Chapter 21 Chapter 21 Storm
For a moment, Chang Ruijia suddenly felt a little regretful for giving a five-star review so easily.
If she had known that the system's Xianyu exchange function was so perfunctory, she should at least use five-star reviews to try to get some other conditions.
Chang Ruijia sighed as she looked at the simple and flimsy page in front of her, and silently decided in her heart that if she had such a connection with the system in the future, she would always keep in mind the "dog" that the system had engraved in her bones.
Without any hints about these things, Chang Ruijia could only try to experiment with the usage of this new salted fish exchange function on her own.
She tentatively tapped the two blank boxes with her hand. When there was no change on the page, she picked up the razor still in her hand and touched the boxes.
Sure enough, when the razor touched the system box, the entire interface came alive.
[Ding! Three identical items that can be removed by collision have been detected. Do you want to exchange them in the system?]
Three items that can be eliminated by collision?
Chang Ruijia looked at the three razors connected by a string in confusion. She seemed to have only used one of them to touch the page. How could all three be detected?
Moreover, looking at the "collision can be eliminated" prompt on the page, she suddenly felt hesitant to click the confirm button.
According to the system, are you sure you want to exchange these three items for idle ones instead of directly offsetting them?
After much hesitation, considering that if she could use the Xianyu exchange function correctly, these three razors that looked valuable at first glance might be of great use, she still didn't dare to experiment directly with the razors.
Chang Ruijia tossed and turned on the bed, and finally found the three mango cores that had not been thrown away yet, and matched them with the boxes on the system page again.
[Ding! Three identical items that can be removed by collision have been detected. Do you want to exchange them in the system?]
This time, Chang Ruijia clicked the OK button without any hesitation.
The three mango cores turned into a ray of light and disappeared in her hand. The next second, Chang Ruijia saw something appear on the two boxes on the page at the same time.
On one side were three cartoon mango cores, and on the other side was a line of small black text.
[Can be exchanged for 1 point of Level 2 authority, do you want to exchange it? ]
Eh hey hey? ! !
Chang Ruijia was directly shocked by the exchange result displayed by the system.
She didn't expect that the problem of the first and second level authority limits that had been bothering her for the past few days could be solved because of a few small mango cores.
This is such a big and unexpected surprise!
This is even more exciting than finding a solution to the unused items on the bed.
After rowing on the sea day after day for the past few days, with all the exchange privileges being lost but not gained, Chang Ruijia's exchange points, which were already low, were declining at a steadily decreasing rate.
If she continued to spend at this rate, Chang Ruijia might soon face the day when she could only survive by relying on the fruits that appeared every day.
However, no matter how hard Chang Ruijia tried to think of a solution, the number of previous exchanges had reached the upper limit of the first and second level permissions, as if it was nailed down, and there was no change at all.
Apart from the unused items that kept appearing on the bed these days, this was the only thing that had been disturbing Chang Ruijia's mood.
Unexpectedly, this matter took a turn for the better today.
Why hesitate when there is such a good thing? Mango cores are not expensive things anyway, so Chang Ruijia couldn't wait to click the button of approval.
The next second, the three animated mango cores in the box collided with each other, and then they really seemed to be eliminated and disappeared from the screen.
The number on the second-level redemption permission on the page also jumped up as the mango core animation disappeared.
It was indeed true! The good man of the system really didn't deceive her!
Chang Ruijia was a little excited when she saw the series of changes and thought that she knew the system was a kind-hearted and generous person who would not argue with the host!
At this moment, if the system really had conscious expressions, it would probably roll its eyes at Chang Ruijia's inconsistent performance.
I have never seen anyone change his expression so quickly. It really opens my eyes.
However, Chang Ruijia was unaware of the system's thoughts.
Now she couldn't wait to take out the razor she had just put down, touched the blank box again, and clicked the agree button the moment the system popped up the prompt.
But this time, the system did not exchange out the second-level exchange authority. Instead, after hesitating for a long time, 1 point of first-level exchange authority reappeared.
