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Chapter 1046 Something went wrong

"Ding, the script is terminated due to unknown reasons"

Zhao Wuji didn't know what was going on. He felt a strong light shining in his eyes. When he opened his eyes, he found that he was still lying in the hibernation capsule, but all life support systems had been turned off.

"Come out, boy."

Zhao Wuji looked at the other party's black gun muzzle, and obediently crawled out of the hibernation capsule almost naked. He saw the hibernation capsule thrown in a mess in a corner of a huge machine repair warehouse.

"Boss, the people in this cabin are still alive"

"We only want the cabin, not the person. Throw him onto the street."

"Okay, boss"

Zhao Wuji was driven onto the street half-naked, and unexpectedly found that the police station was across the street, so he hurried in to seek help.

"Interstellar refugees?"

"What do you mean?"

Zhao Wuji seized the one-on-one opportunity by using his memory reset skill on the beautiful policewoman.

It turned out that something had happened to the lifeboat, and no one knew how long the hibernation capsule had been floating in space before it was discovered by the garbage-collecting spacecraft from Freedom Star, which was dragged back as if it were garbage. This space garbage-collecting business was affiliated with the police emergency center of the Free Star Domain.

“Thanks for the clothes”

After Zhao Wuji put on his clothes, he bent 90 degrees to express his gratitude to the policewoman.

Liberty Star is on the edge of Sagittarius, but due to the lack of resources and unsuitable for ordinary people to live, the economy is not good and the environment is relatively bad. The police department is replaced every year, and this beauty happened to be on duty on the last day here, so she gave Zhao Wuji some personal privileges.

"If you don't have the money to return to your home planet, the Tang Federation, then be prepared to spend the rest of your life here. This is a little money that our colleagues have collected, which can help ease your situation a little bit."

Zhao Wuji just realized that he did not belong to Sagittarius, so Sagittarius had no obligation to rescue him.

"Besides, this is a gray planet in Sagittarius."

"The fact that I was able to receive a little preferential treatment was because I was a student traveling abroad."

Zhao Wuji took a ride with a beautiful policewoman and arrived at a city called Yichun.

"Just get off here. I'm going to a more difficult place, so I won't take you with me. Remember to keep your temporary residence permit, otherwise those thieves and bandits won't let go of a pretty boy like you."

"Thank you"

Zhao Wuji had a chip from the Tang Federation on him. Although the police here did not want to and were unwilling to deal with him, they still gave him a relatively normal temporary residence permit for the sake of the beautiful inspector.

Zhao Wuji learned through his memory reset skill that the name and identity of the beautiful police officer were both kept secret from the local police and she was an internal affairs inspector. He really didn't want to cause any trouble for her so he said goodbye and left.

Zhao Wuji wandered around this city of lust for half a day and felt dizzy, so he had to find a cheap hotel.

“Electronic payment, card, or cash?”

"cash"

“Haha, not many people use cash nowadays.”

Zhao Wuji took advantage of the one-on-one opportunity to learn about the situation in this city. After learning that there was a Life Development Bureau in the capital, Gangzhou, he felt a little relieved.

"But it's thousands of kilometers from here to Ganges Island, and I don't know how long the money can support it."

"For a planet in the interstellar age to be so backward, I am amazed."

Zhao Wuji had to fix all the doors and windows so that he could take a nice bath and sleep.

The next day, Yichun Railway Station.

"You want to go to Gangzhou? You have to change trains, and it will take more than 10 days. You really don't want to buy a sleeper berth."

“I would like to buy it, but I only have this little money.”

The ticket seller took the temporary residence permit and looked at it carefully, then filled out a train ticket for Zhao Wuji.

"This is the first time I sell someone a ticket to Gangzhou, haha."

Zhao Wuji smiled, used the remaining money to buy some instant noodles and set off on his journey. After changing buses several times, he finally arrived at Gangzhou, the capital of the Free Planet.

"You have no money, but you still want to join the Life Development Bureau"

Zhao Wuji looked at the Life Development Bureau, which was even more backward than the Tang Federation, and once again despised this Freedom Star.

"There is only one interstellar spacecraft a year to the main star of Sagittarius. Usually, only the private spacecrafts of the rich and powerful can reach it. Interstellar communication has not yet been opened. Only this kind of semi-official development bureau with a profit-making nature can contact the Tang Federation through the script. And the price is sky-high. I am really impressed."

