The position of the Parasitic Vine was marked, but there was no illustration of its appearance, nor any information about whether there was something beneath the Parasitic Vine.In fact, Yun Luohe was quite curious about what might be under the Parasitic Vine. Moreover, now that she had obtained Black Sludge, she did not need to choose Swamp Island for her next landing. She could explore new islands instead.So she might as well help Yang Mian out and get some benefits in the process.Yang Mian was exploring the island and naturally could not keep his eyes on the Light Screen all the time. But every half an hour or so, he would check it, because he was worried that Yang Mei might contact him. The siblings had agreed to keep in touch, especially now that he was on the island, Yang Mei had been quite concerned.Originally, the Crocodile Leather Armor he exchanged from Yun Luohe was given to Yang Mei. But this morning, before he landed on the island, Yang Mei specially put the Crocodile Leather Armor back on him. He was unwilling, but Yang Mei said she was only lending it to him, and that they would switch back once he returned to the Reef. Only then did Yang Mian agree.In reality, there was not much danger on Swamp Island. Besides, before coming here, he had purchased the Tianji Pavilion’s Swamp Island Bundle. He already had a comprehensive understanding of the island’s situation, so his speed of collecting resources was extremely fast.It was only three o’clock in the afternoon, yet he had already obtained a large amount of materials.He had also killed several crocodiles and acquired plenty of Crocodile Meat.At that time, he could not help but think that Yun Luohe must have visited Swamp Island before.Right now, he had just collected a large amount of Black Sludge and was preparing to move to another location. The road ahead was not dangerous, so he opened the Light Screen to report his safety to his sister—only to see a message from Yun Luohe.Yang Mian frowned. How did she know?But he quickly realized the reason. Yesterday, he had suddenly bought a lot of food from her, all of which restored considerable Stamina. That must have aroused her suspicion.Having worked with Yun Luohe many times, Yang Mian did not bother hiding it.“Swamp Island.”The news that Swamp Island was one of the Four-Season Islands appearing this Spring had already spread these past two days.Most people with the means would go to the Four-Season Islands.He saw many players mentioning in the chat channel that Tianji Pavilion’s intelligence was reliable and accurate. That was why, after landing today, he immediately spent a high price to buy the Swamp Island Bundle.It was indeed very useful. He had found plenty of resources on the island, and everything he saw and obtained matched the information provided.However, even though the data stated that the Poison Mist Forest had a high danger rating, Yang Mian had already decided to explore the forest.As for the poisonous insects, venomous bees, and deadly scorpions that would swarm to attack any outsider, he had already prepared countermeasures.Yun Luohe: “I have been to Swamp Island. There is a forest filled with poisonous insects and venomous bees. Deep within that forest grows a certain plant. I know where it is. If you help me with something, I will tell you.”A strange look crossed Yang Mian’s face. The information he bought did mention that a plant called the Parasitic Vine existed in the forest, but there were no further details provided.Yun Luohe’s message came at a suspiciously convenient time.Just as he was about to head for the Poison Mist Forest, she conveniently delivered news about the Parasitic Vine.Still, despite his suspicions, Yang Mian had already decided to cooperate with her.“Tell me, what kind of help?”“Find the Parasitic Vine, dig out whatever is beneath its roots, and give me half.”“You are saying there is something beneath this plant’s roots? What is it?”Yun Luohe hesitated for several seconds. “I cannot tell you now, but it is definitely something useful. When you dig it out, be cautious. After you get it, just split half with me.”It was not that she did not know, but saying she did not know would only make him more suspicious.Yang Mian: “Half is too much. I’m taking all the risk. I’ll decide how # Nоvеlight # much to give you based on how many I find. If I only dig up one root, I will give you a portion. If I find three roots, I can only give you one. If I find more than five, I’ll give you two, and if it’s more than that, we do a thirty-seventy split.”Yun Luohe: “Deal. Are you heading over now? Once you enter the forest, I will send you the coordinates.”