Alien Survival: Start with a Golden Apple Enchantment

As the sun rose high in the sky and its blazing rays shone upon the earth, Qin Yi received a notification from the game system.

This time, the notification tone was devoid of any emotion, cold and mechanical.

[World Difficulty Advancement Completed.]

[Current World Difficulty: Extreme]

The next world difficulty increase will occur in five days.

[Next World Difficulty: Hellfire!]

After reading these passages, Qin Yi suddenly had an epiphany.

The difficulty level of this world shouldn't increase immediately after the allotted time, but rather gradually increase over the specified period.

It's quite obvious that the monster density in the desert was not high at the beginning, but as time went on, you did encounter more and more monsters.

"It turns out the world's difficulty is gradually increasing."

Qin Yi opened the chat channel out of curiosity and was surprised to find that the channel's style was completely different from before.

"I've only eaten one piece of bread since the start of the game. Can someone give me some food, even scraps? I'm starving..."

"The Fengtian Squad is short of a ranged firepower player. Tier 1, Rank 5 or above, sign up quickly. No noobs, please."

"I'm so thirsty... I have absolutely no energy left. I guess all I can do is type and wait to die."

"My strength is improving too slowly to keep up with the game's difficulty, and no team wants me. Haha, I might as well commit suicide. It's better to die by my own hand than by a monster."

"Will the squad be of any use? Last night I saw a Tier 3 monster devour a three-person squad whole. It was terrifying; they were completely helpless! I need to stockpile food and hide."

"Hahaha, give up, give up~ This game's difficulty is increasing so fast, they clearly don't intend for us to survive!!"

"The Wind and Moon Squad is missing a melee fighter. Any weapon will do, as long as it's Tier 1, Stage 4 or above. Squad benefits are negotiable. If you meet the requirements, join quickly."

The increased difficulty of the game has clearly made many players feel hopeless.

Because they can only play at night, and due to a lack of talent and other issues, these players' skill improvement has not kept pace with the game's increasing difficulty.

In other words, if these players do nothing, they will be eliminated by the version immediately.

To deal with this situation, players can only do two things.

They either need to work harder to improve their skills.

Alternatively, you could team up with other players, unite as one, or rely on a stronger player.

"It seems many players have found items that can pinpoint locations."

Looking at these team-up requests and recruitment announcements, Qin Yi roughly understood the current situation.

However, he did not have the idea of ​​forming a team.

He has too many secrets and is not suitable to act with other players.

Furthermore, he doesn't trust these players.

He only trusts himself.

After turning off the light screen, Qin Yi continued walking along the map route for another half hour.

Finally, after passing through a small stone forest, Qin Yi saw a wooden house.

【Safe House】

[Rank: Second Rank]

[System Message: A Tier 2 safe house provided by a conscientious system. The temperature is comfortable, the house contains some supplies, and it can withstand all damage from Tier 3 and below.]

Because Qin Yi had already formed a temporary team with a player named Wang He, his arrival was immediately noticed by Wang He inside the house, who opened the door and poked his head out.

"Qin Shen, come in and talk."

Upon hearing this, Qin Yi glanced at the exterior structure of the safe house, feeling somewhat curious. He nodded and stepped inside.

The room wasn't very big. Beside the door was an open bronze resource box, and in the corner was a bed. Other than that, there was nothing else.

"It seems to be just a perk the system is giving to early-stage players."

Qin Yi looked around the room but found nothing unusual.

He shifted his gaze to Wang He's face, his expression indifferent, and said bluntly, "You can't go out during the day, so just point me in the right direction on the map, and I'll go kill him myself."

Wang He had also been secretly observing this legendary "Qin God". When he first saw this handsome man, who looked as dashing as a reader, he was also surprised.

Over the past few minutes, he had been observing Qin Yi and felt a strange sense of pressure from him, making him feel that the man in front of him was unfathomable.

Upon hearing Qin Yi's decision, he dared not delay and hurriedly replied, "Those desert wolves are very cunning. They hide in extremely secluded places during the day, and I cannot point out their exact locations."

"If Qin Shen wants to kill them, he'll have to do it at night."

As Wang He spoke, his small eyes kept glancing at Qin Yi with a hint of fear, as if he were afraid of offending this powerful figure.

His initial request to form a team was partly motivated by a desire to observe and gain favor with experienced players.

"Tonight...okay."

Qin Yi didn't make things difficult for Wang He. He raised an eyebrow and said, "Then I'll go out and find some fun for myself. I'll come back when it's almost evening."

"Wait for me here."

Without waiting for Wang He's reply, Qin Yi got up, opened the door, and left the wooden house.

Having just learned that the difficulty of the world changes, he realized even more clearly how precious the morning time was.

Not a single second can be wasted.

He strode out of the wooden house and vaguely heard a response coming from behind him.

"understood."

Wang He seems to have said that.

After leaving the cabin, Qin Yi randomly chose a direction. He had only taken a few steps when an interesting idea suddenly popped into his head.

He walked quickly back to the cabin and knocked on its small door.

Just as Wang He's puzzled little head popped out of the wooden house, Qin Yi leaned over and asked with a smile, "You probably won't be staying in this wooden house after tonight, right?"

"I want to take it apart!"

Looking at Qin Yi's smiling face, Wang He even thought he had misheard.

Is this giant Buddha statue sick?

Why are you suddenly eyeing my cabin?!

Faced with Qin Yi's excited expression, Wang He couldn't refuse.

He was indeed planning to leave after finishing this job with Qin Yi tonight, because the resources near the cabin had been basically looted, and staying in this area would just mean waiting to die.

However, he never thought of dismantling the wooden house.

"Um... Qin Shen, could you explain why we're dismantling the wooden house?"

Qin Yi gave a knowing smile, then withdrew his head and shook it with a smile.

"You players still haven't made full use of the information you have."

"When you saw this wooden house, the system should have told you that this second-tier wooden house could withstand damage from levels three and below, right?"

"Um...right...so...holy crap!"

After Qin Yi's explanation, Wang He suddenly understood.

"In other words, this wooden house is either protected by special laws, making it immune to damage below the third level."

"Or... the building materials of this wooden house are very sturdy!"

Wang He's eyes lit up as he understood Qin Yi's meaning.

This guy is so smart.

Having learned all this, Wang He said no more, nodded, and agreed to Qin Yi's request.

Qin Yi wasn't a devil; before leaving, he promised Wang He a piece of building material (if the material was useful).

Wang He is a very intelligent person with extremely high emotional intelligence.

He didn't ask any further questions about how Qin Yi, a Tier 1 player, could demolish a Tier 2 safe house.

Instead, they quietly withdrew their heads and remained silent.

Ask less and do more. Qin Yi appreciates this kind of player. Although he doesn't plan to team up with others, he can still cultivate Wang He as a long-term mobile intelligence tool.

Such people are generally able to go further and provide Qin Yi with more.

"Actually, my little fire dragon isn't a secret that I have to hide."

Qin Yi summoned the Blazing Dragon and had it rest on his shoulder.

This second-tier wooden house can be left to the third-tier fire dragon.