Level Five Island

Player 001: "Some people live by the sea and got their brains fried by sea salt? Meddling so wide, careful you trip and croak."

After sending the message, Ji Xinghe casually closed the chat channel, too lazy to watch the other party throw a tantrum.

She clicked on private messages, and the first one was from Pray for the God of Wealth's Love.

"(Awkward smile.jpg), big shot~ So, uh, you still buying?"

Ji Xinghe didn't answer right away, instead pondering the system prompt.

"Note: Player contact may reduce luck~"

If she didn't touch it, and waited twenty-four hours, would that Misfortune Buff disappear?

With that thought, she opened Pray for the God of Wealth's Love's avatar and clicked to add them as a friend.

In a moment, [The other party has accepted your friend request.]

Player 001: "How much for the Medicine-Making Table?"

Pray for the God of Wealth's Love: "Big shot, just name your price. I'm not picky—some food and drink? Or a weapon, speed gear, anything works."

Ji Xinghe glanced at the Storage Box: "Two packs of Instant Noodles, two bottles of water, and a Novice Wooden Stick."

Trading basic resources for a Medicine-Making Table, even with a negative effect, she felt it was a steal.

Pray for the God of Wealth's Love: "Deal, thanks for the support, big shot."

The other party agreed instantly.

Clearly, they knew with the negative description upfront, they could only sell it cheap.

[The other party has sent you a trade request: Medicine-Making Table Touched by the Misfortune God in exchange for two packs of Instant Noodles, two bottles of water, and a Novice Wooden Stick.]

After confirming the trade, Ji Xinghe didn't take it out right away, leaving it in the background.

Waiting a day.

Closing the panel, Ji Xinghe took out all the treasure chests from her backpack.

Some were from Xiao Xi's fishing today, others dropped from the Deformed Monster she just killed.

She selected one-click open.

[Opened Raw Wood Treasure Chest ×48, Black Iron Treasure Chest ×6, Bronze Treasure Chest ×8, Treasure Chest ×3.]

[Obtained basic materials: Soil ×30, Foundation Stone ×46, Wood ×165, Stone ×106, Refined Iron ×13, Bronze ×18, Fishing Line ×10, Gold ×4]

[Food: Mineral Water (500ml) ×24, Steamed Bun ×12, Baked Cake ×6, Northeast Rice (50 jin) ×1, Lao Gan Ma ×2, Konjac Snack ×3, Chips ×2, Bubble Tea ×1]

[Other materials: Nutrient Solution ×2, Cloth ×10, Gold Spirit Stone ×1, Tea (bottle) ×1, Strength Pill ×1]

"Oh, a surprise."

Ji Xinghe quickly grabbed the white light orb belonging to the Strength Pill. As it reached her hand, the orb vanished, leaving a smooth brown pill in her palm.

She tilted her head back and swallowed it; the Strength Pill dissolved on her tongue.

[Swallowed Strength Pill, Strength +1]

Then, she packed all the chest materials into the Storage Box one by one.

The empty chests were all dismantled and turned into materials.

She checked the Foundation Stone slot: count 177.

Still needed 173 units to upgrade the Island.

With that in mind, she opened the trading market and spent 56 Wow Coins and some food to sweep up 185 units of Foundation Stone.

There weren't many Foundation Stones on the market anyway—most people used them to repair their Islands. After her sweep, not a single one was left in sight.

She opened the [Island] interface.

[West-level Island, (Area: 1,340,000 + 200,000 square meters)]

Prosperity: 150 (200,000 soil pending reinforcement)

Daily Output: 2 Wow Coins (claimable once per day)

Upgrade Conditions: Prosperity reaches 500, 500 Wow Coins, Island area expands to 500 square meters, and all reinforcement successful.]

Then, Ji Xinghe used 362 Foundation Stones to reinforce the newly merged Orchard Island.

A small map of the island layout appeared before her; she just needed to click and select.

Seeing the reinforcement complete, Ji Xinghe directly clicked to upgrade the Island.

[Confirm deduction of 500 Wow Coins to upgrade Island? Ding! Detected player equipped with trait: Construction Expert, Wow Coin consumption halved.]

"Construction Expert: Each upgrade of Island, Shelter, buildings, etc... material costs halved."

[Confirm deduction of 250 Wow Coins to upgrade Island?]

Ji Xinghe grinned. "Yes."

[Island upgrade successful. Current Island level: 5]

[Congratulations, player, for completing the server-first achievement of upgrading your island to Level 5. Rewards: Achievement Points 5, Raffle Ticket 5, Free Attribute Points 5.]

[Announce publicly? Public announcement will double the rewards.]

Ji Xinghe nodded. "No need to ask from now on—just announce it directly."

The system replied, "Got it, big shot."

Ji Xinghe: ???

Did she just hear the system call her a big shot? Was she hallucinating?

System: @#＊#??.O%＆O...

The next moment, a melodious system voice flowed into her ears.

[Congratulations, Player 001, for completing the server-first achievement of upgrading your island to Level 5. Rewards: Achievement Points 5, Raffle Ticket 5, Free Attribute Points 5.]

With the rewards in hand, Ji Xinghe checked the conditions for upgrading the island to Level 6.

[Level 5 Island, (Area: 134 + 200,000 square meters)]

Prosperity: 512 (190,000+ units of soil pending reinforcement)

Daily Output: 3 Wow Coins (claimable once per day)

Upgrade Conditions: Prosperity reaches 1000, 1000 Wow Coins, island area expands to 1,000 square meters, and all reinforcements successful.

She tapped to claim today's output.

Wow Coins +3.

Then Ji Xinghe opened the Shelter page.

[Small Wooden Cabin (Level 4): 30 square meters]

[Upgrade Requirements: Wood ×500, Stone ×100, Glass ×4, Gold ×10, Wow Coins ×500, Level 5 Island.]

All conditions met—she tapped to upgrade.

[Detected that the player has a Gravity Room. Would you like to merge?]

Her expression froze for a moment, then she nodded. "Yes."

[Automatically deducting Wood ×250, Stone ×50, Glass ×2, Gold ×5, Wow Coins ×250 for Shelter upgrade.]

[Shelter upgrade countdown: 00:04:59]

A blinding white light flashed before her eyes, followed by the sound of hammering and clattering in her ears.

Ji Xinghe opened her eyes. The Shelter was expanding outward, and the nearby Wooden Fence and Black Earth were shifting out along with it.

No manual operation needed—it was very smart.

Five minutes later, the Shelter construction was complete.