Raft for All: I'm guaranteed to get a golden affix when I upgrade!

The lid popped open.

A faint yellow light pierced the blazing sun overhead.

Several items lay quietly inside the box.

[The golden treasure chest has been successfully retrieved.]

[Gain experience +10. 】

A line of golden text appeared in the air. Xiao Zheng reached into the bottom of the box and grabbed a yellowed parchment scroll.

[Obtained: Excellent-grade fishing rod blueprint x1.]

[Blueprint Description: Excellent-grade fishing gear. It not only allows you to easily catch fish in shallow waters, but also has a very low probability of hooking up hidden treasures from the deep sea.]

【製造需求：木板0/5，绳索0/5，金属片0/2。】

Without a doubt, this is absolutely the top survival tool available today.

He continued to fish downwards.

[Received: Metal Plate x2.]

These two metal pieces are covered with rust and are extremely heavy.

[Received: 10 wooden planks.]

[Received: 5 piece of plastic.]

[Received: 1 x 500ml bottle of purified water.]

The supplies were extremely plentiful, especially the last bottle of purified water, which had no markings on the outer packaging, but the bottle itself exuded an enticing coolness under the blazing sun.

Xiao Zheng unscrewed the bottle cap and tilted his head back.

The cool liquid flowed directly down the throat into the stomach.

His parched mouth was thoroughly moisturized, and his burning stomach finally calmed down. He drank half a bottle in one gulp, casually stuffed the remaining half into his pocket, and then brought up his personal attribute panel.

The panel structure is extremely simple, consisting of five rows.

[Player: Xiao Zheng]

[Level: 1]

Experience: 22/100

Strength: 11 (average human strength 10)

[Agility: 11]

[Physical condition: 9 (mild fatigue and dehydration, recovering)]

【Spirit: 12】

Twenty-two points of experience.

The golden treasure chest just now gave me ten points, so where did the remaining twelve points come from?

Xiao Zheng recalled his earlier actions, picked up an ordinary wooden box, and broke open two planks and a plastic box. He then retrieved scattered palm leaves and empty bottles.

For each successful acquisition of resources, the system secretly calculates experience points in the background.

You can upgrade by acquiring resources.

He opened the regional chat channel, and the text was still refreshing rapidly.

"What kind of ridiculous system is this? I finally managed to get a piece of broken wood, and the system notified me that I gained 1 experience point!"

"What's the use of experience? Can you eat it?"

"Of course, leveling up definitely has benefits! It might even increase your stats!"

"I don't even have food to eat, so what do I care about experience? I'm level 0 now, and my experience is 0/10."

"Hey bro, how come you don't have a single bit of experience? Didn't you collect any supplies?"

"The wind is too strong! I've thrown the hook fifty times, but the rope is all tangled and I can't untangle it! All the supplies have blown away!"

"Me too, the hook is too light, I can't cast it accurately at all. There are also sharks in the water hitting my plank."

"Don't give up, everyone! I took off my clothes and tied them to the hook for added weight. I just stumbled upon some supplies by sheer luck and got 5 experience points!"

"5 experience points?! Wow, that's awesome!"

"Big shot, please mentor me! I'm willing to be your underling!"

"Please share your casting techniques! My life is in your hands!"

The channel was filled with wailing.

Someone with only five experience points became the object of fawning and admiration in the 100,000-person regional channel.

Xiao Zheng closed the chat channel without saying a word.

His gaze swept over the supplies piled up on the raft, then he looked at the gleaming 22 experience points on the panel.

With the golden attribute of "100% accuracy," while others struggle to survive on the brink of life and death, he only needs to mechanically swing the plastic hook in his hand.

There was no resistance.

The waves surged, and a clump of green seaweed floated by sixty meters ahead.

Xiao Zheng straightened up, grabbed the plastic hook with his right hand, and swung it in a half-circle.

Without any aiming motion, it was released directly.

The hook, carrying a thin rope, flew through the air, defying the sea breeze, and precisely struck the seaweed pile, its hook clamping tightly onto the roots.

Pull it back.

The wet seaweed was dragged onto the wooden plank.

[Received: Seaweed x3.]

