In the game, some versions of mushrooms cannot be eaten directly. They must be cooked into mushroom stew on a crafting table to become food.
But in the Cube Civilization, this wasn't an issue; mushrooms can be eaten directly.
It's just that the saturation they provide is extremely limited, restoring one segment per mushroom.
And it must be the brown mushrooms, which represent non-toxicity. Red mushrooms, if eaten without cooking, won't increase saturation but will cause poison and health loss.
Casually eating two mushrooms to fill his stomach, Sam chang sat on a mushroom block.
The rules told him he must upgrade his block. He knew clearly in his heart that he had to strengthen himself to resist the monsters at night.
But the island's resources truly left him willing but powerless.
There were only mushrooms. Even the blocks turned into mushrooms after being broken. There was no way to pillar out.
This led to Sam chang being unable to do anything but sit down and rest.
Regarding this, he appeared very calm.
The civilization was certainly dangerous, but it couldn't be a complete dead end. It would surely give them a sliver of hope.
Before that chance arrived, he just needed to conserve his energy!
Sam chang wasn't the only one with this idea.
The majority of the other contestants had suffered similar setbacks before and now chose to stay put.
Pumpkin House.
"Come on, Jett, let's turn these pumpkins into pumpkin pie!"
Being the first to choose allowed Mark to pick the island with the richest resources.
Not only did it have pumpkins, chickens, and sugarcane—the materials needed to make pumpkin pie—it also had cobblestone, lava, a water source, and many other items.
Just need an egg, a pumpkin, and add the sugar broken down from sugarcane, and a pumpkin pie is made.
"Thank God!"
The sweet taste exploded in his mouth. Jett was very glad he knew how to make pumpkin pie and sugar.
After filling their stomachs, they ran into the same problem as Sam chang.
No crafting table, no way to continue developing.
"I believe the monsters at night are the first real test. We should conserve our stamina and food for now!"
A large-scale civilization couldn't be this simple. Jett made a veteran player's judgment.
Although pumpkin pie was delicious, sugarcane and eggs were relatively rare. To get more food in a short time, they needed another way.
So Jett turned his gaze to the chickens on the island.
Thanks to the block properties, the animals here had no gender. Only two were needed to breed infinitely.
There were five in total. Jett killed three of them, obtaining feathers and raw chicken meat from their bodies.
"Chickens are very precious creatures. Their feathers can be used to make arrows."
Putting away the feathers, he looked at the furnace that came with the dirt house.
Cooked meat often provided more saturation than raw meat, and the furnace was an item that could cook food.
"We need fuel to start a fire. Do we have any wood or coal on our island?"
Sweeping his gaze around, Mark's eyes lit up.
There was no coal, but next to the dirt house was the island's only half-tree!
Trading useless wood for edible chicken meat—a huge win!
Without a second thought, Mark went over, broke it, and put it in the furnace. A faint warmth radiated from the furnace.
Soon, the log was consumed, and three pieces of cooked chicken were in hand.
"It would be even better if we had a crafting table, but even so, our progress is still far ahead of the others!"
He looked at the block score. Below it was a line of small text.
[Current Block Comprehensive Score: 3 (Micro-Block)]
[Player Ranking: 1]
Among all contestants, the highest initial score and the highest rank!
Mark was extremely happy.
On the first day on the island, with a full saturation bar, he still had three pieces of cooked chicken and four pumpkin pies in his inventory!
Who else could achieve this!
They just needed to wait for nightfall, and they could easily crush the zombie monsters.
This... this was the intimidating presence of veteran players!
Outside the game, the Liberty Nation audience went wild.
"Looks like the champion will be ours again this time!"
"Trading wood for chicken, that's a massive profit!"
"A block score of three on the first day! Who can match that? Who can compete!"
"Liberty Nation, invincible forever!"
"God bless you, Mark, Jett, let's go!"
This was a large-scale civilization. The rewards were bound to be incomparably bountiful.
The current situation was looking up. Once they won the championship, Liberty Nation's strength would take a great leap forward!
Unlike the situation in Liberty Nation, the Jiuzhou side seemed incredibly dejected.
"Liberty Nation already has three points?"
"It's only the first day! They must be cheating!"
"Stockpiling so much food, they really are among the strongest contestants right now."
"Is Jett serious? The night is the real test?"
"The monster difficulty in a large-scale civilization... I don't dare to imagine!"
The screen was connected to various devices, allowing the audience to check on the contestants from each country at any time.
Jett's speculation was quickly heard by everyone.
At the Jiuzhou Research Institute, researchers reported their findings one by one.
"Director, after research, we believe the Liberty Nation contestant's judgment is highly likely."
"Nighttime is the first test of the civilization!"
Looking at the screen, Director kay sighed.
With the difficulty increased, the monsters would definitely be stronger.
In such a narrow space as a skyblock, it would be extremely difficult to fight!
"Director kay, regardless of whether monsters descend, I will fight to the last moment!"
Fries stood ready, looking at the screen intently.
He really hoped Lexon could survive, but given the current situation...
They had to be prepared for the worst!
Skyblock.
The saplings were planted evenly around the skyblock.
Lexon stood at the edge, observing his surroundings.
Besides Sam chang's Mushroom Island, there were many other empty islands outside.
Because the distance was too great, he couldn't tell for now if there were players or what resources existed.
The most important thing in the early game was development.
Especially with competitors present, he couldn't just lie flat and do nothing.
Taking out the lava and ice, Lexon decided to make the most important thing for early-game skyblock survival.
First, he used wooden planks to craft a stair, then dug out eight dirt blocks.
He marked out a suitable spot on the ground, first placing the lava inside, sectioned off with dirt.
Then he placed the stair to the left and broke the ice block into water.
In the distance, Sam chang noticed Lexon's actions.
Sitting on a block, his face showed disdain.
"Food is already scarce, and instead of resting, he's actually wasting stamina?"
"Idiot behavior!"
Without stamina, how could he possibly survive the night!
"Although one bucket of water isn't much, it can be used for many things. Wasting it just like that?"
"Fool! I have no idea what he's doing!"
"A wooden stair? He seems to know a few things. He doesn't think that can block lava, does he?"
"Could it be that he doesn't want to live anymore and is jumping into the lava to commit suicide?"
"When the lava overflows, let's see how he survives!"
Following Sam chang's perspective, countless mocking voices appeared.
From the perspective of all the other contestants, everyone was resting and recuperating. Only Lexon was busy.
In their eyes, it was utterly foolish!
"Why would he put lava on the island?"
Director kay frowned, equally confused.
Searing lava would destroy everything. Touching it would instantly take a player's life.
This resource, after research by the experts, was found to have no value at all, only serving to increase the game's difficulty.
Lexon's move could be said to be suicidal!
"That's not right!"
Fries was the first to notice something was wrong, pointing at the screen and exclaiming.
"It's stone!"