Crossing the wilderness to survive, starting with a broken kitchen knife.

After hanging up the video, Zhang Shi started to work hard again. He reclaimed all the land within the greenhouse and planted all the saved seeds.

After all this operation, it was almost sunset.

It was still snowing outside, and the temperature was dropping. Zhang Shi, drenched in sweat after a day's work in the greenhouse, shivered in the cold wind.

"It's almost minus 30 degrees Celsius."

Back in the stone house, Zhang Shi filled the fireplace with new charcoal. The temperature of the stone house slowly rose, and he felt better.

If you are hungry in this cold weather, stewing a pot of meat soup will warm you up and save you the trouble.

Zhang Shi placed the pot on the stove, added steaks and vegetables, poured in well water, and ignored it.

Slumped in the chair, Zhang Shi opened the regional chat channel and lurked, unexpectedly learning that many of the survivors who went out today had opened new items in their treasure chests.

Wang Wu: I went out for a walk today and successfully found a high-level treasure chest. Guess what, there are some items inside that I've never seen before. Everyone, guess what's inside?

Cheng Xiaobai: Brother, don’t buy a coffin anymore. Tell me what good stuff you found.

Wang Wu: [Cement (white) x1] [Gold Coins x10] [Toilet Paper (white) x1]

Zhu Dachang: Brother, do you sell toilet paper? I have been using leaves to relieve myself these days, and it’s really a pain.

Ge Dalong: Cement is an important material for building the next stage of shelter. It is extremely expensive in the market now. I suggest you keep it.

Hou Kun: So, what are these gold coins for? I remember last time the system rewarded them. Even the last-place survivor received 10 gold coins.

No one responded in the chat channel. Zhang Shi smiled slightly, thinking that Ge Dalong was not that pedantic.

However, through everyone's conversation, Zhang Shi was reminded that he could take advantage of this opportunity to do something.

Switching to the trading market, he saw a lot of novel items on the shelves. Zhang Shi also noticed that even many survivors who were not doing well were selling gold coins, and the price was not high, 1 gold coin for 10 wood.

In fact, everyone knows that these gold coins should be of great use, but the severe cold has not yet been overcome, so there is no time to think about the future.

Zhang Shi had no shortage of wood, so he swept the trading market and earned a total of 200 gold coins.

Afterwards, Zhang Shi bought some common daily necessities, such as toilet paper, towels, mops, brooms, etc. Since they were already available, Zhang Shi did not hesitate to buy them all.

After all, in this wilderness world, no one can guarantee that no accidents will happen, so we should try to live more comfortably.

Today was a bit busy, and Zhang Shi just remembered that he hadn't signed in yet. Clicking on the cheat code, Zhang Shi clicked on the sign-in button.

System prompts, congratulations on signing in and getting:

[Luxury Countryside Two-Story Villa Design (Purple) x1: Essential blueprint for upgrading the shelter, you won't be able to do without it.]

[Resource Generation Card (Green) x1: After use, you can generate a random amount of resources of your choice.]

Zhang Shi was ecstatic. Whatever he needed came to him. He carefully checked the resource generation card and found that the options included minerals, wood, water sources, etc.

After some thought, Zhang Shi decided to keep the card first and choose the resources to use when the time was right.

Looking at the villa blueprint, confirming it was indeed a Level 4 shelter blueprint, Zhang Shi felt a strong urge in his heart. He planned to gather the materials for upgrading the shelter tonight and strive to live in a luxurious two-story villa.

"We already have the glass, pig iron, and wood. What's missing are the bricks and concrete."

Zhang Shi figured that bricks could be slowly fired in a charcoal kiln, which only took time. He then turned his attention to concrete, preparing to get enough cement from the market.

Taking a quick look at the prices, I found that one unit of cement would cost about 1 pieces of charcoal in exchange, and some even required an outrageous 10 gold coins.

After a heated debate and spending a lot of resources, Zhang Shi finally gathered enough cement and felt exhausted.

The concrete has been successfully produced in the construction interface. Now, only the square bricks are left to be assembled.

The charcoal kiln outside was still burning continuously, but Zhang Shi was not in a hurry. Instead, he sat at the table and enjoyed his dinner.

The charcoal kiln has been firing bricks continuously since last night. At the firing rate, it shouldn't take long to gather the required quantity.

Zhang Shi drank a mouthful of the broth and felt relaxed. He opened the trading market and found something useful.

[Farmland Improvement Card (Blue) x1: Can upgrade normal quality farmland to high quality.]

When I clicked on it, I saw that the seller listed the selling price in gold coins, apparently not intending to sell it. In the item's notes, the seller stated that it was only for exchange and not for sale, and that anyone interested could send the item information to a private message.

Zhang Shi's greenhouse had several plots of farmland of only average quality, with limited growth rates for crops. Therefore, Zhang Shi was determined to obtain the farmland improvement card.

After clicking on the seller's private chat interface, Zhang Shi saw that the seller's trading market ID was "Ronghua Fugui", which gave him the impression of being a rather utilitarian person.

"Hello, I'm interested in your farmland improvement card. Please name a price. As long as it's not too excessive, I can accept it."

The other party responded quickly and recognized Zhang Shi.

"Wow, are you the VIP boss? I've seen you in the chat channel, but I didn't expect to meet you in person today. To be honest, I'm your biggest fan..."

"Well, let's talk business first."

"Oh, I got this improved card from a box in the snow and wind. I endured hunger and cold and suffered a lot for it."

Seeing that Zhang Shi did not respond, Ronghua Fugui continued to add.

"I saw you were collecting seeds earlier, so you should be starting to grow crops. You should know the value of this card. It might increase crop yields and speed up growth. It can be said that this card will ensure that survivors never have to worry about food in the future."

The other party was obviously trying to raise the price. Zhang Shi was a little impatient and said directly.

"Just tell me what you want in exchange. I like to get straight to the point."

Zhang Shi was ready to spend a lot of money for this improved card, but he didn't expect the other party to directly send a transaction, and the transaction item was actually the improved card.

"Hey, boss. I can't use this card for the time being, so why not transfer it to you? After all this talk, I just want to be your friend. If you can think of me first when you ship something in the future and give me some discounts, I'll be very grateful."

Zhang Shi was delighted. He had not expected that this Rong Hua Fugui was actually a smart man who knew the difference between having one meal full and having every meal full.

Zhang Shi accepted the improved card and took the initiative to send a friend invitation. A man named Hu Yingjun on the other side accepted the invitation.

Zhang Shi replied,

"Okay, thanks, brother. I'll give you a discount when you buy something from me next time."

After turning off the system, Zhang Shi was in a good mood. He put on his clothes and went into the greenhouse.

After considering that the upgrade effect of the [Bravely Leading] title might backfire, such as turning the improvement card into upgrading high-level farmland to refined farmland, Zhang Shi decided to use it directly.

"Whoosh~"

A blue light flashed, and Zhang Shi used the improvement card on the farmland where the seeds were planted first.

After the improvement, there was no obvious change in the farmland. Instead, the vegetables that were already close to maturity matured completely in an instant.

Zhang Shi looked at the green vegetable field and his heart was filled with joy.