“Thank you, then I will choose the small wooden cabin.”
This one looked the sturdiest; only the roof was broken, while all four walls were completely intact. As a home, it felt a bit more secure.
However, the most important reason was that Lin Zhaoyang used to live in an adobe house. Looking at a house similar to his past home, a wave of longing surged over him.
He could not bear to live alone in a place where all four walls reminded him of something too familiar.
[Yay! Then our game, your second life, starts right now!]
[I will not usually bother you, but if you need anything, you can call my ID number: 999.]
“Mm, thank you.”
The moment Lin Zhaoyang’s words of gratitude fell, the scenery around him shifted, transforming from a room of only black and white into an open clearing.
When the system placed him into the game, it was 8:00 AM on January 1st. This game did not have spring, summer, autumn, or winter; after all, since it was a survival game, it would not let you spend the four seasons in peace, so whether the seasons existed or not did not matter.
[In the beginning, there is only a small wooden cabin. You have to rely on your own efforts to make your home more wonderful! Your initial funds are 1,000 points, so plan carefully!]
[If there is anything you do not understand, be sure to call me!]
Though the system had said just a second ago that it would not disturb Lin Zhaoyang, the next second it could not help but encourage him with a childish voice, emphasizing once again that he should call if anything came up.
“Thank you, I know.”
A game was still a game, meaning one could view interface panels. They all floated in the void just like the photos before, except they could be hidden.
Lin Zhaoyang first clicked to open his physical stats.
Base Health: 100 (Represents the character’s health status; reaching 0 means death.)
Hunger: 40 (Five times the stamina value. The higher the stamina, the higher the upper limit. It normally decreases slowly over time. Consuming stamina accelerates hunger, requiring regular eating. Long-term hunger causes health to continuously decrease.)
Thirst: 100 (Decreases faster than hunger; lack of water accelerates death.)
Stamina: Initial value is 8 (Consumed by actions like sprinting, climbing, and chopping trees. Excessive consumption causes fatigue, which can be increased through exercise and special potions.)
Body Temperature: 100 (Affected by the environment. A drop in body temperature can also lead to death. Clothing or items can be used to maintain temperature.)
Weight Capacity: Initial value is 20 (Exceeding this value affects speed and accelerates stamina consumption. Can be increased through exercise and special potions.)
Untriggered Status: Illness and abnormal conditions.
Because the game’s realism was extremely high, there were also two special states: mood and mental state. It was not recommended for players to forcefully play when these two states were poor.
Lin Zhaoyang carefully read through all the introductions regarding his physical condition, his gaze lingering steadily on his health points, since this represented wellness.
Lin Zhaoyang closed and opened his panel, closed and opened it again, repeating the action several times. Looking at the unchanged 100-point health score, he slowly smiled.
Lin Zhaoyang’s body was identical to the one he had before his death, equally slender and frail, his loose clothes fluttering in the wind when it blew. The difference was that the current him could no longer feel the pain brought by illness.
“One hundred percent healthy…”
Something he had begged for in vain was just handed to him like this. His first 22 years of life seemed like a nightmare, vanishing just like that as he woke from the dream.
“I should be able to buy things with points, right?” Lin Zhaoyang muttered to himself. He had been so focused on looking at his physical stats and standing directly under the sun; although sunny days were nice, standing constantly in the blazing sun made him a bit thirsty.
Lin Zhaoyang walked toward a tree not far away. He wanted to find out where the store was under the shade of the tree and check if there was any water and food.
After looking around briefly, Lin Zhaoyang spotted the store in the upper right corner. Once he clicked into it, he did not even need to search; initially, it seemed he could only buy food and water.
“Steamed buns and bottled water. This store is quite convenient, truly living up to its name as a game.”
Lin Zhaoyang did not understand anything about survival; he only knew that he had been reincarnated into a game, and what he needed to do now was work hard to earn points.
Food at the very beginning of the game was scarce, allowing only the purchase of steamed buns and mineral water.
A steamed bun cost only 2 points and added 5 to fullness. Mineral water, however, was much more expensive; a 500-milliliter bottle cost 10 points.
Lin Zhaoyang hesitated when looking at the expensive mineral water. This price was a bit too high for him, but apart from that, there seemed to be no other sources of water.
Lin Zhaoyang thought that if he did not need to spend money on a hospital, spending 1,000 points on a bottle of water like this seemed acceptable after all. He certainly could not afford to die of thirst before even getting started.
Since he was not very hungry yet, he only bought a bottle of mineral water.
After opening the water and taking two sips, Lin Zhaoyang got up and walked toward the small wooden cabin. Items purchased from the store appeared right in front of him, but the backpack prompt indicated that storage would only unlock at level 10.
“The immersion is genuinely realistic. If this water sits in the sun for a while, it is going to turn into hot water; I had better put it inside the house.”
Lin Zhaoyang guessed that the game’s physique adopted the players’ actual physical condition. Although he now possessed healthy stats, his physical fitness remained as poor as ever.
His stamina was only 8. Walking from the tree shade to the small wooden cabin showed that his stamina was now down to 5, just covering that short distance had consumed 3 points.
The small wooden cabin was a four-square-meter space, completely empty except for its outer shell. The advantage was that you could put things wherever you wanted since there was plenty of open room.
Lin Zhaoyang placed the mineral water in the shaded area of the cabin out of the direct sunlight. In a game like this, he could not just spend money; he figured he should figure out how to make money.