—Congratulations, player Phantom Princess has defeated [Kraken] x1
—The Phantom Princess has obtained [8 plump tentacles] and [1 belly full of black liquid].
—Phantom Princess gains 100 survival points
Xia Ning's lips twitched. What kind of adjective is that? No matter how plump and delicious it is, she would never stew tentacles and eat them!
Also, ink is ink, what do you mean by "a belly full of black water"?
Xia Ning grumbled and cursed, but for the sake of the 100 survival points, she refrained from using foul language.
She swiftly ended the battle, while the other players' situation seemed less optimistic.
[Regional Channel]
...99+ historical messages
Wang Xinhong: "Help! Can someone teleport me to safety or save me? I'll give you half of my fortune!"
Yehenalan Shiqin: "What happened? What's going on? Σ(⊙▽⊙"a)
Huan Si: "Those who can run, run quickly; those who can land on the island, land quickly. Don't get entangled by the tentacles."
Corinne: "Is this even a question of whether it can run or not?! It's so fast! It was just at the stern and in the blink of an eye it was on the left wing. It scared my heart so much I almost stopped."
Charlene: "Brother, how did you get rid of it?"
Corinne: "Throw fish, throw fish like crazy, stuff its mouth with food, and then seize the opportunity to escape."
Wang Xinhong: "I've already completed all my missions, damn it, what am I going to do? My boat won't last much longer."
Aishui: "Isn't this a multiplayer dungeon? How many octopus monsters are there in the sea?!"
Charging forward for glory: "I don't know how many octopus monsters there are, but I encountered water monkeys. Good luck to everyone."
Dongfang Xingde: "The trade zone is still the safest. I've decided to stay on the island until the dungeon ends."
Charlene: "You're not opening treasure chests or doing quests anymore?"
Dongfang Xingde: "Even if you have a little money to survive, you still need to be alive to spend it."
...
Upon learning that there are other monsters in the sea besides the Kraken, Xia Ning immediately took stock of her combat supplies: [Reinforced Crossbow Bolts x23], [Turbid Nutrient Solution x5], [Rotten Antidote x2].
She felt she could still fight; she just needed to wait and see when she could get another hundred survival points.
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The 13th day of rafting
Online users: 1999/2333
[Basic Nutritional Agent] +1, [Basic Antidote] +1, Pharmaceutical Talent ↑.
Xia Ning fished in the middle of the ocean for a day, but caught no fish, encountered no sharks, saw no seagulls, and heard no sirens singing.
Xia Ning's only companions are the free-flowing wind and her younger sister who runs wild everywhere.
The pillar that had been entangled by tentacles was then claimed by her sister's urine, and from then on, Xia Ning would always take a detour when going downstairs.
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Day 14 of rafting
Online users: 1990/2333
[Turbid Nutrient Solution] +1, [Rotten Antidote] +1, Poison Making Talent ↑.
Nothing happened.
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Day 15 of rafting
A towering pagoda appeared before Xia Ning.
The moment Xia Ning saw the iron tower, the Tower of Babel from the fable came to mind.
She started the engine and approached the tower, finding the landing site two meters underwater.
After storing the Ark in her spatial storage, Xia Ning, wearing diving gear and accompanied by Dolphin Sister, entered the interior of the Eiffel Tower.
The iron tower's exterior was covered in green algae, clearly abandoned for many years. The lock on the gate was rusty. Xia Ning drew her large machete and violently forced the gate open.
The first floor, submerged in water, was filled with various pieces of building debris and household garbage.
Xia Ning found the stairwell, swam upwards, and soon arrived at the second floor.
The water level on the second layer barely covered her calves. Xia Ning turned on her headlamp and waded through the water, feeling her way around. At that moment, her younger sister turned into a dog and crawled into her backpack.
Xia Ning opened the first room on the right, guessing that it might be a security room, as the surveillance cameras hanging on the wall were completely out of service.
There was a wet notebook on the table.
Xia Ning muttered to herself, "Who writes a diary if they're a decent person?" as she walked straight over and opened the notebook.
The words on the notebook were unfamiliar symbols to Xia Ning, but in the blink of an eye, the handwriting automatically changed to a familiar font, as if a game had been patched with a language update.
Xia Ning: ...It's good, it's convenient.
After all, she wasn't some genius who could speak eight languages; her peak language skills were only at the night before the college entrance exam.
On the first page, most of the text had been blurred by seawater, and Xia Ning could only barely extract a few keywords: water pollution, fish mutation, land subsidence, and sea utopia.
When she tried to turn to the second page to retrieve more information, the system suddenly popped up.
"Congratulations to player Phantom Princess, you have completed the first round of the 'Sea Adventure' multiplayer dungeon in 'Extreme Survival'."
Her [status] immediately appeared before my eyes.
Name: Xia Ning
Gender: Female
Nickname: Phantom Princess
【Number: 000】
[Occupation: Junior Pharmacist / Unlicensed Beast Tamer]
Level: 3 (Experience Points: 0/1000)
Stamina: 118/126
Attack: 48 (+21)
Defense: 40 (+15)
[Equipment: Powerful crossbow, greatsword, pocket knife, guardian ring, protective robe, defensive dagger (maximum 6)]
[Skills: Portable Supermarket, Ancient Awakening, Humanoid Walkie-Talkie (Max 3)]
Survival Points: 473
"Reward settlement: 300 experience points for clearing the level."
"Phantom Princess has accumulated 473 survival points, ranking in the top 10% among 1938 surviving players, and will receive an additional 100 survival points."
Xia Ning was overjoyed. She had thought she wouldn't even make it into the top 10%, but it seemed that killing Kraken had changed her fate.
"The Tier 2 Shop will be open for a limited time, with a countdown of 5 minutes."
"Survival points will be reset to zero in 5 minutes. Countdown begins—"
Xia Ning didn't hesitate and immediately spent 299 to buy a [Skill Learning Card]. She used the remaining 274 to buy 9 [Power Recharge Cards], and used the remaining 4 points to upgrade her crossbow bolts as usual.
Xia Ning didn't buy weapons and equipment because she considered that the rules of the dungeon were almost always changing. Last time they locked the backpack, and next time they might lock the weapon slot. Adding external tools can never compare to strengthening one's own attributes.
Because of the system interruption, Xia Ning had no interest in continuing to explore the sea tower.
Without a moment's respite, the second round of the qualifying race is about to begin!
—Map matching in progress...
— Congratulations to player Phantom Princess for being matched with the level 3 difficulty competitive map: Misty Town.
Have a great challenge!
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