Chapter 5 Chapter 5: Being Targeted by the Head of the Proctology Department
"Does a tree have any durability?"
Bai Cheng examined the fallen wood and found that there were ten pieces in total, including an extra branch.
She just counted and found that she chopped ten times in total.
However, the thickness of the trees and the force of each cut are different, which does not mean that there is a fixed threshold for felling trees.
In short, the greater the strength, the faster the felling speed.
This is not a friendly thing for Shiro.
About half an hour later, Bai Cheng, who had cut down a few more small trees, suddenly realized a very serious problem.
She stood in front of the track car, where two wooden crates, a stool, and the original beginner's table had been placed in the small space in front of her.
Two tools, a stone pickaxe and a stone spear, were placed on the ground. At the end of the cart were piles of remaining timber and stones, totaling 25 pieces of timber and 8 stones.
The supplies, piled up flat, reached her calves; it was hard to say whether they could fit in two wooden crates...
Most importantly, this thing still has weight even when it's packed in a box!
Bai Cheng tried to push the track car, using even more force than before.
She frowned, her face full of displeasure: "Are you kidding me? What a terrible plan!"
Excessive stockpiling of resources will further reduce the speed of the already slow-moving railcars, while stopping to focus on development will lead to danger, creating a vicious cycle.
At one point, Bai Cheng even thought that the muscular man's strategy was correct.
She turned to check the catalog to see if she could make further use of these supplies.
Although it wasn't very important, it still took a lot of effort, and Bai Cheng didn't want to just throw it away for nothing.
“Fine wood? It requires five pieces of wood to synthesize…” Her gaze fell on the train’s upgrade requirements. “I just don’t know if we can pre-deliver the supplies.”
In any case, a thin piece of wood can't weigh more than five pieces of wood, right?
Bai Cheng combined 20 pieces of wood into 4 thin pieces of wood, and then clicked to submit the supplies.
The next second, the four thin wooden supports on the track car disappeared.
【Advanced Requirements: 0/50 Fine Leather, 4/100 Fine Wood, 0/200 Iron Ingots, 0/1 Steam Engine.】
"Hiss, looking at it this way, the materials don't seem too difficult to collect." Bai Cheng rubbed his chin. The only difficulty should be the steam engine.
The fact that the train could deliver supplies little by little was undoubtedly good news for Bai Cheng, as it meant she wouldn't have to carry these supplies around with such a heavy load.
Shirai had already completed the manufacture of all the basic tools made from wood and stone, except for the wooden bed.
The wooden bed requires thatch and leather, neither of which she has yet found.
However, this is not a game, and the bed does not have a resurrection function. Even if you build a bed on an open-air track vehicle, you can't sleep peacefully.
Rather than letting it take up space and become a burden, it's better not to build it at all.
As for building walls for the track vehicle, Bai Cheng also considered the load-bearing capacity and therefore did not choose to do so for the time being.
It's because she's physically weak; if she's too heavy, she won't even be able to push the bike...
Bai Cheng simply threw those stones down; they were just picked up casually anyway.
squeak--
Bai Cheng got ready and pushed the track car again.
She still remembered the channel saying that you could find treasure chests by the roadside.
This may be the key to changing the current situation of singular development.
This time, Bai Cheng drove the human-powered railcar for a very long time, longer than the previous two times combined.
The railway tracks, seemingly appearing out of nowhere, stretched out before us, while the scenery on both sides receded slowly. This grassland seemed endless, as if it would never let anyone leave.
A gentle breeze brushed past a strand of white hair at Bai Cheng's temples, and the bangs on his forehead were already stuck together with fine beads of sweat.
She didn't stop moving.
Because the surrounding scenery remained unchanged, seemingly confirming what the person in the channel had said: scarce resources, monotonous and repetitive...
There were only tree branches and rocks on both sides; there was no other supplies available.
Bai Cheng didn't know how far he pushed the track car, nor how much time had passed.
She was exhausted and decided to stop and rest. "I can't possibly waste most of my five-day safety period on the road, can I?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Bai Cheng suddenly froze, and even the ahoge on his head swayed involuntarily.
Not far ahead of her at two o'clock, there seemed to be something emitting a faint light in that grove of trees!
This light was different from the white halo emitted by Bai Cheng's previous match or dagger; it was much more intense.
At the same distance, Bai Cheng couldn't see the branches and stones on the ground at all.
Her face lit up with joy: "Could it be a treasure chest?"
At this moment, Bai Cheng was no longer tired. Suddenly, his inner power exploded, and he pushed the control stick hard with both hands.
As Bai Cheng got closer to the grove of trees, he was finally able to see it clearly.
The treasure chest in front of her was smaller than she had imagined, only about a quarter the size of a simple wooden box.
Its aesthetic appeal far outweighs its practicality.
Its body was covered with green patterns, which reflected a conspicuous green halo that kept expanding outwards. It turned out to be a treasure chest of excellent quality!
"My luck has finally come!" Bai Cheng exclaimed with joy.
Seeing the treasure chest sitting quietly on the ground just a few steps away, she immediately had the idea of rushing out to retrieve it.
Bai Cheng gripped the small knife in his hand and nervously looked around for two and a half minutes, but found no danger in the surroundings.
"Perhaps there isn't necessarily any danger around the treasure chest?" she comforted herself.
Nevertheless, although Bai Cheng could not see any danger on the surface, she was still cautiously on guard against snakes and insects.
After all, the most deadly dangers are often the ones we can't see.
But after looking past the few small trees in front of her, Bai Cheng could clearly see that the ground where the treasure chest was placed was completely bare.
Indeed, the surrounding area was overgrown with weeds, but this area alone revealed the hard, yellowish-brown soil.
Numerous claw marks were clearly visible on the ground, and the black, lumpy objects at the edges resembled animal droppings.
Seeing this, Bai Cheng actually breathed a sigh of relief.
"Looks like I'm in luck; the beast guarding the treasure chest just happens to be away from here."
After confirming that there was no danger around, she immediately went forward, hugged the treasure chest, and returned to the railcar.
After jumping onto the vehicle, Bai Cheng dared not linger, seemingly afraid that the unknown beast would chase after him, and hurriedly pushed the track car forward.
But before they had gone very far, before the track car had even fully started moving, a hyena with brown spotted fur appeared in front of Bai Cheng.
Bai Cheng was taken aback, but instead of stopping, he moved even faster.
"What are you doing? Trying to cosplay as a speed bump!"
It's a safe period now, the train is absolutely safe, and Bai Cheng isn't afraid of it at all.
Soon, the railcar burst into an extremely high speed of 9 km/h and crashed into the other vehicle.
The hyena remained standing, seemingly planning to jump onto the railcar and kill the humans as it approached.
But the next second, it made intimate contact with an invisible barrier, and its entire body was instantly thrown out and crashed to the ground.
Nevertheless, the hyena did not give up, but instead of attacking, it followed Bai Cheng closely, staying by his side all the way.
Bai Cheng glanced back, his brows furrowed.
"This is troublesome; the head of the proctology department is following me."
With this guy around, Bai Cheng can't develop any further.
As for shaking off the opponent, the hyena has exceptional stamina; Bai Cheng will be the one who runs out of energy first.
Her gaze darkened, and she decisively stopped pushing the cart.
"We need to find a way to get rid of it." Her gaze then fell on the green treasure chest in the car.
"I hope the contents of this will be useful to me."
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