Chapter 203: First Day of Survival at Sea (1) Settlement

Hot pot for two?

Yu Miaomiao was stunned by this question. She thought for a second or two, then looked down and saw that the molten lava had reached Api's neck.

“I, I don’t remember…”

Looking at Api soaked in the molten lava, Yu Miaomiao could no longer speak normally.

What should she do? How should she save Api?

Perhaps she should hurry forward to where the system backpack could be opened.

But in front of her, there was nothing but a box and a bridge across the lava. Further away, there was only a sea of ​​red, and she couldn't see what was over there at all.

But she seemed unable to leave here. She couldn't bear it, and she couldn't leave Api here alone. These fiery red liquids didn't seem hot and the temperature couldn't be felt, but it must be extremely uncomfortable. Yu Miaomiao had felt that kind of stinging burning sensation when she was unconscious.

"Just stay here and think about it. Tell me, okay? I haven't had hot pot in a long time..."

Api's voice was very soft, and Yu Miaomiao's eyes were completely blurred by tears. Maybe if she kept Api for a moment longer, she would be able to come up with a solution, or wait until the system could be used normally.

After thinking about it, she took off the intermediate shield bracelet on her hand and was about to throw it down.

With only half her face exposed, A-Pi felt the molten lava immediately spread to her mouth. She trembled as she said, "Don't... You can't get anything else. Use this to protect yourself. I can't catch you if you drop it. Sister Miaomiao, don't do anything stupid."

It was very difficult for Api to say these words. Yu Miaomiao could no longer control her tears, but she was afraid that Api would find her tears salty if he really ate them, so she turned her head away and did not let the tears fall.

So this is what despair is like. She wished she could go down and soak with A-Pi instead of watching her die.

It turns out that she was so incompetent after the system failed. She could kill, but she couldn't do anything when faced with such a natural disaster.

Api's voice came from the lava pool, "Sister Meow Meow, are you still there?"

"I'm here, I'm here. Are you okay? You like hot pot, right, Api, Api." Yu Miaomiao cried, "I remember now. There's beef, crispy pork, and a lot of delicious food. Can you hold on? Let's go back and eat together. Wait for me, I'll run over... open it..."

In the entire red space, there was no sound anymore, only her sobbing.

There was no human figure in the rolling lava.

"Api!"

"Api!"

Yu Miaomiao cried and shouted again and again, but no one responded to her. In the entire cave, the only sounds were her own throat-wracking cries.

Empty.

That nasty feeling of being watched came over her again.

Yu Miaomiao wiped away her tears and stared in that direction with bloodshot eyes.

She said to the person who woke her up word by word with hatred: "You all must die..."

[Oh my prank, I'll randomly select a player and burn him to death]

This line of words, which made her very angry, appeared in her holographic interface along with the system's indifferent voice.

The system can be used normally again after Api disappeared.

Yu Miaomiao immediately used her return card, perhaps there was still hope of taking Api with her. Even if Api had more burns, she could give all the advanced medical kits to Api.

After the familiar dizziness, she landed on the ground. The first thing she did was to see if Api had followed her out. At the same time, she took out an advanced medical kit with her mind.

There was only a bed and a sofa in his metal house, and no one was there.

Api…

No, Api didn't go in with her. If they come out of the expedition site, the team members will return to their original place, so it's normal that no one is there.

She opened her friends list.

The name Api is still there, but it is obviously different from Pangpang and Huabie, and is gray.

She must have seen it wrong.

Yu Miaomiao opened the system interface repeatedly and saw that the familiar name was still displayed in gray.

It must be a system bug.

With trembling hands, she clicked on Api's profile picture and sent a message, "Api, are you back?", but then received a system prompt, "The other party is offline."

Impossible, she clearly used a return ticket, and Api was wearing a high-level shield, how could it be possible...

Dead.

The person who had hugged him not long ago, the girl who accompanied him on this lonely adventure, really disappeared in the lava.

“Ding ding.”

Yu Miaomiao opened the chat box with great anticipation, hoping that this was a message from Api to prove that everything she had just seen was just an illusion.

The message was a group chat among three people.

"Pangpang: Sister Miaomiao, it shows here that Api is offline and his name has turned gray. Is there something wrong with my system?"

boom-

When Yu Miaomiao heard these words, she felt like she was struck by lightning and could no longer hold back her tears.

Api really left her, in front of her.

Why did she invite Api to help?

If Api hadn't come, they wouldn't have been able to reach the secret passage, the system backpack wouldn't have malfunctioned... and Api wouldn't have... died.

