Chapter Five: Exquisite Workbench
[Ding! Upgrade successful! Player receives a Level 2 Cottage Gift Pack!]
[Player detected as the first to upgrade the cottage to Level 2 in this area, now receiving the First Upgrade Reward.]
[Exquisite Workbench (Gold Level)]
[Dimensional Backpack]
[Bread x10]
As the countdown ends, the system's prompt sound appears on time.
Chen Ming briefly glanced at it. The rewards are not many, but all very practical!
First is the gold-tier Exquisite Workbench, which Chen Ming directly places in the corner facing the bed.
In a flash of golden light, an exquisite and luxurious workbench appears in front of him.
Chen Ming instinctively touched the workbench.
The next moment.
A screen appears in front of Chen Ming.
[Exquisite Workbench]
[Craftable][Not Craftable]
[PS: Items crafted have a 30% chance to increase by one level, and a 1% chance to increase by two levels!]
There's even an upgrading probability!
What a pleasant surprise!
Chen Ming first clicks on 'craftable'.
The content on the screen changes the next moment.
[Wooden Stick Crafting][Stone Axe Crafting][Stone Pickaxe Crafting][Wooden Ladder Crafting][Stone Window Crafting]...
After a simple count, there are about ten crafting options.
After checking each one, Chen Ming understands that these crafts are all related to his current resources.
It's not like he can craft them directly.
For example, a silver-level stone axe requires wooden sticks and stone blocks for crafting.
Wooden sticks are made from wooden blocks!
A silver-level stone axe requires five wooden sticks and thirty stone blocks!
After figuring out what can be crafted, he goes back and clicks on 'not craftable'.
"Not craftable" is simple; it means that the necessary materials are not available!
There are so many of them, making Chen Ming dizzy.
"Not bad, not bad! With this workbench, it will be convenient for my future crafting, not to mention the chances of upgrading!"
Chen Ming is quite satisfied with this reward.
Soon, he shifts his focus to the second item.
Dimensional Backpack.
After extracting it, it is an outwardly ordinary backpack.
When he places his hand on the backpack, a screen pops up showing a total of 10x10, which is a hundred slots.
It can freely store any materials!
"Oh! Isn't this the spatial ring from novels? I didn't expect the system to directly reward this!"
Chen Ming gazes at the stone axe on the side, with a thought in mind.
The stone axe disappears and appears inside the backpack's compartment.
Indeed, regardless of weight, items can be easily collected!
Next is the quantity!
He brings out three apples and stores them all in the backpack.
Seeing all three apples in one slot, Chen Ming reveals a satisfied expression. With this, his efficiency in collecting resources outside will significantly increase!
Nice!
Of course, no need to dwell much on the following ten bread loaves, just basic food.
In the early stages, these are valuable resources!
The night passes peacefully.
The next day.
After confirming there are no dangers outside through the door crack, Chen Ming walks out of the small cottage.
Looking back at his wooden house now, it appears much sturdier compared to before.
[Ordinary Wooden House]
[Owner: Chen Ming]
[Level: 2]
[Upgrade Requirements: 800 units of wood blocks, 300 units of stone blocks, 10 units of iron blocks.]
[Introduction: A very ordinary wooden house, can shelter from the wind and rain, resist some common wild beasts, but in the face of large beasts, it is still a toy!]
The upgrade requirements have multiplied directly!
Among them, there are ten iron blocks included!
Important to note, these are iron blocks, not iron sheets!
On the workbench, he noticed the way to make iron sheets: by collecting iron blocks, one iron block can make ten iron sheets!
His main task today is to search for iron ore and rubber!
These two resources he inquired about in the public chat last night, but no one had them.
For now, he has to rely on himself!
Chen Ming stores all the necessary supplies in his backpack, then grips the stone axe and strides off in a direction.
Along the way, Chen Ming worries about getting lost and doesn't forget to leave marks.
The marking method is straightforward, chopping down a large tree and leaving a mark there, followed by drawing a symbol on the tree stump.
After marking five spots, Chen Ming has already distanced himself quite far from his wooden house.
"Baaa~"
Just after cutting through the thorns blocking his way, a miserable bleating sound of a sheep enters Chen Ming's ears.
There are sheep here?
Chen Ming is pleasantly surprised.
In his mind, sheep can be domesticated!
If he can raise them near his wooden house, they could provide wool for a long time. With luck, encountering a female sheep might even yield sheep milk!
To make a blanket, one needs wool!
But why is the bleating so tragic?
With this thought in mind, Chen Ming slowly approaches the direction where the sound is coming from.
While sheep are important, his life is even more crucial!
During his approach, the intermittent bleating gradually weakens, and the voice diminishes in strength compared to before!
It sounds like the sheep is suffering inhuman torment! Half a minute later, he leans against a large tree, peering ahead.
In his right front direction, there is a purple flower bud!
To his surprise, the flower bud is wriggling continuously, and between the petals, two pairs of sheep horns are visible!
Is this a man-eating flower from Plants vs. Zombies?
Chen Ming stares at the scene, feeling chills.
In his mind, he always believed that the forest's threats came from ferocious beasts!
Now it seems that some plants in the woods are not less dangerous than those beasts!
They might even be more dangerous!
Because these plants can hide in the forest, making it hard for people to notice them.
"Huh? Is that..."
As Chen Ming is about to retreat, his gaze falls on the flat ground behind the man-eating flower, where a glowing white turntable can be seen!
A brand-new Life Turntable!
Ordinary players might not show much interest upon seeing it.
After all, to activate this life turntable, one must first deal with this terrifyingly powerful man-eating flower and consume life to start the rotation.
If you get good items, it's acceptable!
But if you get junk items, the cost outweighs the benefits!
However, Chen Ming is different; don't forget his unimaginable designated reward!
To him, this Life Turntable is essentially delivering items!
He must take it down!
With this firm idea in mind, he gazes back at the man-eating flower.
It seems to have just eaten a mountain goat and is now digesting.
For those who have played Plants vs. Zombies, it is clear that when a man-eating flower consumes a zombie, it goes into a cooldown period and cannot attack!
Isn't this the perfect opportunity now?
Thinking this way, Chen Ming tightens his grip on the stone axe and slowly approaches the man-eating flower.
His movements are light, and combined with the flower's happy eating, it doesn't detect the unexpected guest beside it!
"Die for me!"
As he nears, Chen Ming leaps up and strikes at the man-eating flower's large mouth.
The most threatening part of it is this big mouth, and he intends to destroy it first!
*Bang!*
With a violent impact sound, the stone axe in Chen Ming's hand penetrates three points, and numerous purple fluids spray out from the flower's wound!
"Wow!"
The flower is in pain, instinctively opening its mouth, and the goat, now disfigured, rolls out from its mouth.
A strong, indescribable stench emanates from its mouth.
Seeing his attack is effective, Chen Ming quickly pulls out the stone axe embedded in the flower's jaw and then backs away.
He feels that if he hesitated for another moment, before the man-eating flower bit him, he would have been fainted by its foul odor!
At this moment, he faces the terrifying big mouth of the man-eating flower directly for the first time!
Wide open, it probably could swallow a cow whole!
The injured man-eating flower now notices Chen Ming and directly lunges toward him with its mouth wide open!"