Chapter 194: Stranded! A New Invention!
Ling’er’s face showed realization after hearing that.
At this moment, Ganyu, who had been listening nearby, spoke up. “Ye actually chased and killed the Wolf King alone.” “Hiss—!”
The Winged Girls gasped upon hearing Ganyu’s words.
Just then, Ye Lin’s voice came from outside the carriage.
“Ming Yun, it’s enough that you know. Absolutely do not mention this matter to anyone at the Xu Shi market. Otherwise, it might attract covetous gazes, just as Grandma Nanrong said during the day.” Hearing Ye Lin’s voice, they all looked serious.
Ming Yun turned to look at the other Winged Girls. After nodding to each other, Ming Yun spoke to Ye Lin outside, “Alright, Ye. Don’t worry, we all understand.”
“Okay, get some sleep early. We need to depart early tomorrow. The sooner we reach the Xu Shi market, the better.” As soon as Ming Yun finished speaking, Ye Lin’s voice echoed again.
This time, the Winged Girls and Beast-eared Girls also fell silent, obediently lying down on the ground to sleep.
The Unicorn lay on its side on the ground. Hearing Ye Lin’s voice, its ears twitched. Without even opening its eyes, it continued to sleep.
Ye Lin leaned against the carriage. The surroundings were silent; not even the sound of insects could be heard.
With nothing else to do, Ye Lin opened the System Mall and began to explore it.
The first night passed peacefully just like this.
Ye Lin spent the entire night reviewing almost all the potions in the potion category of the System Mall.
The top-ranked potion, when consumed, granted eternal life.
However, the price of 650 points made Ye Lin hesitate.
But just as dawn was breaking.
A gentle breeze blew.
The formerly muggy air was considerably relieved by this breeze.
This brought a smile to Ye Lin’s face.
However, Ye Lin’s smile didn’t last long.
Accompanying the breeze, a thick white fog gradually rolled in, covering everything.
Seeing the fog, Ye Lin’s heart sank.
On the grassland, they could only rely on the sun to determine their direction.
Now, if a dense fog rolled in, obscuring the sun, Ye Lin and the Beast-eared Girls would be unable to move a single step.
Although Ye Lin was anxious, he was powerless against the might of nature.
In no time, the dense fog had arrived, enveloping the grassland.
Ye Lin dared not make any rash moves now.
If they departed and deviated from their course, they would need several days to make up for the lost travel time.
Furthermore, there was no telling when this fog would dissipate.
If it lasted for several days, everything would be delayed.
Even more serious was the possibility that the fog would persist for a long time without clearing.
In that case, when the water in the carriage ran out, they would be trapped and die of thirst in the fog.
Ye Lin knew that simply waiting for the fog to dissipate was not an option.
He had to find a way to rescue themselves.
As Ye Lin pondered with a frown.
The Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls woke up.
They opened the doors and windows and poked their heads out, only to be completely dumbfounded.
The dense fog reduced visibility to less than twenty meters. Seeing this, they quickly got out of the carriage.
After looking around.
They saw Ye Lin leaning against the carriage, lost in thought.
“Ye, with such thick fog, what should we do?” Shi asked Ye Lin anxiously.
Ye Lin looked up, shook his head, and said, “Let’s wait for a while. I’ll think of something.” Seeing Ye Lin’s worried expression, Shi became even more anxious.
Ming Yun and the others were also at a loss.
With such dense fog, they didn’t dare to fly.
Although they knew there was nothing around them.
If they flew now, they would lose sight of the carriage below.
It wouldn’t be easy to find their way back.
It would be very easy to deviate from their course and never find their way back unless the fog cleared.
The Unicorn was also awakened by the anxious Beast-eared Girls.
It stood up from the ground with its head lowered.
Upon opening its eyes, the Unicorn was also stunned.
“What’s going on? Am I blind?”
The Unicorn couldn’t understand why, after a nap, its surroundings had turned into a vast expanse of white.
