《Worldwide Fishing: My Chances Of Getting A Treasure Are One Hundred Percent!》 Chapter 1 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Welcome to The Age of Fishing! You will be living a new life so pick up your fishing rods and go fishing. As long as you fish, you will get everything you want. In The Age of Fishing, everyone is at the same starting point, so do your best. Welcome to the Eastern Sea. I will provide you with the best service! Then, everyone felt as if their souls had been drawn out of their bodies. When they could open their eyes, they already arrived in a room. ¡°I ¡­ where am I?¡± Su Bai rubbed his eyes. ¡°I¡¯m not dead, am I?¡± Su Bai prayed that he was still alive. After all, he cherished his life. No, you are not. This is The Age of Fishing. But if you die here, you¡¯re really dead. ¡°W-Who¡¯s talking?!¡± I¡¯m the system¡¯s assistant. You can ask me if you don¡¯t understand anything. ¡°Where am I now?¡± You are currently at the Safe House (Note: the Safe House is only for storing items.) ¡°Hey System, what do you mean by storing items only?¡± The Safe House is where the warehouse is located. The items in the Safe House will not be discovered by anyone. To survive, players need to venture to the sea to build their own homes. Luckily, Su Bai was a smart university student. After the system¡¯s introduction, Su Bai had a general idea of the situation. However, such a smart person only managed to find an internet company for an internship after hitting a wall several times. At that time, he was only hired because of his good looks. Who knew that after only a few months of internship, ¡°The Age of Fishing¡± would suddenly appear? Ten billion people from all over the world were teleported to this area, where they could only obtain resources by fishing. As for fishing time, it would take 5-10 minutes each time, and the items obtained from fishing were all kinds, including miscellaneous items and treasure chests. The good news was that everyone¡¯s items could be traded through the system. Otherwise, if one person was unlucky, they might fail on the first day. The system was also something that everyone had, although its purpose was to assist players in answering some simple questions and as a guide for newbies. After calming down, Su Bai opened the system interface. There were many options like Chat, Bag, Character, Warehouse, Map, Mission, Trade, Friend, Craft, Gallery¡­ Looking at so many options, Su Bai was a little confused. ¡°This is definitely an online game.¡± That¡¯s right. This is a fishing online game with global participation. Su Bai¡¯s mouth couldn¡¯t help twitching when he heard such an answer. ¡°Let¡¯s first see what I have. Open the bag!¡± The Bag is a player¡¯s carry-on item. Each play starts with ten spaces. Each item can be stacked up to 99 (upgradable) Currently, there are some starting items in the Bag: a Fishing Rod, a Water Bottle, and Bread. ¡°No way, the initial items are only this little?¡± Su Bai complained. He then opened the Gallery. The Gallery is a display of all the items that the player has collected. It is only for viewing the item¡¯s properties. However, other than the bread and water bottle, the rest of the items in the Gallery were all black question marks. On the other page, there were craftable items. Other than an ordinary fishing rod, there were also black question marks. Just when Su Bai was about to check the item¡¯s properties, the system¡¯s notification tone suddenly rang. All players in this sea region are ready to awaken their abilities! Begin awakening abilities for each player. Abilities are ranked from F to SSS. Good luck to all of you. Begin awakening ability randomly. Congratulations player, you have awakened an SSS-rank talent. (Note: SSS-rank talents are extremely rare, the probability of awakening is one in 10 billion) Do you want to view it immediately? ¡°Yes!¡± Immediately, the reward for this mission appeared in Su Bai¡¯s mind. SSS-rank talent: Super Modifier. Skill description: The probability of any craftable item can be modified from 0 to 100%. The simple introduction was full of temptation. This kind of SSS-rank talent was very rare. The probability was one in ten billion, which meant that there was only one in the world. ¡°Everyone appears to have awakened a talent, but I actually awakened an SSS-rank talent. This is fantastic! ¡°One in ten billion and I¡¯m the only one in the world who got it!¡± Just when Su Bai was still immersed in the joy of an SSS-rank talent, he heard the system¡¯s notification prompt. Reminder: the Safe House visit time is about to end. (Each visit to the Safe House is only 10 minutes. Cooldown time is 5 hours.) Please head to the ocean to fish! ¡°Head to the sea immediately!¡± Su Bai was just thinking about how to use his fishing rod in this room when he was prompted to go fishing. Now loading¡­ Loading complete! When Su Bai opened his eyes, he was greeted by the boundless ocean and standing on a palm-sized Island. ¡°Damn, that¡¯s all about this place? Isn¡¯t this initial land a little too small?¡± Su Bai looked at the ground under his feet and couldn¡¯t help but complain. The area was so small, only made up of four pieces of land. ¡°I¡¯d better just fish honestly. This palm-sized land, I¡¯m really worried that I won¡¯t survive today. ¡°Oh right! I can change the properties of the craftable items! I just saw this fishing rod on the Gallery¡¯s Craftable page. ¡°Hey System, check the properties of the normal fishing rod.¡± Normal Fishing Rod: Fishing success rate is 50%, chances of getting miscellaneous items are 90%, chances of getting Wooden Chests are 5%, and chances of getting Bronze Chests are 5%. Looking at the properties of the normal fishing rod, Su Bai couldn¡¯t help clicking his tongue. ¡°A normal fishing rod is really ordinary. There¡¯s even a 50% chance of failure!¡± One had to know that every fishing attempt would take 5 ¨C 10 minutes. If one¡¯s luck was even worse, one would not get anything after 10 minutes. Since Su Bai was going to modify it, he had to pull up the percentages to the highest. Looking at the description and accompanied by his previous knowledge, Su Bai felt that the Bronze Chest must be the best. BEEP! Do you wish to modify the Normal Fishing Rod? ¡°So it really can be modified!¡± The system¡¯s voice appeared in Su Bai¡¯s mind again. ¡°Yes! I can¡¯t afford to fail in fishing? I¡¯ll first change the success rate of fishing to 100%. As for chances of getting those miscellaneous items and Wooden Chests, I¡¯ll make them 0%. These two items aren¡¯t particularly needed, so of course I¡¯ll change the chances of getting the Bronze Chests to 100%.¡± BEEP! Modification is successful! Normal Fishing Rod: Fishing success rate 100%, chances of getting junk items 0%, chances of getting Wooden Chests 0%, and chances of getting Bronze Chests 100% (Maker: Su Bai) ¡°Hahaha, I did it! I¡¯m rich, I¡¯m getting rich! ¡°Other people¡¯s fishing attempts have a high chance of being filled with miscellaneous items, and there¡¯s even a chance of failure. As long as I fish, I¡¯ll get a Bronze Chest every time! ¡°This is the journey that begins with an SSS-rank talent. With this alone, I¡¯m more than one step ahead of the others. What can the others use to fight me?¡± Su Bai couldn¡¯t suppress the ecstasy in his heart. He clicked on the Chat option as if he was possessed. Chapter 2 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation You can communicate with all players in the current area in the chat channel (Current area: 100,000 players). [What happened? I¡¯m still eating, how did I suddenly end up in The Age of Fishing?] [I would like to ask, is everyone¡¯s island made of four pieces of land? This place is too small.] [It¡¯s already good enough to have a place to stand, how big do you want? Are you expecting to get a three-bedroom apartment?] [Hahaha, it¡¯s nice to have an apartment with three bedrooms and a living room. By the way, what kind of innate talents have you all awakened?] [I¡¯ve awakened a C-rank talent. I could shorten the fishing time by 20%.] [That¡¯s a good skill. Reducing fishing time by 20%. That means you¡¯ll get 20% more resources than the others.] [My talent is F-rank, and I can have a higher sense of satiety.] [Are you a foodie? Doesn¡¯t this mean that you can eat more?] [By the way, is there only one C-rank talent that is the highest now? Everyone, come out and say a few words!] [Don¡¯t even think about it. We don¡¯t know each other here. How can we possibly trust you?] [I have a D-rank talent. I can increase the maximum limit of my bag by five slots.] [This is a good ability. You can bring more things with you.] [How is it good? Don¡¯t we all have a warehouse? I don¡¯t think I can fill my bag even if I fish for a whole day.] [Ahem, I have a B-rank talent. Now that we are all at the same starting line, we are still facing an unseen crisis. I want to find a few players with B-rank talent and above, so that we can develop together, become bigger and stronger, and create glory again!] [Are you a big shot? Can you please bring me along?] [Get out of the way! Has your talent reached B-rank? Look at me, bro. Although my talent isn¡¯t B-rank but C-rank, which is already very good.] [So what if my talent isn¡¯t B-rank? I can be your lackey, as long as you give me some food every day.] [You are really shameless for actually starting to be a bootlicker. I¡¯m looking down on you!] [Thank you, everyone. You¡¯re all so enthusiastic. My name is Meng Lin. Those who are willing to play with me can search for my name and add me as a friend. We can join a group together.] [No problem, boss. I have sent the request. Please approve.] [Me too.] [So do I.] [Please approve me.] [Boss, do you still have water? I was running a long distance before I came here, so I finished that bottle of water in one go.] [Are you dreaming? Everyone only has one bottle of water. What will they do if they give you the water?] [If you really can¡¯t do it, you can have a sip of seawater!] [Don¡¯t mislead others. You can¡¯t drink seawater. You¡¯ll be dehydrated very quickly after drinking seawater. At that time, you¡¯ll really be helpless.] [I¡¯ll block you immediately. Everyone is having a friendly exchange, but you¡¯re here thinking about how to harm others!] [Call the police and arrest this attempted murder.] Seeing that the conversation was getting more and more off-topic, Su Bai closed the chat window. From the content of the chat, Su Bai could tell that the strongest talent that had appeared was only B-rank, but that person did not say what his or her talent ability was. Other than the person with B-rank talent, no one else who was B-rank or higher talent came out to speak. Su Bai would not believe that. Everyone must be hiding and preparing to make a fortune quietly. After all, in the beginning, the system had said that talents were randomly generated from F-rank to SSS-rank. ¡°Hey System, check my current status!¡± Player Status Name: Su Bai Age: 20 years old Strength: 6 Stamina: 8 Spirit: 2 Intelligent: 2 Charisma: 3 Special Talent: SSS-rank, Super Modifier Skill: None Island Status Owner: Su Bai Island Level: 0 Area: 2 x 2 Building: None Buff: None Safe House Status Warehouse Size: 40 units The stats were very comprehensive, there were even strength, stamina, and so on. ¡°Alright, there¡¯s nothing much to do now. I just need to get those treasure chests.¡± The island was small. Su Bai didn¡¯t dare to get too close to the shore. He sat down cross-legged and started fishing. Fishing was also very simple. There was no need for bait. All he had to do was throw the fishing rod out, and then he just had to wait. One minute later¡­ Two minutes later¡­ After eight minutes, Su Bai felt the fishing rod suddenly sink, as if a fish had bitten the hook. ¡°It¡¯s here! My treasure chest!¡± Su Bai didn¡¯t even need to think that he had hooked up a treasure chest, because this normal fishing rod had been modified. Su Bai shouted and pulled hard. Then a treasure chest was in his hand. Bronze Chest: You can get items after opening it. ¡°So this is the bronze chest?¡± The treasure chest looked old and worn, covered with a layer of rust. It didn¡¯t feel heavy in Su Bai¡¯s hands, and it was only the size of two fists. ¡°What a pity. The probability of this bronze chest can not be changed. Otherwise, I would be able to get whatever I want.¡± After checking the properties of the bronze chest, Su Bai sighed. ¡°Open the bronze chest.¡± Treasure chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Iron Ore x 1! The bronze chest disappeared, and a heavy iron ore appeared in Su Bai¡¯s hand. Su Bai looked at the iron ore in his hand. He still didn¡¯t know what it was for. ¡°I¡¯ll keep it in my bag first.¡± A few minutes later, Su Bai got another bronze chest. Treasure chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Mud x 4! Congratulations player, you have obtained Mud. It is the main material to expand the island¡¯s area. ¡°Eh? There¡¯s actually something that can expand the area of the island.¡± Su Bai didn¡¯t waste any time and used all the muds. ¡°Hey System, use the muds.¡± Usage failed. Muds can not be used directly. It can only be used after crafting. Su Bai had no choice but to open the Craft option. After taking a look, he realized that 10 muds could be crafted into one piece of land, and one piece of land could directly expand the area of an Island. Su Bai had no choice but to continue fishing. After a few minutes, Su Bai got another bronze chest. Treasure chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Mud x 8! Through the crafting system, Su Bai soon got a piece of land. After using the land, a square piece of land suddenly emerged from the sea in front of Su Bai. Su Bai was very excited to see his island expanding. Once again, he focused on fishing. Treasure chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Blueprint: Thatch House x 2! Low-level Blueprint: Thatch House Can be used to build a thatched house. Materials Needed: Wooden Plank x 10, Palm Leaf x 20. ¡®I could actually build a house from a blueprint.¡¯ Su Bai thought. To put it bluntly, Su Bai looked very excited as he looked at the blueprint in front of him. ¡°It¡¯s a pity that I don¡¯t have enough materials. I actually need 20 palm leaves and 10 wooden planks. I haven¡¯t seen these two materials yet. ¡°Forget it, I¡¯ve only started fishing for a short while. I think we¡¯ll have enough of these materials in a while.¡± Chapter 3 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation The bag had enough room. Su Bai didn¡¯t have to worry about fitting everything in. ¡°Since I¡¯m lacking so many materials, I¡¯ll have to fish seriously next.¡± When he put all his mind on fishing, Su Bai had already forgotten the passage of time. Treasure chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Wooden Plank x 4! Treasure chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Mud x 5! Treasure chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Palm Leaf x 3! Treasure chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Silk Thread x 3! Treasure chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Stone x 1! Treasure chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Iron Ore x 2! Time flew by. It was already noon and Su Bai still hadn¡¯t stopped. After a whole morning of fishing, Su Bai¡¯s gains were bountiful. Su Bai stretched his back and all his bones cracked. ¡°Alright, let¡¯s see what we¡¯ve got from this morning.¡± Bag Wooden Plank x 14, Mud x 35, Palm Leaf x 17, Silk Thread x 26, Stone x 3, Iron Ore x 5¡­ After combining the muds in his bag, Su Bai got three more blocks of land. He used it and the island expanded to 2 x 4. ¡°Hey System, check the probability of opening a Bronze Chest.¡± Bronze Chest: Opening it one to three times will yield high-level materials, three to ten times will yield low-level materials, and one rare material. ¡°It¡¯s a pity that I can¡¯t see what these materials are.¡± The whole morning had passed and Su Bai had been under the sun for a long time. He was already very thirsty. If he didn¡¯t only have one bottle of water in his bag and he had to drink it sparingly, he would have already finished it. Lying lazily on the island, Su Bai didn¡¯t want to move at all. He just wanted to have a good rest. ¡°Let¡¯s take a look at the chat. Let¡¯s see what these people are discussing. Maybe I can get some useful information.¡± ¡°Open the chat interface!¡± Chat opened! [Omg, who can save me? The failure rate of this damn fishing rod is so high.] [Ditto. After working hard for half a day, I only managed to fish up a few wooden planks and a few muds. The rest were all a failure.] [Hahaha¡­ I¡¯m much better than you. I only failed three times in the morning, but there¡¯s nothing good, just wooden planks and muds.] [Same here. I did manage to fish up a Wooden Chest, but it¡¯s a pity that I only got a silk thread. I wonder what it can do.] [Anyone hasn¡¯t drunk his water? Can you give it to me? I was teleported here after running and was exposed to the sun for half a day. I¡¯m dying of thirst. I¡¯m willing to exchange 10 wooden planks for it.] [Poor thing. I just had a meal before I came. But bro, how did you get so many gains this morning?¡± [Ah, this water is really sweet. It¡¯s a pity you won¡¯t be able to drink it!] [I¡¯m telling you, don¡¯t go overboard!] [Overboard? What can you do to me? You can¡¯t possibly swim all the way here and beat me up, can you? I¡¯ll be waiting for you here!] [Bro, I have a good idea, but I don¡¯t know if you¡¯re willing to hear it.] [What is it? As long as I don¡¯t die of thirst, I¡¯m willing to do it.] [As we all know, we¡¯ll excrete urine after drinking water. If you don¡¯t feel disgusted, you could¡­] [Enough. You don¡¯t have to continue. You¡¯re really disgusting.] [Ditto, I also feel very disgusted! Even if I starve to death or jump down from here, I won¡¯t drink it.] [Hahaha, shouldn¡¯t you be dying of thirst?] [Drink it sparingly. We still don¡¯t know how to get water. If you drink the water now, how are you going to survive the next step?] After reading all the chats, Su Bai understood that many people had the same idea as him. They were saving water and only drinking it at the most critical moment. Su Bai was not in the mood to continue reading the chats. ¡°It¡¯s better to work for yourself than to beg others. Who knows, I might even get a bottle of water from the Bronze Chest.¡± Su Bai murmured. His words were like encouraging himself, but also like giving himself hope to live. Lying on the ground lazily, Su Bai felt very comfortable. After all, this was a scene in a game. Even though there was sea around, there was grass on the ground. It was very comfortable to lie on the grass. System Notification: A storm is coming in a week. All players, please be prepared. Su Bai, who was resting, couldn¡¯t help but shiver when he heard the news. ¡°What? This place can randomly produce storms?¡± However, after thinking about it carefully, it was normal. After all, they were on the sea, and it was normal for a storm to occur from time to time. Su Bai, who was originally very comfortable, suddenly sat up. ¡°No, I can¡¯t lie down anymore. Although there¡¯s still a week before the storm, if I don¡¯t treasure the time now, I¡¯m afraid I won¡¯t be able to wait until the day the storm comes.¡± Thinking that he was the only one with an SSS grade talent but was about to die, Su Bai felt very sneered. ¡°I¡¯d better just keep fishing. Not only do I have to guard against the storm, but I also have to find a way to survive the night. I haven¡¯t even collected all the materials needed to build a thatched house.¡± Su Bai took out the fishing rod again and started to fish seriously. In the blink of an eye, it was nighttime. After a whole afternoon of hard work, Su Bai¡¯s bag had a lot more things. Bag Wooden Plank x 23, Mud x 41, Palm Leaf x 30, Silk Thread x 57, Stone x 5, Iron Ore x 7¡­ ¡°Great, I can build a thatched house now. Hey System, create a thatched house.¡± Used Low-Level Blueprint: Thatch House! Materials Needed: Wooden Planks x 10, Palm Leaves x 20. Materials fulfilled. Space Required: 3 x 3 Crafting failed! Space required: 3 x 3 Space is insufficient. Please upgrade. After combining all the muds in his bag, Su Bai¡¯s island had become 3 x 4. Crafting Thatch House¡­ Crafting Thatch House complete! Su Bai was even more surprised by the blueprint than the space required. This was because he saw the drawing expand into a 3D thatched house. Then, the wooden planks and palm leaves flew up one by one. After a cloud of dust, a thatched house appeared in front of him. He walked into the thatched house. It was really clean, without a single piece of furniture. ¡°Great, this thatched house doesn¡¯t even have a bed.¡± Luckily, the wooden planks in the bag could be taken out. Su Bai took out a few wooden planks and put them together, making a makeshift bed. He licked his dry lips and took out the bottle of water from his bag. But he was very conservative and only drank one-third of it. Su Bai ate a piece of bread and lay down on the bed. Maybe it was because he had worked hard for the whole day, Su Bai soon fell asleep. Chapter 4 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation The next morning, Su Bai woke up early from hunger. After careful consideration, Su Bai still didn¡¯t touch the remaining half of the bread and water. ¡°Today is another day filled with hope!¡± After stretching his muscles and bones, he started fishing again. Treasure chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Wooden Plank x 3! Treasure chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Mud x 6! Treasure chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Palm Leaf x 4! Treasure chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Silk Thread x 2! Treasure chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Stone x 4! Treasure chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Iron Ore x 1! Treasure chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Rare Blueprint: Seawater Desalinator x 1! ¡°A seawater desalinator?¡± Su Bai couldn¡¯t believe what he had just heard. He quickly stopped fishing and looked at the blueprint. Rare Blueprint: Seawater Desalinator Materials Needed: Iron Ore x 10, Silk Thread x 10, Bronze Ore x 3. Can be crafted into a Seawater Desalinator. The materials for the seawater desalinator were a little rare. After all, Su Bai had not obtained a single bronze ore after opening so many Bronze Chests. But Su Bai did think of another possibility. Maybe he was too unlucky to get a bronze ore. Thinking of that, Su Bai quickly opened the Trade option. In Trade, players can obtain all their items through trading with other players. After opening it, Su Bai realized that he was wrong. The trading system was basically non-existent. After all, most players were still in their early stages. The resources in their hands could all be obtained through fishing, so there was no need to trade. Helplessly, Su Bai could only open the Chat option. Su Bai asked, [Did anyone get a bronze ore from a treasure chest?] [Bronze? What¡¯s that?] [Ah? Someone had already developed so quickly? I¡¯ve never even heard of these materials!] [I do have a bronze ore here, but what do you want to use to trade for it?] After thinking for a while, Su Bai realized that none of the things he got were particularly precious. The only thing he could trade was the thatched house drawing. Su Bai replied, [I¡¯ll trade the thatched house blueprint with you!] [Wow! The thatched house¡¯s blueprint! Last night, I heard the people who lived in the thatched house showing off. I didn¡¯t expect that today, someone would start to trade the thatched house blueprint for something!] [Before we trade, I would like to ask what materials are needed to build a thatched house.] Su Bai replied, [The materials are simple. Wooden Plank x 10 and Palm Leaf x 20.] [That¡¯s all? Sure, I¡¯m willing to trade.] Su Bai replied, [Sure, no problem. I¡¯ve already put up the blueprint for the trade. You can trade it with me there.] Very quickly, that person traded the blueprint. Trading completed! You lost Blueprint: Thatch House x 1 and gained Bronze Ore x 1! Looking at the bronze in his hand, Su Bai felt even more energetic. He went to the chat and continued to ask. After an hour of hard work, Su Bai finally gathered three bronze ores. ¡°Hey System, craft a seawater desalinator!¡± Used Rare Blueprint: Seawater Desalinator! Materials Needed: Iron Ore x 10, Silk Thread x 10, Bronze Ore x 3. Space Required: 1 x 1. Crafting Seawater Desalinator¡­ Crafting Seawater Desalinator complete! It was very similar to the crafting of the thatched house. As the materials flew towards the enlarged blueprint, a seawater desalinator appeared in front of Su Bai. ¡°Hey System, check the properties of the seawater desalinator!¡± Seawater Desalinator Status Efficiency: 15 minutes/each time Consume: 500ml of Seawater Produce: 500ml of Clearwater ¡°Hahaha! Now, I don¡¯t have to worry about water anymore!¡± After all, those three blueprints were of no value to Su Bai. He had already built a thatched house, and the extra ones were of no use. However, the seawater desalinator was different. It could continuously produce water. Su Bai thought at this stage of the game, no one had a way to obtain fresh water yet. Moreover, the blueprint was a rare one. He had only obtained it after opening countless Golden Chests. ¡°However, this is not always the case. Aren¡¯t these bronze ores only obtained by the exceptionally fortunate?¡± Su Bai suddenly realized the severity of the problem. There were always some lucky people in this world. ¡°Why am I so stupid? I could use the water I have to trade with them.¡± After waiting for 15 minutes, the seawater desalinator produced 500ml of water. ¡°This game is really thoughtful. The water produced is directly stored in a bottle.¡± Su Bai picked up the bottle of water and drank it without hesitation. He was very thirsty. Gulp, gulp, gulp ~ ¡°Cool! It felt so good! This water is as pure as it can be!¡± Su Bai couldn¡¯t help sighing after drinking the water. Now that he had water, Su Bai no longer saved it. He finished the rest of the water in his bag. By noon, the seawater desalinator had produced 17 bottles of water for Su Bai. ¡°Alright, it¡¯s time to harvest! With all the water I have, what else can¡¯t be traded?¡± Su Bai opened the Chat option. He typed, [Guys, I have good news and bad news, which one do you want to hear first?] [The good news, of course!] Su Bai replied, [The good news is that I have a lot of water here.] [What¡¯s the bad news?] Su Bai typed, [Hehe, the bad news is that you may not be able to afford what I want.] [Don¡¯t keep us in suspense. Hurry up and put it up. I¡¯m dying of thirst!] Su Bai replied, [Alright, everyone, I¡¯ll go put it up now!] Su Bai knew that even selling items had to be promoted first. If he didn¡¯t come here to chat and say these words, no one would notice that he had put drinking water up even after half a day. Su Bai opened the Trade option and divided the water into two portions. Item for trade: Drinking Water x 8. Condition: 1 Bottle of Water for 11 Mud. Item for trade: Drinking Water x 8. Condition: 1 Bottle of Water for 1 Bronze Ore. Return to Chat option. Su Bai typed, [It¡¯s up now. If you want to get it, hurry up!] [Thank you, bro. I¡¯ve already got it! I feel like I¡¯ve been reborn.] [What? 11 muds for a bottle of water? Why don¡¯t you just go rob someone?] [Huh? Why do you want mud? I used all the mud to make the land!] [Please have mercy, bro. I¡¯ll trade 11 wooden planks for a bottle of water!] [Same here!] Su Bai was not going to ignore their requests, but there was only so much water at the moment. If he wanted to use wooden planks, he would have to wait until the next wave of water was produced. Trading completed! You¡¯ve lost Drinking Water x 8 and gained Bronze Ore x 8! Trading completed! You¡¯ve lost Drinking Water x 8 and gained Mud x 8! Hearing the system¡¯s notification, Su Bai couldn¡¯t help but smile. The other players said that it was too expensive, but their buying speed was not slow at all. In less than a minute, they had already bought everything. Chapter 5 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Looking at the 88 pieces of mud in his hand, Su Bai did not hesitate and directly combined them all into land blocks. The newly built seawater desalinator made the already narrow space even more narrow. This time, the island¡¯s area had increased a lot. It was now 4 x 5, which was a lot more spacious. Even though Su Bai had already obtained a lot of resources, he did not stop what he was doing and continued to fish persistently. Treasure chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Bread x 1! ¡°As expected, I can get water and bread. It¡¯s just that I was too unlucky before.¡± Su Bai said while looking at the bread in his hand. With this piece of bread, Su Bai didn¡¯t have to worry anymore. His stomach was growling when he was worried that he had finished all the bread. Su Bai just sat on the ground, eating bread and drinking water. While he was drinking, Su Bai saw something swimming in the water from the corner of his eye. ¡°It can¡¯t be a fish, right?¡± Su Bai couldn¡¯t believe his eyes. ¡®If there were really fish here, why didn¡¯t I see a single fish after fishing for an entire day yesterday?¡¯ Su Bai pondered. After all, the fish was meat. Su Bai quickly put down the water and walked towards the shore. ¡°It¡¯s a fish, but it¡¯s in the water and I don¡¯t have a harpoon. I¡¯m afraid it¡¯ll be hard to catch it.¡± Looking at the fish swimming freely in the water, Su Bai was in a dilemma. ¡°Hey System, check the bag!¡± Bag Wooden Plank x 23, Mud x 2, Palm Leaf x 30, Silk Thread x 7, Stone x 5, Iron Ore x 1¡­ None of the items in Su Bai¡¯s bag could be used to catch fish. Just when Su Bai was about to give up, he suddenly saw a blueprint. Low-Level Blueprint: Spear Materials Needed: Wooden Plank x 20, Iron Ore X 5. Can be used to craft a Spear. ¡°Although this spear is used for attack, it should also be used to catch fish.¡± Su Bai had enough wooden planks. All he needed was the iron ore. Seeing hope, he didn¡¯t waste any more time and quickly entered fishing mode again. After two hours of hard work, Su Bai had finally gathered five iron ores. ¡°Hey System, craft a spear.¡± Used Low-Level Blueprint: Spear! Materials Needed: Wooden Plank x 20, Iron Ore X 5. Materials fulfilled. Crafting Spear¡­ Crafting Spear complete! The handle of the spear was made of wood, and the spearhead was made of iron. Unlike the spears that were often seen, this spear was missing a red tassel. Su Bai didn¡¯t care much about the red tassel. He only wanted to catch a fish. ¡°May the heavens bless me. I hope I can succeed!¡± Su Bai prayed in silence. With the spear in hand, Su Bai started to look for fish on the shore. There were a few fish nearby, but they were too small. The spear wouldn¡¯t be able to hit them at all. ¡°This is the one!¡± His hard work paid off. Finally, Su Bai got a big fish. Holding the spear in his hand, Su Bai recalled the knowledge he had learned. The water was refracted, so if one wanted to fish in the water, one had to aim below the fish. Only then one would be able to hit the fish accurately. Su Bai aimed at the target and threw out the spear with a whoosh. Just a little left and the fish would have escaped. Fortunately, the silk thread was wrapped around the end of the spear. Otherwise, the spear would have become a one-time-use weapon. After walking around the shore for a while, Su Bai found his target again. The fish was a little slow, and Su Bai was very fast. He killed it with one blow! ¡°Yahoo!¡± Su Bai couldn¡¯t help but cheer for catching a fish. Although bread could also satisfy hunger, how could it be compared with the taste of fish? However, he had only managed to catch a fish. There were still many things to do if he wanted to eat it. There was no fire on this Island! He even had to drill wood to start a fire! The only good news was that Su Bai had a thatched house. Otherwise, it would be more difficult to drill wood to start a fire than to climb to the sky with the sea breeze. Su Bai, who had never experienced survival in the wilderness since he was young, was forced to learn it today. It was a simple skill for Su Bai to start a fire. First, he laid the dry thatch on the ground and divided it into two parts. Then, he stuffed the other part into the gaps between the thatch. He placed the burning thatch in the dry spot and threw the other half in the burning spot. After a while, the thatch started to smoke. Su Bai quickly blew on it. Slowly, the smoke became thicker and thicker, filling the small thatched house with smoke. ¡°Cough, cough ¡­ Cough, cough ¡­¡± Su Bai was choked by the smoke and was about to cry. Finally, with a whoosh, the thatch that was still smoking suddenly turned into a ball of fire. Su Bai quickly put a few wooden planks on it. After some work, the wooden planks were also ignited. ¡°Haha, I¡¯ve got fire!¡± Su Bai was dancing with joy. Next, Su Bai started to process the fish. He wanted to make some fish soup, but there was no pot, so he had to give up the idea. After the fish was cooked, Su Bai took a bite and found it tasted pretty good. ¡°It seems that this fish is quite delicious.