Lin Bei looked content and utterly refreshed.
The feeling of enhanced strength intoxicated him.
However, his expression quickly changed, twisting as if he had drunk bitter melon juice.
"Notification: Your level has increased to Level 30!"
"Notification: You triggered a hundred-fold Critical Hit! Your Combat Power has increased by 1000 points!"
Boom—!!!
Inside Lin Bei's body, it was as if a furnace had exploded, and surging vital energy instantly filled his entire body, making him red and feverish all over.
"Holy crap, a hundred-fold Critical Hit!"
Lin Bei exclaimed, instinctively grabbing Nilu, who was sound asleep, and after shouting "Help!" his mind went blank, and he fell into a coma.
When he woke up again, it was already late morning the next day.
Outside the window, dark clouds covered the sky.
Lin Bei shook his somewhat throbbing head and laboriously climbed out of bed.
He opened his attribute panel.
His level showed 30, and his Combat Power showed 2605 points!
"Phew—thank goodness I reacted in time yesterday, otherwise, I probably wouldn't have woken up for a while."
Lin Bei glanced at Nilu, who was leaning beside him, sound asleep, feeling a little apologetic.
He opened his Survival Bracelet to check the notification list.
There were several unread notifications in the list.
He clicked on them directly, and the notification messages immediately appeared before his eyes.
"Notification: Your island resource points have refreshed, please check them promptly."
"Notification: Yesterday's Survival Rating—Perfect, you received 10,000 experience rewards! Synthesis Scroll (Perfect) ×1!"
"Notification: You triggered a ten-fold Critical Hit effect! You gained 100,000 experience! Synthesis Scroll (Perfect) ×10!"
"Notification: Please claim yesterday's dungeon reward promptly to avoid its expiration!"
"Notification: Braves Shop items have refreshed, please check them promptly."
"Notification: The Manor Villa weather warning system has detected an approaching Thunderstorm! Countdown: 1 hour 57 minutes 38 seconds."
"Notification: Your AI Robot has been completed! Please activate it promptly!"
"Notification: The Villa Garden is idle, please sow crops promptly!"
"Notification:..."
Lin Bei looked at the long string of notifications, unable to recover for a moment.
After a long while, he suddenly snapped back to reality, his face a mix of surprise and joy.
"I actually got ten Perfect-quality Synthesis Scrolls! Isn't that too lucky?"
"But what's with the weather warning? Isn't it the Hot Season now? According to Stinky Treasure, the Hot Season only means a sharp rise in temperature, and there shouldn't be any other disastrous weather, right?"
"But what's with the Thunderstorm in the weather warning? And..."
Lin Bei looked out the bright floor-to-ceiling window at the sky, which was overcast with dark clouds, giving him a sense of black clouds pressing down on the city.
"Damn it, could it be that some god saw me living too comfortably and specifically wanted to give me some challenge?"
Lin Bei's mouth twitched slightly, and he felt a sudden sense of foreboding.
So, he quickly opened the Manor Villa's Smart Housekeeper System and asked it to give a risk assessment for this Thunderstorm.
Soon, he let out a long breath.
The system showed that the danger level of this Thunderstorm to the villa was 0, meaning that as long as he was within the Manor Villa area, he didn't have to worry about any danger.
However, the resource points and supply treasure chests outside the manor might not be so lucky.
Therefore, he quickly got up and rushed out of the manor.
With less than two hours until the Thunderstorm, he had to hurry and sweep through the island's supplies.
Otherwise, even if he wouldn't be in any danger, the supplies that refreshed on his island today would be completely destroyed once the Thunderstorm descended!
He had to race against time!
Around the island, indeed many resource points had refreshed. Lin Bei didn't care what they were, he just pushed through, collecting all resources into his kun bag.
Afterward, he ran to the coast, collected all the supply treasure chests, and also took back the Master-Level Fishing Rod to avoid any accidents when the Thunderstorm arrived.
