Starting Off Survival With A Small Treehouse - Chapter 7

Chapter 7: Regional Channel

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

Xu Xin walked around the cave again, but he couldn’t find the source of the wind, so he decided to put this matter aside for now. The most important thing now was to bring these stones back and make the Synthesis Station.

After collecting 50 stones, Xu Xin walked back to his treehouse.

He had to quickly make a backpack. Although 50 cobblestone-sized stones were not heavy, it was too troublesome.

Back in the treehouse, Xu Xin immediately turned on the screen and entered the page of Basic Material Production. He then clicked on the “basic Synthesis Station” option.

[Basic Synthesis Station completed. Please select where to put it.]

The illusion of a Synthesis Station appeared in front of him. It was about the size of a dining table. Xu Xin thought for a while and placed the Synthesis Station at the corner of the third floor.

Now that he only had a few pieces of furniture, there was no need for interior planning. Xu Xin’s current plan was to use the first floor as a warehouse, the second floor as his workshop, and the third floor for food and accommodation. However, that would make the Synthesis Station too far away from the screen, so it wasn’t convenient for him to do so at the moment. As such, he decided to put it on the third floor since the first floor was about a hundred square meters.

With a loud bang, the Synthesis Station appeared in front of Xu Xin. It was a simple tool table made of stone and wood, which looked quite professional. On one side of the Synthesis Station was a small illusory screen with various options.

“Exactly why is it so high-tech?!” Xu Xin couldn’t help but roll his eyes.

Looking at the illusory screen, he was pleasantly surprised.

[Backpack (green): A backpack with 10 slots. The number of items that can be placed in each slot is determined by the type of item. The weight of the item will be reduced to 20% of the original weight. Materials required: animal skin (green)*1, rope (white)*3]

This backpack was great! Even though Xu Xin had high hopes for the bag to make anything in it weightless, it was good enough that it would reduce the weight of the items to 20% of their original weight. Since a total of 80% of the items’ weights would be reduced, that would be equivalent to enabling him to carry items five times the original weight he could’ve carried. Furthermore, this was only a green-grade backpack.

But what was “animal skin”? And what was “rope”?

Xu Xin thought about it and understood. They were still in the 3-day novice protection period, so there were no wild animals around. So far, he had only seen non-aggressive fish, shrimp, and insects. He had not even seen a rabbit. Those land beasts should only appear after the novice protection period ended.

As for the rope, he thought of the reeds by the lake.

He decided to go out and take a look later.

He continued reading.

[Torch (white): A simple torch that can allow you to go out at night, providing a narrow field of vision. You must be careful though, you will be imprisoned for life if you burn the forest! Materials required: wood (white)*1, charcoal (white) or coal (green)*1]

[Grill (green): A simple barbeque grill. Put wood in it and the wood will automatically burn. You can grill anything! Materials required: iron (green)*3]

[Basic Furnace (green): The lowest grade furnace. When you put wood into it, the wood will burn automatically. Try to melt some materials, and you will be surprised! Material required: cobblestone (green) or stone (green)*100]

[Fireplace (green): A fireplace that can be placed on the wall of the treehouse. When wood is put in it, the wood will automatically burn. It can even absorb smoke and poisonous gas automatically. Without it, you may freeze to death in the winter! Material required: cobblestone (green) or stone (green)*100]

Looking at the items that were all related to fire, Xu Xin rubbed his chin and thought for a moment. He still had more than 30 big red berries and there was also a big red berry plant in the forest. The night vision effect those berried provided was much better than a torch.

However, torches were mobile sources of fire and could also deter wild beasts, so he still needed to prepare some.

According to his gaming experience, charcoal could be made with a furnace. Since it was white-grade, then white-grade wood should suffice as its raw material. As for coal, it probably wasn’t something he needed to consider at this stage.

The grill was great, but he didn’t have any iron. However, he wasn’t worried. After all, it wouldn’t be long before the Regional Channel was unlocked. When the time came, with a trading platform and iron ores that should exist around others’ treehouses, he could buy some from others.

A fireplace wasn’t really needed at the moment. Now was the summer and he was sweating profusely while wearing a t-shirt or even being bare-chested. The nights were also very hot and stuffy. For now, there was no need for this thing at all.

After thinking about it, it made sense. Most of the survivors wouldn’t be able to build the synthesis platform so early. After all, the two green-grade materials required were not easy to find. If winter came early, a large number of people would freeze to death.

Xu Xin looked at the time on the screen. It was already past 11 p.m. It was almost the third day of the novice phase.

He opened the Regional Channel and saw a countdown.

[6 hours and 53 minutes till the unlock of the Regional Channel]

It seemed that the Regional Channel would be opened at 6 a.m. tomorrow.

Xu Xin lay down on the creaking wooden bed. After a long day, he quickly fell asleep.

He was awoken by the beeping of the system.

[The Regional Channel has been unlocked. Current region: Jungle area 188, current number of people in the area: 9997 people. From today on, you are no longer alone. This is the last warning, never abandon the treehouse that only belongs to you. Now, live on with the other survivors!]

Xu Xin, who was still in a morning mood, immediately jumped out of bed when he heard the notification. He had placed the bed next to the screen, so he simply reached out to tap on the Regional Channel.

There were two smaller channels in the channel, the Chat Room and the Trading Platform. It was similar to what Xu Xin had imagined.

He impatiently opened the Chat Room, but it was quiet.

Suddenly, a line of words appeared in the quiet Chat Room.

“Is anyone there?”

Instantly, the Chat Room became lively.

“There’s really someone here!”

“F*ck! Finally!”

“Two days, two days! Do you know how I’ve been living through these past two days?”

“What’s the situation now?!”

The Chat Room was instantly filled with all kinds of replies.

“Brothers, are all of you in your treehouse now?”

“That’s right, that’s right. I only had a treehouse seed at the beginning. Was it the same for everyone else?”

“Yes!”

“Same!”

“You don’t say, this display screen is quite high-tech!”

“Does anyone know how to get back? I haven’t saved the game yet! I fell asleep on the table and ended up here!”

Looking at the people talking in the chat channel, Xu Xin couldn’t help but smile. Some of the chat bubbles had names, while others were displayed as anonymous. Xu Xin clicked on the chat box and found that it was similar to voice input.

[Please choose whether to remain anonymous.]

Xu Xin chose ‘yes’. It was better to wait and see.

He tried to say the names of some acquaintances, including his parents and friends, but no one responded. Instead, it set off a trend of looking for relatives and friends.

“Zhang San, is Zhang San there? Is Zhang San in this area?”

“Li Si, your father is calling you home for dinner!”

“Wang Wu, Wang Wu, I’m your girlfriend. Please contact me if you see this!”

However, many were calling out, yet few responded. The few who did so were only because they had the same name.