Faye Yardley immediately started reeling in her fishing line, not even bothering to check if Leo Sloan had replied.
She caught a sea snake, which nearly gave Faye Yardley a heart attack. She was terrified of snake-like creatures.
The moment the system prompted that it could be dismantled, she immediately chose to do so. She could trade the Snake Meat for supplies later.
After casting her fishing line out again, Faye Yardley discovered that Leo Sloan had already accepted her friend request and replied quickly: "I'll trade. Please accept the Gift."
"Miss Yardley, are you there? Please make the trade."
'I haven't even sent the item over yet, and Leo Sloan isn't afraid of getting scammed.' Faye Yardley thought for a moment, then quickly accepted the Gift. A brand-new, unopened Iron Treasure Box appeared in front of her.
She had no intention of breaking the deal and sent the Bandage over directly.
Then, a little curious, she asked, "Aren't you afraid I'd scam you? You sent it over just like that."
He accepted the item just as quickly on his end. After a moment, Leo Sloan replied, "Thank you, Miss Yardley. I've seen you in Yardley's office before. I'm willing to trust my judgment of character."
Faye Yardley: ...
'Well, I'll be. So he might have been one of my brother's employees?'
"Good judgment."
On the other end, Leo Sloan looked at his tightly wrapped left foot and couldn't help but smile when he saw the message.
He had chosen Faye Yardley out of all the people wanting to trade because he had met her before and knew she was still a naive, sheltered student. The survival game had only started two days ago. Even if people change, they couldn't possibly change that fast. Compared to a complete stranger, he had every reason to trust his judgment.
Looking at his injured leg, he thought, 'I wonder what that experience Dungeon will be like. I hope it's on the peaceful side. Otherwise, I'm afraid I'll die right inside it. If that happens, what will my parents and my child do when the second group enters in two months?'
'But why isn't my wife in the same zone as me?'
'Otherwise, with the message I pinned earlier, I can't believe my wife wouldn't have seen it.'
Faye Yardley looked at the Iron Treasure Box and rubbed her hands together. After muttering a quick spell, she opened it directly.
[Red Date Tree ×1, Hen ×1, Egg ×10, 100g Salt ×1]
Dismantling the Iron Treasure Box also yielded iron block ×2.
"No way, did I say the Spell wrong?" Faye Yardley looked at the items she got. 'They're not that bad, actually.' The human body needs salt; you can't go without it for long.
She happily collected the items and went back to fishing.
"Come to think of it, no one should be short on food, right? After all, you can catch fish just by casting your line a few times. At worst, you can eat it raw as sashimi. The system processes them, so they're pollution-free, which means no parasites or anything. Maybe I should take a piece out and try it later?" Having been alone for so long, Faye Yardley had gotten used to muttering to herself.
[Help! This downpour is going to kill me! Why won't this insane rain stop? Can anyone give me an umbrella? Please, I'm begging!]
[Thank goodness I got a gazebo blueprint from a chest. Rain still drifts in while I'm sitting inside, but it's much better. I can even keep fishing.]
[Show some humanity, person above! I'm balancing a wooden box on my head as an umbrella, and my head is about to fall off from the weight.]
[Everyone, this is still the newbie protection period. Just think about how we're going to survive after it's over.]
[This is so hopeless. I might as well just go die. I'll lead the way.]
[Hailey Miles: Just hang in there. Isn't there an experience Dungeon event at 8 PM? We might find some good stuff there.]
[Hailey is so beautiful and kind.]
Because she was staring at the public channel, Faye Yardley saw Hailey Miles's message. She felt a surge of anger. 'She's putting on that act again.'
'Who pushed me off that cliff?'
'Why did I transmigrate into a book I've read?'
Faye Yardley had already decided to deal with these questions after she cleared the game. There would definitely be a reward for clearing it; after all, even though she hadn't read to the end of the book, she remembered the system explicitly stating that clearing the game could grant a wish.
What she had to do now was get stronger!
"Get stronger, starting with fishing for treasure chests!"
When 6 PM arrived, Faye Yardley quickly stowed the wooden box she was sitting on and her fishing rod into her backpack. She adjusted her raincoat, then dashed out from under the canopy, turned the corner, and pushed open the door to her house in one fluid motion.
She shut the door, took off her raincoat, placed it by the entrance, and then began to organize the day's supplies.
She now had a total of 119 wood, still a long way from the 500 needed to upgrade to a Level 4 raft.
However, she had obtained a total of 12+1 treasure chests today. Most people probably weren't nearly as lucky.
Although she only fished up one Wooden Treasure Chest in the last two hours, she had caught a fair number of sea creatures.
Opening the chest yielded [Roast Goose ×1, 100g White Sugar ×2, Wooden Cutlery Set ×1].
She also caught some other sea creatures, which she dismantled for more food.
She went to the workbench and took out all the diagrams. Seeing that the torch crafting blueprint and the Blood Replenishing Pills recipe could be learned, she did so immediately without a second thought.
For the Fireplace Blueprint, which couldn't be learned: stones ×15/30, iron block ×46/20, wood ×119/10, copper ×2/2.
Simple Sofa Blueprint required: wood ×119/30, iron block ×46/12, Cotton ×25/30.
Backpack Expansion × 10 Diagrams: cloth ×2/2, Space Stone 0/1.
Faye Yardley felt her anger rising as she looked at the required materials. 'Of course the materials are never all available at once, are they?!'
She took a deep breath. 'It's fine. I have a lot of supplies. I'll eventually be able to trade for everything I need.'
"System, what do I need to make Blood Replenishing Pills?"
The workbench quickly displayed: Blood Replenishing Pills ×1 requires red dates ×15, Shannon White ×2g. Insufficient materials, cannot craft.
Faye Yardley felt herself growing more and more irritable.
"What do I need to make a torch?"
The workbench displayed: torch ×1 requires wood ×2, Oil ×1. One torch can burn for 8 hours.
At this point, Faye Yardley was so angry she had to laugh. 'I'm missing something for every single recipe, is that it?!'
[Faye Yardley: I can help craft Blood Replenishing Pills. For one pill, you must provide me with red dates ×30 and Shannon White ×4g. Trades based on trust. Also trading food, mineral water, and Basic Iron Axes for wood, stones, Oil, Space Stones, iron blocks, copper, Crystals, and other materials.]
The moment she sent it, she was flooded with the sound of message notifications.
DING-DONG~
System prompt: [You have received a Gift.]
Faye Yardley opened it and saw it was from Zachary Pierce: "Thanks for the shoes, girl. They're a perfect fit. Please accept this Gift."
She opened it and was surprised to find a pair of women's combat boots.
"Thank you, Mr. Pierce. I love them, they look great." 'Although they don't really match my tracksuit,' she thought, 'it's much better than continuing to wear my own shoes, which are soaked from the storm.'
Zachary Pierce: "Where do you go to team up for the Dungeon? I can only see a grayed-out Dungeon page."