Chapter 25: Selling the Fishbone Dagger

Lily Rhodes stopped before a lush plant that barely reached her calves, laden with green, red, and black berries.

According to her Exploration Medal, these were wild berries. The green ones were unripe and inedible. The red ones were just ripening, offering a sweet and sour taste, while the black ones were fully ripe and packed with sugar.

Lily crafted a planter box and directly transplanted the entire berry bush into it.

She had acquired the blueprint for the planter box a long time ago. Due to Shelly’s unique nature, the blueprint had felt somewhat useless for her own needs, but it made for a decent commercial product to sell.

However, she later discovered that crafting planter boxes required not only basic materials but also soil.

She wasn’t exactly short on soil—Shelly had plenty on her back—but she couldn’t bear to part with it. After all, the soil on Shelly’s back had been transformed by the Earth Spirit Pearl. Using it to make planter boxes would be a massive waste.

Thus, her plan to mass-produce planter boxes had been shelved.

Now that she was on this island, she could harvest the local soil as much as she wanted. She planned to seize this opportunity to craft more planter boxes for future emergencies.

With that thought in mind, her hands never stopped moving.

Thanks to the Potential Seed, she didn’t have to worry about overdrawing her physical strength. Every time she pushed her body to its limits, it served as a breakthrough for her physical ceiling. Right now, she felt absolutely brimming with endless energy.

Guided by the Exploration Medal, Lily quickly transplanted the mango, pineapple, jackfruit, and banana trees she had found earlier into her planter boxes.

"Phew."

Lily rested her shovel on her shoulder and wiped the sweat beading on her forehead.

Looking up, the blinding sun forced her to squint.

The morning air had been cold enough to make her shiver, but now, the sun was so blistering hot it felt like it could cause a heatstroke. She was struggling a bit in the heat. Fortunately, there weren’t as many suns in the sky as there were moons; otherwise, she’d be cooked alive by now.

After a short rest, she resumed her exploration.

So far, she had only covered half of the island. Her original plan was to explore the entire place before dark.

Although she hadn’t encountered any danger along the way, a safe day didn’t guarantee a safe night. However, checking the time, she realized she probably wouldn’t finish today. It wasn’t a big deal. If she didn’t finish today, she could simply come back tomorrow.

After exploring two-thirds of the island, Lily checked the time again. It was already three in the afternoon; the sun would set in a few hours.

A few hours seemed like plenty of time, but she had to factor in the journey back and the time needed to move her raft. Furthermore, prioritizing her own safety, she didn’t want to cut it too close to nightfall. If she ran into danger at the last minute, she’d have zero margin for error. She cherished her little life far too much for that.

Let’s not forget, the Sea Beast Frenzy wasn’t over yet.

At that thought, Lily immediately hurried back.

By the time she returned to the beach, released Shelly from her spatial storage, and steered her raft back onto Shelly’s back, the sky had already been dyed a brilliant gold by the setting sun.

A gust of cold wind swept past, stealing the last remnants of warmth. Lily hugged her arms, unable to suppress a shiver.

"The temperature difference between day and night is ridiculous."

Lily didn’t take off her Soft armor. She knew she still had a tough battle to fight tonight.

First, she went to the edge of the water to check on the two orcas.

The moment the Baby Orca saw her coming, it popped out of the sea, wagging its tail like an excited puppy as it swam over.

"Where’s your mom?" Lily asked with a smile, petting its slick head.

"Mom is resting," the Baby Orca chirped happily.

"How are her injuries?"

"Much better!" The Baby Orca nuzzled Lily’s palm. "Mom said there are bad guys out there. Is that true?"

Lily didn’t hide it. She nodded and said, "It’s true, but you don’t need to worry. I promised I would protect you both, and I always keep my word."

"I wish I could grow up right now. Then I could help you fight the bad guys, just like this!"

The Baby Orca thrashed its tail vigorously in the water. It was the exact same motion Mother Orca had used to knock out two sharks with a single slap, though its tiny size meant the power was vastly inferior.

"If you want to grow up, you have to eat more."

With that, Lily pulled out a massive chunk of shark liver.

The Baby Orca’s eyes lit up at the sight. It opened its mouth wide and devoured the meat with obvious relish.

Watching the little one eat so enthusiastically made Lily realize how hungry she was herself. She rubbed her grumbling stomach.

She had spent the entire day exploring the island, burning a massive amount of stamina. To save time, she had only eaten a quick bite for lunch. She hadn’t noticed it earlier, but now she felt hungry enough to eat a horse.

"Take your time eating. I’m going to grab my dinner."

On the way back to her shelter, she pulled out a piece of bread to tide herself over.

Once back in her small wooden cabin, Lily retrieved a tin of canned yellow peaches and set up her barbecue grill. She snacked on the peaches while roasting fish over the grill.

While waiting for the meat to cook, she opened the chat channel.

She first checked the nearby channel. Good, not a single person. Next was the regional channel. She rarely checked the world channel anymore because the messages refreshed so fast her eyes couldn’t keep up. The regional channel still had plenty of activity, but at least she could read the text clearly.

Right now, countless people in the chat were begging to buy clothes and food.

She scrolled up through the chat history and got a general idea of what had happened.

It turned out that at eight o’clock this morning, the family members of those Survivors who still had families were teleported to their sides. Scraping by alone had been hard enough. Now, with several extra mouths to feed, food supplies were instantly depleted—not to mention they still had to face the Sea Beast attacks tonight.

Seeing this, Lily retrieved all the whale and shark bones she had stored away earlier. With a mere thought, these massive bones transformed into gleaming white Fishbone Daggers. She immediately listed them on the market, pricing each dagger at five basic materials.

The Fishbone Dagger blueprint was a weapon schematic she had acquired a while ago. The required crafting materials were incredibly simple: large fish bones. Luckily, that was exactly what she had an absolute abundance of right now. Turning them into daggers was nothing but pure profit.