Using the markers on the Seafloor Map and cross-referencing the coordinates of the four Underwater Ruins she’d found before, Yun Luohe explored three shell-icon locations in total.At last, at the final shell icon, she found a seafloor volcano.According to Tianji Pavilion’s intel, seafloor volcanoes hid veins of Abyssal Iron.Right now, ashen-black smoke rose slowly from the crater; the water around the volcano glowed dark red. This zone hadn’t been affected by radiation—likely the fog feared the high heat here.Lava flickered in the fissures between volcanic rock, spitting sparks that threw the surroundings into strobing light and shadow.Scalding magma met frigid seawater with a furious sizzle, billowing white steam that fogged the area until visibility was almost nil.Yun Luohe inched toward the volcano, sweeping her surroundings continuously with [Scanning Eye] as she advanced.The volcanic rock was brutally rough; one slip would slice skin open.And a misstep into a gas jet from the vent would sear and ulcerate flesh on the spot.Skirting the jagged stone while scanning carefully, she finally spotted, in a hollow of the lava rock, some ore that flashed with a metallic luster.@Infinite Good Reads, all at Jinjiang Literature CityBut a swarm of ugly monster fish was rising off the volcano’s base.Their bodies were crimson, their teeth razor-sharp; they didn’t fear the heat at all, each one sporting a spike on its head.The moment they saw Yun Luohe, they wove around her nimbly, encircling to lunge and bite.Yun Luohe didn’t fear them in the least. She swung the Thunder Vortex Trident; one sweep killed half a dozen.But there were too many. Wiping them all out still burned a lot of Stamina.Worse, the meat was inedible; killing them was a waste, which annoyed her.Driving off the shoal, Yun Luohe didn’t rest—she started mining the Abyssal Iron immediately.The ore was unbelievably hard, wrapped in a thick shell of volcanic rock; ordinary tools couldn’t touch it.She tried several tools and couldn’t chip it.In the end she used a pick Yang Mian had thrown together on short notice from Blue Crystal Ore, and finally broke through the rock.But every chunk she pried out cost 10 Stamina—brutal consumption.Even so, Yun Luohe had to mine every vein of Abyssal Iron she could see.Most of what she dug up was Iron Ore and Copper Ore; Abyssal Iron was scarce.Only ore that gleamed blue-violet contained Abyssal Iron, and the chance was low.Each Abyssal Iron she mined, though, raised Mining Proficiency by 20.After three hours, Yun Luohe was spent.Eating underwater was a pain; each time she hit the wall, she had to surface for food to restore Stamina. Even gold-tier dishes that steadily refilled Stamina and buffed mining only kept her going for about half an hour per serving—the bottom just took too long.Worse, the volcano started to shudder violently mid-mining.Magma kept gushing from the vent.Currents of molten rock scalded the sea around it to extreme temperatures.It felt like being trapped in a colossal steamer.Three hours was her limit. Stuffed full, she decided to head back to the Reef.@Infinite Good Reads, all at Jinjiang Literature CityJust then the volcano kicked up even harder. Yun Luohe stuffed the Abyssal Iron she’d mined into her pack and swam outward fast; surfacing right there meant getting slammed by eruptive gases, so she had to put distance between herself and the vent first.Wherever the lava streamed, the water flashed to a boil.Fortunately, Yun Luohe was fast, and the Deep Sea Set she wore boosted underwater speed, so she was never in real danger.Late that night, she finally climbed back onto the Reef.This dive netted only 3 pieces of Abyssal Iron, plus over a hundred Iron Ore and Copper Ore.The Abyssal Iron was few, but enough to solve the immediate need.Both the Tide Core and the Tidal Purifier required a Merman Tear Crystal, but the Tidal Purifier mattered more and only needed one, so she decided to craft the Tidal Purifier tonight.She laid the materials on the workbench; a countdown appeared.Crafting the Tidal Purifier would take four hours. Yun Luohe chose to sleep and pick it up in the morning.——Another night passed.At dawn, the entire Reef lay drowned in thick fog. The radiation fog had deepened in color; there was almost no white fog left in the center of the Reef, only traces along the edges—already tainted by other colors.In just a few days, the surrounding seawater and soil had become irradiated; ordinary crops could no longer grow; flowers and trees—A rank fish-stench rolled in off the sea. Corpses floated on the surface; even the seawater reeked briny and foul, and even the seawater purifier—(ellipsis implied by context)Yun Luohe first went to the workbench and took down the Tidal Purifier.She placed it by the villa’s front door so the area around the villa would be covered; Yuntun and Roubao could come out as needed. Outside that range was unsafe.The radiation impact had grown too severe.Lately on the chat channel, Yun Luohe had seen many players struck by radiation whose bodies began to mutate.In severe cases, they zombified—losing reason, turning aggressive. Even with potions to treat it, the brain was already damaged; all attributes dropped.Pets were the same.Even ordinary plants could mutate under prolonged irradiation.With the purifier, at least the villa’s radius was safe.After placing the purifier, Yun Luohe pinged the friends group: if anyone provided their own materials, she could help craft Tidal Purifiers.She figured if she could trade for more Merman Tear Crystals, she could help others too.She opened the forum and posted the