Survival in the Mist: From a Dilapidated Wooden Hut to a Heavenly Palace in the Clouds

The second section is the [Survivor Information], which clearly shows Mo Ming's current basic situation:

Name: Mo Ming

Sex: Male

Age: 19

Level: None (Next level: Grayish White)

Shelter Level: Level 1 --- Dilapidated Wooden Hut

Survivor ranks, from lowest to highest, are: Grayish-white, Pale yellow, Emerald green, Dark blue, Crimson purple, Radiant orange, Crimson red...

The third section, the World Chat Channel, is already in an uproar. There are already 99+ messages, and it's still constantly refreshing with new messages.

At this refresh rate, it's impossible to see anything clearly!

Mo Ming didn't rush to open it, but continued to check the functions of the bracelet.

The fourth column is the [Friends List], which is empty below, displaying only the text: You don't have any friends yet~

The fifth section is the [Trading Platform], which, as the name suggests, is where survivors trade supplies. It explains how to use it; both parties need to confirm the trade option, and then their supplies will be transferred to each other through the trading platform.

Upon seeing this, Mo Ming couldn't help but be slightly surprised. Spatial teleportation?

Is this misty world really that eerie?

But he quickly came to terms with it. If the Misty World could teleport all of humanity here overnight, what was a mere spatial teleportation?

The title of the sixth column is "[Overall Environment]". This page is displayed simply, with only two subcategories under the title: one is "[Current Disaster: Cold Wave...Approaching]", and the other is:

Today's weather

sunny

Temperature: 10-16°C

Daytime duration: 10 hours, remaining time: 9 hours 46 minutes

Night duration: 14 hours

P.S.: Today is a beautiful day, a perfect time to gather supplies.

The date and time are not displayed here because date and time are meaningless in the misty world. You only need to pay attention to the length of day and night. Daytime is relatively safe, while nighttime is very dangerous.

There was still a long day ahead, so Mo Ming wasn't in a hurry to go out and explore. He was used to understanding things first, then making a plan, and then taking action.

His guiding principle is: never fight a battle unprepared.

He had previously learned from the "Introduction to the Misty World" page in the first section that he could use the bracelet to identify information about things in the environment.

After binding the bracelet, it will automatically analyze the basic information of what the survivor sees, and for facilities such as their shelter, it can also analyze the materials needed to upgrade them.

Most importantly, the bracelet can break down materials.

For example, felled timber will be broken down into timber units, and stones will be broken down into stone units...

It has to be said that this feature of the bracelet really appealed to Mo Ming.

Without hesitation, Mo Ming immediately began analyzing the information about the shelter.

Shelter: Level 1 --- Dilapidated Wooden Hut

Size: 16 square meters

Facilities: None

Required basic materials for upgrade: 0/150 wood, 0/50 stone

Add materials (optional): Feel free to experiment

Description: A dilapidated little wooden cabin. It's raining heavily outside, and drizzling inside. The drafty wooden walls and the rickety little wooden door make it look utterly wretched...

Adding materials? Could it be that special materials can be added during the upgrade process to strengthen the shelter?

As the mechanical voice just mentioned, adding different materials will have different effects on the wooden house, and there might even be some surprises~

Forget it, I need to think about that for now. I need to gather the basic materials to upgrade my shelter first. I haven't even learned to walk yet, and I'm already thinking about running?

Wood, stone...

Mo Ming looked at the empty room, not even an axe. Was he going to have to use his bare hands?

Digging stones with bare hands, cutting down trees with bare hands?

Undeterred, I turned over the straw mat on the ground, only to find it empty.

Is this for real?

At this moment, Mo Ming felt as if a million alpacas were stampeding through his mind.

Pushing open the small wooden door, Mo Ming breathed in the outdoor air of the Misty World for the first time, and it felt almost the same as the air in his original world!

I stretched and yawned, but then I noticed something in the haystack by the door.

He parted the haystack and there it was: an axe. The handle was made of wood and the blade of stone. Mo Ming was overjoyed. At least he wouldn't have to use his bare hands.

