[The four-leaf clover: it brings five minutes of good luck when burned. What a fascinating thing!]
Andrew replied, "Hold on, I am in the process of making it. I already reserved your four-leaf clover!"
"Great, thanks, bro!"
Shortly after, Andrew received several private messages. However, few of them contained anything good, until he received a strange message.
"Bro, do you want the Strength Potion?"
"What Strength Potion?"
[Trade request: 1 Strength Potion in exchange for 1 compass.]
[The Strength Potion: After taking it, your strength will increase by 100%, but only the first time you use it. General people only.]
Andrew asked, "Why are you trading it? Don't you need it?"
The reply was, "I got two from the Silver Treasure Chest. I took one and the second one didn't work."
Andrew agreed to the trade and replied, "Okay, but wait a bit, the compass will be ready soon."
The response was, "No problem, waiting for you, boss!"
While checking his private messages, Andrew finished making 100 magnets.
[Fine Compass: In the mist, possessing a fine compass can certainly save your life! Manufacturing materials: 100/1 magnet, 114/1 glass, 385/2 resin.]
"All done!"
[Fine compass +100, magnets -100, glass -100, resin -200.]
Andrew first acquired the Strength Potion and the lucky four-leaf clover. The four-leaf clover was just ordinary grass, not much different from the ones he used to see by the roadside. The only difference is that there was a red exclamation mark on it.
As for the Strength Potion, It was a tube of black liquid and it looked bad. Fortunately, there were instructions on it. Although this world was a bit weird, the contents of the instructions did not deceive anyone.
Andrew swallowed the Strength Potion in one gulp!
Wow, it's so spicy! Andrew felt he almost died from the heat of the Strength Potion. He quickly drank nearly 1L of water, but the burning sensation went all the way from his throat to his stomach, and then to his intestines!
At this moment, he yearned for an upgraded villa with a shower and even a swimming pool. If he had one right now, he could jump in and finally extinguish the raging fire within him.
The flames continue to burn inside him. Andrew quickly checks what is still required to upgrade his villa, hoping to find a way to add a pool before his internal fire becomes uncontrollable.
[Villa upgrade requirements: Advanced stone 181/200, Mud 179/1000, Advanced wood 130/100, Vine 386/200, Glass 14/20, Earth-type beast core 1/10, Fire-type beast core 15/5, Water-type beast core 0/5]
Oh no! He was short on materials, especially beast cores! He hung the remaining 98 compasses he had on sale.
[1 compass: Exchange for 10 advanced woods]
[1 compass: Exchange for 20 advanced stones]
[1 compass: Exchange for 100 mud]
[1 compass: Exchange for 100 quartz sand]
[1 compass: 1 earth-type beast core (alternatively: 1 fire-type beast core, 1 water-type beast core)]
Soon, someone leaves a message below, "Master, how did you acquire the beast core? Could you tell us on the regional channel?"
"Sure!" Andrew replied. He headed to the [Regional Chat] channel, where only 123 people were currently online."
"It's simple, just kill the monsters inside the mist to easily obtain a beast core!"
"Oh my god, the expert is here!"
"Hey expert, why didn't I get a beast core after killing a rabbit?"
"Yeah, I killed a pheasant yesterday and didn't see any beast core. What's going on? Is the expert not in the same world as me?"
"What the hell! You guys can still catch prey? How did you do it? I haven't even seen a rabbit's fur!!"
Andrew replied to all the questions: "Beasts that are too weak won't have a beast core, only special mutated species will. For example, I killed a lightning leopard and obtained two beast cores, and when I wiped out a beehive, there were over a dozen mutated killer bees inside, which had beast cores!"
"Wow!"
"Wow!"
"Wow+1"
After dozens of "wows" were typed out, the conversation continued.
"The boss is too amazing. I'm still catching chickens while he's tearing apart leopards!"
"Bro, please share your monster-killing strategy!"
"What's a lightning leopard? The name sounds very powerful!"
"What should I use to kill them? A broken axe?"
"I'm also going out to find a leopard to fight today!!!"
"Hey, be careful. You're not the expert, so you might get killed by a leopard!"
"Anyway, we'll all die sooner or later. You saw that our district originally had 1,000 people, but now there are only over 100 left. And according to the system's reminder, today's ranking will be announced for the top 100, and the rest will be eliminated!"
The chat suddenly fell silent.
Everyone knew that what this person said was true, and the truth can be harsh.
Except for a few specific experts, no one knew their current ranking.
If someone was ranked 101st, wouldn't that be too shameful?
Everyone knew that today was probably their last chance to compete for rankings.
If it used the top players as a benchmark, then it probably meant killing enough monsters, exploring far enough to find enough treasure chests, and upgrading their houses and equipment, in order to avoid elimination!
It was too cruel!
"Enough talking, I'm going to kill monsters now!"
"It's eight o'clock, we can go out now! I can do it!!"
"Did anyone notice that the fog hasn't lifted today? How are we supposed to explore like this? I'm crying!"
"Your information is outdated. We've already started saving up to buy a compass! It's to help us find our way home in the fog!"
"Looking for partners to pool money together and buy a compass. Those who have advanced wood can private message me, let's work together!"
Those who have survived until now were not weak.
They also knew that it was difficult to survive alone, and cooperation among everyone was easier to create a new world here!
As time passed, the heat in Andrew's body slowly dissipated, it seemed that the effect of the Strength Potion had been fully absorbed.
He took out a piece of wood and squeezed it hard!
Crack!
The wood was crushed by Andrew.
His strength had indeed increased significantly, although his strength was not small before, it was impossible to crush a piece of wood!
After thinking for a moment, Andrew took out five pieces of wood and tied them together. Then he punched it with one fist.