LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 4: Hello, New World
“The air quality here is quite average.”
Chen Xiyi was wearing a set of wooden armor, holding a wooden sword in his left hand, a wooden shield in his right hand, a wooden bow and arrows at his waist, and even carrying three wooden spears and a huge wooden hammer on his back.
Although most of these materials are made of wood, after being imbued with the rules of the game, the only differences from iron are durability and damage, with few other functional distinctions.
He not only brought weapons and armor, but also tools such as a pickaxe and axe for mining and logging.
This time, Chen Xiyi could be said to have brought one-tenth of his possessions with him. Logistics were definitely guaranteed, so even if he was trapped in a remote area, he could survive on these supplies for decades.
Of course, Chen Xiyi’s inventory couldn’t hold all these supplies. His inventory had only 100 slots, but the game might be a prototype with bugs.
Wooden storage crates had 50 slots each, with each slot able to hold up to 999 items. This was a set.
However, the focus was that wooden storage crates could be stored inside other wooden crates, so in reality, if Chen Xiyi didn’t fear losing items upon death, he could stack all the crates and only take up one slot in his inventory.
But Chen Xiyi was afraid of death. If he did that and died, he would lose a tenth of his assets.
So in reality, he divided them into 50 wooden storage crates. If he died and dropped items, the loss would be acceptable.
And if he stacked too many, it would be quite difficult to retrieve the items.
After all, wooden storage crates were not as convenient as the inventory. To retrieve items from the crates, you had to first remove the crate from the inventory, then retrieve the items from the crate. If there were too many stacked, retrieving items would take quite a bit of time.
“However, it seems like my homestead has come with me?”
Chen Xiyi suddenly realized that he could see the inside of his body, which was his 10,000 square meter homestead.
“And I feel like I can return at any time.”
This made Chen Xiyi feel strange. He had always thought that after using the reincarnation function, he would have to wait for the cooldown before he could return. It seemed that things were not as he had thought.
Instead, the reincarnation function directly opened a passage to this world, allowing him to easily travel between his homestead and this world.
“Every reincarnation is a new world, but I wonder how long the cooldown is.” Chen Xiyi looked at the blacked-out reincarnation function on his panel, which did not show a specific time but had a progress bar.
Presumably, he had to wait for the progress bar to complete before he could use it again.
But for Chen Xiyi, the current opportunity was already good.
Taking a look around, he realized he had been teleported to a desolate mountainside with no one around.
For this, Chen Xiyi was also happy.
Then, he hung the wooden sword and shield on his back, took out the pickaxe, carefully observed the surroundings, and headed towards the nearby hill.
[Pickaxe]
[Durability: 10/10]
[Mining: 10]
Although the pickaxe was a bit unusual, it was still effective.
With a Mining skill of 10, it could probably increase the mining speed by 10%. However, Chen Xiyi wasn’t sure if he could still mine or log by using a progress bar.
Because these semi-finished products can still be mined by oneself, it will consume stamina, but the speed will be much faster.
It’s hard to say which method is better and which is worse.
If the progress bar is used, the efficiency will be much slower, but because it does not consume stamina, as long as one can stand for a long time, the collection can continue.
On the other hand, mining by oneself will be much faster, but with Chen Xiyi’s stamina, he probably won’t last long before needing to rest, and it will also accelerate the drop in satiety.
Previously, due to having ample time in his homestead as well as a planned layout, the progress bar collection method was far better than doing it by himself for Chen Xiyi.
Of course, mainly because he’s lazy.
【Digging in progress: 1% 50% 100%】
【You use a pickaxe to dig, and you obtain: 5 units of soil, 1 unit of stone】
The 6 units of floating materials were absorbed into Chen Xiyi’s body, and in front of him, there was a square gap, which was then partially filled due to the sand collapse.
“It seems that my player abilities in the homestead are completely fine, no need to worry that they will be ineffective once I leave.”
Chen Xiyi looked at the materials he collected in front of him, finally feeling relieved. He was worried that if his player abilities became ineffective, he would be left in despair.
“I should collect enough resources first, strive to replace all my wooden equipment with stone equipment as soon as possible, and establish a second residence. Otherwise, if I die, there is a high probability of respawning back in bed in the homestead.”
It’s not that the homestead lacks concealment, but mainly that it’s Chen Xiyi’s trump card. If exposed, he might be at a disadvantage.
He didn’t know what this world was like, and it’s not appropriate to try to understand it now. At least, he should collect the needed resources almost before exploring further.
Leaving aside other things, non-renewable resources like soil and stone must be collected enough.
“I hope to dig up some iron ore. I don’t need much, about a dozen units will do. I can then make workbenches, furnaces, etc., again. By then, I won’t need to return to the homestead, and many tools can be made by hand.”
As for what to do when he leaves in the future? Of course, smash and store them in the storage box. If Chen Xiyi wasn’t afraid of an accident in this world leading to death, causing the loss of respawning, he would definitely move all the equipment from the homestead there.
Although there might be some initial hardships due to a lack of sufficient equipment, Chen Xiyi felt it’s good to endure hardships first and enjoy sweetness later. At least, there is not much risk.
【You use a pickaxe】
As Chen Xiyi’s actions continued to update in the game log, he was quite content with it.
However, suddenly, he found two dots floating not far away, one was a white dot, and the other was a red dot.
Moreover, one was chasing the other, where the red dot was chasing the white dot.
Regarding these dots, Chen Xiyi knew that the red dot represented an enemy, a red name, like the Otherworldly Devil he encountered before.
As for the white dot, Chen Xiyi was not sure, but he guessed it should be a stranger or neutral entity.
“Interesting, let’s see what’s going on.” Chen Xiyi put away the pickaxe, took off the bow, and loaded an arrow.
Since the distance was far, long-range attacks were needed, and he couldn’t foolishly engage in close combat.