Chapter 15
◎ Novice Protection Period ◎
【Item: Compass
Grade: Excellent
Description: Always points to the nearest island. If you have an Island Exploration Card, you might be able to go and explore it. Remember to be safe.】
Yu Chi raised an eyebrow. So, even with an Island Exploration Card, she had to know the island’s location to use it?
No wonder [ZhangSanAskedMeOut] had held onto this card for so long. Now, it had fallen into her lap.
Yu Chi’s expression was filled with excitement. She had figured out this All-Purpose Fishing Rod. It was like a cursed gacha game, the kind without a pity system.
You could get 10 N-rarity items in a row, or you could have a burst of luck and pull an SSR. Yu Chi considered herself lucky, but she had never pulled an SSR before. She could only blame the All-Purpose Fishing Rod’s drop rate for being too low.
However, this compass was already SR-level.
Her luck was pretty good today. Yu Chi hummed a couple of lines from a song and continued her fishing activity.
If she didn’t have this All-Purpose Fishing Rod, she would probably be like the others, spending her days on the chat channel. But now, apart from being a little worried about her old dad, she found life quite interesting.
Save up, save up. Sooner or later, she would use the All-Purpose Fishing Rod to build herself an entire house!
Yu Chi studied the compass. After turning it a couple of times, she found that the needle pointed in the direction her small boat was drifting with the wind. She just didn’t know how long it would take to get there.
But since the island was so hard to get to, the resources on it must be very abundant. Yu Chi ground her teeth, already feeling a little impatient.
There shouldn’t be any native inhabitants in this world, right?
…Actually, it would be nice if there were. She could trade some things with them. The natives should be much richer than the players.
Several thoughts ran through Yu Chi’s mind. She scrolled through the chat channel and found that no one was discussing the island, so she directly sent messages to her few customers to inquire.
[GrumpyBro]’s reply was the fastest. She saw his active figure in the chat channel.
【GrumpyBro】: Haven’t been, but I’ve got a dozen or so Island Exploration Cards.
Hot damn, this guy.
Can the unit for Island Exploration Cards be described as “a dozen or so”?
A dark thought suddenly arose in Yu Chi’s mind. She wished she could crawl into his backpack and steal all the Island Exploration Cards.
What an immoral act, what a thrilling act!
Sigh—
Yu Chi didn’t want to reply to that message, so she changed the subject.
【DazedFish】: Why didn’t you reply to my message earlier?
Yu Chi admitted that she was a petty person. It was he who had first sent her a baffling period. After she replied, he would rather curse at people in the chat channel than reply to her.
What did he take her, his precious healer, for?!
【GrumpyBro】: …
【GrumpyBro】: Forgot to reply.
【GrumpyBro】: Next time for sure.
Yu Chi stared at these three messages, silent for a few seconds. She suddenly saw that [ZhangSanAskedMeOut] had also replied to her, so she immediately deleted the chat box and opened the other one.
That was close… I almost felt awkward just now. Good thing I ran away quickly.
【ZhangSanAskedMeOut】: I haven’t been! I only have one Island Exploration Card that I haven’t used yet (crying). But I’ve heard from a friend that it’s quite troublesome to get to the island.
【DazedFish】: Okay, thank you.
【ZhangSanAskedMeOut】: I’ll go ask my friend for you. Boss Dazed, wait for my good news!
Moved, so moved. Two streams of wide noodles flowed down Yu Chi’s face.
Why did the latter come from behind? Because the former didn’t know how to chat.
Although Yu Chi also admitted that she had been a bit baffling just now, what’s wrong with having a sudden brain fart while chatting online? Is it against the law?
Who told that guy to suddenly start showing off his wealth? Heh.
Yu Chi’s mood fluctuated for a while, then quickly returned to a straight line. This was why she rarely spoke in the chat channel. When she was alone, she could always be calm, but once she interacted with others, her mood would fluctuate greatly.
However, she felt she might have a bit of a split personality.
The All-Purpose Fishing Rod moved again. Yu Chi pulled it up and took a look. Oho, another item.
