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

Xiao Zheng casually wiped away the snake blood and quickly replied.

"I just killed a snake."

Less than three seconds after that casual sentence was sent, the other side went into an uproar.

"A snake?! What snake?! You encountered a snake on the island?!"

"Were you bitten? Was the snake venomous?"

Two messages popped up in quick succession, Lin Xiaoya's voice was urgent and rapid.

Xiao Zheng leaned against a coconut tree and replied.

"A mutated bamboo viper, over three meters long, of excellent quality."

He paused for a moment, then added another blow.

"But it's been cleaned up."

The other side remained silent for several seconds.

"...You make it sound so easy."

That's just how it is.

Lin Xiaoya's voice followed immediately: "Do you think you're invincible?"

"You kill sharks in the sea, you kill venomous snakes on the island, are you going to fight tigers with your bare hands next?"

Xiao Zheng looked at the screen and burst out laughing. This girl's imagination was truly something else.

There are no tigers on the island.

"I did not mean that!"

I know you're worried about me.

After sending that message, the other side went silent again.

After a long while, he finally managed to squeeze out a text message, followed by a period.

"Um."

Xiao Zheng did not respond.

He put his phone back in his pocket and looked straight into the depths of the dense forest.

The dragon blood fruit tree is just over ten meters away.

He walked over.

The short tree still looked as unremarkable and shabby as ever, leaning crookedly at the edge of the open space.

But the fist-sized fruit hanging on the branch had changed dramatically. Dark red veins covered the entire skin, giving off a faint halo that wasn't glaring but stood out conspicuously in the shade.

A strange, indescribable fragrance filled the air, neither floral nor fruity. The moment he smelled it, every muscle in his body screamed, urging him to swallow it whole!

Xiao Zheng raised his left hand.

Identification techniques.

A pale white light swept across the fruit, and the panel refreshed instantly.

[Epic Grade - Dragon Blood Fruit (Ripe)]

[Effect 1: Permanently increases all attributes by 50 points after consumption.]

[Effect 2: Upon consumption, gain the passive talent: Dragon Blood Body (slightly increases physical resistance and health regeneration speed).]

Xiao Zheng reached out and plucked the dragon blood fruit.

The moment he touched it, a scorching wave shot from his palm straight up his arm, burning him so much that he almost dropped it.

Without hesitation.

Open your mouth and bite down hard.

The flesh was unexpectedly soft, and the moment the juice entered my throat, a burning pain exploded in my stomach.

heat!

The heat emanated from the stomach, sweeping through the entire body with overwhelming force, at an absurdly fast speed.

pain!

Unable to withstand the impact, Xiao Zheng knelt heavily on one knee, his hands gripping the soil so tightly that all ten fingers were embedded in the ground.

He gritted his teeth and didn't utter a sound.

I don't know how much time passed, maybe a minute, maybe five minutes.

The excruciating pain that felt like it was turning my internal organs inside out finally receded like the tide.

As the agitation subsided, an indescribable sense of terrifying power surged forth from the depths of my bones.

He released his grip on the ground, revealing five deep pits in the soil.

System notification sounds flooded the screen.

[You have consumed an Epic-grade Dragon Blood Fruit!]

Strength +50! Agility +50! Constitution +50! Spirit +50!

[You have gained the passive talent: Dragonblood Body. Physical resistance and health regeneration are slightly increased.]

[Gained 800 experience points!]

[Ding! Level up!]

Congratulations on reaching level 4! All attributes +6!

[Current four-dimensional attributes: Strength 73, Agility 78, Constitution 71, Spirit 74.]

Current experience points: 695/800.

Seventy-three points of strength!

Xiao Zheng looked down at his hands, then clenched his fist tightly, his knuckles making a series of popping sounds.

Previously, he could break a wooden plank with his bare hands with just 17 points of strength, but now that number has more than quadrupled. He's certain that if he were to punch the coconut tree next to him with all his might now, he could snap the trunk in two!

Agility of 78 points is even more outrageous. He casually moved his feet, his body reacted so fast that it left afterimages, and before the thought of dodging to the right even crossed his mind, he was already standing still.

An average person has 10 points in physical fitness, but he now has 71 points, even the lowest level, which is seven times that of an average person.

A veritable humanoid monster.

Xiao Zheng patted the dirt off his knees and stood up.

With an additional 800 experience points, he was directly promoted to level 4, just over 100 points away from level 5.

This trip to the island was truly amazing.

Before he could even close the panel, a line of golden notifications appeared right in front of him.

[Ding! Congratulations on reaching level 4! You have been granted one chance to draw a golden affix!]

coming!

Xiao Zheng's spirits lifted.

Each level up guarantees a golden attribute. The first three—Perfect Shot, Invulnerable to All Laws, and Fate of Heaven—aren't they all god-like abilities?

What will this fourth one be?

He took a deep breath and decisively clicked to draw.

As darkness fell, three golden cards appeared out of thin air, hovering an arm's length away, their backs facing upwards, shimmering with a faint golden light.

Xiao Zheng raised his hand and clicked on the first one.

Flip the card over, and gold lettering appears.

【All Things Grow (Golden)】

[Attribute: Catalysis/Life.]

[It can become integrated into the host itself.]

[Effect: Can target non-hostile plants, accelerating their growth cycle and with a very low probability causing beneficial mutations, thus improving their quality.]

Xiao Zheng squinted at it for three seconds, but didn't rush to make a decision. He then turned to the second page.

【Turning stone into gold (gold)】

[Attribute: Conversion/Alchemy]

[It can become integrated into the host itself.]

[Effect: Allows you to specify 100 units of any quality material daily, forcibly converting them into 10 units of material of the next higher quality.]

Then came the third one.

Whisper of the Wind (Gold)

[Attribute: Dynamics/Element.]

[Can be solidified onto a carrier.]

[Effect: Passively grants the vehicle wind power, significantly increasing its speed. The host can provide limited directional guidance using mental energy.]

Xiao Zheng looked up at the three golden cards floating in mid-air.

You can only choose one.

My gaze first swept over the second card, [Turning Stone into Gold].

100 units of material can be converted into 10 units of high-level material per day.

For ordinary survivors, this is a divine skill that can defy fate.

But for Xiao Zheng, it was too slow.

He held the "100% Accuracy" external plastic hook in his hand.

If you lack high-grade materials, you can simply go to the deep sea to salvage them.

A daily conversion limit of 100 units will only slow down the development pace.

disuse.

Shift your gaze to the third image, "Whispers of the Wind".

The vehicle gains passive wind power.

This can indeed solve the problem of the raft drifting with the current.

However, speeding through unknown areas in a raft is extremely risky.

If you stumble into the lair of a high-level sea beast, even if the raft has a shield that prevents it from breaking, you will be trapped and die.

Completely uncontrollable.

disuse.

Xiao Zheng's gaze was fixed on the first card, [All Things Grow].

It catalyzes life and has an extremely low probability of inducing benign mutations.