New Skill: Purification Technique

[Opened Raw Wood Treasure Chests ×56, Black Iron Treasure Chests ×8, Bronze Treasure Chests ×3, Treasure Chests ×5, Treasure Chests ×1]

[Obtained Special Supplies: Skill Book ×1, Advanced Backpack Expansion Voucher ×1, Primary Capacity Increase Voucher ×1, Anti-Poison Mask ×1, Fire Spirit Stone ×1]

[Basic Supplies: Soil ×62, Foundation Stones ×59, Wood ×261, Stone ×196, Refined Iron ×32, Bronze ×30, Fishing Line ×26, Gold ×6, Glass ×4]

[Food: Mineral Water (500 ml) ×24, Steamed Buns ×20, Baked Cakes ×18, Northeast Rice (50 jin) ×1, Mala Wangzi ×2, Konjac Snacks ×3, Chips ×5, Cola (5 L) ×1]

[Other Supplies: Nutrient Solution ×2, Black Earth ×1, Chili Seedling ×1, Sichuan Pepper Seedling ×1]

After opening all the supplies, Ji Xinghe dismantled every treasure chest.

Then she went to the entrance of the Shelter. She placed the Black Earth inside the Wooden Fence and planted the newly acquired Chili Seedling.

"Chili Seedling, time until maturity: 6 days, 23 hours, 59 minutes"

She watered all the crops.

Ji Xinghe looked at the Unknown Sapling, now withered down to a single branch, and fed it the Nutrient Solution from her backpack.

She had very little Nutrient Solution left, so she decided not to use any on the other saplings.

The Peach Tree still needed over half a month to mature, but the cabbages, watermelons, and strawberries would all be ready in the next few days.

The fastest-growing crop, the ginger, had already sprouted green shoots. It would be ready to harvest in three days.

Stepping into the Shelter, Ji Xinghe put all the basic materials and food from her backpack into the Storage Box.

A few special supplies remained in her backpack.

"Fire Spirit Stone: A fire attribute spirit stone with a wide range of uses."

"Anti-Poison Mask (Purple): Equipment item"

"Traits: Protects against fog and poison. Can completely block fog poison below level ten."

"Note: A rare protective item for use during extreme weather."

After putting the Fire Spirit Stone into the Storage Box, Ji Xinghe stared at the Anti-Poison Mask's description in a daze.

Remembering the Blood Moon that would arrive in a month, she shuddered involuntarily.

In her previous life, the Blood Moon had lasted ten days. She'd had no protective gear, and even inside her level-three Shelter, where the mutation rate was reduced by 50%, she hadn't been able to withstand it.

If not for the month she'd spent building up supplies, along with her good fortune in obtaining a medicinal soup recipe that reduced her mutation value, she might not have survived.

Ji Xinghe carefully placed the Anti-Poison Mask on the top shelf of the Storage Box.

Next, she took out the Expansion Tickets.

"Advanced Backpack Expansion Voucher: Adds fifty backpack slots when used."

"Primary Capacity Increase Voucher: After use, you can select one backpack slot and increase its capacity limit tenfold."

Without hesitation, she immediately used both tickets.

[Advanced Backpack Expansion Voucher successfully used. Space Grid +50]

[Primary Capacity Increase Voucher successfully used. Space Grid No.1 capacity limit increased to 9990]

Her backpack gained another fifty slots, bringing the total to one hundred and twenty.

With the increased capacity of the expanded slot, she could store up to 120,000 units of wood alone.

Ji Xinghe moved most of her Wood Arrows into Space Grid No.1.

Then she took out the Skill Book.

"Skill Book: Learn the skill 'Purification Technique' upon use."

"Learning requirements: Mental Strength >10, Light Affinity ≥80."

She checked her skill slots.

Of her twelve skill slots, only the first was occupied. It read: Small Light Ball Technique (Level 1).

Skills could be upgraded, but it wasn't easy.

Skill Fragments could only be obtained by dismantling Skill Books, and every Skill Book yielded just one fragment, regardless of its type.

Upgrading a level-one skill required ten Skill Fragments.

Skill Books were rare to begin with. Everyone who got one was eager to learn it, so who would have any to spare?

Only if someone's skill slots were already full, or they thought a skill was too useless to waste a slot on, and they were short on supplies, would they put it up for sale.

After some thought, Ji Xinghe still clicked to learn it.

One Skill Fragment wouldn't be enough to upgrade anything anyway.

The skill sounded more like a support ability, but that didn't mean support skills were useless. In her previous life, she'd heard there was a top support player in Area 100 who was prized by the entire district.

They'd received more supplies than they could use, and never had to fight on the front lines. They only needed to use their skills to earn resources and experience.

In her previous life, Ji Xinghe had been a loner in the Survival World. Part of it was due to her personality, but part of it was because she'd been disabled. The teammates she was matched with all thought she was a burden.

As time went on, even fewer people were willing to team up with her for Dungeons, and the random teammates she got matched with were even worse.

Some refused to fight and dragged everyone down; some guilt-tripped others; some threw tantrums; some killed and looted... There were all kinds of unstable people.

Compared with them, even she, a disabled person, had been as normal as could be.

She'd only wanted to enter Solo Dungeons, but everyone had to enter a Multiplayer Dungeon once a week. Otherwise, the system would directly sentence them to elimination.

Thinking about the Dungeon she'd soon have to enter, Ji Xinghe felt uncertain. She didn't know whether she should keep going it alone.

Sticking to the loner path might mean a better life than she'd had in her previous life. At least she wasn't disabled anymore, and she had more ways to attack.

If she ran into someone who killed and looted, she wouldn't be afraid anymore!

But she didn't want to run into those weirdos again. Just thinking about them made her shudder. Some people did stupid things, but not stupid enough to deserve being killed.

After all, she wasn't a murderer. Suddenly, she remembered a famous saying from the Survival World: "A bad opponent isn't scary; a stupid teammate is!"