Cave of Ice Survival

By Paula Henn

The entire population crosses into an underwater ice cave.

The surrounding area is blocked by a wall of ice.

The only way to get into the next ice cave is to choose an ice wall and smash it with the draft in your hand.

Food, water, and various other survival resources are hidden behind the ice walls in the ice caves.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Tiana Sumoge
• Release date: Feb 19, 2024
• ISBN: 9798869377111

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Chapter 2 Mysterious Hidden Hints

After this moment of probing, Yang Qing profoundly understood.

If you look at all of this as a game, then digging through walls of ice and entering one ice cave after another in search of supplies is the heart of this game.

Unless you can stay here without eating or drinking and pray that this is just a dream, there is only one option, dig.

Waiting to die on the spot was not Yang Qing's character, and he was ready to make his move.

The ice wall on the right was his choice.

There is no basis or entanglement, simply because of proximity.

Inside the ice cave, there is a system labeled with directions in every direction, up and down, left and right, front and back.

The ice wall is as flat as a mirror, but you can't feel any coldness, really say this is more like a mirror wall.

There's no telling how long it will take to dig through this wall of ice, hopefully as fragile as a thin mirror.

In the middle of his thoughts, Yang Qing had already raised the manuscript in his hand high.

[Dig, dig, the right ice cave is the lair of a group of Ice Bikini Scorpions, not afraid of being stung with a thousand holes you dig.]

A line of colorful letters appeared in his mind

Unlike the kind of prompts that float around the system panel.

It was as if the colorful script had been imprinted in his head out of thin air.

Yang Qing shook his head, his eyes somewhat blank. The manuscript in his hand didn't dare to slam down, but was instead lifted back up in his hand.

This is ..... System alert?

Looking up, he focused his eyes again on the wall of ice above his head.

[Well, the top is a good choice, a white item of equipment, a bottle of 2L Ice Broadfall, but you can only stare at it without climbing equipment.]

The colorful fonts appeared in the mind again.

Yang Qing's eyes glowed with a strange look.

Continue to look at the ice wall at your feet.

[If you dare to dig down, you're a real warrior, the extreme cold can turn you into an ice sculpture in an instant.]

There is a white grade shell on the left, but it's at the bottom of the lake at a depth of 10 meters, so if you think you can dive down, be brave and dig.

[Although there is nothing in the rear ice cave, his ice wall is extra thick.]

Oh! Good heavens, dig ahead, it's wise, not only is there no danger in it, but there's enough food to keep you fed and watered for a day.]

Six directions, front and back, left and right, up and down.

As long as Yang Qing stared at whichever side he wanted to dig, a segment of colorful hints would appear in his mind.

If the hints are true ..... Thinking about this, Yang Qing breathed a little sharply.

Following the hints, digging that ice wall in front of you is definitely the best option.

Of course, that's if that tip is really accurate.

Whatever, it's at this point anyway, mang is right.

Yang Qing raised his draft again, only this time the direction was the ice wall in front of him.

Riveting and slamming down hard.

Ding ....

The originally smooth wall of ice revealed a faint crack.

The posture and force is correct, just hold it.

Ding .... Ding ..... ding ....

As Yang Qing continued to raise and lower his hands, the ice wall was already densely filled with cracks.

Bang!

It was finally half an hour later that the ice wall collapsed.

[System: Ice*20]

Presented before Yang Qing's eyes was a faint wall of fog.

The wall of fog blocked the view and it was impossible to see inside.

Originally, I was also thinking that the ice wall shattered to see the situation first, and if there is danger inside first not to go in, it seems that this bug can't be stuck.

Yang Qing murmured and shook his head, no longer dwelling on it, and took a step to walk in.

As soon as he stepped in, the original wall of fog behind him instantly turned into a new wall of ice, and at the same time a system prompt appeared next to the ice wall.

[System: You cannot excavate this ice wall]

Yang Qing opened the system panel, the upper right corner of the original number of diggable times today:10 had changed to 9.

And directly in front

It was still an ice cave wrapped in six walls of ice, and at a glance, the space was quite a bit larger than the previous ice cave.

Meanwhile in the corner of this ice cave there was a shell with a white light.

Yang Qing hurriedly walked over.

The shell was almost the size of a laptop and was surrounded by a white light.

[White Shell:The lowest level shell in the Ice Cave, opening it may lead to some small surprises, but it may also hide a crisis.]

A prompt from the system floats above the shell.

[Feel free to open it, it's filled with water and food.]

Colorful hints surfaced in Yang Qing's mind.

There were hangers on who were fearless enough to reach right in and open it, and just as the cue in their heads had suggested, no harm occurred and it held two bottles of mineral water and a compressed cracker.

[System: 500ML mineral water *2]

[System: 100g compressed crackers*2]

[System: White Shell*1]

The three items are automatically stowed in the backpack.

Yang Qing opened his backpack, the first one in the grid was a pickaxe, the second one was a shell, the quantity of both was *1

The third and fourth compartments contain compressed cookies and 500ml of mineral water, both in quantities of *2

After curiously taking out a bottle of mineral water, the number *2 in the grid instantly turned into *1.

Is this really not a game world?

Yang Qing said, staring at the mineral water in his hand a bit out of focus.

Then shook his head, what the heck, game or not, cross over or not, live well first.

After carefully looking around and realizing that there were no other supplies, he took out a compressed cookie and ate a small bite, then rehydrated before leaning back in the corner to rest a bit.

I also wonder if others have started digging yet.

Open up the chat to \from\somehow* say, group [9☞☞8;0. 2,0#5?8?5,6 stay\stay interface.

Choose the Dragon Kingdom.

Brothers, I've been bitten by a snake, it seems to be poisoned, now I'm all over the place, I bac

Oooh... Which big brother can give some food.

Did you all notice that there's actually a wall of fog from smashing the ice wall, and I just threw my draft over to try and probe first, but it wouldn't go in.

Hahahahaha, touching the wall of fog directly with your hand takes you to the next ice cave, I just came in and found two chocolates.

Can you share a piece of the chocolate.

Can I have a lick of chocolate paper.

KAM ah, it's obviously a big chunk of ice, why can't you lick the water.

Hey, I dug the front ice wall, then went to the back ice wall, and guess what, it wouldn't dig at all.

There has been quite a bit of digging going on.

