"Alright, I'll open it then."
Lin Youyu was clearly very interested in opening the box as well. She rubbed her small hands together, then solemnly and forcefully opened the Black Iron Treasure Chest.
A white light shone, mixed with a hint of green.
Only when the light dissipated did the items inside the treasure chest reveal themselves.
Ding~!
【Obtained 500ML Bottled Water * 5】
【Obtained 500G Hand-Torn Bread * 10】
【Obtained Inferior Short Blade (White) * 1】
【Obtained Sleeping Bag Blueprint (Green) * 1】
Inside the Black Iron Treasure Chest lay a pile of supplies.
Among them were five bottles of bottled water, all 500ML plastic bottles, without obvious brand packaging, making it impossible to tell the brand.
There were also 10 loaves of bread stacked together, each weighing one jin (500g)!
Ten loaves, a full ten jin.
A short knife, about the length of a forearm, was also placed beside them.
The style was simple, and its name was 【Inferior Short Knife】, a White-grade item.
In the Ten Thousand Races Battlefield, all items except basic Survival Supplies were divided into several grades.
White was the lowest grade of item.
Above that were Green and Blue.
Black Iron Treasure Chests generally only yield basic Survival Supplies and one or two White-grade items, with a small chance of yielding a Green-grade item.
But betting on that probability was less likely than a pie falling from the sky.
However, for a European Emperor like Lin Youyu, this low-probability event instantly became a common occurrence!
--
【Sleeping Bag Blueprint】
【Quality: Green】
【Learn the ability to craft a Refined Sleeping Bag. A Refined Sleeping Bag provides better warmth!】
--
Good news, there's a place to sleep tonight.
"It's the Sleeping Bag Blueprint, that's great!"
Lin Youyu jumped up happily on the spot, then grabbed the blueprint and chose to learn it.
The Sleeping Bag Blueprint instantly turned into a green light and merged into Lin Youyu's body.
Afterward, she quickly took out her survival handbook, and after flipping to the sixth page, she saw the only crafting skill she currently possessed.
--
【Refined Sleeping Bag】
【Quality: Green】
【Materials Needed: Fur 0 / 10, Fiber 0 / 10】
--
After learning the method for crafting a sleeping bag, Lin Youyu could directly see the materials needed to craft a sleeping bag in the crafting module of the survival handbook.
Crafting a Refined Sleeping Bag requires ten pieces of Fur and ten portions of Fiber.
Fur can be obtained by dissecting animal corpses.
And Fiber can be obtained by gathering from bushes.
Fiber is relatively easy to find.
But Fur requires killing monsters.
For Blue Star Humans at this stage, many struggle just to survive.
Let alone getting ten pieces of Fur.
So even if this blueprint were given to them, not everyone would be able to craft a sleeping bag.
"Don't pick them up one by one, just close the box and throw the whole thing into your backpack."
Gu Shao Shang saw Lin Youyu planning to take everything out of the Black Iron Treasure Chest and put it into her backpack, so he spoke up to remind her.
Treasure Chests in the Ten Thousand Races Battlefield do not disappear after being opened.
Instead, they continue to exist.
High-grade treasure chests are a resource in themselves.
"Oh right! Gu Dage, you're so thoughtful."
Lin Youyu patted her forehead with her small hand, then giggled and threw the entire Black Iron Treasure Chest into her backpack.
She could put it in the Safe Zone after they returned later.
After all, within the 48-hour novice protection period, the Safe Zone was the safest place!
"Let's go. While it's not dark yet, let's gather the materials needed to make the sleeping bag."
Gu Shao Shang said to Lin Youyu.
Then he took the lead and walked forward.
......
For the next hour or so;
Gu Shao Shang took Lin Youyu across the wilderness, hunting while looking for suitable bushes to gather from.
The gathering work was naturally left to Lin Youyu.
After the first manual gathering, Lin Youyu learned the 【Gathering】 skill.
She could directly use a skill to automatically gather the harvestable parts of a target object.
This greatly saved time costs.
Soon;
The 10 portions of Fiber needed to make the sleeping bag were obtained.
She even had 6 extra portions.
On Gu Shao Shang's side, he also successfully hunted several more Prairie Wolves and Giant Rabbits.
The number of beast corpses had already far exceeded ten.
Lin Youyu took these corpses out of her backpack and gathered from them one by one.
【Rabbit Meat + 10】
【Rabbit Meat + 7】
【Wolf Meat + 11】
【Fresh Thigh Bone + 2】
【Fur + 1】
......
After a series of prompts.
A large pile of supplies was stacked before them.
Meat was the most abundant among them.
However, Rabbit Meat and Wolf Meat could not be stacked, so they occupied two backpack slots.
Fresh Thigh Bones were gathered from Prairie Wolves. If one didn't have a weapon, they could temporarily serve as one. Later, they might encounter blueprints that required bones as materials.
However, Lin Youyu currently did not have such blueprints.
So the bones were directly discarded, no longer needed.
Fur was basically one piece per beast. There were also cases where gathering failed, resulting in inferior goods like 【Damaged Fur】.
"Is the quantity enough?"
While Lin Youyu was gathering, Gu Shao Shang stood guard beside her.
Only after she finished gathering did Gu Shao Shang ask if the quantity was sufficient.
"It's enough!"
Lin Youyu said with a smile.
"Let's go back then, it's about to get dark."
Gu Shao Shang nodded, his gaze directed towards the western horizon. It was already dusk.
They still had a bit of a walk to get back to the Safe Zone later.
By the time they returned to the Safe Zone, it would be almost completely dark!
Awoo—!!!
In the distance, the howls of Prairie Wolves rose and fell.
The Giant Rabbits, which had been foraging, began to run towards their burrows one by one, as if something terrifying would appear in the approaching darkness.
Gu Shao Shang and Lin Youyu also began to head back in the direction they came from.
Luckily, there was a minimap.
Otherwise, they might really get lost.
Twenty-something minutes later;
The sky had already darkened.
Fortunately, Gu Shao Shang and the others had already reached the location of the Safe Zone where they started.
Entering the Safe Zone's range, Gu Shao Shang also breathed a sigh of relief.
Just as it was getting dark, he suddenly had a creepy feeling.
It was as if some terrifying monster in the darkness behind him was staring at him, drooling. That chilling sensation that made his scalp tingle was truly a bit scary!
Fortunately;
After entering the Safe Zone, this feeling disappeared.
"That was scary!"
Lin Youyu patted her chest, also looking like she had a lingering fear.
She looked back at the darkness behind her.
The pitch-black wilderness no longer felt like it did during the day, becoming somewhat eerie and terrifying!
Inside the Safe Zone, the bonfire was still crackling and burning.
The magical bonfire only needed wood added to it to keep burning.
Even extinguishing and lighting it was a fully automatic one-button operation.
Gu Shao Shang and Lin Youyu sat around the bonfire, with stones under their butts serving as seats.
At this moment, Lin Youyu took out a few pieces of Rabbit Meat from her backpack, skewered them with fresh branches, and placed them over the bonfire to roast.
Conditions were simple now, and there were no seasonings.
So they could only make do with this for now.