"Api is dead"

"Api was killed by me"

Yu Miaomiao was always called a jinx by her family, saying that she killed her parents, but she said that she was not. Now she even killed her closest friend in the apocalypse.

"No!"

They had clearly agreed to eat hotpot together and go shopping and traveling together when we returned to the real world, so why was she the only one left at the end of her life?

Yu Miaomiao was still wearing the tan coat that Api had given her. She hugged herself tightly, as if she was holding Api in her arms. She wanted to hold Api and not let the girl with a beautiful smile leave her.

The star-shaped brooch on her coat pricked her arm and hurt. She wanted to hug him tighter so that the sharp thorn would pierce deeper to punish herself.

Her clothes were already soaked with tears, and she fainted from crying.

Yu Miaomiao, who was unconscious, seemed to hear many noises, but she was unwilling to wake up. As long as she didn't wake up, she wouldn't have to face A Pi's death.

In the dream, Api was hugging her and affectionately calling her "Sister Meow Meow."

"Api!"

Yu Miaomiao woke up from her dream and jumped out of a furry embrace.

"Api?"

Looking around, there was no sign of Api, only a... zebra cat.

The room was dim and dark, and outside it was pitch black. The temperature was at least ten to twenty degrees below zero. If it weren't for the warm little darling clinging to her back, she would have frozen to death in this room.

Her stomach was growling with hunger, but she still refused to give up and clicked on the friend list.

The name is still gray.

Api is really gone.

In that prank adventure, he was killed by the system.

Yes, that damn system.

As long as you walk through the secret door, someone will definitely die in the catastrophe.

No, it's the evil system manipulation.

Yu Miaomiao looked at the system time.

[Day 1 of Survival at Sea 04:58 Showers and Light Breeze]

Survival at sea...

She fainted from crying for more than 12 hours?

How is this different from giving up on yourself?

Since she was the one who survived, why did she become so depraved?

I let my emotions control my body, I felt sorry for myself, and even forgot to pick up Xiaoguai.

Yu Miaomiao hated herself, hated her past incompetence, hated her indecisiveness, and hated herself for fainting from crying during the most crucial 12 hours, but what she hated even more was this system.

This disgusting system destroyed her hard-earned friendships, friends, and innocent lives.

Fortunately, Xiaoguai is by her side at this moment. If she loses Xiaoguai as well, Yu Miaomiao doesn’t know how to face her future life.

Sadness filled her whole body, but she had to cheer up. Daybreak was about to arrive, and she had to protect what she had first.

She took two bites of the mutton pot cake to regain her strength. Just as she was about to stand up to close the black curtain, she heard Xiaoguai beside her meow.

There is resentment amidst the grievance.

"Wait for me, little darling. The sun will be out soon and it will be unsafe for you. Once I have the black curtain ready, I'll feed you."

Yu Miaomiao gave a warning and carefully put Api's suit in her arms aside. She put on her warm clothes and climbed to the window. She was about to pull up the black curtain when she saw hail falling outside the window. Looking sideways, she saw that the hail had covered her roof and the metal fence outside.

How thick is this hail?

There was no time to think, she not only had to feed Xiaoguai, but also had to apply the strongest sunscreen on it.

While fixing the black curtain, she was sighing, "It's a good thing Xiaoguai knew to come find her, and it's a good thing Xiaoguai knew to close the door."

The floor heating in the house could no longer be turned on, and the fireplace would not light. She had to act faster and faster to warm herself.

After finishing everything, she took out the barbecue from the system backpack and threw it to Xiaoguai.

"Meow~Meow"

Xiaoguai chewed the fragrant and sizzling barbecue, making satisfied sounds.

Yu Miaomiao put the sunscreen on her hands and evenly applied it to the dog, muttering to herself, "This is to protect you, don't lick it off yourself."

Fortunately, after the sunscreen was applied, it soon blended into Xiaoguai's skin, without the stickiness at the beginning. While touching it, she didn't know why, but she recalled those scenes again.

As she thought about it, tears began to fall from her eyes.

"Meow?" Xiaoguai looked at the human in front of him who had stopped with a puzzled look on his face.

Yu Miaomiao wiped her tears and said, "Xiaoguai, luckily you are here, to accompany me, wuwuwuwu."

"Meow?"

“Meow—”

Even when you are hungry, you still need to eat.

Yu Miaomiao continued to take out food and handed it over. She felt relieved only after confirming that Xiaoguai had spread the food evenly all over his body.

She had to get busy.

The next thing is to piece together the hull, including the turrets and metal protective walls outside the house.

