Post-apocalyptic game: I survive at sea by scavenging for trash.

Lin Zhaoyin was resting in the wooden house when she received a message from her younger sister.

Lin Wanyi was truly clever. Knowing she was a ranged attacker, she simply stood at the doorway of the wooden house and killed monsters. The octopus monster on Lin Wanyi's side was killed before it even reached her.

The two people checked the information, and the octopus monsters of the same level had exactly the same data and drops.

Other players also shared information in the chat channel, with some even encountering crab monsters. However, compared to octopuses, crabs are significantly harder to kill. Although their attack power is lower, their agility and defense are much higher. Crab monsters run fast but lose health very slowly; you need at least 10 attack power to even attempt to kill one.

Lin Zhaoyin suddenly remembered the fishing nets and fishing rods she had left outside, and as soon as her health bar was full, she quickly went out to retrieve them.

The sea monster has appeared; who knows what I might catch in my fishing net today.

Considering this situation, Lin Zhaoyin dug out a tattered hemp rope from the garbage heap, just in case.

Sure enough, when Lin Zhaoyin saw three crab monsters trying to get ashore in the fishing net she had just pulled up, she quickly tied the net up with hemp rope.

Once she was sure the crab monsters couldn't get out, Lin Zhaoyin started hitting them relentlessly. Crabs have high defense, but her attack power is even higher! It just took a little more time, but Lin Zhaoyin still managed to kill all three crab monsters.

You have killed 3 sea crabs, gaining 30 experience points, 6 crab meat, and 3 crab shells.

Congratulations on reaching level 3! Attribute points have been automatically allocated for you.

Lin Zhaoyin put away the fishing net and returned to the wooden house to check her attributes.

Player: Lin Zhaoyin

ID：C12060329

Status: Normal

Level: 3 (0/900)

Health: 300/300

Stamina: 180/300

Energy Points: 300/300

Attack: 18

Defense: 10

Agility: 10 (+5)

Luck: 1

Skills: Waste purification, Master Chef

Gold: 120

Lin Zhaoyin's stats all exceeded double digits, and with her weapon, her attack even reached 23 points!

While the game is still in transition and there aren't any high-level monsters yet, Lin Zhaoyin felt she should fight more monsters.

Looking at the fishing net in my hand, I realized it was a good tool for luring monsters.

So Lin Zhaoyin went out again to catch monsters with her fishing net.

This time, Lin Zhaoyin caught four crab monsters and, after beating them up, gained 40 experience points, 8 portions of crab meat, and 4 crab shells.

Fighting the crab monster was really strenuous; Lin Zhaoyin was even panting a bit.

It was almost noon when Lin Zhaoyin hurried back to the wooden house to check on the potted plants.

[The magical apple increases your maximum stamina by 50 points]

This is another great attribute boost; it's the first time I've seen an item that can increase the attribute cap.

Lin Zhaoyin decided to eat the apple first at noon, and then use her skill to make another apple for her younger sister. Perfect!

Lin Wanyi has combat skills, which require consuming energy points, so the maximum energy point limit is very important.

After a short rest, Lin Zhaoyin went out to fight monsters again.

Aside from the one she encountered in the morning, Lin Zhaoyin hadn't seen any other octopus monsters; she'd only encountered the much tougher crab monsters. Was it just bad luck?

Before hauling in her fishing net, Lin Zhaoyin finally caught all 10 treasure chests for the day, after which she could focus on fighting monsters.

Three more crab monsters were caught in the net, and Lin Zhaoyin once again transformed into a ruthless tool for beating them, wielding a stone axe to chop the crab monsters into crab paste, one piece at a time.

[Ding! Congratulations to the player for triggering the achievement: defeating 10 identical monsters in a row. Reward: Skill - Match-3.]

[Match-3, C-rank combat skill, consumes 20 stamina points, deals area-of-effect damage to enemies of the same attribute.]

It's a combat skill! Although this skill is only C-rank and has usage restrictions, it can be used as long as there are two identical monsters.

The trigger conditions for this skill seem simple, but luck plays a part. There are other types of monsters, but I only encountered this one. However, I relied not on good luck, but on bad luck.

However, with the new skill, Lin Zhaoyin also had a new problem. Garbage purification was a very useful skill, guaranteeing a useful item every 10 attempts, so she definitely needed to set aside some energy points for purifying garbage.

A single use of the Garbage Purification skill requires at least 100 stamina points. Perhaps you can choose to use Garbage Purification when your stamina is full, reserving at least 250 points for combat.

However, just as he finished deciding how to allocate his energy, the octopus monster he hadn't encountered before suddenly appeared.

Even a single octopus monster couldn't be used to try out new skills, so Lin Zhaoyin still had to use her stone axe to chop it down.

However, when Lin Zhaoyin got closer to the octopus monster and saw its information, she realized something was wrong and quickly ran back.

[Dead Sea Octopus, Level 2, Race: Siren, Attack 11, Defense 9, Agility 4]

Level 2 monsters have appeared on her island! Level 2 octopus monsters have significantly higher attack and defense than level 1 monsters, and their health bars are quadrupled!

Lin Zhaoyin quickly calculated in her mind that she would need to successfully attack nearly 30 times to kill it. The most dangerous thing was that the octopus monster could also spew venom; getting hit would cause her to lose health.

The octopus monster was slowly approaching Lin Zhaoyin; she had to think of a way to kill it.

With 15 points in agility, perhaps... I could try a hit-and-run tactic?

Lin Zhaoyin deliberately avoided the octopus monster's front to prevent being attacked by its venom. Taking advantage of her faster movements than the octopus monster, she would attack once and then retreat, waiting for the octopus monster to turn around and counterattack before circling around to attack its back again.

This tactic worked at first, but after the octopus monster took a dozen or so axe blows, it became enraged and began circling around, continuously spewing venom. Lin Zhaoyin couldn't dodge in time and was still hit by the venom.

The level 2 octopus monster's venom attack causes it to lose 15 health points per minute for 8 minutes, which is equivalent to 120 health points.

Lin Zhaoyin dared not make any rash moves, as she was unsure whether the poisoning effects would accumulate from the continuous attacks.

Unable to attack at close range, the only option is to launch a ranged attack.

Lin Zhaoyin thought of the pile of garbage she had collected, wondering if smashing it with those stones and bricks would be effective...

The fishing net that had just been retrieved was still lying on the side. Lin Zhaoyin quickly rummaged through it and found anything that might be useful, then began to throw it at the octopus monster.

It's uncertain whether the other attacks were effective, but when a broken bottle was thrown, it hit one of the octopus monster's legs, and green liquid started oozing from that leg.

If these monsters have the same rules as the players, then getting injured will result in a negative status effect, causing continuous health loss!

Lin Zhaoyin was starting to regret it. She had cleaned up all the broken wine bottles she had collected too early. You only realize how little trash you have when you need it!

Never mind that for now, let's just throw in all the usable trash and see what happens!