Mostly still hovering on their first blood though, no one mentioned the second ice cave.

Yang Qing watched for a while, and then quit chatting to \since\ Xiao * said, group [9☞☞8;0. 2,0#5?8?5,6 stay\ stay channel.

I did see a couple of more valuable pieces of information this time.

Once one ice wall is selected for excavation, no other ice wall can be excavated.

Also, ice can't actually turn into water?

Off the charts.

Get to work.

With the hidden hints he was at ease at the moment.

If other people's difficulty was at the hellish torture level, then this crossing survival game was playing a gentler version for Yang Qing.

Chapter 3.

[Don't look, the rear can't be dug.]

Colorful words in still Yang Qing mind floating.

He then looked to continue to several other walls of ice.

[Keep digging ahead, there's enough water and food in there, and even a diagram for making a stone spear.]

[The left ice cave is okay, and who can say no to a bucket of old phlegm pickle noodles before bedtime, oh! It's a shame you can't boil hot water for a while yet.]

[Don't look to the right, there's a ferocious snow hog sleeping in there that could crack your head open.]

[There's a group of ice bats coiled below, provoke them and you won't even have a place to run to.]

[You actually dare to look upwards, may I ask if you have a climbing tool, so what if I tell you that there is an alien beast egg inside, you won't be able to do nothing but stare.]

This tip was more or less immodest, Yang Qing was beyond sure.

Without a doubt, the choice this time remained the ice wall ahead.

Not to mention enough food, that crafting chart alone was enough to get his heart pumping.

Ding... Ding. .... Ding.

The sound of digging into the ice wall once again echoed within this ice cave.

The teenager was full of enthusiasm, his hands rose and fell, just to peel away the delicate veneer ahead, to go deeper, was his only belief.

About half an hour later, with a loud bang.

The ice wall thumped and shattered.

[System: Ice*20]

With the experience from the last time, this time Yang Qing didn't have any hesitation and went straight through the fog wall.

The scene in front of him instantly became larger, and the first thing he saw was the blue-glowing shell in the center of the ice cave.

Good lord, this ice cave is incredibly large.

As he spoke, he headed for the center position.

[Blue Shells:One level higher than White Shells, often with a good collection of supplies, but of course in greater crisis.]

[This blue shell is safe and harmless, with food, and making charts for everything.]

Two cues one above the shell and one in the mind.

Yang Qing was relieved to open this blue shell in front of him .

Inside lay a making chart, a bottle of Reebok, and a box of Ollie's for cookies.

[System: Stone Spear Crafting Diagram*1]

【System:350ml *1】)

【System:200g Ollie's Cookies*1】)

[System: Blue Shell*1]

Yang Qing ignored the others for the time being and took out the Stone Spear Crafting Diagram from his backpack.

Two prompts from the system appeared.

[System:Stone Spear Crafting Chart, you can try to learn it first and then make it.]

[System:Whether or not to learn the Stone Spear Crafting Chart.]

No hesitation, just click, yes.

Yang Qing's finger had just fallen, and the Stone Spear Making Diagram in his hand instantly turned into a starry white aura that merged into his body.

Click on the Manufacturing option on the System panel.

The manufacturing interface, which had been empty, now had its first line of information.

[Stone Spear:Stone 0/2, Wood 0/3, Wooden Vine 0/1] Made.

Select the stone spear and click Make.

[System: Insufficient materials to manufacture.]

Looks like we'll have to find a way to get the materials first.

With the stone spear, I don't know if I can handle some of the weaker crises

With eight more digs to go today, it looks like an extra shift is needed.

Yang Qing licked his lips, at this time he was very energized.

[No, no, no, I can't believe someone didn't notice the little ice pack in the upper left corner????]

Colorful hints suddenly surfaced in Yang Qing's mind.

Ice packs?

Seeing the prompt, Yang Qing hurriedly ran to the upper left corner within the ice cave.

Sure enough, a small ice pack that was less than half a meter tall and about a meter wide stood proudly here.

Remove the pickaxe and just smash it against the ice pack in front of you.

Ding .... Ding... Ding.

Before a few strokes, the little ice packs became little slushies.

[System: Ice*2]

[System: Stone*2]

[System: 100ml of unknown blood*1]

I was just reading about the material, and then 2 copies of the stone came in.

Yang Qing was overjoyed and took out the unknown blood in passing.

[System:Frozen the blood of a 800 year old white furred ice bear, drinking it can slightly improve some of your physique.]

Good stuff, permanently added attributes.

But this really isn't the little red bottle from the online game?

Blood in a copy of glass test tube, peeled off the stopper, Yang Qing did not care so much, since the tip to drink the benefits, regardless of the small red bottle or small blue bottle.

100ml of blood was poured down, and a fishy taste erupted in his mouth, while a warm current seemed to ripple through his body.

[System: 130ml glass empty test tube*1]

Yang Qing clenched his fists, perhaps it was not much of a boost, he did not feel it.

Click Personal Information on the system panel.

That's when I realized that the original physique and strength were 13, 12.

At this point it's become 15, 13.

Physique added 2 points and Strength added 1 point.

After drinking the blood, his body that was originally a bit tired also instantly became energized.

His motivation was boundless at this point, and he once again looked to the surrounding walls of ice.

The rear still suggests that it can't be dug.

With the experience he had just had, above him he was not prepared to watch a glance this time.

Even if you can't climb up, you're still phased by that tip.

The other four tips appeared in his mind in turn.

[We can't go forward this time. There's a storm about to break out inside.]

There's a blue shell on the left, but it's at the bottom of the lake, and it's guarded by an ice-armored crocodile.

[The right side is full of ice spikes and has no resources, it's a trap.]

[No shit, there's actually a picture of an ice breaker being made underneath, sadly guarded by an injured ice field rabbit. How pathetic! You can't even beat a wounded rabbit without a weapon.]

There is no absolute safety in any of the four directions.

Which side to choose?

Yang Qing first ruled out front and right.

Not having resources is also almost always an unavoidable hazard.

The left side was fine, except for the hint that the ice-armored crocodile would be guarding the blue shell at the bottom of the lake, and if I didn't move that blue shell and just dug in one direction, I don't know if I'd still startle it.

As for below, the injured rabbit.

The prompt says I can't fight without a weapon.

By the way, if I make the stone spear I don't know if I have a chance.

