No Way! Bro! You Dare to Go Out at Night Too!

"Hmm?"

Lan Qingyou, who had just stood up, was stunned after seeing the message left by Mickey Hayek on the Regional Channel.

Protect myself?

Isn't this just a direct threat?

Magic Potions are consumables; or rather, the products of alchemy are basically all consumables, and very practical ones at that.

In such a situation, anyone with a shred of ambition would want to control the person capable of manufacturing these consumables.

Lan Qingyou had been very clear about this ever since she started selling her crude Magic Potions.

Especially after knowing that the District 666 she was in was a "Valley of Villains" filled with criminals everywhere.

After all, the proportion of ambitious people among villains is much higher.

That was why she tried her best to avoid meeting anyone.

As long as no one could find the location of her Shelter, she would be absolutely safe.

Fortunately, now that she had alchemy and the clever trick of trading potions for herbs, she didn't even need to go out to harvest a large number of basic units and supplies.

Under these circumstances, she didn't even know how she could possibly be exposed.

"Heh! Mickey Hayek, is it? If you can find me, then just come ahead."

With a cold sneer, Lan Qingyou flew out of the Shelter.

An hour later, she returned once, then went out again.

It wasn't until she returned for the third time and saw that it was nearly twelve o'clock that she stopped going out.

Mickey Hayek's threatening words from earlier had made her feel a bit more urgent about her current situation.

After all, knowing is one thing, but having a countermeasure is another.

That was why she had gone out so many times today—to stockpile more food and open more items.

As a result, out of more than thirty boxes, besides food and water, Lan Qingyou hadn't managed to open a single blueprint.

She didn't know if this counted as good luck or bad luck.

Could it be that she couldn't pull anything because she always did ten-pulls, and only single pulls could create miracles?

Unable to pull anything, Lan Qingyou felt helpless and could only pin her hopes on the Trading Post.

Lan Qingyou had already decided: she would go out less in the future and just hole up in the Shelter every day to brew potions, going nowhere else.

Judging by the current popularity of Apprentice-grade Magic Potions, collecting the materials needed for a Level 3 Shelter would be a matter of tomorrow.

But this wasn't enough; she also needed things to save her life and defend herself.

However, her production was currently very limited; 400 potions a day was her limit, determined by time.

Unless... she increased the dosage?

Thinking this, Lan Qingyou decided to conduct an experiment first.

She opened the friend channel and entered the name of Li Huai.

Li Huai: "Something up?"

The friend request was accepted almost instantly.

It seemed this guy was also lurking on the channel.

But then again, the Green Ghost had been appearing quite frequently tonight, making everyone in the Regional Channel panic.

Lan Qingyou: "Can you make wooden boards and stone slabs?"

That's right, Lan Qingyou had sought out this guy, who appeared to have high combat talent, specifically to have him act as her processor.

Li Huai: "I can. What specifications do you need?"

Lan Qingyou: "Cubes, 10cm, 20cm, 30cm, and 50cm, each with a thickness of at least one centimeter."

Li Huai: "Wait a moment, I'm heading out."

Wait, brother, you dare to go out at night!?

Li Huai's reply left Lan Qingyou somewhat dumbfounded.

Is he bold because of his high skill, or does the night in Karim have no constraints on high-end combatants?

About two minutes later, Li Huai sent her a trade request directly.

Lan Qingyou took them out and saw that they all met her requirements, ten of each, and they were even still warm to the touch, so she sent an Apprentice-grade Magic Potion over in return.

Both sides sent blank trade requests.

A so-called blank request is a trading method where one sends items over without requiring the other party to exchange anything to retrieve the supplies.

Lan Qingyou: "I'm going to experiment first. If it works, will you take my orders?"

Li Huai: "Sure. We'll discuss the price then."

Neither of them were the type to dawdle. Once they reached an agreement, Lan Qingyou immediately entered the experimental stage of the alchemy array.

That's right.

Just as you thought, these wooden boards and stone slabs were being used by Lan Qingyou as bases for her alchemy arrays.

After all, she didn't have any iron ingots right now to craft iron alchemy array bases.

So, she had no choice but to settle for the next best thing and use wooden boards and stone slabs.

Because she had successfully created an alchemy array before, Lan Qingyou was relatively more familiar with the process of drawing one now.

After nearly an hour of drawing experiments, Lan Qingyou figured out the ropes.

Wooden boards wouldn't work as bases; they were too fragile.

Stone slabs could serve as bases, but they were disposable; once the fire was ignited and then extinguished, they would shatter on the spot.

No wonder apprentice-level alchemy array bases were made of iron.

Lan Qingyou: "I need stone slabs: 10cm at 100:1, 20cm at 50:1, 30cm at 20:1, 50cm at 10:1."

Lan Qingyou: "I need 1,000 of the 10cm ones, 500 of the 20cm ones, 200 of the 30cm ones, and 100 of the 50cm ones."

Lan Qingyou: "If this works, we can trade tomorrow. If you think the price isn't right, send me a counteroffer."

After figuring things out, Lan Qingyou yawned and sent a message to Li Huai.

Once that was done, she went to the Trading Post and bought all the containers of various sizes she had seen earlier.

1.25-liter enamel mug, bought;

3.6-liter double-layer stainless steel steamer, bought;

21-liter commercial stainless steel stockpot, bought;

20-liter thickened iron water bucket, bought...

She bought quite a variety of items, with the 1.25-liter enamel mugs being the most numerous—over a hundred of them—all purchased to serve as vessels for her experiments.

After finishing the acquisitions, Lan Qingyou took out the blueprints for the wardrobe and lantern she had bought earlier.

They were also disposable.

[Disposable Wardrobe Blueprint]

[Materials: Wood*100, Sand*20]

[Function: Something to store clothes in.]

[Description: Put all those nice clothes of yours inside.]

[Disposable Lantern Blueprint (E)]

[Materials: Iron Ore*10, Sand*10, Luminous Mushroom*5]

[Function: Lights the way for you in the darkness.]

[Description: No way, no way. Surely no one would actually carry this out at night, right?]

Hmm, it seems furniture doesn't have a grade.

I'll make the lantern instead.

It just so happens that I have a few Luminous Mushrooms I swiped from Albert's basement.

So, after rummaging through boxes and cabinets, Lan Qingyou finally found those few mushrooms that hadn't shriveled up yet.

She counted them—six—enough to make one lantern.

Without further delay, Lan Qingyou immediately started crafting and finished the lantern in an instant.

[Magic Lantern (E)]

[Remaining Duration: 10,080 minutes]

[Function: Lights the way for you in the darkness.]

[Description: No way, no way. Surely no one would actually carry this out at night, right?]

Huh!?

Something seems wrong, doesn't it?

Why does the Magic Lantern have a duration?

10,080 minutes is exactly 168 hours... seven days?

Seven days!?

Lan Qingyou suddenly looked up at the Magic Lantern that came with the Shelter hanging on the wall.