Yu Zhiye started the morning with his usual restock run.
Following that was his regular morning routine, just that there were no points to reboot the wood generator today.
A slight delay, but no biggy.
Once it was time to head out, he bumped into his two teammates.
Xiao Shuling rubbed her eyes sleepily. “Gud morning, big brother~”
“Morning sleepyhead.”
A sleepy baby pouted while Jack chuckled. “Yo Steve, out to fish again?”
“Yep. You?”
“The little missy and I are rushing to the western ruins today. We’re hoping to clear it by tomorrow. If we don’t fall into any pits and the strat you showed us works, we might even make it work by tonight!”
“Cool. Hey, then I won’t delay you two. Got a long way to go, right?”
“Yeah, yeah! If I fall into any pits, I’ll be counting on ya, Steve!”
“You betcha.”
“Aight, little missy, we’re off!”
“Bai bye big brother~”
Then, they separated. The adventurer pair went out front while Yu Zhiye went out back.
His fishing spot moved again, but today, the marker he left helped him locate it fairly easily.
Not long after his fishing game started, the other teams left for the northern ruins as well.
This time, they even dragged the stone collector along.
Now, everybody was gone except him and the Miss Yoona volunteering to guard the food stock.
“Hey… the cycle begins anew.”
A new exploration route means unmapped danger.
Now, his job was simply to keep fishing and wait for the call of duty.
“Hopefully I’ll be able to fleece more wool these days.”
Because after the ruins are cleared, it’s hard to say if he might lose this source of stone and food.
Sad. Yu Zhiye sighs and reeled in a boot from the quicksand. “Great. Completed the set.”
“My, my, looks like your fishing rod isn’t as simple as they say.”
Yu Zhiye glanced at the classy brunette model in sexy-red who came to his side. “Miss Yoona is not cooping up inside anymore?”
“Maa~ Since the heat wave hasn’t arrived yet, I decided to come out for some morning exercise.”
The hot model then did a stretch that emphasized her matured hourglass figure, especially those idyllic snow-capped mountains that almost poured out from her open deep V-neckline.
Noticing the eyes her charm drew, the seductress flashed the ogler an ambiguous smirk. “Like what you see?”
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“Of course.” After saying that with a straight face, Yu Zhiye turned back to stare at his fishing rod and debated whether to find a further-out fishing zone.
Miss Yoona giggled at his reaction. “Oh my, there’s no need to be so reserved. I’m used to all those looks in my line of work.”
That’s what she said, but the man didn’t spare her a second glance.
But that only made the woman more bold.
“Mr. Steve, there’s no need to be so wary of me. I’m not the type that likes causing trouble...”
The charmer arrived behind the fisherman and hooked her arms around his neck.
That plush figure pressed against his back and those red-hot lips of hers leaned in to breathe into his ears.
“So do what you must. I’ll keep your little secret. No matter what I see, I won’t tell a single soul.”
After blowing on his ears once more, the hot breath pulled away and the foxy enchantress sashayed back to the store like she was walking the red carpet.
Feeling her leave, Yu Zhiye’s tense body finally relaxed.
But he still couldn’t resist peeking over his shoulder, admiring that gorgeous back view and those long sexy-white legs that the thigh-high slit dress didn’t bother to hide..
Damn succubus! No wonder those men turned into simps!
Turning back to face his hard fishing rod, Yu Zhiye started chanting the scriptures to calm himself. “Amitabha Namo Gatling Bodhisattva, evil thoughts be gone!”
He ain’t no simp! Women will only affect the speed in which he catches fish!
No matter what impure motives that fox spirit has, he won’t fall for it!
Morning cycled to noon, then late noon…
Unfortunately, nobody came to call for him today.
Perhaps it might be due to the increased experience in identifying and dealing with quicksand. Sad.
Well, on the bright side, he fished all day and racked up a total of 7 fish!
Yu Zhiye suddenly felt another tug on his line.
Scratch that. Make that 8!
The fish got reeled in and six XP orbs dropped.
Yu Zhiye then watched his XP bar fill up and he officially hit level 10!
Just when he thought the experience bar will fade away like usual, the bar suddenly pulsed!
An achievement popped up and a system message appeared in his vision.
Ding~ [Congratulations to Player#6969696969 for reaching Lv. 10! Unlocking new function: World Chat!]
“Huh?! A new function? World chat? No way…”
Yu Zhiye quickly pulled up his system interface.
[Name] Yu Zhiye#6969696969
[Age] 24
[Class] Human [XP] Lv. 10 (165/187)
[Affiliation] Outpost #128A7193S
[Stats] STR (5.1), DEX (7.3), INT (7.8), CON (4.1), WIS (8.6), CHA (3.0)
[Gift] %#%@! Fisherman's Hideout (Black)(F)
[Title] None
[Profile] [Achievements] [Recipes] [Social Circle] [World Chat]
And there it was, a new tab right next to the social circle tab!
The icon of this tab was the iconic blank speech bubble and tapping on the tab switched the profile page to a blurred-out chat screen.
At the screen’s center was a text-input prompt: [Choose a nickname]
Yu Zhiye blinked and his finger tapped on the textbox. A virtual keyboard overlay replaced the crafting interface.
“How convenient. Now… what name shall I choose?”
He didn’t pick and choose for long. He simply went with: Daoist Yufu.
Once he submitted the name, the virtual keyboard vanished, taking with it the prompt and the blurred overlay.
The global chat immediately appeared in his vision!
[The Greatest Pirate to Have Ever Lived] Yo losers out there! Me and my crew woke up in some seaside shanty with a PirateCraft system! Reaching level ten here was a breeze! To all you laggers, we’re all gonna be great pirates by the time you get out of novice village! Mwahahaha!
[Monkey D. Hyung] Big brother above, help! I got arrested by a bounty hunter and now I’m on a slave ship enroute to the Hoen Kingdom! Anybody please! Save me! I don’t want to be a slave!
[I Am BatStark] Hey, I thought I was unlucky spawning in the slums with a NobleCraft system, but at least I’m in some big Victorian Era city. Just borrowing a few hundred pounds from the fellow natives here was enough for me to live a safe and decent life. Hehe.
[Heavenly Sage] Yo upstairs! You sure your world is safe? Right off the top of my mind, a world in the Victorian Era rings some very scary bells. Is there churches of gods there by any chance?
[I Am BatStark] Pooh! Don’t jinx it! It’s very safe here! And yes, there are churches, but I’m an atheist and don’t believe in any of these storm or whatever night goddess.
[Night Goddess Simp] Night Goddess? Brother, we’re probably in the same universe. Just yesterday, I saw a corpse crawl out from the church’s grave. I wish you good luck.
[Please Suck Me] Good luck +1 from the Paysuc Empire.
[Piss Off] +2 from the Inpis Republic.
[Assmonsilver] Bunch of idiots! Save your sympathy and quit wishing others good luck because you might need it. Has anybody used your brain to think why this is called the World Chat?
That last message clearly left a lull in the chat.
Once Yu Zhiye thought about the underlying meaning, even he was shook.
This survival game… is much bigger and much more dangerous than he imagined!