Volcano Island

"What materials are you still short of?" Ling Chu asked.

"Long-spined Sea Stars or Bread Sea Stars. I need to grind their shells into medicinal powder," Lingering Wind and Fading Moon said.

Long-spined Sea Stars?

Ling Chu blinked. What a coincidence—she had been worrying about where to dump that pile of Long-spined Sea Stars in her Ring Space.

"I have more than two hundred Long-spined Sea Stars. You can have them all. Other than these things, what other junk... uh, materials do you need?"

Lingering Wind and Fading Moon was dumbfounded. "More than two hundred?"

"Is that not enough?"

The reply came immediately. "It's enough."

Lingering Wind and Fading Moon found it hard to put into words. Sea stars that took forever to catch even one of with a fishing net were considered junk in her eyes?

The two signed a system contract. Lingering Wind and Fading Moon first traded her ten Life Potions, ten Mana Potions, and ten Antidote Potions. The remaining potions would be sent to her within two days.

Ling Chu was very satisfied with this trade.

From now on, she would not casually throw away any junk she picked up. Her Ring Space was large anyway, and it might come in handy someday. There were too many strange professions in this game; what was junk to her might be treasure to someone else.

Ling Chu closed the private message window and suddenly spotted a small black dot on the sea ahead. She hurriedly picked up her Telescope to inspect it.

The place indicated by the Red Thread was an island.

Ten minutes later.

Titch steered the ship to a stop in the shallow waters near the island. After upgrading the ship and getting an anchor, docking was much more convenient than before, and they no longer had to worry about the ship being swept away by the wind and waves.

Before going ashore, Ling Chu did not forget to take out that gleaming Gambler Coin from her Ring Space.

She still hadn't collected today's Luck!

She flipped the coin into the air and skillfully caught it on the back of her hand.

When Ling Chu saw the pattern on the coin, she nearly cursed.

The old man's face on the reverse of the gold coin stared directly back at her, the curve of his lips seeming to mock her terrible luck.

Ling Chu's brows furrowed tightly as she hesitated.

She had experienced the power of Double Luck. This bad luck was probably just as formidable.

After hesitating for a while, Ling Chu still chose to go ashore.

She did not want to waste an entire day on the ship for nothing. If there was any danger on the island, she could always retreat back to the ship.

[You have discovered an Unclaimed Island. Explore the island and find the Island Core to claim it as your territory.]

[This is a Tier 2 Island. The time limit for staying on the island is 72 hours. If you remain past the limit, you will be kicked off the island.]

That Island Locator Card worth 100 Sea Shells had only a tiny chance of locating a Tier 2 Island. She had not expected to run into such a low-probability event.

At that moment, even Ling Chu did not know whether she was lucky or unlucky.

Even Tier 1 Islands had dangerous plants like Ghost Thorn. A Tier 2 Island meant even greater danger.

The moment Ling Chu stepped onto the island's soil, she noticed that the temperature here was abnormally high. A scorching heat of unknown origin rushed toward her.

The ground beneath her feet felt more like rock. Cup Moss spread through the cracks like a soft emerald carpet, while tall fern trees in the distance were entwined with vines like ancient sentinels.

Titch put on the Crab Shell Armor. Its entire skeleton frame was tightly wrapped in the armor, making it look rather like a skeleton general—especially tanky.

It seemed never to have worn this kind of armor before, and it walked somewhat awkwardly. Each step it took left a deep pit in the moss.

Ling Chu wore a dagger at her waist and carried the Oak Longbow on her back. She had the tough Titch lead the way while she followed behind him, slowly exploring deeper into the island.

Suddenly, Ling Chu felt a sharp pain in her ankle. She instinctively lifted her foot, flinging the thing clinging to her ankle onto the ground before stomping down hard.

Dark green insect blood burst from the crushed scorpion.

[Volcanic Rock Scorpion (Dead)]

[A heat-resistant scorpion that lives near volcanoes. Its tail is venomous.]

Ling Chu noticed a poisoned status had appeared beside her character panel, reducing her Health Points by 1 every minute.

This poison status was disgusting. She only had 60 Health Points in total; if she ignored it, she would be done for in less than an hour.

Ling Chu hurriedly took out an Antidote Potion and drank it, clearing the poisoned status.

Sure enough, when someone was unlucky, everything went wrong. She could get bitten by a scorpion just from walking properly.

As for the crushed scorpion corpse, Ling Chu did not let it go either. She stored it in her Ring Space. Scorpions were good stuff; they could even be used as traditional medicine in reality.

After that, Ling Chu paid special attention to the ground beneath her feet. Before every step, she checked carefully for anything on the ground.

Even so, along the way, Ling Chu nearly tripped over small rocks, had her clothes snagged by vines, and when she grew tired and wanted to lean against a tree root to drink some water and rest, she discovered that she had stepped in a huge pile of foul-smelling feces.

"..."

She had never understood why being lucky was called having shit luck.

Whoever came up with that saying had clearly never stepped in shit.

Though annoyed, she became even more cautious. This pile of feces, obviously larger than anything a human could produce, proved that large animals roamed this place.

This island was at least five times the size of Iron Ore Island. Ling Chu walked in one direction for nearly twenty minutes without showing any sign of crossing it.

The island clearly had a tropical rainforest climate. The scorpion called a Volcanic Rock Scorpion and the abnormal heat both indicated that a volcanic crater lay beneath the island. Ling Chu could also smell a faint Sulfur scent in the air, and the deeper she went, the stronger it became.

The rocky ground beneath her feet grew hotter and hotter. Soon, Ling Chu saw lava ahead that had not yet fully cooled. Black molten rock tore through the jungle like the claw marks of a giant beast, scorching mist seeping from the cracks as the burning Sulfur stench churned through the air like an invisible snake coiling around every inch of land.

A vast Fig Tree Forest appeared not far ahead. The fruit was plump and juicy, and some fully ripened figs had split open, dripping thick, sweet pulp.

Figs tolerated high heat and humidity and preferred acidic soil. The volcanic ash soil of this tropical rainforest was practically a natural incubator for them.

Before Ling Chu could approach the forest, a massive black shadow lurking beneath the tree roots caught her attention.

Its dark red scales were crisscrossed with ridges, its long, powerful tail curled at its side, and fragments of prey bones still clung between its three-toed claws. It was currently dozing in the heat.

When the Eyepatch swept over the shadow, an information panel appeared.

[Sulfur Giant Lizard]

[A Tier 2 Monster, a giant lizard that lives in tropical rainforests with frequent volcanic activity. Its scales possess resistance to high temperatures and high defense.]

[Skills: Acidic Spit, Sweep, Pounce.]

...She seemed to have found the owner of that pile of feces.

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