Socially anxious people transmigrate to another world; living in seclusion is too difficult.

After familiarizing himself with the guild, Su Yang followed the guild's newbie map to the island forest. His plan was to collect materials and kill rabid hounds simultaneously, and once he had enough gold coins, he would find a good spot to apply for permission to build his own cabin.

So Su Yang opened the communication card. The communication card is a card about the size of a playing card that every person who successfully becomes an adventurer is given by the guild. You can use it to check the team ranking, solo ranking, and instant missions in real time. You can also contact other adventurers by exchanging communication signals. It's quite similar to a cell phone in the original world, except you can't listen to music, watch movies, or play games.

Guided by the communication board, Su Yang received a task to collect three-crystal stones. Each pound of three-crystal stones collected could be exchanged for 1 gold coin. These stones could be refined and used to build elemental arrays and repair C, D, and E grade bracelets. They were considered a mid-level material. Killing the rabid hounds, on the other hand, was a long-term task.

Su Yang traversed the forest and arrived at the Tri-Crystal Gem production area. The area had been developed along the way, so he didn't encounter any rabid hounds or other ferocious beasts. He saw many people digging in the area, and the communication cards were mostly from novice adventurers or Ziyang-level beginner teams. Su Yang pursed his lips, wanting to run away at the sight of so many people, but in the end, he patiently joined the digging team. After all, making money was the most important thing right now.

The other newcomers each held a pickaxe, digging by imbuing their tools with different elemental powers. Su Yang pondered for a moment and realized that among his four existing elements, the harmonizing attribute of the light element should be the most suitable, as it could harmonize hard rocks into softer weathered stones. However, he did not have a light element bracelet and could not use it for the time being.

Just as he was struggling with this, Xiao Ju jumped off his shoulder as if by telepathy, patted the pickaxe that Su Yang had just received, and then jumped onto a pile of dirt, barking at the dirt a few times. Su Yang followed to investigate, but couldn't find anything. At this moment, Xiao Ju called out, "Master, Master, there's something down there."

Su Yang was surprised that the Sky-Splitting Tiger could sense the presence of a material like the Three Crystal Stone. Then he thought that since the Three Crystal Stone could repair the Elemental Bracelet, it must contain some elemental power. A ferocious beast like the Sky-Splitting Tiger should be quite sensitive to fluctuations in elemental power.

After thinking it over, he patted Little Orange's head and praised it in his heart:

"Xiaoju is awesome."

He then swung his pickaxe and began digging. Soon he struck a hard rock. At that moment, Little Orange jumped onto the rock and barked at it a few times. The rock quickly crumbled and turned into weathered stone, much to Su Yang's delight.

"I see. As long as Xiao Ju can use elemental power, it's the same."

Following Xiao Ju's guidance, Su Yang continued digging. While everyone else was sweating profusely from digging, Su Yang had unknowingly collected nearly twenty catties of three-crystal stones. Su Yang lifted the bag and felt that it was about enough. Any more and if they encountered a rabid dog later, it might not be able to hold its tail. Originally, Su Yang wanted to test whether collecting materials or killing rabid dogs would earn more. So he packed up his bag and left, heading to the area where rabid dogs often appeared.

Su Yang hummed a little tune along the way, having a great time. Suddenly, he sensed a large number of moving objects 300 meters ahead from his permanent radar. There were about a dozen purple spots, and another 7 spots were clustered together. Su Yang guessed that the Ziyang-level rookie team must have been besieged by rabid dogs, so he quickly rushed forward.

Before long, Su Yang arrived at his destination. Parting the bushes, he saw a pack of rabid dogs surrounding a seven-person team. Judging from the style of the communication tokens, they were Purple Sun-level adventurers. The team was in a sorry state, with everyone covered in wounds. Moreover, the team's composition was a complete mess, with an extremely unbalanced class composition. The seven-person team consisted of three healers, two guards, and two pioneers, but not even a sharpshooter. No wonder they were having such a hard time.

One of the pioneers was dressed in very ornate clothing, unlike an adventurer, and was angrily shouting:

"Get him treated right now! I must have been out of my mind to team up with you guys, a bunch of useless trash. No wonder your family's highest rank is only baron, you're all trash!"

Everyone else remained silent, and the healer silently used elemental power to treat the pioneer. Su Yang guessed that this team was probably led by that arrogant pioneer and was composed of nobles. These delicate noble children were newcomers with no experience, and if things continued like this, they would only wait to die.

However, Su Yang didn't want to get involved, so he simply waited for this group to be wiped out before dealing with the pack of rabid dogs himself.

Just as the team was about to be overwhelmed, a sudden change occurred! Several arrows carrying fire elemental energy shot out swiftly, killing all the frenzied hounds charging at the front. Then, a tall man emerged from the bushes on the other side, holding a shield and wearing black armor, blocking the way for the rookie team and completely protecting them. Immediately afterwards, two pioneers emerged from the bushes, rushing over to kill the frenzied hounds. Finally, three more people approached the rookie team; judging from their attire, they were a guard, a sharpshooter, and a healer.

"Wow, a full squad! Judging from the style of their communication tokens, they should be a Gold-level adventurer team," Su Yang exclaimed.

The sharpshooter approached the rookie squad and asked in a gentle tone:

Are you all alright?

The previously arrogant newcomer pioneer was now as docile as a puppy, and upon seeing that it was a Gold-level adventurer team, he quickly replied:

"I'm fine, thank you to this lady for saving me."

The archer seemed unwilling to get involved any further. After leaving the healer to treat the new recruits, she drew her bow and went to assist her teammates, while the guard stayed close by her side.

"Ah, what a pity. With such a gold-level team here, it seems impossible for me to pick up any scraps." Su Yang said with some regret, and looked back at the battlefield.

A gold-level team must have one strong member with an elemental level of 6 and two adventurers with an elemental level of 5. Such a configuration makes them quite powerful. The archer fired arrows one after another. The fire element was so powerful that a single arrow could cause a small-scale explosion. Therefore, Su Yang guessed that the archer must be a level 6 elementalist.

The battle ended quickly, but the gold-level squad seemed to have no intention of staying and set off again, leaving only the rookie squad to rest in place.

"The opportunity has arrived! The Lost Ring is activated."

Seeing the Gold-level squad leave, Su Yang immediately activated his mist element, concealing himself within it. He then slipped onto the battlefield, cut off ten tails, and left.

The sudden and rapidly dissipating fog left the adventurer team bewildered, wondering if they had encountered some ferocious beast again. The sharpshooter from before seemed to sense something and returned with the team. After observing for a while and finding nothing, he left again.

Su Yang returned to the guild with the 20 jin of three-crystal stones and ten rabid dog tails he had collected, and handed them all over. He eventually exchanged them for 26 gold coins. Su Yang thought that the rabid dog tails had to be whole, but the guild only verified the tail tip and did not look at the rest of the tail. Instead, they cut off the tail tip and threw away the rest.

"It seems that killing the rabid hound is still the best option. Just take the tip of its tail; it's not only light but also carries a lot. I'll never mine three-crystal stones again." Su Yang made his decision after considering it for a while. Since he was a worker, he had to seek to maximize his profits; otherwise, what was the point of working?