Lin Bei's face was filled with joy as he quickly stepped forward to check the treasure chest's information.
[supply treasure chests (excellent): Open to obtain excellent quality resources. Opening requirement: Treasure Chest Key ×1.]
"This..."
The smile on Lin Bei's face froze, and he stood stunned in place.
Are you messing with me?
Opening an excellent treasure chest actually requires a key?
Also, how do I get this Treasure Chest Key?
At least give me a hint!!!
Lin Bei's composure crumbled.
He cursed this damned Island Survival game a thousand times in his heart.
A treasure chest of extremely high quality was clearly right in front of him, yet he couldn't open it.
This torment was truly maddening.
"Damn it!!!"
Lin Bei cursed under his breath, then ignored the excellent-grade treasure chest he couldn't open and turned back to the inner area of the Island, preparing to build a warehouse.
The basic wooden warehouse only required two resources: wood and hardwood.
Specifically, it needed 40 units of wood and 4 units of hardwood.
These materials were nothing to him.
The materials he opened from the treasure chests, plus the wood obtained from trade orders, amounted to quite a lot, exceeding ten thousand units. As for hardwood, he had much less, only over three hundred units.
However, the tens of thousands of wood obtained through trade were simply too much, so he had kept them in the trade warehouse without extracting them.
The resources acquired through trade could only be stored in the trade warehouse for a maximum of three days; once the time limit was exceeded, the stored resources would be completely cleared.
Therefore, he had to process these mountains of wood as quickly as possible within the time limit.
Although his Island area had expanded significantly, if he were to take out all this wood now, it would still take up a lot of space. So, he planned to first organize the Island before extracting the wood.
As for continuing to expand the Island area beyond 1000 square meters to raise the Island level to 3, Lin Bei didn't have such an urgent desire at this moment.
Because the hidden dangers in the fog area had sounded an alarm for him.
When the Island was only Level 1, the sea around it was relatively calm, and no fierce Marine Creatures were found.
But as his Island upgraded to Level 2, the fog gradually dispersed, and traces of sharks had already appeared in the distant waters.
If he was not mistaken, after the Island upgraded to Level 3, the foggy area around the Island would further dissipate, and by then, even more dangerous creatures would likely appear.
Therefore, to be safe, he planned to play it safe first, improve the Island's infrastructure and strength, and then make further plans.
However, the Island upgrade also brought him many benefits.
The most obvious point was that he could accumulate proficiency by repeatedly using blueprints to craft items, ultimately mastering a permanent crafting template for an item.
For example, for a basic wooden warehouse, he only needed to build it 20 times to fully master its permanent blueprint.
Another example is excellent quality toilet paper; he only needed to craft it 200 times to accumulate enough proficiency and unlock its permanent blueprint.
As for the other notification from the wristband about resource refreshing after the Island upgrade, Lin Bei was not yet aware of it since it wasn't the next day.
However, it is worth mentioning that as his Island level increased, he could now speak up to 20 times a day in the public chat channel, which was double the amount when the Island was Level 1!
Additionally, in the trade channel, his acquisition order limit had also increased from the original 5 to 10, also doubling.
Of course, his level cap also increased to Level 20.
However, he was still a Level 1 weakling.
As for how to improve his own level and combat power, he had no clue yet.
He could only take it one step at a time.
Soon, Lin Bei spent materials to build four warehouses, located in the southeast, northwest, and southwest directions near the Island's coast.
This way, no matter which direction resources were harvested in the future, he could easily put them into the warehouse.
But it must be said that the capacity of the basic wooden warehouse was not very large, covering an area of only 7x7, less than 50 square meters.
Fortunately, it was tall enough; Lin Bei checked the information on the blueprint and found it was a full 10 meters high, divided into two floors internally, and equipped with wooden ladders and shelves. Overall, it was still passable.
After arranging the warehouses, Lin Bei glanced at the mountain-like food and water, sighing deeply.
Next, he would have to move all these supplies by himself.
"Sigh, if only I had a worker to help out."
Lin Bei, helpless, began to labor.
Time flowed by, and in a blink, it was noon. The sun hung high, and Lin Bei, drenched in sweat, lay on the ground, panting heavily.
It was hot, truly too hot.
He looked up at the scorching sun, then directly retreated into the warehouse, opened a bottle of purified water, and began chugging it down.
"Ah—so refreshing!"
After drinking a bottle of water, Lin Bei finally regained some vitality.
He looked at the food and water piled up in the warehouse, and a feeling of both pain and happiness suddenly arose in his heart.
There was indeed a lot of supplies, but... the key was that there was just too much.
He had been busy for two or three hours, yet had only moved about a quarter of it.
Excluding packaging, these items combined weighed nearly 1.5 tons, which was quite exaggerated.
Fortunately, Lin Bei had smoked an invigorating cigarettes, which made him immune to physical fatigue; otherwise, he might have moved even less.
It was just a pity that the invigorating cigarettes' duration had passed, and the physical fatigue resurfaced, leaving him somewhat helpless.
"It seems fatigue won't completely disappear..."
Lin Bei sighed inwardly.
At the same time, he looked towards the sea through the warehouse door. The Master-Level Fishing Rod had already automatically fished out 6 supply treasure chests. Adding the previous 1 excellent-grade treasure chest, there were now a total of 7 supply treasure chests quietly lying by the sea.
Among them, there were now 2 excellent-grade treasure chests, with the remaining being 2 Fine treasure chests, 1 excellent treasure chest, and 2 common treasure chests.
Seeing so many treasure chests, Lin Bei's mood was now quite calm.
He had just opened the public chat channel and compared notes: Survivors with Beginner Fishing Rods took an average of 3 hours to fish out one supply treasure chest.
