Survival for All: I can deconstruct projections and synthesize everything.

Lin Xiao's figure continued to traverse the misty forest. To date, he had penetrated 5000 meters into the misty forest, and it was now one o'clock in the afternoon.

Since acquiring the Blink skill, Lin Xiao's exploration in the Misty Forest has changed from a straight line to a fan-shaped one.

Currently, Lin Xiao has explored almost the entire forest within 5000 meters in front of his safe house.

Lin Xiao now knows exactly what kind of mist creatures are in which places.

However, he did not attack those creatures for the time being. Instead, he noted their locations and had a hypothesis that he would verify tomorrow.

Suddenly, Lin Xiao's Instant Step paused; he stopped.

He suddenly discovered a pile of ore in front of him.

This pile of ore is almost entirely made up of shiny, glittering stones.

"Could this be the Source Crystal?"

Lin Xiao curiously circled the pile of ore a few times.

This ore pile is not large, about five meters long, three meters wide, and about two meters high.

Lin Xiao stopped on a whim after seeing the pile of ore.

After thinking for a moment, Lin Xiao took out a +10 rusty sickle used by farmers and patted the blade.

Then, with a powerful strike, he swung his sickle and chopped down on the pile of ore.

"Ding!"

The pile of ore was completely undamaged, but it did make Lin Xiao's hand go numb for a moment.

"Tsk tsk, what should we do?"

As Lin Xiao pondered this, she looked around.

Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, he turned his gaze to the surrounding trees.

Lin Xiao took out two units of wood and used the green mantis knife to make a simple wooden pickaxe.

He wasn't a professional carpenter, but luckily the mantis knife was incredibly sharp, so he only spent half an hour making a wooden pickaxe.

He put the wooden pickaxe in his backpack, and then his consciousness returned to his main body in the safe house.

"Deconstruction!"

[Deconstructing a simple wooden pickaxe, estimated time: 30 seconds. Proceed with the deconstruction?]

"yes!"

Thirty seconds passed in a flash, and Lin Xiao didn't even check the information obtained from disassembling the simple wooden pickaxe before starting the next step.

"Projection! Composite!"

This projection and synthesis only symbolically reduced Lin Xiao's physical strength and mental strength by 5 points.

Simple Wooden Pickaxe +10. A very simple wooden pickaxe, but it can mine stone and has special effects.

Sturdy: Extremely sturdy and very difficult to damage.

[Note: It may cause the death of three generations of your family.]

"Is there no multiplier effect? ​​Does the resulting special effects always differ after combining them?"

Lin Xiao didn't understand, but that didn't stop him from continuing his experiments with the simple wooden pickaxe.

"Projection, composite!"

Physical strength and mental strength each decreased by 5 points again.

Simple wooden pickaxe +10, details omitted.

Heavy Strike: Can cause greater damage to rock and mineral deposits.

[Note: Heavy hit!!!]

"It really is true!"

Lin Xiao's eyes lit up; he had discovered a new characteristic of his talent.

The only thing limiting him now is his physical strength and mental strength, and also that his stomach really can't hold that much bread and water.

This made Lin Xiao decide that when she returned to the safe house, she must find a substitute for the bread in the trading shop.

Next, Lin Xiao consumed another 10 points of stamina and mental energy to craft two simple wooden pickaxes +10.

The desired effect was finally achieved.

Simple wooden pickaxe +10, details omitted.

"Multiplier Digging: Each dig will have a 100% chance of yielding ten times the reward."

"It's done!"

Lin Xiao looked at the wooden pickaxe and immediately turned his attention back to his clone.

With a flick of his hand, Lin Xiao's clone revealed the simple wooden pickaxe.

Lin Xiao rubbed his hands together, raised the wooden pickaxe, and struck the pile of ore in front of him again and again.

"Thump!"

A rock was knocked off the ore pile, and it disappeared quickly after falling to the ground.

A notification appeared in Lin Xiao's mind: "Stone +11".

"efficient!"

Hearing the prompt, Lin Xiao dug the stones even faster.

"Thump!"

"Thump!"

Two hours later, Lin Xiao plopped down on the ground.

"Phew...finally finished digging..."

Lin Xiao glanced at her harvest and smiled.

[Source Crystal +110]

"Yuanjing..."

Lin Xiao raised his hand, and an irregularly shaped, slightly transparent, sparkling crystal appeared in his palm.

Lin Xiao studied it for a while and found that the shape of each source crystal was different upon closer inspection, just like snowflakes. You can't find two snowflakes that look exactly the same.

Strangely, the weights of these source crystals were exactly the same, without any difference.

Although Lin Xiao's intuition wasn't that accurate, he could tell from the sight of the source crystal in his left hand, which was as big as a fist, and the source crystal in his right hand, which was as small as a quail egg.

Lin Xiao weighed them in her hands and found they were almost identical in weight.

"A strange source crystal..."

Lin Xiao muttered something to herself, then checked the time and realized it was already past three in the afternoon.

Only then did he realize that the surrounding light had dimmed somewhat.

"It's time to go back."

Lin Xiao put away the Source Crystal, and using Instant Step, he returned to the safe house from the location where he had dug the Source Crystal in just three minutes.

The first thing Lin Xiao did upon returning to the safe house was to remove the Shadow Mask from his main body. Lin Xiao's consciousness returned to his main body, and the clone temporarily dissipated.

The second thing was to open the trading shop and look for other kinds of food.

Lin Xiao thought for a moment and then put the remaining three simple wooden pickaxes on the shelf.

The third wooden pickaxe's effect is... life steal.

Simple wooden pickaxe +10, details omitted.

Lifesteal: Damage dealt to enemies heals the user for 10% of the damage dealt.

[Note: It can be used as a weapon.]

Lin Xiao put all three wooden pickaxes up for sale. Of course, he hid the +10 suffix and only showed the special effects.

After hesitating for a moment, Lin Xiao spoke her second sentence in the regional chat channel.

Lin Xiao: "I've put three wooden pickaxes with special effects up for sale. I'd like to exchange them for a different type of food, but not bread!!!"

Lin Xiao's words were quickly scrolled past by other people in the chat, but some people did notice Lin Xiao's post.

"brush!"

The sturdy wooden pickaxe was the first item requested for trade, with the target being three steaming hot meat buns.

Wait a minute? Steaming hot? Meat buns? Could this be cockroach meat?

The other party in the transaction seemed to know Lin Xiao's concerns, so they took the initiative to send Lin Xiao a private message.

Sui Tang: "Brother, don't panic. These are genuine pork buns. My talent is related to cooking, and one of its effects is that I can convert the meat of other creatures into the meat I specify."