Survival in the Core: I'm writing a guide for the entire server.

"There really are new carriages!"

Lin You excitedly pumped her fist.

This matched the additional information he had seen earlier.

The second carriage is exactly the same size as the first carriage, and its interior is completely empty.

The metal carriage had a smooth, flat floor and was slightly larger than the first carriage.

"Now we can finally free up some space."

Lin You rubbed his hands together and immediately began to plan.

He moved all the facilities from the first carriage to the second carriage and rearranged them according to their functions.

The metal furnace is on the left, the worktable and other facilities are on the right, and a passageway is left in the middle.

The basic workbench and anvil are placed near the box for easy access to materials for making crafts.

The metal processing table is located at the innermost part of the carriage, at a certain distance from the furnace.

The cooking pot and water collector are placed near the car door, where there is good ventilation and they are easy to access.

"Perfect."

Lin You looked at the newly renovated "studio" and nodded in satisfaction.

The first carriage only had the control panel left, making the space much more spacious.

Flame Spirit circled around the new carriage a few times before finally jumping onto the metalworking table and curling up into a ball.

Meow~

That's not a place for you to sleep.

Lin You smiled and shook her head, not chasing it away.

After tidying up, Lin You took out several portions of earthworm meat and rock salt from his backpack and walked to the cooking pot.

【Grilled Earthworm Meat: Earthworm Meat x1, Rock Salt x1, requires a campfire or cooking pot】

[With all the materials in place, let's begin...]

The earthworm meat sizzles under high temperature, dripping oil and emitting an enticing aroma.

A few minutes later, the first serving of grilled earthworm meat was ready.

Lin You couldn't wait to take a bite.

Crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, with firm meat, it's so much better than roasted mushrooms.

"Flame Spirit, have a taste."

He held a piece of cooled roast meat to Flame Spirit's lips.

The little guy sniffed it, his eyes lit up, and he immediately snatched it and began to devour it.

You have obtained 6 pieces of "Grilled Earthworm Meat"

Lin Youqing counted the items, packed two of them together, and sent them to Qi Chuan via email.

[System notification: You have gifted player "Qi Chuan" 2 pieces of "Charcoal Grilled Earthworm Meat"]

[Cross-depth teleportation fee: 10 copper coins, already deducted automatically]

[Remaining Funds: 14 Silver Coins, 35 Copper Coins]

"You have to pay to send items to your friends?!"

Lin You raised an eyebrow, but quickly relaxed.

Since cross-depth transactions require a transfer fee.

Therefore, there must be a fee for transferring items between friends.

Although it's not much, it adds up to a considerable expense.

"But that makes sense."

Qi Chuan's reply came quickly.

[Qi Chuan: Boss, you've already reached the second level of the Earth's core?! Congratulations!]

Qi Chuan: I'll transfer the teleportation fee to you; I can't let you waste your money.

Lin You: No need, it's not much money.

[Qi Chuan: Hehe, thanks for the generous donation! I'll work hard at mining and try to catch up with you as soon as possible!]

Lin You smiled but did not reply.

He walked to the metal furnace and threw the iron ore he had just dug into it.

They then went to the basic worktable and began mass-producing copper keys.

The copper key mold has 5 durability points remaining. Each key requires 1 copper ingot and 1 minute of time.

He put all five keys into the furnace at once and began mass production.

[Making a copper key, time remaining: 59 seconds... 58 seconds...]

Five minutes later, all five bronze keys were produced.

Lin You put them on the trading market, priced at 1 silver coin.

In less than a minute, they were all sold out.

"The efficiency of capital turnover has indeed improved."

Lin You looked at the ever-increasing balance and a smile appeared on her lips.

The furnace and processing table in the second carriage operate simultaneously.

They smelted the ore while making the keys.

Efficiency has increased several times over compared to before.

"Two more metal furnaces, please."

Lin You walked to the anvil and remelted the materials and the rock furnace that had been dismantled earlier.

[Sufficient materials available, let's begin... Time remaining: 30 minute]

Half an hour later, two brand-new metal furnaces appeared in Lin You's hands.

He placed it in the second carriage, next to the first metal furnace.

With all three furnaces operating simultaneously, the iron ore smelting speed increased by a full three times.

"That feels better."

Lin You stretched and sat back down at the control panel.

On the minimap, the Slime Cave marker is just ahead.

He started the mining cart and continued digging.

About ten minutes later, the minecart entered a new underground space.

"arrive."

Lin You jumped off the mine cart and looked around.

This space was unlike any other subterranean space he had ever seen before.

The rock face was covered with holes of all sizes, as if it had been eaten by something.

The air was filled with a damp smell, and the faint sound of gurgling water could be heard.

