Chapter 55: How to Counteract Bad Luck

[Name: Red Potion Formula]

Crafting Difficulty: ★★★

Required Ingredients: Danmu Fruit, Rong Grass, Ganhua Flower, Junzhu Bamboo Shoot, Snow Water

Note: To hone your potion-making skills, you’ll need to experiment with the proportions yourself. True knowledge comes from practice, and so does truth. Wishing you an early success on your journey to becoming a qualified potion maker!

Effect: The specific effects depend on your own abilities~

Yun Qimu’s first reaction was: There’s a conspiracy!

Her second reaction: Damn, that cheeky tone is definitely the Main Brain.

“Dumb Mu, is this useful? Can we make red potions ourselves?” Yun Xiaoyu sat across from her, tilting his little head as he looked at her.

Yun Qimu snapped back to reality and rubbed her temples, feeling a headache coming on. “It’s useful, very useful. As for making it, we don’t have the ingredients right now, so let’s put it aside for now. If you’re bored, you can collect more snow water. I’m sure it’ll come in handy later.”

“Okay.” Yun Xiaoyu straightened up as if he’d just received a big mission, his little face serious as he nodded.

Then he hopped off the stool with a bounce, clambered up onto the bench, and stretched out his small hands toward the dishes on the table.

Yun Qimu chuckled and stopped him. “Leave it for now. I’ll wash them later. Why don’t you take Dad outside to play?”

She walked over, grabbed Yun Xiaoyu by the armpits, and set him back down on the floor.

“No, I’ll wash them. I’m a man now. Mom said I should take good care of you.” Yun Xiaoyu twisted around, looking up at her with big, shiny eyes and a determined little face, refusing to compromise.

Yun Dad, not to be outdone, stood up and lined up next to Yun Xiaoyu, putting on a serious face as well. “No, Dad and Xiaoyu will wash. If we’re not good, Mom will scold us.”

Looking at this stubborn father-and-son duo, Yun Qimu felt a bit helpless but also warm inside. Her heart was full.

“In that case, I’ll make you Danmu gummies tomorrow. They’re really tasty.”

Yun Xiaoyu’s eyes lit up instantly, and he nodded so fast his little head was a blur. “Okay, I want candy!”

The little guy then energetically started directing Yun Dad to clear the dishes. The big one followed the little one, both of them happily heading to the kitchen.

Listening to the sound of running water from inside, Yun Qimu smiled, but her smile soon faded.

She sat back down, narrowed her eyes, and quickly opened the control panel. Entering the village chief’s exchange shop, she saw that, as expected, things had changed.

Aside from buildings like the small wooden house, bank, and barbershop, there were now faint black lines of text under the icons for potions and weapons.

For example, under the red potion, it said: Stock 999,990

Large Red Potion: Stock 999,992

Light Elixir: Stock 99,997

Plant Nutrient Solution: Stock 99,999,999

Each item had a different total stock, but it was clear that the numbers were decreasing.

The more Yun Qimu looked, the more her brows furrowed, until her face darkened in displeasure. “Main Brain, what’s going on?”

The Main Brain shrank back a little. Damn, she noticed so fast.

But its signature mechanical voice was as calm as ever: [This is all for your own good. There’s a saying on Earth: ‘Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.’ You need to learn to make your own potions and weapons. You can’t rely on the game’s exchange forever, right?]

Yun Qimu was irritated. “I don’t care if you want to teach people to fish, but I spent a fortune building the pharmacy workshop. If you don’t supply me, what am I supposed to sell? How am I supposed to make money? Frankly, a partner who breaks their word like this isn’t a good partner at all. You’re just asking to be ditched.”

The Main Brain, which had been bouncing excitedly like a matchstick, froze and cautiously suggested, [Maybe you could hire a potion maker to work in your shop?]

Yun Qimu gritted her teeth. “And where am I supposed to find a potion maker? Pharmacists are rare and valuable across the whole galaxy. Even if they commit crimes, they’re just imprisoned for life to make potions. There’s no way they’d end up on this exile planet. What do you want me to do, conjure one out of thin air? You’re just making things hard for me.”

[Well, it’s not… impossible.]

“Hm—” Yun Qimu narrowed her eyes, catching the hesitation in its voice.

[Anyway, the game rules aren’t changing. In the early stages, we provided finished potions and weapons out of humanitarian concern, but going forward, you’ll have to make things yourself. To build a better Earth Village and cultivate more outstanding residents, the game won’t compromise.]

Yun Qimu could hear the Main Brain’s unwavering determination and knew the rule wouldn’t change. She had no choice but to accept it.

Earning spirit coins is really not easy!

Sigh! Life is tough, meow meow sighs.

She sighed, looking at the spirit coin requirements for other shops—just thinking about it made her head spin. The only consolation was that she hadn’t spent spirit coins to build the potion workshop; she’d gotten it through “persuasion”—ahem, by trading excellent suggestions.

Maybe she could keep using her brains, unlocking other buildings through quests or proposals.

With that thought, Yun Qimu, still a bit frustrated, headed outside.

Meanwhile, the Main Brain was rolling around in excitement in the outer space for having won a round.

“Whoosh—” A golden little axe hit a snowfish that had just darted out of the snow with perfect accuracy.

This snowfish looked different from the others—not just pure, crystalline white, but tinged with gold.

Looking closer, its sparkling scales were flecked with golden ones.

“A mini-BOSS.” Yun Qimu’s eyes lit up. No wonder the powerful Pangu Axe couldn’t kill it in one hit.

Muttering to herself, she pulled an iron sword from her inventory and struck again. The snowfish was great at burrowing into the snow—if it got away, she’d probably never catch it again.

Slash, slash, slash—a flurry of smooth moves, and the snowfish mini-boss’s health bar quickly dropped to zero, dropping a silver treasure chest.

[Ding dong—Congratulations, player, you have obtained 1 Silver Treasure Chest!]

[Ding dong—Congratulations, player, you have obtained 1 Lucky Badge!]

[Ding dong—Congratulations, player, you have obtained 1 Power Ring!]

[Ding dong—Congratulations, player, you have obtained 1 pair of Waterproof Boots!]

[Ding dong—Congratulations, player, you have obtained 1 piece of Snowfish King Meat!]

[Ding dong—Congratulations, player, you have obtained 1 Card: “Nuwa Creates Humans from Clay”!]

Yun Qimu’s pupils dilated in shock—five draws in one go, and one of them was even an Esper card!!!

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