Very soon, Yun Luohe learned through intelligence gathered by the Heaven’s Insight Pavilion that all players who had earned over 3,000 points in the [Reforestation Contest] had received Agave Seeds.Nowadays, she rarely checked the chat channel for updates.Instead, she reviewed the daily intel digest provided by the Heaven’s Insight Pavilion.It functioned somewhat like a news headline service.Every day, a designated intelligence officer would compile and submit it to Mu Zitang.From there, Mu Zitang would choose one or two entries to send for free to S-rank members of the Pavilion.This practice significantly increased S-rank membership retention.Even after becoming an S-rank member, failing to purchase intel for an extended period would result in demotion.However, if a member had nothing worth buying, they could instead submit new intelligence not yet recorded by the Pavilion to maintain their rank.Quite a few S-rank members maintained their membership purely to receive the daily intel headlines.A-rank members also had special benefits—they would receive some free material-related intel every two days.The Heaven’s Insight Pavilion earned nearly as much in bartered resources from selling daily intel as Yun Luohe’s entire current stockpile.But those resources belonged to the whole Association.Anyone could use their own goods to exchange for materials they found useful at reduced cost.If any items were deemed garbage or found to be damaged, they’d be sorted and sent directly to Yun Luohe.With the seasonal transition, the materials fished up by players had changed dramatically—and naturally, the types of garbage changed as well.That evening, Yun Luohe began opening clamshells.[OPENED WHITE PEARL – OBTAINED: Iron Ore ×2, Damaged Blueprint ×1, Coconut Fiber ×1, Palm Leaf ×1, Wheat Seed ×1, Bitter Melon ×1, Dehydrated Vegetable Pack ×1, Coconut Shell ×1, Roll-On Deodorant ×1][OPENED GRAY PEARL – OBTAINED: Glass ×1, Glass Bottle ×1, Beer ×1, Torn Jacket ×1, Seat Cushion ×1, Rotten Cabbage ×1, Soda Bottle Cap ×1][OPENED GRAY PEARL – OBTAINED: Clay ×2, Flour ×1, Bamboo Slat ×1, Coconut ×1, Instant Noodles ×1, Fruit Jelly ×1]Although the pearls weren’t high quality, the loot was still pretty good.Her [Luck] stat had improved compared to when she first entered the game.Yun Luohe couldn’t help wondering—what would players with high luck be able to pull from clams?She privately messaged Du Ruan-tian and Lin Zhu to ask what they had gotten from their shells today.At the same time, she opened the forum to check for new updates in Wu Jing’s clam-opening thread.She didn’t know if Wu Jing had resumed daily screenshots of his clam-opening results lately.A few days ago, he’d paused updates due to the contest on Mist Veil Island. Many players had been urging him to resume, and now that he was back, Wu Jing had started posting again.As soon as Yun Luohe opened the thread, she saw that Wu Jing had just posted today’s haul.Some key words in the blueprint names were blurred out.There were tons of comments already—clearly, the post had a lot of attention.[WHITE PEARL: Purified Water ×2, Iron Ore ×1, Military Compressed Biscuit ×1, Dehydrated Vegetable Pack ×1, Salted Plum ×2, Canned Eight-Treasure Congee ×1, Chocolate ×1, Anti-Slip Sandals ×1][WHITE PEARL: Volcanic Ash ×2, Copper Ore ×1, Sunscreen Spray ×1, Glucose ×1, Bitter Melon Juice ×1, Cotton Candy ×1, Agave Seed ×1, Chinese Bayberry Sapling ×1, Parchment Scrap ×1][WHITE PEARL: Black Metal Scrap ×1, Hollow Tree Trunk Water Condenser ×1, Coconut Water ×1, Coconut Juice ×1, Woven Palm Fan ×1, Pet Cooling Mat ×1, XX Blueprint ×1]Same pearls, but his loot was insane.Lin Zhu and Du Ruan-tian also sent over screenshots of their own materials.They weren’t much different from Wu Jing’s—loaded with summer-friendly tools and food, both abundant and useful.With hauls like this every day, these lucky players were living far more comfortably than the average person on their reef.And Lin Zhu and Du Ruan-tian hadn’t blurred out any keywords on their blueprints.Yun Luohe saw several tempting ones in their screenshots.For example: Coconut Shell Condenser Flask, Coconut Fiber Sunshade Cloak, Kvass Recipe.The first blueprint belonged to Lin Zhu; the other two were from Du Ruan-tian.Though she hadn’t seen the full details yet, Yun Luohe could easily guess their general function.She asked if either of them could craft the items—if they lacked materials, she could provide them.Alternatively, she could hand over the materials and wait for them to finish crafting before trading.Given her friendship with Lin Zhu and Du Ruan-tian, both agreed readily.Lin Zhu asked for [Fluorite] in exchange. Du Ruan-tian wanted more [Crude Oil First Aid Salve].Once the deal was settled, Yun Luohe received the full blueprint details for all three items.