Chapter 12 Food Processing Workshop
The Shadow Tiger's mouth was already open, but the next second, the piece of meat in front of it was snatched away by another monster.
Looking at the empty ground, it let out another angry howl.
Just then, a piece of meat was launched by the slingshot and hit its mouth precisely.
The tiger's roar vanished instantly, leaving only the sound of chewing in the darkness.
When the next piece of meat bounced towards it, it had learned from experience and caught it directly with its mouth.
Sure enough, this time it got to eat meat again. The black tiger's resentment dissipated considerably, and it became visibly happy, its tail swaying behind it.
After Yu Qi launched all the snake meat out of the warehouse, the big tiger opposite had almost finished eating and was purring happily.
Yu Qi was somewhat surprised to see the other's health bar, because the tiger's health bar was a lighter color, unlike the other monsters' health bars, which were a deep crimson.
She memorized the health bar, buried her kitchen waste in the sand, and put the plastic boxes into her spatial backpack.
The homestead can decompose waste into materials, but she forgot what level of function it was. In any case, it would be best to put it away for now.
These will all be valuable materials from now on! Even trash can be a treasure!
[System: Congratulations on obtaining the Environmental Master Badge. This badge requires a genuine love for trash and a willingness to recycle it to activate. Wearing it will keep your body and vehicle clean, and you will be required to actively collect any trash you encounter. Do you wish to accept it?]
[Note: The Environmental Master is very popular with restaurant owners, and you can unlock more favorability points with him! What are you waiting for? Trash is treasure, catch it!]
Yu Qi clicked "accept," and a bronze badge appeared out of thin air, slowly falling down.
She curiously poked it, put it on herself, and the next second she realized how good it was.
My hair, which I hadn't washed for two days, suddenly became fluffy!
This isn't some environmental guru, it's just the automatic cleaner of her dreams!
So what if we encounter garbage collection? After upgrading our homestead, we'll have five more storage slots, plenty of room to store trash!
Speak of the devil, and he appears! His homestead has been successfully upgraded to a level 2 game homestead!
The warehouse compartments increased to twenty, the land plots increased to five, the wooden warehouses became more refined, and a food processing workshop was added next to them.
Currently, the only harvested crop is tomatoes, and the food processing plant is asking if they want to make tomato sauce.
Yu Qi had forty-one tomatoes left. Two large tomatoes could make one serving of tomato sauce, so she tried making five servings.
Each serving takes ten minutes to prepare, which isn't too long.
With the remaining time, she took three of the four energy cores she had and used them to repair the land where tomatoes had been planted.
The other two plots of land didn't need repair, so she tried planting lantern fruits and mutated sunflowers in them, using one part of basic fertilizer and one part of mutated fertilizer.
She plans to plant peanuts and chili peppers on the remaining three plots of land tomorrow.
Some peanuts are used to extract oil, while others are mixed with chili peppers to make spicy peanut sauce in a processing workshop.
The backpack she opened before did have spicy sauce, but can it taste as good as the peanuts and chili peppers produced in the homestead?
Yu Qi couldn't wait to eat it, so she went to the trading shop to check if anyone else was selling steamed buns.
It's a pity that the few options that came up were all slightly moldy steamed buns. Now that there are plenty of goods and a cheat code like the homestead system, why should I make myself suffer?
Let's see if there are any wheat seeds tomorrow, and then we'll allocate another plot of land to plant wheat.
Thinking about this, Yu Qi felt that five plots of land were still not enough, and he needed to upgrade as soon as possible!
[System: Vehicle upgrade successful. View now?]
Vehicle: Level 3 Electric Car (Max speed 30km/h, 100% battery, upgrade resources required: 1/300 Iron Block, 4/150 Plastic, 2/25 Glass, 0/4 Reinforced Tires, 1/10 All-Purpose Metal, 0/120 Energy Heart)
Sure enough, the next upgrade brought new special resources, and even the tires changed to reinforced tires!
Reinforced Tire: Ten regular tires can be combined to make one reinforced tire. This process requires a crafting table.
Seeing the workbench, Yu Qi thought of the lighter blueprints that had been produced today.
Lighter blueprint: This recipe can produce up to one hundred lighters. It requires a workbench. (Materials needed: iron block, plastic)
In other words, to reach level four, almost everyone needs a workbench; if you don't have one, you have to buy one at a high price.
