The three of them discussed for a while and roughly confirmed the items they needed to bring tomorrow, along with how tasks would be divided.Once Lin Zhu learned that Yun Luohe had a gas mask, he proactively expressed interest in buying one.“Since we have this kind of item now, I suggest everyone should have one.”Qin Sisi said, “Then I will buy one too. If you need anything, I will trade with you.”Yun Luohe had not intended to mention that she actually had two, but after thinking it over, since it could be traded for supplies, she might as well sell the extra. After all, one was enough for her personal use.She prioritized selling the spare one to Qin Sisi.In exchange, she received three candles. Made of beeswax, each candle could burn for a long time and could also be secured to the ground. They were indeed very practical, usable both indoors and outdoors.Lin Zhu asked, “Can you still make more? I can trade Phosphorescent Pearls with you.”Phosphorescent Pearls were also a kind of lighting tool, made from phosphor powder and pearls, similar to luminous pearls.Yun Luohe replied, “Then you will need to provide the materials. I am out of them on my end. I just bought the spider silk needed, only got ten strands, and they are already used up.”Lin Zhu said, “Who did you buy it from? I will go ask.”“Also, if possible, let us share the blueprints we think are useful but cannot make ourselves due to missing materials. List what you are short on. Let us try to prepare thoroughly before we set out.”Yun Luohe thought to herself, this guy really is quite meticulous—thinks things through pretty thoroughly.In that regard, he was rather similar to her.Lin Zhu opened the trading center to look for spider silk, but just as expected, he found none.He then opened the group chat for the Emperor's Luck Association, intending to ask if anyone there had the item.—At this time, people in the group were all sharing today’s island exploration gains. Everyone was posting their hauls, and whenever someone saw something they wanted, they immediately initiated trades.The group’s information updates were rapid. Practically any time a new resource dropped in-game, members of the Emperor’s Luck Association were among the first to know.This time, Lin Zhu did not share his Island Entry Token or Team-Up Card with the group. Instead, he pretended that he had already teamed up with someone to go island-hopping.Everyone assumed he just did not want to reveal who he was teaming up with and was acting mysterious. But in reality, he had not teamed up with anyone. He had used an Island Entry Token to go to the island alone today.Lin Zhu’s reasoning was simple: high-grade resources like the Team-Up Card should be saved for later. The game was still in its early stages—it was not that difficult yet. There was no need to use them up now. There might not be any more in the future.He already had one Island Entry Token of his own. The one he got as a leaderboard reward—he would just save that.Conveniently, he and Qin Sisi were already friends, so he pulled out enough supplies and bought a team slot from her.Another reason he did not team up with people from the group was simple: if he did not, that meant one less person could enter the island. And since all the Emperor’s Luck players had roughly the same high Luck stat, one less competitor meant one more edge for him.Do not be fooled by how harmonious things seemed in the group—all brothers and buddies talking about developing together. The truth was, everyone was a rival. Who did not want to rank first? Who did not want to level up ahead of the rest?Lin Zhu certainly did.“Went to Rainforest Island today, got some hardwood and beeswax, and pollen too. PM me if you need any.”“I went to Rainforest Island too, but didn’t run into you. Probably because the barrier hasn’t lifted yet. I found a treasure chest, got some good stuff—an armor blueprint and a pair of shoes. Anyone willing to trade a skill book, PM me.”“I went to Clay Island today. Dug up a few hundred clay. Come get it if you want it—trading for iron ore.”“Found a battery blueprint on Thunderclap Island. Needs ceramic, copper ore, and sulfur. If anyone has those, contact me fast.”Lu Yao: “What the hell! Why didn’t you say earlier? I already traded my ceramic recipe.”