"Slime Cave... truly lives up to its name."

Lin You gripped the bronze sword tightly, and the Flame Spirit sprang out from beside his feet, its tail ablaze with flames.

The light from the mine cart lanterns illuminated an area ahead.

Deep inside the cave, countless blue and green slimes were slowly wriggling.

They were a size larger than the slimes on the first floor, and their surfaces shimmered with a crystalline sheen.

"There are quite a few."

Lin You activated his intermediate-level Eye of Insight, and information appeared before his eyes.

……

【Slime】

[Level: 2]

【Life: 60/60】

[Skill: Gel Leap]

[Weakness: Takes 50% more non-physical damage]

……

"Level 2 Slime, with slightly more health."

Lin You nodded thoughtfully and summoned 10 skeleton soldiers from the Magic Card Encyclopedia.

A pale blue light flashed, and the skeleton soldiers lined up in front of him.

"superior."

The skeleton soldiers waved their arms and charged towards the horde of slimes.

Flame Spirit followed closely behind, but did not use any skills.

It's not time for it to expend its magic power to deal with these small fry.

In less than five minutes, all the slimes that had gathered near the minecart collapsed.

You have killed 15 "Slimes"!

You have received 20 "Slime Gel"!

Lin You squatted down and turned the slime corpse into a magic card.

[Card crafting successful! You have obtained 15 "Magic Card: Slime"!]

[Consumes 150 mana points, current mana: 650/920]

He opened the Magic Card Encyclopedia to check the effects of the Slime Magic Cards.

……

【Magic Card: Slime】

Grade: 2 (White)

【Effect ① - Summoning: Omitted】

【Effect ② - Absorption: Consume this magic card to increase your Constitution attribute by 1, up to a maximum of 40 points at D rank】

……

"Has the upper limit for the Constitution attribute been increased?"

Lin You's eyes lit up.

Previously, after absorbing slime magic cards, the constitution attribute could only be raised to a maximum of 20 points at grade E.

Now that the level has been increased, the upper limit has also been increased accordingly.

Without saying a word, he absorbed all 15 slime cards.

[Absorption complete! Your constitution attribute has increased to D-grade with 35 points!]

[Max HP increased to 350!]

Stamina cap increased to 350 points!

A warm power surged into his limbs and bones, and Lin You could clearly feel his body becoming stronger.

"Good, keep going!"

For the next half hour, Lin You led the skeleton soldiers and flame spirits to rampage through the cave.

The slimes dwelling in the cave were constantly drawn by the sounds of battle.

Gel, magic cards, and a dazzling array of loot.

Lin You's experience bar was also slowly increasing.

But the speed is much slower than when farming undead before.

Experience points: 920/1000

Current level: 9

"Still need 80 experience points to level up..."

Lin You glanced at the experience bar, feeling a little itchy to try it out.

Because the level difference is too large.

He only gains 1 experience point for killing a level 2 slime.

In other words, he needs to kill at least 80 slimes to reach level 10.

But there are very few slimes left in the cave.

"Never mind, let's go check out the firefly flower field first."

Lin You cleared out the last wave of slimes, cleaned up the battlefield, and returned to the minecart.

Just then, a system announcement appeared before all the players.

[System Announcement: Attention All Players]

[It has been detected that the number of survivors in some newbie zones is less than 50% of the initial number]

Survival game launches "Newbie Zone Merge" event

New players in areas with a large number of survivors can compete through a level leaderboard.

[New players in the top-ranked beginner zones can prioritize selecting higher-level players.]

The leaderboard will open in one hour; those interested in participating can register themselves.

The announcement immediately caused an uproar on survival game forums.

"What?! The newbie zones have been merged?!"

"It's only been a few days, and half the players in the newbie zone have already died?!"

"This is too tragic! Less than half are survivors, which means more than 50 people have died!"

"What about our district, 25535? How many people are left in our district?"

"Let me check... Holy crap! Our region has 82 survivors?!"

"82?! I remember the initial number was 100 million, and only 18 died?!"

"That survival rate is just too high!!"

"You guys forgot? We have Lin You's strategy guide!"

"That's right! Lin You's strategy guides have saved countless lives!"

"Where else in the districts do you get this kind of treatment? They even have to figure out the basic formula themselves."

"I thought I was already having a tough time, but I didn't expect it to be raining in the newbie zone outside!"

In the chat room, the players went from shock to lingering fear, from lingering fear to relief, and from relief to gratitude.

Ultimately, all the emotions converged into one sentence—

"Lin You, the eternal god!"

Lin You frowned slightly as she looked at the announcement.

"New player areas merged..."

He opened the game menu and carefully examined the event mentioned in the announcement.

……