Chapter 7: An Excellent Practice Plan!
In the darkness, Yu Qi roughly counted; outside the three-meter range of her vehicle, at least a dozen health bars were glowing.
These were much longer than the health barabove the head of the green snake she had killed today, emitting a faint red light in the darkness.
Even though she saw so many monsters, she couldn't go out, and without the corresponding strength, Yu Qi's hands were itching.
But it didn't matter; she could practice more within these three days to improve her strength.
Yu Qi: "System, the Protective Shield during the Novice Period should be absolute protection, right? If I provoke too many monsters, will the Protective Shield break?"
Before implementing her plan, she had to clarify the situation.
2333 system: "Rest assured, the protection during the Novice Period is such that even if you poke a hole in the sky, the Protective Shieldwon't break!"
Having received the system's guarantee, Yu Qiwas completely reassured and prepared to implement her next plan.
She quickly pressed her brow and checked inside her homestead; sure enough, the planted tomatoes had matured. There were five tomatovines, each hanging with six or seven bright red tomatoes.
She clicked "one-click harvest" and collected a total of thirty-five large tomatoes. Each one was very succulent and much larger than a normal tomato, requiring two hands to hold.
Yu Qi kept three tomatoes for herself and listed the rest on the trading shop to exchange for basic resources.
As for how to price them, she was still a bit hesitant. Fresh fruits and vegetables in this Survival Game were certainly precious, but today was the first day of the game. Most people had brought some supplies, so the demand for fresh produce wasn't that urgent.
She took out some Mineral Water to wash a tomato and tasted one herself. She originally just wanted to test the flavor, but who knew that once she took the first bite, she couldn't stop.
This kind of tomato was just too delicious. There wasn't a hint of sourness; it felt like eating tomatoes with sugar in the summer, but it wasn't that sweet.
After eating one, she was full, and her dinner for today was settled.
Since one tomato was equivalent to a dinner, Yu Qi didn't stand on ceremony and directly exchanged one tomato for five units of basic materials, and three tomatoes for one heart of energy.
Before listing them, she specifically took a picture of the succulent tomatoes and sent it to the chat lobby.
Hunting Moment: "Thirty tomatoes, exchanging for basic resources, heart of energy, and ranged weapons. Those interested, come trade."
The messages in the evening scrolled by very quickly, yet such a basket of succulent large tomatoes was still spotted by someone, causing a group of people who hadn't eaten dinner to howl.
Can't Do Anything: "Boss, where did you get so many tomatoes? You weren't selling tomatoes before coming to the game, were you?"
The Moon Doesnt Sleep, Neither Do I: "Impossible! Hunting Boss must have been a boss in the real world too, otherwise how could she be so powerful?"
Lying Flat Salted Fish: "I love eating tomatoes the most. What price is the boss selling them at? Let me see if I can afford it."
Meow Star Person: "Hungry for the whole day, now even a Tomato looks like braised pork to me! My poor braised pork, I came here without eating a single bite!"
Star River Enters Dream: "Does Hunting Bosshave a skill? I saw you buying seeds earlier, and now you're selling tomatoes so quickly."
Strawberry Tip: "Ah, so this game has skills? I've never heard of that!"
The Stubbornness of the Bald Girl: "There are indeed skills. I drew a skill related to hair, but the ability is very useless, and using the skill immediately makes me bald. This game is truly chilling. Is there any other world that can let me warm up for a while..."
Dreaming of Becoming a Live-in Son-in-Law: "Pfft! I can feel your despair."
Yu Qi didn't reply to the chat above; she would just let these people think she had a skill. Anyway, she would continue to sell fruits and vegetables in the future, and these people would eventually figure it out sooner or later.
She had to improve her strength quickly. What if someone drew a strange skill and could kill with a borrowed knife? It would be impossible to guard against!
Yu Qi became nervous again, yet she searched through those chat trades for a long time, and no one was selling bows and arrows, let alone handguns.
White-Clothed Tea Brewer: "Hunting Boss, I don't have ranged weapons, but I have a slingshot I made myself for my son. The quality of this slingshot is very good; it's no problem dealing with some small birds."
"It's just a pity that I inexplicably transmigrated here. All the materials I opened have been used for upgrades, and I haven't eaten yet. Can I trade it for your tomatoes?"
A middle-aged man wearing a white shirt held the slingshot, his expression dim.
He didn't know if his son had also been thrown into this Survival Game. He wanted to live longer to reunite with his son; if it weren't for this thought supporting him, the middle-aged man would have already collapsed.
