Chapter 3: First Day of Novice Period (3) Gathering Information, Making Weapons...
After eating and drinking, Yu Luowei finally had the mind to continue studying other functions of the manual.
First, he opened the chat channel he'd ignored all day. At the top, it read: 26547 (99954/100000). Over 40 people had disappeared in just one day. Yu Luowei couldn't help but become more cautious about this game. The chat channel currently only allowed users to chat within their own zone. I didn't see any strange names, just that it had channels for all countries. It seemed everyone was using their real names. Because of the limit of three messages per person per day, the messages on the public screen weren't refreshing very quickly.
Yu Luowei flipped through the pages roughly, and as expected, most of them were useless complaints, bragging, or begging. But she still got some valuable information, such as:
First, not everyone's base is in the forest; some are in the desert, others on a raft in the ocean. However, the materials needed to build a shelter and upgrade a base are the same. Furthermore, most ordinary people only take half an hour to chop down a tree, making it difficult to gather enough wood for a shelter. Someone is currently buying wood on the public screen, which is good news for Luo Wei; at least the market for wood is now wider than expected.
Second, monsters don't seem to be very common during the novice phase. No more than ten people mentioned encountering monsters today on the public screen, and all of them were level 0 monsters. Even if they couldn't defeat them, escaping was easy. While there are certainly some people who encountered monsters but didn't mention it, overall, the probability is quite small.
Third, aside from a few gamblers and legendary lucky gamblers who spent entire days searching for treasure chests, most people found three or four treasure chests while exploring (or chopping down trees), and that was even with the increased treasure chest spawn rate during the novice phase. Yu Luowei was able to find six treasure chests on his own, not only because of his high tree-chopping efficiency and the extended exploration time, but also because of his above-average luck.
Fourth, it is really dangerous outside the base at night. Most of the people who have disappeared in the channel are because they did not return to the base in time at night. Some of them were still posting in the channel "It's over, there is no way to return to the base before night falls", and the next second their avatars turned gray, and the chat box for private chat with them could not be opened. They lost their lives here.
After summarizing this information, Yu Luowei turned to open an ordinary shopping mall, wanting to take a look at other people's transactions first.
Trading is divided into the regular mall and the points mall. The novice period hasn't officially begun yet, so the regular mall, where survivors can freely trade, is practically empty. The points mall requires 10 points to unlock, and you earn two points for each day you survive. Finding a treasure chest earns you points. White, green, blue, purple, orange, and red are worth 1, 2, 5, 10, 25, and 50 points, respectively. Red represents a treasure chest, containing the highest level of equipment. Killing monsters also earns points.
In ordinary shopping malls, there are people selling wood, but because what they are exchanging are food and water, which most people are in urgent need of now, and the quantity they require is very large, almost to the point of asking for an exorbitant price, there are not many actual transactions.
Yu Luowei thought for a moment and decided not to trade wood for water like everyone else. Instead, he offered [Wood x 2 for Stone x 3] for five items. This was mainly because he hadn't encountered any stone resources in a day's exploration, while some people might have landed near the mine and needed wood instead of stone. Wood was in urgent need right now, so he could raise the price a bit to get more stone. In a few days, the trade ratio might not be the same anymore.
Only these were currently on sale, but to Yu Luowei's surprise, they were sold out almost immediately after they were put on the shelves. Before she could even close the store page, Yu Luowei was shocked and accepted 15 stones.
Since the points mall was still inaccessible, Yu Luowei opened the newly unlocked crafting system, studied the rules, and prepared to make the newly opened blueprint:
Survivors can make some simple items by themselves. The system will automatically record the required items and convert them into drawings and record them in the production system. Next time, you can just click to make them without doing it yourself, such as the campfire just now.
Complex items require not only blueprints from treasure chests but also a crafting table, such as the blueprint for the Novice Longsword that Yu Luowei obtained from a treasure chest. Fortunately, the blueprints for the crafting table are also unlocked in the crafting system.
The drawings currently unlocked in the production system are:
Bonfire (Special Edition): 1 Magic Fire, 1 Wood, Essential for a nighttime shelter. Note: Burns for 8 hours (Level 1 magic). Adding 1 Wood extends the burn time by one hour, and injecting magic adds another 4 hours.
Novice Long Sword (White): Stone × 1, Wood × 2 (requires a crafting table)
Crafting table: Wood x 5
There were 29 pieces of wood left. Yu Luowei built a crafting table and upgraded the base in a matter of seconds. Just as the upgrade was completed, the prompt sounded:
Congratulations on successfully upgrading to Level 2 Base! You're now ranked 465th among all survivors. Rewards will be distributed after the novice period ends!
Yu Luowei noticed that this time, her ranking had risen to the top 500. It seemed that everyone's wood stocks were low, and not many people were busy upgrading their bases. She wondered how much the rewards would increase. However, now Yu Luowei didn't feel so bad about the time she had just wasted exchanging for stone.
But in the end, one step faster than the next. Today is a special case. In order to get the reward, Yu Luowei decided to look for stone resource points tomorrow. He cannot just rely on trading in the market. He also needs to speed up the pace of collecting materials in the remaining two days and work hard to improve his ranking.
It was too late now. For now, Yu Luowei was busy tidying up her shelter, ignoring the base's current state. Placing the crafting table to the left of the campfire, the space in the thatched hut suddenly felt cramped. She had to upgrade the shelter to the next level tomorrow! Yu Luowei was determined once again.
But now that he had a crafting table and enough materials, Yu Luowei made a beginner's longsword (to use the crafting table, just bring a bracelet or manual warehouse with enough materials close to it). After it was done, Yu Luowei picked it up curiously and examined it carefully. It was just an ordinary stone sword. At this time, the prompt also popped up:
[Novice Longsword (White): A novice weapon. While it can't cut through metal like mud, it can deal damage to monsters below level 2. Attack +5 after equipping.]
