Chapter 4, Ah, the Raft! An old raft.

The moment the raft upgrade was completed, Chen Dixin's vision seemed to be obscured by mist, making it difficult to see clearly.

[Congratulations, player! Your ship has been upgraded to level 1 - Old Raft. Ship Durability (200/200). Ship Facilities: Tent Wreckage (Repairable), Broken Workbench (Repairable)]

[Congratulations to the player who has obtained the unique title "Hey, Raft!", unlocked when the first player upgrades their ship to level one. Wearing this title grants a fixed 5% return of ship upgrade materials.]

When I opened my eyes again, the small raft beneath my feet had grown to 6x10 meters!

With the addition of a repairable tent and workbench, the small raft can now finally be distinguished by its bow and stern!

Chen Dixin first repaired the workbench with ten pieces of wood, and finished in one minute.

The tent requires ten plant fibers and a roll of tape. The plant fiber recipe can be unlocked after repairing the workbench.

Leaves are not common at sea; if there are ten floating objects on the water, there are at most two palm leaves.

Because the majority of plant fiber comes from the island, with each half-pound of various plant leaves yielding one unit of plant fiber, there will be no shortage of fiber as long as one can stay on the island.

There's still a long day ahead. I glanced at the time on my wristband: January 1st, 7:08:26 AM. The players will wake up at 6:00 AM.

All that's needed is to gather enough fiber before dark, and Chen Dixin can sleep in a waterproof tent. She also doesn't have to worry about her blankets and pillows getting wet while sleeping outdoors!

[Congratulations! Player has successfully repaired the level 1 workbench! Unlocked the blueprints for Oar, Hook and Rope, Plant Fiber, Wooden Axe, and Wooden Pickaxe.]

[Player has been detected to have learned to craft grappling hooks and oars. 6 Green Blueprint Fragments will be returned.]

[Congratulations, player, for triggering the talent effect! 3 resources will be returned!]

Finally, a workbench! The critical hit of blueprint fragments was an unexpected bonus.

Chen Dixin took out the blueprint fragments and directly synthesized the blueprint (green), then selected the wooden box!

Wooden crates are the most economical and practical storage space. Each crate contains ten planks. Although they cannot be stacked like portable storage, they are very useful for organizing and classifying supplies!

She slammed a wooden box down and stuffed all the food and odds and ends inside. Looking at it from left to right, she wasn't very satisfied; it was too messy.

Unfortunately, she didn't have any extra planks left. When supplies are plentiful in the future, she will make a row of boxes to categorize and store the supplies!

After upgrading the ship, Chen Dixin ran out of basic materials and all the food he could exchange for.

She crafted a grappling hook for herself using the newly made workbench. Crafting items on the workbench has a chance to upgrade their rank, but a level 1 workbench is of white quality and only has a 0.5% chance of upgrading, making it extremely difficult to trigger.

Shen Dixin glanced at it, but nothing was triggered.

【Item Name: Hook and Rope】

Item Quality: Green

【Durability: 200/200】

Materials needed: 1 wooden plank, 1 iron plate

[Item Description: Surely everyone knows what this is for, right?]

Since it wasn't the first time making it, no extra experience was given. As for why I didn't use the grappling hook I made myself... the system was so naive that it passed the check. Could I really use this thing to salvage resources?

After Chen Dixin unlocked the encyclopedia, he dismantled all the homemade items that could be recycled for materials, such as the grappling hook, which was made using iron plates from the game!

There are no holes or bends; once the wire is removed, who knows what it was used for before!

Unfortunately, the system doesn't recognize the yarn I took off the sweater, so I'll just have to leave it for now.

It wouldn't recognize the wooden boards with holes in them either. Luckily, the wooden boards from the box that Chen Dixin used were great for saving materials!

Then, using two wooden planks and four pieces of plastic, you can make a raincoat and a long stick, successfully gaining 40 experience points.

【Item Name: Raincoat】

Item Quality: Green

【Durability: 100/100】

【Materials needed: 4 pieces of plastic】

[Item Description: An ordinary raincoat; don't expect it to protect you from anything other than rain.]

【Item Name: Wooden Long Stick】

Item Quality: Green

【Durability: 100/100】

【Materials needed: 2 wooden planks】

[Equipment Attribute: Strength 2]

[Equipment Special Effects: None]

[Item Description: An inch longer, an inch stronger!]

Despite the availability of daggers, the long staff remains a very good weapon in the early game and will not be without its uses.

Especially for some newbies who don't know close combat, even if you give them a purple dagger or a gold dagger, they will not hesitate to choose the safer long stick.

The raincoat wasn't really useful; I guess I just learned a lesson the hard way.

The sail is one of the most useful items in the early game. If you don't get the blueprint in advance, you can only unlock it by upgrading your ship. Unfortunately, I still have two pieces of cloth left, and I didn't get the Heart of Purification from the chest.

Fabric is nothing rare. Once the ship is upgraded to level two, the unlocked level two workbench has a dismantling function, which can restore items into fixed raw materials.

There are many items that can be disassembled into fabric, such as the quilt in Chen Dixin's hand. It's such a big quilt, it can be disassembled into at least four or five pieces. The system is quite reasonable in this kind of situation.

After putting everything away, Chen Dixin picked up the grappling hook and tried it out. She was very satisfied. Everything in the system was standardized and no different from the grappling hook she was used to in her previous life.

With a flourish, he aimed at a plank, predicted its landing point, and with a determined effort, swung the grappling hook out.

