However, as a Basic Blueprint, it certainly wouldn't be overly complex. While having basic functionality, it also needs to leave room for subsequent upgrade Blueprints.
Water storage and water supply. The former requires a container, which Chuck already had, in various types.
So, the key to unlocking the Blueprint might be the material or tool needed for the water supply component…
Water pipe?
No…
Chuck's expression froze, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
Water valve!
The key to water supply is nothing more than the valve component that controls the flow, stopping, starting, and regulating the volume of water.
The faucet found in every household in his previous world was the perfect example. A simple twist or lift could easily control the flow switch, volume, and even temperature.
But currently, he was on a deserted island, so a complicated, delicate valve was out of the question for now. And since it was a Basic Blueprint, it probably didn't need to be that complex.
Therefore, what he needed to figure out how to make next was a simple, practical water valve structure, preferably one synthesized via a Workbench recipe.
As for the material… considering the need to potentially withstand changes in hot and cold water temperatures, and the fact that the furnace hadn't been upgraded to smelt metal yet, wood seemed to be the only answer again.
Thinking this, Chuck looked up and let out a long breath.
As always, the Workbench's function never seemed to be explicit. He had to grasp the key points through step-by-step exploration.
Fortunately, the mental boost from the Blue Potions had greatly improved his logical thinking ability.
Pondering, Chuck went to the storage room of the wooden cabin. Among the branches piled in the corner for fuel, he found a rather thick mahogany branch, about five centimeters in diameter, almost like the main trunk of a shrub.
This was a branch trimmed from the mahogany trunk he brought back when upgrading the cabin. It was more fire-resistant than ordinary branches, so it was piled in the storage room to be used as fuel for the kiln later.
But now, it was perfect for the task.
He chopped the branch into small segments and put them into the Workbench. Chuck, as always, handed the ball to his trusty assistant, the synthesis prompt.
[Synthesis Prompt: Hardwood Branch added to the Workbench. This wooden material is small in volume and high in density. It can be paired with a Carving Tool and a Chiseling Tool to create delicate wooden structures or artistic carvings.]
Interesting.
A smile appeared on Chuck's face as he looked at the prompt.
According to the Workbench's hint, a Carving Tool would be a tool that can cut and shave, such as a bone knife or a flint knife. Since it's for cutting wood, there's little need for hardness. Similarly, a Chiseling Tool is the wedge tool Chuck has used multiple times.
He had always put whole logs and branches into the Workbench. It seemed he had indeed overlooked that wood was also suitable for making small items.
He threw all the required tools into it, and a new screen appeared.
[Workbench contents: Hardwood Branch x3, Carving Tool (Bone Knife), Chiseling Tool (Flint Wedge). Workbench triggers multiple recipes!]
[Hardwood Teacup: Hardwood Branch x1, Crafting Time: 10 minutes]
[Hardwood Utensil Set: Hardwood Branch x1, Crafting Time: 10 minutes]
[Hardwood Sculpture Blank (Small): Hardwood Branch x1, Crafting Time: 10 minutes]
As expected, the combination of material + tool triggered multiple recipes again, and the selection was quite rich this time.
Chuck scanned through them. Not bad, a utensil set and teacups seemed quite worthwhile to craft.
However, he didn't forget his main goal. He scrolled down the recipes, suddenly raised an eyebrow, and a surge of ecstasy appeared on his face.
Found it!
[Hardwood Rotating Ball Valve: Hardwood Branch x2, Crafting Time: 30 minutes]
Rotating Ball Valve… Although it was hard to determine the structure and function just from the text, since it included "Valve," it must be what he was looking for.
Synthesize it first!
Thirty minutes later, the fine rain that had been falling all day finally slowly stopped.
After dinner, Chuck, burping contentedly, slowly walked out of the wooden cabin and opened the Workbench panel.
[Synthesis complete! You have obtained: Hardwood Rotating Ball Valve x1]
[Hardwood Rotating Ball Valve: A simple water valve device utilizing a spherical core cut from a hardwood branch. By drilling a hole in the sphere and mounting it inside the valve body, water flow can be easily turned on and off by rotating it.]
Chuck took out the synthesized Hardwood Ball Valve and examined it in his hand for a moment. His expression grew increasingly shocked.
Although the item wasn't large, the structure was incredibly ingenious. The ported sphere could be rotated simply by the attached wooden rod, easily switching the valve body between flow-through and closed states.
