ATPnovel Chapter 4 Unbelievable! A monster portal descends, and I even get an achievement just by drinking wa
Chapter 4 Unbelievable! A monster portal descends, and I even get an achievement just by drinking wa
The question "Is it edible?" echoed for two seconds in the open space, but no one responded.
Lin Feng stared at the blue vortex, his smile completely vanishing.
The vortex spun silently, the blue light at the edge spiraling inwards in circles.
The deep blue center was unfathomable, its connection to who-knows-where.
The three burly men maintained a defensive posture back to back, the tips of their wooden spears pointing towards the whirlpool, none of them daring to move.
Seeing that Lin Feng didn't reply, the square-faced man shrank back and dared not utter another word.
Lin Feng's mind was racing.
He had read these kinds of novels before he transmigrated.
Post-apocalyptic survival, survival for all, dungeons descending—dozens of these books lay on his shelf. A common trope in all of them was the respawning of monsters.
The dungeon entrance, the portal, and the dimensional rift—the names may differ, but they all mean the same thing.
Things will come out from inside.
And it will most likely be at night.
The first day gives you time to gather resources; once the sun sets, what's coming will come.
This wasn't just a wild guess.
The blue vortex was hanging there without any system notifications popping up, so it couldn't be just for show.
Either the time hasn't come yet, or it's waiting for the trigger condition.
Regardless of the reason, things are likely to get turbulent on this island tonight.
Lin Feng took half a step back and glanced back at the people behind him.
Ten burly men huddled together, some carrying axes, others wielding spears, all staring intently at the vortex.
Despite their nervousness, they instinctively surrounded him in the middle.
These ten guys were all nearly two meters tall, and their arms were thicker than his thighs.
Although they might not be the brightest, their physique is impressive. If a real fight broke out, ten strong men standing there would make any monster think twice.
The tightness in Lin Feng's chest eased.
He had ten henchmen.
What are you afraid of?
On the first day, the monsters can't be too outrageously strong. Hurry up and build weapons and set up defenses; we might be able to hold them off tonight.
Lin Feng made a decision.
He waved to the three exploration team members.
"You, and you too."
He pointed to two of them, then pointed to the vortex.
"Stay here and keep watch. Don't touch anything. If there's any movement, come back and report immediately."
The two burly men nodded simultaneously, planted their wooden spears firmly in the ground, and without moving their feet, they rooted themselves to the spot.
Lin Feng then looked at the remaining people.
"The rest of you, come back with me."
He turned and walked back the way he came, followed by eight burly men in single file.
The square-faced, burly man walked at the front, an iron axe slung over his shoulder. He would occasionally glance back at the blue light until the bushes completely blocked his view before turning his head away.
Speechless all the way.
We walked through dense forests, waded through wet mud, and pushed aside bushes.
The camp is just ahead.
Under that big tree piled with timber.
The logs on the ground had been piled up into a small mountain, all the logs that the six lumberjacks had cut down were here.
Stones and vines were piled up, and there were an absurd amount of materials.
Lin Feng stopped under the big tree, his throat dry.
From the moment I discovered the vortex until now, I've been thinking about it constantly, my mind has gone through so many cycles, and my mouth is so dry it feels like it's about to burst into flames.
He took out the initial freshwater bottle issued by the system from the small backpack at his waist, unscrewed the cap, and tilted his head back to take a swig.
The water was warm, and the moment it went down my throat, I felt comfortable all the way from my esophagus to my stomach.
He had just taken the bottle away from his mouth when the panel popped open.
[Ding—Congratulations, host, you have completed your "first time drinking water"!]
[Achievement Unlocked: Remembering the Source of Water]
[Achievement Description: The first sip of water is the beginning of survival.]
[Achievement Reward: Excellent-grade Water Purifier x1 (Automatically purifies 20 liters of water per day) / Achievement Points +10]
[Claim or not?]
Lin Feng blinked.
A reward for drinking water?
Receive.
A flash of white light appeared on the ground beside my feet, and a device half the height of a person appeared out of thin air.
The bottom is a square water storage tank, connected to a filter pipe, and there is a small water collection port on top.
Exquisitely crafted, with an all-metal structure, it was far more advanced than he had imagined.
