Chapter 49: Eclipse Rainy Season, Day 9, Last Day
Today's fishing rod is the Monster Rod. While the Treasure Chest Rod earns the same points as the Monster Rod, its frequency is inconsistent: sometimes one catch every ten minutes, sometimes none in an hour. The Trash Rod, while more frequent, earns fewer points per sorting than the other two, and there's also the risk of point deductions. So, all in all, Yu Luowei prefers the Monster Rod; it also helps Ma Tuan boost his monster count.
It was the last day. Full of energy, Yu Luowei set up her fishing rod, placed several buckets for collecting acid rain on the stairs outside the fence, and began preparing to face the monster. Of course, as she let it out, she had the low-level equipment she'd used in yesterday's experiment wrapped around her arm to prevent further damage from the acid rain.
The monsters on the last day had become more diverse, with all sorts of strange and bizarre appearances. But they all had one thing in common: compared to their animal prototypes, these monsters were all deformed and disproportionate. It was hard to say whether facing these monsters or sorting trash boxes was more disgusting.
Although he knew in his heart that this might be the appearance of creatures after the ocean was polluted, it did not prevent Yu Luowei from using magic to create two new weapons - "Forty-meter Fire (Ice) Greatsword", and cooperated with the Ice Prison to try to eliminate the monsters before they completely entered the base - Yu Luowei was worried that the blood of these monsters would also have a corrosive effect.
While waiting for the monster to take the bait, Yu Luowei brought back the plastic bucket full of acid rain, and used a spray bottle to fill it up to test its power later. The rest was temporarily placed in front of the shelter after solidification.
When the next monster was reeled in, Yu Luowei quickly sprayed it in the eyes while it was still in the air. Although the monster had been reeled in from the sea surface beneath the acid rain, perhaps because the sea was less concentrated than the acid rain, and because its eyes were its weak point, Yu Luowei's sudden spray actually worked—injuring the monster's eyes and interrupting its attack.
Since it was so effective against the monsters in the Acid Rain Sea, let alone ordinary monsters. After testing the effect, Yu Luowei put away the spray bottle with satisfaction and switched to conventional methods to deal with the monsters with low health.
He called back Ma Tuan, who was running around the base. After upgrading, Ma Tuan's control over the elements was even stronger, and he could kill monsters of level three and below without any contact. Yu Luowei handed the fishing rod to Ma Tuan and changed into the acid-proof Black Abyss suit he had crafted yesterday, ready to go in the water.
Of course, before going into the water, Yu Luowei still tested it and confirmed the effectiveness of the suit before entering the water with confidence.
The underwater scenery had also changed somewhat: the most obvious change was that the water wasn't as clear as before, and the once colorful corals had become somewhat pale. The number of fish and plants in the water had decreased, and the few remaining fish had something wrong with their bodies. And the shells shattered with just a touch.
There seemed to be no useful resources in the sea now. After swimming for a while, Yu Luowei realized some of the good intentions - the ocean on the blue planet was dozens of times worse than this.
Not daring to catch those deformed fish, Yu Luowei sank to the bottom of the water and unexpectedly found some iron ore. With this unexpected harvest in front of him, Yu Luowei quickly took out his iron hoe and started digging.
Working in water was much less efficient than on land. It took two or three hours to dig out all the iron and stone in this small area. While she still had some strength left, Yu Luowei quickly swam up.
Fortunately, the Black Abyss suit had an underwater buff, otherwise Yu Luowei would have drowned. After taking off her equipment, Yu Luowei threw the iron ore into the furnace, cleaned herself up briefly, and returned to her original work station - next to the fishing rod.
During her downtime these past few days, Yu Luowei had been lounging on a beach chair next to her fishing rod. This was a home decor blueprint she'd gotten earlier, and she'd initially thought it was useless, but as soon as this season's event started, Yu Luowei had thought of it. It didn't require many materials, so she'd made a set in between treasure chest fishing on the first day and placed it next to her fishing rod, serving as both a resting spot and a viewing point.
If it were sunny and not raining, the beach umbrella might be more useful, but given the current situation, one couldn't ask for more. After a good rest, Yu Luowei replaced Ma Tuan and attacked the next monster.
By seven o'clock in the evening, Yu Luowei was undoubtedly at the top of both activity charts. For the sake of her mental strength, she persevered for a while before returning to the shelter. Before returning, she didn't forget to clean the ground where the fishing rod was located.
It was already eight o'clock after the shower, but the acid-proof paint only had 5% of its durability left. Today's acid rain was still a bit stronger than yesterday's. After hesitating for a while, Yu Luowei bought a new batch of acid-proof paint.
Because the activity mall will not close until 24:00 tomorrow, Yu Luowei is not in a hurry to purchase other things. He plans to wait until the system announces the material processing plan of the platform under the base tomorrow before making any purchases.