¡± After eating and drinking to his heart¡¯s content, Su Bai lay on the bed and rested. For the first time in two days, Su Bai felt so satisfied. Su Bai proceeded to open the Chat option because he was bored. [Guys, I opened a treasure chest and got water!] [Really? What treasure chest did you open? Are you hallucinating because you¡¯re so thirsty?] Su Bai was even more sure of his own thoughts after he saw the chat. He was really unlucky that all the items he got were craftable materials. Fortunately, he had obtained the seawater desalinator. Otherwise, with his luck, he would be extremely short of water at this time. [Why would I lie to you? I thought I saw it wrong at first, but can you drink something that you saw wrong? I¡¯ve already drunk it.] [Why did you say it out loud after drinking it? You can sell it to me!] [You¡¯re really shameless. If you are capable, go and fish for yourself! You still want to cheat others of their water.] [Hey, don¡¯t make it sound so bad. How can you call this lying? This is a trading fair and square!] [I had enough of this. I¡¯m going to go fishing. I also want to open a bottle of water to drink.] [Hahaha, even though I¡¯m very thirsty right now, you¡¯re dreaming. This bottle of water must have come from a Bronze Chest. I¡¯m even suspecting that the 5% chance is fake. I¡¯ve already opened more than a dozen Normal Chests, and got only two Bronze Chests.] [It¡¯s indeed a Bronze Chest. It took me three treasure chests to get this.] [No way, the probability of getting a Bronze Chest is quite high too. I got it almost by half, and I also got water and bread!] [I¡¯m envious!] [Me too.] [I¡¯ll absorb, I¡¯ll absorb, I¡¯m going to take all your luck!] [Alright, alright, go take in some air!] Chapter 6 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Seeing other players talking and laughing in the Chat, Su Bai felt like he was playing games at home. Unfortunately, the reality was cruel. This was still a deserted island, and they still had to fish. After enough rest, Su Bai stopped slacking and started the next round of fishing. The mission in the afternoon was quite tough. To enjoy having fish again, Su Bai had taken down some dry grass from the roof of the thatched house and now he had to collect materials to build another thatched house. Su Bai could still continue staying in the current thatched house. Since there was a 100% chance of getting another bronze chest, Su Bai didn¡¯t want to be particular about it, in case it rained at night. He was out at sea. There was a significant temperature difference between day and night, and the sea would frequently release a significant amount of water vapor. Rain was expected to fall. Treasure chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Wooden Plank x 3! Treasure chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Mud x 4! Treasure chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Iron Ore x 1! Su Bai was still fishing, but he didn¡¯t know that what he did at noon had attracted many people¡¯s attention. In Meng Lin¡¯s little Alliance, they were talking about Su Bai. Meng Lin typed, [Have you guys noticed that Su Bai?] [Su Bai? Who is it? I¡¯ve never heard of it. ] [You¡¯re so stupid. It¡¯s the one who sold water at noon. Where did he get the water from? He put up 16 bottles for trade in one go.] [What? 16 bottles of water, where did he get them from? Even though I know that you can get water from treasure chests, the probability is very low. Could it be that he has already opened 100 treasure chests in the past two days?] Meng Lin typed, [That¡¯s very likely. From what we¡¯ve heard so far, there¡¯s no other way to get water except by opening treasure chests.] [That¡¯s terrifying. This luck is a little heaven-defying!] Meng Lin replied, [His luck is indeed heaven-defying, but I don¡¯t think his luck is reflected in the number of treasure chests he can get.] [Isn¡¯t it because of good luck? I have a pretty lucky friend. He obtained 10 bronze chests yesterday and got water.] Meng Lin asked, [Did you ask your friend what his talent rank is?] [Well¡­ his¡­ his talent is A-rank.] Meng Lin replied, [That¡¯s the key. Although fishing depends on luck, that¡¯s definitely not the main reason. The most important factor is his talent. I suspect that Su Bai¡¯s talent is very likely an S-rank.] [What? An S-rank talent? Doesn¡¯t that mean that we can¡¯t catch up to him anymore!] [That kind of luck, he really is a lucky fellow!] [If his talent is really an S-rank, then it would explain why he had so much water.] Meng Lin¡¯s words caused the people in the alliance to sigh. His analysis was quite logical, but he wouldn¡¯t expect Su Bai to have an SSS-rank talent. [Everyone, quiet down! So what if he has S-rank talent? There¡¯s many of us, what¡¯s the use of him being powerful alone?] [That¡¯s right, we¡¯re not afraid of him!] Meng Lin called Su Bai an idiot after he saw the replies. He didn¡¯t mean to go against Su Bai. After all, Su Bai possessed an S-rank talent. If they fought head-on, even if he won, he would suffer a great loss. Meng Lin typed, [At this stage, we can¡¯t go against him. Our foundation is still very weak. Do you want so many people to die with you? What we need to do is to neither win him over nor make him our enemy!] [That¡¯s right. We should just wait and see. If we make an enemy out of such a person, it¡¯ll be troublesome if he summons a group of people to fight against us.] The reason Meng Lin didn¡¯t try to recruit Su Bai was that Su Bai¡¯s talent level was too high. Once he recruited Su Bai, his current status would be outshined. As for not making enemies, he hoped to trade some ordinary materials for some good things from Su Bai. ACHOO~ Su Bai, who was fishing, rubbed his nose. ¡°What¡¯s going on? Why am I sneezing all of a sudden?¡± He felt the temperature around him. It was a bright sun outside, but Su Bai wasn¡¯t hot at all in the thatched house. ¡°Could it be because I was fishing in the thatched house?¡± It was just a small interlude. Su Bai didn¡¯t take it to heart and continued to focus on fishing. Su Bai didn¡¯t stop until evening. He lay on the grass and stretched his limbs comfortably. ¡°Hmm¡­ there¡¯s quite a lot of water left, it¡¯s time to sell another round.¡± Su Bai opened the Trade option. Item for trade: Drinking Water x 5. Condition: 1 Bottle of Water for 10 Mud. Item for trade: Drinking Water x 5. Condition: 1 Bottle of Water for 10 Wooden Planks. Item for trade: Drinking Water x 5. Condition: 1 Bottle of Water for 3 Iron Ores. Item for trade: Drinking Water x 5. Condition: 1 Bottle of Water for 1 Bronze Ore. Su Bai immediately opened the Chat option after he put up the trade. Su Bai typed, [Everyone, I have some more water for trade. This time, there are more things to trade and it has met your needs. If you want to trade, do it quickly.] [What? There¡¯s water again. Thank you, bro. I¡¯ll go take a look now. I was slow last time, so I didn¡¯t manage to get it!] [Bro, you¡¯re the best. You know that I have wooden planks the most. I¡¯ve already traded them for a bottle of water.] [Bro, can you put more trades with mud and wood? I¡¯ve never seen these iron and bronze ores before!] [Yeah, bro. I have Iron ore, but I only have two. I can¡¯t trade them. Please add a few more bottles.] [There¡¯s no need to look. While you were hesitating, they were all bought. Hehe, but I managed to grab a bottle!] [That¡¯s so fast. Why are your hands so fast? I thought there was a delay on my side. I turned it on but didn¡¯t see anything.] As expected, after that message appeared, Su Bai was also notified by the system. Trading completed! You¡¯ve lost Drinking Water x 5 and gained Mud x 50! Trading completed! You¡¯ve lost Drinking Water x 5 and gained Wooden Plank x 50! Trading completed! You¡¯ve lost Drinking Water x 5 and gained Iron Ore x 15! Trading completed! You¡¯ve lost Drinking Water x 5 and gained Bronze Ore x 5! [Everyone, don¡¯t buy his things! This is exploitation, everyone! Don¡¯t you think that the price of a bottle of water is too high? I worked hard for half a day in trade for a bottle of water.] [Bro, ignore him. We all need you!] [Shut up! Our bro was kind enough to trade us his extra water. Are you going to give me your water to drink?] [Bro, please take me in. I was too slow and didn¡¯t manage to grab it. Can you trade with me alone?] [Wake up everyone, we have to unite to resist him and make him lower his price! A bottle of water for a wooden plank! That¡¯s a reasonable price!] [I also hope that the price can be lowered, but it¡¯s enough to reduce it by half. These materials are too much for me. I¡¯ll need half a day¡¯s effort to gather one.] Su Bai replied, [We each take what we need. Since you don¡¯t like this bottle of water, then don¡¯t buy my water anymore!] After that, Su Bai blocked the guy named Xu Xiangdong. Xu Xiangdong¡¯s words annoyed Su Bai. The price Su Bai fixed was already reasonable and everyone could afford it, but he was still complaining. He even wanted to trade a wooden plank for a bottle of water. ¡®What a dreamer!¡¯ Su Bai thought. Chapter 7 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Su Bai closed the Chat and proceeded to combine the mud. He had obtained 35 mud from the treasure chest in the afternoon and 50 mud from the trade, combining them into a total of 8 pieces of land. Now, he had expanded the area of the island to 4 x 7. ¡°Hey System, check my status now!¡± Player Status Name: Su Bai Age: 20 years old Strength: 6 + 1 Stamina: 8 + 2 Spirit: 2 Intelligent: 2 Charisma: 3 Special Talent: SSS-rank, Super Modifier Skill: None Island Status Owner: Su Bai Island Level: 0 Area: 4 x 7 Building: Thatch House x 1, Seawater Desalinator x 1 Buff: None Safe House Status Warehouse Size: 40 units Looking at the information in front of him, Su Bai was quite excited. It had only been two days and he had already achieved such results. ¡°Eh? What¡¯s going on? How did these two attributes increase?¡± At that moment, Su Bai finally noticed the changes in his strength and stamina. ¡°Hey System, what¡¯s going on?¡± Replying to player, this is because of the changes in the fishing in the past two days. Fishing will increase the player¡¯s various attributes. ¡°I see. Is there a limit to the attributes that I can increase?¡± Yes, fishing can only increase a small number of attributes. After reaching the upper limit, you have to find other ways to increase your attributes. Su Bai had thought that his attributes would keep increasing. But it made sense. It was already good enough to increase his attributes by fishing, so it didn¡¯t matter how much it was added. There must be other ways to increase them in the future. Just as Su Bai was hesitating about whether to build another thatched house, he noticed a lot of dark clouds in the sky. ¡°Looks like it¡¯s going to rain. I¡¯m such a jinx!¡± Su Bai looked at the dark clouds in the sky and couldn¡¯t help but complain. Now, even if Su Bai didn¡¯t want to build a new thatched house, he had to. The current thatched house couldn¡¯t guarantee shelter from the storm. After selecting the location, Su Bai used the blueprint. ¡°Hey System, build a thatched house.¡± Used Low-Level Blueprint: Thatch House Materials Needed: Wooden Plank x 10, Palm Leaf x 20. Materials fulfilled! Space Required: 3 x 3 Have you chosen the designated location? Crafting Thatch House Crafting Thatch House complete! Su Bai heaved a sigh of relief when he saw the new thatched house. He possessed an SSS-level skill. It would be absurd for him to face the storm without a roof over his head. Lying in the new thatched house, Su Bai opened Trade. Since Su Bai could see the dark clouds in the sky, it meant that everyone else could. Su Bai still had some blueprints of the thatched house, which were useless to him. He might as well trade them for materials. Item for trade: Blueprint: Thatch House x 3. Condition: 1 Blueprint for 15 Mud. Item for trade: Blueprint: Thatch House x 3. Condition: 1 Blueprint for 15 Wooden Planks. After the items were up for trade, Su Bai looked at the Chat. Su Bai typed [Hello everyone, I¡¯m here to trade again. I¡¯m sure you¡¯ve all seen the dark clouds in the sky. It looks like it¡¯s going to rain tonight. I happen to have a few thatched house blueprints here. If you need them, please come and trade with me.] Xu Xiangdong replied, [What? 15 wooden planks for one blueprint? You¡¯re still as scum as ever, Su Bai. Everyone, let¡¯s work together and not buy his blueprints.] [Su Bai, you¡¯re so timely. I was just worrying about how to spend the night, and you offered your blueprint to trade.] [Su Bai, can you lower the price? The required items are really a little precious. I¡¯ve just bought drinking water, so I really can¡¯t trade with my remaining materials now.] Xu Xiangdong sent, [Did you hear that? Su Bai, your things are too expensive, hurry up and lower the price.] Su Bai replied, [I¡¯m not doing charity. The conditions are already very reasonable. I knew that this could only be obtained from a Bronze Chest, and the probability of it being obtained is not high.] Su Bai didn¡¯t say anything more. To him, they would buy if they wanted to. Su Bai didn¡¯t care about what they thought. He didn¡¯t get these blueprints by accident. If the others wanted to avoid being drenched by the rain tonight, they would make some sacrifices. Su Bai no longer paid attention to their idle chatter. Especially when he saw what Xu Xiangdong wrote, Su Bai couldn¡¯t help but feel a burst of fire in his heart. As soon as Su Bai closed the Chat, he heard the system prompt. Trading completed! You¡¯ve lost Blueprint: Thatch House x 3 and gained Mud x 45! Trading completed! You¡¯ve lost Blueprint: Thatch House x 3 and gained Wooden Plank x 45! In the face of the upcoming storm, many people still gritted their teeth and bought these blueprints. Su Bai had left the chat, but there were still people discussing the blueprints. Chat Xu Xiangdong sent, [Can¡¯t we work together? He¡¯s always taking advantage of us.] Xu Xiangdong looked at the players¡¯ replies and was very annoyed. He had just gone to Trade and found that all the blueprints had been bought. However, no one could be blamed for this. After all, the storm was about to come. Although these materials were relatively precious to them, no matter how precious they were, they were not as precious as their lives. [That¡¯s easy for you to say, but I heard from my friend that you bought a bottle of water from Su Bai through him.] Xu Xiangdong seemed to have been hit in his soft spot. Xu Xiangdong responded, [He¡¯s slandering me. I didn¡¯t do it.] [Whether or not you¡¯ve done it, only you would know.] [Hahaha, what a joke. You told others not to buy it, but you¡¯re buying it secretly.] [This is the kind of person who is the most despicable. I think he¡¯s just worried that we¡¯ll finish buying everything.] [I¡¯m telling you, don¡¯t slander our Su Bai. No one else could provide these things other than Su Bai!¡± That sentence immediately pointed out the key to the problem. Although there would be people trading for items in Trade from time to time, the items they traded were all very ordinary. For things like the drinking water blueprint, they had rarely seen anyone trade it before. [I agree. Everyone should unite to boycott people like Xu Xiangdong.] [If one day we really offended Su Bai, he would no longer sell us blueprints. Then we¡¯ll all be dead.] [Oh no, I can already feel raindrops falling down.] [Yes, you¡¯re right. It¡¯s raining.] It was only now that many people regretted not buying the blueprints. Otherwise, they would have already built the thatched house and would not have to be in the rain. Chapter 8 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Su Bai had no interest in what the other players were talking about; he was already in his dreamland. The good news was that it only rained tonight, and it didn¡¯t last for long. The bad news was that the nights at sea were very cold, and with the heavy rain, many people fell sick. Some people had already eaten up their food and were now hungry and thirsty. Su Bai didn¡¯t get up until the next morning and stretched his body. Su Bai had no idea what happened last night. He only knew that it had started to rain before he went to bed. ¡°Will I be able to go to other players¡¯ islands?¡± No, an Island can only have one player at a time. Su Bai asked that because he wanted to find out if anyone had died in the storm last night. If someone had died, he could go and pick up their materials. But the system¡¯s reply made Su Bai realize a possibility. The system did not say that players were not allowed to visit other islands. Instead, it said that a maximum of one player could live on an island. If the players had died in the storm last night, it means there were no players on their islands. Although it was wrong to do so, these items had already become ownerless, thus it would be a waste not to take them. ¡°Hey System, I¡¯m sure some of the players didn¡¯t make it through last night. Can I go to their Island?¡± This time, the system took several minutes to respond. Su Bai almost thought the system was going to punish him. Yes. After this, players can teleport to other islands. After hearing the system¡¯s reply, Su Bai was so excited that he almost jumped up. This was even faster than fishing on his own. Many of those players must have collected a lot of materials, but they could not use them because they did not have the blueprint. The scene in front of Su Bai began to blur and he appeared on a brand new island. It turned out that the owner of the island had already disappeared, leaving only materials scattered on the ground. ¡°The game is quite considerate. After the player dies, the corpse will disappear as well.¡± Even though Su Bai said that his hands didn¡¯t stop moving. In less than a minute, Su Bai had collected all the materials that were scattered in the morning. ¡°Hey System, head to the next island.¡± After a moment of blurriness, Su Bai arrived at another island. After half an hour of teleportation, Su Bai felt like he was going to throw up. ¡°Can¡¯t we change the method of teleportation? Why does it have to be blurred every time before we can teleport?¡± Su Bai said weakly, trying to suppress the urge to vomit. ¡°Stop! Time Out! I need to rest for a while before I can continue. If this continues, I¡¯m afraid I¡¯ll pass out from teleportation.¡± After collecting the things on the island, Su Bai lay on the grass and started to rest. In the Chat, everyone began to share their situation after waking up. [The rain last night was really heavy! When I woke up this morning, I already had a cold.] [I¡¯ve also caught a cold. Not only is the night cold, but it¡¯s even colder after the rain drenched my clothes.] [That¡¯s because you are too weak. Although it was cold last night, I¡¯m fine today.] Everyone couldn¡¯t help but roll their eyes at that player¡¯s response. Their physiques were already deemed good, but after ingesting the system¡¯s food and drink, there was nothing left to consume. It would be odd if they didn¡¯t get sick under conditions such as hunger and cold. [Easy for you to say. There was a gust of wind at night. Although I don¡¯t have a cold, I still feel very uncomfortable.] [I¡¯m so sad. One of my friends was gone last night. I asked him about his condition before I went to bed last night, but he didn¡¯t answer this morning no matter how many times I called.] [Don¡¯t be so sad. Maybe he¡¯s still sleeping.] [Yeah, cheer up. Maybe he¡¯s fishing right now and doesn¡¯t have time to reply to you.] Everyone began to comfort the sad player. [Your friend might really be gone because I have a friend who¡¯s the same. He texted me last night saying that he was freezing to death. I texted him this morning, but he hasn¡¯t replied to me yet.] [M-My friend too, this damn weather!] The subject became quite distressing. Although the system had warned that many would die here when The Age of Fishing began, no one anticipated a group of individuals to leave on the morning of the third day. In an instant, everyone fell into despair, and no one in the Chat could continue. Those who wanted to show off that they had a thatched house and were safe and sound did not dare to speak at that moment. They were worried that they would become the target of everyone¡¯s attack. Such an incident really put people in a bad mood, but Su Bai continued to search for the materials left on the island after he had rested. Su Bai spent the whole morning in constant teleporting and resting when necessary. When it was almost noon, the system notified Su Bai that there were no more islands he could teleport to. Su Bai then returned to his own Island. ¡°Hey System, open the bag!¡± Bag Wooden Planks x 243, Mud x 127, Palm Leaf x 157, Dried leaf x 21, Silk Thread x 53, Stone x 8, Iron ore x 12¡­ After checking his bag, Su Bai realized that the people who died in the storm actually had very few supplies. They didn¡¯t have many resources, to begin with, and after consuming their bread and water, they couldn¡¯t survive at all. He didn¡¯t find anything when he was collecting supplies in the morning, but after looking at the bag, Su Bai¡¯s heart suddenly became heavy. ¡°Thank you for your gifts. I, Su Bai, thank you all here.¡± Su Bai kowtowed very sincerely. Su Bai had collected a lot of wooden planks in the morning, but there was not much mud. What Su Bai wanted most was mud. The island was not small, but no one would complain about the size of their island. It seemed that many people had used the mud to expand the area of their island. But no matter how those loots were still materials in Su Bai¡¯s eyes. He still used all the mud. He opened the Craft option and crafted the 127 pieces of mud into 12 pieces of land. At that time, his island¡¯s area had become 5 x 8. Su Bai suddenly recalled the 21 dried leaves in his bag. He had never seen such material before. He had also obtained some of those dried leaves in the morning, but he didn¡¯t have that much. Chapter 9 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation ¡°Hey System, what¡¯s with these dried leaves?¡± The function of the bag is only to help the player store items. The palm leaves stored in the bag will automatically become dry leaves after a while. This was also good. Originally, these Palm Leaves had no use other than to build a thatched house. Now that they could turn into dry leaves, they did not need to use Wooden Planks to start a fire. After one night, the seawater desalinator produced 60 bottles of water. Since Su Bai had a lot of wooden planks now, he didn¡¯t plan to trade for more of them. But after a thought, he deemed these wooden planks would be useful in the future, so he didn¡¯t change his mind. He opened the Trade option. Item for trade: Drinkable Water x 15. Condition: 1 Bottle of Water for 10 Mud. Item for trade: Drinkable Water x 15. Condition: 1 Bottle of Water for 15 Wooden Planks. Item for trade: Drinkable Water x 15. Condition: 1 Bottle of Water for 3 Iron Ores. Item for trade: Drinkable Water x 15. Condition: 1 Bottle of Water for 1 Bronze Ore. Su Bai didn¡¯t bother to promote it in the chat this time. When he put it up for trade earlier, he found that there were already a lot of people trading it as well. The price was higher than what Su Bai had asked for, 11, but Su Bai was too lazy to change it. He just wanted to collect these materials as soon as possible and prepare for the storm that was coming in ten days. Every material was really insignificant to Su Bai at that moment. Chat [Su Bai is putting drinking water for trade again, did he find his conscience this time? He didn¡¯t raise the price!] [Oh, really? I need to quickly buy some to save up.] [Please don¡¯t buy it. If you keep fighting with me, I won¡¯t be able to buy anything from Su Bai again!] Xu Xiangdong commented, [Everyone, can you stop buying his things? Is it worth it for you to be so happy just because the price hasn¡¯t increased? We have to work together to make him lower his price!] [Why do you care? If you have the materials, you can go buy other people¡¯s water!] [You¡¯re a fool to not buy the cheaper one.] It was obvious that not many people were going to comment on Xu Xiangdong¡¯s words because the system¡¯s notification had already sounded. Trading completed! You¡¯ve lost Drinking Water x 15 and gained Mud x 150! Trading completed! You¡¯ve lost Drinking Water x 15 and gained Wooden Plank x 150! Trading completed! You¡¯ve lost Drinking Water x 15 and gained Iron Ore x 45! Trading completed! You¡¯ve lost Drinking Water x 15 and gained Bronze Ore x 15! ¡°There was a lot of water, and it was all bought up in such a short time!¡± What Su Bai didn¡¯t know was that after two days, even though everyone was hungry, water was what they needed the most. People could go without food for many days, but they couldn¡¯t go without water for too many days, especially if they sweated under the sun every day, which would aggravate the water loss. Su Bai didn¡¯t care about them and continued fishing. Treasure chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Bread x 1! ¡°Hah, I actually got bread too. It¡¯s really not bad. I was thinking if I should work harder today and find another fish to eat.¡± Su Bai thought his luck had suddenly turned for the better, but he didn¡¯t know it was because he had been living on this island for three days. As time passed, the items obtained from fishing would change accordingly, and the items in the treasure chest would also be refreshed. The morning passed by quickly, and Su Bai obtained more and more materials from the Bronze Chests. At noon, Su Bai happily drank two bottles of water and then went back to the thatched house to rest. He had obtained many blueprints in the morning. Although most of them were blueprints for thatched houses, many people would probably be worried about where to live today because of the rain last night. Su Bai opened the Trade option and put all the blueprints up for trade. Item for trade: Blueprint: Thatch House x 10. Condition: 1 Blueprint for 15 Wooden Planks. Item for trade: Blueprint: Thatch House x 10. Condition: 1 Blueprint for 15 Mud. After it was up for trade, Su Bai didn¡¯t forget to open the Chat. Su Bai sent, [I¡¯ve put up something else for trade. This time, it¡¯s a blueprint of a thatched house. I¡¯m sure you¡¯ve all seen the rain last night. It¡¯s very common to rain in this place. If you don¡¯t want to get wet, better make a thatched house.] Xu Xiangdong commented, [Everyone, don¡¯t believe his nonsense. He¡¯s here to steal our resources again.] [Bro, is that true? How many thatched house blueprints do you have?] [Although it¡¯s a little expensive, I can still grit my teeth and buy it.] It didn¡¯t take long for a notification to ring out that all the blueprints had been traded. Trading completed! You¡¯ve lost Blueprint: Thatch House x 10 and gained Wooden Plank x 150! Trading completed! You¡¯ve lost Blueprint: Thatch House x 10 and gained Mud x 150! [Bro, that¡¯s too few blueprints. Can you put some more up for trade?] [I¡¯m too slow and it¡¯s all gone. You guys are so quick!] Xu Xiangdong commented, [Everyone, I told you not to believe him, but you just had to believe him. I think many of you still don¡¯t know what materials are needed to build a thatched house. It¡¯s ten wooden planks and twenty palm leaves. What we get the most every day are palm leaves and mud, and there are very few wooden planks. He¡¯s even collecting wooden planks in large quantities here. Can you build it with the blueprints only?] [Ah! I don¡¯t have any more wooden planks. It took me a whole day to collect 10 of them!] [He does have a lot of them. I don¡¯t know what¡¯s going on today, but I can¡¯t get any wooden planks!] [Me too. It¡¯s been more than an hour and I haven¡¯t seen a single wooden plank!] [Give me back my wooden planks!] [What a shady trader! He took all of everyone¡¯s things and always acted like a good person!] Xu Xiangdong commented, [I told you guys a long time ago, but you guys didn¡¯t listen. Now, there¡¯s nothing left. It¡¯s too late to say anything!] At that time, Xu Xiangdong could be said to be in high spirits. He did not expect that after persevering for so many days, he had finally brought some people into the team. Xu Xiangdong didn¡¯t care about the result, he just wanted to go against Su Bai. Su Bai felt a headache when he read those chats. He thought, ¡®Who didn¡¯t need materials? Why am I suddenly the shady trader?¡¯ Then, Su Bai wanted to close the Chat very much. Shortly, he noticed there was a message for him. [Su Bai, you there? I have something good to trade with you. I¡¯ve sent you a friend request. Please accept, please, please!] Su Bai was attracted by the sender¡¯s words. He opened his friend request list, found the sender¡¯s friend request, and accepted it. As soon as the friend request was approved, the sender couldn¡¯t wait to chat. [Finally! You have approved me, Su Bai. I¡¯ve been sending messages every ten minutes in the morning and I got your reply. I have a skill book here. Maybe you would be interested to trade!] Chapter 10 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation It was the first time Su Bai had heard of a skill book. He had opened so many Bronze Chests, but he had not seen a single one and had no idea how to measure the value of a skill book. After thinking about it for a while, Su Bai replied, [First, let me take a look at the skill book. After I¡¯ve confirmed what it¡¯s like, I¡¯ll give you an answer.] [No problem, bro. I just need you to give me some water and food.] [We¡¯ll come to that later. Tell me, how did you get this thing?] Su Bai was very curious about how that skill book appeared out of nowhere and why that player had to sell it to him. [It¡¯s like this, bro. My name is Li Tian, and I obtained this skill book when I opened a treasure chest. Although I know that this item must be very valuable, I don¡¯t have any other materials other than this skill book. Su Bai was filled with emotion when he saw Li Tian¡¯s reply. He had opened at least three to four hundred treasure chests in the past few days, but he had never seen a skill book. A player who didn¡¯t even have materials could actually come across a skill book. [Okay, put the skill book up for trade. I¡¯ll see what skill book it is.] After that, the two initiated the trade. Li Tian was very straightforward and immediately placed the skill book on the trading page. Su Bai¡¯s eyes lit up when he saw the skill book. It was a spell called Iron Armor. In simple words, it could cover one¡¯s body with a set of armor made of iron. [Interesting. What do you want in return?] Su Bai asked after reading about the skill book. [Trading that skill book is secondary. What I want was your friendship.] If he just wanted some supplies, Su Bai could give them to him without any hesitation. After all, this skill book was very valuable at the moment. But if he wanted to be friends, Su Bai would have to think twice. Before this, Su Bai had always wanted to develop alone. For a moment, Su Bai didn¡¯t know what to say. Li Tian replied, [The purpose of this friendship was not because I wanted anything from you. I just hope that if I ever run out of supplies, I can trade with you. That¡¯s all I want.] Su Bai replied, [Alright, I accept your friendship. But I could only provide what I have.] Li Tian replied, [Not a problem. I¡¯m relieved to hear that. I don¡¯t know the exact value of this thing, but it should be enough to trade for two bottles of water and two pieces of bread.] Su Bai couldn¡¯t help but laugh when he saw that. It seemed that the other party knew him very well, otherwise, he wouldn¡¯t have offered to trade bread. Su Bai replied, [Of course, I could provide you with those.] After saying that, Su Bai took out two bottles of drinking water and two pieces of bread from his bag and put them on the trading page. The two of them clicked to confirm the transaction and the items were traded. You¡¯ve obtained a Normal Skill Book: Iron Armor. Effect: The user¡¯s defense will increase greatly and the attack will increase by 30%. The user could also defend and avoid damage from enemies. You¡¯ve lost Drinking Water x 2, Bread x 2. These resources were nothing to Su Bai, but the importance of this skill book was different. Su Bai had learned from the system that this was a game, but the appearance of this skill book had changed the nature of the game. Although there were many ridiculous things in this world before this, it was very close to reality. The appearance of this skill book directly changed this fact. ¡°Hey System, use the skill book!¡± Used Normal Skill Book: Iron Armor! Skill: Iron Armor acquired! After using the skill book, Su Bai didn¡¯t feel any change, but the system¡¯s prompt proved that it was all real and not an illusion. ¡°Hey System, check my status!¡± Player Status Name: Su Bai Age: 20 years old Strength: 6 + 1 Stamina: 8 + 2 Spirit: 2 Intelligent: 2 Charisma: 3 Special Talent: SSS-rank, Super Modifier Skill: Iron Armor Island Status Owner: Su Bai Island level: 0 Area: 4 x 7 Building: Thatch House x 1, Seawater Desalinator x 1 Buff: None Safe House Status Warehouse Size: 40 units ¡°That Iron Armor skill appeared in the skill bar.¡± Although Su Bai had learned the skill, he didn¡¯t know how to use it. As he was reading the introduction to the skill, he was already looking forward to it. ¡°Hey System, how do I use a skill?¡± It¡¯s simple, just chant it in your heart. The system¡¯s reply was so simple that Su Bai couldn¡¯t believe it was how a skill is used. Then Su Bai started to cast Iron Armor in his mind. As soon as he finished speaking, Su Bai felt a change in his body. It was as if the world had suddenly slowed down in Su Bai¡¯s eyes. It was a pity that there was nothing he could fight with, otherwise, Su Bai could have had a good experience of Iron Armor¡¯s power. After experiencing the usage of skill, Su Bai sat down and started to think about the purpose of the Age of Fishing. The appearance of the skill book clearly changed the nature of this world. ¡®Since Li Tian could obtain a skill book, it meant that others could also obtain one from the treasure chest.¡¯ Su Bai thought. ¡°It just so happens that I don¡¯t intend to stay in this thatched house anymore. I¡¯ll try out the power of this skill.¡± Su Bai looked at the broken thatched house and said. Standing in front of the thatched house, Su Bai clenched his fist and then punched forward. When the punch struck the thatched house, a massive hole emerged in the thatched house¡¯s wall. ¡°Hahaha, I¡¯ve really picked up a treasure. I didn¡¯t expect this skill to be so powerful.¡± Just when Su Bai was still immersed in the joy of the skill book, the system¡¯s prompt sounded again. There will be a storm in nine days. Please be prepared. A storm is different from regular rain, and you will face great danger when the time comes. Reminder: There are many monsters in this sea region. On a stormy night, these monsters are likely to come to the players¡¯ islands. This news was undoubtedly a bombshell. The rain last night had already taken the lives of many people, and now the system was telling the players that the coming storm would be even stronger than the rain before. ¡°Looks like I¡¯ll need to speed up gathering the materials in the next few days. Otherwise, it¡¯ll be difficult for me to resist this storm with just this thatched house.