Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“Scanning the user’s living environment. Survival point evaluation is in progress. You have received 32 survival points today.”
Chen Changan’s lips curled up. ‘The idea of buying the barbecue grill yesterday was simply a stroke of genius. Not only did I achieve ‘no worries about eating and drinking,’ but I also obtained Orange as a pet. The survival points I can obtain every day increased by 7 points.’
“Hmm? Seven points? Shouldn’t it be five points?” Chen Changan’s eyes flashed with slight astonishment, but with the Mountain-Beheading Axe in hand, he quickly reacted.
Weapon! Possessing a lethal weapon could greatly improve an individual’s living conditions in the post-apocalyptic environment. Thus, it was natural for his daily survival point gain to increase by two points.
‘Accumulated 67 survival points. Even if there is no additional growth in daily survival point gain, it will only take three days to upgrade the raft to a dark boat. The plan worked!’
Chen Changan stretched his back and placed a box of mineral water into the ‘preservation refrigerator,’ using the market as a space ring.
The transmigration source probably didn’t expect that humans could develop the two functions of ‘preservation refrigerator’ and ‘space ring’ with the market function. They could also combine the search keywords on trending and develop ‘trading post auction mode.’
“It’s time to open the treasure map!” Chen Changan held the axe in one hand and flipped open the treasure map with the other.
A familiar white light appeared once again.
“Do you want to enter the treasure sea?”
“Yes!” Chen Changan stood straight and waited silently for himself to be teleported to the treasure sea area.
Time ticked by as if nothing had happened.
Chen Changan blushed slightly and scratched his head. “So, where is the treasure sea?”
Chirp chirp~
The sound of Orange distracted Chen Changan, and he turned to look.
On the far side of the sea appeared a green tip.
‘Drift supplies? No, that’s an island!’ Chen Changan once again felt the mighty power of transmigration.
In the blink of an eye, a huge island was created out of thin air!
A miracle!
‘The Creator?’ Faced with this miraculous change, Chen Changan had an urge to prostrate himself in worship. But as a Chinese, he instinctively thought of a saying: “There has never been a savior or an immortal emperor…”
Huff~
Chen Changan regained his spirit and placed all the round barrels and the planting boat into the trading market. He then used the long wooden planks to row forward.
Unfortunately, the results were minimal.
The combined weight of the raft and Chen Changan added up to a total of 500 kilograms. With Chen Changan’s hard labor alone, it would probably be impossible to reach the island by nightfall.
At this moment, the raft’s speed suddenly increased.
Chen Changan looked forward in surprise—Orange had bitten the rope and took the initiative to pull the raft forward.
He said happily, “Orange, thank you so much!”
Orange possessed the ability to swim rapidly, and its tail muscles gave it a powerful thrust, allowing the raft to move quickly.
After a while, Chen Changan was finally able to see the island outline clearly.
This was a small island with abundant vegetation. There were about ten coconut trees on the shore; they swayed in the wind as if they were welcoming the arrival of travelers, emitting a faint fragrance.
“That’s great!”
Beautiful, pure, gentle—all positive words were insufficient to describe his current state of mind.
Chen Changan was sick of the sea; an island could make him ecstatic.
Orange pulled the raft to the shore.
Chen Changan took out a total of ten kilograms of shark meat from the trading market and rewarded it all to Orange.
Chen Changan took off his shoes and jumped off the raft.
His feet felt the silky smoothness of the sea sand while his ankles felt the waves. ‘Finally!’
Finally, he stepped onto solid ground again.
An incomparable sense of security filled Chen Changan’s heart.
Just as Chen Changan was about to move on, Orange chirped again.
Orange was biting on the rope at the edge of the raft to keep it from being washed away by the waves.
Chen Changan slapped his head and complained in his heart. ‘F*cking retard. As soon as I saw land, I felt like I’d lost my soul. I even forgot about the raft. I’m glad I have Orange to remind me.’
Chen Changan quickly put the raft into the market and patted the round skull of Orange. Then, he bought a fat squid to feed it as a reward.
Chen Changan flipped open the treasure map. It showed that the treasure cave was in the center of the island.
After saying goodbye to Orange, Chen Changan stepped onto the island and walked across the beach toward the island forest, completely forgetting the possible danger.
In the Deep Sea Forum, someone successfully obtained the treasure map and posted a live stream of words.
