“One durability per tree, huh?”
Bai Cheng examined the wood that had fallen to the ground, finding a total of ten pieces, plus an extra branch.
She had also counted just now and had chopped exactly ten times.
However, the thickness of the trees and the force of each swing were not the same, so this couldn't prove that trees had a fixed cutting threshold.
In short, the greater the strength, the faster the cutting speed.
This point was not friendly to Bai Cheng.
About half an hour later, after chopping down a few more small trees, Bai Cheng suddenly realized a very serious problem.
She stood in front of the railcar; at this point, the small space in front of her was already furnished with two wooden boxes, a stool, and the original novice table.
On the ground were two tools, a stone pickaxe and a stone spear, while the end of the flatcar was piled with the remaining wood and stones, totaling 25 pieces of wood and 8 stones.
These supplies, piled flat, already reached her calves, not to mention whether the two wooden boxes could even hold them...
The most important thing was that even when these things were stored in boxes, they still contributed to the weight!
Bai Cheng tried to push the railcar, using even more strength than before.
She frowned, her face full of displeasure: “What a joke? You damn developers!”
Too many accumulated supplies would further reduce the already slow speed of the railcar, while stopping to focus on development would lead to danger; this was undoubtedly a vicious cycle.
It even made Bai Cheng think that the muscular man’s strategy was the correct one.
She turned to check the manual to see if she could further utilize these supplies.
Although not very important, it had taken some effort, and Bai Cheng didn't want to just discard them for nothing.
“Fine Wood? Requires five pieces of wood to synthesize...” Her gaze fell on the advanced conditions for the train, “I just don’t know if I can pre-submit materials.”
No matter what, one piece of Fine Wood wouldn't be heavier than five pieces of wood, right?
Bai Cheng synthesized 20 pieces of wood into 4 pieces of Fine Wood, then clicked to submit the materials.
The next second, the four pieces of Fine Wood on the railcar instantly disappeared.
【Advanced Conditions: 0/50 Refined Leather, 4/100 Fine Wood, 0/200 Iron Ingots, 0/1 Steam Engine.】
“Hiss, looking at it this way, the materials don't seem that difficult to collect, do they?” Bai Cheng stroked her chin; the only difficult one should be the Steam Engine.
The fact that the train could accept materials bit by bit was undoubtedly good news for Bai Cheng, as it meant she wouldn't have to carry these heavy materials around.
As for the basic tools made from wood and stone, Bai Cheng had already crafted all of them except for the wooden bed.
The wooden bed required thatch and leather, and she hadn't found either of these materials yet.
However, this wasn't a game, and the bed didn't have a resurrection function; even if she built a bed on the open-air railcar, she couldn't sleep peacefully.
Rather than letting it take up space and add weight, it was better not to build it.
As for building walls for the railcar, Bai Cheng also chose not to for the time being, considering the weight.
It was because she was physically weak; if it was too heavy, she wouldn't even be able to push the car...
As for those few stones, Bai Cheng simply threw them away; after all, she had just picked them up casually.
Creak—
Bai Cheng got ready and pushed the railcar again.
She still remembered that the channel mentioned finding treasure chests by the roadside.
This might be the key to changing the current single-track development situation.
This time, Bai Cheng drove the human-powered railcar for a very long time, longer than the previous two times combined.
The tracks generated out of thin air laid themselves before her, and the scenery on both sides slowly receded; this grassland seemed endless, as if one would never be able to leave it.
A gentle breeze ruffled a strand of Bai Cheng's white hair at her temple, and the bangs on her forehead were already matted with fine beads of sweat.
Her movements remained unstopped.
Because the surrounding scenery was as usual, it seemed to be confirming what the person in the channel said: scarce resources, monotonous and repetitive...
Besides branches and stones, there were simply no other materials on either side.
Bai Cheng didn't know how far she had pushed the railcar like this, nor how much time had passed.
She was already somewhat exhausted and prepared to stop and rest. “Surely, I won't waste most of the five-day safe period entirely on traveling, will I?”
No sooner had she spoken than Bai Cheng suddenly froze, even the antennae on top of her head swayed involuntarily.
In the small grove not far from her, at the two o'clock direction, something seemed to be emitting a faint light!
This light was different from the white glow emitted by Bai Cheng's previous matches or dagger; it was much more intense.
At the same distance, Bai Cheng couldn't even see the branches and stones on the ground.
Her face lit up with joy: “Could it be a treasure chest?”
At this moment, Bai Cheng was no longer tired; her small universe suddenly erupted, and she furiously pushed the control lever with both hands.
As she got closer and closer to the small grove, Bai Cheng could finally see 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 value far outweighed its practicality.
Its body was covered with green patterns, reflecting a conspicuous green halo that continuously expanded outwards; this was actually a Fine quality treasure chest!
“My luck has finally arrived!” Bai Cheng was overjoyed.
Looking at the treasure chest quietly sitting on the ground a few steps in front of her, she immediately had the idea of rushing out to retrieve it.
Bai Cheng gripped the small knife in her hand and nervously looked around for two and a half minutes, finding no danger nearby at all.
“Perhaps, there isn't necessarily danger around the treasure chest?” She comforted herself this way.
Despite this, although Bai Cheng saw no danger on the surface, she still cautiously guarded against snakes and insects.
After all, often the unseen dangers are the most fatal.
But as her gaze passed over the few small trees in front, Bai Cheng clearly saw that the ground where the treasure chest was placed was bare.
That's right, weeds grew all around, but only this area exposed the yellowish-brown hard soil.
There were clearly many claw marks on the ground, and the black, blocky unknown objects at the edges looked even more like some animal's droppings.
Seeing this, Bai Cheng actually breathed a sigh of relief.
“It seems I'm lucky; the beast guarding the treasure chest just happens not to be here.”
After further confirming that there was no danger around, she immediately went forward, hugged the treasure chest, and returned to the railcar.
After jumping onto the car, Bai Cheng dared not linger, seemingly afraid that the unknown beast would chase her, and quickly pushed the railcar forward.
But before she had gone far, before the railcar had even fully started moving, a Hyena with brown spotted fur appeared in front of Bai Cheng.
Bai Cheng was startled, but her movements didn't stop; instead, they became faster.
“What are you doing? Cosplaying a speed bump!”
It was the safe period now, and the train was absolutely safe; Bai Cheng wasn't afraid of it at all.
Soon, the railcar burst into its extreme speed of 9km/h and crashed towards the Hyena.
The Hyena remained standing in place, seemingly intending to jump onto the railcar and kill the human on it once the car rushed before its eyes.
But the next second, it made intimate contact with an invisible barrier, and its entire body was instantly bounced off and fell to the ground.
Despite this, the Hyena still didn't give up; it just stopped attacking and instead followed Bai Cheng closely, accompanying her all the way.
Bai Cheng looked back, her brows tightly furrowed.
“Troublesome, I'm being followed by the Chief of Proctology.”
With this guy around, Bai Cheng wouldn't be able to develop further.
As for shaking off the opponent, the Hyena's stamina was surprisingly good; only Bai Cheng herself would be the one to exhaust her stamina first.
Her eyes darkened, and she decisively stopped pushing the car.
“I need to find a way to deal with it.” Her gaze then fell on the green treasure chest in the car.
“I hope what's inside will be useful to me.”