Equipment? Attack? This reminded Yu Luowei of her inability to access her personal information this morning. She didn't know her information yet, and she didn't know if she could see it now. Now that she had her equipment, she took the longsword in her hand, took out the novice cloak from the treasure chest, put it on herself, and tried to open her personal information again. This time, it was finally available.
[BUG has been fixed, compensation has been issued, and information update has been completed!
Name: Yu Luowei
Gender: Female
Age: 24 (49)
Level: 1 (increases with talent level)
Constitution: 10 (average 6)
Attack: 10+5 (average 4)
Defense: 10+2 (average 6)
Speed: 10 (average 5)
Mental strength: 10 (15/100)
Luck: 7 (average 5)
Talents: Level 1 Fire Magic, Level 1 Ice Magic (unique)
Equipment: ordinary top, ordinary trousers, ordinary shoes, novice sword (white), novice cloak (white)
Comment: His four basic abilities and mental strength have reached the maximum for a Level 1 survivor. He's truly the strongest of the strong! Boss, please guide me!
It turned out that the previous inability to view personal information was due to a bug. After the fix, the ability level was converted to the "magic level" of the trial game. No wonder the map of the bonfire also had magic written on it. Yu Luowei suddenly realized it and then laughed and cried. He really didn't expect that the game system also needed to fix bugs.
However, given this, there must be special food or equipment in the game that can be used to increase points. They might just be rarer, so Yu Luowei plans to try exchanging them for extra weapons or water later. As for magic levels, there's no experience bar, so he doesn't know how to increase them. Yu Luowei can only draw on his previous experience with supernatural powers and figure things out step by step.
Furthermore, I didn't see any large-scale discussion in the channel about whether or not talents were available upon entering the game, nor did I see anyone mention being unable to view their personal information. This at least suggests that even if there are still people with talents, they are rare and their levels won't be very high. Therefore, whether it's in-game progress or the potential survivor PVP phase later on, I have an advantage. Thinking of this, Yu Luowei felt a little relieved.
As for the value in the spirit column, Yu Luowei understood that using supernatural powers, oh no, now it was magic, consumed the spirit value. She took this opportunity to verify the specific value:
Ice bricks could no longer be solidified. Based on the previous estimate of five ice bricks per day, it would cost 20 mental power to solidify each one. As for enchanting the stone axe, summoning flames, and infusing the campfire with magic, they only cost 1 mental power.
After trying again, Yu Luowei suddenly had an idea and activated ice magic, imagining the shape of the novice's longsword. Unexpectedly, he successfully condensed an identical ice sword. At the same time, a system prompt popped up:
[Ice Sword (Green): After equipping, the attack is increased by 6, and it can also freeze liquids below level 1. No durability, and cannot be destroyed by attacks other than level 1 or higher.]
What a pleasant surprise! But before she could even feel happy for a moment, Yu Luowei received a warning from the system:
[The survivor's mental strength has reached a critical point. Further decline may cause irreversible damage to the body! Please rest and recover your mental strength as soon as possible.]
Yu Luowei then felt a little dizzy, probably the aftereffect of her mental strength dropping to the critical point (10). She immediately put away her ice sword. She squinted her eyes and rested for a while, waiting until her head was no longer so dizzy before continuing to work. At this moment, her mental strength returned to 11. Yu Luowei checked the time and confirmed that it took 6 minutes to recover a little mental strength.
At this time, the ice bricks had melted completely. Yu Luowei poured it into an empty mineral water bottle and sorted out his supplies:
The warehouse contains [Stone × 15, Weeds × 54, Wood × 2, Mineral Water × 4, Compressed Biscuit × 1, Braised Beef Instant Noodles × 9, Butter Toast Bread × 19, Vine × 15, Birch Sapling × 2, Pine Cone × 5, Ginkgo Nut × 3, Matches × 5]
The bracelet contains [Novice Longsword (White) × 2, Ordinary Stone Axe (60/100) × 1, Half a Compressed Biscuit × 1, Melted Purified Water × 1, Ordinary Stone Axe × 1, Ordinary Stone Hoe × 1, Wooden Box (Empty) × 6, Ice Sword (Green) × 1]
In addition to these, kitchen utensils and toilet paper were placed on the other side of the campfire, blankets and pillows were spread on the straw mat, and the novice cloak was taken off and used as a quilt. Oh, and there were 7 points. These were all the property that Yu Luowei had now.
Since I had fire magic, matches weren't that important. But most people couldn't live without them. The temperature at night was still quite low, and if I didn't get a blanket or other warming items, the campfire was the only way to stay warm and light. Yu Luowei put the matches on the market, specifying that they were in exchange for blueprints or other rare materials.
As for the novice longsword, the dangers during the novice protection period are relatively less, and Yu Luowei is worried that he won't be able to sell it for a good price, so he plans to wait until the novice period is over before trading it. The materials he gets in exchange at that time may be better.
It was already past 11 o'clock in the evening. After a day of physical work and no proper rest, Yu Luowei was exhausted. She forced herself to stuff the remaining two pieces of wood into the bonfire to ensure that the bonfire would not go out before eight o'clock tomorrow. She set an alarm on her bracelet for seven-thirty tomorrow morning, wrapped herself in her cloak as a blanket, and closed her eyes.
Before falling asleep, Yu Luowei couldn't help but fantasize in her heart: How wonderful it would be if I could wake up tomorrow and return to Blue Star! I would no longer be disgusted by the fact that my house is surrounded by houses and there is no green at all!
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