Shocking! Start With a Piece of Land, Crits Bring Miracles - Chapter 11

Chapter 11: Vegetables, a Trade from Fang Mengyu

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

As he walked, Luo Yu walked into the bamboo forest. It was spring in the Heavenly Dao World, and now was the time when spring was warm and flowers bloomed. The bamboos also grew rapidly.

Patting a crisp bamboo, Luo Yu muttered to himself, “Keep growing. If it’s any harder, I’ll use you as a javelin.”

“Wait a little bit. Harder?”

“No, keep growing!”

A thought flashed across Luo Yu’s mind as he turned to look at his feet. There was a seedling of a green bamboo poking out…

“Bamboo shoots!”

Luo Yu was overjoyed when he saw the bamboo shoots. Although bamboo shoots were not considered green vegetables in the traditional sense, they were also rich in various vitamins!

He immediately used the Heavenly Crafting Saber to dig. As he searched, he dug until the sky turned completely dark.

He dug twelve bamboo shoots in one go. It was enough to eat for a period of time.

That night, he cooked a pot of bamboo shoot and meat soup. It was so fragrant that Dumby was craving it. Even the Golden-shelled Beetle crawled over to ask for meat.

Luo Yu had a very comfortable and nutritious meal. It was great!

After eating and drinking his fill, Luo Yu entered the arena and prepared to make a small profit.

Relying on the talent [Zerg Nemesis], Luo Yu obtained another 400 silver coins from these aggressive Zergs tonight. Currently, he had 10,350 silver coins, which was a huge sum.

Seeing that it was about time, Luo Yu said goodnight to everyone in the regional chat channel and went to bed early.

In the morning, breakfast was still bamboo shoot and meat soup. After eating, he went to mine as usual.

Luo Yu realized that staying in the mine all day was not good for his health, so he changed the schedule. He would mine in the morning and cut rocks outdoors in the afternoon.

Today’s critical hit was still used for mining. This time, he actually dug out a magnet the size of a washbasin, and it stuck onto the pickaxe, almost breaking it off.

Because he could dig out a rare ore every day and gain a large wave of mining experience, his mining skill had reached Level 4.

Today, another 20-meter wide wall was built. When he returned home to take a look at the two bird eggs, they seemed to be showing signs of breaking out of their shells. It would probably take another two to three days.

On the sixth day, in the mine, Luo Yu began to mine ores very briskly. The efficiency of his Level 4 mining skill had greatly increased. Basically, a swing of his pickaxe would drop goods, and the probability of digging iron ores had increased.

He muttered in his heart and immediately received a notification: [Hundredfold Critical Hit Triggered]

With a swing of his pickaxe, Luo Yu felt the rock wall tremble slightly and hurriedly jumped away. The next moment, a large pile of ores rolled out, all of which were black spotted stones.

[Black Spotted Stone: 100 units]

“Good lord, it’s really a Hundredfold Critical Hit, right…”

The corners of Luo Yu’s mouth twitched. It was a pity that he did not gain any rare ores this time.

Just as he was a little disappointed, two “rocks” suddenly moved in the pile of black spotted stones and pounced at him!

[Earth-digging Worm: Wild 90%, active attack type]

Luo Yu frowned slightly and took out his Heavenly Crafting Saber. With the enhancement of the [Zerg Nemesis] talent, the two Earth-digging Worms were sent flying like ping pong balls and fell into a coma.

“Playing dead?”

Luo Yu sneered and slapped the head of one of the worms. After the worm woke up, it seemed to be afraid of Luo Yu and wanted to run, but its strength was suppressed and it could not move.

“Tame!”

With a soft shout, a light flashed on the worm’s body. He had actually successfully tamed it.

[Earth-digging Worm: Strength 4, Constitution 12, Agility 6]

[Special Function: Mining. Earth-digging Worms can do less efficient mining work. Initial Mining Level 2]

“As expected!”

Luo Yu was delighted when he saw the explanation. He tamed the other Earth-digging Worm. As they were both in a state of fear, the success rate was quite high.

“The two of you, from today onwards, mine well.”

After giving the order to the two Earth-digging Worms, they immediately moved. Their front claws reached into the rock wall and dug. Needless to say, their efficiency was much higher than the Golden-shelled Beetle.

With the help of these two worms, the construction period of the wall could be greatly shortened.

On this day, Luo Yu worked hard and increase the length of the wall to 100 meters. One part of wall had already been built.

At night, as usual, he soaked in the bathtub and chatted. Many people were complaining. They did not have enough to eat and did not have warm clothes. They also had to face attacks. Such days felt like forever.

Such words filled the world and regional chat channels.

Luo Yu realized that a few active users on the regional channel had not appeared for two days, so they might not be there anymore.

Fang Yumeng: “After eating apples for two days, my mouth feels so light. What do you guys eat?”

Luo Yu said, “Do you want to eat meat? Let’s exchange an apple for a piece of meat. How about that?”

Fang Yumeng: “Eh, really? Deal!”

A trading interface immediately appeared in front of Luo Yu. On the interface, Yumeng directly placed ten apples. Luo Yu placed five pieces of wolf meat and five pieces of bird meat on it, and the transaction was completed.

In a flash of light, ten apples fell into the bathtub.

Logically speaking, fruits were much more valuable than meat at this stage. According to the market price, Luo Yu had actually made a profit.

“Aiya, I’m so hungry. Let’s not talk anymore. I’ll eat meat with my sisters!”

Fang Yumeng sent a private message. The two of them were not good friends, so private messages were limited. They could only chat for ten minutes a day.

Friend slots in the Heavenly Dao World were very valuable. Purchasing a friend slot required 1,000 silver. After becoming friends with each other, the limit on the number of private messages would be lifted. Moreover, friends were a prerequisite for visitors technology.

Even if they unlocked the visitor technology, they would not be able to visit each other’s survival base unless they were good friends.

After putting away the apples, Luo Yu returned to the bathtub and checked the food he currently had.

Apples: 10, Wolf Meat: 30, Burning Fire Bird Meat: 42, Bamboo shoots: 11.

In addition to the seven or eight big fish raised in the temporary fish pond, the meat reserve was about 80 units, and the vegetables were 21 units.

He needed to consume about five units of meat and two units of vegetables each day. Dumby also needed five units of meat each day.

The two Earth-digging Worms were small, but they still needed two units of meat a day.

As for the Golden-shelled Beetle, it ate grass, so there was no need to care about it.

With that in mind, there were about eight days of food reserves left. However, there was a problem. There were only four days left until the expiration date of the meat. He had to think of a way to refrigerate it.

He opened the auction house and searched for ice. After seaching for a while, he realized that no one was selling it.

Things like ice were definitely very precious at this stage. In some places, when there was a special climate, one could collect some from hails.

Luo Yu wanted to make an underground icehouse, so he tried to request it in the world channel. “Buying ice with silver. Will bid for it in the auction house.”

“Where can we find ice in spring?”

“Even if I have ice, I will keep it for myself to store food. It’s not your turn!”

The messages in the world channel began to mock him. Luo Yu waited for a while and realized that no one was putting ice on the shelves. He searched the system store again, but he did not find any tools that could refrigerate food. He was a little disappointed.