——She had not yet reclaimed all the resources submitted to the Mutual Aid Association, because she could not just throw all the garbage into the Trash Can at once.She needed to sort the waste in advance.Low-grade scrap, damaged blueprints, special items, worn-out daily supplies… everything had to be separated.Different types of garbage required different recycling skills for processing.She used the Trash-to-Treasure skill every three days. At other times, she used the Recycling Upgrade function. When she urgently needed materials for upgrades, she would use the Scrap-for-Money function.Because she had tried dumping random garbage into the Trash Can to process with Trash-to-Treasure, but the results were terrible.All she got was garbage.Only broken items or materials of decent quality thrown into the Trash Can would yield good items.For example, some time ago she obtained half of a broken key, which she processed using the Trash-to-Treasure skill and received:[Copper Key ×1][Copper Key: Can be used to open treasure chests.]Yun Luohe had only seen treasure chests on Spider Island. At other times, she had never heard of such a thing.She asked Mu Zitang.It turned out every island had Treasure Caves. Inside the Treasure Caves, players could find treasure chests.But opening treasure chests required keys, and sometimes acquiring a key was harder than obtaining the chest itself.A single key could be used multiple times.This was insider knowledge known only to high-level Luck players. If Yun Luohe had not established Tianji Pavilion, which specialized in intelligence gathering, she would have never learned of it.From this perspective, this Copper Key counted as high-grade material.Therefore, Yun Luohe instructed Mu Zitang to have Tianji Pavilion collect intelligence specifically on Treasure Caves across various islands.If necessary, they could spend extra resources to acquire the information.Such intelligence was profitable whether used for the development of Association members or resold to others.All the resources Yun Luohe crafted sold very well at the Trading Center.The Rich Lady’s Shop had already launched.Now, the moment her goods hit the shelves, they would sell out instantly.The best-selling items included: Spider Silk Armor, Furnace, Gas Mask, Incubator, Coal Collector.All of these required upgrading materials for exchange.Some of the higher-grade resources were usually sold through auctions.In just a few days, she had already earned an enormous amount of materials and obtained quite a few blueprints.But she had not expected that Tianji Pavilion's intelligence sales could earn nearly as much as she did.Mu Zitang would send her the materials earned each day, along with a sorted list.Seeing the detailed list, Yun Luohe was mildly surprised.Mu Zitang said he had specifically assigned a player to organize those reports. He himself had no time to make lists—after all, he was even busier than Yun Luohe these days.The amount of materials earned daily was enough to dazzle the eyes. It gave Yun Luohe the illusion that she could lie flat and relax now.But no, she still had to keep fighting.She kept half of all upgrade materials for herself and sent the other half to Mu Zitang for distribution to Tianji Pavilion members. Mu Zitang could not take a share for himself.Previously, she had created a private group chat, officially named by Yun Luohe as the Management Trainee Program.Including Mu Zitang and herself, there were currently seven members.Everyone in the group possessed a Workbench, and four of them had already learned skills.Among them, the Association Biologist was a young girl named Si Qi.She had learned the [Alchemy] skill, and Yun Luohe paid close attention to her.However, she was rather introverted and quiet, rarely speaking. It seemed as though she spent her days researching the organisms on the Reef. With limited resources, she had even managed to make a microscope.The other members all had their strengths. Despite their low Luck stats, the fact that they had survived this long and reached Level 4 proved none of them were ordinary.One of the young men had been a diving instructor and obtained a full set of diving equipment. He even crafted a harpoon and would dive for fish every day. He had discovered Sea Stone Ore on the seabed. If not for the time limit of his dives, the seabed's Sea Stone Ore would have been entirely his for the taking. Now, he could only harvest about one hundred units of Sea Stone daily, but he could still gather plenty of sea snails and coral underwater.Yun Luohe had distributed several Furnaces, Jam Barrels, and Coal Collectors to each member, asking them to gather additional essential supplies, which could later be exchanged for materials.Whatever they earned belonged to them, but there was one condition: they had to share any blueprints they obtained in the group chat every day, and the tools they crafted had to be shown to everyone as well.Everyone agreed with the blueprint-sharing arrangement.It was to help everyone upgrade faster and gain more development opportunities.Yun Luohe planned to slowly craft a copy of all her blueprints and distribute them to the group, but she could not give everything away at once.Doing so would only diminish their motivation. It would be counterproductive.Since