Chapter Fifteen: Unboxing Segment
As the stone axe continued to fall, the dwarf's screams gradually weakened, and his breathing slowed.
A minute later, upon seeing the message on the system interface indicating that the opponent had died, he stopped his actions.
[Ding! Congratulations, player, on achieving the achievement: First Blood. Reward: Blueprint x1]
The system's prompt sounded timely.
Unfortunately, at this moment, Chen Ming had no time to pay attention to this message.
Before, he had only killed some wild beasts and animals without any psychological burden.
But this time was different!
He had killed a dwarf!
Dwarves were also people!
Forcing himself not to look at the body on the ground, he adjusted his breathing, continuously telling himself.
If he didn't kill him, he would be the one dead!
After a few minutes of adjusting his state, when he looked at the body again, the fear in his heart had diminished a lot.
Bending down, he reached towards the backpack on the dwarf's back.
Inside should be the gains of the opponent today, and maybe there were treasures!
When his hand touched the opponent's body, a screen popped up in front of him.
[Body can be collected!]
Seeing this, Chen Ming raised his eyebrows and then silently said, "Collect!"
The next moment, the body in front of him disappeared directly and was placed in the backpack.
The body was considered a dead object in the system, so it could be directly collected.
After the body disappeared, the backpack naturally fell to the ground.
Chen Ming quickly picked it up and opened it directly.
[Ding! Congratulations on obtaining the dwarf's tattered backpack, from which you found:]
[Wild rabbit meat x1]
[Gold ore x3]
[Burnt grass x1]
[Jerked meat x2]
[Animal trap x2]
There were quite a few things, but what attracted Chen Ming the most were the two animal traps, both of which were silver grade!
There was also a burnt grass that he saw for the first time.
[Burnt grass: a special herb that can be used for alchemy.]
Chen Ming transferred all these resources to his dimensional backpack and then casually discarded the dwarf's backpack to the side.
He then began to look at the blueprint for the system achievement reward.
[Ice Maker Blueprint]
[Production requirements: Gold ingots x10, water x1L]
It was actually an ice maker!
Chen Ming was ecstatic when he saw this blueprint.
In over twenty days, there would be extreme heat, and when the high temperature came, he could place ice blocks in various corners of the cabin to effectively control the temperature indoors!
Just thinking about it felt great!
As for the production requirements of the ice maker, gold ingots were difficult to obtain, but water was no problem.
However, if he remembered correctly, the dwarf tribe had more gold mines, so he could sneak in and "borrow" some later.
He then put the iron hammer dropped by the dwarf on the ground into his backpack and retraced his steps. As for the bloodstains on the ground, he didn't specifically cover them.
He wanted the dwarf tribe to discover the situation here so they could search around later.
It was quite far from his cabin, not in the same direction, so he didn't have to worry about the other party finding his cabin through this trace.
On the way back, Chen Ming was cautious with every step, but thankfully, as it was nearing dusk, the dwarf tribe seemed afraid of nocturnal beasts and had all returned to their tribe.
After pulling some distance away, Chen Ming started running. He could feel the light in the forest dimming!
If he didn't return to the cabin before nightfall, he could easily get lost in the forest.
Getting lost in this vast forest would have dire consequences, and he might not see the sun the next day!
Fortunately, he had explored this route before and had an impression of his actions. With markings as guidance, he finally returned to the cabin area just before dusk.
After returning to the cabin, he first took out the dwarf's body from the backpack and placed it next to the man-eating flower.
Sensing the smell of blood, the man-eating flower visibly trembled and then wrapped its roots around the body. After entwining the body, the small flower buds on its top gradually opened to reveal immature sharp teeth.
Chen Ming had no interest in the man-eating flower's feeding habits. After taking water from the house to water the starry golden rice, Chen Ming locked the door tightly.
Inside the workshop, Chen Ming first took out the box from this outing.
He successively opened two bronze-grade treasure chests.
[Wooden fan x1]
[Coca-Cola soda x2]
[Ice silk pajamas x1]
[Ham sausage x1]
Seeing these rewards, Chen Ming was quite satisfied.
The wooden fan was the hand-cranked type, which produced a strong breeze when activated. It would be useful when the temperature rose later on.
There were two cans of Coca-Cola soda in total. When Chen Ming received them, he subconsciously wanted to open them.
He had been drinking mineral water all these days, and his mouth was getting tasteless!
However, he quickly suppressed his inner thoughts.
The Coca-Cola in his hands was at room temperature, not chilled! He had decided that once the ice maker was made, he would put the Coca-Cola in it to chill.
Chilled drinks were the best!
[Ice silk pajamas: when worn, the pajamas would occasionally emit a cool sensation, effectively lowering the body's temperature.]
Another treasure that could help endure the heat!
Chen Ming took out the pajamas from the bronze chest. It was a set that included a top, pants, socks, and a hat. They were all made of the same material, which felt cool to the touch.
However, he didn't need the pajamas for the current nighttime temperature, so he put them in his backpack.
The ham sausage was just ordinary Shuanghui-brand ham sausage, a pack of twelve, corn-flavored.
[Food type +1]
After opening the pack and taking out a piece of ham sausage, along with an apple and a piece of rabbit meat, Chen Ming started eating.
While eating, he didn't forget to open the regional chat interface.
He first glanced at the number in the upper right corner and found that the number of people had only decreased by around two to three hundred before nodding slowly.
It seemed that there weren't many wild encounters during the day, and the chances of danger were low. At the moment, everyone was exchanging information and resources in the chat interface.
"I will trade 250ml of water for a piece of wild boar meat, please private message me for trading."
"Wood or stone blocks for food, prices lower than market rates, please message me if interested."
"Trading oil for food + water, who's up for it?"
"Is there a pro player around me? Today, I found a wild animal trap, don't know who it belongs to, the owner can private message me to ally together!"
"Someone already has animal traps? Shouldn't we worry about food then?"
"The animal trap is mine, return it quickly!"
"Don't talk nonsense, I got the animal trap from the Wheel of Life, losing half a year of life for this! Bro, I have added you, return it quickly!"
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