I made a big meal to reward myself - I didn’t want to eat the “pre-prepared meals” today, so Yu Luowei lay down on the bed in advance and counted the construction materials.
Aside from the spare materials I'd left to prevent anyone from stealing the tower tonight, I was only a bit short of materials for a level 6 shelter. I could just use my event points tomorrow to buy some, and then buy some golden wood from Fang Min. But I was currently number one on the six-level leaderboard, and tomorrow's leaderboard rewards should include the necessary upgrades for a level 6 base. I was running low on materials to upgrade to that level. If the materials from my previous level weren't refunded, I'd have to buy them from the points mall.
It was still early and there was nothing else to do, so Yu Luowei started paying attention to the comfort system that he had ignored for a long time.
Because the speed of mental power recovery was sufficient at the previous comfort level, Yu Luowei did not deliberately make furniture to increase it, but now he finds that the comfort level has increased a lot.
Out of curiosity, Yu Luowei tried a few times and discovered that electrical appliances found in treasure chests, including the dehumidifier in the basement, could also increase comfort. However, they had to be placed in the shelter, unlike the beach chairs in the basement.
In this way, there would be no need to deliberately purchase furniture blueprints for comfort in the future. The appliances opened in the treasure chest would be enough. Yu Luowei opened the group chat and sent this message to his friends.
At first, everyone thought that Mental Strength wasn't very useful—after all, they didn't have magic, and the only time they'd get hurt was if they didn't return to the shelter in time at night. With the introduction of skill cards, Mental Strength really became useful—survivors of a certain level could only use skill cards below their corresponding level, unless their physical fitness and Mental Strength caps were extremely high. Using skill cards also consumed a certain amount of Mental Strength.
Lin Zhixia, Zhao Linlang, and Lu Zhi's shelters had also been upgraded to level five, but they hadn't paid much attention to their comfort levels. After all, the system didn't specifically indicate it. If Yu Luowei hadn't been paying close attention to her mental strength, she wouldn't have noticed it so quickly. Now that she knew about it, she went to prepare her home.
The others' shelters were still at level four, but the difference wasn't too great. Their rankings were good this season, so they should be able to upgrade tomorrow if nothing unexpected happened. They'd all gone ahead and bought some furniture in preparation. Of course, most of it was ready-made from the market.
After sharing the information, he accepted the blank skill cards given by others - knowing that Yu Luowei had acquired this, almost all the blank skill cards opened from other people's treasure chests would be kept for Yu Luowei. In exchange, Yu Luowei would also give him some delicious food. Yu Luowei continued to brush the manual until eleven fifty.
Yu Luowei came to the controller and opened the manual, ready to increase the height. Her experience in gaming had taught her that it was easy for someone to suddenly rush over at this moment. For the Easter egg reward, Yu Luowei must not let her efforts go to waste.
In the final 30 seconds, someone's ranking did indeed change. Yu Luowei quickly increased his own height, and after a tense competition, he finally secured the first place.
With a sigh of relief, Yu Luowei returned to bed, turned off the alarm clock, and prepared to sleep until she woke up naturally.
While Yu Luowei and the others in the top ten were busy competing for the first place, the others over there couldn't get a good night's sleep either - after 11:30, many people who had already fallen asleep were woken up one after another by a burst of emergency alarms.
It turned out that in order to save some activity points, many people took a chance and did not replace the acid-proof paint. Some people thought that if they replaced it in the morning, it would be enough for the evening with 30 to 40 percent left. However, they did not expect that the acid rain concentration suddenly doubled in the last two hours, and the durability of all the paints replaced before noon was reduced to zero.
Fortunately, the system wasn't that ruthless. It sounded an alarm when the base's defense dropped by 60%, giving everyone some time to react. Buying acid-resistant paint or crystals could remedy the situation. As long as you didn't spend all your activity points early, thinking today was the last day, there was no danger to your life.
Yu Luowei fell asleep after securing first place, missing the increasingly lively chat channel—someone desperately needed to borrow some materials. However, her usual nightly restocking of the crystal shelf helped many people once again.
When Yu Luowei woke up at 9:20 on the morning of the settlement day, the chat channel incident had already passed. But when she opened it, she was still shocked by the sudden drop in the number of people. She scrolled back for a long time before she understood the reason.
Since everyone was trapped in the base after the event began, the difficulty level wasn't high; anyone with a controller was generally able to complete the event. Therefore, the fastest drop in numbers this season occurred on the third day, when everyone was busy searching for controllers and activation keys. However, with the intelligence provided by Yu Luowei and the others, even without last night's incident, the survival rate for this season would have exceeded 50%.
Fang Min had gone out early in the morning to cut golden wood and dig for gold (she had a resource protection card), and the others were also outside. Yu Luowei collected the materials from the trading market and opened today's system announcement and leaderboard rewards, preparing to claim the rewards first before worrying about anything else.
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