¡± Chapter 11 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Su Bai realized that what happened in The Age of Fishing could not be explained with common sense. A skill book couldn¡¯t appear in the normal world, nor would there be any monsters. ¡°Hey System, is there any connection between this place and the real world?¡± This question seemed to have hit the system¡¯s taboo, and Su Bai waited for more than 10 minutes without getting an answer. He could only start to ponder when he didn¡¯t get an answer. After thinking hard for more than half an hour, he finally had to use a fantasy world theory to explain The Age of Fishing. ¡°It seems like there will be more items like skill books in the future.¡± Su Bai murmured. Su Bai shook his head and threw all those thoughts to the back of his mind and stopped thinking about them. To Su Bai, the most important thing right now was to collect resources. If he did not have enough treasure chests, it would not be enough to support his future development. Since he wasn¡¯t as lucky as the others, he could only use quantity to cause a qualitative change. Treasure chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Rare Blueprint: Normal Fishing Rod x 1! ¡°It seems like the items I get from opening the treasure chests are really different every day. Or perhaps, my luck is constantly changing every day.¡± After thinking for a while, he couldn¡¯t figure out the specific reason. Su Bai didn¡¯t care about them anymore. Instead, he started to look at the blueprint in his hand. Rare Blueprint: Normal Fishing Rod Materials Needed: Wooden Plank x 20, Silk Thread x 20, Iron Ore X 1. Can be used to craft a Normal Fishing Rod. A non-consumable blueprint, can be reused. Su Bai checked the materials needed for the normal fishing rod and then glanced at his bag. ¡°I have all the materials I need.¡± Su Bai had enough materials now. On one hand, he got most of the materials by trading drinking water and the rest was collected by himself in the morning. ¡°Hey System, make a normal fishing rod!¡± Used Rare Blueprint: Normal Fishing Rod! Materials Needed: Wooden Plank x 20, Silk Thread x 20, Iron Ore x1. Materials fulfilled. Crafting Normal Fishing Rod¡­ Crafting Normal Fishing Rod complete! You¡¯ve obtained a Rare Blueprint: Normal Fishing Rod! With a series of system notifications, a fishing rod appeared in Su Bai¡¯s hand. Normal Fishing Rod: Fishing success rate is 50%, odds of obtaining miscellaneous items are 90%, chances of obtaining Wooden Chests are 5%, and chances of obtaining Bronze Chests are 5%. The fishing rod that was made from the blueprint had the same attributes as the fishing rod that was given out by the system at the beginning. Since the fishing rod in his hand could be modified, Su Bai did not hesitate. He directly increased the probability of bronze chests and fishing success rate to 100%, while the probability of miscellaneous items and wooden chests was reduced to 0. Looking at the extra fishing rod in his hand, Su Bai started to think, ¡®The system would not just let me get the blueprint of the fishing rod for no reason, which meant this fishing rod might work. ¡®After all, many people would bring several fishing rods when fishing in the pond, so there was no reason to say that they could only use one fishing rod.¡¯ Su Bai immediately threw out the second fishing rod after the first. ¡°Wow, it really works. In this case, the resources I get will be doubled!¡± Suppressing his excitement, Su Bai quickly made the third fishing rod. Unfortunately, when Su Bai was about to throw out the newly made fishing rod, he heard the system¡¯s prompt. The current Island Level is 0, maximum use of the fishing rod is 2. Please try again after upgrading the island. ¡°There¡¯s actually a limit to using the fishing rods. No wonder I found the island level 0 when I looked at it.¡± Since he couldn¡¯t use more fishing rods, Su Bai gave up. He was thinking of using this method to set up a few more fishing rods, but since there was a chance for the island to level up, he had to give up. However, on second thought, the fishing rod¡¯s blueprint was also rare. The previous rare blueprint was the seawater desalinator. Currently, looking at the amount of drinking water in the trading market, no one has obtained the rare blueprint yet. ¡°I¡¯m the only one who has a situation that others don¡¯t. That¡¯s what I call an advantage.¡± Su Bai had wanted to make a few more normal fishing rods and sell them, but he gave up on that idea after thinking about that. Treasure chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Rare Blueprint x 1! ¡°I¡¯m really lucky today! I actually obtained another rare blueprint!¡± Su Bai opened his Bag to check the blueprint. Rare Blueprint: Machete Materials Needed: Wooden Plank x 20, Iron Ore X 50. Can be used to craft a Machete. A non-consumable blueprint, can be reused. The machete¡¯s blueprint was the same as the ordinary fishing rod¡¯s blueprint. They both indicated that it was a non-consumable blueprint and could be reused. ¡°It seems that once a tool blueprint reaches the rare level, it will become a non-consumable type. As for whether the seawater desalinator is a building type or will disappear after it is used up.¡± Su Bai checked his bag and found that he had an abundance of materials. The 50 iron ores were enough. This was all thanks to Su Bai¡¯s perseverance in exchanging drinking water for materials over the past few days. Otherwise, with the rarity of iron ores, it might not be enough to use at this time just by opening treasure chests. ¡°Hey System, make a machete.¡± Used Rare Blueprint: Machete! Materials Needed: Wooden Plank x 20, Iron Ore x 50. Materials fulfilled. Crafting Machete¡­ Crafting Machete complete! You¡¯ve obtained a Rare Blueprint: Machete! After a series of system notifications, a heavy machete appeared in Su Bai¡¯s hand. Su Bai held the machete in his hand and casually waved it twice, accompanied by the whistling of the wind. It was not until then that Su Bai realized his strength had reached such a shocking level. That machete was quite heavy. However, when he held such a heavy machete in his hand, he felt that it was very light. ¡°Is this the change brought about by the increase in strength?¡± To test its power, Su Bai hacked at the shabby thatched house. Poor thatched house, every time there was something new, Su Bai would experiment with it first. The wall of the thatched cottage was cut open like paper by the machete. Su Bai praised when he saw there was no crack on the blade. ¡°Such a fine blade! It¡¯s indeed the system¡¯s product. It¡¯s definitely the best.¡± With a weapon like a machete to protect himself, Su Bai was more confident and worked harder. With the addition of another fishing rod, the fishing rate was twice as fast as before, and Su Bai almost couldn¡¯t handle it. Treasure chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Wooden Plank x 3! Treasure chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Iron Ore x 1! Treasure chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Silk Thread x 3! Treasure chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Bread x 1! Treasure chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Mud x 1! Treasure chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Rare Blueprint x 1! Treasure chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Rare Blueprint x 1! Chapter 12 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Today, Su Bai was overwhelmed by joy. Seeing the two extra blueprints, he was as calm as a millpond. Although that was what he said, he still stopped fishing and looked at the newly obtained blueprint. ¡°O¡¯God please bless me, I hope these two blueprints are not the same as the ones I saw before.¡± Rare Blueprint: Seawater Desalinator Materials Needed: Iron Ore x 20, Silk Thread x 50, Bronze Ore x 3. Can be used to craft a Seawater Desalinator. Space Required: 1 x 1 ¡°Not bad. Although this blueprint is a duplicate, this seawater desalinator is also a treasure.¡± At the current stage, the seawater desalinator was a money-making machine. As long as Su Bai had drinking water, he could get any materials he wanted in the Trade. After using a few blueprints, Su Bai was running out of materials. Obviously, these were not problems. The seawater desalinator was more important than anything else. After putting a few bottles of drinking water on the Trade page, Su Bai got the iron ores he needed in less than a minute. ¡°Hey System, build a seawater desalinator.¡± In the next second, the blueprint in his hand flew to the side of the seawater desalinator. With materials flying into the blueprint one after another, another seawater desalinator was completed. After completing that, Su Bai looked at the second blueprint. Rare Blueprint: Stone House Materials Needed: Stone x 200, Wooden Plank x 500, Dried Leaf x 100, Drinking Water x 50, Thatch House x 1. Can be used to craft a Stone House! Space Required: 5 x 5 Su Bai was taken aback when he saw the blueprint in front of him. He had never seen so many materials required before. After a rough calculation, the materials needed for a stone house were actually more than 100 bottles of drinking water. Based on the current progress, the seawater desalinator could produce eight bottles of drinking water in an hour. It could produce 192 bottles in 24 hours a day. ¡°Huh, with the addition of the seawater desalinator, it doesn¡¯t seem to take long. I only need a day to gather all the materials.¡± Of course, Su Bai couldn¡¯t completely exchange drinking water for materials, and he couldn¡¯t stay idle while fishing. ¡®I had to admit that my luck today was pretty good, but I wonder if I will get other blueprints next?¡¯ Su Bai thought. It was always good to imagine things. Until night fell, there were only materials and no new blueprints. He looked at the drinking water produced by the seawater desalinator and made a rough calculation. He found that it was not enough to exchange for the materials needed to build a stone house. ¡°Looks like I¡¯ll have to spend the night in the thatched house.¡± Su Bai had a good sleep. When he got up in the morning, Su Bai washed his face and gargled with two bottles of drinking water. If other people knew that Su Bai was using drinking water like this, they would probably beat Su Bai up to vent their anger. After a simple wash-up, he ate two loaves of bread before opening the Trade page and putting the items up for trade. Item for trade: Drinking Water x 100. Condition: A Bottle of Water for 2 Stones. Item for trade: Drinking Water x 100. Condition: A Bottle of Water for 11 Wooden Planks. Item for trade: Drinking Water x 100. Condition: A Bottle of Water for 15 Dried Leaves. After the items were put up for trade, Su Bai continued his day of fishing. Treasure chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Stats Elixir Fragment x 1! After more than an hour of hard work, the stats elixir fragment caught Su Bai¡¯s attention. ¡°Hey System, check this item!¡± Stats Elixir Fragment: Origin unknown, as if it was broken by something. 10 Stats Elixir Fragments are required to form one Stats Elixir. ¡°That¡¯s it! This is indeed a fantasy world. It¡¯s normal to have Stats Elixir in this world! Due to the limitation of the crafting conditions, Su Bai could only look on and sigh. But the attraction of the stats elixir fragment made Su Bai a little restless and he couldn¡¯t concentrate on fishing. In half an hour, Su Bai had successfully fished several times but he didn¡¯t pay attention. He wasn¡¯t even as enthusiastic when opening treasure chests. ¡°No, I must see what this stats elixir is.¡± Su Bai opened the Trade page. Item for trade: Drinking Water x 20. Condition: 2 Bottles of Water for 1 Stats Elixir Fragment. In the Chat page. Su Bai typed, [Did anyone get a Stats Elixir Fragment from opening a treasure chest? I¡¯ll exchange two bottles of water for one!] ¡°Bro, what are Stats Elixir Fragments? You¡¯re so much ahead of us again!] [It must be very precious. Otherwise, Su Bai wouldn¡¯t exchange two bottles of water for a Stats Elixir Fragment.] Everyone was discussing it. Every time Su Bai came up with something new, they would be more motivated. [Su Bai, can I have a bottle of water and a piece of bread? I have a Stats Elixir Fragment.] Su Bai replied, [Okay, no problem. I¡¯ll go and amend the trade request now.] The most powerful ones were the netizens. If everyone worked together, the flame would burn fiercely. The power of one person was ultimately weak. Su Bai opened the Trade page. Item for trade: Drinking Water x 10. Condition: 1 Bottle of Water and 1 Bread for 1 Stats Elixir Fragment. Item for trade: Bread x 20. Condition: 2 Loaves of Bread for 1 Stats Elixir Fragment. To satisfy the different players¡¯ needs, Su Bai simply put all three possibilities on the shelf. On the Chat page. [This is inhumane! Su Bai has already taken out more than a hundred bottles of drinking water today. Where did he get all this from?] [Mother, I also want Su Bai¡¯s secret to becoming rich!] [Me too, please let me know if you find it. I want to know too.] [Don¡¯t think about it. Big shots are still big shots. There¡¯s no such thing as everyone being a big shot.] Treasure chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Rare Blueprint x 1! It was another rare blueprint, and every rare blueprint that appeared was a good item. Rare Blueprint: Ghillie Armor Materials Needed: Dried Leaf x 500, Silk Thread x 100. Can be used to craft a Ghillie Armor. ¡°I got a defensive equipment blueprint. It¡¯s getting more and more like a game.¡± Su Bai took a look at his Bag and found that the materials he had were just enough to make the Ghillie Armor. ¡°Hey System, make ghillie armor!¡± Used Rare Blueprint: Ghillie Armor! Materials Needed: Dried Leaf x 500, Silk Thread X 100. Materials fulfilled. Crafting Ghillie Armor¡­ Crafting Ghillie Armor complete! You¡¯ve obtained a Rare Blueprint: Ghillie Armor! The ghillie armor didn¡¯t appear in Su Bai¡¯s hands but was directly placed into his Bag. This was the first time such a situation had occurred. It seemed that the ghillie armor was not directly worn on the body. This made Su Bai heave a sigh of relief. He was worried that the ghillie armor might be too ugly. ¡°Hey System, equip the ghillie armor!¡± Equipping complete! Su Bai gave it a thorough feel but did not detect any changes. It was as if the ghillie armor had been integrated directly into his clothes. Chapter 13 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Su Bai¡¯s thought was obviously absurd, but the system¡¯s prompt couldn¡¯t be incorrect. He had worn the ghillie armor. ¡°Hey System, check my status!¡± Player Status Name: Su Bai Age: 20 years old Strength: 6+2+4 Stamina: 8+2+4 Spirit: 2 Intelligent: 2 Charisma: 3 Special Talent: SSS-grade, Super Modifier Skill: Iron Armor Equipment: Machete (Strength + 4), Ghillie Armor (Stamina + 4) Island Status Owner: Su Bai Island Level: 0 Area: 8 x 8 Building: Thatch House x 1, Seawater Desalinator x 2 Buff: None Safe House Status Warehouse Size: 40 units As Su Bai had guessed, the ghillie armor had turned into clothes. The other thing that made him happy was that his stats had increased. ¡°No wonder. I was wondering why I felt like it was so easy to swing the machete. It turns out that there¡¯s an increase in my strength.¡± Looking at the remaining materials in his Bag, Su Bai realized that he didn¡¯t have enough to build more stone houses. Su Bai swung the fishing rod even faster. After all, the most effective way to improve one¡¯s strength was to fish hard. Just when Su Bai was fishing enthusiastically, a message came from his friend list. Li Tian sent, [Su Bai, I¡¯ve found another interesting blueprint. I wonder if you¡¯re interested?] Su Bai replied, [What blueprint? Let me take a look first.] Su Bai was very interested in blueprints, but he had already obtained a lot of rare blueprints. He didn¡¯t believe that Li Tian could surprise everyone. Su Bai didn¡¯t hesitate at all when he saw the instant reply. He immediately put the introduction of the blueprint in the chat. Rare Blueprint: Ring Materials Needed: Bronze Ore x 50, Iron Ore x 100 Can be used to craft a Ring! It was like Su Bai¡¯s wish had come true. He had gotten weapons and armor but was still thinking if there were necklaces, bracelets, and rings in the game settings. Su Bai replied, [This is good stuff. What do you want in exchange?] In fact, Li Tian wasn¡¯t sure how much the blueprint was worth. Moreover, he wasn¡¯t the one who had obtained it. It was the blueprint that the small alliance he had established had obtained. Since Li Tian had exchanged two bottles of water and two loaves of bread with Su Bai, he had used these resources to get some friends. Li Tian sent, [Actually, I don¡¯t know what effect this ring has. But at least it¡¯s a rare blueprint. Su Bai, you can give items to me as you see fit.] This put Su Bai in a difficult position. Last time, Li Tian had given him a skill book. At that time, Su Bai didn¡¯t have many resources, so he only gave him two bottles of water and two pieces of bread. But after two days of development, Su Bai had a lot of resources. Li Tian¡¯s words made a lot of sense. The ring itself was a rare blueprint, and it required a lot of materials to craft. It was obvious that the stats added by the ring would be good. After thinking for a while, Su Bai replied, [How about this, 10 bottles of water and 10 pieces of bread for the blueprint to be mine.] Li Tian couldn¡¯t believe his eyes. He had only expected five bottles of water and five loaves of bread. The reason why he asked Su Bai to decide was that he was worried that Su Bai wouldn¡¯t trade with him after he stated his conditions. Li Tian replied, [It¡¯s a deal. Su Bai, you are too generous.] As if Li Tian was worried that Su Bai would go back on his words, he quickly opened the trade window and put in the blueprint. Su Bai didn¡¯t hesitate. He put in ten bottles of drinking water and ten pieces of bread because he could afford such resources now. Received a Rare Blueprint: Ring Materials Needed: Bronze Ore x 50, Iron Ore x 100 Can be used to craft a Ring! You¡¯ve lost Drinking Water x 10, Bread x 10 Su Bai wrote, [If you have similar items in the future, you are welcome to come and trade with me. I can give you a reasonable price.] Li Tian replied, [Don¡¯t worry, Su Bai. Though skill books are precious, to us at this stage, they are not that important. Water and Bread are more practical.] Li Tian had a high level of self-awareness. In his opinion, the ring had no value in his hands, especially since he couldn¡¯t collect the materials he needed. He might as well use it to exchange for something more useful. Su Bai closed the chat and checked his Bag. Wooden Plank x 643, Mud x 7, Palm Leaf x 57, Dried Leaf x 121, Silk Thread x 93, Stone x 276, Iron Ore x 67, Bronze Ore x 34¡­ Su Bai had been too focused on collecting wooden planks and stones in the past two days, so he had to fish for the iron and copper ores. All these were not difficult for Su Bai. He just needed to exchange those with some water and bread. Item for trade: Drinking Water x 10. Condition: 1 Bottle of Water for 3 Iron Ores. Item for trade: Drinking Water x 10. Condition: 1 Bottle of Water for 1 Bronze Ore. Item for trade: Bread x 10. Condition: 1 Loaf of Bread for 3 Iron Ores. Item for trade: Bread x 10. Condition: 1 Loaf of Bread for 1 Bronze Ore. Although the items put up for trade had not sold out, the required materials were eventually sufficient. ¡°Hey System, craft the ring.¡± Use Rare Blueprint: Ring Materials Needed: Bronze Ore x 50, Iron Ore x 100 Materials fulfilled. Crafting Ring¡­ Crafting Ring complete! You¡¯ve obtained Rare Blueprint: Ring After a series of notifications, a ring appeared in Su Bai¡¯s palm. It was just an ordinary ring and Su Bai put it on his finger. The ring was obviously a little bit when it was put on, but as soon as Su Bai let go of his right hand, the ring started to shrink at a speed visible to the naked eye and was just put on. ¡°This ring is quite interesting. It can change its size at will. Hey System, check the ring¡¯s status.¡± Ring: Spirit + 2, Luck + 2 (5% chance of triggering) Su Bai¡¯s current understanding of his Spirit was that he needed to sleep at night to recover his Spirit. His Luck, on the other hand, had a different story. Things would be different if Su Bai had Luck. This meant he¡¯d have a better chance of getting valuable items from treasure chests in the future. ¡°Fortunately, the ring is a crafted item. Otherwise, there¡¯s no way to change the probability.¡± There¡¯s nothing to stop Su Bai. Since the ring was created from the blueprint, he could just change the properties. BEEP! Do you wish to modify the Ring? ¡°Hey, System, set the probability of triggering the ring¡¯s Luck to 100%.¡± BEEP! Modification is successful! Ring: Spirit + 2, Luck + 2 (100% chance of triggering) (Maker: Su Bai) Chapter 14 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation After so many days of fishing, the rare materials obtained by everyone were different, and this was undoubtedly related to luck. Although the sudden appearance of Luck + 2 was something invisible and untouchable, it was difficult to test whether it was effective. Treasure chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Wooden Plank x 8! As the first treasure chest was opened successfully, the luck attribute still brought about some benefits. Previously, opening a treasure chest yielded three to six, and occasionally seven, wooden planks. However, it was the first time Su Bai could obtain eight wooden planks in a go. ¡°This is the best item I ever had, more effective than having an extra fishing rod.¡± After a good start, Su Bai was even more motivated. Even at noon, he only ate a piece of bread and drank a bottle of water before starting to fish again. He did not rest at all. The heavens didn¡¯t go as he wished. This luck was real, but the direction of his luck seemed to be a little off. The materials obtained from the treasure chests were not much different from before. The only difference was that the number of rare blueprints had increased by quite a bit. However, he had not seen a single one throughout the day. It seemed that after obtaining a few rare blueprints a few days ago, he had used up all his luck. Even with the bonus of luck, it was useless. The evening came quickly. Su Bai decided to build the stone house first, based on the materials he had in his bag. ¡°Hey System, build the stone house!¡± Used Rare Blueprint: Stone House! Materials Needed: Stone x 200, Wooden Plank x 500, Dried Leaf x 100, Drinking Water x 50, Thatch House x 1. Materials fulfilled. Space Required: 5 x 5 Crafting Stone House¡­ Crafting Stone House complete! The construction of the stone house was different from that of the thatched house. It was equivalent to an upgrade on the foundation of the thatched house. The thatched house suddenly became transparent, and the blueprint in Su Bai¡¯s hand flew toward the transparent thatched house. As the blueprint fused with the thatched house, it turned into a stone house. The materials he needed just now also flew towards the transparent stone house one by one, and in the process of flying, they changed into the shape of the corresponding position. After the smoke dispersed, a new stone house appeared in front of Su Bai. He looked at it and walked in curiously. Compared to the previous thatched house, the space was much larger, and there was a simple wooden bed inside. On the bed, there was even a mattress made of hay. Su Bai tried lying on it and he felt comfortable. It was much better than sleeping on wooden planks. Looking around the room, there was an additional table and chair. Even the walls had two wooden windows. ¡°Not bad, these materials are worth it.¡± Su Bai¡¯s words fully displayed his wealth. Other people might not even have been able to gather all these materials in a month, but Su Bai had managed to gather them in five days. With this stone house, he would have more confidence in facing the storm that was coming in a few days. However, the seawater desalinator¡¯s production rate was fixed, after all. Now, he needed to find a way to strengthen his own strength. After searching in his Bag, Su Bai decided to get rid of all the thatched house¡¯s blueprints. The thatched house was useless to him now, so he might as well exchange it for some materials needed for normal fishing rods. By the looks of the current situation, the normal fishing rod¡¯s blueprints had not appeared yet. However, there was always a time when one needed to gather the materials for a normal fishing rod before anyone could react. Su Bai opened the Trade page. Item for trade: Drinking Water x 50. Condition: 1 Bottle of Water for 12 Wooden Planks. Item for trade: Drinking Water x 50. Condition: 1 Bottle of Water for 12 Silk Threads. Item for trade: Bread x 50. Condition: 1 Loaf of Bread for 12 Wooden Planks. Item for trade: Bread x 50. Condition: 1 Loaf of Bread for 12 Silk Threads. Item for trade: Blueprint: Thatch House x 60. Condition: 1 Blueprint for 3 Iron Ores. There were more things Su Bai needed this time, and time was tight. After putting them up for trade, Su Bai opened the Chat page. Su Bai sent, [Urgent, need help. I¡¯ve put up a batch of drinking water, bread, and thatched house blueprints. If anyone had wooden planks and silk threads. Please trade with me quickly.] [What? Even Su Bai would lack resources?!] [Open your eyes and take a good look. Su Bai put up a hundred bottles of drinking water, a hundred pieces of bread, and sixty blueprints of the thatched house.] [I was too impetuous. These resources are things that I can only dream of but can¡¯t get, but now they¡¯re like low-level items being taken out by Su Bai.] [But what are these things for? Why do you need so much?] [You don¡¯t have to care what Su Bai is using it for. The water and bread are real anyway.] [You¡¯re right. The cost of the items is inflating. Only Su Bai¡¯s items are still a little cheaper than others.] Su Bai couldn¡¯t help but be stunned. This time, he was selling at a higher price than before, but he didn¡¯t expect it to be lower than others. Xu Xiangdong sent, [Strictly boycott Su Bai¡¯s situation. Whenever he needs something, he takes us like little sheep and lets us be slaughtered.] [You better shut up. When we can¡¯t even keep food and clothing, what are these materials? [Why are you always against Su Bai yet you are the one who asks someone else to buy things from Su Bai for yourself?] Now, everyone felt disgusted when they saw Xu Xiangdong¡¯s replies. Unfortunately, even if Su Bai blocked Xu Xiangdong, he couldn¡¯t block his replies. Xu Xiangdong commented, [You guys are really short-sighted. You only see the solution to your current problem in front of you. You don¡¯t think about the future. I won¡¯t say much, you can slowly comprehend it on your own.] Su Bai closed the Chat page. Now Su Bai really didn¡¯t want to read another word anymore. If he read any longer, Su Bai was worried that he would be so angry that he couldn¡¯t sleep tonight. Su Bai really wanted to give Xu Xiangdong a good scolding, but the image he had established now did not allow him to do so. Another three days had passed, and today was already the eighth day since they had arrived. Su Bai was like a machine, repeating the same actions every day. Treasure chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Silk Thread x 3! Treasure chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Bronze Ore x 3! Treasure chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Rare Blueprint x 1! As usual, before looking at the rare blueprint, he bowed in worship before slowly opening his Bag. Rare Blueprint: Super Fishing Rod Materials Needed: Wooden Plank x 40, Silk Thread x 40, Iron Ore x 2, Bronze Ore x 1. Can be used to craft a Super Fishing Rod. ¡°It¡¯s a Super Fishing Rod! A Super Fishing Rod!¡± Su Bai exclaimed. Chapter 15 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Looking at the super fishing rod blueprint in his bag, Su Bai ran around the island excitedly and then stopped. In the past three days, Su Bai didn¡¯t get any rare blueprints that he had never seen before. But luck seemed to have a cooldown time. Once the cooldown time was over, it would appear immediately. ¡°Hey System, make a super fishing rod!¡± Used Rare Blueprint: Super Fishing Rod! Materials Needed: Wooden Plank x 40, Silk Thread x 40, Iron Ore x 2, Bronze Ore x 1 Materials fulfilled. Crafting Super Fishing Rod¡­ Crafting Super Fishing Rod complete! You¡¯ve obtained a Rare Blueprint: Super Fishing Rod! The super fishing rod appeared in his hand. Su Bai compared the appearance of a super fishing rod with a normal fishing rod. There wasn¡¯t much difference in appearance. ¡°Hey System, check the properties of the super fishing rod!¡± Super Fishing Rod: No more failures during fishing. No miscellaneous items obtained during fishing, 50% chance of obtaining a Wooden Chest, 40% chance of obtaining a Bronze Chest, and 10% chance of obtaining a Silver Chest. Su Bai felt that his happiness came too suddenly. The super fishing rod¡¯s appearance was an epoch-making sign. Even without modifying the super fishing rod, the probability of Su Bai obtaining those treasure chests was already very shocking. Su Bai, who possessed the Super Modifier skill, would naturally be dissatisfied with such a low probability and would undoubtedly modify it. ¡°Hey System, modify the super fishing rod!¡± BEEP! How do you wish to modify the Super Fishing Rod? ¡°Adjust the probability of obtaining wooden and bronze chests to 0%, and the probability of obtaining silver chests is 100%.¡± BEEP! Modification is successful! Super Fishing Rod: No more failures during fishing. No miscellaneous items obtained during fishing, 0% chance of obtaining Wooden Chest, 0% chance of obtaining Bronze Chest, 100% chance of obtaining Silver Chest (Maker: Su Bai) After modifying the super fishing rod, its attributes of the super fishing rod were even more amazing. Given the likelihood that the super fishing rod did not belong to the newbies, whoever saw it would have to exclaim that it was a divine item! When Su Bai obtained a bronze chest before, he was secretly happy. After this, he¡¯d be able to fish for silver chests. It was truly an upgrade to a whole new level. Used Rare Blueprint: Super Fishing Rod! Materials Needed: Wooden Plank x 40, Silk Thread x 40, Iron Ore x 2, Bronze Ore x 1 Materials fulfilled. Crafting Super Fishing Rod¡­ Crafting Super Fishing Rod complete! You¡¯ve obtained a Rare Blueprint: Super Fishing Rod! Very soon, the second super fishing rod was successfully crafted. ¡°Now that I have a super fishing rod, I can get rid of these normal fishing rods.¡± Su Bai¡¯s current thoughts were very simple. First, he would exchange for materials to make normal fishing rods with materials like drinking water and bread, and then he would increase the price to get more materials from other players. At first, this seemed to be a very difficult task, but Su Bai only needed to move his fingers. The rest would be done by the system. However, before that, the most important thing to Su Bai now was to open the silver chests that he had caught with the super fishing rod. Silver Chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Wooden Plank x 86! Silver Chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Mud x 92! Silver Chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Iron Ore x 9! Silver Chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Silver Thread x 78! Silver Chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Bronze Ore x 6! Silver Chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Blueprint x 4! ¡°That¡¯s a lot of stuff. The items that come out of the chests are more than double the original!¡± After fishing for a while, Su Bai was deeply moved. ¡°Hey System, check the probability of the silver chest!¡± Silver Chest: Each open gets 5 to 10 high-grade materials, 50 to 100 low-grade materials, or 3 to 5 rare materials. From the looks of the data, the silver chest was obviously not something that would appear in the initial stage. The ring¡¯s luck was the most likely reason for obtaining the super fishing rod blueprint. If it wasn¡¯t for that luck, it would take Su Bai at least ten days to get the super fishing rod blueprint. While Su Bai was still immersed in the joy brought by the super fishing rod, a friend sent him a message. Li Tian sent [Su Bai, hurry up and take a look in the chat. There¡¯s suddenly an alliance and they¡¯re going against you!¡± Su Bai was dumbfounded when he read that. He wondered, ¡®I had been fishing every day and putting items up for trade, but I didn¡¯t even chat. Why was there an alliance against me?