Chapter 260 Survival at Sea Day 12 (2) Cloudy to foggy and hazy...
Yu Miaomiao had indeed not contacted Ziren recently, and had not heard any news about him.
Ever since he tricked that group of people and helped April Lies deal with Wang Bingliang and others, he has never appeared on his own initiative again.
After browsing all the information again, Yu Miaomiao showed a part of his system interface to a few people. At this time, Lulu happened to walk in.
"I have a feeling this dark horse isn't from our zone," Yu Miaomiao said, pointing to a post on the cross-server forum. "This person from Zone 5, named Tingting Buxinxie, posted a missing person post. Based on the comments and the data we've collected, the person named Unstoppable Missing is most likely Tingting Buxinxie."
Yu Miaomiao has always kept a record of the rankings in each district. Unless someone is conducting an experiment similar to the one in District 9, where they can quickly change their attribute values, the normal personal panel values are usually related to various system events, making it easy to figure out who is who.
Lie in April asked in confusion, "Could this person be thinking that the beta server has more resources, so he wants to come to us?"
Lulu shook her head and expressed her thoughts. "I've seen this missing person post a long time ago. I think Tingting doesn't believe in evil and is genuinely looking for someone. Furthermore, this person was on the top-ranked team in District 5 the day before yesterday, and now they're here today. I guess they're not short of resources."
"Looking for someone..." April's Lie was a little dazed. She looked at Yu Miaomiao, took out the mochi from her backpack, and ate it as if no one was around. Her tone couldn't help but feel a little depressed. "It's great to have someone to look for."
Yu Miaomiao knew he was thinking about 'loving mochi' again, and she couldn't help but think of Api, the one whose name had turned gray in the friend list. "That's why we have to go back sooner rather than later, just in case the person behind the gray name is still out there."
Hua Bie was originally a little unhappy with the way April Lie was staring at Yu Miaomiao, but when he looked at the man who was sitting decadently on the stool, his hands shaking a little, and his eyes red, he suddenly understood something. He was in a good mood and kindly reminded him: "If you don't eat it, this mochi will be burned by this stove."
April's Lie came back to her senses, swallowed it with a firm look in her eyes, turned around, and didn't let the tears in her eyes fall in front of everyone.
Yu Miaomiao changed the subject and said, "Generally speaking, people with special backgrounds or identities may become Yang Haotian's targets. Before my unstoppable thoughts are abducted by Yang Haotian, I want to contact him first."
If Sister Zhuangzhuang wants to leave the beta server and go to District 9, then Yu Miaomiao's team will be missing someone again. This person, whose values are at the top of the list, is a very good candidate. Moreover, Yang Haotian must not be allowed to use various means to cheat her away.
Hua Bie was about to interrupt when he saw that Yu Miaomiao had already sent a message, so he had to give up. "Have you figured out how to deal with the murloc's attack?"
Yu Miaomiao closed the system interface after sending the message. "I've thought about it, but I'm not sure if it will work. I plan to try it after I draw the card."
In the past, when she drew cards, she used them to avoid special situations in the expedition, but now she needs to observe the card drawing scenes carefully with her friends. Moreover, with the expedition multiple experience cards, she can encounter danger or come back before she feels any danger.
April's Lies heard the conversation between the two and asked curiously, "Since Hua Bie is here, why don't you two go together? It's better to go directly to the adventure site than to simulate here for a long time."
Hua Bie's eyes lit up just as Lulu explained, "You might not know, April, but Sister Meow Meow and the Flower God have different paces when exploring. The Flower God usually rushes in quickly, while Sister Meow Meow prefers to explore from the beginning, piecemeal... Well, in that sense, they complement each other."
Hua Bie nodded and was about to agree when he heard Yu Miaomiao say, "There are limited treasure chests in the exploration area. In order to ensure the exploration progress and save time, it is definitely better for one person to open all the treasure chests. We can also bring back different information and exchange experiences. Besides, it is easy to get into trouble if I go to the exploration area with others, so I'd better go alone."
Everyone knew what had happened before, so they stopped talking and started working at their workbenches.
