Survival Game? But She's Already Slaughtered the Entire Server - chapter 8

Ruan Tian’s fingers hovered over the input method on the light screen, just about to reply with something, when System 001 suddenly spoke up: [When do you plan to kill them?]

“It’s only been a day. Are you in a hurry?” Ruan Tian replied unhurriedly, and even sent a ‘received’ emoji to Lin Father and Lin Mother.

So eager for her to go back? Fine, she’ll go back tomorrow.

Hopefully, they won’t be too happy about it.

[001: Host, I must remind you that if you miss today’s Daily Quest, tomorrow you will be forced by the Main System to…]

Ruan Tian interrupted it: “You’ve already said that once before. I know.”

Mandatory Dungeon? That sounds more interesting than a Daily Quest.

The experience points and rewards should be better than those from Daily Quests, right?

Otherwise, it wouldn’t deserve the word ‘mandatory.’

Ruan Tian asked, “I’m hungry. How do I get food?”

System 001: [………]

Does she not feel any tension or danger at all?

She can still think about eating at a time like this.

Despite its complaints, 001 still answered honestly:

[You can directly spend gold coins in the System Shop to purchase any food. (Friendly reminder: everything in the System Shop is expensive.)]

Subtext: You poor thing, you can’t afford it.

[Host, you have quite a bit of edible meat in your backpack. You can also process and eat it yourself, with no side effects.]

Ruan Tian ignored the latter part of 001’s words and had already opened the System Shop, searching for food.

Starting from the cheapest:

Bread, 5 gold coins.

Instant noodles, 10 gold coins.

…

A palm-sized piece of cake costs 100 gold coins.

Two Daily Quests a day only give 2 gold coins, not even enough to buy a piece of bread.

Truly a stingy game.

Ruan Tian wondered what she could buy to eat with the 32 gold coins she had just earned.

But when she checked, it was empty. Where did her gold coins go?

Ruan Tian glanced at her balance. It had changed from -1980 to -1948.

“001, explain. Where did my 32 gold coins go?”

Ruan Tian was unwilling to give up.

001 explained considerately: [Host, since you still owe the System Shop gold coins, whenever you get gold coins, the System Shop will automatically deduct them to repay your debt.]

Ruan Tian: “…”

She had to work hard to keep smiling.

∩_∩

Trash game, trash system.

“Does this game have a suggestion or complaint function?”

001 played dead.

Ruan Tian opened her backpack: [Backpack: Wild Boar Meat*30, Mutton*10, Beef*20, Snake Meat*100, Wool*10, White Treasure Chest*5. D-grade Weapon Card*1 (can be activated in Weapon Card Slot), Primary Repair Fluid*1 (can quickly heal minor wounds after use)]

The extra items in her backpack were probably looted from the Tricycle Four-person Group.

She knew they were poor, but she didn’t expect them to be this poor.

These meats weren’t even as much as what she could get in a single night.

Ruan Tian took the Weapon Card in her hand, and its information popped up.

[D-grade Weapon Card: Rusty Short Knife]

Quality: Ordinary

(Note: The blade is covered in rust, barely usable for chopping, low durability, may get stuck during use, effective for three days.)

[Activate equipment?]

Ruan Tian tapped ‘Yes.’

The card in her hand turned into a streak of light and materialized into a real object in her hand.

The blade was mottled with rust, flakes of rust falling from the edge, and she could feel the uneven rust marks when she gripped it.

Ruan Tian: “…”

Truly a Rusty Short Knife.

The knife lived up to its name.

With a thought, the short knife disappeared. When she needed it, she only had to think about it and it would reappear in her hand.

Although this game was full of traps, she had to admit, this feature was quite convenient.
Ruan Tian took out five White Treasure Chests from her backpack.

[White Treasure Chest]: Ordinary supply box.

When opened, there is a 30% chance to obtain a Primary Healing Potion, a 25% chance to obtain food, a 20% chance to obtain a Weapon Card, a 15% chance to obtain daily necessities, and a 10% chance to trigger the “Empty Chest” effect.

[Open all?]

[Yes]

Ruan Tian tapped “Open All,” and all five chests were instantly opened.

[Congratulations, player Ruan Tian has triggered the rare probability of five consecutive empty chests and obtained the limited title “Unlucky Box Opener”!]

Ruan Tian: “…”

Congratulations?

Congratulations on getting nothing at all?

She was about to get angry.

System prompt: Personal page information has been updated.

Ruan Tian casually tapped to check.

[Player: Ruan Tian (Former Name: Lin Zhiqing)]

[Title: Unlucky Box Opener (valid for three days)]

[Gender: Female]

[Age: 20]

[Level: 10 (can enter White Dungeon and Red Dungeon adventures)]

[Experience: 100,500 (needs 40,500 more to reach the next level)]

[Permanent Weapon: None]

[Weapon Card Slot 1: Rusty Short Knife (valid for three days)]

[Backpack: Wild Boar Meat*30, Mutton*10, Beef*20, Snake Meat*100, Wool*10, Primary Repair Fluid*1 (quickly restores minor wounds upon use)]

[Special Skills: 1. Self-Healing (What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger)]

[2. **** (Locked)]

Expressionless, Ruan Tian closed the page, took out a few pieces of Beef from her backpack, simply boiled them, ate a few bites, and put them down again.

Because… it really tasted terrible.

…

Meanwhile, in a residence in the South District.

Lin Father and Lin Mother received an emoji from Ruan Tian and exchanged glances.

Lin Mother asked Lin Father, “What does she mean by sending this? Is she finally giving in and willing to come back to apologize to Xiaxia (Lin Zhixia) and admit her mistake?”

Lin Father replied matter-of-factly, “That should be it. The conditions in the North District are so bad. She’s just a girl; it’s normal if she can’t hold out.”

Afraid Lin Mother would soften, Lin Father thought for a moment and added, “The world isn’t what it used to be. Xiaxia (Lin Zhixia) is our only hope now.”

In this world, people under 14 and over 50 don’t have to participate in the game.

As long as they bind their relationship with a parent or child and meet the requirements, they can enjoy the same experience points as the person they’re bound to.

Both Lin Father and Lin Mother are just over 50.

Both of them are bound to Lin Zhixia (nicknamed Xiaxia).

In other words, whatever level Lin Zhixia is, so are they.

If one day Lin Zhixia reaches level 100 and enters the Safe Island, they can go with her.

Likewise, those who meet the age requirement but have no one willing to bind with them are determined by the system to be dependents and are automatically assigned to a designated Settlement Area, where the system distributes basic supplies to keep them alive.

Those supplies are just enough for them to barely survive.

As for whether they live well or not, the system doesn’t care.

Children can still participate in activities until the age of 14, but the elderly cannot.

They can only wait for death.

Lin Mother nodded, deeply agreeing: “Don’t worry, I know what to do. This time when she comes back, no matter what she says, she must kneel and apologize to Xiaxia (Lin Zhixia).”

Lin Father said nothing more, just nodded in agreement.