Rest time is always short-lived. After Meimei took a good nap, Li Xiao started to work hard to "clear the level" again.
After unlocking the machine tool, Li Xiao's development in the Arkworld has entered a new era - the lowest resources such as wood, thatch, and stone hides are no longer the focus of acquisition, replaced by cement, obsidian, white pearls, etc.
Such slightly advanced resources, as well as polymers, circuit components and other materials synthesized from these advanced resources.
If the materials necessary for development that can be obtained on Ark Island are graded, wood, thatch, animal skins, etc. are definitely the lowest level, which is the first level; cement, obsidian, metal, etc. are the second level; and the second level resources
Synthetic polymers are of course Level 3. As for the higher Level 4 and 5 resources, Li Xiao still has no access to them.
Its development is about to enter the era of electrical technology. If you want to quickly develop and expand the electrical era, resources such as polymers and circuit components are indispensable, and the demand will also be huge.
In order to develop smoothly in the future, Li Xiao needs to reserve a large amount of secondary resources.
Needless to say, there is no need to talk about metal ores. The reserves in the central peak are enough for cement. I dug out beaver dens to get a lot of them some time ago, and there are currently quite a lot of reserves. What worries Li Xiao is that he really has white pearls and obsidian.
Not much.
Resources like white pearls can only be obtained in the ocean. There are some in shallow water areas on some coasts, and the largest number is on the deep sea bottom. It seems that it is time for Li Xiao to develop in the ocean.
Finally, there was obsidian—Li Xiao didn't have much reserves of this resource. He only found some occasionally when digging for metal ore, so he dug it back.
After all, there aren’t many of these things on the top of the central mountain, but there are really many places——
Li Xiao looked at the tallest mountain peak in the distance.
There it is, that volcano!
In fact, not only obsidian, metal ore, crystal and other minerals are distributed near the crater, but also in extremely large quantities. It can be said that the volcano on Ark Island is the real "mine"!
But if you want to climb that towering mountain, Li Xiao's current strength is a no-brainer.
Of the five mountains on Ark Island, the volcano is the tallest and covers the most vast area. Likewise, it is also the most dangerous, with countless dangerous creatures living on the volcano.
Creatures such as saber-toothed tigers and giant scorpions can be found almost all over the mountains; giant eagles, allosaurus, and oxenosaurs are the most numerous on the entire Ark Island; even Tyrannosaurus rex and Giganotosaurus have habitats on the volcano!
This is not over yet. You must know that this is an active volcano. On the top of the volcano, a crater with a depth of 100 meters is churning with hot lava flows. The high temperature of thousands of degrees can easily roast Li Xiao into meat.
Dry.
Want to collect obsidian there? It’s just a dream!
Helpless, Li Xiao could only find another way. After much deliberation, the only place to obtain obsidian was in underground caves.
Li Xiao has explored three of the eight caves on Ark Island. Among them, the place where he saw the most obsidian is the lava cave. However, the environment of the lava cave is really harsh. Without good equipment, Li Xiao is not prepared to commit suicide again.
The southern caves are the least dangerous, but Li Xiao did not see obsidian in them; there are also obsidian in volcanic caves, but not in large quantities.
None of these three caves can currently obtain a large amount of obsidian. After much thought, Li Xiao is ready to explore a new cave.
After putting on his armor and equipping his weapons, Li Xiao pushed open the door to the room, and the next second the door opened, the door to the bedroom next door was also pushed open.
Zhou Qing, also wearing a suit of carapace armor, stood at the door ready to go, looking at Li Xiao with squinting eyes.
"Where are you going? I'm going too! You promised to take me with you yesterday."
Li Xiao glanced at Zhou Qing up and down, and then looked at the sky where the sun was just nodding, he shook his head helplessly and smiled bitterly, "Just to block me, you got up before dawn?"
Zhou Qing did not answer, but raised his chin towards Li Xiao.
"You don't have to get up so early. Don't worry, I still keep my promises. If I promise you, I won't sneak out alone."
"Humph, I don't believe it!"
"Okay..." Li Xiao shrugged and put aside the topic. "Go ride a pterosaur. Today we will explore the swamp cave!"
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If you explore the eight major caves in order of danger, the next one should be the swamp cave.
Swamp Cave, as its name suggests, has its entrance in the swamp area in the south of the central island. As the name suggests, not only is its entrance in the swamp area, but the environment at the bottom of the cave is also mostly swamp mud and underground rivers.
"Going into a cave is different from being on the ground. There is no protection from domesticated creatures. Once we enter the cave, we can only rely on ourselves. In such a dangerous place, I have only one request for you!" Li Xiao stopped him while standing at the entrance of the cave.
He asked Zhou Qing, looked at her solemnly and said, "All actions are subject to my command. You must not act on your own, otherwise I will never take you out again! Do you understand?"
Seeing Zhou Qing nodding, Li Xiao waved his hand and took the lead into the cave entrance.
After entering the cave, what you see is a small space of only more than ten square meters. There is no other road, only a bottomless pool of water.
"The entrance to the cave is in the water. Take off your armor and we'll swim over."
Li Xiao did not bring any other domesticated animals except the pterosaur as a means of transportation during this trip. Well, this is the reason.
If you want to enter the swamp cave, you must first swim through an underground river.
The underground river is not long, and you can swim across it in just one breath. The only problem is that it is extremely dark in the water and it is impossible to see the road clearly. Moreover, the underwater roads are crisscrossed, and you can't find the exit when you get into the water. It is easy to suffocate to death in the water.
Fortunately, as a loyal fan of the Ark game, Li Xiao is already familiar with the roads in the water.
Li Xiao took off his armor and shirt, leaving only a pair of coarse trousers. The cold in the cave made him shiver.
Li Xiao hurriedly moved his body and warmed up before entering the water - this step was essential. You must know that the temperature of the water in the cave must be very low. Jumping directly in will easily cause muscle cramps.
Muscle cramps in an underground river where you can't hold your head to breathe will result in death!
It has been nearly two years since he came to Ark World, and Li Xiao's figure is no longer thin - his strong upper body is covered with streamlined muscles, and with a little stretching, sharp-edged lumps will appear, especially a few ferocious lines.
The scars highlight a different kind of charm.
Zhou Qing just glanced at it, her cheeks to her neck instantly turned red, and she quickly turned her gaze elsewhere.
After the warm-up was completed, Li Xiao turned around and saw Zhou Qing still standing there wearing armor, looking down at the ground. After a moment's thought, he realized that it was the girl's reserve that caused the problem.
"I'll go over there first. I'll wait for you over there." Li Xiao said and jumped into the pool.
Zhou Qing here saw that Li Xiao had disappeared, and then he took off his carapace armor. Pieces of armor fell off. The reason why Zhou Qing didn't want to take off his armor in front of Li Xiao was understood - she didn't have any upper body parts.
Wearing coarse cloth clothes, only a long piece of cloth is used as a chest wrap, tightly constricting the plump breasts.
The reason why she doesn't wear a shirt can be summed up in one sentence: "The armor is too tight and the chest is too big to fit into the clothes!"
Putting the scattered armor into the inventory, Zhou Qing's face turned red again, because she thought that even if she crossed the river, her outfit would still be seen by Li Xiao.
"Never mind!" Zhou Qing gritted his teeth, "In a world where life is in danger at any time, why do you care about being shy?"
After that, she stood up and jumped into the pool...
