Chapter 5 Part 2
Second day of survival at sea.
I had a dreamless night and the alarm clock rang on time at 8:30.
“Huahua, huahuahua…”
The sound of waves rang in my ears, one louder than the other. Later on, if you didn't know, you would think it was a tsunami.
Yu Zhu opened her eyes as soon as the first sound came, but she did not move because experts said that staying in bed is good for physical and mental health.
So, she was staying in bed, but the alarm clock was really noisy. After only lying in bed for a minute, Yu Zhu couldn't bear it anymore and got up to turn it off.
When Yu Zhu sat up and saw that the sea was still sparkling around him, he was not surprised, but still felt a little disappointed. It would be great if he could go back as soon as he woke up.
The thought flashed through Yu Zhu's mind and she put it behind her. She stopped daydreaming and got up to wash up. She splashed the sea water on her face. The cool feeling made her completely awake.
After washing up, Yu Zhu did a set of boxing on an empty stomach and warmed up his body before having breakfast.
The person leaned on the cat's paw pillow and took out a large piece of egg yolk pie. The taste was similar to a Lee Garden pie he had eaten before, sweet, crispy and soft, with a cream filling inside. It was simply a dream pie.
Yu Zhu showed off her 200g egg yolk pie. She was definitely full compared to yesterday. She felt satisfied and drank another 100ml of mineral water. The moment the water was finished, the bottle also disappeared. It can be seen how stingy this game is. It doesn't let players take advantage of even the smallest advantage.
There was no water to drink, so Yu Zhu set himself the top priority for the day, which was to solve the drinking water problem.
At 8:58 am, seeing the supplies appear on the sea not far away, Yu Zhu checked his personal information and saw that there was no change, so he entered the chat area.
At this time, many people had started to pop up in the chat area, most of them were greeting good morning and sharing the news that supplies had arrived. Yu Zhu only took a quick look and then switched to the trading area.
She noticed yesterday that nothing related to water was sold in the trading area. She didn't know if it was because the game hadn't released the relevant blueprints yet, or if someone was holding the blueprints, but was also limited by this.
While thinking, Yu Zhu bought a simple hook in the trading area, deducted 2 wooden boards and 4 plastics, and the remaining wooden boards were 145.
The raft is no longer the small piece it was at the beginning, but 16 4x4 pieces, so big that Yu Zhu can no longer tow it. In addition, there is an abundance of supplies now, so there is no need to save money on the hook.
At 9:00 in the morning, Yu Zhu began to salvage basic supplies. Her efficiency became higher and higher, and it took only seven minutes to complete the salvage. At this time, the role of the simple hook was revealed.
Supplies floated over one after another. Before, we had to salvage them while waiting. Now, we salvage what is around us and use hooks to catch the rest. It is a must-have for survival at sea.
In the blink of an eye, only the barrel ten meters away was left. She took the hook in her hand and swung it, then threw it out accurately and powerfully, hitting the barrel right in the middle. Then she pulled the barrel to her side and clicked it to open it.
Inventory updates in real time: 160 wooden planks (+15), 16 palm leaves (+7), 8 plastic pieces, 1 shard, 150g of spicy beef noodles, 1 cherry tomato seed, 1 simple water purifier blueprint, 1 simple hook (durability 19)...
Yu Zhu noticed that only seven pieces were opened from the barrel this time, compared to eight pieces before. When she didn't see the water at first, her heart was lifted, until she saw the name of the drawing, her heart calmed down. The ups and downs were really exciting.
Although the number of pieces this time was small, the quality was very high and they were all what Yu Zhu wanted. She directly learned the drawings of the simple water purifier.
[Simple water purifier: purify seawater into fresh water, sterile and harmless, suitable for direct drinking]
Instructions: Fill cup 1 with seawater. Wooden planks are used as fuel. Heat the seawater, evaporate it, and condense it before flowing into cup 2. This method can purify 100ml of water + 3.5g of salt per hour (6 wooden planks).
[Materials: Wooden boards x6, palm leaves x6, plastic x8]
Click to make a simple water purifier. Remaining: 154 wooden boards, 10 palm leaves...
A water purifier is not difficult to make, but the difficult part is the consumption required to purify water. Yu Zhu instantly understood why no one was selling water in the trading area. Fortunately, the thing she had the most at the moment was wooden boards, so she had nothing to fear.