¡¯ Su Bai questioned, [Is it that Xu Xiangdong?] Su Bai was so annoyed by Xu Xiangdong that when Li Tian said someone was going against him, Xu Xiangdong was the first one who came into Su Bai¡¯s mind. Li Tian replied, [Erm¡­ Although he was going against you every day, he was just talking. He didn¡¯t have the guts to go against you. It was a man called Meng Lin, his talent was B-level, and he had gathered many other players with B-level talent to form an alliance. Now they said they had found a way to make drinking water and were recruiting people everywhere, saying that your glory day was over.] Su Bai replied, [Thanks, I¡¯ll go take a look now.] That piece of information was important or not important to Su Bai. In Su Bai¡¯s eyes, these people were just a bunch of clowns. Meng Lin had probably obtained a seawater desalinator, so he felt that he had the strength to challenge Su Bai. Su Bai opened the Chat page. Meng Lin commented, [Welcome to the Dark Night Alliance. If you join us, we can guarantee that you will have water to drink every day.] As soon as Su Bai entered the chat, he saw that Meng Lin was promoting his alliance. [That¡¯s right. If you join the Dark Night Alliance, as long as you can submit a certain amount of materials every day, you can exchange them for drinking water.] [Huh? Why do I need to offer 50 wooden planks before I can join your Dark Night Alliance?] Meng Lin replied, [My friend, I¡¯m sure you don¡¯t know much about the Dark Night Alliance. Most of the talents in our alliance are above B-level, so it¡¯s normal for talents below B-level to offer some materials to join.] [Guys, don¡¯t believe him. After I joined his alliance. I need to exchange 15 wooden planks for drinking water every day, which is more expensive than what Su Bai offered. If I want to quit now, he won¡¯t return the 50 wooden planks.] Meng Lin commented [You can spew what you eat but not your opinions. Although we set the price at 15 wooden planks, it¡¯s so that you can have water to drink every day. You don¡¯t have to focus on the trade and fight for the limited drinking water every day.] Su Bai opened the Trade page. Item for trade: Normal Fishing Rod x 50. Condition: 1 Normal Fishing Rod for 80 Wooden Planks. Item for trade: Normal Fishing Rod x 50. Condition: 1 Normal Fishing Rod for 80 Silk Threads. Item for trade: Normal Fishing Rod x 50. Condition: 1 Normal Fishing Rod for 20 Iron Ores. Then, Su Bai opened the Chat page. Su Bai stated, [I guess you are all curious why I collected so many planks and threads. I made many normal fishing rods with these materials. I have put them up for trade. Anyone who needs them can buy some.] Chapter 16 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Su Bai¡¯s words were like explosives, which had blown out everyone¡¯s mind who was still watching. He had been considering when to put up the fishing rods for trade, and now was the perfect opportunity. [Su Bai, what¡¯s the point of making so many fishing rods?] [Yeah, Su Bai, what¡¯s the use of the fishing rod?] Su Bai replied, [This is supposed to be top secret. But I saw that everyone is working hard every day, so I decided to let it out.] [Don¡¯t keep us in suspense. Tell us, Su Bai.] [I knew Su Bai must have some secrets. Otherwise, how could he bring out so much drinking water and bread every day?] [Su Bai, please don¡¯t say it out loud. I¡¯ll deal with you alone, okay?] [What¡¯s your intention? Su Bai has already decided to disclose this secret for free, and you want to keep it for yourself?] Su Bai commented, [This secret is very important, it can double the resources you can get every day! I¡¯m sure everyone received a normal fishing rod when they first came here, but today I found out that you can use two normal fishing rods. You can think about the benefits of this, but you can only use two normal fishing rods at most, so it¡¯s useless even if you buy more.] [Really, Su Bai? We could really use two fishing rods? Wouldn¡¯t that mean that the resources would be doubled?] [It must be true. Otherwise, how do you think Su Bai got so many resources?] [You actually discovered such a thing. I was wondering why you were so strong. Apparently, that¡¯s why.] [Su Bai, you¡¯re so nice to us. You¡¯re even willing to tell us such a secret.] [Are you blind? Su Bai said he only found out today that he could use two fishing rods.] [If that¡¯s the case, I¡¯ll buy a normal fishing rod even if I have to sell everything I have.] [It¡¯s just as I thought. I thought I could use two fishing rods from the start, but I still don¡¯t know where I can get another one.] [Me too! It¡¯s a pity that I don¡¯t have a second fishing rod to verify this idea.] [Damn system, why didn¡¯t you just give me two?] [Ah, your fishing rod is so expensive, Su Bai. Can¡¯t you make it cheaper?] [Don¡¯t worry, just buy it. Su Bai¡¯s pricing is absolutely reasonable. You must know that only Su Bai has not increased the price of drinking water.] [You¡¯re right. I¡¯m aiming to take Su Bai¡¯s water and bread every day.] [That makes sense. I¡¯ll go gather the materials now.] [Does anyone have extra wooden planks? I¡¯ll exchange them with silk threads.] [Come, bro. Let¡¯s do the trade in private.] [You can do that? Whoever has extra silk threads, I can trade with my wooden planks.] [Let¡¯s go all out! Even if it¡¯s a loan, I¡¯m going to borrow this many materials.] [Hahaha, I finally got a new fishing rod. Guys, I¡¯m going to work hard now!] [Don¡¯t be in such a hurry to leave, bro. Tell me, can I really use two fishing rods at the same time?] [He¡¯s right! Is it really as effective as Su Bai said?] [I wanna know too!] [It¡¯s true! It was true! Hurry up and get it, there won¡¯t be any more fishing rods if you wait any longer.] [I¡¯m so envious. Why do I not have enough materials?] [Why? Isn¡¯t it because you¡¯re a foodie and spent all your ingredients on drinking water and bread?] [He¡¯s right. You aimed for the water and bread at a fixed time every day. You¡¯re definitely a foodie.] [It¡¯s true. Thank you again, Su Bai. I just tried it and I can really use two fishing rods at the same time.] [Please, please, I¡¯m still short of five wooden planks. I¡¯m willing to use the other resources I have to exchange with you. I¡¯m willing to even double the amount.] [Those that haven¡¯t gathered enough, you¡¯ll need to have some solutions. The number of fishing rods is decreasing one by one. I don¡¯t want you to run out of fishing rods when you¡¯ve gathered enough resources.] The news was too shocking. For a moment, everyone was exchanging materials like crazy just for a fishing rod. Many people pleaded on the Chat page for a long time without getting a response, so they didn¡¯t care about the price. They directly opened the Trade page and began to exchange for supplies. There weren¡¯t many materials on the Trade page, to begin with, and when they heard the news, everyone raised the price of wooden planks, silk threads, and iron ores. In the face of the sudden rise in prices, everyone wanted to pull out these people who were doing so and beat them up. However, in the face of double the resources, they reluctantly accepted it. Su Bai had noticed the inflation in prices, but he didn¡¯t care about it. With the normal fishing rod blueprint, Su Bai could easily control the rise and fall of prices. Such a rise and fall would not have a negative impact on Su Bai. On the contrary, it was a good thing. He could just raise the price of the fishing rod a little. Faced with the temptation of double the resources and the hundreds of thousands of people fighting for these fishing rods, 150 normal fishing rods were sold out in just five minutes. Trading completed! You¡¯ve lost Blueprint: Normal Fishing Rod x 50 and gained Wooden Plank x 4,000! Trading completed! You¡¯ve lost Blueprint: Normal Fishing Rod x 50 and gained Silk Thread x 4,000! Trading completed! You¡¯ve lost Blueprint: Normal Fishing Rod x 50 and gained Iron Ore x 1,000! Su Bai didn¡¯t know what to do with so many extra materials. Fortunately, the system was very considerate. It knew that the players could not store so many materials, so it temporarily stored these materials on the Trade page. However, the bad news was that these materials could only be taken out in one go. The capacity of a Bag was not very large, to begin with, and the maximum item stacking limit was only 99. It¡¯s impossible to take out so many materials at once. ¡°Oh right, I still have a warehouse!¡± As expected, when faced with a difficult situation, one could always find a way to solve it. ¡°Hey System, enter the safe house!¡± Loading¡­ Successfully entered the Safe House! Safe House countdown begins. 9:59. As the view in front of him changed, Su Bai entered the safe house. ¡°I was too careless. When I first obtained some materials, I immediately made them into normal fishing rods. Now that these materials have suddenly returned, I can¡¯t believe there¡¯s so much of them.¡± This was his first time using the warehouse. If he had not faced so many materials Today, he would have forgotten about this function. Su Bai opened the Warehouse. The Warehouse is an absolute safe house. You never have to worry about the risk of losing the resources here. The current warehouse storage unit is 40, and the maximum number of items stacked is 9999. Chapter 17 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Looking at the 9999 stacks, Su Bai let out a long breath. If even the warehouse could not hold all these materials, Su Bai¡¯s great plan to make a fortune would be ruined before it even started. ¡°Hey System, take out the materials stored on the Trade page.¡± Extraction is successful. Prompt: The player¡¯s bag is full. Prompt: The player is in a safe house and the items have been automatically stored in the warehouse. The materials were all stored in the warehouse, but he didn¡¯t know if they could be made in the safe house. ¡°Hey System, make a normal fishing rod.¡± Used Rare Blueprint: Normal Fishing Rod! Materials Needed: Wooden Plank x 20, Silk Thread x 20, Iron Ore x 1. Materials fulfilled. Crafting Normal Fishing Rod¡­ Crafting Normal Fishing Rod complete! You¡¯ve obtained a Rare Blueprint: Normal Fishing Rod! When the normal fishing rod appeared in his hand, Su Bai immediately checked where the materials were missing. It was a pity that there were many materials in his backpack, so he had no choice but to transfer all of them to the Warehouse. After trying it again, he found that normal fishing rods could be crafted. ¡°Hey System, use all the materials to make the normal fishing rod.¡± Luckily, the system was very efficient and it could be mass-produced. After a while, Su Bai walked out of the Safe House with 230 fishing rods. There were a lot of extra iron ores now, so Su Bai didn¡¯t continue to exchange the fishing rod for iron ores. Instead, he thought of the stats elixir fragments that he had asked for a trade a few days ago. The stats elixir fragment had been on the trading list for a few days, but only four or five people were trading it. It couldn¡¯t be helped. Su Bai¡¯s items were too advanced and the others had not caught up. ¡°I hope this batch of normal fishing rods can get them to open more treasure chests and obtain more stats elixir fragments. So that I can know what the stats elixir is.¡± Su Bai opened the Trade page. Item for trade: Normal Fishing Rod x 80. Condition: 1 Normal Fishing Rod for 80 Wooden Planks. Item for trade: Normal Fishing Rod x 80. Condition: 1 Normal Fishing Rod for 80 Silk Threads. Item for trade: Normal Fishing Rod x 70. Condition: 1 Normal Fishing Rod for 6 Stats Elixir Fragments. This time, Su Bai didn¡¯t even need to open the Chat page. The items he put up for trade had been discovered in less than a minute. On the Chat page. [Su Bai has put up another batch of fishing rods. Those who didn¡¯t get any, go get it.] [Why is it still wooden planks and silk threads? I can¡¯t even gather these two materials.] [Didn¡¯t put up a trade for the stats elixir fragment? Why don¡¯t you pray to God for him to give you a few more stats elixir fragments?] [If you want wooden planks and silk threads, you must know that these two materials are used to make normal fishing rods. Do you think these items are for nothing?] Xu Xiangdong commented, [I strongly condemn Su Bai. The price of the fishing rod is too high. He is trying to tire us to death.] [That¡¯s right. We have to work together to resist him. We can¡¯t let him do whatever he wants just because he has the fishing rods.] [I¡¯m dying of laughter. If you could make a normal fishing rod, I¡¯m afraid you would be doing the same.] [Nonsense, I would never set such a high price!] Xu Xiangdong commented, [Haven¡¯t you noticed that wooden planks and silk threads are getting more and more expensive?] Xu Xiangdong added, [Isn¡¯t this all because of Su Bai? Before this, his trades were a bottle of drinking water could be exchanged for 13 wooden planks. Now, one wooden plank can be exchanged for a bottle of drinking water.] [Xu Xiangdong, are you out of your mind? Don¡¯t you think it¡¯s easier for you to drink a bottle of drinking water because of Su Bai?] [That¡¯s right. It¡¯s the first time I¡¯ve seen someone complain about the price of drinking water!] Xu Xiangdong replied, [A bunch of short-sighted people. The price of drinking water has indeed dropped, but did Su Bai put drinking water and bread up for trade today? He didn¡¯t, because he knew that the price had dropped, so he said that his heart ached.] [Xiangdong is right. Su Bai has earned a lot from the fishing rods, but he didn¡¯t release it when he saw the price of drinking water had dropped.] Li Tian commented, [Everyone, ignore this Xu Xiangdong. He¡¯s just trying to slander Su Bai. How can the price of goods skyrocket because of Su Bai? There are so many alliances fighting for the materials. Those without alliances like us are in the worst situation. They are fighting with all their might to get a few wooden planks and silk threads. But what about us? Can we fight them?] Xu Xiangdong commented, [You¡¯re right. But the root of all this is Su Bai¡¯s normal fishing rod.] Li Tian replied, [Xu Xiangdong, don¡¯t think that I don¡¯t know that you¡¯re in a lot of debt. I heard that you spent half the materials to get a fishing rod for someone else.] Xu Xiangdong replied, [You have no proof. You can just make it up as you like.] [But I think what Li Tian said makes sense, especially the Dark Night Alliance. Now, all of their members will be forcibly taken away as soon as they get the wooden planks and silk threads.] [That¡¯s right. I have a friend from the Dark Night Alliance. All the wooden planks and silk threads on him have been taken away, but it¡¯s not his turn to be given a fishing rod yet.] [Why didn¡¯t Su Bai establish an alliance? If you did, you would have a fishing rod by now.] [I have the same idea. Everyone, let¡¯s convince Su Bai to form an alliance.] Looking at so many people who were boycotting him, Su Bai directly blocked all these people. As for establishing an alliance, Su Bai didn¡¯t have time to think about it. It was better to just fish. He was too lazy to talk nonsense with them. After all, the most important thing was to quickly fish for the silver chests. The upper limit of materials obtained every time a silver chest was opened was already high. Coupled with the luck bonus of the ring, he could obtain close to the full amount of materials almost every time. To some extent, doing that was faster than selling fishing rods. The materials obtained from the silver chest were given by the system, but the materials for selling the fishing rod were obtained by other players who had been fishing non-stop. Even though they had a large number of people, they could not do as they wished. He realized this after he had used a normal fishing rod. It seemed that the last batch of fishing rods had emptied out all the materials, so only half of the fishing rods had been sold after half a day. If other people knew about this, they would be so angry. They had already broken their heads trying to gather the materials for a fishing rod, and Su Bai was still complaining about their slow speed. On the Friend page. Li Tian sent, [Su Bai, I have a request. I want to borrow some fishing rods from you. Is that okay?] Chapter 18 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Li Tian had also formed an alliance with Su Bai¡¯s help, and there were more than a dozen people in the Alliance. As for why so many people had joined, it was because Li Tian had revealed that he and Su Bai were good friends. Otherwise, there would not be so many people who were willing to join this small Alliance. Li Tian didn¡¯t want to say anything. It was a little awkward. Not to mention their relationship, Su Bai would be disgusted by the credit. Su Bai responded without hesitation to his only good friend, [It¡¯s just a fishing rod. It isn¡¯t a big deal. I can give it to you personally.] Li Tian replied, [Thank you, Su Bai. But I have an alliance with more than a dozen people, so I still want to owe you 13 normal fishing rods.] It wasn¡¯t that Li Tian was being insatiable, but that he really needed some fishing rods to strengthen his alliance, so he had no choice but to trade them on credit. Although he had agreed to get a fishing rod, Li Tian was still worried about the safety of the people in the alliance. He still gritted his teeth and requested. When Su Bai saw that message, he originally wanted to reject it, but he suddenly thought of the alliance that someone had mentioned in the Chat. Of course, Su Bai was not willing to take care of the alliance, but he could provide some resources to support the alliance. Such an idea was still somewhat risky. He would have no choice if the other party kicked him out after he had grown stronger. ¡®On second thought, Li Tian refused the temptation of a free fishing rod and wanted to buy it on credit. This must be for the sake of the people in his alliance. Such a person was somewhat loyal.¡¯ Su Bai thought. After thinking for a while, Su Bai decided to give it a try. There were risks, but there were rewards. Now, he was fishing alone day and night. Although he had obtained a lot of resources, there would always be times when he would be short of them. Seeing that Su Bai didn¡¯t reply, Li Tian was already prepared to apologize. Su Bai replied, [No problem. I can give you the fishing rods, and I can give them to you for free. On one condition.] Li Tian replied [Name it, Su Bai. I¡¯ll agree to any condition!] Su Bai commented, [It¡¯s not a difficult condition. After I give you the fishing rods, you have to develop well. There will be many times when I need you in the future. Of course, I will give you some compensation, but you can¡¯t tell anyone that I gave you these fishing rods, and you can¡¯t tell anyone that I¡¯m the one behind your alliance.] When Li Tian mentioned that, he was already prepared to be a slave, but Su Bai¡¯s request was just to be a free and easy shopkeeper. Li Tian replied, [No problem, Su Bai. I won¡¯t tell anyone that you¡¯re the one behind this alliance.] Li Tian didn¡¯t know how much of a change his actions would bring to his life. He only knew that he had asked for the fishing rods for the rest of the members of his alliance. .. Within the Dark Night Alliance. Meng Lin stated, [It seems that we have underestimated that S-rank talent. Su Bai¡¯s development is too fast.] [That¡¯s right. We¡¯ve just gotten the seawater desalinator, but he¡¯s already gotten the blueprints of normal fishing rods.] Meng Lin commented, [We have to come up with an effective solution to alleviate the current situation.] [What method can there be? Right now, everyone¡¯s fighting for fishing rods. The only way is for us to obtain a fishing rod blueprint.] [Yeah, we have to solve the problem of the blueprint. Otherwise, we will always be one step behind Su Bai.] Meng Lin asked, [Have you already sent people to inquire? Now, is there anyone who has obtained the blueprint for a normal fishing rod? We must buy it at all costs.] [I¡¯ve already sent out all the people who can gather information to ask around. Everyone knows that there¡¯s a normal fishing rod blueprint, but no one has seen it before.] [I don¡¯t believe that not a single blueprint has appeared. I think they¡¯re deliberately hiding the blueprint and are not willing to take it out.] [That¡¯s right. There are still a few alliances that are stronger than us. I heard that they have stopped buying fishing rods. They have already obtained the fishing rod blueprint.] Meng Lin commented, [Damn it! We¡¯re one step slower than the others again.] [It¡¯s all because of you. When he put up the fishing rod for trade, we should have taken out all the materials to exchange for fishing rods. We waited until the price rose to this point before we started to fight for the materials.] [You¡¯re right. If we had bought the fishing rods from the start, we might have gotten a blueprint by now. You should know that the resources obtained by two fishing rods and one fishing rod are on a completely different level.] Meng Lin replied, [What¡¯s the use of complaining now? How many resources did we get today? Can we buy a fishing rod now?] [It¡¯s difficult. The prices of the wooden planks and silk threads out there are sky-high. If I don¡¯t get the wooden planks and silk threads directly, I can¡¯t get the wooden planks with other materials.] [That¡¯s for sure. Everyone knows the importance of the wooden planks and the silk threads, so they won¡¯t easily take them out for exchange.] Meng Lin asked, [Then, has anyone obtained this stats elixir fragment?] [Don¡¯t mention it. I feel like it¡¯s even harder to obtain the stats elixir fragments than the blueprint. I¡¯ve only heard of people obtaining them, but I¡¯ve never seen anyone from our alliance obtain one.] [Instead of thinking about materials like the stats elixir fragments, it¡¯s better to let everyone continue fishing and gather wooden planks and silk threads!] [Yeah, if there¡¯s nothing else today, I¡¯m going to continue fishing. I¡¯m not like some of you who already have two fishing rods. I still have to work hard for my second fishing rod.] After the meeting was hastily concluded, everyone left the chat. Currently, the Dark Night Alliance was filled with complaints. In the beginning, the alliance was full of people with B-rank talent and above. They exchanged resources with each other and developed quite well. But ever since Meng Lin proposed to go against Su Bai, the alliance had changed. It was no longer the alliance with common progress as their goal but had begun to split internally. It could be said that the entire alliance was in a mess now. There was no sign of the sincere cooperation they once had. Instead, they were like a plate of loose sand. If they couldn¡¯t find a way to change the current situation in a short time, then the disbandment of this alliance was only a matter of time. Chapter 19 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Li Tian¡¯s heart was filled with excitement. He was so excited that he had already lost his mind. He looked at the 13 fishing rods in his Bag. He had been in this state for more than ten minutes, and he still felt like he was in a dream. Li Tian commented, [Bro, come and take a look. Is this really a fishing rod?] [Not bad, Li Tian. You really bought the fishing rods on credit from Su Bai.] [Give it to me, Li Tian. I need a second fishing rod. Give it to me!] Only when he saw everyone¡¯s reply did Li Tian know that this was not a dream. Li Tian commented, [Of course! We have to work hard for Su Bai. You know¡­] [What is it, Li Tian?] [Li Tian, is there a problem?] Li Tian suddenly realized something was wrong. Earlier, Su Bai had solemnly told Li Tian not to tell anyone about this, but in just a short while, Li Tian had almost revealed the secret. Li Tian commented, [No, no. What I want to say is that these are Su Bai¡¯s trust in us. Otherwise, who would give us these 13 fishing rods on credit? Besides, you guys need to work hard. The materials of these fishing rods have to be returned to Su Bai at market price!] [Don¡¯t worry, Li Tian. We know what we¡¯re doing,] Warning! The storm is coming! The storm will arrive in this area in five days! There will be many crises at that time. All players, please hurry up and improve your strength. Detected that the strength of the players in this area is low. To increase the survival rate, the probability of obtaining treasure chests will be slightly increased in the next four days. Since the storm is coming, the ranking system is activated. Comprehensive Strength Ranking 1st Place: Wu Qingfeng. 2nd Place: Su Bai. 3rd Place: Meng Lin. 4th Place: Lin Zicheng. 5th Place: Liu Cunzhuang. 6th Place: Chai Yubian. ¡­ On the Chat page. [Everyone, listen to the announcement. A storm is really coming. However, the system¡¯s words are too harsh. It actually said that the players in our region are weak!] [Who cares if the system¡¯s words sound nice or not? I only care about increasing the probability of the treasure chest dropping.] [That¡¯s right. I have two fishing rods now. I don¡¯t believe I can¡¯t make a fortune in the next few days!] [Don¡¯t talk big. I can see that your stomach is still empty, and you¡¯re still thinking of getting rich.] [Bros, have you all seen the rankings? Su Bai is not first!] [Of course I saw it. Su Bai is alone. Of course, he can¡¯t compete with those alliances who are collecting resources together.] [Hmm, if only Su Bai could also form an alliance. I hope Su Bai can be the number one.] This time, the system¡¯s notification caused a lot of people to panic, and everyone worked even harder to fish. After all, no one wanted to die in the storm. It would be too aggrieving. Su Bai didn¡¯t pay much attention to it after seeing the ranking. It was true that he had an SSS grade talent, but it was just a ranking. Su Bai had studied it for a long time and still couldn¡¯t figure out how this ability was measured, so he couldn¡¯t explain anything. But if there was a wealth list, Su Bai believed that he would be the first on the list without a doubt. As for increasing the drop rate of treasure chests, it was useless to Su Bai, because he could get silver chests every time. Silver Chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Wooden Plank x 86! Silver Chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Silk Thread x 91! Silver Chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Iron Ore x 9! Silver Chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Wooden Plank x 86! At noon, Su Bai opened the Trade page and wanted to sell some drinking water, but he suddenly found that the price of drinking water was no longer high. With the increase in the drop rate of treasure chests, everyone in this area had obtained quite a few good items. Now, they no longer had such a strong need for food and water. All they needed were ingredients. ¡°That¡¯s a good thing. The things they can get are getting better and better. I have countless of the materials they need. I¡¯m the one who has the final say in the market.¡± Su Bai murmured. After all, Su Bai¡¯s fishing rod was a high-level one, and he could get a silver chest every time, and he could get 80 or 90 wooden planks at a time. Item for trade: Wooden Plank x 500. Condition: 2 Wooden Planks for 1 Stats Elixir Fragment. Item for trade: Silk Thread x 500. Condition: 2 Silk Threads for 1 Stats Elixir Fragment. After Su Bai put up all the items for trade, he found that all the stats elixir fragments that he had asked for had been successfully traded. ¡°When did that happen? Why don¡¯t I recall any of it?¡± Su Bai quickly checked his Bag and found no trace of the stats elixir fragments. It was only now that Su Bai remembered that the previous batch of fishing rods had been selling so well that they could only be combined in the Safe House, which meant that some of the stats elixir fragments had been exchanged a long time ago. It was just that they had been placed in the Warehouse and Su Bai had not discovered them. It had been less than five hours since Su Bai last entered the Safe House. He could only wait. .. Within the Dark Night Alliance. A player with C-rank talent was fishing with all his might, and he was on the verge of breaking down. He had not had a full meal since he joined the Dark Night Alliance. Originally, he thought that an alliance formed by people with B-rank talent would be better, but it was only after he joined that he realized that it was just a scam. The so-called common development was just for them to work hard to collect resources and then hand them over. After that, they would distribute bread and water according to the resources each person obtained every day. Now, he only felt that he had been deceived. He had worked so hard to gather the alliance entrance fee for so long, but now, it was already a huge sum of money. However, he was still hungry. The fishing rod in his hand moved. This was the signal of successful fishing. He didn¡¯t dare to be careless and quickly began to reel in the line. His luck was not bad. It was actually a bronze chest. Treasure chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Blueprint x 1! Rare Blueprint: Normal Fishing Rod Materials Needed: Wooden Planks x 20, Silk Thread x 20, Iron Ore X 1. Can be used to craft a Normal Fishing Rod. ¡°C-Could this really be a blueprint for a normal fishing rod? Are my eyes playing tricks on me?¡± After confirming it three times, he was so excited that he almost jumped up. He quickly opened his friend list and reported the news, and the only condition he offered was to give him one fishing rod after he made it. [Leader, good news, good news! Someone just opened a treasure chest and got a fishing rod blueprint!] Meng Lin replied, [What? Is it really the blueprint of a fishing rod?] [How could it be fake? The blueprint is in my hands!] Meng Lin commented, [Hahaha! It seems that today is the day for the rise of the Dark Night Alliance!] Chapter 20 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation This blueprint had come at just the right time. Before this, Meng Lin had always felt that even the heavens were against him. Right after he announced that he was going to fall out with Su Bai, Su Bai released a lot of fishing rods and directly pressed him to the ground. But now he had the blueprint of the fishing rods. What was Su Bai better than him in? Meng Lin had already begun to fantasize about what it would be like when the fishing rod was mass-produced. [Spread the order, and have everyone hand over the wooden planks, silk threads, and iron ores! Tell them that the Dark Night Alliance already has the blueprint for normal fishing rods, so they don¡¯t need to buy it at a high price.] It was only at this moment that the members of the Dark Night Alliance felt that joining this alliance was worth it. Su Bai waited for a few more hours before he finally entered the Safe House. ¡°Hey System, enter the Safe House.¡± It was the familiar sound and process again. Soon, Su Bai entered the Safe House. There were actually 450 stats elixir fragments. Su Bai was stunned. ¡°Could it be that this transaction was completed while I was asleep?¡± Su Bai mumbled to himself. To strike a balance between work and rest, Su Bai went to bed early and woke up early every day. In comparison, the other players worked much harder and woke up early and went to bed late every day. Su Bai wasn¡¯t lazy at all, but the materials from the treasure chest were enough, so there was no need to work so hard. ¡°Hey System, combine the stats elixir fragments!¡± Successfully combined the Stats Elixirs. You¡¯ve received 45 Stats Elixir. ¡®What a great harvest! I had unknowingly obtained so many stats elixirs.¡¯ ¡°Hey System, check the properties of the stats elixir!¡± Stats Elixir: Randomly increase one stats point. 20% chance of Strength, 20% chance of Stamina, 20% chance of Spirit, 20% chance of Intelligent, and 20% chance of Charisma. For others, the stats elixir might really be random, but for Su Bai, he could add whatever he wanted. After some careful consideration, Su Bai decided to increase his strength and stamina first, which were the most practical for him at the moment. After all, the storm was coming, and the system said that there would be many dangers when the storm came. If Su Bai didn¡¯t increase his strength now, he would be a fool. There were 45 stats elixirs in total. Su Bai divided them into two parts, 23 were for strength and 22 were for stamina. ¡°Hey System, modify the properties of the stats elixir. Adjust the probability of Stamina, Spirit, Intelligent, and Charisma to 0%, and the probability of Strength to 100%. BEEP! Modification successful Stats Elixir: Randomly increase one stats point. 100% chance of gaining Strength, 0% chance of gaining Stamina, Spirit, Intelligent, and Charisma. Following the same steps, Su Bai adjusted the rest of the stats elixirs to only increase his Stamina by 100%. The stats elixir didn¡¯t have any taste in his mouth. It was like chewing a chewy candy, but it would make him feel full. Now that he had made all the stats elixir, Su Bai had no choice but to grit his teeth and eat them all. ¡°Hey System, check my status!¡± Player Status Name: Su Bai Age: 20 years old Strength: 35 (6+2+4+23) Stamina: 36 (8+2+4+22) Spirit: 2 Intelligent: 2 Charisma: 3 Special Talent: SSS-grade, Super Modifier Skill: Iron Armor Equipment: Machete (Strength + 4), Ghillie Armor (Stamina + 4) Island Status Owner: Su Bai Island level: 0 Area: 10 x 10 (Limit Reached) Building: Stone House x 1, Seawater Desalinator x 2 Buff: None Safe House Status Warehouse size: 40 units Looking at his current stats, Su Bai had some confidence in the storm that was coming in a few days. In the next few days, Su Bai had been collecting useful materials through wooden planks and silk threads. This process was simply too pleasurable. Now, the wooden planks and silk threads were like strong currency. At this time, the others were still thinking about how to get a second fishing rod, so it was easy to collect the stats elixir fragments. By now, Su Bai had saved more than 400 stats elixirs, but he was not in a hurry to eat them. They did not taste good. After thinking that he was strong enough to survive this storm, Su Bai decided to eat them when he needed them. The morning of the 13th day arrived in the blink of an eye. The storm is coming! The storm is coming! Prompt! An unknown creature has arrived. Player, please take care to avoid it! Reminder: During the storm, the failure rate of fishing will double, and the probability of obtaining treasures will be halved. Warning: The origin of the storm is unknown. Please do not drink the rainwater! After a series of beeps, the sky suddenly changed. BOOM! There was a loud explosion and lightning flashed. The people on the beach looked up at the sky and found that dark clouds covered the entire sky, accompanied by dancing electric snakes. Rumble ¡­ Rumble ¡­ It was as if the storm had suddenly arrived. Without any warning, it started to rain heavily and a gust of wind blew on the sea. The storm came too quickly and violently. Not only were the people who were awake shocked, but those who were still sleeping were also so shocked that they jumped out of their beds. The storm became more and more intense, and huge waves crashed against the shore, causing huge waves. The seawater also surged up to the shore. However, the storm did not stop. It continued to rain, and it was getting heavier and heavier. CRACK! The sky seemed to have been torn apart. Lightning struck down from the sky and struck the sea. Water pillars broke through the clouds. It was like a ferocious beast with its mouth wide open, pouncing toward the group of weak life forms. It wanted to devour every single living being. On the Chat page. [That¡¯s terrifying. I thought it was the end of the world. I was still sleeping just now when I heard a series of crackling sounds.] [What time is it already? You¡¯re still sleeping. Don¡¯t you have any awareness at all?] [I didn¡¯t dare to relax for even a moment. I didn¡¯t go to sleep until the middle of the night.] [Me too, I feel that it¡¯s especially artistic at night.] [Stop the artistic conception. I was so scared just now. I saw a monster climb onto my Island.] [Monster? What monster? Something really did appear. Are you hurt?] [No, the monster didn¡¯t seem to have any intention of attacking me. After I ran into the house, it no longer looked in my direction.] [No wonder the system said that an unknown creature had appeared. I¡¯m afraid it¡¯s these monsters.] [Describe what these monsters look like.] [How should I put it? These monsters also have two legs and two hands that are standing.] [Don¡¯t tell me you saw yourself?] [Hahaha, it¡¯s not bad to see yourself!] [The monsters do look like that. I saw them just now, but their faces are different from ours. They look a little like fish.] [I also saw some here, it¡¯s the same as he described!] Chapter 21 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation That monster had already been seen by many people. Those who had not seen the monster were even more curious about what kind of creature it was and why others thought it was so strange. Humans had always been afraid of the unknown. However, that saying was obviously not applicable to this group of players. They were already used to it in this area. There were even players who were eager to fight these monsters. A monster appeared on Su Bai¡¯s Island, and it just looked at Su Bai quietly. Seeing that the monster didn¡¯t intend to attack him, Su Bai didn¡¯t take out his weapon. After taking a closer look, he saw the monster¡¯s appearance. It looked very similar to a human, but its face was uglier and it had a pair of gills. ¡°That monster looks strange, but what is it trying to do on my Island? It doesn¡¯t attack me and just looks at me quietly.