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Chapter 20 Building Card - Blacksmith Shop

Chen Haoqing counted the cards he currently had.

There are a total of 38 white cards and 3 blue cards, all of which are resource cards.

The cards include 8 water cards, 12 meat cards, 12 salt cards, 3 iron cards, and 3 rice cards.

[One-Star Supply Card (White) - 5 catties Rice: Edible]

[One-Star Supply Card (White) - 5 Jin of Iron: Can be used to forge weapons]

There are 3 blue cards: an iron card, a coal card, and a pot card.

Chen Hao planned to discard the pot and use it as a large cooking pot.

The other two blue cards, which are not currently needed, were kept by Chen Hao.

"Convert 10 white one-star meat cards and 10 one-star salt cards."

Chen Hao silently recited to himself.

Instantly, two orbs of light appeared inside his body, constantly changing color.

Finally, at the same time, stop the change.

When Chen Hao saw the two cards that had been transformed, his eyes widened in surprise.

"Withdrawal completed."

He was excited, and couldn't help but smile.

Good, this time the two cards were converted, one blue card and one gold card.

Chen Hao took a deep breath. He didn't look at the gold card first, but instead looked at the information on the blue card.

[One-Star Equipment Card (Blue) - Wild Boar Hide Lower Bodysuit (Set 1/3): Made of tough wild boar hide, it offers excellent protection and has a passive damage reduction effect, capable of negating one-tenth of attack damage.]

It was another set of clothes, which made Chen Hao very happy.

"Now, we only need one more piece to complete the set."

Then, Chen Hao looked at the gold card.

[One-Star Building Card (Gold) - Blacksmith: Select a 2×2m area, place it, and put in iron blocks and wood to automatically craft five types of standard weapons: knives, spears, swords, clubs, and axes.]

"This," Chen Hao's pupils contracted slightly.

He hadn't expected that such a card existed.

"Building card, as expected of a gold card, it's indeed powerful."

After the initial shock came joy.

With this blacksmith shop, he could arm more people, and he could also exchange the extra weapons for cards with other people.

It's important to know that the drop rate of equipment cards is significantly lower than that of resource cards.

Many people, although they have started hunting, are not very efficient because they do not have a suitable weapon.

However, weapons were scarce. Even in Chen Hao's team of eight, some members were still unarmed, let alone the others.

Chen Hao was eager to see the blacksmith's work.

Now, he has iron blocks, but lacks wood.

"I don't know, does wood cut down in the forest count?"

Chen Hao looked out at the forest.

"Zhao Long, I have something to do. You keep an eye on things here."

"clear."

Zhao Long nodded in agreement.

Chen Hao then got up and walked outside.

On the way, people who knew him couldn't help but change their expressions slightly and give way to him.

Chen Hao successfully arrived at a large tree that was more than ten meters tall.

Compared to the surrounding trees that are twenty or thirty meters tall, this tree is considered short.

However, there are also tree trunks as thick as washbasins.

The lower branches all showed signs of being broken off, clearly indicating that they had been taken away for firewood.

Chen Hao gripped the [Fang Blade] with both hands and slashed fiercely at the tree.

One slash, two slashes, three slashes—Chen Hao subconsciously used the power-generating technique of the [Fierce Wolf Three Slashes].

With three strokes, the tree trunk, as thick as a washbasin, was cleaved in two.

As the tree fell, Chen Hao reached out and braced it, slowly letting the trunk fall so as not to injure anyone.

Then, he quickly trimmed the tree crown with a knife, leaving the entire tree as a bare trunk.

Then the tree trunk was divided into four sections so it would be easier to carry upstairs.

"Liu Wei, come here for a moment."

Chen Hao called out to Liu Wei, who was not far away.

"Brother Chen."

Liu Wei rushed over immediately.

"Gather up those branches on the ground, then go inside and call a few people to help me carry these tree trunks upstairs."

"Okay, Brother Chen."

Soon, Liu Wei arrived with a group of people. Under Chen Hao's command, the two of them carried a log and followed Chen Hao upstairs.

Upon arriving at his destination, Chen Hao knocked on the door: "It's me, Chen Hao."

Upon hearing the noise, the people inside immediately moved the table blocking the door and let Chen Hao in.

Chen Hao greeted them and had someone place the wood in the corner.

Then, Chen Hao took out the gold card and had someone clear out a 2×2m area.

After cleaning up, Chen Hao used the building card on that area.

Then, a miraculous scene unfolded.

The gold card transformed into a ball of golden particles and landed in that empty area, where a building rose from the ground.

The golden light dissipated, revealing a somewhat shabby blacksmith shop.

Seeing this, Chen Hao was somewhat prepared and not so surprised.

The shock of witnessing such a miraculous scene when no one else was prepared can be imagined.

"What... what is this?"

"I'm not seeing things, am I? A building just sprang up."

"Brother Chen, what's going on? Do you know magic?"

Everyone turned to look at Chen Hao.

Chen Hao could only explain, "This is a special card; a building will appear after it is used."

"This place in front of you is called a blacksmith shop. After you put in iron blocks and wood, it can continuously produce weapons."

"From now on, every one of you will have a weapon."

"Really, that's great! We can finally have our own weapon."

Everyone was overjoyed upon hearing this.

"Brother Chen, you're amazing! You actually managed to get your hands on a card like that."

"Some people sighed."

"But how do you use this thing?"

Someone asked in confusion.

"It's very simple."

Then, Chen Hao took out a blue card, extracted an iron block from it, and put it into a hole in front of the blacksmith's shop.

Then, he had someone bring over a three-meter-long tree trunk and slowly stuffed it into his mouth.

After completing these steps, a virtual screen appeared in front of Chen Hao.

Iron: 20 units

Timber: 52 units

Crafting a standard longsword requires 5 units of iron, 2 units of wood, and takes 2 hours.

Crafting a standard longsword requires 6 units of iron, 2 units of wood, and takes 2 hours.

To craft a standard-issue spear, you need 2 units of iron and 10 units of wood, and it takes 3 hours.

Crafting a standard long pole (wood) requires 15 units of wood and takes 2 hours.

To forge a standard long pole (iron), 20 units of iron are required, and it takes 3 hours.

To forge a standard axe, you need 10 units of iron and 10 units of wood, and it takes 2 hours.

Is iron measured in kilograms (斤)?

Chen Hao immediately noticed this.

As for the timber, such a long log must weigh more than 52 jin (21 catties), more like 52 kilograms.

"I still have three white metal cards."

So Chen Hao merged the three iron cards into one blue iron card, which gave him an extra 5 jin of iron.

Thus, the unit for iron became 40, and the unit for wood became 210.

Chen Hao threw the remaining tree trunks in.

After completing this task, Chen Hao began having the blacksmith shop manufacture weapons.

"Make me four longswords, one axe, three spears, and ten clubs."

It used 40 units of iron and 188 units of wood directly.

As soon as Chen Hao finished speaking, the sound of hammering metal came from the blacksmith's shop.

Then there's a countdown timer, showing the completion time.

Above the long sword pattern is an 8-hour countdown.

And so on.

"Can you see the countdown timer on the blacksmith's shop?"

Chen Hao pulled someone over and asked.

The man glanced at the blacksmith shop and then shook his head.

Chen Hao nodded thoughtfully.

"It seems that only I can use this thing."