Chapter 15: Bountiful Harvest, Fireplace Materials Over Half

Huh? Is this a fireplace?

As soon as he entered the small wooden hut, Su Hao's gaze was drawn to the fireplace on the wall.

This fireplace is severely damaged, covered all over with cracks of varying thickness, with nothing extraordinary about it, just like an ordinary fireplace built of bricks.

Originally Su Hao thought the same, but recalling the description of the Eternal Unextinguishable Flame, he suddenly felt that perhaps the flame causing the skeleton's mutation came from inside this fireplace.

In other words, this is very likely the kind of extraordinary fireplace found inside the shelter, and the flame causing the skeleton's mutation is precisely the extraordinary material used to build the fireplace!

If I refine this fireplace, can I obtain some of the materials needed to build a fireplace?

Su Hao nodded slightly, feeling that this possibility was quite high.

He took a deep breath, in order to build the fireplace as quickly as possible, enduring the discomfort of his mental power about to run out, and used the Item Refining Technique again.

After the blood light wrapping the damaged fireplace disappeared, a pile of scattered materials appeared on the ground.

Nice! This way, the materials needed to build the fireplace have already been gathered over half!

After tallying the materials on the ground, Su Hao nodded in satisfaction; refining the damaged fireplace yielded a total of 50 units of charcoal, 300 units of wood, and 100 units of stone.

As long as he uses the Item Refining Technique on trees and stone tomorrow, he can quickly gather the remaining wood and stone; charcoal is no problem either—just set the trees on fire.

Of course, if he could directly obtain these materials, that would be even better.

After storing these materials in his Storage Bag, Su Hao continued searching inside the small wooden hut.

The small wooden hut has two rooms; in this outer room, besides the fireplace, Su Hao found nothing else of value.

Subsequently, Su Hao pushed open the wooden door and entered the rear room.

This is a study, with a redwood desk in the middle and a bookshelf filled with books against the rear wall.

Without much hesitation, Su Hao, with a thought, stored the entire bookshelf in his Storage Bag.

Later, if he finds the blueprints for constructing a study, he will need a large number of books to complete the construction.

The study referred to here is a building of the shelter, a building possessing extraordinary power.

Simply staying inside the study makes one's thoughts flow, memory strengthen, and even has the effect of slowly increasing mental power.

More importantly, the study is a necessary prerequisite building for constructing a research institute; if he later wants to develop technology, he must have a research institute.

However, that's for later; in his previous life, the Divine Xia spent a huge cost and took nearly a year to build the research institute.

After storing the bookshelf in his Storage Bag, Su Hao walked to the back of the desk and opened a drawer.

Holy shit! So many potions—has his luck become this good after reincarnation?!

Looking at the potions inside the drawer, Su Hao couldn't help but widen his eyes.

These potions total 15 bottles, all contained in special glass test tubes.

Ten of the test tubes contain red potion, which is a healing potion used to treat injuries.

As long as the limbs are not missing and the organs are not shattered, taking one bottle of healing potion will quickly restore one to their original state.

In the apocalypse, if used properly, one bottle of healing potion could very well be equivalent to an extra life; obtaining ten bottles of healing potion at once can truly be called a blessing from the goddess of luck.

However, Su Hao has little interest in these ten healing potions, for he is now a Blood Flesh Controller; with clean blood, it's equivalent to an enhanced healing potion, so he naturally looks down on these few bottles.

But just because he can't use them doesn't mean others can't; whether giving them to future recruits he hires or trading them later, they're still a good option.

The other five test tubes contain blue potion, which is a mana potion used to restore mental power; this is what truly concerns Su Hao.

Whether using the Synthesis Heart, Item Appraisal Technique, Item Refining Technique, or Blood Flame Technique, all consume mental power; having these five mana potions undoubtedly greatly boosts his endurance.

According to his knowledge, one bottle of mana potion can allow most first- or second-rank extraordinary beings to fully restore their mental power.

Then these five mana potions equate to increasing the number of times Su Hao can fully use the Blood Flame Technique by 25.

It must be said, this is a considerable increase!

At least before these five mana potions are used up, there's no need to overly worry about mental power consumption.

As for after they're used up, likewise there's no need to overly worry; perhaps then he could obtain a substitute mana potion, or an extraordinary item with better effects.

After storing all 15 potions in his Storage Bag, Su Hao reached out and opened another drawer beside it.

This drawer contains far fewer items—just a black ring inlaid with a ruby.

The ring itself is fairly well preserved, only the ruby is missing a corner; even so, the ring still emits a warm aura.

An extraordinary item?

Su Hao looked expectant and used the Item Appraisal Technique on the ring.

Damaged Fireball Ring

Level: First Rank

Effect: By infusing mental power, one can use Fireball Technique; it is now damaged, and if not repaired, three more uses will render it completely scrapped.

……

Indeed, it is an extraordinary item, perfectly making up for my lack of skills.

Su Hao nodded in satisfaction, took a string, threaded it through, and hung it around his neck; since he was wearing full armor, it was naturally inconvenient to wear on a finger.

If worn on a finger, when using Fireball Technique, condensing a fireball inside the armor would be ridiculous, wouldn't it?

As for the problem of damage after three uses, Su Hao didn't care at all; worst case, he could just synthesize a few more times to solve it.

Next, Su Hao continued to open the remaining three drawers on the desk.

These three drawers' contents can't compare to the previous two; two are empty, and only the last drawer holds a blue crystal.

Energy Crystal

Effect: It can provide energy for some extraordinary items.

……

This is the most commonly used energy source in the apocalypse; it can be used to generate electricity, and also to provide energy for extraordinary structures like fireplaces—such a tiny crystal is enough to power a small shelter for a month, also a nice haul.

After opening each drawer of the desk one by one, Su Hao also searched every nook and cranny of the study, unfortunately finding nothing else useful.

To be safe, when preparing to leave, Su Hao changed the target of the Item Appraisal Technique to extraordinary items and used it once on the entire study.

Really, don't even mention it, but he actually discovered a slippery fish—it was placed on the desk, an inconspicuous black paint bucket.

【Automatic Paint Bucket】

Rank: First Rank

Effect: As long as there is sufficient energy, it can continuously produce paint, and the color of the produced paint can be automatically selected from red, green, or blue.

……

If I use chameleon skin and combine it with this paint bucket, could it produce automatically color-changing paint?

Su Hao stroked his chin, feeling it was worth a try; even if it failed, he would only lose a piece of chameleon skin.

But if it really works as he imagined, he could apply a protective coating to the shelter and the building below.

Such a concrete house appearing in the dark forest is really conspicuous, inevitably inviting trouble.

Afterward, Su Hao confirmed there were no omissions, then left the log cabin, riding the giant panda, heading toward the shelter.

Before he knew it, he had been out for almost a day.