Surviving Underground: Super Prompting System - Chapter 8

Chapter 8: Discovery Of The Karst Cave
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“Another beautiful day!”
Joseph stretched his back and yawned as he pushed open the door of the wooden house. Looking at the dim light outside, he casually took out a piece of Demon Wolf Meat and began to eat it.
He already made a plan last night, so Joseph simply carried the shovel and walked straight ahead.
Looking at the deep pits of various sizes that he had dug up, a strange sense of pride rose in his heart.
These were all lands that I, Joseph The Great, had personally conquered.
“Ding! Three meters ahead, behind the wall, there is an underground karst cave. There are fruit trees x 7 hidden inside.”
At this moment, Joseph suddenly heard the sound of the system prompt.
Joseph quickly walked in and hit the ground with his shovel. Sure enough, he heard the echo of the empty cave.
Joseph quickly dug with his shovel. In a short while, a beautiful underground karst cave appeared before his eyes.
Everyone knew that the underground karst caves were a treasure of the underground world. Whether it was the vegetation or the natural landscape, it was an existence that people yearned for, not to mention in this dark underground world.
Vegetation, water, and even stones were natural treasures.
It was not something that could be compared to ordinary treasure chests.
Joseph knew its value the moment he stepped into the cave. He had already made the decision to move his portable base [Cabin In The Forest ] into the cave.
With the help of the resources here, he could upgrade the Cabin In The Forest once again.
As for the blueprint, was it a problem for Joseph?
With the system prompts, it was just a matter of time.
However, there was a big problem in front of Joseph. The entire cave was surrounded by ice-cold water. It would take a lot of strength to swim across.
Joseph was not sure if there was any danger in this river.
After walking a few steps, Joseph patted his head in frustration. If he did not want to swim across, why did he not just choose to build a simple raft?
He did it as he thought about it. Joseph returned to the Cabin In The Forest and took out some wood. He used the Demon Wolf Tendon as a rope and started to build the raft on the shore.
The Demon Wolf Tendon was five meters long and was only enough for simple binding, so the raft could not be made too big. He used the short sword to make the wood into a three-meter-long log and tied the five logs together.
An extremely simple raft appeared in front of him.
Although the raft was simple, it was made from his own effort. He then pushed the raft into the river.
Looking at the floating raft, Joseph could not help but feel a headache. Was his decision too hasty?
Could this thing really be called a raft?
Nonetheless, the raft was already completed. If he did not try, Joseph would not be satisfied.
Picking up a rough paddle, Joseph sat on the majestic Emperor Joseph1 and began to sail on the river.
The raft slowly sailed to the other side of the cave as the paddle continued to row. During this time, the river water that kept splashing out from the gaps of the raft made Joseph secretly shiver.
Fortunately, he did not act on an impulse to rely on himself to swim over. With such cold temperatures, he might really die in this bottomless river.
Although the river water was cold, nothing unexpected happened along the way. After fixing the Emperor Joseph, Joseph held a shovel in his hand and carried a short sword on his shoulder as he looked at the cave made of stalactites in front of him.
“It really is a good place!”
Beside him was a pale purple flower with emerald green leaves and gorgeous flowers. All of them were full of vitality.
[Ding! There’s a treasure chest with an E-Grade Blueprint hidden in the flowers five meters in ahead. There’s a blueprint for a high-quality raft hidden in it. ]
With the treasure chest in front of him, there was no time for hesitation. Joseph picked up the shovel and completely ignored the beautiful flowers.
In his eyes, the flowers right now were the biggest obstacle for him to dig the treasure chest.
He took a few steps to the location of the system prompt and immediately dug with the shovel.
Instantly, the flowers were destroyed beyond recognition.
From this day onwards, I, Joseph The Great, am a terrifying man who will destroy flowers mercilessly.
Tilting 45 degrees to the left, the soil was dug out in piles with the shover. The soil accumulated as Joseph had already dug a hole that was a meter deep.
However, not even a stone could be seen, let alone a treasure chest.
“System boss, are you kidding me?”
Joseph, who was wiping the sweat off his face, complained to the system.
However, it was clear that the system had no intention of answering him. Thus, he could only continue digging.
One dig, two digs… After countless digging, Joseph finally heard the system’s pleasant prompt.
[E-Grade Treasure Chest found: High-Quality Wooden Raft Blueprint obtained]
[Crafting requirement: wood x 50, rope x10]
Picking up the blueprint, Joseph looked at the drawings of the high-quality wooden raft on it and muttered, “That’s it? It’s not necessarily that much better than my Emperor Joseph!”
Even though that was what he said, he still placed the blueprint into his chest. However, when he raised his head, he realized that he was already standing in a three-meter deep hole.
Did he just dig a hole to bury himself?
This was such an embarrassing matter. It was fortunate that no one else saw it, or else he would have jumped into the river to commit suicide.
There was no way to solve the trouble that he created by himself.
Picking up the shovel, Joseph began to dig on the wall. After half an hour, Joseph climbed out of the deep hole.
When he climbed out, he suddenly smelled a tempting fragrance.
Following the smell, he saw seven fruit trees filled with tangerines.
Wait!
Was I really not hallucinating?
Why was there a layer of fluorescent light on the surface of the tangerines?
[Fluorescent Tangerine: high-quality fruit. Can be used to make Magic Potions and used to immediately replenish some Mana.]
Oh My God!
If he had the Fluorescent Tangerines, he would not be in an awkward situation where he did not have enough Mana when using the Water Ball Skill.
It was simply a great magic potion.
I need to pick it!
I need to pick it!
I need to pick it!
Joseph was like a monkey as he picked the tangerines on the tree. Looking at the hundreds of tangerines in front of him, Joseph immediately began his path of gluttony.
One by one, the tangerines disappeared in front of him, leaving behind a large pile of tangerine peels, and the Emperor Joseph on the ground.
“So many Fluorescent Tangerines. How long will I have to eat them? !”