Chapter 18 (Bug Fixes)
◎ Oh my… ◎
The battle lasted until the middle of the night before it finally ceased.
Yu Chi had previously sighed about not having time to practice her [Morph] skill. This one night, however, had made her quite proficient in using it.
One wave came after another. By the time the sea surface finally calmed down, Yu Chi was completely exhausted and couldn’t move a muscle.
She glanced at the messy deck, then, out of sight, out of mind, returned to the cabin. She stripped off her smelly clothes, washed her body with water, and lay down peacefully on the bed.
Her head was drowsy, yet she didn’t know if those contaminated creatures would come again. Was it a temporary break, or was that it for the night?
Yu Chi rubbed the space between her eyebrows and decided to sleep first. After all, contaminated creatures wouldn’t only appear at night. If they came during the day too, wouldn’t she never be able to rest?
While she was sleeping, the rankings also changed quietly.
【LikesSocks】: What happened? I just watched DazedFish skyrocket from the bottom of the wealth ranking to the top 10.
【NamelessLittleMelon】: Isn’t that normal? I was surprised he wasn’t on the list before.
【SlipperHasWorries】: Her strength ranking has also risen. She’s 29th now.
【PajamaHero】: There are so many high-level players on the strength ranking. Why are you all only paying attention to this DazedFish?
【SlackingMaster】: No, no, we pay attention to others too. But Boss Dazed has sold a lot of things and was the first top player we all acknowledged.
【GreatWallIsGone】: I saw he wasn’t on the wealth ranking earlier and almost thought our Dazed Cult was losing power. Thank goodness, thank goodness.
【AAABrainWholesale】: Great, our Dazed Cult is saved.
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【MostBrutalBrain】: Hahahaha, I can tell Grumpy Boss is very unconvinced. He topped the list 3 times in one night, but he was quickly knocked down each time.
【DumplingOfHeaven】: The struggle between top players is always like this. (PS: Brother Brutal, you’re always so fierce)
【HalfAnOrange】: Have you guys noticed that the top players haven’t said anything tonight?
【FruitSis】: What else? The contaminated creatures appear based on strength. The top players are all busy fighting right now. How would they have time to deal with us?
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Yu Chi woke up feeling refreshed. She hadn’t even felt any swaying. It was probably because no contaminated creatures had attacked her small boat in the latter half of last night.
First, breakfast. She took out the Pickled Cabbage Beef Noodles from her backpack, boiled water in the electric cooking pot, cooked the noodle cake, and then poured everything into a bowl.
“So fragrant.” Yu Chi held the bowl and took a deep sniff, her eyes shining.
She put a chopstick-full in her mouth and began to miss modern cuisine. It was an exaggeration to even call it cuisine; right now, she just wanted to eat some fragrant rice.
These past few days, floating on the sea, she hadn’t lacked fish meat. Grilled fish, boiled fish, pan-fried fish… whenever she had free time, she would experiment with ways to cook fish. But even so, eating this stuff for three meals a day was getting old—actually, the main reason was that she didn’t have many seasonings, so the taste was very ordinary.
Yu Chi ate every last bit of the Pickled Cabbage Beef Noodles, not even leaving the soup. Then she rubbed her stomach and sat on a chair, letting out a long sigh of relief.
She seemed quite strong now, being both a mermaid and a Cinnabar Finch, but in reality, she couldn’t even get a single grain of rice.
If only I could get all kinds of seeds… Yu Chi rested her hand on the back of the chair and tapped it unconsciously. She could transform into an elf; she couldn’t waste this race’s characteristic.
Yu Chi opened the system screen. Yesterday, she had only studied the rankings. She hadn’t had time to look at the other things before encountering those contaminated creatures.
As she was learning about the other aspects of the system update, she subconsciously glanced at the rankings first. Then her eyes widened instantly. She was already 9th on the wealth ranking?
This ranking is a bit of a joke.
What Yu Chi didn’t know was that she was actually 8th last night, but had just been overtaken by someone else.
However, although she looked surprised on the surface, Yu Chi actually felt a sense of it being a matter of course. It was only the 4th day since they had transmigrated into the game.
As everyone knows, it’s difficult for players to pull away from each other in terms of wealth and resources in the early stages. It wasn’t surprising that she could catch up so easily.
