Lin Bei felt extremely grateful for the Delivery Guy's generosity.
He shifted his gaze to the remaining legacy items.
To be honest, this feeling was a mix of tension and excitement, just like opening a blind box.
The next storage compartment opened, revealing a Survivor Bracelet emitting a blue light.
[Survivor Bracelet]
Quality: Unknown
Description: The Survivors' identity verification item. It cannot be removed unless the wearer dies.
Number of merged wristbands absorbed: 5
Hint: It records the navigation routes its owner traveled throughout their life and their remaining energy. You can directly absorb a surviving Survivor's Survival Bracelet to obtain the map and energy within.
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"This looks pretty good."
Curious, Lin Bei took out the Survivor Bracelet.
A window popped up in front of him.
[Hint: An ownerless Survivor Bracelet that can be merged has been detected. Would you like to merge it now?]
"Merge."
Lin Bei immediately chose to merge.
The next second, the ownerless Survivor Bracelet transformed into mottled blue energy light right before Lin Bei's eyes, and was completely absorbed by the wristband on his wrist.
[Hint: Successfully absorbed one Survivor Bracelet. Your wristband's abilities have been enhanced!]
[Hint: You have unlocked a brand new sea area map! Please check it promptly!]
[Hint: Your Combat Power has increased by 1 point!]
[Hint: You triggered 10x Critical Hit!]
[Hint: You have unlocked a much wider sea area map!]
[Hint: Your Combat Power has increased by 10 points!]
A warmth flowed from the wristband into Lin Bei's arm, quickly circulated throughout his body, and was completely absorbed by him.
This time, he didn't feel the sharp pain of previous Combat Power increases; only a warm, comfortable sensation.
It seems his body won't suffer too much pain as long as the Combat Power increase isn't too drastic each time.
He opened the map interface, and sure enough, it showed a navigation route stretching for hundreds of kilometers.
It is worth mentioning that the sea area surrounding the route had also been cleared of fog, fully displaying itself on the map within his wristband.
He even saw several Survivors' Islands on the map.
"Hmm... so that's how it is. The distance between each Survivor Island is at least 10 kilometers. That's acceptable."
Lin Bei stroked his chin and drew a conclusion based on the locations of the Islands shown on the map.
"The map currently shows that the area within one kilometer around my Island belongs entirely to me."
"But as the Island's area continuously expands, the surrounding territorial waters will also increase. When that happens, it will definitely border the sea areas of other Survivor Islands. At that point... conflicts will likely break out."
"Or perhaps, more Delivery Guys will sail out, transform into pirates, and plunder the Islands of other Survivors."
Lin Bei recalled a piece of information displayed on the ownerless Survivor Bracelet earlier.
Before its original owner was killed by the Automatic Cannon, they had already performed 5 absorption merges.
In other words, the person had eliminated at least five Survivors.
"He truly was a ruthless killer."
"Fortunately, my Island is guarded by eight high-quality Automatic Cannons. Otherwise... the Combat might not have ended so easily."
Lin Bei's expression became slightly serious.
It seems he needs to further strengthen the Island's defensive capabilities.
Whether it's to deal with future geopolitical issues with other Survivor Islands, or to resist pirate invasions and the threat of Marine Creatures, this is an urgent matter.
Moreover, as the Island expands, the area he needs to protect will also grow.
Relying only on eight cannons... the firepower might be insufficient.
However, he currently has no means of producing cannon ammunition; otherwise, he could easily solve the problem of insufficient firepower.
"Island Survival is fraught with danger; I can't relax even a little."
Lin Bei now realized he had another goal—to increase the Island's defensive firepower.
"It's a pity that the 100x Legacy Critical Hit effect didn't apply to the Survivor Bracelet. That's a bit disappointing."
Lin Bei reached out and touched the Survival Bracelet on his wrist.
After absorbing and merging the ownerless Survival Bracelet, he discovered that his maximum daily speech limit on the public chat channel had increased by 60 times!
Now, he can speak up to 90 times a day in the public chat channel!
"No wonder Turkey-Flavored Potba could keep speaking in the chat channel before. It turns out it was because he had absorbed other Survival Bracelets."
A look of realization flashed in Lin Bei's eyes.
Yesterday, he was still wondering why some people could bypass the Island level restriction and speak multiple times. Now... everything made sense.
"In other words, besides him, there are other people who built ships and became pirates."
Lin Bei pondered, his eyes slightly narrowed.
Sure enough, in the lawless zone of Island Survival, the darkness of human nature had been infinitely bred and magnified.
Although Lin Bei had no intention of fighting others, he would never allow anyone to dare invade his sea area!
"It's best if no one foolish tries to oppose me. Otherwise... I wouldn't mind erecting a tombstone for them on my Island and claiming all their legacy rewards!"
The sun slowly rose, and the air around the Island became hotter.
The temperature display on Lin Bei's Adaptive Protective Suit showed that the current external surface temperature had risen to 30℃.
Keep in mind, it was still only early morning.
And the temperature was gradually increasing as time passed.
Clearly, today would be even hotter than yesterday.
"Although fewer Survivors are willing to trade primal stone, facing such hot weather, I should still be able to gain some profit through ice cubes."