The four turrets halfway up the mountain were a little far from her, and she could no longer retract her backpack. She could only wait for the ice to melt, so that her hull could move and she could row over to retract it.

Take out the floating plate, face it towards the holographic screen, and then you can piece it together piece by piece.

She had originally planned to do this process with A-Pi when they came back last night to see what kind of hull A-Pi wanted to build, but now... she was alone.

Yu Miaomiao opened the message and tried her best not to think about it anymore, so as to get everything done before the ice melted at dawn.

The first thing she saw was a group chat of three people. When she saw the title, she couldn't help but shed tears.

She was so disappointing. She had clearly agreed to concentrate on facing life in the end times, but she couldn't help crying when she saw any details about Api.

In the group chat of three people, there were more than a dozen unread messages from Lulu, asking about her and Api.

"Meow Meow is not short of water: Api and I went on an expedition, and she... was made to disappear by... the system."

Yu Miaomiao was still unwilling to admit Api's death. She felt that maybe Api had just disappeared, and as long as she didn't admit it, Api was not dead.

Lulu's message came back quickly.

"Pangpang: What do you mean by disappeared? Sister Miaomiao, do you mean that A-Pi has left... this world, left us?"

"Meow Meow is not short of water: Yeah."

"Chubby: Because of the mechanism of the prank cave?"

"Meow Meow is not short of water: Yeah."

"Chubby: Disappeared right in front of you...without any wiggle room?"

"Meow Meow is not short of water: Yeah."

After a long time, she thought she would receive more questions from Lulu, but unexpectedly she received some comforting words.

"Pangpang: Are you injured? Is it serious? The sea survival world has arrived. Sister Miaomiao, you must be very sad to see A-Pi leave. I am also very sad, but we must cheer up and avenge A-Pi."

revenge?

The name of the three-person group chat is the Never Leave Desert Rose Cannon Revenge Alliance.

Yes, they have always been together and have come out of the desert. Yu Miaomiao can't be discouraged anymore. She should avenge Api.

"Meow Meow is not short of water: Okay, I'm going to prepare things for survival at sea."

There was also other information. His words changed from worry at the beginning to concern in the end, because he also noticed that Api's name disappeared from the list, so he roughly guessed what was going on.

Yu Miaomiao replied to Hua Bie, "I just woke up, I'm fine, and I'm preparing items for survival at sea," and then went to check other messages.

There were many other temporary messages from passers-by. Some asked her what rewards she had received for the list, and some asked her what the latest system function was. She didn't reply, but looked at the person who sent her dozens of messages in a row - Ziren.

"Is Ziren here? Has A-Pi reunited with you? She's been refusing to reply to my messages. I really won't tell anyone about you anymore. I can help you. I swear."

"Is Ziren here? Did Ah Pi go to help you? Why hasn't she replied yet?"

After that, he asked questions continuously, asking why Api's name turned gray and why when he sent a message to Api, he would be prompted that he was offline.

He asked this question over a dozen times, until the last one, "Is Api dead? Can you just give me a definite answer?"

Is Api dead?

Yu Miaomiao shook her head blankly.

She thought about it, but still didn't reply.

She didn't stop working and kept looking at the temporary private chat box until she saw the message just after midnight.

"Yiren Fanfantian: Is it my Miaobao?"

"Iris: I was afraid my temporary message would disappear, so I didn't contact you until after midnight. I cleared the Prank Cave and completed Hidden Mission 2, gaining access to Incognito Mode's hidden functionality. My message to you won't be seen by anyone, but your reply might be. So when you're free, send me a normal hello and I'll share what I've seen and heard with you."

These two pieces of news shocked her directly.

..This person seems to be Yue Yina???

Before replying, Yu Miaomiao opened the cross-server chat, which showed 123 people online. One person named 'Yiren Tiafantian' said something very familiar: "My dad's braised lamb is the worst, but my mom's carrots are delicious."

This sentence... was the second phrase she and Yue Yina had agreed upon, and it also meant "I am safe."

It was Yue Yina, that should be correct. In order to prevent being used by someone with ulterior motives, Yu Miaomiao replied cautiously.

"Meow Meow is Not Short of Water: Justice from Heaven?"

The short paragraph at the end is Yue Yina's self-proclaimed name. If the other party can reply, it is most likely her.

After receiving the news from her best friend, Yu Miaomiao instantly perked up.

Nana really came, and she was on another server. She even unlocked cross-server chat earlier than many people. She must have developed quite well.

