Chapter 221

Now the system reminds Qiao Sheng of the estimated arrival time much earlier each time. Previously, the reminder was at most half a day in advance, but now it can be more than half a day in advance.

The advantage is that there is more time to prepare, and the disadvantage is that there is no disadvantage, and you can work leisurely.

When they got up the next morning, they were already docked at the shore. There were two ships docked nearby, and four ships in the distance, all docked in twos and threes. They deliberately moved the boat to a slightly farther place, not close to anything, and then dropped anchor. It was still

early at this time, and the sun had just risen for a short time, but the temperature was already not low. Xia Beibei trotted all the way from her cabin.

"Huh, this damn weather is getting hotter and hotter. I took a fresh shower last night and put an ice cube in the cabin. I was sweating all over when I moved this morning. I just ran over there and it was like I was pulled out of the water." Xia Beibei entered the cabin and approached the ice cube, took out a cotton towel, and wiped it while muttering. In

this weather, they have changed to the habit of making a meal for a week. It really takes a long time to prepare mentally every time they go to the kitchen. Breakfast is also simple. The simple grill has not been so busy for a long time. Various coarse grains are grilled in turn.

While eating breakfast, players from several ships next to them came ashore one after another. Because they all have small bags, everyone is empty-handed and carries a hat.

Most of the male players only wore a vest or a waistcoat. From the exposed skin, it can be seen that they have all been exposed to the sun.

The color of the skin covered by the vest was exposed because of walking, which was completely different from the skin that was originally exposed.

"Did they go to dig coal? How could they get so tanned?" Qiao Sheng didn't understand. What on this island could make so many players get so tanned that they would go to collect it.

After breakfast, when we were packing up and going ashore, two more ships docked. So far, there was only one ship that the system reported that had not docked.

This time, they only brought Ah Dai with them. You Su didn't want to go out because of the hot weather. Even though Qiao Sheng grabbed its neck and lifted it out of the cabin, it immediately ran back as soon as he let go. She didn't know a fox could be so fast.

Fortunately, Ah Dai was quite diligent. Not ten minutes after they entered the forest, it circled over the island and came back.

Because they had been together for a long time, they already had a tacit understanding. Li Mu asked questions very skillfully. He first asked if there was a water source on the island, then asked if there were any beasts, and finally asked which direction the players were heading.

Ah Dai was also smart. He answered all the questions with nods and shakes, and finally pointed in a direction by stretching out one wing.

The first order Li Mu gave was to let it take them to find a water source. He put all the empty large buckets used at home in his backpack so that he could get water at any time. In this weather, they couldn't live without water all day, for washing, eating and drinking.

The rainwater collected in the rainy season and the snow collected in the winter were all used up. It was rare that there was a freshwater lake on this island, so they had to collect more.

Xia Beibei and Lin Haiyang were not so well prepared, and originally wanted to go back to the boat to get empty buckets.

"Why go back? There are so many trees. You can cut some along the way. It's not like you don't know how to make large buckets." Qiao Sheng's words successfully stopped the two of them from walking back.

The four people followed Ah Dai and arrived at a body of water twenty minutes later.

When they saw a brown bear drinking water on the shore, they pointed at it and asked Ah Dai, didn't they shake their heads and say there were no beasts on the island? What is this!

Ah Dai looked at them, rolled his eyes, and shook his head again.

"Does it mean that this brown bear is not a beast in its eyes?" Xia Beibei looked at the brown bear, then looked at the innocent Ah Dai, and could only come to this conclusion.

After this, Ah Dai nodded frantically, and the others were left scratching their heads. What caused this guy to misunderstand? How could they think that the brown bear in front of them, which was many times bigger than it, was not a beast. There was

no time to preach at this time. After all, seeing humans, the brown bear was more excited than them. In its eyes, this was food delivered to its doorstep. A lot of food had come to the island in the past few days, but those foods were in groups. It was rare to have four people alone.

There was no time to wait. Lin Haiyang didn't even have time to take out his weapon. Three afterimages flashed by in the afterglow. When he looked back, two arrows had already hit the brown bear. Xia Beibei, who was leading the way

, had already touched the bear's paw with his machete. "You stupid bear, don't catch the knife with your paw. You think you can catch a knife with your bare hands? You are such a waste. A broken bear paw will taste bad when cooked! Oh, don't use your back to face my knife! A broken bear skin is worthless!" Xia Beibei's machete was swinging fast, and his mouth didn't stop.

From the conflict between the two sides to the death of the brown bear, it took less than five minutes. Xia Beibei circled around the brown bear and commented on Qiao Sheng and the others' shooting skills.

In summary, the incomplete bear skin is the bear's fault for not being able to hide, the incomplete bear paw is the bear's fault for taking the blade with its bare hands, and there is no way to prevent the bear's head from being stabbed into a mesh. Seeing that the person was so excited, he had better be more self-aware and give the whole bear paw at night so that he can be forgiven.

Then he called Qiao Sheng to come and put the bear carcass into the ring space. In this weather, if it is put in the backpack, the bear meat will go bad before night. After

collecting the new spoils, Li Mu handed the big bucket he brought out to Qiao Sheng, and then took Lin Haiyang and the axe they had obtained before to cut down trees.

This new axe was also the first time to cut wood on the island. When they first got it, they also tested it and knew it was very useful. This time they used it on the spot and found that it really saved time and effort. They were near the water source and it took them ten minutes to cut down a large area of ​​trees.

