That afternoon, Yun Luohe fished up two more shells.One gray pearl and one white pearl.She hadn’t held out much hope, but unexpectedly, both yielded damaged blueprints.She hurried to recycle and upgrade them.She obtained half of an apparatus blueprint and half of a furniture blueprint.She remembered she still had another half of an apparatus blueprint and a half of a weapon blueprint.That meant she could now combine the apparatus blueprints into one complete sheet.Yun Luohe immediately placed them together.Soon, the two halves slowly aligned, fused together by some kind of force, and became whole and intact.[Obtained: Sprinkler (Basic) Blueprint ×1][Sprinkler (Basic): Connects to a water source and automatically waters crops every morning; irrigates four adjacent plots of farmland.][Crafting Materials: Iron Ingot ×2, Plastic Pipe ×1]Yun Luohe had previously obtained a plastic pipe and stored it away.It could be crafted at the Workbench — ten plastic units made one pipe.But she didn’t have any iron ingots.She searched the trade center but found none for sale.A blueprint was nice, but if she couldn’t craft it, it was meaningless.Besides the damaged blueprints, she also got some junk and materials, which she sorted and put into storage. Then she opened the forum to see if anyone had mentioned iron ingots.There were far more posts on the forum now, and some had started talking about island exploration.Yun Luohe was immediately interested and clicked on one.It was posted by Wu Jing.#My Day on Sunflower Island#The island is rich in resources and has a great environment. Unfortunately, it's spring right now, so the sunflowers haven’t bloomed yet…After reading it, Yun Luohe felt a bit disappointed.Wu Jing didn’t mention bringing anything back.Still, many players were commenting beneath the post, asking him all sorts of questions, and he had replied to a few.Like how to get onto the island, whether it was possible to return once you left…And how to obtain the Island Entry Token…Yun Luohe knew the answers to these questions.Still, the post was extremely popular. Posting something like this attracted attention, and Wu Jing’s followers had already reached ten thousand. Yun Luohe clicked into his profile through his avatar to check his earlier posts.Turns out it was daily screenshots of opening shells.No doubt, those were always a fan favorite.Even Yun Luohe couldn’t help but watch for a while.His luck was truly impressive.At the very least, he always pulled white pearls. Each pearl revealed all kinds of supplies.Some item names had been censored with mosaics, so all you could see was “XX Blueprint.”After closing Wu Jing’s post, Yun Luohe scrolled a bit more and found another post that caught her attention on the third page.#Does anyone know what the 'Resolute' trait does?#I have ‘Resolute +8’ in my traits, and I’ve never figured out what it means.#Yun Luohe’s own trait was Unknown +10.She had no idea what it meant either.At first, she thought everyone had “Unknown.”But apparently, that wasn’t the case.She looked at the poster’s name and realized it was someone she knew.Bai Yuemian.There were more than ten replies beneath the post, with some speculating that “Resolute” might increase defense or protection.Others mentioned their traits: Spirit, Health, Dexterity, Bloodthirst.Everyone was deep in speculation.But Yun Luohe didn’t see anyone else with the “Unknown” trait.Because she remained anonymous, she didn’t reply.Better to figure it out herself.Although she didn’t find any leads on iron ingots, she wasn’t too worried at the moment — the vegetable patch didn’t have that many crops yet, so watering didn’t take much time.Besides, each sprinkler only irrigated four plots. She didn’t have enough iron ore to craft more than one anyway.