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

The island was quiet and dark at night, with only the sounds of fighting and the glow of skills.

Lin Zhaoyin quickly finished the battle, but she didn't rush to leave. Instead, she first took a look at the situation of the two islands next to her.

Although it wasn't very clear at the moment, Lin Zhaoyin could still get a general idea through "You Are My Eyes".

Meanwhile, the monsters from the neighboring island were still attacking the shelter; the dumber ones were still attacking the houses, while some of the smarter ones had already gone inside on their own.

Given their bound positions, Peng Dahai could still put up a fight with his skills, but Sun Ming would truly be left to die.

Lin Zhaoyin plans to return to the shelter and continue observing; she estimates that the results will be available soon.

So Lin Zhaoyin and Zhou Shiyun waited silently by the window. Actually, Zhou Shiyun didn't have any props and couldn't see anything; at most, she could see a few system pop-ups, mainly offering companionship.

After waiting for a while, the monsters on the opposite island suddenly stopped attacking, and the ones inside the house came out. Then, a group of monsters lined up and marched in unison, jumping into the sea one after another.

No one knew what would happen after a player died, and this was the first time Lin Zhaoyin had ever seen anything like it.

Only after all the monsters had jumped into the sea and left did Lin Zhaoyin decide to go out and take a look.

"Xiao Shi, since you don't have any props, just stay inside for now. I'll call you if I need anything."

For players without night vision devices, wandering around at night is a bit dangerous, so Lin Zhaoyin went out alone.

She didn't run too far, only reaching the point where the two islands connect.

After fiddling with the connection points, Lin Zhaoyin wondered if, if Peng Dahai and Sun Ming were both dead, these two islands would be directly assigned to her.

Lin Zhaoyin didn't dare to go over there casually, for who knew what might suddenly happen?

Just as she was hesitating, the island in front of her suddenly flickered a few times, like a scene with a bad signal in a science fiction movie. Lin Zhaoyin quickly took two steps back.

Almost instantly, the two islands vanished without a trace.

Lin Zhaoyin glanced at the time subconsciously; it was exactly midnight. It seemed the system refresh wasn't real-time, but rather occurred at midnight.

She had stumbled upon a rule that wasn't particularly useful, but at least Lin Zhaoyin knew that everything related to a player would disappear after the player died, as if it had never existed.

The game system states that if a player dies in the game, they will also die in the real world. So, does the vanished body return to the real world, or does it simply disappear completely?

Lin Zhaoyin knew that many mysteries might not be solved until the very end, so she didn't need to worry about it too much. She simply sent Qin Feng the information she knew and went to sleep.

Let the real big shots worry about these kinds of troublesome things!

Day 41 of the game calendar, sunny, 30 degrees Celsius.

Lin Zhaoyin was woken up by the heat. Since it wasn't a day of natural disasters anymore, the weather had become more regular. It had been getting hotter every day recently, so this temperature was within expectations.

The most troublesome thing about hot weather is the lack of water, but that's not a problem for Lin Zhaoyin.

The water purifier they received earlier is upgradable; the 10 liters of water they get daily is not only enough for two people to drink and cook, but also for simple washing. The shelter basically has surplus water every day, so Lin Zhaoyin even made two wooden buckets specifically for storage.

Lin Zhaoyin felt sweaty as soon as she woke up in the morning. So she filled a basin with water and washed herself up.

To ensure they have enough defense, almost all players wear as much gear as possible, which makes it even hotter in this weather.

After glancing at the time, Lin Zhaoyin prepared to go out to pick apples.

Like the watermelons a few days ago, apples were sold in equal numbers, with some apples having a bonus and others not.

Lin Zhaoyin felt a bit dizzy from the sun after just this short trip outside. Was it really only 30 degrees Celsius?

The next second, Lin Zhaoyin heard the familiar yet annoying system notification.

You have heatstroke. In your current state, your stamina consumption will double.

Lin Zhaoyin quickly ran back to the shelter. She had only been out for less than ten minutes, and the heatstroke had come on so quickly!

Lin Zhaoyin quickly fetched some more water and used a towel to wipe her exposed skin. After a while, her condition finally returned to normal.

If it gets hot for a few more days, I'm afraid I won't have enough water to go around.

After thinking it over, Lin Zhaoyin simply upgraded her water purifier so that even if she couldn't use it all herself, she could sell it to other players.

After the water purifier was upgraded, the daily filtered water capacity increased from 10 liters to 20 liters, and Lin Zhaoyin also made an extra wooden bucket to store the water.

The chat channels were mostly filled with complaints about the weather; many people got heatstroke just by going outside. Fortunately, recovery was easy, and no real harm was caused.

Many players have also figured out how to make ice. In addition to ice and snow skills, some players can also freeze water into ice with their ice and snow weapons.

"Xiao Shi, can your crossbow make ice?" Lin Zhaoyin's Ice Soul Needle didn't have a freezing buff, so it was impossible for it to make ice. Now she could only pin her hopes on Zhou Shiyun and her sister.

Lin Wan-yi also tried it immediately, but failed to make ice.

Zhou Shiyun shot arrows at the bucket, but failed to hit it after a long time.

With her hopes dashed, Lin Zhaoyin could only check the trading area to see if there were any ice blocks available for trade. However, everyone was desperately short of ice blocks at the moment, and the trade listings that had just appeared were immediately snatched up by other players.

Lin Zhaoyin discovered that most ice-making players were trading for water or food, which were exactly what she didn't lack.

Thinking that some of the apples I had just picked today hadn't been upgraded yet, I simply put one up for trade: one apple for about one cubic meter of ice.

Making ice doesn't require purified water; seawater will suffice. Fruit, on the other hand, is a rare resource in the game, and almost no one would exchange it for anything else.

Once Lin Zhaoyin's transaction is listed, the number of people vying for it will be no less than those vying for the ice block order.

Lin Zhaoyin didn't rush to use the ice she had snatched, but instead put it in her backpack to store it, because they were going out to fish for treasure chests.

But if she went out to fish for treasure chests like that, she would definitely start to suffer from heatstroke within minutes, so Lin Zhaoyin decided to build a shed by hand.

Lin Zhaoyin used to plant apple trees on the coast so she could enjoy the shade under them, but now that the apple trees have been moved, she doesn't want to move them around anymore; it's too much trouble.

Lin Zhaoyin had no shortage of materials. She nailed together wooden boards and strips to build a basic frame, and then covered the top with dark plastic sheeting.

Once the shed was set up, it was placed on the shore, and a simple sunshade was created.

Lin Zhaoyin and Zhou Shiyun sat on either side of the sunshade, giving off a feeling of being on vacation at the beach.