Chapter 36: Lightning Rod

[You have picked a banana tree!]

[You have harvested banana x25!]

As Bick finished picking, a total of 25 bananas appeared in front of him.

Each of these bananas was ripe and full. A rich and sweet smell wafted from them.

“My lovely vitamins!”

Bick smiled excitedly and directly peeled a banana, stuffing the gooey fruit into his mouth.

Its sweet and soft taste instantly broke through his taste buds. The satisfaction was self-evident. It was simply too delicious!

Bick ate three bananas in one go. He felt as if his stomach was already filled with bananas. Only then did he realize that Einstein was staring at him with a curious gaze.

“Why don’t you try it too?”

Einstein hesitated for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

At first, he was not interested in bananas, but Bick’s satisfied look was too exaggerated. It made Einstein wanted to taste this thing even more.

Bick handed over the peeled banana. Einstein landed on Bick’s arm and tried to peck it, instantly making an excited cry.

In the next moment, he could not care about anything else. It only took him ten seconds to finish a banana. If Bick had not stopped him, he would have even swallowed the banana skin into his stomach.

The delicious grilled sea fish suddenly lost its charm. The man and bird ate five bananas in one go. Then, they stuck out their full bellies and fell into sage time. They looked at the setting sun that was about to sink into the sea and the sea breeze blew.

Bick looked at the remaining twenty bananas on the table and a thought popped out in his heart.

“Fruits are not good for storage. Why not sell some of them!”

Thinking of this point, Bick immediately perked up.

He opened the trading interface of God’s domain slate and pondered for a moment.

Currently, most players could already fill their stomachs. However, their demand for vitamins should be even greater now.

After all, it was very easy to get scurvy if one did not eat fruits for a long time.

Hence, his bananas could definitely be exchanged for even more precious resources, such as… mechanical modules!

[Banana trades mechanical modules!]

[Remarks: Bananas are rich in vitamins and prevent scurvy. It is said that they can also prevent depression and alleviate insomnia!]

…

Bick directly listed ten similar trades and even added a note to tell other players the benefits of eating bananas.

Soon, a trade notification appeared.

[You have a successful trade and obtained mechanical module x1!]

[You have two successful transactions, you have obtained mechanical module x2!]

[You have one successful transaction, you have obtained mechanical module x1!]

In a short period of time, they had already traded four mechanical modules. As for the other six transactions, Bick felt that it might take some time, so he did not wait any longer. Instead, he directly entered the chat interface, intending to see what the players were talking about recently.

[Chat]

[The weather seems to be not too good recently. A few days ago, it rained heavily. I saw with my own eyes that the wooden raft next to me was sunk by lightning!]

[No way, it’s so terrifying!]

[There was really lightning. My wooden raft was hit, but I was lucky. The lightning only burned down my miniature farm!]

[You call this luck?]

[Everyone, look at the trade interface. Someone is trading bananas!]

[He sold ten at one go. This must be the big boss who planted the banana tree!]

[I’ve seen bananas in the lucky small wooden bucket. I can’t afford to eat them now…]

He wanted to watch the news, but he didn’t expect the topic to be diverted by the ten transactions he posted.

He frowned and his expression suddenly tensed up!

“Wait!”

“Rains, thunder…”

“And even a miniature farm?”

Bick suddenly realized a serious problem. He raised his head and looked at his large-scale farm. The large banana tree that had just contributed 25 bananas to him looked very much like a lightning rod.

If there was a rainstorm, a single bolt of lightning would be able to turn his farm into ashes!

“F*ck! Not good! I have to build a lightning rod as soon as possible!”

Bick could not continue checking the content of the chat and quickly began to build a lightning rod.

[Lightning rod: Metal wire (0/10), iron nail (5/5), metal sheet (5/5)]

“I can’t believe so many metal wires are needed!”

Bick was speechless. It took three metal sheets to make a metal wire. He checked the materials, but it was not enough to make a lightning rod.

However, metal pieces were basic materials and could be easily traded in the trading interface.

He put the remaining food of the night on the trading interface.

[Delicious roasted sea fish trades metal sheet x5!]

[Delicious roasted sea fish trades metal sheet x5!]

[Small sea fish x2 trades metal sheet x6!]

[Kelp x3 trades metal sheet x6!]

As soon as the trade was listed, Bick received a trade notification.

[You have a successful trade. You have obtained metal sheet x6!]

[You have three successful trades. You have obtained metal sheet x16!]

“Done!”

Sure enough, it was easy to trade basic materials with food. In just a short moment, he had 22 more metal plates in his inventory. He finally had enough materials to make lightning rods.

First, he made 10 metal wires and 5 iron nails. Then, he began to make lightning rods.

The lightning rods needed to be built at the highest point of the entire raft, which was the top of the mast where the flagpole situated.

With Bick’s quick movements, a lightning rod appeared at the top of the flagpole. Metal wires were pulled directly down the mast and finally connected to the place below the surface of the raft.

Bick looked at his masterpiece and heaved a sigh of relief.

“I’m finally not afraid of thunder!”

Just as he was relieved, he felt the wind on the surface of the sea became stronger. He looked up and saw a thick dark cloud in the blue night sky, slowly approaching him.

Of course, Bick knew that the dark cloud was only seemed to move slowly. But in reality, he estimated that it would only take about ten minutes for it to reach his head.

He was not afraid of thunder now, but he had no shelter!

“It seems that I have to build a wooden shed!”

Bick had seen the blueprint of the wooden shed before, but he did not rush to build it because he felt that it was not very useful.

However, he would face a huge storm in another ten minutes. If he did not want to be drenched, he had to build a wooden shed as soon as possible.

Without hesitation, Bick opened the principle interface.

[Normal wooden shed]

[Level: normal]

[Explanation: It can shelter from the wind and rain. It has a certain warmth effect, but it is not strong enough.]

Looking at such an explanation, Bick felt a little depressed. Looking at the surging wind, if he only built a normal wooden shed, it would not be able to withstand such a huge storm.