The little mouse led Luo Xinglan to a large pine forest, densely covered with pine cones.
Luo Xinglan's eyes widened in amazement. There were so many pine cones; it was no exaggeration to say that she could eat them for a lifetime.
However, there were only four hours left in the exploration period, and she couldn't possibly pick them all.
Moreover, having finally managed to come to the island to explore, she wanted to search for more other supplies and didn't want to waste too much time picking pine nuts.
Seemingly sensing her predicament, the little mouse said in a soft and cute voice, "Sister, I can find someone to help you pick them!"
Luo Xinglan looked at it in surprise: "Who are you looking for?"
Are there other people on this island?
The little mouse sat upright in her arms, squinting its eyes and muttering, "Mice army, heed my command, come quickly!"
Luo Xinglan: "..."
Oh my god, is the little mouse summoning mice? The thought of a huge horde of mice coming at her sent chills down her spine.
"Little mouse, I can actually pick them myself..."
"Don't worry, sister, the mouse army will be here soon!"
Faced with the little mouse's proud gaze, Luo Xinglan couldn't bear to refuse.
Fine, let them come.
Three minutes later, a group of squirrels came from all directions of the pine forest. Luo Xinglan breathed a sigh of relief when she saw them; thankfully, they weren't rats.
The little mouse chirped and murmured something to the squirrels, and they split into two groups. One group jumped up into the tree to pick pine nuts, while the other group turned and ran away.
Luo Xinglan asked, completely bewildered, "Little Ear Mouse, where did those squirrels go?"
The little mouse said proudly, "Sister, I sent them home to get food!"
Luo Xinglan: "..."
Goodness, why does she feel like she's become a robber?
They even steal the food that squirrels use for winter...
Oh well, at worst we can just let them take some pine nuts back to eat later. There are plenty of pine nuts here anyway.
The squirrels were busy picking pine nuts, and Luo Xinglan wasn't idle either. She wandered around, hoping to find other supplies.
She actually found it; there was something emitting a faint white light among the pine trees.
Luo Xinglan took a closer look and realized it was silver!
Silver Ore: Mining it yields silver ingots!
Although she didn't know what the silver ingots were for, she decided to collect them first. But how should she collect them?
She rummaged through her backpack and found a pickaxe inside.
Oh right, how could I forget this!
Luo Xinglan immediately put the little ear mouse aside and took out her pickaxe.
Iron Pickaxe: Can mine stone, copper ore, and silver ore. Durability: 10
Luo Xinglan smashed the silver mine.
[Received 1 Silver Ingot! Unexpected bonus: 1 extra Silver Ingot!]
Huh, it triggered again?
Luo Xinglan immediately transformed into a miner and began smashing the silver ore.
[Received 2 Silver Ingots! Unexpected bonus: 2 extra Silver Ingots!]
[Received 1 Silver Ingot! Unexpected bonus: 1 extra Silver Ingot!]
After the notification sound rang again, the silver ore disappeared.
Luo Xinglan glanced at the iron pickaxe's durability; it had 9 points remaining.
Moreover, my stamina is being consumed much faster, with 5 points being used up in one go.
So that's how it is.
She had discovered while fishing for chests that stamina was a relatively important attribute. Fishing for a regular wooden chest would consume 5 stamina points, while higher-level chests would consume even more.
Energy, like money, is really fleeting.
In comparison, the effects of food intake and energy expenditure are not as noticeable—they only drop by a few points a day, and can be quickly replenished by eating something.
But once she arrived on the island, she discovered that both attributes were equally important.
Whether you're killing wild boars or mining, your stamina is depleted quickly, and your satiety level drops off just as fast.
It seems that the game's design is quite reasonable; all three attributes are actually very important.
After smashing the silver mine, Luo Xinglan looked around but couldn't find any more silver mines.
Is that all?
A little unwilling to give up, she took out a silver ingot and held it up to the little eared mouse: "Little mouse, help me smell around to see if there are any more of these."
The little mouse sniffed closer and pointed south with its paw: "There it is over there!"
Luo Xinglan happily patted its fluffy ears: "You're so capable, little hamster! I'll give you something delicious when we get back!"
The little mouse was overjoyed and jumped around on the ground.
Following the little mouse's advice, Luo Xinglan indeed discovered a silver mine and a copper mine.
Start digging!
After a series of clanging sounds, Luo Xinglan harvested 12 silver ingots and 12 copper ingots, and correspondingly, the durability of her iron pickaxe became 8.
Soon, Luo Xinglan set off for the next mine.
After digging for about twenty minutes, Luo Xinglan discovered that her shovel only had a little durability left.
She had no iron blocks in her backpack and could not make a new pickaxe.
Should we look for other minerals?
She led the little squirrel back to their previous spot, where the second group of squirrels had already brought the "surplus food"—peanuts, melon seeds, walnuts, chestnuts…it was quite a feast.
We also picked a lot of pine nuts, piling them up like a mountain.
Luo Xinglan said, "Shushu, let them take some pine nuts back to eat."
She felt quite embarrassed taking so many things at once.
The little mouse said, "Don't worry, sister, they have plenty of food at home! Take it all with you!"
Since the little mouse had said so, Luo Xinglan felt relieved and put everything into her backpack.
You won't believe it until you see it; I was shocked to find out what I got:
[Pine nuts x320, Peanuts x260, Sunflower seeds x240, Walnuts x200, Chestnuts x120]
Fortunately, each item only takes up one slot, otherwise her backpack wouldn't have enough room.
Luo Xinglan glanced at the empty spaces; there weren't many left.
However, once the pickaxe's durability runs out, another slot will appear, so it seems she'll have to carefully consider how to use up resources when she encounters them again.
Luo Xinglan continued exploring forward with the little ear mouse in her arms. Soon she left the pine forest and came to a large grassland with grass that was half a person tall.
At the boundary between the grassland and the pine forest, Luo Xinglan actually discovered a gold mine! There was also a silver mine nearby.
But since there's a gold mine, mining the gold mine should be the priority!
She took out a pickaxe and smashed it into the gold mine.
[The pickaxe is too low-level to mine gold!]
[Iron pickaxe durability is zero!]
After two announcements, the pickaxe in Luo Xinglan's hand vanished.
So, you can't mine gold with a pickaxe.
Luo Xinglan continued her exploration.
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