Post-apocalyptic game: I survive at sea by scavenging for trash.

Lin Zhaoyin stood there, stunned, staring at the system prompt in front of her.

[Do you wish to wear the title: Garbage King?]

It took Lin Zhaoyin a long time to come to her senses and then she chose to wear it.

[Title successfully equipped; exclusive skill unlocked. Waste Purification: Protecting the environment is every citizen's responsibility. Consuming 10 stamina points allows for one use of the Waste Purification skill. There is a 50% chance to restore waste items to their initial state. If the skill fails, the item will be dismantled into raw materials.]

Is this what they mean by "after the worst comes the best"? Her gloomy mood vanished instantly, and Lin Zhaoyin decided to immediately test the skill's effects.

Although it's only a 50% chance, even if it fails, it can still be turned into raw materials, and materials are resources too!

Lin Zhaoyin began using her skill, and unsurprisingly, she heard a constant stream of "skill failed" notifications. However, the rewards were actually quite good. The trash had been transformed into plastic, glass, iron blocks, cotton, and cloth—all of which could be used to make things.

When they reached the last withered flowerpot, Lin Zhaoyin wondered what it would decompose into.

The skill was used, but this time there was no familiar "failure" – the skill succeeded! The flowerpot emitted a faint glow, and it transformed into a small, living potted plant!

[Miraculous Bonsai: Special item, Rank A. It will randomly produce one type of fruit every day at 12 PM.]

This is a treasure! We're so short on resources right now, the most important things are water and food. With this, no matter what we harvest each day, at least we won't starve to death and end the game, right?

Remembering that the system had also rewarded her with a water purifier blueprint, Lin Zhaoyin quickly opened her game inventory and took out the blueprint.

[Do you want to study the water purifier blueprints? The blueprints will disappear automatically after you complete the study.]

The water purifier turned into specks of light and disappeared. Lin Zhaoyin didn't feel anything different, so she walked to the front of the workbench and sure enough, she saw the water purifier's information inside.

[Basic Water Purifier, Materials: 10 pieces of plastic, 3 pieces of glass, 1 piece of cotton cloth, 1 piece of iron]

Lin Zhaoyin laughed loudly, realizing that she had nothing else but plastic, which was just enough to make a basic water purifier.

However, Lin Zhaoyin was not in a hurry to make it. Making items takes different amounts of time. Compared to the water purifier, she still needed to finish building the house first.

Turning to the option for the wooden house, it shows that it requires 20 planks, which is exactly the number of planks that can be obtained by breaking down 10 wooden treasure chests. It seems this game is still somewhat generous.

The construction of the wooden house takes 4 hours, during which time Lin Zhaoyin can also study the game carefully.

Upon opening the game panel, Lin Zhaoyin noticed that her level was ready to be upgraded, and clicked the "Upgrade" button.

[Upgrade reward: 10 attribute points, which can be allocated as desired.]

Lin Zhaoyin originally wanted to increase her luck stat, but found that this attribute point couldn't be added to luck. Since she didn't yet know what the effects of the other attributes would be, she simply allocated them according to the principle of balance.

[Player: Lin Zhaoyin]

[ID: C12060329]

[Status: Hungry (Stamina consumption doubled)]

[Level: 2 (0/400)]

[HP: 200/200]

Stamina: 120/200

Energy Level: 200/200

Attack: 8

[Defense: 7]

[Agility: 7]

Luck: 1

[Skill: Waste Purification]

Title: Garbage King

Gold Coins: 100

Lin Zhaoyin then noticed that she had a hunger debuff. While there wasn't a specific numerical value for stamina consumption, she had observed that even without doing much, she consumed 10 points per hour. Once she did something else, the consumption would be even greater. Furthermore, her stamina didn't seem to replenish automatically with leveling up; she guessed it could only be restored through eating and sleeping.

He quickly took out the two small breads from the newbie gift pack, grabbed half a bottle of water, and ate them.

Seeing that the hunger was relieved, stamina increased by 20 points, and the rate of energy consumption returned to normal.

When I reopened the chat area, there were far fewer people talking this time.

Lin Zhaoyin saw that the server channel displayed a total player count of 10, yet she couldn't see any other islands on this island. She wondered if the world was too vast, or if she simply couldn't access other islands at the moment.

Everyone is sharing their day's events right now.

[My luck stat is 8! I've gotten all sorts of good stuff from opening boxes—food, drinks, materials, and even attribute cards!]

[I admire the expert! Although I didn't get anything particularly good, having food and drink is already pretty good.]

[I'm so envious. I only had 3 points of luck and got a bottle of water; most of the rest were junk.]

The newbie gift pack only has so little stuff, not even enough for today. I don't know what to do tomorrow!

There's a shop, right? If all else fails, just collect some coins and buy something!

[Did you even look at the shop carefully? Buying prices are high, selling prices are low. A steamed bun costs 200 gold coins, a bottle of water costs 300 gold coins—it's simply unaffordable!]

That's right. It's more reliable to exchange your own supplies for water and food in the trading area than in the in-game store.

Lin Zhaoyin couldn't help but sigh, realizing that someone as unlucky as herself could actually turn her luck around, while those whose luck was barely hanging on were the worst off.

Seeing the trading area mentioned in the chat channel, Lin Zhaoyin flipped through the panel again and finally found the trading area in a corner of the mall.

Most of them hoped to exchange other supplies for food and water, but at this critical juncture, even if they had enough, they dared not easily exchange them with others.

Lin Zhaoyin didn't know what was going on with her younger sister, but seeing everyone talking about the influence of luck, she wasn't so worried. She and her sister were two extremes of luck; she was incredibly unlucky, while her sister had always been lucky.

We still need to think of a way to find my sister.

There are also many people in the chat area looking for their relatives, but with so many people in the whole of China sharing the same name, how easy is it to find one's family and friends?

There was still a long time before the cabin was completed. After searching through the game's features, Lin Zhaoyin went to peek at the chat channel again.

[I just saw a really funny order in the trading area. An anonymous player wanted to trade one small loaf of bread for ten different kinds of junk. Is this guy crazy?]

[I saw this too. This person also restricts the information of the trading players; they must be female Chinese women over 23 years old. And the transaction can only proceed after both parties confirm.]

[Are you guys stupid? Calling someone funny? This person is definitely looking for a relative! This player probably knows their family member is always unlucky, that's why they're making such a strange request. How could a normal player get nothing but junk from ten treasure chests?]

Lin Zhaoyin, a 23-year-old Chinese woman, felt her breath catch in her throat after opening ten treasure chests and getting nothing but junk. Could it be her sister looking for her?