She felt both relieved and sad. She really wanted to have someone to hold and cry again, but now was not the time to continue being sad.

The float in her hand was assembled. She roughly formed the float into a rectangle, and the middle part of the hull was connected to her metal house through the foundation connector.

She lifted a little bit of the black curtain, made sure it was still dark and there was no sun, and then she put away everything in the house.

Xiaoguai was hungry and tired today. He was sleeping soundly next to this human, but was suddenly awakened by Yu Miaomiao's roar. However, the human knew to give him food when he woke up, so he didn't care.

Not long after, Xiaoguai saw this strange human busying around the house again, sometimes crying, sometimes serious, and then he put away all the things.

The next moment, the man and the cat fell onto an iceberg.

“Ahhh——”

Xiaoguai, standing on the iceberg, let out a frightened cry. This was the hail that it feared the most. Then the next moment, it returned to the metal house.

what happened?

The zebra cat racked his brains to figure out what was going on, but then he saw another piece of barbecue placed in the big bowl in front of him.

Forget it, let’s eat first. Xiaoguai didn’t plan to think about it. Anyway, he was still hungry, so he just buried his head in eating the meat.

At this time, Yu Miaomiao had already connected the metal house and the floating board.

When all the floats are put together, they become a long, flat float, just like the most common raft. It does not look like a boat as you might imagine. If there are strong winds and waves, it may not be safe to stand on the float outside the house. This needs to be optimized later by looking for buildings or other things.

Because there had been too much hail before and the ice blocks had piled up too high, the moment she folded up the metal house, she and Xiaoguai automatically stood on top of the ice blocks, so the float was now also standing on top of the hail pile on this high sand dune.

When all the ice has melted, the float should float directly on the water instead of sinking to the bottom.

The location she had chosen previously had the geographical advantage of being easy to defend and difficult to attack. Now that Ocean World is here, everyone is on the same flat ocean, so she has to quickly set up some defensive devices.

Two turrets were placed at both ends of the floating plate, and the dismantled metal walls were placed around the metal house, so that basic defense was provided.

She filled the entire float so full that the wall was almost attached to the float. This meant that there was no space for activities on the sea outside the float, and she couldn't stay indoors every day.

If it was her personal space, a simple raft would be enough. Then she connected three layers of simple rafts on the outside of the floating board, doubling the area of ​​the entire raft.

When she finished all this, she was so cold that her body was freezing and her face was a little purple. She had no choice but to go back into the house and wait for the arrival of the sea world.

In the house, she used metal support plates and metal roof to make a spacious second isolation door near the entrance. This way, after she entered this second space and opened the outer door, she would not have to worry about the sun shining on Xiaoguai.

Crunch, crunch!

A faint white light appeared in the sky. The sun was rising. The weak sunlight was slowly melting the ice outside the house. The sound of water and ice breaking could be heard.

Yu Miaomiao planned to send a message to Iris later to find out what the hidden task was about. She was worried that the ice would melt and she would have no time to pay attention.

She had no mood to read what people in the world were discussing.

Now the most important thing for her is that she and Xiaoguai can safely survive the early stages of survival at sea.

The sun was gradually rising. She didn't dare to open the black curtain to check the situation outside the house. She could only rely on her feeling to listen to what was happening outside. When the ice under the metal house loosened, she would go to the second door to see what was happening.

The other parts of the hull cannot be connected to the float for the time being. When connecting, there is a red cross, which prompts "cannot overlap with other items". It is probably because these connecting parts, such as the engine, overlap with the hail, so they cannot be installed. We can only wait until the ice is completely melted.

Yu Miaomiao opened the rankings. The list had changed, and there was also a cross-server ranking. She planned to check her own ranking results first, and then see what this new one was.

There was a lot of information piled up in the message notifications, which were sent when the rankings were settled last night early in the morning.

[System Notice: Congratulations to player Miaomiao Buqshui for achieving fifth place in the Desert Survival Phase 3 Adventure Guide.]

[System Notice: Congratulations to player Miaomiao Buqshui for achieving 12th place in the Monster Killing Ranking of Desert Survival Phase 3.]

[System Notice: Congratulations to player Miaomiao Buqshui for winning first place in the third phase of Desert Survival Plant Collection.]

[System Notice: Congratulations to player Miaomiao Buqshui for achieving first place in the Wisdom ranking for Desert Survival Phase 3.]

[System Notice: Congratulations to player Miaomiao Buqshui for achieving eighth place in the third round of Desert Survival Agility Ranking.]

