Starting Off Survival With A Small Treehouse

Chapter 17: The Beasts Awaken

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

The video call was picked up very quickly. Through the video, Xu Xin could clearly see that the furniture behind Li Wenxi had been replaced with new ones, and they were exactly the same as his.

“So you’ve made all the furniture too!” Before he could speak, the beautiful girl on the other end spoke first. She looked at the furniture behind him and said, “You even made a high-grade grill?”

“How can you tell?” Xu Xin was a little puzzled. Could it be that the other party also had special abilities?

“It looks more advanced than my grill!” Li Wenxi pointed at the grill behind her. It indeed looked much simpler than his.

“Why don’t you make the high-grade one?”

“I forgot. I just made this so it’ll do,” Li Wenxi answered indifferently, then said, “Oh, right, I went out again at night and brought back a pile of ore. I probably won’t be in a shortage of ore any time soon, I think. This is too boring, please let the novice protection period pass quickly. Now, I can’t do anything other than mining, and I’m not allowed to go too far from the treehouse either. If I go too far, there’s even a warning.”

“A warning?” Xu Xin was taken aback, “What’s it about?”

“It said not to go too far away from the treehouse or something bad would happen. The voice didn’t tell me what would happen, but it sounded quite stern.”

“Well, how far did you go?”

“How would I know? I just walked for a long time. It took me almost two hours to and from there.”

That meant it was about the one-way trip was about an hour. The walking speed of a normal person was about four to five kilometers an hour. However, one couldn’t walk that fast in the forest, so probably three kilometers, which was already very far.

In other words, their range of movement was limited to their treehouse and they couldn’t be too far away?

Xu Xin had traveled further as well, but the furthest he went was around two kilometers away from his treehouse. He didn’t go any further, because he could see with his ability that the place two kilometers away was no longer a resource area. There were no high-grade resources there.

He then thought of the people who had planted their treehouses at the spawn point and felt pity for them. There was nothing around the spawn point, and with the limited area of activity, the resources they could obtain were even less.

“You’d better be careful tomorrow,” Xu Xin thought of the black bears’ cave and reminded her, “You’re mining in a mine, right? There might be ferocious beasts living in the cave, and they’ll come back tomorrow after the novice protection period.”

“I thought of that too, which was why I went down and dug up another pile,” Li Wenxi raised the ore in her hand. Even through the screen, Xu Xin could see the blue glow emitted by the ore, “Now, I’ve basically finished making all that I can make, and even filled an entire floor of my treehouse with stones. Even if I don’t do anything, just selling the stones should be enough for me to live for a while.”

Xu Xin was relieved to hear her say that. After all, this beautiful girl was his only source of blue ore. Although he had found a cave, black bears lived inside. God knows when he would be able to fight black bears.

The two of them exchanged information again before hanging up the video call, all business-partners-like.

Xu Xin moved the armchair to the side of the bed. The forest at night was a little chilly compared to the day. Although the dense banyan leaves outside could not block his vision, they could block the wind. The dense crown of the banyan tree outside swayed with the wind, making a rustling sound.

As he listened to the natural sound of the wind, Xu Xin’s consciousness began to blur.

[Congratulations to all survivors for passing the novice protection stage and having your own treehouse. From now on, the world will no longer protect the survivors. Please work hard to survive.]

[The first phase begins. Unlocked functions: Weapon and Armor Manufacturing]

[On this dark and terrifying night, the wild beasts that have been suppressed for three days are beginning to stir. Try your best to survive, survivors. As long as you survive the beast tide tonight, you will be able to welcome a real new life!]

The voice that suddenly rang in his ear jolted Xu Zhao awake, and the mechanical words made his heart tighten.

The wild beasts were beginning to stir? Live through the night?

As expected, the moment the novice protection period ended, a brutal challenge was immediately here.

He hurriedly looked out the window and saw an owl with a wingspan of nearly two meters suddenly fly past the canopy of the tree. It let out a hoarse and shrill shriek, almost causing Xu Xin to scream out in shock.

“Why is this owl so big? It’s probably even bigger than the biggest owl on Earth!” Xu Ke was secretly shocked.

At this moment, the forest was no longer quiet. All sorts of bird chirps and beast roars could be heard. It was as if the giant beasts that had been locked in cages and starved for many days had finally been released into the Colosseum. They were venting the anger and desire to kill in their hearts.

A wolf’s howl came from the distance, making Xu Ke gulp. Fortunately, his treehouse was high enough. Even the bottom of the first floor was still ten meters above the ground. In addition, the thick banyan tree crown blocked his window and anyone outside couldn’t see into his treehouse. As such, his treehouse was well hidden, so there was basically no danger.

Thinking of this, Xu Xin heaved a sigh of relief. Just as he wanted to go to the screen to see everyone’s reaction, there was a huge waterfall-like sound of water coming from the direction of the lake. It seemed that something had come out of the lake.

He quickly looked in the direction of the lake, and the scene before him made his eyes widen.

A huge python head rose from the center of the lake. The patterns on its head looked like cracks in rocks, and its dark eyes were like abysses. The scales all over its body glowed pale under the moonlight. The entire python’s body was two meters in diameter, and just its head above the water was six to seven meters long. Its huge body was like a dragon’s.

The huge pressure it emitted made the wild beasts by the lake quickly escape from the lake, all of them returning to the forest.

The giant python shifted its gaze away from the lake and seemed to look in the direction of Xu Xin’s treehouse. Its scarlet tongue flickered out from its tightly shut mouth, as if it was looking at a delicious dish.

Xu Xin’s pupils contracted, and he retreated back into the treehouse. He ate another big red berry, and after gaining night vision, peeked out of the window again.

The scenery in the forest could no longer be described as a group of demons dancing wildly. The most dangerous birds of prey of the night were circling in the sky, and the howls of wolves could be heard from time to time in the forest. There was also a terrifying giant beast in the lake. Countless fierce beasts that had been imprisoned by the world for three days were madly fighting each other, and the whole scene was as cruel and bloody as a battlefield.

This night was not going to be as easy as Xu Xin had imagined.

He suddenly remembered that the prompt just now had said that Weapon and Armor Manufacturing function had been unlocked. With that, he immediately rushed to the screen and clicked on Basic Item Production, only to see that there were a few more blueprints that were available to be made.

[Wooden Stick (white): A simple and crude blunt weapon. Although it sounds useless, as long as you have enough strength, it can be your best partner. Durability 200. Materials required: Wood (white) x10]

[Wooden Hammer (white): A simple and crude blunt weapon. Although it looks heavy, the wooden hammer head is not as heavy as you think. Even an ordinary person can easily swing it, but it is relatively less powerful. Durability 200. Materials required: Wood (white) x10]

[Boning Knife (white): A simple knife that can be used to dissect the corpses of wild beasts to obtain the lowest-grade materials. Materials required: Stone (white)*5]