“With who? Someone in the group?”Lu Yao: “Nope, I asked in the group if anyone had items that gave a large Stamina boost. No one did, so I tried the global chat and traded the ceramic recipe. Some player named Yun Luohe added me and made the trade.”“No one in the group would’ve traded large Stamina boosts with you anyway. Everyone’s preparing to enter the island—we’re all low on that stuff right now.”Lu Yao: “I know, that’s why I looked outside the group. How was I supposed to know ceramics were needed for a battery? I’ll just see if anyone else finds a ceramic recipe later. If not, I’ll buy it. I doubt I’m the only one who pulled one.”“Fair. Besides, no one has copper ore or sulfur either.”Wu Jing: “Hey, the item you bought from Yun Luohe that boosts Stamina—can I see it? How much does it boost?”Lu Yao posted the grilled crocodile meat’s details in the group.“Holy crap, +50 Stamina and a Strength boost too? That’s nuts!”“Crocodile meat—now that’s some top-tier stuff. There’s even a chance to boost combat power.”Wu Jing: “Did she make that herself?”Lu Yao: “Nope. I wanted to buy more, but she said she was out.”Lin Zhu, lurking silently, had originally been looking for spider silk. But then Yun Luohe’s name suddenly appeared.Wu Jing: “Hey, what if that person making Stamina-boosting food really is Yun Luohe? I’ve contacted that seller before—maybe it was her.”Du Ruan-tian: “Probably not something we should speculate about randomly. And even if it is, what does it have to do with you? Why are you so interested in her?”“Just curious. Aren’t you close with her? Why don’t you go ask? If the stuff’s that good, maybe we can still buy some.”Du Ruan-tian: “Didn’t she say it’s sold out? If you want to ask, go ask yourself. I’m busy.”—At this moment, Yun Luohe had already finished dumping all her trash.Today’s haul was excellent. Some of the recycled garbage had upgraded into resources she had never obtained before.For example:[Recycled: Moldy Chocolate – Obtained: Cocoa Powder ×1][Recycled: Water-logged Battery – Obtained: Copper Ore ×1][Recycled: Damaged Wardrobe Drawer – Obtained: Redwood ×2][Recycled: Expired Sulfur Soap – Obtained: Sulfur ×1][Recycled: Expired Popcorn – Obtained: Corn Seeds ×1]…It seemed like everyone’s garbage was becoming slightly more “advanced” these days.Still trash, of course—but the kind that yielded better rewards when recycled.Naturally, most of it was still rotten wood, moldy socks, broken buckets, and the like.Yun Luohe dumped all of it into her resource crate.She remembered that Redwood could be used to make a Beehive, but five were required. She had only gotten two this time.No one was selling it in the trading center either—so she still could not make it.No matter. Time to do the daily lottery.[Lottery Successful][Obtained: Resin Lantern Blueprint ×1][Lottery Successful][Obtained: Oyster Farming Net Blueprint ×1]The lottery never disappointed her.Yun Luohe picked up the two blueprints with a satisfied smile.[Resin Lantern: A wind-resistant lantern with up to 2 hours burn time. Can be hung up to free both hands.][Crafting Materials: Resin ×2, Clay ×2, Candle ×1][Oyster Farming Net: Specifically for breeding oysters. Boosts farming efficiency. Each net can hold up to 20 oysters.][Crafting Materials: Wood ×10, Rope ×5]What a lucky coincidence—both of the blueprints Yun Luohe had just drawn were not only extremely practical, but also used materials she already had, and plenty of them.Excellent. She immediately got to work.She decided to make three Oyster Farming Nets right away.As for the Resin Lanterns, two would be enough—one to hang under the eaves, the other to tuck into her gold crocodile-skin backpack in case she needed it while out and about.It was getting late. Yun Luohe prepared to make a late-night snack.She took out an eel and headed outside to clean and gut it. The eel's head and innards would go into the compost, and she used water from the storage pool to rinse it.Once she finished, she dumped the eel’s head and guts into the worm composting box.The earthworms had been growing for three days now, and she had not had time to check on them. It was already dark, so she decided to inspect them after returning from the island tomorrow.Then she went to check the fishing net.She had caught something again.It took some effort to haul it up—inside the net was a tattered burlap sack.But since it was this heavy, it clearly still had something inside.Yun Luohe dumped