According to the information Su Mo had gathered so far.
After killing monsters in the wilderness, the treasure chests progressed upward from the lowest-grade Wood Treasure Chest to the Iron Treasure Chest and then the Copper Treasure Chest.
Many people guessed that there were also Silver Treasure Chests, Gold Treasure Chests, Diamond Treasure Chests, and the like further up. However, based on the information from yesterday—the first day—the best chest anyone had opened was only a Copper Treasure Chest.
Even this Monster Compendium was a valuable item Chen Ping An had obtained from a Copper Treasure Chest.
"Silver Treasure Chest, Silver Treasure Chest, my precious!"
Licking his dry lips, Su Mo lay sprawled on the sand. He was like someone who had just drunk a bottle of Iced Cola on a scorching summer day. His entire body could be summed up in two words—utter bliss!
Picking up the Beech Spear, he cautiously approached. Su Mo stored away the Silver Treasure Chest, then quickly retraced his steps.
The Monster Compendium could be used three times a day. He had just used up its final opportunity by killing the chameleon, so he absolutely could not let his guard down now.
He safely returned to the base, locked the wooden door, and sat down at the small table. Su Mo took out the Silver Treasure Chest.
It was completely silver-white, shimmering with an alluring radiance. With each breath, it seemed to possess a fatal magic that made people unable to resist opening it.
"Open the Silver Treasure Chest."
As Su Mo's voice fell, the treasure chest began to shine. Then, a series of sounds like dice being shaken rang out.
Record: You opened the Silver Treasure Chest. Record: You obtained Psionic Water *1. Record: You obtained an Unknown Pet Egg *1. Record: You obtained an Energy Bicycle Design Blueprint *1. Record: You obtained 500 ml of mineral water *2. Record: You obtained 5 kg of Large Rye Bread.
"I'm rich! I struck it rich this time!"
Looking at the five items of various shapes in his inventory, Su Mo felt his heart churn with excitement. He almost wanted to go out and battle another chameleon for three hundred rounds.
He took out the three items other than the food and water one by one and lined them up on the table. Su Mo focused his gaze on them.
Psionic Water: One of the highest-grade clean energy sources. It possesses incredible effects and must be used together with the corresponding blueprint.
Unknown Pet Egg: Drip the player's blood onto the eggshell to hatch an unknown pet.
Energy Bicycle Design Blueprint: Can be powered by any energy source, including but not limited to food, wood, gasoline, diesel, and Psionic Water.
"It really is the Psionic Water that countless scientists on Earth researched tirelessly."
Playing with the energy block, roughly the size of a peach, Su Mo gained a deeper understanding of this world.
As a top-grade clean energy source, Earth's scientists had not only proposed numerous applications for Psionic Water but had also pointed out its immense power.
Any item powered by Psionic Water was equivalent to being enchanted. It could develop effects beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.
Although he did not yet know what those effects were, it was at least the embryonic form of future technological development.
Unfortunately, even before the apocalypse arrived, this concept had remained nothing more than equations dozens of meters high on paper, locked away in the research institute's classified laboratory.
If the current applications of Psionic Water were truly as Earth's scientific research had described, then wouldn't that mean...
Thinking of this, Su Mo concentrated his attention and called out to the system in his heart, looking over the shelter as a whole.
Personal Shelter Owner: Su Mo Space: 100㎡ Integrity: 100% Facilities: Wooden Bed, Wooden Chair, Wooden Table, Micro Well Water Extractor. Description: An ordinary, crude shelter with basic survival facilities. Food is the urgent problem you must solve at present. Upgrade Direction One: Youneng Shelter ?????, requires Survival Points (5,000,000)
"There really is an upgrade direction now. It just requires as many as five million Survival Points—or I could provide 5,000 Psionic Water crystals."
Su Mo could not help exclaiming in shock.
When he had first inspected the shelter for upgrade options, there had been no upgrade direction at all.
Now that he held Psionic Water crystals, an upgrade direction for the shelter had appeared directly.
Given the development potential of Psionic Water, once it evolved into a Youneng Shelter, the shelter would effectively become something akin to a living organism, possessing an astonishing ability to withstand disasters.
If it eventually evolved into an Interstellar Shelter, he could even bathe in the sun without a problem.
Of course.
It was still too early to talk about that.
So Su Mo shifted his gaze to the only gold mine available at present—the well water extractor.
Micro Well Water Extractor (Common) Current Efficiency: 2000 ml/day Upgrade Direction One: Upgrade the well material, add sealing and water purification functions, and greatly extend the shelf life of drinking water. Upgrade cost: Survival Points (200). Upgrade Direction Two: Deepen the well shaft and improve water-drawing efficiency. Upgrade cost: Survival Points (300). Upgrade Direction Three: Evolve toward Psionic Water, greatly increasing water production and purification efficiency. Long-term consumption has a very small chance of strengthening the physique. Upgrade cost: Survival Points (1080). Evaluation: Essential for wilderness survival!
"So expensive?"
Su Mo was startled, then realized that the materials had not yet been added.
After he put in one unit of Psionic Water crystal, the cost immediately dropped to 70 points. Most of the remaining materials were things Su Mo had never even heard of.
After searching, he found that the Trading Market did not have any of those materials either.
"Choose upgrade direction three!"
He still had 88 Survival Points, which was more than enough for the upgrade. As his current treasure trove, the well water extractor naturally had to be his first priority.
In an instant.
The Psionic Water crystal in his hand began to disappear. The next second, a deep blue light shone from within the well, and the wellhead underwent a tremendous change.
It changed from its original blue-gray stone color to a mixture of blue and black. Its material also appeared to have changed considerably.
Youneng Well Water Extractor (Fine) Current Efficiency: 7200 ml/day (300 ml/hour) Upgrade Direction One: Quality (3000), Efficiency (500), Cold Resistance (200), Water Quality (5000).
He lifted the water from the well.
The originally clear well water now contained tiny blue specks of light visible to the naked eye.
Even the description had changed.
Psionic Water: Has a weak healing effect. Long-term consumption can strengthen the physique.
After trying a sip, Su Mo was pleasantly surprised to discover that not only had its properties changed, but its taste was worlds apart as well.
Ordinary water actually had the rich, mellow flavor of Maotai from Earth.
A hint of sweetness bloomed on his tongue, leaving a fragrant aftertaste between his lips and teeth. His throat, which had been dry and slightly inflamed, immediately felt much more comfortable under the soothing touch of the Psionic Water.
"Sure enough, adding Psionic Water gives science a touch of mystery. And with an output of 300 ml per hour, this is practically taking off!"
After lowering the bucket to collect the water, Su Mo examined the two items for a while before putting them away.
Although the drinking-water problem had been solved for now, he still had no reliable source of food. It would be fine if he hatched a small creature, but if he hatched a large pet that needed dozens of kilograms of food every day, he could not afford to feed it.
As for the Energy Bicycle, although he had the blueprint, Su Mo abandoned the idea of crafting it after glancing at the complicated material requirements.
Although it was useful—even one unit of wood could be converted into power—the technology involved in converting matter was still far too complicated.
"The most urgent task is to secure the base and solve the ventilation problem. It would be best if I could deal with drainage at the same time."
Having made up his mind, Su Mo began planning the base's renovation beneath the firelight.
The Silver Treasure Chest had only produced two 500 ml bottles of water, proving that drinking water still had tremendous purchasing power at present.
Therefore, using Psionic Water directly to purchase supplies and rapidly develop the base was undoubtedly a viable path.
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