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

Hearing the system announcement, everyone was somewhat confused. What did it mean? Was the natural disaster over? And what was the second phase?

The game system quickly provided the answer.

[Second Phase Game Rules: Ten servers will be randomly merged. The update time for this server merge is 0:00 on the 32nd day of the game calendar.]

After the server merge is complete, the game will enter a floating island mode. The coordinates of the player's island will no longer be fixed and will move randomly each day. Special items can be used to influence the direction of the player's island's movement.

During island movement, you may encounter other players or unclaimed islands. Unclaimed islands can freely acquire resources, but cannot be merged. If two player islands meet, any action is allowed, and the player island can be merged.

Players are encouraged to explore the specific gameplay on their own.

The players were so shocked by the system announcement that they were speechless. What did this system mean?

Does allowing players to do anything mean allowing them to kill each other?

It would have been a good thing to meet other players, and it would have been a good thing for the islands to be merged. Everyone could gather together, and at least they could fight monsters together in the future, which would also improve their safety.

But if players' behavior is not restricted, who can be sure they won't encounter bad guys?

With only 20 hours left until the start of the second phase, everyone's already low spirits due to the fierce battle have become anxious again.

Everyone agreed in the chat channel that they would never attack other players first.

But everyone knows that this is just a verbal agreement, and no one can guarantee that the other party will keep their promise.

Lin Zhaoyin was also very worried about her younger sister, after all, her sister was still young and hadn't experienced the dangers of society. She could only repeatedly remind her sister not to easily trust strangers if she encountered other players.

Lin Wanyi naturally listened to her sister and readily agreed. Perhaps she hadn't seen the outside world before, but after spending so much time in this game, how could she still know nothing?

Tonight is destined to be another sleepless night; everyone's only hope is to open the treasure chest tomorrow.

Day 31 of the game calendar, sunny, 16 degrees Celsius.

It was supposed to be a sunny day after the rain, but seeing the warm sun outside didn't make Lin Zhaoyin particularly happy, until she saw the green that suddenly appeared in her candidate seed box.

Lin Zhaoyin carefully took out the seed, and sure enough, the peach pit from the most promising peach had sprouted.

What might happen in the future shouldn't interfere with her current choice. Lin Zhaoyin decisively bought the second piece of red land, spending 5300 gold coins at a discounted price.

She planted the peach seeds, and thus she had a second fruit tree.

I wonder if the natural disaster phase is over and if the weather will be sunny and calm like this from now on? Thinking about all the items that players have worked so hard to collect to fight natural disasters, I feel that the possibility is very small. It can't be that all these items are disposable and will never be used again.

The second piece of news today is that the seawater has finally returned to normal. The acid rain that lasted all day not only continuously affected our crops, but also made the seawater unusable.

Fortunately, Lin Zhaoyin had saved up a lot of water using the water purifier, enough for three days. Most players survived for several days on the little water dropped by the water sprites.

Lin Zhaoyin immediately fetched water and then shared the message with the other players.

Having not gone out to fish for treasure chests for so long, Lin Zhaoyin was finally able to sit under the apple tree again, waiting for the treasure chests to be caught.

Thinking about the watermelon I harvested the day before yesterday, since it no longer has any magical effects, I don't need to eat such a big one by myself. I can share it with my sister.

She had four watermelons, and she didn't know how long it would take her to finish them all. Lin Zhaoyin thought that maybe she could sell them, since she would have plenty of watermelons to eat in the future.

So Lin Zhaoyin kept only half a watermelon to share with her sister, and cut the rest of the watermelon into 1/16 pieces, selling each piece for 100 gold coins.

For this price, you can get such a big watermelon, which is a great deal. You know, fruits and vegetables are rare items nowadays, and you can't even buy them in stores.

Lin Zhaoyin didn't even bother with anonymity for this transaction; she listed it directly. The 56 watermelons sold out instantly, immediately recouping the money she had spent on buying the land.

The recovery of seawater and the appearance of watermelons temporarily made everyone forget their previous worries. Many people lamented in the chat channel, regretting that they did not see the transaction order immediately.

The players who managed to grab the watermelon happily showered Lin Zhaoyin with compliments in the chat channel. With such a powerful figure around, everyone felt much more at ease.

At 12 noon, the countdown for all players' treasure chests ended.

Lin Zhaoyin, who was unlucky with her hands, was very uneasy. It would be such a pity if a golden treasure chest was wasted in her hands.

"A golden treasure chest, hopefully it won't contain any junk?"

Lin Zhaoyin's hand had already touched the treasure chest. After pausing for a moment, she finally gritted her teeth and opened the treasure chest.

The moment the treasure chest was opened, Lin Zhaoyin was somewhat puzzled. Such a large golden treasure chest, yet it contained not a single weapon, piece of equipment, or skill item—what was inside?!

[Island Token, a special item that allows you to merge another player's island into a secondary island.]

[Compass, a special item. Use it to adjust the island's movement direction. Effective for 48 hours.]

[Teleport Stone, a special item. When used, it sets up a teleportation array on an unclaimed island, connecting it to the player's island. Once connected, the player can be directly teleported to that island. It can be used 3 times, with each use lasting 2 hours.]

Two island tokens, three compasses, and five teleportation stones—that's all you got from the golden treasure chest. Not even a single gold coin.

Lin Wanyi received a silver treasure chest containing one island token, two compasses, and three teleportation stones.

Looking at other players' discussions, it seems that the Black Iron Chests all yielded one compass and one teleportation stone.

In the Trial of Calamity, players ranked fourth through tenth can obtain a bronze treasure chest, but no player has claimed to have obtained one. Naturally, the third-place player who obtained the silver treasure chest will not appear.

The higher a player's ranking, the less willing they are to reveal their secrets. Therefore, no one in the chat channel asked Lin Zhaoyin what she had; no one was that tactless.

Lin Zhaoyin then realized that her worry about her bad luck was a bit unnecessary; it seemed that the items from this treasure chest were all fixed.

How exactly to use these items will probably only be known after the servers merge tomorrow.

After the servers are merged, the small island will become a floating island, and there will definitely be some additional information at that time.

Lin Zhaoyin had a hunch that the game might undergo other changes when the second phase begins tomorrow.