After doing all this, less than half an hour remained.
The air around him had become oppressive, the sea breeze was humid, and in the distance, the sky was covered with thunderclouds.
This was merely the brief calm before the storm.
Lin Bei quickly went to the dungeon entrance and found Big Hei, whose expression was not very calm.
"Kid, didn't you say it was the Hot Season now? Why do I feel like the surrounding air changes seem to indicate the Storm Season has begun? What exactly are you..."
"Stop talking nonsense, quickly give me yesterday's dungeon reward! The Thunderstorm is about to descend! I don't have time to argue with you here!"
Lin Bei directly interrupted him and urged him quickly.
"What? Thunderstorm?! Holy crap, isn't that an extreme weather phenomenon that only appears in the last few days of the Storm Season? What exactly is going on with you?"
Big Hei was stunned by the news.
He looked at Lin Bei with an incredulous expression, his gray eyes wide.
"How the hell would I know? Yesterday, I just built a Perfect-grade villa on a whim, who would have thought I'd encounter this situation the moment I opened my eyes today?"
"Speaking of which, didn't you say there were no storms in the Hot Season? Is that statement even reliable?"
Lin Bei frowned, his face looking distressed.
"Holy crap? A Perfect-grade villa? No, bro, you... could it be that the island tremor yesterday wasn't you expanding the island, but you building a villa?"
Big Hei looked bewildered, his tone filled with disbelief.
"Isn't that obvious?"
"Hurry up, give me the reward. I still need to go shopping at the Braves Shop. God knows how long this Thunderstorm will last, I need to prepare in advance."
Lin Bei didn't bother to continue talking to Big Hei and urged him again.
"Here... here you go! But can we make a deal? Later, can I hide from the Thunderstorm in your villa?"
"Don't worry, I'll give you as many rewards as I can. It's just that I've just woken up, and this projection is still very weak, it can't withstand the baptism of the Thunderstorm."
"Please, be a good person."
Big Hei pleaded.
"Alright, but besides more rewards, the discount at your Braves Shop needs to be even greater!"
"Deal! I promise you!"
Lin Bei took advantage of the situation, and Big Hei, having no choice, gritted his teeth and agreed.
After the two reached an agreement, Big Hei didn't procrastinate. He immediately took out a dashboard, fiddled with it a few times, and then aimed a probe at Lin Bei for a scan.
The next second, a brilliant orange light descended from the sky and landed on Lin Bei.
At the same time, Lin Bei received a notification.
"Notification: Your dungeon evaluation is—Perfect! Congratulations, you have received brave badge ×5000! experience Reward 50,000 points! braves shop refresh card ×5!"
"Notification: You triggered a hundred-fold Critical Hit effect!"
"Notification: You received brave badge ×500,000! experience Reward 5,000,000 points! braves shop refresh card ×500!"
Swish!
In Lin Bei's temporary storage space in the Trading Hall, a pile of brave badges emitting a rich glow immediately appeared, and not far away, purple cards were stacked together.
Lin Bei was pleasantly surprised by these gains.
However, this was not the time to dwell on them. He directly pulled Big Hei into the Braves Shop.
Indeed, there was no figure behind the small table with candles in the wooden house.
"Hmph, you still say you're not Stinky Treasure? Now it's confirmed face-to-face, isn't it?"
"Cough cough, I..."
"Alright, less talk, I'm ready to shop."
Lin Bei pushed Stinky Treasure into the depths of the darkness, urging, "Hurry up, the Thunderstorm is coming in just over ten minutes!"
He now had 500 braves shop refresh cards, each of which could refresh the items in the shop once. He didn't believe that with so many cards, he couldn't refresh a few top-tier items!
Soon, Stinky Treasure appeared before Lin Bei, fawningly holding a tablet.
Lin Bei directly picked up the tablet and began to view the item information displayed on it.
With just one glance, his lips curled into a smile.
"I didn't expect to get good stuff right away, without even needing to refresh!"