Three parts of wood, and one part of wood vine are missing to make a stone spear.

Thinking of this, Yang Qing hurriedly opened the exchange.

At this point, the exchange interface was no longer as empty as it had been earlier, and it was covered with information.

Yang Qing looked through it for a while, and his face, instantly, darkened.

Do these people take everyone else for fools.

A moldy potato actually wants to be traded for 500ml of water.

A piece of lumber for meat.

A bottle of soy sauce for 1L of milk, with a fucking note that it needs to be fresh.

What's even more outrageous is the exchange of full body clothing for water and food. Is this running around naked?

After looking at half a day, there was hardly anything suitable, so Yang Qing hung up the transaction himself

[Seller: Yang Qing, Long Guo]

[Trade-in: 100 grams of compressed cookies eaten in two bites, actual grams 75]

[Requirements: Wood*3]

[Option: None]

[Stock:1]

[Seller: Yang Qing, Long Guo]

[Trading item: 100g compressed cookie]

Requirements: Wooden Vine*5

[Option: None]

[Stock:1]

Yang Qing really doesn't like cookies and other things, so it's just right to use them for trading at this moment.

And he had left an Ollie for the cookies, so there was no fear that he would go hungry at night.

.

Chapter 4 Beast Source

[System:The compressed cookies you listed on the exchange were traded successfully. You harvested wood*3]

[System:The compressed cookies you listed on the exchange were traded successfully. You harvested Wooden Vines*5.]

Yang Qing still underestimated everyone's thirst for food, and originally thought that he would need to wait for a while.

I didn't realize that the 2 compressed cookies were all replaced just as soon as they were hung up.

Looking at the materials now complete, Yang Qing called out the system panel and clicked on the [Manufacturing] option.

[Stone Spear:Stone 3/2, Wood 3/3, Wooden Vine 5/1] Manufacture

Select the stone spear and click Make.

[System: Stone-2, Wood-3, Wooden Vine-1]

[System: You have successfully crafted Harvest Stone Spear*1]

Tap your backpack and take out the stone spear.

[System:Stone spears, crafted with stone and wood as the main materials, usually do not possess much killing power. Be aware that this is a tool item and does not take up equipment squares.]

A stone spear about 2 meters long appeared in his hand.

The material that the spear body is of is a wooden stick.

The spearhead is made of a sharpened and pointed stone.

The overall look is quite a product of the Stone Age.

Feels good in the hand, hopefully the spearhead won't fly off.

Yang Qing made a few gestures.

Although the body of the spear and the head of the spear were secured using a cane, the two were firmly fixed no matter how Yang Qing waved them.

Carrying the stone spear, he once again looked at the ice wall at his feet, and this time the colorful prompts in his mind made Yang Qing grin.

[No way, there's actually an ice breaker crafting diagram down there, unfortunately it's guarded by a wounded Ice Plains rabbit, but you already have a weapon, so if you're careful, you'll be able to pick that rabbit off]

Swapping his stone spear for a pickaxe, Yang Qing once again began his path of smashing ice.

Half an hour later, a wall of fog surfaced at his feet.

And at this moment, Yang Qing was standing on top of a ladder.

Luckily, I thought smashing through this wall of ice would require a fall on my ass at least, but I didn't expect it to be quite humane.

Following the steps, Yang Qing began to walk down, through the fog wall, what came into his eyes was a staircase with a height of tens of meters.

It's not very agoraphobic friendly.

Yang Qing shook his head and followed the steps all the way down.

This was the third ice cave he had dug through, and compared to the first two that felt empty, this one looked like it was going to have some more life in it.

At a glance, there were actually a few piles of weeds growing on the ice wall underneath the flat bottom.

Grass grows on ice. How dare you believe such an outrageous thing?

But the fact was right in front of Yang Qing's eyes, and the first thing he saw was one of the haystacks, where a snow-white rabbit the size of a puppy was lying on its back.

One of the rabbit's legs could be clearly seen still bubbling with blood.

As on the tip, it's a wounded rabbit.

Take it while it's sick.

Yang Qing didn't make any hesitation, took out the stone spear from his backpack and held it tightly with both hands, without any fancy and superfluous movements, he ran to the rabbit with one vigorous step, and the stone spear was steadily inserted towards the rabbit.

Psst!

The rabbit let out a wail of pain.

Yang Qing pulled out his stone spear.

The rabbit saw the opportunity and fled to the side, but was able to escape at the speed of a tortoise because of the wound in his leg.

Yang Qing naturally would not be merciful, the stone spear in his hand stabbed out again, directly piercing it, and the rabbit, too, was lifeless.

[System: You have successfully killed the beast, the Ice Hare]

[System: Beast Source*1]

[System: Ice Rabbit Meat*3]

【System:100ml *1】)

[System: Ice Plains Rabbit Skin*1]

[System: Ice Plains Rabbit Bone*3]

Poor bunny, straight up letting the system split the body.

But what about that Beast Source?

Tap the backpack and take out the beast source

It was shaped as if it was the size of an egg, hard as stone, and a few faint lines could be seen on it. It was glowing with white light.

There's also an introductory paragraph from the system on the side

[Beast source: can be absorbed to open the human gene chain]

[System: Absorption or not]

Genetic chain, can you turn into Superman when you turn it on?

was. Yang Qing clicked in a hurry.

[System: Successfully absorbed animal source, human gene chain opening degree: 2%]

[System:Congratulations on unlocking the gene panel, which can be viewed in the system panel.]

What no reaction, it doesn't feel as great as the earlier bottle of blood boost.

Yang Qing spared his head around, while calling out the system panel.

[Backpack]... [Chatting from \from \small*says, group [9☞☞8;0. 2,0#5?8?5, 6 stay \ stay] ..... [Exchange]... [Character Information]... [Making] .... [Home] .... [Gene] .....

Sure enough, there's an extra gene option, and I don't know what it does.

Tap the genes one option on.

There is only one message on the panel.

Gene chain opening: 2%

I guess we won't know exactly what it does until it reaches 100%.

Seeing this, Yang Qing no longer dwelled on this new feature, but opened his backpack to continue checking out the other loot given by the rabbit.

[Icefields Rabbit Meat: Excellent for use as food]. Note:One serving of meat is 200 grams.

[Blood of Ice Rabbit: Drinking it can slightly improve the body's physical condition.]

