The big wolfdog circled Qi Xu’s vehicle in a wide loop. Seeing that this human really wasn’t afraid and had no intention of coming out, it slunk off, growling and grumbling.
After finishing her workout, Qi Xu felt a little hungry. She checked her current supplies and took out a fresh meat bun to gnaw on. It was cold, so it definitely didn’t taste great, but it had meat and dough, which made it decent enough.
The inventory backpack didn’t have a preservation function. Although the weather wasn’t too hot right now, meat spoiled quickly—at most, it would last until tomorrow.
Qi Xu ate while scrolling through the chat lobby. There were noticeably more trade listings than during the day.
“I need water and food! I can trade my pretty selfies for them!”
“Rolex for food! I bought this Rolex for over 3 million! Only for those who know their stuff! [Image]”
Player 1212: “I’m starving to death. My luck is terrible. Not only did I only run into one crate all day, all that was inside was some black stone, and I don’t even know what it’s for!”
Qi Xu sent a private message to Player 1212: “Take a photo and let me see your black stone.”
“Ahhhh, Invincible Black Whirlwind! The big shot who was the first to trigger a server-wide announcement! Here, here, here, I’ll show you!”
Player 1212 uploaded the black stone straight to the item trading area.
Qi Xu paused in slight surprise. She hadn’t expected someone to pull something this good on the very first day.
Player 1212: “What do you think, big shot? Do you know what this is? Do you want it?”
Qi Xu deliberately waited a while, only answering when the other party urged her again: “I don’t know what it is either. How much are you selling it for?”
“I got this from a Bronze Supply Crate, not one of those ordinary wooden supply crates. I want to trade it for a bottle of drinkable water and something to eat.”
That price wasn’t steep at all. No matter how she looked at it, she’d come out ahead, so Qi Xu agreed. “Then one bottle of water and one meat bun!”
“Deal!”
After the trade went through, Qi Xu took out the black stone. Sure enough, there was no prompt at first, but once she brought out her inventory backpack, the black stone suddenly reacted.
“Hey, lucky smarty-pants! You’ve discovered the true use of the Basic Black Spatial Stone. Would you like to expand your inventory backpack? Expanding it will add 10 storage slots.”
“Yes.”
After the expansion, her inventory backpack had 20 storage slots.
Once the true use of spatial stones like this was discovered, their prices stayed sky-high. Getting one for a bottle of water and a single bun was a massive steal.
Qi Xu searched the trade listings again, looking to buy a weapon.
Having been dropped so suddenly into a strange and dangerous place, players treated weapons just like food—as precious resources—so there weren’t many sellers.
After filtering through listings for quite a while, Qi Xu spotted a trade post from War Wolf 009: “Weapons for food.”
Qi Xu sent a private message right away.
Invincible Black Whirlwind: “What weapons do you have? What kind of food do you want for them?”
War Wolf 009 took a moment to reply: “I have a dagger and a long blade. Any food is fine, as long as it fills the stomach.”
Invincible Black Whirlwind: “4 meat buns and a bottle of water for your long blade?”
“Deal.”
Qi Xu had gotten 8 meat buns from the Silver Supply Crate. She had traded away five, and the remaining three were already in her belly.
She let out a satisfied burp and began practicing with the blade. Having a weapon without knowing how to use it was pointless. First, Qi Xu took the Silver Supply Crate down from her vehicle and closed the lid.
Over and over, she pried it open with the tip of the blade and then followed up with all kinds of slashes and hacks! Her goal was to cut down any monster the instant it popped out.
Early on, the monsters outside instances weren’t especially strong; they were mainly a test of a player’s nerve.
Qi Xu didn’t stop until her arms ached. She slapped at the sore muscles, stretched for a good while, did a quick wash-up, and finally climbed into the cargo bed to sleep.
Qi Xu was 1.65 meters tall, and the cargo bed wasn’t that long. Once her upper body was lying flat inside, she either had to let her legs dangle over the edge or curl up to sleep.
Even so, because she was completely safe, Qi Xu slept like a log all the way until five in the morning…
“Congratulations, carefree player! You’ve achieved the highest sleep quality on the first night of the game and earned a new title: 〖Carefree Kiddo〗.”
Qi Xu was speechless. In her previous run, she had fought for over three years and only ever earned a single title. Now she had been back for less than 24 hours… and she already had three.
Although she could only equip one title at a time right now, if she managed to get a title medal later on, she would be able to imprint titles to sell or equip.
Naturally, the more she had, the better.
Qi Xu tapped open the detailed description for 〖Carefree Kiddo〗 and immediately brightened.
“Carefree and unbothered, you’ll live to a hundred! This game needs easygoing people like you. When equipped, Strength, Agility, and Stamina each increase by 3 points!”
Qi Xu immediately swapped out 〖Stubborn Mule〗 for 〖Carefree Kiddo〗.
She also opened her personal player panel to check her current stats and status.
[Player: Qi Xu | Female | Age 24 | 〖Carefree Kiddo〗
ID: 8866620010608
Nickname: Invincible Black Whirlwind
Vehicle: Brand-New Pink Agricultural Electric Tricycle (Battery: 99%)
Health: 68 (Neck and shoulder problems, hand tendonitis, overall health below par.)
Fatigue: 15 (The only decent stat you have.)
Strength: 21 (+3) (Even with plus five, you’re still a total weakling.)
Stamina: 26 (+3) (Have we ever worked out a day in our life?)
Agility: 25 (+3) (Slow and sluggish, can’t even run properly.)
Overall Combat Power: 41 (All technique and no substance. You’re a weird one—are you cheating?)
Supplies: Dried noodles ×6, eggs ×20, mineral water 550ml ×13, salt, exquisite small cooking pot ×1, inventory backpack 20 slots, spring/summer/autumn/winter clothes ×1 set each, sterile spare underwear ×2, self-heating rice ×4, self-heating mini hot pot ×4, metal ×5, iron blocks ×5, gasoline ×1, nails ×10, machete ×1.]
Qi Xu noticed that after her three main stats each increased by 3 points, her Overall Combat Power had gone up by 6 points. Her combat experience was still there, after all; her base physical stats were just too weak. Still, she had time to build herself back up.
Qi Xu took out the small cooking pot, plugged it into the electric tricycle’s power source, and boiled two eggs, washing them down with mineral water for breakfast.
Then she started her morning workout!
First, she jogged around the tricycle to warm up. Since it wasn’t six o’clock yet and still counted as the game’s “night” phase, monsters came charging toward her from time to time.
However, they couldn’t get close. The moment they hit the eight-meter boundary around the tricycle, they were forced to stop, their whole routine boiling down to intimidation.
Qi Xu didn’t fall for it in the slightest, and every now and then she even hyped them up.
“Hey, friends on the left! Friends on the right! Move to the beat with me! Come On!”