After collecting all the supplies and returning to the water's edge, Qiao Sheng and his team had already filled dozens of buckets with water.

Li Mu took the newly acquired wooden planks and the iron products he brought out, and soon made dozens of large buckets. A rough estimate was that this amount of water would be enough for them to get through the entire summer without replenishment.

Moreover, they had a seawater purifier on board that was constantly working, and the water they would drink would be the purified water, and this water could be used for domestic use.

After filling all the buckets, the four people asked Ah Dai to continue leading the way to the places where the players gathered to see what exactly could attract these players.

As they walked, they found that the island was indeed not small. It took them more than an hour to walk from the water source to the place where the players gathered.

In fact, they knew what the situation was when they walked out of the forest and saw the mountain range. This mountain range was not much different from the mine they dug before, but it was much larger. When they

approached, there were actually two players standing guard at the foot of the mountain. When they saw them, they stopped them directly. They didn't say to stop them from going in, but just asked them to wait a little while and let them go in to inform the leader of the alliance. After that, one of the players went into the mountain.

Qiao Sheng and the others didn't say anything either, and stood in the shade to the side to wait. This situation made the players who stayed here and watched them a little confused.

These people came to the island at the beginning of summer, and have not left since they discovered the mineral vein. At the beginning, there were only thirty or forty people, and gradually more and more players came.

As more and more people came, conflicts arose. At the peak, there were more than 200 players on the island.

Some fleets had few people and could not bear the losses on the island, so they slowly left. There were also some who tried to rob other players of their profits, but in the end they were all driven away by the righteous players.

After these few months, there was an alliance on the island, and most of the players were incorporated into a fleet. Now they are mining together on the island. When they continue to drift on the sea in the future, they can continue to follow the fleet or leave on their own.

The leader of the alliance came out soon and communicated with Qiao Sheng and the others. In fact, it was the other party who was talking, and Qiao Sheng and the others were just listening.

Their meaning is simple. Everyone is welcome to mine on the island. There are many mineral deposits in this mining area, so no player will be rejected if they want to mine.

However, they must abide by the requirements of the alliance. First, they cannot rob other people's resources. They must mine their own resources. Each team has its own mining area and cannot mess around.

In order to be fair, there are five areas for them to choose from when they first arrive. As for whether the place they choose is rich in minerals or scarce, it depends on their luck.

Because the alliance is maintaining the security of the island, they will be protected when they come in, so they have to charge a certain amount of protection fee, which is not much, one person can catch a fish weighing more than ten kilograms a day.

"Then can we pay a 40-kilogram fish as a day's protection fee?" Lin Haiyang's focus is always different from others.

As expected, the leader of the other party immediately refused, saying that one fish is counted as one person, even if you weigh 100 kilograms, you are still counted as one person. Qiao Sheng and the others were speechless. Isn't this just forcing them to pay more? It sounds good, 10 kilograms a day, but the deep-sea fish they caught are almost all under 10 kilograms, and even less than 20 kilograms.

Lin Haiyang wanted to argue with the other party, saying that he had never caught such a small fish, but he was pulled by Li Mu just after he said half a sentence. Although this guy's brain is sometimes not online, he is not stupid. He immediately shut up when he felt the movement of the clothes.

Li Mu asked some other questions, such as if he didn't pay the fish, could he use something else instead? The other party said that he could also use 30% of the ore dug out to pay the protection fee. Anyway, the core purpose is that you have to pay the protection fee if you come in to dig.

In fact, they didn't have to choose. They were running short of ore recently, and they had collected most of the ore in the trading system, but it was still far from what they needed. There was a mine right in front of them, and the few fish as protection fees were nothing compared to the materials they could dig in the mine.

After agreeing with the other party, they were allowed to go in and choose the mining area first. Qiao Sheng had fresh fish in his ring space, but taking it out now would obviously tell others that they had a rare treasure, so they decided to settle the account first and pay the protection fee when they returned to the boat at night.

After entering the mountain and walking a few steps, they found a few players gathering together to mine. They secretly observed that the resources in the mining areas farther out were very scarce, but those players actually exclaimed when they passed by. Some of them held saltpeter, some held iron ore, and one held diamonds. They wanted to express that this place was rich in minerals and they should choose this place as soon as possible.

The alliance leader also pointed to an area nearby and promoted it vigorously. Anyway, he was comparing it with those people and praising this area.

Qiao Sheng and the others didn't say anything, just watching him perform until Xia Beibei couldn't stand his nagging anymore: "Can you take us to see other areas? Didn't you say that there were several places for us to choose from? If you only promote this one place, is it considered coercion? Then we will lose the protection fee."

These few words made the leader of the alliance feel awkward, and his face almost turned black standing by. Qiao Sheng then said that the child was still young, and his temperament was more straightforward and quick to speak, and hoped that the other party would not mind.

Li Mu immediately stepped down and said that he wanted to see the next area. Seeing that this poor mine area could not be promoted, the leader of the alliance had no choice but to take them to the next place.

As they walked along, it was almost the same as they expected. The first three areas were all poor mines, and the fourth and fifth areas were slightly better.

"I have to remind you that there are only five places in total. You should choose quickly. The other places are full. It's not that I don't give you a chance, but you are just unlucky and came too late. There are many players coming to the island recently. If you don't choose now, others may choose it. By then, even if you want to pay the protection fee, there will be no place for you to mine." The leader of the alliance took them to the last mining area and urged them to choose a place quickly.