Could it be that the system still discriminates? Chang Ruijia scratched her head in confusion.
Looking at the beautifully packaged and precisely designed razor in her hand, no matter how carefully Chang Ruijia examined it, she could not compare it to the mango core she had exchanged for it.
But why does the system determine that the authority to exchange razors is lower?
In order to find more examples for judgment, Chang Ruijia kept experimenting with other things on the bed, touching them one by one to the blank boxes, and observing the changes in permissions on the other side after the conversion.
She even tried to redeem things on the redemption page without missing a single one, even those that she had long wanted to throw away.
Until finally, when the remaining things on the bed were no longer successfully exchanged, she finally stopped trying.
It’s not that there are things in the system that cannot be exchanged, but she seems to have discovered a small condition for exchange in the system. Chang Ruijia looked at the remaining things in her hand and thought thoughtfully.
When there were only three identical items left, she suddenly had an idea and picked up only one of them and touched the box. As she expected, the system popped up a message that the redemption could not be successful.
[Ding! The number of items detected is insufficient. Please increase the number of items to a certain value and try again.]
As expected, there is a limit on the quantity of items that can be exchanged through the system.
Remembering that she had touched a razor into the box before, but three neatly arranged items popped out, she seemed to vaguely understand something.
One item shows insufficient quantity, what about the other two?
Chang Ruijia picked up two of them and continued to try, but still got the same answer.
Now she was finally able to confirm that the system required at least three items to successfully redeem the items through a mobile phone.
As for the level of authority gained through commodity exchange, seeing the mango and lychee seeds with second-level authority appearing every time, Chang Ruijia had her own ideas in mind.
The system always seems to favor living things.
She still remembered that when she first tried to obtain the first and second level exchange privileges, she only obtained ordinary first level exchange privileges by cutting some lifeless paper and cloth, and the second level exchange privileges were only obtained when she set her sights on her nails and hair.
Now it seems that when recycling items, mango seeds and lychee seeds can be used as seeds to be replanted in the soil to take root and sprout. They are all considered living items, and at this time they have successfully exchanged for the second-level permissions.
A light bulb went off in Chang Ruijia's head, and she felt as if she had grasped something vaguely, but the inspiration came and went quickly, and when she thought about it carefully, she didn't know which direction to think about it.
However, she soon stopped worrying about this issue.
Looking at the many beds that had been cleared, and the first and second level permissions that continued to increase and even exceeded the 50-point limit given by the system, Chang Ruijia felt that after having this exchange system, she was simply reaping the joy of being a fish in water.
This means that as long as she can tolerate the frequency of emptying her bed every three days, she can continue to obtain more redemption authority points, and there is no limit on the system.
The things she was worried about before were now easily solved!
Although the frequency and number of times she needs to accumulate for three days each time to redeem are a little less, but little by little, she will become a reserve giant sooner or later.
Her mood suddenly became wonderful. Looking at the system's exchange interface, Chang Ruijia wanted to go up and hug and kiss him to express her happiness at the moment.
However, thinking of the system's rule that only three items can be exchanged for a little exchange privilege, coupled with the colliding fireworks that appeared every time an exchange took place, she always had a particularly familiar feeling.
After thinking for a while, Chang Ruijia suddenly realized and clapped her hands.
Isn't this the special effect of the Candy Crush game? And the setting that three identical items collide and they are eliminated is the basic rule of Candy Crush!
Looking at the "Yu" icon on the redemption homepage, Chang Ruijia suddenly felt like she was in a hodgepodge of mobile phone APP software.
The redemption on Xianyu combined with the Candy Crush game really has a unique charm.
Chang Ruijia looked at the Kanyidao Mall with emotion. It was really keen on moving all the apps into the system. She wondered what other functions would appear in the future.
Looking at the three empty spaces after the "Yu" icon, Chang Ruijia felt a sense of secret anticipation in her heart.
I don’t know what kind of functions the system will add to the remaining vacant positions.
