Chapter 17: Frost Season Day 5 (1) Forest Owner Event Launched...
With a bonfire this morning, the midnight temperature drop didn't bother Luo Wei. Last night, Fang Min mentioned that spices were cheap at the market, so Yu Luo Wei took advantage of the situation and went shopping. Salt and oil were still reasonably priced; salt is essential, after all, and with these two ingredients, even a novice can easily cook. The other spices were indeed very cheap.
Ignoring several more messages from Jin Yu, Yu Luowei exchanged Fang Min's two bottles of lake water for two packets of marinade and a large gift pack of seasonings without salt and oil.
Then, I opened the communication channel again. The number of people in the area had unexpectedly dropped by nearly ten thousand today. The temperature had been steadily dropping over the past few days, and tonight it would be around -20 degrees Celsius. Unless the shelter wasn't upgraded to level 2, two campfires with charcoal would bring the temperature down to a few degrees below zero, similar to winter conditions in most places on Blue Planet. With normal warmth, you could survive.
Although a small number of people had encountered various accidents while exploring these days, the sudden drop in numbers was still beyond expectations. Yu Luowei flipped through the chat history, trying to find the answer.
[Jiang Jing: Oh my god, why is it so cold? I turned on the thermometer a few days ago, and without the campfire, the temperature has dropped to -40 degrees Celsius. This game doesn't want us to survive at all!]
Qi Guang: What are you talking about? I have a thermometer too. It's only -20 degrees Celsius here, how can it be that cold? Is your thermometer broken?
Miao Yi: Yeah, although I don't have a thermometer, I built three bonfires. After wearing three sets of thick clothes, I'm not that cold anymore. I don't feel like I'm freezing to death. Do you want to build more bonfires?
Jiang Jing: How is that possible? My thermometer was only turned on yesterday, how could it possibly be broken? I've already built three bonfires. A level 3 shelter can't build more, and it's still -22 degrees Celsius. I don't think I can hold out much longer. Why, why is there discrimination in this crappy game?
The discussion about the temperature in the channel became even more heated. Yu Luowei observed that only a few people had experienced an abnormal temperature drop, while most people's temperatures were the same as hers. This abnormal temperature drop rate was probably the culprit for the drop in the number of people.
Before anyone could come up with anything, the system's voice appeared, answering everyone's questions:
Hello again, fellow survivors! Today marks the fifth day of the Frost Season, and everyone should be getting a little familiar with the hazards of this season! Of course, you may have noticed that the temperatures in some survivor shelters are dropping faster than others. Wondering why?
No need to keep me in suspense, the severity of the disaster is related to your surrounding environment! After the third day, if the original environment (i.e., the area within 1,000 square meters around the base) is damaged by more than 50%, the disaster severity is twice as severe as normal, and the temperature drop rate for this season is twice as fast as normal. If the damage is more than 80%, the disaster severity is four times as severe as normal, and the temperature drop rate for this season is four times as fast as normal.
Normal felling wouldn't cause such extensive damage, but using a self-service feller might not be enough! We've already seen some owners of self-service fellers die from hypothermia.
Therefore, the game system launched a long-term series of activities "Want to become a forest owner?" The specific rules are as follows:
1. The self-service sawing machine cannot be returned to the wristband warehouse or other spaces. It will be used for 8 hours every day. The system will send an email after 10 minutes, and the survivors can hand in the self-service sawing machine through the email. The self-service sawing machine cannot be traded.
2. The self-service logging machines that have been handed in and the self-service logging machines whose owners have died will randomly appear in the treasure chests in the original environment around all surviving survivors starting from today, and the survivors can obtain them by opening the boxes.
3. 5 self-service logging machines can be integrated into a special building - a forest farm, where saplings can be planted and wood harvested.
4. There are only 100 forest farms, with 99 remaining. Once the quota is reached, any unfound self-service felling machines will be destroyed. However, any found but unrefined self-service felling machines can be turned in or used. The mandatory daily usage period will be lifted, and trading will resume.
5. Forest farm owners can open small wood shops in the market to sell wood. Once all 100 wood shops are opened, other forms of wood trading will be prohibited in the market.
6. The Wooden Shop will disappear when the owner dies. When the number of Wooden Shops disappears reaches 10, the activity will restart until the number is restored to 100.
