Day 1 of the Drifting Log
Xia Ning put down her binoculars.
She glanced around and saw four or five wooden barrels drifting with the current, but found no trace of other players.
The wind was gentle at sea, and the kayak swayed slightly on the calm surface.
Xia Ning raised her mineral water bottle and swallowed a seasickness pill.
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, she will have to spend the next 15 days on the ship; Xia Ning has never been on a ship for such a long time before.
Living on a kayak is definitely not feasible; the boat is small, offers no room to maneuver, cannot withstand wind and waves, and lacks any data enhancements.
Xia Ning took out 33 pieces of ordinary wood from her portable supermarket and assembled a 3x6 raft for herself, attaching airbags to the four corners to increase buoyancy.
She doesn't need to make these herself; she just needs to design a 3D blueprint in the virtual interface and submit the materials, and the system will automatically complete the transformation.
The expanded Ark has a defense value of 5 and an attack value of 0.
She had seen similar sea survival games when she was in a disaster-stricken city; you start with a hook and have to scavenge for all your equipment.
Xia Ning didn't have enough empty plastic buckets to use, so she used an air pump to inflate three swimming rings and fixed them to the bottom of the raft.
To be honest, Xia Ning felt that Fang Zhou's lack of an appearance rating was a huge loss for her!
Beautiful appearances are all the same, but ugly vehicles are varied.
After a simple modification, Xia Ning carefully transferred from the kayak to the raft.
At this time, the wind and waves were not large, and Xia Ning could walk upright on the raft. As long as she did not move too much near the edge, the raft would not capsize.
Xia Ning originally thought she had stored up a lot of wood, but now she finds it's not nearly enough.
Neither kayaks nor rafts are good at withstanding wind and waves. She needs to build a wooden boat as soon as possible, with a cabin, a deck, and a watchtower...
The biggest challenge in surviving at sea is obtaining fresh water; the more seawater you drink, the faster you die, and rainwater is a rare and precious commodity.
This is not a problem for Xia Ning, who has ample supplies.
As for threats such as sharks and sea monsters, after nearly two months of survival, Xia Ning had a preliminary understanding of her own abilities and strength. It wasn't that she was arrogant, but at least surviving wouldn't be a big problem.
Besides, she now has the professional bonus of being a drug maker... oh no, a pharmacist.
Therefore, Xia Ning's biggest task is to build ships!
Xia Ning had the illusion that while others were struggling to survive at sea, she was building infrastructure at sea.
The sunlight shone on the sea, making it sparkle like a diamond with a mesmerizing brilliance.
The beauty of the ocean always comes with risks.
After Xia Ning finished accepting the daily chest-opening task, she stylishly cast her fishing rod towards the slowly floating wooden barrel—
air force.
Xia Ning: ...
It must be the fishing rod that's faulty, not her technique.
Xia Ning took out her homemade fishhook, swung her arm in a wide arc, and threw it forward—
They narrowly missed the barrel.
Xia Ning: (╬￣Pan￣)
She gritted her teeth and took out a crossbow that had been gathering dust for a month. Just as she was about to tie a rope to the end of the arrow, she heard the cry of a dolphin.
The chubby little sister, with the wooden bucket on her head, swam to the raft in a few strokes.
Xia Ning lowered her head and looked at her sister.
The younger sister, as if showing off, bobbed the wooden bucket on her head: "Whoosh~"
Xia Ning did not take the wooden bucket, but instead chose to dismantle it.
The wooden barrel is a white resource box, containing: [Empty Water Bottle x2] and [Foam Board x1].
After disassembly, you will obtain: [5 wooden planks]
Xia Ning guessed that the empty water bottles and foam boards were to increase the buoyancy of the raft for the players.
She felt that her airbag and swimming ring were better, so she didn't change them. She just put the empty water bottle in the empty space in the middle of the swimming ring.
The younger sister found that the weight on her head had suddenly disappeared, and she strangely spun around in place.
Xia Ning glanced at it, thought for a moment, and said, "I promised not to give you any food, but you did act as a porter after all. As someone who believes in encouragement, how about I give you a pep talk?"
As she spoke, Xia Ning clapped rhythmically while shouting, "Great, great, you're great!"
She used to pass by a beauty salon on her way to school, and that's how they held their morning meetings.
Hearing Xia Ning's applause, Little Dolphin happily spun around three times in the water, then plunged her head in and swam off somewhere else.
Xia Ning was very pleased. As expected of her pet, it had found her a job so quickly—a barrel mover.
Then Xia Ning took out a bed sheet from her space and made herself a simple canvas.
The 3D sandbox building mode is convenient to use, but it also has some drawbacks.
Dog Games takes kickbacks.
The materials she provided, once the construction was completed, any leftover scraps were not returned.
The frugal Xia Ning decided that from now on, she would first roughly determine the materials before building anything.
Let's eat first!
Being in a marine environment with plenty of seafood around, Xia Ning decided to eat lamb!
That's just how she is. On land, she wants to eat things that swim in the water; at sea, she wants to eat things that run on land. If there's ever an aerial survival opportunity, then she'll... ptooey, ptooey, what a jinx!
Xia Ning didn't even light a fire; she simply took out a fragrant, piping hot whole roasted lamb from her spatial storage.
You wouldn't believe it, but you still have one and a half roasted whole lambs left from the two you bought from the Oasis Merchant!
Her space is where time stands still, so there's no need to worry about it deteriorating.
Xia Ning felt hot and bothered after eating roasted lamb, so she opened a can of herbal tea for herself.
She doesn't drink alcohol, but when she was an adult, she curiously took a sip of beer and felt it was worse than traditional Chinese medicine.
Ji Li is the only one in the family who occasionally drinks with her father.
Sometimes her father would try to teach her to drink, saying, "If you can't drink, how will you go out and socialize when you start working?"
His mother gave him a sharp look and said, "Anyone who tries to get girls drunk is no decent person. It's better if he doesn't socialize."
My older sister also said, "These days, business deals aren't always discussed over drinks; there are more meetings over tea now."
Finally, Xia Ning delivered the decisive blow: "I never planned to go out to work."
Xia Ning herself is not a very ambitious person and has never longed for the hustle and bustle of international metropolises.
She used to enjoy watching videos of outdoor camping, because she knew she was a homebody and lazy and wouldn't easily travel far from home.
Since the rise of survival games, all videos, games, and books of this kind have become teaching materials, which are utterly boring!
It's more interesting to stay at home, lying in bed, watching others toil away on infrastructure construction.
Xia Ning chewed the mutton with a ferocious expression.
When she returns to Earth, that book, "The Dog Planner's Time Travel Chronicles," won't be finished until it's been splattered with a hundred or two hundred buckets of melodrama!
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