Survival For All: I, Aura Creator

Chapter 28: Cold Wave Strikes, Opening Up New Markets (Please Collect!)

[Obtained Gel Fruit *1, Strong Gel Fruit *1, extracting Origin Value.]

[Obtained Vine *1, Tough Twisted Vine *1.]

[Obtained Red Pepper (inedible) *1, Fresh Green Chili (edible) *1.]

Ning Ze wandered around the mountains and soon discovered many resources he had never collected before.

He even found edible plants like chili peppers. As a spicy food lover, Ning Ze hadn't tasted anything spicy for days.

This time, he collected a lot of chili peppers. He even had to bring out his long-cherished iron pot to make a dish of stir-fried pork with green peppers.

Gel fruit can be used as a natural adhesive, which is also essential in daily life.

The only drawback is that collecting these resources rarely yields Origin Value, but Ning Ze still carefully searched and collected everything he could.

Fenrir also ran towards him from a distance, with a feathered animal in its mouth.

[Wild Chicken (can be bred, lays eggs every three days, but consuming it will reduce sanity points.)]

Ning Ze was extremely surprised to see Fenrir bringing him such a good thing.

This time, Fenrir was very careful in carrying the wild chicken, only biting its wings. Even when the wild chicken kept pecking at its face, Fenrir didn't let go.

Ning Ze quickly took the wild chicken from its mouth and then used vines to tie up its legs and wings.

As a reward, he also threw a piece of raw meat to Fenrir, and then the dog ran off with the meat in its mouth.

Looking at this harvest, Ning Ze couldn't help but exclaim, "What a treasure trove of feng shui. If it weren't for the fact that the cabin can't be moved, I would have wanted to settle down here."

The nearby forest was almost entirely made up of trees and shrubs, but fortunately, this area was not too far from his cabin, so everything was not too bad.

"I wonder if the bred chickens will lay eggs and trigger the Aura of Midas effect."

If he could harvest edible eggs regularly every day, wouldn't that significantly improve his quality of life?

With his thoughts gathered, Ning Ze got down to business. Although the mountains were not high, it was quite a long journey to walk around the foot of the mountain.

He walked for half an hour but still didn't find any signs of a coal mine. Just when he thought there was no coal mine here, a dark gray rock wall area caught his attention.

Ning Ze quickly approached the area and touched the rock wall, getting his hand covered in black ash. However, this discovery made him even more excited.

He took out his pickaxe and started chiseling at the rock wall.

[Obtained Stone *1, Coal *1, Constant Temperature Rock *1, High-Temperature Flammable Coal, extracting Origin Value*1.]

[Obtained Coal *1, Acid-Resistant Rock *1, Durable Flint, Smokeless Coal, extracting Origin Value*1.]

[Obtained Coal *1, Flint *1, Acid-Resistant Rock *1, Phosphorus Flint, extracting Origin Value*1.]

The obtained resources were indeed coal, and the drop rate of flint was not low. Almost every six rewards yielded a piece of flint. Also, due to the effect of [Midas Touch (Ⅰ)], special materials related to flint would also drop.

Overall, he could obtain a piece of flint about every two rewards.

Special materials related to coal were also dropping.

Moreover, the difficulty of mining coal was much lower than that of ordinary rocks. It only took about five or six chisels to get a reward.

This was undoubtedly a pleasant surprise, much faster than mining ordinary rocks.

"I'll grind and grind. I won't stop until I've chiseled out three to four hundred pieces of flint today."

Ning Ze felt as if his whole body was made of determination, not feeling the slightest bit tired. He swung his pickaxe with determination.

In a blink of an eye, several hours passed, and Ning Ze, who had been working for a long time, finally felt hungry.

He had to temporarily put down his pickaxe and built a makeshift stove with the surrounding rocks.

After lighting a fire with wood, he happened to have a lot of high-temperature flammable coal in his backpack. He threw in two pieces, and in just a few seconds, the flame temperature at the bottom of the pot increased significantly, enough to serve as a strong fire.

Only dishes cooked over a strong fire would be fragrant.

He cut a piece of edible meat and put it in the pot. The plump meat contained a lot of animal fat, saving the need for cooking oil.

When the meat was half-cooked, he added shredded green peppers, salt, and five-spice powder.

In just a short time, a pot of delicious stir-fried pork with green peppers was ready.

Coincidentally, Fenrir ran over again, this time with a wild chicken in its mouth. When it smelled the aroma from the pot, its entire head perked up a bit.

Ning Ze also showed a surprised expression when he saw this, then took the wild chicken and tied its legs and wings with vines, just like before.

Then he cut a piece of inedible meat and threw it to Fenrir.

Fenrir sniffed the raw meat on the ground, then the aroma from the pot, and suddenly the raw meat didn't seem so appealing anymore.

Taking advantage of this brief break, Ning Ze opened the [Area Chat] to see what recent business opportunities were available.

As soon as he entered, a large number of messages quickly flashed across the interface.

"Guys, is it cold where you are? It suddenly dropped in temperature this morning, and it's probably only a few degrees now, but I'm still wearing short sleeves and shorts. How can I endure this!"

"At least you have short sleeves and shorts. I usually sleep naked. When I wake up in the game, I'm only wearing underwear. I'm hiding in the house now, calling out to the heavens and getting no response."

"My lighter ran out. Anyone have a lighter for sale at the exchange? I'll pay a high price."

"Bro, lighters are rare items. I haven't seen many people selling them at the exchange these days. It's so damp that the wood won't ignite at all. Even if you manage to buy a lighter, it'll probably take some effort to start a fire."

"I agree with the guy above. I used a flint earlier, and it took me over an hour to start a fire. A piece of flint can only start a fire once or twice. Who can I reason with about this?"

Ning Ze closed the chat channel. His speculation was correct. In their area, there had been a significant drop in temperature in many places.

However, through these people's chat, he also realized a problem: there was a significant gap in the market for fire-making tools.

At the same time, due to the humid air, wood was extremely difficult to ignite, which would inevitably lead to the popularity of coal.

Ah, the previous text flowed smoothly. Please don't scold me, don't scold me!

(End of this chapter)