Chapter 2 The Temptation of Unlocking Level 1 Chests
Shen Dixin was pleasantly surprised. She didn't know that there was a reward for the first blueprint she learned in the game of survival at sea. Now she had a second reward, and the level one reward was within her grasp!
After all, she had been so focused on writing her will in the early stages that she was mostly clueless about the game.
Even after the newbie period, I didn't realize there were three chat channels, and the system announcements that were only kept for one day had long since disappeared.
The only first-time rewards she knew of were the very common first time opening a chest, and the level rewards every five levels thereafter.
Shen Dixin's true intention was not to seize the reward for being the first to comprehend the blueprint; all she wanted was the oar itself!
Thinking about whether he could get the first reward from the Silver Supply Box again, Chen Dixin opened the Silver Supply Box he had just obtained, but unfortunately no notification came.
Once everyone starts opening crates, the first crate reward becomes much harder to obtain.
The beginner supply crate is not counted as a silver supply crate, but some people have the talent to evolve their supply crate level by two levels every day, starting with a wooden crate that directly evolves into a silver supply crate. Where can you find the justice in that?
Shen Dixin resisted the temptation to open the box and didn't look at what she got from the silver supply box.
Focusing on the distance, I picked up the oar and rowed vigorously toward the second supply crate. Once I got close, I quickly went into the water to retrieve the crate.
Despite the short distance, Shen Dixin's swim was not easy, especially considering he was carrying a wooden box and had been rowing for so long.
She hadn't lost the swimming skills she had learned before her rebirth, but this body was just too weak!
Running 800 meters used to be excruciating, and now my body is already aching.
In just a short while, the raft had drifted quite a distance with the sea breeze, and Chen Dixin quickly increased the speed.
Fortunately, no matter how much stuff was inside the supply box, it always weighed five pounds, which made it difficult for Shen Dixin to drag it back.
Shen Dixin looked around to make sure there were no more supply boxes on the sea before taking them all out. She then confirmed that the boxes she had just retrieved were also made of wood.
She currently has two wooden supply boxes and one opened silver supply box. The unopened beginner supply box in her space is also of silver grade!
I found so many supply crates in less than half an hour after entering the game. I've never fought such a rich battle before!
Despite being soaking wet, Chen Dixin symbolically washed her hands and opened the box!
The three supply boxes were unremarkable, and the supplies inside were neither good nor bad. Chen Dixin obtained 1 x 200ml mouthwash, 5 x instant milk tea powder, 1 x ceramic cup, 2 x stones, 2 x plant fiber, 1 x toast, 2 x silver ingots, 3 x copper ingots, 2 x 500ml mineral water, and 3 x iron plates.
The silver-quality supply crate not only dropped blue items, but also triggered a critical hit talent!
[Open the Silver Supply Crate to receive 10 EXP]
[Congratulations, player, for triggering the talent effect! Silver Supply Crate x3!]
[The player received a total of 3 dozen yogurts, 3 bowls of chive and pork dumplings, 3 blankets, 3 nails, 18 white steamed buns, 30 planks, 15 500ml mineral water bottles, and 6 blue bandages.]
【Item Name: Hemostatic Bandage (Consumable)】
Item Quality: Blue
[Item Description: Bandaging the wound can reduce bleeding caused by external injuries and restore a small amount of health.]
Shen Dixin's eyes lit up. Three times the amount of hemostatic bandages! Medicines are always in high demand. Although the blueprints hadn't been revealed, the blue-quality bandages were already enough for her.
According to Shen Dixin, players cannot create medicine out of thin air; they can only make it themselves using medicinal herbs, or buy it from merchants or open it from treasure chests. The lowest quality medicine is blue, and it is not cheap.
After organizing the supplies, Chen Dixin put the bulky blankets and wooden boards into her personal space. She also made sure to put the dumplings in as well. Fresh food like dumplings doesn't keep as well as steamed buns; if they're not put in the space, they'll get cold quickly and might even spoil in a day.
Each player has their own space, starting with five empty slots, with a stacking limit of one hundred.
[Pick up plastic, reward 1 experience point.]
He casually retrieved some supplies that had been washed ashore near the raft. Having done these things before, even while multitasking, Chen Dixin didn't let any easily obtainable supplies slip by.
