Chapter 32: Forging Weapons

Mo Yubai sighed helplessly, accepted the resources he sent, and immediately sent over the wooden bucket filled with water.

Sigh, it was all because everyone was so poor.

On the other end, Sha Ruhai immediately clicked accept. He could not wait to scoop up the fresh water from the wooden bucket and take a huge gulp. A cool sensation spread across his chapped lips, moisturizing and softening them like rain after a long drought.

“Thank you, boss! If I get any good stuff next time, I’ll trade with you again.”

Mo Yubai did not think much of it and casually replied, “You’re welcome to trade again anytime.”

Opening the chat channel again, she sent a message looking to buy an Intermediate Workbench blueprints.

Thanks to the celebrity effect, friend requests flooded in almost immediately.

Mo Yubai sifted through them. After sorting through them for quite a while, she managed to trade a bottle of antidote to a young girl in exchange for a longsword forging blueprint.

Furthermore, when she went to trade for the electrolyte drink blueprint she had seen in the chat channel earlier, she was told that it had already been traded to Zhao Facai for three bottles of water.

Sighing, Mo Yubai continued to look through the cluttered requests.

After picking through them for a while and finding nothing useful, she could not be bothered to look anymore. She directly handed the system interface over to Xiao Ling, telling her to keep an eye out for an Intermediate Workbench blueprint and notify her if one appeared.

Mo Yubai put aside her stray thoughts, took out the forging bench she had received as the reward for ranking first on the system’s combat power leaderboard, along with the weapon blueprint she had just traded for, and began to inspect them.

Beginner Forging Bench: A must-have tool for every novice blacksmith in the Elven Continent. It can generate weapons based on basic blueprints and materials. It has a slow production speed, low efficiency, and high energy consumption.

The Beginner Forging Bench was styled like a sturdy, dark-red counter. In the center, bottomless magma churned, flanked by six oddly shaped mechanical arms. Some held iron hammers, while others held grindstones, presenting a highly imposing sight.

Longsword Forging Blueprint: Forging Stone x8, Iron Block x12, Stone x6, Cat’s Eye Gem x1

After confirming she had enough materials, Mo Yubai decisively chose to forge.

She placed the materials from her backpack onto the forging bench one by one. She watched as the six mechanical arms began to move, methodically tossing the various materials into the churning magma in the center. An eight-hour countdown appeared at the top of the forging bench.

Since it would take quite a while, Mo Yubai put away the forging bench, stood up, and lifted the lid of her pot. Taking a deep breath, she savored the fresh aroma of fish soup filling the air. She sent a portion of the fish soup to Ou Ou and Xiao Wenwen, then began to eat her own.

After finishing her lunch, Mo Yubai cleared away the venomous creatures that had crawled around her tent. Once she finished packing up, she hit the road again.

The sun hung high in the sky, baking the air until it shimmered and warped. However, inside the car, Xiao Ling had turned on her extreme cold mode. Acting like a little ice ball, she kept the temperature inside the vehicle within a comfortable range.

Holding the steering wheel with one hand, Mo Yubai smiled and praised Xiao Ling, “My Xiao Ling is so amazing, way better than that useless Highway Survival system! Right now, I feel like the happiest host in the world.”

Xiao Ling giggled as she listened to her host’s praise. The little system was absolutely over the moon, and bursts of cold air puffed out from her yellow sphere.

Chatting and laughing along the way, evening soon arrived. Her luck in the afternoon seemed rather poor, yielding only a single Bronze Treasure Chest.

Mo Yubai took out the Luck-changing Stone she had traded for from her backpack and muttered to it, “Luck-changing Stone, remember to change my luck tonight. I need food and seasonings! Especially seasonings. I’ve been drinking tasteless fish soup for three days now. No matter how fresh it is, I can’t take it anymore!”

After her prayer, she solemnly placed the Luck-changing Stone in front of the windshield of the Pickled Pepper Fish Head, facing the direction she was driving. Then, she took stock of the resources she had obtained from the Bronze Treasure Chest.