The plane crashed tragically after only flying halfway. Shen Dixin silently pulled the grappling hook back, wiped her face, and forgot that she was now just a weakling with a strength level of 3.

Stop aiming too high and start honestly trying to find materials nearby.

Despite her lack of strength, her accuracy was quite high once she adapted to her body. She could just throw it a few more times. The small raft, which didn't even have a sail, relied solely on the waves and was incredibly slow.

Before long, she hooked up several planks, confirming that her hooking skills were as good as ever. Chen Dixin was relieved, since she wasn't planning to go into the water today. Using a hook and rope was quick and saved energy.

Now, Shen Dixin glanced at her stamina, which was currently at 135/170. Her lost energy was about to return, and once her stamina was almost fully restored, that would be the time for her to start using it.

Before that, she planned to do some things that didn't consume much energy, such as unlocking the free blueprints in advance and taking advantage of the system's freebies!

She remembered that the level 2 crafting table unlocked a total of nine items! It was probably to accommodate players who chose a secondary profession through the normal process, so each profession was given a corresponding blueprint.

Since they are all initial items, the items are not very complex.

After much contemplation and a flurry of activity, a tattered collection net and wooden armor appeared! They were made entirely of square planks and yarn, without using a single material.

【Item Name: Collection Net (Damaged Version)】

Item Quality: Green

【Durability: 100/100】

Materials needed: 4 ropes, 2 planks

[Item Description: A lazy person's dream! But no one really thinks this thing will let you lie down at sea, right?]

【Item Name: Wooden Armor (Damaged Version)】

Item Quality: Green

【Durability: 80/80】

【Materials needed: 4 wooden planks】

[Equipment Attribute: Constitution 1]

[Equipment Special Effects: None]

[Item Description: Obviously, it's for self-defense, if you actually believe it can. Until you encounter something unusual, it can protect you from being impaled by a sailfish.]

Another 40 experience points were gained, and Chen Dixin quickly put away the self-made wooden armor and made another one out of the planks. A proper wooden armor can increase physique by 2! There's no need to save materials now, it's a real stamina bonus!

Anyway, even if the armor here is made of iron, it won't feel particularly heavy when you wear it; it's more like wearing a coat.

Actually, small planting pots, which are a farmer's professional tools, are quite easy to make. You just need to fix a wooden board in place and make sure they look like a planter.

Unfortunately, Chen Dixin hasn't encountered an island yet, so he can't dig up soil. Yes, you have to find your own soil for the planting pot, otherwise why would it be called a planting pot instead of a bathtub?

Chen Dixin sat cross-legged, gazing at the shimmering sea, pondering what he should do next. After all, who could have imagined returning to the very beginning?

She has so much to do; she needs to calm down and sort it all out.

In the real world, staring at a vast, empty sea for an extended period of time would be unpleasant for the eyes due to the reflected light.

However, in the game "Survival at Sea," the player's body seems to be reset and stuffed into a doll that looks the same but is made of different materials.

Some small details are full of incongruity, such as being able to keep your eyes open all day, being able to go without food for several days and then recovering from eating without any problems, resolving the daily troubles of the sexes, and eliminating menstruation.

As long as you have stamina, you can hold on until you reach your limit. However, the stamina will be consumed at double the rate until it reaches zero. Even if your stamina is used up to zero, you won't be able to lift a single finger. After sleeping enough, you will recover. At most, you will feel extremely tired mentally, but your body will not feel any soreness.

When Shen Dixin first discovered this in her previous life, she doubted whether she could still be considered human. However, after experiencing hardships, she can no longer think of anything other than survival. The almost upside-down life at sea has reshaped Shen Dixin.

Huh? A new supply crate!

Shen Dixin didn't miss a thing at sea; she keenly noticed a supply crate appearing in the distance.

This is truly a stroke of good luck. You know, the supply crates spawn at a fixed rate of one per hour in a fixed area of ​​water, with the possibility of one or two more randomly spawning. Finding two in front of Chen Dixin is pure luck.

The exact range was unclear until Shen Dixin was reborn. All he knew was that a raft without power could float at a speed of about two nautical miles, and the spawn range of supply boxes was more than ten times that.

The level of the supply crates that refreshes follows the ship; the higher the ship's level, the more likely it is to refresh high-level supply crates.

Shen Dixin thought to herself, it seems she has survived a great calamity. Her luck has been good ever since her rebirth. Since she has been favored, why not protect her to the end?

It's not unreasonable for her to drop a black iron supply box since her ship was just upgraded, right?

But reality quickly dampened her spirits; the supply crates were made of wood.

Shen Dixin smacked his head and muttered to himself in regret, "Luck is unreliable. I should work hard from now on. Hoping for windfall gains is not a good idea."

[Open the wooden supply crate to receive 2 experience points!]

[Congratulations to the player for obtaining 2 stones, 1 500ml mineral water, 2 iron nails, and 1 rope]

The supplies weren't many, but they were all useful. Shen Dixin happily put them away. She had retrieved three supply boxes in less than two hours. What more could she ask for?

While keeping an eye on the sea out of the corner of her eye, Shen Dixin opened the chat box. She had just remembered a business that was risk-free and highly profitable.

For players who are bored at sea, it's common to work for five minutes and chat for two hours. Even if they don't speak, they like to see what others are saying.

A loud bang in the sky: Does anyone know why, even with all the materials for the blueprints gathered, it still can't be made?

Peach Huhu: It's so sunny and I'm so thirsty here, it's awful! Are there any brothers or sisters who could give me some water? Peach can video chat with you guys~

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