Chapter 3: Is This a Ghost?
Jia Zhengjin chopped down a dozen coconut trees, storing thirty coconuts and fifty-six logs in his backpack. Exhausted, with his stamina down to 12 points, he ate a coconut and then used the virtual interface to select the [Craft] function, choosing [Building]. He found the option to craft logs into lumber and clicked [Craft All].
A green crafting progress bar appeared, and when it reached the end, each log was successfully turned into four pieces of lumber. It took a while to process all 56 logs, resulting in 224 pieces of lumber. The lumber, neatly stacked, occupied only one slot in his backpack and felt weightless when held in his hand.
Jia Zhengjin mentally commanded to place the lumber, and it appeared on the ground. He found it immovable, just like in the game, but he could reduce its durability with a dagger until it returned to his backpack.
He then used the lumber to build a 5x5 foundation, raised it three levels, and sealed it to form a box-like structure. He crafted a wooden door and installed it, creating a simple wooden room as a shelter. Though not sturdy, it was sufficient to block wind and rain.
To rest properly, he needed to strart a fire and make a sleeping bag. The simplest campfire requires four pieces of lumber and three plant fibers, but it is disposable.He planned to build a reusable stone campfire with eight stones and four pieces of lumber. Stones were easily found on the beach, and plant fibers were easily gathered from the nearby dense grass in the forest.
Jia Zhengjin collected materials diligently until a prompt warned him of his low body temperature. He returned to his room with a backpack full of plant fibers and stones.
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[Message]: Stone campfire crafted successfully, stones -8, lumber -4!
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"Whew!" When he placed the campfire in the room,warm flames immediately sprang up.
"Humans really can't live without fire!" Sitting by the campfire, feeling his body temperature rise, Jia Zhengjin couldn't help but sigh. He took off his wet clothes and spread them out by the fire.
He was only wearing a rough, robe-like garment, which was so poorly made that a message even popped up when he held it:
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[Shoddy Cloth Robe]: Poorly made, offers limited warmth.
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Now, Jia Zhengjin was completely naked, but at least he was in a sealed room where no one could see him. Besides, there didn't seem to be anyone else around except for a bunch of corpses!
Jia Zhengjin wasn't afraid of corpses; if he wasn't even afraid of living people, why fear the dead?
Feeling drowsy by the warm fire, he felt he really needed a good sleep to recover his energy.
So, in the [Furniture] option, he clicked to craft the only available item: a [Sleeping Bag]. More advanced beds required blueprints or skill points to learn after leveling up
the crafting options currently only offered the most basic items. Any advanced tools or equipment needed blueprints or skill points to unlock.
For example, in the [tools] section, there were only basic wooden and stone tools. Higher-level iron tools required the corresponding blueprints or skill points to master iron tool crafting.
Using 20 plant fibers, Jia Zhengjin crafted a simple sleeping bag. Although it was the lowest-tier bed, it was better than sleeping on the cold, damp ground.
He slipped naked into the sleeping bag, feeling comfortable by the fire.
Exhausted, Jia Zhengjin quickly fell into a deep sleep...
The blue sun set, and darkness fell! Sparse starlight illuminated a red moonin the sky.
Jia Zhengjin didn't know how long he had slept, but his body temperature was back to normal, and his stamina was fully restored to 100 points. Feeling the urge to pee, he got out of the sleeping bag.
The campfire had gone out, and the room was pitch black.
That didn't bother him; he fumbled around to find the campfire and chose to relight it.
After he chose to use a few pieces of lumber to relight the campfire, the warm flames reappeared. He also got a piece of charcoal from the campfire.
"lumber turning into charcoal so quickly, this game system is really unrealistic!" Feeling like he couldn't hold it in any longer, Jia Zhengjin opened the door. He didn't want to pee right outside his door because it would stink! But the campfire's light didn't reach far outside.
He immediately chose to craft a torch using the charcoal from the campfire and a piece of lumber.
With the torch's light, he confidently walked out the door. He ran to a coconut tree about thirty meters from his room, spread his legs, and started peeing.
Didn't he need to take off his pants? Don't be silly! He didn't have any pants! The only cloth robe he had was still in the room! Running around naked at night? So what? There was no one around to see him , so he wasn't worried about public decency!
Feeling relieved after peeing, Jia Zhengjin's face looked much better. He started singing as he headed back to continue sleeping.
Just then, a strange noise came from near the beach.
"Clack, clack..."
The sound was very clear, like bamboo sticks hitting each other . Curiosity made Jia Zhengjin raise his torch and look in the direction of the sound, but the next moment, he felt his scalp tingle!
A snow-white skeleton was walking from the beach, with blue flames flickering in its empty eye sockets. It moved like it was alive, its mouth opening and closing rapidly, and it was walking straight toward Jia Zhengjin!
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