Day Six of the Wasteland Survival Game.
The number of survivors displayed in the upper-right corner of the system had already dropped to 1,057!
Early that morning, Shen Qingyao opened her Golden Treasure Chest:
【Fertilizer ×23, Wood ×90, Stone ×190, Glass ×22, Iron ×34, Copper ×16, Cotton Cloth ×13, Power Card ×1, Basic Healing Potion ×5, Bandages ×3, Spirit-Tier Dagger ×1, Wardrobe ×1, Barbecue Grill ×1, Secret Realm Pass ×1】
What a pity. It was a Spirit-Tier dagger, not a Spirit-Tier shovel.
Still, the dagger would be very useful for cutting up meat.
She tucked the dagger into the pocket of her combat uniform, then slung a basket she had traded for from the marketplace over her back.
Taking her hoe, she stepped outside the boundaries of her territory.
She first made a circuit around the area.
Whenever she spotted traces of plants, she would dig the ground with her hoe, and she would often find something.
“Ding! Congratulations, Host! You have obtained Stone ×1!”
“Ding! Congratulations, Host! You have obtained Cogongrass Root ×5!”
“Ding! Congratulations, Host! You have obtained Purple-leaf Lilac ×2!”
“Ding! Congratulations, Host! You have obtained Dandelion Seeds ×8!”
“…”
They were all wild grasses and flowers commonly found in the wilderness.
They weren’t particularly useful, so Shen Qingyao didn’t pay much attention to them.
The cattails by the water, however, had grown back.
She dug up some of them and deliberately cleared a small Spirit Field beside the water, planting the cattail roots there.
Following the riverbank, she also dug up wild celery and water chestnut seeds.
She explored all the way to the foot of the nearby mountain.
There, she spotted the droppings of a large animal.
She couldn’t tell what kind of beast had left them, but she knew one thing—it wasn’t a herbivore!
She quietly backed away.
Most fierce beasts were nocturnal, so she should still be relatively safe during the day.
“Shriek—!”
An eagle’s cry suddenly rang out.
She was so frightened that she immediately ducked into a bush!
A gigantic eagle, seemingly large enough to blot out the sky, swooped right over her head.
Its sharp talons had come within inches of grabbing her!
Terrified, she hurriedly ran to another patch of bushes sheltered by a large tree.
Sure enough, after a while, the giant eagle circled overhead for some time before finally giving up and flying away.
Terrifying!
Absolutely terrifying!
Shen Qingyao didn’t even dare breathe loudly.
She had thought the wolf pack was the overlord of this mountain.
Who would have thought that in front of this giant eagle, the wolves were nothing more than insignificant little creatures!
She waited for nearly another half an hour.
Only after confirming that the giant eagle couldn’t possibly return did she follow the denser vegetation and sprint all the way home.
Once she reached her shelter, she collapsed onto the sofa and spent a long time recovering from the shock.
Was this wasteland really that dangerous?
If so, how incredibly lucky was she to have survived simply by farming!
No wonder the number of survivors in the system was plummeting every day!
Shen Qingyao even noticed that the number of Hua Nation survivors had fallen from more than twenty to just a little over ten!
She shook her head.
She couldn’t do anything about other people’s situations.
She’d better just honestly continue farming!
A life of constantly dancing on the edge of death wasn’t suitable for her!
“Big shot! Big shot! Emergency! Do you have any medicine for injuries?”
Li Hanyue suddenly sent her a message.
Shen Qingyao immediately sent her a Basic Healing Potion and a roll of bandages.
“What happened?”
It took a long while before Li Hanyue finally replied:
“Those damn things! I got chased by a swarm of killer bees! I only took a little of their honey. Did they really have to chase me this far?”
Shen Qingyao hurriedly asked:
“Do you have a beehive? Or do you still have any live killer bees?”
“Waaah! Big shot, I almost got killed by them, and you’re actually cruel enough to ask me that!”
Li Hanyue sent a crying emoji.
Shen Qingyao was helpless.
“You don’t have any? What a pity!”
She happened to have a beehive and wanted to see if she could raise bees herself!
Li Hanyue, however, gritted her teeth and replied:
“I don’t have any right now! But give me a few days. I promise I’ll get some for you!”
She had already made enemies with this swarm of killer bees.
Unless she wiped them out, her territory would always remain under threat!
So sooner or later, she was going to deal with them anyway!
Shen Qingyao laughed.
“Sure! When you get them, I’ll trade you vegetables and grains for them!”
“No problem! I’ve been eating meat all day, and I’m practically getting constipated from it!”
Li Hanyue sounded extremely aggrieved.
Who would have thought that she was actually a carnivore at heart!
Shen Qingyao couldn’t help laughing and sent her some vegetables and fruit.
“Thank you, Big Shot! From now on, you’re my sworn brother! If there’s ever anything you need, just give me the word!”
Li Hanyue was thrilled!
She actually thought Shen Qingyao was a man!
Shen Qingyao found it amusing, but she had no intention of correcting her.
Let her keep thinking that!
For lunch, Shen Qingyao had wolf ribs stewed with corn and gnawed on two large tomatoes.
After the meal, she took out the Secret Realm Pass from her warehouse and examined it.
It was for a Solo Secret Realm: Butterfly Valley.
A secret realm…
Should she go?
Shen Qingyao hesitated.
After killing the wolf pack, she had become a little overconfident, but after being humbled by the giant eagle, she had immediately shrunk back into her shell.
She hadn’t forgotten that this was a survival game. If she died in the secret realm, would she really die?
“Host, dying in the secret realm will not result in actual death! However, you will be weakened for a few days!”
The system suddenly spoke up.
Only then did Shen Qingyao realize that she had actually asked that question out loud!
“Then can the secret realm’s resources be brought out?”
“Of course! If you are willing to submit the resources produced by the secret realm, they can also be materialized ten-thousandfold!”
“What kinds of things can secret realms generally produce?”
If the investment outweighed the rewards, she had no interest in going. Wouldn’t it be better to honestly stay home and farm?
The system answered matter-of-factly:
“Generally, there are ingredients, crafting materials, items, and even inheritances. The rewards differ from one secret realm to another, so the host will have to explore it herself!”
“Inheritances?”
“Please explore it yourself!”
The system refused to say anything more.
“Could it be what I’m thinking?”
She murmured softly.
Then she definitely had to take a look. After all, she couldn’t spend her entire life hiding like a coward.
And an inheritance… It might very well be something they would truly need to compete for on this荒星.
She had to fight for it and seize it!
Shen Qingyao guessed that the Butterfly Valley secret realm was probably filled with butterflies.
Judging by the combat strength of the small creatures on荒星, these butterflies probably wouldn’t be weak either.
Especially the scales on their wings—there was no telling whether they were poisonous.
She browsed the trading market and found a gas mask, which she promptly bought.
Then she found an animal-catching net as well. She had no idea how densely packed the butterflies would be, but it was essential to be fully prepared.
Once everything was ready, she clicked to use the secret realm access pass.
A flash of white light swept over her, and she entered the secret realm.
The place was filled with the songs of birds and the fragrance of flowers. Countless butterflies of all kinds danced above a vast sea of flowers.
“Strange! Why are the flowers here so tall?”
Shen Qingyao tilted her head back and looked at the wildflowers towering far above her.
If she wasn’t mistaken, these should be cosmos flowers, right?
Could these things really grow taller than a person?
Shen Qingyao tried taking two steps forward, only to realize that something was wrong.
“Huh? My feet? No, wait! Why have my hands turned into claws?”