Chapter 24 Don't rush off, why did you run into her?

Ya Ya thought he would attract everyone's attention, but to his surprise, only a few people paid attention to him.

Orange Juice: Doesn't that mean the first place is already predetermined as soon as you enter?

Braised Lion's Head Meatballs: You called everyone out just to say this? Okay, everyone disperse, don't you all have work to do?

He did receive private messages from some people.

A Gentle Breeze: Is Lao Shen male or female? What does he look like? Can you give me a photo?

Ya Ya glanced at Chen Dixin furtively, but didn't dare to make a move. The other party initiated the transaction directly, and a struggle was evident in his eyes.

Ya Ya: Let me describe it to you, okay? Taking pictures of me without my consent is just asking for trouble.

No matter how many complicated thoughts arose among them in private—jealousy, contempt, admiration—at least, they wouldn't be foolish enough to expose themselves to Shen Dixing on the surface.

The makeshift team in the same game as Shen Dixing was sweating profusely. Good heavens, how did we end up running into her!

Although he harbored resentment towards Shen Dixing, and would never hesitate to get his hands dirty if given the chance, he knew perfectly well that he actually had no strength to contend with Shen Dixing.

The makeshift team recalled Shen Dixin's dashing figure just now with great despair. Unless the sea monster was particularly weak, her strength should not be underestimated.

She probably hasn't realized she's on the same island as her yet. The makeshift team glanced at the leaderboard, which listed nine names neatly. He wasn't very lucky; he hadn't received any bonus slips yet, nor had he encountered any sea monsters.

Should they just keep hiding like this? The makeshift team gritted their teeth, their hearts bleeding. The Easter eggs they had just discovered contained all sorts of useful supplies, all because of her!

The cowardly and vicious makeshift team held a grudge against Shen Di, and at that moment, his breath caught in his throat.

Shen Dixing had also turned to look in his direction without him noticing. Their eyes met, and Shen Dixing smiled gently at him. The troupe breathed a sigh of relief; she hadn't noticed him.

Didn't you find it? That's impossible.

She just didn't want to waste time; she could get a lot of points this way!

Shen Dixin didn't miss a single thing; the only thing missing was two hammers.

The Easter egg is only the size of two palms, so it can't hold much material, which makes it easy for Chen Dixin to pick it up.

[A bonus item drops 10 points slips.]

[Three iron nails fell from the Easter egg.]

[A 500ml water item will drop as an Easter egg.]

[Easter egg drops: Level 3 Sea Monster x2.]

After cracking the egg open, she just stuffed it into her backpack and checked the system notifications when she was done.

Chen Dixin felt like a mouse that had fallen into a rice jar, carrying grains with great satisfaction, her whole body radiating a pink bubble of happiness.

The Happy Easter Egg event is one of the few events in Survival at Sea with a low mortality rate and generous rewards; encountering it is a win!

At this moment, the makeshift troupe felt like they were sitting on pins and needles. They couldn't resist any longer and secretly opened one of the hidden surprises. When they looked inside, they froze.

[An Easter egg drops a points slip (1).]

His pitiful and laughable score exposed him, and the makeshift team stared intently at Shen Dixin, afraid she would look up.

It should be fine, right? With so many points, why would she pay attention to someone who's ranked last?

He was quite alarmed, and the same drive he had shown in the chat channel when he was relentlessly criticizing Shen Dixin was gone.

He kept reassuring himself that he wasn't the only one who had joined in the pressure on Lao Shen, so she probably wouldn't care about him, right? Maybe she didn't even know who he was!

He casually killed the two sea monsters that the girl had attracted, and gained another 10 points. Shen Dixin's score on the leaderboard had reached 310 points.

With Chen Dixin protecting her, the girl's ranking quickly climbed to fourth.

Her name is "National-level Retreat Drum Performance Master," and they've really come up with all sorts of creative ways to use player nicknames that have a ten-character limit.

Second is Lu Mingang, and third is an unfamiliar ID—Feng Sheng Shui Qi.

As he gradually got into the swing of killing monsters, Chen Dixin even considered stealing the monsters without expecting any reward, if it weren't for the others being too far away.

It's important to know that the monsters appearing in these Easter eggs are based on the player's level. A level 3 sea monster gives 25 experience points, and a level 2 sea monster gives 15.

Shen Dixin fought his way through, gaining over a thousand experience points! This is simply a Monster Hunter's paradise!

Unfortunately, the Easter eggs seemed to have their own consciousness, as fewer sea monsters appeared for Shen Dixin afterward, and no more critical hits were triggered.

Fortunately, she took on two more orders, maintaining a pace where she could just finish killing the monsters without missing out on opening the Easter eggs.

Frequent battles really wear down weapons, so Shen Dixin didn't use the purple weapon she had just acquired, or even the Tiger Fang Dagger, otherwise she would have been heartbroken by the durability drop.

The Tiger Fang Dagger originally had 200 durability, but after fighting two waves of sea monsters yesterday, it has dropped to 163. Low-level weapons are really not durable.

Shen Dixin is currently using only the most basic weapon—a small knife, a green weapon with an initial durability of 120, which has already dropped by almost half.

At this rate, the durability will be gone before tomorrow.

The Shadow Blades do have 500 durability, but the materials for repairing weapons are scarce. Often, you'll have used up two or three weapons before you've even collected enough materials to repair them.

Shen Dixin isn't so wasteful as to use purple weapons to clear out monsters. Her current stats are high, and she can still easily control the field with a dagger that only has 2 points of strength.

