Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
On the fifth day.
Chen Changan woke up in the warmth of the morning sun. Because he was sleeping on a rock, he didn’t notice that the frequency of the waves in the sea yesterday night was clearly higher than yesterday.
Chen Changan stretched his back and heard the system notification. “Scanning the user’s living environment. Survival point evaluation is in progress. You have received 35 survival points today.”
The three additional survival points came from the contribution of the medical box, which was a pleasant surprise.
Chen Changan nodded. The improvement of medical conditions optimized the conditions for survival in the post-apocalyptic era, so it was reasonable to increase his daily survival point gain.
“Wow, who is this man with 104 survival points, food, drinks, pets, and a private island? That’s right; it’s me!” Chen Changan couldn’t help but say a few witty words when his survival points met the requirement to upgrade the raft. He cheerfully took out his stockpile of materials and placed them all beside The Flying Henan People.
“Would you like to upgrade the raft to a dark boat?”
“Yes!” As soon as he finished speaking, a green light shot out from Chen Changan’s right hand and merged the hundreds of kilograms of raw materials with the raft.
The wood turned into a shipboard and combined into a ship.
The iron ore first melted and then turned into metal products such as nails and iron bars, sealing the deck.
The fish bladder and fish bones had been simmered into gelatinous matter, sticking to the cracks that the ship’s nails couldn’t reach.
The fabric was torn apart and woven into a waterproof tarp to shelter the ship.
The dark boat was done.
Although Chen Changan was used to the sight of tens of thousands of ships, this dark boat was different. It was his home and the pillar of the sea.
Chen Changan reached out and touched the black canopy on The Flying Henan People. It felt like a nylon umbrella. At the same time, the ship’s basic information was reflected on the light beam.
[The Flying Henan People]
Quality: White
Durability: 100 / 100
Type: Dark Boat
Dynamics: Rowing
Introduction: Jiangnan River Village’s unique dark boat. It is 2.5 meters long, 1.05 meters wide, 4.8 tons in weight.
Inventory: Mazu statue, medical kit, barbecue rack, aqua bucket
Subsidiary ship: Old Shower Ship (Planted)
Evaluation: Sometimes the winds blow; sometimes the clouds sail the seas!
Shipboard!
In Chen Changan’s opinion, the greatest benefit of the boat wasn’t that it could shelter him from the wind and rain, but that he could sleep on the deck and didn’t have to worry about finding his clothes being drenched by the waves every morning when he woke up.
“Finally, a good place to sleep.” Chen Changan looked at the new ship with satisfaction and suddenly thought of something. ‘The impetus of the dark boat is to row, and it requires sailors to row. However, do I really have the stamina to row this boat?’
Chen Changan glanced at Orange, who was playing with itself; it was circling around the nameless island.
He threw out a salmon.
Orange jumped up decisively and flew up to bite the salmon he threw out. It swallowed it in one bite and happily shook it in front of Chen Changan.
Chen Changan concealed his intentions to exploit the labor force and smiled at Orange. “Orange, I accept you as the Flying Henan People’s sailor. Are you willing to accept this?”
Orange didn’t understand the word ‘sailor,’ but no matter what, it was happy if its master was happy. It nodded vigorously.
“I’ll just take it as you agreeing!” Chen Changan smiled in satisfaction. After all, he wasn’t a demon; he would still provide enough funding (fish) for the Sailor’s Department of Works. When Orange needed to work overtime, he would also give more overtime pay (squid).
A certain top-rate profiteer once said that exploitation itself was the greatest public benefit!
A well-known media outlet for anti-democracy also praised exploitation as noble, claiming that the actions of unscrupulous businessmen were worthy of being called ‘fishermen and wealthy.’
As a junior in the profiteer world, Chen Changan was still far from that level.
“Eh? It’s sprouting?” Good things came one after another. Chen Changan was still immersed in the joy of upgrading his black-crested boat when the green dots on the plantation boat brought him a new surprise.
The sea cabbage had sprouted.
On the plantation ship, a total of 69 sea cabbages broke out of the soil. The survival rate was as high as 76.6%. It was estimated that they would reach the edible standard within two weeks.
From the appearance of the seedlings, although the sea cabbage was a native deep-sea vegetable, it was quite similar to the cabbage on Earth. It was just that it was more suitable for the seawater environment.
Chen Changan had long gotten sick of eating fish and kelp. The former was the main course, while the latter was an important way to replenish vitamins. He was more than happy to have sea cabbage for a change of taste.
“There’s still some space left. We’ll plant onions and tomatoes.” Since some of the sea cabbage seeds had failed to germinate and because Chen Changan had left a small amount of space before he planted them, he could use it to plant other vegetables.
Tomato seeds and onion seeds were among the second batch of drifting materials that Orange took a lot of trouble to get.
Chen Changan smiled. ‘Although many people don’t like tomatoes and onions, these two foods have high levels of vitamins. They are one of the cheapest foods for humans to obtain vitamins. This is also the reason why an Indian must have tomatoes and onions for meals.’
The economic foundation determined the upper level of construction!
Through the wide variety of vegetables and fruits, the Chinese could satisfy their body’s needs for vitamins. However, the lower-class Indians didn’t have the financial capability to be picky about food. In order to survive, they used their feet to vote and instinctively chose tomatoes and onions as their main vegetables.
Poor people who didn’t like to eat onions and tomatoes often couldn’t obtain enough vitamins. Due to this, they had long died under the survival rules of ‘survival of the fittest.’
The lower-class Indian groups’ eating habits spread throughout the entire Indian cultural circle over the centuries as people communicated. Even as India moved toward industrial urbanization, tomatoes and onions were still deeply imprinted in the souls of the lower-class Indian groups.
Moreover, many people wondered why foreign tourists would get diarrhea after tasting local snacks while Indians eat all over the periodic table without suffering a scratch. It was thanks to tomatoes and onions.
Tomatoes could promote digestion and ease intestines, while onions could detoxify bugs and remove fungi to strengthen the stomach. Both could protect Indians’ stomachs in poor sanitation, which is why tomatoes and onions have been popular in India for 400 years.
In fact, although Chen Changan’s current living environment was far superior to that of most humans, his living standards were similar to that of the Indians. The hygiene conditions were extremely poor. For example… No toilet paper.
Ahem, back to the topic.
Onions that could kill bacteria and strengthen the stomach and tomatoes—which were rich in vitamins—were all vegetables that were currently very suitable for Chen Changan.
Chen Changan buried the tomato and onion seeds in the soil and pondered. ‘The tomatoes will be planted for half a year, and the onions will be planted for seven to eight months. Since the raft has been upgraded to a dark boat, it’s time to upgrade the plantation boat. How can we wait for a few months?!’
[Upgrade Plan 1: Expand the size of the bathtub boat. Ship size increases to 2m × 3m, and ship durability increases. Upgrade requires 800 survival points.]
[Upgrade Plan 2: Spirit Awakening. A slight increase in the special ability to accelerate plant growth. Ship durability can be slowly restored. Upgrade requires 600 survival points.]
As usual, he would need enough materials if he didn’t have enough survival points!
Chen Changan opened the materials list for upgrade plan 2.
The ridiculous material requirements for upgrading made him widen his eyes.
“Gosh, there’s such a thing?”