–Night fell early.By six o’clock, the sky had turned a dim gray, as if it was about to rain.Players were already used to this kind of weather.Yun Luohe was preparing dinner while keeping an eye on the progress bar of the plastic umbrella at the Workbench. As soon as it was done, she’d swap in more materials.The room was filled with the aroma of seafood.The incubator had already been completed. She had placed ten wild chicken eggs inside, and incubation had begun.In ten days, she would have chicks.Although she wasn’t sure if every egg would hatch, just the thought of being able to raise chickens soon made her look forward to it.As for the two extra wild chicken eggs, Yun Luohe planned to either eat or sell them.She didn’t have enough metal fragments to build another incubator.Even if she did, she should probably save them.Building another incubator for just two eggs would be wasteful.Half an hour ago, Yun Luohe had put another bow and arrow set up for trade, stirring up a lot of discussion.But Yun Luohe didn’t have time to check the chat channel — she had traded with Qin Sisi for some fish offal to use as bait for luring fish beasts. After dinner, she planned to place it on the reef.She hadn’t gone fishing these past couple of days, and she was worried the fish beast might not come tonight. This was the best alternative.Still, when she offered two bottles of milk, Qin Sisi couldn’t say no.Yun Luohe also sent Qin Sisi a materials list, asking if she had anything on it.Then, she traded ten roasted cashew nuts and a can of milk powder for ten shells, five units of clay, and three units of lime.Since targeted inquiries could yield exactly what she needed, Yun Luohe decided to mass-send her request list to her other friends too.She didn’t have many friends — only a handful by now. She was used to going it alone.Independent by nature, she had stayed busy since entering the game and rarely chatted unless necessary.Mu Zitang went without saying — whatever she needed, he’d always send it to her.As a result, Yun Luohe received: Shells ×5, Cotton Cloth ×2, Clay ×2, Burlap ×2.“Sister Yun, today’s supplies are about ready. Should I send them now?”Yun Luohe checked the time — it wasn’t early anymore. She had just finished eating and could now get Ròubāo to work.“Sure, send them over. How many are there?”“Around 300. A lot of people don’t want purified water anymore. They only want plastic umbrellas.”“Mm. Tell them plastic umbrellas will be distributed tomorrow at 3 PM.”“Got it.”Everyone naturally wanted to get their umbrellas tonight. It was going to rain soon, and the sooner they got one, the better.But Mu Zitang was firm — Yun Luohe said tomorrow afternoon, so it would be tomorrow afternoon. If they thought that was too late, they were welcome not to trade.People quickly quieted down.Members of the Association all understood that Mu Zitang wasn’t the president.As for the identity of the president, that had always been a mystery. Mu Zitang would always say: once the time is right, he would tell everyone who the president is.Though he didn’t know when Yun Luohe would ever join the group chat, for now, he was keeping things running smoothly for her.He got his perks, and the Association members got what they wanted.Since the founding of the Association, Mu Zitang had made solid progress. As the acting president, whenever he needed something, he just had to mention it in the group, and many people would be willing to trade with him.And Yun Luohe always provided a generous amount of supplies. The surplus, he could use to trade for materials.Though he was quite curious about Yun Luohe, he knew better than to ask what he shouldn’t.All he needed to remember was: stick with Yun Luohe, and he’d be able to level up—and survive.“Big Sister Yun, I got a Workbench Blueprint. I’ll be able to craft it today. From now on, just tell me if there’s anything you need me to make.”Hearing that Mu Zitang now had a Workbench, Yun Luohe was genuinely pleased.This would certainly make things more convenient. Her Workbench was frequently occupied with blueprint and apparatus crafting, and making basic tools at the same time wasn’t ideal. While she could always ask someone else to craft them, it definitely wasn’t as efficient as going through Mu Zitang.“Alright, I’ll let you know when I need something.”With a thought, Yun Luohe asked, “Do you have a reliable weapon right now? You can prep ahead—fish beasts drop materials at night, kill a few more if you can.”“I was planning to make an axe and a sickle in a bit.”An axe and a sickle could be used, but they were definitely inferior to weapons forged at the Forge.“Do you have any Refined Steel?”If he did, Yun Luohe could make him a dagger.Iron ore didn’t matter—but Refined Steel was rare. Yun Luohe barely had any herself.