Seeing that the atmosphere seemed a bit dull, Yu Miaomiao suggested, "Nana said there might be some clues in the video cassette. How about we set a time to watch the movie?"
Lulu immediately agreed, "Great! Ever since Yingying found out Sister Miaomiao could make video cassettes, she's been wanting to see them but hasn't been too shy to ask. She'll definitely be happy to hear this news when she wakes up."
Hua Bie: "Then at night?"
April's Lie had returned to normal and suggested, "The video cassettes have a usage limit, and the players also have venue restrictions. Can I rent one of them once so that my other companions can watch it together?"
Yu Miaomiao: "Forget renting it. To play this videotape, we need the player made by your companions. Let's share it."
"Okay." April's Lies also felt that life was getting dreary these days and it was time to have some fun. "In modern times, I was used to having fun all day and night. My dad kept telling me to change, but I still didn't change. Coming here, I've been forced to follow a regular schedule to survive, but it's really boring. After hearing what Meow Meow said, I'm suddenly looking forward to the videotape."
【System prompt: Please draw your gift pack card】
The four of them tacitly stopped chatting and laughing 10 seconds before drawing the card to welcome today's card drawing.
Everyone was very close, but judging by their gestures, they were all in different positions. Hua Bie even said that he didn't see anyone's movements at all. Judging from his gestures, he only saw everyone looking at the cards.
This means that the images of other people you see when drawing cards may be simulated by the system and are not real.
What is certain is that the independent card drawing space where an individual is located does not remain in place, so at the card drawing barrier that Miaomiao wanted to break through before, it did not connect with other friends, and the system very cleverly allows everyone to see the side of the card drawing at most, and cannot see the scene behind the card.
What's behind the three large cards...no one seems to have ever seen.
She quickly thought of some science fiction movies. Usually, some control instruments would appear in the middle of the laboratory, and there would be test boxes placed around the laboratory. If all the survivors were in a small test box, would the instruments for controlling the experiment be behind the card?
After observing for three minutes, she had to quickly see what the three drawn cards were.
The light from the three cards was very dim, and she instantly lost hope.
The first card on the left still had a background of azure ocean waves, with a few vines vaguely crawling across it, as if it were submerged in the ocean. "Water Resources Card" was written on the card.
The card in the middle is a pure blue card with vines wrapped around a huge drop of water. When you flip it over, it says "Water Making Living Resource Card."
So, the first one is to provide water directly, and the second one is to provide tools to create water resources.
As for the third one, I guess it’s also related to water.
There are countless water droplets hanging on the blue card surface, but unlike the previous picture with a large crystal clear water droplet, the small water droplets on this card are colorful blue, including light blue, dark blue, and even purple-blue droplets. The water droplets hanging on the card look like they will drip at any time.
It's just a card, but it's made so vivid. It's really an exaggeration.
If the purpose is just to attract the survivors' interest and anticipation in drawing cards, then the constantly changing card patterns would be unnecessary given that everyone is used to it.
Unless, the design and technology used in this card face are also used in other places, just like the PXR technology mentioned by Dr. Ji, the daily card face does not need to be designed in advance, but can be changed freely.
Yu Miaomiao didn't know what the real PXR technology was. Not to mention that she seemed to have heard of it, she also didn't know what it had to do with the card drawing in front of her.
Before the countdown appeared, she selected the last card, "Liquid Resource Card."
She was not short of the first two. Except for the first two days when she came to the desert to survive, Yu Miaomiao was not short of water resources at other times. She even had some extra to exchange for supplies.
Then the tools for making water resources range from drilling kits to rainwater filters, one after another, so there is no shortage of tools for making water resources for daily life, but this "liquid resource" is a bit the same, it is likely to be some other liquid materials.
After making her selection, she tried her best to feel the changes around her. At the same time, she took the "gravitational reference sensor" and "micro pressure tester" borrowed from Dr. Ji, and observed the data after starting them up.
She didn't quite understand the data results above, but what she could see was that gravity had changed, but the pressure had not.
