Alien Survival: Start with a Golden Apple Enchantment

"The name of this thing... seems a bit vulgar."

As Qin Yi looked at the information provided by the game system, he felt increasingly uneasy.

【Lava Shark Skin (Materials)】

[Level: Level 4]

[System message: A completely transparent "Emperor's New Clothes"—if someone wears it as their only garment, then congratulations, you're a sharkskin too.]

"Never mind, don't worry about these details."

Qin Yi nonchalantly and carefully placed the Lava Shark Skin back into his void storage space, his wonderful mood unaffected.

"We've found a material for a fully automatic adaptive coat. We're really lucky."

Qin Yi is preparing to make that fully automatic adaptive jacket immediately.

After all, once you put it on, you can go out during the day, which gives you a lot more time to improve yourself compared to other players, making it extremely cost-effective.

"Once we get back, we'll see if we can buy the materials on the trading platform."

He muttered to himself, his gaze falling on another prop.

In addition to the 20 gold coins and this shark skin, defeating the Tier 4 [Lava Shark King] also yielded a [Profession Book] that looked quite valuable.

Although he doesn't know what a professional skill book is yet, the helpful game system will explain it to him whenever it's placed in front of him.

[Professional Book: Beginner Level]

[Effect: Transforms you into the Gunslinger class.]

[Usage Requirements: Rank must be at least Tier 2]

[Note: Once a profession is selected, you can only advance to the next level without special items; you cannot change professions at will.]

[System message: A seemingly erotic book, like a "paradise of intimacy," may actually contain a peerless martial arts technique!]

"Huh? A gunman?"

Qin Yi frowned and stopped in his tracks.

"This thing... seems pretty good, but it doesn't explain in detail what the benefits are of becoming a professional gunslinger."

"Besides, once you've made a choice, it's hard to change it, so it seems we should choose carefully."

Qin Yi wasn't in a hurry to use this [Professional Book (Gunner)]. Even if he had reached the second tier, he might not have been able to use it.

The reason is simple: he doesn't even have a gun yet.

No, it's not that it doesn't exist, but rather that the gun cannot be drawn during combat.

After putting away his professional guidebook, Qin Yi prepared to check on how his bottled water was coming along.

Hearing the sound of water, Qin Yi walked to the crack again and examined the military water bottle, finding that the water inside was almost overflowing.

After retrieving the water jug ​​and taking out the bottle of water he had drunk quite a bit from his spatial storage and placing it below to continue drinking, Qin Yi quickly walked out of the cave tunnel and returned to where he had started.

"The temperature is alright, around 20 degrees Celsius."

After sensing the temperature, Qin Yi first went to the hot cave entrance to heat up the kettle and kill the parasites.

He placed the military water bottle on the ground and gently pushed it with his hand. The water bottle rolled directly outside the cave and was exposed to direct sunlight.

"The temperature is probably around 150 degrees Celsius."

Qin Yi was not exposed to sunlight. He only came to a meter or two away from the cave entrance when he felt the extreme heat. In an instant, his face was covered in sweat.

"We need to quickly produce the [fully automatic adaptive coat]."

He secretly made up his mind and was about to leave this scorching hell as soon as possible when he saw what looked like a person lying in the desert not far away.

A dead man, his body charred black, like coal.

"Not finding refuge in time can only be attributed to bad luck and a lack of ability."

Qin Yi looked at the corpse, feeling neither joy nor sorrow.

For him, if such a person could die on the very first day, it could only mean that he was simply not strong enough.

"Hmm? There are items dropped after a player's corpse disappears?"

As Qin Yi stared at the body, he suddenly noticed that after it slowly dissipated, a wooden box was left behind.

Qin Yi felt he hadn't mistaken that familiar face.

This is a wooden resource box!

Seeing this scene, Qin Yi's eyes widened, his heart skipped a beat, and an idea came to him.

"Perhaps many of the resource boxes were left behind by other players after they died."

"But... it's impossible for any newly arrived players to become gold resource chests after they die."

Qin Yi felt a chill run down his spine as he pondered the matter. He increasingly felt that there was a hidden secret behind the survival game.

He squinted slightly, pondered for a moment, and made his own guess: "Either some of the resource boxes are distributed by the system."

"Or... there was another group of [players] before us."

"And...they've been completely wiped out!"

No sooner had Qin Yi finished speaking than the game system's cheerful voice rang in his ears again.

[Five hours have passed since the alien survival game started!]

[Current death toll: Five million!]

[Given that some players have already opened the Gold Resource Chest, the following information is currently available: Opening the Silver Resource Chest offers a chance to obtain equipment usable during the day, while opening the Gold Resource Chest guarantees a reward!]

[Friendly reminder: The outside temperature will be warm enough for all players to move around in five hours.]

"In the early stages of survival, there were too many deaths, so the system gave us some benefits?"

"hehe."

Qin Yi ignored this useless information, withdrew his gaze, and returned to the shady spot in the cave.

After opening his system panel, he was delighted to see that all his panels had been upgraded.

[Rank: First Rank, Seventh Stage]

【Strength: 9】

[Agility: 9]

[Physique: 8]

【Intelligence: 9】

Gold Coins: 25

"It seems we should first go and buy the materials to synthesize the [Fully Automatic Adaptive Coat]."

Qin Yi pursed his lips and thought silently.

He already possesses the complete outer skin of a Tier 2 (or higher) monster, but is currently missing 5 nano-level threads and 1 heat-insulating yarn.

You should be able to find these two items on trading platforms.

Qin Yi opened the chat trading platform and glanced at the upper right corner. Sure enough, there were already 999+ private messages.

I opened it casually and took a look; it was mostly spam messages asking people to "cling" to someone powerful.

Ding--

As Qin Yi continued reading, he noticed another private message.

"Chen Hao?"

Looking at the somewhat familiar name, Qin Yi opened the private chat panel.

"Qin Shen, I just heard the system notification and suddenly thought of you."

"I'm just asking because I don't have any other issues. I just wanted to know where you found the gold resource chest?"

This person seems to be the one who sold me the flashlight.

Qin Yi's right eyebrow twitched, and he decided to tell this guy.

He's in a good mood right now, so it's fine for him to talk about it.

"A gold resource box?"

"That thing, it's nothing, it just swam in the lava."

"The temperature of the magma is nice; it feels so good that it immediately relieved all my fatigue."

"As I swam, I saw a box in the middle of the lava. When I got closer, I realized it was a gold resource box."

"Have you learned it?"

.......

Inside a crevice of a giant rock in the Gobi Desert, Chen Hao, his lips cracked with thirst, was utterly bewildered and had no idea what to say to Qin Yi.

After a moment of silence, he quietly blocked Qin Yi.

"Damn it, this show-off."