[COCONUT SHELL CONDENSER FLASK: Slowly emits cool air, chills water. While equipped, restores +0.1% heat resistance per second. Duration: 1 hour][Materials: Coconut Water ×1, Beeswax ×2, Hemp Rope ×1][COCONUT FIBER SUNSHADE CLOAK: Reflects sunlight, reduces UV damage. UV resistance +40%, Movement Speed -5%][Materials: Coconut ×3, Iron Ore ×1][KVASS RECIPE: Slightly lowers body heat, accelerates surface cooling. When consumed cold, can trick internal heat receptors and induce a false-cooling effect][Recipe: Wheat ×3, Purified Water ×5, Yeast ×1. Ferment in cellar for 24 hours to produce Kvass ×5]All the materials were relatively simple.The hard part was getting what was needed to make the kvass.Yun Luohe had some of it, but she still needed time before she could harvest more.However, Lin Zhu seemed to have a way to get wheat—Yun Luohe just needed to provide enough [Fluorite] to trade for it.The Coconut Shell Condenser Flask was a very effective summer cooling tool. Yun Luohe wanted to buy more, but Du Ruan-tian refused—she could only spare two.She didn’t have enough time to craft too many flasks and had to prioritize players in the Fortune Association first.Same situation with the sunshade cloak.But Yun Luohe already had a superior blueprint for the Agave Fiber Sun-Blocking Cloak, so she didn’t particularly need the coconut version.Yun Luohe asked, “Do either of you know if anyone else in your association has blueprints I might be interested in? Could you help me ask around?”They were free to sell their own items to friends, but when it came to others in the association, Lin Zhu declined.He didn’t really want to bother asking.Only Du Ruan-tian agreed to ask around and said she’d let Yun Luohe know later.——By the end of the day, many players who had been raising oysters lost more than half of them to the heat.The few that remained were barely hanging on and probably wouldn’t survive until tomorrow.If Yun Luohe hadn’t organized the Association’s players to harvest all their oysters in advance, they would’ve suffered massive losses.Once oysters died, they couldn’t be harvested fresh—the meat couldn’t be eaten anymore.Even so, some players couldn’t bear to throw them away.They still collected the dead oysters and tried selling them.A few players who ate food made from the dead oysters quickly experienced adverse symptoms.Once word got out, players stopped buying any oyster-related food in the trading center—no matter how cheap, no one wanted it anymore.Thankfully, food was still scarce, so the Mutual Aid Association could use the dried oysters internally without needing to sell them.Because of the extreme heat, fruits and vegetables were rotting at high speed.Yun Luohe instructed Mu Zitang to assign a player specifically to collect all the spoiled produce—she had use for it.As long as the rotten fruits and vegetables were thrown into the trash bin, she could recover fresh produce from it.The quantity would be much less, but the ability to turn rot into freshness was still a pleasant surprise.Along with all the trash turned in by the Mutual Aid Association, Yun Luohe handed everything over to Yúntūn to throw into the trash bin.When she finished handling other tasks and came back to check the storage box, Yúntūn still hadn’t finished tossing everything in."Hisss... There’s still so much more!"Yun Luohe said, “I know, it’s too much. It’s fine if you can’t finish—let me do it. You take a break.”“I’m not tired!” Yúntūn clung to Yun Luohe, acting spoiled.After playing with Yúntūn for a bit, Yun Luohe began the lottery draw.[DRAW SUCCESSFUL][OBTAINED: LIGHT-BLOCKING INSULATED CURTAIN BLUEPRINT][LIGHT-BLOCKING INSULATED CURTAINS: Blocks 99% of UV rays. Effectively reduces indoor heat and isolates ultraviolet radiation.][Materials Required: Agave Fiber ×10, Linen ×20, Cotton Cloth ×5, Seaweed Sunscreen Coating ×4]It was a good item—but the materials were complicated.Yun Luohe could only set it aside for now and wait until she had enough materials to craft it.