"Do I need to do it myself? But the problem is that I don't know how." Li Xiao's brows furrowed together.
"It's okay to use a grinder to grind some anesthetics, but you can let me use this complicated workbench. Isn't this just trying to catch a duck on the shelf?"
He stood in front of the workbench, helpless.
But when he opened the implant menu, he discovered something different - among the several detailed items, there was one more item:
【Workbench】
Standing in front of the workbench, this option will automatically appear, but as long as you take a few steps back, this option will disappear...
Standard game routine!
Click on this option, and a 3D image will open. In the image, it is the projection of the workbench in front of you. Above the projection, there is a row of small words prompting: Place materials on the workbench to start production.
Next to the image, there are drawing options that require a workbench to create.
"It seems like you don't have to do it yourself." Li Xiao seemed to know how to use this workbench.
He placed metal ingots, wood and other materials for making metal axes on the workbench and chose to make it.
A pair of white hands appeared out of thin air, crossed their fingers, stretched and started making.
"Ding! Ding!" sounded, and it picked up a hammer and started banging.
On the workbench in front of Li Xiao, a hammer also flew into the air and struck the metal ingot he placed on the table.
"High-end! Really high-end!" However, Li Xiao still had a question. Are the white hands on this workbench the same pair in the self-made column?
He opened the production bar again and looked up——
I saw a pair of white hands also busy, making a wooden chair for Li Xiao.
It discovered that Li Xiao was observing it, turned its head to look at Li Xiao in a humane manner with one hand, then made a disdainful gesture, then turned around and continued its work.
It seemed angry that Li Xiao had made it work day and night these past few days...
"Well, it seems they are not the same hands." Li Xiao touched his nose awkwardly, "I asked, why didn't the hands on the workbench react when they saw me?"
Baishou: "..."
The prompt sounds several times in succession, indicating that more than one item has been completed.
Looking towards the workbench, production has stopped, the hammer that was flying has stopped, and the small flaming furnace has gone out...
An epic iron ax shining with metallic light is placed on the table of the workbench.
Looking closely, the surface of this metal ax is smooth and as bright as a mirror. The ax head and ax handle are made of one piece of metal, and only the handshake area is tightly wrapped by animal skin fibers, making it look extremely easy to use.
Li Xiao picked up the metal ax and played with it in his hand, then took out the stone ax from the inventory and threw it out of the courtyard!
He loves the new and hates the old, and he doesn’t want to see it again for a second...
In the inventory, a table and a chair were also made, and Li Xiao placed them in the kitchen - they can be used as both a cutting board and a dining table, killing two birds with one stone!
After the arrangement was completed, the interior of this small wooden house was no longer empty, but filled with the atmosphere of people.
With a little more decoration, the layout of this cabin will be completely "graduated"!
What needs to be changed outside the house is the planting area. He has already unlocked the fertilizer box and has not bothered to make fertilizer.
The berry plants in the field have long since matured and are constantly producing fruit. However, because there has been no fertilizer, these berries are not growing vigorously and can only barely supply the dinosaurs in the enclosure.
If we tame a few more herbivorous creatures, the food supply will become a problem...
Fertilizing is a top priority!
Making fertilizer is not a clean job. All Li Xiao needs to do is collect the dinosaur feces into the fertilizer box, mix it thoroughly with the thatch, and then wait for them to ferment...
In the game, the feces excreted by dinosaurs are all in the shape of balls, and players only need to collect them into the inventory.
But in reality, collecting feces is definitely not that simple!
Depending on the species of dinosaur, the feces they pooped out were also different——
Some are like dog poop, some are like cow dung, and even worse... diarrhea!
The dodo is the perfect example!
Li Xiao had a ball of cloth stuffed in his nose and got busy...
(The following content is omitted because it is too heavy-handed!)
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With the legendary bow in hand and wearing a sophisticated animal skin suit, Li Xiao's current combat power is already quite impressive!
In the entire southern area of Ark Island, as long as Li Xiao does not provoke the dangerous Therizinosaurus, he can move at will in the entire southern area.
Now he has explored more than half of the southern area of Ark Island, except for the red obelisk in the southwest.
So he decided to explore the southwest of Ark Island in the next few days!
There are two routes to go:
One is to ride a Velociraptor and cross from the inland.
But this method has many disadvantages. The terrain along the way is complex, with ravines and hills all over it, making it impossible to travel in a straight line.