Lin Bei thought to himself, opened the Ice Maker's storage space, and then set up ice cubes for listing in the Trading Hall, to exchange for primal stone and other rare resources and blueprints.
As for the other legacy items dropped by Turkey-Flavored Potba, even with the 100x Critical Hit bonus, they still held little attraction for Lin Bei.
Of course, Fine quality invigorating cigarettes were the exception.
After the 100x Critical Hit, he directly obtained 100 Fine quality invigorating cigarettes blueprints and a staggering 9,600 invigorating cigarettes.
Moreover, each blueprint had nearly 1,000 durability points, enough for him to use for a long time.
He could now even use these invigorating cigarettes to exchange for valuable resources in the Trading Hall.
After all, based on his observations yesterday, a considerable proportion of the Survivors in his chat channel area were smokers.
One or two days might be Fine, but after a long time, if they couldn't get a puff, they would definitely feel restless and tormented.
Therefore, as long as he handled it correctly, he could definitely gain many benefits using these invigorating cigarettes.
In fact, even if there weren't many smokers, he wouldn't worry about the sales of invigorating cigarettes.
Because invigorating cigarettes allow a person to concentrate their Spirit highly and eliminate physical fatigue, this effect could absolutely serve as a life-saving trump card during Marine Creatures invasion events!
Therefore, he was quite confident in raising his Island level by one more rank in a short amount of time.
[invigorating cigarettes Manufacturing Blueprint]
Quality: Fine
Level: 1
Description: A valuable blueprint that allows you to temporarily master the method for manufacturing invigorating cigarettes.
Manufacturing Requirements: wood ×1, Tobacco ×10, primal stone ×1
Durability: 999
"That's interesting. It actually requires primal stone as a crafting material."
Lin Bei shifted his gaze away from the blueprint, a flash of realization sparking in his mind.
He seemed to have grasped some key clues.
That is, crafting items with miraculous effects seems to require consuming primal stone as a manufacturing material.
primal stone seems to be linked to mysterious power.
Every phenomenon difficult to explain in the real world seems achievable through it.
In Lin Bei's heart, the importance of primal stone once again rose significantly.
Therefore, for him, acquiring primal stone should become an investment he persistently maintains long-term.
This stuff... just like gold in the real world, is hard currency, and you can never have too much!
...After the Marine Creatures invasion event, the surviving Survivors all received survival rewards to varying degrees.
Now, their minimum level is 2. Although their Combat Power hasn't increased drastically, compared to the vast majority of Survivors who were originally weak, this is equivalent to a massive boost in strength.
A 1-point increase in Combat Power is equivalent to a 20% overall increase in physical fitness for an ordinary person!
Such an improvement is enough for a healthy ordinary person to possess physical fitness comparable to a national second-level athlete.
Therefore, early the next morning, besides people complaining about the even hotter weather in the public chat channel, more people were sharing the joy of their increased strength and surviving the ordeal.
"I gained 200 survival experience points yesterday! Not only did I level up by 1, but I also received an Excellent quality Activity Gift Pack and opened a Solar Fan from it. I can't even describe how comfortable this cool breeze feels now!"
"Haha, yesterday I managed to grab the Fine quality spear sold by Great Lord. I received an Excellent rating and gained 400 experience points, and now I'm Level 3! I also opened a heat-relief item, but it's just a common quality Parasol, which doesn't feel very useful."
"In that case, I'm the most awesome! Besides getting an Elite Rating in yesterday's invasion event, I also received an Excellent rating for my Daily Survival Evaluation this morning! The combined rewards made me jump straight to Level 5! Now I feel terrifyingly strong! Even if another invasion event happens, I can easily handle it!"
"You're amazing, Great Lord! But I wonder what rating Great Lord received? It must be better than ours, right?"
"Definitely! Since Great Lord can put up Fine quality spears for sale, it proves he has even better weapons himself! Getting a higher rating than everyone else is no surprise!"
"First the ice cubes and wooden houses, and now the Fine Spears. It's a good thing Great Lord stepped in to help, otherwise many of us might not have seen the sun today."
"Exactly! Great Lord is my dream... wait, no, he is my only idol! If anyone dares to say a single bad word about him in the future, I'll directly blast them in the public chat channel!"
+1!
+1008611!
...The significant increase in strength gave these Survivors a bit more confidence in the future.
After a day of struggling to survive, most people gradually adapted to the cruelty and horror of this world.
But correspondingly, there were also huge opportunities coexisting with the crisis!
Guided by the mindset of "I'm already here," the Survivors' mental state on the second day was clearly much stronger than the day before.
Seeing everyone in the chat channel full of fighting Spirit, Lin Bei curved his lips into a smile.
That's right. Only by cheering up can they acquire more resources to trade with him.
Lin Bei, this wave, not only gained reputation but also expanded the market. He truly was like Qin Shi Huang touching a wire—winning big!
"Hmm, this life... the future looks promising."
Lin Bei opened his arms to embrace the sun, his face radiant with a genuine, brilliant smile.
If he had to use one sentence to describe his outlook on the future... there would only be one:
"A little cow touching a wire—totally awesome with lightning."