Chapter 36 Private Loan, Great Body

【Vessel: Small fishing boat (Level 3), Durability 94% (1128/1200)】

[Boat Modification Parts: Auxiliary Propeller (Green), Durability 99% (996/1000), Iron Protective Shell, Durability 91% (1821/2000)]

The iron protective case I just bought has already come in handy. 100 white coins, which even players can't afford, is not a price I'm just quoting randomly!

With 2000 points of durability protecting the hull, it blocked a lot of falling planks and plastic. After being battered, it only had slight marks on the surface and was almost as good as new!

With the addition of a protective hull, the small fishing boat's durability reaches 1200, preventing it from being easily depleted by stray fish.

In addition, Shen Dixin noticed that there was an extra value above the stamina bar.

[Nutritional value: 79 (You are a slightly picky eater; it is recommended that you eat more fruits and vegetables.)]

As we all know, sailing at sea is not like living in a modern city, where you can find whatever you want to eat at the market.

At sea, people usually eat whatever they can get their hands on. This back and forth is both troublesome and expensive, and often they eat the same food for two or three days straight.

Fishermen's diets may consist of 80% fish, farmers may eat mostly vegetables, and people like Shen Dixin have a balanced diet.

The nutritional value that appears after the protection period ends is determined by the food consumed by the player, with meat, carbohydrates, oils, vegetables, and fruits calculated separately in proportion.

There are scientific guidelines for the intake of each component, such as 30% carbohydrates, 30% vegetables, and 20% meat. An unbalanced intake or a single type of food will reduce the nutritional value, and when it falls below 60, it can trigger various diseases.

Not eating well may seem like a trivial matter, but it can be deadly when it comes to surviving at sea. In her previous life, Shen Dixin contracted scurvy because she couldn't bear to part with the expensive fruit and hadn't been able to find any produce on the island for a long time. She almost didn't make it through!

In short, this is purely malicious and designed to cause trouble for players. How can you expect to eat a balanced diet at sea?

The newbie protection period ended, and the system tore off its last veil of hypocrisy, revealing a gaping maw of blood beneath.

The vegetables and fruits it needs are usually easy to grow, but now, with the storm, it's impossible to grow them at all.

The farmers' group remained relatively calm at this point, because they were all on their own, and Shen Dixin wasn't on guard against them. She had already told them not to plant another batch after harvesting the vegetables tonight.

The three of them kept their worries to themselves. Avoiding losses was a good thing, but judging from the boss's tone, it seemed that the storm was not going to stop anytime soon.

The farmers couldn't grow vegetables, so they decided to use less experience and resources to get by. Otherwise, food prices would skyrocket. They secretly decided to save the remaining vegetables and sell them at the last minute.

Shen Dixin turned to ask Lu Mingang about his situation. Not all players have Shen Dixin's strength; his ship's durability was only 307.

This guy's nutrition value actually reached 80, and he even got a unique title: "Great Body! : Constitution +3."

Lu Mingang, who usually doesn't show off, actually reached level four on the seventh day. At this time, his three attributes had reached 12 (9) in constitution, 8 in strength, and 7 (2) in agility, with an average attribute of over twelve points, which was enough to put him in the first tier.

Shen Dixin advised him not to act rashly and to avoid repairing the ship if possible. Generally, after the storm passes, there will be a period of time for players to rest and recover a lot of health! That should be enough for Lu Mingang to survive the next wave of storms.

Lu Mingang was still next to Shen Dixin, and with her help to block some of the dangers, they were able to easily withstand the attack. The level 2 ship's durability of barely 500 made the other players suffer.

Bad Luck: Oh no! My raft's durability is already down to half, and then lightning struck my resource storage box! This lousy game is trying to kill me!

King of Salted Fish: I'm already spamming the channel and waiting to die. If I make another mistake, my raft will probably capsize. I was so focused on fishing and leveling up that I bought eighteen fishing nets all at once, and my boat is still only level one...

Cherry Maruko: The ship will slowly repair itself over time if it gets damaged. If you can't wait, you can repair it to its original condition directly in the attribute panel! Hang in there, everyone, don't give up!

Chen OoOo: Upstairs, do you think we don't know? Repairing a ship costs almost a fifth of its upgrade materials, and it runs out in an hour. Who can afford to repair it?

999: Do players with Tier 1 ships not survive? I barely survived with my Tier 3 ship and Tier 2 ship.

"Prosperous and thriving": Many have already died.

Chen Dixin rested her chin on her hand and sighed. The fear and helplessness of humans in the face of death, no matter how many times they have witnessed it or personally experienced it, will still cast a shadow over their hearts when the time comes again.

At this time, the number of online users on the channel was 8124/10000, and Chen Dixin put products up for sale in the shop.

Private loan!

Attach screenshots of the resources needed for upgrading/repairing your ship and the Famine buff. You can get various resources from Shen Dixin, and she will repay you three times the amount after the storm ends.

Knowing that a storm was brewing, Chen Dixin had Lu Mingang stop selling food early on, slowed down the collection process, and focused on stockpiling food.

By this time, they had already stockpiled more than two thousand servings of roasted meat and fish soup and vegetable stew. Even after trading a lot of white coins on the island, they had only used up half of them.

