[Upgrade Tree]
[Grass Hut → Wood Hut → Not unlocked yet.]
(Grass Hut: Easily loses heat and is vulnerable to beast attacks. Upgrade it as soon as possible.)
(Wood Hut: Can shelter from wind and rain, but still vulnerable to beast attacks. After upgrading, you can build a workbench and a bedroom. Upgrade condition: Wood 0/100)
(Not unlocked: After upgrading to a Wood Hut, you can view the next level.)
[Basic carrying capacity → Indoor warehouse → Backpack → Not unlocked yet.]
(Basic carrying capacity: Your carrying capacity is 4/10. If it exceeds this weight, your stamina will greatly decrease.)
(Indoor warehouse: Build a Wood Hut quickly, and you will get a free indoor warehouse. Upgrade condition: Wood 0/100)
(Primary backpack: After building a workbench, you can make a primary backpack, which increases carrying capacity by 100. Upgrade condition: Beast hide 0/1, Hemp thread 0/1)
(Not unlocked: After obtaining a backpack, you can view the next level.)
The basic carrying capacity is only 10, but he has put so many things, why is it only 4?
Andrew checked the weight of various things. Ten pieces of bronze count as one unit of weight, occupying one unit of carrying capacity, and flintstone also counts as 10 pairs, taking up 2 units of carrying capacity.
His axe counts as one unit of weight!
A total of 4 units of weight.
It seemed that the carrying capacity in this world was reasonable, otherwise, he would be overloaded with just a few things.
As for other things that he wanted to upgrade, he had to upgrade his wooden hut first.
It seemed like the focus should be on collecting wood and upgrading the small wooden hut.
If he couldn't upgrade the hut, everything else was just talking!
In that case, he would use half of his flint to exchange for wood and upgrade the hut first.
He wasn't afraid of not being able to exchange for wood because he had learned from the trading channel that some players had obtained wood and other living supplies from treasure chests. So all he needed to do was search for those rich players and take their materials!
He decided what to do with the remaining flint later, maybe he would need it at night.
After setting up his trades, Andrew put the magic book back into his arms. The time when the fog dissipated was only four hours, and he couldn't afford to waste any time.
Of course, in Andrew's opinion, trading was not a waste of time.
After all, there were only a few players with materials. If he didn't take action early, he was afraid that good things would be taken away by someone else on the way, and he would regret it later.
He continued exploring the map!
Despite having flint, with other resources still in short supply, Andrew naturally couldn't pass up on any good finds! He took a closer look at the four directions. The other three directions still had no changes, but there was a new message in the south, the direction where he opened the treasure chest.
[South: 10 meters ahead under a tree, there is a rusty metal axe abandoned by the rock dwarf, although it's a bit old, it's still good for cutting trees.]
[Grassland: There are many small rabbits and grouses, but they are very fast. Unless you have traps, you can't catch them.]
Andrew's eyes fell on the remaining red exclamation mark. He didn't have traps or the tools to make them, so he didn't consider the animals on the grassland. Finally, his gaze fell on the [rusty metal axe]. No matter where he was, equipment was always the most important thing, so Andrew decided to get the equipment first.
He followed the direction given by the system and found that the rusty metal axe was located under a large tree at the edge of the forest. There was a thick layer of dead leaves under the tree, and he had to sift through them before finding the rusty metal axe that was almost the same color as the leaves. Without the system's prompt, he probably wouldn't have been able to find it in his lifetime.
[Rusty metal axe: durability 4/5, can be used to cut down trees, making the job easier.]
[Broken stone axe: durability 1/5, can be used to cut down trees, but not very effective.]
One was more effective, while the other was less effective.
To determine the difference between the two, Andrew first used the broken stone axe to chop a nearby dwarf pine tree!
The dwarf pine hardly moved, and it wasn't until Andrew had chopped it several times that it showed a certain amount of health points.
[Dwarf Pine: Durability 79/99]
After chopping for so long, it only took off 20 durability points?
No wonder everyone said this broken stone axe was garbage!
It took almost ten chops just to take off a little bit of the dwarf pine's health.
Andrew decisively gave up the broken stone axe!
He took out the rusty metal axe he had just found and chopped the dwarf pine with it!
[Dwarf Pine: Durability 70/99]
It really works!
Andrew's eyes brightened immediately.
Overjoyed, he quickly swung the axe at the dwarf pine again.
[Wood +1]
[Pine Needle +1]
Crack!
The dwarf pine tree broke with a sound and fell down.
At the moment the dwarf pine fell to the ground, it turned into a large bundle of neatly cut wood.
Each piece was about three meters long, ten centimeters wide, and between one and two centimeters thick, looking like a wooden board!
So this is wood? Can a tree produce only one piece of wood? Maybe because it's a small tree?
Andrew silently recited the command to collect, and the wood disappeared.
It appeared directly in the storage of the magic book, [Basic weight capacity 4/10].
Does one piece of wood count as one weight unit?
Isn't that a bit unscientific? Ten copper are only counted as one weight unit.
Or is it because one grid space equals one weight unit?
Andrew decided to try it out later.
As for the flint that he had put up for sale on the trading channel earlier, it didn't count toward the weight capacity. It seemed that the trading platform acted as a temporary warehouse.
Of course, to limit the possibility of exploiting this loophole, there was a small line of text on the trading channel:
[If the trading product is retrieved, a 1% handling fee will be charged (with a minimum of 1 piece of wood).]
Sure enough. The system had almost cut off everyone's idea of exploiting loopholes with this move.
However, in a situation where resources were not lacking and there was an emergency, it could still be used.
As for the 1 piece of the wood handling fee, it could be considered as a storage fee!
After chopping down more than 30 trees, Andrew's carrying capacity was full. Although 10 pieces of wood counted as one unit and only took up one grid, Andrew had collected a variety of things. 10 pieces of bronze took up one grid, 10 pieces of flint also took up one grid (which were hung on the trading channel and did not count as weight), two axes took up two grids, and combined with the 36 pieces of wood, 8 vines, and 9 pine needles he had just collected, his carrying capacity was instantly full. Andrew ran back to the shed to store the items before returning to the forest to continue working.
After chopping down 50 trees, Andrew began to feel a bit weak. In total, he had collected 50 pieces of wood, 12 vines, and 12 pine needles, but this was only possible because he had a rusty metal axe. If he had used the broken stone axe, he probably would only have been able to chop down ten trees.
However, upgrading to a wooden house required 100 pieces of wood! It was really expensive!
During his break, Andrew opened the "Trading Channel" in his magic book and took a look. His flint had already been sold in three pairs, and he had seven pairs left in his backpack. However, he was not in a hurry since it was still early in the day. When those people wanted to make a fire, they would know the value of flint!
With an additional thirty pieces of wood and the fifty he had just cut down, Andrew had gathered a sufficient amount of wood. He decided to give up on his lumberjack career and focus on gathering other resources. As he looked around in all directions, he noticed that the prompts had changed.
[To the north: You can harvest some dry grass, and there are some short pines about 15 meters ahead that can be cut down. There are no dangers!]
[To the west: There is a dead tree with a squirrel hole on it. There are many pine nuts inside! Beware of the squirrel's claws, but I think you can easily defeat it.]
[To the east: There are many dead branches, which are good materials for your campfire! However, there is a gusty wind snake under the dead branches, which has just eaten a frog and is digesting it. You can take advantage of this and attack it with a high probability of winning!]