Just as the four Goblins had entered the Small Wooden Cabin not long ago.
"Patter, patter." The sound of raindrops beating against the cabin instantly rang in Su Yu's ears.
Hearing the noise outside, Su Yu felt slightly relieved, because he couldn't hear the howling wind.
By all rights, a heavy rainstorm at sea like this should have been accompanied by strong winds. But they shouldn't forget that new Survivors like Su Yu were still within their seven-day protection period. Perhaps some force had dispersed the wind.
Meanwhile, in the Communication Channel, plenty of people were suffering and enjoying themselves at the same time.
"This rain is amazing! I finally don't have to trade food for fresh water anymore."
"Yeah, amazing my ass! My roasted meat got completely soaked!"
"Holy shit, it's that show-off again. Serves you right! Looks like karma finally caught up with you!"
"Nice! Maybe even the heavens couldn't stand that guy. This is so satisfying!"
"Gotta say, this rain's beautiful."
"Beautiful your grandma's bow-legged ass! You bunch of idiots."
Su Yu glanced at the messages in the Communication Channel, and the corner of his eye twitched. He kept feeling that the reason he didn't fit in with the bunch of jokers in the channel was that he wasn't enough of an idiot.
Su Yu stood up and pushed open the cabin window to look outside. The raindrops falling beyond the cabin splashed up water the size of beans when they struck the ground.
Fortunately, Su Yu hadn't built the Small Wooden Cabin himself. Otherwise, with rain this heavy, it would definitely have leaked.
The cabin, assembled automatically from a construction blueprint, had perfectly blocked out the storm. Some of the supplies Su Yu had opened from treasure chests and piled inside hadn't gotten soaked.
As for the four Goblins, they were obediently huddled in a corner of the cabin.
[Unranked Damaged Wooden Treasure Chest]
Description: Contains some dry branches for burning.
"Huh?" Just then, as Su Yu's eyes wandered outside through the cabin window, a line of information suddenly flashed before him.
When Su Yu looked closely, he spotted a battered Wooden Treasure Chest near the edge of the island.
"Could this heavy rain have washed some treasure chests up from beneath the sea?" Seeing the Damaged Treasure Chest not far away, Su Yu couldn't help wondering.
As the thought crossed Su Yu's mind, he kept an eye on what was happening around the island while also checking the messages in the Communication Channel.
Though the Survivors in the channel couldn't provide Su Yu with much useful information, he could still combine their messages with what he'd encountered himself and piece together the general picture.
"Brothers, did any treasure chests get washed onto your islands by the sea?"
As expected, there were still plenty of people willing to share information these days.
While Su Yu was keeping an eye on the Communication Channel, someone asked about it there.
"Holy shit, bro, what are you saying? Treasure chests are getting washed onto the islands?"
"Yeah. I'd just thrown a rain tarp over myself to keep dry when I suddenly found a treasure chest washed onto my island."
"Damn, nobody stop me! Today, either I'm getting buried in a coffin, or I'm using one to hold a treasure chest."
"Somebody get a guy with yellow pee to wake this daydreamer up. And make sure he's not diabetic—I'm worried the guy above will get a taste for it."
"You bastard, you're so brutally savage you could make a panda order takeout!"
"Looks like this heavy rain really is washing some treasure chests onto the islands. Just wondering what the highest-ranked Wooden Treasure Chest it could wash up is."
Looking at the sea not far away, Su Yu mused.
"Does this count as a roundabout way of giving a helping hand to the Survivors who are on the brink of starvation?" Another thought popped into Su Yu's head.
He shook his head to clear away those thoughts, closed the window, and turned around to sit down.
As soon as Su Yu sat down, one of the perceptive Goblins hurried over with a plate of fruit.
Su Yu reached for a peach and casually said, "All right, take it and share it among yourselves."
"Thank you, Master! Thank you, Master!" The Goblins who'd received Su Yu's reward immediately perked up. After all, for these Low-level Goblins, just getting something to eat was enough to make them happy.
Compared to Su Yu's leisurely attitude, Wang Teng was also hiding from the rain in a cabin of his own. If he'd seen Su Yu relaxing like that, he would've sold his servant, Jia, in a heartbeat.
"Jia, go pick up those treasure chests outside." Wang Teng had also spotted the treasure chests that the sea had washed onto his island, and he immediately ordered Jia, who was beside him.
[ Ding! Your servant Jia feels that you don't value him. Loyalty -5.]
When Wang Teng finished speaking, Jia, who was sheltering from the rain inside the cabin, glanced at the torrential downpour outside. His heart was filled with a hundred thousand objections.
"Holy crap, did I bring home some kind of ancestor?" Hearing that Jia's loyalty had started dropping again, Wang Teng couldn't take it anymore.
Wang Teng had treated the guy to plenty of good food and drink before, and had finally managed to keep his loyalty hovering around 70. But now it was dropping again.
"This damn thing hasn't done a single thing yet. All he does is make his loyalty go up and down. Is he messing with me or what?"
Honestly, Wang Teng was so angry he was almost full of it. And so, a thought sprang into his mind.
[ Ding! Survivor Wang Teng requests to chat with you privately. Accept?]
Just then, as Su Yu leisurely ate his peach, a private message notification suddenly rang in his ear.
"What's this guy got now?"
Hearing that it was another private chat request from Wang Teng, Su Yu became a little interested.
"Big shot, you there? I've got something good. Want it? Free labor." As it turned out, Wang Teng was thinking that keeping such a high-maintenance guy around was worse than selling him for some resources. Otherwise, Wang Teng felt like the fellow would drive him to his grave.
"Labor? The guy who got a person out of a treasure chest earlier—was that you?" After seeing Wang Teng's message, Su Yu immediately figured something out.
"Big shot, you're good! That's right, it was me. How about it? Want some free labor? He can farm and do physical work." Wang Teng was doing his utmost to sell Jia off.
"No. What would I do with a guy whose loyalty is at 60? I've got enough workers on my island. Keep yours." Seeing how Wang Teng was desperately trying to sell the guy to him, Su Yu wasn't about to fall for it.
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