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Halfway there, when all the buffs disappeared, Xiao Yun's vision went black, and he promptly passed out.

Having anticipated this, Ji Mingyu quickly supported him and called out to Zhong Mo:

"Fatty, come and carry Brother Yun back."

"oh oh!"

Zhong Mo quickly carried Xiao Yun on his back, and the group continued walking towards the dormitory building.

"What's wrong with Brother Yun?"

"Exhaustion, side effects..."

Ji Mingyu gave a vague answer without offering further explanation.

Wang Tianyuan frowned, looked at Xiao Yun, and then at Ji Mingyu.

Neither of these guys is simple.

When Xiao Yun woke up again, he found himself lying on his bed in the dormitory.

Night had fallen, and on the balcony, a campfire crackled, releasing the aroma of food.

"My head hurts so much..."

Xiao Yun rubbed his head and got out of bed, then staggered to the balcony.

"Oh? You woke up so quickly?"

Ji Mingyu raised an eyebrow and smiled, then pushed a stool over to Xiao Yun.

"Ha, you have the nerve to say that."

Xiao Yun gave him a cold look, her expression unfriendly.

If it weren't for Ji Mingyu's insistence on being greedy for that one egg, I wouldn't be in such a sorry state.

Just as I was about to reprimand him, I suddenly saw Ji Mingyu smiling as he picked up a goose egg from the side and smashed it open with a stone axe.

click-

With a crisp cracking sound, the eggshell shattered, releasing an irresistibly enticing aroma that wafted out, accompanied by a rich, vibrant life force, stirring a deep-seated longing within...

"Plop—"

Xiao Yun couldn't help but swallow, a feeling of hunger rising in his heart.

"I waited especially for you to wake up so we could eat together..."

Ji Mingyu smiled broadly, while Xiao Yun rolled her eyes helplessly.

Three minutes later, Xiao Yun licked his lips, looking at the clean eggshell, still somewhat unsatisfied.

Using the eggs of the Star Moon White Goose grants +2 to Strength and +2 to Agility.

"Tsk, this is only enough for one person, not enough to eat..."

He looked at a certain hidden big shot, his eyes flashing.

"How about another round?"

"Come on, you think you can just use this thing like that?"

Ji Mingyu shook his head and sighed softly:

"I can only use it once. If I want to eat goose eggs, I'll have to wait until my strength improves."

"real?"

"Absolutely true."

"Alright..."

Xiao Yun pursed his lips and didn't pursue the matter further.

It's normal to have your own little secrets and trump cards. Just like his brothers often say he's cheating, but they never ask too many questions. He also doesn't pry into other people's secrets.

"By the way, Chen Liming just came to see you with some iron ore, asking if you could use the iron ore to pay off the meat you owed him."

"Oh? Chen Liming, so they really started mining the ore first?"

"Yes, according to him, it was only half an hour before ours, what a coincidence."

Ji Mingyu shrugged and continued:

"You were still unconscious at the time, so I took it upon myself to agree to his conditions and exchange all their remaining debts for ore."

"How many were replaced?"

Xiao Yun's expression was somewhat complicated.

Actually, if Chen Liming were to talk to me, I'm thinking of giving him face so that we can have easier dealings in the future, and I might ask for less.

But if you run into Ji Mingyu...

"Hehe, not much, not much..."

Ji Mingyu chuckled, took out six iron swords, and tossed one to Xiao Yun.

The iron sword is a little over a meter long and has a very simple design, with an oak hilt, a cross guard, and a narrow blood groove on the blade.

It doesn't look very sharp, but it feels quite sharp to the touch.

[Weapon: Iron Sword]

[Rank: E-]

Attack Power: 30/61 (Critical Hit)

[Special Effects: None]

[Durability: 1750/1750]

[Equipment Requirements: Strength 12, Constitution 10 or Tank/Warrior Class]

[Description: An ordinary and rough iron sword. Due to the quality of the raw materials, it is hard but lacks toughness.]

"Not bad, a bit stronger than the broken mithril sword, but there are only six, not many..."

Xiao Yun clicked her tongue, but Ji Mingyu shook his head and pointed to a row of wooden barrels next to him.

"It's not good to store them all after they've been forged into iron swords. One hundred catties of iron ore were melted down into 25 iron ingots. Half of them were made into iron swords, and the other half are just sitting there."

"Take away a hundred pounds?"

Xiao Yun's lips twitched slightly:

"I remember, they only had about 20 kilograms of meat left to pay off their debts, right? And you demanded 100 kilograms of iron ore?"

"So what? You can never have too much meat, and iron isn't in short supply right now. I'm willing to switch and lighten their burden; they should thank me!"

"..."

Xiao Yun chuckled to himself.

Dinner was simple; since we had goose eggs, none of us were very hungry.

Ji Mingyu and his two companions were bragging by the campfire when Xiao Yun walked to the work area to check on the livestock pens.

Inside, there were already two long-tailed rabbits, who had been fed hay while they were asleep.

"At least we have some food reserves now, but unfortunately, this one isn't male either..."

Xiao Yun sighed softly, having already roughly guessed what he was getting, and accepted the offer without being too disappointed.

"quack--"

The Invincible Crow King excitedly flew over, perched on Xiao Yun's arm, and nodded in acknowledgment.

"Haha, you've really benefited from this today."

Xiao Yun opened its panel.

【Nightwing Crow】(Invincible Crow King)

Race: Bird

[Rank: E]

[Talents: Dark Vision (E), Death Tracking (F+)]

Loyalty: 77%

Health Points: 97/97.

