Chapter 73 Desert Survival Day 10 (1) Ranking Rewards...

"Meow Meow is not short of water: After deducting what I used on this expedition, I got a total of 161 raspberry berries, 193 raspberry leaves, 31 wood, 150 screws, 6 mineral water, 16 scrap iron blocks, 3 primary nutrient solution fragments, 3 rubber, 6 palm leaves, 19 stones, 30 strings, 24 cotton, 1 energy drink, 96 iron blocks, 10 fibers, 10 plastic blocks, 1 intermediate fertilizer, 59 copper blocks, 5 arrows, 12 poison arrows, 7 resins, 16 slime, 11 titanium blocks, 20 sand piles, 4 feathers, 5 bones, Animal hides*3, seasoning salt*30, linen cloth*18, flax leaves*31, fresh baba leaves*62, lettuce seeds*2, raspberry seeds*1, red stalks*22, snap mushrooms*28, osmanthus fragrans leaves*35, mammoth meat*10, cunning catfish meat*2, eggs*22, milk*3, honey*1, refined iron ingot*1, snake heart grass*9, anti-roll gyroscope*3, thermometer*2, antidote*4, sulfur*5, intermediate fertilizer*1, earthworm*5, sand date branch*32, grenade*1, insecticide*1, cuckoo feather crest*1, rocket*2, telescope*2, licorice*39, tuckahoe petals*21, milk pudding mochi*5, slippery bath care three-in-one shower gel recipe*1, night vision goggles recipe*1, torch stand recipe*1, silencer recipe*1.

"Meow Meow is not short of water: Because of the previous agreement, I gave you one-tenth of the supplies obtained from this expedition. This time, I collected a lot of things, so if there are a lot of things, I will just give you one-tenth of them. I want to keep the other small quantities for myself, but I can help you with the craftsmanship of all the drawings this time free of charge. If there is anything you particularly want, we can discuss it."

Yu Miaomiao never stopped collecting along the way. The items in her backpack increased one by one, and it took her quite a while to put them all together. After she sent the message, she heard the system voice at the same time.

[System Notice: Congratulations to player Miaomiao Buqshui for achieving ninth place in the first round of Desert Survival Adventure Guide.]

[System Notice: Congratulations to player Miaomiao Buqshui for achieving 71st place in the first round of Desert Survival monster kill rankings.]

[System Notice: Congratulations to player Miaomiao Buqshui for achieving 43rd place in the first phase of Desert Survival Plant Collection Ranking.]

Desert Survival Episode 1?

That’s right, settlement is made every 10 days, isn’t it just one period at a time?

The information icon on the holographic system is flashing, which should mean the ranking list settlement rewards have arrived.

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

[Failed to trigger the Lucky trait. Gained 1 Pigweed Seed, 1 Wheat Seed, 1 Primary Nutrient Solution, 1 Medium Planting Box, 1 Composter, and 1 Automatic Water Pump Crafting Drawing. These have been stored in the system warehouse.]

[System prompt: Player Meow Meow is not short of water and has unlocked the automatic water pump production.]

[System Notice: Desert Survival's first round of monster kill ranking rewards calculation begins]

[Successfully triggered the Lucky trait, obtaining 15 mucus, 1 frozen organ, 1 flamethrower, 2 poison glands, and 1 rusted armor crafting blueprint. These have been stored in the system warehouse.]

[System prompt: Player Miaomiao is not short of water and has unlocked the crafting of Rusted Armor. Wisdom value increased by 1.]

[System Notice: Calculation of rewards for the first round of Desert Survival Adventure Strategy Rankings has begun]

[Successfully triggered the Lucky trait, obtaining 10 functional drinks, 19 scrap iron blocks, 11 copper blocks, 11 iron blocks, 1 refined iron block, 2 single life synthesis completion cards, and 2 Devil's Bend adventure single experience cards. These have been stored in the system warehouse.]

This time the system information came very quickly, but the system voice was a little stuck. It should be that it was a bit difficult to process the settlement rewards on the leaderboard at the same time, but it did not affect the collection of reward items into the backpack.

Different things happen to tens of thousands of people in this world every day. It should not be difficult to handle the settlement of hundreds of people. However, there are still many people fighting monsters at this moment, which has caused a burden on the operation of the entire system.

The synthesis cards given by the system this time are limited. Not only are they limited to the crafts that the survivors have currently learned, but they can only be daily items.

Unfortunately, because she had not received a reply from Hua Pie, she had not had time to study the drawings brought out from the expedition site, and she did not know whether the night vision goggles belonged to the daily life category or the technological category.

