Chapter 1: Desert Survival Day 1 (1) A Billion Points of Luck at the Start...
Yu Miaomiao had just picked up her phone to check her text messages when her vision went dark and she found herself in the deserted Gobi Desert.
The scorching sun burned the ground, making it hot. Even if you lowered your eyes, the strong light would make you dizzy.
When Yu Miaomiao was a child, her family had her fortune told and was told that she lacked water in the five elements, so they gave her this name.
Coming to this damn place must mean that I am really short of water.
Before she could figure out what was going on, she heard a mechanical voice in her ear.
[Hello players, welcome to the Doomsday Survival Game - 1 Desert Survival]
Doomsday survival game-1 Desert survival?
What is clearly in front of me is an endless Gobi desert, a desert terrain with coarse sand and gravel covering the hard soil layer. How can it be called a desert?
Before Yu Miaomiao had time to think about it, a line of bright yellow subtitles appeared in front of her eyes, followed by a second voice broadcast and subtitles.
【Please confirm the player nickname__】
There was a flashing cursor above the underline of the words on the light screen. It looked like a game interface asking her to enter the game name.
The experience of this game is too real. Sweat drops down and the neck is hot from the sun.
Yu Miaomiao tried to think of a name: Meow Meow is not short of water
[Hello, Miaomiao Buqashui. After evaluation, the lucky index of this nickname is nine stars, with a full star of ten. You are a very lucky player. Congratulations on obtaining the lucky trait.]
Yu Miaomiao: “?”
Before I could ask anything, I heard a new voice prompt.
[Since you are one of the first beta testers, the system has started distributing beta test gift packs, please check them carefully]
Then a wooden box fell from mid-air and landed directly in front of Yu Miaomiao.
The wooden box looked to be half a person's height and was tightly closed. How could she open it?
Then several lines of system prompts appeared in front of me.
[System notification: This game is a fully real experience. Death in the game means real death.]
[System prompt: Each player initially has sixteen grid backpacks.]
[How to use backpack space: You can access and store your thoughts at any time, and you can unlock more space through game actions.]
[Other game rules, please explore them on your own. ]
【I wish all players to live well. 】
The last wish inevitably makes people feel a little strange and uncomfortable.
Backpack?
As soon as Yu Miaomiao had the idea, she saw a holographic image of a backpack with sixteen empty spaces appear on the right side of her eyes.
There were two things inside, the first was a construction hammer and the second was a screwdriver.
There is a large empty area below the sixteen grids, which should be the backpack space that can be unlocked and upgraded in the future.
So all Yu Miaomiao has now are two tools and a wooden box?
Looking to the left, there is her personal panel.
[Player's real name: Yu Miaomiao
Player nickname: Meow Meow is not short of water
Age: 23
Game Traits: Lucky
Stamina: 30 (upgradable)
Agility: 66 (upgradable)
Wisdom: 15 (upgradable)
Strength: 35 (upgradable)
Luck value: 900 (not upgradeable)
What does that mean? Comparing it with the luck value, does it mean that the maximum value of a single item is 1000?
Then my wisdom value is only 15, isn’t it too low? She is not that stupid.
This was the first time Yu Miaomiao doubted her own IQ. What a crappy system.
As if in a fit of anger, Yu Miaomiao approached the wooden box and turned her gaze to the construction hammer in her backpack. She wanted to split the wooden box open to see what was inside the things given by the system.
Then I thought, that's not right. There are four screws on the top of the wooden box in front of me. It would be faster to open it with force, but what if there is something useful at the back of the box? If I really use a construction hammer to smash it open, that would be really stupid.
Even though it was very hot, she still endured the discomfort and dragged the screwdriver in the holographic image with her hand, making a gesture of taking it. In an instant, the tool appeared in her hand.
Aim the tool at the screw and turn it, the nail will fall off automatically, and the remaining three will be unscrewed just as quickly.
It’s so simple. Is it because of my lucky physique, or is it that everything is designed to be this easy to operate?
With a hint of excitement, Yu Miaomiao opened the top of the wooden box.
[Successfully triggered the Lucky trait, Newbie Gift Pack: 1 worn-out outdoor parasol, 0.5 bottles of mineral water, 1 single-person children's mat]
Without voice playback or subtitles, Yu Miaomiao also saw the three things in front of him.
Who would be lucky enough to open something shabby? Only she.
It's too easy to let people imagine too much and be disappointed the next second when such a big box is packed with so few things.
Forget it, these three are enough, at least they can hold out for a while.
The parasol itself was very large, just like the umbrella at the entrance of the security booth, but the entire umbrella had many holes in it, two of the umbrella frames were missing, and the handle was very heavy, making it very difficult to hold up.
