Ahhhhh, high-altitude survival!

After all the boxes were unpacked, besides a pair of boots that added two points to agility from the locked wooden box, Lin Yue also found a large amount of materials and food and water. After sorting and organizing the items, Lin Yue collected some of the boxes, planning to expand the platform to 100 square meters.

She noticed this when she was receiving airdrops today. Each airdrop contains about 10 crates, and without a landing net, the platform can only catch about 8 of them due to its size. She estimates that once the platform is expanded to 100 square meters, she can catch them all.

Although we already know that there are floating islands in the air, airdrops are still an important source of supplies and cannot be easily overlooked.

The moment the platform expansion was completed, Lin Yue received another system notification:

[Congratulations to player Lin Yue for becoming the first player to expand the platform to 100 square meters. You have been awarded one upgrade stone, and the crafting table now unlocks more item crafting options.]

Lin Yue's eyes lit up; she hadn't expected such a benefit. She opened her backpack, her gaze immediately falling on the small, gleaming golden stone.

Upgrade Stone: A mysterious stone with enhancing power, capable of increasing equipment level. Cannot be crafted.

She examined the upgrade stone from all angles, but since there was only one, it could only upgrade ordinary equipment to excellent level. So Lin Yue simply put it away and went to check the newly unlocked items on the workbench.

[Stone Flooring (Fine): An enhanced floor structure, more robust and durable than wooden flooring, providing excellent support. Requires construction over wooden flooring. Materials required per square meter: 5 stones (33 remaining). Build now?]

[Stone Wall (Fine): An enhanced defensive structure, more robust and durable than wooden walls, built upon wooden walls. Provides excellent protection. Materials required per square meter: 5 stone blocks (33 remaining). Build now?]

[Stone Roof (Normal): An enhanced defensive structure with better sunshade and rain protection. Requires a wooden roof. Materials required per square meter: 5 stone blocks (33 remaining). Build?]

[Wooden Barrel: One type of container used to store or transport liquids. Required materials: 3 wood (currently 337), 2 nails (currently 205). Craft?]

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In addition to these, there are tables, chairs, benches, wooden basins, and so on, which suddenly makes up a wide variety of things that can be made.

After taking a look at the updated workbench and making a set of tables and chairs and a few wooden barrels, Bingpen began to replan the newly expanded 100-square-meter platform.

A bedroom is definitely a must, followed by a bathroom, storage room, tool shed, and, well, maybe a planting room too, since I now have my own source of fertilizer…

After careful consideration, Lin Yue adjusted the platform to resemble the Hakka Tulou (earthen buildings) she had seen during her travels, a style with multiple layers of houses surrounding a central courtyard. However, since she didn't have that many rooms, she left a gap of about one meter between each house for ventilation before nodding in satisfaction.

The Tulou truly deserves to be called a crystallization of national wisdom. With this adjustment, the entire space not only becomes more orderly, but also, with the surrounding courtyard walls raised, there is no longer any need to worry about airdrops falling out.

After everything was finished, it gradually got dark. Lin Yue had some guesses in her mind, so she didn't rush to sleep. Instead, she sat in the tool area while picking ice peas in the game and started making ice basins.

Only after she had used up all the iron blocks and mental energy did she look at the 39 ice bowls and 46 ice peas neatly arranged in the backpack compartment. She wiped the sweat from her forehead, washed up briefly, and went to bed to rest.

It's strange, really. Back in the real world, she ate well, dressed warmly, and never faced any life-or-death situations, yet she just couldn't get enough rest. She would often fall asleep only to wake up suddenly in the middle of the night and then be unable to fall back asleep, staying up until dawn.

However, after joining this survival game, perhaps because she was so busy every day, she almost always fell asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow and slept soundly until dawn, resulting in a significant improvement in her sleep quality.

However, this time, her good sleep was interrupted by a somewhat noisy system notification sound.

[Congratulations to all players who have successfully completed the three-day new player protection period! More challenging tests await you next.]

[After the protection period ends at 8 AM, the temperature will rise to 40 degrees Celsius and will continue to climb higher as the sun rises! The extreme heat will cause some aggressive small animals to attack the platform; players are advised to prepare their defenses.]

Of course, if you've already built a cabin and have an ice basin to keep the temperature within a suitable range, you might escape unscathed.

The high temperatures will continue for three days. After three days, districts with fewer than 5 residents will be merged!

Good luck to everyone, and I wish you all the best in getting through this test!

The system notification was sent precisely at 7:59, and almost the instant the message was spoken, the time jumped to 8:00. Lin Yue felt the temperature rise rapidly at an incredible speed, and her pajamas quickly became soaked with sweat.

Meanwhile, in the area chat's public chat, players were also in a state of panic, with cries of despair filling the air:

"What the heck? Why is it suddenly so hot?"

"Holy crap, the sun is already this strong at 8 o'clock. I thought I could stay cool by not wearing clothes, but the system immediately diagnosed me with sunburn, and my health points are decreasing by one per minute."

"Help! Does anyone have more wood? I didn't build a roof because I was trying to catch the airdrop, and I can already feel the scorching heat of the sun."

"Oh no, all my wood has been replaced with something else to eat! What am I going to do?!"

"Don't panic. 40-degree weather has been common in the past. If you don't have a roof, you can nail a piece of cloth to the wall to use as a sun umbrella, which can alleviate the problem a lot."

"Great idea! I'll go try it right away."

"I think it's alright too. I've been through the heat in Furnace City before. Every summer before, the temperature was over 40 degrees Celsius."

"Come on, do you know how heatstroke came about? In the past, we spent most of the summer indoors in air-conditioned rooms. We don't have those conditions anymore."