It's only been ten days since the end of the world, and all kinds of advanced instruments and weapons have slowly appeared. I don't know if it's because they are on the internal testing server, but the system doesn't give them any breathing space to survive, nor does it allow them to develop slowly. It has been pushing the survivors forward, as if it is using the lives of these 100,000 people to verify the system.

Of course, as the items appearing at this stage become better and better, more materials are needed to synthesize an item. Yu Miaomiao guessed that this cunning system probably didn't want the survivors to synthesize a very rare item, so it added so many restrictions.

Especially for some survivors who have learned very powerful weapons or technologies, if they are allowed to synthesize an item at will, it is very likely that something too super-model will appear immediately, causing the survivors to lose balance.

Yes, now whether it is drawing cards or ranking rewards, Yu Miaomiao feels that the system seems to be deliberately preventing the gap between each survivor from being too big.

Although the items everyone obtains are increasing, no one person will easily obtain supplies far beyond those of ordinary people. Some people will still have more of certain items and less of other items, so there will still be exchanges and communication between the players it defines.

Even if Yu Miaomiao possessed the trait of luck, she only got a little more supplies at certain times. For the survival of tens of thousands of people, it could not cause a big stir or break any balance.

The items rewarded on the leaderboard are only to help those on the list get one step closer and make the strong stronger, but they will not make the strong become the only strongest.

After all, if someone, or a small group of people, becomes the strongest, then everyone else will have no hope of catching up. This system should want to see everyone fighting hard for survival, and at the same time keep the various functions of this system running.

For those personal numerical rankings that are difficult to improve, the system will only reward them once every 30 days. For those rankings that may cause harm, death, or arouse strong interest among survivors, the system will settle them once every 10 days to encourage everyone to actively participate.

After the first phase ended, there was another phase. Which phase would be the end? Or would this shabby apocalypse never end?

People around the world are already discussing the situation of this ranking. The top few monster killers are the most discussed, because the more they kill, the stronger they are. Some people even want to worship those strong people as their teachers and say they want to learn the techniques of killing monsters.

During the discussion, Yu Miaomiao was also pulled out for discussion.

"Shizuka: That monster killer number one on the monster kill list is incredible! She's killed 233 monsters! And it's only the tenth day. Does that mean she kills 23 monsters a day on average?"

"I don't want to work any harder. It's not 23 a day. You have to know that monsters only appear on the fourth day, which means I killed 40 a day. It's so terrifying. God, I bow down to you."

"Sha Po Xiong: Iris Master was able to kill so many, most of them must have been killed in the exploration area. It's true that the strong always get stronger."

Iris's ID always ranks first in the expedition area and the monster killing list. Yu Miaomiao remembered that when she saw this ID on the seventh day, the number of monsters killed was 121. In less than three days, she actually killed more than 100 more. One can imagine how she killed everyone in the expedition area.

"Wen Xiang: It seems that those who rank high in the exploration area have killed a lot of monsters, except for that great god called Miaomiao Buquishui. She ranks 9th in the exploration area, but only kills 71 monsters. I want to know how she does it."

Yu Miaomiao never thought that there would come a day when she would be called a great god.

"Arsonist: I guess they're just hiding, just like when I saw other people playing Chicken Dinner, some of them managed to make it to the finals."

"Wen Xiang: Knowing how to hide is a skill. I went there once and was almost killed by the first branch monster. Luckily, I was able to move my fingers and use the adventure card to get back. That suffocating feeling still haunts me."

"I'm the Colonel: You're the one who's cowardly. If I had gotten the expedition card and gone in, I'd definitely be able to kill dozens of them. Now I'm pretty good at killing monsters at night."

"Wen Xiang: I give you what you can do. If I really let you go, I'm afraid you won't even reach 1%. You are just showing off your ability with your mouth."

The world was bustling with people arguing and others continuing discussions, until Yu Miaomiao saw someone mention her ID again.

"Period: Don't you think this Meow Meow is not lacking water is extraordinary? First she collected special plants and explosive fruits, then she was so high up in the expedition map, yet she killed very few monsters. She even ranked tenth in the beta test. Yet her name isn't even listed on her profile. Does she have some special ability?"

Special skills?

Yu Miaomiao feels that everything she has achieved is inseparable from her own efforts. If she has to say something special, it must be the occasional luck.

"Don't ask about the future: I remember someone exposing this guy called Miaomiao Buqeshui a long time ago, saying he was friends with the current top-ranked OEM, Ziren Zaishi. It seems he's even ripped people off. They must be a small group, right? Sure enough, small groups can squeeze benefits out of ordinary survivors."