The problem of the bed being cluttered with clutter was solved, and by the way, the most troublesome problem in recent times, the sharp drop in authority points, was also solved. Chang Ruijia instantly felt that the sky had turned blue and the sea had become clear.
Even the hot and humid weather these past few days seemed to have a rare coolness.
Chang Ruijia's mood became particularly smooth, as if everything around her became smooth at this moment, and even God gave her some face.
Wait, wait a minute!
Chang Ruijia's smile froze in an instant. She had originally thought that the coolness rising from the bottom of her heart was due to her no longer having any anxiety, but it seemed... it wasn't just an illusion?!
The loose hair on the temples was inadvertently blown onto the face, causing a rustling and itchy feeling on the face. However, compared with the windless and waveless weather of the past few days, it seemed to be heralding the arrival of a breeze.
Chang Ruijia jumped out of the bed and looked around expectantly.
She has been traveling all the time these days and she doesn't know what kind of climate she has ended up in. The increasingly hot sun is almost melting her while she lies in bed every day.
If it weren't for the special price skylight that she redeemed in the previous wave of operations, and the constant supply of fruits to replenish her body's water in the past few days, she might have been unable to withstand such weather long ago.
I don’t know how other people can endure such hot weather.
As a result, just when she thought that such sultry weather would continue forever, a cool breeze suddenly appeared in the air. How could such a happy thing not make her excited?
However, sometimes Chang Ruijia needs to understand one thing.
On such an endless sea, the scorching weather can make people extremely uncomfortable and even create the risk of dehydration, but a sudden wind on the sea is definitely not a particularly lucky thing.
While searching around, Chang Ruijia finally found the source of the sudden cool breeze.
In the originally boundless, cloudless clear blue sky, an inconspicuous black line suddenly appeared on the horizon at some point, and the cool breeze just now seemed to be blowing from the direction of the black line.
What's going on? Chang Ruijia wondered, somewhat puzzled.
In the few days since she came to this world, she seemed to have never seen a black line in the sky. Could it be that there was some bug in the world?
After all, there is a hack-and-slash system like in a game, so Chang Ruijia thinks it should be excusable if any problems occur in this world.
However, during the few minutes that Chang Ruijia was thinking, the originally shallow black line on the horizon became increasingly obvious for some reason, and was even growing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Could something really have happened?
Chang Ruijia put away her joking thoughts, tried to stand up straight, and looked into the distance despite the obstruction of the sky, trying to see clearly what that thing was.
Clusters of dark clouds that looked like lead blocks kept rolling and gathering together. From a distance, they formed a cloud line that stretched for who knows how many kilometers.
Chang Ruijia was so quick to notice the cool breeze that she was the first to spot the black cloud before the initial cloud line had fully gathered.
Wind?! Dark clouds?!
Chang Ruijia shuddered all over, and suddenly seemed to understand what was going to happen next.
Having lived in the city for too long, she had long been accustomed to the sudden dark sky and the dark clouds that appeared in her narrow field of vision like an approaching army, but she forgot that she was now on the endless sea.
Turning around and looking at her thin bed, Chang Ruijia suddenly became panicked.
Even if you haven't eaten pork, you have seen pigs run. When encountering a sudden storm on the sea, even if Chang Ruijia has never been out to sea, she knows what will happen next.
The raging hurricane, the pouring rain, the waves tens of meters high...
In this situation, even a ship weighing tens of thousands of tons could not guarantee safety, not to mention that all she had now was a small bed that was only four meters long.
Suppressing her pounding heart, Chang Ruijia turned back to the bed without hesitation, packing her things to prepare for the coming storm.
Fortunately, before discovering the storm, Chang Ruijia was lucky enough to recycle and exchange all the messy things on the bed on the Kanyidao system, otherwise how to put those things would be another big problem.
But even so, Chang Ruijia had a lot of things on her bed.
She found all the small bits and pieces that could be stuffed into the cracks in the bed and stuffed them in one by one.