7. You can also turn in your self-operated excavator. If you don't, you will still be forced to use it for eight hours until the wood shop is built. However, you will not be able to participate in other activities at this time.
The above is all the content of this event. A self-service lumberjack may appear in the treasure chest refreshed after 8 o'clock. Please actively participate!
Warm reminder: This season's exclusive event will officially launch tomorrow, so please collect plenty of food and warm supplies today!
So that's how it is. Fortunately, Yu Luowei didn't use the self-service logging machine. The missing forest farm should be the one she has. However, after searching around, she didn't see any information about the wood shop, and Yu Luowei couldn't open it now.
People's joys and sorrows are not the same. While Luo Wei was celebrating, the chat channel had already started arguing:
Liu Le: Zhao Linlang, come out! Why didn't you let us use the self-service logging machine before? Did you already know that you were the one who took over that forest farm? You're in cahoots with the system, and you want to kill us!
Ma Ming: Exactly! You didn't share this important information earlier. So many people have died in the district now. It's all your fault! Quickly use your resources to pay compensation!
Zhao Linlang: I didn't even get the self-service logging machine, so how could I possibly know this kind of information? The system already told me the reason for pulling us in, and I'm just making assumptions based on that. How could I possibly know this kind of information?
[Jiang Jing: What's the point of saying this now? We don't even know how to restore the surrounding environment. The temperature will drop by 20 degrees every day. There's no way we can survive!]
The chat channel was now almost entirely filled with insults to Zhao Linlang or demands for compensation, but those who owned self-service logging machines were a minority, and most were just taking advantage of her misfortune. Yu Luowei couldn't stand it anymore and started typing:
Yu Luowei: Putting aside the fact that it's just a guess, it's great that they're willing to point it out to you. Isn't the current situation due to your insistence on using the self-service wood-cutting machine for so long? There wasn't a requirement for daily use before. People always have to pay the price for their actions, right?
Fang Min: Exactly. Back then, you said they were jealous and scolded them profusely, and now you're asking them to take responsibility. Your shamelessness is thicker than a nutritional brick!
Jin Yu: We can't blame Ms. Zhao Linlang entirely at this point. We shouldn't blame her, but rather actively seek solutions. Our mutual aid group has found the blueprints for charcoal. Anyone with a self-service woodcutter can join us. One piece of wood can be exchanged for two pieces of charcoal, which can at least extend the life of the campfire.
[Shen Ke: Our team leader is such a great person! Come join our survivor support group!]
The rest of the chat was mostly flattery of Jin Yu, but there was no insult to Zhao Linlang, so Yu Luowei stopped talking. Just as she was about to exit the chat channel, she received another message from Zhao Linlang:
Zhao Linlang: Thank you, sister! You're willing to speak up for me at a time like this. These two pieces of charcoal are a small token of my appreciation. Please accept them!
Yu Luowei thought about it and accepted the charcoal. He also added her as a friend and sent her a message reminding her to be more careful and not to express her speculations so easily in the future.
Fang Min also sent a message:
Fang Min: Those people are so annoying. I told them not to use it, but they didn't listen and started scolding me. Now that they've used it and it's bad news, they're scolding me too. Why didn't they just freeze to death? I feel so sorry for Zhao Linlang. She just came to thank me for speaking up for her. But Jin Yu is also a bit annoying. What does it mean that Zhao Linlang can't be blamed entirely? It has nothing to do with her! I couldn't help but remind Zhao Linlang to stay away from Jin Yu.
Yu Luowei: She's thanked me, too. Zhao Linlang is indeed a kind person, but Jin Yu hasn't done anything wrong so far, and he's actually provided a resource channel for those nearly freezing to death. It's okay for you to warn her. But it's best not to tell anyone else, otherwise, there's a chance of a repeat of today's incident.
[Fang Min: Hehe, don't worry, Weiwei, I will definitely keep my mouth shut to others!]
After chatting with the two of them, Yu Luowei also received an email from the system, but her email was about some precautions for opening a wooden shop.
[Congratulations on owning a forest farm. Here are some tips for opening a wood shop. You can open a wood shop at any time after reading this.
1. The wood shop is open to all survivors, but only one person in each area can open a wood shop. Once a wood shop has been opened in the area, other people will not be able to synthesize a forest farm.
2. The owner of the wooden shop is anonymous by default and can choose whether to make it public or communicate with buyers through the message board.
