4: Two blueprints

Early the next morning.

Liu Yang opened his eyes and woke up.

Looking at the fluorescent grass beside him, he quickly put it away.

"I was careless, I fell asleep without realizing it, and I even forgot to put away the fluorescent grass. I don't know if this stuff is easy to get. Without lighting, it would be a big problem if something unexpected happened at night."

Thinking of his mistake, Liu Yang was filled with regret.

But since things had come to this, regretting was useless.

He clicked open the status bar and looked at his energy value, which was now completely full.

"I forgot to record last night, so I don't know how this energy value recovery mechanism works."

"After using it up again today, I must observe carefully."

"Yesterday I consumed one steamed bun and a bottle of mineral water. Now I only have one loaf of bread, one can of cola, and one bottle of milk left."

"Food and water are too scarce. I hope I can have a big harvest today."

Liu Yang rubbed his empty stomach, thought for a moment, took out the bread and milk, ate half of each, and put the rest away.

Then he patted his face to make himself fully awake.

He then picked up his short knife and went behind the door.

Opening a crack in the door, he looked outside. Not far from the house, several Earth Palace Creatures were already roaming.

Ants, Mosquitoes, and cockroaches.

There were quite a few of them. Facing this situation, Liu Yang had thought of a good idea last night.

Although he didn't know if it was feasible, it was worth a try.

Liu Yang extended his short knife through the crack in the door and gently tapped the door panel with the back of the knife.

Thump thump thump!

Several sounds came out.

The ants were unmoved, the Mosquitoes didn't pay attention, only the cockroach looked up, and then walked towards the sound.

"It works!"

Liu Yang's face showed joy as he waited for the cockroach to arrive.

He hadn't held much hope for attracting them with sound, which was why he had saved half a loaf of bread, not expecting it to go so smoothly.

[General Cockroach lv1: Elite-grade Dungeon Cockroach, responsible for guarding the nest. Its activity range will not exceed a hundred meters from the nest. Please be careful of the entire nest pouring out.]

"Holy crap, a level 1 elite monster? It's no different from the cockroach I killed yesterday. I should have checked more carefully."

Although he was a bit surprised, Liu Yang was not afraid.

It was just a level 1 monster. An 80% Second Kill chance was not low.

What's more, when he woke up, he found his body was full of strength.

Although it was called a cockroach, its size was not small, roughly the size of an adult's fist.

When the cockroach got closer, Liu Yang closed the door crack a bit more, leaving a width of three fingers.

This ensured he could conveniently strike with his knife while still blocking the cockroach outside the door.

Then he gripped his short knife tightly and hid behind the door.

Yes.

This was a common phenomenon in online games.

Stuck!

Position!

Fight!

Monster!

It was just applied more flexibly.

The General Cockroach ran all the way, and when it got close to the wooden house, it seemed to discover something and suddenly accelerated.

5 meters. 4 meters. 3 meters.

Fast, very fast, extremely fast.

In the blink of an eye, the General Cockroach arrived at the door, heading straight for the crack.

When the General Cockroach's head squeezed into the door crack, Liu Yang forcefully closed the wooden door, immediately trapping it.

Then, cleanly and decisively, he raised his knife and brought it down on the cockroach.

Ding!

[You lightly slashed the General Cockroach with a knife, causing no damage.]

Liu Yang: "..."

Without time to think, he raised his knife again and fiercely chopped down.

Ding!

[You forcefully chopped down towards the General Cockroach, cutting a small knife mark on its carapace. The Second Kill skill was triggered, and the General Cockroach died.]

[Congratulations on killing the General Cockroach. You have obtained Ordinary Steel Knife Manufacturing Blueprint x1, wooden treasure box x1, and Spiritual Energy x1.]

"Awesome, a weapon blueprint, and a treasure box, and that Spiritual Energy thing. A big drop, this is definitely a big drop!"

