Chapter Thirty-Five: Heavy Rain
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“Hiss!”
Holding the axe in her hand, Liang Yi ran her right thumb lightly along the blade.
Excellent. The blade was frighteningly sharp. Her finger had barely brushed against it before it nicked the skin.
She put her finger in her mouth and sucked at the wound, then tossed the axe into the [Creation] inventory to keep from accidentally hurting herself in the middle of the night.
Bookshelves, cabinets, stools, and other items all required wood as raw material, so she could get up early tomorrow and chop down a few more trees, just in case.
She slept soundly through the night.
Bang!
Bang!
Whoosh!
The next morning, Liang Yi awoke groggily to all sorts of noises coming from outside.
Her first thought was that some dangerous animal was pacing across the roof of the vehicle.
But the sound did not resemble footsteps. It sounded more like raindrops striking the roof.
Was it raining?
That was Liang Yi’s first reaction.
It was already half past six, the usual time to get up, and dawn had fully broken outside. She moved to the side of the cabin and cautiously opened it a crack to see what was happening.
“Damn it!”
She had opened it only a few inches when something suddenly appeared outside and startled her badly.
Bang!
As she recoiled, she shifted backward in a panic and accidentally struck her head against the roof.
The pain was so sharp that Liang Yi felt as if her skull were splitting apart.
Clutching her head, she retreated farther inside, then seized the flashlight lying in the cabin and shone it directly outside. The “black hand” that had been reaching in slowly withdrew.
“Game Assistant, what the hell was that just now?”
Liang Yi sat inside the cabin, still shaken. The mere thought of what she had seen left her trembling.
Its entire body had been wrapped in black mist, with a pair of bright red eyes at its center. Though it had originally possessed neither hands nor feet, the creature had grown tentacles the instant it spotted its target.
[That is one of the NPCs in our game. There is no need for players to be afraid!]
[Besides, it only comes out at night.]
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[As long as you do not leave your vehicle, nothing will happen.]
Hearing the Game Assistant’s carefree tone, Liang Yi felt like cursing it out.
What did it mean, there was no need to be afraid? That thing had a hideous face and looked vicious beyond belief.
There was still a ring of scars around her ankle left by one of those creatures.
More than five thousand players had vanished so far, and Liang Yi suspected that eighty percent of them had met their deaths at the hands of these monsters.
What frightened her most was that the monster had nearly forced its way inside just now.
Fortunately, she had reacted quickly and avoided being dragged away by it.
Once she had calmed down, Liang Yi recalled that when she had opened the cabin door, she had seen torrential rain pouring outside. The sky had been dark and heavy, blanketed by thick clouds.
In that case, for the sake of her safety, all she could do for now was stay obediently inside the cabin.
The trouble was that there was no light inside, so the solar outlet was naturally useless.
It seemed she would have to make do with dry instant noodles for this meal as well.
Liang Yi sighed helplessly, tore open a packet of instant noodles, and took two fierce bites.
Just then, she suddenly remembered that she had washed and hung out the new underwear and socks she had obtained the previous night. She had no idea whether the wind had blown them away.
Liang Yi prayed silently that the garments had not been swept away by the downpour.
After all, obtaining another set of clean replacement clothes would be no easy task.
After hurriedly finishing her noodles, Liang Yi felt bored, so she opened the [Channel] in the game to see what the other players were doing and whether anyone had encountered anything unusual.
[Little Lele: Damn it, there’s a monster outside my window! What do I do?]
[Player 333: You think having a monster is bad? That thing has been dragging me around the forest on my scooter for I don’t know how many laps. If I hadn’t remembered that I wasn’t allowed to leave my vehicle and held on to the scooter for dear life, I’d probably be dead by now.]
[Player 6589: Same here. When I went to sleep last night, I was afraid I might get separated from my motorcycle, so I tied my hand to it with a rope. Now the monster is dragging the motorcycle ahead while I’m flying along behind it.]
[Player 6666: Seriously? With things this dangerous, how do you still have the energy to send messages?]
[Player 6589: I’ve been dragged around for three or four hours. I got over the panic a long time ago. Besides, what else am I supposed to do? It would be boring not to send a few messages.]
[Endless Vitality: Heh-heh-heh, I just saw another player being dragged along by a monster. He was clinging desperately to a tricycle.]
[Player 8008: When is this rain going to stop? I haven’t encountered any monsters, but I’m going to be drenched into an idiot.]
…
After reading the players’ messages, Liang Yi began to feel fortunate that she had chosen this tricycle with a cabin, allowing her to hide inside at night.
There were no windows around it either, so she did not have to face any unknown monsters.
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[Player 6543: When will the rain stop? I want to go out and open treasure chests for food.]
[Player 25423: I’m out of food too!]
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After eating and drinking her fill, Liang Yi leaned against the cabin and planned to take another nap.
Before going to sleep, however, she opened the trade orders and searched for something useful.
[Player 5555 has initiated a trade: Guys, I have a blueprint for crafting a bucket. Does anyone need it? The only raw material required is plastic.]
Liang Yi’s heart stirred when she saw someone offering a bucket blueprint.
She had found some plastic at the garbage station earlier and stored it in her backpack.
After opening the blueprint to inspect it, Liang Yi discovered that the bucket it produced even came with a lid.
There happened to be a stream nearby. She could fill the bucket with water and use it on the road for simple washing.
With that in mind, Liang Yi immediately sent a message to Player 5555.
[Player 2020: Hello. Have you traded away the bucket blueprint yet? I’ll exchange one bottle of water for it.]
[Player 5555: Not yet, but that’s far too little. Add a packet of instant noodles or some bread.]
[Player 5555: It’s a blueprint, after all—a very rare item.]
Liang Yi looked over her supplies. She had only a few packets of instant noodles left and could not possibly trade one away.
[Player 2020: You’ve probably realized by now whether a bucket is useful after these past few days. If you aren’t willing to trade it for one bottle of water, then forget it. It isn’t essential, anyway.]
Less than two minutes after she sent the message, Player 5555 agreed to Liang Yi’s terms, just as she had expected.
The trade was completed soon afterward, and Liang Yi found herself holding a blueprint for crafting a bucket.
She took the plastic from her backpack and placed it together with the blueprint in the tool bar. A bucket immediately appeared in the crafting grid.
She took it out and weighed it in her hand. It was thirty centimeters high, and the diameter of its opening was two centimeters greater than its height.
She tapped it with her finger. The quality seemed quite good.
As for the color, it was simply white.
Liang Yi was very satisfied and placed the bucket in her inventory.
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