If you have no money, you must earn it. Lin Zhaoyang understood this principle very deeply, so he kept doing quests without stopping. After all, did 999 not say that viewing the videos of his adoptive parents later would require points? He had to start saving up right now.
He weighed the wooden axe in his hand; the weight was decent, and he tried swinging it in the air.
He wondered what kind of situation actually counted as exercise. He wanted to increase his stamina, but he did not want to buy potions.
He wanted to exercise, yet he rested every five steps and panted every eight steps.
“It is unexpectedly useful. The kind of situation where I could not even swing the axe did not happen.”
Lin Zhaoyang let out a deep sigh. His stamina made everything difficult, and it consumed too much of his time. Working for just a little while made him sweat, forcing him to replenish his water, and by dinner time, he would have to eat again.
Why did he feel that even after being reborn, there was still a kind of urgent pressure to work hard for money?
For now, the only benefit of his rebirth was allowing his adoptive parents to start over as well. The mere thought of this made him feel that he could keep working hard.
Trees that dropped wood all came with prompts, and even displayed the total amount of wood they would drop. Sturdier trees yielded more wood.
Lin Zhaoyang could not bring himself to cut down the large tree he always used for resting. Even though the prompt indicated it could drop 30 pieces of wood, he still bypassed it and chose other trees.
He swung the sharp wooden axe into the tree trunk, producing a crisp cracking sound. The axe already carved a split into the bark.
“Ah?”
“I actually thought I would only make it produce a sound?”
Lin Zhaoyang had never done any tree-cutting work before, but it turned out to be easier than he imagined. However, there was still no prompt for dropped wood. Did he really have to wait until he finished cutting down this entire tree to get it?
Lin Zhaoyang measured the width of the trunk with a glance. He had intentionally looked for a small one, but it was still twice as wide as him.
“999, do I have to completely chop down this tree to get the wood? A tree that drops ten pieces of wood is also so hard to chop down.”
Lin Zhaoyang had watched Su Xiaonan play mobile games; in those games, players usually just slashed away and materials dropped directly. But his current situation did not seem that easy.
[Yes, you have to completely chop down this tree. It is a little difficult at first, but this also counts as a form of exercise. Once you chop enough wood to repair the roof, your stamina should be able to improve!]
“Alright, then I will at least finish cutting down this one.”
Lin Zhaoyang sighed. He wanted to complete the main quest as soon as possible, yet he truly lacked the stamina. The moment his stamina was exhausted, he would feel dizzy and disoriented.
The sound of metal colliding with wood kept echoing through the forest. Lin Zhaoyang numbly maintained the same motion until the tree fell over, at which point he scratched his head in a somewhat dazed manner.
Even though he was spacing out, the tree did not crash down toward him; it fell randomly in one direction, instantly transforming into two bundles of wood upon hitting the ground.
Fortunately, players were not required to saw the wood themselves. Judging by this appearance, they only needed to haul it back to the wooden cabin.
The main quest was not yet completed, and his stamina had not increased, but his level rose to Level 2.
When he felled this tree, a random prompt appeared saying he achieved the first tree-cutting accomplishment, granting him some experience points and 10 points.
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Lin Zhaoyang placed the axe, which only had a durability of 1 remaining, to the side and sat down on the ground to rest. Just to chop down this tree, he had already repaired the axe once.
The axe was not broken yet, but he felt like he was falling apart. Right now, he somewhat missed his adoptive parents and somewhat missed his home.
Fortunately, 999 could no longer hear the thoughts in Lin Zhaoyang’s mind; otherwise, the little guy would have started crying again.
Different thoughts engaged in a fierce battle within Lin Zhaoyang’s mind. One moment, he felt that working hard so his adoptive parents could live a happy life was pretty good; the next moment, he felt that the three of them passing away together was also quite fine.
Just as 999 had worried from the very beginning, these otherworldly visitors were not playing the survival game out of their own free will. They knew nothing about it and did not even like it.
Once they felt fatigued and realized the quests were difficult to complete, negative emotions would naturally start to brew.
Earlier, the system itself had even mentioned that the game’s realism was extremely high, and advised players not to force themselves to play when their mood value and mental state were poor.
However, someone like Lin Zhaoyang, who had no way to log off and rest or pay-to-win to boost his progress, could only let his mind wander for a while when exhaustion struck.
“999, can I just sleep right here?”
Lin Zhaoyang’s dinner consisted of mineral water and a steamed bun as usual. He had originally planned to return to the wooden cabin to eat his evening meal, but right now he did not want to move at all.
He had entered this game at eight o’clock in the morning, and at this moment, the sun had already set. It was the exact transitional time between day and night.
[Of course, you can! The first ten days are given to players for preparation. In this forest, let alone bugs, there is not even a single mosquito. It is very safe.]
[However, you need to keep yourself warm. Basic living equipment can still be purchased. You should buy a quilt or something similar.]
“Alright, thank you.”
Lin Zhaoyang leaned back against a tree trunk, bought a quilt to cover himself, and peacefully closed his eyes.