“I don’t have any Refined Steel. Do you need some, Sister Yun? If you do, I can ask around—see if any of my friends are willing to trade.”Mu Zitang had a buddy he knew in-game. They got along pretty well. That friend had just fished up two pieces of Refined Steel today.“Go ahead and ask, try to trade for it.”Mu Zitang: “Alright, I’ll send you the supplies now.”The three hundred or so items filled up the entire wooden hut.Looking at the mountain of supplies, Yun Luohe felt a bit overwhelmed.She really needed to upgrade the reef soon.Poor Mu Zitang. With so much junk every time, who knew how he even managed to store it all on his side.On Mu Zitang’s reef, aside from the wooden hut, it was all boxes—ten boxes lined up in a row, specifically for junk.His hut was also packed with materials.He didn’t farm, didn’t have any other skills. His daily routine was fishing up supplies, managing the Association, and collecting trash for the group. Sometimes he’d trade at the trade center, so his reef was just barely enough.“Ròubāo, it’s work time!”Yun Luohe shouted.Ròubāo walked over slowly.Dinner time was almost here, and now he was being told to work.It wasn’t happy.Yun Luohe said, “Just get it done, and you can rest after dinner. I’ll give you a bonus snack tonight.”Only then did Ròubāo give a little meow.Yun Luohe had also messaged Du Ruan-tian, Wu Jing, and Yang Mian, but Du Ruan-tian hadn’t replied.Maybe she was busy.That was Yun Luohe’s guess.Still, she had a hunch—Du Ruan-tian might have gone to an island.Even though it was Lucky Day and gathering supplies was important, if it were her, she might also choose to go explore. You could always come back and gather later.As for Wu Jing, Yun Luohe only managed to get a few materials.Wu Jing had a lot of items, but what he needed happened to be exactly what Yun Luohe also needed.Still, Yun Luohe had managed to trade two bottles of high-quality soil for some lime.Wu Jing asked her where she got the high-quality soil.Yun Luohe said it came from a shell, so Wu Jing had nothing to object to.High-quality soil could only be used for potted plants or seedling cultivation, but it was highly useful.Any player with a farm needed it.Yun Luohe stored away the eight units of lime.At this rate, she was still accumulating upgrade materials too slowly.As for Yang Mian—it was the same as always—he needed food.Yun Luohe gave him all the snacks in her backpack.Sesame cakes, egg yolk pastries, wife cakes, cotton candy—she traded it all for a nice batch of materials:Bamboo ×20, Lime ×5, Clay ×3, Hemp Rope ×4, Leather ×2.Yang Mian really did have a lot of materials.Yun Luohe decided—next time she got more food, she’d go to him for trades.Still, what did he want with all these snacks? Was he eating them all himself?Thinking that they might be trading often in the future, Yun Luohe asked,“Are you really short on food right now?”“Sort of.”After all, he had two mouths to feed.And he was different from Qin Sisi.Qin Sisi was raising a kid, and kids didn’t eat much.But his little sister was at that age where she ate a lot and needed a lot of things too.Thinking of Qin Sisi, Yun Luohe asked on impulse,“You’re not alone on your reef?”“How did you know?” Yang Mian was shocked and became alert.Yun Luohe hadn’t expected to guess right.“I just happen to know a player who shares a reef with someone, so I thought I’d ask.”Even though she’d guessed it, Yang Mian still didn’t intend to say more.He and Yun Luohe might be friends, but he didn’t fully trust her.“If you have extra food, come find me for trades.”Yun Luohe: “OK.”Although Yun Luohe didn’t know who Yang Mian was sharing his reef with, as far as food went, she wasn’t lacking anymore. As long as she used apparatus to trade, she could always get something to eat. Those Lucky Club elites usually had food to trade for equipment, and her vegetable patch would continue to yield harvests bit by bit. What she lacked now were materials.If Yang Mian had a lot of materials, it wouldn’t hurt to trade with him a few more times.Ordinary food could be traded with Yang Mian, while the food she cooked herself could be listed at high prices in the trade center.Yun Luohe opened the trade center and saw that the grilled fish she had listed earlier had completely sold out.Grilled Moray Eel