According to the wolf spider compendium, there was a corresponding solution for this situation.She needed to mix aloe gel with magnetite powder and apply it to the spider’s joints, to lubricate and suppress metal corrosion.Moreover, if she wanted to stabilize the wolf spider’s consciousness, she had to feed it a high-purity energy core to help restore its brainwaves. She could also place some magnetite nearby to block external interference affecting its body, which would help it stabilize faster.Yun Luohe immediately followed the method.Thankfully, she had all the materials. After tending to Yúntūn according to the compendium’s instructions, she fed it a few core fragments. Yúntūn’s condition visibly improved. It was still eating slowly, but after ingesting the pieces, it was clearly doing much better.Seeing Yúntūn begin to recover, Yun Luohe finally let out a small breath of relief.“Héhe, don’t worry. I’ll be fine,” Yúntūn, able to sense Yun Luohe’s emotions, comforted her gently.Yun Luohe stroked its head. “I know. You’ll be fine. I’m right here with you.”She brought down Yúntūn’s nest and placed it beside her bed—right where she could see it the moment she opened her eyes.Once Yúntūn fell asleep again, she laid down and went to sleep too.——On the afternoon of Summer Day 11, Yun Luohe finally heard the system notification.[Reef upgrade successful.][Congratulations! You are among the top 3 players in Zone 2 (Rank #1) to upgrade your reef to Level 7!][Rewards: Island Entry Token ×2, Advanced Diving Card ×2, Portable Backpack ×1, Crystal Stone ×5, Team-Up Card ×1, Obsidian ×100, Pet Training Area Blueprint ×1, Dairy Cow ×2, Wool Sheep ×2, Mushroom House ×1, Mill Blueprint ×1, Tofu Workshop Blueprint ×1][Reef Level: 7Area: 4,000 sqmRating: 242Next Upgrade Requirements: Advanced Hardwood ×5,000, Iron Ore ×2,000, Copper Ore ×2,000, Magnetite ×400, Reef Rating ≥ 500]The house on the reef had become a three-story vintage villa, with red brick exterior walls and wrought-iron flowerwork balconies.Red rooftops paired with the walls, looking minimalistic yet elegant.There was a private yard with a lawn garden, and a newly built lotus pond now inside the yard. Under the sunlight, the surface sparkled. After a single night, the freshly planted lotuses had already adapted to the new environment and were now budding, ready to bloom.In front of the yard stretched the vast, boundless sea. The waves rolled and crashed gently along the shore. Each time they splashed against the reef, they dried up almost instantly.The rooftop was lined «N.o.v.e.l.i.g.h.t» with solar tiles and some wooden structures, which looked like they could be used to generate electricity.The temperature-controlled cellar had also changed, its area expanded significantly. The previously cramped storage space was now noticeably more spacious.A garden terrace had been added on the second floor—along with a small swimming pool.But none of this was what surprised Yun Luohe the most.Now that the reef’s area had increased substantially, the ecosystem had undergone a metamorphosis.The original planting zone had doubled in size, and a patch of primitive forest and a natural grassland had sprouted up.Inside the forest, saplings of poplar, pine, seabuckthorn, red willow, and elm were scattered across the terrain in staggered formation.They still looked a bit immature for now, but given time, they would surely grow into a lush and verdant forest.By then, the forest would not only provide ample timber resources, but also improve the reef’s ecological environment.Fresh green grass swayed gently in the breeze. Only, the high temperatures had wilted some of the blades. Yun Luohe quickly grabbed a water bucket and began making trip after trip to water the grass.If things kept developing like this, the reef would definitely continue to upgrade and expand. In addition to forest and grassland, more landforms and regions would appear, and a wider variety of plants would grow. Perhaps even wild animals might show up someday.The rewards from this upgrade were also very generous.Now that she’d received two dairy cows and two wool sheep, Yun Luohe needed to hurry and build a livestock shed—complete with sunblock coating—to ensure they had a comfortable environment.She planned to place the mushroom house somewhere shaded and cool—settling on a spot in the forest. After scouting out a suitable area, she placed the mushroom house there. It wasn’t far from the villa, just a few minutes’ walk.As for the other three blueprints, Yun Luohe decided to build the tofu workshop first, then the pet training area.Only one building could be constructed at a time.She already had quite a bit of soybeans stored up—just enough to start making tofu.The mill wasn’t urgent since the wheat harvest wasn’t ready yet. That could wait until tomorrow or the day after.——Two days passed quickly.Yun Luohe had spent the majority of that time crafting various tools, planting vegetables and fruits, and fertilizing crops.The biogas digester had produced a decent amount of bioliquid, but it couldn’t be used for irrigation directly. It needed to be diluted first, otherwise it would burn the roots and harm the crops.So she bottled the bioliquid and diluted a little each time she fertilized.In addition, she built ten compost barrels and experimented with different composting methods to prepare the entire planting area.The worm population in the vertical worm tower was still growing rapidly. Yun Luohe took many of them out and released them into the soil, letting them aerate it to improve its structure and nutrient levels.It took time, but the effect was significant. Tens of thousands of worms had real power—they could burrow through the soil in no time at all.The large harvest of fruits and vegetables also gave Yun Luohe more ingredients to work with in her cooking.She updated her recipe collection with a few more entries and developed several new luck-boosting drinks and summer-cooling salads.The rest of her time went into preparing for the upcoming desert event.At the moment, the chat channel was buzzing with activity. Everyone was heatedly discussing the desert event.