"Coo-coo-coo, coo-coo-coo"

Zhao Wuji's stomach rumbled uncontrollably.

Zhao Wuji complained to himself for a while, but he still made up his mind. He used the money for his last meal to buy a ticket and finally entered the Life Development Bureau.

"We just got a new premium cabin that can guarantee your life. Would you like to try it?"

Zhao Wuji looked at the familiar hibernation capsule in the hall and shook his head, lamenting his fate: "I don't have any money for now."

"Okay, then you can only use this."

Zhao Wuji lay down in the outdated game cabin. As soon as he pressed the power switch, his body twitched and his eyes went black.

"Fuck, cheap products with leakage current are not good ones" "Zhao Wuji, Zhao Wuji"

Zhao Wuji was carried into the hibernation cabin by the staff in a half-asleep state.

"Zhao Wuji, if you can stop pursuing the mistakes of our staff, I will let you use the most advanced hibernation chamber here at the normal price. It has a certain self-healing function and is very suitable for your current condition."

Zhao Wuji nodded weakly. After dozens of days of drifting in space and more than ten days of sitting on a green train, he finally felt like the script was normal.

Zhao Wuji closed his eyes, and the door of the hibernation chamber slowly closed. With a slight electric sound, his consciousness gradually blurred, as if he was sucked into a whirlpool. When he opened his eyes again, he was already standing on a swaying boat, surrounded by endless blue water.

"The random script "Water World" has been opened." A prompt text appeared on the panel on the eye mask.

**Main Mission 1: Survive in the plot instance for more than 100 days.**

**Main Mission 2: Explore more than 50% of the plot map.**

**Main Mission 3: Help at least one NPC solve a survival problem. **

"Hey, the signal is good, it feels much more comfortable and realistic"

Zhao Wuji looked around and found himself on a simple wooden boat with some fishing nets and tools piled on it. In the distance, he could vaguely see several floating wooden platforms with simple houses built on them. Smoke was rising from the chimneys, indicating that people were living there.

"This aquatic world is a little different, too?" Zhao Wuji whispered to himself. He remembered that the movie of the same name on Earth told a story about a post-apocalyptic era where humans struggled to survive on the water. But the scene before him seemed more primitive, more like the early stages of humans just adapting to life on the water.

He paddled the boat towards the nearest platform. The people on the platform saw him approaching and tightened their harpoons in caution.

"Who are you?" a dark-skinned man asked loudly.

"My name is Zhao Wuji, and I'm a lone fisherman." Zhao Wuji raised his hands to indicate that he had no hostility.

The man looked him up and down for a few times, and seeing that he was indeed not a threat, he relaxed a little: "Come up, but don't play tricks."

Zhao Wuji climbed onto the platform and found that there were more than a dozen people living here, mostly old people and children. The man was called Lao Li, the leader of this small settlement. Through conversation, Zhao Wuji learned that this world had been flooded by a great flood, and almost all the land was submerged. The surviving humans could only build platforms on the water to survive. Food and fresh water were the biggest problems, and the pirate attacks made their lives even worse.

"Pirates stole half of our food supplies yesterday. If this continues, we won't be able to hold out for long." Old Li sighed.

Zhao Wuji nodded and thought to himself: "Main quest 3 is to help NPCs solve survival problems. Maybe we can start from here."

He offered to help Lao Li improve his fishing tools. With the knowledge from Earth, he used the materials on the ship to make a simple fishing cage, which was much more efficient than the traditional fishing net. Lao Li tried it with some doubts, and ended up catching three times more fish than usual that day.

"You are such a capable person!" Old Li patted Zhao Wuji's shoulder excitedly, "With this, at least we don't have to worry about going hungry."

In the following days, Zhao Wuji taught them how to use solar distillation to extract fresh water, solving the drinking water problem. The people in the settlement trusted him more and more, and even invited him to stay for a long time.

However, the good times didn't last long. One morning, the roar of an engine was heard in the distance. Lao Li's face changed drastically: "It's the pirates! They're coming again!"

Zhao Wuji quickly climbed to a high place and looked around. He saw three modified speedboats speeding towards the platform. The people on the boats were holding weapons and looked aggressive.

"Everyone, hide in the house!" Zhao Wuji shouted. He quickly checked his equipment: the TK pistol was still on his waist, and the power of the Nine Yin Manual could be used at any time. But facing a group of pirates, he didn't want to easily expose his strength.