It was truly a masterpiece of craftsmanship…
Chuck was once again stunned by the skill of the "master craftsman" behind the Workbench light sphere.
And just as Chuck had predicted, the moment he successfully obtained the valve structure, a brand-new screen indeed lit up in the Blueprint interface of the Workbench!
[Congratulations! You have successfully synthesized the first valve component using the Workbench! New Basic Blueprint unlocked!]
[Blueprint Name: Basic Water Tower Type: Tier 2 Basic Blueprint Description: Utilizes hardwood and mortar to build a sturdy elevated support platform. Topped with a large-capacity water storage container and equipped with a simple valve structure, it enables controllable water output and stable pressure, forming a basic gravity-fed water supply facility. Materials Required: Hardwood x10, Lime Mortar x10, Chiseling Tool, Large Capacity Water Container x1, Simple Valve Structure x1]
Here it is!
The moment the new Basic Blueprint unlocked exactly as he had expected, Chuck felt a surge of intense excitement and self-satisfaction. He wanted nothing more than to flaunt his superior intellect to the women around him.
But after calming down, he decided against it and carefully reviewed the new water supply Basic Blueprint.
The Water Tower was indeed a very practical method of water supply, utilizing gravity to convert potential energy into flow—another ancestor-approved method.
However, although the blueprint was unlocked, this blueprint was already Tier 2 right from the start, and the required materials were not a small number. It would likely take a considerable amount of time for everything—from chopping and transporting hardwood to firing lime and mixing mortar.
Chuck also didn't forget that his current main goal was still the gathering of ore, smelting metal, and excavating an artificial cave. After all, no one knew when this deserted island might experience more extreme heat.
Thinking this, Chuck couldn't help but sigh with a smile.
There is always something to do, and always a goal waiting to be achieved.
This is true deserted island survival.
As night approached, Kanae, who had been pretending to sleep on the bed the entire day, finally started to find time dragging endlessly.
Her fever from the morning had completely subsided. The swelling and bruising on her leg had largely disappeared, the bite wound was scabbed over, and the risk of tetanus and rabies infection was entirely gone.
Although she still couldn't move normally, her recovery to this extent in just half a day was quite surprising, even to Chuck, who had anticipated the potion's effect.
Climbing out of the wooden bed, Kanae first offered sincere thanks to Chuck and the three women who had wholeheartedly cared for her all day.
Although Julia and Gu Yitong couldn't fully understand her Japanese, just seeing her expression and tone was enough to convey her sincerity, and their fondness for the Japanese high school girl grew even more.
Consequently, the atmosphere inside the wooden cabin was quite harmonious for a while.
But soon, as night fell…
Things started to feel wrong.
Kanae, who had been alternating between feigning and genuine sleep all day, simply couldn't pretend to lie down anymore. But the scene she had personally witnessed during the day made her feel a little dazed.
When the blonde foreign sister smiled and came to the bedside, checking her leg injury by the firelight and occasionally making her laugh…
Even if Kanae didn't want to, the image of the blonde, disheveled figure lying on the wooden table with her white legs spread, covered in white foam, eyes rolled back, and tongue lolling out, kept flashing before her eyes, merging with the image of this cheerful and passionate older sister.
And when the gentle, dignified, beautiful aunt in a floral dress personally brought her dinner and hot water, testing her forehead temperature with the back of her hand and gently patting her shoulder with a smile…
Even if Kanae also didn't want to, the image of the figure kneeling on all fours at the other end of the bed, her fleshy hips thrust high in a humiliating pose, hands and feet bound, neck collared, and her face contorted into that of a pig by the pressure against the bed board, also flashed before her eyes, merging with the image of the gentle aunt caring for her.
And the girl close to her own age… although her Japanese was clumsy and her personality seemed very introverted, she still proactively came to talk to her, her words and demeanor full of concern.
But Kanae still couldn't control it. She kept recalling the image of the little girl's body being forcefully conquered by Chuck, her expression vacant, and her delicate frame trembling wildly.
And when she saw Chuck…
Her previously unperturbed state of mind had completely vanished.
Whether Chuck reached out to touch her, spoke to her, or even just glanced at her from across the room, her heart would pound wildly.
The thing she had seen earlier, drooping and swaying between his muscular thighs, was like a tentacle deeply implanted in her mind, relentlessly dominating her thoughts.