¡± Su Bai mumbled to himself. However, this was still out of ordinary. Su Bai thought, ¡®What if that monster suddenly attacked me? I couldn¡¯t always be on guard against it.¡¯ ¡°How can I allow others to sleep in my bed! Hey System, check the monster¡¯s properties!¡± Oannes The Oannes lives in the water all year round and was brought to this area by a mysterious force. Danger: 1-star Combat Power: 25 ¡°So this monster is an Oannes. But why does it have combat power, and I don¡¯t?¡± Su Bai said unhappily. ¡°Hey System, check my combat power.¡± Character: Su Bai Combat Power ¡­ Your current power is too weak, and the evaluation criteria changed. Current Combat Power is 10% of Strength and other stats + Skill effect. Combat Power: 59 ¡°Hey System, what do you mean by this? Are you looking down on me?!¡± Su Bai was not satisfied with the system¡¯s evaluation. It was indeed a little insulting. ¡®What did it mean by ¡®too weak¡¯ and had directly changed the evaluation conditions!¡¯ Su Bai wondered angrily. There are many references for strength assessment. Currently, the other stats are too low, so they can not be used as a reference. Su Bai realized he couldn¡¯t reason with the system after hearing the system¡¯s rebuttal. After knowing his own combat power, he was not as vigilant as before when facing the Oannes, especially when his combat power was higher than theirs. ¡°Don¡¯t blame me for being ruthless. Since you dare to appear on my Island, I¡¯ll teach you a good lesson!¡± Then Su Bai took out the machete from his bag and rushed towards the monster. As he charged, he activated Iron Armor. It was like shooting a mosquito with an anti-aircraft gun. With the help of Iron Armor skill, Su Bai¡¯s combat power was close to 80, and he could kill an Oannes with only 25 combat power in seconds. The machete directly split the Oannes in half. Its body struggled on the ground for a while before it completely stopped moving. Su Bai used the machete to cut off a piece of Oannes¡¯s meat and put it under his nose to smell it. ¡°Why does this meat smell so bad? It seems like it can¡¯t be eaten.¡± Su Bai had wanted to kill the Oannes and get some protein. After all, he hadn¡¯t eaten meat for many days since he came here. After that, Su Bai threw the Oannes¡¯s body into the sea. It was useless to leave inedible things here. He had been focusing on the Oannes the whole time, so when he finally realized what was going on, he found out that the rain did not seem right. Although the system had already warned him that the rainwater was not drinkable, he still couldn¡¯t resist his curiosity and tasted it. ¡°Pfft ¡­ Pfft ¡­ Why is the water so salty and sour?¡± After a few puffs, he felt a little better in his mouth. After tasting the rain, Su Bai believed the system was right. There was something wrong with the rain. He had been in the rain for a long time and was totally soaked. Since there was something wrong with the rain, Su Bai hurried back to the stone house and took a shower with the simple shower he built. It was not until the fifteenth bottle of drinking water that he felt that there was no trace of rain left on his body. Now that he knew that there was a problem with the rain, he had to continue fishing for even rarer treasures. He had no choice but to build another thatched house by the shore. After all, this was only a temporary use, and there was no need to upgrade it to a stone house. ¡°Fishing is not an easy task. If I don¡¯t get some good stuff today, I¡¯ll really be making a big loss.¡± Su Bai skillfully swung the rod and waited silently. Fishing failed, keep up the good work. Su Bai had never received such a notification before. Normal fishing rods had never failed him because of his innate skill, but this super fishing rod had failed due to the weather. ¡°For the sake of better treasures, I¡¯ll endure it!¡± Silver Chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Iron Ore x 9! Fishing failed, keep up the good work. Fishing failed, keep up the good work. Silver Chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Bronze Ore x 8! Silver Chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Blueprint x 26! When Su Bai got another chest and was about to open it, an Oannes suddenly jumped out of the water and rushed towards the chest. The Oannes grabbed the treasure chest, turned around, and disappeared into the sea. ¡°Y-You¡¯re going too far! A-A-A-h! Get out here and face me. I will chop you into pieces!¡± Su Bai roared towards the sea. Su Bai couldn¡¯t stand it anymore, especially that weak Oannes who dared to steal his treasure chest that could be something good. There was no way Su Bai could let it go. He took out the machete from his Bag, holding one fishing rod in his left hand, and the machete in his right. To lure the snake out of its hole, Su Bai did not rush to open the treasure chest after successfully fishing this time. Instead, he placed the silver chest to the side. After waiting for two or three minutes, he found that the Oannes seemed to have some intelligence and did not rush up. Su Bai didn¡¯t believe it and continued fishing. After a few more failures, there were already seven silver chests stacked on the side. Not until then did Su Bai realize that the Oannes was quite smart. It knew the power of the machete, so it would rather look at so many treasure chests than attack. ¡°Alright, since that¡¯s the case, I¡¯ll keep it away!¡± Just as Su Bai put the machete into his bag, an Oannes jumped out of the sea. It stretched out its hands straight and went straight for the silver chest in the thatched house. Su Bai¡¯s expression quickly turned ferocious as if he had seen the greatest enemy in his life. He didn¡¯t have time to take out his machete and just grabbed at the Oannes. ¡°I¡¯ve finally caught you! Let¡¯s see how you run this time!¡± Chapter 22 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation The Oannes that had been caught was still holding onto the treasure chest, unwilling to let go. It was still struggling, trying to escape into the sea with the treasure chest. Obviously, it was impossible. Su Bai¡¯s hand was like a pair of iron pincers, gripping the Oannes¡¯s neck so hard that it could only struggle helplessly on the ground. This was not enough to vent Su Bai¡¯s hatred. He had to teach this Oannes a lesson today. To prevent the other silver chests in the thatched cottage from being stolen, Su Bai put them all into his Bag before he could open them. ¡°Hehehe, you can¡¯t run anymore!¡± As if sensing its fate, the Oannes on the ground stopped struggling. It looked at Su Bai with an ingratiating look and squeezed out a sincere smile. ¡°Smile? You¡¯re still smiling at me?! Your smile is uglier than your crying face.¡± As Su Bai said that, he slapped the Oannes¡¯s face. To prevent himself from killing the Oannes with one punch, Su Bai deliberately held back a little. Under the precise force, the Oannes¡¯s nose and face were soon bruised. As if he was still not satisfied, Su Bai took out a rope and tied the Oannes up. ¡°Listen up, you creatures in the sea. This is the end of anyone who dares to try to steal my treasure chest.¡± After saying that, Su Bai sat on the ground and opened the treasure chest in a huff. Silver Chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Stone x 8! Silver Chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Blueprint x 2! Looking at the two blueprints, Su Bai¡¯s eyes were shining. He had not seen a blueprint for days. He quickly opened his Bag to check the two new blueprints. One of them was seawater desalinator, and the other was a new blueprint called a recycling plant. ¡°Hey System, check the new blueprint.¡± Rare Blueprint: Recycling Plant Materials Needed: Wooden Plank x 1,000, Stone x 500, Iron Ore x 500, Bronze Ore x 500, Drinking Water x 300. Can be used to craft a Recycling Plant. Su Bai couldn¡¯t help but gulp when he saw so many materials needed. This was the first time he had seen something that required so many materials to build. After a few seconds, Su Bai couldn¡¯t help but smile. Fortunately, he had exchanged for a large number of materials a few days ago. Otherwise, he might not have been able to build this recycling plant. Su Bai quickly made a trip to the Safe House and brought out all the materials he needed. ¡°Hey System, craft a recycling plant!¡± Used Rare Blueprint: Recycling Plant! Materials Needed: Wooden Plank x 1,000, Stone x 500, Iron Ore x 500, Bronze Ore x 500, Drinking Water x 300. Materials fulfilled. Crafting Recycling Plant¡­ Crafting Recycling Plant complete! After that, there were familiar images and scenes. Soon, a recycling plant appeared on the island. ¡°Hey System, check the properties of the recycling plant.¡± Recycling Plant: A mysterious building that can turn waste into consumables. Usage 1: There is a 50% chance of breaking down an item inserted into useful materials. Usage 2: There is an 80% chance of disassembling an item and returning it to its original appearance. The recycling plant was neither big nor small. At the moment, Su Bai could not think of where to use it. BEEP! Do you wish to modify the recycling plant? ¡°Hmm?¡± While Su Bai was still immersed in thinking about where to use the recycling plant, he heard a familiar prompt. ¡°Hahaha. Since I can modify it, I will change the probability of both usage to 100%!¡± BEEP! Modification successful Recycling Plant: A mysterious building that can turn waste into consumables. Usage 1: There is a 100% chance of breaking down an item inserted into useful materials. Usage 2: There is a 100% chance of disassembling an item and returning it to its original appearance. ¡°Now, that¡¯s what I¡¯m talking about!¡± Su Bai sighed with emotion. Su Bai looked around and planned to find something to test out the recycling plant. He scanned his surroundings and his glance landed on the Oannes. ¡°It¡¯s you then.¡± Su Bai picked up the Oannes by the neck, walked to the recycling plant¡¯s entrance, and threw the Oannes in it. Recycling¡­ Recycling Successful: Lost Oannes x 1. Obtained Meat x 2, Oannes Skin x 1. ¡°There¡¯s even meat. I¡¯ve been eating fish so much these days that I¡¯m about to throw up. I can finally have a change of taste.¡± Su Bai¡¯s eyes lit up when he saw the meat. He totally ignored the Oannes¡¯s skin. He immediately set up a fire and began to roast meat. After the meat was cooked, he ate it while reading the Chat page. [When will this rain stop? It¡¯s been raining all day.] [What bad luck. I finally managed to fish a treasure chest, but it was snatched away by an Oannes.] [Bro, you¡¯re really bold. Don¡¯t you know that the Oannes will attack?] [It can¡¯t be. I saw it grab the treasure chest and jump into the sea. It didn¡¯t even have the intention to attack me.] [Maybe you¡¯re just lucky. Someone was attacked by the Oannes just now.] [Tell me in detail what happened.] [My friend said that he was resting in his room when he heard someone knocking on the door. When he got up, he realized that it was an Oannes.] [Why would an Oannes knock on the door? Are they that polite?] [Listen to me, okay? My friend was also very curious, but out of fear of the Oannes, he didn¡¯t open the door. After it knocked for three to five minutes, the Oannes broke in and beat my friend up. It also took some of my friend¡¯s materials and disappeared.] [What do you mean by this Oannes is actually snatching materials? What do they want materials for?] [Isn¡¯t that simple? We can tell that they like to snatch our resources from the way they snatch treasure chests.] [An Oannes also knocked on my door just now and took some of my things.] [No way, what should we do? It¡¯s not easy to fish on a stormy day, and now these Oanness are here to snatch our resources.] [I was about to cry. That Oannes took two of my wooden planks.] [That¡¯s not right! Shouldn¡¯t these things be in your Bags? How did the Oanness take it away?] [I don¡¯t know. It punched me, and two wooden planks suddenly fell to the ground. Then, it took the wooden planks and left.] [Wait, there¡¯s also an Oannes knocking on my door. I¡¯ll open the door and take a look. Wait for my good news.] A few moments later. [I¡¯m back. It left after taking a silk thread from me.] [What happened? Could it be that you can communicate with the Oanness?] [No, it reached out its hand after I opened the door. Since it was here to snatch resources, I put a ball of silk thread on its hand. I didn¡¯t expect it to turn around and leave.] [Bro, you¡¯re the best! I love you so much! Your actions have saved us all from a round of physical pain!] [If I were a woman, I would definitely marry you.] [I¡¯ve got the latest news! A very, very big Oannes appeared, two to three times bigger than the Oanneses we saw during the day. There are also a few Oanneses a little smaller than it behind it!] Chapter 23 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Su Bai took the first part of the news as watching a group of people talking nonsense while eating, but when he read the next part, something was wrong. After so many days of understanding, Su Bai knew that these people would only say it with real evidence. ¡®But why did these Oanneses want to fight for resources? And what was the purpose of the giant Oannes?¡¯ Su Bai pondered. Just when Su Bai was trying to figure out the reason, there was a knock on the door. When Su Bai knew that it was here to ask for materials, he had already sentenced the Oannes to death. He walked to the door and opened it. He didn¡¯t expect the Oannes to really reach out its hand. Su Bai directly took out the machete from his Bag and cut off the Oannes¡¯s head. The Oannes never thought that the other party would remove its head without saying a word when it just came to collect some materials. After taking care of the Oannes, Su Bai threw the dead body into the recycling plant. Recycling¡­ Recycling Successful: Lost Oannes x 1. Obtained Meat x 2, Oannes Skin x 1. ¡°I couldn¡¯t find the Oannes during the day. I didn¡¯t expect it to come to me at night. Isn¡¯t that equal to delivering me its meat to eat?¡± It was because Su Bai had seen the meat earlier that he suddenly felt hungry, so he didn¡¯t care about the uses of the Oannes skin. Now that he had seen it again, he remembered that after the Oannes was recycled, it would also produce a material, the Oannes skin. ¡°Hey System, check the properties of the Oannes skin.¡± Oannes Skin: The skin obtained from an Oannes, the best material to upgrade your Bag¡¯s capacity. ¡°It¡¯s actually used to upgrade my Bag¡¯s capacity?¡± Su Bai was so happy that he almost passed out. After getting the super fishing rod, Su Bai felt that his Bag was not big enough. Usually, his Bag¡¯s capacity would be full after two to four hours. At that time, Su Bai had no choice but to put all the things in his Bag into the Warehouse. However, he had to wait five hours every time he entered the warehouse. In other words, if he accidentally filled his Bag within these five hours, he would not be able to continue fishing. That would greatly reduce Su Bai¡¯s speed and efficiency. It was the first time Su Bai realized that it was not a good thing to have too much wooden plank and silk thread. Su Bai was the only one who knew what he was thinking. If others knew what he was thinking, they would pass out. ¡°Hey System, how many Oannes skins do I need to upgrade my Bag¡¯s capacity?¡± Oannes skin required to upgrade Bag 2/5. It wasn¡¯t difficult to upgrade Su Bai¡¯s Bag¡¯s capacity now, but it was a little difficult to find another Oannes. It seemed that the nearby Oanneses all knew his strength, so they all hid far away. ¡°It seems like I¡¯ll have to use the old method.¡± Su Bai sighed. The old method was to use the treasure chest to lure the Oanneses. With the temperament of these Oanneses, if they saw many treasure chests, they would definitely come forward. Su Bai just needed to take advantage of that time to catch them. However, the sky was getting dark, and his night vision was poor, so he could only try that after dawn. Otherwise, Su Bai would have lost those chests. The Oanneses were fast at snatching treasure chests, and it was hard to see at night. Probably the treasure chests had already been taken by the Oanneses without Su Bai noticing. ¡°In that case, I¡¯ll do it tomorrow, but it looks like there are even more high-level Oanneses. I wonder how strong they are.¡± The stats elixir didn¡¯t taste good, but to deal with these Oanneses who would come to find Su Bai, he could only bite the bullet and eat it. ¡°Hey System, bring me to the Safe House.¡± Su Bai came and went from the Safe House in a hurry, never paying attention to the number of his items. It wasn¡¯t until he saw the inventory of stats elixir fragments that he realized that he had collected a little too much. There were more than 20,000 stats elixir fragments in the Warehouse. ¡°F*ck, I¡¯m about to collect everyone¡¯s fragments. Hehe, this is also thanks to the inflation rate. I can sell the wooden planks at the price of drinking water. After being mesmerized for a while, Su Bai asked the system to start making the stats elixirs. ¡°Hey System, craft 500 Stats Elixirs!¡± Crafting Stats Elixir successful! You¡¯ve obtained 50 Stats Elixirs. Crafting Stats Elixir successful! You¡¯ve obtained 50 Stats Elixirs. Su Bai didn¡¯t stay idle while the system was crafting the stats elixirs. He changed the properties of every stats elixir he made and threw it into his mouth. Of course, his speed could not keep up with the crafting speed. After eating 50 Strength-increasing Stats Elixirs, a system notification popped up. Prompt: The Strength stats that the Stats Elixir can increase has reached the island¡¯s current limit. Please try again after upgrading the island. ¡°Huh? This thing had a limit! How many did I eat in total?¡± All Stats Elixirs have been crafted successfully. Su Bai had also successfully crafted all the stats elixirs. ¡°I have 473 in my bag. In addition to the 23 I ate before, I¡¯ve only gained 50 points and I¡¯ve reached the maximum?¡± Su Bai wasn¡¯t satisfied with the current situation. If he only gained so little strength, it means that his combat power didn¡¯t increase much. This was the first time he realized that having a lot of materials was not that useful. What was important was still combat power. Only those who were strong could be unafraid of such an unexpected situation. The current situation was a little tricky. If Su Bai wanted to improve his combat power, he had to upgrade the island. If he wanted to upgrade the island, he had to keep fishing, and he would encounter Oanneses while fishing. He might not even be able to defeat the high-level Oanneses. It was as if Su Bai had fallen into an endless loop. ¡°Wealth comes with danger, but who cares! Maybe I¡¯ll be one step ahead!¡± After making up his mind, Su Bai did not waste any more time. Then, he added another 28 stats elixirs to increase his Stamina. Burp~ After taking 55 stats elixir, Su Bai felt he had reached his limit and couldn¡¯t eat anymore. The stats elixir wasn¡¯t too big, about the size of a fingernail, but it really took up his stomach. Su Bai already felt that he could eat a lot, but even so, he didn¡¯t feel like eating anymore. He could only save the rest for lunch. ¡°Hey System, check my combat power!¡± Character: Su Bai Combat Power: 90 Unlike Su Bai¡¯s calmness, Meng Lin was on the verge of tears. The information Meng Lin got from his own alliance members was that the Oanneses only needed one or two wooden planks or silk threads. But the Oannes that came to Meng Lin took even more and wasn¡¯t satisfied. Meng Lin had already taken out 100 wooden planks, but the Oannes in front of him was like a bottomless pit, still demanding materials from him. Meng Lin¡¯s heart bled with every material he took out. These materials were the things he was most proud of. In the end, when he took out almost all the materials in his Bag, the Oannes in front of him left with satisfaction. Chapter 24 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Meng Lin commented, [What the heck! Didn¡¯t you guys say that it was just one or two wooden planks? This Oannes is about to empty me out! And why does it look different from the Oanneses we saw during the day?] [No, we¡¯re all in the same situation.] [Not all of them. I only gave it four wooden planks but my heart ached so much!] Meng Lin commented, [Four wooden planks? It¡¯s indeed a little strange. It seems that these Oanneses have a certain basis for their material demands] [Could¡­ Could it be because of your ranking, Meng Ling?] Meng Lin asked, [My ranking?] [That¡¯s right, and from your description, it should be an E-Class Oannes.] Meng Lin asked, [Oanneses have different classes?] [Of course. Ever since some players saw the large Oannes, they started to divide them into different classes. The most common Oanneses that fight for treasure chests are F-Class Oanneses, the ones one level higher are E-Class, and the biggest one is only D-class. As for whether there are higher-class Oanneses, these are the only three types that we know.] [That¡¯s right. This is the name with the highest recognition so far. It¡¯s calculated from the lowest talent rank, F-rank.] [Is there anything to compare? It¡¯s just an F-rank Oannes and it can beat up me, a C-rank talent!] [Why are you being so serious? It¡¯s just for the sake of convenience.] ¡°Hey System, check the ranking,¡± Meng Lin said. Comprehensive Strength Ranking 1st Place: Meng Lin. 2nd Place: Wu Qingfeng. 3rd Place: Su Bai. 4th Place: Liu Cunzhuang. 5th Place: Lin Zicheng. 6th Place: Chai Yubian. ¡­ Meng Lin was taken aback. After he had obtained the blueprint for normal fishing rods, he started to make them madly. With the accumulated materials, he attracted many players to join his alliance. Unknowingly, Meng Lin was already at the top of the ranking. Meng Lin laughed, ¡°Hahaha. I¡¯m actually in first place and Su Bai is only in third place! It seems that Su Bai is just so-so!¡± Meng Lin was no longer irritated when he considered that. It was the price of coming in the first place and it was worth it as long as he could step on Su Bai. The day passed by quickly. During the day, Su Bai collected all the materials for his Bag¡¯s upgrade. Bag was successfully upgraded. Capacity: 100 Maximum stack per item: 999 The entire procedure went very smoothly. There would always be Oanneses who couldn¡¯t resist the allure of twenty silver chests and would rush to the island. Su Bai didn¡¯t reject them. He punched them one after another to his heart¡¯s content. Now that his Bag had been upgraded, he didn¡¯t have to keep storing the items in the Warehouse. When the night fell, the Oanneses took turns knocking on the door again. On the Chat page. [Bro, I¡¯m finished. Why did the F-class Oannes ask for so many things? It took all my materials!] [You¡¯re better than me. I¡¯ve already emptied my pockets, but it¡¯s still not satisfied. That Oannes beat me up, and now I have nothing left. How am I going to live from now on?] [Hurry up and borrow some materials or go to your Warehouse to get them. Get through the night first.] Warning: The Oanneses are in a rage. Current number of players in the area: 86437/100000 [Why are there so many people missing?] [Can¡¯t you tell? It¡¯s definitely those people with lower talent ranks. They didn¡¯t have many materials, to begin with, and now they couldn¡¯t hand it over, so they were killed.] [Who has more materials? Please lend me some, I don¡¯t want to be beaten up!] [You¡¯re on your own. Who would lend you anything at a time like this? Can¡¯t you see that so many people have lost their lives because they can¡¯t take out anything!] [Fortunately, I still have some materials in my Warehouse. I hope I can get through the night.] The sudden change caused everyone to panic. They had thought that it was just inconvenient to fish, but now their life was in danger.] Su Bai wasn¡¯t worried about these F-class Oanneses. He wanted to see an E-class Oannes instead. He always felt that these high-level Oanneses would definitely produce better materials through recycling. After a whole day of waiting, Su Bai still didn¡¯t see a single E-class Oannes. KNOCK KNOCK A few knocks sounded on the other side of Su Bai¡¯s door. ¡°Hehe. I¡¯m coming already. Can you afford to pay for the door you broke?¡± Su Bai got off the bed and opened the door while cursing. When he opened the door, he saw a big guy. ¡°Hey System, Hurry and check this Oannes¡¯s combat power!¡± Oannes Due to some unknown reason, it has mutated. Its strength has greatly increased, and it now has higher attack and resistance. Combat power: 50 ¡°It¡¯s not much of a threat.¡± Su Bai smirked. POW! Su Bai slapped the Oannes¡¯s hand. The Oannes¡¯s disdainful face turned ferocious in the next second. ¡°Oh my God! How can you be so ugly?¡± POW! POW! Two more slaps landed on the Oannes¡¯s face. The E-class Oannes was completely enraged. It wanted to smash the human in front of it into a meat patty! The Oannes raised its left hand and slapped Su Bai¡¯s head! It seemed to have predicted that Su Bai would die under its slap. However, the Oannes left hand met with resistance halfway and stopped there, unable to move. When the Oannes took a closer look, it realized that the human in front of him was actually using one of his hands to strangle its left hand. Su Bai was looking at the Oannes with a smile. ¡°I¡¯m not going to play with you anymore. I¡¯ll send you on your way now.¡± As soon as he said that, Su Bai¡¯s right hand increased in strength. The Oannes found that its left hand could not move, so it tried to attack with its right hand. Su Bai dodged it. Then he exerted force in his right hand. With the sound of bones breaking, the Oannes¡¯s left hand was twisted. The sudden pain made the Oannes stop its attack and let out a shrill scream. Without stopping, Su Bai grabbed the right hand of the Oannes and pulled it off. Then he punched the Oannes¡¯s head. After doing all this, the Oannes was already lying on the ground, dead. Su Bai skillfully threw the dead body of the Oannes into the recycling plant. After all, the Oannes Su Bai killed this time was an E-class, which was much higher than the F-class Oannes he had killed before. Recycling¡­ Recycling Successful: Lost Oannes x 1. Obtained Meat x 3, Oannes Skin x 1, Island Upgrade Core x 1. ¡°Hey System, quickly check the island upgrade core.¡± The Island Upgrade Core is an indispensable material for the island upgrade. Currently, four more Island Upgrade Cores are required for the island upgrade. After knowing that the island upgrade core was from a Oannes, Su Bai¡¯s eyes lit up. He searched for other Oanneses around the island. Although he had considered upgrading the island, the system had not given him any hints, and he had not obtained any corresponding items, so he could only put the thought aside. There had been a few Oanneses here, but when they saw that their superior had been killed so easily, they didn¡¯t dare to stay here any longer. They had long fled. Chapter 25 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation No one had a good night. They were all attacked by the Oanneses. These Oanneses did not know what it meant to satisfy their greed and asked for materials from the people in the area. Among them, the most miserable ones were the few at the top of the rankings. Their strength was actually very ordinary. The reason why they could be on the rankings was mainly that they had established alliances of various sizes. As the alliance leaders, they naturally had to account for the overall strength of the alliance. On the first night, only the E-class Oanneses from Meng Lin¡¯s side went to ask for materials. The others were all F-class, so many people resisted. Tonight, all the E-class Oanneses went to ask for materials. It was fine for them to deal with F-class Oanneses, but it would be a little too forceful for them to deal with E-class Oanneses. They were no match for an E-class Oannes. One by one, the players handed in their materials obediently. A few of them even took out some materials from the Warehouse to avoid physical pain. The players couldn¡¯t be blamed. On the first night, some of them had thought of hiding in the Safe House, but after ten minutes, the Oanneses were still waiting for them. The players couldn¡¯t escape, hide, or fight, so they could only go to the Warehouse and take out some materials. Among these people, the one who felt the most aggrieved was Meng Lin. The Oannes had already asked for a lot of supplies on the first night, and it was even more excessive today. Meng Lin had already gone to the Warehouse to retrieve it, but the Oannes in front of him were not satisfied at all. It even beat him up before it left. On the second day, everyone realized that continuing in this manner was not feasible. On the Chat page. [Bros, I have no more supplies on me. If the Oanneses continue to rob me tonight, I¡¯m afraid these are my last words.] [I don¡¯t have any more materials on me. The Oanneses already beat me up last night.] At this point, everyone fell silent. The rain gradually decreased and eventually stopped at noon. However, no one was happy, as they realized that the Oanneses had not disappeared even after the storm had stopped. That meant that the Oanneses would definitely come looking for the players again tonight. But these things didn¡¯t affect Su Bai at all. His life was the same as before, fishing every day. The storm has ended. Today is the last day of the ranking. The ranking rewards will be calculated after midnight. ¡°A reward?¡± Su Bai had never heard of any rewards on the ranking. He quickly checked the ranking and found that he had fallen to third place. ¡°No, I have to think of a way to get first place. The reward for first place is definitely the most generous.¡± Su Bai abandoned the food he usually ate and began to madly consume the stats elixirs. All the way until he had eaten all the stats elixir to the current upper limit. But after all these, Su Bai had only reached second place. After thinking about it, the only way for Su Bai to directly leave the others behind was to upgrade his island. However, during the day, it seemed that only F-class Oanneses would appear. Other Oanneses could not be seen at all. Su Bai knew that it would be a tough battle tonight. He had to do everything he could to kill more E-class Oanneses. Su Bai could only lie on the bed to rest because he had eaten too much, and he fell asleep without realizing it. KNOCK KNOCK Another series of knocks woke Su Bai up. ¡°Coming!¡± To end the battle as soon as possible, Su Bai didn¡¯t play around with the Oannes this time. He killed it with one move. After all, Su Bai¡¯s combat power has reached 105. After throwing the Oannes¡¯s body into the recycling plant again, he obtained another island upgrade core. ¡°No, I have to think of a way. Why don¡¯t I try teleporting to another island with no one else? ¡°That can¡¯t be done, there¡¯s no one on those islands. How can there be Oanneses?¡± Just as Su Bai was talking to himself, he suddenly heard footsteps coming from behind. Su Bai turned around and saw a huge Oannes walking towards him. When it realized Su Bai was looking at it, it stopped. ¡°I was just thinking about how to find you. I didn¡¯t expect that after I beat the young one, the elder one would come.¡± ¡°Hey System, check the combat power of this Oannes.¡± Oannes Combat Power: 100 ¡°Phew¡­ It¡¯s almost higher than mine.¡± Su Bai stretched his muscles and charged at the Oannes. This E-class Oannes really lived up to its name. The machete only cut open his skin and flesh, but it couldn¡¯t cause any more damage. ¡°Activate Iron Armor!¡± Su Bai used the Iron Armor skill to protect himself. He wouldn¡¯t risk trading injuries with this Oannes. Su Bai¡¯s right hand kept cutting at the Oannes as if it had a motor after the Iron Armor enhancement appeared. The Oannes was not as composed as it had been. Fortunately, because the machete was created by the system, there was no need to be concerned about the blade being chipped. The Oannes¡¯ body slowly fell after a minute of nonstop output. Announcement: Player Su Bai has killed a D-class Oannes. Prompt: The Oannes leader is dead. The remaining Oanneses¡¯ combat power has been reduced by 50%. Su Bai didn¡¯t care much about such a broadcast. He was more curious about the system¡¯s announcement to the whole server after he killed the Oannes and whether he secured first place. ¡°Awesome. I¡¯ve actually managed to get first place.