Although I don’t know how many of these things can survive the storm, there is at least some hope of survival in the narrow space between the beds.
It only took a short while to stuff the things on the bed into the cracks, and the slightly cool breeze on the sea surface had turned into huge waves.
If she hadn't subconsciously grabbed the decoration beside the bed, Chang Ruijia wouldn't even know if she would be thrown off the bed the next second after she stuffed the things in.
Feeling the bed rolling with the waves, she suddenly felt like she was being stir-fried in a wok.
The chef kept tossing the wok because she was afraid that the food would stick to the bottom of the pan. She was also constantly tossed up and down in the wok and had no control over her movements at all.
At this time, the black line had been constantly surging into a giant black dragon, roaring and attacking her direction with the increasingly fierce waves and wind.
Before the storm clouds arrived, she already felt like she might be blown off the bed at any moment. She didn't dare to imagine what kind of situation she would face after the storm came.
After barely changing the direction of her hands and feet, Chang Ruijia hooked her feet tightly on the only fixed part of the bed, the headboard. Her hands were freed and she picked up the scattered clothes on the shaking bed.
At this moment, she didn't dare to feel sorry for the things anymore, and she used her hands to tie them together tightly.
She tied one end of the newly tied clothesline around her waist and tied the other end into a knot at the head of the bed.
In this way, even if she lost control of her hands for a moment, she would not be thrown out of the bed by the rolling waves. This piece of clothesline was the last thing that could keep her in bed.
However, before the storm came, she had something more important to do.
After making this last insurance, Chang Ruijia barely raised her head in the strong wind and looked at the sky above her head, which was blown up as if it was about to break through the limit of the wind and fly into the sky.
In the increasingly violent wind, the canopy that used to serve as a roof quietly when the wind was calm was now being blown by the wind, carrying the bed and moving freely through the surging waves.
Chang Ruijia knew she had to take it back.
When the unpredictable storm comes, the sky will not be a harbor that can shelter her from the wind and rain as she imagined.
Along with the howling storm, the unretracted canopy will even directly transform into a sail that cannot be folded up, carrying the entire bed towards an uncontrollable abyss in the strong wind.
Chang Ruijia didn't want to be buried in the ocean because of a sky curtain.
In the distance, dark clouds were rolling and roaring towards us. The pitch-black clouds seemed to be filled with lead blocks, and from a distance, only a dim gap was left between them and the sea surface.
Even though there was still a long distance, Chang Ruijia seemed to have heard the heavy rain pouring down from the sky hitting the sea, and a loud rumbling sound came from afar.
Chang Ruijia didn't dare to waste any more time. The storm on the sea would not wait for anyone. She had to pack up everything in her hands immediately.
However, as the wind and waves on the sea grew stronger, when Chang Ruijia tried to stand up from the bed and carefully retract the canopy pole that was pushed up at the top, the difficulty began to increase like a step.
Even when Chang Ruijia's hand had touched the skylight pole, a huge wave several meters high surged over, and the bed, which seemed extremely small on the sea, was thrown high into the sky in an instant.
The moment her body was out of her control, Chang Ruijia felt that all the sounds in her ears disappeared at that moment, and she seemed to be in a state that was difficult to describe.
She could only feel that at the moment her body was in the air, it was as if something suddenly pulled her, so she did not fly up freely with the force of the high throw.
But before she could rejoice and try to steady herself, the next second she felt as if she was hit directly on something by a huge force.
Although the thing covered almost every part of her body, her waist and back were directly hit by the violent impact, as if it was run over by a huge truck. The pain was so severe that she could hardly scream and lost consciousness for a short time.
Until she opened her eyes again, Chang Ruijia looked at the sky above her head with blurry eyes. It took her a long time to realize what had just happened.
The huge wave that just surged up several meters high almost threw her directly into the sky.
But if it was just this force, perhaps she would not have suffered so much just now. At the moment she was grabbed by the clothesline, the angry waves and the sky together hit her directly and completely as she was thrown into the air.