The square-faced man leaned over for a look and then reached out to touch the metal casing.
"Master, what's this?"
"This thing can produce 20 liters of clean water every day."
The square-faced man's eyes widened.
"Twenty liters? Then we won't die of thirst?"
Lin Feng ignored him.
Twenty liters, divided among eleven people, less than two liters per person.
Just enough to drink, not enough to waste.
We need to find a stream to replenish our water supply. But at least for now, we don't have to worry about water.
He pushed the water purification device closer to the tree roots to secure it in place, and then took out a day's worth of dry rations from his backpack.
The compressed biscuit was hard and heavy in my hand.
Lin Feng broke off a piece and put it in his mouth, chewing it a couple of times.
It's dry and hard, and tastes similar to sawdust, but at least it provides energy.
The panel lit up again.
[Ding—Congratulations, host, you have completed your "first meal"!]
[Achievement Unlocked: Food is the most important thing for people]
[Achievement Description: Only with a full stomach can one have the strength to survive.]
[Achievement Reward: Excellent-grade Large BBQ Grill x1 / Achievement Points +10]
[Claim or not?]
Receive.
This time, the commotion was a bit bigger.
A white light exploded in the center of the camp, and the eight burly men simultaneously took a step back.
When the white light faded, a metal frame more than a meter long appeared on the ground.
It includes a grill rack, a support, a wind deflector, and even an oil collection trough underneath.
The square-faced man circled the barbecue grill, brought his nose close to smell the metal frame, and swallowed hard.
"Master... you're getting all high and mighty now, where's the meat?"
A burly man next to him gave him a push.
"What are you smelling if there's no meat?"
"I'll just smell it beforehand, so I won't need to smell it when there's meat."
Lin Feng chewed on his compressed biscuits, too lazy to pay attention to these clowns.
He opened the panel and switched to the resource statistics page.
It's time to take stock of our assets.
Achievement Points: 40.
Timber: 96 pieces.
Stones: 37.
Vines: 22.
Tools: 1 iron axe, 5 stone axes, 4 wooden spears.
Special equipment: Water purification device x1, large barbecue grill x1.
Personnel: 10 workers (including 2 people guarding the portal).
Forty achievement points, double the previous amount.
The log cabin blueprint costs 15 points, and the fishing net blueprint costs 10 points; both are affordable now.
Lin Feng was pondering how to spend his achievement points when he caught a glimpse of the numbers on the resource statistics page and they jumped again.
Timber: 98...99...
Another muffled thud came from the lumberjack's direction.
100.
The number had just jumped to three digits when the panel was instantly flooded with new notifications.
[Ding—Congratulations, host, you have chopped down a total of 100 logs!]
[Achievement Unlocked: A Forest of Trees]
[Achievement Description: Where one hundred trees fell, civilization began to grow.]
[Achievement Reward: Excellent-grade Iron Axe Crafting Blueprint x1 / Achievement Points +15]
[Claim or not?]
Receive.
A blueprint appeared out of thin air in my hand, showing the disassembled structure of the iron axe, with each component clearly labeled.
Lin Feng looked at it twice, his eyes lighting up.
Iron axe blueprints.
It's not a one-time reward, but blueprints that can be mass-produced!
He only had an iron axe, which was with the square-faced giant. The other five men all used stone axes, but the blades would wear out after chopping down a few trees, drastically reducing their efficiency.
If everyone could be equipped with an iron axe...
Lin Feng opened the production panel, dragged the blueprint into it, and the recipe automatically unfolded.
[Iron Axe]: 2 Iron Blocks + 1 Wood + 1 Vines
Wood? Plenty.
Vines? They're everywhere.
Iron block?
Lin Feng's smile vanished instantly.
The island has wood, stones, vines, and fresh water.
There is no iron, or rather, iron ore has not yet been discovered.
He put the blueprints into his backpack and stood there for two seconds.
By the time the exploration team finds the iron ore, it'll be too late.
There's a high chance something's going to happen to that portal tonight; he can't afford to wait.
Lin Feng's mind raced, and a bold idea popped into his head.
He opened a public chat channel.
The messages are still being refreshed at an alarming rate.