The whole nation is trying to survive on the cable car; I'm choosing one of three options at ea

In this day and age, the farther away you are from strangers you don't know, the safer you are.

After grinding for over an hour, Su Mu stopped to take a sip of water, opened the panel, and glanced at the experience bar...

32.6/400.

In just over an hour, he gained more than 30 experience points. This means he killed more than 300 monsters.

Su Mu put away the water bottle and checked the contents of his backpack.

The cat demon's teeth... more than two hundred, piled together like a heap of dark yellow pebbles. What could these things be used for? He didn't know. But since they'd been found, they must be useful; he'd keep them for now.

The Venomous Cat Demon's teeth... two, dark green, a size larger than ordinary teeth, with fine lines on the surface. Blue quality material, can be used to forge weapons later.

Food and water... more than seventy portions. Bread, biscuits, mineral water, chocolate, and several cans of food looted from goblins. Enough to last for more than half a month.

The materials... a dozen or so iron ingots, seven or eight portions of glass essence, all dropped by level 2 monsters. Level 1 monsters don't give anything anymore, they're so stingy.

There are also seven level-two breakthrough runes.

Su Mu took out the talismans and examined them... They were all white quality, each labeled "Level 2 Strength Breakthrough Talisman" or "Level 2 Constitution Breakthrough Talisman," and all were white. He had only gotten seven talismans after defeating over two hundred Level 2 cat demons. The drop rate was outrageously low.

For ordinary people, this is the key to leveling up to level two. Without a breakthrough talisman, even if you accumulate enough experience, you can't level up. But the seven books he has are enough for seven people to cross that threshold.

Su Mu put away the talisman and his gaze fell on the bags of soil in the corner of his backpack.

He specifically packed it in a plastic bag when he was going down the mountain.

He hesitated for a moment when he passed a woodland with a thick layer of humus, but still stopped and scooped up a few bags of it.

He originally didn't plan to waste time on planting in the early stages... the soil was too heavy, took up too much space, and wasn't practical. But blood ginseng was different.

That stuff cannot be taken directly.

Soaking each root in water added 16 points to his constitution; he dared not imagine the effect of consuming the entire plant. But...

The instructions clearly state: "The medicine is extremely potent; an overdose may cause blood and qi to flow in reverse, with serious consequences."

This thing must have other uses, either for making medicine or for taking with something else. He needs to keep it safe until he finds the right method.

The way to preserve them is to plant them in the soil.

So these bags of soil are for the blood ginseng.

Su Mu tied the bag tightly to make sure nothing leaked out, then slung his backpack over his shoulder and headed towards the evacuation point.

......

After walking for about twenty minutes, an open area appeared ahead. The vortex of the evacuation point was in the center of the open area, its purplish-black halo particularly conspicuous in the twilight.

Su Mu did not rush over.

He slowed his pace, walked around the clearing, and found the best spot at the edge of the woods to squat down, observing carefully for a full five minutes.

There was nowhere to hide around the area... To the north were open farmlands, with an unobstructed view; to the south was the forest he had come from, from which he could see the edge of the forest; to the east and west were low bushes, offering no hiding place for anyone.

There was no ambush.

He waited a while longer to make sure there was nothing unusual before emerging from the woods and walking briskly toward the vortex.

The moment he stepped into the vortex, he glanced around one last time. Dusk had fallen, and nothing could be seen in the forest. Occasionally, the roars of monsters could be heard in the distance, but they were very far away.

A feeling of weightlessness washes over you.

When Su Mu opened his eyes, he was already back in his cable car.

......

The cable car was just as it had been when he left... a cramped space, a corner piled high with supplies, and a crafting table and forging station leaning against the wall. The upgrade progress bar showed that the cable car was still being upgraded and would probably take several more hours to complete.

Su Mu took off his backpack and let out a long breath.

He had a good day. Blood ginseng, a spear, a silencer, a freezing scroll, a breakthrough rune, badges, and a bunch of materials and food. Most importantly, he completed his job change, obtained the purple class "Gunner," and activated a dual-class slot.

But these are not the most important things right now.

Su Mu rummaged through his backpack and carefully peeled away the damp soil covering the ginseng. The ginseng lay quietly in the soil, its entire body a deep crimson, its surface covered with fine veins.

The root that was severed by shrapnel has stopped bleeding at the break point and has formed a dark red scab, as if the wound has healed.

Su Mu breathed a sigh of relief. It was good that the thing was still alive.

He rewrapped the blood ginseng in damp soil and placed it in the shadiest corner of the cable car. Then he opened his chat window with Lin Yuwei.

When it came to trading devices that could be used for planting, Su Mu's first thought was the planting platform blueprint that Lin Yuwei had previously offered for trading.

Of course, Su Mu expected that the other party should have a special culture dish for cultivating Blue Silver Grass.

If I propose to take the Blue Silver Grass and cultivate it myself, the other party won't be able to dig it up, so I can save on the planting platform.

Therefore, he took the initiative to ask.

I typed a line of text:

"Are you there?"

I waited for a while, but there was no reply.

Su Mu frowned. He waited another five minutes, but still received no reply.

That woman must have gone out to search for supplies.

With her talent... if her intelligence skills are truly the same as mine... then she should be able to obtain more than one piece of intelligence today.

She told him about an "armory" that morning, saying it was extremely dangerous, clearly emphasizing the danger. She herself was probably off looking for another, relatively safe intelligence location.

profiteer.

Su Mu shook his head and closed the chat window.

He glanced at the pile of soil in the corner, then at the empty corner of the cable car. To grow blood ginseng, he needed a planting platform.

But since they're not here, we can only wait.

Su Mu turned his attention back to the other items in his backpack.

First, there was the food... more than seventy portions, enough to last for over a month, including what was left over. He sorted the food neatly, with bottled water on the left, bread and biscuits on the right, and canned goods and chocolate in the middle.

Then came the materials. Iron ingots, glass essence, cat demon teeth... He gathered the iron ingots and glass essence together and placed them in the material box next to the crafting table. There were too many cat demon teeth, more than two hundred, piled together like a small mountain. He took out a few to examine them, but didn't find any special use for them, so he found a bag to put them in and stuffed them in a corner.

This thing will definitely be useful in the future. As for what it will be used for... we'll see.

The Venomous Cat Demon only has two teeth, which are kept separately in a small box from its regular teeth. These are blue-quality materials, which will be useful for crafting weapons later.

Finally, there were the seven level-two breakthrough talismans. Su Mu took them in his hand and flipped through them... one strength type, two constitution type, two agility type, and two intelligence type.

He has no use for this thing.