Lin Zhaoyang walked step by step, properly and steadily, toward the wall of fog on the right side of the small wooden cabin.
The main reason was that he found running would intensify his stamina consumption, so he had no choice but to slow down.
Once Lin Zhaoyang unlocked the waterside area, the fog dispersed, and a patch of blue water appeared right in front of him.
“Could it be that I am by the sea?”
“Will there be seafood or things like that in here?”
Lin Zhaoyang had only heard of the sea, but had never actually seen it. The vast expanse of blue was quite pretty.
[Yes, this is seawater. You can fish, scoop up fish, or even blast fish if you want. After level 10, sea travel will be unlocked, allowing you to meet other players on the water.]
For Lin Zhaoyang, this sea only brought benefits, but for other players, it meant that an additional risk of a tsunami would be added to the randomly selected weather ten days later.
Having a water source also came with an added risk.
Lin Zhaoyang walked a bit closer to the waterside and gazed at his reflection in the water: short black hair, black pupils. The clothes he was wearing right now were identical to the ones he wore before he died, a long-sleeved white shirt and black trousers.
It was one thing for the clothes to be the same, but his body was still his original one as well. The pain had faded, yet he still looked as emaciated as ever. The only place where he had a little bit of flesh was his face.
“999, I have been reincarnated, so am I really still 174 centimeters and 41 kilograms?”
Lin Zhaoyang had always felt that his stamina was problematic. So much for a healthy body; he constantly felt that he was completely identical to his past life, starting to pant as soon as he did anything.
[Your height is 174.5 centimeters. We used your height, appearance, and weight from before you passed away on a one-to-one basis, which is completely accurate.]
“I was just rounding my height.”
174.5 did not sound as nice as 175. If it were not for his poor health causing him to be overly thin, he would have wanted to be even taller.
“Are you sure this is a healthy body?”
While asking 999, Lin Zhaoyang crouched down by the water to wash his hands, as if trying to wash away his skepticism about this health status. What on earth could this physical fitness of his actually accomplish?
[No illness and no injuries, does that not count as a healthy body? At most, it is just a tiny bit frail, but it is fine. You still have me.]
[If you earn lots of points and eat more delicious food, you will become healthy and strong very soon.]
999 would definitely never admit that it was his own mistake; back in the system space, he had been too busy chatting about the matters of the player’s adoptive parents and had forgotten to adjust the body stats.
Besides, Lin Zhaoyang was probably like this because he rarely went outdoors or exposed himself to the sun; at least he was quite fair. Did this body have at least one advantage?
Lin Zhaoyang swiped open his physical stats panel. His health points were indeed 100, and the illness section was written as none, which truly was a very healthy value.
“Alright.”
“Then I will go make a workbench, and then pick up some tree branches to make an axe. I hope I can still finish cutting down a tree today.”
Lin Zhaoyang had no intention of slacking off, but his stamina was ridiculously low. He had truly done next to nothing, yet he had managed to exhaust himself anyway.
Lin Zhaoyang chose a spot he liked, spent points to purchase a workbench, and then went to pick up some tree branches to make a wooden axe.
“Wonderful, it is already afternoon.”
Lin Zhaoyang was not actually praising it. He had finished his first bottle of water in the morning, and not drinking water would cause his thirst value to drop. This resulted in him being busy all day long and earning 40 points, yet spending 20 points just on drinking water, not to mention other expenses.
“Su Xiaonan often said his boss exploits him, paying low wages with long hours and terrible food. I feel like this game is exploiting me too.”
Standing in the shade of a tree, drinking mineral water while gnawing on a steamed bun, Lin Zhaoyang felt this was the hardest job he had ever done. Busy running around under the blazing sun, yet his points kept dwindling.
Lin Zhaoyang paused for a moment. People easily reminisced about the past before they even realized it.
If the time flow of the two worlds were the same, the first letter he left for Su Xiaonan would not even have been mailed out yet.
With a body like his, Lin Zhaoyang had only completed nine years of compulsory education, and even that was attended intermittently, let alone having any so-called work experience.
Every time the other person complained, he would widen his round eyes and listen very earnestly, then nod when the other person sought agreement, just to let them know he was listening carefully.
Thinking of Su Xiaonan, Lin Zhaoyang suddenly smiled softly. Xiaonan was a very good person; he hoped he would live well in the future, have a wife, children, and a warm kang bed, and make some other friends.
[No, no, absolutely no exploitation! When you reach level 5, you can dig a well! That is a permanent water source! Sob, sob, sob, you have to believe me!]
If the system rules did not forbid taking a physical form to disturb a player’s life, he would have taken on a physical form to hug Lin Zhaoyang’s thighs and cry. He was definitely a good system!
“Mm-hmm, I know.”
Lin Zhaoyang was simply teasing 999 on purpose. Since he was clearly all alone, he could not possibly just be talking to himself for no reason, right? It was nothing more than purposely speaking so 999 could hear. Given the other’s personality, even if he did not deliberately call out his ID number, the other party would most likely respond to him.
He had originally felt that life was meaningless because his family had passed away, and constantly being all by himself really made it impossible to feel any joy; he only felt loneliness.
While waiting for his stamina to recover, he deliberately tilted his head to listen intently. There was not even the sound of insects chirping here; it was simply far too quiet.
He had felt a bit down just a moment ago, but now he was fine. After listening to 999’s sincere crying and sniffling, he felt he could do it again, and he could continue to strive for tomorrow.