Post-apocalyptic game: I survive at sea by scavenging for trash.

The monsters brought by the tornado are random, and each player will encounter different monsters each time. The mud monster is a hidden monster.

Throughout the day, the players' island experienced three tornadoes. Apart from the first encounter with the mud monster, Lin Zhaoyin encountered murlocs the next two times.

Lin Zhaoyin had experience dealing with murlocs, but this time the murlocs didn't appear alone; they came in pairs. The two murlocs even coordinated, making it quite difficult for Lin Zhaoyin to defeat them.

Fortunately, her maximum stamina has reached 950, so with more skill attacks, she can defeat the two fishmen.

The third tornado came at night, so compared to fighting monsters every two hours last night, today's monster-fighting work was much easier.

At the end of the day, Lin Zhaoyin felt that the biggest gain was the mud dropped by the mud monster, which allowed her to make a total of 3 portions of nutrient soil.

Lin Wanyi also obtained the silt, and after learning that her sister had a catalog that could process it, she gave it all to Lin Zhaoyin.

However, Lin Zhaoyin didn't rush to make them immediately. She decided to save them up first and make them all at once when she had a larger quantity, which would save her some time.

Chemical fertilizers are used to reduce growing time, while nutrient soil is used to increase crop yield.

Each portion of nutrient soil can increase crop yield by 10%, and a maximum of 2 portions can be used per plot of land.

Lin Zhaoyin currently owns three plots of land. Each apple tree produces 10 apples per planting. Using 2 portions of nutrient soil will increase the yield by 2 apples.

Lin Zhaoyin didn't plan to use potting soil in the watermelon patch. With four watermelon seedlings in one plot, each seedling would most likely only produce one watermelon. Given the nature of this system, there was no rounding up or down; it would simply round down to zero. Using potting soil in the watermelon patch would be a complete waste.

Potato fields are worth looking forward to; potatoes are a relatively high-yield crop. A one-square-meter plot of land can easily yield several kilograms of potatoes.

With the natural disaster still ongoing, Lin Zhaoyin plans to wait until this storm has passed before applying nutrient soil to the two plots of land, as she is genuinely worried about the potential damage to her crops.

Counting the days, the watermelons, potatoes, and the second round of apples will be ready for harvest in just a few days, and I'll soon be enjoying a bumper harvest.

Having enough water and food is the biggest advantage in this game.

Day 26 of the game calendar, thunderstorm, 12 degrees Celsius.

Lin Zhaoyin was awakened by thunder in the morning. The sky over the island was still overcast, and it wasn't raining today. The wind was still howling, and every now and then a clap of thunder would boom.

It's impossible to go out during thunderstorms; getting struck by lightning is no joke.

And it's not just people who get struck by lightning, but also shelters.

With a clap of thunder, Lin Zhaoyin heard the system notification.

The shelter has been struck by lightning. Shelter durability -1, current durability: 99

Once the shelter's durability drops to a certain level, it will break down or even collapse. No one knows when lightning might cleave a hole in the shelter.

If the lightning lasts all day, the shelter simply won't be able to withstand the damage, and the players will perish along with it.

When it comes to how to prevent lightning disasters, Lin Zhaoyin immediately thought of lightning rods, but where can she get lightning rods now?

I also searched through the system store, but there were absolutely no items that could prevent lightning strikes.

[Sis, do you have a lightning rod or something? It's lightning here, and if it strikes the shelter, it'll lose durability.]

Just as Lin Zhaoyin was about to contact her sister, she discovered that her sister had sent her a message first.

No, I haven't seen the items or blueprints. My shelter is also losing durability.

Lin Wanyi: [Sister, do you think an iron rod could be used as a lightning rod? Using metal to attract lightning, that's the principle, after all.]

Lin Zhaoyin was also considering this possibility. Everyone basically has an iron rod, but whether it would be effective is hard to say.

The main problem is that the iron rod is too short; it's not tall enough to attract the lightning.

Lin Wan-yi: [What if we took a few more sticks? If we could extend them a bit, they should be somewhat useful, right?]

The two sisters discussed it and decided to give it a try.

Lin Zhaoyin rummaged through all her iron rods and then remembered that she had gotten a 3-meter-long rod a few days ago while fighting monsters.

A length of 3 meters is already greater than the height of the shelter. But just to be on the safe side, it needs to be made a little longer.

At first, Lin Zhaoyin tried to secure it with rope, but the iron rod was too heavy to be supported by rope alone.

She also tried heating it with fire, hoping to heat one end of the iron rod until it was semi-melted and then glue the two iron rods together. However, ordinary fire was not hot enough to achieve the state Lin Zhaoyin wanted.

Lin Zhaoyin had considered using the Fire Technique, but the skill was very powerful, and she didn't dare to use it directly inside the house, in case she set the house on fire.

After rummaging through the pile of materials for a while, Lin Zhaoyin finally found her target: cement!

Cement is a building material and can certainly encapsulate metal; it is entirely feasible if done properly!

Lin Zhaoyin first placed a plastic sheet on the ground, then put the two iron rods on it, and applied a layer of cement to the joints. After the cement was semi-dry, Lin Zhaoyin slowly rotated the iron rods to fill in the parts that hadn't been cemented before.

Normal cement wouldn't dry quickly, but this is a material in a game, and time flows differently. In no time at all, the cement was completely dry.

Lin Zhaoyin tried tapping the joint, and it was still very secure.

[Wanyi, I tried using cement to fix the iron rods together, and it seems pretty sturdy.]

[Sis, I succeeded! I used the freezing skill. I covered the interface with a thin layer of ice, and it won't melt!]

Lin Zhaoyin and Lin Wanyi received the message from each other almost at the same time. It seems that there are quite a few ways to lengthen the iron rod, and it just depends on which one they can adapt to.

What's more troublesome than extending the iron rod is placing it outside.

Lightning has no eyes; no one knows where it will strike next.

Sufficient protective measures must be taken before going out. Lin Zhaoyin took out her raincoat; the plastic raincoat should be able to insulate against some of the lightning's effects. Then came gloves; she definitely couldn't hold this iron rod directly with her hands, otherwise, if lightning struck the iron rod, she would be in trouble just the same way.

【Wanyi, I'm going out to check the situation first. Wait for my message.】

It would be foolish for two people to do adventurous things together.

Lin Zhaoyin opened the door first, then used her gloved hand to grasp the cement-sealed joint, and went out with the iron rod.

She had already decided on the location: close to the shelter to better protect its safety.

Upon arriving at the target location, Lin Zhaoyin put down the iron bar, squatted down, and began digging!