And you will encounter many carnivorous creatures along the way. Although those carnivorous creatures are not a big threat to Li Xiao now, they are not particularly safe after all...
And the other way...
Li Xiao looked at the coast - that is to build a raft, and drive the raft along the coast to the southeast cape, and then go west from the cape to the southwest!
Compared with traveling on land, the safety factor of this waterway is much greater. Although the ocean is dangerous, the sea surface is very different. In addition, the raft only travels along the shallow sea along the coast, so the risk is even lower.
And if you travel along the river, you don't have to worry about detours, and you will definitely travel very fast.
Comparing the two roads, Li Xiao decisively chose the water route.
Time was precious, so Li Xiao immediately had the raft made with his own hands, and he himself began to prepare things for the trip.
…
Standing on the coast, Li Xiao stretched out his hand and placed the prepared raft directly on the sea.
This raft is not small, it is square in shape. Although it is a raft, it is almost the same as a small boat:
In front of the raft is an upright mast, with a sail sewn from animal skin fiber; behind the raft is a long log inserted diagonally into the water, which is used to control the direction of the rudder; on both sides of the raft, there are also fixed paddle……
The space on the raft was not small, and Li Xiao placed a storage box, a bench and a bed on it.
Now, the raft has become a mobile "living area".
The time of this trip and exploration must not be too short. Li Xiao prepared a lot of food for the creatures in the enclosure.
After settling down the raptor and taking care of the house, Li Xiao untied the rope of the raft tied to the stone.
Yang raised the sail, adjusted the direction of the sail, and stretched it into the wind.
The wind from the sea carried the raft towards the south...
"The apes on both sides of the strait can't stop crying, and the boat has passed the Ten Thousand Mountains."
Gradually he became familiar with the control of the raft, and the speed of the raft increased. In just an hour or two, Li Xiao arrived at the southeastern cape.
Going further south is the Southeast Paradise Island. I didn’t have the chance to come here last time I traveled. This time, Li Xiao drove a raft and went to the island for a tour.
This southeast island has many names: Vegetarian Island, Crescent Island, Beginner’s Paradise...
The vegetarian island means that there are no carnivores on the island, the crescent moon island means that the island looks like a crescent moon, and the novice paradise side means that there is almost no danger on this island, making it the best place for novices to start their lives.
However, Li Xiao has now passed the precarious period of his life, and the island has lost its greatest significance.
"The scenery on this island is pretty good. You can come here for vacation or something in the future..."
Li Xiao said as he stepped onto the raft again and turned to head west...
The water was sparkling, and several seabird-like creatures were floating on the surface, diving into the water from time to time and picking up a fish.
Judging from their appearance, they are similar to seagulls, but they are much larger than seagulls, about the same size as Pteranodon!
Li Xiao, who was familiar with Ark's creatures, understood that it was a creature unique to the Ark's ocean, the False-toothed Bird.
This creature can also be tamed and turned into a mount, but its flying speed is not as fast as that of a pterosaur, its weight-bearing capacity is even worse, and it is quite difficult to tame, making it a very useless mount.
Li Xiao was not interested in taming it, so he drove past it on a raft...
Time flew by, and when the time came to afternoon, Li Xiao had already arrived at the Southern Islands.
On a small island at the southernmost tip of the archipelago, there is a unique landform area - karst landform.
Here, there are densely packed "stone trees" with strange shapes, forming a "stone forest"!
It is the place called "Stone Forest" by players.
Li Xiao stopped the raft and walked in, intending to take a look. There were no dangerous animals here, so he didn't need to worry.
The stones on this island are very unique. Some of the taller stones can reach thirty or forty meters!
What’s even more peculiar is that each “stone tree” here is independent and separated from each other. The wide part can accommodate three or four people walking side by side, while the narrow part is only one palm wide...
Li Xiao even saw many stone trees that were thin below and thick above.
The narrow part below is only as wide as the mouth of a bowl, but it still supports the weight of hundreds of tons above!
The uncanny craftsmanship of nature is truly amazing!
After Li Xiao watched and admired it for a while, he was about to leave on a raft.
When he was about to leave, Li Xiao noticed something strange - it seemed to be getting hotter and hotter here!
After standing quietly for a moment, Li Xiao was sure that it was not that it was getting hot here, but that the entire Ark Island was getting hot!
A word popped into his head - heat storm!
The climate on Ark Island is unpredictable and extreme climate changes often occur. This heat storm is also one of the extreme climates!
