Starting Off Survival With A Small Treehouse - Chapter 30
Chapter 30 Treehouse Modification Contract
Although the Deinosuchus in the stream did not do anything to him, Xu Xin still put the silver treasure chest into his backpack and left the river out of awe and fear.
“That Deinosuchus is the same as Cocoa. They won’t appear on the map, and they won’t attack me either. Could it be that they’re not enemies so they won’t show up?” Xu Xin touched Cocoa’s furry head, and Cocoa let out a soft “yin” and rubbed its head against his palm.
“Perhaps the red dots on the Map will only show hostile units that will take the initiative to attack me, while the Deinosuchus and Cocoa are automatically classified as friendly or neutral units. Their nature should be similar to the birds and insects in the jungle.”
After thinking through all this, Xu Xin’s impression of the big guy in the stream changed. After all, the big guy had allowed him to obtain a silver treasure chest without much effort, even though he had suffered quite the shock.
After he had left 300 to 400 meters away from the river, only then did Xu Xin take out the silver treasure chest from his backpack.
The silver treasure chest was much larger than the copper treasure chest. It was a bright silver color, and it looked similar to the copper treasure chest except for the color. The only difference was that there was a keyhole in the middle.
Xu Xin took out the silver key and inserted it into the keyhole. With a gentle twist, a mechanical feeling was felt, and a crisp “kacha” sound came from the treasure chest. The lock was opened.
Xu Xin carefully walked behind the treasure chest before opening it.
Fortunately, what he was worried about did not happen.
“Hm? Why are there so few things?” There was only a thin piece of paper, a golden compass, and a golden key in the silver treasure chest.
Xu Xin picked up the piece of paper.
[Treehouse Modification Contract (blue): After using this contract, the treehouse’s modification options will be unlocked. You may modify the interior of the treehouse and install weapons and defense parts on the exterior of the treehouse.]
“Wow!” Xu Xin’s eyes lit up.
He could install defensive weapons on the treehouse with this! He would be able to turn his treehouse into a fortress! If he could do so, would he be able to kill the terrifying python in the center of the lake one day?
Other than that, he could finally renovate the interior. It was truly uncomfortable for him to sleep in a 100-square-meter room without any functions every day. No matter how big the treehouse was, he had to go down to take a bath and solve his physiological problems. It was just troublesome.
With this contract, he would be able to renovate a bedroom and toilet in his house, turning the treehouse into a real home.
Without hesitation, Xu Xin activated the contract.
The contract shattered in his hand and melded into his palm. At this moment, he felt a jolt in his spirit, and a warm current flowed through his entire body. He even felt that his physical strength had increased.
“This contract can even increase my strength?” Xu Xin clenched his fist and lifted the silver treasure chest from the ground. As expected, the silver treasure chest felt much lighter than before.
After the strength-increase from eating the bear paw previously, Xu Xin’s strength had increased once again. In this world where danger lurked everywhere, one’s strength was the most important. After all, the mysterious voice couldn’t possibly allow them to stay in the treehouse all the time.
Xu Xin picked up the golden compass and golden key from the chest. Then, he pulled out Cocoa, who had jumped into the chest and was curiously scratching the inner wall of the chest. After that, he kept the empty silver chest in his backpack. After all, as long as the technology in this world was advanced enough, silver and the copper that he had obtained previously were essential materials for some electrical appliances. They would be of great use in the future.
The silver treasure chest was very heavy. Even if it was placed into the backpack, the remaining 20% of its weight would affect Xu Xin’s movements. It was also almost seven in the evening, the time he had agreed to meet with Li Wenxi via video call. He could only hope that nothing had happened to the beautiful girl.
The compass was also most effective when used in the treehouse anyway.
“Let’s go back and take a look. Let’s go, Cocoa.”
“Yin!” Cocoa jumped onto Xu Xin’s shoulder.
When Xu Xin returned to the stream, the Deinosuchus had already completely hidden itself in the water. Due to the quick flow of water in the stream, the water had already returned to its original clarity, and the bottom of the stream had also returned to its original appearance. Xu Xin looked into the water and saw a few pebbles scattered at the bottom. The skin of the Deinosuchus could be vaguely seen.
Of course, if he had not seen the Deinosuchus emerge from the water, he would not have thought that the uneven black bottom of the stream would be a 20m-long Deinosuchus.
“Brother Deinosuchus, thank you. I’ll bring you some good food next time I pass by!” Xu Xin cupped his fists at the bottom of the stream, and a small whirlpool formed in the flowing water, as if in response to his words.
Good Lord, there was a response!
Xu Xin’s curiosity about the Deinosuchus overcame his fear. He even found the crocodile a little cute now.
However, there was no time to waste now. He cupped his fists at the stream again and turned to leave. Meanwhile, Cocoa, who was on his shoulder, cried softly and waved goodbye at the Deinosuchus.
Wasn’t this little guy just baring its teeth at the other party?
The man and the panda once again set foot on the road back to the treehouse.
Back in the treehouse, the first thing Xu Xin did was to check on the newly unlocked function.
On the screen, another option appeared, (Treehouse Modification).
After clicking on it, the items on the production list were so many that he couldn’t see the end of it.
Wooden partitions, wooden doors, wooden cabinets, wooden windows, and all kinds of internal parts of the treehouse were listed on the top.
(Wooden Partition (green): A partition wall that can be built inside the treehouse with a certain sound-proofing effect. Materials required: Logs (green) *5]
(Wooden Door (green): A door that can be built inside the treehouse with a certain sound-proofing effect. Materials required: Logs (green)*2)
[Small Stone Stove (green): A simple stove that can be used to cook food. It is quite hard to control the fire. Materials required: Stone (green) *10]
There were also many other ordinary house facilities.
The new interior decorations of the treehouse actually required the new materials that Xu Xin had obtained from the copper treasure box!
On top of that, a stove that could cook food had indeed appeared on the production list.
After this event, he could re-plan the interior of his treehouse.
He then looked at the weapons and defensive components that he could fix on the outside. At the moment, there was only one type of weapon on the list.
[Automatic Heavy Crossbow (green): An automatic crossbow that can be installed on the outer wall of the treehouse. It can automatically attack enemy units. Materials required: Fine wood (green)*10, beast tendon (green)*2] [Heavy Crossbow Arrow (green): A heavy and sharp arrow that can pierce the body of a wild beast with its own weight. However, its range is quite short due to its weight too. It can be reused. Materials required: Fine wood (green)*2, stone (green)*1) [Treehouse Wooden Armor (green): An armor installed on the trunk of the treehouse that can effectively reduce the damage caused by wild beast attacks to the treehouse. Materials required: Logs (green)*2]
The weapons installed outside the treehouse also required new materials, such as fine wood obtained from cutting down birch trees and logs obtained from cutting pine trees.
It seemed that he had to plant the two types of seeds he had as soon as possible.
Only after the treehouse has weapons that can attack automatically thus having a stronger defense ability could he have a better chance of survival in the next beast tide. By then, he could probably even kill the beasts to obtain materials from the treehouse. He wouldn’t have to risk his life to kill the black bear like last time.
However, the heavy crossbow also required beast tendons.
