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

Lin Zhaoyin was devastated. Both players had refused to come ashore, yet they were forced to meet. Moreover, the time allotted for voluntarily landing on the island was 24 hours, but the forced landing time was 48 hours.

She has no idea how to pretend the neighboring island doesn't exist for the next 48 hours.

The only saving grace is that the other party doesn't want to run into him either, so it's highly unlikely he'll encounter any villains in this situation.

Lin Zhaoyin opened the game panel, intending to tell her sister and Qin Feng about her situation. But before sending the message, she inexplicably clicked on the server's chat channel first.

Then, Lin Zhaoyin saw an anonymous player venting his anger and cursing at the system in the chat channel.

[Fellow gamers, does anyone understand? This lousy game is definitely doing this on purpose! I encountered another player's island today, and neither of us agreed to dock, but the game forced us to meet! And now I'm stuck for 48 hours! What a mess!]

Other players were also shocked, but they were also eager to see what happened.

[Is this even possible? Who was that person?]

[Isn't 48 hours too dangerous?]

[It's kind of sad, but also kind of funny, what should I do?]

[Family members! I'm too scared to go out! I don't even know if people are male or female, round or flat-chested!]

Lin Zhaoyin looked at these contents with confusion. If nothing unexpected happened, this should be the player she had forcibly encountered, since the probability of encountering such a thing should be quite small.

It's really intriguing that this person went to the server channel to say these things. Even if she's anonymous, isn't she afraid that someone might see it? Is she really that clueless, or is she just putting on a show?

It's no wonder Lin Zhaoyin assumes the worst about others at times like these, because all sorts of human beings are likely to be born at such times.

Whether it's a person or a ghost, we'll have to wait and see.

But since the person lives next door, no matter how much you don't want to run into them, there will always be a time when you do. Moreover, Lin Zhaoyin's stone house has windows, so it's not easy to see inside from the neighboring island, but it's very convenient for Lin Zhaoyin to look out onto the neighboring island.

Players on the neighboring island also had fishing nets. When they came out to collect their nets, Lin Zhaoyin saw someone—a girl. But this time, Lin Zhaoyin wouldn't make a hasty judgment based solely on gender.

As evening fell, a strange creature attacked the island; today's creature was a new species.

[Azure Scaled Bird, Level 7, Flying Race, Attack 25, Defense 30, Agility 35]

This bird has scales instead of feathers, which is quite strange. The Blue-scaled Bird emits a piercing scream when it flies, and it uses sonic attacks.

Lin Zhaoyin had already lost health points before she even made contact with the bird.

Because there was someone else next door, Lin Zhaoyin didn't want to unleash her wings, so she insisted on using physical attacks and skills to attack the Azure Scale Bird.

At the start, use Ice Soul Needles to fire a barrage of attacks, at least securing one injury as a safety net.

There were five Azure-Scaled Birds in total. Besides taking turns calling out, they would sometimes swoop down to attack. Lin Zhaoyin would take advantage of the moment when a bird flew down and beat it mercilessly with her Wind and Thunder Sword.

At first, Lin Zhaoyin was a little cautious, but after killing a bird, she became bolder and grabbed the bird's wing, giving it no chance to fly away.

The birds' calls were really annoying, so Lin Zhaoyin didn't want to waste any time and kept throwing her skills into the air.

You have killed 5 level 7 Azure Scaled Birds, gaining 350 experience points, 70 Azure Scales, 5 Azure Scaled Bird Meat, and 100 gold coins.

After defeating all the Azure Scaled Birds, Lin Zhaoyin was almost shocked when she saw her health bar. These birds hadn't caused her any physical damage, but their strange cries alone had taken away half of her health!

Lin Zhaoyin subconsciously looked at the small island next door where a fierce battle was still raging. The other player was also a ranged attacker, which gave them an advantage in dealing with flying monsters. But how come they hadn't managed to take down a single one after fighting for so long?

While Lin Zhaoyin was thinking, she saw a bird swooping down from the opposite side, and the female player immediately started to run away with her head in her hands, showing that she had no melee ability at all!

In a situation like this, no one would deliberately hide their abilities or put on an act, especially when their lives are at stake. So how did they manage to survive this long with such fighting skills?

Lin Zhaoyin stopped moving and decided to stand there and see what was going on with this female player.

A sea breeze swept through, and Lin Zhaoyin couldn't quite hear what the female player was saying, only able to discern what skill she had used. But the bird monsters hadn't lost any health; could it be a support skill like Infinite Song?

But it didn't seem so; the birds were still flying and making strange noises as usual, completely unaffected.

Female players don't use skills all the time; they use them every few minutes.

Through this combination of ranged attacks and unknown skills, she finally wore down the birds one by one.

After defeating the monster, the female player collapsed on the ground, exhausted. But the moment she saw Lin Zhaoyin, she was so frightened that she immediately ran back to her shelter.

Lin Zhaoyin touched her nose, feeling inexplicably embarrassed. She'd been standing there for ages, and she hadn't even noticed?

Lin Zhaoyin also returned to her shelter. It was almost time to cook.

I wonder what this scaled bird I killed today tastes like. I'll just have to make a piece and try it.

When Lin Zhaoyin took out the scaled bird meat, she found that this bird meat was completely different from the Thunderclap Bird meat she had taken before.

This scaled bird meat is actually mostly fat! How can a bird have so much fat?

Thinking of the excessively tough Thunderbird meat, Lin Zhaoyin quickly came up with an idea: she could put the two kinds of meat together, chop them up, and make meatballs!

I must say, meatballs made with this mixture of meats are finally not dry, and have the aroma that meat should have.

The only downside is that I only have a small dagger, so I can't mince the meat. I can only cut the meat into smaller pieces as much as possible, which is very laborious and not suitable for frequent cooking.

After dinner, Lin Zhaoyin chatted with her sister about the player they had encountered that day. Lin Wanyi felt that this person probably wasn't a bad guy. Judging from Lin Zhaoyin's description, the other person was probably more panicked than Lin Zhaoyin, otherwise they wouldn't have run away so fast.

Lin Zhaoyin's inclination is also like this, and it would be too weak for her to be a bad person.

Thinking about the situation of watching the game today, Lin Zhaoyin shook her head helplessly. No matter who it was, it was the safest choice to avoid contact for the time being.

Then Lin Zhaoyin talked to her sister about the monsters she encountered today, and couldn't help but complain that these sound-based monsters were really dangerous. Her health points dropped so much without her even realizing it. She had used some buff items, otherwise she might have only had 1/3 of her health left after defeating them today.

Thinking about this, Lin Zhaoyin finally realized something was wrong.

That female player dawdled for so long, taking two or three times longer than me, and I didn't see her replenish any potions along the way. How did she manage to last until the end of the battle?