He had actually contacted others in the lobby, wanting to trade for food to fill his stomach, but once those people heard that his weapon was a slingshot for children, they immediately ended the chat and ignored him.
Some even cursed at him, feeling that he was playing tricks on them.
However, this was the only thing left in his hands, and he had no other materials to trade.
Hunting Moment: "We can trade. Two tomatoes for your slingshot, how about it?"
White-Clothed Tea Brewer: "Okay!"
The middle-aged man thought for a moment and then traded the pebbles he brought from the real world along with it.
White-Clothed Tea Brewer: "Although they are ordinary stones, they are very suitable for this slingshot and work very well."
Yu Qi clicked trade, and two large tomatoes instantly disappeared from her basket.
She couldn't find bows and arrows, nor guns, so this slingshot would do.
She tried it out and felt that the quality of the slingshot was even better than those sold online; it could fully support today's plan!
Immediately after, she looked at those faintly glowing health bars in the darkness and slowly drew her slingshot.
"Little cuties, feel this Boss's might!"
"Next, let the Hunting Moment begin!"
"Are you trembling? A bunch of noobs!"
A group of monsters foraging in the dark night: "?????"
Is this human crazy? So arrogant on the first day?
Swish!
A white plastic ball, carried by the force of the slingshot, smashed toward the head of the black tiger with the longest health bar.
It had to be said, the force was just right—stunning it without causing brain damage.
It directly stunned the tiger that was licking its fur in the darkness. What the heck was that?
Yu Qi simply took out all the basic plasticmaterials from the trading shop, and one after another, threw a dozen of them toward the directions with health bars.
Wherever they landed, the crowd of monsters walking in the darkness were all stunned.
Wait, what is this thing? How did it zip over here, and why does it have zero lethality?
After using up the plastic, Yu Qi used the pebbles gifted by the White-Clothed player. She aimed at the black tiger again, and just as the tiger nodded and was about to leave, she threw one at its butt, successfully infuriating the monster.
The tiger instantly pounced over, emitting bursts of tiger roars in the darkness.
However, the transparent Protective Shieldfirmly blocked the tiger outside; not even a speck of spit could fly in.
"System, your Protective Shield is indeed very good, thumbs up!"
Yu Qi's eyes sparkled with delight. Taking advantage of the tiger's rage, she grabbed the remaining stones and aimed at the longest health bar, and sure enough, heard another tiger roar.
After ten stones, it only knocked off a tiny bit of the tiger's health, and before long, it recovered on its own.
The tiger outside was furious, scratching the Protective Shield over and over, filled with rage.
Next, Yu Qi ignored the tiger; she extracted the thirteen iron blocks she had exchanged from the trading shop and threw them at other health bars nearby.
Pfft!
A slightly shorter health bar lost a small tube of blood. Thinking it was a monster nearby attacking it, it immediately pounced over.
Feeling that these two monsters weren't fighting intensely enough, Yu Qi threw another iron block in the direction of these two health bars respectively.
The two monsters were instantly enraged and fought extremely fiercely, wishing they could bite each other to death!
Soon, the tiger-shaped monster from earlier was tired of scratching and turned to leave.
How could Yu Qi let it go? Such a good sparring partner couldn't leave!
So she took out an iron block and threw it at the tiger's butt again.
The monster indeed pounced back over, its tiger roar trembling with anger.
Before going to sleep, Yu Qi used the slingshotto fire all the materials she had exchanged.
Congratulatory, she successfully improved her aim from hitting two out of ten shots to hitting three out of ten.
Her materials were exhausted, and Yu Qi very generously let the tiger leave.
The monster tiger's throat was almost hoarse from roaring, and its retreating figure looked incredibly aggrieved.
Before falling asleep, she opened the trading shop to check the night's earnings.
All thirty-two tomatoes were sold, exchanged for one slingshot, five hearts of energy, twenty-eight units of plastic, and twenty-two units of iron blocks.
Her homestead also had enough wood and Crops; she clicked "one-click upgrade," and the thatched cottage was soon covered by a blue cloth, humming and buzzing.
The upgrade time only required half an hour, but the land needed to rest and had to rest for eight hours.
This was the one point where the Seeking Immortality Game homestead differed from other games; in other games, it didn't matter how many rounds you planted, but in this game, you had to rotate the rest.
Eight hours wasn't too long; it would be over by the time she woke up.
Next, Yu Qi opened the dilapidated tent, slept inside, and had a good night's sleep.
She was completely unaware that quite a few people in the chat lobby were arguing about her.