Chapter 25: The First Day of Spring (2) Battle and Harvest…
After tying a rope around the last tall, sturdy tree, Yu Luowei prepared to return home. Since she hadn't found a way to cross the mountain, she'd been confined to wandering around the surrounding woods for the past few days. Even the scenery was beautiful, but after so many days, she was getting a little bored. In her heart, Yu Luowei was still vaguely looking forward to the new monster that would soon appear.
Previously, due to the cold and blizzard, the animals in the forest had completely disappeared. Now that the temperature had risen, they were reappearing. Perhaps because they had always been confined to the game and had never seen humans, a few snow-white bunnies spotted Yu Luowei while foraging. They didn't run away immediately, but instead looked at her curiously.
Yu Luowei already had plenty of food, having just harvested a good amount of pork. She didn't usually like rabbits, so this time she simply grabbed a small rabbit and gave it a good rub, warning them, "If you don't want to turn into a spicy rabbit head, run away the next time you see someone here."
The little rabbit managed to escape the clutches of the devil, quickly fleeing from the terrifying woman with its messy white fur. Yu Luowei, the culprit, was quite happy, humming a song as she continued on her way home.
It was spring, and the animals were much more numerous. Just after saying goodbye to the little rabbit family, three "black sheep" appeared before her. She was debating whether to take some of the "mutton" when one of them suddenly turned around, startling Yu Luowei. Red liquid was still dripping from the corner of its mouth, and at its feet lay the remains of a rabbit.
This was a monster goat. Yu Luowei's expression suddenly grew serious. Fortunately, at the beginning, in order to avoid alerting the "black sheep" and scaring them away, Yu Luowei was still some distance away, so there was still time to react.
She quickly drew her bow and arrow, and before the demonic goat could move, she launched an attack. Ever since she'd gotten the arrow blueprints, Yu Luowei had made fifty arrows of all attributes. This time, she could test the power of the system's ice rockets and see how they compared to her own.
The arrow shot straight into the body of the demon sheep that was hit at the beginning. It fell down before it could react. The sound it made alarmed the other two demon sheep. They dropped the rabbit meat they were chewing and found Yu Luowei's location.
Not noticing the other movements of the demon goat, Yu Luowei didn't hesitate and prepared to continue shooting arrows. However, as she was shooting, she suddenly felt a pain in her head, which affected her hand movements. The arrow deviated from the planned direction and fell to the ground.
Having once possessed psychic powers, Yu Luowei immediately recognized this as a form of mental attack. Concentrating his mind and focusing his mental energy to prevent the monster from finding a flaw, Yu Luowei switched to an ice sword and moved quickly, disrupting the demonic goat's attack before swinging his weapon at it.
Generally, people or monsters who use mental attacks will have worse other attributes (except the protagonist). This demon sheep is no exception. Its speed is not high and it cannot avoid Yu Luowei's attack; its defense is not high either. It was injured after being hit by just one sword, and black blood flowed all over the ground.
The injured demon sheep became even more frantic, launching more and more mental attacks. Although Yu Luowei's speed prevented her from attacking accurately, she was still hit several times at such a high frequency. Her mental strength continued to decline, and her ice sword was unable to inflict fatal damage to the demon sheep.
Although the demon sheep's mental attack was considered the lowest level, because of the increasing frequency, Yu Luowei still felt as if several steel needles were inserted into her nerves. The severe pain prevented her from launching any other attacks. She could only force herself to take out the Gale Blade and chop at the demon sheep's body.
After a few random, simple slashes, the demonic goat's body stopped moving. Yu Luowei stayed in the same spot for ten minutes, not suffering any more mental attacks, and finally relaxed completely.
Fortunately, there was nothing to do in the woods today. It was still early before six o'clock, so Yu Luowei had no time to decompose the corpse. He just sat on the ground, squinted his eyes and recovered his mental strength.
Since entering the game, including two monster-killing events, this is the first time I've encountered a monster that can use mental attacks. I almost thought the monsters here only had physical and magical attacks. Fortunately, it was only a low-level one. Yu Luowei was much more powerful than this. Creating illusions and stirring emotions (fear) were a piece of cake. At the highest level, she could even control ten A-level zombies at once.
Unfortunately, such glory has become a thing of the past. Now Yu Luowei is just an ordinary person with damaged mental power. But her past experience still gave her a great help. If she hadn't gathered her mental power to defend herself immediately, her mental power would have dropped below the critical value.
After upgrading, the speed of mental power recovery also increased, but it still took quite a while to reach full value. After recovering a little and the headache subsided, Yu Luowei did not stop. He disassembled the corpse, avenged the little rabbit, and continued on his way. As for the harvest, he would leave it for later.
Arriving at the shelter, Yu Luowei changed out of his blood-stained gear and collapsed onto the sofa. He took out his manual and checked his current mental strength: only 402 points remained (the critical value was 100). He had no time to think about anything else, so he simply closed his eyes and rested.
This meant that Luo Wei's mental strength had increased to over 600, and her condition had basically recovered. She was now a lively person again. She checked the time and saw that only an hour had passed.
This speed was much faster than normal. Yu Luowei studied the manual and first read the notice about decomposing the demon sheep's corpse:
Congratulations to the survivor for successfully defeating the Level 4 special monster - the Demonic Sheep! Ranked first among all survivors!
Disassembly Harvest: Magic Mutton × 5, Recipe (Cumin Mutton Special Edition) × 1, Moon Onion × 5, Supply Chest (Purple) × 1, Supply Chest (Blue) × 2;
Special item: Skill Card (Soul Thorn) x 1, can be used 5 times;
Ranking gains:
Achievement: First kill of a level 4 special monster. Points earned from killing the monster x2.