Wooden Handle Stone Axe: Grayish-White Level

Description: The combination of wood and stone, along with the primitive operation, makes chopping down trees with a wooden-handled stone axe not only time-consuming but also laborious—it's incredible!

Looking at the information about the axe, Mo Ming rolled his eyes dramatically, inwardly cursing:

Hiding the axe is one thing, but the real problem is, you could have at least hidden a more useful one!

You're hiding these broken axes? Can't you be a decent human being?

No, the people in the misty world don't seem to be human!

Oh well, it's better than nothing!

Picking up his stone axe, Mo Ming planned to go out and collect wood and stone. His primary goal for the next two days was to collect enough wood and stone to upgrade his shelter to level 2. As for special materials, he would leave it to luck!

Before setting off, Mo Ming opened the [World Chat Channel] to see how everyone was doing and gather information so as not to miss any important notifications.

"My God, where am I?"

"It's so cold... This 'Today's Weather' shows 10-16°C, that's so fake, even less accurate than the phone's weather forecast!"

"The cabin is drafty, I'm freezing to death."

"Does anyone have any food? I'm starving. I'll give you money, any amount will do."

"Same as above!"

"Who has food to trade with you? Money is just a piece of paper these days, too rough even to wipe your butt with, let alone exchange for food? You're dreaming!"

"..."

"I wanted to start a fire to keep warm, but the dilapidated cabin had nothing."

"Didn't I tell you? The level of the shelter is crucial. Hurry up and upgrade the shelter's level!"

"The person upstairs is right, they're absolutely right. Let's get out there and chop down some trees!"

"No props at all, are we just going to smash and chop?"

"There's an axe in the haystack by the door, hurry up!"

"Holy crap? Thank goodness I checked the world chat, otherwise I would have had to chop it up with my bare hands."

"What am I going to do if I'm in the desert and there are no trees?"

"Holy crap? There's a desert too?"

"I'm at the beach..."

"Nani?"

"I have a large bamboo grove here, I don't know if it counts as trees."

"..."

"Cutting down trees is fucking tiring."

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A picture of a large tree that had been cut down and turned into timber units was posted in the group.

"Damn it! King Juan! I'm off!"

“Go! Go! Go!”

"Brothers, charge! Ten hours will fly by, time is of the essence!"

......

The world chat channel was buzzing with excitement; it seems everyone's randomly landed in incredibly diverse locations—by the sea, in the desert, in the forest...

After turning off his survival bracelet, Mo Ming carefully headed towards the forest with his wooden-handled stone axe.

According to the description of the misty world in the bracelet, the current stage is the novice protection period. There will be no mist within a radius of 500 meters of the shelter, and the level of the beasts is also relatively low.

The woods were not far from the shelter, but it took Mo Ming almost ten minutes to get there.

Since it's our first time in the Misty World, it's always good to be careful.

After looking around and confirming that it was safe, Mo Ming chose a tree that was not too thick, aimed at the trunk, gripped the stone axe with both hands, and chopped heavily into the tree. Although he used a lot of force, the stone axe, which did not look very sharp, only left a shallow cut on the tree trunk.

How many times would it take to cut it in half?

Once, once, and again...

Mo Ming wasn't particularly strong to begin with, and his axe wasn't sharp. Plus, he hadn't eaten anything, so chopping down trees was especially difficult for him.

It took Mo Ming nearly thirty minutes to cut down the not-so-thick tree. Relying on the decomposition ability of the survival bracelet, he obtained five units of wood.

Perhaps it was an overestimation of his own strength, or perhaps an underestimation of the difficulty of cutting down trees, but looking at the yield of 5 units of wood per tree, a look of disappointment flashed in Mo Ming's eyes.

"Am I a greyhound? No way, at my current efficiency, I won't even be able to collect enough wood today, let alone stones."

There are only 10 hours in a day, and about an hour and a half has already passed. We can't spend all our time cutting down trees, or tonight will be tough.

We need to find some food and fresh water.

It would be best to find some more warm clothing.

The holes in the walls and sheds of the dilapidated wooden house need to be plugged first; as for clothes, we can do that later.

Mo Ming picked up five units of timber and carried them back to the shelter.