[Ice hare skins: a good choice for clothing]

[Ice-plain Rabbit Bone: Can be used for soup] Note: One serving of rabbit bone is 200 grams.

Each has its own use.

But the most precious of all is rabbit blood.

It is able to significantly increase body values.

Yang Qing licked his lips, that feeling of looking at himself getting stronger, visible to the naked eye, made him linger.

Click to remove the ice rabbit blood

[System: Preparation of vessels is required to take out the blood of the ice hare]

It just so happened that there was a glass test tube in his backpack, Yang Qing held it in his hand before clicking on the Ice Plains Rabbit Blood again.

This time the rabbit blood was removed intact and put into a test tube.

Then bring the mouth of the test tube close to your mouth, tilt your head back, and take a swig.

There was an instantaneous surge of heat coming from within his body.

At the same time the fatigue in the body disappears again and the energy becomes abundant.

This fresh drink is so much more refreshing than the 800 year old frozen one, I just don't know how much value is added

Yang Qing said and licked the blood left around his mouth, then tapped on [Personal Information]

Name:Yang Qing

Strength: 13 (normal adult male 10)

Agility: 16 (normal adult male 10)

Physical fitness: 15 (10 for normal adult males)

Mental: 15 (10 for normal adult males)

Equipment:Weapon (empty) Clothing (empty) Wrist guards (empty) Shoes (empty) Pants (empty) Leg guards (empty) Belt (empty) Necklace (empty) Ring left (empty) Ring right (empty)

Only the Agility value has changed from the initial 12 to 16. no other values have changed

It seems that this Rabbit Blood only adds Agility alone, but with a whopping 4 point boost.

This tangible boost delighted him, and he raised the stone spear in his hand and swung it in place.

The moves were disorganized, but he could deeply feel that his own physique, strength, speed, and other aspects were a great deal higher than before he crossed over.

Chapter 5: The First Night

After the test, Yang Qing suddenly remembered that the previous hint showed that there was also a crafting diagram hidden in this ice cave.

His eyes glanced to the piles of weeds on the icy wall at his feet, and his mind, once again, was on fire.

Meanwhile the cues in his head kept shifting with his gaze. Mostly one meaning.

This is a safe and harmless place to search.

The energy has just been replenished, and there are tips for security.

Yang Qing was energized and recklessly started sweeping within this ice cave.

[System: Stones *3]

[System: Ice Breaker Crafting Diagram*1]

[System: Iron Block *5]

[System: Timber*1]

[System: box of matches]

[System: 500ml mineral water*2]

[System:200g wheat bread*1]

But it's so rich, is it because it's guarded by a foreign beast.

The corners of Yang Qing's mouth grinned slightly.

It didn't take long for this entire ice cave to be scoured clean by him.

Among them, the one that concerned him the most was naturally that Ice Shatterer Production Diagram.

If this isn't a headline-grabbing party, then he'll be assured of drinking water in the future - after all, the last thing this place needs is ice.

Remove the Ice Crusher crafting chart from your backpack and study it.

The manufacturing interface was then opened, and a new option was added under that Stone Spear Crafting Program.

[Ice Breaker: Iron 5/10 Copper 0/10 Psionic Stone 0/1 Fire Stone 0/1 Wind Stone 0/1]

Good lord, one of a kind doesn't come together.

And the ones in the back, what with the wind energy stones and fire energy stones, they look like rarities at first glance.

But I have a hint in my head that a few more ice caves should come together quickly

With the ice breaker as a goal, Yang Qing was even more motivated.

Under instruction, this time he chose to head toward the left.

A total of Iron Blocks *5, Copper Blocks *4, and 500ML Mineral Water *1 were harvested inside.

The digging then resumed, this time in the direction of the cue to dig behind.

Again, nothing happened, harvested iron *4, copper *6, wood *3, 200g wheat bread *2

With the end of these two digs, Yang Qing also had his first night in the ice cave.

[System:Please note that it is nighttime in the Ice Cave from 19:00-7:00, so please dig with caution and keep a reasonable amount of rest.]

As soon as this system prompt appeared, the ice cave that was still well-lit gradually began to dim.

The darkness can be intimidating in such an enclosed space, let alone having to dig through a wall of ice, it's a duck's nest.

Of course, for Yang Qing, pressure and other things do not exist, while the light is not completely dim, he started digging again according to the prompts, this time choosing the right side, which is still overgrown with weeds, only there are no rabbits.

Total harvest:200g beef jerky*1, 150g instant coffee*1, 2L mineral water*1.

With the end of this excavation, the light inside the ice cave had completely disappeared, pitch blackness filled the entire world, and Yang Qing had no desire to continue digging.

Flesh out the homes from the panels.

He then took out the matches he had harvested earlier and lit a pile of weeds in his yard.

There was a hint of firelight in the dark world, but the weeds were not resistant to burning, so Yang Qing took out another portion of wood from his backpack.

To his surprise, one serving of wood actually consisted of ten half-meter-long arm-thick logs.

Setting up the fire, Yang Qing opened his backpack.

[Used matches box, stone*7, iron*14, copper*10, wood*9, wood vine*2, 500ML mineral water*5, 1L mineral water*3, wheat bread*3, Ollie's biscuits*1, Rebbe*1, beef jerky*1, instant coffee*1, ice rabbit's bones*3, ice rabbit's fur*1, ice rabbit's meat*3, stone spears, white shells*1, blue shells*1]

That's all he got from six digs today.

Yang Qing felt that this was definitely considered a luxurious start for him.

After all, there shouldn't be many warriors who can dig 6 times in 3-4 hours.

Open up the chat to \from\somehow* say, group [9☞☞8;0. 2,0#5?8?5,6 stay\stay interface.

Dragon Nation Channel.

Mmmm... I'm so hungry... I want to go home... oooooooooooooooo .... I don't want to stay here.

Which old iron do me a favor and give some food and water, I've been starving all day. If this continues, I'm afraid I won't last the night.

Somebody help me, Mommy, I want to go home.

May I ask if the big guy who was selling compressed cookies earlier is around, and if you have any extra food, I have wood here that I would like to trade with you.

Whoever can give me some water and food, I'll give you 10 million dollars when we get out of here, I, Zhang Changfu, am a man of my word.

Compared to when I first came in, there were significantly fewer bragging messages, and tons of prayers for water and food scrolled across the panel.

