RoleplayNovel Chapter 61 Bird's Nest
Chapter 61 Bird's Nest
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When the final number of participants for the game was announced, Yu Wang couldn't help but take a second look.
I don’t know if it was the food I distributed earlier that had an effect, but there are still over 93,000 survivors in Zone 444.
This number far exceeds the number of survivors in Zone 444 when the first raid in the previous life began.
With the increase in the base number, more than 10,000 more people participated in this instance.
I was marveling at the power of the butterfly effect.
The next moment, Yu Wang felt the "Little Yellow Duck" under his feet tremble slightly, and the light outside the cabin instantly distorted and changed!
A slight feeling of weightlessness and spatial dislocation came over me, but it was fleeting.
By the time the view became clear and stable again, the scenery outside the porthole had completely changed.
As the morning mist dissipated, a clear, transparent expanse of seawater revealed the sandy shore below.
The sky was a bright, clear blue, with a few wisps of white clouds hanging in the air.
The air smelled different too.
Besides the salty sea breeze, there was also a fresh scent of earth and plants.
They were teleported to the entrance of a naturally formed strait. To their left and right were two islands with distinctly different styles.
In just a short while, as the white light flashed continuously, the sea surface instantly became crowded.
More than two thousand rafts and boats of all shapes and sizes were transported to this sea area.
The nearest raft was only a few meters away from the "Little Yellow Duck".
Yu Wang could even clearly see the expressions of astonishment and excitement on the faces of the survivors on the opposite ship.
"My God! This is a dungeon? It doesn't look any different?"
"So many ships! So many people! Humans really are social animals! My mental strength has increased by 1 point! I'm not scared at all!"
"Holy crap! The dungeon's already starting? I'm not even out of bed yet!"
"Look over there! That ship looks weird, it rolls around like a ball!"
"Aren't those water walking balls at the tourist attraction? I even played on them when I was traveling. Look over there, there's even a little duck! Hahaha! It really feels like a vacation!"
Exclamations, shouts, and excited discussions came from all directions. This was the first time Zhang Xinlan had experienced such a scene of a group being teleported into a dungeon.
After the initial shock, she leaned against the window, curiously observing the survivors around her.
When she saw a man frantically putting on clothes on a raft diagonally in front of her, and a woman on another raft who was about to go to sleep but was forced to tidy up her messy bedding, she couldn't help but burst out laughing.
"Looks like losing that hour of sleep was totally worth it!" she muttered to herself, her tone tinged with relief.
Beside her, Yu Wang coldly swept his gaze over the survivors who weren't fully engaged yet, and whispered, "That's the advantage of adjusting your state beforehand. Right now, everyone's just entered the game, and you're still carrying some of the inertia of civilized society. A few months later, in this chaotic moment right after a mass teleportation, you might not be met with ridicule, but with artillery fire."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Xinlan's smile faded slightly, and she nodded earnestly, keeping those words in mind.
She can encounter people who betray their teammates for some in-game currency even when playing games, let alone when it comes to survival, where lives are at stake.
Taking advantage of the Little Yellow Duck's enclosed cabin, Yu Wang quickly surveyed the other survivors' boats.
"Canoe, walking ball, hospital ship, lightship —"
He silently counted the distinctive ships that he could identify within his field of vision.
Among the densely packed, mostly ordinary wooden rafts, there are only a handful of special boats with distinct and unique shapes; including his own "Little Yellow Duck," there are no more than five.
Having confirmed the general situation of the nearby ships, Yu Wang quickly turned his gaze to the more distant horizon.
Beyond this chaotic strait where ships are packed together, at the horizon, one can vaguely see the outlines of a continuous stretch of land.
That's the other end of this chain of circular islands.
The dungeon area is roughly spherical, consisting of a chain of hundreds of islands that intermittently enclose a shallow sea.
Although it is called a shallow sea, the deepest part is hundreds of meters deep. Whether there is a passage to the open sea or some powerful sea monster is unknown.
All participants enter the instance at their initial positions, which are evenly distributed around the island chain surrounding the core sea area.
To be honest, although he hadn't seen the complete map, Yu Wang felt that this instance location looked a bit like a meteorite crater.
