This pet cage was amazing.
It even thought ahead and prepared cages for pets of different styles in case he would decide to tame various animals.
The only problem was that this stone house was a bit small, and after building this ten-meter-wide pet cage, the stone house suddenly seemed more crowded.
Looked like he needed to work harder and upgraded to a new house!
What was the next level of the stone house?
Andrew opened the upgrade tree and took a look.
[Upgrade Tree]
[Grass Hut → Wooden House → Stone House → Two-story Villa → Locked]
[Stone House: Only thick stone walls and mud-plastered stone houses can withstand natural disasters! You can also build a fireplace inside the house, so you can survive the extreme cold weather after a week. After upgrading, you can build a pharmaceutical station, alchemy furnace, and fireplace.]
[Two-story Villa: People who really know how to enjoy life will build a private villa. In addition to having a private space of more than 400 square meters, you can also have a small outdoor garden. In the foggy weather, lying in the sunny garden is truly a happy thing!]
[PS: After upgrading, you can also build an outdoor greenhouse, a private bathroom, and a small swimming pool.]
(Unlocked after upgrading to the villa.)
Seeing the introduction of the next level of the stone house, Andrew's mouth really watered.
Not only would his living space be enlarged several times, but he could also have an outdoor garden.
Not only that, there could even be a private bathroom and a small swimming pool!!!
After three days without a bath, Andrew was starting to feel uncomfortable all over his body.
However, as soon as he looked at the upgrade requirements, Andrew's face immediately fell.
[Villa Upgrade Requirements: Advanced Stone 0/200, Mud 279/1000, Advanced Wood 49/100, Vine 396/200, Glass 6/20, Earth-type Beast Core 0/10, Fire-type Beast Core 20/5, Water-type Beast Core 0/5]
The materials required to upgrade to the villa had changed from ordinary materials to advanced materials.
Moreover, just the various beast cores alone require a total of 20.
Well, it was a bit difficult!
Just as Andrew was studying the upgrade to the villa, a strong wind blew outside the stone house, the kind of wind that made a howling sound like a wild beast.
As the sun set, Andrew felt a chilly sensation even inside the house. That kind of cold was more like bone-piercing cold rather than dry cold.
Andrew glanced at the magic book, and the temperature had dropped to around 4 degrees. He didn't know how much colder it would get at night. Without a decent fireplace, it would be hard to endure the cold.
He decided to upgrade the fireplace anyway, as he knew he would need it sooner or later.
[Fireplace: Keep your bedroom warm as spring! It also saves your firewood usage and is an absolutely cost-effective investment! Construction requirements: Stone 166/50, Mud 279/50, Fire-type Beast Core 20/1]
[Construct!]
[Stone - 50, Mud - 50, Fire-type Beast Core - 1]
Countless stones and mud were quickly processed by themselves.
A flash of golden light!
A neat fireplace appeared on the empty wall. It didn't have any special features, but it gave people a warm feeling.
Andrew moved the campfire inside the room to the fireplace and added some firewood. Soon, the whole room became warm.
The fireplace was also thoughtfully designed with some slots for inserting wooden sticks, presumably for grilling.
Andrew put the Lightning Leopard meat on to roast. Apart from the portion he was going to eat immediately, he planned to roast the rest and store it.
While waiting for the meat to cook, Andrew habitually opened the [Area Chat Channel], where 443 people were online.
The number of people dropped from 635 to 443, and another 200 people died.
Andrew was suspicious. Given the harshness of this world, people would likely die faster and in greater numbers. In the end, there might only be a few dozen people left alive in such a large area.
"Someone scammed me! Sascha the bitch promised to buy burn medicine with me, but she stole the medicine and didn't give it to me!!! I'm warning you all, never cooperate with this person!"
"Does anyone have any burn medicine left? Can you sell it to me cheaply? The wound I got from the rain is starting to fester. If it continues like this, I might die."
"This weather is unbearable. I just repaired my roof that was damaged by acid rain, and now it's snowing! Am I going to freeze to death at night without a small wooden house?"
"I don't care. I'll just cut down the dry grass in front of my door and use it to keep warm at night! I heard that stuffing grass into your clothes can keep you warm!"
"It's so cold! Would any of the big shots with a wooden house be willing to take in a little sister? I promise I'll do whatever the big shot wants!"
"It's snowing?"
Andrew looked towards the glass window of his stone house when he saw the chat on the regional channel.
Outside the window, snow was falling sparsely, and each snowflake was quite large. Even though it had just started snowing, the ground was already covered in white snow.
No wonder it was so cold. Andrew decided to cook some soup at night to warm himself up.
He opened the upgrade tree and found three options related to pots: stone pot, bronze pot, and silver pot. Obviously, Andrew would not be making a stone pot.
However, if he wanted to make a bronze or silver pot, he would need to upgrade the alchemy furnace.
Andrew decided to build the alchemy furnace first. He had planned to build it after upgrading his stone house today, but he didn't have enough beast cores.
Fortunately, he collected quite a few fire-type beast cores during the afternoon's beehive event.
[Alchemy Furnace: capable of melting most metals with a temperature of 2000 degrees! Building conditions: Stone 146/50, Mud 269/50, Fire-type Beast Core 19/1]
[Build!]
[Stone -50, Mud -50, Fire-type Beast Core -1]
There was a flash of golden light, and a circular alchemy furnace appeared in the middle of the house, close to the fireplace, with a mouth in the center for smelting metal and a mouth underneath for adding charcoal or energy stones.
[Add 4 pieces of charcoal, can run for 1 hour]
[Add 1 energy stone, can run for 10 hours]
Andrew promptly threw in four pieces of charcoal, as he had collected quite a bit of it today in the low shrubs, and it wasn't necessary to save it. On the other hand, energy stones were hard to come by, and Andrew was reluctant to waste them.
The alchemy furnace hadn't even started yet, and Andrew felt the warm touch of the furnace's barrier. He opened the alchemy furnace menu and selected the option to make a bronze pot.
[Bronze Pot +1, Bronze -10]
[Bronze Pot: extremely hard texture, can be placed on a bonfire, or fireplace to boil water, cook soup, and shorten the heating time by half compared to a stone pot. It is an essential product for a high-quality life! (Non-toxic and harmless, please use with confidence!)]
Although it consumed a bit of bronze, considering the time saved, it was still worth it.
Andrew rinsed the bronze pot with some water and added lightning leopard meat, some water, and tomatoes. He decided to make some tomato and meat soup for dinner, which would be pretty good.
In the fog, a woman wearing golden boots, holding a torch, was carefully searching for a path.
Hertha, relying on her swift shoes, thought she could run around recklessly, but who would have thought that the blizzard came and covered all the traces that led her back home?
Now she was really lost in the fog.
The fog at midnight was undoubtedly extremely frightening.
Hertha always felt that there seemed to be a pair of faint eyes in the fog, always staring at her.
And her torch had about 45 minutes of burning time left.
No matter how she looked at it, she cannot go back!