What is the most terrifying thing in the world of Mist Survival?
It is never the environment or the surrounding eerie dangers, but rather one's own kind.
Dangers can be guarded against, but the malice of one's own kind cannot be perceived.
If Lin Yifeng's feeling was not wrong, he would encounter other Survivors within a dozen kilometers.
This distance is far, but for some powerful Survivors with strong talents, a dozen kilometers is not insurmountable.
“I need to make plans early.”
Jiang Lin stroked his chin, lost in thought.
At least for now, there's no need to worry too much about this issue, because not everyone has Skill - Invisibility.
The dangers of the Mist are enough to deter most people.
What's more, Jiang Lin is not powerless; he has Tier 3 Mystic Step.
He also has two major combat forces: Tier 2 Xiao Gao and Tier 1 Xiao Fu.
Even if the worst comes to the worst, his Tier 2 Wooden house is not to be trifled with.
Putting that news aside, the monster encountered by this person named Fu Hui also caught his attention.
He believed that this person named Fu Hui was not the only one who encountered monsters, fierce beasts, or strange entities.
But only a few explicitly stated what they encountered.
Some people might have died, but it's impossible that everyone who encountered these things didn't survive.
He remembered that there were quite a few people with combat talents, such as Fire Control, Radiance, Piercing, and Petrification.
Everyone tacitly chose silence, which shows that not being ostentatious is the nature of most people.
Fu Hui's decomposition skill is also quite powerful; Jiang Lin guessed it might be to decompose items into fragments.
After refreshing a few more times, there was no more valuable intelligence.
Jiang Lin closed his eyes, preparing to rest.
Before sleeping, he also told Xiao Fu and Xiao Gao to be vigilant.
The two fellows nodded their 'heads,' though it was unclear if they understood.
He drifted off to sleep in a daze.
Today was quite tiring, but Jiang Lin warned himself not to sleep too deeply, to prevent anything like last night from happening... Late night.
Outside the Wooden house.
A dark shadow slowly approached, its yellowish-green single eye emitting a faint glow.
But before it could attack.
Suddenly.
Dark red tendrils on the Wooden house writhed, instantly forming a ferocious maw that swallowed the shadow whole.
The tendrils pulsed rhythmically a few times, then spat out a single horn and a few crystal stones.
The dark red tendrils seemed to deepen by a few shades... Further away.
In the unseen black Mist, a pair of scarlet eyes gazed at this scene, showing a human-like expression of surprise.
But soon it became ferocious, as if it had seen some delicious delicacy.
It stared intently in the direction of the Wooden house, slowly fading away... The night passed without incident.
【Congratulations, Survivor, on successfully surviving until the third day. The first survival test has ended. To have survived proves you have sufficient strength and luck.】
【The Mist Survival world does not need the weak. Please maintain your effort and wisdom so you can go further.】
【The system has arranged a surprise in your surroundings. Go find it; this is a gift for the proactive.】
【Wish you a pleasant survival!】
Jiang Lin was awakened by the system prompt.
He was already used to the system's rambling, but he grasped the key point.
The system arranged a reward!
Whether good or bad, finding the reward and holding it in hand should be correct.
“Survival test?”
Jiang Lin suddenly noticed another piece of information from the system prompt.
He opened the system panel and selected regional chat.
【10068 Chat Channel (8286 / 10000)】
Indeed, over a thousand people were gone overnight.
Jiang Lin's expression was solemn.
What happened?
He didn't feel any abnormalities last night and slept very soundly.
After reading people's comments, he understood the whole story.
It was noticeably quieter, and the atmosphere was somewhat heavy.
In the early hours of last night, most people were attacked by fierce beasts, monsters, and even mysterious strange entities.
However, as long as the Shelter was upgraded to Tier 1, those dangers seemed to be blocked by the strange oil lamp and could not breach the Wooden house.
Those unlucky ones who hadn't upgraded their Shelter were not so fortunate; most of them could no longer speak.
Only a few lucky ones who weren't attacked are now begging others to share some materials with them to upgrade their Wooden house.
Naturally, no one would pay attention to them.
In the face of survival, no one would be kind enough to help others at the expense of their own safety.
