“Instead of sitting here in a daze, we should think about how to survive in this strange world.
Besides, maybe your best friend will end up coming here too.
Oh, right.
I’m Hakuba Shiro… uh, a student.
Let’s do our best together from now on.” Shiro gently comforted her.
After all, judging from the current situation, his teammate was this airheaded, busty school nurse.
That’s right.
Shiro had finally remembered who she was.
Wasn’t she Marikawa Shizuka, the school nurse from the anime Highschool of the Dead?
No wonder she had looked so familiar.
“Thank you for comforting me, Hakuba-kun.
I’m Marikawa Shizuka, a teacher.
So what should we do now?” Shizuka’s emotions came and went quickly.
Perhaps it had something to do with her naturally airheaded personality, but for Shiro, that was a good thing.
After all, a person with stable emotions was definitely a better survival teammate than those spoiled little princess types who asked, “Do you know what you did wrong?” at the drop of a hat.
“You should’ve read the system’s explanation too, right?
Let’s draw our talents first, then inspect this vehicle.
This is going to be our shelter from now on, so we need to understand it first.” Shizuka obediently followed Shiro’s arrangement.
Although she was older than him, her personality was not suitable to be a leader, and his calmness at this moment gave her a sense of security from the bottom of her heart.
Shiro was not in a hurry to draw his own talent.
Instead, he quietly watched Shizuka, his mind turning over thoughts no one else could see.
He did not have to wait long.
A flash of green light swept over Shizuka’s body, and a relaxing, soothing aura immediately spread out from within her.
“I drew a talent called Saint Healer.
It can dispel negative conditions from the person I heal, and it can also constantly provide a shield to my teammate.
The shield can block one attack, so you won’t have to worry about getting hurt anymore, Hakuba-kun!” Shizuka looked at Shiro excitedly.
Not only did this talent perfectly match her original profession, it also gave her the power to help him.
After all, Shiro had already checked the vehicle, and there was no medical kit inside.
With this talent, they would not have to worry too much about medicine.
Shiro nodded after hearing that, then shifted his attention back to the system.
If Shizuka had not interrupted him earlier, he would have already finished drawing his talent.
[Talent drawing in progress.
Congratulations, you have obtained the talent: Codex.] Codex?
It was a very simple word, but it left Shiro somewhat confused.
He was currently trying to survive in a dangerous world, so why had it given him a talent that sounded so ordinary?
How was he supposed to survive here with something like this?
Although he felt uneasy, Shiro still opened his talent page.
With a thought, a red-and-gold book immediately appeared inside his mind.
“A book?
Don’t tell me I still have to study in this dangerous world.” Inside Shiro’s mind, the mysterious book radiated a soft golden glow.
It instantly made this seemingly ordinary talent feel far more mysterious.
Shiro connected his thoughts to the book and slowly opened the first page.
Written there in bold characters were the words: Complete Codex Archive.
That only made him even more puzzled.
When he turned to the second page, the table of contents displayed four categories: Characters, Monsters, Weapons, and Items.
‘Open the Monster Codex.’ After thinking for a moment, Shiro decided to check the monster section first.
If it contained information on the monsters in this world, it would be extremely useful for exploring resource zones later.
After opening it, the good news was that this really was a codex containing information on this world’s monsters.
The bad news was that it was completely blank.
It looked like he had to unlock the entries himself.
As for the unlocking method, it was very simple.
He only needed to kill ten monsters of the corresponding type.
For elite and boss-class monsters, killing one would be enough.
Once an entry was unlocked, he would naturally obtain the corresponding codex reward.
As for what those rewards were, he had no idea for now.
He would only know after unlocking one.
After that, Shiro opened the Character Codex.
At the top of the page, there was a dimly glowing portrait, and the person in the portrait was none other than Marikawa Shizuka.
When Shiro connected his thoughts to the card bearing Shizuka’s portrait, the entire card immediately occupied his whole mental space.
On the back of the card were three large words: Not Unlocked.
Below that were the unlock conditions.
[When the host’s relationship with a fated female character reaches a breakthrough, the card can be unlocked.
Current status: Acquaintance.
Host’s physique attribute receives an additional +2.] Very good.
Although he did not know what exactly counted as a “relationship breakthrough,” the two physique points it gave him allowed Shiro to clearly feel the changes in his body.
His muscles became firmer, and his originally slightly thin body grew a little stronger.
Shiro could also feel that his stamina had improved.
With the bonus from the codex reward, Shiro became much more confident about surviving in this world.
Afterward, he opened the Weapon and Item pages, but the completely empty interfaces left him somewhat helpless.
It seemed these things also needed to be collected by him personally.
After feeling things out for a while, Shiro gained a clear understanding of his talent.
The function of this talent was to collect codex entries and obtain the rewards contained within them.
Shiro still did not know exactly what the rewards would be, but they should be related to the characters and items.
The other function of this codex was to upgrade his system warehouse and crafting abilities.
The system’s original crafting function could only create blueprint items.
Weapons or items discovered through exploration could not be crafted.
The codex, however, was different.
His Codex talent could record the weapons and items he found during exploration into the codex system, then directly craft them for use.
In other words, if Shiro obtained a piece of equipment in the future, he would be able to copy it endlessly as long as he had the materials.
This was a function other players did not possess.
Next was the warehouse.
The system warehouse only had ten slots, but the codex had increased those ten slots to twenty.
That meant Shiro could naturally carry more supplies than other players.
After confirming that he had not missed anything else, Shiro happily closed the codex.
With the boost from his golden finger, it seemed he would be able to live a little more easily in this world.
He glanced at Shizuka beside him.
After hesitating for a while, he ultimately chose to tell her about the effects of his talent.
Just as Shizuka had thought, the two of them had already formed a basic understanding of each other, and they got along fairly well.
At the same time, with his knowledge of the original work, Shiro knew she was not a bad person.
Since they would be partners supporting each other from now on, telling her about his talent would also help her understand him better.
Besides, when he unlocked codex entries in the future, he might even need her help.