[Gain experience +1. 】

Seventy meters away, a white plastic bottle bobbed up and down with the waves.

The plastic hook flew out again, the rope extended automatically, and it hit the target precisely.

[Received: 1 piece of plastic.]

[Gain experience +1. 】

Ninety meters away, a tattered black leather shoe floated on the water.

As usual, Xiao Zheng swung out the hook, and the leather shoe was steadily dragged to his feet.

[Received: Worn-out leather shoes x1.]

This item has no survival value, cannot be disassembled, and does not grant experience.

Xiao Zheng kicked the leather shoe back into the sea.

It seems that the system doesn't recognize anything that has no value in surviving.

He steadied himself and began the extremely tedious salvage operation.

The wooden plank thirty meters away, in the middle.

Palm leaves forty meters away, in the middle.

An ordinary wooden barrel eighty meters away, in the middle.

The supplies on the raft were piling up at a visible speed. Timber, plastic, seaweed, and palm leaves were being continuously hauled onto the planks.

[Gain experience +1. 】

[Gain experience +2. 】

[Gain experience +1. 】

System notifications kept popping up in my mind, and my experience points kept climbing.

thirty.

Thirty-five.

forty.

The original one-square-meter wooden plank had been two-thirds occupied by supplies. Xiao Zheng barely had room to stand and could only huddle in a corner.

Seawater kept seeping up from the edges of the wooden planks, wetting the soles of my shoes.

The raft was being overloaded, and its waterline was dropping rapidly. If it continued to be piled up like this, any wave would sink it, along with all the people and supplies.

Expansion is necessary.

He pulled up the manufacturing list.

[Construction Hammer: 0/1 Wood]

The raft has no shortage of wood right now.

[Consumes 1 unit of wood.]

[Construction hammer successfully crafted. Gained +1 experience.]

A rough, solid wood hammer appeared out of thin air in my palm. The handle retained the original rough texture of the wood, and its weight was just right.

Xiao Zheng gripped the hammer handle, his gaze fixed on the edge of the wooden plank beneath his feet, on the sea surface.

A semi-transparent green square model immediately appeared on the sea surface. It was one meter long and one meter wide, fitting perfectly to the existing raft.

[Expanding the raft: Requires 0/2 planks and 0/1 plastic.]

Supplies are plentiful.

Xiao Zheng raised the construction hammer and slammed it down heavily onto the green square in the void.

A muffled thud.

The two wooden planks and a piece of plastic piled at their feet instantly disintegrated, transforming into streaks of light that disappeared into the green squares. The solid wooden planks instantly took shape, fitting perfectly together with the original raft.

The gaps at the edges were completely filled with plastic.

The raft's area doubled, becoming two square meters. The waterline rose again, and the water beneath their feet receded back into the sea.

Expansion successful.

[Gain experience +5. 】

Expansion can also provide valuable experience.

The core gameplay of survival games is fully revealed: salvaging resources, crafting tools, expanding territory, and forming a positive cycle.

Without pausing, Xiao Zheng moved his feet to align with the other edge.

The green squares reappear.

He swung the hammer and smashed it down.

[Consumes 2 planks and 1 piece of plastic.]

Expansion successful. Gained 5 experience points.

2*2.

2*3.

They expanded the raft to a rectangular platform of six square meters in one go. The broken planks that were originally too cramped to even stretch out their legs can now be used to walk back and forth.

With most of the mountain of supplies consumed, the space became much more spacious, and he could even lie down and sleep.

Xiao Zheng glanced at the attribute panel.

Experience: 68/100

We've already completed more than half of the progress towards Level 2.

The next step is to address the issue of a sustainable food supply.

That excellent-grade fishing rod blueprint.

【製造需求：木板5/5，绳索0/5，金属片2/2。】

I just opened a treasure chest and got two metal pieces, which perfectly meets the most crucial material requirement. I also have plenty of wood, only lacking rope.

Open the production list.

[Rope: 0/3 palm leaves.]

I just scooped up about twenty palm leaves.

Click directly to batch manufacture.

[Consumes 15 palm leaves.]

[Craft 5 ropes. Gain 5 experience.]

All materials have been gathered.