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The shrill alarm clock woke Tao Sai from her deep sleep. She stretched herself and felt relaxed all over.

The setting sun outside the window dyed half the sky red.

Pushing open the door and going down the stairs, Tao Sai smelled the aroma of food coming from the open kitchen. Aunt Li, Grandma Zhou and Grandma Lin were cooking.

There is no one living near the anchorage, so you don't have to worry about showing off your wealth and can cook freely on the stove.

"Auntie, what are we having for dinner tonight?" Tao Sai asked.

"Here are the seafood." Li Yinzhu turned sideways and showed the ingredients on the kitchen counter.

"They are fishing at the stern of the boat downstairs." Grandma Zhou, who was pickling fish, said gently.

At this moment, hurried footsteps were heard at the stairs. Zhou Weixing came up from the bottom cabin with a bucket in his hand.

"Cuttail, cuttlefish! I caught a cuttlefish!" Zhou Weixing shouted excitedly. The fish in the bucket struggled hard, and water splashed all over his face.

Zhou Weixing swiftly wiped the water off his face. "Look, honey!"

Li Yinzhu glanced at him indifferently. "Too young! He's not even an adult yet."

Zhou Weixing's face fell.

Li Yinzhu said, "Catch a few more and make braised hairtail."

"Okay!" Zhou Weixing poured the live fish in the bucket into the pool and ran away happily again.

In his spare time, Zhou Weixing not only plays football, but is also a big fisherman.

When the "Deep Sea Fish" just docked here, Zhou Weixing discovered a large school of fish nearby.

But he mostly fished in rivers, and this was his first time sea fishing.

It was all fishing, though; the basics remained largely the same. He prepared bait and set the line as usual. Perhaps because the fish in this area had never been caught before, he set the hook in the water and caught a catch every time. He had a good afternoon, filling several buckets with sardines, small yellow croaker, and sea catfish.

An endless supply of fish is a unique advantage for survival at sea.

So when Zhou Weixing shopped online, he further supplemented Tao Sai with fishing gear. The fishing gear room was stocked with all kinds of hooks, fishing rods, and fishing nets.

Fishing is a profound art that requires a calm and composed mind. It is the best way to hone one's will and is also highly contagious.

At first, Zhou Weixing was the only one busy on the stern platform. Gradually, Father Lin, Father Lan, and the younger Ansong gathered around. They started by watching and then helped to watch the float and help to cast the net to catch fish, working harder and harder.

Zhou Weixing is very pleased about this. They are all good fishing talents!

As soon as Tao Sai arrived at the kitchen, he saw sixteen new crew members standing in neat rows on the deck outside the window.

"Xiao Tao, your friends eat..." Li Yinzhu's voice suddenly paused, his expression embarrassed.

Tao Sai certainly understood what she meant.

Aunt Li knew all the food stored in the warehouse and had a plan, but the sudden appearance of these sixteen new crew members was completely beyond her plan.

They were all strong and muscular, and they consumed a huge amount of food in one meal, not including the other ten people who were salvaging supplies in the Wolong River.

Supply and demand must be adapted. Currently, their food demand has greatly increased. Seafood may be able to make up for part of it, but the crops they planted have not grown, and Tao Sai is more or less a little weak.

It is impossible to give up these twenty or so people.

It is necessary to establish a commando team in the game to protect the safety of the refugee ship internally and to complete side quests and respond to emergencies externally.

They are all strong, tactically competent, and well-coordinated, making them the most suitable candidates. If we abandon them now, it will be too difficult to train a new group of people like them later.

The advantage of these crew members is that they obey orders, submit to management, and do not cause trouble.

But its shortcomings are also obvious. It is big in size and has a huge appetite... It is difficult for her to afford it.

Fortunately, they are not picky eaters and will eat whatever you give them. It should be okay to feed them with nutrient solution for the time being.

Wait until the crops are grown, and then replace them with real food.

"Auntie, you don't have to worry about what they eat from now on, just leave it to me." Tao Sai said.

"Oh, okay." Although Li Yinzhu was confused, the special effect of the refugee ship [Captain] came into play at this time, and she did not continue to ask.

Tao Sai walked to the large empty warehouse and was surprised to find Zhou Ning riding a spinning bike. She was wearing a sports outfit and was already sweating profusely.

Sportswear would never have been seen on her back in college.

"Taotao, are you awake?" Zhou Ning glanced at Tao Sai out of the corner of his eye and stopped to drink some water.

"Not sure." Towsey looked at her suspiciously. "I thought I was still dreaming."

"Taotao, stop looking down on others." Zhou Ning curled his lips in dissatisfaction.

She started exercising yesterday. The end of the world is coming and dangers are everywhere. She can't hold everyone back.

Zhou Ning has strong self-discipline. She made an exercise plan for herself and rides an exercise bike for an hour every day.

After hearing her determination, Tao Sai suddenly remembered something important: she still had a lot of attribute points that could be freely distributed.

"I plan to increase your attribute points and enhance your ability to survive," Tao Sai said.

"Aren't attribute points difficult to obtain? Even leveling up doesn't add that many." Zhou Ning's eyes were serious. "Taotao, you don't have to waste attribute points just for me. I can train on my own."

As she spoke, she bent her arms to show off her fitness results, "Taotao, look, do I have biceps?"

Even though Zhou Ning tensed his body, there were still no textures or bumps on the smooth surface of his skin.

