After eating the big red berry, Xu Xin didn't want to waste any more time. He immediately grabbed his tools and went down the treehouse. Standing at the bottom of the treehouse, he saw that the apple tree had already grown into a small sapling.
"That's fast. Should I take some protective measures? What if some wild beasts trample on the sapling after the novice protection period is over?"
Xu Xin thought for a moment and went to the production list to find a simple fence. He made a few and stuck them in a circle around the apple tree as a protective measure.
Then, he began to collect wood from all over the place. He chopped until the durability of the improved stone ax in his hand ran out and it broke into pieces in his hands.
The next step was to transport the goods.
"This is really too troublesome," For the sake of future planning, Xu Xin had first cleared a small path around the treehouse. However, after cutting trees for so long, he was quite far from the treehouse now. It would not be easy to move everything back.
To be honest, he could just leave the wood where it was and transport them back after the backpack was made, but he was worried that the scattered wood would disappear if he did not collect it quickly, just like in some games.
"Animals should be appearing tomorrow. I have to make a backpack as soon as possible," Xu Xin thought to himself as he moved the wood.
Suddenly, a rustling sound came from the forest. Xu Xin, who had been in the forest for the past two days, had only heard the sound of the wind blowing through the leaves and the chirping of insects. As such, he was immediately shocked and quickly turned to look.
With the night vision from the big red berry, he could see everything in the originally dark forest. Xu Xin watched as a short bush started swaying, obviously not from the wind.
Xu Xin stopped in his tracks, and slowly put down the wood in his hands. He only held a piece of wood as a make-do weapon.
It shouldn't be the second day yet. Judging from the time the sky darkened, even if it was summer, it should be at most eight or nine o'clock in the evening now. There shouldn't be any land animals. Could it be... The other survivors had found this place?
"Who's there?" Xu Xin didn't approach, standing where he was and staring at the rustling bushes.
The bush immediately stopped shaking after Xu Xin said that. This made him even more nervous. It must be something alive.
"Brother, come out. I can see you," Xu Xin probed.
The bush began to shake again, and a small brown head suddenly emerged. There were white patterns on its face, and its white ears swayed. There were even leaves on its face.
Xu Xin looked at the little animal before him in shock. It was only showing its head and was looking at him in a cute manner. He was confused.
"This is ... A red panda? Or is it a raccoon?"
The little animal was not afraid of humans. After struggling for a while, it crawled out of the bushes and shook the leaves off its body. It then slowly walked to Xu Xin and placed its claws on the leg of his shorts, making soft cries.
Xu Xin's mental state had been tense the whole time. Seeing the little animal do this, he almost kicked it. However, seeing that the little animal didn't try to hurt him and was very cute, he slowly relaxed.
"It's still the novice protection period, so why are there small animals?" Xu Xin reached out and touched the little animal's head. The little animal let out comfortable cries, but it did not let go.
"This is a red panda, right?" When he went closer, Xu Xin finally recognized the species of the small animal. Red pandas were brown and cute, while raccoons were black-and-white, and their faces always gave people a feeling of slyness. The little animal that was clinging to the leg of his pants was obviously a red panda.
Xu Xin seemed to have understood the red panda's intentions. He took out the red berry from her pocket, "Do you want to eat this?"
The brown little fellow looked at the red fruit in Xu Xin's hand and let out a shrill cry. However, it did not snatch it from him. Instead, it looked at Xu Xin pitifully, its eyes filled with desire.
Where did this little fellow come from? Or did the novice protection period end early? Probably not.
This was the only animal he had seen in the past three days. Xu Xin thought for a moment and placed the fruit in his hand next to the little fellow's mouth. The little fellow caught it with its hands and immediately stuffed it into its mouth.
The little fellow squinted its eyes and a comfortable expression appeared on his hairy face. Then, he cried at Xu Xin, turned around, and disappeared into the forest.
"There must be something special about this red panda. Even the black bear in the cave disappeared due to the world's rules, yet it can still move around," Xu Xin felt that the little fellow was not simple, but since it was gone, he did not waste any more time and continued to transport the wood.
The iron in the furnace had been completely melted. The formed iron was stacked up at the exit of the furnace. Xu Xin carefully tested the temperature and found that it was cool.
"This furnace is quite considerate," Xu Xin took out the pieces of iron and put in 4 pieces of green-grade and 1 piece of blue-grade iron ore.
5 iron ores (green) could produce an iron (green), and one iron ore (blue) could turn the iron into the blue grade. As such, adding green and blue grade iron ores at a ratio of 4:1 would produce blue-grade iron.
Holding onto the iron (green), Xu Xin hesitated for a moment. He wasn't in a rush to make a grill, wanting to wait for the iron (blue) to be produced first, then use it to make a high-grade grill. According to his previous experience, a blue-grade advanced grill would definitely have some other effect. Since he had the materials, he might as well make a higher-grade one then.
While waiting for the ore to be smelted, Xu Xin went to the screen on the third floor and opened the Regional Channel.
The number of people left on the Regional Channel was still 9997 from the previous day. He remembered that the first time he checked, there were 9998 people. The entire channel should have 10000 people, but three people died during the novice protection period.
"I wonder how they died. Did they fall and hit a rock to die during the novice protection period?" Xu Xin shook his head.
The Regional Channel was still very lively.
"Friends, there are only a few hours left until the novice protection period is over. How are you guys doing?"
"Haha, I found an apple tree! It's not far from my treehouse!"
"This treehouse is too small. The wood I cut can't even be brought up. I just piled them at the bottom of the treehouse."
"Brothers, you can build the Appraisal Station outside the treehouse. The treehouse is so small, there's no need to put these things in it."
"What? F*ck, why didn't you say so earlier? My treehouse is already full of things..."
"Are there any experts with anything to eat? I can use green-grade wood to exchange for them..."
"How can there be people who haven't found anything to eat? This is a jungle, not a desert."
"I planted my treehouse at the spawn point. There's nothing around except for poplar trees..."