[System Notice: Congratulations to player Miaomiao Buqshui for achieving 91st place in the third phase of Desert Survival's stamina ranking.]

[System Notice: Congratulations to player Miaomiao Buqshui for winning first place in the third round of the Desert Survival beta test.]

Among the eight lists, she was in the top 100 in seven of them. Her strength value in the remaining list was too low, so she did not make it into the top 100, which was also what she expected.

However, she did not expect to win the first place in plant collection. Fortunately, during her coma, the plant robot diligently helped her collect the special plants, so she got the first place.

Rewarding sounds and items followed one after another.

[System Notice: Calculation of Desert Survival Third Phase Internal Test Server Competition Ranking Rewards has begun]

[Successfully triggered the Lucky trait, obtaining 30 mineral waters, 400 wood, 400 screws, 400 scrap iron blocks, 400 plastic blocks, 20 single item synthesis completion cards, 8 Fishman Island single experience cards, 2 advanced shield crafting blueprints, and 1 world order restoration card. These have been stored in the system warehouse.]

So even if you are first and the Lucky trait is triggered, you will still be given 1 Restore World Order card.

[System prompt: Player Meow Meow is not short of water and has unlocked advanced shield crafting, wisdom value increased by 1.]

It turns out that good things like advanced shield manufacturing technology are obtained through competition in the beta server.

Therefore, no one in the entire beta test server should have mastered the production technology of this technology.

[System Notice: Desert Survival Phase 3 Stamina Ranking Rewards Calculation Begins]

[Successfully triggered the Lucky trait, obtaining 4 Stimulants, 8 Happy Cokes, 5 Quick Fried Rice, and 2 Sweet and Sour Mandarin Fish. These have been stored in the system warehouse.]

[System Notice: Calculation of Desert Survival Phase 3 Agility Ranking Rewards has begun]

[Successfully triggered the Lucky trait, obtaining 14 stimulants, 38 Happy Cola, 8 special lightening spinach cakes, 2 stunning guest cards, and 2 stimulant crafting blueprints. These have been stored in the system warehouse.]

Even for the rewards of the personal panel, the difference between the top 10 and the top 100 is so big.

[System Notice: Calculation of Desert Survival Third Phase Wisdom Value Ranking Rewards has begun]

[Successfully triggered the Lucky trait, obtaining 14 stimulants, 38 Happy Cola, 1 large seawater filter, 6 transparent buffalo milk silk (special), 4 gold quest instant treasure cards, 6 platinum quest treasure cards, and 1 restore world order card. These have been stored in the system warehouse.]

Seawater filter?

This should be specially used for survival at sea. Sure enough, the rewards in the third phase are closely related to the ocean world.

[System Notice: Calculation of rewards for the third phase of Desert Survival Plant Collection Ranking has begun]

[Successfully triggered the Lucky trait, obtaining 3 Glimmering Algae Seeds, 5 Nesting Houttuynia Seeds, 4 Flax Seeds, 4 Wheat Seeds, 4 High-Level Nutrient Solution, 5 High-Level Fertilizer, 4 Refined Titanium Ingots, 6 Titanium Ingots, 8 Refined Iron Ingots, 122 Iron Ingots, 666 Screws, 88 Mucus, 102 Resin, 48 Hides, 260 Nylon Cloth, 1100 Lumber, 2 Greenhouse Construction Blueprints, and 1 World Order Restoration Card. These have been stored in the system warehouse.]

[System prompt: Player Meow Meow is not short of water and has unlocked the production of a greenhouse. Wisdom value increased by 1.]

It's too exaggerated. It takes so many materials to make a planting greenhouse. Fortunately, it triggered luck. No, these may be the materials for making two greenhouses.

[System Notice: Desert Survival Phase 3 Monster Kill Ranking Rewards Calculation Begins]

[Successfully triggered the Lucky trait, obtaining 32 mucus, 4 freezing organs, 4 venom glands, 4 wind organs, 4 fire organs, 4 generator organs, 4 gill-lung organs, 20 hides, 26 high-quality cloth, 6 refined titanium ingots, 10 titanium ingots, 30 refined iron ingots, 30 iron ingots, 60 screws, and 20 plastic blocks. Stored in the system warehouse.]

[System Notice: Calculation of rewards for Desert Survival's third phase of adventure strategy rankings has begun]

[Successfully triggered the Lucky trait, obtaining 30 Happy Cokes, 4 Titanium Ingots, 30 Refined Titanium Ingots, 4 Single Item Synthesis Coupons, and 4 Crystal Palace Single Experience Coupons. These have been stored in the system warehouse.]