[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-global-survival-the-tower-witch-with-an-e-rank-t":3,"chapter-global-survival-the-tower-witch-with-an-e-rank-t-global-survival-the-tower-witch-with-an-e-rank-t-chapter-23":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Global Survival: The Tower Witch with an E-Rank Talent",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1374168,1818,"Chapter 23: Hold On! Dude! You Actually Go Outside at Night?!","global-survival-the-tower-witch-with-an-e-rank-t-chapter-23",23,"\u003Cp>\"Hm?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lan Qingyou had just stood up when she spotted Mickey Hayek's message in the channel, and paused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Protect me?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'That's pretty much a direct threat.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mana potions were consumables — in fact, nearly all products of alchemy were consumables, and highly practical ones at that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under those circumstances, anyone with even a shred of ambition would want to control the person capable of producing them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lan Qingyou had been acutely aware of this ever since she first listed the Crude Mana Potions for sale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially after learning that her District 666 was a \"Villain Valley\" crawling with criminals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the proportion of ambitious individuals among villains was considerably higher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as no one could locate her shelter, she was absolutely untouchable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, with alchemy at her disposal and the clever trick of trading potions for herbs, she didn't even need to leave the shelter to amass a mountain of base units and supplies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under these conditions, she couldn't imagine how she'd ever be exposed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hah! Mickey Hayek, is it? If you can find me, you're welcome to try.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a cold laugh, Lan Qingyou flew out of her shelter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An hour later she came back briefly, then headed out again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't until her third return, when a glance at the clock showed it was almost midnight, that she finally called it a night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mickey Hayek's thinly veiled threat had injected a new sense of urgency into her situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Knowing about the danger was one thing; having countermeasures was another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was why she'd ventured out so many times tonight — to stockpile more food and crack open as many supply boxes as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The result: over thirty boxes, and aside from food and water, Lan Qingyou hadn't pulled a single blueprint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She couldn't tell if that was good luck or bad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Maybe it's because I keep doing ten-pulls? Maybe I really do need to go one at a time for a miracle?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With nothing to show for her efforts, Lan Qingyou had no choice but to pin her hopes on the exchange instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had already made up her mind: from now on, she'd minimize going outside. She'd just hunker down in her shelter and brew potions day in, day out. Nowhere to go, nowhere to be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the current rate the Apprentice-Level Mana Potions were flying off the shelves, she'd have enough materials for a Level 3 Shelter by tomorrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that still wasn't enough. She needed something that could save her life — something for self-defense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For now, though, her output was extremely limited. Four hundred potions a day was her ceiling, and that was dictated by time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Unless... I increase the dosage?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that thought, Lan Qingyou decided to run an experiment first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She opened the friends channel and typed in Li Huai's name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Huai: \"What do you need?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The friend request was accepted almost instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'So he's lurking too.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then again, it made sense. The \"green ghosts\" had been especially active tonight, and the regional channel was buzzing with nervous chatter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lan Qingyou: \"Can you make wooden boards and stone slabs?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That's right — Lan Qingyou had sought out this guy, who she suspected had a high-level combat talent, specifically to make him her subcontractor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Huai: \"Sure. What dimensions?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lan Qingyou: \"Square. 10 cm, 20 cm, 30 cm, and 50 cm. At least one centimeter thick each.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Huai: \"Give me a sec. I'll step out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Hold on — dude — you actually go outside at night?!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Huai's reply left Lan Qingyou momentarily dumbfounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Is he just that confident in his skills? Or does the Kalim night simply hold no sway over top-tier fighters?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>About two minutes later, Li Huai sent her a trade request directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lan Qingyou opened it and found everything met her specifications — ten of each size, the surfaces still warm to the touch. She sent back an Apprentice-Level Mana Potion in return.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both had submitted blank trade requests.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A so-called blank request was a trading method where you simply sent items over without requiring anything specific in exchange — the recipient could claim them freely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lan Qingyou: \"Let me test these first. If they work, I'll place a bulk order. You in?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Huai: \"Sure. We'll talk price then.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neither of them was the type to waste time. With the deal settled, Lan Qingyou immediately dove into the alchemy array experimentation phase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That's right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Exactly as you'd expect — those wooden boards and stone slabs were meant to serve as alchemy array bases.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, she had no iron ingots to craft a proper iron base for the alchemy array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So she had to settle for the next best thing: wood and stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thanks to her earlier success with the alchemy array, Lan Qingyou was now considerably more comfortable with the inscription process.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After nearly an hour of drawing and testing, she figured out the limits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wooden boards were a no-go as bases — far too fragile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stone slabs could function as bases, but they were single-use: one cycle of igniting and extinguishing the flame, and the slab would shatter on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder the apprentice-level alchemy array base was made of iron.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lan Qingyou: \"I'll take stone slabs. 10 cm x 100 = 1 potion. 20 cm x 50 = 1 potion. 30 cm x 20 = 1 potion. 50 cm x 10 = 1 potion.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lan Qingyou: \"I need 1,000 of the 10 cm ones, 500 of the 20 cm, 200 of the 30 cm, and 100 of the 50 cm.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lan Qingyou: \"If that works for you, we trade tomorrow. If the price doesn't feel right, send me a counter-offer.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having sorted it all out, Lan Qingyou yawned and fired off the messages to Li Huai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that done, she headed to the exchange and bought up every container she'd been eyeing — big and small.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A 1.25-liter enamel mug — bought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A 3.6-liter double-layer stainless steel steamer — bought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A 21-liter commercial stainless steel soup pot — bought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A 20-liter heavy-gauge tin bucket — bought...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She scooped up quite a haul. The 1.25-liter enamel mugs alone numbered over a hundred — those were all for use as experimental vessels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shopping complete, Lan Qingyou pulled out the wardrobe and lantern blueprints she'd acquired earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Single-use, just like the rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Single-Use Wardrobe Blueprint\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Materials: Wood x 100, Sand x 20\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Function: A place to store your clothes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Description: Put all your cute outfits in here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Single-Use Lantern Blueprint (E)\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Materials: Iron Ore x 10, Sand x 10, Glowing Mushrooms x 5\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Function: Illuminates the path ahead in the dark.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Description: No way. No way. Surely no one actually carries this thing outside at night.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Hm, so furniture doesn't have quality tiers.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I'll make the lantern.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She happened to have a few glowing mushrooms she'd swiped from Albert's basement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After rummaging through her belongings, Lan Qingyou finally found the mushrooms — ones that hadn't yet shriveled up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She counted them. Six. Enough for one lantern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without wasting another second, Lan Qingyou went zero-frame-startup and assembled the lantern on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Magic Carriage Lantern (E)\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Remaining Duration: 10,080 minutes\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Function: Illuminates the path ahead in the dark.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Description: No way. No way. Surely no one actually carries this thing outside at night.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Hm?!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Something seems off.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Since when does a magic carriage lantern have a timer?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'10,080 minutes is 168 hours... that's seven days.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Seven days?!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lan Qingyou jerked her head up and stared at the magic carriage lantern that had come standard with her shelter, hanging on the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>",1268,"2026-06-05T21:58:31.676Z",1,"novelbin.me","a18cf4c056299d03aac362b34080f0aa0987939fd1afa26f421e6d3b0be34938","global-survival-the-tower-witch-with-an-e-rank-t-chapter-24","global-survival-the-tower-witch-with-an-e-rank-t-chapter-22",965,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fglobal-survival-the-tower-witch-with-an-e-rank-t-cover.jpg"]