Chapter 1 (Bug Fixes)
◎ Starting with a Raft ◎
【Welcome, player, to the “Sea Survival Game.” Strive to survive, and you will obtain unimaginable resources and opportunities.】
【Novice Quest: How can a mere raft let me roam the great sea?! Please upgrade the raft to a small boat within one week.
Quest Completion Reward: Level 3 Resource Chest
Quest Failure Penalty: Obliteration】
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Yu Chi slowly opened her eyes, her vision filled with the azure sky and an endless sea. She climbed up from the floor and first checked her physical condition.
She was still wearing her simple plaid loungewear and dog-themed slippers. Her body could move freely, with no signs of being bound or injured.
She blinked, feeling a searing sensation on her wrist. Looking down, she saw a new “sailboat” symbol on it, which seemed to be reminding her of something.
If she wasn’t dreaming or having a mental breakdown, then those strange words just now were probably not a hallucination… which meant she had really arrived in a “Sea Survival Game”?
Yu Chi calmly tapped the “sailboat” symbol. In the next second, a large, transparent screen appeared before her eyes.
【Welcome to the Game Lobby. Please enter your username first.】
【DazedFish.】(T/N: Yu means Fish, so this username is like a pun using her name)
【Entry successful! We wish you a pleasant gaming experience!】
The text on the large screen changed, and five new icons appeared: [Chat], [Trade], [Craft], [Backpack], and [My].
Anyone who’s played games knows their value. Looking at the familiar interface, she first clicked on [My].
Her figure and the raft beneath her feet immediately appeared on the panel. Yes, she was currently standing on a raft.
—It was a very regular square wooden plank, no more than two meters in length and width by her estimation. And by her feet was a wooden chest, its purpose still unclear. Yu Chi didn’t open it for the time being.
She tapped the raft on the screen, and a panel immediately popped up.
【Raft
Bound to: DazedFish
Upgrade Requirements: Wood x20, Stone x10, Nails x10】
Yu Chi’s gaze fell on the upgrade requirements, and she paused for two seconds. The novice quest was to upgrade the raft, but how was she supposed to get these materials?
Without dwelling on it, she clicked through the [Backpack], [Craft], [Trade], and [Chat] interfaces in order. They were mostly self-explanatory.
[Backpack] was for storing items, and time did not pass within it.
[Craft] could be used to create various equipment based on blueprints.
[Trade] was a place for players to trade—with the system verifying authenticity, it was a relatively reliable method of exchange.
Besides simple trading, there was also an auction mode where one could choose to set a price or not, and then select a suitable item for the trade.
The last one, the [Chat] interface… Yu Chi glanced at it for a moment before closing it.
The chat interface was divided into channels and a forum, but the forum was not yet open.
The chat channel was currently very active, which made Yu Chi feel a bit more at ease. Having compatriots in this game was better than her exploring and drifting all alone.
Yu Chi also noticed in the chat channel that the top-left corner displayed [District 1], while the top-right corner showed a string of numbers: 50000/50000. It probably meant something similar to the server name and population in a game.
After studying the entire game lobby, she finally turned her attention to the wooden chest at her feet.
From the rapidly scrolling messages in the channel, she gathered that this chest was likely the [Novice Benefit] given to them by the game—items were obtained based purely on personal luck, and it contained basic survival resources and certain materials.
If one’s luck was good enough, it seemed they could even obtain incredible items. Items, as the name implied, were much like their counterparts in games, capable of helping players survive longer in the Sea Survival Game.
Yu Chi squatted down, stared at the wooden chest for a few seconds, clasped her hands together, and began to pray.
This was the dreaded unboxing event… Praying only showed that she was a cautious person.
The sea god will look after me, Yu Chi thought as she slowly opened the chest. If there were no gods, I wouldn’t have come to this “Sea Survival Game” in the first place.
The moment the chest was opened, a line of text appeared before her eyes: 【Congratulations on obtaining an All-Purpose Fishing Rod, Water x1, and Bread x2!】
Yu Chi gripped the All-Purpose Fishing Rod, and information about it immediately appeared on the screen before her.
【Item: All-Purpose Fishing Rod
Quality: Talent Item
Description: All things can be fished. What do you think you’ll catch? Can be used to fish 10 times. Number of uses refreshes daily.
(Note: Please prepare bait when fishing.)】
All things can be fished? Yu Chi raised an eyebrow. This was a sea survival game. The meaning conveyed by that sentence alone was terrifying enough.
She felt like she could survive now.
Yu Chi stored the bottle of water and two loaves of bread in her [Backpack]. Currently, the backpack only had ten slots, and each slot could stack up to 20 items of the same type.
After doing all this, she sat down on the raft and cast the hook of the fishing rod in her hand into the sea.
The note on the All-Purpose Fishing Rod said to prepare bait when fishing, which meant that if she wasn’t choosing to fish, she could just throw the hook directly into the sea.