But the moment Miaomiao opened the umbrella, a cool breeze blew from above her head. Although the sunlight still shone in through the hole, the temperature she felt and the surrounding temperature dropped a lot.
With the sunshade in hand, she prepared to look at other items.
Holding the umbrella was somewhat inconvenient, but Yu Miaomiao tried several times but couldn't stand up the umbrella with a broken base, so she had to hold it up with one hand.
Yu Miaomiao had no choice but to give up and looked at the mat, wondering if it would have the same miraculous effects as an umbrella.
Holding the umbrella with one hand, she used the strength of her hips and one leg to bend down, take out a 1.2-meter-long mat from the box, and threw it on the ground.
Considering that this might be the 'bed' she would sleep on, Yu Miaomiao took off her shoes by stepping on the heel of one foot and the other.
She swept the mat back and forth with one toe to make it flat. The whole movement looked very strange, like a sweeping dance.
Looking at the flat mat, Yu Miaomiao stepped on it tentatively with the soles of her feet.
"Wuhu." There was no one around, and Yu Miaomiao screamed in coolness.
Although the mat surface is a little bumpy, it is warm, comfortable and cool. It turns out that the things sent by the system are good things. Although they are small, they are very useful.
The last thing was half a bottle of water. After doing all this, she was already sweating profusely. She used up her last bit of strength to take the water out of the wooden box and sat down on the ground.
He didn't dare to let go of the umbrella in his hand, and the cold touch brought Yu Miaomiao back to his senses.
This water is actually ice.
She really wanted to cry to death.
But there was only half a bottle of water, and she had to drink it slowly. As soon as Yu Miaomiao unscrewed the button, she heard a prompt from the system.
[The quest items have been collected and you can dispose of the packaging as you wish.]
Item packaging? Isn't it just a wooden box?
After taking a sip of cool water, Yu Miaomiao hurriedly asked, "What should we do?"
The system did not respond.
Even though she asked various questions, she didn't get any response from the mechanical voice. It seemed that this system was not an intelligent interactive system.
Focusing on the wooden box again, under the perspective of the holographic image, the box seems to have a touchable label.
Yu Miaomiao tried to touch it and actually saw a system subtitle.
【Disassembly\Sale】
The sell button was gray and couldn't be clicked. Yu Miaomiao felt that this was a function that could only be used later. Looking at the empty space around her, she chose 'decomposition'.
[Successfully triggered the Lucky trait, decomposing to obtain 12 pieces of wood and 8 screws, which have been stored in the system warehouse.]
As the system sound ended, the wooden box disappeared in an instant, and the two items really took up two spaces in the backpack.
A small wooden icon occupied the third slot, with a small '12' marked on it, and an '8' marked on the screw.
It seems that as long as the items are of the same type, they will be stored together.
But how to use these wood and screws?
There was a flashing 'wrench' logo above the holographic image. Yu Miaomiao touched it lightly, and the system displayed a new interface.
Item Synthesis Guide
[Wood*6+Screw*8=Log House
Wood*3+Screws*6=Single Bed
Wood*2+Screw*2=Single Chair】
There is a button behind each formula: 'Synthesize'.
If you look at the number of screws alone, there are only 8 of them, so the house looks more practical.
But at the bottom of the formula there was a line of particularly eye-catching, glowing words.
After completing the synthesis of two items, you will receive the initial completion reward and unlock new item synthesis formulas and system functions.
How to choose, one is stable happiness, the other is something new and unknown.
When she was hesitant, she saw a question mark in the holographic image. She clicked it and saw a prompt.
[System reminder: You can draw a gift pack at 12 noon every day.]
Hey, does that mean she will have other items? This hint made Yu Miaomiao full of expectations.
Soon, her hopes were dashed again, as there was a line of time subtitles right above the top of her field of vision.
Desert Survival Day 1 14:29
This means she missed today's gift package.
Yu Miaomiao now finds that although this system seems to have no guidance, it will actually give relevant prompts after she takes some actual actions.
After thinking about it carefully, if I only build a room without a bed, it will be difficult to fall asleep starting from tonight. I will also have no next action plan and will just be stuck here, not to mention food and drink.
After hesitating for two minutes, Yu Miaomiao thought that since the system gave her the lucky trait, she might as well give it a try. As the saying goes, starvation kills the timid. Anyway, no one knows how to play this doomsday game, so she simply chose to make a chair and a bed.
After she aligned her eyes with the formula for the chair, she clicked 'Synthesize'. The shadow of the construction hammer in her backpack began to chisel on the ground, and a small wooden chair appeared before her eyes. At the same time, the amount of wood and screws in her backpack decreased accordingly.
Yu Miaomiao thought she had to knock a stool with her hands, but it seems that as long as she has a construction hammer, the items corresponding to this formula will be automatically synthesized, which is quite convenient.
She set the stool aside while she finished making the bed.
