In the early hours of the morning, Luo Xinglan was awakened by the sound of pouring rain.
Having learned from the experiences of the previous two days, I wasn't as panicked when I woke up again today.
She picked up a flashlight and went to the window. It was raining heavily outside, the rain sounding like someone was pouring water from a basin, pounding against the stone house.
Apart from the heavy rain, nothing else could be seen.
Luo Xinglan opened the panel.
[Sixth day of survival, 1 PM, Weather: Heavy rain]
Survivor's Name: Luo Xinglan
Server: Huafu 66
Satiety level: 97
Physical strength: 98
Energy: 200
[Lucky Charm: Sell, Sell, Sell (Upgraded Version)]
Luo Xinglan was stunned. What was this upgraded version of "selling"? Why was she being asked to sell things again?
There's no time to study that right now. There's a downpour today. Her stone house can even withstand hail, so it should be fine even with a downpour, right?
Just to be on the safe side, she approached the stone wall to check its properties.
Stone Wall: A fairly sturdy wall that can withstand harsh weather. It can be demolished and upgraded. Current durability: 90.
It lost 10 durability points?
Could this torrential rain also damage the stone wall?
Luo Xinglan frowned. She had already repaired it with stones before going to bed last night, and there weren't many stones left. It definitely wouldn't be enough to repair it again.
Moreover, the rain should have started at midnight. In just one hour, the stone house lost 10 points of durability. Who knows what will happen next?
Since repairs don't work, we have no choice but to upgrade.
She quickly checked the materials needed for the upgrade.
[Stone Wall Upgrade: Requires 0/2 sand and 0/2 any metal blocks (The higher the level of the metal blocks, the stronger the stone wall and the less likely it is to be destroyed.)]
She does have sand and metal blocks, but definitely not enough to upgrade the entire house.
Upgrading is no longer an option.
What should I do then?
Luo Xinglan bit her lip, pondering a solution, but after a while, she still had no clue.
She opened the world chat to see if anyone had any ideas:
"How can this rainstorm be more destructive than hail? In just a short while, my stone house has already lost more than ten points of durability!"
"It hailed all day yesterday, so we couldn't go out to fish for chests at all. Now we don't have any extra stones to repair the stone house!"
"Damn it, this awful game is trying to kill us, isn't it?!"
"Stop complaining, let's think of a solution. Can those of you with extra stones put them up for sale in the marketplace?"
Chen Xiaodong: "I just listed 250 stones. Go buy them if you need them!"
"Damn it, Chen the Mad Dog! Selling a stone for 50 gold coins? You really have the nerve to do that!"
...
Finding no useful information, Luo Xinglan began rummaging through the box to see if she could find any more materials.
Unexpectedly, I found [Rainproof Awning Blueprints x2].
This seems to have been obtained during the first exploration of the island. Since it hadn't rained for the past few days and there was no need for the rain shelter, she had just put it away in the box and stored it away.
If she hadn't been rummaging through her boxes today, she would have completely forgotten about this thing.
Since it's a rain shelter, it should be able to withstand heavy rain, right?
Luo Xinglan immediately checked.
[Rainy Awning Blueprint: Whether it's light rain or heavy rain, one rainy awning is all you need! Requires: 0/2 hemp rope, 0/2 plastic.]
Hemp rope can be made from weeds, and there are plenty of them in the plastic box, so the raw materials are all there.
Luo Xinglan took out the items and made a rain shelter. Not knowing whether the rain shelter could withstand the heavy rain, she only made one to see the effect first.
The rain shelter is 3m x 3m in size and has ropes at all four corners for securing it.
Luo Xinglan found a raincoat, put it on, and took the rain shelter outside.
As soon as she came out, large raindrops pelted her body, causing her to ache all over.
Luo Xinglan gritted her teeth and persevered. First, she put up a rain shelter on one wall of the bedroom and tied the four corners tightly with rope to make sure it wouldn't be blown away by the wind. Then, she covered her head and ran back into the house.
Although she was wearing a raincoat, the downpour was too heavy, and water poured down her neck, causing her to be soaked through after only a few minutes outside, as if she had been pulled out of the water.
Fortunately, the temperature in the room wasn't too low, but she didn't dare to be careless, lest she catch a cold. She changed out of her wet clothes and went back to the bedroom to turn on the air conditioner.
She took a towel to dry her soaking wet hair, then boiled a kettle of water for herself, sipping it slowly while her eyes remained fixed on the wall covered with a rain shelter.
The durability has remained at 90 and hasn't dropped again!
The walls without protective canopies have seen their durability drop to 70 or 80, and it continues to drop.
It seems that the rain shelter really works!
Luo Xinglan quickly made several more rain shelters and braved the torrential rain to surround the exterior walls of her house.
She couldn't climb onto the roof, so naturally she couldn't put up a rain shelter.
Luo Xinglan ran back into the house and decided to upgrade the roof.
While the materials she has are insufficient to upgrade the entire house, they are more than enough to upgrade only the roof.
When the roof's durability dropped to four or five points, she upgraded it directly using sand and refined copper.
[Concrete floor: Relatively sturdy, withstands harsh weather, removable, upgradeable, durability 500.]
Compared to stone flooring, its durability is 400 points higher, making all that refined copper worthwhile.
Moreover, heavy rain hitting a concrete floor will hardly reduce its durability.
It seems she'll need to stockpile more minerals in the future. She also wants to see what it would be like if she upgraded her house to be made of zircon.
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