The circular chain of islands was originally a single landmass, but it was shaped into its current form by a giant meteorite.
Of course, he is not a professional geologist, and these are all just guesses.
In order to more accurately locate himself and plan the best route to "Bean Cave", Yu Wang began to carefully observe the two islands beside him that served as landmarks.
The island on the left has a relatively flat terrain with only a few rounded hills. The island is covered with exceptionally lush vegetation, with greenery covering almost every inch of land, making it appear both vibrant and somewhat mysterious.
The island on the right has a completely different style, with rugged limestone landforms, steep cliffs, exposed rocks, and sparse vegetation.
Yu Wang further discovered that atop a particularly towering cliff facing the strait, there was an enormous bird's nest constructed from thick tree trunks.
Upon seeing the enormous bird's nest, Yu Wang's eyes narrowed slightly.
He already knew the list of special materials needed to upgrade the "Little Yellow Duck" to level 3 by heart.
Star-shaped seaweed has already been found on the previous farm; what is still missing is "bird feathers with a wingspan of more than ten meters".
Judging from the size of the nest in front of us, its owner seems to perfectly fit this description.
This was an unexpected discovery, but also a valuable opportunity.
However, this thought only lingered in Wang's mind for a moment before he suppressed it temporarily.
The most urgent task is to find and seize the reserves in Bean Cave before "filling the world with love".
That's the key to determining the maximum reward for this instance.
As for the feathers? Now that the location and clues have been confirmed, we can come and investigate at any time as long as the dungeon isn't over. After all, the bird's nest is there; it's not going to grow legs and run away.
At this time, some rafts on the outermost edge of the strait began to head towards the wider inland sea area surrounded by the archipelago.
They had a clear goal: to find the colorful beans that shimmered enticingly in the sunlight.
Gradually, the boats around the "Little Yellow Duck" that were sandwiched in the middle also started to move.
The high density of ships brings more variables and occasional friction.
Several rafts that were too close together had a minor collision, which reduced their durability and drew shouts and curses from both sides.
The sound carried far, causing dozens of people to stop and watch the spectacle with great interest, even though it was only a problem for a few.
It seems they entered the instance not for higher rankings and rewards, but purely to obtain today's mileage exemption.
Seeing this, Yu Wang finally understood why, after the seven-day newbie period ended in his previous life, the top player on the server's mileage leaderboard only had 182 nautical miles, while his own achievement of just over 100 nautical miles ranked around 300th.
It's simply that everyone's desire to move forward is not high at all.
"Sigh, to be fair, both of you are actually at fault in this matter—"
From the crowd of onlookers, the voices of peacemakers trying to mediate the dispute could be heard.
Yu Wang felt that the tone was somewhat familiar, but at this moment all his attention was focused on the flight path in his memory.
Under his control, the Little Yellow Duck, like a nimble yellow croaker, weaved through the gradually thinning stream of boats.
Instead of taking the shortest straight route into the depths of the archipelago, he sailed eastward along the chain of islands.
Zhang Xinlan had already grabbed the grappling hook and was standing at the stern, ready to hook the beans on the sea surface. However, Yu Wang's actions left her completely baffled, but she was sure that he was scooping up beans.
Even along the coastline, there are beans, though not as densely packed as in inland waters.
From afar, Zhang Xinlan spotted a red bean the size of a head.
Seizing the opportunity, she swung her arm forcefully, precisely gliding over the red bean that was bobbing on the water.
beans:"----"
"Cough, I'll definitely do it next time."
After trying three or four times, Zhang Xinlan finally managed to hook the bean up.
As a perennial winner of consolation prizes in street games like ring toss and darts to pop balloons, this achievement is the result of the little cockroach's hard work in the survival world.
[Received: Stamina Bean*1]
[Stamina Beans: Consuming these beans quickly restores a large amount of stamina.]
Upon seeing the introduction, Zhang Xinlan was slightly disappointed.
Seeing its bright red color, I thought it was a treatment bean.
So it turns out it was just physical exertion?
"Well done," Yu Wang said briefly, offering encouragement as a form of educational approach.
He knew that the color of the beans had nothing to do with their effects, but he didn't say it outright, waiting for Zhang Xinlan to discover it for herself.
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