As long as you chop all the vegetables into small pieces, add a certain proportion of seasonings, and cook them in one pot using the same method, no matter what kind of vegetables you use, the final result displayed on the system panel will be a vegetable stew.

The same principle applies to fish soup with roasted meat; if it is cut into roughly the same size pieces, it can be uniformly classified as roasted meat (small).

This is a good way to stack food. Aside from the possibility of getting tired of it, in a crisis, having food at all is good enough, and people won't be picky.

Due to Lu Mingang's limited production capacity, he worked overtime for several days, and even though he didn't have time to write his novel, he only managed to save this much. On their boat and in their backpacks, there were boxes of unprocessed vegetables and meat.

Once things quieted down, Lu Mingang took the initiative to prepare for work. Their boats were side by side, and with both windows open, they could communicate simply by peeking out.

"Dixin, how do you use this little sprite?"

As soon as he got back, Shen Dixin dragged him to eat and sleep, and he almost forgot about the two little things that were being given to him.

"Give them a knife and put it in front of the vegetables, and they will cut themselves. Remember to tell them where to put the cut vegetables."

Lu Mingang carefully opened the two cages, which were half a meter high. The little elves inside were only the size of an adult's head, and even a knife seemed dangerous compared to them.

They're grayish and not cute at all; rather than being called elves, they're more in line with the image of goblins living underground that players have in mind.

Even with their escape route no longer obstructed, the little elves remained sitting there, dazed and listless.

Only when the knife was handed to them did they stagger out as if some program had been triggered.

Lu Mingang was a little worried about whether the little elf, with her frail appearance, could handle the job, as chopping vegetables was physically demanding!

However, the sprites quickly proved themselves, clearly worth the 100 white coins price tag, cutting quickly and well!

Lu Mingang exclaimed in admiration, "If we had had the help of the little elves earlier, we could have easily made four or even six thousand servings of food, let alone two thousand!"

Shen Dixin found his ambitious words rather amusing and urged him to go cook.

"Alright, chef, get to work. If you keep talking, we won't be able to make a thousand servings."

Instead of immediately paying attention to outside news, I let things play out for a while, calmed my mind, and began to carry out the schedule I had missed because of sleeping, such as exercising.

The second attempt to improve physical attributes was indeed much slower. The time spent practicing the "Calm Mind" exercise was significantly longer than before, but there was no progress at all. It felt like if I practiced for another day or two, I could improve a little more.

Although Lu Mingang had been training, his body was already in good condition and his initial attributes were high, making it twice as difficult to improve.

After practicing for half an hour, Chen Dixin breathed a sigh of relief and finally opened the chat channel to check on the situation in the store!

Even though the interest rate was alarming, Shen Dixin wasn't making things up; she was the only one who knew the storm would last for seven days.

In the early stages of the game, a seven-day loan is something no normal person would even consider, no matter how much money they make. Who knows if they might die at sea because they lack those few resources?

Currently, only Shen Dixin has this capability. It's not that she's kind-hearted; she's just calculated that it would take at least half a month to accumulate the materials needed to build a level four ship. During this time, the resources won't produce any offspring if left unused, so it's better to lend them out and earn double the profit later!

With the system contract in place, they won't default. As long as half of the players who took out loans survive, Chen Dixin's business won't be a loss.

As for whether it will create more competitors for myself?

Putting aside the fact that the meager sum offered wouldn't cause any significant trouble, Chen Dixin's method of making money dictates that she must take a cooperative and win-win approach; only with a large number of people can she continuously profit from such opportunities.

After the storm, the servers will be merged. The servers will be merged once after each disaster ends, until the channel has 50,000 players. It is meaningless to care about a few hundred or a thousand more players surviving in the short term.

After the message was sent, the chat channel stopped, and only resources were flowing out of the backend like crazy.

Who cares if it's three times or several times the amount, people are going to die! Let these supplies be a headache for us later, let's borrow them first!

The system recognized that her hands were free, and Chen Dixin scrolled up through the chat channel to read the players' reactions. It was the first time she had done something like this, and she wondered if it would provoke a backlash from the players.

But unexpectedly, they not only did not resist, they were extremely compliant.

Coffee or Tea: Waaaaah, Sister Chen is the best person in the world! Even in this critical moment, she's still willing to share her supplies to help others.

Coffee spoke first, and she had a knack for controlling the flow and setting the pace.

Many desperate players, as if grasping at a straw, flocked around to shower Chen Dixin with compliments.

There were also many people who wanted Shen Dixin to lower the interest rate, but they were all shut down by Coffee and Lu Mingang. The two of them are Shen Jie's most loyal supporters!

Chen Dixin watched and laughed. This guy, once he got the little elf, he started slacking off. Wasn't he supposed to be cooking? Why is he arguing with someone?

Coffee or tea: Is your life only worth this little bit of material? You can't even survive and you still want to freeload? Be careful, you might not even be able to borrow it later!

AAA Building Materials Wholesaler Xiaoming: If Sister Chen really wanted to rip you off, she could sell it for ten or eight times the price and people would still buy it!

Qi Mu had even shamelessly messaged her early on, asking to borrow materials for a level 3 ship. After not receiving a reply for so long, he was so anxious that he started to fawn over Shen Dixin, but unfortunately, his charm was wasted on a blind man.

Shen Dixin replied to him irritably.

"You don't lack materials, so why are you showing off your inventory?"