Yu Qi searched the trading shop and chat hall, but no one mentioned the workbench. Either those people didn't know about it, or some people had opened it and planned to make a fortune in silence.
She thought for a moment, and before going to sleep, she posted an announcement about collecting workbench items in her trading shop, and then synchronized it to the chat lobby.
"What's a workbench? Wow, you're always one step ahead of the game. I've never even heard of one!"
"I know about workbenches. I got a toilet paper making blueprint today, but I need a workbench to make it. Where can I get something of this level? Do you want this blueprint, sir? I'll trade you for tomatoes!"
"Speaking of which, the tomatoes cultivated by the expert do have the effect of eliminating fatigue. I managed to snag one today, and after eating it, I felt full. Then I checked my fatigue level, and wow, it went straight from 67 to 52! This price is incredibly reasonable. You know, fatigue levels over 90 can be deadly!"
"I think the boss is very conscientious. If I had known that my tomatoes had this effect, I would have raised the price immediately. After all, I'm the only one in this region who has this fatigue-relieving tomato! The boss is truly great. I hope you can keep the price at this level!"
"I think it's unlikely. I got twice as many Energy Hearts today as I did yesterday, and after upgrading my vehicle, I realized that there are more and more Energy Hearts for the next level. Energy Hearts might become so common in the future that if the big players keep selling them like this, they'll lose money, won't they?"
"You're not a big shot. How could a big shot act like a shrewd businessman like you?"
Seeing this, Yu Qi was not affected. Her skin was thicker than a city wall, how could she possibly be kidnapped?
They'll definitely raise the price later; she's not stupid!
The initial price was set because, in the early stages of the survival game, everyone had just come from the real world and wasn't as eager for fruits and vegetables. Also, the Energy Hearts from the previous two days were indeed very precious, and many people couldn't get them even if they tried to exchange for them.
If more and more Energy Hearts are produced, the price will naturally change.
However, she will definitely choose a reasonable price, leaving herself an out so she can make money again in the future!
This is the ironclad rule for making money!
Yu Qi had just picked up the slingshot, ready to practice again, when a flood of private messages came in.
She picked two replies about exchanging blueprints, and one of them, who was holding a blueprint for making steamed buns, immediately took a big bite and demanded that she save twenty tomatoes for this person every day, and that they be supplied promptly without slacking off.
Once her tomato production increases, she'll need to provide thirty or fifty tomatoes a day. Goodness, is she trying to do wholesale?
A twist of fate: "Boss, this steamed bun recipe is extremely valuable. Steamed buns are a staple food for countless players; everyone needs them for every meal. Someone just offered to trade their crafting table with me, but I refused. It's only because your tomatoes are decent that I'm willing to approach you..."
While the person was typing, Yu Qi blocked them and moved on to the next one.
Does she need blueprints to make steamed buns? With wheat, how many steamed buns can't she make?
And someone wants to trade a crafting table for a steamed bun blueprint? Is that even possible? Does the person who made the sudden turn of events think she's an idiot, so they just make things up?
The next private message came from the person who had the toilet paper making blueprints. The person was overjoyed to see the expert's reply and immediately sent over the blueprints.
This guy is so careless, isn't he afraid she'll just take the blueprints and run away?
Cai Dan Kuaile: "Boss, please accept my offering!"
Hunting Moment: "..."
What do you need?
Cai Dan Kuaile: "Boss, I'm afraid of dying. Just give me a few tomatoes and a bandage to stop the bleeding!"
Yu Qi thought for a moment and sent the other party five tomatoes, a bandage, and an antidote pill.
Upon receiving the message, the recipient couldn't contain their overwhelming enthusiasm and showered the recipient with compliments in private messages.
Yu Qi smiled and searched through her private messages again. She found someone mentioning the production platform and clicked to take a look.
The first sentence was sent yesterday.
Strawberry Cookie: "Hey boss, I'm a cute girl, could you give me ten Energy Hearts? I'll thank you properly when we meet!"
Facts prove that those who deliberately emphasize that they are cute girls are very likely to be burly men behind the scenes.
The second sentence was just sent.
Strawberry Cookie: "Boss, I have information about the crafting station. All I need is for you to transfer your plant cultivation skill to me, give me thirty Energy Hearts, and then help me collect them..."
While they were still talking, Yu Qi had already skillfully blocked them.
It seems getting a workbench is going to be quite difficult!