【Item: Automated Toilet
Grade: Common
Description: Automatically decomposes once every 24 hours. I don’t really want to describe the rest, but you should know what I mean.】
I love toilets!
Yu Chi was overjoyed and gave the toilet a big kiss.
Oh my god, who understands what the most painful thing about drifting at sea is? She finally didn’t have to… ahem.
Yu Chi was so happy that even fishing up trash three times in a row couldn’t affect her mood.
At noon, Yu Chi ate the [Four-Inch Cake] from her backpack. Although it looked similar to the ones in the real world, the taste was much better.
It made someone like her, who had to have something greasy with her meals, reluctant to part with the cake, and she ate every last crumb.
At 3 PM, [SurfingTheSea] finally replied to her. Unfortunately, his first sentence was the soulless phrase, “Got any bandages? About to die.”
Yu Chi sighed and checked her inventory. She found that she still had 22 bandages and 52 adhesive bandages, all the fruits of her diligent use of her skill.
【Are adhesive bandages okay? I have 40.】
Yu Chi always saved some for herself with every trade, in case she needed them herself, especially now that the novice protection period was about to end.
The other party replied with an “okay.” After they traded, he quickly went silent again.
Yu Chi noticed that she hadn’t seen this guy in the chat channel today. He was probably really injured.
After so many trades, the materials that had been depleted from upgrading the small boat were now abundant again. She was a little curious about how many materials [SurfingTheSea] and [GrumpyBro] had. It always felt like their supply of materials was endless.
These two gave her the feeling of a deep sea, bottomless. They had probably already upgraded to a level 3 small boat long ago.
Yu Chi thought for a while, then perked up again. So what if they were bottomless? Didn’t they still have to suck up to the healer?
In the afternoon, Yu Chi caught two fish with the All-Purpose Fishing Rod. They were Big Dumb Fish again. She guessed they were the most common in this sea area.
With the next three uses of the All-Purpose Fishing Rod, she fished up a black handbag, a large pack of tissues, and a carpet respectively. They were all useful things. Although their grade was listed as “no grade,” Yu Chi was still very happy.
Compared to yesterday, there were more things on the player trade interface today. Yu Chi sold three large watermelons and became very rich. It was worth mentioning that two of these three watermelons were bought by [SurfingTheSea], and the other one was bought by [ColaFromAllDirections].
[GrumpyBro] didn’t manage to get a watermelon, so he humbly came to ask her if she had any extra. Yu Chi put on a high and mighty air and traded for two Island Exploration Cards.
【GrumpyBro】: What do you need so many of these things for? You can only go to the island if you find it. They’re useless at this stage.
【DazedFish】: None of your business.
【GrumpyBro】: …Fine.
After the baffling conversation ended, Yu Chi looked at the things she had traded with [SurfingTheSea] and [ColaFromAllDirections].
The former had probably guessed that she was a girl and had traded a whole set of one-size-fits-all clothes, two packs of sanitary pads, and a pack of socks (ten pairs) for the large watermelon.
The latter had chosen to trade with materials. Yu Chi wasn’t very satisfied, but she could see that he was very strong and took the initiative to ask if he could trade for furniture or something similar.
So, he directly took out a barbecue grill.
【ColaFromAllDirections】: I’m a bit of a foodie. I hope Boss Dazed will consider me more in the future when you have food.
Very good. Now, these top players probably all knew that her strength might be average, but she had many tricks up her sleeve.
【DazedFish】: A barbecue grill, don’t you need it yourself?
【ColaFromAllDirections】: I have two.
These people are so interesting.
It always feels like everyone is using cheats, and my cheat is the smallest.
With [GrumpyBro]’s previous show of wealth, Yu Chi calmly accepted this statement and agreed to consider this foodie in the future.
The things on the boat were slowly increasing, and her small room was also starting to feel cozy because of these miscellaneous items.
Everything was developing in a good direction.
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【Author’s Note】
Sailing Log 5:
No one knows how the fish survived without a toilet!
The fish worked hard, the fish is great [Thumbs up]