An Ling immediately sent a message to Survivor #8792.
Survivor 520: “One bag of soda crackers for two gauze pads. Deal?”
Survivor 8792: “Can you send me a message with the details to take a look?”
The reply came quickly.
Seeing those words, An Ling was slightly taken aback—was it really possible to send messages?
It was her first time chatting with someone, and she didn’t know this feature even existed.
No wonder the descriptions of supplies in the trading module were so detailed.
A bag of soda crackers wasn’t large, roughly the size of An Ling’s palm, containing four pieces.
If she were to eat it for breakfast, she’d need at least two bags.
The circular part on her ring wasn’t just for projecting the light screen—it could also scan items, allowing her to send information directly to others.
It was incredibly convenient.
Following the instructions, An Ling sent the information about the soda crackers.
The other party fell silent for a moment—perhaps thinking the crackers were too few.
Survivor 520: “Food is the scarcest thing out here at sea. Do you know how many people just approached me? Hundreds. It shows gauze pads aren’t that rare. If you’re not trading, just say so. Otherwise, I’ll go trade with someone else.”
Survivor 8792: “I’m trading!”
An Ling smiled.
To be honest, she wasn’t making any profit; she just didn’t want to waste time with others.
The two of them could trade privately without going through the trading module, which was quite convenient.
Soon, the trade was completed, but to An Ling’s surprise, the materials she received didn’t trigger the Double Blessing bonus.
Thinking about it, if every trade triggered it, she could just sweep through the trading module repeatedly.
Who would bother fishing for supplies then?
After that, An Ling made another trade with Survivor #250.
She originally planned to trade one wooden box for five charcoal pieces.
But after some discussion, it seemed the other party didn’t lack nails, but really needed two wooden boxes.
The final deal was: two wooden boxes for five charcoal and four nails.
An Ling immediately excitedly went to the workbench to build the seawater filtration device.
This way, she wouldn’t have to worry about fresh water, and if she had extras, she could even sell them.
She placed the seawater filtration device next to her makeshift tent and instantly received a notification.
[Double Blessing Bonus: Earned points 2*2.]
[Survival Tip: Charcoal must be replaced every seven days. Produces 1L of pure water daily.]
“The points I earn can double too? That’s great!”
An Ling looked at the filtration device again.
It wasn’t large, shaped like a funnel, with a pipe connected to a transparent plastic cover.
It seemed that under the scorching sun during the day, it could also achieve some distillation effect.
But the daily output was only 1L, equal to two bottles of mineral water—just enough for one person’s drinking needs.
“This is still pretty good. At least I won’t run out of water anymore.”
If An Ling had the tools, and with a lighter, she could have even distilled seawater herself.
She filled the seawater filtration device with seawater using an empty mineral water bottle, then left it alone and started checking her points.
She already had 10 points.
This small four-square-meter island could finally be expanded.
Opening the points tab beside her personal information showed the items she could exchange—currently, only one Foundation Stone Card, priced at 10 points.
Without hesitation, An Ling exchanged for it.
The Foundation Stone Card was a type of item card, silver-white in color, and didn’t consume any materials to use.
To her surprise, the Foundation Stone Card didn’t just generate a 1×1 plot attached to her existing 2×2 island.
Instead, it expanded the entire island outward by one ring.
Her original 4-square-meter island became 5 square meters, still square-shaped, but now wider.
[First Island Expansion Reward: One pack of sanitary pads.]
An Ling: ???
“Thanks, I guess!”
It was her first time being a woman; she had no idea when her relatives might visit or whether she’d have pain.
Couldn’t the system reward something more useful?
This system was really stingy.
At least her pendant always gave her cards every time.
But this also meant the system had achievement rewards—others eat one portion, she can have two.
Points were valuable.
Taking advantage of today’s Double Blessing bonus, An Ling immediately opened the crafting module and made all the tools she could.
The result… she only managed to make a wooden fork, nearly driving her crazy.
[Wooden Fork: Requires Wood*1, Rewards Points*1]
[Double Blessing Bonus: Earned points 1*2.]Whether it was a simple axe or pickaxe, they required at least five scrap iron—and she only had four.
“Looks like my resources aren’t enough yet to grind points.”
An Ling looked plaintive as she picked up the fishing rod and headed back to the shore to fish.
She remembered the survival manual clearly stating that the day after tomorrow, when the newbie protection period ended, all survivors would be transferred to a Giant Island.
It said this was also a Newbie Island, rich in resources—water, animals, fruits, almost everything—and especially marked as very low risk.
In other words, even if they did nothing for these three days, the newbie gift pack would keep them alive.
So wouldn’t they be able to enter the island directly for supplies?
Beyond that, the survival manual had no detailed information—like how long they could stay on the island, or if they could stay permanently.
An Ling held her fishing rod and looked down at her feet.
She understood that this was her real base.
She couldn’t rely on the island transfer in two days; she had to grow stronger now.
Her luck was better this time.
Within two hours, she had taken both wooden boxes.
Opening them, she found they were both full of food—two food boxes!
[Double Blessing Bonus: Eight-Treasure Porridge 2*2, Mineral Water 2*2, Chocolate 50g 1*2, Steamed Buns 2*2.]
An Ling poured all the food from one box into the other, then dismantled the empty box.
Thanks to the Double Blessing bonus, she received eight wood and eight nails from dismantling.
She had a slight case of OCD and neatly sorted all the supplies and food, placing them side by side.
She didn’t mind it at all; her mild OCD actually made her life more orderly, at least keeping her from becoming a lazy mess.
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