Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
[Just now, I discovered the bloody truth behind the drifting supplies!]
[Men will be silent when they see it; women will cry when they see it.]
— Raven
Chen Changan smiled slightly. ‘There is a hint of it in the domestic media! However, what bloody truth could there be about drifting supplies? It’s just the life of a shark in exchange for supplies. Could it be that Raven also wants to say, “the life of a shark is also life?”‘
Chen Changan clicked into the hot topic, and his face froze. He lowered his eyes and said, “If this thread of yours spreads widely, those families that completed the aid mission might become suspicious, which will result in conflict…”
The truth posted by Raven was extremely simple: Hunting sharks, turtles, and other large marine lifeforms wasn’t the only way to obtain drifting resources. One could even kill someone!
Even if one had obtained 30 days of food and water supplies, it didn’t mean that everything was going smoothly.
The narrow living environment, the tense mental state, and the lack of medical attention among patients and disabled people all exacerbated many family conflicts until the pressure reached a critical point, triggering one to pick up a weapon and kill one’s former loved ones.
The death of any large organism would cause a batch of drifting materials to float from the bottom of the sea.
At the end of the article, Raven warned everyone. “This is the Ocean Doomsday. Please remember that humans are no longer supreme kings of the food chain. If a person is killed, they will die and be devoured by the Deep Sea World. Drifting resources are just the remains of your life.”
Raven’s post was quickly pushed to the top of the hot search rankings, setting off an unprecedented discussion that spread the concept of Ocean Doomsday to every family.
Chen Changan suppressed the anger in his heart and took a deep breath. “None of my business!”
Indeed! These four simple words immediately dispelled the indescribable frustration in Chen Changan’s heart, and he continued to eat.
Marshal Kang’s cup noodles. Didn’t it smell good?
Chen Changan even finished the soup. He burped happily and pretended to forget what Raven posted.
Chen Changan said in a low voice, “If you are poor, you should be kind to yourself. It’s better to believe in your ancestor’s words.”
After eating and drinking to his heart’s content, Chen Changan decided to conduct a round of inventory checks. He opened the market and started to check how much food and wood he had.
Monopolistic transactions were too lucrative. As a result, Chen Changan didn’t even bother to count the resources he had saved.
“A total of 2,233 shark barbequed meat skewers have been traded, 185 kilograms of shark meat have been consumed, and 1,100 kilograms of fish are left.”
“Roast fish kebabs are a new dish added to the shark meat dish after everyone gets sick of it. It consumes 125 kilograms of fish meat, and there are 175 kilograms of each type of fish meat and 75 kilograms of sea turtle meat remaining.”
“A total of 100 liters of drinking water has been sold, and a total of 125 kilograms of firewood have been consumed. There are 50 15-kilogram round wooden barrels, 15 20-kilogram wooden rafts, 40 pieces of long, five-kilogram wooden planks, and 25 kilograms of rope left.”
Chen Changan opened the forum’s draft function and summarized the transactions of food and water. Next was the important resource distribution.
“Accumulative survival points obtained: 100+10+15+25, a total of 150 points. Upgrading the Aqua Bucket cost 108 points, and upgrading the Mountain-Beheading Axe cost 7 points. The remaining survival points are 35 points.”
“For the boat, a raft and a plantation boat will produce about 40 to 50 sea cabbages in 15 days.”
“For miscellaneous items, there’s a statue of Mazu, a bucket of water, a wooden hook, a mountain axe with the Sharp Spell, a barbecue grill, 15g of chili powder, and 20 sticks of 13-fragrance.”
Chen Changan touched his head and said in annoyance, “I haven’t counted the rewards from killing the sharks today!”
“A great white shark’s 475-kilogram corpse, a round barrel, a long, bloodstained saber, Screaming Chicken toy, Marshal Kang’s cup noodles (eaten), treasure map (1/3), treasure map (2/3), five kilograms of kelp, one long, five-kilogram wooden plank, one sleeping bag, a pair of thick cloth shoes, a wooden hat, a packet of tomato seeds, and a packet of onion seeds.”
The resources after the treasure map were all brought over by Orange. Just by calculating these numbers, Chen Changan was overjoyed.
Of course, Chen Changan didn’t forget Orange, who helped him. He took out two salmon from the market and fed them to Orange.
He laughed and shouted at Orange, “Orange, I’ll take care of you!”
Chirp chirp~
Orange arched toward his palm cheerfully.
Chen Changan was in a good mood; He started to move onto the next task.
‘The future plans!’ Chen Changan’s eyes lit up, and his comment was filled with heroic words. “A real man should have a luxurious ship that fits an entire bed of beautiful women! This is what you call career and love!”
First, he had to build a boat. The raft durability was only 23 points. If he couldn’t upgrade or change the boat before the raft was destroyed, Chen Changan could only hold onto a round wooden barrel and drift around the sea.
Fortunately, Chen Changan had already collected a large amount of wood and rope. The survival point requirement of upgrade plan 1 had dropped to 50 points. He only needed to wait until tomorrow to upgrade the raft to a large raft.
However, Chen Changan’s ambition was more than that. Upgrade plan two could upgrade the raft to a dark boat with the ability to block the wind and cover the rain. Its ability to resist risks would obviously increase as well.
There were less than 27 days until the end of the novice period.
Chen Changan would rather have a real ship than a larger raft.
Ships were the king of the sea!
Not only did he require wood and rope to upgrade the raft to a dark boat, but he also required materials such as fish bladder bones, linen, metal, and so on. Chen Changan found it difficult to provide all of them.
As a result, an entire 160 survival points were needed to upgrade the raft to a dark boat.
“It’s just a few more days; it’s fine!”
Other than shipbuilding, Chen Changan had another plan.
A man could not gain weight without supper; a horse could not gain weight without grass!
Ever since he saw the treasure map drop from the lottery barrel, Chen Changan’s thoughts became lively.
Treasure map (3/3)!
Chen Changan had seen this thing in the market before. Since the market was mainly about food and water, the treasure map fragment was not sold as expected.
At that time, Chen Changan didn’t pay too much attention to it. After all, it was only a fragment. He didn’t expect that he would be able to draw the first two fragments due to his luck.
Now, it seemed like he could pick the final fragment up.
Chen Changan opened the trading market and said anxiously, “Please don’t remove the listing, brother!”
After a few minutes, he finally found the treasure map.
The owner of treasure map (3/3) didn’t ask for a high price; they only needed a liter of water.
Chen Changan laughed. ‘Buy!’
“Transaction agreed.”
“Congratulations, you have obtained a treasure map (3/3).”
A tattered piece of parchment fell into Chen Changan’s palm. Perhaps because it was damaged, many of the words on it were extremely blurry.
But when Chen Changan took out the other two treasure maps and stuck the three pieces together, they emitted a faint glow.
When the light dissipated, a brand-new treasure map appeared.
System Notification: “Do you want to enter the treasure sea?”
With anticipation in his eyes, Chen Changan shouted, “No!”
What kind of joke was this? He had just killed a shark, and it was the time when his body and mind were exhausted. Chen Changan wasn’t willing to drag his exhausted body to search for treasure.
Chen Changan pondered for a moment. ‘Tomorrow morning. When I wake up tomorrow, that is the best time to take risks!’
Chen Changan hugged the Mazu statue and fell asleep again.