¡± But when he saw the second-place player¡¯s name, Su Bai couldn¡¯t help but grin and a thought flashed in his mind. Su Bai opened the friend search function, entered Meng Lin¡¯s name, and added him. Meng Lin was still in shock after the system announced which Oannes Su Bai had killed. He felt dizzy. Meng Lin was stunned for a moment after learning that he had been added before opening the friend request list. When Meng Lin saw that the person who added him was Su Bai, he couldn¡¯t believe his eyes. After confirming it was Su Bai, again and again, Meng Lin was even more terrified. Meng Lin didn¡¯t dare to agree, nor did he dare to sit by and do nothing. Meng Lin knew that he had to agree no matter what, or else Su Bai would definitely teach him a lesson when he was stronger. As soon as they added each other as friends, Meng Lin quickly texted, [Su Bai, I didn¡¯t mean to target you. I hope you can be magnanimous and not lower yourself to my level. [Please forgive my ignorance! [I beg you, Su Bai! Just reply! [I¡¯ll agree to anything you say. Don¡¯t take revenge on me! [Yes! The reward! I¡¯ll give you my second-place prize, okay? [And, and, I¡¯m willing to be your underling in the future, running around for you! [No, I¡¯m your underling now. I¡¯m willing to do anything you want me to!] Chapter 26 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Su Bai was shocked as he watched the other party beg for forgiveness at the beginning, then tried to please him, and then followed him willingly. It wasn¡¯t that Su Bai didn¡¯t want to respond, but that he was thinking about what method he could use to get Meng Lin¡¯s second-place reward. However, Su Bai didn¡¯t expect the other party to not play by the rules and surrender without saying anything. If Su Bai didn¡¯t agree, he would be too embarrassed to take the second-place reward. However, if he agreed, he felt that Meng Lin would be useless. Looking at Meng Lin who had been directing and acting all this time, Su Bai decided to give him the cold shoulder for the night and see if he could give him more good things. After all, other than that, Su Bai was more concerned about whether this D-class Oannes could bring him enough materials to upgrade the island. Looking at the dead body of the Oannes that he had chopped into pieces, Su Bai threw it into the recycling plant piece by piece. Recycling¡­ Recycling Successful: Lost Oannes x 1. Obtained Meat x 10, Oannes Skin x 1, Island Upgrade Core x 5. Happiness came too suddenly, and Su Bai was given five cores. ¡°Hey System, upgrade the island!¡± The materials have been fulfilled. Upgrading the island now. Reminder: Players are required to stay in the Safe House during the island¡¯s upgrade. Transferring¡­ Before Su Bai could react, he was forcefully teleported to the Safe House. Su Bai didn¡¯t know what was going on outside, but he couldn¡¯t go out so easily. He worried that there would be a danger if he went out now before the island had finished upgrading. Su Bai just waited and waited. After ten minutes, the Safe House automatically teleported Su Bai out and he returned to his Island. Announcement: Player Su Bai has successfully upgraded the island. The first upgrade reward is in your Bag. Obtained Rare Blueprint: Ultimate Fishing Rod x 1, comes with AFF(Away From Fishing) function. The main reason Su Bai upgraded the island was to rank first on the leaderboard. He didn¡¯t expect that the first person to upgrade the island would get an extra reward. Su Bai liked the Ultimate Fishing Rod very much, but he was a little confused about the second reward. ¡°Hey System, what is the AFF(Away From Fishing)? AFF(Away From Fishing): Six hours of automatic fishing daily. Materials and treasure chests obtained will be automatically placed into the Bag. ¡°Automatic fishing! That¡¯s great, I don¡¯t have to work so hard to fish here anymore.¡± Su Bai used to have to sit for an entire day while fishing, paying close attention to the movement of the fishing rod at all times. He was both physically and mentally exhausted after a full day. Su Bai could imagine that he didn¡¯t need to fish anymore. Six hours a day was enough for him. ¡°Hey System, make the ultimate fishing rod!¡± Su Bai didn¡¯t even bother to check the materials needed for an ultimate fishing rod because he would definitely have enough. Used Rare Blueprint: Ultimate Fishing Rod Materials Needed: Wooden Plank x 200, Silk Thread x 2,000, Iron Ore x 10, Bronze Ore x 50. Materials fulfilled. Crafting Ultimate Fishing Rod¡­ Crafting Ultimate Fishing Rod complete! Su Bai was the only one who could take out so many materials. The others could only look at the blueprint even if they got it. ¡°Hey System, check the properties of the Ultimate Fishing Rod.¡± Ultimate Fishing Rod: 30% chance of fishing out Bronze Chests, 50% chance of fishing out Silver Chests, and 20% chance of fishing out Golden Chests. BEEP! Do you wish to modify the Ultimate Fishing Rod? ¡°Modify the probability of getting Bronze Chests and Silver Chest to 0% and the probability of getting Golden Chest to 100%.¡± BEEP! Modification is successful! Ultimate Fishing Rod: 0% chance of fishing out Bronze Chests, 0% chance of fishing out Silver Chests, and 100% chance of fishing out Golden Chests. ¡°Hahaha, I haven¡¯t used the super fishing rod for long, and now there¡¯s an ultimate fishing rod. Let¡¯s see what I can get from a golden chest!¡± To have a better experience, Su Bai didn¡¯t fish by himself but turned on the AFF(Away From Fishing). After a short while, a golden chest appeared in Su Bai¡¯s Bag. Golden Chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Wooden Plank x 463! Golden Chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Iron Ore x 23! Golden Chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Stats Elixir Fragment x 12! Golden Chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Oannes Skin x 1! ¡°Oannes skin? I can get Oannes skin from a golden chest?¡± ¡°Hey System, check the probability of items obtained from a golden chest.¡± Golden Chest: Each open gets 10 to 30 high-level materials, 200 to 500 low-level materials, 10 to 20 rare materials, and 1 legendary material. ¡°It seems that this Oannes skin is a legendary material. If that¡¯s the case, will I get the island upgrade core as well? ¡± Su Bai, who was already ahead of the others, was now thousands of miles ahead of them. The ultimate fishing rod was simply too heaven-defying, especially after the properties had been modified. Since the fishing rod was so easy to use, Su Bai couldn¡¯t wait to use it with full power. ¡°Hey System, how many fishing rods can I use on a level one island?¡± The maximum number of fishing rods that can be used on Level 1 Islands is 5. Su Bai had thought that after upgrading the island, at most one or two would be added. He didn¡¯t expect to have three. ¡°I¡¯m going to be rich. I¡¯m getting rich!¡± Su Bai quickly created four ultimate fishing rods and modified the properties of all four of them. Due to the AFF, the four ultimate fishing rods automatically flew to the shore and started fishing. There were so many surprises tonight. Su Bai couldn¡¯t wait for midnight to come, because he would be able to receive the reward for being first place on the leaderboard again. Compared to Su Bai¡¯s excitement, Meng Lin¡¯s mind had completely collapsed. First, he heard that Su Bai had killed a D-class Oannes, and now he heard that Su Bai was the first person to upgrade the island. Meng Lin said, ¡°What kind of monster did I find to be my opponent?¡± Meng Lin didn¡¯t dare to ask Su Bai to treat him as an underling anymore, because, with Su Bai¡¯s current strength, he would never be interested in someone as weak as him. He only hoped that after he handed over the reward for second place, Su Bai would not mess with him. At that time, the other players in the area were in the same mood as Meng Lin. They all knew that Su Bai was very powerful, he could take out new things from time to time and always walked ahead of them. But now he was way too ahead. The two system notifications showed Su Bai¡¯s capability. When they were at their wits¡¯ end, Su Bai killed the leader of the Oanneses. Before they knew the island could be upgraded, Su Bai had already succeeded. To a certain extent, Su Bai was a pioneer who was constantly leading them in the right direction. But such a way of leading was too shocking. Just as everyone was lost in their thoughts, the system¡¯s notification sounded again. The ranking event has ended. The ranking rewards will be distributed now. Chapter 27 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation The series of announcements made everyone¡¯s spirits rise. Comprehensive Strength Ranking 1st Place: Su Bai. 2nd Place: Meng Lin. 3rd Place: Wu Qingfeng. Rewards will be distributed according to ranking. First place, Su Bai gets Super Rare Blueprint x 1. Second place, Meng Lin received Super Rare Blueprint x 1. Third place, Wu Qingfeng received Rare Blueprint x 1. Although there were not many rewards this time, it was the first time to see a super rare blueprint. Su Bai had been waiting for the system¡¯s reward, so he checked the blueprint at once. Super Rare Blueprint: Dracospring Materials Needed: Iron Ore x 1,000, Bronze Ore x 1,000, Refine Iron x 10. Can be used to craft a Dracospring. The first two materials were not too bad, as Su Bai already had enough in his Bag. However, he had yet to see the last material. ¡°Why is there a refine iron? Is that a legendary material? Why is it so hard to get one? I¡¯ve opened so many treasure chests, but I haven¡¯t even seen one.¡± Su Bai was complaining that he was given a blueprint and still required to gather materials slowly. Meng Lin directly initiated a trade with Su Bai. Without hesitation, Meng Lin placed the blueprint he had obtained in the trade column and clicked to confirm the trade. Su Bai hesitated for a while and confirmed the deal. After all, it would be a waste not to take this free blueprint. Su Bai, on the other hand, was taken aback by Meng Lin¡¯s actions. Meng Lin believed Su Bai had forgiven him for his actions and had even agreed to accept him as an underling. Su Bai was already very satisfied. He didn¡¯t really care about Meng Lin¡¯s reward for second place. He felt that as long as he had this ultimate fishing rod, he could get whatever he wanted. Meng Lin texted, [Su Bai, I will follow you from now on. Please take care of me.] Su Bai replied, [¡­] Meng Lin replied, [Su Bai, please don¡¯t be silent. Look at how sincere I am.] Meng Lin texted, [To be honest, I¡¯m a little short on materials now. You know that the Oanneses have been snatching materials for the past few days. All my materials have been snatched away.] Su Bai replied, [¡­] Meng Lin texted, [Come on, bro. You can just give me a little.] Su Bai was having a headache. Su Bai replied, [Alright, stop talking. I¡¯m giving you something. Just shut up already!] To stop Meng Lin from harassing him, Su Bai had to open the trade. Su Bai had originally wanted to give Meng Lin some random things, but he suddenly realized that he was almost full of materials again after fishing for a few hours. Su Bai made up his mind and directly packed up these materials. Su Bai texted, [I¡¯ll give you the materials later. You can upgrade your Bag first, then I¡¯ll give you another batch.] Su Bai directly put five pieces of Oannes skin on for trade. He had killed quite a few Oanneses in the previous few days, and since he could open the golden chest, these five Oannes skins were unimportant. ¡®Oannes skin?¡¯ Meng Lin was dumbfounded. He didn¡¯t expect the Oannes to drop Oannes skin. But Meng Lin still followed Su Bai¡¯s instructions and upgraded his Bag. Meng Lin texted, [Su Bai, my Bag has been upgraded. This new Bag is too big.] Su Bai replied, [Just shut up!] Su Bai was having a headache. He had never expected Meng Lin to be so talkative. ¡®No matter what, he was still the leader of an alliance. Shouldn¡¯t he have the demeanor of an expert? Yet, why did he seem like a clown in front of me?¡¯ Su Bai thought. Su Bai¡¯s only wish was to quickly give Meng Lin the materials and stop him from bothering him too much. Su Bai immediately opened the trade and rummaged through his Bag. Other than the legendary materials, he also got two super fishing rods. After confirming the transaction, Su Bai felt that it was not safe, so he quickly added, [No more nonsense. After you get it, you¡¯d better develop properly!] Meng Lin had thought that Su Bai would only give him a few hundred wooden planks or silk threads. However, when Meng Lin saw that the materials in the trade column were all in the thousands, he was completely dumbfounded. After shakily clicking on the confirmation button, he wanted to please and worship Su Bai again, but after hearing what Su Bai said, he swallowed all his words. It was already late at night. If he wasn¡¯t waiting for the rewards on the ranking list, Su Bai would have gone to bed long ago. After activating the AFF on the fishing rods, Su Bai entered dreamland. He didn¡¯t wake up until the sun was high in the sky. When Su Bai woke up in the morning and saw the golden chests in his Bag, Su Bai rubbed his hands in excitement. Fortunately, treasure chests could be stacked, or else the AFF would have been wasted. Golden Chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Silk Thread x 452! Golden Chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Silk Thread x 471! Golden Chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Iron Ore x 23! Golden Chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Oannes Skin x 1! Golden Chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Island Upgrade Core x 1! Golden Chest successfully opened: You¡¯ve obtained Refine Iron x 1! ¡­ After all the golden chests were opened, Su Bai looked at his Bag full of things and fell into deep thought. He suddenly felt like he had turned this difficult material-gathering game into a game where he had to find a way to deal with the materials every day. Trigger condition has been met. Shallow Sea region unlocked. Would you like to move to the Shallow Sea region, player? ¡°No!¡± Su Bai gave a direct answer. It wasn¡¯t because Su Bai was at ease with the current situation, but because he couldn¡¯t go to the Shallow Sea alone, in case the connection was cut off. ¡®What if there were countless dangers after going to the Shallow Sea, and I would be alone there again?¡¯ Su Bai thought. At that moment, Su Bai thought of his underling. He felt that he must bring him along if Su Bai were to go to the Shallow Sea. If Su Bai was really bored, he could always have that clown to make him happy. Of course, Su Bai had to control Meng Lin to a certain extent, or else he would be annoyed to death. After making up his mind, Su Bai was not in a hurry. During these days, Su Bai could collect the island upgrade cores and refine irons. The former was to let Meng Lin go with Su Bai, and the latter was to increase Su Bai¡¯s combat power in case of an accident. After a few days of hard work, Su Bai had finally gathered all the island upgrade cores. Su Bai opened his friend list and chose to trade with Meng Lin. [This is an Island upgrade core that can be used to upgrade your island. Hurry up and upgrade. After you¡¯re done, come with me to the Shallow Sea region.] Meng Lin replied, [Su Bai, I¡¯m so touched. I didn¡¯t expect you to wait for me. You didn¡¯t go to the Shallow Sea region first. Don¡¯t worry, I¡¯ll do everything as you said. I¡¯m upgrading the island now.] Ten minutes later, Meng Lin sent another message. [Su Bai, I¡¯m done upgrading the island. Let¡¯s go!] ¡°Hey System, teleport us to the Shallow Sea region!¡± Teleporting¡­ Loading Map¡­ Teleportation complete! Chapter 28 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation When Su Bai could see clearly again, he was already in the Shallow Sea. It wasn¡¯t that much different from before. Su Bai¡¯s island was still surrounded by the boundless ocean. But Su Bai suddenly noticed that there was a Map. option on the interface. Looking at the new option, Su Bai naturally had to click on it to take a look. Unlocking the Shallow Sea has gained the option to view the Map. Players can check their own location and the location of their friends based on the Map. As Su Bai expected, there were two dots that appeared on the Map. One was his and the other was Meng Lin¡¯s. After knowing the function of the Map, Su Bai couldn¡¯t suppress his inner emotions. He wanted to check if the treasure chest was different from the one he had been in. After opening more than ten treasure chests, Su Bai gave up on his naive idea of his. The treasure chests would not change just because they were in a different location. Meng Lin asked, [Su Bai, can you give me three more super fishing rods? I¡¯ve discovered that after my Island was upgraded, I can use five fishing rods.] Su Bai opened his Bag and used the blueprint. He then clicked on the trade button and confirmed the trade. Su Bai didn¡¯t say a word during the whole process, afraid that Meng Lin would start a conversation. Su Bai suddenly remembered that he had not expanded his island after upgrading it. ¡°Hey System, check the largest area expandable of the island.¡± The current island¡¯s largest expandable area is 50 x 50. After knowing the largest expandable area of the island, Su Bai opened the Craft option and was ready to craft some mud. When Su Bai opened the Craft option, he realized that there were more craftable items available inside. Refine wooden plank, refine silk thread, refine iron, refine bronze, refine stone. ¡°I was wondering why I couldn¡¯t get these things. It turns out that they need to be crafted.¡± Refine Iron: 1 Refine Iron can be refined from 100 Iron Ores. ¡°Craft 10 refine iron and 160 pieces of land!¡± After the crafting was successful, Su Bai used the pieces of land to expand the island area. ¡°I¡¯ve finally gathered all the materials. Hey System, craft the Dracospring!¡± Used Super Rare Blueprint: Dracospring Materials Needed: Iron Ore x 1,000, Bronze Ore x 1,000, Refine Iron x 10. Materials fulfilled. Crafting Dracospring¡­ Crafting Dracospring complete! ¡°Hey System, check the properties of the Dracospring!¡± Dracospring: One of the ten famous swords in Ancient China. Increases the user¡¯s attack power by 10%. After two combos, there is a 5% chance of releasing the sword¡¯s aura. After the sword aura is used in a combo, there is a chance of releasing armor-piercing damage. BEEP! Do you wish to modify the Dracospring? I wonder if I can modify the attack power. The system will modify the attack power to 100% and the probability of releasing the sword aura to 100%. BEEP! Modification successful. Dracospring: One of the ten famous swords in Ancient China. Increases the user¡¯s attack power by 100%. After two combos, there is a 100% chance of releasing the sword¡¯s aura. After the sword aura is used in a combo, there is a chance of releasing armor-piercing damage. The sudden happiness almost made Su Bai faint. Su Bai had wanted to give it a try, but he didn¡¯t expect that he could really change his attack power. Didn¡¯t that mean that his attack power would be directly multiplied by two? With that sword, Su Bai felt that it would not be a problem even if he encountered some threats on this Map. After upgrading the island and making weapons, the next step was to continue crafting stats elixirs. Since he was not in any danger, Su Bai took his time and ate five or six at a time. Meng Lin texted, [Su Bai, I found a Super Rare Blueprint. Please take a look!] After that, Meng Lin opened the trade window and placed the newly obtained blueprint on it. Su Bai didn¡¯t need the machete anymore, so he just put it on to trade with Meng Lin. After the deal, Su Bai got a super rare blueprint. Super Rare Blueprint: Warship Materials Needed: Wooden Planks x 10,000, Silk Threads x 10,000, Refine Wooden Planks x 100, Refine Iron x 100. Can be used to craft a Warship. Su Bai was a little confused by the warship blueprint that suddenly appeared. It was not that Su Bai had not thought about traveling on the sea before, but the sea was unpredictable, and without a good ship, it was impossible to go into the water. Now that Su Bai had this warship, he could take a trip to the sea. But Su Bai soon thought of a problem, ¡®Since I had found the warship blueprint, did it mean that there would be enemies on the sea?¡¯ ¡°I don¡¯t care. I¡¯ll craft one first.¡± Fortunately, Su Bai had sufficient materials. After crafting some refine wooden planks and refined iron, the warship could be crafted. Used Super Rare Blueprint: Warship Materials Needed: Wooden Planks x 10,000, Silk Threads x 10,000, Refine Wooden Planks x 100, Refine Iron x 100. Materials fulfilled. Crafting Warship¡­ Crafting Warship completed! After the crafting was completed, the warship appeared in Su Bai¡¯s Bag. He took out the warship and put it on the shore. Su Bai was quite satisfied with this huge warship and he felt great after sailing on the sea. The warship¡¯s operation was very simple. Su Bai didn¡¯t need a group of sailors to control the ship. He only needed to control the direction of the ship and it could sail freely on the sea. Su Bai was having fun. There was an AFF system on the island and he didn¡¯t have to worry about the fishing stops. He might as well have a good time on the sea. After sailing for half a day, Su Bai found an island. But after observing for a long time, he didn¡¯t see anyone. To be on the safe side, they did not land on the island but chose to return. Su Bai didn¡¯t return to his island until evening. Meng Lin texted, [Su Bai, there are other people here. I saw someone asking for help in the chat in the Shallow Sea. He said that a pirate had passed by him.] Su Bai also opened the Chat page. [Is anyone there? Can anyone see it? Why isn¡¯t there a single person here?] It was filled with complaints, and only the latest news was a request for help. [Is there anyone here? Can you come and help me? A pirate ship just passed by.] Meng Lin asked, [A pirate ship? Did they attack you?] [Not yet, but they stopped near me for a long time. I suspect they went back to find more companions.] Meng Lin replied, [Just wait, I¡¯ll ask my friend for help.] [Okay, you have to be quick. These pirates might come at any time.] Su Bai was speechless when he saw that. He didn¡¯t even understand what was going on, and Meng Lin had already agreed on his behalf. At that moment, Su Bai could only ask about the situation with the idea of helping each other. Su Bai texted, [Hello, can you tell me how many pirates there are?] [I don¡¯t know either. Their ship is really big. I watched it from my room. I didn¡¯t dare to go out.] When the person mentioned that, Su Bai vaguely felt that he might have been discovered when he was driving the warship around during the day. However, after thinking about it carefully, his warship didn¡¯t look like a pirate ship. that person might have made a mistake. Su Bai replied, [I can¡¯t help you in this case. I have a machete and ghillie armor. You can use them.] After that, Su Bai closed the chat and put up the machete and the ghillie armor for exchange. The condition was set for one wooden plank, which meant it was a free gift. Chapter 29 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation At the same time, on another island, Tian Yu was so angry that she stomped her feet. She had been asking for help for a long time and finally found someone who could help. She didn¡¯t expect that she would be dismissed just by giving her some equipment. She pitifully called out a few more times in the chat, but still didn¡¯t get a response from anyone. Back then, Tian Yu was also a campus belle and was sought after by tens of thousands of people on campus. Whenever she wanted to do something, she could get a hundred responses with a single call. Later on, because she didn¡¯t want to be in a relationship, she had people spread the word that she was a lesbian. At this moment, Tian Yu felt regret as she thought about that. She was already 20 years old. But until now, Tian Yu had never held hands with a boy, nor hugged one. ¡°I¡¯m so angry! These useless men! As expected, none of them can be relied on!¡± The more Tian Yu thought about it, the angrier she felt. She wondered why this happened to her. If she had known, she wouldn¡¯t have come to this Shallow Sea region. ¡®I was a campus belle, but now I had to face a group of brutal pirates alone!¡¯ Tian Yu thought. ¡°Forget it, forget it. Let¡¯s not think about those troublesome things,¡± Tian Yu said. After taking a deep breath, Tian Yu tried to calm herself down. Su Bai, who had just awoken from a night¡¯s sleep, lay on the bed lazily and refused to move. Since fishing was already automated, it was rare for Su Bai to have such a comfortable life. However, such a beautiful morning was interrupted by Meng Lin¡¯s message. Meng Lin texted, [Su Bai, it seems like there are really pirates here. Just now, the pirates also circled around my area.] Su Bai asked, [Have you seen the pirates¡¯ strength?] Meng Lin replied, [Yes, I did. There were about five people on that ship. I checked through the system, and the strongest among them has a combat power of 100.] Su Bai asked, [What¡¯s your current combat power?] Meng Lin replied, [130!] Su Bai instructed, [In that case, I¡¯ll leave these pirates to you.] Meng Lin replied, [Su Bai¡­ I¡­] Su Bai added, [I¡¯ll give you a warship to destroy them!] Su Bai immediately opened the trade window and traded the warship to Meng Lin. Just as Su Bai ended the transaction, he suddenly received a friend request. He opened it and saw that the friend request was from Tian Yu. ¡°Tian Yu sounds like a girl¡¯s name.¡± Tian Yu did not sleep well last night. She was constantly worried that the pirates would attack. She didn¡¯t fall asleep until it was almost dawn, but she suddenly woke up not long after. ¡°That¡¯s right, why don¡¯t I go to Su Bai? He¡¯s so strong that he can definitely deal with this group of pirates, unlike the two yesterday.¡± After making up her mind, Tian Yu quickly added Su Bai as a friend. Tian Yu texted, [Su Bai, you¡¯re in the Shallow Sea too?] Su Bai replied, [Yes.] Tian Yu texted, [That¡¯s great! Can you save me, Su Bai? Yesterday, some pirates came here. I¡¯m worried they¡¯ll come.] Su Bai replied, [Pirates? You should be able to handle it yourself.] Tian Yu texted, [No! How can a girl like me deal with so many pirates?] Tian Yu pleaded, [I beg you, Su Bai. Please save me. If you don¡¯t, these pirates might do something else.] Tian Yu continued, [I¡¯m all alone with no one to rely on. Are you not willing to help me?] Su Bai replied, [Alright, I¡¯ll help you.] Tian Yu replied, [Alright, I¡¯ll be waiting for you in my room.] Su Bai typed, [¡­] Only then did Tian Yu realize that she had said the wrong thing. When she said it just now, she did not feel that there was any other meaning, but it was not quite right to say this to a boy. Su Bai didn¡¯t care about the details. The most important thing was to clarify this misunderstanding. Su Bai texted Meng Lin, [Are you on your way? I have a task for you. Go and subdue the pirates. I have a use for them.] Meng Lin replied, [I¡¯m on my way, Su Bai. But, why don¡¯t we just kill these pirates? Why leave them alive?] Su Bai texted, [I said it¡¯s useful, just do as I say.] Meng Lin replied, [Okay, Su Bai. I understand.] Su Bai didn¡¯t know what to say. He couldn¡¯t say that he had just gotten a warship and was having fun at sea, and was mistaken for a pirate. Now, Meng Lin was asking for help, and if Su Bai didn¡¯t help, he was worried that Meng Lin would keep bothering him. ¡°No, I definitely can¡¯t say that. I have to think of a more perfect explanation.¡± Su Bai muttered to himself. Just as Su Bai was thinking of a countermeasure, Meng Lin sent him a message, [Su Bai, I¡¯ve successfully subdued the pirates for a while. What should I do next?] Meng Lin texted, [Su Bai? Are you there?] Su Bai replied, [Take these pirates to this location.] Meng Lin asked, [Where is this place? What am I going to do there?] Su Bai replied, [This is the island of the girl who asked for help during the day. I like her. So you can ask these pirates to rob her island later. Then I will show up and get rid of them.] Meng Lin replied, [What? I can¡¯t believe you got yourself a girlfriend so quickly. No problem, I will definitely complete the mission.] Su Bai replied, [Cut the crap. I will be there in five hours. Just wait and see.] Su Bai didn¡¯t know what was wrong with him, but he suddenly used this as an excuse. He still didn¡¯t know what that girl looked like, and he was still wondering how he was going to clean up the mess after he did that. Four hours later, Su Bai successfully arrived at the island where Tian Yu was. Su Bai carefully and quickly put his warship away after he landed on the island, or he would be regarded as a pirate. Su Bai texted, [Hey, I¡¯m here. Where are you?] Tian Yu replied, [I¡¯m in the house, I¡¯ll come out now.] Tian Yu didn¡¯t expect Su Bai to arrive so quickly. She quickly got off the bed and ran out of the house. ¡°Y-You¡¯re Su Bai?¡± ¡°Yes, didn¡¯t you ask me to come?¡± ¡°Haha. I just didn¡¯t expect you to be so young. I thought you were an uncle in your thirties or forties.¡± ¡°I¡¯m sorry to disappoint you.¡± ¡°No, that¡¯s not what I meant. I meant to say that you look very young.¡± Su Bai was speechless. ¡°That¡¯s not it. I just wanted to say that you¡¯re not that old. No, it¡¯s¡­ why are you the same age as me? I just didn¡¯t expect you to be the same age as me.¡± ¡°Alright, you don¡¯t have to explain. I almost understand what you mean.¡± ¡°That¡¯s good. Hahaha. How did you get here so quickly? Did you swim here?¡± ¡°Take a look at the map and see how far apart our two islands are. Show me if you could swim from there to here?¡± ¡°You¡¯re so funny. I was just joking. Of course I know you didn¡¯t swim over here. ¡°Ah! Pirates! The pirates were here! Hurry up! Hurry up! Hurry up! I¡¯m counting on you, Su Bai, I¡¯ll cheer for you! I¡¯m going back to my room, I¡¯m scared!¡± Chapter 30 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Tian Yu ran back to her room. Su Bai turned around and found that there were indeed a few pirate ships coming over. ¡®That¡¯s not right. I told Meng Lin that I would only be there five hours later. How could he be here so early?¡¯ Su Bai mumbled in his heart. After the pirates discovered that there were people on the island, they sped up the ship and quickly docked next to the island. More than 20 pirates came down from the ship one after another. Tian Yu was currently leaning against the window and looking outside. When she saw more than 20 pirates, she was also shocked. ¡°It¡¯s a good thing I called Su Bai here. Otherwise, I¡¯m afraid I would have lost my life to these twenty pirates,¡± said Tian Yu. These pirates were dressed in all sorts of clothes. One of them, who looked like the captain, walked over. ¡°Kid, I believe you know what we do. If you¡¯re smart, hand over all your things, or else.¡± At this point, the captain even made a throat-slitting gesture. Su Bai said, ¡°Did you not see my true strength? Who gave you the courage to come and rob me?¡± ¡°Alright, you¡¯ve got some balls. I hope you can still be so stubborn later. Boys, attack!¡± ¡°Charge!¡± ¡°Kill him!¡± These pirates were charging at Su Bai like crazy. Su Bai quietly took out the Dracospring from his Bag. He had not tried the sword since it was made. Today was a good time to test its power on these pirates. The most powerful thing about the Dracospring was that it could trigger the sword¡¯s aura after a series of strikes. But Su Bai had changed this passive to 100% trigger. So when he made the second strike, a stream of the sword¡¯s aura directly shot out from the tip of the sword. Besides, Su Bai¡¯s combat power was so high that he could defeat these pirates without using any weapons. Now that Su Bai had a weapon in hand, he could cut them like vegetables. Poor pirates, they were cut in half by the sword¡¯s aura before they could even touch Su Bai¡¯s clothes. At this moment, Su Bai seemed to be unparalleled. He only needed to wave his hand and the sword¡¯s aura would be released continuously. All the pirates who rushed at him were killed. The pirate captain was dumbfounded. This was different from what his underlings had reported. The pirate captain thought, ¡®Didn¡¯t they say that the people on this Island were very weak? You call this weak?¡¯ Before the pirate captain could react, the sword¡¯s aura was already flying toward him. It only took a few minutes for the twenty-odd pirates to be dealt with. In the room, Tian Yu was rubbing her eyes frantically. She could not believe it and felt that she had not woken up. It was only when all the pirates were lying on the ground that Tian Yu knew that all of this had really happened. Tian Yu laughed, ¡°Haha! Su Bai, you¡¯re amazing!¡± Tian Yu ran all the way from the house and gave Su Bai a big bear hug. Although it was only a few minutes, Tian Yu¡¯s heart was still in a state of turmoil. Now that the problem was solved, Tian Yu felt excited and very happy. Su Bai just stood there and didn¡¯t move. It wasn¡¯t like he had never been in contact with girls before, but for some reason, after Tian Yu hugged him, Su Bai lost the ability to think. There was only one thought left in his heart, and that was to hug her for a while longer. Tian Yu smiled, ¡°Ahem, sorry. I was too excited.¡± Tian Yu let go of Su Bai embarrassedly. She didn¡¯t know what she was thinking just now, but she just came up and hugged him. The two of them fell into a dead silence. Tian Yu felt that the two of them couldn¡¯t continue like this, so she had to bite the bullet and said, ¡°Y-You must be hungry since you¡¯ve come from so far away. How about I treat you to something?¡± ¡°Okay.¡± Su Bai replied in a daze. Tian Yu was walking in front and Su Bai was following. The two of them entered the stone house one after the other. The house was very clean, and there were many decorations on the wall. Tian Yu had made them when she was bored. Tian Yu had asked Su Bai if she wanted something to eat to ease the awkwardness, and she had returned to her house, but she had not expected Su Bai to follow her into her house. ¡®This was a girl¡¯s room, after all. Didn¡¯t he feel embarrassed to come in like this?