Chapter 67: Falling Feathers Enter the Dream - There's a bug.
With an excited heart and trembling hands: So, tomorrow is going to be a new disaster. How much preparation have you all made? I'm a little nervous. Let's all come out and chat.
Bunnies are so cute: They're overflowing with goodies!
Starry Night: Anyone want to witness the next disaster together? If Sister Chen is right, the next disaster might be spectacular!
What's the point? May I ask, why do you all believe the top-ranked person's information so readily? Is this a scam or is this how your channel has been paying protection money all along?
Salted Fish Tart: Isn't it a bit late to ask this now? It'll start in a few hours. You'd better go buy a coping guide. It's too late to start preparing now. Sister Chen's information is reliable.
Giant Hammer: You're a nice person, though they won't appreciate it.
The first spring, January 21st.
Today is the first time I've received attribute points from the Strange Tide rewards since the rules changed, and at the same time, my Heart Cleansing has also leveled up to level seven.
With three free attribute points, she added one point to Agility and two points to Constitution, successfully triggering the Agility passive state.
[Congratulations, player! Agility has reached 10, and you have learned the passive skill [Lightness: After maintaining movement for 15 minutes, speed increases by 10%.]
These past few days, Xingtu Wanli has been quite capable; he finally managed to create a ruby earring with 2 power, only to discover that Chen Dixin already had a pair of earrings.
Although the wealthy client still bought it, Xingtu Wanli was determined to show her its great usefulness, so he went and made hair clips instead.
After several days, the highest attribute was only 2. In a fit of anger, he stuffed fifteen gems together, and it actually turned into a green pearl hairpin with 3 agility.
Shen Di thought she should scold him but didn't have the heart to. It was a waste, but the things were already in her hands, so she could only clutch her heart and gently remind him to be more frugal!
Replace the ruby bracelet with a hairpin that grants 2 Strength. Current stats: Constitution 13 (16), Strength 20 (13), Agility 10 (15).
Now she has all the accessories she needs: a hair clip, earrings, a necklace, and a bracelet. Meanwhile, Xingtu Wanli is already working on the brooch, and it should be finished in another day or two.
After a long period of stagnation, sales of the Red Tide strategy guide began to slowly pick up again. Upon closer inspection, Shen Dixin saw that everyone in the channel was working hard to promote her product.
She sells the red tide strategy in two parts: one is about preparing supplies in advance, and the other is about more cost-effective ways to deal with the disaster.
The price isn't cheap! It's clear that those guys who didn't buy at first are desperate and will buy anyway, just for peace of mind.
It's strange, but perhaps the habits formed at the beginning were too deeply ingrained.
Even though the server merge had already taken up a third of the game's time, the players who had merged from other channels still seemed out of place, as if they had developed paranoia. Their attitude towards Chen Dixin was particularly noticeable.
Shen Dixin expressed his complete understanding of this, saying that anyone who falls into such a deceitful environment would immediately lose all trust in others.
[You have exchanged 1 "Disaster Strategy - Pre-Battle Preparations" item for 2 iron blocks and 3 copper blocks. The supplies will be stored in a temporary warehouse; please collect them promptly.]
[Disaster Response Strategy - 1 item has been used to exchange for 1 iron block and 4 copper blocks. The supplies will be stored...]
But clearly, quite a few people succumbed to her, Shen Dixin thought to herself as she watched the transaction information pop up one after another.
Unfortunately, it was too late to upgrade the ship to level 5 before the red tide arrived. The upgrade materials for level 5 ships didn't increase much; it just required more gears.
The following materials have been collected for purification: wooden boards (4w1/3w8), plastic (3w9/3w8), iron nails (558/400), iron wire (379/400)... batteries (92/120), steel bars (108/120), concrete (106/120), gears (41/50).
The further you progress, the more materials you need, and they're not easy to gather. The only materials Chen Dixin has left are iron nails and iron plates, which are commonly traded. These alone are not enough to gather the remaining materials.
Thinking of the characteristics of the Red Tide, Chen Dixin rubbed his temples and took the materials to Lu Mingang to upgrade his ship to level four.
It wasn't that she didn't want to upgrade, but when the red tide came, all the supplies floating on the sea would be swallowed up, which meant there would be no income for a week.
Even though Lu Mingang could cook to earn supplies, Shen Dixin couldn't let go of the money she had borrowed during the disaster. The supplies would triple in a week, and she would still make money no matter how much inflation there was!
So she decided to stock up, because the Red Tide not only doesn't expend resources, it keeps consuming them, and they'll need to borrow money.
"Yuanbao is so good! You can have this half carrot too."
A gentle, persuasive voice came from next door. Lu Mingang was feeding the turtles carrots, if the scraps that were only a little over a centimeter long and still had leaves attached were considered "half a carrot".
Yuanbao clearly enjoyed it. After finishing his meal, he huffed and puffed as he climbed up to the little elves, waiting for them to put the other chopped vegetables on his back.
To make it easier for him to work, Yuanbao specially had Shen Dixin carry a basket on his back. As expected of a tortoise with the "hard-working" attribute, he just can't stay idle!
The arrival of a colleague, the King of Scrolls, greatly increased the pressure on Zhu Sha, who deeply regretted having been soft-hearted and letting Yuanbao into the house.
Zhu Sha, who used to lie down after learning a little bit of intimidation, has been going out to sea to train every day recently, often bringing back a whole fishing net full of fish, and the blue-grade prey he catches has also increased.
Just before going to sleep, Shen Dixin used her pet tag to pull her back, and she climbed back into her little water tank and fell fast asleep.
