Chapter 5 Noticeable Improvements

The increase of 5 points in Strength was quite noticeable. Lin En felt that his strength had doubled compared to before.

After savoring the feeling for a while, Lin En walked towards the stone wall he had dug through, thinking as he went. He had enough wood now; all that was left was stone. He still needed 40 pieces of stone. He would see if there were any rocks to mine in the next cave. If not, he would have to exchange for them in the [Trade] section.

Standing at the opening of the stone wall, Lin En looked at the white mist and thought to himself, he had dug in a hurry, and he didn't even know what was on the other side.

e=(´o｀*))) Alas, he wondered if the stone walls would still answer him if he asked now.

"Stone wall? Are you alright?"

...

After a while, the stone wall finally replied.

South Stone Wall: "Do I look like I'm alright? Such a big hole, can't you see it??"

Heh, Lin En smiled awkwardly and asked, "Well, does this affect you in any way?"

South Stone Wall: "It doesn't really affect me, but who would want to be like this for no reason? Who wouldn't feel uncomfortable seeing such a big hole?"

South Stone Wall: "You should hurry and go over there. Once you're gone, I can recover."

...

Lin En: "I want to, but I don't know what dangers might be on the other side."

South Stone Wall: "Dangers? There are no dangers. On the other side is a Demonic Fragrance Orchard."

Lin En: "Demonic Fragrance Fruit? Isn't that even more dangerous? Aren't there guardian beasts in the orchard?"

South Stone Wall: "Guardian beasts? No, there aren't any."

South Stone Wall: "No beast would go there before. I don't know about now, though, since the Stone Giant is gone."

Lin En: "Stone Giant? Are you saying that there were no ferocious beasts guarding it before because of the Stone Giant?"

South Stone Wall: "That's right."

Lin En's eyes lit up, and he rushed in. As soon as he entered, he smelled a fruity fragrance. In the middle of the cave, rows of Demonic Fragrance Fruit trees were laden with fruit.

As soon as Lin En stepped into the Demonic Fragrance Orchard, a system notification popped up.

[System: Congratulations on discovering a Small Demonic Fragrance Orchard]

(Note: You can move the orchard to your Home.)

Lin En saw that he could move it to his Home. However, looking at the five rows of Demonic Fragrance Fruit trees, ten trees in each row, it didn't seem like his Home was as big as the orchard.

He manifested his Home next to the Demonic Fragrance Orchard. Compared side by side, his Home looked even smaller. He wondered what it would be like after upgrading.

Lin En didn't bother looking for any rock piles. He directly exchanged for them in the [Trade] section. He found someone listing a large number of stones and directly used 20 wood to exchange for 40 stones at a rate of one wood for two stones.

Seeing that the upgrade conditions were met, Lin En directly upgraded. The Home next to the Demonic Fragrance Orchard emitted a dazzling light. After the light faded, the originally small Home had expanded tenfold.

The small grass hut had turned into a small wooden house. Half of the Demonic Fragrance Orchard was covered by the Home. Lin En also noticed a system notification above that half of the orchard: Fusion Time: 30 minutes.

Seeing this situation, Lin En took out the Home Upgrade Blueprint from his backpack and used it. He found that the upgrade conditions were immediately met.

Level 1 Home

Upgrade: (Wood 300/300) (Stone 300/300) (Energy Core 1/1) (Space Stone 1/1 Note: Can also be upgraded without it)

After the upgrade, the Home expanded again by another fold. The small wooden house became a large wooden house. Lin En found that the Home page had changed.

Level 2 Home

Wooden House (Manifested)

Home Space (Small Demonic Fragrance Orchard, Black Soil *4)

[Home Description]

After reading the Home Description, Lin En looked up. As expected, only the wooden house remained. The Small Demonic Fragrance Orchard had disappeared.

According to the Home Description, Lin En opened the Home Space. A page popped up, showing a large area of wasteland with the Small Demonic Fragrance Orchard and Black Soil within it.

Following the Home Description, he placed the Small Demonic Fragrance Orchard in a corner and moved the Black Soil over. After finishing, Lin En stroked his chin and said, "It's like a web game."

That's right, he still had a Special Home Blueprint he hadn't used yet. After taking it out of his backpack, he directly clicked to use it.

Huh? Lin En looked around, but nothing seemed to have changed. After opening the Home page, he found that the page had changed again.

Level 2 Special Home ▪ Monster Home

Wooden House (Manifested)

Home Space (Small Demonic Fragrance Orchard, Black Soil *4)

Monster Space (Monster Nest, Monster Plaza)

Home Special Effects: Evolution, Mutation

There were so many changes. Lin En clicked and found that he could view the details.

Name: Small Demonic Fragrance Orchard

Category: Crops

Effect: Demonic Fragrance Fruit

(The Demonic Fragrance Fruit grown by the Demonic Fragrance Fruit Tree is one of the favorite foods of monsters.)

Name: Monster Nest

Category: Special Building

Effect: Hatches Monster Eggs

Special Effect: Reduces Hatching Time, Increases Aptitude

(A nest for hatching Monster Eggs with many special effects.)

Name: Monster Plaza

Category: Special Building

Effect: Monsters occasionally linger

Special Effect: Increases Monster Lingering Time, Increases the Chance of Monsters Leaving Monster Eggs

Name: Evolution

Category: Special Ability

Effect: Monster Evolution

(Each monster can only evolve once.)

Name: Mutation

Category: Special Ability

Effect: Monster Mutation

(Each monster can only mutate once.)

After reading, Lin En exclaimed, "Oh, oh, oh, oh!"

The Special Home was too strong! No wonder it was unique. He wondered how many Special Homes there were. He wondered if he could use other Special Homes again.

Looking at the two doors in front of him, one leading to the Home Space and the other to the Monster Space, Lin En, who was about to go to the Monster Space, suddenly remembered that he hadn't harvested the Demonic Fragrance Fruit yet. He hadn't forgotten the fragrance when he first arrived in this cave.

Thinking of this, Lin En pushed open the door to the Home Space and walked in. As soon as he entered, he walked towards the corner. Soon, he arrived at the edge of the Demonic Fragrance Orchard. Looking at the red fruits, he began to harvest them without a second thought.

Each fruit tree had about five or six Demonic Fragrance Fruits. There were ten rows of ten trees each, a total of one hundred trees. It took Lin En half an hour to harvest them all.

Demonic Fragrance Fruit *643. After harvesting, the fruit trees displayed a three-month countdown. It seemed that they matured every three months.

Name: Demonic Fragrance Fruit (Rare)

Category: Fruit

Effect: Increases one stat point

(Monsters gain stats after eating them, with varying limits for each monster. Of course, you can also eat it. It tastes good.)

凸(艹皿艹), Lin En hadn't had time to be happy when he saw the description below. What the hell.

Not wanting to think about this heartbreaking matter, Lin En looked at the Black Soil on the side and planted the strawberry seeds he had just obtained on the Black Soil. The four plots of Black Soil could only plant four seeds, even though each plot of Black Soil was one cubic meter.

After looking at his Monster Space, he returned to the wooden house. Lin En put the Demonic Fragrance Fruit and some materials he had just harvested into the Misty Treasure Chest, and his backpack immediately freed up 28 slots.