Chapter 27 A Bountiful Harvest
Back inside, Qin Zhen opened her Friends List and accepted a friend request.
The username was [ThisIsMindboggling].
[Qiyezhenzhen: Hello, how many Spike Fences do you want?]
[ThisIsMindboggling: Can I only get ten at most?]
[Qiyezhenzhen: Yes, my energy is limited.]
[ThisIsMindboggling: Alright, ten it is then. I'll send you the materials.]
[Qiyezhenzhen: OK.]
Qin Zhen received the items sent over: [Refined Iron *400, Common Monster Materials *80].
Then she got to work crafting.
Her Constitution had improved somewhat, and her crafting speed had gotten noticeably faster — it now only took her three minutes to make one Spike Fence.
Half an hour later, Qin Zhen sent all the Spike Fences to [ThisIsMindboggling].
Once that was done, she didn't continue accepting friend requests. Instead, she crafted a batch of Iron Axes.
Spike Fences were great, but the price was what it was — not every Player could afford them.
Iron Axes were a different story. They were not only weapons but also relatively cheap, and the crafting time was very short.
With her current Constitution, she could easily produce one Iron Axe per minute.
Qin Zhen spent Refined Iron *720 and Stone *360 to craft 120 Iron Axes.
She listed all of them in the Trading Zone.
[Iron Axe *1: Exchange for Refined Iron *12, Stone *6] ×120.
Iron Axes already had a strong market, and in this environment where weapons were desperately needed, all 120 Iron Axes sold out almost the moment they were listed.
After collecting Refined Iron *1440 and Stone *720, Qin Zhen lay down on her bed and slept for a while.
She was a little exhausted.
Besides, the Beast Tide might come again, and she had to keep herself in peak condition.
Two waves of monsters came in the afternoon, and another one came at night.
Combined with the morning's waves, five waves had come in a single day.
Even Qin Zhen was starting to feel the strain.
Her first layer of Spike Fences had been completely destroyed.
Fortunately, she'd had the foresight to set up a second layer — otherwise, making it through today might not have been so easy.
The process was grueling, but the harvest was bountiful.
She had obtained: [Tier 1 Netherfiend Hellhound Meat 1kg *60, Tier 1 Netherfiend Hellhound Fang *12, Tier 1 Netherfiend Hellhound Hide *6, Dark Spirit Bead *18, Black Iron Chest *6, EXP +300].
[Netherfiend Hellhound Meat 1kg *120, Netherfiend Hellhound Fang *48, Netherfiend Hellhound Hide *24, Dark Spirit Bead *15, Wooden Chest *14, EXP +720].
Opening the fourteen Wooden Chests yielded: [Mineral Water 500ml *30, Bread 200g *30, Cup Noodles *20, Gauze *30, Luosifen *10, Duck Neck 200g *5, Desk Lamp *1, Bedding Set *1, Thick Duck-Down Quilt *1, Anti-Inflammatory Medicine 100g *10, Fever Reducer 100g *10].
Opening the six Black Iron Chests yielded: [Blueprint *1, Invisibility Cloak (Blue) *1, Mana Regeneration Necklace (Blue) *1, Ring of Life (Blue) *1, Gold Silk Gloves (Green) *1, Attribute Orb *30, Inventory Expansion Card *30].
[Arrow Blueprint: Can be used to craft Arrows with powerful Attack Power, for use with a Bow and Crossbow. Required materials: Refined Iron *3, Stone *1.]
[Invisibility Cloak (Blue): When worn, conceals the user for one hour. Cooldown: 24 hours. Durability: 300/300.]
[Mana Regeneration Necklace (Blue): Intelligence +30, restores 3 MP per second. Durability: 300/300.]
[Ring of Life (Blue): Constitution +30, restores 3 HP per second. Durability: 300/300.]
[Gold Silk Gloves (Green): Defense +10. Durability: 200/200.]
Qin Zhen was very satisfied with today's haul.
The Arrow Blueprint was something she had wanted for a long time, because as the number of monsters increased, her thirty Arrows were no longer enough.
Every time, she still had to pull out her Tang Dao and wade in herself.
If drawing the Blue Mana Regeneration Necklace and Ring of Life had already made her very happy, then the Invisibility Cloak was an unexpected bonus on top of that.
The Invisibility Cloak's special ability was simply overpowered — it would become one of Qin Zhen's most important life-saving pieces of equipment going forward.
Although the Gold Silk Gloves were only Green, her old gloves had already hit zero Durability, so it was the perfect time to swap them in.
Qin Zhen replaced her Green-tier equipment with the Blue Mana Regeneration Necklace and Ring of Life.
Qin Zhen popped thirty Attribute Orbs like candy, gaining Constitution +9, Attack +18, Defense +9, Speed +27, Intelligence +18, and Luck +9.
She also used the Inventory Expansion Cards, expanding her backpack directly to 70 slots — from now on, she wouldn't have to carefully calculate what to bring when heading out.
During the breaks in between, Qin Zhen had also found time to craft 240 Iron Axes and 100 Spike Fences.
The Iron Axes earned her Refined Iron *1440 and Stone *720; the Spike Fences netted a profit of Refined Iron *1000 and Common Monster Materials *800, though she had spent Stone *1000 of her own.
Qin Zhen now had Refined Iron *3939, Stone *605, Common Monster Materials *1360, and Tier 1 Monster Materials *8.
She planned to fully replenish all the Spike Fences (White) around her outer perimeter.
Spending Refined Iron *1140, Stone *380, and Common Monster Materials *304, she crafted thirty-eight Spike Fences (White).
Qin Zhen headed outside and placed all the Spike Fences back in their previous positions.
She let out a sigh of relief — her Shelter had finally been restored to its former state.
Honestly, with only one layer of Spike Fences, she couldn't sleep soundly at all.
That evening, Qin Zhen had Claypot Rice Noodles for dinner — they tasted just like the ones from her old school cafeteria.
Rich, fragrant, numbing, and spicy.
It made her deeply nostalgic.
Qin Zhen glanced at the population counter in the bottom-right corner.
64,786 / 100,000.
Nearly ten thousand people had died in a single day!
But would the Polar Night and the Beast Tide end tomorrow?
Qin Zhen didn't know, but she suspected it probably wouldn't last just one day.
So tomorrow, there might be another grueling battle to fight.
In the Chat Channel:
[The Golden House Within Books: Everyone, I'm so exhausted — five waves of monsters came today!]
[Caterpillar: I know, right. The rewards were great, but it was absolutely brutal...]
[Hai Xingxing: Nearly ten thousand people died today...]
[RedHighHeels: It should be over tomorrow, right?]
[YouMustBeStarving: Probably not... I have a feeling it's not going to be that simple.]
[RedHighHeels: Just run me through with a sword and be done with it...]
[...]
Qin Zhen gradually drifted off to sleep.