Gain special effect when wearing: Mental power recovery speed ×2. (Automatically worn)]
In addition, a new attribute has been added to the upper right corner of the defense system: comfort.
Placing furniture in the shelter increases comfort, which speeds up the recovery of survivors' physical and mental strength while resting in the shelter. Yu Luowei's sofa, table and chairs, fireplace, kitchen utensils, and four-piece bedding all count towards comfort.
The previous achievement had no special effects other than points, so Yu Luowei didn't wear it. So when she got the new achievement this time, the system automatically gave her the equipment. Yu Luowei took another look at the previous achievement and found that it now had a special effect:
[Achievement: First Killer of Level 5 Monster (Swift Bear)
After wearing it, it gains special effects: Attack ×1.5, and doubles damage to monsters of level 4 and below.
This may be the irregular update of the system. However, there is no announcement for the update, and you have to rely on yourself to explore, which is a bit of a scam.
Only one achievement could be worn at a time. Yu Luowei thought about it and decided to choose the level 4 one. After all, her main attack method was still magic. However, facing the level 4 demon sheep, although her personal level was level 4, her magic level was still level 3, so she couldn't completely kill the demon sheep with magic. If the system's arrows and gust of wind blades were not orange level, she would probably have been forced to escape.
I've been practicing magic these days, but my level hasn't risen. Although I know that my progress is very fast, Yu Luowei still can't help but feel anxious, especially after today's battle.
The only way to relieve worries is to open the boxes. After taking out all four treasure chests, Yu Luowei began today's harvest.
First up, the electrical appliances. This time I got a bread maker and an oven, both complete sets. I can make some bread in the future. Coincidentally, I also opened a bottle of blueberry jam and a bottle of chocolate jam from the green treasure chest.
Last time, she obtained the blueprint for a flame cloak, and this time, she obtained the blueprint for a flame suit and a flame sword. All of them were blue-level, and the equipment was good, but this flame sword was not as good as her own. Therefore, Yu Luowei only entered the equipment blueprint and temporarily put the weapon blueprint back on the bracelet.
In addition to four bracelet expansion cards and 50 crystals, the purple treasure chest also contained two new items: 5 Magic Stones and 10 Fusion Stones. Regarding the Fusion Stones, the system indicated that they could be used on weapons or fences, and could combine a variety of different attributes.
Yu Luowei happened to have a fourth-level fence blueprint. This blueprint was for a flame fence, and the materials required were crystal and fire crystal. Because its properties were opposite to those of a third-level fence, Yu Luowei had never used it. Now was a good time to try out the fusion stone.
When I used the Level 4 fence blueprint on the construction page, a prompt appeared on the page the moment the blueprint disappeared:
[Attributes will change after upgrading. It is detected that the survivor has a fusion stone. Do you want to use it?]
After selecting "Use," the fence's name changed to "Level 4 Ice and Fire Fence." It was already dark outside when a few streaks of orange light suddenly shone through the window. Yu Luowei went to check. The blue ice fence, entwined with flames, stood out against the thick darkness.
As for the magic stone, the system did not give any prompts, and Yu Luowei did not feel anything special when holding it in his hand, so he could only put it away for the time being.
He had long developed the good habit of using the bracelet expansion cards at any time. Now the number of grids on Yu Luowei's bracelet has reached 50, and the upper limit has become 999, and the storage capacity has been greatly improved.
After placing the two appliances in the kitchen, Yu Luowei began to prepare dinner. A recipe book had just dropped from a monster, so Yu Luowei took it out and studied it.
Food made with this recipe also has a special effect: it reduces mental energy consumption by half for ten minutes. However, the ingredients required aren't ordinary, but rather Demonic Lamb (Level 4 and above) and Moon Scallions. Yu Luowei had exactly five servings, so she used them all to make five servings of special cumin lamb, storing them in her bracelet so she could eat one before battle.
Too lazy to cook, Yu Luowei just made some dumplings, went back to the sofa, and while eating, she tactfully told Fang Min and Zhao Linlang about the disaster tips she had received today.
Zhao Linlang: Thank you, Weiwei! I didn't get any tips from the ranking rewards, so I can't provide you with any useful information. These twenty iron blocks are just a thank you.
Fang Min: Wow, this disaster is great! I'm in the desert, and apart from the oasis, there's almost no vegetation. Doesn't that mean I can relax this season?
[Yu Luowei: After all, there are oases, and the desert isn't completely devoid of plants. In fact, due to the harsh environment, the plants in the desert may be even more difficult to grow. You still need to be careful.]
Fang Min: Yes, sir! Don't worry, Weiwei. I'm just saying, I value my life the most! Hehe, try my oasis specialty: sea buckthorn fruit. I think it's super delicious!
Yu Luowei had heard of sea buckthorn juice before, but had never tried it. This time, she ate a sea buckthorn fruit. It was very sweet and juicy, but it didn't taste the same as the legend said. She probably thought it was a specialty of the system of the same name.
While eating, I opened the communication channel and happened to run into Jin Yu sharing disaster information:
Jin Yu: Everyone, my upgrade indicates that this season's disasters are related to rain.
Ma Ming: Hahahahaha, just as I guessed, I'm really awesome! Thanks to Mr. Jin for sharing this information with us. Unlike some people who are so stingy that they're unwilling to share even though they've won the top spot on the five rankings.
I didn't expect to encounter such a situation in the game. Yu Luowei laughed out loud. It turns out that people can really laugh when they are speechless. However, the difference between the prompt sent by Jin Yu and the one Yu Luowei received was a bit large. In order to remind her of the settlement day, Yu Luowei also sent a message:
Yu Luowei: I don't know exactly what Jin Yu's hint was, but it's a little different from what I got. I didn't see anything directly pointing to rain, but rather something related to vibrant new monsters.
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