Crafting workbench? Can one tree overturn the heavens?

Floating Island.

Gradually becoming familiar with his surroundings, Gu Yu tentatively reached his hand toward the ground.

He touched the grass, and it made a 'crunch' sound.

The grass turned into fragments and scattered across the ground, the blocks turning into empty space.

If he continued to smash downwards, he could see cracks appear on the grass block on the ground, and with each strike, the cracks deepened.

Whoosh!

One grass block was knocked off, becoming a neat, miniaturized model.

He picked it up and it was automatically placed into his backpack, yielding one Dirt.

Other than a bit of dirt on his hands, everything was exactly the same as in the game!

"Upgrading blocks isn't just about simple expansion; besides size, quality is equally important,"

Gu Yu analyzed, seeing the block's score.

For many people, surviving on a Floating Island with only one tree was difficult, let alone expanding it.

This was an impossible task.

However, the Floating Island gameplay inherently required expanding territory, so the rules suited him perfectly.

After mining the dirt, Gu Yu turned his gaze to the Reward Chest.

A bucket of Lava and a block of Ice, a classic starting setup, one could say.

He took them out and temporarily placed them in his backpack.

"To get rich, first chop trees!"

Great cities cannot be built without bricks and mortar, and one tree was enough to start developing!

As for Park Sam-chang next to him, Gu Yu had already noticed his presence.

A Mushroom Island, aside from some Mushrooms, had no value and didn't require much attention.

He slammed his hands onto the tree trunk, the cracks growing larger, and soon it shattered into small blocks that were absorbed into his backpack.

It took longer than in the game; Gu Yu estimated it would take about half a minute to get one Log.

Five Logs would take two and a half minutes to acquire completely.

After crushing the leaves, the entire tree yielded five Logs, three Saplings, and three Apples.

Tree-for-Tree, these Saplings were the materials Gu Yu needed for development.

He skillfully completed everything, while outside the arena...

Many viewers from other countries flooded the Bullet Comments.

"This is the player who supposedly understands games the best? Nothing special!"

"As the only source of food, he actually cut it down?"

"Hilarious, is he going to survive by eating grass after the tree is gone?"

"He's not thinking of relying on planting trees to get resources, is he!"

"Stupid! Idiot!"

In everyone's eyes, the only thing Gu Yu could rely on was this tree.

Cutting it down was undoubtedly seeking his own demise!

"Sigh!"

In the Research Institute, Dean Qi closed his eyes in despair.

Tree-for-Tree was indeed a way to break through on a Floating Island, but the key issue was...

The tree's growth cycle was too long!

Although not like in reality, where it would take hundreds of years, it quickly grew from a small sapling into a log with a 'pop'.

Even so, it would still take several days, or even ten-plus days.

Could three Apples last for more than ten days?

"Based on my experience, Block Civilization materializes a person's body data. Calculated with a Satiety of ten grids as full..."

"One Apple can increase it by two grids, so three Apples will increase it by six grids."

Satiety naturally depletes over time, and at too low a level, a Weakness effect will be applied.

Once it completely disappears, Health will start to be deducted.

Also on a ten-grid scale, when it's deducted to the third grid, the player's Weakness state becomes stronger, hindering movement and combat everywhere.

At this point, if they still don't eat, they will slowly lose the last half-grid of health and die completely.

"Dead players do not revive. Three Apples can last at most four days, and that's without considering monsters!"

Fries also had a heavy expression.

In Gu Yu's opinion, his method was akin to draining the pond to catch the fish.

Conversely, if he hadn't cut down the tree, he might have gotten a few more apples and lasted a few more days.

"It's not his fault, we just have terrible luck."

Sighing and shaking his head, Fries knew.

A newcomer chosen in the sixteenth slot, their fate was already sealed.

Even if they weren't a newcomer, it was hard to advance and get a high score without a good start.

As the scene fell into silence, Dean Qi opened his eyes, as if seeing something unbelievable.

He pointed a trembling finger at the screen in the sky.

"Is that, a Crafting Table?"

"Gu Yu made a Crafting Table!"

"Logs, planks, and then a Crafting Table."

He opened his inventory.

A panel appeared, showing his character stats, inventory items, and a four-slot crafting grid in the upper left corner.

Putting in one log naturally broke it down into four planks.

Then, arranging four planks in a circle completed the Crafting Table.

The process was incredibly smooth; the Crafting Table was in Gu Yu's hands in the blink of an eye.

This was the first time he had ever seen such a realistic Crafting Table.

It was similar to the game, mostly brown, with nine small squares at the top and a hammer and saw symbolizing work below.

When needed, items could be placed in the top nine squares to craft.

He casually placed the Crafting Table and then broke down planks into sticks to make a Wooden Pickaxe.

The reaction, almost instinctive, astonished all the viewers.

"Starting with just one tree, where did the Crafting Table come from?"

"No chests, no other items!"

"So, Gu Yu made it himself?"

"Huh? Didn't Block Civilization give you this? You can make it yourself?"

"What are the materials, wood?"

"Unbelievable!"

As everyone knew.

Each Player came with a four-slot crafting grid, but most crucial items required nine slots.

Only a Crafting Table could complete the corresponding crafts.

In previous civilizations, either a Crafting Table wasn't needed, or it was already in the village, so there was no need to specifically look for it.

This led them to gradually forget about this crucial item, and no one had ever researched how to make it.

It was only when Gu Yu produced it that they remembered.

Most Blocks didn't start with a Crafting Table!

Among the chosen Players, Gu Yu was likely one of a kind!

"What, a Crafting Table!"

Park Sam-chang was the most surprised.

He had just been lamenting that he couldn't make Mushroom Soup without a Crafting Table, and in the blink of an eye, this item was in Gu Yu's hands?

As a veteran Player, he knew very well.

The Crafting Table was one of the most important items in the game!

All raw materials needed to be processed by a Crafting Table. The four slots players started with, while seemingly numerous, were actually very limited in use.

It could be said that without a Crafting Table, further development was impossible.

"This item is extremely important; it absolutely couldn't have been built!"

"It must have come with the Block; didn't he open a chest just now? Yes, it must be like that!"

After a brief moment of stunned silence, Park Sam-chang quickly reacted.

Since the resources on the Floating Island were limited, it was perfectly reasonable to reward an extra Crafting Table in the inventory!

Following Park Sam-chang's line of thought, the K-Nation viewers all agreed.

"Indeed, I've never seen anyone craft a Crafting Table before!"

"A few pieces of wood, not worth much, how could it be so useful!"

"Even if the bonus reward is a Crafting Table, it's completely useless to Gu Yu!"

"He's a beginner, how many tool blueprints could he possibly understand?"

"So what if he understands a few? Can he conjure something out of nothing with just a few pieces of wood?"

"Exactly! Such a good item is completely wasted. It would be better if it went to our Smida!"

"What a shame there aren't any blocks, otherwise this Crafting Table would be ours right now!"

"If they hear the name of our K-Nation, won't Kyushu be scared out of their wits?"

"Hahahaha!"

After a brief moment of surprise, everyone accepted Park Sam-chang's statement.

On a resource-scarce Floating Island, what good is a Crafting Table?

Can one tree really turn the world upside down? Victory will ultimately belong to them!