Chapter 3: The Second Pot Unlocked

[Extreme Cold Disaster: Day 2, Temperature: -5℃, Number of Players: 9183/10000]

The first thing Zhu Yu did when he woke up was to check the temperature and the number of surviving players.

The temperature was 0 degrees last night, and it dropped 5 degrees overnight.

She silently noted the temperature difference, intending to see if she could figure out the cooling pattern in this copy after a while.

Zhu Yu was surprised by the number of surviving players. When she checked before going to bed last night, the number was more than 9,200, and it only decreased by about 100 overnight.

You know, when she first entered the game, she and System 996 almost panicked to death. When the system pulled the host into the dungeon to do the task, more than 500 players had already died.

However, after learning that a group of low-level monsters were placed at the beginning of the game, Zhu Yu understood.

Opportunities and risks coexist. Some players take this opportunity to earn their first pot of gold after entering the game, while others lose their lives because of it.

It seems that after getting through the first day, the remaining players have gradually acquired a certain degree of adaptability and survival ability.

Zhu Yu looked at the dim sky. It was now 4:47 in the morning.

Most players were still asleep at this time, but Zhu Yu chose to run outside and wake himself up with a handful of cold snow.

Her current career level is too low. She was busy running the hot pot restaurant yesterday and had no time to fight monsters and level up.

You know, professional level is not only related to her survival and safety, but also directly affects the development of the hot pot restaurant.

Zhu Yu put on a warm jacket that was easy to move in, picked up the basic bow and arrow she had obtained as an archer, and walked out of the camp, preparing to make good use of this quiet time to fight monsters and level up.

Not long after she left the camp, a group of players wearing heavy clothes and looking a little tired came slowly along the trail in the snow.

"Mom, didn't I tell you a long time ago that the hot pot restaurant also has a closing time? Why did you drag us here so early in the morning? Aren't you just making us wait here?"

Qian Le pointed at the sign at the door of the store that said "THIS STORE IS CLOSED" and complained.

"Now that we are here, it's just a matter of waiting for a few hours. When I was young, I got up at three or four in the morning to catch the train. Sigh, you young people just can't endure hardship..."

"Dad, please shut up. This is a survival game. We are trying to stay alive, not catch a train or a plane!"

Qian Le rolled his eyes helplessly.

He really regretted signing up for the Sichuan-Chongqing senior tour group, and he shouldn't have agreed to travel with his parents.

Not to mention that the group was inexplicably dragged into this crappy survival game during the trip. The key point is that he was the only young man in the group, and the rest of them were uncles and aunts who were about the same age as his parents.

If they hadn't been lucky enough not to be separated when entering the game, and if most people hadn't been matched with decent professions, they probably wouldn't have been able to build a shelter and hunt low-level monsters so smoothly yesterday.

"Hey, it would be great if this restaurant could serve a new spicy hotpot. On a cold day, a bite of spicy hotpot would warm you up all over."

Qian Jianguo rubbed his hands and breathed out, chatting with others, completely ignoring his son's previous complaints.

"That's right," an auntie took over the conversation and echoed, "How can we Sichuan and Chongqing people live without spicy hot pot? No matter how cold the weather is, as long as we have a bite of spicy beef hot pot, the taste is so comfortable."

"Speaking of beef hotpot, I know there's an old authentic hotpot restaurant in Sichuan and Chongqing, right on that street..."

"Okay, okay, let's stop talking for now." Qian Le waited for a while and walked over to interrupt their conversation.

"I see that the owner of this shop won't be here to open the shop for business for a while. Didn't we agree yesterday to find a suitable location near the hot pot restaurant to relocate the shelter? Let's get to work while we're waiting."

Seeing that everyone was convinced by his proposal and left one after another, Qian Le finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, although these uncles, aunts and his parents are old and like to nag, the command is still in his hands, and they are willing to listen to his suggestions and opinions.

He looked back at the hot pot restaurant standing in the snow, and prayed silently in his heart, hoping that by the time they finished their work, the NPC owner would get up and open the restaurant.

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On the other side, Zhu Yu, who was killing monsters, had no idea that the players misunderstood her as sleeping. At this moment, she was squatting on the ground picking up the materials dropped by the F-level rabbit monster she killed.

As an experienced camper, she had practiced outdoor shooting for some time, so her archery accuracy was pretty good. In more than two hours, she had successfully killed three F-level monsters.

It’s a pity that the F-level monster can only bring her a few experience points. The accumulated experience points have only increased by thirty-seven, and she still needs sixty-three points for the next upgrade.

