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

Lin Zhaoyin considered the trading price of snow crystals and set a price of 10 snow crystals for 100ml of water. Water is an essential resource, and you can never have too much.

After posting the transaction information, Lin Zhaoyin finally saw the message Qin Feng had sent her. The mangosteen seeds she had given away had all sprouted into seeds; her plan had achieved initial success.

However, Lin Zhaoyin's mind wasn't on that right now. Since the planting plan was going smoothly, there was no need to worry. Lin Zhaoyin still wanted to ask Qin Feng if there was anything he had forgotten to tell her.

First, they asked Qin Feng if he had ever encountered a situation where his health points and level didn't match. Qin Feng confirmed that he hadn't, and that his attack count was within a reasonable range.

He told Qin Feng about what happened on the level 2 island today, including the level 15 Ice Crack Bird he encountered and being sent back by the game.

Qin Feng has been leveling up by grinding monsters on level 1 islands, and he's already far ahead at level 12. However, the monster levels seem to be within a fixed range; the highest level monster he encountered on those islands was level 10, so he can't offer Lin Zhaoyin any advice.

However, Qin Feng shared Lin Zhaoyin's view that the game must have a fixed script. That level 15 monster was likely an important elite monster, possibly even a future boss. Since Lin Zhaoyin killed the monster prematurely, the island needed emergency maintenance, which is why Lin Zhaoyin was kicked out.

Qin Feng was somewhat regretful that his luck stat was too high. Although grinding low-level monsters did give him experience quickly, it also meant he missed out on many more opportunities.

Lin Zhaoyin couldn't understand the big boss's thought process. It would be so much better to level up peacefully!

While they were discussing the island, Qin Feng suddenly asked Lin Zhaoyin, "Was that player trading snow crystals in the trading area you?"

Lin Zhaoyin thought Qin Feng wanted to make a deal with her.

[It's me. Do you have any snow crystals?]

Check the chat channel; someone just asked me about this transaction.

Lin Zhaoyin was a little confused, but she still obediently clicked into the chat channel, only to find that things were going in the direction that Lin Zhaoyin least wanted to see.

I saw someone buying snow crystals in the trading area. What do they need them for?

[They must be useful to collect it! They've probably obtained some kind of fortuitous encounter, or maybe it's a blueprint.]

Does this mean snow crystals will still be useful in the future? Then we can't just sell them so easily. Exchanging 10 crystals for such a small amount of water is outrageous!

[Could it be that once you accumulate a certain number of Snow Crystals, you can synthesize another exclusive weapon? I want one too!]

[It could also be for some other purpose. This person is too wicked. Why wouldn't they speak up about such a good thing? Instead, they secretly collect the materials by themselves and take advantage of us!]

[That's right, if you get any new snow crystals, don't trade them away carelessly. They might come in very useful later.]

Faced with such suspicion, Lin Zhaoyin was also exhausted.

Lin Zhaoyin has no plans to publicly announce the weapon upgrade for the time being. Apart from snow crystals, the other upgrade materials are all unheard of.

Even just collecting snow crystals is already arousing suspicion. If I were to reveal that I have a special skill for weapon upgrades, there would likely be even more trouble in the future.

But since it has already happened, Lin Zhaoyin can't change other people's minds. Anyway, there will always be opportunities to collect materials in the future, and if she can't upgrade now, she can only wait.

Lin Wanyi encountered a new island today, so Lin Zhaoyin hasn't told her sister about her situation yet. The treasure chest she has can only be opened after someone returns.

So, Lin Zhaoyin and Zhou Shiyin stared at the pet egg that knew nothing about it.

"Sister Yinyin, do you think this is that bird's egg?" Zhou Shiyun thought it might be the baby of the Ice Crack Bird.

Lin Zhaoyin wasn't sure either. "It's possible, but not necessarily. If there's a connection, the information shouldn't be completely unknown."

After whispering and discussing for a long time, the two finally came up with three possibilities.

The first possibility is that there is indeed an Ice Crack Bird inside, but the information is unknown, which may be a system setting. All eggs are unknown.

The second possibility is that this might be the Ice Crack Bird's pet, but in that case, the pet's level is probably not very high, and it may really only be able to be a pet.

The last possibility is that it might be a guardian beast on Icebird Island, most likely of the ice and snow type, but the specific species is hard to say.

Lin Zhaoyin felt that with her luck, she would be grateful if it wasn't the second possibility. Don't think that keeping a pet is an inconceivable thing; for Lin Zhaoyin, nothing is absolutely impossible.

Not knowing if the egg had any incubation requirements, Lin Zhaoyin was afraid that if she put the egg in her backpack, the countdown would stop, so she planned to put the egg in the shelter, on the secondary island during the day, and bring it back to the main island at night before going to sleep.

Regardless, this might be the first pet egg to appear in this game. Qin Feng has contacted so many people, and no one has mentioned pet eggs, not even in the chat channel; otherwise, the news would have exploded by now.

Lin Zhaoyin didn't plan to mention it before the egg hatched. What was it anyway, and there was no need to pay too much attention.

The two arrived at Icebird Island early in the morning, and it was already past 3 p.m., so they decided to rest for a while before dinner.

Too lazy to change locations, Lin Zhaoyin simply sat down in a chair and pretended to doze off.

After resting until around five o'clock, Zhou Shiyun planned to get up and make dinner. Lin Zhaoyin glanced at her private messages and realized that her sister hadn't returned yet.

Lin Zhaoyin thought this was normal; sometimes her sister would get so engrossed in collecting that she wouldn't leave until it was almost dark.

What Lin Zhaoyin didn't expect was that Lin Wanyi's failure to return was actually due to some trouble.

It was already past 8 p.m. when Lin Wanyi reassured Lin Zhaoyin that everything was alright; by then, it was completely dark.

If Lin Wanyi's player avatar hadn't been still there, Lin Zhaoyin would have gone crazy.

Sister, I'm home.

Lin Zhaoyin had been watching the private chat window, and she finally breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the message, but she was still a little anxious.

Why are you so late today? Did something happen?

Lin Wanyi was doing something, and it took her several minutes to reply to the message.

[Sis, I went to that island today and encountered a boss! Have you ever seen a level 15 monster?!]

Lin Zhaoyin looked at the message her sister sent and fell silent.

Even if they are sisters, they don't need to be so in sync, do they? How can we encounter monsters of this level on a level 1 island?!

Lin Zhaoyin boldly guessed: "Sis, let me guess, you didn't just wake up because you got a pet egg from a monster and were forcibly sent back by the system, right?"