[Mana Points: 27/27.]

【Strength: 5】

[Agility: 9]

[Physical Fitness: 5]

【Intelligence: 6】

Luck: 2

Passive skill:

无

Active skills:

无

Perhaps because they are both birds, even though the Invincible Crow King only ate some scraps, its improvement was greater than that of the others.

"Work hard, and I'll get you goose meat to eat later, and help you evolve into a lord-level creature like the Star Moon White Goose!"

"quack!"

[Invincible Crow King's Loyalty +2%]

The Invincible Crow King nodded excitedly and affectionately nuzzled Xiao Yun with his head.

Xiao Yun smiled and took out a few strips of roasted meat to feed it.

While feeding the birds, Xiao Yun opened his system inventory to check on the other treasure he had painstakingly brought back from the goose nest that day.

[Materials: Seeds of Spirit]

[Quality: D-]

[Special Effect 1: After ingestion, Intelligence +5]

[Special Effect 2: When placed in a spring, it transforms the spring into a Spiritual Spring—the Spiritual Spring restores 5 mana every 10 seconds after consumption; the space containing the Spiritual Spring will be filled with spiritual energy, slowly increasing the intelligence attribute of its inhabitants.]

[Description: A magical seed, seemingly growing on a tree...]

"nice one!"

Xiao Yun's eyes lit up, but he did not choose to swallow it.

This kind of beneficial substance with lasting effects is such a waste that it should be consumed without restraint. We must use it sustainably and exploit it to the fullest extent possible.

Walking to the spring, I placed the Seed of Spirit into it, and the spring water in front of me instantly surged and shone with a radiant light.

[Ding! The E-grade spring has evolved! You have obtained the Spirit Spring!]

[Resources/Buildings: Fountain of Spirituality]

[Quality: D-]

[Special Effect 1: Restores 10 mana every 5 seconds after consumption]

[Special Effect 2: Fills the surrounding enclosed space with spiritual energy. The higher the quality of the spring water and the longer the time, the stronger the spiritual energy. It can increase the intelligence of the resident by up to 0.5 per day.]

Xiao Yun took a deep breath of the surrounding moisture and exhaled a long, pleasant sigh.

"Our dorm will be a paradise from now on..."

Xiao Yun smiled, returned to the balcony, and shared the good news with his brothers.

After receiving a lot of praise and cheers, the group chatted for a while longer.

Soon, it was past midnight.

Daily settlements arrive on time.

[Ding! Congratulations on successfully surviving one day. Today's rewards are being calculated.]

Today, you expanded your homestead, making it more complete, and successfully captured and raised a rabbit...

[Through your wit, you evaded the threat of the powerful predator, the Skyfeathered Golden Eagle. And through courage and strength, you successfully obtained the 'Spiritual Bell' from the Star-Moon White Goose's nest, transforming the spring in your home into the Spiritual Spring!]

[You cooperated with your teammates to successfully seize the goose egg from the Star Moon White Goose and escaped unscathed. After consuming the egg, your strength was greatly enhanced, and the strength of your followers also increased as a result...]

Overall rating: 77 points, reward being distributed...

[Congratulations on obtaining: Backpack Expansion Card x3, Item Card - Return to Town x1, Resource/Building Upgrade Card x1, Iron Axe Crafting Blueprint, Shears Crafting Blueprint, Random E+ Grade Equipment Card x1, Solar-Powered Walkie-Talkie x2]

Congratulations on receiving the battle rewards: Agility +1, Constitution +1

Without any hesitation, Xiao Yun used resource/building upgrade cards to upgrade the [Spiritual Fountain] to Grade D, significantly improving all its effects. At the highest concentration, it can increase intelligence by 0.8 per day!

Good fortune continued. When Xiao Yun opened the random E+ grade equipment card, the familiar silver-white blade appeared before his eyes.

The Broken Mithril Sword!

[Ding! A weapon that can be fused has been detected. Fuse it?]

"Merge..."

With a thought, Xiao Yun slowly fused the two broken sword sections together.

As the light faded, a mithril sword, two-thirds complete, appeared before them.

My weapon has finally crossed the E+ threshold and jumped to D-grade quality!

However, the expected special effects and additional skills did not appear.

"Perhaps the special effects will only appear when it's fully restored and its original quality is restored..."

Xiao Yun thought to himself, a hint of anticipation rising within him.

Two-thirds of the mithril swords are of D-grade quality, and a complete one is at least C-grade, right?

Just then, I heard the system notification sound again.

The preview for the seventh day has arrived.

[Announcement 1: In 8 days, on the night of the full moon, peace will be shattered, madness and chaos will engulf this land, and the shelters we rely on for survival will no longer be safe. Prepare for death...]

[Announcement 2: After the storm, 'Thunder Fruits' will appear on the surface of Star Moon Lake, 300 meters from the lakeshore. Eating one will cause immense pain, but will slightly increase agility. Remember, while the attributes are good, do not be greedy. Each person can only eat one Thunder Fruit. The surface of the Thunder Fruit is protected by an electric current, so please wear protective gear when picking it.]

[Announcement 3: 12 kilometers to the north, within the school building, a ghost lingers. The ghost is not a physical entity, and it fears fire, light, and objects rich in positive energy. However, it is extremely aggressive, and its attacks cause great damage to the mind. Those who suffer a mental breakdown will turn into monsters... The 'Soul Ash' dropped by killing the ghost has many uses: it can enhance attributes, be used to craft various potions, and even be used as material for equipment enhancement...]