With a snap, Gu Xi took a bite. Although she said she didn't care, she was still very careful while eating.

After all, those who know, know. When eating, it's not that you're afraid of seeing a worm, it's that you're afraid of seeing only half of the worm.

If you manage to bite into it, you can only console yourself that the insect is a super source of protein, so it's like adding some meat to your diet.

After taking a few bites of the apple and not seeing any worms, Gu Xi even wondered if she was being manipulated, yet she felt incredibly happy.

To her surprise, she skillfully removed the apple seed.

[Game Tip: Items can be placed in your personal inventory. Players start with 10 slots in their inventory, and the maximum number of items that can be stacked in one slot is 99]

With the game's hints, Gu Xi successfully put the apple seeds into her backpack. She was worried that leaving them outside might cause them to fall into the water if she wasn't careful.

With her stomach full, Gu Xi moved on to the next task. She opened the fish-raising system and claimed the reward from the box she had just retrieved.

After receiving the reward, 10 portions of fish feed will automatically fall onto Gu Xi's 1-square-meter wooden raft.

Two of the portions were stacked on top of each other; if she moved her foot even slightly, the fish food would probably roll into the seawater.

Gu Xi opened her backpack and put away the extra 9 portions of fish food.

After waiting for more than ten minutes without seeing any sharks bite the raft, Gu Xi had no choice but to temporarily revise his plan and decide to continue fishing for the box.

There are many boxes on the sea surface, but the distance seen by the eye is very different from the actual distance.

In addition, each use of the fishing rod will reduce its durability by 1 point, so she won't cast the rod carelessly, since she hasn't found her next fishing rod yet.

She's the kind of person who believes in striking while the iron is hot; she'd rather wait a little longer than waste time.

Another ten minutes or so passed, and finally another wooden box floated over, though it was still a bit far away.

Gu Xi decided to wait a little while until it got closer before fishing.

However, things can change in an instant, which is the norm for survival at sea. A box that doesn’t seem too far away can drift away to a much farther place a few minutes later.

Gu Xi sighed, realizing that only when the box drifted within her reach could it possibly be her.

Now that one target had disappeared, she continued her search for the next box.

About ten minutes later, another box appeared in the catchable area.

Gu Xi kept his eyes fixed on the target, judging the movement of the box.

As the crate drew closer to the raft, she swung her grappling hook, hooked it, and pulled it aboard, opening the crate.

【Timber 1】

【Fiber 3】

Gu Xi didn't know what these things were for, so she just put them all into her backpack.

The initial backpack with 10 slots is now filled with mineral water, steamed buns, planks, fiber, apple seeds, and fish food, and more than half of the storage space is gone.

The backpack really doesn't last long.

After the contents of the wooden crate were taken out, the small raft was packed with two crates, making it extremely cramped.

Gu Xi immediately decided to dismantle one of the boxes.

After confirming the dismantling, the wooden crate yielded two more pieces of wood. The total amount of wood immediately reached 3.

Suddenly, she heard a game notification sound.

[Game Hint: You can now craft a regular hammer.]

Following the game prompts, Gu Xi opened the hammer crafting interface.

[Standard Hammer: A simple tool that can be used to expand the raft. Crafting materials: Wood*2, Fiber*3]