I had thought that the gang should have dug in more or less once or twice, and looking at this most of them still haven't dared to do it.

After all, with the resources within the Ice Cave, but if one manages to dig through one, it wouldn't be so bad that one wouldn't even be able to get a drink of water.

But it's true, digging up gives you the possibility of dying on the spot.

And staying put at least gives you a little more time to live.

Not everyone has the mentality to face their fears head on.

Yang Qing shook his head, then tapped on the trading interface.

Similarly, the need for those unorthodox transactions is gradually decreasing compared to earlier.

It's still more of a trade of whatever wood, stone, or other resources for water and food.

After roughly scanning for a while, he didn't see Spirit Energy Stones, Fire Energy Stones, or anything like that that he wanted.

He was about to close the exchange when a transaction message caught his attention.

The trade item was just ordinary twine, but his demand item was something like tools and equipment.

Yeah, there are only a handful of people who can dig up crafting maps at this stage, and almost everyone's tool is just a complimentary pickaxe until now. Then won't I be able to craft stone spears in exchange for resources

Although the stone spear was only the most basic tool, it could be much stronger than a draft against some ordinary foreign beasts, and the important thing was that the manufacturing materials were also simple.

All of a sudden his thoughts were cleared, Yang Qing's mood was instantly soothed.

Put up a stone spear message in the exchange.

[Seller: Yang Qing, Long Guo]

[Trade-in: Stone Spear]

[Requirements: Wood*9, Stone*6, Rattan*3]

[Option: Any one of the Spirit Energy Stones, Fire Energy Stones, or Wind Energy Stones.]

[Stock:1]

Using 3 times the materials used to make the stone spear as a demand item was a pricing he felt was more appropriate.

The price offered was too high, basically no one could afford it at this stage, and those who could come up with a large amount of materials would not necessarily be able to look at a common tool like a stone spear, I'm sure.

The box of Ollie's gave cookies, a loaf of wheat bread, and one 500ml of mineral water were then put up on separate exchanges.

Requirements and alternatives are any one of the following: psychic energy stone, fire energy stone, and wind energy stone.

Chapter 6: Simply Make a Soup

Yang Qing just put up these supplies, chat to \from\small*say,group [9☞☞8;0. 2,0#5?8?5,6 dull\dull interface instantly ushered in a wave of fever.

Crap, look, there's a fool on the exchange who actually dares to bring such a precious resource as water to be put up for sale, does this guy think he's lived too long.

Kam, it's this Yang Qing again, not long ago I saw him hanging a few compressed cookies, I didn't grab them with my slow hands, I didn't realize that he even dared to take water out of the deal

We are all human beings, why is the gap so wide.

"Is he digging out an underground river?

What's that psychic energy stone?

Biggie, does the wood want more, for a drink of water.

Ten ice cubes for your bottle of water, old man.

Little brother, can you reward a cookie, Ke Wen, package satisfaction. (Next to a leg-baring photo, look at the background of that photo, it's the ice cave, it looks like it was taken with the camera that came with the system now.)

.......

The number of private messages is countless, most of them are some worthless information. Yang Qing is also too lazy to look at it, casually will chat to \from \ small * said, group [9☞☞8;0. 2,0#5?8?5,6 stay \ stay interface closed.

He had basically not eaten anything since he had been so busy.

Taking out a piece of rabbit meat from his backpack, he was considering whether or not to craft another stone spear to make a barbecue stick when he suddenly saw that there were still two pieces of shells inside his backpack.

Doesn't this just work as a pot? Rabbit bone broth with roast, perfect.

With this idea, Yang Qing immediately took out a white shell and two portions of stone from his backpack.

The top and bottom sides of the shells are concave, so it's perfectly fine for stews.

One copy of the stone is in the shape of a standard rectangle, ten centimeters high, one meter long, and half a meter wide.

By placing the two portions of stones horizontally, with the shells set up in the center of the stones, and moving the fire underneath the shells, a simple hearth is set up.

The stew naturally required water, but water was a precious resource, and he didn't have much of it himself right now, so he saved what he could.

Let's see if we can boil the ice into water first.

One serving of ice is 1 cubic meter in size.

Yang Qing took out the manuscript and smashed it against the ice that had just been taken out in front of him.

[System: Requires special device to disassemble.]

Yang Qing then placed the ice directly on the fire again, wanting to see if he could melt it, and still got the same prompt.

It seems that the ice has not been broken down by the special device, and indeed, as said in the previous chat come\from\small*say,group [9☞☞8;0. 2,0#5?8?5,6 dull\dull message, it cannot be turned into water.

But that special device, I guess that means an ice breaker or something like that.

So, by making the ice crusher, you'll be able to turn that ice into drinkable water, or crushed ice or something.

Thinking of this Yang Qing's heart was on fire, this if he could really make ice into water, drinking water freedom was not a dream.

No. Bathing freedom is all right.

All of a sudden, Yang Qing instantly felt that consuming some mineral water to use for soup was no big deal.

Take out that 1L bottle of mineral water directly and pour it into the shell, then put a portion of rabbit bone into it, while closing the shell.

All that's left to do is wait.

[System:The Stone Spear you listed on the exchange was traded successfully. You harvested wood *9, stone *6, wood vine *3]

Sold out so quickly.

With a thought, Yang Qing once again created 4 stone spears and hung 3 before placing them in the exchange.

The price is still three times the cost, and alternatively, psychic energy stones, fire energy stones, and wind energy stones.

Another was held in his hand, and after skewering the rabbit on a stone spear, he set it on the fire and roasted it nastily.

Taking advantage of this moment of effort, Yang Qing once again opened the chat to \from\small*say,group [9☞☞8;0. 2,0#5?8?5,6 stay\stay panel.

There's no way around it. It's the only fun in this hellhole.

Chatting comes \from \small*saying, the group [9☞☞8;0. 2,0#5?8?5,6 stay \ stay interface is exceptionally lively.

Even those who had been diving during the day popped out.

One is either complaining or showing off.

Especially those who show off.

The resources that had been harvested during the day at the risk of their lives seemed to be released in this moment.

A player called Zhang Da Gun was unusually conspicuous.

Good evening brothers, today's dinner is yogurt with salted duck eggs, the yogurt has no label, it should be a three-dimensional product, the salted duck eggs are golden and runny, the flavor is salty and fragrant, it's really authentic, it's really beautiful.