After sorting them, she collected a total of 6 wooden planks and 5 pieces of plastic, bringing her experience points to 157/200.
Before reaching level one and changing jobs, any action can increase experience. Chen Dixin glanced at it, full of fighting spirit, but did not continue to go into the sea to collect supplies to gather the 43 experience points.
After swimming these two laps, her stamina had dropped to 78/130.
The "Full of Energy" status bar has also disappeared; this status only appears when the remaining stamina is above 80%.
Therefore, the most cost-effective way is to use only 20% of your stamina and maintain full energy throughout the entire process, which can save at least one-third of your stamina.
If it weren't for the fact that two supply boxes appeared in a row, Chen Dixin would have chosen to rest when her stamina dropped below 104.
Stamina is the most important stat, determining how much a player can still do. Without buffs, it only recovers 30 points per hour.
If your stamina drops below 30%, you will be in a state of exhaustion, and the stamina recovery time will be halved. If it drops below 5%, you will be unable to move.
The buff from being well-fed and satisfied can speed up recovery, but it only appears if you eat normal portions three times a day.
She opened the chat box, which was divided into three main channels. The purpose of the system announcement was obvious from the wording: players could speak for free in the current channel. There were ten channels in one region, and each channel had 10,000 players.
As the name suggests, paid channels require a basic resource to post messages. Even in the later stages, few people abuse them, and they are generally used for trading.
No one is willing to use the paid channels yet; there are still only two system announcements welcoming players to join.
He sacrificed a piece of wood to post the transaction information.
AAA Materials Wholesaler Lao Shen: Food and water can be exchanged for crafting blueprints. Green blueprints can be exchanged for five items, blue blueprints for eight items, and water counts as two items. You can choose freely. DM me if interested.
Chen Dixin couldn't consume that much food by himself, so exchanging it for food was the most cost-effective option, requiring only a few days' worth of food.
When you first enter the game, food and drink are what everyone needs most. Although exchanging blueprints is a bit of a rip-off, the amount of food that you get from the Heart Cleansing is quite generous.
Anyone who isn't an idiot knows that the blueprint is important, but if you can't get any food from it, someone will come to trade with you. No matter how important it is, you have to be alive to use it!
After sending it out, no one made a purchase for a while, but Shen Dixin didn't pay attention and instead focused his attention on the remaining half of the wooden plank.
She plans to learn two more new recipes. The first time she makes an item, she will receive some experience. For example, the wooden oar she just made gives 10 experience points for the first time. This is much faster than going into the water to retrieve ten items, and it also consumes less stamina.
No blueprints, no tools? We'll just make them ourselves! There's always a solution to every problem!
After a moment's thought, Chen Dixin narrowed it down to two items that looked very similar and had similar uses—a fishing rod and a hook!
With nails and iron plates, the work of calming the mind became much easier; these are just nails and a hammer!
She hammered the nail into the wooden board, hammering several places before pulling it out, and then pried it apart with all her might along the crack! Miracles happen with brute force!
Finally, when her hands were bleeding from the strain, Chen Dixin managed to turn the plank into... well, something that could barely be called a wooden strip, although it was a bit flat and thick.
She was satisfied. She glanced at her health bar and saw that she didn't even have a bleeding buff; it was just a minor injury.
She picked up the coat she had tossed aside and sincerely thanked herself for posing so stylishly. Even in the comfortable early summer, she didn't forget to wear a knitted cardigan. After all, it's just a rope when you take it apart!
This was much faster than chiseling a wooden board. Chen Dixin deftly turned the sweater back into a pile of yarn, pulled out two strands, and tied one to the wooden stick with the hole already poked in it.
Then she took off the hair clip from her head and bent it into a hook shape. She had bought the silver metal clip specifically for its appearance.
The thin metal stubbornly resisted, and even though it was small, it was still full of resilience. Unfortunately, it met with a calm and pure heart.
After finishing, not only her palms but also her fingers were damaged. However, this injury was nothing to Shen Dixin, who had struggled at sea for more than a year, and it was not even worth her moving her eyelids.
She forced herself to become an excellent swimmer, going from someone who couldn't swim at all to someone who could swim very well. She choked on water so much that her breath smelled of blood.
