Chapter 11 Chapter 11 Lumberjack Bai Cheng
Meanwhile, in the dark forest on the other side.
A square lantern on the track car emitted a warm glow, dispelling the surrounding darkness and illuminating the sharp, cold face of a short-haired boy.
He was standing at the front of the car, his gaze shifting away from the screen.
Seeing the five extra pieces of fresh hyena meat at his feet, he casually tossed them to a huge crocodile next to the car.
"If the creatures of the Silent Night were inedible, why would we waste resources trading for food?"
However, he had no expression on his face, clearly not caring about the matter.
"It seems we won't be able to get the steam engine before reaching Platform One. We need to hurry on our way after collecting the supplies."
After saying that, Tang Yan sat in the car and closed his eyes, pretending to doze off.
Meanwhile, the crocodile under the car continued its battle with the creatures of the night, and notifications of experience points being gained kept popping up on the screen...
At this moment, Bai Cheng had just made a major decision.
"They were able to trade so much fresh water for food right at the start of the game, and they even got an employee card."
"If he has fresh water and plenty of food, what else could he be doing trading my hyena meat for?"
Bai Cheng looked at the tiger-themed employee card in his hand and immediately made a guess.
Presumably, the other party used it to feed his employees, which makes sense.
However, Bai Cheng didn't care about this. Everyone was a survivor and there was no hostility between them at the moment. At most, they were just a little jealous.
And the momentous decision she made... was to become a lumberjack!
That's right. In the early stages, almost all the basic resources available are important, except for food and water. Wood is one of the essential materials needed to upgrade the train.
The employee card might be very tempting for survivors, but at this stage, no one can afford the exorbitant price of 200 pieces of wood.
Of course, it cannot be ruled out that some people might not make tools but instead continuously cut down trees to gather enough materials for exchange.
Therefore, if Bai Cheng wants to trade for the employee card from Tang Yan, he needs to hurry up and collect wood.
"We're in a forest at night, the perfect time to gather timber!"
Otherwise, relying solely on the sparse trees during the day to obtain two hundred logs to exchange for an Antelope employee card would undoubtedly be a huge loss.
But ultimately, 200 wood per employee card is still a bit pricey, so Bai Cheng plans to try to negotiate with the other party to see if he can get a discount.
Bai: "If you're really interested in buying, could you give me a discount?"
The message seemed to sink without a trace, and it took several minutes before the other party finally replied slowly.
Tang: "One price, if you don't want it, plenty of others will."
Bai Cheng's face darkened, but she still tried to discuss it with the other party, only to find that the other party simply stopped replying.
"Damn, is he just putting on airs?"
Bai Cheng was furious, but she had no choice but to accept the employee card; it seemed as if the other party had her cornered.
Bai Cheng had no choice but to get off the carriage with the stone axe by the firelight.
Fortunately, the trees here are not only thick but also very dense, covering a considerable number of trees even within a three-meter radius of the track vehicle's safety zone.
Bai Cheng, unconcerned about any danger, swung his axe down.
*Thud!* The tree trunk remained motionless, and the stone axe nearly slipped from his grasp. At the same time, a notification popped up.
Your current tool level is too low to cut down trees!
【Durability -1】
"...??" Bai Cheng looked incredulous. "Are you kidding me?"
There are so many trees at night, why can't they be cut down?
"Damn it, how could you destroy a lumberjack's dream!"
Bai Cheng was indignant and immediately summoned Cheng Shu to change the upgrade target from employee card to stone axe.
Employee cards only require collecting cards to synthesize; once all employee cards have been collected, they can be exchanged back.
【Stone Ax: 0/8】
"Using light durability?" Bai Cheng raised an eyebrow. "The upgrade method is really simple..."
After all, trees cannot be felled with a stone axe at night; each swing of the axe will reduce their durability slightly.
Bai Cheng immediately swung the stone axe, and almost instantly its durability was reduced to zero.
