Survival in the apocalypse: I exploited a bug in an infinite dungeon.

When Shi Jinwei woke up again, she was lying face down on the white floor. Her wounds had completely healed, and she felt no discomfort.

After sitting on the ground for a while, he finally remembered the system broadcast before he lost consciousness.

She cleared the level, ranking 130541274th.

With over 200 billion players, her ranking is quite good.

As if sensing that she was awake, the system continued its announcement: "Hello player Shi Jinwei, you have successfully cleared the system dungeon. Other privileges will be unlocked for you soon. Please check the game panel in your game space."

"Character attribute panel successfully activated..."

"Character inventory successfully opened..."

"Game store and trading center successfully launched..."

"Chat channel and public forum successfully launched..."

"The next round of the game will begin in 3 game days. During this time, you can relax, shop, and chat in the game space. Have a great time!"

As a series of announcements sounded, different images appeared on the display screen on the wall.

On the left side of the first page is a rectangular frame containing a miniature 3D Shi Jinwei, who looks rather cute.

Next to the box are her attributes:

Name: Shi Jinwei

Title: None

Skill: Spatial Ability (Level 1)

Points: 30

Physical fitness: 3 (out of 10)

Perseverance: 8 (out of 10)

Potential: 7 (out of 10)

Below the box and attributes are four empty spaces, which must be the inventory.

Next to the character attributes is the game store, and below that is the trading center.

Scrolling down to the second page makes it even simpler. On the left is the chat dialog box, and below it are "Public Channel" and "Private Channel".

Next to the dialogue is the game forum interface, which is quite similar to online forums in real life, and it is also divided into many sections.

The content is rich yet not disorganized.

With three days off, Shi Jinwei wasn't in a hurry to study those things; instead, she first opened the "Public Channel."

There was nothing she could do; she had a really tough time in this game and wanted to know how other players had managed to beat it.

Upon opening the interface, the first thing that pops up is a prompt: "Dear player 'Shi Jinwei,' would you like to choose to chat using your real name?"

Without even thinking, she immediately chose "No".

A dialog box popped up asking her to choose a "nickname". She entered a few random numbers, but the message "Name already taken, please enter again" appeared.

Unfortunately, several more were created, but they were all already taken.

That's true, with hundreds of billions of people, it's not surprising that some names are repeated.

After thinking for a moment, she finally typed "Queen Takes Down Game" in the chat box.

This time, the chat channel wasn't occupied, and Shi Jinwei finally managed to log in.

It has to be said that a large number of people make it lively; the chat history scrolls faster than a rocket launch.

Shi Jinwei used her hand to control the subtitles, reading them one by one, and sure enough, most people were discussing the game.

[I'm the best in the world]: Holy crap, this game is inhuman. I landed and was immediately hospitalized, then wanted to be discharged but was told I owed medical bills. I finally managed to escape the hospital and tried to take a taxi out of town, but I didn't have enough money for the fare.

[Niu's Sheep]: What you said upstairs is nothing. After I logged into the game, I withdrew my money and boarded a bus, only to find that this crappy bus didn't even go towards the highway entrance. When I finally got to the highway entrance, they wouldn't let me leave at night. The next day, there was a traffic jam, and it lasted all day. In the end, I walked out.

[Sun Wukong]: What's that compared to what I did? I went to withdraw some money and got robbed at a bank. After the robbers were caught, I tried to leave the next day, only to be attacked by terrorists.

[Mengmengzuimeng]: Wow, you're amazing, bro upstairs! You managed to beat the game like that, 666.

[Li Ge, I love you]: I'd like to know more about how many points everyone got this time. I worked hard for three days and only got 6 points.

[Laozi is the best in the world]: I'm a little better than you, 7 points.

[Sun Wukong]: I'm satisfied as long as I survived. Ranked last, I only got 1 point.

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Upon seeing this, Shi Jinwei couldn't help but wonder if this Sun Wukong was the same player she had encountered back then.

The following discussions all revolved around how they struggled to complete the game, with a wide variety of methods. It's safe to say that there's no limit to how miserable it can get.

Shi Jinwei lost interest after looking at it for a while and turned to check her attributes and the item shop.

The attributes seem easy to understand, but how do I upgrade them?

She doesn't play games much, but she knows that normal characters need attribute points to level up, but this game doesn't have that feature.

Thinking of this, she tried to summon the system to ask what was going on, but to no avail.

Never mind, let's move on to the next one.

Moving our attention to the item shop, it can be roughly divided into three categories.