[Brother Meng, I found an island with treasures buried under it. There are coconut trees on the island’s beach; I had a great time eating them. Oh yeah, this place also smells so good. It smells like when I smoked **. It’s intoxicating.]
[Second comment: The treasure is coconut? It’s not worth much!]
[Third comment: It is able to replenish water, energy, and vitamins. Coconut trees are godly weapons.]
[Fourth comment (OP): How can a treasure be a coconut? In fact, I have obtained a treasure map. There is a treasure buried deep in the island. I will use words to broadcast my experience of digging treasures. Just you wait, Brother Meng.]
[Fifth comment: Saved]
[Sixth comment: I punch those who save this!]
[Seventh comment: I punch those who punch them one by one!]
[Eighth comment (OP): The plants on the island are so fragrant. I’m still exploring; don’t be anxious, brother!]
…
[43rd comment: Stop lying. Where’s the owner? Didn’t you say you wanted to do a live broadcast!]
[44th comment: Is he dead?]
[45th comment: I haven’t seen him till now—I guess he is indeed dead.]
[46th comment: Old Kong Yiji!]
[47th comment: Dead? How boring! I’m leaving.]
Since then, the original poster had never sent any reply, and the live stream thread was cut off. As there were too few replies, the thread was quickly drowned in the sea of information created by billions of humans.
Even though Chen Changan had specially gathered information about the island last night, he hadn’t found this post that had been drowned by the sea of information due to the low number of replies.
After Chen Changan entered the forest, the vegetation became increasingly delicate and alluring, emitting a faint plant fragrance.
Orange seemed to sense a strange force and instinctively swam far away from the island. However, it was worried about its master and shouted frantically on the shore.
Chirp chirp~
…
Deep within the island.
Chen Changan stepped on a thick layer of decaying plants and seemed to sense something. He turned his head to look at the sea and smiled. “It’s only been a few minutes, yet you can’t bear to leave me!”
Chen Changan continued to follow the path indicated by the treasure map. He walked for 20 minutes but still couldn’t reach the center of the island. If it weren’t for the series of footprints behind him, he would’ve suspected that he was walking in the same spot.
“This island is that big?” Chen Changan was doubtful; he tightly gripped the Mountain-Beheading Axe in his hand, ready to activate the Sharp Spell at any time.
As soon as he finished speaking, light flashed in the dark.
Chen Changan suddenly realized that the trees in the distance seemed to have thinned considerably.
‘Am I almost at the end of the forest?’ Chen Changan was overjoyed.
He walked forward quickly, and a stone building appeared in front of him. There were three statues consecrated inside, and two of them had already been shattered.
This was the end of the treasure map—Three Shrines.
Looking at the dark temple door, Chen Changan felt that something was wrong. However, the treasure map indeed showed that this was the destination.
At the same time, the Deep Sea System—which had disappeared for a long time—suddenly appeared, giving Chen Changan four choices.
[You have arrived at the abandoned Three Shrines. Three Gods—of the sky, earth, and sea—are worshiped here. You can enter the temple after offering your sacrifice.]
[Worshiping the God of the Sky (Shattered), sacrifice requirement: wine]
[Worshiping the God of the Earth (Shattered), sacrifice requirement: fruit and vegetables]
[Worshiping the God of the Ocean, sacrifice requirement: blood]
[Forgo the offerings and barge into the temple]
Chen Changan had all kinds of fish and shark meat in his hands, which only met the God of the Ocean’s requirements. At the same time, the God of the Sky and the God of the Earth’s statues had already been destroyed, so the benefits they could offer were definitely limited.
Using blood to worship the God of the Ocean seemed to be the best choice.
“Blood…” Chen Changan recalled Raven’s post: “Hunting sharks, turtles, and other large marine lifeforms isn’t the only way to obtain drifting resources. One can even kill someone!”
‘Isn’t my act of hunting sharks like a blood sacrifice? The God of Ocean uses living creatures as sacrifices. What’s the difference between it and an evil god?’
There was something else.
In the background selection, Chen Changan’s ancestor was Yanzhao Island’s Mazu. However, the Ximen clan under his banner secretly used blood to worship Dagon, an evil deep-sea creature. This caused the entire clan to be demonized, almost exterminating the ancestor’s lineage.
‘Is this really the God of the Ocean’s temple?’ Chen Changan made a decision in his heart. He completely rejected the four paths given by the system and embarked on the fifth path—his own.
‘Run!’