Under the huge impact of the two opposing forces, Chang Ruijia was very lucky not to be directly injured.
Curling up in pain and coughing a few times, Chang Ruijia felt that she almost had no strength to do anything else.
But she couldn't just give up.
The accident that just happened has proved that if the skylight is not retracted, she will not be so lucky the next time it is blown up by the strong wind and collides with the waves.
Although she couldn't control whether the bed would continue to be overturned by the waves, if she could resolve one of the opposing forces, perhaps the situation would turn around.
The bed was constantly drifting in the waves, which were an average of four or five meters high, but Chang Ruijia was able to reduce the damage caused by these uncontrollable factors within a limited range.
Although this may just be a drop in the bucket, it is always better to have made an effort than to do nothing.
Taking advantage of the few seconds when the waves subsided, Chang Ruijia struggled to get up from the bed, ignoring the severe pain coming from all parts of her body, and quickened the movement of removing the canopy pole in her hands.
Although the violent storm had not yet arrived, she was almost drenched by the sea water in the waves that kept rising and falling.
His body shivered uncontrollably, and Chang Ruijia finally removed all four supporting poles of the canopy before the waves rose violently again.
This time, when the bed was lifted up again, Chang Ruijia learned her lesson and grabbed the corner of the bed tightly, keeping her body firmly against the bed to reduce the damage of being thrown up and down a second time.
Although the waves were still hitting hard, for Chang Ruijia who had just experienced that, the force of the waves hitting her body had been wasted.
Although the canopy poles had been removed, her work was not yet finished.
Without support, the canopy fluttered even more wildly in the wind, sometimes swollen upwards like a giant parachute by the sudden gust of wind, and sometimes, battered by the waves, it crumpled and clung to the bed like a rag thrown into the sea. She was running out of time. If she continued to dawdle cautiously, she might disappear beneath the waves before the storm even arrived.
Chang Ruijia tried hard to lie down on the bed, and crawled slowly towards the four legs of the bed where the four wind ropes of the canopy were tied. She pulled the wind ropes tight with all her strength until the canopy covered the entire bed.
Although the strong wind still tried every means to get into the gap between the sky and the bed, the feeling was completely different from before when it was blowing wildly.
Only then did Chang Ruijia feel as if she were alive again.
However, although she had successfully hidden herself and her bed under the cover of the canopy, Chang Ruijia did not stop moving her hands.
Opening the Kan Yi Dao shopping mall, Chang Ruijia went straight to the clothing shelf and exchanged for a solid color T-shirt that she had complained about before without even blinking.
After dismantling the canopy just now, her body was not completely wet, but she was almost soaked by the surging waves.
If she didn't change her almost soaked clothes quickly, the temperature would continue to drop in the coming storm, and she might fall into another disaster of freezing to death.
After fumbling to put on a thin short T-shirt, she found a relatively well-preserved blanket on the bed and covered herself with it. Only then did Chang Ruijia feel a little relieved.
She had already made all the efforts she could, and now it was time to just leave it to fate.
After all, in this kind of disaster that is completely dominated by nature, even if Chang Ruijia armed herself to the teeth, she could only sit back and listen to God's verdict on her fate.
Chang Ruijia tried hard to imagine herself as a fallen leaf floating on the sea. No matter how strong the wind and waves were, she would just grit her teeth and hold on tightly to the corner of the bed that she could hold on to, allowing the wind and waves to lift her up and knock her down.
Fortunately, on the skylight exchanged by the system, there is a 'skylight' specially sewn with transparent fabric.
Although Chang Ruijia complained a lot about this small skylight when the situation was calm before, it has now become her only way to understand the outside world while hiding under the edgeless sky.
Through the blurry "skylight", Chang Ruijia could see that in just the blink of an eye, the rolling black dragon had arrived at the edge of their sea area.
But the huge wind and waves seemed to have begun to calm down slowly.
It feels particularly weird no matter how you think about it.
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