The hook didn’t move. Sitting on the raft with nothing to do, Yu Chi opened the [Chat Channel]. Ignoring the frantic and despairing messages, her eyes focused on the useful information.
【ZhangSanAskedMeOut】: Something’s wrong with this sea. It’s different from a normal ocean. There are strange species in it, everyone be careful!
【TiltedHeadDuck】: I saw one too! A pitch-black bird landed directly on my raft. It was so ugly!
【ILoveBlueSkies】: Don’t we have a 72-hour novice protection period? We shouldn’t be in any mortal danger, right?
The [Novice Protection Period] was also a type of novice benefit. For 72 hours, players would not be actively attacked by any species.
Yu Chi hadn’t seen anything strange appear near her raft, but since the “Sea Survival Game” had the word “survival” in it, it only made sense that there would be mortal danger at any moment.
【FiveStarSurvivor】: Everyone, be careful! The novice protection period only means you won’t be actively attacked by other species! If you choose to attack another species, you can still get hurt!!!
【MidnightPancake】: What do I do? A weird thing just crawled onto my raft. I kicked it off, but it climbed back up and bit me!
【MidnightPancake】: Help! My leg is turning black! Is it poisoned? Can someone save me?
【MidnightPancake】: My head is so dizzy! Help, save me, I want to go back… Please, can someone save me?!
【FiveStarSurvivor】: Did anyone get a weapon like a knife? Cut off the flesh on your leg. You might be able to save your life that way!
【DayDoesntKnowNightsMadness】: Just cut off the leg! In a place like this, you might have a chance to recover if you cut off your leg, but if the poison reaches your heart, you’re done for!
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【FruitSis】: …Why isn’t he saying anything anymore?
【ThirdGrader】: By the way, did any of you get a Talent Item? What is this thing?
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The topic was quickly passed over.
Yu Chi’s gaze shifted, landing on the number in the top-right corner. The number flickered, changing to 49999/50000. Her eyelid twitched. It was highly likely that the player named 【MidnightPancake】 had already died from the poison.
Someone in the channel also noticed the change in the number, and the atmosphere grew even more panicked. Yu Chi scanned the area around her raft but didn’t find any of the strange species mentioned in the channel.
It was impossible to know how many others had encountered danger. The number in the top-right corner began to flicker wildly, finally stopping at 48752… which meant that in a short span of ten minutes, more than 1,000 people had already lost their lives.
Yu Chi stopped scrolling through the channel, where the atmosphere had become increasingly panicked and tense, and began to focus more of her attention on the sea’s surface.
At least one thing was clear for now: during the [Novice Protection Period], as long as one didn’t actively attack monsters, surviving wasn’t difficult. As for how to survive after the [Novice Protection Period] ended… perhaps a solution would present itself when the time came.
Pushing all distracting thoughts from her mind, Yu Chi suddenly felt the hook sinking. She lifted her hand and felt a weight from below.
Not knowing what she would get from her first cast, Yu Chi stood up in anticipation. The muscles in her arms tensed as she forcefully lifted the rod, slowly reeling in the line.
A pitch-black chest slowly emerged from the water. Yu Chi dragged it onto the raft. The moment her hand touched it, a line of text appeared before her eyes: 【Congratulations on obtaining a Level 3 Resource Chest!】
A resource chest? Yu Chi was taken aback, then immediately chose to open it.
【Author’s Note】
Congratulations to Yu on her transmigration, about to embark on a great seafaring career [Laughing]
Sailing Log 1:
Today, I transmigrated into a strange game, but this is no match for a fish like me—with the All-Purpose Fishing Rod in hand, tomorrow’s top player will be none other than this fish!
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I’m begging all interested darlings to add this to your collection [LetMeSee] Recommending my next book:
《Island Survival Live》
【Welcome to the Island Survival Game. Please select your island’s resource point.】
【Today’s lucky talent triggered—Triple Blessing. Choose three out of five resource points.】
● Basic Fishing Ground – Maintains basic survival.
● Small Reef Area – Can gather shells, coral.
● Floating Garbage Patch – Randomly obtain simple materials like plastic bottles, wooden planks, rope, etc.
● Shallow Sea Grass Bed – Hides a small amount of cloth, medicinal herbs, and occasionally a drift bottle (containing special materials).
● Sandy Beach Coconut Grove – Provides coconuts, palm leaves, wood.
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Fu Qing was pulled into a strange survival game where she would get a new lucky talent every day when she opened her eyes.
Gathering materials, building a shelter, upgrading the island… While others were still struggling to survive, she was already sitting on the large sofa in her villa, drinking cola and watching TV.
On the TV were live broadcasts of survival on various islands. She casually switched to an island channel.
The handsome man on the TV had a cloth wrapped around his waist and was spearfishing with a trident. His eyes were sharp, and his muscles moved with fluid grace.
Good stuff. Deserves a reward.
She casually tipped him a beef rice bowl and left a message:
Don’t be a stranger next time! Muah (*-з-).