These two instruments are very valuable. Dr. Ji is willing to lend them to her first, which shows that he has a certain degree of trust in her.
Yu Miaomiao only needs to record the data of the entire process and feedback it to the other party. This is also what Dr. Ji wants to know whether the data on different servers will be different.
The reason why she wanted to conduct the test first was also to prevent Dr. Ji's subordinates from relying on her to conduct risky experiments on human life.
After handing over the items, she saw that everyone who was still drawing cards finished the process one by one.
According to the agreement among them, Hua Bie was the first to finish drawing the cards, and the last one was April's Lie.
Everyone described what they saw, that is, everyone was drawing cards in the same place, and even after choosing the cards, people's positions did not change. Only Lulu said that she seemed to see a flash of light, but she didn't know if it was the brightness of the card that changed.
Yu Miaomiao also tried to record it through video, but the scenes in the video were exactly the same as what she saw with her own eyes.
After the short experiment, everyone went to check today's card drawing rewards.
[System Notice: Liquid Resource Card Reward Calculation Begins]
[Successfully trigger the Lucky trait, obtain Mineral Water*10, Happy Cola*10, Stimulant*10, Energy Drink*10, Intermediate Medical Kit*10, Advanced Medical Kit*5, Anti-Radiation Concentrate*5, Water Mist Bomb Crafting Drawing*2.]
When Yu Miaomiao first saw these supplies, she thought they were all liquid supplies, just as she had guessed. But what was this anti-radiation concentrate?
[System prompt: Player Meow Meow is not short of water and has unlocked the crafting of water mist bombs. Wisdom value increased by 1.]
Do survivors still have to go through the radiation zone?
Is there radiation weather in the daily changing weather, or is it in a certain area?
When Yu Miaomiao got this item, he synchronized this information with others.
Iris had just returned from the expedition, finished drawing cards, and saw a few people discussing something in the room. She killed a giant flying insect that escaped from the smog. After hearing what Yu Miaomiao said, she added, "I saw the hint that the hidden person gave me. He said that behind the snow season, there is actually hidden radiation pollution."
When several people heard what Iris said, they turned around at the same time and made puzzled sounds.
Being stared at by so many people at once, Iris, who was used to being alone, felt a little embarrassed. She took out a piece of paper from her sleeve and was about to say something when she saw Yu Miaomiao and Hua Bie simultaneously take out a piece of black cloth from their backpacks and throw it into the air, covering them all with the black cloth.
Lulu asked first: "Do you feel like you're being spied on again?"
April's Lie answered in the darkness, "I don't have any here."
As the black cloth covered it, the feeling of being watched disappeared. Yu Miaomiao continued, "Well, after Iris quickly killed the flying insect monster, that kind of attention fell on me."
The killing process was so fast that Yu Miaomiao couldn't help but sigh at the time when she looked at the scene outside the window. It seemed that today's cloudy and foggy weather was not as difficult as she had imagined.
Hua Bie agreed, "Yeah, Meow Meow and I were sitting close, so I felt it too."
"At first I thought it was the headlight outside the door shining on my body that made me feel hot, but I didn't expect it was that damn snoop again." Iris turned on the flashlight and recounted her previous experience. "This time I went to Fishman Island and picked up a bunch of stones on a small deserted island. I arranged them into a paragraph."
Yu Miaomiao and the others remained silent, waiting for Iris to repeat herself in a low voice.
"After the snow season, some areas will become radioactive zones, making it difficult to survive. This game is actually about human genetic modification and elite selection, trying to escape the apocalypse before the snow season ends."
The sentence was not long, but it contained a huge amount of information. Yu Miaomiao thought that if no one could finally pass the prank cave and obtain this information, how would the survivors like them break free from the shackles of the end of the world?
Iris, her usual dejection gone, spoke with a hint of excitement, "Since this hidden person reminded us to leave before the end of the snow season, that means we can return by the end of the season. Counting on my fingers, it's only 18 days away."