The pirates jumped onto the platform and began to smash the door and steal food. Zhao Wuji hid in the dark, aimed at the pirate leader, and pulled the trigger. The bullet of the TK pistol fired silently and hit the opponent's shoulder accurately. The pirate leader screamed and fell to the ground.

"There's an ambush!" The other pirates panicked and jumped back into the speedboat to escape.

Old Li and the villagers poked their heads out of the house and cheered when they saw the pirates fleeing. Old Li excitedly shook Zhao Wuji's hand and said, "You saved all of us!"

Zhao Wuji smiled and said, "It's just a piece of cake."

**Ding! Main quest 3 completed.**

**Reward: 500 Chinese currency, skill point +0.1.**

The prompt on the eye mask made Zhao Wuji happy. He decided to continue exploring this world and complete the remaining tasks.

In the following days, he rowed his boat and began to explore the waters farther away. Along the way, he encountered other settlements of survivors, some friendly and some hostile. He also found some floating ruins, which seemed to be the remains of buildings in the old world, and found a lot of useful supplies from them.

On the 50th day, Zhao Wuji's exploration progress had reached 40%. One evening, he found a strange shipwreck on the sea. The hull was half submerged in the water, and the part exposed above the water was covered with strange symbols.

"Is this... some kind of ritual?" Zhao Wuji jumped into the water and dived into the interior of the sunken ship. The cabin was filled with rusted weapons and damaged books, but the most eye-catching thing was an altar in the center with a line of words engraved on it: "Only a pure heart can awaken the dormant power."

Zhao Wuji was wondering when he suddenly felt dizzy. The panel on the eye mask flashed wildly:

**Warning! High concentration of mental pollution detected! **

**Mental strength is draining away quickly! **

He immediately turned on the Nine Yin Manual to calm his mind. At this moment, the symbol on the altar lit up with a strange blue light, and a vague voice sounded in his mind: "Who... are you?"

Zhao Wuji endured the headache and replied, "I'm just a passerby."

The voice was silent for a moment, and then said: "If you can fulfill my long-cherished wish, I will grant you power."

"What is your long-cherished wish?"

"Destroy...the pirates' nest...they have desecrated this sea..."

Zhao Wuji's mind moved: "The main mission 2 is still 10% away from exploration progress. If we can find the pirates' lair, maybe we can kill two birds with one stone."

He agreed to the voice's request. The blue light gradually faded, and the dizziness disappeared with it. A new prompt appeared on the panel:

**Gain temporary skill: Ocean Perception (can perceive the movement of ships within a 10-kilometer radius, lasting until the end of the mission). **

With this skill, Zhao Wuji quickly locked onto the pirates' base, a floating fortress made of scrapped ships. He approached quietly and found that the pirates were celebrating another successful robbery.

"The opportunity has come." Zhao Wuji sneered and sneaked into the fortress at night. He used his memory reset skill to quietly knock down several patrolling pirates, and then placed the explosives found in the sunken ship in the ammunition depot.

"Goodbye, villains." He lit the fuse and quickly jumped into the sea. A few seconds later, a deafening explosion came from behind him, and the pirates' fortress was reduced to pieces in the flames.

**Ding! Main quest 2 completed.**

**Reward: 1000 Chinese currency, skill point +0.1.**

**The temporary skill "Ocean Perception" is transformed into the skill "Water Insight". **

Zhao Wuji surfaced and breathed a sigh of relief. At this time, the mysterious voice sounded again: "Thank you... The ocean... will always protect you..."

As the sound disappeared, Zhao Wuji felt a warm current rushing into his body. The panel on the eye mask updated again:

**Strength +0.2, Spirit +0.2, Agility +0.2, Defense +0.2.**

On the 100th day, Zhao Wuji successfully completed all the main tasks. He stood at the bow, looking at the rising sun, feeling a lot of emotion in his heart. Although this world is cruel, he has found his own value.

**The script "Water World" has been completed.**

**Rating: Excellent.**

**Reward: 2000 Chinese currency, skill point +0.2.**

Keep memory?

Zhao Wuji chose "No" without hesitation.

Back in the real world, the door of the hibernation capsule slowly opened. Zhao Wuji sat up and found that it was almost dusk outside. He moved his body and felt that all his attributes had improved significantly.

"It seems that even a low-difficulty script can yield a lot of rewards." Looking at the Chinese currency in front of him, he finally smiled.

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