Looking left and right, it saw Ye Lin and finally felt a sense of relief.
Meanwhile, Ye Lin frowned, deep in thought.
The Beast-eared Girls also watched Ye Lin, waiting anxiously.
Initially, Ye Lin had been thinking about ways to find a reference point to ensure they wouldn’t deviate from their direction.
However, he had come up with several ideas but rejected them all.
Finally, Ye Lin considered if he could make something.
The best option to resolve their current predicament would be a compass.
Next, Ye Lin began to recall how to make a compass.
Soon, Ye Lin remembered seeing instructions for making a simple compass online while browsing the internet years ago.
To make a compass, besides a magnet, everything else could be found around Ye Lin.
However, the magnet was the most crucial component for making a compass.
With this thought, Ye Lin opened the System Store. “System, show me magnets and lodestones.”
With a straightforward command, the system immediately filtered out magnets and lodestones, displaying them on the shelf before Ye Lin.
There were only about a dozen items in total.
Most of these items were magnets, but they were categorized into strong, medium, and weak, and then further divided into large, medium, and small sizes.
Ye Lin glanced at the item labeled “Weak Magnetic. Small.”
Seeing that it required 10,000 points, he immediately looked at the “Natural Lodestone.”
A natural lodestone would suffice for making a compass.
Ye Lin would have used the magnet if it were cheaper.
However, items produced through modern technology were always outrageously expensive.
As for natural lodestones, since they existed in nature, the system’s price was only 200 points for a small piece.
This small piece was enough to make a compass.
After spending 200 points to exchange for the natural lodestone, Ye Lin began to make the compass.
Seeing Ye Lin suddenly take action, the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls’ worried frowns relaxed.
At this moment, Ye Lin looked up and saw the Beast-eared Girls looking at him with anticipation.
Now that he had the lodestone, Ye Lin was confident he could navigate out of the fog. He smiled at the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls. “I have a way to proceed. Go get a cup of water from the carriage and bring it here.” Ye Lin said with a smile.
Hearing Ye Lin’s words, they were all overjoyed.
Shi reacted the fastest and ran towards the back of the carriage.
Ye Lin took an empty bottle that the Beast-eared Girls had used for the Talent Awakening Potion.
He placed the empty bottle on the carriage.
Holding the lodestone, he slowly approached. “Clank!”
With a crisp impact sound, the empty bottle was instantly attracted by the lodestone. Seeing this, Ye Lin laughed happily.
Ye Lin tried it himself.
He discovered that only the cap, which was made of iron, was attracted by the lodestone.
The rest of the empty bottle did not react to the lodestone.
However, this was enough.
Ye Lin had originally planned to use the small iron rings on the eyelets of his worn-out sneakers, where the shoelaces passed through.
They were already tarnished and rusty.
But they were also made of iron and could be used to make a compass.
However, now that he had better materials, he didn’t need to ruin his sneakers.
He took the axe out of his Storage Space.
He cut off the top part of the empty bottle. “Chop! Chop!”
After cutting off the top of the empty bottle, Ye Lin raised the axe and brought it down twice.
The bottle cap was chopped in half by Ye Lin, with a very fine iron wire in the middle.
This was the needle Ye Lin had specifically cut.
Ye Lin picked up the fine iron wire and began to rub it repeatedly on the lodestone.
This would magnetize the iron wire.
A moment later, Shi returned with a full cup of water.
Ye Lin stopped rubbing and took the wooden cup from Shi, placing it on the carriage.
Then, Ye Lin lowered his head to search.
He found that all the taller grass leaves on the ground near the carriage had been eaten by the Unicorn.
Ye Lin glanced at the Unicorn.
He saw that the Unicorn currently had a blade of grass in its mouth, not yet chewed.
Seeing the grass in the Unicorn’s mouth, Ye Lin’s eyes lit up.
He lunged forward in one step.