Decorative Picture Frame x2, Sunscreen Spray x1, Huoxiang Zhengqi Liquid^[1] x3, Sun Protection Clothing x2, Iron Block x8, Cotton x18, Linen x12, Cotton Cloth x2. It seemed the system was also warning players that the temperature would drop at night.

Sure enough, after dinner, once the sun vanished completely, the temperature began to plummet rapidly. Fortunately, Xiao Ling had switched to extreme heat mode, turning into a little fireball that kept the temperature inside the car quite comfortable.

Because of this, Mo Yubai did not feel cold at all. Still, she took out her workbench and used a cotton coat blueprint to start making cotton coats.

Unfortunately, a beginner workbench could not save blueprints. This meant she had to continuously consume blueprints to get finished products. One cotton coat blueprint could make 25 cotton coats, requiring Cotton x125, Linen x75, and Cotton Cloth x25.

Her cotton, linen, and cotton cloth were clearly insufficient. To avoid wasting the blueprint, Mo Yubai traded some water for more materials before starting the production. The workbench showed a processing time of one hour. Choosing not to wait, she continued her night drive.

The dangers of the night were indeed several times worse than during the novice period or the daytime. During the day, only a few small monsters would wander onto the highway, but at night, many large monsters crawled onto the road, some even actively attacking the Pickled Pepper Fish Head.

Since the cotton coats were not finished yet, Mo Yubai could only throw on a jacket, hand the driving controls over to Xiao Ling, and climb onto the roof of the car.

Under Xiao Ling’s control, the Pickled Pepper Fish Head deftly dodged the monsters blocking the road. Mo Yubai stood on the roof without swaying in the slightest. Several throwing knives danced in her hands, and wherever they flew, monsters collapsed to the ground.

As the pile of monster corpses on the highway grew, the creatures seemed to feel fear. They began to actively leave the highway, keeping their distance from this vehicle of death.

Once the number of monsters thinned out, Mo Yubai slipped back inside the car from the roof, took back the controls from Xiao Ling, and continued driving forward.

The time gradually reached 12:30 AM. Along the way, she had acquired two Silver Treasure Chests and one Wooden Treasure Chest.

She had not expected her wish to the Luck-changing Stone to be so effective. The chests yielded nothing but food!

Pork Ribs x1, Onion x3, Chives x8, Table Salt x10, Rice Vinegar x3, Soy Sauce x1, Cooking Wine x2, Chicken Bouillon x1, White Sugar x6, Cutting Board x3, Scissors x2, Bean Sprouts x8, Potato x3, Peanut Oil x5, Ginger x8, Fresh Garlic x4, Eggs x12, Electric Griddle x1, Millet x5, Purple Sweet Potato x3, Flour x6, Rice x1, Mung Beans x10, High-tech Split Hotpot Blueprint x1, High-tech Range Hood x1, Small Car Refrigerator Blueprint x1.

There were actually three monsters inside the Silver Treasure Chest, plus two guardian monsters. A single Silver Treasure Chest actually contained five monsters!

Mo Yubai pinched the bridge of her nose and sighed helplessly. She did not know if her luck was just terrible or if everyone else faced the same thing.

She could ask in the chat channel in a bit. As for asking Zhu Ou and the others? Forget it, she did not want to torture herself!

After pitching her tent, lighting a campfire, and setting up a few simple animal traps to prevent any nighttime sneak attacks, Mo Yubai crawled into her cramped sleeping bag and opened the system mall.

She refreshed the page. Sure enough, now that the novice period was over, the prices of everything had skyrocketed, making them even more unaffordable.

Next, she opened the trading channel. Although it was still somewhat quiet, it was much better than when she first started.

However, almost all the players in the trading channel were begging for antidotes or disinfectants.

Mo Yubai sifted through the listings and traded two bottles of disinfectant for four pieces of Mithril.

Now that she had a forging bench, she figured some weapons would probably require Mithril once she acquired more blueprints in the future.

Suddenly, she saw a message from Yang Yangyang in her friend list. He actually had an Intermediate Workbench blueprint!

“Boss Mo, I just got an Intermediate Workbench blueprint. Are you still buying?” Yang Yangyang asked first, unsure if the boss had already acquired one at noon.