Place the water purifier next to the grill, about half a grid away, so they can be operated together.
The water purifier is divided into two layers. The first layer is two cups, one of which is fixable and tied with a palm leaf, which is tilted upward to cover the two cups.
Yu Zhu understood the structure at first sight, and the instructions for use were also clearly written. The cup in the middle is cup 1, which is responsible for holding seawater. The layer below is used to place wooden boards. Water evaporates onto the palm leaves above and condenses into water droplets, which will slide along the curvature of the leaves to cup 2.
The design and thinking behind this game are quite clever and interesting. From now on, she will not only have fresh water, but also salt.
Normally, this kind of salt cannot be eaten directly, but just as her appearance here is unscientific in itself, the game will make it all rational, so she just uses it.
After figuring it out, Yu Zhu stood up with Cup 1, walked to the edge of the raft, filled it with sea water, put it back in its original place, added a wooden board, and put it on like a grill, and it spontaneously combusted. He put 6 boards in a row, and added up the time, which showed that the remaining burning time was 59 minutes and 58 seconds, and there were 148 wooden boards left.
After finishing these, Yu Zhu looked at the cherry tomato seeds. She had to find a way to plant them. When she opened the trading area again, she actually found it.
Lezhi: Small wooden basin with soil (pictured), can be used to plant 3 crops, exchanged for 220g of water/12 wooden planks + 8 ropes.
This price is really not cheap. If other people had the seeds, they would not choose to sow them in a short period of time. They would most likely save them for later. In the early stage, supplies are in short supply, and most people would not take risks when there is no way to determine the profits.
After seeing the price of the small wooden basin, Yu Zhu hesitated symbolically and found a reason for himself. A healthy life cannot be separated from vitamins, and it is all for the sake of the body. Of course, the main reason is that he couldn't resist his greed and wanted to eat.
Yu Zhu first bought 16 palm leaves, consumed 32 wooden boards, and had 116 wooden boards left, and made 8 ropes.
Click to purchase the small wooden basin, remaining wooden boards x104, and palm leaves x10.
A small wooden basin of 10x30cm was obtained, and Yu Zhu directly buried the tomato seeds in it. This was the convenient part of the game. If it were in reality, the seeds would have to be soaked.
【Cherry tomatoes (planting period 3 days)】
[Current status: germinating (not watered)]
[Remaining time: 2 days, 23 hours, 59 minutes]
【Note: 50ml of water is needed every day】
Yu Zhu was out of water now and could only wait a while before watering again. She glanced at the time, which was 9:20 in the morning, and set the alarm for the harvest in three days.
After dealing with all this, it was almost business time, and Yu Zhu popped up in the chat area.
Yuzhu: Various delicious grilled foods (pictured), grilling ingredients, 100g each per wooden board, 100% healthy, welcome to order!
Fu Wanwan: Good morning, Boss Yu. Please bake me some rice cakes. It's your turn~
[Hang Hui: I found some meat! Boss Yu, please read my private message and grill some lamb for me!]...
Long before Yu Zhu advertised, other people had made similar comments, but none of them were as popular as Yu Zhu's. This shows the importance of seizing the opportunity last night and making it deeply rooted in people's hearts.
With the increase in competitors, although the business was not as booming as yesterday, it was still busy for two hours. It was 11:30 in the morning. By helping Yu Zhu roast, I earned a total of 48 wooden boards, 200ml of water, and 7g of salt. The third cup of water was being purified, consuming 12 wooden boards, with 140 wooden boards remaining. I watered the cherry tomatoes with 50ml of water to let them enter the seedling stage, and 150ml of water remained.
During this period, a major incident occurred in the chat area, which almost caused panic.
Zeng Yi: Oh my god, why am I losing health? I didn't have much health to begin with, and 1 point was deducted from me. Wow, wow, what's my total health?
[Qi Boyi: What's going on? Why are you losing blood?]
[Yun Jing:!!! I just realized I lost 1 point too. Is this a point loss every day? Doesn't that mean I won't be able to survive for many more days...]
Qiu Jun: I knocked, I also lost 1 point, I'm really drunk!
【Lezhi: Hahaha, how come you always get hit by all the bad luck? Why didn't I get hit by anything?】
[Xiang Tianlei: No +1 lost, health is full.]
[Hang Hui: What should I do? Does anyone know the reason?]
