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

Lin Zhaoyin hurled all the heavy, sharp trash she had at the octopus monster. One broken piece of ceramic luckily hit the monster in the eye, and the monster instantly went berserk.

At this moment, Lin Zhaoyin had already hidden by the door of the wooden house, ready to hide inside and survive at any time.

Instead of launching a new attack, the octopus monster went berserk for a while before collapsing to the ground and convulsing.

Lin Zhaoyin didn't want to miss this opportunity, so she quickly swung her axe and rushed over, chopping twice to kill the octopus monster completely.

You have defeated a level 2 Dead Sea octopus, gaining 20 experience points, 5 octopus meat, 1 venom, and 1 Tide Stone.

It's such a waste to fight a level 2 monster so hard only to gain 20 experience points! And it didn't even drop two extra pieces of meat.

This time, there's a new item I haven't seen before. Is it something that this type of monster usually drops with a certain probability, or is it only available at level 2?

Lin Zhaoyin packed her things and then returned to the wooden house. After sitting on the wooden bed, she finally checked the information about the new item.

[Tide Stone, a special item used to expand the island's area.]

Lin Zhaoyin tried to use the item, but the system panel popped up a reminder: [The current island expansion requires 2 Tide Stones. Items are insufficient, use failed!]

Although it failed, at least we learned how to expand the island.

Currently, everyone's island is in its initial state, a small, round island about 5 meters in diameter. There's barely any room to move around after placing a small wooden house and a crafting table. Only when the island expands can the wooden house be expanded, and only then can the living conditions improve slightly.

And most importantly, after expanding the cabin, the crafting table will unlock some new furniture designs, and she really needs to install a toilet! Nobody likes to relieve themselves like a kitten!

If killing another level 2 octopus monster would get me the second Tide Stone, I'd rather do it again!

Lin Zhaoyin kept an eye on the outside of the window and did not see any more monsters for the time being.

It was getting dark, and I was surprised that it had taken me so long to defeat the monster.

Before it got completely dark, Lin Zhaoyin finally received a message from her sister. Because she was a ranged attacker and had to wait for her bow to automatically cool down, she wasn't very fast at fighting monsters, and she only managed to kill about ten monsters in a day.

Lin Wanyi didn't encounter any level 2 monsters, and very few people in the entire server channel said they had encountered level 2 monsters either.

However, the chat channel's player count changed, dropping from 100000 to 998739. On the first day after the new player protection period ended, over 1000 people had already died, and the number was still decreasing.

Even just a few level 1 or 2 monsters were enough to overwhelm a small group of people.

Several players in the group who shared their experiences encountering level 2 monsters all shared one thing in common—low luck. Low luck means they can't get good resources, can't upgrade their attributes, and naturally struggle to deal with monsters with high attributes. It's a vicious cycle…

If Lin Zhaoyin hadn't been incredibly unlucky and hadn't gained the "unlucky" skill, would she have become one of those disappearing numbers today?

Moreover, the reason she was able to gain her current strength was because she met her sister on the very first day, and they supported each other and changed their situation.

This so-called post-apocalyptic survival game is definitely not something you can survive by fighting alone!

Lin Zhaoyin wasn't in the mood to cook today, so she ate the durian left over from yesterday.

The treasure chests that were fished up were quickly opened by my sister. Most of what she got today were materials, along with two bags of instant noodles and 10 gold coins.

She glanced at her stamina and then started another round of junk items. This time, she didn't purify the broken glass and ceramics first, saving them for when a level 2 octopus monster appeared again.

This round of garbage cleanup yielded a simple, warm woolen hat. These past few times, when she chose the guaranteed items, she was aiming for equipment, but the probability of actually getting equipment was indeed quite low.

Before going to sleep, Lin Zhaoyin checked outside again to make sure she didn't hear or see anything unusual before going to bed.

As expected, monsters don't go home to sleep just because it's dark. At 2 a.m., Lin Zhaoyin was awakened from her sleep by a system notification.

[Ding! Your shelter is under attack by monsters! The shelter's durability is decreasing. Please fight back as soon as possible.]

It was pitch black outside, and Lin Zhaoyin couldn't see anything at all. But from the sounds, she could tell that the crab monsters had arrived, and there was more than one!

It's a good opportunity for her to try out her new skill!

Lin Zhaoyin immediately went out, and then she was amused, because although she couldn't see the crab monster clearly, she could see several system pop-ups appearing in the darkness.

Thanks to the system for this gift; I was afraid they wouldn't see it, so I marked the monsters' locations.

"Candy Crush!" Lin Zhaoyin unleashed her skill towards the spot where the crab monsters were clustered, and then she saw the marked position in the system pop-up window begin to move.

Although the crab monster has high defense, it also has a base attack of 18 points, so it can be killed in a dozen or so hits at most.

With so many crab monsters, it would take forever to kill them one by one. It would be better to max out her skills first. So, Lin Zhaoyin started using the [Match-3] game non-stop.

The skill's attack range was limited, and the crab monsters were constantly moving, so even after Lin Zhaoyin used up all her energy, she still hadn't killed all the crab monsters; two remained.

Lin Zhaoyin then took out her axe and began hacking at the two crabs that had escaped the net, killing them in just a few strokes.

You have killed 8 sea crabs, gaining 80 experience points, 16 crab meat, and 8 crab shells.

Area-of-effect attacks are really useful against these crab monsters. Even though my stamina was depleted, it was still a worthwhile trade.

With the addition of the eight crab monsters this time, Lin Zhaoyin has obtained 36 portions of crab meat and 18 crab shells. She doesn't know what to do with these crab shells.

After defeating the monster, Lin Zhaoyin saw that her stamina was less than half full, so she quickly went back to sleep.

That night, half of the island was attacked by monsters, but most of the players, like Lin Zhaoyin, discovered the system's gift and used the system pop-up as coordinates, thus getting through the night without any major incidents.

Of course, there were also those who dared not go out. Although they managed to survive by hiding in their wooden huts, many of their huts were severely damaged by daybreak and required a lot of planks for repair.

Lin Zhaoyin's wooden house did not suffer much damage and was repaired with just two planks.

Today is the first day that Lin Zhaoyin hasn't gotten up early to open the trash can, and she's really not used to it.

Remembering that she had killed eight crab monsters the night before, Lin Zhaoyin was curious to taste what monster meat tasted like, so she took out instant noodles and crab meat and decided to cook a pot of seafood instant noodles.

As for the octopus meat, she has her own more delicious way of preparing it.