People at Sea: I Rely on Hints to Become a Big Shot

When Shen Jue woke up, she found herself adrift on the vast ocean. Beneath her was a small wooden raft, and in her hand, a fishing rod. Feeling utterly bewildered, Shen Jue looked at the boundless ...

Chapter 52 Return to the Raft, Mermaid Levels Up (2/2)

One of each of the seven attribute potions was made.

Now only the household furniture and four cold weapons remain to be made.

She had all the materials to make the weapon, but she lacked the weapon blueprints.

The furniture is still missing some fabric.

We can only hope that the boxes we salvaged today contain anything she needs.

While I'm at it, I'll also keep an eye on the in-game store and check the chat in my server.

We can't always be busy with our own things; we also need to stay informed about the outside world to prevent ourselves from getting trapped in an information cocoon.

Server-specific chat.

[Yan Yue: The adventure dungeon is so hard! Time's up and I still haven't cleared it. The reward is right in front of me, I'm so angry! I'm so angry!]

Shen Jue scrolled through the chat and found that they were all discussing the serendipitous dungeon.

Could the serendipitous encounter on the island be the valley she accidentally wandered into yesterday?

Once you think about it this way, all the problems you couldn't understand before suddenly make sense.

The talking rabbit is essentially an NPC in the instance. Once she enters the instance, the instance's NPCs can pinpoint her exact location.

After calculating the time, it seems that she stopped seeing the server chat content from the moment she entered the valley.

At first, she thought it was a bug in the game system.

Looking back now, it seems that it was just a matter of the player entering the instance being blocked by the game system.

Since it's a single-player instance, it's necessary to protect player privacy, prevent cheating, and hide player rewards.

This is great; the rewards players receive upon entering the instance are hidden, which provides players with an additional means of survival.

Apart from the player themselves, no one else knows what reward the player received.

Shen Jue flipped through her title list, and as expected, she had gained another title: First Dungeon Clear.

Having this title can increase your mental strength by a little.

However, this amount of mental energy is dispensable to Shen Jue at the moment and is not that important.

Afterwards, Shen Jue purchased weapon blueprints from the shop. The reward for each weapon blueprint was two medicines and one stamina recovery potion.

Since it's a level three weapon blueprint, the reward offered naturally has to be unique.

Given that the only rewards were food, water, and other supplies, the medicine she offered was a refreshing alternative.

Players arriving on the island will inevitably encounter some bumps and bruises. If they get injured, they can either endure it or grind the crafting area to level three to unlock the medicine-making area.

Moreover, we also have to collect those medicinal herbs that look mysterious and impressive, and we might not even live to see that day.

In any case, after setting the conditions, Shen Jue went to another raft with a designated area to learn swordsmanship.

This sword technique manual has no name, so Shen Jue will temporarily call it the Nameless Sword Technique.

The nameless sword technique is ruthless. The first step to mastering swordsmanship is to swing the sword 1,000 times.

Upon seeing this requirement, Shen Jue resigned himself to his fate. "Heaven will entrust great responsibilities to those who are destined for them, but it will first test their resolve and strengthen their bodies..."

Keep practicing!

Now that my physical condition has improved, I need to adapt.

Shen Jue stood still, took out a longsword without any grade, and swung it horizontally forward.

Once, twice, three times...

After swinging the sword 1001 times, Shen Jue put down the long sword in his hand.

Her arms were sore and numb, and her muscles were tired.

When she first swung the sword, she was excited, feeling like she had an inexhaustible supply of power within her.

In the middle stage, physical strength begins to decline.

As his mind gradually became fatigued, Shen Jue resisted the urge of his mental energy to rest while continuing to swing his sword.

She knew that the later stages of wielding the sword were the most difficult; once she got through that phase, everything would be easier.

After putting down the knife, Shen Jue quickly gave herself a stamina recovery potion and an endurance recovery potion.

Sit down and check the next step in learning the knife technique.

The second step in learning swordsmanship: swing the sword 3,000 times…

Upon seeing this request, Shen Jue fell silent.

Who came up with these learning conditions? They're so impressive right from the start.

If she had possessed this manual when she first arrived, the weakling Shen Jue wouldn't have learned it; she had a very clear self-awareness.

Given her original physique, she would have collapsed at the slightest touch. Let alone swinging a knife 1,000 times, she would have had a hard time even 100 times.

Fortunately, she now has stamina recovery potions, and quite a lot of them.

One dose of medicinal herbs can be made into 10 doses of medicine.

She can practice ten more times.

Feeling that he had recovered enough, Shen Jue stood up again and swung his long sword.

And they hypnotize themselves into believing that this is just their unique form of entertainment, a way to become stronger while having fun.

Persistence leads to victory!

And so, under the scorching sun, sweating profusely, Shen Jue practiced until noon before finally stopping.

Although it is now autumn, the sun shines warmly on people.

Meanwhile, Shen Jue was frantically drinking water.

It's been so hot all morning, I'm sweating so much I could use it as bathwater.

I quickly drank a stamina recovery potion and prepared lunch.

Take a break, wait for your strength to recover, and eat something while you're at it.

After a morning of hard practice, I have finally met the requirements for learning swordsmanship.

Swing the sword 3000 times, draw the sword 3000 times, keep your posture steady and your speed fast! Simply put, it's about power and speed in tandem.

She persisted like this for a whole morning, and she probably pushed her body to its limits. Although her stamina value did not change, her endurance seemed to have increased.

It was as if this stamina value had completely belonged to her.

Shen Jue made a bowl of knife-cut noodles and checked the online store while waiting for the food to cook.

The purchase order sent out this morning has not received any response.

Shen Jue knew in his heart that almost every player could obtain the Island Landing Token.

Weapons were also scarce and fiercely contested among them. In just a short while, every weapon she saw in the store was sold out instantly once it was listed.

There are many others who share her idea and want to acquire the blueprints for level 3 weapons.

The noodles in the pot are almost cooked, and the bok choy we planted is ready for harvest.

Shen Jue ran to the field and picked a handful of tender bok choy.

I gave it a quick wash and then put it in the pot.

Add an egg, and you have a balanced meal with both meat and vegetables—nutritious and healthy.

Shen Jue was thoroughly enjoying slurping the noodles.

It was at this moment that a message posted by a player in the server chat caught Shen Jue's attention.

[Jiang Yan: I wonder if everyone has noticed that merfolk are appearing more and more frequently.]

[Yan Lin: It turns out I'm not the only one who thinks this way; the merfolk emerged from the sea almost an hour earlier than expected.]

[Yan Lin: More importantly, their appearance has undergone some very obvious changes; their faces are becoming more and more refined, gradually resembling human features.]

[Zhang Qiao: Oh my god! Are they going to evolve again?!]

Perhaps because the merfolk pose a threat to the players' lives, players have engaged in heated discussions about whether the merfolk can still evolve.

Some people even tried to figure out how to quickly improve their strength and reduce the harm that the merfolk posed to the players.

One player complained that it would be great if these merfolk could be killed.

Should we kill the NPC?

That's a great idea!