"Beautiful Girl Warrior: I think the opposite is true. I don't know if you've seen Miaomiao Buqueshui's new post, saying that the vice president of the Tiandihui, the ultimate winner in life, is demanding that all survivors in the expedition zone give up their zones to him. To be honest, I received this message, but I was wary of the Tiandihui at the time, so I left. Furthermore, the person who first exposed Ziren's presence and Miaomiao Buqueshui is also the ultimate winner in life. It's hard not to suspect this ultimate winner of life has ulterior motives."

"Only surpass, not imitate: Aren't you afraid of the Tiandihui? And now you're accusing them again. Are you and Miaomiao Buqueshui in cahoots?"

"Beautiful girl warrior: Don't use your narrow-minded thinking to speculate about others. I was scared at the time, but that doesn't mean I have to hide forever. If someone is willing to speak out, do you have any objections to me speaking out about what I have seen and heard?"

"Wen Xiang: Yes, Meow Meow is not short of water. Even in such a difficult expedition, he was threatened and still remained unyielding. This shows that he is not just hiding. At the very least, he is courageous and must be quite capable."

"I'm the Colonel: The number of monsters you've killed is almost the same as mine. I don't think you have much skill, it's really just luck."

Yu Miaomiao was stunned when she heard what this person said, but it seemed that no one cared about what he said, and continued to discuss other people on the list.

What’s strange is that before, whenever someone spoke ill of the Tiandihui, there would always be a group of people coming out to fight back, but why are they all quiet at this moment?

However, apart from the beautiful young warriors, only a few people who had also been threatened by the big winner in life came out to help, and the others seemed to deliberately avoid the topic of the Tiandihui.

People around the world were still discussing the rankings and the situation in normal mode, and after a while new news came in the group chat of three people.

"Is Pippi here? Wow, it's freezing outside. I killed a turkey and came back inside. My hands are shaking from the cold. Luckily I have a heater. I hope you don't blame me again. I don't want to go out in such a strong wind."

Yu Miaomiao could feel that the wind outside was very strong, hitting the wooden house and making a "bang bang" sound.

At first, she was worried that the plants in the planting boxes would be blown away by the strong wind or frozen to death, and wanted to move them in. However, when she looked at the four boxes, they were intact and safely placed outside, and the plants inside were standing tall and graceful, completely undisturbed by the natural environment.

Yu Miaomiao felt that there was a natural barrier around the planting box. The plants inside grew quietly. No matter how strong the wind and sand blew, the leaves inside did not flutter at all.

So this is the so-called non-human attack defense of 10,000,000 points. It is really strong. Even if a sandstorm comes, there is no need to worry. After all, if you encounter special circumstances and have to put the planting box into the backpack, the plants inside will stop growing, delaying her harvesting progress.

Yu Miaomiao continued to practice the tortoise breathing technique, and watched as gusts of wind were blowing outside the house, carrying countless grains of sand in the air, and her vision was blurred.

"Meow Meow is not short of water: With such strong wind and sand, even monsters can't get through at night."

"Chubby: I just dealt with a mud monster in the sand. They moved here sticking to the ground."

"Is Pipi here? Sister Miaomiao, I see people around the world are talking about you. You're already considered a great figure."

"Pangpang: Sister Miaomiao is already very powerful, but what you're doing is too risky. If Qi Jintao finds out, he'll definitely find ways to retaliate against you."

"Is Pipi here? I checked the leaderboards, and his name is still there. How come he's still here? And it's strange. Sister Miaomiao, after you posted that, the Tiandihui would definitely say something, given their nature. Why is it so quiet right now? No, I'm going to go check out what's going on."

Yu Miaomiao was also very puzzled. At the beginning, the big winner in life came to her to ask her to clarify, but now no one came to her. It was very abnormal.

She searched for new posts based on the latest published posts.

Later, she was not the only one who posted this kind of post exposing the behavior of being a big winner in life. More than 30 survivors also posted similar posts, but none of them attracted much attention.

What will the Tiandihui do next?

Keep covering your mouth?

It seems that it can't be covered up anymore.

Because it has been a while since the post was published, many people have seen it and people around the world have discussed it.

So, they planned to deal with it coldly, that was Yu Miaomiao's feeling.

In the early stages, they could use slime or other things to silence these survivors, but now that the truth has come out, the posts cannot be deleted, and there is no need to offer benefits to make so many survivors turn against them.

