Pine Oil Collector

It was past nine in the morning, just in time to use the dice to increase an item's quantity.

Wang Yu spread open his right hand, and a die appeared in his palm.

The pips on all six faces had returned to gold. Wang Yu picked up the entrenching tool and silently thought, Increase the quantity of this entrenching tool.

Then Wang Yu felt the entrenching tool in his hand become locked in place. He immediately threw the dice in his right hand.

The dice spun rapidly in midair.

A moment later, the dice stopped.

Three o'clock.

Wang Yu had rolled a three.

At that moment, three light balls appeared above the dice, each one the phantom image of an entrenching tool.

At Wang Yu's command, three entrenching tools appeared on the ground.

Wang Yu took out an entrenching tool and sent Qiu Bo a trade request.

A moment later, Qiu Bo also listed a small hacksaw.

After clicking confirm, Wang Yu had an extra small hacksaw in his hand.

[Wang Yu: If we need to trade tools back in the future, let's let each other know beforehand so we can arrange when to use them.]

[Qiu Bo: Okay.]

[Wang Yu: Do you need an oil lamp? I have one with three hours of use left. How about trading it for waterproof cloth?]

[Qiu Bo: You haven't used your oil lamp?]

[Wang Yu: There was a lot of dry firewood where I appeared, so I never used it.]

[Qiu Bo: Your luck is way too good. But waterproof cloth is too important to me. I have to use it to build a shelter, so I can't trade it to you.

Choosing a tin bucket was a huge mistake. You'll have to figure out another way to build your shelter.]

[Wang Yu: Fine.]

Wang Yu still had three unused oil lamps. He had wanted to trade one for other tools, but that seemed impossible now.

Still, getting a small hacksaw was an unexpected joy.

He had traded Qiu Bo for 300g of rabbit meat and a small hacksaw. He had made a killing this time.

The water snail meat was roasted too. Wang Yu picked it up and began eating.

He still had Water Snail Meat 10g*214. He had originally had Water Snail Meat 10g*276 that morning, but he had placed 12 pieces on the animal traps, eaten 20, and traded away 30.

After thinking about it, Wang Yu took out Water Snail Meat 10g*100—1000g, or two jin of water snail meat—and listed it on the [Trading Platform].

Then a message popped up in the [Chat Channel].

[ Ding, player Wang Yu has listed Water Snail Meat 10g*100 on the Trading Platform.]

The players in the [Chat Channel] all received the notification. Many had not expected someone to list meat so early in the morning.

They immediately clicked in to take a look.

[Water Snail Meat 10g*100.]

[Exchange condition: Trade for other meat of equal weight, just for a different flavor.]

The [Chat Channel] instantly exploded.

[This is so damn infuriating. This guy actually has extra water snail meat to trade for a different flavor. Is he trying to make us jealous?]

[I only ate some berries all day, while this guy has so much water snail meat. There must be a river near him. This is so unfair.]

[Big Brother, I'm so hungry. Can you give me a little water snail meat?]

Wang Yu was eating roasted water snail meat when he received a trade request.

Someone wanted to trade for his water snail meat.

Wang Yu hurriedly opened it to take a look.

[Player Fang Miaomiao requests to trade 1000g Giant Lizard Meat.]

The moment Wang Yu saw the message, he remembered. This was the player who did not want to eat lizard meat and had wanted to trade it for other meat at a 1.5:1 ratio.

He had not expected her to still have Giant Lizard Meat.

Wang Yu checked the information on the Giant Lizard Meat.

[Giant Lizard Meat]

[Edible]

Since it was edible, Wang Yu clicked confirm.

She had been trading other meat at a 1.5:1 ratio, while Wang Yu had listed his at 1:1. No wonder she traded with him the moment she saw it.

Water snail meat tasted better than Giant Lizard Meat.

It looked like Wang Yu had lost out by trading water snail meat for Giant Lizard Meat, but in reality, he had still profited.

Once he used the dice to increase the quantity of the Giant Lizard Meat, however many points he rolled would multiply his gains by that many times.

As for what kind of meat it was, if he got hungry enough with nothing to eat, any meat would probably taste good.

After receiving 1000g of Giant Lizard Meat, Wang Yu placed it in his [Backpack]. He now had several more days' worth of reserve food.

He had only eaten breakfast that morning, yet he had gained so much.

The dice had increased his entrenching tools by three. He had traded with other players for 300g of rabbit meat and a steel-wire saw, and he had also obtained 1000g of Giant Lizard Meat.

He had made a fortune in the time it took to eat a meal.

With so much food, Wang Yu could now carry out his plans without worry.

The shelter formed by four huge rocks was still very crude, practically an "unfinished house."

Wang Yu did not know how much longer he would have to remain in this wilderness, but he was certain this game would not end anytime soon. He might live in this shelter for a long time.

That meant he could not settle for living in an "unfinished house." He wanted to spend some time "decorating" the shelter so that it would be more comfortable to live in for a long while.

Especially now that he had several jin of meat in reserve, he would not have to worry about food for the next few days. He could focus on "decorating" the shelter.

Once the shelter was "decorated" and he had no worries hanging over him, he could devote himself fully to searching for food and dry firewood.

With a plan in place, Wang Yu got moving after breakfast.

He left the shelter and prepared to chop down trees.

"Decorating" the shelter would require a lot of wood.

There was a big tree forest close by, so he went there to chop trees. Last night, he had chopped down two cedar trees there to make a wooden ladder.

Holding a torch, Wang Yu returned to the place where he had cut trees yesterday.

Looking at the big trees one after another, Wang Yu calculated how many he needed to cut down.

Taking out the small hacksaw, Wang Yu had originally planned to give the shelter only a "simple decoration." After all, the entrenching tool was limited when it came to chopping trees. But now that he had a small hacksaw, cutting trees would be much easier. Wang Yu decided to give the shelter a "deluxe decoration."

A "deluxe decoration" required even more wood.

After estimating the amount of wood he would need, Wang Yu prepared to start cutting trees.

He picked a cedar tree more than twenty centimeters thick. Now that he had the small hacksaw, he no longer cared for trees only a few or ten-odd centimeters thick. He could now cut down trees more than twenty centimeters thick with ease.

Before cutting the tree, Wang Yu built a large fire pit as usual.

Then Wang Yu crouched at the base of the cedar tree, gripped the small hacksaw, and began sawing at the trunk near the roots.

Huchi, huchi~

Huchi, huchi~

In less than ten minutes, the big tree crashed to the ground.

This small hacksaw cut through a twenty-centimeter-thick tree unbelievably fast.

Just then, Wang Yu suddenly saw a prompt message on the ground.

Wang Yu: "?"

He looked over.

[Pine Oil Collector*1]

Wang Yu understood. An item had dropped. Holy shit, chopping down a big tree could drop an item?

Wang Yu hurried forward and picked up the Pine Oil Collector. He examined the object in his hand. It was very simple: a metal tube with a 30ml plastic container hanging beneath it.

A prompt message popped up.

[Pine Oil Collector]

[Insert the Pine Oil Collector into a pine tree to collect 30ml of pine oil each day.]

This thing could collect pine oil?