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

Before Lin Zhaoyin could even see what the rewards were, she heard a sudden alarm.

[Warning! Warning! Magnetic field anomaly at Icebird Island! Magnetic field anomaly at Icebird Island!]

[The player will be sent back to their island. Please prepare accordingly. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...]

Lin Zhaoyin really wanted to complain, where was there any time for people to prepare?

The moment the countdown ended, the two felt a blur before their eyes and then lost consciousness.

When Lin Zhaoyin woke up, she found herself suffering from heatstroke. She hadn't paid attention to the time when she was sent back by the system, and had no idea how long they had been lying on the island.

Looking around, the resource island that was originally next to me was gone; it had completely disappeared.

Seeing Zhou Shiyun still lying on the ground, Lin Zhaoyin quickly went to wake her up. Putting everything else aside for now, they needed to get back to the shelter to recover from the heatstroke first.

"A little poem, a little poem!"

After calling her twice without waking her up, Lin Zhaoyin had no choice but to shake her awake.

"Let's go back to the shelter first."

Zhou Shiyun was still a little dizzy, but when she saw Lin Zhaoyin in front of her, she quickly stood up and followed her.

Lin Zhaoyin quickly fetched water to cool herself down, her mind still replaying the events that had occurred before she fainted.

When the system notification said they were to be repatriated, she clearly felt another electric shock-like sensation throughout her body. How did they even get back to the island?

This stupid game is obviously designed to stun them with electricity, so they won't know anything.

But why were they suddenly sent back? Was it because they killed that level 15 Ice Splitter Bird?

Perhaps in the original game plan, this Ice Crack Bird shouldn't have been killed at this point; it should have been hunting more players for the game.

Lin Zhaoyin disrupted the original script, causing an unexpected situation with the island's setting, which meant that she and Zhou Shiyun would be kicked off the island.

What will happen to that island after they leave?

Realizing she might have disrupted the original game settings, Lin Zhaoyin quickly opened her system inventory to check if the items she had acquired on the island were still there.

Fortunately, nothing was lost; the resources I had gathered and the rewards from defeating monsters were still there.

Having already looked at everything, Lin Zhaoyin simply took out all the items.

Actually, the island resources obtained on this trip weren't much: only a sack of Ice Crystal Fruit, a sack of Ice Grass, most of a sack of Blood Clotting Grass, and a dozen or so bottles of Life Spring. Of course, although the quantity was small, the quality of the supplies was top-notch, especially the Blood Clotting Grass and Life Spring, which are top-tier combat supplies.

If they could stay for a whole day, they might encounter something even better.

In cases of forced deportation, doesn't the game system offer any compensation?

This is practically a game bug, isn't it? How can you treat people like this?

Looking at these resources, Lin Zhaoyin became increasingly angry.

"Sister Yinyin, what kind of items do we get from killing monsters?"

Speaking of this, Lin Zhaoyin became even angrier. The Ice Crack Bird's base drops were practically useless, and the Snow Crystal Stones were used to craft exclusive weapons after the second round of natural disasters, so they were now obsolete.

The silver treasure chests depend on luck, so Lin Zhaoyin decided to leave the task of opening them to her younger sister.

The blueprints and the egg are both unknown.

[Mysterious blueprints; learning them grants access to mysterious crafting techniques.]

[Pet egg, level and race unknown. Hatching countdown: 100 hours.]

What are all these things?!

Zhou Shiyun finally saw the item information and was speechless for a moment.

"Sister Yinyin, why don't you study that blueprint first? It's definitely something useful."

Lin Zhaoyin sighed and decided to study the blueprints anyway.

[Ding. Player has learned a special crafting skill: weapon upgrade. Specific materials can be used to upgrade and advance the weapon.]

Huh? Weapon upgrade? That's actually a pretty useful crafting skill.

The system didn't provide any instructions on how to operate it, so Lin Zhaoyin had to figure it out on her own.

Lin Zhaoyin took out all the weapons she was carrying and examined them one by one.

[Wind and Thunder Sword, Rank B weapon, upgradable. Upgrade materials: 50 Mystic Wind Stones, 50 Thunder Stones. After upgrading, weapon attack bonus +5%, damage sustained effect +1%]

Similarly, neither the B-grade Spirit Whip nor the C-grade Electromagnetic Rod showed any information about being able to be upgraded.

Not all weapons can be upgraded. Of the weapons I obtained before, plus those I got by exchanging seeds, only the Wind and Thunder Sword can be upgraded, and I've never seen the materials needed for it before.

Just as Lin Zhaoyin was about to ask Zhou Shiyun to take out all the weapons on her side for inspection, she remembered that there was still an Ice Soul Needle that she hadn't checked.

[Ice Soul Needle, A-grade weapon, upgradable. Upgrade materials: 500 Snow Crystals. After upgrading, single-hit damage +30, continuous damage +1.]

Snow Crystal Stone! Lin Zhaoyin had previously thought that Snow Crystal Stones were useless after being used to synthesize exclusive weapons, but she never expected that they could be used to upgrade weapons.

But isn't this quantity a bit too much? They killed over a dozen Ice Crack Birds today and obtained 150 Snow Crystals, which is still far from enough materials for the upgrade.

After thinking about it, Lin Zhaoyin felt that there was still a chance to collect more.

The monsters that drop Snow Crystals weren't just Ice Cracklings; other monsters from the Scourge during the Blizzard event could also drop them.

Since she was able to encounter the island where the Ice Crack Bird was located, there must be other players who encountered other islands where ice-type monsters were located. It's useless for others to have the materials; she could simply go find other players to collect the materials from.

"Xiao Shi, show me your crossbow." Since both are weapons made from snow crystals, and my Ice Soul Needle can be upgraded, Zhou Shiyun's should be able to too, right?

However, when Lin Zhaoyin touched the crossbow, a message appeared: [Player-exclusive weapon, cannot be operated.]

You can't touch other people's exclusive weapons, not even if Lin Zhaoyin is the island's owner.

Lin Zhaoyin had originally thought that if she could collect more, she could also help Zhou Shiyun upgrade her crossbow, but now it seems that's not possible.

Since the exclusive weapon didn't work, Lin Zhaoyin asked Zhou Shiyun to take out all the other weapons to look at, and discovered that the bow that Zhou Shiyun had as a spare today could also be upgraded.

[Windwalker Bow, C-grade weapon, upgradable. Upgrade material: 20 Mystic Wind Stones. After upgrading, weapon's single-hit damage increases by 10, and critical hit rate increases by 10%.]

Mystic Wind Stone, Thunder Stone, Snow Crystal Stone... Lin Zhaoyin seemed to have discovered the characteristics of these upgradable weapons; the names of these weapons all contained elemental attributes.

Although these materials are rather special, there will definitely be opportunities to encounter them again in the future.

What Lin Zhaoyin needs to do now is to collect enough snow crystals as soon as possible to upgrade the Ice Soul Needle.