【Welcome to the Ocean Survival Game!】
【This is Humanity's only chance to continue!】
【On this boundless ocean, opportunity and danger coexist. Only by constantly evolving can you survive in this vast expanse.】
【Remember: Your boat is an extension of your life. Protect it, upgrade it, and let it become your solid fortress in this vast ocean.】
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A cold and majestic voice echoed in Lu Chen's mind...
"Splash—"
Waves rolled, and bone-chilling cold seawater suddenly slapped against Lu Chen's face,
Salty and fishy smells intertwined into an indescribable taste...
Lu Chen slowly opened his heavy eyelids,
"This... where is this?"
Before his eyes was a vast and boundless azure sky,
Connected below it was the vast and boundless sea, sparkling and stretching to the limits of his sight.
Looking around, countless simple small wooden boats were scattered on the sea surface, each carrying a Human with a bewildered expression.
Lu Chen lowered his head and, sure enough, he was also on a similar small wooden boat,
"I... I transmigrated?"
Unlike the confusion and panic of others, Lu Chen's heart instead felt a surge of joy,
He knew deeply that in countless novels,
transmigration often meant a new life, meaning breaking free from the shackles of the past.
Lu Chen suffered from severe neuropathy with severe muscle atrophy in his legs,
The doctor had already issued a critical illness notice, saying he wouldn't live past a month and should eat whatever he wanted...
"In novels, when the protagonist transmigrates to a survival world, aren't their diseases all cured?"
"Then is my illness already cured!"
However, when he looked down at his legs with full expectation,
his heart instantly sank.
Those legs were still atrophied and deformed,
without any sensation, as if mocking his naivety.
Just at this moment, the majestic voice sounded again:
【Evolutionists, welcome to Newbie Sea Area 1000. The initial number of people in each Newbie Sea Area is 1000】
【You are currently within the Newbie Protection Shield. This is the protection of heaven's oracle, which can protect you from the dangers of sea disasters and sea beasts】
【The heaven's oracle Panel has been opened. You can summon it at any time with just a thought】
As the voice faded, a translucent panel suddenly appeared before Lu Chen's eyes,
On the panel, two options were clearly visible:
【Personal Information】 and 【Chat Channel】
As Lu Chen's thoughts stirred slightly, his personal information slowly unfolded:
【Name: Lu Chen】
【Level: 1 (0/100)】
【Strength: 1 (Average value is 10)】
【Agility: 0 (Average value is 10)】
【Constitution: 1 (Average value is 10)】
【Perception: 8 (Average value is 10)】
【Talent: None】
【Skills: None】
【Boat: Basic Newbie Wooden Boat】
【Overall Combat Power Assessment: First Order (Calling you a 'combat weakling' is no longer sufficient. The reason your combat power is the same as others at First Order is because the lowest rating is only First Order)】
Looking at his stats, Lu Chen's eye couldn't help but twitch slightly,
"Good heavens, so I'm still the same as I was before, huh?"
"You even said I'm worse than a combat weakling! What kind of damned heaven's oracle is this, dragging a terminally ill patient like me here for some ocean survival? Is it my fault?"
Lu Chen took two deep breaths to calm his mood,
Complaining now was useless. No matter what, it was better than lying in a hospital bed waiting to die. There might be a sliver of a miracle here.
At this moment, a giant transparent light shield enveloped everyone above like a dome, resembling a protective umbrella,
This was exactly the Newbie Protection Shield mentioned by heaven's oracle earlier.
Next, Lu Chen opened the public chat channel,
The channel displayed "Newbie Sea Area 1000", Number of survivors: 1000/1000.
The chat channel was bustling. Everyone was shocked and confused by this sudden change,
"What the hell? What Ocean Survival Game? Was I kidnapped? Can anyone tell me what's going on?"
"Have you guys watched 'Squid Game'? Are we also being forced to participate in some death game..."
"Ah, doesn't that mean our lives are all in danger?"
"No way, I'm not married yet, sob sob sob..."
"Whose phone has a signal? Quickly call the police!"
"I am a police officer. While on duty, everything went black, and then I suddenly arrived here..."
"It's over, it's over. Even the police are like us. It seems we are completely hopeless..."
