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But if she left the Protective Shield, Sea Beasts lurking underwater might attack her. After all, no one knew how many were waiting to ambush her.

Still, Attribute Values were too important to her at this stage, especially with the newbie trial, natural disasters, and island exploration awaiting her after the newbie period ended.

Even an extra 0.1 Attribute Value could give her a slightly better chance in a future battle.

Besides, didn't all of the above require taking risks?

In this second life, she had gained more supplies and opportunities.

But she seemed to have become a little too afraid of danger. In this Survival World, caution wasn't enough; she also needed boldness and courage!

Hothouse flowers had only one fate here: death!

Having made up her mind, Ji Xinghe put the Star Feather Repeating Crossbow in her backpack and took out the Bloodthirsty Knife. She took off her White Shirt and tied the knife to her hand.

She swept her gaze over the sea. No other Sea Beasts had appeared while she fought the two beasts earlier.

The sea was calm now. Even if anything came over after catching the scent of blood, it would take time.

Ji Xinghe quickened her pace, then plunged into the sea with a splash.

The water was ice-cold. She opened her eyes and looked around. Visibility underwater was less than ten meters.

There were no creatures nearby, so she swam quickly toward the Black Gold Turtle Beast's corpse.

The distance was less than ten meters, but she swam with her heart in her throat, feeling exhilarated all the same!

At last, she reached the Black Gold Turtle Beast's corpse and stored it in her backpack. Ji Xinghe hurriedly swam back.

Suddenly, something stirred beneath her feet. Ji Xinghe looked down and saw a shrimp-like Monster swimming up from the deep water. It attacked with its pincers, trying to grab her leg.

Ji Xinghe had already prepared for this. She twisted around and swung the Bloodthirsty Knife in her hand.

[Hit the Monster. Monster HP -67.4]

As she swam, she took a look at the Monster's stats.

[Blue Scale Shrimp Beast (Level 1)]

[HP remaining: 32.6]

[Attack: 15]

[Defense: 5]

That's it? Ji Xinghe thought.

Then she brought the knife down again, and the big shrimp flipped onto its back.

[Blue Scale Shrimp Beast killed. Experience Points +1, Wow Coins +1]

[Would you like to dismantle the Blue Scale Shrimp Beast?]

Ignoring the system, Ji Xinghe put the Blue Scale Shrimp Beast's corpse in her backpack and swam quickly to shore.

She shook her dripping-wet hair.

She took off her soaked Little White Suit and Soft Armor, leaving only the Constant Temperature Clothes against her skin.

She placed her clothes on an empty wooden chest, then took out the three Monster corpses she had just collected.

She laid them out in a row on the beach.

She used her Drain talent.

[Talent activated successfully. Defense Attribute +0.2, Defense +0.1]

[Talent activated successfully. Agility +0.1, Agility +0.1]

[Talent activation failed. No attributes drained this time]

[Talent activated successfully. Strength +0.1]

She had used Drain six times. Apart from one failed attempt on the Blue Scale Shrimp Beast, the other five had succeeded.

It seemed highly likely that the system hadn't lied to her!

Counting these three and the Silver Squid Beast, she now had four fresh corpses. She wouldn't dismantle them yet; she'd save them as bait.

In total, killing these four Monsters had earned her: Experience Points +13, Wow Coins +5, Black Iron Treasure Chest +1, Bronze Treasure Chest +1.

Strength Attribute: +0.4, Defense: +0.3, Agility: +0.2

It seemed that Spirit was difficult to drain. Or maybe it was because the Monsters she'd encountered weren't focused on Spirit, making that attribute harder to obtain.

Ji Xinghe opened her status panel to check her base attributes.

Level: Level 0 (89/100)

HP: 172/172

Wealth: 856 Wow Coins

Base Attributes: Constitution: 17.2｜Spirit: 32/60｜Strength: 20.5+3｜Agility: 10.2

She only needed 11 more Experience Points to level up.

She glanced at the time. It was only a little after five in the afternoon.

There was still a chance.

Ji Xinghe left the Mysterious White Snake Beast's corpse as bait and put the rest in her backpack.

The sun sank in the west, and darkness gradually spread across the horizon.

Two hours later, Ji Xinghe stared at the 99 Experience Points on her status panel and laughed helplessly.

She was just one point short!

But it was already completely dark, and she couldn't see the Monsters on the sea at all.

In that case, she'd get some rest.

She sorted through what she'd collected. Besides the Experience Points, she had also obtained five Monster corpses and a Raw Wood Treasure Chest.

She had also drained these Attribute Values: Constitution +0.5, Strength +0.1, Agility +0.1.

By the light of the system panel, she put away the water she had purified that afternoon.

She fed Xiao Xi another ten pieces of meat and waited for her to finish eating before going into the shelter.

She put the 1,500 finished Wood Arrows in her backpack.

Then she took out the ten-piece kitchen set and arranged it on the stove.

Next, she took a watermelon from the Refrigerator and cut it open with a kitchen knife. She saved a small piece and put the rest in her backpack.

The watermelon flesh was bright red and seedless. It was crisp and sweet with every bite.

The cool juice filled her mouth.

Ji Xinghe smiled with satisfaction.

After finishing the cold watermelon, she took out two Cream Bread loaves and ate them with water.

The moment she stopped, Ji Xinghe wanted to lie down.

She had been busy for more than ten hours straight, and before entering the Survival World, she had also worked a full day. Her body and mind were both exhausted.

She had planned to run a little more that night and get that one point of Agility.

But she didn't want to push herself too hard. The Treadmill would still be there; it wasn't going anywhere.

She was tired.

She'd let herself rest... for a while...

She chewed on her bread.

While eating, Ji Xinghe decided to claim the rewards she was owed.

First was the task section.

It had turned red that afternoon, but she'd been busy the whole time and hadn't had a chance to sort through everything.

[Newbie Tasks (Completed)

7: Kill five Monsters in total. Reward: Experience Points +1, Wow Coins +1