blueprint details.Paid help crafting Tidal Purifier“I have the Tidal Purifier blueprint. If you need one crafted, reply below; supply your own materials. Also include what compensation you can offer; if I accept, I’ll contact you.District 2 can trade now; other districts must wait until the Trade Hub merges before trading.”One week remained before all districts’ Trade Hubs would merge.Yun Luohe wanted to earn high-tier materials—this was an opportunity, and a way to connect with top players from other districts.The further you went, the harder upgrading became; the devices needed were more advanced. It was no longer something she alone could accomplish. Even with the Mutual Aid Association and Tianji Pavilion backing her, many materials couldn’t just be conjured on demand.After all, there weren’t many high-tier players in the Mutual Aid Association.Everyone had to prioritize their own upgrades first.The thread blew up quickly. Many replied, but Yun Luohe wasn’t in a rush; few could actually gather the full materials right now. She could wait till evening to review replies.After that, Yun Luohe checked the Shipping Crate statement.Yesterday she’d thrown in a lot of things she didn’t need herself.All of it had been materials reclaimed via the trash can—chicken ribs at best. She’d tossed them into the Shipping Crate to see how many Sea Coins they’d fetch.Each item was indeed low in value, but quantity wins.Yun Luohe had piled up two or three material bins’ worth of odds and ends—useless to keep, a pity to toss—so last night she dumped them all into the Shipping Crate.Over a thousand junk items netted 800 Sea Coins.Grinning, Yun Luohe tucked the Sea Coins away.Looks like reclaiming trash daily and selling to the system is a decent way to make money.Today she planned to turn some new ingredients into two new recipes:red mushrooms, Starlight Kelp, mutant crab claws…Tomorrow she’d visit an island, so today she could batch-cook anti-radiation food.The Treasure Map Fragments on her phone had already combined into a Treasure Map; once on the island she could use it to go straight to a treasure cave, and the chests inside would be as easy as reaching into a pocket.Treasure chests never disappointed; with luck she’d pull high-grade anti-radiation supplies.——In the afternoon, Yun Luohe produced two dishes with excellent effects.Namely, Garlic Red-Mushroom Grilled Fish, and Starlight Kelp Bisque.The first rapidly increased Sanity; the second granted short-term radiation immunity.The Stamina boosts were just extra.The key was their anti-radiation effects.She used up all her red mushrooms and Starlight Kelp in one go and cooked twelve portions total. With that, she wouldn’t need to worry about tomorrow’s island trip.According to recent intel, island fog was thicker than on the Reef; without thorough prep, landing was a nonstarter.After tidying the cooking station and dumping kitchen scraps into the biogas pit, Yun Luohe headed to the workshop row to harvest.The Tofu Workshop, Pickling Workshop, Earthen Kiln Workshop, and Herbal Workshop all had solid daily output. Some products she kept, some she handed to Mutual Aid Association members for exchanges, and the surplus she sold to the system for Sea Coins.But she had to keep loading inputs and collecting outputs into material bins. Before, whenever she had time she did it herself; if she didn’t, she had Roubao or Yuntun help. Now she was swamped, and pets couldn’t come out easily, so if she forgot to harvest or replenish on time, it felt like a loss.She hurriedly stuffed all the pickups into the bins by each workshop door, then pulled matching inputs from the adjacent bins and loaded them.The newly built Brewery Workshop still hadn’t started up; she’d study it today.Since the Reef upgrade, workshops now had levels.The more you produced, the more EXP they gained and leveled up.Right now all workshops were Level 1, but the Herbal Workshop and Tofu Workshop were close to leveling.Afterward, output would increase, and new products might unlock.Yun Luohe stepped into the Brewery Workshop. Rows of oak barrels lined the room; the roof had a heat shield and a specially designed chimney; outside the door sat an open-air fermentation pool, heady with the scent of alcohol.The prompts showed only two brews currently available:Malt Beer and Sweet Glutinous Rice Wine.Malt Beer required hops, wheat, and clean water.Brew time: 10 days.On drink: Sanity +0.2 per second for 10 minutes; +15% fishing success.Sweet Glutinous Rice Wine required glutinous rice, clean water, and white sugar.Brew time: 7 days.On drink: Stamina recovery speed +30%; also usable in cooking to remove fishiness and enhance flavor.She’d only just gotten hop seeds and hadn’t harvested any yet, so Malt Beer was out.She didn’t grow glutinous rice either, but it was easy to buy at the Trade Hub—she could start with that.Yun Luohe bought 100 jin of glutinous rice—enough to brew 40 jin of Sweet Glutinous Rice Wine.It had to be jarred too, one clay jar per jin—easy enough.The Earthen Kiln Workshop could make dozens a day; when the wine was ready, there’d be no shortage of jars.She worked till evening, ate a seafood feast, then got ready to fish.Autumn-limited fish had appeared in the sea.Just as she opened the Complete Fishing Guide to check which # Nоvеlight # autumn species were catchable, the system pushed a new notice.[In one week, all districts’ Trade Hubs will merge. At that time, the Mall will unlock, and Sea Coins can be used in the Mall.][Starting tomorrow, sea merchants will randomly visit players’ Reefs……]

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