forming this group, Yun Luohe had supplemented many tools she lacked through the members.For example: Bait Maker, Pickling Barrel, Ceramic Filter Core, and Steel Pipes.Si Qi had even researched a Night Vision Potion, whose primary ingredient was the Fluorescent Mushroom—mushrooms that grew from the mutated Mycelium Yun Luohe had obtained on Spider Island.Since she did not fully understand the properties of that material, she had given some to Si Qi to study—after all, the girl was a professional.In the end, she had truly managed to create something useful.Although the potion only lasted for a few hours, it had great value. For example, in pitch-dark caves, one no longer had to hold a torch to fight. While exploring the island, there was no need to worry about getting lost in the dark at night.However, the Fluorescent Mushrooms had yet to be mass-produced, so the potions were limited. Only a few members of the group had received them.——Just as she had some free time today, she decided to organize her materials. She had been receiving so many things lately that she had not spared a moment to properly sort them.In recent days, through the Trash-to-Treasure skill combined with the Daily Lottery, she had obtained high-grade blueprints like the Vertical Planting Rack Blueprint and the Pearl Scale Armor Blueprint.There were still many blueprints she had yet to craft.In addition, she had synthesized six Parchment Fragments and acquired two Illustrated Manuals.One was a Cooking Manual, the other related to Mining.Half an hour later, Yun Luohe had finally finished sorting everything.[Blueprint: Anti-Corrosion Gloves ×1, Diving Goggles ×1, Sun-Protective Clothing ×1, Cutting Machine ×1; Recipe: Table Salt ×1, Edible Oil ×1, Energy Recovery Potion ×1; Blueprint: Golden Silk Armor ×1, Vertical Planting Rack ×1, Pearl Scale Armor ×1]After reviewing all the blueprints, Yun Luohe believed the most worthwhile to produce for now was the Vertical Planting Rack.This tool could maximize the limited planting efficiency on the Reef while resisting acid rain and insect damage.If she could build several of them, she would no longer have to worry about crops being destroyed by disasters.However, while the item was excellent, the production materials were extremely hard to obtain.[Vertical Planting Rack: Three-tier steel structure with built-in automatic irrigation system, expands planting area to three times that of normal farmland. Outer layer covered with protective glass dome to shield crops from corrosion.][Materials Required: Iron Ore ×30, Glass ×15, Obsidian ×5, Plastic Water Pipe ×3, Fiber Rope ×50, Mycelium Soil ×8]The rest was manageable, but Obsidian was a headache.Five units of Obsidian per planting rack—it was outrageous.Even if she wanted to produce them, she simply could not.For now, she could only focus on crafting other items.The Anti-Corrosion Gloves had excellent acid-resistant and anti-corrosion properties. The material required was Silver Spider Silk, which was relatively easy to obtain.Yun Luohe crafted a few pairs as backups.The Golden Silk Armor was considered mid-grade equipment. Unlike Crocodile Leather Armor, its defense rating was not high, but it provided special attributes such as poison resistance and fire resistance, making it a very practical set of armor.Yun Luohe experimented to see if she could wear multiple layers of armor, but the answer was no.It seemed armor had to be swapped out based on the situation.As for the Pearl Scale Armor, it was higher-grade armor. Besides providing extra defense, it had a special reflective damage effect. However, crafting a single set required one hundred pearls. Yun Luohe could not imagine where to acquire so many pearls.But she recalled that the Phosphorescent Pearl she had previously obtained from Lin Zhu was made from pearls. Perhaps he had some.So she sent him a message to inquire.They had been in contact often lately. Lin Zhu would supply her with ingredients to cook meals.Therefore, Yun Luohe asking him about pearls was not out of place.At that moment, Lin Zhu was harvesting Pearl Oysters.On his Reef, he raised many Pearl Oysters. Unlike Oysters, Pearl Oysters consumed seaweed very slowly, and they contained no meat—only pearls.He could harvest a batch of pearls every three days, but Lin Zhu typically waited longer to cultivate higher-quality pearls and Mutated Pearls.After observing for the past few days, he discovered that Pearl Oysters would mutate under comfortable, optimal conditions.Mutated Pearls carried multiple attributes and had greater uses, but once a Pearl Oyster mutated, its yield would drastically decrease.A normal Pearl Oyster could produce five to eight small pearls every three days, but a mutated one could only produce one Mutated Pearl.Lin Zhu already had over a hundred small pearls in stock, so he was not concerned about decreased yield. For now, all he wanted were Mutated Pearls.

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