Shocking! Start With a Piece of Land, Crits Bring Miracles - Chapter 12

Chapter 12: Incidents, Unusual Weather

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

The system store would sell some ordinary supplies, but it would not sell key survival tools.

Ice was a key tool!

“How do I preserve meat effectively?”

Luo Yu pondered in his heart. Making cured meat was one way, but it would only prolong it for a little while. Moreover, the temperature had risen recently, causing the expiration period to be shorter.

He quickly calculated in his heart. Suddenly, he looked at the pile of iron ore outside the wooden house, and his eyes gradually lit up.

He jumped out of the bathtub. After putting on his clothes, Luo Yu spent 4 silver coins to make eight units of iron ore into a metal box with a shelf in the middle. He then went to the stream and fetched clear water to pour into the metal box. Then, he placed a piece of cloth inside.

One end of the cloth was submerged in water, and the other end was wrapped around the metal box. Then, Luo Yu stuffed a pile of meat in, leaving a ventilation hole.

This was a simple evaporation refrigeration device. Through the evaporation principle, it could produce a cooling effect. If it could cool down, it could greatly prolong the decay and deterioration of meat.

Luo Yu was very satisfied when he placed the metal box in the shade and ventilation area of the wooden house.

When humans were forced, the wisdom of working people was unlimited!

He chuckled and went to sleep, satisfied.

Early in the morning, he glanced at the wolf meat in the metal box. There was a hint of cold air on it. This time, it could be preserved for at least seven to eight days.

This bit of time was enough before summer arrived.

Today’s breakfast was an apple and half a grilled fish. Luo Yu ate quite happily. After eating, he had an idea and thought of something.

There were seeds in this apple!

Plant it!

Luo Yu, who originally wanted to mine, walked to the vegetable field and dug a pit to plant the apple core. Just as he was about to bury it, he thought of something and silently cursed in his heart.

[A Hundredfold Critical Hit triggered. Your planting efficiency has increased by 100 times.]

After burying the seed, Luo Yu watched helplessly as a small sapling broke out of the ground and quickly grew larger. In just a moment, it turned into an apple tree.

“Did it shorten the growth cycle by a hundred times?”

Luo Yu looked at the dozen or so slightly unripe fruits on the tree and was overjoyed!

He could not eat the unripe apples immediately, but with an apple tree, he could plant a forest of apples. It was just a matter of time!

With a very happy mood, Luo Yu even carefully surrounded the apple tree with a small earth dam to prevent the rain from drowning it.

After doing all this, Luo Yu shouted at Dumby, who was still incubating the eggs in the house, “Dumby, watch the apple tree. Don’t let the little birds eat my fruit!”

“Argh!”

Dumby called out in response, indicating that it understood. Go ahead!

Luo Yu started mining again. As the saying went, everything went smoothly. This time, he actually relied on his mining level to dig out a small piece of jade. It was not much, 20 units. Along with the jade, there were also two Earth-digging Worms.

Luo Yu was an old hand at taming insects. He tamed these two worms without much difficulty. There were now four mining Earth-digging Worms, and his beast taming level had reached LV3.

With four Earth-digging Worms and a Golden-shelled Beetle that was in charge of transporting the ores, Luo Yu no longer needed to stay in the mine all morning like before. Now, he only needed two hours to basically complete his workload.

After all, the entire base was so big, and there were many things that he needed to do.

After coming out of the mine and cutting all the stones, the length of the city wall increased to 130 meters. Luo Yu walked into the bamboo forest and prepared to choose some suitable bamboo to use as javelins.

After an afternoon of choosing and cutting, Luo Yu obtained 20 units of bamboo. Then, he opened the system and chose the weapon creation page.

[Ordinary Javelin: Wood or Bamboo x1, Steel x5, Silver x5]

The iron ore he had dug up previously was useful. Luo Yu directly chose to make 20 javelins. With a flash of light, the javelins appeared in front of him.

He picked one up and weighed it in his hand. It felt a little light, but looking at the sharp spearhead, its power was definitely not small.

Of course, the premise was that he was accurate enough.

He looked at his shooting skill. It was LV3. He had participated in militia training and had shot at targets. Although he was not a sharpshooter, he had passed the training easily.

Ordinary people were probably all Level 0.

After spending 10 silver to buy a wooden target, Luo Yu practiced throwing javelins and practicing his shooting skills.

After the increase in all aspects, his hit rate was not bad. He threw a target from 100 meters away and his hit rate reached 30%. As expected, he was at LV3.

100 meters was a standard distance. Beyond this distance, his accuracy would decrease.

The reason why he wanted to practice javelin throwing was firstly because he wanted to shoot down birds. Now that he was much stronger, he would try to shoot down any big birds he encountered in the future.

The end target was the strange fish in the lake. That monster occupied the beautiful lake, making Luo Yu grit his teeth in hatred. He would not be able to eat or sleep until he killed it.

After practicing throwing the javelin for the entire afternoon, he felt his arms ache. His shooting skills did not increase, but his physique increased by 1 point. Now, it was at 27…

It was another day of sunset, and he had worked hard today. Luo Yu was quite satisfied with his current state.

After dinner, he was about to take a bath when he suddenly received a notification. [Warning: The weather in the Heavenly Dao World has changed. An abnormal weather might descend on your territory. Please be prepared.]

When Luo Yu heard this, he hurriedly carried the outdoor bathtub and other things back to the wooden house while he hid in the stone toilet.

The sense of security in the toilet was much stronger than in the wooden house…

Boom!

A muffled thunder sounded in the sky, and then Luo Yu saw a bolt of lightning strike down and land on the ground by the lake.

“Lightning in dry weather!”

Luo Yu’s heart skipped a beat. What he was afraid of had come true.

At the same time, the regional chat exploded.

Na Ke’er: “Lightning in dry weather. Oh my god, why is there lightning in such a dry area like ours!”

Niu Da: “Dry lightning is actually alright. Look at the world channel. There’s a tornado next door and there are fist-sized hailstones. It’s not safe even with a house!”

Luo Yu said, “A house is not enough? Don’t talk nonsense. It’s easy to start a team. Speaking of which, the dry lightning might cause a fire if it strikes grass. Everyone, pay attention. If the grassland catches fire, it won’t be easy to resolve.”

Fang Mengxue: “Everyone, don’t hide under a tree! Don’t hide under a tree! Don’t hide under a tree! Important things have to be said three times!”

Niu Da: “Stop talking. I’m on fire! My vegetable field is finished!”

Alice: “Sigh, are the Fire Elves angry? I’m on fire too…”

Luo Yu was right, but someone in the neighborhood had caught fire!

Boom!

Another thunderclap sounded. A bolt of lightning struck the grassland and sparks suddenly flew.