Although those whose rankings fell out of the top 100 might be unhappy, they probably left the expedition site after receiving benefits. If a real confrontation occurred, it could be said that it was consensual on both sides.

Moreover, after this incident, the Tiandihui should have realized that threatening people is no longer effective. Instead of spending a lot of effort to find all the posters, it is better to say nothing and do nothing.

As long as it does not arouse public outrage, most other survivors will choose to stay out of it and will not follow the trend to make a fuss. As time goes by, this matter will slowly be forgotten.

Her head was already feeling dizzy. After a day of running around and the energy consumed by constant concentration, she really couldn't take it anymore.

Fighting off her tiredness, she left a message in the group and to Hua Bie respectively, then prepared to practice the tortoise breathing technique while sleeping, in case she slept too deeply at night and didn't know when the monster came.

Yu Miaomiao learned one of the moves - lying flat on her back with the soles of her feet facing each other and her feet spread out to the sides, and she fell into a deep sleep according to the breathing method required by the Tortoise Breathing Exercise.

The next day, Yu Miaomiao suddenly woke up amidst profuse sweat and gusts of strong wind.

She had many dreams that night. In her dreams, Yue Yina called her to get up and eat, then she saw a scavenger bird pecking Yue Yina, and then she was stuck in the mud. When she was almost unable to breathe, she broke free from the nightmare and woke up to return to this even harsher doomsday.

Hearing the strong wind, her first reaction was that her wooden house would not fall apart.

I looked up and around. The roof was still there and the wooden walls were intact, but the sky outside the window was already filled with yellow sand.

Yu Miaomiao stood up and leaned against the window to look outside.

Although she had already put the things on the workbench into her backpack, the sandbags and planter boxes were still outside, and she was a little worried.

But even with just a layer of glass between them, she couldn't see the situation outside clearly. The wind and sand were so strong that she could even see small vortex tornadoes in some areas.

In this way, can people go out?

Yu Miaomiao gestured at the space inside the room. It was probably just enough for a workbench, but the room was too hot. If she made something in it and added some equipment that would emit heat, she would probably get heatstroke and die from the heat.

I glanced at the time. [Desert Survival Day 10 08:08]

The death toll next to the chat box changed to 11196.

So many people died?

What exactly happened.

Yu Miaomiao quickly opened the world channel and saw that everyone was complaining about the current weather.

"Dead Tree Resurrects Spring: Oh my god, when will this sandstorm stop? Luckily I cleverly tied a fixed rope to myself before opening the door this morning, otherwise I would have been swept away by the wind. Now I don't even dare to go out."

"Miyu: If I tie a fixed rope, won't it be blown away?"

"Dead Tree Resurrects: It will be blown away. I will be tossed in the sky for more than ten minutes. When the wind speed drops a bit, I will be thrown to the ground. Fortunately, there is more sand now. I almost fell to my death and swallowed a mouthful of sand."

"I love playing the game: Is sand delicious?"

"Dead Tree Resurrects Spring: Are you sick? Go and try it."

"Three Autumns: Excuse me, where did you get your fixed ropes?"

"Miyu: I only got this after completing Novice Mission 5. I wonder if there's anyone who can do this for me."

The wind and sand outside were sometimes strong and sometimes weak, making the doors and windows slam against each other. Yu Miaomiao also had the same doubts: when could he go out?

If the wind is very strong when you go out, you will be blown away even if you are tied with a rope. If you are unlucky, you may hit the beam directly and you may lose half your life.

But it was only 8 o'clock in the morning, and the house was already extremely hot. Yu Miaomiao's sweat never stopped. By noon, the house would have become an oven.

"Hateful furry: Help, I can't stand the heat anymore. I'll die if I go out, and I'll die if I stay inside. And I haven't reinforced the house yet. One of the wooden beams is already a little loose. I feel like the roof is about to be blown off by this evil wind."

"I'm the Colonel: Then hurry up and do it. Why are you still sitting here complaining?"

"Hate furry: I don't have the materials, I'm still missing a piece of nylon cloth, do you think I don't want to synthesize it?"

"Colonel, I'm here. Do you have anything to replace it with? If you do, I'll replace it for you. Hurry up and reinforce it, and stop talking nonsense here."

"Hate furry: Can you give me a nylon cloth? I'm running out of materials."

"I'm the Colonel: Get out of here, stop pretending to be pathetic."

"Warm Man: Hey, Mao Rongrong, I see you are also a member of the Tiandihui, me too. I haven't seen you speak in the group. Are you a girl? If you are, I'll give you one."