3. The Wood Shop can only sell wood, and transactions can only be made using points. The recommended price is one point for two wood. However, the owner can adjust the price freely.
4. The Points Mall will provide the owners of the Wooden Shop with exclusive forest farm products - random saplings and forest farm upgrade cards (the variety will increase as the survivor's VIP level increases).
5. Since you did not use the self-service felling machine and were the first to own a forest farm, your forest farm harvesting time will be shortened to one-half (already applied).
Yu Luowei was struggling with whether or not to chop down some more trees and break down the stumps today. After all, the number of saplings dropped by harvesting wood was too small, and now it was much easier to buy them directly with points. Each district could only open one wood shop, so Yu Luowei didn't waste any time and opened one directly.
The trading market suddenly lit up. Originally, there were 50 kinds of goods on each page, but now all the goods on the first page were cleared. A line of words appeared at the top: "General Shop". The first thing on the first line was Yu Luowei's wooden shop "Wooden Shop No. 1". The "Wooden Shop" logo also appeared next to Yu Luowei's survivor manual and the forest farm icon.
Click on the sign next to the forest farm and you can directly add the wood from the forest farm to the shelves of the forest farm shop. However, the wood from the forest farm has not yet reached harvest time, so Yu Luowei has already put 2,000 pieces of wood on the shelves from the warehouse, and the pricing will be based on the system's recommendation.
After putting the items on the shelves, Yu Luowei went to the points mall to buy some saplings. Currently, VIP level was only at level 2, and the mall only had random saplings: pine, birch, apple, and pear. Upgrade cards weren't available yet. Random saplings cost one point for two, non-fruiting saplings cost two points each, and fruiting saplings cost three points each. Each tree yielded a fixed 5 wood, and even if you bought fixed saplings, other items would still drop random fruit in the forest.
Yu Luowei spent 250 points to buy 500 random saplings. Luckily, he'd killed a level 5 monster a few days ago and opened three orange treasure chests, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to afford such a huge outlay. His VIP level had also reached level 3, which gave him access to several more saplings. However, before the forest farm was upgraded, Yu Luowei only planned to buy random saplings.
The points mall also unlocked some other items, especially warm baby patches, hot water bottles, thermal clothing and other warm supplies, which were very conspicuous. After Yu Luowei used the remaining points to buy a set of autumn clothes, he closed the points mall.
It was already half past eight. Yu Luowei was in no hurry to go far, so he just cut some bushes and dug some soil nearby.
In just one day, the distant forest looked completely different from the day before. Aside from cold-resistant plants like pine trees, all other plants had lost their leaves, leaving only a barren landscape of withered branches and fallen leaves, a lifeless scene. The animals had also vanished. Beyond seeking out monsters and treasure chests, Yu Luowei could no longer obtain resources from the surrounding environment, which further discouraged him from exploring.
With the beautiful dream of "keep digging and maybe find a treasure chest," Yu Luowei cleared a piece of land and began digging with an ice shovel. She emptied a white treasure chest to store the soil. One box was a portion, and when it was full, she could directly store the soil in her bracelet. The empty box could be filled with more soil.
Although the soil had now turned to frozen ground, Yu Luowei's physical fitness hadn't improved in vain. After two hours of digging, the pit, which had initially been small, grew deeper and larger, and Yu Luowei gradually reached the bottom. However, in addition to the 72 pieces of soil, Yu Luowei also found some good stuff: two pieces of iron ore and a supply treasure chest (green). The depth was now slightly higher than Yu Luowei's 1.7-meter height. After collecting these items, Yu Luowei began to climb upwards.
Fortunately, the proper slope had been left during excavation, making the climb up relatively easy for Yu Luowei. When she climbed up and stood a little further away to observe the pit, a notice appeared on the surface: [Full Restoration Required: 09:59:57]. This place could be restored, so there was no need to worry too much about damage to the original environment. Yu Luowei breathed a sigh of relief.
In the remaining time, Yu Luowei went to the trap pit and killed the four ender monsters inside. He harvested a supply treasure chest (blue) and two supply treasure chests (green), bought more bait, and returned to the shelter.
It is also possible to teleport to the forest farm. The harvest in the past few days was also good. Yu Luowei plans to stay in the base for the rest of the day, cook and sell things.
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