placed her hand on the mysterious gift

pe

lifted in a soft glow. Lines of item i

red: W

red: S

red: C

d: Scrap

at a better time. Upgrading the shelter had practically

ame th

: Beef St

. This

eld the few compact boxes of

ed meal with its weird, plasticky rice texture. But after two days of chewing on stale hardtack an

h, savory meat sauce... Just thin

night." Riley grinned and

ewards ke

Coarse Cott

Refined K

: Frost T

ked up earlier. As for the Frost Tokens, the system didn't offer any explanation. Riley turned the ice-blue

er," she muttered. "Or maybe tradin

peared-a piece of gear wi

neer's Wristgu

t: W

ute: St

(20% increased logging efficiency, 10% red

enough to brave the blizzard. Real power isn't ju

qu

te its rugged appearance, the inside was surprisingly soft and comfortable. The

er character st

ale baseline is 6-7. You're off

re was no sudden bulk in her muscles, but she could fee

s in her overworked arms and shoulders seemed to

ho

al punches. The air actually whi

nk showed up in front of me now..." Ril

h her haul, Riley ch

gory ate up a slot. Sure, stackable items like wood could pile up to

expand this inventory soon. Or at

-coal and scrap steel-back into the big wood

the upgraded campfire to

and she ne

fire

us: B

Wood x2 per hour (or

ng Fuel:

Riley stared at the screen, jaw

piece of wood per hour. After one single

it before upgrading-it would've counted

it fo

locked onto

to losing her mind over the past two days wasn't the cold

the little woods, and pray no one-or no thing-was watching. The sheer misery of

tag was steep. Almost as mu

one x20, scra

cked her

ne. Combined with what she'd saved from previ

e scrap

dn't waste lightly. Use it now, and it was

nd checked the upgrade requ

0, Scrap Steel x30, Coal x20

at the scre

mysterious Energy Core she'd never even heard of-c

three's a pipe dr

elter. And an actual toilet is start

rap steel just to never feel that partic

ore wood fir

ees, stockpile a little extra fuel, and put it up when the need became urgent. W

ow boots and wristguard boosting her efficiency, plus the promise o

then I'll go chop do

ks from her inventory, opened i

k and breathing in the rich aroma of beef stew slow

ife was suppose

was her first real step toward being a civili