Chapter 53: with translation of chapter title

Lin Yifan only came to his senses after finishing the entire pot of meat, feeling satisfied.

He had gone so long without tasty food that he ended up eating absentmindedly.

After finishing the whole pot of meat, he found that most of his bodily fatigue had disappeared.

"Could this be the effect of restoring physical stamina?"

Lin Yifan felt his body's response, his heart full of delight.

Although his physique is now much stronger than before.

But as soon as daytime comes and he goes out, he's basically risking his life to scavenge for supplies, with no time to rest.

Even an ironman would inevitably suffer fatigue in such a high-intensity environment.

Yet the food cooked in this iron pot can restore stamina, effectively extending endurance.

This way, he won't be so exhausted and can also improve efficiency.

For Lin Yifan, this is naturally a good thing.

Therefore, he plans to keep this iron pot for himself.

Although, the effect this iron pot can exert in his hands is far less than if it were in Ruan Qingdan's hands.

After all, Ruan Qingdan has already learned the cooking skill, and the food she makes naturally has a chance to carry attributes.

Adding the bonus from this iron pot would absolutely yield twice the result with half the effort!

But his current trust in Ruan Qingdan hasn't reached the point where he'd give her the iron pot.

What if someone scoops it up and never returns it?

To Lin Yifan, this iron pot is practically a cheat device for the early game; he naturally can't risk it.

But who is this "Barolinte"?

He's merely an apprentice blacksmith, yet he could craft such a "Unique"-grade implement; he must be quite a formidable figure.

Also, no one knows where this person went.

Could he be the owner of that cave?

Lin Yifan feels a faint unease, always sensing that this person called Barolinte will bring him danger.

After all, this iron pot is Barolinte's treasure; if he finds out Lin Yifan took it, retaliation is inevitable.

But soon he suppressed those feelings.

Who knows whether Ba Luo Lin is still alive?

Maybe he's already dead!

If he weren't dead, why would he leave something so important in the cave?

So he must be completely dead!

Lin Yifan kept comforting himself in his mind, and at the same time began stewing crocodile meat.

He had already decided to use the iron pot to stew some cooked crocodile meat and store it in his space, so he could replenish stamina with crocodile meat while out gathering supplies.

However, Lin Yifan looked at the crocodile meat he'd cut twice, which only had a small notch missing, and began to worry about how to handle this batch of crocodile meat.

His ring space is almost full of items; if he stuffs more crocodile meat in, he won't be able to achieve inventory freedom while out gathering supplies.

So, this remaining crocodile meat still needs to be dealt with somehow.

The best solution is to trade it for supplies he can currently use.

However, the food he can currently offer for trade is really too much.

There's still some toast left from yesterday, and Hong Shaogang gave him plenty of wild boar meat as well.

The 15 catties of wild boar meat he used today to lure crocodiles, he also managed to retrieve most of it back.

Although he himself won't eat it, after all it's been gnawed by crocodiles.

But if he takes it out to trade, there will surely be many who want it.

The only thing giving Lin Yifan a headache is that he doesn't even know what supplies to exchange for.

The Shelter has already been upgraded to level three; to reach level four, a blueprint is required.

Yet so far, no one in the district has produced a city-level Shelter blueprint.

Since there's no blueprint, even if other supplies are stocked, they're useless; there's no need to rush.

As for food, he currently lacks none, so the things he wants to exchange for are truly scarce.

Consequently, he's not very enthusiastic about organizing supplies.

However, he doesn't dare to truly idle and do nothing.

Tonight is actually a crucial night!

Because the mosquito swarm attack is tonight!

Yet until now, Lin Yifan hasn't seen a single mosquito, which leaves him puzzled.

If one had to say what Lin Yifan lacks most right now, it would be a diving suit.

He still plans to go to the bottom of that water pool tomorrow to finish the remaining chain tasks, thereby accumulating some more random attribute points for himself.

So he opened the Trading Hall and carefully began searching to see if anyone was selling diving suits.

If he could buy a diving suit at the Auction House, his running task could also be completed easily.

However, to his disappointment, there were none! Absolutely none!

However, although there were no diving suits, Lin Yifan wasn't completely empty-handed.

He found on the Auction House someone selling potatoes, and that potato seller was obviously targeting him.

Because this person's specified exchange item is precisely 【Strong Mosquito Repellent】.

Exchanging 5 catties of potatoes for one 【Strong Mosquito Repellent】 is actually quite sincere.

At this point, 5 catties of potatoes can keep a person alive for several days, making them absolute lifesaving supplies.

And although 【Strong Mosquito Repellent】 is very useful, that is only for today.

Once the threat of a normal mosquito swarm riot has passed, 【Strong Mosquito Repellent】 is basically useless.

Lin Yifan still has plenty of 【Strong Mosquito Repellent】 on hand, although he didn't return to the Shelter during the day today.

But before leaving, he had already produced several hundred 【Strong Mosquito Repellent】 and listed them on the Auction House.

And he also put all the remaining raw materials into his Space Ring to take with him.

While clearing the path, he would occasionally sit down to rest, and as soon as he sat down, he would immediately start handcrafting 【Strong Mosquito Repellent】.

So, over the course of today, he has already listed over 2,000 【Strong Mosquito Repellent】 in scattered batches.

And yet, up to now, the 【Strong Mosquito Repellent】 hasn't been fully redeemed by anyone.

It's clear that many people have found their own ways to deal with the full-blown riot.

But that has nothing to do with Lin Yifan; he has already notified everyone he needed to, and if they're unwilling to buy his 【Strong Mosquito Repellent】, then their deaths are naturally none of his concern.

And this batch of 【Strong Mosquito Repellent】 has also brought Lin Yifan extremely generous rewards.

His asking price isn't high; besides exchanging for various Blueprints and skill books, the rest are traded for Basic Supplies.

The lowest exchange is for 100 units of Initial Material, and now he already has tens of thousands of wood, stone, and Cast Iron and other Basic Supplies.

These materials have filled his entire Shelter to the brim.

Especially the living room and kitchen, leaving only enough space to stand.

Lin Yifan looked at these Basic Supplies and, for a moment, couldn't help but feel a headache.

He needs these Basic Supplies to synthesize higher‑grade materials for constructing his Level 4 Shelter.

But the problem now is that he still hasn't obtained the Blueprint for the Synthesis Room.

And this batch of Basic Supplies is simply too much—he's almost run out of space to store it, truly a delightful problem.