One bed, two beds.
[Successfully trigger the lucky trait and synthesize a single bed*2]
She used the materials from one bed and made two!
It turns out that the lucky trait will be triggered randomly at this time. Yu Miaomiao is a little excited. Does this mean that she can get more things in the future?
According to her observation, as to whether the lucky trait is triggered, you will be told whether it is effective or not when you receive the item, and there will be a prompt only when you succeed in synthesizing something.
The bed was just big enough for a cool mat, but unexpectedly, Yu Miaomiao thought it was a single hard wooden bed, but it actually came with a Simmons mattress and a four-piece quilt set.
But the weather is so hot now, and I obviously can’t sleep with this thick quilt.
No, she is in the Gobi Desert now. It is so hot during the day and it will definitely be very cold at night. The system will not give her two beds that waste materials for no reason.
Just after she finished feeling relieved, Yu Miaomiao heard the system notification sound again.
[System Notice: Congratulations to player Miaomiao for not lacking water and completing the novice task (1)]
After making two items, I actually completed the novice task. The number 1 obviously means that there are other novice tasks, but whose novice tasks are hidden?
Another notification followed.
[System Notice: You have unlocked the world chat function. All transactions in the chat are real transactions. Once completed, they cannot be withdrawn. Please be careful of fraud.]
Yu Miaomiao: Your system is quite good, it even gave me anti-fraud tips.
The world chat function means that she is not alone in this Gobi world. Yu Miaomiao's attention was immediately attracted by this new function.
After the voice is played in the lower left corner, a chat interface appears at the bottom of the field of vision, with a text input box and lines of scrolling subtitles.
It's really like a real-world chat.
In the upper left corner of the chat box, the current world population is displayed: 10049, and the death toll: 9.
The line of words is not big, but it is very shocking. Death 9 means that someone has indeed come to this world, but died.
People in the world probably use nicknames when chatting, just like the game nickname that Yu Miaomiao chose. Her speech box reads "Meow Meow is not short of water."
Yu Miaomiao was somewhat happy that the game had suddenly changed from a single-player one to an online multiplayer one. At least she was not alone. She looked at the subtitles intently.
"Dizi Xiaoshuai: What the hell is this place? I just signed up for some game beta test and ended up here. Really, you can't click on random links."
"Old Wang next door: Are people really going to die here? I see the death toll has reached 10."
After seeing this sentence, Yu Miaomiao noticed that the death toll had indeed become 10. It turned out that in less than a minute, another person had died.
"Beautiful Girl Warrior: What I'm feeling right now is so real, it can't be fake. I sent this message this morning, almost dehydrated. Then, for no apparent reason, I pulled a card at noon and received a gift pack. I drank some water and came back to life."
It must have taken Yu Miaomiao less than two hours from the time she opened the treasure chest to the time she saw the time, not even half an hour, but someone actually sent a message in the morning.
This beautiful girl gave a lot of information points, and the gift packs were obtained by drawing cards.
The chat history was refreshed very quickly. When Yu Miaomiao was sliding up and down, she accidentally clicked on someone's name, and a line of small text box appeared on it.
【Apply for friends\chat\trade】
World chat still has this feature, but where are the friends?
After looking carefully, she found a little man icon at the bottom of the chat box. She touched it lightly, and a friend list appeared on the left side of the world box, showing the number 0/0.
This system is really a pitfall. There are so many functions that you need to explore on your own.
Yu Miaomiao continued to watch the world channel to see if there was any other useful information.
"Who am I? I just came here and did two things before I saw the chat box. But I'm dying. Can someone give me a drink of water?"
It seems that this person, like himself, did not receive the daily gift package. However, there should be water in the novice gift package, so he won’t die of thirst all of a sudden.
"Newcomer: Click me to trade, and I'll give you some water."
"Who am I: Who are you?"
"Lili: This is the world channel. Everyone has a nickname. Just click on the nickname 'Newcomer' to access the trading function!"
Who Am I: Who is the Newcomer?
After a kindhearted person named 'Lili' came out to explain, no one else paid any attention to him. The world's death toll did not increase, and no one knew whether this clueless 'Who Am I' got the water.
From the lines of chat records, Yu Miaomiao knew that everyone was sent here because they clicked on a registration link for a doomsday survival game. She remembered that she seemed to have accidentally touched a text message link while playing with her mobile phone.
The time of transmission for each person is different. Some came in the morning, some just arrived, but at least they all came today.
Everyone has a novice gift pack, but the items in each person are different. Most people will have half a bottle of water, but there may also be no water at all.
The decomposition of items is fixed. After decomposing a wooden box, you will get 6 pieces of wood and 4 screws. Could it be that my lucky trait is to directly double the items?
By the way, didn’t completing the novice mission unlock the mission reward? Where is the reward?
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