Liu Yang quickly closed the door tightly and immediately took out the treasure box.

[wooden treasure box: The lowest-grade treasure box in the Dungeon, with a high chance of opening ordinary-grade items.]

The description of the treasure box appeared before his eyes.

There was nothing to note, so Liu Yang impatiently opened the treasure box.

[You opened the wooden treasure box and obtained Ordinary Spiritual Energy Faucet Manufacturing Blueprint x1, water spirit stone x1, iron block x1, and sausage 30g x3.]

With all his gains in hand, Liu Yang brought up the game interface and entered his inventory.

"Ordinary Steel Knife Manufacturing Blueprint?"

"Use."

"Ordinary Spiritual Energy Faucet Manufacturing Blueprint?"

"Use."

Immediately after, he clicked open the manufacturing interface.

It was finally no longer blank; two items could now be manufactured.

Liu Yang first clicked the Ordinary Steel Knife option, and the required materials appeared before his eyes.

[Ordinary Steel Knife Manufacturing Materials: iron block x2, wood x1.]

"I have enough materials, but I'm not in a hurry for now. I'll wait until I see the faucet."

Then he clicked the Ordinary Spiritual Energy Faucet option.

[Ordinary Spiritual Energy Faucet Manufacturing Materials: iron block x4, water spirit stone x1, gold spirit stone x1.]

"The two items together require iron block x6, wood x1, water spirit stone x1, and gold spirit stone x1."

"Currently I have wood x3, iron block x2, water spirit stone x1. I still need iron block x4 and gold spirit stone x1."

"iron block should not be difficult to obtain, but that gold spirit stone is hard to say. I got this water spirit stone from opening a treasure box."

The steel knife goes without saying, it must be a weapon.

Although I don't know how sharp it is, it's definitely incomparable to this current short knife.

The short knife takes 3 hits to kill an ant. If I switch to an ordinary-grade steel knife, it should probably be solved in one hit.

As for that Spiritual Energy faucet, Liu Yang guessed it should be a water-making tool.

Deep within the Dungeon, you can't use common sense to reason.

He clicked open the auction interface and searched for gold spirit stone.

As expected, nothing was found.

However, there were many people selling wood, Stone Material, and iron block.

They all had one thing in common: they were exchanging them for either food or drinking water.

"Without gold spirit stone, the Spiritual Energy faucet can be put aside for now."

"The steel knife must be crafted. If it's really as I think, then there's no need to rely entirely on the Second Kill skill to fight monsters."

After thinking it through, Liu Yang immediately crafted the steel knife.

The process was very simple. With a light tap of his finger, the steel knife was crafted.

[You manufactured an Ordinary Steel Knife. iron block -2, wood -1.]

[Congratulations on obtaining Ordinary Steel Knife x1.]

[Ordinary Steel Knife: The lowest-grade item in the Dungeon. Although it's trash, dealing with level 0 creatures is as simple as cutting melons and vegetables.]

Liu Yang held the steel knife and swung it a few times in the air.

Having roughly familiarized himself with the weight and feel of the new weapon, he walked outside spiritedly.

Looking at the few ants not far away, Liu Yang had an idea.

"Disable Second Kill skill."

[Second Kill skill disabled successfully.]

"Little ants, prepare to die."

Liu Yang roared, raised his knife, and rushed towards the Underground Palace Ants.

Swish!

Swish!

Swish!

The steel knife swung, fast as lightning.

As the description said, this steel knife was indeed like cutting melons and vegetables when facing level 0 creatures.

One hit per creature, easily dealt with.

[Congratulations on killing the Underground Palace Ant. You have obtained wood x1.]

[Congratulations on killing the Underground Palace Ant. You have obtained iron block x1.]

Several notification sounds rang out consecutively, and the items were automatically added to his inventory.

"Damn, why are they all materials? Food, I urgently need food! It would be even better if I could get a gold spirit stone, wood spirit stone, or something like that."