He flicked his wrist and cracked open another egg with red spots. What was inside made Shen Dixin happy.

[Easter egg drop: Weapon Forging Stone x1.]

Speak of the devil and he appears! This is a great item for repairing weapons.

The forging stone is about the size of a palm; it's a bit too big to fit in my backpack.

Chen Dixin stored away items like iron plates and bottled water, which were produced in large quantities and took up a lot of space, into the space.

She puts cheap and bulky items like palm leaves and blankets on the shelves of her shop. Whether she can sell them or not, she makes a profit. She doesn't let go of anything, not even the smallest thing!

The girl following behind had no shops, but since she didn't need to fight monsters, she simply carried a dozen palm leaves and a set of clothes in her arms, and could barely see where she was going.

She and another player who had asked Chen Dixin to clear away the monsters were on opposite floors, one above the other, like two small, swaying hills.

She only put wooden boards and plastic in her space, and once she stuffed the remaining four compartments, her backpack was empty again.

However, the nails punctured a few holes in the backpack as they collided, and Shen Dixin felt a little helpless, so she wrapped them up with cloth.

In this situation, she wouldn't have time to open the fabric bag every time she encountered a nail; she could only pray that the backpack was a little sturdier.

It would be great if there were more advanced backpack designs. Intermediate and higher-end backpacks would no longer use soft fabrics, but rather more durable canvas, resulting in much better quality.

"Go out and ask the sky," Shen Di thought to himself. "Why hasn't he come to exchange blueprint fragments for more than a day? Did he go to trade with someone else?"

Any blueprints from the early stages are valuable, especially those in Shen Dixing's possession, as she knows very well what kind of blueprints are available.

While they were robbing with impunity, Lu Mingang didn't hold them back. On the contrary, thanks to his "lucky charm" talent, he was like a fish in water in this game of chance.

He didn't encounter a single sea monster, but instead kept getting good items and points slips, getting even more than Shen Dixin!

In other words, Shen Dixin kills many sea monsters, and some players who found that they had given up and asked Shen Dixin to fight them for them also requested the same service.

Shen Dixin can now eat three servings of sea monster food by herself, and her points are accumulating at an astonishing rate. Even with Lu Mingang's best efforts, he can only catch up to two-thirds of the points.

Because of his good luck, Lu Mingang prayed every time he opened an egg that he wouldn't get the grand prize, so he could get more materials.

But there are only so many Easter eggs left, and in another half hour, a mournful whistle will sound.

The pale-faced man blew a bone whistle, the sound echoing through the arcade.

"Everyone, the game is over. Please leave the venue in an orderly manner."

[An Easter egg drops a points slip (80).]

[Congratulations, player! You have triggered the talent effect! You have gained 4 points!]

Shen Dixin breathed a long sigh of relief, clutching the slip of paper that had been drawn at the last moment—a full 320 points!

On the points board, which flashes intermittently due to short circuits, the leaderboard number one is Old Shen, the AAA materials wholesaler, with a total of 1025 points!

[Congratulations to the player for obtaining the unique title "Game Terminator," unlocked by earning 1000 or more points in any activity on Entertainment Island. Wearing this title will grant favor and admiration from some NPCs.]

Unfortunately, I was still more than 200 experience points away from reaching level four. The sea monsters I killed later were mostly those of the other two, so I was only at level two and got much less experience.

However… Shen Dixin looked at her shop interface, smiled slightly and shook her head. It was already beyond her expectations that she had managed to earn so much this time.

With a gentle reach, you can see the entire area filled with the supplies they've hung up.

After Chen Dixin sent a message to remind him, Lu Mingang also realized what was going on and started smashing eggs. He threw whatever he got into the shop, knowing that the Zuoyou Intelligent System would set prices.

This is where the advantage of automated vending machines comes in. A mere 5% commission is nothing; others would love to have one.

As he scrolled along, he couldn't see the end in sight. Shen Dixin realized something was wrong. There were so many materials. How long would it take to organize them all?

They probably don't harvest as much supplies in a whole day as they do in just over an hour. It's a sweet burden indeed!

She won the grand prize by giving up, and she was beaming with joy and very satisfied.

The first one, without a doubt, is the one who snatched the grand prize from the lucky winner and retreated; the others are ranked according to their points.

Shen Dixin took the same cloth bag from the pale-faced man and opened it on the spot. She had space to put it in and wasn't afraid of being coveted.

[The bag drops 200 experience points, 10 random material packs, 5 random household supplies packs, and 2 blueprint fragments (blue).]

Inside the bag were more bags, and the matryoshka dolls were a characteristic of the white-faced people; no one could figure out exactly how many bags they had.

What's enviable is that despite having such a great item, players can't take it for themselves.

The rewards aren't much; after all, the focus of the Happy Easter Eggs is on the rewards you get from smashing them.

Shen Dixin smiled. The lack of experience had been made up for.

After waiting for a while without any notification sound, Chen Dixin opened his personal information and saw his experience bar (2481/2500).

Well, 19 points left. Chen Dixin shrugged and went back to the ship to get a blueprint for a painless upgrade.

It's a bit of a shame we can't beat them up more easily. Shen Dixin rubbed his hands together, and met Lu Mingang's eyes. Neither of them had forgotten their true purpose for coming to the island.

"Friend, don't be in such a hurry to leave."

Shen Dixin leaned against the doorway, waiting for the players to leave, watching Lu Mingang walk menacingly toward the makeshift troupe.

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Author's Note: The poison list is so cold, I'll just have to hold on and add it to my favorites.