At this moment, the system also popped up a notification.
【Player has entered the top 100 of the Personal Strength Ranking, receiving a Level 2 Resource Chest.】
【Player has entered the top 10 of the Wealth Ranking, receiving a Level 4 Resource Chest.】
The top 300 received a Level 1 Resource Chest, the top 100 received a Level 2 Resource Chest, the top 30 received a Level 3 Resource Chest, the top 10 received a Level 4 Resource Chest, the top 3 received a Level 5 Resource Chest, and the top player would also receive a Turntable Spin—this opportunity was only available the first time they made it onto the list.
Except for the top 10, these rewards didn’t seem like much at first glance, but these resource chests were awarded daily. If one could stay on the list for a long time, the resources obtained would be much higher than other players’.
Yu Chi opened the resource chests. The Level 2 Resource Chest didn’t have much, just some simple materials. Besides that, there was also a pack of luosifen.
The Level 4 Resource Chest only had one item. She took it out and looked—
【Item: Two-Sided Mirror (Damaged)
Grade: Legendary
Description: Damaged for unknown reasons, can currently be used as a small ecological space.】
Yu Chi: “!!!”
A Legendary grade item!
Yu Chi tried hard to suppress her excitement, but in the end, she couldn’t help but laugh silently at the sky. Taking advantage of the fact that no one could see her, she freely expressed her excitement.
After laughing for a while, she finally calmed down and carefully observed this Legendary grade item. Just by its appearance, you couldn’t tell that this mirror was of such a high grade. It was palm-sized, with an ancient and simple look. When not in use, it looked like an ordinary object in her hand.
Yu Chi blinked and saw her reflection in the mirror. She unconsciously curled her lips, revealing the faint dimples on her cheeks.
Her heart was burning with excitement right now. She couldn’t maintain her cold, expressionless look at all. Although her luck value was 8, it hadn’t been very obvious before. But now, it had truly shown her its power.
She had actually drawn a Legendary grade item from a Level 4 Resource Chest!
This was also Yu Chi’s first Legendary grade item. Even if it was a damaged version, it couldn’t hide the item’s grade!
Yu Chi thought of using it, and in the blink of an eye, she found herself in what seemed to be another world. The endless ocean had disappeared, and under her feet was flat, fertile land.
She looked carefully. It was a space of about 100 square meters, empty and bare, but it was enough for storing miscellaneous items or doing other things.
Yu Chi’s first reaction was to think of farming. She had the skill to turn into an elf, but she only had a small flowerpot on the boat, which she had always found to be a pity.
Now, it was great. There was a large piece of land for farming. As long as she could get seeds, she could grow anything!
Yu Chi observed with a smile for a while, then became vigilant the next second. Everyone knows the law of conservation of luck. Her luck was so good right now, maybe she would have terrible luck next.
…But no matter how bad her luck was later, she would accept it.
Yu Chi: Hee hee.
She stayed in the space of the Two-Sided Mirror for a while, then quickly returned to the boat. The surrounding scenery hadn’t changed at all, but time had passed normally.
Yu Chi rubbed her chin. Food and such could still be kept in her backpack, but those items and materials could be stuffed into the Two-Sided Mirror.
She took the opportunity to count her Contamination Crystals. She couldn’t remember how many contaminated creatures she had killed last night. However, due to the overuse of her [Morph] skill, her spirit was exhausted, and she had almost fainted. But her Spirit had benefited from this misfortune and had inexplicably increased by one point.
She had a whopping 112 Contamination Crystals.
Among them, there was one level four Contamination Crystal, 12 level three Contamination Crystals, 63 level two Contamination Crystals, and 36 level one Contamination Crystals.
They could be exchanged for a total of 3569 Purification Crystals!
Earning more than 3,000 yuan for working just half a night was something to be happy about. Besides, the purchasing power of these three thousand was different from 3,000 yuan in the modern world.
Yu Chi’s face was stiff from smiling. She raised her hand and patted her cheeks.
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Translator’s Notes
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Luosifen (螺蛳粉): A famous and very popular Chinese noodle soup, originating from Liuzhou, Guangxi. It’s known for its strong, pungent smell (from pickled bamboo shoots) and its spicy, sour, and savory flavor.