There's a picture next to it.

With yogurt in his left hand and a salted duck egg in his right, he stood majestically in front of the door of the hut with a look of arrogance.

I don't know how the system captured it for him, but once this photo was posted, it was coupled with Zhang Da Gun's words.

Chatting comes \from\small*saying,group [9☞☞8;0. 2,0#5?8?5,6 stay\stay The interface instantly drifted with a slice of envious messages.

Is this the difference, here I am still licking ice cubes and the big man is already living a rich and prosperous life.

Cannon Cannon, I know you, I'm a fan of your doujinshi, can I have egg shells, yogurt lids. So want to lick.

Why is someone so lucky, when I was digging today, I found a shell, I didn't realize that there was an electric eel hidden inside, and it was an electric treatment to my head, and now I still feel tingly all over.

I've never lost a fight, have you guys ever seen a rabbit the size of a dog's pup, that's not the point, the point is that it also kicks balls.

That's nothing, I met a 2-meter tall white-haired wolf today that growled when it saw me. How can I stand it with my violent temper? I went up to it and hit it with a scud, now I only have my left leg left, I don't know if I can survive through tonight, hey!!!!!!!!

Messages like Zhang Da Gun's braggadocio are the most attention-grabbing ones, and all of them can cause heated comments once they are sent out.

People are vain, and watching someone post a few random photos of their food gets them attention, and more and more people are joining in.

Normal point of showing off what ham with cucumbers, cilantro with tomatoes, fire roasted jalapenos.

Unusual what spiders, cockroaches, small geckos, all are moved on the chat to \from\small*say,group [9☞☞8;0. 2,0#5?8?5,6 dull\dull interface.

Yang Qing was watching with great interest, flipping the roasted meat in his hand while continuing to watch the performances of the various gods on the panel.

At that moment, someone in the message suddenly said.

Everyone, go watch the world channel, those sticks from the kimchi countries are dissing us again.

Damn it, the more I see, the more angry I get, just now there was a sieve batch performing eating earthworms in the world channel, and said something about pinching the head and removing the tail, rich in nutrients. As a result, he was mocked, saying something about how we're only worthy of eating worms.

I'm watching it too, those stickmen are so damn arrogant.

.......

Chapter 7 - Barbecuing for Fire Energy Stones

There's still this kind of talent, even if it's okay to have fun in your own home, you actually run outside and make a fool of yourself.

Yang Qing shook his head, then tapped on the world channel to the side.

Bunch of garbage, what the hell are you Dragon Nation people eating. Look at what I'm eating, it's a box of fresh kimchi, flavorful and nutritious. Ten times the protein of beef.

Haha, Oba is awesome, Kimchi is so good to dig up, straight up hang on to that group of Ryukoku people.

Laugh your ass off, treating bugs like beef is something only those stupid Dragons can do.

Nishihachi, so strong for my great kimchi country.

Begging for Opa's adoption.

Rows and rows of messages with kimchi country suffixes, almost covering the entire world chat to \from \ small * said, group [9☞☞8;0. 2,0#5?8?5,6 dull \ dull interface.

Sure enough, people in this pickle country like to make a fool of themselves wherever they are.

Yang Qing was instantly interested.

After opening the exchange and checking it out, there were three kinds of seasonings that could be used and sold at a normal price: salt, pepper, and chorizo.

There were messages under all three seasonings, mostly stating that they would only be exchanged for food that they could normally eat.

Yang Qing took out a serving of wheat bread and divided it into three pieces, making separate trade requests.

Salt and pepper both agreed to the trade, with only Chili Noodle's private chat indicating a need for more wheat bread.

Yang Qing didn't bother with him.

Are you kidding me, the price of food and spices are not in the same league at all nowadays in this market, okay.

Besides, there really weren't many people who could take food out of trade, and if he hadn't dug 6 ice caves today, there's no way he would have had any extra food.

After this moment of inking, the rabbit is basically roasted, remove the salt and pepper, and sprinkle it evenly over the top.

Instantly an explosive smell of meat wafted through mid-air.

At this point, Chili Noodle's side once again sent a private chat, agreeing to the deal.

He would soon be able to enjoy a big meal, so such a small piece of bread Yang Qing couldn't see it, so he didn't refuse.

Tap on the chat to come \from\ small*say, group [9☞☞8;0. 2,0#5?8?5,6 stay\stay interface of the photo function.

A close-up of the charred and tender roasted rabbit and bone broth.

Yang Qing: Before enjoying the fragrant barbecue meat, you have to have a mouthful of bone soup to rinse your mouth.

Insert picture

Send.

This passage is accompanied by a picture that just appeared in the World Chat come\from\small*say,group [9☞☞8;0. 2,0#5?8?5,6 stay\stay interface.

Instantly a large group of diving Dragon players spoke up.

Haha, scream, keep screaming, what's a kimchi, our Dragon Kingdom's big brother, Yang Qing, has already eaten roasted meat and bone soup.

Emma, I can smell it through the screen.

Did no one really realize that such a pot of bone broth would take at least 1L of water to make. How much water does he actually have that he dares to splurge like that.

Yang Qing big brother cowhide, the Dragon Kingdom is mighty.

Kimchi country scum continue ah, a box of kimchi fucking also dare to clamor, now know what is called crushing.

It wasn't just the players from the Dragon Country who were in awe, people from other countries were equally shocked by Yang Qing's big spending.

Oh! Gosh, what do I see, there's meat and soup, isn't he really on vacation.

This friend called Yang Qing, I'm Viguhans, I want to make friends with you, please share some of your roasted meat with me.

My land, too, would like to work on meat.

May the Great God-King bless Mary with a fragrant broth tomorrow as well.

Of course, there are plenty of eye-rolling detractors, especially those in the kimchi countries, who bear the brunt of the problem.

Oh, this is you Dragon Kingdom people, hypocritical and pretentious. Would anyone really think that this picture is real? It's just the hypocritical Dragon Nation people hand-painting it themselves.

Yes, yes, come to deceive everyone on the basis that you are better at painting. No one in our kimchi country can even eat grilled meat, what makes you guys qualified.

So that's how it is, damnable Ryukoku people, such bad behavior is done.

For this kind of silly bird theory, Yang Qing ignored it and casually uploaded a few more photos taken at various angles.

