Chris couldn't get that many survival points out right now.
Moreover, in another five days, he wouldn't necessarily be able to take them out.
Right now, there was only one other method to choose.
Prepare his own materials and strengthen the refuge.
Only, I don't know exactly how many materials are needed to complete the strengthening.
Chris frowned in thought and unconsciously clicked on Evolution Branch 2 with his consciousness.
The system's prompt quickly rang out.
"Survival points are insufficient, evolution failed."
"You can choose to use one thousand units of stone + 25 Survival Points for strengthening."
Hearing the system's prompt, Chris' eyes lit up.
One thousand units of stone.
For Chris, who had fresh water resources, it was not much at all!
Opening the trade list, Chris posted his demand.
"Trade item: fresh water."
"Demand item: large amount of stone."
"Introduction: those with large quantities of stone bring prices privately to me, good price guaranteed!"
After thinking about the wording for a while, Chris released the demand for stone.
The very next second he posted the demand, the chat list blew up again.
Since yesterday, people had paid attention to the only person who had traded fresh water.
They were following Chris for the sole purpose of being able to grab a head start the next time Chris posted a fresh water trade.
"Crap, Mr. Chris has released another fresh water trade, which one of you has a large amount of stone, hurry up and rush!"
"Mr. Chris, is it too late for me to go digging for stone right now?"
"There's a stone mine right in front of my house, I'm regretting it so much, why didn't I hoard a little more stone."
"Say no more, brothers, I'm going to dig for stones!"
While the chat page was on fire, Chris's private chat page was even hotter.
Countless people came looking for him with tons of stone.
Some people even made up little essays in order to be able to get Chris to trade with him.
Chris naturally couldn't possibly believe the nonsense of these people.
After blackballing all of these people, he finally chose some people who asked for a lower price to make a deal.
Soon, 500ml of fresh water was traded out by Chris.
In its place, there were 1000 units of stone!
In the morning, 100ml of fresh water could still be traded for 100 units of ingredients.
By now, 100 units of stone could only be traded for 50ml of fresh water.
This was the terror of the end times.
Chris could imagine how many people in the End Times game had dry lips and wished for fresh water.
Shaking his head, he threw out these distracting thoughts.
Chris took out all one thousand units of stone and piled them up in the shelter.
With all one thousand units of stone taken out, it was like a small mountain.
It looked quite spectacular.
Chris opened the reinforcement interface and followed the system's prompts to select Evolutionary Branch 2.
At the same time, the one thousand stones placed on the ground instantly transformed into faint white points of light and floated towards the wooden walls of the shelter.
The strengthening process only took a few seconds.
After a few seconds, the stones disappeared into thin air, and so did the points of light.
Everything was as if it had never happened.
But, the strength of the refuge had risen by more than one whole level!
"Name: stone shelter (ordinary)"
"Introduction: a relatively sturdy shelter with excellent waterproofing properties, excellent earthquake resistance, and excellent sturdiness. In order to prevent acid rain disasters, it is still recommended that you take good drainage measures."
After seeing the system's final introduction, Chris nodded.
Although the overall strength of the shelter had risen, if the drainage measures were not done properly.
It was inevitable that some acid rain would seep in.
It seemed that the construction of drainage measures must also be put on the agenda!
After making up his mind, Chris looked out through the skylight.
An afternoon of digging, building the skylight and upgrading the shelter.
It took quite a bit of time.
Looking at the twinkling stars in the sky, Chris approximated the time and estimated that it was already around ten o'clock.
Climbing into bed, he cradled the pet egg emitting a faint fluorescent light in his arms.
Chris fell into a deep sleep.
...
"End Times Calendar, Year 1, January 2."
"The first time you obtain an item through trading, you are unusually satisfied. (Survival Points +25)"
"You are exceptionally happy that you have fresh water resources not only for your own consumption, but also have a surplus to trade. (Survival Points +15)"
"You have worked hard on your archery skills for the morning, and you have improved by leaps and bounds. (Survival Points +15)"
"You strengthened the skylight of your shelter, and your sense of security has increased. (Survival Points +25)"
"You have strengthened the shelter as a whole, and your sense of security has increased dramatically. (Survival Points +35)"
"Your second night's sleep was very restful, with your mental and physical strength fully restored. (Survival Points +5)"
"Congratulations, you have successfully survived another day and are being evaluated on what you did today. (Survival Points +25)"
"Final settlement: you have gained a total of 120 Survival Points this day, with a total of 204 Survival Points remaining."
The system's voice rang out in the bright sunlight, and Chris opened his eyes in a daze.
Suddenly, Chris felt something slimy licking him.
Chris instantly woke up and opened his eyes.
