Starting With a Reef [Global Survival]

chapter 88 - Second Day of Summer 02


Yun Luohe wasted a lot of ingredients but still couldn't make a drinkable seaweed beverage.Seaweed didn’t go well with many fruits, and the result wasn’t even close to a dark recipe; it immediately showed as inedible. She probably didn’t have enough suitable fruits in her stock to match the seaweed.After thinking for a while, she realized that maybe she shouldn’t use fruits.Yun Luohe opened her food supply box and began searching for other ingredients. She quickly found some water mint and wild mung beans, which she had brought back from the island earlier, but in small quantities. She hadn’t used them yet.Upon further thought, she realized that both mint and mung beans seemed ideal for making summer drinks. Moreover, the summer iced drink recipe mentioned both mint and mung beans as ingredients.However, most of the drinks in the iced recipe required ice cubes. But her fridge only had refrigeration, with a minimum temperature of -5°C, which wasn’t enough to make ice.She planned to sprout the mung beans first and wait until the greenhouse was ready to start planting them. She’d make a pot of mung bean paste with the remaining mung beans and mix it with seaweed to create a seaweed mung bean paste.Yun Luohe cleaned the seaweed and set it aside while soaking the mung beans for 2 hours. She then placed both into a pot with enough water, bringing it to a boil before turning the heat down to simmer until the mung beans opened up.The fragrance wafted out, and Yun Luohe felt like this time might be a success. The mung beans and seaweed had blended together in the pot. As she gently stirred, she watched the seaweed mung bean paste gradually thicken and smooth out, with a fresh scent in the air.She added some rock candy.As the rock candy dissolved, a subtle sweetness mingled with the fresh scent.Once the seaweed mung bean paste cooled, Yun Luohe scooped a small spoonful into her mouth. First, she felt the unique crispness of the seaweed, followed by the smooth texture of the mung bean paste. It was sweet but not overly so, and the refreshing bean fragrance blended perfectly with the ocean scent of the seaweed, leaving a mild sweetness.[Successfully created one of the summer limited drinks — Seaweed Mung Bean Soup][Reward: Strawberry Cocktail ×1]The Seaweed Mung Bean Soup could cool the body, dissipate heat, and prevent heatstroke during the scorching summer.Finally, success.Yun Luohe was very happy; all her attempts hadn’t been in vain.The rewarded Strawberry Cocktail was a high-level summer drink.Drinking it gives +2 Luck, +1 Speed, and prevents heatstroke for 5 hours due to the ice cubes inside, which help cool the body.Excited, Yun Luohe decided to make another drink using seaweed and water mint.She plucked some fresh water mint leaves, washed them, and placed them in a glass cup along with the prepared seaweed.Next, she poured in freshly boiled hot water, and instantly, the refreshing fragrance of mint and the faint salty ocean scent of the seaweed were activated.Once the water cooled, she placed it in the fridge to chill for several hours, and soon, the mint seaweed iced drink was ready.[Successfully created one of the summer iced drinks — Cool Seaweed Ice Mint][Reward: Coconut Fruit Recipe ×1][Cool Seaweed Ice Mint: The refreshing seaweed and the cooling mint create a unique flavor. Drinking it alleviates heat, quenches thirst, moistens the lungs, and stops coughing. Especially suitable for summer, it has a strong cooling effect and can immediately relieve heatstroke symptoms when consumed.][Coconut Fruit: Has a faint coconut fragrance, a crispy and elastic texture, can be used to make milk tea, desserts, and canned goods.][Recipe: Coconut Water ×1, White Sugar ×1, Pectin ×1 (can be made from apples or oranges)]"It's the coconut fruit recipe!" Yun Luohe exclaimed in surprise.There are two iced drinks in the summer recipe that require coconut fruit!Mint Coconut Ice Tea and Strawberry Coconut Smoothie.Making the smoothie might be difficult, but the iced tea can definitely be made!First, brew mint leaves to make mint tea, then chill it, and add coconut fruit and honey.It can quickly replenish water and remove dehydration debuffs, instantly restoring 30% of thirst and giving +15 Heat Resistance for 30 minutes.Yun Luohe quickly made a large pot of it.In the hot temperatures, these iced drinks could dispel the heat and fatigue from the body, which all players desperately needed.After drinking it herself, Yun Luohe felt quite comfortable and didn’t plan to keep it all for herself.One pot of Seaweed Mung Bean Soup could be divided into 20 bowls, and one pot of Mint Coconut Ice Tea could be divided into 5 cups.There was also the Cool Seaweed Ice Mint…Yun Luohe gave Mu Zitang 3 bowls of iced drinks, Cheng Xuening 2 bowls, and sent 5 iced drinks to the interns.Yun Luohe: "I still have more here. Feel free to come find me if you need some.""Sure, sure, this Seaweed Mung Bean Soup is made with seaweed? I didn’t know seaweed could be used this way. I’ll go harvest some!""Awesome, thanks, Yun Jie! If you need anything, just let us know!""Yun Jie has researched so many special-effect drinks; you must need a lot of fruits and sugar. I have a few kilograms of white sugar and some fruit candy. I’ll send them all to you!"Although not everyone was younger than Yun Luohe, except for Yang Mian, the others all called her Yun Jie when following Mu Zitang’s lead.Yun Luohe had gotten used to it.The intern group had become lively.Ever since they joined the intern group, everyone had been of great help to her.They were all very grateful to Yun Luohe.Whenever she needed their help, they would always answer her call without hesitation, whether it was making equipment or doing small tasks.Today, they had iced drinks again to cool down.They