2 dessert machines, 10 cooking machines, and 100 bottles of high-grade nutrient solution.]
The reason he bought 10 more cooking machines was because there were so many people queuing up for meals at Duan Bohai's place every day, it could be said that they would queue for three days for one meal. Lin Hu planned to send two more machines to Duan Bohai's place. Anyway, it was just a matter of putting the ingredients in, and three machines would be enough to keep him busy.
Besides, I've already taken advantage of his business, so I'll prioritize cooperating with him as a small compensation.
After Lin Hu finished taking inventory, looking at the huge pile of supplies, which were still smoking, he sighed heavily and relaxed.
Besides the bomb pomegranate, Lin Hu planted all the crops on the island. There were too many watermelon and cantaloupe seedlings, so they had to be planted in batches. The strawberries were planted all at once, with only five plants left to be planted on the raft. One jasmine and one camellia planted on the raft were also left.
The machines and nutrient solution were left on the island, and Lin Hu sorted them into the warehouses where they should be placed.
Just as I was about to go downstairs, Duan Linzhou sent me a message.
Lin Hu heard the notification sound, opened the survival system, and clicked on the friends page:
[Duan Linzhou: You haven't come back yet? Did something happen?]
Lin Hu looked at the message sent by the other party, thought of something, and called the other party on video.
The video call connected quickly, and Lin Hu adjusted the camera so that the other person could see what was around him.
"I'm on the island, nothing happened," Lin Hu said with a smile, showing the other person the contents of the warehouse.
"Brother Duan, look, we unlocked another warehouse today. These are all the things we unlocked from there, and there are still many more. I just took them out to plant." Lin Hu said with a smile, leading 'Duan Linzhou' out to see what he had just planted.
Duan Linzhou was led around by Lin Hu to visit this place and that place, his eyes were dazzled by all the sights, and he became even more curious about the things on his island.
Does the island he previously occupied have this function?
They reward supplies and warehouses, but what kind of fresh water can be used to raise seafood?
"What are those dark clouds behind you?" Duan Linzhou asked in confusion as he saw the unlocked area behind the other person from Lin Hu's perspective.
"Those are the ones that haven't been unlocked yet." Lin Hu looked back and explained after confirming that the other party was talking about the unlocked areas at the back.
"Does it also require a crystal core to unlock?" Duan Linzhou remembered that Lin Hu had mentioned that this island would devour his crystal core.
“No, we need to increase the number of crops and farmed animals,” Lin Hu explained.
"Can you raise these on your island?" Duan Linzhou passed some things to Lin Hu.
"What is that?" Lin Hu clicked to receive it. It was a big basket with shrimps and eels in it. These two creatures were also magical. They didn't fight when put together.
"I found the shrimps and eels in a coral reef," said Duan Linzhou.
“It’s okay to raise them.” Lin Hu’s eyes lit up. He had the recipe for eel rice in his cookbook, so he could make arrangements now.
“Then, like the black-boned chicken, I’ll give you 100 servings,” Lin Hu said with a smile.
"When will you be back? I'll go cook now." Duan Linzhou looked at the person on the other side of the screen, tenderness in his eyes, and he smiled too.
"We'll head back after we've released these." Lin Hu shone the camera on the prawns and eels in the large basket.
"Okay, what do you want to eat?" Duan Linzhou asked.
"You cook, I'll eat whatever you make." Lin Hu was busy letting the animals graze and didn't think too much about it. Anyway, Duan Linzhou's cooking skills were pretty good, probably inherited from Duan Bohai and Jiang Qiaomei.
"OK."
After hanging up the video call, Duan Linzhou went to prepare.
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