A white figure was crouching in front of Chris.
Next to it were white pieces of eggshell.
Hatched out???
A look of surprise suddenly appeared on Chris' face.
It was not in vain that he had slept for two days while holding it!
Chris hurriedly sat up from the bed and looked towards the creature beside him.
But, after he saw the appearance of the creature in front of him.
Chris froze.
Crap!
How did it hatch out as a dog!
Squatting in front of Chris was clearly a white husky.
At this moment, it was spitting out its tongue and wagging its tail as it looked at Chris.
Shouldn't a dog be born in the womb?
Looking at the silly dog, Chris was instantly helpless.
Originally, it was thought that some young dragon could hatch inside the egg.
Forget it, a dog is a dog!
"Let's call you Max."
Chris reached out and touched the dog's head, casually giving Max a name.
When Max heard Chris' words, he instantly sat up from the ground and wagged his tail happily.
"Come on, let's go out and take a look!"
Chris gently pushed open the door of the stone refuge and led Max out of the refuge.
Just after walking out of the shelter, Chris stretched himself and took a breath of fresh air.
Immediately afterward, he froze.
In front of him, a town wrapped in thick fog had suddenly appeared!
Until yesterday, that place was a barren empty land without anything.
In just one night's time, such a town wrapped in thick fog had appeared, and it was impossible to see what exactly was inside.
Chris frowned.
It was a relic!
To say that Chris wasn't panicked would be a lie.
According to the information received from Belinda, inside this kind of relic, there were dangerous wild monsters.
It was just unknown if these wild monsters would come out of the relics.
Next to Chris, Max also plopped down on the ground.
Grimacing, he stared at the relics with a look of an enemy.
After thinking for a while, Chris still didn't make up his mind to enter the relic.
After searching the side for a while and killing another stoic chick, Chris returned to the shelter to settle his breakfast.
He then opened the system's chat interface.
This time, when Chris searched for the relics, there was more information that came out of the search.
After synthesizing the information, Chris' knowledge of the relics was clearer.
The relics should be randomly refreshed, and the time and location of the refreshment was not fixed.
After entering the relics, everyone had two hours of exploration time, and could choose to come out within two hours.
You can choose to come out within two hours, or survive for two hours, at which time the system will automatically send you out.
If you don't enter the ruins, the ruins will disappear.
Some people who are too timid to enter the relics have done some statistics.
The relics exist for about 24 hours and will disappear after 24 hours.
And each relic could only be entered once, after entering and then exiting, the relic would also disappear.
Chris looked at these messages on the chat interface and after pondering for a while, he still made a decision.
The relics, one must take a trip!
Only, before entering, Chris was still well prepared.
Converting all the materials on his body into arrows and bringing his supplies.
Holding a bow in his left hand and leading Max with his right hand, Chris arrived outside the ruins.
Taking a deep breath, he walked into the fog.
Although, Chris tried his best to keep himself walking towards the front in the fog.
But it was useless.
It didn't take long for Chris to get lost.
Good thing, he didn't get lost with Max.
One person and one dog, just like this, walked forward in the thick fog.
After about five minutes of walking, Chris felt as if the fog had lightened a little.
Looking forward, he could also faintly see the outlines of some buildings.
So, he and Max accelerated their speed.
Soon, Chris and Max traveled through the fog and came to a village beyond.
It wasn't the same as the ruins Belinda had encountered earlier.
Listening to Belinda's description, the relic she entered was filled with a sci-fi feeling.
But, the one Chris entered now was filled with a backward and dilapidated feeling.
The half-collapsed earth embryo walls, the mossy stone steps underground.
Looking at it, it was like going back to the countryside a few decades ago.
Chris frowned.
A backward place could mean that the items obtained were of low value.
Just as Chris was observing and thinking about how to enter.
Max, who was by his feet, suddenly rushed in front of Chris.
Right in front of Chris, he bared his teeth and took an attack stance.
After Chris saw Max's movements, he instantly knew that there might be danger in front of him.
So he pressed down and looked up towards the front.
Ahead, behind the earthen wall.
A black figure was wandering at a lick.
Its body was scorched black, its features were blurred as if it had suffered from a fire, and its arms didn't swing when it walked.
It was like a wandering corpse.
Without its features, it seemed to have lost its eyesight and did not see Chris, who had lowered his body.
After walking next to the earth wall, it turned back and walked in the direction it came from.
Chris stood up and looked over the earthen wall towards the inside of the village.
There were many more of these wandering corpses on the streets of the village.
They kept wandering tirelessly, stopping and not stopping.
Chris gently stroked Max's soft fur with his left hand, and with his right hand, he took out the stone spade from the warehouse.