Just as everyone was discussing heatedly, the voice of heaven's oracle sounded again,
【Announcement: All Evolutionists have fully awakened. The Talent Awakening Ceremony will commence in one minute】
【Based on each Evolutionist's basic attributes and potential abilities, different talents will be awakened】
【A very small number of lucky individuals can awaken Boat Talents while Awakening their own talents】
Hearing the news of Talent Awakening, the chat channel instantly boiled over,
"Awakening talents? Why does this plot feel like playing a game?"
"Right, we're participating in a real-life version of an Ocean Survival Game. I wonder what talent I'll awaken. I'm so looking forward to it!"
"Listening to heaven's oracle, it seems talents are related to our basic attributes. I looked at my own stats; they're quite normal, First Order combat power, barely able to get by."
"Haha, I'm a former fitness coach. My Strength attribute directly soared to 20, First Order peak combat power. I feel like I'm about to take off!"
"Big shot upstairs, please take me with you!"
"Big shot, after you awaken your talent, don't forget about us little brothers and sisters!"
"I just checked the Tianyu Encyclopedia. Talents are divided into seven grades: F, E, D, C, B, A, and S. I wonder what level this rookie like me can awaken."
"Wuwu, I'm a girl. My Strength is only 6 points, and my Speed and Constitution are pitifully weak. It's too unfair..."
Seeing this, a bad feeling couldn't help but emerge in Lu Chen's heart,
Even a delicate little girl had 6 points of Strength, while he only had a pitiful 1 point of Strength,
Aside from Perception which was barely decent, his other attributes were even more unbearable,
"I won't fail to awaken in a moment, will I?"
Lu Chen's heart pounded.
Just then, thousands of dazzling white lights suddenly descended from the sky, enveloping every single person.
"Ahhh~ This feeling~, I'm transforming!"
"So cool! Is this the power of evolution?"
The people enveloped by the white light all had expressions of enjoyment on their faces,
except for Lu Chen,
because he felt nothing at all...
As the white light gradually dissipated, surprised smiles bloomed on everyone's faces,
and some people's wooden boats even underwent earth-shattering changes.
Of course, still except for Lu Chen...
【Congratulations, Evolutionist Lu Chen. Due to your attributes being too low, you failed to awaken your talent】
Failed to awaken?
Then what are you congratulating me for?!
Lu Chen was so angry his teeth were gritted!
This damned heaven's oracle. If I had known this, why bother bringing me here with such great effort?
If I died on Blue Star, I'd at least have an urn. Dying in this godforsaken place, I can only feed the fish!
Just as Lu Chen was feeling indignant and cursing in his heart,
the voice of heaven's oracle sounded again,
【Given Evolutionist Lu Chen's extremely unfortunate situation, heaven's oracle specially bestows a Care Package】
Following a slight tremor in space, a dark, shiny, seemingly unremarkable box appeared on Lu Chen's small boat.
"Ca... Care Package?"
Lu Chen was slightly stunned,
【Care Package - Upon opening, there is a 95% chance of obtaining a Black Iron grade reward, a 4.9% chance of obtaining a Bronze grade reward, and a 0.1% chance of obtaining a higher grade reward. (If you managed to sleep with the Goddess of Luck, you might even open a God-grade item here)】
(Black Iron, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Diamond, Epic, Legend, God-grade)
"It seems this is heaven's oracle's compensation to me..."
Lu Chen muttered to himself, his hand trembling slightly, and slowly lifted the lid of the Care Package.
"Gurgle~"
Accompanied by a soft white light flickering,
A pink, soft, and squishy thing bounced out of the gift box, burrowed into Lu Chen's embrace, and kept rubbing against his chest.
"An oc... octopus?!"
Lu Chen looked down and saw that in his arms was actually a small octopus with eight tiny tentacles and a soft, cute body,
staring at him curiously and excitedly with its large, watery eyes.
"Gurgle~ Gurgle~"
The little octopus seemed full of affection for Lu Chen, continuously making cheerful sounds.
【Congratulations, you have obtained a God-grade pet - North Sea Kraken (Young)】
Hearing the voice in his mind, Lu Chen was dumbfounded,
This little pink, squishy thing before his eyes was... God-grade?!!