The Master-Level Fishing Rod, through automatic fishing, took an average of half an hour to obtain one supply treasure chest.
In other words, Lin Bei obtained supply treasure chests six times faster than other Survivors!
Furthermore, the quality of the supply treasure chests Lin Bei obtained far surpassed those of other common Survivors.
And the most crucial point was that Lin Bei didn't need to waste time guarding the fishing rod like other Survivors; the excellent quality Master-Level Fishing Rod could fish automatically, saving effort and being highly efficient—it was practically a divine artifact!
Combined with the effect of the Resource Critical Hit System, it was simply unparalleled in strength!
However, Lin Bei currently had no Treasure Chest Keys and couldn't open the excellent quality supply treasure chests, which made him feel a bit vexed.
"No! I can't be the only one feeling annoyed!"
Lin Bei sat up straight, his eyes slightly narrowed, looking at the food and water behind him, and a plan immediately came to mind.
He opened the photo function unlocked by the Survivor Bracelet after his Island upgraded to Level 2, then took out several bottles of water and several cans of spam, and arranged a dozen bread loaves next to them.
He found a brightly lit angle, took a photo, chose to save it, and then posted it on the public chat channel with a line of text:
"Sigh, life on a deserted Island is truly simple, unpretentious, and monotonous... Sigh, I really want to eat roasted meat; these canned pre-made foods are just too unpalatable."
Boom—!!!
Lin Bei's post, with its image and text, was like a bolt from the blue, instantly turning the originally calm public chat channel upside down.
"Holy crap, listen to this! Is he even human? I worked hard all morning and only got a piece of dry, hard bread, harder than a brick! But you, you have more than a dozen soft bread loaves, plus spam and purified water! You, you, you, you... you're killing me with envy! Wuwuwuwu~~~~"
"Damn it, he's so pretentious! Who can tell me his Island coordinates? I'm going to build a boat and go kill him!"
"Hello, Big Boss, this little sister is so hungry, so hungry. If possible, could you share some food and water with this little sister? I have a loli voice~~~"
"Damn, this isn't fair! Why do I only get oil?! I want bread and canned food too!!!"
"Upstairs, did you get lubricant? Hehe~"
"Hello, Beiming, I am Qin Shi Huang. If you are willing to give me the food and water in the picture for free, when I rebuild my dynasty, I will surely enfeoff you as the King of Beiming, and together we shall rule the sun, moon, and universe!"
...Soon, the public chat channel became lively.
Regarding Lin Bei's photo-sharing behavior, some were envious, while others cursed him out.
However, Lin Bei himself, as the person involved, felt satisfied after seeing the lively atmosphere and closed the chat channel, a persistent smile playing at the corners of his mouth.
"Sharing life truly makes one happy."
"Hmm, it seems I need to share more often in the future."
"I hope everyone can remain as enthusiastic as they are now."
Lin Bei was in a great mood. He took out an invigorating cigarettes, puffed on it, and immediately felt refreshed and energized, all fatigue swept away.
He planned to move all those supply chests into the warehouse to open them.
This way, even if a hundredfold quantity critical hit effect was triggered, the supplies would appear directly inside the warehouse, completely eliminating the need to expend stamina to transport them from the beach.
"Hmm... I'm truly a damn genius."
Lin Bei patted the dust off himself, preparing to get up and head to the beach to move the supply treasure chests.
Just as he stood up, he felt his wristband vibrate gently, and a notification sound came through.
[Notification: You have a new message, please check it!]
"Hmm?"
Lin Bei was slightly startled. He had previously closed the stranger private chat channel. Now, a message notification meant one of his friends was privately messaging him.
And he currently only had two friends added.
He opened the chat interface and immediately saw a trade request from "Bei Bei Nan Gua."
Lin Bei was puzzled, but he instinctively chose to accept the trade request.
Soon, several Fresh Sea Fish were placed on the trade interface by the other party, who then clicked to confirm the trade.
"This..."
Seeing these sea fish, Lin Bei was surprised.
But before he could ask, Bei Bei Nan Gua sent a message.
"Well... I just saw you post in the public chat channel saying you wanted roasted meat. I don't have anything else, only these freshly caught sea fish. If you don't mind, please take them."
"It's a pity I don't have tools to make a fire, otherwise I could have directly traded roasted fish to you."
Lin Bei was silent for a while, then finally took a deep breath and typed two words: "Thank you."
Then, without being overly polite, he clicked to confirm the trade.
Soon, five sea fish appeared before him.
[Fresh Sea Fish]
Level: 1
Quality: common
Description: Very common Fresh Sea Fish, delicious, non-toxic, can be used for cooking... Lin Bei took out the automatic grill, filled it with a few pieces of wood as fuel according to the instructions, lit it, and then placed the five sea fish on the grill.
The grill was large enough to simultaneously roast five arm-sized sea fish with plenty of room to spare.
[Notification: Automatic grilling in progress, estimated wait time 30 minutes.]
"Half an hour? That's quite fast."
Lin Bei smiled slightly.
Since Bei Bei Nan Gua was willing to give him five Fresh Sea Fish for free, he also planned to return the favor with some good items.
Everything would have to wait another half an hour.
"But where did Bei Bei Nan Gua catch these sea fish from?"
"It's been a morning since survival started, and I don't seem to have seen anyone mention catching fish with a Beginner Fishing Rod in the public chat channel, right?"
"Hmm... that's really strange."
"Forget it, I'll ask her personally during the trade later."
So, Lin Bei started running to the shore to move the supply treasure chests into the warehouse.
The weather was getting hotter and hotter.