These people can only pray for good fortune, or work harder themselves, collect materials, and upgrade their Wooden house as soon as possible.
After looking around, there was nothing of value.
Jiang Lin exited the regional chat.
He checked the time.
8:59 AM.
It would be light soon, and he could prepare to go out.
But before that, he still had the Alienation Art that refreshed today to use.
First, the food problem; he looked at the tomato seeds.
Alienation Art activated!
25 spiritual power overflowed, covering them.
The tomato seeds began to merge, and the familiar wriggling started on their surface.
Soon, they transformed into an unidentified purple, fleshy orb, covered in fine white fuzz and green slime.
It looked a bit disgusting.
【Etruscanization of tomato seeds, obtained delicious meatball seeds】
【delicious meatball seeds: Tier 1, seeds that have undergone unknown changes. Once planted, they can quickly grow into delicious meatball vines, producing delicious rouqiu fruit with extremely high yields.】
【rouqiu fruit: Perhaps a fruit that doesn't look very appealing, but it is rich in nutrients, containing various trace elements needed by the human body. After eating it, you will miss its delicious taste.】
Jiang Lin's mouth twitched.
This was more than just not looking appealing?
He was already reluctant to comment on the appearance of things created by the Alienation Art.
At least the food problem was solved, Jiang Lin could only think of the positive side.
After all, he was a pragmatist... He picked up the delicious meatball seeds, which were sticky to the touch.
Jiang Lin planned to find a place outside to plant them; this thing looked too repulsive to plant indoors.
It was already bright outside, and Jiang Lin clearly felt that it was colder today.
It was probably only 10 degrees Celsius; the temperature was dropping very quickly.
This made him raise the priority of collecting warm items.
He planned to put on the leather clothes he traded for yesterday after planting the seeds.
The Mist hadn't changed, and the sky's brightness was the same as yesterday; visibility was still only 10 meters.
Jiang Lin casually buried the delicious meatball seeds in the soil next to the Wooden house door.
The system description said they would grow once planted, so he didn't need to bother with watering or fertilizing.
The Alienation Art was still very powerful and effective.
After everything was done, Jiang Lin finally noticed the single horn and crystal stones lying on the ground beside the Wooden house.
“Eh? Could it be yesterday...”
Jiang Lin had a guess and opened the probe.
【Horn of the One-Eyed Lizard: An organ of a Tier 1 Xenomorph fierce beast, usable as forging material, or for smashing holes. Note: You can now taunt its owner, but unfortunately, you will never see it again; it is no longer even excrement.】
Jiang Lin suddenly realized: “So I was also attacked yesterday, but the Wooden house dealt with it on its own.”
crystal stone + 4
Only then did he know that fierce beasts could produce crystal stones upon death.
So not all the crystal stones in the cave yesterday were smashed out by the Earth Dragon Scorpion; some were produced after its death.
Jiang Lin finally understood where the Survivors' crystal stones came from, because not everyone could find a Crystal Stone Mine.
So that Crystal Stone Mine really was a rare resource, equivalent to a money printer, no doubt about it.
I must protect my money!
Jiang Lin secretly made up his mind.
He casually tossed the One-Eyed Lizard's horn into the Wooden house's corpse storage area.
Jiang Lin put on the leather clothes and took out the constitution potion.
The food problem was solved; it was time to improve his strength.
Actually, there were many things Jiang Lin wanted to try Etruscanization on, but the number of uses was limited, so he had to prioritize the urgent ones.
Alienation Art activated!
The white constitution potion began to wriggle and boil, quickly ceasing its transformation and turning into a green, viscous liquid.
【Etruscanization of constitution potion, obtained Weird Force Potion】
【Weird Force Potion: Can permanently increase 5 points of physique and increase the strength of a certain body part; the effect is random.】
This... Jiang Lin stated that he absolutely needed his hands strengthened, or failing that, his feet would do; there was one part of his body that no longer needed strengthening.
Without hesitation, Jiang Lin forced himself to forget the appearance of the potion and drank it all.
Soon, he felt invigorated all over.
But it seemed like it really was randomly assigned there!
I... (expletives omitted here)