The sun set in the west, and the last glimmer of light faded away.
Lin Yu's hands were also speeding up.
After digging a big pit with the shovel near the droppings, Lin Yue sharpened a piece of wood with an axe and placed it at the bottom of the pit.
At this moment, a voice emerged.
[You have obtained a Trap Design Map]
Oh wow, is this possible?
[Simple Trap: Wood X3, Iron Block X3, Dry Grass X3]
Using the trap design map, and plucking a bit of dry grass, Lin Yue immediately clicked on manufacture.
He then discovered that the large pit was already filled with wooden spikes like nails, and covered in dry grass. In the dim light of night, it looked almost flawless.
This was much better than what he'd envisioned.
"Baji?" Bai had been keeping watch nearby, and now seeing that Lin Yue had completed his task, it couldn't help but make a sound.
"All done, Bai, come back!" Lin Yue stretched out his hand, and a white shadow leapt onto his shoulder.
Bai's senses were much sharper than his, which was its innate advantage.
Earlier in the Secret Realm, it was Bai who first discovered that mutant rat; if it were up to him, he'd probably have been much slower.
Returning to the shelter, Lin Yue tidied up the bulky items and finally made it to the bedside with difficulty.
One has to admit, a hundred percent drop rate of the treasure chest was indeed satisfying, but it did have a slight imperfection.
As supplies, tools, weapons, and various other items continued to increase, the space they occupied also expanded.
A forty-square-meter shelter could not really hold much.
Lin Yue organized for a while before finally clearing a space and lighting the torch.
"Baji baji." Bai crawled through the mess of items, seemingly enjoying itself, but to the cleanliness-loving Lin Yue, the shelter was nothing short of a pigsty.
He kept storing and retrieving items, placing the more space-consuming ones below and smaller ones on top.
After a while of tidying, it finally ended.
Lin Yue felt that doing this was more exhausting than hunting mutant creatures.
It seemed solving the housing area issue would be crucial in the future.
Urgent matters weren't limited to just this.
The situation with the mutant sheep and the Secret Realm pushed back the concern of the disaster in three days.
The snow disaster couldn't be easily overcome with the current stockpiles.
Shelter warmth, his own warmth, and Bai's warmth.
Vast amounts of supplies like food and water...
If the snow disaster lasted long, his preparation had to be even more thorough.
At present, Lin Yue could only handle the food and water issue.
Everything else had to be reconsidered from scratch.
Sitting at the bedside, Lin Yue glanced at the four pieces of sheepskin in the corner.
These provided warmth for sure, but they also had a significant smell; they could serve as blankets, albeit a bit heavy.
Was there a way to modify them?
In snowy weather, to get warm... burn wood!
He had fire, and wood for fuel, but no stove.
Expansion of the house, insulation for the shelter, building a stove...
There seemed to be quite a bit to do.
With such thoughts, the workload for tomorrow suddenly seemed much heavier.
However, there were shortcuts.
Lin Yue opened the game panel, first checking the group for useful information.
"Speaking of which, are there too many deaths today? Only 6700 people left?"
"Secret Realm can find good stuff. Faster than killing monsters and dropping treasure chests, probably all died there."
"True, I found a bottle of '82 Lafite, genuine, not a knockoff! Anyone with good stuff can PM me, highest bidder wins."
"Did Boss Lin go to the Secret Realm? I have good stuff here, trade for water."
"Report, stumbled upon a rare design map. Lin Yue, you know the deal."
"Lin, you're just a water-scamming bastard, and yet there are idiots buying water from you? Lin Yue, screw you!"
"Lin, you're just a bug!"
"By the way, aren't you guys concerned about the snow disaster? Snow isn't just snow that can turn into water, I'm telling you."
"Found a major bug! Is it like thirty degrees now? A snow disaster? Fooling ghosts?"
Lin Yue first added those who insulted him to the blacklist one by one.
This group function in the game had this feature.
Not only could it block them from adding him as a friend and harassing him, but also prevent them from trading with him in the market and sending private messages.
Lin Yue felt very pleased.
When you run out of water and are dying of thirst, crawl to me!
He wasn't the type to seek revenge for every petty grievance, so blocking them wasn't over the top, right?
After handling this, Lin Yue immediately opened the trading panel and looked for what Du Ping was selling.
In this group, there were quite a few people like Du Ping specializing in stocking water, a critically needed resource since there were still three days until the snow disaster.
How many times could you drink urine? How long could you last?
At least before the snow disaster hit, water was extremely important.
[Auction item: Shelter Design Map]
[Required: 2 Liters of Drinking Water]
[Seller's Note: Unfortunately, it can't be a designated trade. Whether it's worth the price, Lin you decide.]
Wait? Shelter Design Map?
A shelter can be designed?
Also, how was this obtained?
After some thought, he sent Du Ping a private message.
"How did you get it?"
Almost immediately, Du Ping replied: "Boss, just say whether you want it or not. I think you should understand this ain't the trash those idiots say it is."
Lin Yue didn't reply. He immediately placed a bid!
[You lost 2 Liters of water]
[You obtained a Shelter Design Map X1]
Du Ping's second private message came quickly: "Boss, add me as a friend? I'll let you know first when I have good stuff."
"Next time for sure." Lin Yue didn't agree.
For now, he didn't want to add anyone as a friend.
After all, his relationships with everyone were currently established through the group and trading market only.
Complex human relationships weren't really a problem for him, but in this moment when survival in this Otherworld was the pressing concern, he had no time to manage such things.
Trust, for now, he only had with Bai, who was playing on the table.
Recalling Bai's fondness for water, Lin Yue poured some into a wooden bowl he made earlier, and Bai immediately dashed over, submerging itself inside.
However, the bowl was small, Bai was big, and water spilled all over the table.
Bai seemed to find this unfortunate as well, and drank all the spilled water.
Lin Yue took out a piece of bread, tore off a bit for Bai, and started munching on it himself.
He glanced at the Shelter Design Map just obtained in the inventory.
[Shelter Design Map, can establish a new shelter, 40 square meters]
The system explanation immediately popped up, and its treatment was different from other items.
Lin Yue's eyes lit up.
Wasn't this just what he needed to solve one of his problems?