(Brain Storage)
...【Welcome to the Mist Survival world. The wooden cabin is your only shelter in the early stages; protect it well.】
【There are dangers in the mist, but also opportunities. Please carefully consider your path to survival.】
【Every creature has an initial talent, which can be obtained and awakened from the Newbie Gift Pack .】
【The system panel can be summoned at any time, but please do not indulge excessively; it cannot protect you when you are distracted.】
【The first seven days are the Newbie protection period . Daytime lasts for 8 hours. Please work hard to build your shelter. Special attention! Do not go out after dark!】
As Jiang Lin opened his eyes, the system's prompts appeared before him.
The smell of wood filled his nostrils. A bed, a table, a window, nothing else.
"A bit rundown..."
The wooden cabin mentioned by the system was about twenty square meters, with many cracks in the wooden walls.
Jiang Lin stood up from the bed. Fortunately, the wooden cabin was over two meters high; otherwise, he, being 1.8 meters tall, would be very uncomfortable.
"Mist Survival world, huh? I actually didn't die."
He walked to the window, looking at the forest that plunged into mist just ten meters away, feeling a sense of having escaped a disaster.
One moment he was experiencing the despair of the end of the world, the next he was in this world. His heart was filled with mixed emotions.
However—
He couldn't relax. Jiang Lin shook his head.
Since the system said this was a survival world, then living would certainly not be easy.
Leaving aside whether the surrounding mist was dangerous, simply food and drink would be a problem.
As a survival game enthusiast back on Blue Star, he had strong adaptability and was more able to accept this kind of system setting.
"System Panel!"
He silently chanted in his mind, and a panel resembling a game interface popped up.
【Regional Chat】 【Trading Post】 【Inventory】 【Personal Panel】 【Shelter】
Before Jiang Lin could thoroughly examine the panel, a message interface popped up.
【You have an unopened Newbie Gift Pack . Would you like to open it?】
Jiang Lin thought of the talent that everyone could awaken, as mentioned in the system prompt, and his heart felt a little hot.
"Sacrifice twenty years of stress, open it for me!"
He clicked open.
【Congratulations on obtaining a Poor Iron Axe , a bottle of mineral water, two loaves of bread, and a five-slot inventory.】
【Congratulations on obtaining the talent—Transformation Art】
Skipping over the pile of what seemed like junk, Jiang Lin looked at Transformation Art and clicked for details.
【Transformation Art: Can transform any item into any item of the same tier. The effect depends on the Spirit Power invested. Limited to 3 uses per day.】
"This..."
Jiang Lin really couldn't tell if it was good or bad; he just felt this talent was a bit ordinary.
Seeing the unfamiliar setting of 'Spirit Power,' he opened his Personal Panel.
【Name: Jiang Lin】
【Talent: Transformation Art】
【Physique: 8 (Comprehensive physical quality)】
【Intellect: 12 (Comprehensive mental quality)】
【Stamina: 98 / 100 (Physical activity consumption)】
【Spirit Power: 50 / 50 (Mental activity consumption)】
【Overall Evaluation: Unranked】
As a survival game enthusiast, Jiang Lin understood this panel at a glance.
These values were still easy to understand.
After clicking to see more detailed descriptions, Jiang Lin roughly knew what his level was.
A robust human's physique should be 10. His body could be said to be unhealthy, which was understandable; how good could an office worker's body be?
What truly surprised him was that his intellect was two points higher than that of an ordinary person.
Jiang Lin guessed this was why he was relatively smart.
Continuing to study the panel, the Trading Post was gray and unclickable.
The Inventory and Shelter displays were also very simple.
The Inventory had five slots; currently, three items obtained from the Newbie Gift Pack were placed there, occupying three slots. Similar items could be stacked.
The Shelter also consisted only of a wooden cabin.
【Dilapidated Wooden Cabin (Tier 0, cannot be upgraded): 0 / 100 wood, 0 / 50 stone】
【Evaluation: May not survive tomorrow night.】
"Looks like I guessed right." Jiang Lin sighed.
In the Mist Survival world, it was not easy to survive. The certain danger in the surroundings was fatal.
"I must upgrade the shelter as soon as possible!"
Thinking of this, Jiang Lin opened the last section, Regional Chat.