“The details for the desert event are out—did everyone see it?”“Saw it, saw it. At least we get to enter every day. Luckily I signed up. The sign-up channel’s closed now.”“Players who signed up can go into the desert every day. There’s probably a ton of good loot. Who knows, a few runs might yield tons of ores!”“Don’t get ahead of yourselves. The desert’s packed with danger—sandworms, quicksand, sandstorms—any one of those can wreck us. Better play it safe.”“No risk, no reward. Don’t forget, disaster levels are about to rise again. If we don’t hustle now, we’re gonna be eliminated.”“Everyone, stock up on water and sunblock. That desert sun is no joke. I nearly died hiking through a real desert once—and this game’s temps are even higher. We’ll be peeling off skin the moment we step in.”Yun Luohe hadn’t noticed the new mail notification until now. Seeing the messages, she quickly opened it to check.[Desert-Limited Event]Daily Login RewardsReward pool…Fixed rewards: Magnetite, Freshwater Capsule, Sea Buckthorn Fruit, Basic Repair ToolsRandom reward pool (choose 1 of 3): Magnetite, Damaged Mechanical Core, Oasis Coordinate Fragment…Continuous Login Rewards3-day reward: Thunderstruck Wood, Obsidian7-day reward: Magnetic Storm Core, Sunblock Gear15-day reward: Sharkskin, S-rank Sandstorm Eye EquipmentRating Boost Mechanism…Desert CompendiumGame Modes:Solo Battle: Survival point system (kills, exploration, resource gathering)Team Battle: Mission collaboration system (oasis capture, supply escort, boss kills)The email was long. Yun Luohe read for quite a while.They even included a desert compendium, detailing desert plants, creatures, and rare materials.Mu Zitang sent her a message:“Sister Yun, how’s your prep going? I signed up too. I saw this event allows teams. There’s solo, duo, and five-player queues. You want to squad up?”Yun Luohe replied:“I’ve got most of it ready. Packed a lot of sunblock and emergency supplies.”“I’m down for anything. But team rewards seem higher. Duo might be easier than five-man, but since this is a full-region event, there’ll be tons of players in the desert. Five-man squads might actually have the advantage.”Mu Zitang:“Got any squad preferences?”“Add me and Xuening. She’s got decent combat power now. Then we can look for two more, but they need to synergize with us. Combat power can’t be too low, and they need to bring something useful.”Once inside the desert, danger would be everywhere. Yun Luohe didn’t want a teammate who’d fall apart under pressure.Right then, a deafening noise thundered from above Yun Luohe.The sky had been torn open—a rift of boiling dark clouds rolling in.Yun Luohe’s heart sank.The disaster had escalated again!Thick gray clouds blanketed the sky, blocking out the blazing sun. The heat burned the air itself.Thunder roared in from the distance.The ground remained scorching hot, but the sudden thunderstorm brought gales and lightning.Bolts of lightning tore across the sky, their roar deafening as the wind howled and shredded the surroundings.A strike of lightning slashed down—seemingly aimed right at the reef.[Disaster escalation: Players must upgrade their reef within 7 days or face elimination…]Lightning struck Yun Luohe’s reef, instantly kicking up a cloud of black smoke. The ground was charred, and the seaweed had been scorched bald in places.Thankfully, the house wasn’t hit.Yun Luohe guessed that the upgraded house might have lightning protection.For players without upgraded reefs, this was nothing short of a death sentence.They were at constant risk of being struck. And if a house got hit in this heat, it would catch fire immediately.Even Yun Luohe had been startled—let alone the other players.She stared at the thunderclouds rolling in and the relentless lightning flashing down, a heavy sense of unease welling up inside her.The chat channel was flooding with desperate cries and furious complaints.“What now?! My house just got grazed by a lightning strike—nearly caught fire! How are we supposed to live through this hell weather?”“Seven days to upgrade the reef? Easy for them to say! I don’t even have half the materials! Are they just trying to eliminate us?”“I’m holed up inside and I can still feel the heatwaves outside! With this heat and thunderstorm combined, I can’t even go out to scavenge. Forget the elimination system—I’m gonna get roasted to death first!”The disaster escalation had been announced in advance, but once it actually hit, it caught all players off guard.Especially for the newbies—this combo of lightning storms and scorching heat was enough to crush anyone’s hope.How were they supposed to survive this?Many players began to panic.Yun Luohe turned to look at her own reef. Despite the scorched ground and the patches of burned seaweed from the recent strike, the overall damage wasn’t too bad.That newly upgraded three-story vintage villa still stood firm in the raging wind.The solar tiles on the roof shimmered faintly under the lightning, as if they possessed some kind of protection. Yun Luohe became more convinced the house might actually deflect lightning.A few saplings in the forest had been struck, but most were still intact.The lawn courtyard in the yard was a little messy from the gales, but there wasn’t any structural damage. The newly built lotus pond’s surface rocked violently in the wind—some of the lotuses had been knocked over.The fishpond had just taken a lightning strike. Dead fish floated all across the surface.It was clear: lightning protection measures were a must.She pulled out some superconductive cable from her backpack—brought back from Mechanical Island.[Superconductive Cable: Used to create electrical networks. Can be used in power generation devices. Essential material for lightning rods.]She remembered it had something to do with lightning protection.Looks like the materials from Mechanical Island were finally paying off.But just having materials wasn’t enough—she still needed the blueprint.Yun Luohe immediately contacted Du Ruan-tian to ask whether their Lucky Draw Association had any blueprints for lightning protection materials.

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