(@ All good stories, exclusively on ◈ Nоvеlіgһт ◈ (Continue reading) Jinjiang Literature City)Next, she began her daily cooking session.She hadn’t researched any new recipes in the past few days, but now that she had so much food, she could experiment and see if she could develop any cooling beverages.There were a total of ten drinks listed under the [Summer Iced Beverage Recipe].Although she didn’t have all the ingredients, with a bit of modification—substituting with other ingredients—she might still produce something with similar or near-identical effects.One recipe listed was Kale Bitter Melon Juice.Yun Luohe didn’t have any kale, so she used half a bitter melon and two cucumbers to make a cup of Bitter Melon Cucumber Juice.The effect wasn’t bad—it helped cool the body and reduce internal heat—but the taste was… not great.After taking one sip, she grimaced into a bitter melon face.Another recipe was Lemon Coconut Water.Since she didn’t have any lemons, she substituted apple juice and made a bottle of Apple Coconut Water.It was sweet, but only had mild cooling effects.So she tried again with strawberries and made a cup of Strawberry Coconut Water.And this time, it was a hit.[CONGRATULATIONS, PLAYER HAS SUCCESSFULLY CRAFTED A SUMMER COOLING BEVERAGE – STRAWBERRY COCONUT WATER][REWARD: VACUUM-INSULATED COLD WATER FLASK ×1][VACUUM-INSULATED COLD WATER FLASK: 1L capacity. Keeps contents cold for 24 hours.][STRAWBERRY COCONUT WATER: Sweet and refreshing, thirst-quenching and delicious. A must-have drink in the blazing summer. Grants +20 [Stamina], cools body and reduces heat for 2 hours.]Yun Luohe could drink half a cup in one go.The flavor was full and layered—refreshing coconut mixed with tart-sweet strawberry.If only she had some ice cubes or fruit pearls or coconut jelly—it would be perfect.She’d harvested a good amount of strawberries last time, and the coconut tree she’d planted had already grown quite a bit. It should start bearing fruit soon.She planned to make more Strawberry Coconut Water in the future.Still, Yun Luohe was thinking about how to obtain saplings of lemon trees.She wanted to plant a few.After all, the original drinks from the recipe list probably had even better effects.The reward this time was excellent.With the vacuum flask and the Coconut Shell Condenser Flask, she could always have cold water available on the reef. No more worrying about purified water turning warm after sitting out.She could also pour her drinks inside and enjoy them chilled.Then Yun Luohe began testing milk tea.She steeped some [Mist Veiled Tea] to make tea, cooled it, and then added milk.Just like that, a cup of milk tea was done.It tasted great—light and refreshing, faintly fragrant with the aroma of tea and the richness of milk.It was both filling and cooling.After a few hours, Yun Luohe had gained over 50 cooking experience points.At this rate, she would level up in a day or two.It was getting late. She gathered the remaining uncooked ingredients and put them into the fridge.The fridge was full now, so she planned to cook more tomorrow to free up some space.Five days had passed since her scheduled rendezvous with Yu Chenjin.She had to hurry and prepare food for the trip to the island.Just thinking about going to Volcano Island in this heat made her sweat.But she had no choice.She needed a large amount of [Obsidian] and [Volcanic Ash] to build a greenhouse, and even more [Volcanic Ash] to make [Seaweed Sunscreen Coating].[Obsidian] was required to craft [High-Temperature Glass] and [Tempered Glass].Both the cellar and the greenhouse depended on it.She personally didn’t need much, but there were a lot of trainees in the Management Group, and Mu Zitang and Cheng Xuening would also need a good supply of [Obsidian].In short—Volcano Island was a must. And the sooner, the better.It was only the first day of summer, and it was already this hot. It would only get worse.Based on the spring season’s pattern, there was no doubt that disasters would escalate.—The next morning, Yun Luohe was woken up by Yúntūn.It gently touched her hand with a strand of spider silk, letting out soft little sounds.She had been too busy over the past few days to spend time with it.Yúntūn had grown again and had built a large silk nest next to Yun Luohe’s bed. It had even spun a beautiful silk quilt and presented it as a gift.The silk quilt was light and thin—warm in winter and cool in summer.With this weather, sleeping under it was extremely comfortable and helped with cooling.At first, Yun Luohe hadn’t realized it was a gift.But seeing it was made of spider silk, she asked Yúntūn what it was.Yúntūn lifted its head proudly. “It’s a gift from me to Hehe.”Yun Luohe: “Wow, that’s amazing. Yúntūn, you’re the best.”Her exaggerated tone filled Yúntūn with satisfaction.It happily sprawled across Yun Luohe’s chest. “Hisss... Hehe is the best. Yúntūn loves Hehe.”Yun Luohe patted its head. “Good girl. I’ll give you something tasty.”She suddenly remembered the [Ice Crystal] she got last night—It was originally meant for the fish pond.

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