【10068 Chat Channel (10000 / 10000)】
The constantly refreshing chat bubbles caught Jiang Lin's attention.
Zhang Xu: Wasn't it the end of the world? Were we saved by an alien civilization?
Roger: Whether it is or not, we should first find a way to survive. This system thing has already said it, the surroundings are very dangerous.
Lin Hong: Everyone, quickly go collect wood and stone to upgrade your shelters, or you might not survive tomorrow.
Mia: Can you elaborate?
...There were all sorts of messages. Jiang Lin ignored the meaningless messages from those unwilling to accept reality and finally scrolled to what he wanted to understand.
Zhang Xu: I got Swiftness. I run super fast, but it doesn't seem very useful.
Ye Feng: Mine is Fire Manipulation. I can cast fire by consuming Spirit Power. It's incredibly strong...
From here, everyone in the Regional Chat opened up.
Jiang Lin found that there were all kinds of talents: turning into stone, invisibility, detection, and even prophecy... Unfortunately, this prophecy talent seemed to only predict events within half a day.
After looking around, Jiang Lin felt that survival or crafting abilities were more practical in this world.
Continuing to scroll down, he actually saw a message from an owner of Transformation Art.
Xu Qian: My Transformation Art is really a stupid skill. I used all my Spirit Power to transform an axe, and it turned into a wooden stick. How am I supposed to chop trees now!
Among a pile of condolences below, Jiang Lin's mouth twitched... "Transformation Art, truly a useless talent..."
Just as Jiang Lin felt a sense of impending doom, he suddenly remembered the description of Transformation Art.
【Transformation Art: Can transform any item into any item of the same tier. The effect depends on the Spirit Power invested. Limited to 3 uses per day.】
The two words "any item" were so striking that they gave Jiang Lin a bold idea.
Since it could transform any item, could it transform the talent itself? Although it sounded a bit absurd, it might be worth a try.
He opened his Personal Panel and looked at the three words "Transformation Art" in the talent slot.
Jiang Lin steeled his heart and silently chanted: "Transformation Art, transform the talent Transformation Art."
Click!
The world seemed to stutter for a moment.
The panel in Jiang Lin's eyes also trembled several times.
"Bugged?"
Just as he was worried if his action might cause some unexpected accident.
【Congratulations on obtaining the Unique Talent—Transfiguration Art】
【Transfiguration Art: Can transfigure any item to advance its tier. The same item can only be transfigured once. The effect depends on the Spirit Power invested. Limited to 2 uses per day. (Cannot transfigure this talent)】
"It worked!" Jiang Lin almost jumped up.
Jiang Lin hadn't held much hope for this bold attempt, but he didn't expect it to actually succeed.
Leaving aside the two words "Unique Talent," which clearly indicated a rare, limited edition.
Just the tier-advancing effect in the description was already a hundred—no, ten thousand—times stronger than Transformation Art.
Although he didn't know the exact meaning of "transfigure," it was certainly much better than turning an axe into a stick.
After finally calming down, Jiang Lin felt a strange sense of dread. It was a pity he couldn't transfigure it again... and that momentary system stutter made him feel like he might have done something extraordinary.
In the future, he still needed to be cautious about exploiting bugs.
Having made up his mind, Jiang Lin pushed the matter to the back of his mind. Whatever happened, it wasn't something a small survivor like him could change now.
"Let's see the effect of Transfiguration Art."
Jiang Lin opened his Inventory and took out the Low-Quality Iron Axe.
He still had two transfigurations left for today, so he would try it with 25 Spirit Power.
Staring at the iron axe, he silently chanted Transfiguration Art.
Jiang Lin felt something overflow from his mind.
"Is this Spirit Power? Why didn't I feel this when I used Transformation Art earlier?"
Don't dwell on things you can't understand.
He attached half of his Spirit Power to the iron axe.
Transfiguration Art began to work, and the surface of the rusty iron axe began to squirm.
Four crimson tentacles with white mucus emerged.
【Transfigured Low-Quality Iron Axe, obtained Tentacle Iron Axe】
【Tentacle Iron Axe: Tier 1, an iron axe that has undergone unknown changes. Can automatically collect wood and possesses certain combat capabilities.】