¡¯ Tian Yu thought. But since Su Bai had just helped Tian Yu deal with the pirates, and now it was not good to drive him out, she could only let him be. ¡°Come, drink a bottle of water, and have some fruit.¡± Su Bai stared at the apple in front of him. ¡°Why do you still have apples?¡± ¡°Oh, it¡¯s from a tree outside. I don¡¯t know why, but there was an apple tree here when I came. It¡¯s quite delicious. Try it.¡± ¡°Apples are still very precious nowadays. Since you¡¯re treating me to an apple, I¡¯ll treat you to a piece of meat.¡± Su Bai took out a piece of meat from his Bag. He got the meat from the Oanneses in the recycling plant. In the days before he left, Su Bai had been killing these Oanneses in his spare time, so he had quite a lot of meat in storage. ¡°Meat!¡± Tian Yu grabbed the meat from Su Bai¡¯s hand, and her eyes lit up. ¡°Wow! It really is meat. I¡¯m drooling already.¡± Tian Yu had not eaten meat for a long time. Before she came here, she only ate vegetables and fruits every day to maintain a good figure. Ever since Tian Yu came here, she had not had meat. She could only eat bread and drink water every day. ¡°Wait for a while. My cooking skills are pretty good. Let¡¯s have some meat together later.¡± Tian Yu was overjoyed and quickly went to cook the meat. While Tian Yu was cooking, Su Bai quickly opened the Chat. Su Bai texted Meng Lin, [Did you bring those pirates here?] Meng Lin replied, [What? I¡¯m still on my way.] Su Bai replied, [Alright, it¡¯s fine. You don¡¯t have to come.] This was a huge joke. This group of pirates was really coming for Tian Yu. From the looks of it, Tian Yu really did see a pirate ship yesterday. Su Bai felt a headache. He doesn¡¯t know how to explain it to Meng Lin anymore. Meng Lin was also confused by Su Bai¡¯s words. Because he was still on his way and there shouldn¡¯t be other pirates. ¡°Could it be that a group of pirates really went to them? In that case, there¡¯s no need for these pirates to exist.¡± The pirates were going to die sooner or later anyway. The only difference was whether they would die at Meng Lin¡¯s hands or Su Bai¡¯s hands. Very quickly, the pirates were all taken care of by Meng Lin. But Meng Lin didn¡¯t return to his island. He continued to head to the place Su Bai had given him. He was already halfway there, so he might as well go and see Su Bai and his girlfriend. Chapter 31 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Tian Yu was in a very good mood today. She had been prepared for Su Bai¡¯s rejection this morning. However, Su Bai came to Tian Yu¡¯s rescue, and he also kept his promise and arrived on her island. Fortunately, Su Bai had come in time. Otherwise, Tian Yu would not have been able to deal with this wave of pirates. Besides, Tian Yu had no idea where Su Bai got the meat from. She hadn¡¯t eaten it for a long time and could finally have some meat now. However, there was one very embarrassing thing. Perhaps it was because Tian Yu had not seen another player for too long. Today, she was not able to speak very smoothly, and she often said the wrong things. Su Bai just sat at the back and watched Tian Yu work quietly. He did not know how to cook a meal, he only knew how to make sure the food was cooked. As time passed, the room was filled with fragrance. Su Bai had obtained these daily necessities when he was fishing, but he thought they were useless and threw them away. He didn¡¯t expect Tian Yu to turn something ordinary into something magical. Tian Yu said, ¡°Alright! It¡¯s time to eat!¡± Tian Yu brought the dish over as she said that. The dish was very simple and there were no other side dishes, only meat. ¡°Try it. It should be pretty good. I tried a piece when I was making it just now.¡± said Tian Yu. Su Bai, who was already hungry, picked up the chopsticks and started eating. Tian Yu was the opposite, she ate slowly. Fortunately, there was plenty of meat; otherwise, Su Bai wouldn¡¯t have left any for Tian Yu. The meal was finished quickly due to Su Bai¡¯s fast eating. They both took a bottle of drinking water after the meal. The two of them looked at each other and smiled, then they drank from the water bottle. After lunch, Su Bai suggested plundering on the pirate¡¯s ship, and Tian Yu agreed without hesitation. It was a pirate¡¯s ship, and all the things they had robbed were on it. However, when the two of them arrived at the warehouse on the pirate¡¯s ship, they were dumbfounded. There was nothing inside. It was completely empty. ¡°They should at least give me some compensation! Why isn¡¯t there anything?¡± Su Bai looked at the empty warehouse and said weakly. ¡°M-Maybe they¡¯ve hidden their things. Don¡¯t pirates always have a place to hide their treasures?¡± said Tian Yu. She thought for a moment and added, ¡°Besides, they won¡¯t have anything good. They¡¯re all dressed in rags.¡± Even though she said that Tian Yu was still a little disappointed. ¡°Since there¡¯s nothing else, I¡¯ll head back home now,¡± said Su Bai. ¡°You¡¯re right, you still have to go back and continue fishing. I¡¯ve delayed your time for a day because of me,¡± said Tian Yu. ¡°It¡¯s a small matter. Not many people come to the Shallow Sea. It¡¯s only right to help each other.¡± Su Bai comforted. Su Bai¡¯s words warmed Tian Yu¡¯s heart. This was what a leader should be like! After saying goodbye, Su Bai boarded the ship to go back to his island. After sailing for a while, Su Bai looked back and found Tian Yu still standing on the shore. It was as if Tian Yu realized that Su Bai was looking back and waved her hand. In fact, Su Bai didn¡¯t want to go back, but since he arrived at Tian Yu¡¯s Island, the AFF seemed to have stopped automatically. While Su Bai was at sea, he would still get a golden chest, but after he landed on Tian Yu¡¯s island, it stopped. As Tian Yu was beside Su Bai, it was not appropriate to ask the system directly. The fewer people who knew about the AFF, the better. ¡°Hey System, what happened to the AFF?¡± Due to the current sea region¡¯s restrictions, players can not develop on other players¡¯ islands. The AFF will be deactivated automatically after landing on other islands. ¡°I was just helping her! I¡¯m not going there to develop!¡± Apologies, the system can¡¯t determine the real intention. So as long as you land on other people¡¯s islands, it will be treated as a development. Su Bai knew that he could not reason with the system because there was no need for that. It was just a little assistant and could not handle this problem. ¡°Hey System, activate the AFF. Activation failed. Please activate it on the island. This time, Su Bai was completely speechless. It seemed like he couldn¡¯t go to other people¡¯s islands casually in the future. Today was considered a fast day. Otherwise, this back-and-forth trip would delay his great cause of development. For some reason, Su Bai suddenly thought of Tian Yu¡¯s appearance along the way. Su Bai thought of the awkward explanation Tian Yu gave him when they first met, and the excitement she had when she saw meat. Although they had only spent a little more than an hour together, it was the happiest hour Su Bai had had since he came to this world. Thinking of that, Su Bai texted Tian Yu, [Next time, let me know in advance if you are in danger. Also, you have to improve your strength. It takes some time for me to reach your island.] Tian Yu replied, [I know. You¡¯re so considerate!] Su Bai texted, [Since you¡¯ve come to the Shallow Sea. But why do I feel like your power was just average?] Tian Yu replied, [Actually, it¡¯s not that. It¡¯s just that I¡¯m really not good at fighting and killing. I still have some combat power. My current combat power is already over 100, but it doesn¡¯t match my skills. Hehe. After all, I really don¡¯t know how to fight.] Su Bai replied, [I see¡­] Tian Yu added, [That¡¯s not the main point. You were in a hurry just now and I forgot to ask. What¡¯s with that sword of yours? Why is it so powerful? There¡¯s also the sword¡¯s aura. With a whoosh, it directly split those pirates in half.] Su Bai explained, [This sword is called Dracospring. It¡¯s the reward for being first place on the leaderboard. When attacking, there¡¯s a chance to trigger the sword¡¯s aura.] Tian Yu texted, [A ranking reward? That makes sense, but I¡¯m not even in the top ten, I¡¯m so pitiful!] Su Bai replied, [No way! If you¡¯re not in the top 10, how did you get here? Don¡¯t you only get the island upgrade cores by killing the Oanneses?] Tian Yu replied, [Huh? Killing Oanneses? You think too highly of me. How can I possibly defeat an Oannes? This is something I got from opening a silver chest. Don¡¯t tell me that all your fragments were obtained from killing Oanneses! So powerful! Everyone else is hiding from the Oanneses!] Su Bai wasn¡¯t used to the sudden praise. Although many people praised him before, they were all men. This was different, this was a living girl. Su Bai felt his heart beating fast when he read her words. Su Bai replied, [It¡¯s okay. They came to me. I can¡¯t just fight back.] Tian Yu asked, [Then can I ask what your current combat power is? I¡¯m just curious. I don¡¯t mean anything else.] Su Bai replied, [About 240 now.] Su Bai replied without thinking. He didn¡¯t even think about hiding it. Tian Yu replied, [Wow! Wow! Wow! It was so high! It¡¯s more than double my strength!] Su Bai replied, [Alright, I have to stop here for now. I still need to head back to my island.] Tian Yu replied, [Okay. Let me know that you got back safely. Even though you won¡¯t be in any danger.] Chapter 32 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Su Bai did not expect Meng Lin to go to Tian Yu¡¯s Island. After all, in Su Bai¡¯s opinion, Meng Lin would continue to hunt the pirates as he had told him to. It was a pity that many things would always deviate from Su Bai¡¯s expectations. An hour after Su Bai left Tian Yu¡¯s Island, Meng Lin arrived. At that moment, Tian Yu was still fishing when she suddenly saw a warship coming towards her Island. Tian Yu was ready to escape, but suddenly she found that the warship was similar to the one Su Bai took when he left, so she stopped and looked at it curiously. The warship was getting closer and closer until Tian Yu could clearly see the appearance of the person standing at the bow. Tian Yu believed that she had never seen that person before. To be cautious, Tian Yu did not take the initiative to speak. Meng Lin was standing at the bow of the warship, looking around the island curiously. However, no matter how hard he looked, he could not see any men on the island. ¡°Are you the one who asked for help yesterday?¡± Meng Lin asked. ¡°That¡¯s right, it¡¯s me. Who are you? What business do you have here? The pirates have been exterminated.¡± Tian Yu nodded and replied. ¡°Oh, they have been eliminated. Great then, I just came to take a look.¡± Meng Lin replied. Obviously, this answer did not satisfy Tian Yu. She asked, ¡°You just came to look? Why would you come and check on me?¡± ¡°I hope you¡¯d better tell me the truth. I won¡¯t be afraid of you.¡± Tian Yu said coldly as if she was going to fight at any moment. ¡°Don¡¯t get me wrong. I was really going the same way. My friend said that he would come to this island, so I wanted to come and see him. I didn¡¯t expect that he would have already left.¡± Meng Lin quickly explained. ¡°Your friend? You¡¯re friends with Su Bai?¡± Tian Yu seemed to have suddenly thought of something and asked. ¡°That¡¯s right. Su Bai¡¯s my friend!¡± Meng Lin said proudly. Tian Yu¡¯s head was buzzing. She had thought Su Bai was a very good person. She didn¡¯t expect that the person she hated was the same person who came to help her today. Unwilling to give up, Tian Yu opened the Chat page. As expected, after they became friends, Su Bai¡¯s name appeared on the screen. ¡°What¡¯s wrong? You¡¯re his girlfriend, right? Can you hear me?¡± Meng Lin asked, waving his hand in front of Tian Yu. ¡°Ah, I¡¯m fine. Wait! What did you just say?¡± Tian Yu was taken aback. ¡°Huh? What else did I say? Ah, crap! I¡¯m sorry! Su Bai probably hasn¡¯t said that yet!¡± Meng Lin¡¯s face stiffened. His mind was a mess, but he had never expected Su Bai to just leave without saying anything. ¡°Cut the crap. I¡¯m whose girlfriend?¡± Tian Yu asked, slightly angry. ¡°I was wrong, I¡¯m sorry.¡± Meng Lin hurriedly explained. After that, Meng Lin did not dare to stay any longer. He was afraid that Tian Yu would ask him all sorts of questions. Although their relationship had not yet been established, maybe things would be different in the future. If he stayed here any longer, Meng Lin felt that he might tell Tian Yu everything he knew. Without waiting for Tian Yu to continue asking, Meng Lin quickly said, ¡°I-I still have things to do, so I¡¯ll be leaving.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t go yet, you better explain it clearly!¡± Tian Yu shouted from behind. Meng Lin didn¡¯t care so much. He jumped onto the warship and sailed away. ¡°Seriously, what girlfriend? I haven¡¯t even agreed to it. No, he hasn¡¯t even asked my permission to do it!¡± Tian Yu did not know what was wrong with her. Ever since she heard Meng Lin address her as Su Bai¡¯s girlfriend, she had actually blushed. ¡°No, I have to get to the bottom of this.¡± Tian Yu immediately opened her friend list and looked for Su Bai. Tian Yu asked, [Su Bai, what¡¯s going on? Why does your friend call me your girlfriend?] Su Bai, who was still driving his warship on the sea, almost fell into the sea when he saw that. Su Bai didn¡¯t know how to explain. Today was too chaotic. One thing after another, he had to find a way to cover it up, but none of them went as he had imagined. Su Bai had never expected Tian Yu to know about it. ¡°Dammit! Meng Lin must have let it slip.¡± Su Bai paced back and forth on the warship anxiously. ¡°What should I say now? That Meng Lin, I told him not to come, why did he have to come again?¡± Tian Yu texted, [Don¡¯t pretend you didn¡¯t see my text. You must have seen it. Quickly reply to me!] Su Bai wanted to reply, but he really couldn¡¯t. Tian Yu texted, [Forget it. I don¡¯t care. I¡¯ll tell you when I remember what to say.] Without Su Bai¡¯s reply, Tian Yu was not even in the mood to continue fishing. ¡°What is he doing? His friend is calling me his girlfriend, but Su Bai doesn¡¯t even dare to say anything! ¡°Hmph, so you want to ignore me? Fine, I¡¯ll ignore you too! ¡°I¡¯m so angry, I¡¯m not fishing anymore! Tian Yu returned to her room in a huff. She was in no mood to continue fishing, so she could only sleep now. After all, she didn¡¯t rest well last night. However, when Tian Yu lay on the bed, she realized that Meng Lin¡¯s words kept ringing in her ears, making her toss and turn, unable to fall asleep. Tian Yu turned over and sat up. ¡°Since he won¡¯t tell me, I¡¯ll ask Meng Lin. I¡¯ll go and ask him now!¡± After making up her mind, Tian Yu opened the chat window and added Meng Lin. At that time, Meng Lin was still drifting on the sea. In the face of Tian Yu¡¯s friend request, Meng Lin felt particularly aggrieved. This matter had nothing to do with him. ¡°Forget it, I¡¯ll go all out. You two will be together sooner or later anyway. I can¡¯t offend Tian Yu because of this. Otherwise, I¡¯ll have a hard time in the future.¡± After thinking this through, Meng Lin accepted Tian Yu¡¯s friend request. He had just accepted the friend request when Tian Yu¡¯s text came in, [Tell me, what¡¯s going on!] Meng Lin replied, [How should I put this? In fact, there are some things that he doesn¡¯t want to say. It¡¯s like this!] Tian Yu asked, [What nonsense are you talking about? Hurry up and tell me properly!] Meng Lin decided to go all out. After all, it was very scary to offend a woman. Su Bai might forget about this one day, but no one could guarantee that Tian Yu would bring it up again! Meng Lin texted, [Wasn¡¯t I clear enough before? My buddy likes you, he just didn¡¯t say it out loud today. What does that have to do with me?] Meng Lin¡¯s reply immediately silenced Tian Yu, who was originally angry. Chapter 33 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation In the end, Su Bai said it out loud. ¡°Y-You what?!¡± Even though she had mentally prepared herself, Tian Yu still ran back to her room with a red face when she heard that. Seeing Tian Yu¡¯s reaction, the corner of Su Bai¡¯s mouth twitched. He thought, ¡®Oh no, I¡¯ve gone too far.¡¯ Just when Su Bai was about to say something, Tian Yu sent him a message from her friend list, [Don¡¯t come over, just stand there. I have something to ask you.] Su Bai replied, [No problem. If there¡¯s anything you want to know, just ask.] Tian Yu texted, [Y-You said you like me, but what do you like about me? Is it just because I¡¯m good-looking?] Su Bai replied, [Of course not. Although I was shocked by your appearance when I first saw you, I didn¡¯t have such thoughts at that time.] Tian Yu asked, [When is it then?!] Su Bai replied, [Maybe a few days ago, maybe yesterday, maybe just now. The moment I saw you, I finally understood what I was thinking. I like you. W-Will you be my girlfriend?] Tian Yu replied, [Ah! You¡¯re so annoying, don¡¯t say it!] Su Bai asked, [What¡¯s wrong?¡± You¡¯re shy now, aren¡¯t you? Haha, don¡¯t worry! I¡¯ll wait for you.] Tian Yu texted, [Who said that? I didn¡¯t agree with it.] Tian Yu immediately closed the chat and covered her face. Her heart was beating so fast that she felt like she was going to explode. Tian Yu didn¡¯t know when she started to like Su Bai, but she was clear about one thing. In the depths of Tian Yu¡¯s memory, Su Bai¡¯s image could not be erased. Especially when she saw Su Bai¡¯s face when he was facing the pirates, a handsome and safe back appeared in her mind. And as time went by, Su Bai gradually became more and more masculine, as steady as a mountain. This also caused Tian Yu to slowly become even more fallen for Su Bai. ¡°What should I do? Can I really accept him?¡± Tian Yu muttered to herself as she lay on the bed. Tian Yu¡¯s small fist lightly hit her chest. She was a little lost and felt that she had fallen into a dilemma. On the other hand, after Su Bai received Tian Yu¡¯s message, he showed a bright smile. He knew that he had already succeeded halfway; at least Tian Yu¡¯s heart had started to move. ¡°Phew. It¡¯s finally done, I¡¯m working too hard!¡± Su Bai wasn¡¯t in a hurry. He just waited outside quietly. After all the predictions, he had missed one thing, and that was that the pirates were not that fast. They could come tonight or tomorrow. Su Bai, who had nothing to do, started to look around, touching this and that. As he looked at it, he suddenly realized that his bag had the reward for the second place on the leaderboard. However, he had been delayed by other things at that time. After so long, he had actually forgotten about it. ¡°Hey System, check the super rare blueprint.¡± Super Rare Blueprint: Sage Headdress Materials Needed: Iron Ore x 1,000, Bronze Ore x 500, Refine Bronze x 10. Can be used to craft a Sage Headdress. ¡°How could I have forgotten about it? This super rare blueprint is quite rare. Hey System, make the sage headdress.¡± Used Super Rare Blueprint: Sage Headdress! Materials Needed: Iron Ore x 1,000, Bronze Ore x 500, Refine Bronze x 10. Materials fulfilled. Crafting Sage Headdress¡­ Crafting Sage Headdress complete! The sage headdress was finished. Su Bai took it in his hand and looked around. It was something like a crown that needed to be worn on the head. ¡°Hey System, check the properties of the sage headdress.¡± Sage headdress: It is said to be a headdress worn by a Sage. After being nourished by the sage for a long time, it has undergone some incredible changes and increases the effect of skills by 10%. When using skills, there is a 5% chance of triggering an additional release. BEEP! Do you wish to modify the Sage Headdress? ¡°Of course, modify it to increase the effect of the skill by 100% and a 100% chance of triggering an additional release when using the skill.¡± BEEP! Modification successful! Sage headdress: It is said to be a headdress worn by a Sage. After being nourished by the sage for a long time, it has undergone some incredible changes and increases the effect of skills by 100%. When using skills, there is a 100% chance of triggering an additional release. Looking at the sage headdress, Su Bai didn¡¯t care whether it was ugly or not. It was his fault for having such a good effect! To test the effect of this equipment, Su Bai quickly put it on. ¡°Hey System, use Iron Armor!¡± The iron armor skill was cast twice, but the second time did not trigger any additional effect. However, the effect of the 100% increase in skill was triggered. The original 30% attack bonus of the iron armor skill had now become 60%. ¡°This is a treasure for releasing skills. With it, not only will my attack be higher, but I can also release two skills at once. It¡¯s even more powerful than cheating.¡± At that moment, Su Bai began to yearn for a new skill book. If he learned another skill, he wouldn¡¯t need to slash here and there with the Dracospring anymore; he could just throw out a new skill. The new equipment did bring some fun to Su Bai¡¯s boring afternoon life, but this fun only lasted for 15 minutes before it disappeared. On Tian Yu¡¯s Island, Su Bai could neither fish nor leave, so he could only wait here. Time passed quickly, and the afternoon went by just like that. The pirates still had not come, and the sky gradually darkened. Looking at the darkening sky, Su Bai then looked at Tian Yu¡¯s stone house. After thinking about it carefully, he felt that he shouldn¡¯t knock on the door at this time. ¡°I wonder what Tian Yu¡¯s thoughts are now. I guess I¡¯ll just spend the night outside.¡± Su Bai sighed. Tian Yu, who had been thinking for the entire afternoon, had an answer in her heart. She clenched her small fists and her eyes were filled with determination. ¡°Since I¡¯ve decided, I can¡¯t back down,¡± said Tian Yu. However, when she turned to look out the window, she realized that the sky was almost dark. ¡°It¡¯s already that late? It¡¯s getting dark, could that fool still be waiting outside?¡± Thinking of that, Tian Yu quickly opened the door and went to look for Su Bai. As she expected, Tian Yu saw Su Bai lying under the tree the moment he opened the door. Su Bai was ready to go to sleep. It was so boring; he had nothing to do even if he didn¡¯t sleep. ¡°Hey, isn¡¯t the floor cold?¡± Tian Yu asked. ¡°Huh? It¡¯s alright, it¡¯s not too cold.¡± Su Bai thought for a while and answered. ¡°Are you really an idiot? I mean, do you want to come into the house?¡± Tian Yu said angrily. Chapter 34 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Initially, the reason why Tian Yu wanted to find Meng Lin was because she wanted to get a clear answer. However, when the answer appeared in front of her, she did not know how to face it. Tian Yu used to hate men. She thought that there was only one purpose for men to approach her, and that was to lust for her body. But now that things had come to this, no one knew if tomorrow would come. No one knew if they would suddenly encounter a crisis and die in the next second. Tian Yu¡¯s resistance toward the man loosened a little. ¡°No, although he¡¯s handsome, I can¡¯t just agree to his request so easily! ¡°This is so annoying. Why did I think about this for so long?¡± Tian Yu¡¯s heart was in complete chaos. It was destined to be a sleepless night, and so was Su Bai. What Meng Lin had said during the day had pushed Su Bai into a corner. At this moment, Su Bai could not think of a better explanation even after racking his brain. If Su Bai were to tell Meng Lin that it was a misunderstanding, Su Bai believed that Meng Lin would believe him even if he didn¡¯t. ¡®But how should I explain it to Tian Yu?¡¯ Su Bai thought. Su Bai was a little reluctant to cut off all contact. To be honest, Tian Yu was still very charming. It was just that it was embarrassing for the other party to suddenly find out about his thoughts before he could figure them out. Thinking of that, Su Bai wanted to press Meng Lin to the ground and give him a good beating. The two of them fell asleep in this dilemma and confusion. When they woke up the next day, both of them had a tacit understanding not to send each other a message. Su Bai did not explain and Tian Yu did not ask further. Another three days of peaceful life passed. Three days later, another pirate ship was wandering around Tian Yu¡¯s Island. Tian Yu was already suspecting whether she looked too easy to bully. It had only been three days, so why were there more pirates here to spy on me?¡¯ Tian Yu thought. Based on the situation last time, Tian Yu knew that this group of pirates would probably come tomorrow. Thinking about the many pirates from last time, Tian Yu felt nervous. There was no way she could handle so many pirates. Tian Yu had no other choice but to ask Su Bai for help again. Tian Yu texted, [Are you there?!] Su Bai ignored Tian Yu. Tian Yu texted again, [I¡¯m asking you. Are you there? I have something to talk to you about!] Su Bai still ignored Tian Yu. Tian Yu knew that Su Bai must have seen it and deliberately didn¡¯t reply to her. Suddenly, a wave of unknown anger rose up. Tian Yu texted, [I said it¡¯s an emergency, hurry up and speak! Pirates are loitering around me again!] Su Bai replied, [I know, I¡¯ll go now!] Tian Yu replied, [You¡¯d better come over quickly and explain to me what¡¯s going on! I¡¯m telling you, I¡¯m very angry right now!] Su Bai sent, [¡­] After closing the Chat page, Su Bai wailed in pain. ¡°What sin have I committed? Why do you have to punish me like this?¡± asked Su Bai. Although Su Bai was extremely unwilling, he had to go to Tian Yu¡¯s place. After all, pirates were not to be trifled with. The number of pirates was nothing to Su Bai, and it was also a small matter to Meng Lin. But Su Bai thought it was an opportunity. He could use this opportunity to talk to Tian Yu face-to-face. In these few days, Su Bai gradually realized that he would think of Tian Yu¡¯s appearance every day, think of her smiling at him, and think of the time he spent with her. Su Bai suddenly realized that he seemed to have really fallen for Tian Yu. After seeing that the other party had agreed, Tian Yu also heaved a sigh of relief. She was just trying to be brave just now. If Tian Yu had a choice, she would not ask Su Bai for help. After all, she had not thought of how to face Su Bai. After another four hours of traveling, Su Bai arrived at the island where Tian Yu was. To avoid awkwardness, Su Bai thought for a while and decided not to go to the island. Instead, he parked the warship nearby. However, this scene completely infuriated Tian Yu. ¡°Since you¡¯re already here, why are you standing far away? Who are you looking down on?¡± Then, Tian Yu opened the Friend interface and sent a message to Su Bai. Tian Yu asked, [Are you coming or not? If you¡¯re not coming over, you might as well go back.] Su Bai didn¡¯t understand why Tian Yu had such a strong opinion of him and why every word she said was full of hostility. Su Bai replied, [I can fight off pirates on the sea, so I¡¯m fine here.] Tian Yu replied, [Alright, you¡¯re not coming over, are you? I don¡¯t need your help anymore. Just let the pirates kill me.] Facing such an unreasonable Tian Yu, Su Bai had no way to deal with her. He could only stop the warship. Before Su Bai got off the warship, he was still hesitating about whether he should go down or not. But when he saw Tian Yu standing on the shore in a huff, Su Bai felt that he had to go down. ¡°You¡¯re finally willing to come down. You¡¯re so wishy-washy like a woman, and you don¡¯t even dare to meet people?¡± Tian Yu said angrily when he saw Su Bai. ¡°You¡¯ve misunderstood. I just haven¡¯t thought about how to face you.¡± Su Bai explained awkwardly. ¡°How are you going to face me? Why don¡¯t you just come and see me? Do you think I¡¯ll eat you up?¡± Tian Yu was about to break down because of Su Bai. He was the one who told his buddy that he liked her, but she didn¡¯t seem to have any feelings for him. ¡°No¡­ The main thing was ¡­ I¡¯m not ready yet.¡± Su Bai stammered. ¡°Not prepared? What do you need to prepare?¡± Tian Yu continued to ask. Facing such an aggressive Tian Yu, Su Bai was not angry, but his heart was pounding. Looking at Su Bai who was standing there like a fool, Tian Yu was not in a hurry and quietly waited for his reply. In fact, after a few days of careful consideration, Tian Yu didn¡¯t find Su Bai that annoying. Instead, because she had been thinking about him every day, she gradually had a good impression of Su Bai. The main reason Tian Yu was angry was that Su Bai did not dare to confess to her openly. To Tian Yu¡¯s knowledge, Su Bai had only messaged Meng Lin to say that he liked her after seeing her. But he dared to tell his buddy about that, but he didn¡¯t dare to tell her. ¡®What kind of logic was that?¡¯ Tian Yu thought. Besides, it had been so many days and Su Bai had no reaction. He couldn¡¯t possibly ask Tian Yu, a girl to speak up. After thinking for a long time, Su Bai finally said, ¡°I-I might have fallen for you!¡± Chapter 35 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation After saying this, Tian Yu turned around and walked in the direction of the stone house. Su Bai was stunned and then followed her. After entering the house, Tian Yu sat on the bed and did not say a word. ¡°H-Have you thought about that?¡± Su Bai thought for a while and asked. ¡°What? Say it again.¡± Tian Yu said indifferently. ¡°I-I like you, can you be my girlfriend?¡± Su Bai asked. It seemed to take all of Su Bai¡¯s courage to say that. His face was red. ¡°Sure, I¡¯ll be your girlfriend.¡± Tian Yu replied with a smile. ¡°Ah? Really? Hahaha!¡± Tian Yu¡¯s words made Su Bai so happy that he was dancing like a child. Su Bai¡¯s reaction made Tian Yu giggle. ¡°You¡¯re really funny, haha. Can you stop laughing? I¡¯m laughing so hard that I¡¯m tearing up.¡± Tian Yu laughed so hard that she rolled on the bed. After a round of laughter, they were faced with another awkward problem. There was only one room and one bed in the house. But Tian Yu was the one who called Su Bai into the room, and now she was about to sleep. She thought, ¡®What should I do?¡¯ After all, the two of them had only known each other for a few days, and they had not spoken much. This was only the first day that they had confirmed their relationship. Su Bai seemed to have noticed Tian Yu¡¯s embarrassment, so he said, ¡°I-It¡¯s okay, you can just sleep. I can put two chairs together for a night.¡± Tian Yu looked at her bed and then at the chair. The bed was quite big, and there was a straw mat. As for the chair, it was uneven, and one couldn¡¯t even turn over when lying on it. Tian Yu couldn¡¯t even accept sleeping on such a chair, let alone watching Su Bai sleep on it for the whole night. ¡°Uh¡­ Actually, my bed is quite big. We can share the bed if you don¡¯t mind.¡± Tian Yu said. Su Bai was stunned when he heard that. He thought it was already good enough that he didn¡¯t have to sleep outside tonight, but now he could even sleep on a bed. ¡°That¡¯s a bad idea.¡± Su Bai thought for a while and still refused. ¡°What¡¯s bad about it? If I say it¡¯s okay, then it¡¯s okay. You¡¯re a grown-up, and you¡¯re so coy!¡± Tian Yu got up and pulled Su Bai towards the bed. In fact, Tian Yu was quite happy, not because they were sharing the bed, but because of Su Bai¡¯s attitude. In the novels and TV series she had read and watched, men would love to sleep on the same bed under such circumstances. But Su Bai was not like that. Tian Yu felt that she chose the right man, Su Bai was a reliable person. However, one had to pay the price for one¡¯s impulsiveness. After some pulling, Su Bai sat on the bed, and so did Tian Yu. Su Bai sat by the bed while Tian Yu turned her body to face him. Others would not misinterpret this position because the bed was large and the room was dark. And because the bed was relatively large, even if the two of them were next to each other, it would be fine. Because of that, Su Bai could feel Tian Yu¡¯s breath on his neck, making him itchy all over. At that moment, Su Bai had no time to think about all those messy things. His mind was filled with the scene of him hugging Tian Yu and kissing her. Even his dream and reality were mixed together. ¡°A-Are you cold?¡± Su Bai couldn¡¯t help but ask softly. ¡°No, I¡¯m not. ¡°Tian Yu replied. Hearing that, Su Bai was relieved. After all, he was quite fit. Although he had never practiced martial arts, his muscles were strong. Tian Yu suddenly turned around and stared at Su Bai with a smile. Su Bai was stunned. ¡°What are you doing¡­¡± Su Bai said. ¡°Nothing, I just suddenly thought of something.¡± Tian Yu said with a smile and put her arms around Su Bai¡¯s shoulders. Then Tian Yu pressed her whole body into Su Bai¡¯s arms. Su Bai was frozen and did not know how to react. ¡°What are you doing?¡± Su Bai asked. ¡°Don¡¯t say anything ¡­ I just want to hug you ¡­¡± said Tian Yu. Su Bai was silent for a while and then slowly said, ¡°Alright ¡­¡± Hearing Su Bai¡¯s words, Tian Yu¡¯s heart was beating fast, her face was red and she was even more excited. She didn¡¯t expect Su Bai to be so calm. For a moment, Tian Yu¡¯s heart was beating wildly. However, she still put on a calm appearance and did not say anything. As the night deepened, the moonlight shone through the window and onto the two of them. That night, Su Bai had a good sleep. Tian Yu was also sleeping soundly because she was hugging the person she liked. It was the first time they had hugged. The next morning, Su Bai woke up early. Looking at Tian Yu in his arms, Su Bai sighed, ¡°Girls had a good sleep.¡± When Tian Yu woke up, she felt that her head was heavy. She opened her eyes and looked around. Tian Yu found that she was hugging Su Bai. At that moment, Tian Yu¡¯s face turned red. ¡°Continue to lie down, I¡¯m going to wash up.¡± Su Bai interrupted Tian Yu¡¯s thoughts. He stood up, put on his shoes, and walked towards the door. ¡°Okay.