January 2nd, sunny.
This was the second day Lin Zhaoyang had arrived in the game. The clothes he had changed out of yesterday were laid out to dry under the hole in the roof of the small wooden cabin, and right now, he was hard at work chopping trees once again.
The hole in the roof of the small wooden cabin was naturally fine on sunny days; during the day it could be used for drying clothes, and at night it could be used for stargazing, but it still had to be repaired before the weather changed, otherwise it would become troublesome when it rained.
“999, if I keep chopping trees, can my stamina be improved?”
It was one thing to not have the physical strength to work in real life, but since he had clearly been reincarnated into a game world after death, why was he still so weak?
The axe was very light yet extremely sharp, obviously a convenience granted by the game so players could collect materials in the early stages, but his stamina required him to rest for ten minutes after chopping at most four times.
[Yes, but one tree is not quite enough.]
999’s reply was not as lively as before, and his voice carried a hint of a guilty conscience. The initial stamina was actually 20, but he had forgotten to adjust the stats for Lin Zhaoyang, accidentally letting the other party become the weakest player in the entire game.
“As long as it can be improved, that is fine. It feels like many things require wood, but chopping wood is so boring.”
Lin Zhaoyang complained while chopping.
If it were just boring, that would be one thing; the main issue was that his stamina was simply too poor. The moment his stamina value emptied out, he would get the negative status of dizziness, making the chopping process extremely difficult.
(Congratulations, your stamina has increased by 1 point, and your work efficiency has achieved a qualitative leap!)
When he finished chopping the third tree, the game system prompted him that his stamina had increased. Although it was hard for him to understand how gaining 1 point counted as a qualitative leap, it was indeed easier than before.
Every time his stamina was deducted, it went down by 2 points at a time. Once stamina emptied, a negative status occurred, but with 9 points of stamina, he could use it casually without emptying it out completely.
“Reborn as: Being a lumberjack in another world.”
Lin Zhaoyang muttered silently to himself during the repetitive and boring lumberjacking work.
Many things required the use of wood to craft, which meant he needed to keep chopping trees continuously. This kind of task was monotonous and dull, but there was a high probability he would have to do it day after day.
He planned to chop all the trees he could, and then bring the wood back.
Lin Zhaoyang’s mindset was that labor should yield rewards, yet these past two days he had been working hard only to end up subsidizing points instead. He still felt the game management was heartless, except this time he did not voice it out loud.
“999, my stamina has become 10 points!”
Lin Zhaoyang wiped the sweat from his forehead with his hand, then shared his progress with 999. The thing he was most satisfied with about this game was having 999 to accompany him all the way.
If he were truly all by himself, he felt he would go crazy.
[So awesome! Keep working hard and you will definitely become even more amazing!]
The childish voice of 999 shouted out praises at an extra loud volume, primarily because he suddenly remembered something.
In 10 days, backpacks and multiplayer matchmaking would open. At that time, the weather would be unpredictable, and resources could be obtained by exploring new areas and clearing dungeons, but a stamina of 20 was the bare minimum. He certainly could not let him go in just to deliver resources to others!
999 wiped the non-existent sweat from his face, feeling as though he was doomed.
“Mm, I will fix the roof, and once I get those points, I will go open up a new area to get some materials for making clothes. Quilts can apparently be bought, but clothes are the kind of thing you have to make yourself.”
Lin Zhaoyang did his daily tasks in the morning and spent the entire afternoon chopping trees. By the time he finished gathering enough materials, the sky grew dark again.
However, with his stamina increased by two points, the roof could also be repaired. Today’s harvest was quite good.
Actually, he could have purchased new food, but he felt it was a waste of money, so his lunch and dinner remained the same steamed buns and mineral water as always.
“This wood is truly nice. Not only is it split and neatly stacked by itself, but it even comes with a carrying strap.”
This survival game was not so cruel as to make players do absolutely everything step by step on their own. After all, since it had the word game in it, it still had to exercise a bit of restraint.
Lin Zhaoyang tried hoisting up a bundle of wood onto his back, and the display showed his weight capacity had become 20, which was just right. Fortunately, an incident of not being able to carry the materials back did not happen.
After finishing dinner, Lin Zhaoyang made trip after trip back and forth between the forest and the small wooden cabin, carrying the bundles of wood back one by one.
If he were to describe this process to someone else, it might sound very easy, but in reality, given his weight capacity and stamina, he had to walk a distance and rest, walk a distance and rest.
He was like a wind-up doll; because its power had an upper limit, it could only move for a short while, and then needed to wind the key again to recharge.
Whenever Lin Zhaoyang stopped due to insufficient stamina, he would start pestering 999.
“999, has this game always been just me all alone?”
The forest side was shrouded in thick white fog, while the sea surface was calm and motionless, with nothing else existing beyond the ocean.
[Multiplayer matchmaking will be available after 10 days! At that time, you won’t just be able to play the game together, you can also visit their small islands. This game becomes very interesting in the later stages.]
“Having other people around is good. Living all by oneself is quite uninteresting.”
Even if he could watch videos of his adoptive parents at a time like this, it would be nice, but unfortunately that time was too far gone.
Being all alone was too lonely, lacking any real feeling of being a living person.