“This steamed bun has a sweet taste to it.”
“It is actually tastier than the ones bought from the breakfast shop.”
Lin Zhaoyang took a bite of the steamed bun in his hand and felt surprised. Do survival games have food this good?
He had always assumed that because he was sick, and because the buns he bought for breakfast every time tasted terrible, it was just his condition. Turns out they really were just poorly made to begin with!
The berries he had picked earlier had already been casually eaten by Lin Zhaoyang. He was already feeling mentally exhausted due to having so little physical stamina, and holding those berries made him feel even more tired.
He had only returned to the wooden cabin to drink water. Working under the sun makes one prone to dehydration.
Assuming that doing those few things could even be considered working…
Nature calls. But after eating something, Lin Zhaoyang suddenly realized a problem.
His wooden cabin was completely empty, lacking even a bed, let alone a so-called toilet.
“999, what should I do if I need to use the restroom?”
It was a bit embarrassing, but since he genuinely had no idea what to do, he had no choice but to ask 999.
[Ahem, since this is a survival game, building a toilet requires levels and materials in addition to points. Right now, if you need to use the restroom, you can only find an open patch of ground. You can buy tissues in the mall, or if you want to save points, you can try using tree leaves…]
999 had no choice either. Later on, Lin Zhaoyang would also come into contact with other players, and their living standards could not differ too drastically from the rest of the players, otherwise it would stand out far too much.
Lin Zhaoyang fell silent. Although he had not seen anyone else, logically speaking, this entire area should belong to him. Still, doing his business out in the wilderness felt a bit inappropriate.
[Ahem, if you gather some tree branches later, it will trigger a living-type side quest. You can trade some wood and a few points for an umbrella. If it rains later, you can also use it. It is very practical.]
999 also had no other option, which was why he had been so worried that Lin Zhaoyang would fail to adapt. Anyone who actually played survival games knew that survival was never easy, but these otherworldly visitors were forced to play the game; it was completely normal for them to lack an understanding of the situation.
The players 999 had brought in the past were all from these other worlds. Some people merely had lives as frail as paper, which did not mean their savings were thin as well; those wealthy individuals could call out to him eight hundred times a day.
Although Lin Zhaoyang was the first person to reject him, he was also the first person to be so polite to him. 999 liked this new player immensely.
…
“Then you are not allowed to look.”
Whenever he spoke, 999 could always reply. Lin Zhaoyang suspected that he simply could not see the other party, and that the entity was probably the kind of thing that could press right up against his face without him noticing it at all.
Lin Zhaoyang’s life from childhood up until now could at best be described as poor, but his home still had basic infrastructure. Being left with absolutely nothing all of a sudden made it genuinely difficult to adapt.
[Rest assured, I am definitely not looking~]
999 spoke in a soft, spoiled, and pampered tone. This was precisely why he chose to set his avatar appearance as a child, because it made it very convenient to act cute and coax the host into softening his heart.
Lin Zhaoyang’s guard was indeed lowered because of the child-like voice, and he found a patch of grass farthest away from his wooden cabin to go use the restroom.
He even checked the wind direction to make sure it was not blowing toward his wooden cabin before finally letting out a sigh of relief. He certainly did not want to smell his own scent while trying to sleep.
Washing one’s hands after using the restroom is common sense, but where was the water?
“Ahem, 999, is there really no water source whatsoever around my dwelling?”
The first ten days of the game were sunny. At first, he did not feel that anything was amiss, but the moment he needed water, he realized how terribly inconvenient it was, to the point where he could not even store rainwater or anything of the sort.
[There is! Right behind your wooden cabin is a water source. Expanding your territory for the first time is very cheap; only one hundred points will suffice, though it will get increasingly expensive afterward.]
Lin Zhaoyang thought about it very carefully. Although it certainly was not expensive, it still accounted for one-tenth of his total points, and the speed at which he earned points was so slow it almost made him want to laugh at himself.
“Mm, should I walk over and touch the fog there?”
No matter what, a water source was of the utmost importance. Lin Zhaoyang ultimately decided to unlock the area containing the water source first.
[Yes, just touch it and then confirm that you want to unlock that area.]
“Alright, thank you.”
Lin Zhaoyang used his sleeve to wipe his chin, then hurried outside. He had a habitual habit of resting his hand on his chin whenever he was deep in thought.
Ahhhhh, he needed to wash his hands.
Actually, Lin Zhaoyang’s thoughts regarding weather changes were a bit naive. Thankfully, they were given a backdoor pass; normal survival players, once the first ten days passed, would have to randomly draw the weather for the first day themselves.
Weather types that players had not yet experienced would be displayed as question marks, and alongside normal sunny, overcast, rainy, snowy, and thunderous days, there were naturally extreme weather conditions as well.
It was just that the game allowed for failure followed by a retry, whereas these otherworldly visitors were different. Their second lives could not be restarted, so things would be relatively much gentler for them.
As for why the Matchmaker System would place people into such a dangerous game?
Because the World Consciousness firmly believed that only by supporting and leaning on one another in harsh environments could people forge an unbreakable bond. Furthermore, players who could perform well in this kind of game either possessed exceptional survival skills or had enough financial capital to pay to win.
Their Matchmaker System did not just handle matchmaking, you know; it also guaranteed a secure living standard in the real world!