¡± Tian Yu replied softly. After Su Bai left, Tian Yu got up from the bed. She simply combed her hair and then tidied her clothes. Both of them had a lot of resources, so they had used up eight bottles of drinking water in the morning. After washing up, the two of them had breakfast together. Of course, it was bread. This scene was harmonious and warm, like an old couple who had lived together for a long time. They talked and laughed the whole morning. Tian Yu was fishing and Su Bai was watching her quietly. As for modifying the fishing rod, Su Bai didn¡¯t mention it after some thought. After all, the fishing rods he gave Meng Lin were just ordinary super fishing rods. The two modified super fishing rods and the normal fishing rods had been thrown into the recycling plant by Su Bai. The morning passed by quickly, and the pirates arrived at noon. This time, Tian Yu did not hide in the house out of fear like she did the first time. Instead, Tian Yu just stood aside and watched Su Bai¡¯s performance quietly. But she would still cover her eyes when she saw the pirates getting cut. As for why it was called a performance, it was because Su Bai¡¯s attacks were too visually appealing. Every time he attacked, he would choose a different posture to release his sword¡¯s aura. But these pirates were still too weak, not even worth looking at in front of Su Bai. After dealing with the pirates, Su Bai didn¡¯t want to give up. He boarded the pirate¡¯s ship again to see if he could get anything this time! When the two of them opened the storage, they were stunned by what they saw. Chapter 36 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation This time, it was no longer an empty storage. There were many materials inside, and many of them were things Su Bai had never seen before. Other than the common wooden plank and silk thread, there was cotton, natural silk, and leather. Su Bai still didn¡¯t know the specific uses of these three materials, but just by looking at the names, he knew that they must be very rare materials. ¡°Hahaha, I didn¡¯t expect these pirates to be so rich,¡± Su Bai said happily. ¡°Indeed, unlike the pirates last time. They were so poor that they didn¡¯t even have a single fur.¡± Tian Yu also happily replied. ¡°As for the materials, we¡¯ll split the cotton, natural silk, and leather. You can have the rest,¡± Su Bai said while looking at the materials in the warehouse. Except for these materials that he had never seen before, Su Bai had no shortage of other things. He had lots and lots of them every day, so he might as well give them to Tian Yu. When Su Bai watched Tian Yu fishing in the morning, he found that her luck was quite average. The number of materials she got every time was average. That was why Su Bai thought of giving all these materials to Tian Yu. These materials were almost equivalent to Tian Yu¡¯s gain in a day. ¡°It¡¯s okay, you can take these. I didn¡¯t do much to these pirates and you¡¯re the one fighting them.¡± Tian Yu shook her head and refused. ¡°This is for you, just take it. I have plenty of these ordinary materials,¡± said Su Bai. Suddenly, Su Bai thought of Tian Yu¡¯s bad luck. ¡°Oh right, there¡¯s also this ring. It can increase one¡¯s luck. Although luck is intangible, it¡¯s really useful to have around.¡± Then Su Bai took off the ring, pulled Tian Yu¡¯s hand and put it on her palm. This set of movements was so smooth that Su Bai even felt that he had thought it through. However, it was different in Tian Yu¡¯s eyes. She thought, ¡®What¡¯s this? A ring! And it was from my boyfriend.¡¯ ¡°This ring ¡­ Is it for me?¡± Tian Yu asked excitedly. ¡°Of course it¡¯s for you. It¡¯s in your hands, so it¡¯s definitely for you.¡± Su Bai nodded and answered. ¡°I see. Then I want you to put it on for me!¡± Tian Yu said as she extended her right hand. Su Bai had not reacted until now. He immediately took the ring and put it on Tian Yu¡¯s finger. Su Bai had never thought about what would happen if someone wore the ring. Because to Su Bai, the ring could only be regarded as an accessory or something like that. ¡°It¡¯s so beautiful!¡± Tian Yu looked at it and admired the diamond ring on her ring finger. Su Bai had finally realized it, ¡®that¡¯s a freaking ring!¡¯ ¡°Ahem, Tian Yu, can I put that ring on another finger? It¡¯s¡­¡± Su Bai awkwardly scratched his head and said to Tian Yu. Earlier, Su Bai only thought about the luck value and didn¡¯t think too much about it. The most important thing was that the ring automatically became a lady¡¯s ring after it was put on the finger, which was very strange. ¡°No! This ring means a lot to me. It¡¯s a ring you gave me, how can I change it? I won¡¯t!¡± Tian Yu firmly refused. The ring had a special meaning for Tian Yu because of this one-of-a-kind feeling. ¡°Um¡­¡± Su Bai was a little speechless. Tian Yu seemed to be determined not to let him take it off no matter what. Since that¡¯s the case, Su Bai just let it be. After emptying the storage, the two of them got off the pirate ship. Looking at such a huge pirate ship, Su Bai felt it was a pity. This pirate ship couldn¡¯t be controlled or collected. He could only let it float on the sea and disappear on its own. Otherwise, such a large pirate ship could be sold or recycled, and it would be a huge fortune for Su Bai. Seeing that it was close to noon, Tian Yu suggested Su Bai go back after lunch. Their lunch today was very sumptuous. There were all kinds of meat, fruits, and some wine. These were all plundered from the pirate ship. Unfortunately, these items could not be stored in their Bag, as if they were protected. Since they couldn¡¯t be put in the Bag, it meant that these ingredients would expired. In addition, the temperature here was relatively high, so they might go bad very quickly. In that case, it would be better to eat it directly. While waiting for Tian Yu to cook, Su Bai suddenly remembered that Meng Lin had not reported this matter to him for so many days. ¡®That brat must be eating and drinking well on the sea every day!¡¯ Su Bai cursed in his heart. At that moment, Meng Lin, who was far away, suddenly sneezed. ¡°Achoo, who¡¯s thinking of me? That can¡¯t be right, is someone scolding me?¡± Meng Lin thought carefully and said. ¡°It must be Su Bai. He must be talking about me behind my back again!¡± Meng Lin¡¯s guess was right. It was Su Bai who was scolding him, but it was not because he had spilled the beans, but because he had been eating and drinking well at sea all day. If Meng Lin knew the truth, he would definitely cry to death. He had been mixing water with bread every day on the sea. Meng Lin had faced many pirates, but they had nothing. In addition, the things he saw every day were still the sea, and the things he did were still chasing pirates. Collecting his thoughts, Meng Lin continued to drive the warship on the surface of the sea. On the other hand, Su Bai was planning to go back after enjoying a big meal. Before Su Bai left, Tian Yu waved at him with a smile. ¡°Come over for a moment, I have something to tell you,¡± said Tian Yu. Su Bai didn¡¯t know why, but he still walked toward Tian Yu. Su Bai walked to the front and looked at Tian Yu quietly. ¡®Tian Yu was a very beautiful and nice girl. Her skin was smooth and flawless. She stood in front of me like that as if she would disappear into the air at any time. It made me feel like I¡¯m in a dream.¡¯ Su Bai thought. ¡°What is it?¡± Su Bai asked curiously. ¡°Come closer, I can only tell you, no one else can.¡± Tian Yu said softly. Su Bai was even more confused, ¡®Why is she acting so mysterious? There were only the two of us here.¡¯ However, Tian Yu¡¯s words piqued Su Bai¡¯s interest. Su Bai approached again. At the same time, Tian Yu reached out her hands and wrapped them around his neck. She stood on her tiptoes and put her pink lips on his. At that moment, it was as if the space between the two of them had been frozen, and time had stopped at that moment. After a long time, Tian Yu¡¯s lips finally left Su Bai¡¯s. Her cheeks were slightly red, and her eyes were watery. A very beautiful girl. Su Bai, who came back to his senses, was dumbfounded. ¡°I¡­¡± Just as Su Bai opened his mouth to say something, he realized that he could not say anything. Because Tian Yu had run far away shyly, Su Bai couldn¡¯t catch her in time. Su Bai touched his lips and his heart beat fast. He thought, ¡®Tian Yu¡¯s kiss was so sweet.¡¯ Chapter 37 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation On the way back, Su Bai kept reminiscing about the kiss. He hated that it was too sudden and too short. He hadn¡¯t even had the chance to properly experience it before it ended. ¡°What a pity!¡± Su Bai sighed and shook his head in regret. His mind was filled with that sweet and delicious taste. He thought it would be wonderful if he could do it again. Su Bai didn¡¯t care about the AFF¡¯s loss on the way back this time. In fact, he had gained a great deal. Not only did Su Bai become a couple with Tian Yu, but he also found a lot of supplies on the pirate ship. Su Bai and a few had successfully arrived at the Shallow Sea region, but many people were still in the Beginner¡¯s Sea. At this time, the players in the beginner¡¯s sea had also begun to obtain more and more resources. Many players had gathered enough materials to upgrade their island, which was mainly because Su Bai had killed the D-class Oannes Leader. At this time, the attack power of these Oanneses was generally low, and the players did not have too many concerns, so they could fish to their hearts ¡®content. After the players had found out that Su Bai had gone to the next sea region, they were even more united. It wasn¡¯t that they thought Su Bai had abandoned them, but after knowing that the island had been upgraded and they could reach a wider world, they had a goal to fight for. Under such stimulation, the other players fished day and night without eating or sleeping. This was because they all had a common goal, which was to reach the Shallow Sea region. However, the number of players was too large, so even though there were ways to obtain these materials, it was still very difficult to satisfy so many people at the same time. Many alliance leaders chose to go to the Shallow Sea region to develop. But what the alliance leaders didn¡¯t expect was that after reaching the Shallow Sea region, they cut off the connection with the Beginner¡¯s Sea. It was to the extent that the alliance leaders didn¡¯t have the opportunity to obtain any resources from the Shallow Sea and resell them. Su Bai had been busy with Tian Yu these days and had abundant resources, so he didn¡¯t check the Chat page. He didn¡¯t know many people had come to the Shallow Sea. Because of the abundant supplies, Su Bai had not used his fishing skills. He had been using the free six hours of AFF to get his supplies. Every day, Su Bai would open the treasure chests and then lie on his bed in a daze. However, all his thoughts were related to Tian Yu. Su Bai was starting to miss the pirates. He wanted the pirates to circle Tian Yu¡¯s island so that he would have a chance to go there again. On the afternoon of the second day after returning to the island, Su Bai started to open all the golden chests at once as usual. After so many days, Su Bai¡¯s good luck came again. The moment he saw the super rare blueprint, Su Bai immediately checked it without any hesitation. ¡°Hey System, check the super rare blueprint.¡± Super Rare blueprint: Cooking Station Materials Needed: Wooden Planks x 1,000, Stone x 100, Iron Ore x 100, Refine Iron x 100. Can be used to craft a Cooking Station. ¡°The name cooking station sounds like it¡¯s used for cooking. Hey System, craft a cooking station.¡± Used Super Rare Blueprint: Cooking Station Materials Needed: Wooden Planks x 1,000, Stone x 100, Iron Ore x 100, Refine Iron x 100. Materials fulfilled. Space Required: 2 x 3 Crafting Cooking Station¡­ Crafting Cooking Station complete! Although he had used a lot of materials this time, they were nothing in Su Bai¡¯s eyes. As usual, materials flew to the transparent blueprint one after another, and then a cooking station appeared in front of Su Bai. The cooking station looked very simple. There was only an iron pot and nothing else. Looking at this simple cooking station, Su Bai even suspected that he had been cheated. ¡®It was just a simple kitchen, how could it be called a cooking station? Moreover, I had spent so much on materials.¡¯ Su Bai complained in his heart. However, after checking the cooking station, all of these questions disappeared. The main function of the cooking station was to add ingredients and then automatically make some food with buffs. However, this cooking station could only produce two types of food at the moment. One dish was called braised meat and the other was called toast. Su Bai had the ingredients for both foods. The main ingredient for braised meat was meat, and the main ingredient for toast was bread. The braised meat¡¯s buff was that it could increase the consumer¡¯s strength by 10% after consumption. The toast¡¯s buff was that it could increase the consumer¡¯s intelligence by 10% after consumption. Since he had enough materials, Su Bai made those two foods. It would take time to make something, but Su Bai had nothing else to do, so he just stood in front of the cooking station and waited for it to finish. Soon, the braised meat was done. When Su Bai checked the braised meat, he found that even the braised meat could be modified. In other words, after eating the braised meat, one¡¯s strength would increase by 100% for 30 minutes. Such a buff could be said to be very abnormal. Su Bai¡¯s current combat power was all dependent on how much strength he had. After eating a portion of braised meat, one¡¯s combat power could almost double. With the help of the Dracospring and the Iron Armor skill, Su Bai¡¯s highest combat power was almost 700. Everyone¡¯s combat power was around 100, and those above 100 were strong. But Su Bai was seven times stronger than them. Then, Su Bai gave up on studying the cooking station and opened all the remaining golden chests. When the rest of the chests were half opened, Su Bai got another super rare blueprint. ¡°I¡¯m really lucky today. All the good things have happened in the past two days.¡± Su Bai couldn¡¯t help but feel excited. ¡°Hey System, check the super rare blueprint.¡± Super Rare Blueprint: Culture Chamber Materials Needed: Stone x 1,000, Wooden Plank x 500, Iron Ore x 100, Refine Stone x 100. Can be used to craft a Culture Chamber. When he saw the name, Su Bai couldn¡¯t figure out what this culture chamber could be used for. However, this was still a building, after all. In addition, he had too many materials and had no place to use them. He might as well build one and take a look. ¡°Hey System, craft a culture chamber.¡± Used Super Rare Blueprint: Culture Chamber Materials Needed: Stone x 1,000, Wooden Plank x 500, Iron Ore x 100, Refine Stone x 100. Materials fulfilled. Space Required: 5 x 6 Crafting Culture Chamber¡­ Crafting Culture Chamber complete! After a series of cracking sounds and cutscenes, Su Bai saw the so-called culture chamber. Chapter 38 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Although it was called a culture chamber, it was actually just an especially large room. After entering the culture chamber, Su Bai looked around. It was no different from the greenhouse he had seen. ¡°Hey System, what is the use of this culture chamber?¡± Su Bai could not figure it out, so he threw the question to the system. The Culture Chamber is a place to cultivate seeds. It can achieve the purpose of rapid growth. The words ¡°rapid growth¡± had moved Su Bai, but he didn¡¯t even have a seed right now. Just when Su Bai felt that the cultivation was useless, he suddenly thought of the fruit that Tian Yu had treated him to a few days ago. ¡°That¡¯s right, how could I have forgotten about this!¡± Thinking of that, Su Bai immediately opened his friend list and contacted Tian Yu. As Su Bai opened it, he prayed in his heart, please don¡¯t lose it, please don¡¯t lose it. Su Bai texted, [Are you there? Didn¡¯t we get a lot of fruits from the pirates yesterday? Did you throw away the leftover fruits?] Tian Yu replied, [I didn¡¯t throw them away. I was thinking if I could cultivate them. So, I dug a hole on the island and planted them there.] Reading that made Su Bai let out a sigh of relief. Su Bai was most worried that Tian Yu would think that these things were useless and throw them into the sea. Fortunately, Tian Yu also wanted to eat more fruits and she buried them underground. Su Bai replied, [It¡¯s good that you didn¡¯t throw them away. Hurry up and dig them out. I have a use for them.] Tian Yu asked, [What use do you have for these things?] Seeing Tian Yu¡¯s doubts, Su Bai did not intend to hide the fact that he had a culture chamber. Su Bai replied, [Here¡¯s the thing. When I opened the treasure chest, I got a culture chamber. It can speed up the growth of plants. So I was thinking if these seeds can also speed up their growth, can they take root, sprout, and bear fruit soon?] Tian Yu asked, [Really? There¡¯s actually such a magical thing.] Tian Yu was also shocked. Although she knew that this place could no longer be considered from the perspective of real life, what Su Bai said was still too hard to believe. Su Bai replied, [Of course it¡¯s real. The system explained it clearly. But I don¡¯t have any seeds right now, so I thought of taking some from you.] Tian Yu replied, [Of course you can. However, you also know that they can¡¯t store these things in our Bags. Therefore, the seeds can¡¯t be traded as well.] Su Bai replied, [I understand, I¡¯ll go find you now.] Just as Tian Yu was about to reply that it was no problem, she suddenly remembered that it was almost dark. If Su Bai rushed over now, they would have to sleep on the same bed again tonight. Tian Yu quickly replied, [Don¡¯t! Come back tomorrow morning. It¡¯s too dark at night, and it¡¯s not safe to be on the sea at night.] Su Bai, who had just seen the text, did not understand what Tian Yu meant, but he soon realized what it meant. ¡®We¡¯ve already spent the night together. Why is she suddenly so reserved?¡¯ Su Bai pondered. Even though he thought so, Su Bai still respected Tian Yu¡¯s opinion. Su Bai texted, [No problem. I¡¯ll leave tomorrow morning.] Tian Yu replied, [Alright, I¡¯ll be waiting for you!] After the chat, Su Bai couldn¡¯t wait to go to Tian Yu¡¯s place. He didn¡¯t like to eat fruits before he came here. However, after eating it a few days ago, she suddenly felt that the fruit was too delicious. Just as Su Bai was fantasizing about the trouble of having too many fruits, Meng Lin sent him a message, [Su Bai, guess what I found on the pirate ship?] Seeing Meng Lin showing off in front of him, Su Bai couldn¡¯t help but feel angry. The main reason Su Bai was angry was that Meng Lin only told him these things after so many days. But after thinking for a while, Su Bai suppressed his anger and answered with patience, [Cotton, natural silk, leather, fruit, and meat. Am I right?] Meng Lin was about to show off, but after seeing Su Bai¡¯s reply, he was dumbfounded. Meng Lin asked, [How did you know? Have you been observing me in the dark?] Su Bai couldn¡¯t help but roll his eyes after reading Meng Lin¡¯s text. ¡®You¡¯re a grown-up already. What¡¯s there for me to monitor you?¡¯ Su Bai thought. Su Bai replied, [Cut the crap. I just found it on the pirate ship a few days ago.] Meng Lin texted, [I thought you were interested in me, Su Bai. You scared me!] Su Bai replied, [Don¡¯t talk about such useless things. Come to Tian Yu¡¯s island and wait for me tomorrow. I have something important to do!] Meng Lin replied, [No problem! I promise to reach there before dawn tomorrow!] Su Bai texted, [I told you to come tomorrow, so just come tomorrow! What do you mean by ¡°I¡¯ll be there before dawn¡±?] Faced with the sudden reprimand, Meng Lin felt a little aggrieved. He had only expressed his attitude that he would definitely do as he was told. However, in front of his friend, Meng Lin could only silently accept all this. Meng Lin replied, [I got it, Su Bai. I¡¯ll wait for you nearby tomorrow.] Su Bai nodded in satisfaction after reading Meng Lin¡¯s reply. Su Bai got up early the next morning. First, he couldn¡¯t wait to see Tian Yu, and second, he wanted to cultivate the fruits as soon as possible. Of course, the main reason was that Su Bai wanted to see Tian Yu. When Su Bai arrived, he saw another ship nearby and knew it was Meng Lin waiting for him. ¡®I must say, that kid is quite sensible.¡¯ Su Bai mumbled in his heart and then stepped onto Tian Yu¡¯s Island. When Tian Yu saw Su Bai coming, she stopped fishing and came up to him. ¡°Sorry that I made you come to my island again. It must have been a hard journey,¡± said Tian Yu. ¡°It¡¯s alright. To see you, everything was worth it.¡± Su Bai answered with a smile. ¡°Geez, you have a sweet mouth!¡± Tian Yu pouted. ¡°I can guarantee that these words are all from the bottom of my heart. There is no lie. If there is any lie, I will be struck by lightning.¡± Su Bai was about to make an oath. ¡°Alright, alright, I believe you!¡± Tian Yu quickly stopped Su Bai before he could swear. Coincidentally, Meng Lin witnessed everything when he just landed on the island. Meng Lin was speechless. He had been on the road the entire night just to get here. The moment Meng Lin arrived, he thought that Su Bai had called him over just to show him how they were showing off their love. Chapter 39 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Seeing that the two of them didn¡¯t even notice him, Meng Lin tactfully didn¡¯t go forward to disturb them. Meng Lin couldn¡¯t afford to offend either of them, so he could only wait for them to be done. Luckily, Tian Yu suddenly noticed that there were other people nearby and quickly kept a distance from Su Bai. Seeing Tian Yu suddenly take a few steps back, Su Bai was stunned for a moment, then he turned around and saw Meng Lin. It was a long-awaited reunion for Su Bai. Although Su Bai and Tian Yu had only been separated for a few days, Meng Lin had ruined it. Su Bai even felt like eating Meng Lin up. He angrily glared at Meng Lin. That glare almost made Meng Lin decide where to bury himself. ¡°Good day, Su Bai! Hello, Tian Yu!¡± Meng Lin greeted them respectfully. Tian Yu felt embarrassed. The last time Meng Lin had seen her, he thought she was Su Bai¡¯s girlfriend. However, it had only been a few days, and it had become true. Seeing that Meng Lin was coming, Su Bai didn¡¯t waste any more time. ¡°There¡¯s one thing I need to do. I have a culture chamber now, and I want to see if these fruits can grow in it. So, you have to hand all the fruits to me first,¡± Su Bai said. ¡°C-Can I try one first? I haven¡¯t eaten any of these fruits since I found them.¡± Meng Lin asked tentatively. ¡°I¡¯ve already told you to look for pirates for so many days. Could it be that you haven¡¯t seen a single one in these few days?¡± Su Bai asked in a reproachful tone. ¡°Su Bai, I can swear to the heavens that I really didn¡¯t see a single one! I only found them yesterday. The pirates before that really didn¡¯t have anything!¡± Meng Lin replied with a sincere look. ¡°Alright, just don¡¯t overeat. I can¡¯t possibly bring everything back home.¡± Su Bai waved his hand and said. ¡°By the way, Su Bai. There¡¯s one more thing. I noticed that many people have arrived at the Shallow Sea today. The chats were overflowing on the Chat page,¡± Meng Lin said. ¡°Hmm? Is that so?¡± Su Bai sounded a little happy. Su Bai already had a lot of common materials, but he had no place to exchange them for high-level materials. After opening the Chat page, Su Bai realized that many people had already arrived. [It can¡¯t be true. There are actually pirates here.] [It¡¯s true. I¡¯ve already been robbed clean by the pirates. I¡¯m going to die.] [These pirates are so powerful. If I had known earlier, I wouldn¡¯t have come here. I should have geared up before coming here.] [What¡¯s the use of saying all this now? It¡¯s not like we can still go back. If I could, I would have gone back a long time ago.] [But it¡¯s so strange. Why can¡¯t I see your names?] [Yeah, I just realized it when you mentioned it. Why did everyone suddenly become anonymous?] [I guess you need to add me as a friend to see it. My friend and I can see each other¡¯s names.] [There¡¯s no difference. We won¡¯t be able to see each other anyway.] Su Bai looked at the sudden influx of people. He wasn¡¯t paying attention to the pirates they were talking about, but whether these people could get some better blueprints. ¡°Finally, it¡¯s much more lively now that people are here.¡± Su Bai sighed with emotion. ¡°It¡¯s true. It seems that everyone has collected the materials to upgrade their island.¡± Tian Yu also said. No longer paying attention to the conversation, Su Bai asked Meng Lin to take out all the fruits he had obtained. There weren¡¯t many fruits, just as many as Su Bai had last time. Su Bai picked out a few and gave some to Meng Lin and Tian Yu, while he took the rest back. Su Bai had wanted to stay on Tian Yu¡¯s island for a while longer, but because of Meng Lin, they couldn¡¯t do anything. Even if Meng Lin was not around. Before Su Bai left, he gave Meng Lin and Tian Yu each the stats elixirs he had made these days. ¡°Take some of these stats elixirs when you¡¯re free. There¡¯s nothing wrong with increasing your strength.¡± Su Bai instructed. Both of them agreed with Su Bai. Besides, with so many stats elixirs, they both suspected that Su Bai had stolen all the stats elixirs from others. Strength was the thing that needed improvement the most now, so they didn¡¯t waste any more time with Su Bai and generously accepted it. By now, many players had already reached the Shallow Sea region. However, when they first arrived, they all felt a deep sense of regret. The players had thought that there would be more challenges and more opportunities, but they did not expect that there would be no opportunities at all. The number of materials the players obtained from fishing every day was the same as before, and they had to be on guard against pirate attacks at all times. In the past, in the Beginner¡¯s Sea area, although the Oanneses were also very annoying, their strength was enough to deal with those F-class Oanneses. But now, in the face of dozens of pirates, they could not simply resist. As a result, everyone began to understand the value of the stats elixir. The Shallow Sea wasn¡¯t like the Beginner¡¯s Sea, where there were many players. Although the price of the stats elixir fragments wasn¡¯t cheap, they could still be exchanged. When faced with such an issue, many players thought of Su Bai at once. After all, Su Bai was always ahead of them by many steps. On the Chat page. [Su Bai here? Please sell us some things. Otherwise, we really can¡¯t hold on!] [Yeah, Su Bai is here, but I don¡¯t know if he said anything.] [This chat is really not useful. It¡¯s not like before.] [Why don¡¯t we try adding Su Bai as a friend?] [You¡¯re right. But if we all add Su Bai, I¡¯m afraid we¡¯ll offend him.] [What¡¯s the big deal? Do you want the pirates to go to your house?] As soon as these words were out, those who opposed were silent. Some of these players had experienced the terror of the pirates, and some had not seen pirates, but from what they described, they already knew how hateful these pirates were. [Rather than facing pirates, I¡¯d rather try my luck with Su Bai.] [When we add Su Bai, we will directly note the reason we want, in case he doesn¡¯t approve our request.] [That¡¯s a good idea. Everyone should write together and ask for Su Bai¡¯s help.] After making up their mind, they started to add Su Bai as a friend. At that moment, Su Bai was still leisurely heading home on the sea. Suddenly, a series of friend requests popped up, which confused Su Bai. ¡°What¡¯s going on? Why are there so many people adding me as a friend?¡± Chapter 40 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation After Su Bai opened his friend list, he found that over a hundred people had sent him friend requests. Su Bai didn¡¯t know any of these people, but there was a reason why so many people suddenly added him. Su Bai randomly opened a friend request. It was written in the remarks column. [Su Bai, please save me. I¡¯ve been robbed by pirates and have nothing left.] After the first one, Su Bai opened the second one. However, the result was surprisingly the same. They were all here to ask for Su Bai¡¯s help. ¡°It seems that there are quite many pirates. It¡¯s just that Meng Lin has never found them on the sea.¡± Su Bai muttered to himself. In fact, Meng Lin couldn¡¯t be blamed for this. The main reason was that the pirates here were all wandering on the sea, plundering every island they found. Moreover, the pirates were usually scattered to find a new island more easily. Su Bai knew that pirates would rob players nowadays, but he didn¡¯t expect them to be so powerful. What was even more unexpected was that these players had clearly come to the Shallow Sea region, but they had no way to fight these pirates. But Su Bai was not doing charity here. The pleas from so many players could not be solved for free. It had to be settled through an exchange. After thinking for a while, Su Bai opened the Chat page. Su Bai commented, [Guys, I¡¯m Su Bai. I can see that you¡¯ve been attacked by the pirates. But you have to do it yourself if you want to get rid of them.] [Su Bai, have you met those pirates?] [Are you joking? With Su Bai¡¯s strength, those pirates would probably run away after watching it.] Su Bai replied, [I did meet a group of pirates, but they are not very strong. Don¡¯t worry. I will put up a batch of machetes later. By the way, have you received any new materials since you came here?] [Yes, Su Bai. I got a piece of leather this morning, but I don¡¯t know what these things can be used for.] Su Bai was delighted to hear that. He had found these leathers on a pirate ship. He didn¡¯t expect that someone could actually drive them. Su Bai texted, [How about this? I¡¯ll give you these machetes as a gift. You can exchange them for leather, cotton, or natural silk.] [Su Bai, you¡¯re so nice. Can I marry you?] [Don¡¯t even think about it. Su Bai is so powerful, he must have a girlfriend already.] [That might not be the case. Usually, a powerhouse is lonely. Such a lonely player must have me to accompany him.] Su Bai closed the chat when he saw that the conversation was going off-topic. The machetes didn¡¯t require a lot of materials. Su Bai roughly estimated that he could make more than 300 machetes. ¡°Hey System, make 300 machetes!¡± After a short while, 300 machetes were made. Su Bai put them on the Trade page one by one. Item for trade: Machete x 100. Condition: 1 Machete for 1 Leather. Item for trade: Machete x 100. Condition: 1 Machete for 1 Cotton. Item for trade: Machete x 100. Condition: 1 Machete for 1 Natural Silk. Although these materials were rare, they were not impossible to obtain. Especially after knowing that they had been here for a few days, Su Bai suddenly thought of the possibility that those pirates before had been robbing some players. If that were the case, everything could be explained. ¡°How can they do that? These players can¡¯t be robbed by pirates. If they were all robbed, then wouldn¡¯t I have to get these materials back from the pirates one by one?] Su Bai was not very optimistic about his luck. Although he had lived a life where he didn¡¯t have to worry about food and drink or being beaten up by a pirate, he still couldn¡¯t get what he wanted. Su Bai hadn¡¯t seen any of these natural silk, leather, and other materials for so many days, but this group of people had obtained them not long after they arrived. ¡®Since they¡¯re so lucky, maybe I should just sell them the super fishing rods.¡¯ Su Bai thought It was a risky decision. Su Bai had to consider the consequences of his actions before making that decision. On one hand, this group of players had only reached the Shallow Sea region after upgrading their islands, which meant that they could now use five fishing rods. If these players were all replaced with super fishing rods, it would not be long before they could gain a firm foothold in the Shallow Sea region. ¡°Forget it, forget it. It¡¯s better not to do that,¡± said Su Bai. After thinking for a while, Su Bai gave up on this idea. Time flew by. In the blink of an eye, Su Bai was back on his island. Su Bai got off the warship and couldn¡¯t wait to go to the culture chamber. Looking at the seeds of apple cores, pears, and other fruits, Su Bai couldn¡¯t wait to bury them in the soil of the culture chamber. ¡°Hey System, is that all I need to do for planting the seeds?¡± The Culture Chamber is not activated. You need to add consumables before it can be activated. Su Bai, who had been in high spirits, suddenly became listless. He didn¡¯t expect his happiness to be such a short while. He thought this culture chamber was special. ¡°What kind of materials are needed to activate it?¡± Su Bai asked. The player can open the interface of the Culture Chamber and check it for yourself. The last time he built the culture chamber, Su Bai didn¡¯t have a good look at it, so he didn¡¯t know there was an interface. Now that the system mentioned it, he suddenly realized that there was one in the culture chamber. Su Bai walked into the interface and found the seeds he had just planted were displayed. There was a progress bar under each seed. It also explained in detail how long it would take for the crop to bear fruit. Su Bai checked the apple and found it would take three years for it to bear fruit. ¡°Aren¡¯t you kidding me? Three years?! I don¡¯t even know what it¡¯ll be like after three years. I can¡¯t believe I can only eat an apple after three years.¡± Su Bai complained. But when Su Bai saw the time bar below the seeds, Su Bai heaved a sigh of relief. ¡°Let¡¯s try and see what materials are needed to accelerate the three years.¡± Hint: After shortening the growth by three years, the apple tree will blossom and bear fruit. Materials required to accelerate growth: Drinking Water x 2,000, Wooden Planks x 5,000. After seeing the materials needed to shorten the growth by three years, Su Bai almost couldn¡¯t help but smash the interface in front of him. ¡°2,000 bottles of drinking water and 5,000 wooden planks? Why don¡¯t you just rob me? I can¡¯t even snatch it as fast as you!¡± Su Bai yelled furiously.