As the stone axe shattered, a flash of green light also streaked past.
【Iron Axe: 0/30】
The axe in Bai Cheng's hand suddenly became much heavier and easier to handle, with a smooth handle and a blade that gleamed with a cold light.
This time, she ran out of durability again, but then she suddenly realized something.
If she can already cut down trees, doesn't that mean she has to cut down at least thirty trees?
"This is what green quality looks like!" Bai Cheng was on the verge of tears.
【Name: Iron Ax】
【Level: Green】
【Durability: 30】
【Evaluation: A fairly handy tool, which could also be used as a weapon.】
But despite the complaints, Bai Cheng's hands didn't stop moving.
As the iron axe swung down, a gap about a finger's width was left in the thick tree trunk in front of them.
"efficient!"
Bai Cheng was immediately filled with energy and began to strike with his axe.
The gaps in the tree trunk deepened with each blow, until the trunk could no longer support itself and collapsed with a crash!
Before the sturdy tree could even hit the ground, it had already completely decomposed into several pieces of wood in mid-air, eventually scattering all over the ground.
Bai Cheng immediately began picking up the pieces of wood on the ground. She counted them and found there were a total of twenty pieces!
If you include randomly dropped branches, you can get about twenty pieces of wood from each tree.
Although the amount of timber falling from this tree was less than Bai Cheng had imagined, and the logging conditions were harsh, there were still so many trees!
More importantly, at this point, none of the other survivors should be able to cut down trees, except for her!
Bai Cheng was already far ahead of others in this respect alone, and he was very satisfied.
"Although I can't calculate the time, I've already chopped it fifty times with my current strength. Adding the time spent gathering the wood, I estimate it would take at least ten minutes to cut down a tree."
Bai Cheng frowned. This didn't even include the time she would need to rest after exhausting herself; her tree-cutting speed would actually only decrease over time.
"Moreover, if there's too much timber piled up, I'm afraid I won't be able to move the railcar."
Once items are listed on the trading system, they do not disappear, so there is no way to exploit the trading space to move resources.
"That's a problem too," Bai Cheng said, now finding himself in a dilemma.
She looked around and found that there were only four trees within the train's safe zone. Even including the one she had just cut down, the total amount of timber within the zone was less than a hundred.
However, if these hundred pieces of wood were placed on the railcar, Bai Cheng would probably have no chance of moving the railcar.
"Shall we move to a different spot and then relight the campfire?"
Bai Cheng rubbed her chin, but the light from the lighter was not enough for her to see her surroundings while driving.
The inability to determine the density of surrounding trees after the track vehicle is pushed has become a new problem.
Half an hour later, Bai Cheng cut down two more trees.
Including the randomly dropped branches, she now had a total of 66 pieces of wood.
The piles of timber occupied almost half of the small space of the railcar, greatly increasing the vehicle's load capacity.
Bai Cheng stopped cutting down trees, got on the vehicle, and tried to push the railcar.
It wasn't as difficult as I had imagined, and the track car slowly began to move.
Bai Cheng didn't need to carry these supplies while traveling, so it was enough for the railcar to move forward a short distance.
After moving forward about ten meters, the firelight behind us was still visible, but it was obscured by layers of tree shadows and became blurry.
Bai Cheng relit a campfire and, after confirming there were five trees within range, immediately began felling them.
The clattering sound began to echo from the darkness, like a rhythmic symphony.
Two and a half hours later, Bai Cheng had cut down all five trees within the safe zone, including all the branches that had fallen to the ground.
This time, Bai Cheng has accumulated a total of 184 pieces of wood.
【Iron Axe: 7/30】
As for the last sixteen pieces of wood, Bai Cheng gathered them up by picking up branches at the edge of the safe zone.
"Finally, we have 200 pieces of wood!"
Bai Cheng wiped the sweat from his forehead and dragged his tired and sleepy body to the screen.
Her face beamed with excitement, and she immediately chose to trade Tang Yan's Antelope employee card.
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