Yu Miaomiao didn't count the days on his fingers, but instead carefully considered the situation of the Restoring World Order cards. "The personal attribute rankings and the internal test server competition rankings, which were originally settled every 30 days, have been changed to 20 days. If the rewards settled in these large cycles are all distributed according to the apocalyptic natural disaster cycle, assuming that we have all the Restoring World Order cards in the internal test server and we always take first place in the team scoreboard, then we will only have 51 cards at the end of the snow season."
Lulu sighed: "So many, then..."
Iris stepped out of the curtain and threw the note into the furnace, burning it. "Add those from other servers, and that makes 102, right? No, that's not right... Other servers don't have beta leaderboards, and only the top-placed team will receive the Restoring World Order card."
Yu Miaomiao replied, "That's right. I just did some calculations. For example, my friend Nana, assuming they get all the Restoring World Order cards in District 7, based on the rankings and the natural disaster cycle rewards, they would have a maximum of 27. Adding that to ours, the maximum is 78, which is 3 short..."
Everyone knows that if people from other servers come to other servers, the item cards on them will become bound, so they cannot buy them from other servers and can only use the item cards obtained from this server.
“What if this world were to explode?” April’s Lie hypothesized, but several people said that based on the original intention of the system designer, it was probably impossible.
"Actually, there's another method, but it's not feasible. That's to switch servers to get cards, but cross-server invitation cards are very rare." Hua Bie, just in case Yu Miaomiao really thought about it, immediately asked another question, "What is this genetic modification? As far as I know, the human body mechanical devices and medical technologies on the market cannot possibly touch the concept of human genes."
After saying this, he glanced at the person next to him in the darkness and added, "One of the businesses my father runs is human mechanical transformation...so I know a thing or two."
Yu Miaomiao immediately thought of someone's behavior and asked, "Could this mastermind be Yang Haotian? Doesn't he also like to use elite screening?"
Lulu immediately responded, "I don't think so. I've heard Yingying complain about Yang Haotian many times before, and there's a lot of information provided by Sister Zhuangzhuang. He looks like an e-commerce vendor, so he's probably not that high-end."
Yu Miaomiao thought about it and agreed. The mastermind behind the scenes must be hiding in the dark. Yang Haotian has been so high-profile since the first day. She also heard that he was almost killed by the big winner in life once. She didn't believe that the so-called mastermind behind the scenes would continue to be so high-profile after going through all these things.
Iris also said, "Oh, there's a piece of information I forgot to mention. In the earliest information obtained, the hidden person said that the mastermind behind the scenes couldn't obtain the Restoring World Order Card because he was marked as a staff member. Yang Haotian almost got it several times, so it shouldn't be him."
Under the black curtain, not only was there no light, it was even a bit airless. After the group finished discussing the information on the Iris note, they lifted the black cloth.
Lulu thought for a moment, then whispered, "To collect enough repair cards, will there really be a merge? If so, the cards won't be bound anymore, right? Then, no matter how I collect them, it should be enough, right?"
Several people looked at Iris at the same time, wanting to see if she had obtained any hidden information similar to the merger of the zones, only to see her shaking her head helplessly.
"What are you talking about? Are you going to merge the zones?" Yingying came in from outside the house with sleepy eyes. Xiaoguai also came to the deck where they were, making an impatient "woohoo" sound. Yu Miaomiao could tell that he was urging her to go back.
When Yingying heard Xiaoguai's cry, she suddenly woke up and immediately called him "Xiaoguai baby" affectionately. Just as she was about to turn around and hug him, a hand grabbed her collar, and then she was straightened up, facing Lulu's cold eyes.
Lulu asked, "Business is important. Did you see something?"
Yu Miaomiao followed her out and saw Xiaoguai looking behind her with a slightly provocative look. Following Xiaoguai's gaze, she saw Hua Bie standing at the door.
Well, anyone who gets hit by a car will hate the "culprit" for a while.
Yingying opened her system interface and displayed the holographic system to everyone without warning. She pointed to a blank area next to the weather and said, "I see the merged voting area here."
Combined district voting...
So if there really is a merger of servers, it will be approved by vote.