It gains so much experience from hunting that it can sometimes save two-thirds of its food.
With the addition of critical hits, Zhu Sha reached level three a week ago, and now the level four experience bar is almost full.
It's estimated that after reaching level four, the aura will appear on Zhu Sha's panel as a skill or talent, and its aura will be enough to affect most marine life.
Shen Dixin revealed a capitalist's smile. "Everyone's rolling up their sleeves, it's good that they're rolling up their sleeves. There's no room for lazy bums on her ship!"
Just then, Deng Xianyu Ling came out for a walk after eating and drinking his fill. Since following Chen Dixin, this guy has become more relaxed and doesn't stay at home all the time anymore. He wanders around outside every day.
The intense, soul-searching gaze of death sent chills down its spine.
"What, what's wrong, my benefactor? Butterfly said everything is fine with it."
After the lamp spirit moved into the flower, it seemed to be able to communicate with the butterfly. For example, when the sun was strong, when it wanted to drink water, or when the fallen feathers were ripe and ready to be picked, the lamp spirit took care of everything for it, essentially hiring a little gardener.
Shen Dixin glanced at it a few times, "Once you've rested, get back to work and bring me two more fallen feathers."
The spirit of the lamp pretended to be deaf and dumb, selectively obeying, and went into the flower bud to take a fallen feather and give it to Chen Dixin.
She wanted this item because of her recent dream. Fallen feathers can only be used to have a pleasant dream, and they only bloom once every 12 hours. They're not rare, and most of the players close to Chen Dixin have tried them out in the past few days.
Without exception, they all depicted the scenes that most lingered in their minds before falling asleep.
For someone like me who misses my family terribly, I even pre-ordered future "Falling Feathers" from Chen Dixin, just so I could meet them in my dreams.
Shen Dixin dreamt of a very strange scene: a black, dog-like mist was swirling around her, seemingly trying to communicate with her.
For three consecutive days, each day only a few words were heard before the conversation ended, as if the speaker wanted Chen Dixin to go somewhere to find it.
The abrupt end was infuriating, so she decided to use two falling feathers at once, hoping to gain more information.
As I fell asleep, my mind was almost instantly drawn to the big dog. It was described as a dog, but its appearance was so similar that I couldn't really tell what it looked like.
She tried to open her mouth, but it was very difficult to speak. Chen Dixin thought dejectedly, "We were told that anything could happen in dreams."
She managed to utter a few words, which was already her biggest improvement in several days. During this time, the big dog watched her quietly the whole time.
"Who...are you?"
"Snoring—"
It was startled, let out a cry, and then disappeared.
When she opened her eyes again, it was already six o'clock the next day. The first thing Shen Dixin did upon waking up was to search her entire body to see if she had anything extra or missing. And sure enough, she found something.
[**Gaze: Attack power increases by 1%.]
Calming the mind and suppressing unease is beneficial in any case.
The chat channel was already filled with long complaints about how disgusting the new disaster was. Shen Dixin glanced at it briefly and confirmed that the strategy guide she had sold was correct.
Starry Night: Is everyone's Red Tide red? Mine is pinkish-purple, it's so beautiful! If it hadn't swallowed my supply crate, I could have drifted on this sea forever! [Image] [Image]
Heave-ho: Mine is blue!
Regretful passerby: The orange-yellow report [image] seems to include every color except black!
Duel Hat: Wait, how come you guys are so relaxed? I'm so anxious! I haven't been able to find any supply crates for a whole week, and I just accidentally got seawater on my skin, and it immediately gave me a poisoning warning!
Master, I can't let it go: Huh? Then can we still eat the fish from the sea?
Salted Fish Egg Tart: This clearly shows you didn't buy Sister Chen's guide. It says you can't touch water. Red tides are constantly digesting microorganisms; they could digest even your fishing net if you left it in the water for a while, let alone fish.
Yes, the fishing nets will also be digested, so Shen Dixin didn't forget to put them away before going to bed yesterday.
She pushed open the door, and what came into view was a dark, deep green ocean, teeming with plankton that had obscured its original color, a sight so intense it was almost painful to the eyes. And in the sea there was… red? Vermilion?!
Shen Dixin felt suffocated. She almost screamed that Zhu Sha was back. The water was very poisonous. How could this silly child soak in the red tide?
As a result, Zhu Sha lazily sent her a message, describing a peaceful and serene situation, saying that soaking in it was very comfortable and there was nothing wrong with it.
At first, Shen Dixin thought it had been poisoned and was out of its mind, but fortunately, she still had her senses and opened the attribute panel.
Not only did Zhu Sha's health not drop at all, but his experience points were also increasing at an average rate of one point per minute, and he had already reached 160 of the daily experience cap of 300.
It seems that it had been soaking in there for a long time before Shen Dixin woke up.
Knowing that the child was indeed alright, Shen Dixin calmed down and thought for a while, concluding that the cause of this situation was Zhu Sha's hunting methods.
The candle jellyfish actually feeds on neurotoxins, and cinnabar is no exception; otherwise, its soft, gentle "strikes" would be no different from a massage to the enemy.
This neurotoxin isn't powerful enough to appear on the character sheet, nor is it potent enough to instantly kill its prey, so it behaves like a physical attack.
The red tide, which survives at sea, looks intimidating after its mutation, but to put it bluntly, it's just a large collection of various planktonic organisms. However, these equally fragile life forms, when equipped with cinnabar that passively releases toxins... will still die from just one hit!
Chen Dixin remained silent; was this a bug he had encountered?
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