As soon as Andrew stepped out, he immediately saw signs pointing in four directions.
[East: A group of unwelcome guests, Nightmare Rats, have appeared in the short pines. Not only are their claws and teeth terrifying, but they are also quite agile in their movements. If you decide to fight them, be wary of their psychic attacks, which can trap you in an inescapable nightmare and ultimately lead to your death by the nightmare or their gnawing!]
[South: After encountering acid rain, many trees have died, and you can easily harvest a large amount of wood! Hidden inside the trunk of one of the trees is a silver treasure chest. Can you find it?]
[West: A cat is sleeping under a tree with its white belly exposed, but don't be fooled by its appearance, as its true form is a catgirl, and she is extremely dangerous! However, if you're confident in taming her, she can bring you unexpected benefits!]
[North: Due to a day of acid rain, all the small animals are starving and have come out to search for food! If you place a trapping cage in the grassland today, you may get an unexpected harvest, but remember to change the bait frequently!]
Looking at the signs in the four directions, Andrew was a bit conflicted.
Which direction should he go first?
The group of Nightmare Rats in the east sounded difficult to deal with, so Andrew decided to leave them for last.
He ranked the directions according to priority and decided to go north to set the trapping cage first.
After all, his leftovers were not much, and now he only had one piece of Lightning Leopard meat left. As for the Lightning Leopard's blood, he couldn't drink it and could only use it to temper his weapons.
Temper the weapons?!
A flash of inspiration crossed Andrew's mind.
If axes and daggers counted as weapons, would bows and arrows also count as weapons, and could arrows also be tempered?
It would certainly make things much easier for him to shoot down those Nightmare Rats and the like.
With that in mind, Andrew decided to take some time to temper a few arrows and see how effective they were after setting the trapping cage.
He wasted no time!
After preparing the bait for the trapping cage and placing his dagger at his waist, ready to be drawn at any time, Andrew lit a torch and stepped into the mist.
Today's mist was indeed very thick!
Once he stepped into the fog, Andrew couldn't even see his own feet when he looked down, only a white haze covering his lower half. He could vaguely see that his shoes were golden, which were the Swift Boots he had stripped from the female thief's feet.
He waved the torch in his hand, and the mist was dispelled.
Andrew had to say, wearing the Swift Boots made a huge difference in walking. He not only felts like he was moving at more than twice his usual speed but also had a sense of ease.
For example, it was like the difference between jogging 100 meters when you're feeling great and walking home exhausted after an all-nighter!
Before putting on these shoes, Andrew didn't understand what it meant to feel light. But after putting them on, Andrew felt like he could fly!
He was moving twice as fast as usual.
Andrew arrived in the middle of a grassland. After yesterday's acid rain, the once lush green meadow is now yellow and decaying, seemingly on the verge of dying.
[This is not a suitable place for placing a trap, please go east!]
[This is not a suitable place for placing a trap, please go a bit further south!]
[This is a good spot. If you place the trap here, you will have unexpected gains today!]
After several attempts, Andrew finally found the right spot!
After placing the trap, just as Andrew was about to leave, he suddenly saw a system prompt!
[A bronze chest just spawned ten meters to your left!]
Huh? So lucky!?
A bronze chest just spawned out of nowhere.
Andrew's eyes lit up and he immediately headed toward his left.
Ten meters was only about ten steps away, but when Andrew reached the ten-meter mark on his left, he was stunned!
Because in front of him, there are two identical bronze chests!
Didn't the system say there was only one bronze chest?
Could it be that the system also made mistakes?
Or did it just spawn another one, meaning double the good luck?
Just as Andrew was about to open the chest, a red exclamation mark appeared again.
[Two chests, are you surprised? One of these chests is fake, and the other is real. Guess which one is which!]
Well, Andrew was speechless.
He decided to try shooting an arrow first. Anyway, even if he missed the target, it wouldn't matter since it was just a bronze chest.
Swish!
He drew his bow and shot the arrow!
The bronze arrow pierced straight through the bronze chest, but the chest didn't react at all!
It seemed that this one should be a real bronze chest.
Andrew was overjoyed.
He wanted to step forward to open the chest.
[Wrong guess! This is actually a fierce Scary Chest, its teeth can bite off your hand, and its long tongue can easily roll you into the chest, making you a new nutrient for it!]
Damn it!
Andrew didn't expect this.
This Scary Chest was so tolerant. The chest was pierced by his arrow, but it didn't even react.
How the hell should he deal with it?
From the arrow just now, the outer defense of the bronze chest should be very strong, so the only way was to break it from the inside.
If he wanted to break it from the inside...
Andrew thought for a while and came up with only one solution.
He could use resin to stick the scary chest, and then use fire to smother it inside the chest.
Feasible! Feasible!!
Andrew nodded repeatedly, very satisfied with his wit.
Then, he took out some resin and melted it with fire, directly pouring it around the Scary Chest. To make sure it was sealed properly, Andrew even took a branch and evenly applied the resin to the opening!
It had to be said, this scary chest was quite composed!
No matter how Andrew poured resin on the lid or poked and prodded it with the branch, it remained motionless.
It looked like a genuine treasure chest.
If not for the system, he would have really fallen for the trick of the treasure chest cheater!
After coating the resin, Andrew sprayed some water to make sure that the resin had cooled and hardened completely.
Then, he pulled out a bunch of dry weeds and spread them all around the Scary Chest, lighting them up easily with fire!
At last! The Scary Chest finally became agitated!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Thud! Thud!
The Scary Chest began to struggle desperately.
It seemed to want to open its mouth, but Andrew had sealed it shut and it couldn't open it at all!
Helpless, the Scary Chest could only jump up and start tap-dancing!