Tao Sai: “…”

It would be strange if a person who never exercises can build biceps by riding an exercise bike for two days.

"Don't worry, I have obtained a lot of attribute points now, and I can't use them all." Tao Sai dispelled her concerns.

"Then give me some more." Zhou Ning smiled.

In the apocalypse of natural disasters, survival is the first necessity, so of course you should use cheats if you can!

"Okay," Tao Sai said, "but there's one thing I must make clear to you. Among the character's five attributes, increasing resistance won't be reflected. However, if other attribute points suddenly increase, you'll feel a lot of physical discomfort."

Zhou Ning nodded.

"Then I will try to increase your strength by 3 points."

After saying that, Tao Sai directly selected the character [Zhou Ning] and added 3 points to her original strength value of 2.

"Have you added it?" Zhou Ning asked. She didn't seem to feel anything unusual.

Seeing Taotao nod, she tried to take a step forward cautiously. The moment she lifted her legs, it felt as if they were not her own and was extremely awkward.

"The best way to adapt to increased attribute points is to exercise more and practice more," Tao Sai said. "I'll give you 3 points of strength to start with. I'm afraid you won't be able to handle more, as your initial strength value is too low."

"Okay." Zhou Ning nodded.

She saw the dumbbells on the ground and tried to lift them. The three-kilogram dumbbells were much easier to lift.

"Once you've adjusted to these three points of strength, I'll continue increasing your strength," Tao Sai said. "Your best attribute is intelligence, so I should be able to increase it by five points at once."

Zhou Ning nodded, closed his eyes, and prepared himself mentally.

Tao Sai directly increased her intelligence value to 12 points.

"How do you feel now?" Tao Sai asked.

Zhou Ning opened his eyes and the world was spinning.

"I feel dizzy. I feel so dizzy." She suddenly hugged her head with both hands and almost fell down.

"I guess it's the same. If you use your brain more, you will adapt faster." Tao Sai stepped forward and grabbed her arm to give her a foothold.

"Okay, use your brain! I remembered that I have been reading a book these two days, and I always feel overwhelmed every time I read it. It's just right, I will go study now!" Zhou Ning was about to go back to the room excitedly, but because of the sudden increase in attribute points, he staggered and almost fell.

"Hold on to the wall and be careful," Tao Sai reminded her from behind.

While waiting for dinner, Tao Sai opened the [Interaction] module out of boredom, wanting to see what was happening on the world channel.

Message bombardment.

Warriors guard Chris Pao applied to join the league: Is the league still short of people?

[[Crispy] Apply to join the alliance: Choose me, I'm super sweet (*＾ワ＾*)]

[[Tang Sixi] Applying to join the alliance: Boss, check me out!]

[[Mr. Bucai Youshan] applies to join the alliance: Please give me a chance to be a dog! ! ! ]

…

There were a total of 197 applications, with no duplicate players. Almost all the level 3 players who had spoken on the world channel were included.

The reason why her alliance is so popular is that [Hailou] is currently the only alliance in the entire server and players have no other choice.

Secondly, the leader of [Hailou] has demonstrated amazing strength and killed a level 4 player. It makes you feel safe following him!

The third reason, and the most realistic one, is that after joining an alliance, you can get extra rewards by fighting in a team. At first glance, the difference between 100% and 130% may not seem big, but if you kill enough monsters, especially in the later stages, the gap between the two will be astonishing.

But Tao Sai was worried about this.

There seemed to be only 10 places for the Level 1 alliance. Excluding her, only 9 more members could be accepted.

Choose 9 from 197, how to choose is a big problem.

Tao Sai didn't speak much on the world channel, so he didn't have any trustworthy players. Besides, one couldn't judge a person's character based solely on what they said on the world channel.

The only players he had in-depth communication with were the netizen "Ronaldo" on Weibo and his roommate.

Thinking of this, Tao Sai took out his mobile phone and opened the private message on Weibo to confirm that there was still no new message from "Ronaldo".

He hadn't replied to her private messages since their last exchange. Tao Sai regretted leaving her a phone number or some other contact information.

There was no warning of the loss of connection, and Tao Sai had a vague sense of foreboding, but she still optimistically believed that it might be that the area where they were had lost the network signal.

Back to the [Interaction] module, Tao Sai carefully selected several players as potential teammates.

First up was the player [Three Feet of Life], who was discussing the siege of "Qu Wuyi" in the [Hunting] channel. He showed his opinion and was the first to suggest that Cao Yu might have a teleport ability. As a teammate, he seemed quite reliable.

Then there were players [Tang Sixi] and [Zhizhi], who were also the first members to join [Hunting]. Judging from their chat messages, they should be two female players who knew each other in real life.

Tao Sai naturally had a filter for the players who first accepted the hidden quest. At the time, Qu Wuyi's actions on the world channel were terrifying, leaving countless players silent and trembling. As female players, they bravely accepted the quest and carried it out, which was a plus. Another point: Tao Sai had reviewed the messages on the world channel before and after she killed Yu Er. Their comments weren't just conforming to the crowd, nor were they paranoid and eccentric. They had their own thoughts and held strong values.

In summary, Tao Sai took these three players into further consideration.

However, selecting teammates is not something that needs to be done immediately. There is no urgency at the moment, so you can do it slowly.

From now on, she will focus on observing these three people on the world channel.