Fortunately, the 996 system adheres to the concept of "workers' physical strength never runs out" and sets her physical strength to infinite. So now she is still energetic and ready to look for the fourth prey.

Zhu Yu walked for a while in the snowy forest and was about to turn around to continue looking for his target when he suddenly heard a low roar of an animal not far away.

She stopped alertly, quickly drew her bow and arrow, and aimed in the direction of the sound.

In the thick fog, a huge figure gradually emerged.

It is an E-level wild boar monster.

Zhu Yu took two steps back nervously.

This wild boar monster was covered with thick dark brown bristles, and its hard fangs gleamed coldly in the cold air.

Its eyes were bloodshot and it stared at Zhu Yu fiercely, as if it regarded her as an intruder.

The next second, the wild boar monster dug the ground and rushed towards her.

Zhu Yu pulled the bowstring without hesitation, and an arrow whistled towards the wild boar monster's forelimb.

However, the wild boar monster had thick skin and flesh, and the arrow only slowed it down a little. Instead, the blood flowing from the wound angered it.

The wild boar monster roared angrily and increased its speed, trying to knock Zhu Yu away.

Zhu Yu dodged its attack nimbly with a flash of his body. At the same time, he pulled the bowstring in his hand continuously, and several arrows shot out in succession, accurately hitting the wild boar monster's flank and hind legs.

The endurance of E-level monsters is longer than that of F-level monsters. Although the wild boar monster is injured, it still chases the prey in front of it.

Zhu Yu ran quickly in the snow, and the snow under his feet made a crunching sound.

Now Zhu Yu finally realized the true benefit of having unlimited physical strength.

She kept avoiding the boar monster's frontal attack, and occasionally turned back to shoot an arrow at the right moment.

The two sides engaged in a long tug-of-war in the snow.

Zhu Yu dodged the wild boar monster's pounce again and again, constantly consuming its physical strength.

The boar monster's limbs seemed weak due to multiple arrow wounds, and its violent momentum gradually weakened as time went by.

Zhu Yu seized the opportunity, went around to the side of the wild boar monster, and quickly aimed his arrow.

This time, she aimed at the boar monster's eyes - the biggest weak point on its body.

In the snow with the cold wind howling, Zhu Yu's eyes showed calmness and determination.

With a "whoosh", the arrow flew out of the air.

The first arrow missed.

Zhu Yu did not lose heart, his hands remained steady as a rock, and he shot several arrows in succession.

Finally, just when the arrows in her quiver were almost used up, a wooden arrow accurately pierced the boar monster's eye and went straight to its brain.

The wild boar monster let out a shrill scream, and its huge body shook a few times in severe pain, and finally fell weakly on the snow.

Zhu Yu walked over and collected the materials dropped by the E-level wild boar monster after it was killed: [Wild boar meat chunks*2, thick wild boar skin*1, wild boar tendon*1, wood*33, iron blocks*27, gold coins*22, experience points*73]

After seeing the experience points he had gained, Zhu Yu decisively chose to upgrade.

She pressed the upgrade button, and the system's upgrade prompt sound immediately rang in her mind: "Congratulations, player 0996, you have successfully upgraded to E level."

Then, she felt a force surging in her body, and her limbs seemed to become stronger and her movements more flexible.

Then she heard the voice of the entire server being notified:

"Announcement: Congratulations to player 0996 for becoming the first player to reach E level."

[Player 2115]: No, what kind of monster is still spawning at this time? I was woken up while I was still sleeping.

[Player 1000]: Wake up +1

[Player 8087]: Wake up +1

…

[Player 0352]: By the way, does anyone know what 0996 does? Is she cheating? Why does she level up so fast?

[Player 1846]: If you look at her number above, it’s 996, and you’ll know why she levels up so fast…

[Player 7732]: No, I'm so stimulated that I have to get up and fight monsters right away!

[Player 4003]: Take me with you +1

[Player 1456]: Take me with you +1

…

Zhu Yu didn't know that the chat channel had exploded again, and he had inadvertently motivated the players to upgrade and fight monsters.

At this moment, she was checking the system rewards she received as the first player to upgrade her profession to E-level.

She is indifferent to verbal rewards, but is immediately delighted by actual rewards.

This time the game rewarded her with a plush knitted hat (blue) and a bronze treasure chest.

After receiving the reward, Zhu Yu couldn’t wait to click on the hot pot illustration.

As her level increases, new hot pot illustrations have been revealed.

[Spicy beef oil soup base has been unlocked]

【Double-boiled pot unlocked】