the sack’s contents onto the ground.It turned out to be a bag full of shattered porcelain pieces.All completely broken—though one could just barely make out blue-and-white porcelain, some were jars, others bottles.In any case, they were all trash now.Still, even though they were reduced to fragments, it was a whole sack of the stuff. Tossing them all in might lead to something good.Delighted, Yun Luohe hoisted the sack indoors.Gripping the bottom, she dumped everything into the trash can in one go. It took a full thirty seconds of continuous pouring to empty it.The trash can had turned into a bottomless pit, absorbing everything as it poured in. Yun Luohe was dumping it so fast that the can actually filled up, only slowly reducing as it processed the load.[Recycled: Porcelain Shards ×50 – Obtained: Vase Catalog Blueprint ×1]A vase catalog blueprint—that was new.When Yun Luohe opened it, her eyes immediately widened!It was essentially a blueprint collection of various vases, summarizing over a dozen shapes. With this one blueprint, she could craft any vase listed in the catalog.For example: Meiping, Willow Leaf Vase, Guanyin Vase, Celestial Sphere Vase, Gourd Vase, Olive Vase...All of them classic shapes from ancient porcelain designs. Looked like she would never run out of vases for flower arrangements in her shelter again.If she made enough of them, they would definitely increase her reef’s rating.And they would probably sell really well too.The required materials were only Clay and Quartz, and she already had the clay—she just needed to find some quartz.But those two alone would only produce plain white porcelain. To create more beautiful vases, she would need to add overglaze decoration, which involved blending metallic oxides, minerals, and pigments in certain ratios. For that, she would need an Overglaze Formula.That could wait for now.[Achievement Unlocked: Trash Cleanup Maniac – Disposed of 50 items in one go. Reward: Magnetic Ring Blueprint ×1][Magnetic Ring: Automatically collects metal-type items within a half-meter radius][Crafting Materials: Obsidian ×1, Crystal Stone ×1]When she saw this item, Yun Luohe’s heartbeat sped up.She had to make this tool.With automatic collection, she would no longer need to pick up logs or grass one by one. No need to craft collection crates when digging clay or sand. It would drastically improve her resource-gathering efficiency.She already had the Crystal Stone—only missing the Obsidian.She remembered the Outdoor Multifunctional Military Shovel also required obsidian. Yun Luohe could not help but sigh. These were both items she desperately wanted to craft, but she had no idea where to get obsidian.Just then, she received a message from Lin Zhu."Spider silk is sold out. The seller only had ten, and all of them are gone.""How about I trade you a Phosphorescent Pearl for some Stamina-boosting food?"Phosphorescent Pearls emitted a faint glow at night. With one, even during dusk or pre-dawn, one could still see while moving across an island. In pitch-black night, it would be less effective—but still better than walking blind.Plus, if her teammates each carried one, it would help them locate each other in the dark.However, Yun Luohe remembered she had just traded grilled fish to Lu Yao and said she was out of food. Although she was not sure if Lin Zhu knew Lu Yao personally, she still decided to offer a different dish for the trade.“Jam Fish Meat—want it? Grants +20 Stamina.”Since Lin Zhu was from the Emperor’s Luck Association, even if he suspected that she was the source of the food in the trading center, she simply would not admit it. He would have no way to prove it.Yun Luohe was always cautious and did not like strangers knowing too much about her—even if cooking was not exactly her trump card.Lin Zhu: “You sold Grilled Crocodile Meat to Lu Yao, right? The Emperor’s Luck Association group is already speculating that you made it, but they have no proof.”“I actually do not care whether it was you or not, and I will not tell anyone. But I want to find a cooking player for long-term cooperation—someone I can trade food with. I have some spices and ingredients on hand. If you are interested in working together, I can °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° give them to you as a gesture of sincerity.”

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