meat increased Strength, and with the known fact that fish beasts appeared in large numbers at night, anything that boosted both Stamina and Strength was something players wouldn’t pass up.Yun Luohe easily exchanged them for: Wood ×240, Glass ×20.That was fast.It seemed selling food with special effects was the most efficient way to gather materials.But she didn’t have much mutated eel meat left—only five pieces of Mutated Pufferfish Meat and five pieces of Mutated Grouper Meat.If she cooked and sold all of these, she could trade them for several hundred more units of wood.Yun Luohe made up her mind—tonight, she had to kill more fish beasts.For this round of bow-and-arrow auctions, Bai Yuemian had participated again.Yun Luohe had a good impression of her, and the materials Bai offered weren’t any worse than others’. Since there was nothing else she particularly wanted, she decided to trade with her.[Crystal Stone ×1, Seedling Tray ×1, Sportswear Set ×1, Rose Seeds ×1, White Sugar Recipe ×1, Black Metal Shard ×3]Just then, Mu Zitang sent over the Refined Steel.Yun Luohe accepted it and went to craft a dagger for him, hoping to finish before the fish beasts arrived.Ròubāo was still tossing trash. It had already learned proper technique, even using its tail to curl up the junk and toss it into the trash can with perfect accuracy—its efficiency was high.But its attention was entirely focused on the pot. Smelling the aroma, it kept meowing, reminding Yun Luohe it was time to eat.Yun Luohe tasted the food.Not bad.“Alright, Ròubāo, dinner time!”Yun Luohe had made seafood noodle stew—using small squid and pan-seared pufferfish meat to simmer into a broth. She added a packet of salt she had just obtained today, making the soup rich and flavorful.One pot of noodles, steaming hot, could be divided into three servings.Unfortunately, it was only of Gold Quality.Yun Luohe ate while watching the chat channel. Sometimes, watching everyone chat idly made the meal even more enjoyable.“Fish beasts are here! I already hear them!”“Damn, so many fish beasts jumping in the sea, it's terrifying.”“With this much rain, wouldn’t it be risky to fight in the open? Maybe I’ll just stay in the wooden hut…”“Fighting fish beasts drops materials and mutated fish meat! What’s a little rain!”After a while, Yun Luohe also heard the noise.Several fish beasts jumped onto her reef at once, likely attracted by the fish offal she’d placed earlier.Their eyes glowed in the darkness.Yun Luohe stepped out of the wooden hut and saw a Mutated Mackerel glaring at her, flailing on the reef.She raised her bow and fired.This mutated mackerel even tried to dodge—but the arrow flew fast enough that it still hit. Otherwise, she might have missed.The arrow pierced the fish beast’s tail, pinning it in place.Yun Luohe quickly stepped forward, stabbed it in the belly with her dagger, and split it open—blood pooling all over the ground.[Successfully killed Mutated Mackerel][Dropped: Iron Ore ×2]No time to process the ✧ NоvеIight ✧ (Original source) fish meat—there were more fish beasts to deal with.As she turned to face another, she saw Ròubāo had already pounced on one, slashing open its belly with its claws.Though Yun Luohe hadn’t delivered the killing blow herself—The beast still dropped materials upon death.[Burlap ×2]Then, in the blink of an eye, it bit another Mutated Mackerel to death.After the kill, Ròubāo licked the blood off its paws. When it opened its mouth, sharp teeth showed, and its eyes glinted with pride.Two more pieces of Clay were now on the ground.“When did you come out?”Yun Luohe had thought Ròubāo was still inside tossing trash.Ròubāo gave an excited meow and dragged one of the dead fish beasts over to Yun Luohe.“Meow meow!”Yun Luohe got its meaning. “Got it—you want me to cook this for you, right?”“Meow!”These mutated fish beasts had been effortlessly handled by Ròubāo, leaving Yun Luohe feeling like there was no work left for her to do.“Meow meow meow~”“Hm?”Ròubāo raised one forepaw and pointed toward the small wooden hut, mimicking a trash-tossing motion, then pointed at Yun Luohe.“Alright then, I’ll leave things here to you. I’m going back to toss trash.” Yun Luohe couldn’t help but laugh.Ròubāo: “Meow~~”

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