It was really big…
Why was it so big?
I want to feel its warmth.
I want to know its texture.
And I even want to… feel its taste.
But every time such a thought appeared, it would soon be forcefully suppressed by her reason, plunging her into intense self-doubt.
My mind is acting so strangely…
Why is this happening?
The repeated, intense contrast and sense of cognitive dissonance tormented Kanae's heart.
And the back-and-forth struggle in her mind finally made her completely lose the ability to think with what happened next before her eyes.
"Master… please, please take the milk."
Inside the wooden cabin, the firelight flickered. On the floor by the bed, various clothes and lace were scattered everywhere.
Gu Yitong, with a faint red handprint on her cheek, was sitting on her own red, mature feet, her voluptuous knees pressed together. Her breathing was rapid, her eyes had turned into heart shapes, and she was slightly trembling as she lifted her breasts, which were once again engorged, her body leaning forward slightly.
Chuck, who was leisurely lying between her warm knees, turned his head languidly and instantly bit onto the blushing red date. His tongue expertly sucked and flicked. The shy flower bud popped out again with a pop in his mouth, accompanied by a stream of warm, sweet liquid bursting between his lips and teeth.
"Eeh, woo, woo, woo…"
This instantly caused the mature mother to roll her eyes back and her delicate shoulders to tremble. The toes of her beautiful feet, crushed under her hips, curled tightly, and she let out an embarrassing whimper.
Chuck comfortably enjoyed the highly nutritious and flavorful beverage. His hands reached down. One gently rested on a gradually moving golden head, and the other intertwined with the small, soft hand reaching out to him.
"Slurp—"
Julia, who was concentrating on tasting the popsicle, looked up at Chuck when her head was stroked. A hint of joy and provocation appeared in her blue pupils. She then bent her head and poked out her wet, soft tongue, slowly and gently tracing from the base of the popsicle to the tip, giving the swollen, throbbing head a gentle kiss.
"Smooch~"
She then reopened her steaming, warm mouth and began to suck rhythmically and quickly.
"Ooh…"
Beneath her, lying next to Julia, parallel in Chuck's lap, was Gu Mòmo, personally brought in by the foreign bombshell to assist. The girl was currently looking up with her wide, watery eyes, her small face flushed red as she observed and learned Julia's oral technique, while using her soft, cherry-like mouth to hesitantly lick the two golden eggs beneath the popsicle.
Because they had already gone through a large-scale battle with fluid splashing everywhere in the afternoon, neither the three women nor Chuck had the energy for another round this evening.
But a short night is precious, and they couldn't just sleep. Thus, while Chuck was engaging in intimate moments with them, it had unknowingly developed into the current scene.
The heavy weight and extremely soft touch on her cheeks, the rich feminine fragrance lingering on her lips and teeth, and the two gorgeous faces and dual stimulation pressing against his groin below, with one large and one small pair of feet curled up and swaying slightly in the air…
In this moment, the three women were pressed tightly around Chuck as the center, each having their own task. Only Chuck was in this treatment that could only be described as ecstasy, almost ascending to heaven.
And now, the only person in the wooden cabin who was outside this scene was Kanae, lying flat on the other side of the communal bed, her face flushed and her eyes vacant.
Her body was completely stiff. She wanted to escape this space but couldn't due to her injury. She wanted to pretend to ignore it, but she had already been exposed.
In the end, all she could do was stare blankly, and in the midst of her wildly pounding heart and intense heat, she doubted her life again and again.
And also doubted herself.
After an unknown amount of time, accompanied by a whimper and a glug-glug swallowing sound, Kanae saw the blonde foreign sister slowly pull the formidable thing, covered in sticky moisture, out of her throat, her eyes slightly tearful.
Her lips were smeared with white yogurt and black hair, and a few strands of clear, sticky fluid slowly seeped out from beneath her delicate nose. Her blue eyes were bloodshot, and her long eyelashes fluttered as she cast a meaningful gaze towards Kanae.
At that moment, Kanae's eyes met those of the golden-haired sister, who was nothing short of a seductive whore.
The latter, while performing post-coital cleaning for Chuck with her lips and tongue, reached out her hand to Kanae, gently curling her pale, slender fingers in a beckoning gesture.
Even though she hadn't spoken a single word, Kanae understood perfectly what the other woman meant.
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