Tick-tock——
Sweat dripped down Sang Jiu's cheeks onto the scorched, cracked earth shrouded in high temperature, and evaporated without a trace in an instant.
She looked in shock at the sky filled with yellow sand ahead. All she could see was a scorched wasteland. There were some huge footprints sparsely on the barren ground, as if there were some giant beasts lurking there.
She looked around warily. It was deserted and empty, with only the sound of her hot and impatient breathing.
A few minutes ago, she crawled out of the cryochamber and walked here. The sweeping heat wave made her cheeks flushed and sweat profusely. Now, seeing that there might be giant beasts around, she felt even more uneasy.
How did Bluestar become like this? What happened during her time in cryostasis?
Sang Jiu was a little skeptical about her life, but she was about to get heatstroke and had no time to look for the truth. At the moment, she just wanted to find a cool and safe place. If it was too late, she would either become a mummy or become food for wild beasts.
She looked around, but there were no houses anywhere in sight.
It would be nice to have a house.
Just as Sang Jiu had this thought, she heard a dinging sound in her ears.
[A pure Blue Star bloodline inheritor has been detected. The inheritance system has been bound to you. Please start learning the inheritance and spreading it. ]
What inheritance system?
Sang Jiu felt dizzy from the heat and all she wanted was a safe and cool place.
[After binding the inheritance system, you can be provided with a 12-hour temporary safe house to resist danger. The host can choose to accept or refuse. ]
Temporary safe house?
Sang Jiu, who was already nearly dehydrated, quickly agreed: "Accepted."
The next second after she answered, a minimalist thatched hut suddenly rose up in front of her. It was windy on all sides and looked shaky, as if it would be blown down by the wind in the next second.
But at this moment Sang Jiu had no time to be disgusted and quickly ran over to seek shade. There was a transparent protective cover outside the thatched hut. As soon as she entered, she instantly felt that the temperature around her had dropped a lot. She felt only 20 degrees, which was just right, not too cold or too hot.
At the same time, the air inside was very clean, completely different from the air outside which was filled with stench and yellow sand, and breathing suddenly became smooth.
Sang Jiu came in and stayed for a few minutes. After she felt more comfortable, she looked around the thatched hut. The room was very small, less than two square meters, and it was empty and had nothing in it. It was even worse than a bare house.
There was no foundation or wall, only a few bamboos supporting it. Although the system said it could resist danger, she always felt that it would fall down if pushed: "Can it be replaced with something with higher safety performance?"
After she finished speaking, a light screen appeared in front of her that only she could see. The screen displayed tens of thousands of inheritances such as clothing, food, housing, transportation, culture, entertainment, and skills.
The mechanical electronic sound of the system sounded: [The host can choose to learn the relevant inheritance of house building and build a more solid and permanent house for himself. ]
Sang Jiu didn't really want to learn.
She once ruined her body for the sake of her family, and finally had no choice but to choose cryogenic sleep to survive. Now when she wakes up, she just wants to find a place to grow flowers and fish, and live a free and easy life as a retired salted fish.
[Many years ago, after frequent natural disasters, the plants on Blue Star withered and turned into a desert. Star beasts were rampant and the living environment was harsh. It has been marked as a waste planet that is not suitable for survival. If the host wants to grow flowers and fish, please start learning inheritance as soon as possible to get rewards. The rewards can be used to transform the environment of the waste planet. ]
"It's not habitable here, can we go to another planet?" Sang Jiu didn't really have to live on a waste planet, he just wanted to be flexible.
[No, if the host does not wish, the survival safe house will be taken back immediately. ]
A straw hut was even taken back. What a cold-blooded and ruthless system.
Sang Jiu pursed her lips. The premise of planting flowers and fishing is to stay alive, so it would be better to build a safer house.
Moreover, the thatched hut is too small and is indeed not suitable for living.
So Sang Jiu found the intangible cultural heritage of house building skills. The inheritance of house building skills is divided into two parts, theoretical introduction and practical operation. She first chose the type of house she wanted to build on the light screen. There are many types such as simple wooden houses, stone houses, villas, manors, courtyards, etc.
Considering that the safe house is only valid for 12 hours, Sang Jiu chose the simplest and easiest to build wooden house. After she made her choice, a construction master wearing a safety helmet appeared and began to teach her relevant theoretical knowledge. The wooden house is simple to build, mainly using the ancient mortise and tenon structure.
She has a good memory and a photographic memory. She quickly memorized the knowledge of wooden house construction and some key points of the drawings, and then started the actual construction.
The transparent protective cover of the thatched hut expanded, and materials and tools for building a wooden house appeared out of thin air in the open space outside. Sang Jiu looked at the pile of wood and estimated that it was enough to build a two-bedroom, one-living room house. "Building a house requires digging a foundation, which will take a lot of time. I can't build a wooden house in 12 hours by myself. System, can you give me some help?"