When a heat storm occurs, the ground temperature will rise to an extremely high point within a few minutes! At that time, the blazing sun will violently bake everything on the ground, and the high temperature can easily cause flammable materials to spontaneously ignite!
If the body is directly exposed to the sun without shelter, it will cause severe burns in a few seconds!
If you look directly at the sun right now... humph, you will only be able to keep company with darkness from now on.
After a while, the air gradually took on a hint of red...
The gas in your nose also has a burning sensation when you breathe it in!
All the surrounding creatures had disappeared, and they should have all fled back to their nests. Li Xiao also understood the power of this heat storm, and he hurriedly looked for shelter.
Fortunately, this is a stone forest, so there is no shortage of places to block the sun...
Gradually, the temperature in the air is getting higher and higher, and a heat storm is coming!
Li Xiao hid under a rock, taking off only the coarse underpants he brought with him...
But despite this, he was still sweating non-stop.
The sweat wetted the sand on the ground, but in an instant the water in the sand evaporated and turned into extremely dry sand again.
Li Xiao could only keep drinking water to keep himself from losing too much water.
But there was only one bag of water in his inventory, and after more than an hour of consumption, it had reached the bottom!
There are rivers all around, and Li Xiao, who is too arrogant, did not store too much water in his inventory, but who would have thought that a heat storm would happen?!
It has been almost two months since he came to Ark Island, and Li Xiao has never encountered a heat storm. He thought there was no such extreme weather here.
The heat storm was still going on, and it looked like it wouldn't stop for a while. Li Xiao frowned, feeling troubled.
The water is gone. If this continues, I will definitely die of dehydration. I must find a way!
His eyes turned to the center of the Stone Forest Island...
"If I remember correctly, there is a large lake in the center of the stone forest!"
He knew he had to take action and couldn't just sit back and wait for death!
Taking advantage of the shadow under the stone, Li Xiao approached the center of the stone forest.
The shadows under the stone were not connected together, and he had to pass through several places without any obstruction.
Looking at the shiny ground in front of him, Li Xiao licked his chapped lips, his head spinning for a while.
After only ten minutes of dehydration, he began to show symptoms of dehydration!
Gritting his teeth, Li Xiao put the animal skin clothes he had taken off on his body and rushed towards the shadow on the opposite side!
"Ah~" Li Xiao groaned in pain.
Stepping on the sand on the ground, the hot temperature instantly spread to Li Xiao's feet through the shoes!
It's like running on a hot pan!
But that's not the point. The point is that Li Xiao's exposed skin under his clothes was instantly burned when exposed to the sun!
The temperature of this sunlight is as unique as a flame!
Li Xiao rushed to the shadows and endured the pain to check his injuries. Fortunately, the burnt area was not large.
Unexpectedly, within a distance of two to three meters, I could only run for more than a second, and I would be burned by the hot sun!
The power of this heat storm once again impressed Li Xiao!
But he didn't have time to sigh, he immediately walked towards the center again...
After several more short walks under the sun, Li Xiao had a few more burns on his body!
He was so angry that he wanted to curse!
"Damn it! This time when I go back I will make a big blanket out of animal skins, one that can wrap my whole body, including my head and feet, in several layers!"
Fortunately, Li Xiao arrived at his destination - in the center of the stone forest, a large lake appeared in front of him!
But the problem arises. There is no place to block the sun around the lake. How should I get there?
The feeling of fainting came again, and Li Xiao's vision was filled with ghost images. He knew that he could not wait any longer!
"Fight it!" he growled, and rushed over wearing animal skin clothes...
"thump!"
Li Xiao made a leap and jumped into the water!
The water in the lake was irradiated by the sun under this hot storm, and it was not cool, but rather warm.
But compared to the high temperature on the ground, the water is already extremely cool.
Li Xiao's entire body was immersed in the water, and he was still swallowing the lake water desperately. Although the water was fresh water, it still had a salty taste, and it seemed that the salt content was not low.
But this just replenished the salt lost by Li Xiao...
Unable to hold his breath anymore, Li Xiao suddenly stuck his head out of the lake, took a breath and immediately sank into the water again.
His body surface was covered with water, and the water formed a protective film on him, protecting Li Xiao's probe from being burned when he breathed...
Gradually, Li Xiao's dehydration symptoms disappeared. But the heat storm was still fierce. He could only occasionally poke his head out to take a breath, but he didn't dare to go out!
In this way, Li Xiao hid in the water, waiting for the end of the heat storm...