After this little episode, everyone started exchanging things again.

After looking through it up and down, she roughly understood that it was because of the strong wind and sand that some people died in the battle with monsters, and some people were directly swept away because their houses were not fixed and were destroyed by monsters.

Apart from saying good night to each other last night, the other thing the three of them had in their group chat was A-Pi saying good morning early in the morning. She said that it was very windy and dusty outside, so she could only do her exercise in place. She was sweating too much and had to stop and wait for the wind and sand to pass.

Hua Bie left a message asking her to have a good rest. He had no objection to the supply settlement, but he just wanted a telescope.

There was a new notification in Yu Miaomiao's 'Message' prompt. Could it be that she had completed some task while sleeping?

[System Notification: Lucky Trait Triggered Successfully, Obtained 3 Mucus from Auction, 1 Mucus Deducted from Auction Fee, Has Been Stored in the System Warehouse]

At that time, I wanted to see the price of filtered water, so I chose the auction mode. I didn’t expect that the auction would charge a mucus handling fee, and the system didn’t explain it in advance. If I can only get 1 piece of mucus by selling something, and then deduct 1 piece of handling fee, isn’t it equivalent to selling the thing for nothing?

She looked around and found that no one in the world had mentioned this point. Probably not many people would adopt the auction method, and would repeatedly modify the price until the item was sold quickly.

Yu Miaomiao has put two items on the shelves. One is an arrow set, which is listed for direct sale, so she doesn't need to take it off the shelves and make modifications. The other is the filtered water that was just auctioned off.

She opened the auction house and took a look. The filtered water was put up for sale twice, and the bidders were anonymous. Finally, when the time was up, it was sold for 2 slimes.

1 bottle of filtered water sells for 2 portions of mucus. Because the lucky trait is triggered, you get 1 extra portion. After deducting it, there are still 2 portions left, so this lucky trigger is equivalent to not being triggered.

If the auction will deduct the handling fee, the bandage plan can only be implemented when there is sufficient funds (slime).

She needs to use empty water bottles to sell filtered water. She doesn't know how to make any containers for water. The filtered water she sells now is filled in bottles that have been used to drink water.

Ziren knows how to make buckets, but he sells one bucket at a time. The estimated selling price is at least 4 liters of slime. Few people are willing to pay so much for slime, and selling half a bucket is a waste of the cost of the bucket.

If you only sell filtered water, you need to take it to the world for trading, which is not only troublesome, but you also have to go through the process of recycling the water buckets, which may lead to disputes.

So now that she knew the price of filtered water, it would be better for her to put it directly on the auction house.

She still has a lot of mineral water bottles, and she would also recycle some empty bottles in batches, but now the wind and sand outside are so strong that she can't go out to get water.

The water filtration device is still in the house because she went out yesterday and it has not been filtered for a long time. It is time to get water.

Oh right! It's so windy and dusty outside. Where's her well? Could it be buried by the wind and sand?

Although she would cover the well mouth with the upper part of the well kit before entering the house every day, there was no guarantee that this big thing would be blown over.

When she thought of this, she wanted to go over and take a look immediately, but unfortunately the wind outside did not stop at all, and even tended to get stronger.

Standing inside the house, Yu Miaomiao could feel a creaking sound coming from under the wooden floor. It should be the wooden house's reinforcement device resisting the hurricane.

Things that she had previously thought were useless now gave her a sense of security.

The temperature in the room rose little by little as time went by, and Yu Miaomiao placed the workbench in the remaining empty space in the room.

Fortunately, when she expanded the wooden house, she triggered the lucky trait, otherwise the house would not be able to accommodate this big table.

Now the stuffy air spread from outside the house to every corner inside. She didn't dare to open the glass window. After thinking about it, she took out the condensing fan and used it.

"Is Pipi here? Sister Miaomiao, have you made a sandstorm predictor? Is it useful?"

"Meow Meow is not short of water: I am planning to do it."

The fan was placed above the bed, bringing a cool breeze. Yu Miaomiao hurriedly selected the wind and sand predictor under "Technology" on the workbench.

To make this machine, a total of two parts are needed, one is the wind direction part, and the other is the wind speed part. It is not difficult to make, just follow the instructions given by the system. However, it uses a hot melt machine and a welding machine, so even with a condensing fan, the temperature in the room will still soar.

Stuffy and hot.

Sweat dripped down, and after 20 minutes, Yu Miaomiao finally completed the production of this item with sweat all over his head and red face. He collapsed on the ground due to the heat, holding the air conditioner and blowing it directly towards him.