Chapter 24: Jungle Exploration Activities

The other side almost instantly initiated a video call with him.

Why does she like video calls so much… Fortunately, Xu Xin had already washed up after getting out of bed, so he directly answered the call.

"Did you really kill the beast? That's too incredible! Did you dare to go out in that situation last night?"

It was that energetic voice again. On the screen appeared Li Wenxi wearing the newbie two-piece set. Her curvy figure and the long, fair legs exposed made Xu Xin's eyebrows twitch.

Good grief, so unguarded early in the morning, coming straight with a full-body shot.

The newbie two-piece set looked quite nice.

"Just lucky, they were both injured, I took advantage of the situation," Xu Xin casually replied, "So do you want it? Trade it for blue resources."

"You want to trade a white backpack for my blue resources?" Li Wenxi put her hands on her hips, looking quite dissatisfied. "Now that the newbie protection period is over and the beasts are all out, there's already a way to obtain beast hides. Don't you think this price is too high?"

Judging by her expression, she was indeed interested in this backpack, but just felt the price was too steep.

"Don't forget about today's activity, called Jungle Exploration. There will definitely be resources that weren't available in the previous three days. You wouldn't want to carry things by hand like before, would you?" Xu Xin said calmly. He knew how convenient the backpack was. It wasn't just about reducing weight; being able to put large items into this small backpack and freeing up both hands was the most important thing.

"Hmm…" The pretty girl furrowed her brows. She still felt it was too expensive. Although she still had quite a few blue-quality stones and ores, she had just gone down to check the mine earlier. She didn't go too deep before hearing some kind of animal's purring sound inside. At least until she had the ability to drive away or kill the beasts in the cave, these blue resources would be used up one by one.

"You… you're taking advantage of the situation! This white backpack will surely be common after today! Even if people can't defeat lions and tigers, they can surely defeat rabbits and such!" Li Wenxi tried to argue further.

"You also wouldn't want to encounter resources during exploration but have to give them up because you have no hands free to carry them. How about this: two blue stones, two blue iron ores, and I'll give you this backpack. I'll also throw in a red berry plus two kilograms of bear meat," Xu Xin persuaded.

"…So what you killed was actually a bear!"

After last night's beast tide, some skilled individuals were bound to obtain some items. Even without a crafting table, they could make wooden sticks and wooden hammers. Although these were only the most basic blunt weapons, in the hands of strong individuals, the damage from blunt weapons might not be less than that of Xu Xin's stone spear.

At this time, the trading platform was no longer as monotonous as when the newbie protection period hadn't ended. Some people had already listed meat for sale. Xu Xin had also listed the wolf meat that had been gnawed on by the bear, noting that he wanted to exchange it for green or blue-level resources.

Even so, there were no backpacks or beast hides for sale on the trading platform.

It was understandable. Even if someone had obtained torn beast hides, those with crafting tables would prioritize making backpacks for themselves. Those without crafting tables wouldn't sell materials they had seen for the first time. People who could benefit from the beast tide naturally wouldn't be so foolish.

However, Xu Xin did see a message from someone called "Ji Chaoyang" in the regional channel, saying he had a crafting table. If anyone had beast hides but no crafting table, they could private message him, and he could help craft backpacks for them. It was unclear if anyone would believe him, after all, outsourcing required the buyer to hand over the raw materials first, and without credibility, no one would do that.

Seeing there were additional gifts, Li Wenxi was immediately tempted. She had already experienced the effects of the red berry last night. It was extraordinarily good, making night basically no different from day. Torches would attract the attention of beasts, but red berries had no such concerns. Moreover, if it was just two of each, it wasn't much for her.

"How much do you think I could sell the backpack for on the trading platform?" Xu Xin added more fuel to the fire.

"Deal!" Li Wenxi decided, immediately sending a trade request.

[The other party has initiated a trade with you: Stone (Blue) *2, Iron Ore (Blue) *2 in exchange for Patched Backpack (White) *1, Large Red Berry (Blue) *1, Bear Meat (Green) 5kg]

"Hey, hey, two kilograms of bear meat, why are you asking for five kilograms?" Xu Xin looked at the pretty girl on the screen with some exasperation. The pretty girl's face reddened, and she turned her head away, whistling.

Xu Xin shook his head helplessly and clicked agree. After all, he was indeed taking advantage of the situation a bit. Although he could indeed put the backpack on the trading platform for sale, who else was as wealthy as this little rich girl who seemed to have a mine at home? It was basically a case of having value but no market.

It didn't matter to give her a little advantage, anyway, he had so much bear meat.

The pretty girl on the other side looked at the ugly patched-up backpack in her hand with some disdain: "Hmph, if I don't find any good resources today, I'll definitely curse you tonight!"

Xu Xin laughed, just about to say something when the other side suddenly screamed.

"Wow! What's that? It's so cute!" Li Wenxi on the screen suddenly widened her eyes, her whole body almost pressing against the screen.

Xu Xin looked down and saw that Coco had climbed onto his leg. The little paws were rubbing its eyes, not fully awake yet. Startled by Li Wenxi's scream, it let out a whimper and stared blankly at the screen in front.

"You, you, you! You even have a little raccoon!" Li Wenxi was envious. Even Xu Xin's super large treehouse had only made her a little envious, just thinking it was impressive, but now she was truly envious to the point of going crazy.

"It's a red panda," Xu Xin corrected. He lifted Coco up, holding its little arms to wave, and said, "Come on, Coco, say goodbye to big sister!"

As he said this, he was about to hang up the video call.

"Wait, you…"

The video call was disconnected. It was almost nine o'clock, and Xu Xin didn't want to explain a bunch of things to the other side.

On the other end, Li Wenxi looked at the screen that had already exited the video call, blinked her widened eyes, and suddenly felt a surge of anger. Good grief, no one had ever hung up on her like this before!

And that little fellow was just too cute!

She was about to call back when the voice sounded.

[Attention all survivors, the first reward activity, Jungle Exploration, is about to begin!]

[The activity content will now be introduced. Please listen carefully, all survivors.]

[Within a three-kilometer radius of each person's treehouse, there are hidden bronze chests, silver chests, and gold chests. Each chest contains chest-exclusive resources that can only be obtained from these chests.]

[Bronze chests can be opened directly. The key to the silver chest is in the bronze chest, and the key to the gold chest is in the silver chest.]

[The goal for all survivors is to find these three chests, obtain the exclusive resources, upgrade your treehouse and yourself, and improve your survival rate in the next dangerous outbreak.]

[Friendly reminder: Do not explore areas beyond the three-kilometer radius of your treehouse, or terrible things will happen.]

[This reward activity will last from 9:00 today to 18:00 tomorrow.]

[Don't slack off. The bottom 50 survivors in each area who obtain the least valuable resources during the activity time will permanently leave this beautiful world.]

[Are all survivors ready?]

[The Jungle Exploration activity now begins!]