The person who wanted to exchange medicine with a gold-type beast core was named Walker.
His avatar was an image of a special forces soldier holding a gun, with a crew cut, a square face, and a somewhat stern look.
Andrew: "You want to exchange a gold-type beast core with me for medicine?"
Walker: "Yes! Can we do that?"
Andrew: "We can. But can you tell me what you killed to get the gold-type beast core?"
Walker: "Funny story, actually! There was a cave near the lawn where I lived, with a lot of rocks that I could mine. I saw one rock that looked very strange, like a bat. But because I was in a hurry to exchange the rock for food, I didn't think much of it. Anyway, I thought that the rock with the big bat on it was easier to mine, so I took a swing at it with my axe, and the system alerted me that I killed a small stone monster and got a Gold-type beast core."
Andrew: "..."
Walker: "Hey man, can you tell me what this gold-type beast core is used for?"
Andrew: "I'm not sure. I have a lot of other materials, so I'm just collecting some of these because they look pretty, like gems. I'll just keep them for now, and maybe I can sell them for some money in the future if I'm lucky."
Upon learning that Walker accidentally obtained a beast core, he was also somewhat speechless.
It was probably because the stone monster was asleep and didn't notice Walker.
As for Walker wanting to know the use of these beast cores, Andrew naturally wouldn't tell him. The market still didn't know the value of these beast cores, collecting more of them was the right thing to do!
Walker: "I see. If you find out what it's used for, please let me know."
Andrew: "No problem."
He quickly sent a private trading request and ended the small talk.
[Burn medicine -1, gold-type beast core+1]
Done.
Except for the remaining 10 medicines that required energy stones to exchange, Andrew had sold all 39 Burn Salves. The remaining 10 Burn medicine that could only be traded for energy stones were directly posted to the world trading channel.
It wasn't difficult to obtain other materials. Andrew had a feeling that energy stones were an extremely important material.
When all players learned about the use of energy stones, it would be difficult for Andrew to collect them.
So he had to take advantage of the current situation.
The probability of opening treasure chests was high, he had to take advantage of the opportunity when resources were scarce!
It didn't take long for it to be posted on the world trading channel.
The remaining ten burn medicines were also sold out.
After this round of buying and selling, Andrew gained a total of 1 gold-type beast core, 100 wood, 200 stones, 180 mud, 40 vines, and 20 energy stones.
After this round of buying and selling, he had collected all the materials needed for the Level 2 workbench!
[219/100 Stones, 143/20 Wood, 2/2 Earth-type beast cores].
To upgrade the stone house, he still needed two Earth-type beast cores, and most importantly, four pieces of glass, which was quite difficult to obtain.
Andrew hadn't even seen any of them on the trading channel.
He even tried to exchange one jar of medicine for one piece of glass, but there were no takers.
It seemed like no one had any glass at the moment.
Helplessly, Andrew had no choice but to choose to upgrade the Work Bench first.
[Stone-100, Wood-20, Earth-type beast core-2]
[Level 2 Work Bench upgrade successful!]
A golden light flashed.
The black stone workbench in Andrew's cabin instantly transformed into a large stone table!
Moreover, the side of the table facing the wall had numerous hooks that Andrew could use to hang things, while various tools were neatly arranged on the table.
It finally looked like a proper workspace.
[Level 2 Work Bench: Can craft Double-bladed Axe, Stone Axe, Short Bow, Arrows, Vine Armor, Cotton Clothes, Intermediate Backpack, Beginner Arm Guards]
Hmm?
Oh, right. He had obtained a high-quality arm guard blueprint before.
However, since he didn't have enough materials, Andrew didn't make it. Now that he saw it in the level 2 Work Bench, he quickly clicked on the explanation for the beginner arm guards.
[Beginner Arm Guards: Can increase the protection of your fragile arms, overall defense +0.1. Remember to make two at once, you're not Luke after all! Beast Skin 4/2, Hemp Thread 11/1]
[High-quality Arm Guards (requires blueprint): Can increase the protection of your fragile arms, overall defense +1. Remember to make two at once, you're not Luke after all! Beast Skin 4/2, Hemp Thread 11/1, Gold-type Beast Core 2/1]
He had four pieces of beast skin?
Didn't he only get two pieces of beast skin?
Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be the dwarf's backpack, which was completely damaged and automatically disassembled!
Since it had already been disassembled, Andrew didn't dwell on it and continued to look at the arm guard crafting requirements.
Underneath the workbench, there were two options for crafting arm guards.
The first option was the level 2 workbench's default skill, which made beginner arm guards, although it required one less gold-elemental beast core than high-quality arm guards.
However, its protective power was only one-tenth of that of high-quality arm guards!
If it was for both hands, the difference in protective power would be nearly ten times, which was too much of a loss.
Without hesitation, Andrew chose to make high-quality arm guards!
[High-quality Arm Guards+1: Beast Skin-2, Hemp Thread-1, Gold-type Beast Core-1]
Immediately, a golden arm guard appeared on Andrew's wrist.
The material felt soft to the touch, but the golden shine indicated that this arm guard was extraordinary. To confirm its protective power, Andrew took out a rusty axe and slashed at the arm guard!
Not only did the golden arm guard remain unscathed, but it also didn't even have a scratch.
Awesome!!
Andrew immediately made another arm guard.
With these arm guards, his hands were now protected by an extra layer. Not to mention the additional defense boost, in an emergency, he could even use them as shields.
Imagine this.
A venomous snake was coming at you!
When Andrew had no way to attack, he could raise his arm as a small shield, giving himself some time to counterattack!
Andrew was overjoyed.
Meanwhile, the rabbit meat was also all grilled.
Andrew picked up a piece of golden-brown grilled rabbit meat and took a bite.
It tasted tender and had a good flavor.
Unfortunately, it lacked some seasoning. If there was some salt, black pepper, cumin, chili powder, or white sesame sprinkled on it, it would be even better!
If only he had saved some medicine and traded it for seasoning, it would have been a better decision! What a mistake!
After eating a piece of rabbit meat, Andrew felt a little thirsty.
He then remembered the 100 liters of water he filtered into the water purifier before leaving home in the morning.
He walked to the water purifier.
Now, there was a red exclamation mark above the water purifier!
[Lack of charcoal, please replace with new charcoal!]
Andrew took a glance.
He found that the charcoal in the water purifier had mysteriously disappeared.
However, there was still one-ninth of untreated water left in the water purifier. Andrew remembered that he had filtered ten liters of water yesterday, so he only needed 0.3 units of charcoal to finish filtering the rest of the water.
He quickly collected three units of charcoal from the firewood pile and added them to the water purifier, which then resumed operation.
The remaining 2.7 units of charcoal could be used to filter the next batch of water, so it wasn't a waste!
After about ten minutes, the remaining ten liters of water were finally filtered.
Andrew now had [90 liters of drinkable pure water!]