…
Yu Hongyi: I know. I've been working night shifts, and last night I couldn't sleep. Around 1 a.m., the temperature dropped dramatically, and I noticed a "mildly cold" status in my profile. It lasted about two hours, and I lost one health point.
[Cai Da: This is such a fucking game! I'm so strong, how can I be afraid of the cold? They even deducted my health points.]
[Fu Wanwan: Don't worry, this is probably a matter of probability. Let's think of a solution first.]
…
[Luo Xincheng: I also lost some health, but I found a herb in the barrel earlier. After eating it, I gained 1 health point, which restored it. From what I've observed, health doesn't automatically recover. Currently, there seems to be no other way to recover it besides eating the herb.]
[Qian Caiyue: Yes, there is. The simple bed can restore 1 health point per hour.]
…
When people who had less than full health points learned that there was a way to recover health, they immediately went to the trading area to search, and they felt painful when they saw the prices.
As soon as Yu Zhu saw someone posting about losing blood, he immediately opened the production page and replenished the materials from the trading area, purchasing 4 pieces of plastic, 8 pieces of wood, 3 pieces of nails, and consuming 150ml of water.
Making a simple bed
Consumption: Wood x6, Palm Leaf x10, Plastic x4, Nail x3
Obtain: Simple bed x1
Remaining: Wooden Planks x126
She put the items directly on the trading area. This was her first time selling things in the trading area. The price was indeed fixed, which was twice the crafting material/equivalent drinking water. Among them, items that could not be crafted, such as nails, fragments, herbs, etc. could only be purchased with drinking water.
[Dai Tingqin: Primary Herb (Picture), can instantly restore 1 HP, exchange for 100g of water]
[Yu Zhu: Simple Bed (pictured). Lying on it restores 1 HP per hour. Exchanged for 640g of water/12 wooden planks + 20 palm leaves + 8 plastics + 6 nails]
Qian Caiyue: Simple Bed (Picture)...
The price is really expensive, at least few people can afford it at the moment. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the ceiling of the trading area. However, beds are no longer just used for sleeping, but also for saving lives.
Some people with low basic health points will buy herbs for emergency use, some people with good basic health points will grit their teeth and work hard to save enough money for a bed, and those who are lucky can bet on barrels, and it is not impossible to get the blueprint.
There are many ways. Yu Zhu has already guessed that the price of the bed means it is destined not to sell well in the short term, so he didn't make much. He just made one to test the waters. When someone buys it, Yu Zhu will receive a prompt to confirm whether to sell it. It can also be set to automatic sale without the need for a prompt.
Yu Zhu chose to take the hint, and soon sold the first simple bed, with a total harvest of: 12 wooden boards, 20 palm leaves, 8 plastics, and 6 nails.
After that, she didn't make it again. Instead, she sent out her simple bed as a sample. When someone wanted to buy it, she would still have time to make one and trade.
People who bought simple beds soon sent her private messages. As for their purpose? It was just business promotion, she knew it.
Luo Xincheng: Boss Yu, I bought your simple bed. It's like having an extra layer of security, and I feel much more at ease.
Yu Zhu: Mr. Luo, I also bought your simple hook. It works great.
They chatted briefly for a few sentences, but didn't say much. Yu Zhu felt that he was just interacting with NPCs to improve their favorability. However, connections are also a kind of wealth, and maybe they will be used at some point. Yu Zhu was still willing to maintain such superficial efforts.
The small barbecue business closed after two hours in the morning. Yu Zhu didn't plan to take any more orders after that, as there was no point. After 5:30 in the afternoon, the players received new supplies and the business reopened.
From 11:30 to 12:30 in the afternoon, Yu Zhu enjoyed lunch, 200g of grilled fish, harvested and drank the third cup of purified 100ml water, continued to purify the fourth cup, consumed 6 wooden boards, and sold 3 simple beds.
After removing the cost, the inventory is updated in real time: wooden planks x150 (+24), palm leaves x50, plastic x20, nails x15, fragments x1, fishing rod (durability 22) + bait x2, 150g of one and a half spicy beef bucket noodles, 10.5g salt, simple hook (durability 19).
The remaining construction hammers and daily necessities were placed in a small storage box on the raft.
Looking at the long list of numbers in the inventory, Yu Zhu felt at ease and took a nap.
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