He was pecked and injured by birds, yet he still had to protect his boat; he fell on an island and broke both legs, only able to crawl several kilometers back to the ship; he fought with people using weapons, and was stabbed several times in the stomach... Not to mention the rest of the little things about how his delicate body adapted to surviving alone.
Having weathered the storms and hardships, my heart has been hardened and calloused. Even if the calluses on my body are gone, my spirit remains steadfast.
Assemble the homemade fishhook, fishing line, and wooden rod together, pick up the oddly shaped fishing rod, and throw it into the water. As expected, Shen Dixin heard the system notification.
[Congratulations to the player for crafting the "Simple Fishing Rod" for the first time! 20 experience points awarded!]
Fishing rods are green items, and they give more experience than white items.
Shen Dixin curled her lips into a smile, everything was under her control.
The system determines whether a self-made item is qualified by mainly considering whether the raw materials used are the same and whether it can have the same functions.
Her fishing rod is also made of wood, wire and line, and can be cast into the water just like any other fishing rod. Who says it isn't a fishing rod?
As for catching fish? Even a real fishing rod can't guarantee that you'll catch fish!
Air Forces are everywhere, so this homemade stick is more than enough to handle the system.
Fishing rods are actually a good way to get food. In the early days, without a pot or fire, it is difficult to cook the raw materials into food, but fish can be eaten raw.
However, the line it needs cannot be synthesized by itself; ordinary cotton line is not strong enough. After gaining experience and calming his mind, he disassembled the fishing rod.
Then she quickly tied a piece of iron plate with a cotton rope. She wasn't sure if she could pass the test, but it wasn't difficult to do, so she decided to give it a try.
She put the strange-looking thing down, deliberately rowed the boat to a plastic board, picked it up, shook the metal plate, and scooped the plastic onto the raft!
Shen Dixin waited for a few minutes, thinking that she had failed, when the system notification finally sounded. Shen Dixin could even hear the exasperation in the mechanical voice, and laughed even more happily.
[...Congratulations to the player for crafting the "Hook and Rope" for the first time! 20 experience points awarded!]
Chen Dixin was truly happy this time.
The grappling hook is a metal hook that can be thrown remotely in maritime survival, specifically used to retrieve drifting objects at sea. Surprisingly, she passed the test using this method.
Tell me, did you find any supplies? Why don't you count it as something I hooked up?
The upgrade notification sounded one after the other. With these two pieces of experience and the few pieces of plastic that he had just picked up, Chen Dixin successfully leveled up to level one, with experience points of 1/500.
Chiseling wooden planks is very laborious, but Chen Dixin spent less time on it earlier. Only half an hour has passed, and no one is making faster progress than her.
[Congratulations to player "AAA Materials Wholesaler Lao Shen" for being the first player on the entire server to reach level 1! Rewards include 100 experience points, 2 free attribute points, and 1 blue scroll of your choice.]
[Do you want to hide...?]
Asking repeatedly whether to publish the name was really troublesome, so after some careful thought, I set it to keep the last option by default.
[Congratulations on reaching level one! You are rewarded with 2 free attribute points!]
[Congratulations to the player who has obtained the unique title "Pioneer," unlocked upon becoming the first player to reach level one. Wearing this title grants a 25% bonus to main job experience after job advancement.]
[Does the player wish to change jobs?]
Chen Dixin casually put on the title and chose to hide it. There are no restrictions on the wearing of titles, except for some titles with negative buffs. Once you put one on, you basically won't take it off.
She did not choose to change jobs, even though she could still change jobs at any time through the bracelet. She did not change jobs immediately because she planned to accumulate experience to level 5 and unlock a secondary profession.
After changing jobs, you can only gain experience through job-related activities. For example, you used to gain experience by collecting resources from the sea, but after changing jobs, except for players whose job is [Scavenger], you can only gain 25% of the experience.
In the early stages, apart from scavengers, it's not easy to gain experience for other professions, and the professions included in the Cleansing Heart Project are not them.
The system message indicates that the process is not yet complete.
[Congratulations on triggering the talent effect! You have received two system rewards, plus two selectable blue scrolls!]
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