One category is "game space" items, including beds, furniture, clothes, etc. The space is "warm" and quite creative.

The second category is "game items," ranging from firearms and other weapons to daily necessities like toilet paper—if you can think of it, it's probably here.

The third category is "game food" items, which cover almost all the food on Earth, especially the cuisine of her home country, China. Just the picture of a steaming hot pot is enough to make one's mouth water.

One type of item is relatively inexpensive; a bed only requires 2 points.

The prices of Category II and Category III items vary, but firearms are very expensive, starting at 80 points. Shi Jinwei, being so poor, doesn't even deserve them.

But they have one thing in common: they can be brought into the game and won't disappear after the game ends.

However, it's not entirely without limitations. Each player only has four item slots, meaning you can only bring a maximum of four items into the game.

However, she doesn't know yet whether Shi Jinwei's space is restricted; she can try it next time she enters the game.

If possible, she would do anything to fix the bug in the game.

The trading center is where players can freely trade. Any unwanted items can be listed there, and a 1-point transaction fee is charged for each item.

Having gotten a general idea, Shi Jinwei didn't rush to buy props, but instead went to browse the forum.

Because they can't access the internet, people can't look up any information they want and can only ask for help in chat channels or forums.

Chat channels are mostly real-time messages, while forums are more like an encyclopedia.

In a short period of time, posts of all kinds of "survival guides" appeared in droves.

Some are just creating a gimmick out of boredom, while others are genuinely sharing their knowledge.

She even saw a gun she had used in the game before in a "Gun Encyclopedia" post. She didn't know how the player found the picture. Below it was a row of compliments.

In addition, many people shared their walkthrough process, with each step in detail, which opened up new ideas for Shi Jinwei.

In addition to these, another question has also been answered.

What about the elderly and children?

When the game was introduced, it was touted as a "game for everyone." Those who can protect themselves are fine, but what about the elderly and young children?

This question has been asked on the forum, and other players have provided answers.

In this way, they are automatically assigned to family teams during the digitization process.

For example, two elderly people and an only child make a team of three. If it's parents and children, then it's the parents with the children, and the most common is two parents with three children.

I don't know if it's lucky or unlucky.

There are many other issues, such as why the rankings seem to be dominated by Chinese people, with no foreigners among them?

Is it true that points are only based on ranking?

No one could answer these questions, so we could only keep our doubts to ourselves for now.

Shi Jinwei only reads and doesn't leave comments, but she has collected many posts about popularizing survival knowledge.

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On her first day in the game space, Shi Jinwei spent her time gathering various intelligence and information.

The second day, aside from resting, I spent my time studying the knowledge in the saved posts.

On the fourth day, she was going to enter the dungeon, so on the third day she decided to check out the items in the system shop.

I have considered upgrading the space, but upgrading from level 1 to level 2 requires 50 points, which is simply not enough.

So she decided to buy the items directly, collect five of them, and see if she could exploit a system bug.

The first thing she wants to buy is a weapon. In the game, she can only buy a fruit knife or a watermelon knife, but here she can buy a gun directly.

However, the cheapest pistol cost 80 points, which she completely ruled out. Finally, she discovered that even a slingshot cost 5 points, and she silently abandoned that idea.

Well, a fruit knife it is then, let's use it for now if it works.

So in the end she bought:

Medical First Aid Kit - 8 points

Outdoor Survival First Aid Kit - 8 points

Escape First Aid Kit - 4 points

Home emergency first aid kit - 4 points

One box of instant noodles - 1 point

The last one was for experiments, so she chose the cheapest one and spent a total of 25 points.

It's unclear whether there are duplicate items in the different first aid kits, but the medical first aid kit alone contains 162 small items, making it excellent value for money.

Shi Jinwei planned to put the instant noodles in her spatial storage when she entered the game. If she could bring them in, it would be much more convenient for her than for other players, even if she didn't take off.

After shopping, she still had some time to spare, and not knowing what to do next, she continued to study on the forum.

On the morning of the fourth day, Shi Jinwei had just woken up when a mechanical voice rang in her mind:

The game will start in 5 minutes. Please read the game instructions carefully.

[Number of game players: 24789632879.]

[Game objective: Survive in Anrong City for 30 days.]

[Game duration: 30 days.]

[Game Instructions: Heavy rain and flooding have struck, and you must survive in Anrong City for 30 days. Leaving the city results in game failure, so please act prudently.]

[Game Gifts: 1000 Anrong Coins, a random outfit, a mobile phone, and a character ID.]