Chapter 9 Upgrading the House to Level 2

This was the second weapon she had obtained today, and it was Level 2, higher than the fish spear. But it had a limitation: it could only be fired three times a day. So she would mainly use the fish spear, and the crossbow could be used as a trump card.

After looking at the weapon, Lu Chenxi put the rice, sugar, and cold medicine into her space.

This rice would be enough for the sisters to eat for many days. People are made of iron, and food is steel. You can’t go a meal without getting hungry.

As a southerner, Lu Chenxi always felt something was wrong if she didn’t eat rice for several days.

Now that she had rice, she could finally eat rice! She could also make Chenyue some sweet rice porridge. She loved sweets and always put a lot of sugar in her porridge. She really wasn’t afraid of getting cavities.

The cold medicine also came at the right time. Lu Chenxi had been worried that her sister, being a child, would easily catch a cold living on the sea. If she got a fever and there was no medicine, it would be troublesome.

Although the amount of cold medicine wasn’t much, it was still a guarantee.

At this time, Chenyue couldn’t contain her curiosity. She picked up the small dinghy model on the ground and read the description:

[Small Dinghy: Level 1

Function: Place the small dinghy in the water, and it will automatically enlarge. It can accommodate two people. After landing, it will automatically shrink, making it easy to carry.]

Lu Chenxi thought the small dinghy was very practical. Next time she encountered a treasure chest that couldn’t be reeled in, she could row the small dinghy to get it. It was a real lifesaver.

Thinking about this, she still had the territory and fertile soil to check. Lu Chenxi checked the territory first:

[Territory: Level 1

Essential for players to expand their territory. Each Level 1 territory can help players expand their territory by 20 square meters. Level 2 expands by 40 square meters, and so on.

Please note that if players do not expand their territory, when the house exceeds the initial territory size, it will not support further upgrades.]

Just now, Lu Chenxi was thinking that the island was only 40 square meters in total, and the hut occupied 20 square meters. If she continued to upgrade the hut to Level 2, wouldn’t it fill up the space on the island? Then if she opened the door, she would walk straight into the sea.

Now that she had this territory, Lu Chenxi immediately used it to expand the island to 60 square meters. The space instantly seemed much larger.

Finally, there was the fertile soil and seeds from the orange treasure chest.

[Fertile Soil:

Size: 2 square meters

Function: Plant plants. It comes with fertilizer, so you don’t need to fertilize or weed. You only need to water it regularly.

Number of times it can be planted: 3 times

Restriction: Can only be placed and used in the player’s territory]

This was a huge surprise for Lu Chenxi. She had been on the endless sea for three days in this game world. She thought that food would only be obtained through system sign-ins or treasure chests.

She didn’t expect that she could plant her own food. She had experience planting vegetables. In the past, her mother often took her to plant some vegetables on the balcony to save money.

Lu Chenxi didn’t rush to use the soil because she suddenly remembered that although she had enough materials to upgrade the house, she hadn’t had time to upgrade it before her sister called her out.

She didn’t know how big the Level 2 house was yet, so she couldn’t decide where to put the soil.

She quickly opened the system panel and saw the house information:

[House Level: Level 1 (Defense ability is Level 1, can withstand Level 2 or lower creatures)

Level 2 Upgrade Conditions:

Stones x30

Planks x20

Iron x2

Upgrade conditions met. Do you confirm upgrading?

Lu Chenxi clicked the confirm button below, and a flash of white light transformed the small wooden hut into a stone house.

It was visibly more sturdy than the wooden hut, several times over, and it also looked much larger overall.

The wooden hut was about 20 square meters, while the stone house was about 40 square meters. Correspondingly, the usable area of the island beneath them was becoming increasingly precarious.

At this time, Lu Chenxi checked the house information again:

[House Level: Level 2 (Defense ability is Level 2, can withstand Level 3 or lower creatures)

Level 3 Upgrade Conditions:

Sand x30

Stones x40

Iron x8

Copper x2

]

The materials needed to upgrade the house to Level 3 included sand and copper.

But Lu Chenxi wasn’t in a hurry. She saw that many people in the chat channel had just upgraded their houses to Level 1. The unlucky ones hadn’t even managed to upgrade to Level 1.

Lu Chenxi placed the soil on the left side of the stone house. The sky was gradually darkening, and it was too late to plant vegetables today. She would have to wait until tomorrow.

Then she walked into the stone house with her sister. As soon as they entered, Chenyue excitedly shouted, “Sister, the house has become so much bigger! Come and see, there’s an extra bedroom here!”

“Then we can temporarily use this room as a storage room. Later, when conditions are better, if you want to sleep alone, you can move in.”

When they were at home, to cultivate Chenyue’s independence, she had been sleeping in her own room since second grade.

Now, not to mention that sleeping separately might be dangerous, they didn’t have enough beds and blankets.

In the blink of an eye, the sky outside had darkened a lot. It was almost impossible to see.

It was too late to cook. They could only take two chicken legs from their space and each eat one for dinner.

After eating, in the last bit of light, Lu Chenxi filled the empty bowls with the water purified by the water purifier and carefully collected the meager amount of salt.

She also filled a basin with seawater and poured it into the water purifier to continue purifying drinking water.

After finishing all this, the sisters tidied themselves up. By the time they got into bed, it was completely dark.

Chenyue fell asleep almost instantly tonight and even started snoring softly. Chenyue had been working hard these past few days.

Lu Chenxi, who couldn’t sleep yet, couldn’t help but complain about how inconvenient it was to be without electricity.

It was impossible to do anything once it got dark. She thought for a moment and opened the system panel to look for some lighting supplies.

[Trading Hall]

[(Candle that can burn for 48 hours x1) Trade (Food 300g)]

Looking at this trade information, Lu Chenxi thought about her supplies and then traded 300g of fish for a candle.

This fish was caught by Chenyue and hadn’t been cooked yet. They didn’t have any oil either, otherwise, they could have made braised fish. Maybe they could make fish soup tomorrow.

The chat channel was particularly lively tonight. Everyone was constantly marveling at their good luck today. Smart players had already realized that this was a bonus before the storm.

Lu Chenxi saw someone in the trading hall today wanting to trade weapons. They must have also realized the dangers they would face after the newbie protection period ended.

But she didn’t know if anyone would be willing to trade weapons for food. These weren’t problems Lu Chenxi needed to consider. She would definitely not trade her weapons.

After fiddling around for a while, Lu Chenxi’s eyelids started to droop. She drifted off to sleep.

In the middle of the night, Lu Chenxi was sleeping soundly when she was suddenly awakened by noises from outside.