0002 – Athena Found A Package
Athena walked out the door to find a bright sunny day outside, devoid of the slightest hint of darkness that had lingered the night before. Compared to the darkness of the night, she could see much more during the day. Due to the rain last night, the ground still bore the signs of dampness.
What concerned her even more were the large footprints around the thatched hut, one after another. The footprints were especially dense at the doorstep, indicating that the monster had lingered there for quite so ti last night. Athena's gaze sharpened. Since such absurd things had already happened, would it be too much for her, a weak woman, to kill a monster?
Following the prompt in purple font, she headed southeast. Along the way, she casually plucked many grasses. Walking barefoot was troubleso; she had to constantly watch out for sharp stones underfoot.
She found a small package similar to the one from yesterday, yet it was capable of containing so much, thanks to so sort of magic.
Inside the white package, there was an axe and a sickle.
A sickle? Athena had originally planned to open it later when she returned, as she still needed to explore her surroundings. It would be inconvenient to carry many things, and a small package with just two palms' worth would be easier.
Upon seeing the sickle, she changed her mind. She opened the system panel, folding the page of attribute panel.
Current Shelter
1
This is just a dilapidated thatched hut; please upgrade as soon as possible.
She clicked to upgrade, and as expected, the items needed for the upgrade appeared.
Upgrade Requirents : 50 wooden blocks, 50 special weeds
Athena had noticed these special weeds as soon as she ca out. They were different from the ones she usually saw, but they were very similar to the thatched grass on the hut.
She had originally intended to collect them to repair the hut. However, the system was more convenient; as long as she collected enough specific materials, it would probably automatically upgrade, which was much easier than doing it herself.
She opened the package. Since there was no intention to continue exploring far away, as it seed pointless since this was a forest, and apparently a deep one, she couldn't expect to get out in a short ti.
It was better to quickly use the 7-day protection period for newcors to upgrade her shelter. After all, this was a tower defense ga; who knew when the system would release monsters? It was better to preserve her life first, and there would be plenty of ti for exploration later.
Using the sickle she had obtained, she began to harvest the weeds on the ground frantically. She also found so vines and tied them into bundles.
"Hiss." Athena gritted her teeth as she lifted her foot and realized she had accidentally stepped on a stone. She needed to make herself a pair of grass shoes as soon as possible.
It was fortunate that she had helped with farm work at her grandmother's house when she was young; otherwise, she wouldn't even know how to use a sickle.
Another hour passed, and she looked at the six bundles of weeds piled up on the ground, deeply sighing. She was too tired. However, the collection progress was only at one-third.
Wood blocks
0/50
Special weeds
18/50
She gritted her teeth fiercely and continued. She knew that once she stopped, she would find all sorts of excuses for herself and wouldn't be able to muster the motivation again.
She tied her hair up with the only rubber band she had and rolled up the fluffy sleeves and pant legs, disregarding her appearance. Carefully avoiding the puddles on the ground, she harvested the weeds at her fastest speed.
Wood blocks
0/50
Special weeds
51/50
When she finally heard the notification sound she had been longing for, Athena almost collapsed on the ground. However, considering she only had one set of clothes, she forced herself to walk to the grass and sat down.
Her wrists and palms were red and hot, tingling slightly, and a blister had ford. Her arms and shoulders were sore, and her bangs, kept for appearance's sake, were soaked in sweat, sticking to her face.
She sat on the ground, panting heavily. This was the first ti she had a chance to open the system panel and click on the regional chat channel.
The chat interface was still bustling.
--Have you all gone out? Wasn't it said that it's not absolutely safe during the day? I dare not go out. Can you guys share so supplies with ?
--So did I! So did I!
--The shelter can be upgraded. Do you guys know how to collect materials?
--This place sucks. I can't stand it for even a day. Can soone save ? I'm going crazy.
--Does anyone have dicine? I'll give them 100,000 if they go back! Private ssage . My hand got scratched by sothing, and it keeps oozing black liquid!
--Bro, you're dreaming. Where do you expect to find dicine? And even if there is any, who cares about your money?
--Hey, tis have changed.
Athena raised her sore hand and brushed through the chat channel. Seeing the person seeking dicine, she silently sympathized with them. Just as she was about to exit, she clicked back in and applied to add this person as a friend.
Originally, she was just trying it out, but she didn't expect the person to agree imdiately. Before she could speak, the other party imdiately sent a ssage.
-- You added because you have dicine, right? We can trade in the exchange. Trust , when we return to reality, I'll definitely give you 100,000 dollars!
Just as Athena was hesitating whether to reply to his ssage, the purple font seed to know what she wanted to do and gave a prompt.
Players cannot locate each other's positions and cannot reach each other's locations.
Athena smiled.
--> Tell first, what scratched your hand? I'll see if I have sothing you need.
-- It's a very beautiful purple flower with serrated leaves. Just as I was about to pick it, its leaves moved on their own and cut a big wound on my hand!
This guy was quite honest, quickly revealing all the information.
--I don't have any dicine, but if I have any spare in the future, I'll contact you first.
--Block, block, I'm blocking you! Why add if you don't have dicine?
