Survival For All: I, Aura Creator

Chapter 39 Is the Soil Becoming Sentient? (Please Collect!)

When Ning Ze returned to the small wooden house, the sky had gradually darkened.

The three tomato trees planted in the yard had already borne fruit, and Ning Ze casually picked two delicious tomatoes.

He set up a simple stove, placed a pot on it, cut the tomatoes, stir-fried them with animal fat, and then cracked in two eggs.

The delicious aroma of the tomatoes made the nearby Fenrir whimper incessantly.

Just from the smell alone, there was no doubt about the taste.

Soon, the tomato and egg stir-fry was ready.

Ning Ze then continued to fry a piece of meat, and after smelling the meat, Fenrir began to run around the yard in excitement.

In return for Fenrir catching two wild chickens, Ning Ze also roasted a piece of meat as a reward.

"It's a pity there's no garlic. Eating vegetables without garlic means losing half the flavor."

The days without garlic are still not as rich and colorful!

Ning Ze didn't forget about the main task and prepared to build three more watchtowers in the yard, this time using ironwood, anti-corrosive wood, and fire-resistant wood.

With four watchtowers, he could cover every corner of the yard.

Half an hour later, the meal was finished, and the watchtowers were also completed. [Master Builder (Ⅰ)] continued to perform steadily.

[Sturdy Watchtower]

[Level]: 2

[Features]: Sturdy +20, iron plate thickness +10cm (extra)

[Explanation]: Are you trying to build a fortress?

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[Fire-resistant Watchtower]

[Level]: 2

[Features]: Fire-resistant +10, repair speed +100% (extra)

[Explanation]: Repairing too fast may not always be a good thing, unless you have plenty of wood.

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[Anti-corrosive Watchtower]

[Level]: 2

[Features]: Anti-corrosive +10, height +2 meters (extra)

[Explanation]: Are you sure this is a watchtower and not a wall?

After the watchtowers were built, Ning Ze also prepared to cultivate a piece of land in the yard.

He still hadn't used his stone marrow. Although he only had three tomato trees now, he could also plant corn, which would grow at 500% speed. He believed he would be able to eat sweet corn in just a few days.

Ning Ze marked out a piece of land in the yard.

Even without a hoe, with his current physical fitness, he could easily cultivate the land with an iron shovel.

In just half an hour, he had cultivated a 100-square-meter plot of land. Drawing from his experience in planting, Ning Ze evenly scattered the corn seeds in the holes he had dug, and then covered them with soil.

Then he crushed the stone marrow and poured it into the soil.

At that moment, the sky once again began to drizzle with acid rain.

Ning Ze frowned as he couldn't see any moonlight in the sky. This rain might last for quite some time. He wondered if the corn seeds he had just planted would be washed away by the rain.

This was something he couldn't change. He had no choice but to return to the small wooden house and open the [Area Chat].

"Help! Why is it acid raining again? My wooden house is about to be corroded. It's leaking all over the house."

"Is it acid raining over there too? We had one during the day, and my wooden house was almost corroded through."

"This is terrible. Does this damn weather want us dead? Acid rain in such cold weather. The ceiling is leaking, and the fire is extinguished. The temperature in the house has dropped sharply, and I can't sleep."

"Fortunately, I still have some wood, but if it continues like this for another night, I'll have to repair the wooden house all night and won't be able to sleep."

"You guys are lucky. There are monsters outside my wooden house now. The wall is corroded and about to collapse. It's over. The monsters are coming in."

"Oh my god, I have monsters here too. Help, I don't want to die. Is there anyone kind enough to sell me some wood? I will definitely repay you generously."

"Selling for help? It seems like everyone in this area is experiencing acid rain, and everyone is short of wood. These days, everyone has been mining stones. Who the hell is hoarding wood?"

"What about the neighboring Zone 6? Are they not having acid rain?"

"I just checked. Zone 6 isn't having acid rain, but it's hailing, and many people's wooden houses are being smashed to pieces. Ha, they're not better off than us."

"This is ridiculous. Hailing in sub-zero temperatures. They deserve it. It's best to have more, then smash a bunch of people to death. Then we'll win this competition for sure."

"I'm really disappointed in you guys. No compassion at all. We're all human. Why can't we unite a little?"

It seemed that he wasn't the only one experiencing acid rain. According to many people, acid rain would corrode the wood in the wooden houses.

Many people's wooden houses had already been corroded by the acid rain. Ning Ze couldn't help but worry as he looked at the ceiling of his small wooden house.

He didn't see any signs of corrosion, just like the tightly arranged wooden boards as usual.

Oh, I forgot!

His small wooden house was made of anti-corrosive wood. It would be really strange if mere acid rain could corrode it!

Looking at the outer wall, although the surface was covered with fire-resistant wood, there were still no signs of corrosion.

After enduring two rounds of acid rain, it was evident that fire-resistant wood had better anti-corrosion properties than regular wood.

Speaking of which, he could also start arranging his small stone house. He now had 500 pieces each of constant-temperature rock and acid-resistant rock, and upgrading the stone house only required 1,000 stone blocks, which he could easily gather.

He didn't plan to upgrade the small wooden house to a small stone house. Instead, he intended to build another small stone house in the yard. So, he would need 750 constant-temperature rocks and acid-resistant rocks each, which he could probably gather by tomorrow.

Looking at the wailing in the chat channel, Ning Ze couldn't help but feel sad for these people.

Things will get better... for everyone.

"Thud, thud, thud..."

"Hmm?"

The wooden wall of the small wooden house made a "thud, thud" knocking sound.

Ning Ze went to the window to check and saw several "mud packets" bulging from the soil in the yard.

These mud packets were continuously oozing viscous liquid, splattering on the outer wall of the small wooden house.

At the same time, a foul smell and a sizzling sound came from outside the window.

[Acid Rain · Soil Spirit]

[Level]: 5

[Explanation]: Their mucus is highly corrosive. Please do not let their mucus touch you easily.

Sure enough, the acid rain creatures were not late, but what's with the soil becoming sentient?

The outer wall of the small wooden house had already been damaged. After all, fire-resistant materials could withstand ordinary acid rain, but not strong acid mucus.

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