Day 11 of survival at sea, sunny weather.
Gu Mian was dreaming of descending to earth as a god, taking on five opponents single-handedly, securing a pentakill, and about to destroy the enemy's crystal when he was awakened by the indifferent notification sound of the system.
[System Announcement: Due to excessive player deaths, a second batch of players will be deployed shortly.]
[Since each region has a player capacity limit of 100,000, twenty new regions will be added.]
[A new team mode has been added, allowing players to freely apply to form teams for survival.]
[Good luck, new players!]
The next second, the number of people in the tenth district, which had only a little over 50,000, began to grow rapidly.
"Where am I? How did I suddenly end up at sea instead of at school?"
"What kind of game is this? Is it a prank? Stop playing and let me go home!"
Soon, some kind-hearted veteran players provided explanations.
"Didn't you hear what the system just said? Do you think that with the current level of technology, it's possible to transfer millions of people at sea simultaneously?"
Xu Kun: "With so many new recruits thrown into the hard mode, can they even survive tonight?"
"What does that mean? What is hard mode?"
Xu Kun: "Don't you think people can't stand the high temperature here?"
"Don't you think so? It feels quite comfortable."
"A box is floating by, can I fish it out and take a look?"
Xu Kun: "There are supply boxes at sea every day. The supply boxes contain materials for expanding the raft and some food. You can fish them up by hand or with a fishing rod."
Zhu Zhixin: "What do you mean? Is it just us veteran players who are playing on hard mode?"
"The system just reminded us that we have a three-day newbie protection period. After the newbie period, we will switch to hard mode. What is hard mode?"
"The system also suggested that I could apply to team up for survival? Are there any experienced players willing to help me? I'll definitely repay you handsomely once I get out!"
Liu Haitao: "Tch, what kind of empty promise are you making? You'll be richly rewarded after you get out of here. You'd better get through tonight first!"
"Gu Mian, Gu Mian, are you in this game? I'm Zhang Huiying, contact me if you see this message!"
Zhu Zhixin: "Who are you to Gu Mian?"
Upon seeing this message, Gu Mian was stunned and clicked on the person's profile picture.
A woman with a weathered appearance, over forty years old, who looked very familiar—Zhang Huiying, her stepmother.
Gu Mian's family situation is quite complicated. Her father cheated on her while her mother was pregnant, so her mother and father divorced after the child was born.
Her father's mistress gave birth to a son for him, and the two scumbags got married smoothly.
Gu Mian grew up with her grandmother. Her father never paid any attention to her. Her grandmother passed away when she was 20 years old.
Before entering the survival game, her stepmother suddenly became very friendly towards her.
Based on the principle that "unsolicited kindness is always suspicious," she tried to subtly persuade her several times before finally finding out that her stepmother had found her an older man who was 15 years her senior.
He demanded an exorbitant bride price, intending to sell her to raise money for her son to buy a house in the city.
I was just about to confront her when the system selected me for this survival game.
Gu Mian sneered. Fortunately, heaven had eyes and allowed this slut to come in too.
Zhang Huiying: "You know Gu Mian? I'm Gu Mian's mother!"
Zhu Zhixin: "Oh, so it's Gu Mian's mom! Gu Mian, your mom is calling you, why didn't you answer her?"
Xu Kun: "Oh, it's Auntie! I'm Gu Mian's friend. Gu Mian might be busy, but if you need anything, you can just contact me!"
Zhang Huiying: "What kind of friends are you and Gu Mian? Since you're friends with Gu Mian, then quickly contact her and ask her to team up with me!"
Gu Mian looked at Zhang Huiying's words strangely, thinking that this person really had no self-awareness.
Gu Mian: "Do I know you? Don't try to claim kinship with me."
After sending the message, she sent a private message to Xu Kun: "Don't pay attention to this person, it has nothing to do with me."
Xu Kun immediately replied: "Look at me, I meant well but messed things up! Mianmei, don't blame me, I really didn't mean it!"
Xu Kun still had a good impression of Gu Mian, especially since Gu Mian had sold mosquito coils at a bargain price yesterday, increasing the chances of survival for others. There were very few people like that.
Such people are extremely rare in the real world, let alone in the even more brutal survival games.
Gu Mian: "It's nothing, I'm just reminding you that if she asks you for something in my name, don't give it to her. I won't be responsible if you do."
Xu Kun: "I understand, I understand."
Zhang Huiying was still spamming the chat channel, so to prevent anyone from actually falling for her trick, Gu Mian sent the message again in the chat channel:
"Let me reiterate: I do not know this person, and I will not be responsible for anyone who falls for his scam."
After sending the message, close the chat channel and use the Island Login Card.
[Do you wish to use the limited-time island pass (5 hours)?]
"yes."
A flash of white light appeared, and Gu Mian appeared on the beach.
[You have been attacked by a polluter. Pollution level +1.]
Holy crap!
Gu Mian felt a sharp pain in her arm and quickly opened her eyes.
A dark, humanoid creature stretched out its sharp claws and reached for her face. Gu Mian's scalp tingled, and she ducked to dodge. She quickly took out an axe from her backpack and swung it at the creature.
Immediately, a notification appeared above the pollutant's head:
[Health -10]
It only takes 10 HP to kill you with one hit?
The polluter let out a sharp howl when attacked and continued to pounce on Gu Mian. Gu Mian gasped in fright and kept swinging her axe.
After several rounds of back-and-forth chasing, the pollutant finally disappeared as a beam of white light.
[You have killed a Corruptor and obtained 1 Purification Potion.]
[Talent Use: Gain 2 Purification Potions.]
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