System has automatically blocked you to this person.
The other party still hadn't realized that he had given away information. Actually, with his ssage, there might be people willing to trade sothing with him, but definitely not dicine.
Setting her status as "Do Not Disturb", only then did Athena exit the chat interface and clicked on the trading function.
It seed that in the future, she would have to pay attention to these purple serrated flowers ntioned by that person when going out. Was the blood flowing from the wound black? Shaking her head, she felt that this person probably wouldn't live long.
Compared to yesterday when she clicked on the trading function and found nothing, there were many changes today. The seller's section was filled with nurous items. Each player's avatar was accompanied by the items they were selling, and their avatars could be customized in various ways.
The goods were all sorts of strange things, from broken branches to picked-up stones. So even sold their own selfies and other weird items.
After browsing through, she found nothing of value. But that was normal; in the early stages of difficulty, who would offer good supplies?
As she scrolled through, she suddenly discovered soone selling water.
[ Water 100ml ]
Price
Whatever you think is appropriate.
Description
Can't buy anything misleading or useless. Bring your own container. Don't worry, I was born near a river, it's just 100 milliliters, no big deal!
She noticed that more than ten transactions had already been completed. Athena was very surprised; it seed that there were still quite a few people living well, as their resources had beco abundant enough to trade with others.
If there was a river nearby, would she also not have to worry about water?
There is no water source within a radius of ten kiloters.
It's never that simple. It seed that everyone's birthplaces were different.
But yesterday, after spending the whole day browsing through the chat channels, she found that everyone's initial skin was a broken thatched hut. This was the only thing that comforted her.
I need to keep pushing forward.
After a brief rest, Athena flexed her arms and clenched her fists, pounding them heavily a few tis. Using a thicker vine, she bound all the weeds into a large bundle and dragged it back in the direction of ho. Of course, she didn't forget about her newly acquired sickle and axe.
After exerting trendous effort, she finally managed to drag all the special grasses back. She hesitated for a mont before reluctantly untying the grasses because of the small wooden door. She could only carry them back one by one.
Since they were already undone, she decided to lay a thick layer on the bed. She lay down and tried it; it was much warr than before. By the ti she finished, it was nearly 3 o'clock.
She was severely dehydrated. She opened a bottle of mineral water but didn't drink much. She ate a packet of compressed biscuits with the water and then didn't move.
The taste of the compressed biscuits wasn't good, but she wolfed them down nonetheless. She even felt like having so more but restrained herself. Just think of it as dieting.
She kept brainwashing herself, and eventually, she found that she wasn't as hungry as before. After reluctantly feeling full and hydrated, she began to contemplate.
If they continued at this pace, was the 7-day preparation ti too much? Why did the system give them so much preparation ti?
The more Athena thought about it, the more sothing felt off. If that was the case, what awaited them after 7 days, and how many people would survive?
She lay on the bed, planning tomorrow's actions. She would wake up early again, then use the axe to chop trees and get wooden blocks, aiming to upgrade the shelter to level one as soon as possible.
As for today, she didn't plan to do anything else; she was already exhausted. She had persisted through it all with sheer willpower, and as soone who didn't usually exercise much, suddenly engaging in a lot of physical activity could result in injuries. So, she wouldn't chop trees today. Instead, she planned to go around the area at 5 o'clock to see if any new packages had spawned.
First, a nap.
She lay on the bed for a while and woke up after it was already past 4 o'clock. She had hastily woven herself a pair of grass shoes with so vines and weeds. They looked ugly up close and even uglier from afar, but she didn't have much choice. She put her feet in and took a couple of steps. She sat back on the bed, picked up the grass shoes, and angrily tossed them into a corner.
I'm really not cut out for this. Whose idea was it to make grass shoes that hurt so much? It's better not to wear anything at all! If I wear these for a while, my feet will be covered in blisters.
Abandoning the idea of weaving grass shoes, she picked up the sickle and left the house. She wasn't going to cut grass; she just carried the sickle for self-defense. The axe was a bit too heavy, and she wasn't very good at wielding it.
Refreshed a white package 800 ters southeast.
Wasn't that the place where she had just cut grass? Could one place be refreshed twice?
Without dwelling too much on it, she headed over there. But to her surprise, about a hundred ters away, there was a huge creature that looked like a bear, except it had a long tail and a sharp horn on its head.
[ Long-tailed bear ]
Level
5
Strength
11
Defense
10
Skill
Rock Crush
Enjoys teasing prey, can survive during both day and night, extrely averse to fire! Extrely low fire resistance!
This behemoth was sitting on the grass where Athena had just finished cutting, playing with a white package in its hand.
Athena swallowed nervously; she recognized this as the monster that had been lurking outside her door yesterday. She hadn't expected it to still be around.
Wasn't it said that dayti was a safe zone? Even if it wasn't absolutely safe, was it this dangerous?!
Now all she could do was pray that the monster hadn't noticed her.
Unfortunately, sotis luck just wasn't on one's side.
The long-tailed bear turned its head, staring directly in her direction. It stood up, revealing a nacing grin, showing off its sharp teeth.
Reviews
All reviews (0)