Yang Qing: Now is it time to call me 5 sheets in 1 second again, the little drawing genius?

With the appearance of this message and photo, the world chat came\from\small*say,group [9☞☞8;0. 2,0#5?8?5,6 stay\stay interface within the Dragon players once again boiled, while the kimchi country's people only occasional a few words of resistance that are not overly cerebral.

Yang Qing, on the other hand, while enjoying the food, while watching the chat come \from\small*say,group [9☞☞8;0. 2,0#5?8?5,6 stay\ stay interface incomparably under the meal.

It wasn't until he was almost full that a private chat message caught his attention.

After the last harassment, he set up keywords so that the system would only give him hints if he brought information about Spirit Energy Stones , Water Energy Stones, and the like.

Yang Qing hastily clicked on it.

Li Shui, Dragon Kingdom: I have Fire Energy Stones, if you're willing to share half of the roasted meat and bone broth with me, I'll trade with you.

Good lord, a barbecue and bone broth not only blew away those bats from Kimchi Nation, it also blew up a fire energy stone.

Yang Qing chose to accept it, he had eaten almost all of the bone broth and meat anyway, so there wasn't much left to share half of it again.

Most of all, it would be worth it at this stage to trade some leftovers for a fire energy stone, thus speeding up the progress of making the ice breaker in his eyes.

Tap on trade, and half of the bone broth and roast were split by the system, and then placed on the trade screen.

Confirmation of the transaction.

[System:Transaction completed. Fire Energy Stone*1]

Tap your backpack and take out the Fire Energy Stone.

The size of a fist, as if it was a rounded stone, hard, and with a fiery red vein on it.

[System:Fire Energy Stone, has the effect of gathering fire energy and is widely used.]

After holding it in his hand and playing with it for a while, he felt that it wasn't much different from an ordinary pebble, so he put it away in his backpack again.

Finish the last bit of broth again.

Padded a rabbit skin on the ice below and just slept.

........

There was no talk all night.

It was 7:30 AM when I woke up again.

The number of digs is also back up to 10.

Yang Qing looked over the system alert records.

All 3 stone spears listed for sale yesterday have been traded.

But it was still only exchanged for resources such as stones.

The water and cookies and such that were on sale were even more untouched.

Nine stone spears were made again.

Still hanging on to the exchange as it was yesterday.

......

Aim to use up all ten chances today.

Yang Qing stretched his back and took back the courtyard.

After casually eating some wheat bread.

Started preparing for his seventh ice cave dig.

Eyes surveyed the wall of ice around them.

The colored prompts appeared in sequence in the mind as they had done yesterday.

[The left side doesn't make sense, and it's useless to look at it.]

[There are good resources up there, and there's a shoe outfit that you still can't dig up, unfortunately.]

[Be careful down there, where an avalanche can occur at any time.]

[There's an iceberg on the right, and if you have the ability to split it, the reward, will definitely make you happy to the point of tears.]

[There's a labyrinth in the back, so please dig boldly. There is a psychic energy stone inside.]

[There is a pack of hungry ice wolves in front of you, are you trying to turn into sustenance.]

Chapter 8: Ice Crusher Made Successfully

Haha, there are actually Spirit Energy Stones, opening the door.

Undoubtedly, the choice this time was inevitably the rear.

Yang Qing's heart was on fire. He began to dig against the rear ice wall.

[System: Ice*10]

This time the ice walls were thin and it took about ten minutes to dig them up.

Step into the wall of fog.

True to form, as hinted at, this ice cave is labyrinthine in shape.

Yang Qing was at the entrance and there were two passages in front of him.

[Going left, the best item that can be harvested is nothing more than a hammer crafting diagram.]

[Take the right side, the best item to harvest is a psychic stone.]

According to the prompt, Yang Qing naturally chose the right side.

The overall building material of the maze continues to be mainly ice.

After following the passage to the right for a short while, he met a three-way intersection.

According to the tips, you should take the center aisle this time.

Just as he stepped in, he saw a golden aura flashing not far away.

Step forward and pick it up.

[System: Gold Nuggets*2]

Gold nuggets? As soon as it sounds like it's more advanced than some iron nugget or copper nugget, is the reward at the beginning so precious.

Yang Qing was even more excited about the next harvest.

With the hints in his head, this kind of labyrinth was no different to him than flatland.

Half an hour later.

There were nine passages in front of him.

The other seven were mediocre, except for the one on the far left, which suggested an equipment, and the one in the center, if you took it, you could harvest Spirit Energy Stones.

To be reasonable, he was tempted by both, but in the end, the lure of being able to build the Ice Shatterer earlier was a bit greater for him.

Just stepped into that middle passage.

Directly in front of him a shell glowing with purple light instantly caught his eye.

At the same time, the rumbling was unrelenting.

The maze of ice walls behind them, originally cast from ice, all contracted downwards.

The maze also turned into a normal ice cave at this point.

Yang Qing's perspective was suddenly spacious.

It was then that he realized that this ice cave was definitely the biggest one he had dug out so far.

Walk over to the violet glowing shell.

Prompts from the system and the mind surfaced successively.

[Purple Shell:Can open up better resources, but may also hide dangers that are difficult to deal with.]

[This shell is safe and harmless and holds a psychic energy stone and some food]

Yang Qing rubbed his hands together and excitedly opened the purple shell in front of him.

[System: Spiritual Energy Stone*1]

[System: Purple Shell*1]

[System: Steak*1]

[System: Fresh Orange*6]

Spiritual energy stones, finally.

Remove it from the backpack.

It was similar to the Fire Energy Stone, also fist-sized and round in shape. Only the lines on it were a milky white color.

[System:Spiritual energy stone, has the effect of gathering spiritual energy and has a wide range of uses.]

Putting away the psychic energy stones, and then carefully counting the harvests from the other passages within the labyrinth just now, gold nuggets*2, iron nuggets*8, silver nuggets*6, and 3 meters of twine*1.

The haul from this ice cave alone is almost worth the three from yesterday.

Now all that's missing is the Wind Energy Stone, the material used to make the Ice Breaker.

Yang Qing thought about it.

Acquisition of Wind Energy Stones, those who are willing to trade may come with your needs.

Due to last night's bone soup incident, Yang Qing was also a little famous, and when the news was sent out at this moment, it instantly attracted heated discussion.

