Chapter 8

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Einstein nodded vigorously and began to peck at the ordinary grilled sea fish.

It seemed to be enjoying itself.

Bick processed the kelp and went to get a glass of fresh water while the other three fish were ready.

He placed the kelp on the perfect grill and grilled it, then picked up an oridinary grilled sea fish and ate it while it was still hot.

The taste was the same as yesterday. Although it was not very delicious, the original taste was still quite enjoyable.

Then, Bick picked up a perfect grilled sea fish and smelled it first.

“Hmm… It’s… too fragrant!”

Just the smell alone made people salivate. After taking a big bite, the grilled fish was charred on the outside and tender on the inside. It was crispy with its natural freshness. It was simply the most delicious in the world!

Looking back at Einstein, after it pecked at the delicious grilled fish, it actually let out an excited cry, as if it was praising the delicacy of the grilled fish.

Then, it no longer had the time to cry and began to devour the fish.

He ate the delicious grilled fish in his mouth while facing the vast and endless sea and drank a mouthful of fresh and sweet water from time to time. This day could not be more enjoyable!

He was not here to participate in a survival contest, it was like a vacation!

Bick burped happily after a full meal.

At this time, there were two kelps on the perfect grill, but Bick planned to keep them first.

After resting, he could not help but sigh.

Although the food from the small grill was also very delicious, compared to the perfect grill, it was like heaven and earth.

In the future, the small grill would only be used for commercial purposes. There was only one place for the food that was produced from it, and that was the trading interface of the stone tablet.

“It’s decided!”

Touching his bulging stomach, Bick picked up the stone tablet and was ready to see if there were any new messages in the chat interface.

[Chat]

[Who has food? I’ll exchange it with gemstones. If you have food, you can chat privately!]

[I want fresh water, fresh water, I’m dying of thirst!]

[Use a bag of cultured soil to exchange for fresh water. If you have fresh water, quickly talk to me privately. I can’t hold on much longer!]

[Does anyone want a banana sapling? If you have food, look for me!]

[Can wood be exchanged for food? I don’t have anything else!]

[I think you’d better be hungry. I can’t even exchange metal pieces for food!]

…

Looking at these messages, Bick was a little surprised.

It seemed that everyone had a high level of awareness. No one used basic materials to exchange for fresh water and food anymore.

That’s right. Under such circumstances, food and fresh water were practically priceless.

The players who traded these things naturally knew that although the special materials in their hands were precious, in order to survive, they could only use these precious things to exchange for food and fresh water.

Wait a minute!

Bick suddenly focused his gaze on two of the chat logs, and a surprise look appeared on his face!

“Culture soil for fresh water, banana tree saplings for food, culture soil and banana tree saplings… these two things actually appeared at the same time!”

He had just obtained the schematic diagram of the nourishing watering bottle. Using culture soil to grow banana tree saplings, and some watering, wouldn’t he be able to eat bananas very soon.

He did not have to worry about the vitamins anymore!

Bick quickly left a message for the other party and posted the roasted kelp and fresh water on the trading interface. The roasted kelp corresponded to the banana seedlings and the fresh water corresponded to the culture soil.

Soon, he received a reply from the other party.

In the next moment, he received a notification that the transaction was successful.

[You have a successful transaction. Obtained culture soil x1!]

[You have a successful transaction. Obtained banana seedlings x6!]

“It’s all here!”

Bick smiled. In order to eat the ripe bananas, he put in 120% of his energy. He opened the slate interface and was ready to start work.

First, build a miniature farm!

[Principle]

[Miniature farm: Metal sheet (4/4), wooden board (10/10), iron nails (0/5), culture soil (1/1)]

[Level: normal]

[Explanation: As long as there are seeds, you can plant them. But remember to water them every day, or else you will only get dried vines!]

“Water them every day, that’s easy, there’s enough fresh water now anyway!”

Bick made five nails first, then he made the mini farm. Although the materials were complete, a new problem appeared.

The raft was too small!

Bick was a little depressed. Although the miniature farm was not big, it still took up a lot of space for this small raft.

Now, he had to expand the raft first.

Bick thought for a moment and felt that his raft had to be expanded by at least one circle, so that he had enough space to move around. Otherwise, if he encountered a shark or other monsters, it would be a trivial to break the floor of his raft, if things built on the floor was brought into the sea, it would be troublesome.

His raft was originally 2×4 in area. Now that it was expanded, it would become 4×6 in area.

“Hmm… this means that I still need to build 16 more raft floors.”

Bick picked up the stone slab and looked at the interface.

[Rough floor: Wooden board (4/4), grass rope (0/1)]

“I need a lot of wooden planks. I need 64 wooden planks just for the expansion. The wooden planks in hand seem not enough!”

Bick calculated that the wooden planks for the expansion of the raft were barely enough, so he began to build.

As he expanded the edge of the raft again and again, pieces of wooden planks appeared on the edge of the raft. A two-by-four raft became a four-by-six raft in just a dozen minutes.

Einstein saw that the space of the raft had become larger. He walked back and forth on the raft excitedly, as if he was touring his territory. From time to time, he flapped his wings toward the sea and made excited “ou-ou” sounds.

After building all the floors, Bick was already drenched in sweat from exhaustion.

However, looking at the raft that he had expanded, Bick obviously felt more secure, as if the raft was a safe island.

But the expansion of the raft had used up a lot of his wooden planks, and now the wooden planks needed for the miniature farm were not enough.

Looking at the sky, Bick shook his head.

Now that the sun was gradually setting, he could not get the wood he needed in a short time.

It was better to hang the remaining delicious roasted kelp on the trading interface to exchange for the wooden planks, and then rest early. When he got the wooden planks tomorrow, he would start building the miniature farm.

Thinking of this, Bick opened the trading interface.

[Trade]

[Delicious roasted kelp trade wooden board x8]

[Remark: This is delicious food. It’s now or never. Close the deal quickly!]

After filling in the transaction details, Bick did not forget to add a remark. However, it seemed that everyone did not have much wood right now, so they did not close the deal immediately.

“Looks like I really have to wait until tomorrow…”

Lying leisurely on the raft, Bick closed his eyes. Beside him, Einstein was lying next to him, looking very satisfied.