If it is a hidden function within the system, it means that it is a function that the survivors will face in the future.
Yu Miaomiao asked, "Is this a feature I'll see in the next stage, or will it be used by all survivors?"
"Then I need to use this ability to check your holographic screen." Yingying walked aside, "How about I take a look here alone?"
"Okay." Currently, only Yu Miaomiao's item synthesis guide has the fastest synthesis progress, so it is most appropriate to follow hers.
The others quickly turned their backs and didn't look at the information projected on Yingying's holographic screen.
"No." Yingying took a closer look and explained, "This will be a new feature that all survivors will see, but I don't know when it will appear."
The Fish King Contest is a short, limited-time event that suddenly appears on the tenth day, which is the leaderboard day.
The voting activity should also be short-lived, and will appear on the list day.
My Lie in April expressed everyone's thoughts: "It's probably the 19th or 20th day of surviving at sea."
Iris sighed, "Hopefully, it'll be after the leaderboards are settled. Otherwise, if other servers merge, we'll have to lose a few cards to repair the world order."
After the merger, the rankings should also be merged. Not only will the rankings of the people currently standing here not necessarily continue to remain at the top, but even the repair cards that were originally in their hands may fall into the hands of bad people.
This special trait that Yingying possesses is not unique to her. Everyone knows it, but the rumor of the merger has spread. Regardless of whether they know that the merger is true, some people have probably been secretly preparing for it.
They also need to hurry up. Although Yu Miaomiao's ranking in the current rankings is still very high, it may not be the same after the merger of the servers.
Yu Miaomiao patted Xiaoguai's head and tried to explain to it: "Xiaoguai, I'm going to be away for a while. Can you please stay with Sister Yingying?"
Yesterday Yingying went to the adventure site, and today Yu Miaomiao goes too. This was something the two had discussed beforehand.
“Wuwuwu——”
Yu Miaomiao continued to use food temptation and said, "Do you want to eat something delicious? Wolf meat and shrimp rice~"
While she was speaking, she took out two pieces of meat and placed them together, hoping that it would understand.
"Woo-woo-meow--"
Several people who were originally thinking about the merger of the areas were attracted by the interaction between the cat and the man.
In the end times, people can communicate with cats, which is truly magical.
Yingying stood beside him, concentrating on learning Yu Miaomiao's movements, trying to learn how to communicate with Xiaoguai, and followed suit with gestures with her hands.
Yu Miaomiao stroked Xiaoguai's jawline a few times and said, "It's a deal then. I'll bring you something delicious when I come back, okay?"
Is that settled?
So Xiaoguai’s words just now meant he agreed?
Yingying started to wonder in her heart. It seemed that in order to communicate with Xiaoguai, one not only needed to know hand gestures, but also to understand cat language.
I have to find time to learn this language with Sister Miaomiao.
"Meow—eh."
Yu Miaomiao replied: "I'll go alone and I'll be back soon."
Yingying listened for a while and couldn't help asking, "Sister Miaomiao, what did Xiaoguai's two syllables mean just now?"
Two syllables?
Yu Miaomiao thought about it for a moment before she suddenly realized that she was not reading Xiaoguai's meaning through any cat language he said, but that Xiaoguai's consciousness naturally came into her mind.
This seems to further prove that all human beings rely on consciousness to survive in this doomsday.
Yu Miaomiao: "Em, according to what Dr. Ji said before, I should be able to understand it through my consciousness."
“Ding ding.”
When Yu Miaomiao heard the message, she opened the chat interface directly without avoiding others.
"Pathfinder: Comrade, based on the data you provided and the injuries sustained by our personnel during testing, it seems unlikely that we'll be able to uncover new information through the card drawing process."
Testing injuries.
Yu Miaomiao followed his message and told the rest of her companions the testing method she suggested to them.
In other words, if you rashly interfere with others before they finish drawing cards, you may get hurt, but who will be hurt?
"Meow Meow is not short of water: Did the person who finished drawing cards get hurt by touching the space barrier of others drawing cards, or did the person who was drawing cards get hurt by being disturbed?"
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