Big brother Yang Qing is overbearing, directly just letting you make demands. It's just so confident.

Don't ask if there is one, come with a request. Is it really that overbearing.

Is this the big man digging into the vault?

Oh, and you're not afraid of the wind.

That's it, really think you're somebody.

If you really have that many resources, all the more reason to take them out to aid everyone.

For the other people's comments, Yang Qing didn't see it, at this moment, his mind was all on a message.

I have wind energy stones, but I need 2 animal skins, a 2 meter hemp rope, and 1L of water.

The message was from a girl named Bai Xinxue from the Dragon Kingdom.

Look at the avatar is very fairy, watery face seems to pinch out water.

Oooh, this is mostly a lion, although in my eyes the wind energy stone is worth this price, but that's because I can create an ice breaker, in your eyes, this wind energy stone is at best just a strange stone, right?

Yang Qing shook his head and replied.

Yang Qing, Long Guo: 1 piece of animal skin, 1 meter of hemp rope, 500ml of water.

Bai Xin Xue:Long Guo: Is it okay to add another 500ml of water?

Yang Qing, Long Guo: Just 500ml, no bargaining.

Bai Xinxue, Dragon Kingdom:If you can produce an extra piece of animal skin, a meter of twine and 500ml of water, I can make a leather armor for you."

It looks like this girl has unearthed a map for making some kind of leather armor, no wonder she needs animal skins.

Yang Qing was a bit moved, to know that although he now has quite a lot of resources, but the equipment is a piece of nothing, but the beast skin he also has only one. After thinking about it, he replied.

Yang Qing, Long Guo: The conditions I gave will not change, and I only have one beast skin. Also attached another piece of news for you, the source of the beast skin thing is to hunt and kill foreign beasts in order to obtain it, you should also understand the terror of foreign beasts.

This time the other party didn't reply immediately, but took a few minutes before sending a message.

Bai Xinxue, Long Guo:Yes.

【System:Trade Successful, Wind Energy Stone*1, Ice Plains Rabbit's Fur-1, -500ml Mineral Water, Sisal Rope 1 meter-1】.

With the wind energy stone in hand, Yang Qing couldn't wait to tap on the manufacturing interface.

[Ice Breaker: Iron 22/10 , Copper 10/10 , Psychic Energy Stone 1/1 , Fire Energy Stone 1/1 , Wind Energy Stone 1/1] Made.

Everything is flush.

Select the ice crusher and click Make.

[System:Iron Block-10, Copper Block-10, Spirit Energy Stone-1, Fire Energy Stone-1, Wind Energy Stone-1].

[System:You have successfully created the Ice Breaker.]

Tap your backpack and take out the ice crusher.

A precision machine that was about 2 meters high, snow-white in color, and the whole thing was mainly made of copper and iron appeared in front of Yang Qing's eyes.

There is a large opening at the very top of the machine that is supposed to be used to add ice and other materials for processing.

There are two small holes in the front of the machine underneath labeled

Ice outlet, water outlet.

[System:Ice Crusher, a psychic device that requires the addition of specific materials to operate. It has the function of making water and ice. (Note: Cannot be operated by storing it in a backpack, can be placed in the homestead.)]

It really can make water. I just don't know how much can be refined in a day, and if it's a large amount, I can even take a bath tonight to celebrate.

Yang Qing's palm stroked the Ice Breaker, and two more system prompts surfaced.

[System: Whether to add ice.]

[System: Spiritual energy remaining in the stone: 100%]

Yang Qing froze.

Psychic stones are expendable?

If the amount of spiritual energy consumed to process a single portion of ice was too great, then this ice crusher would really not be as useful as one would think.

Chapter 9 - Spiritual Energy Crossbow

Click Add.

A one cubic meter block of ice appears in the opening at the top of the ice crusher.

At the same time two options appeared floating in front of Yang Qing's eyes.

[System: Ice making, water making.]

Click to make water.

A dry heat erupted from within the opening above the ice crusher.

[System:Ice crusher in operation... Remaining time:5:59 hours.]

Holy shit, it actually takes 6 hours to melt a serving of ice. It's not easy to take a sip of your water.

Yang Qing couldn't help but spit.

Stow the ice crusher on the patio in the homestead.

And then looked around at the ice walls.

There are nine more digs today, gotta hurry .

There were hints to guide us, and the next three digs were uneventful.

Total Harvest:Water 1L. hammer crafting map*1. oranges*6. bananas*6. silver nuggets*3, gold nuggets*6. shrimp meat*6. sea fish meat*3. purple seaweed*5.

It wasn't until today's fifth excavation that Yang Qing which ran into some trouble.

[Can't dig above. Don't look]

Continuing below you will encounter a field full of sea urchins, which may even attack.

[There is a flock of long-billed birds coiled in the ice cave on the left, not much more than 200 or so, and with any luck you'll just lose your eyes.]

[Digging to the right, horror, horror, horror, I urge you to dismiss the idea.]

[The ice cave ahead hides a highly venomous sea serpent, and although there is only one, its speed, as well as its toxicity, will cause you to fall to the ground in an instant.]

[There is an Ice-crowned Hawk that is feeding in the rear, and there is an unexpected reward for driving him away, but there is no possibility that your stone spear will be able to injure him.]

[Extra warning:What to do, it's all very bad choices.]

Are you sure this isn't extra spit?

Yang Qing was a bit headstrong.

Removing the top almost always carries some danger.

Where is the best place to dig.

The right side definitely can't, it's all horror trifecta, he's not in the habit of dying.

Below and ahead are also not considered, and both sound like certain death.

As for the left side and the back side, they are both bird exotics.

Dig the rear, it's all birds, but the difference between 200 and 1 makes it unnecessary for him to dwell on it too much.

Besides, there are only rear tips that can have unexpected benefits.

Of course, when the direction is chosen, you can't just go straight to recklessness.

The hint says that my stone spear can't hurt it, and by reverse reasoning, doesn't that mean that if I have an attack that can hurt it, I can take care of it.

So here's the question.

How to shoot the next bird.

Without a doubt, a bow and arrow or a musket would be a good choice.

Yang Qing opened the exchange.

It still has a variety of materials, or crafting charts or whatever, that are used to exchange for food needs.

It's not unusual for this to happen; after all, food is consumable.

You can starve once, you can starve twice, but who can stand starving all the time, you have to