didn’t want to receive something for free without giving back. Everyone privately sent Yun Luohe a lot of resources.Mu Zitang and Cheng Xuening both sent her plenty of things.In no time, Yun Luohe received multiple trade notifications.Mu Zitang sent several items — Seaweed Sunscreen Coating ×5, Salted Egg Yolk ×1, Vinegar ×1, Beer ×1Cheng Xuening sent several items — Multi-Function Military Knife ×1, Thermometer ×1, Anti-Slip Hiking Pole ×1, Cauliflower Seeds ×1Si Qi sent several items — Outdoor Water Purification Tablets ×1, Rock Candy ×1, Soybeans ×1…Yun Luohe sent the iced drinks just to share with those around her, so everyone could feel more comfortable. She didn’t expect them to send so many things back, but she was still very happy.Yang Mian didn’t drink his bowl of Cool Seaweed Ice Mint, so he gave it to his sister, Yang Mei.When he first joined the Mutual Aid Association, he hadn’t expected to be so happy here. He was considering asking his sister, Yang Mei, to join the association as well.Yang Mei had better luck than him and had already learned skills like gathering and pet taming, so she met the intern qualifications.He planned to discuss it with Yang Mei today and then ask Yun Luohe.—In addition to the drinks, she thought about using the seaweed to make some food for tomorrow’s trip to the island.Barbecued meat and seafood soup were both hot, and eating them outdoors wasn’t ideal. She should make something else.This weather was perfect for cold salads or side dishes.She blanched the vegetables, cooled them in cold water, added seasonings, and voilà, a refreshing and delicious cold dish.Good vegetables for making cold salads were bean sprouts, spinach, and bok choy.She made several bowls of cold dishes, which were enough to eat. After resting for a while and replenishing her physical strength and hydration, she went outside to begin salting the seaweed.With such high temperatures, it was the perfect time to salt.She had previously obtained the salt-making recipe but hadn’t had the chance to try it. Now, she could salt a batch and collect it when she returned from Volcano Island.She chose the seawater salting method, which was a bit complex.First, she needed to direct a certain amount of seawater into pools and wait for the water to evaporate, concentrating into brine. Once the brine reached the required concentration, it would be directed into the crystallization pools.So, Yun Luohe needed to dig two pools. Once the water in the crystallization pool continued to evaporate, salt would be produced.Finally, she would dissolve, filter, and evaporate the coarse salt, purifying it to make edible salt.This process would take about two to three days, but a large amount of salt could be made at once.Yun Luohe directed about 500 liters of seawater through the pipe, expecting to yield 15 kg of salt.—Busy until dark, the temperature finally began to drop slowly.Yun Luohe received a sunshade cloak and condensation water bottle made from coconut tree fibers from Du Ruan-tian.Although the cloak wasn’t as effective as the agave sunshade cloak, the agave hadn’t grown yet, so she couldn’t harvest the agave fibers. She would have to wear this one when heading to Volcano Island tomorrow.For the past two days, Roubao had been sluggish due to its thick fur and chubby body, suffering in the heat. It had been panting, drinking a lot of water, and losing its appetite.Yun Luohe had to give it some cooling drinks.Even so, during the day, Roubao wouldn’t go outside and just lay on the ground panting. It wouldn’t even sleep on the couch, complaining about the heat.Yun Luohe remembered that Wu Jing had made pet cooling mats, and she wondered if others might have some too.She quickly went to the trading center to search for pet-related items and bought a bamboo woven mat and a cooling mat for Roubao.The cooling mat was very expensive; it cost 20 iron ores for one.But Roubao loved it and immediately lay down on the mat without moving until dark, when it lazily got up.Yun Luohe thought about the spider silk blanket made by Yúntūn, which was still cooling and breathable. She figured many players would like it.She wondered if Yúntūn could make more.Yun Luohe brought Yúntūn a lot of its favorite ores, including some obsidian."Yúntūn, could you make me another blanket? I’ll trade for some useful items in return."Yúntūn, of course, readily agreed."Sure, sure, I’ll make you a new one right away."Yúntūn started spinning silk continuously and quickly produced a new spider silk blanket. The new blanket was soft, thin, icy, and cool to the touch, very comfortable.[Silverback Spider Silk Blanket: A blanket made from mutated spider silk, delicate texture, feels extremely soft and comfortable, extremely lightweight, with properties that keep warm in winter and cool in summer, automatically adjusting based on external temperatures.]Yun ✪ Nоvеlіgһt ✪ (Official version) Luohe posted the blanket on the trading center and set it to auction mode. She had previously used the auction mode to exchange for many useful high-level resources.However, recently, she hadn’t found any suitable resources to auction.She planned to use this spider silk blanket to exchange for some summer seeds.For example, wheat, mint, lemon saplings, and other rare seeds or saplings, plus some Ice Crystal Stones.Today, Yun Luohe converted several rotten tomatoes in the trash can and obtained some fresh small tomatoes and tomato seeds.Tomatoes came in many varieties, differing in color and size, and could be cultivated into many different types.They were also very easy to grow, so she planned to start sprouting the seeds today.She took the opportunity to acquire some more seeds and started the sprouting process. Once she returned from Volcano Island tomorrow, the sprouts would be ready to plant.

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