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

The continuous blizzard made all players very uneasy. Almost all players had given up fishing for treasure chests. Only a very few players who had no other choice or were top-notch players dared to stay in this icy and snowy place.

Lin Zhaoyin unearthed another magical banana at noon today, and as usual, she and her sister each took half. Unfortunately, they haven't been able to find any trash lately, so they can only save up the seeds and peels of these magical fruits and wait until they have some trash to make another copy.

Lin Zhaoyin still harbored some resentment about how the magical bananas had always boosted her attack power. Now that it was a new bunch of bananas, would it still be the same as before?

Unconvinced, Lin Zhaoyin quickly ate one, and then heard the familiar [Attack +1] again.

Lin Zhaoyin had a bit of a headache. She had plenty of attack power right now; she still preferred defense and agility. However, specializing in attack wasn't necessarily a bad thing; at least it would make her faster at fighting monsters.

As evening approached, Lin Zhaoyin finally leveled up to level 6 after defeating a level 5 Snow Spirit.

Player: Lin Zhaoyin

ID：C12060329

Status: Normal

Level: 6 (20/3600)

Health: 700/700

Stamina: 560/650

Energy Points: 750/750

Attack: 63 (+20)

Defense: 29 (+25)

Agility: 26 (+20)

Luck: 1

Skills: Garbage Purification, Master Chef, Match-3 Game, Fireball Technique, I Want to Make Money, Wind Blade

Gold: 15362

Lin Zhaoyin looked at her attribute panel. Her attack was higher than her defense and agility combined. She still needed to find a way to balance it.

After defeating the monster, Lin Zhaoyin didn't rush back to the cabin. Instead, she took out her musket and began clearing the snow. The snow was just too heavy; if it wasn't dealt with now, it would collapse the roof that night.

After clearing the snow, Lin Zhaoyin gave the musket to her younger sister and went to cook.

The inability to fish for wooden crates these past few days has led to a rapid depletion of wooden planks. If it weren't for the ones I had saved up before, I'd probably be running out of cooking planks right now.

Just as she was about to light the wooden planks, Lin Zhaoyin suddenly remembered that she had a lot of coal left over.

Coal can be used for a long time on a single use. I wonder if it can be used for cooking? After all, planks are consumables, but you can buy more coal from the system shop when you run out.

Lin Zhaoyin's cooking equipment was very rudimentary. At first, she used an iron bucket that she had collected from garbage, sawed it open, and used it as a stove. Later, she saved up enough materials to make herself an iron stove.

I tried throwing a piece of coal into the stove and then lighting it with a flint and steel, just like lighting a fireplace.

Just as Lin Zhaoyin was about to put the iron pot on the stove, she heard a system notification first.

[Ding! The player's homemade stove is in use. The shelter temperature has increased by 5 degrees. The current shelter temperature is -20 degrees Celsius.]

Lin Zhaoyin's eyes widened. At this moment, she didn't care whether she could cook or not. She seemed to have discovered another way to raise the temperature!

She cooks every day, but the stove has never heated up before. Is it because she uses coal?

Will using a different container achieve the same effect?

Lin Zhaoyin found the stainless steel basin she had made before and threw in a lit piece of coal.

[Ding! The player's homemade brazier is in use, increasing the shelter temperature by 5 degrees Celsius. The current shelter temperature is -15 degrees Celsius.]

It really works! Lin Zhaoyin was overjoyed. If this method works, then most players won't have to guard other people's trading areas for items, and they can raise the temperature of their shelters themselves.

Lin Zhaoyin didn't rush to share her discovery, but continued to experiment, throwing another piece of coal into the basin.

[Ding! The player's homemade brazier is in use, increasing the shelter temperature by 10 degrees Celsius. The current shelter temperature is -10 degrees Celsius.]

The effects can actually stack! Lin Zhaoyin had tried adding two pieces of coal to the fireplace before, but the effects didn't stack.

Is it because this brazier was made by the player, so it doesn't have the data restrictions of system items?

Lin Zhaoyin threw another piece in, but this time the notification she received was: [Item effect has reached its limit].

Following the principle of not wasting anything, Lin Zhaoyin poured a piece of coal into the stove, raising the temperature by another 5 degrees. At this point, the temperature in Lin Zhaoyin's shelter had reached minus 5 degrees Celsius.

Lin Zhaoyin quickly sent a message to her younger sister, asking her to give it a try as well.

Lin Wanyi was still shoveling snow when she saw her sister's message five minutes later.

Lin Wanyi rummaged through her wooden hut. She didn't have a stove, but she did have two stainless steel basins. She wondered if they could be reused.

She lit two pieces of coal, placing one in each of the two basins. Upon hearing the system notification, Lin Wanyi confirmed that each item could only increase the temperature by 10 degrees, but the same item could be used repeatedly, and the effects could be stacked!

After receiving her sister's reply, Lin Zhaoyin felt relieved and sent the message anonymously.

The chat channel fell silent for a few minutes, and then people started talking one after another.

[It really works! I happened to see a rusty iron basin before, and I bought two pieces of coal and threw them in. The temperature really rose by 10 degrees!]

I tried it on the stove, and the temperature went up! All my negative effects have disappeared!

[Thanks for sharing, this news could save so many lives!]

What should I do if I don't have a metal brazier or stove? Does anyone have an extra one they can sell me?

[Are you stupid?! You can buy iron blocks in the shop, and you can make iron basins at the crafting table. It's just a matter of 1000 gold coins.]

[Finally, I can sleep peacefully without having to camp out in the trading area trying to grab orders.]

I still want a fireplace. The brazier takes up too much space, and I'm worried it might accidentally burn the house down at night. The fireplace is a system-generated product, so it's much safer.

Lin Zhaoyin wasn't worried about her fireplace business. In this weather, every extra heating measure was better than nothing, and people who could afford to trade wouldn't be short of materials and 500 gold coins.

There are still 3 days until the blizzard, and nobody wants to end up freezing to death.

Having learned from last night's experience, everyone cleared the snow outside before dawn today. In addition, they learned a new way to raise the temperature in the shelter, so this night turned into a peaceful Christmas Eve.

Day 18 of the game calendar, blizzard, -50 degrees Celsius.

[Due to the shelter being protected and various tools being used, the temperature inside the shelter has risen by 40 degrees Celsius. The current temperature inside the shelter is -5 degrees Celsius.]

Overnight, the number of players in the server barely decreased!

Not only did I survive, everyone survived! This gave all the players some confidence that this apocalyptic game was not invincible!