Slacking off in the Game of Survival

>Therefore, in the analysis of various forum posts, the “+30% NPC favorability” attribute of the Beggar profession is considered almost useless, especially considering the Beggar’s disdainful skill.

There have even been complaints to the official team requesting to remove this lackluster profession.

However, there is also a small group of people who find this profession unique and potentially fun to play.

Qian Yue murmured to herself, “You can draw once a day, and the selection range includes all professions.”

Doesn’t that mean she can easily collect items from different professions and breeze through the game while simply laying on her back daily?

She was originally racking her brains for a solution to deal with this headache-inducing game, but wow, fancy finding it by sheer luck!

As mentioned before, once an instance is opened, it cannot be exited midway.

In other words, Qian Yue can either die to leave, or patiently stay in the instance for ten days until it is cleared and she can naturally exit.

Qian Yue didn’t even hesitate to pass on the first option.

She had never considered taking her own life and going against the core values of the game — what if she ended up with a disability?

Fighting bosses would also be troublesome – the key point being that she couldn’t fight back and had to take hits passively, which sounded frustrating;

Similarly, Qian Yue didn’t want to experience the feeling of starving to death, exhaustion, or even losing her sanity.

On the other hand, extreme survival was something she was used to in her job, so it would be more convenient to just casually endure it.

She only needed to prepare the necessary consumables and find a safe place to lie down quietly.

Moreover, this profession seemed tailor-made for slacking off, perfect for Qian Yue!

“I choose Beggar,” Qian Yue said decisively, praising the game designer of this profession in her heart several times.

“Profession has been confirmed.”

“The character setup is complete.”

“Game loading…”

“Newbie rewards have been distributed.
The first instance, ‘Arctic World,’ is now open.
Good luck.”

Once again, a burst of white light flashed, and Qian Yue quickly closed her eyes.

Cold.

Bone-chilling cold.

Qian Yue abruptly opened her eyes and found herself lying in a straw hut.

The hut didn’t even have a door, and outside it was heavy snowfall, the icy winds blowing in had just woken Qian Yue up from the cold.

She quickly sat up from the ground, and at the same time, she saw another figure faintly appearing not far away, looking like someone who had just been teleported in.

The next moment, before Qian Yue could marvel at the wonders of the game, she felt a weight on her shoulders.

Only then did Qian Yue notice that she was actually carrying a backpack on her back.

She took off the backpack, and the moment she touched it, the attributes of the backpack were immediately displayed.

【Personal Storage Compartment (Small)】

Description: A personal storage compartment that looks like a backpack, capable of holding up to fifty items.

Qian Yue opened the backpack, inside of which lay a newbie gift pack and a blueprint.

Beggars can receive a random item every day, and this blueprint should be Qian Yue’s item for today.

【Blueprint: Roasted Meat (Common)】

Description: Can be crafted into Roasted Meat (restores 10% stamina) by collecting materials, with 1-3 portions randomly.

Required materials: Item Fragment (Meat) x3, Wood x1, Synthesis Stone x1

Since Qianyue had never seen a blueprint before, there was a small system prompt below.

*All blueprints are disposable.

*Materials can be obtained through hunting or exploration.

*For players with the Scholar profession, the effect of items crafted from blueprints is increased by 5% to 10%.

Qianyue remembered what was mentioned in the profession introduction: when a doctor uses a medical item on any target, the effect is increased by 5% to 10%.

Different items used by different professions will possess their respective bonuses – it seems like the game is encouraging team formation by the game developers.

Qianyue clicked her tongue, “…So troublesome.”

She only reluctantly entered the game but had not expected the need to use her brain to play a game (:з」∠).

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Qianyue opened the newbie gift pack again and obtained 10 Spirit Suppressants, 10 Hard Bread that felt like bricks, 10 vitamin C, and 600 yen.

【Mental Suppressant】: Able to calm down restless emotions and restore 30 points of mental stamina.

【Hard Bread】: Looks like a hard piece of bread, maybe it can be used as a brick.
Restores 10 points of physical stamina.

【Vitamin C】: The cure-for-all vitamin C, restores 10 points of health and eliminates or slows down certain negative effects.

What’s left is the currency of 600 yen.

Overall, the items given by the system are quite practical, especially the Spirit Suppressants.
This item seems to be rarer than other items, but equally important.

The fact that the newbie gift pack provides ten of them at once is actually a considerate gesture toward players.

It’s just a pity that there are still differences between the game and reality.
For example, Spirit Suppressants, which are stored in test tubes, can only be used directly and glass test tubes used to store these cannot be kept after drinking the liquid inside.

Otherwise, Qian Yue could have used these glass tubes to make many things.

At the very least, she could have used them as containers for boiling water, drinking hot water, and keeping warm.

Qian Yue sighed as she looked at her thin attire.

This is a world of extreme cold, and if the situation improves, the temperature might stay at this level.
But if the situation worsens, the next few days might be even colder.

“…”

Qian Yue cursed her younger brother countless times internally, then silently accepted the reality of her situation.

However, accepting reality did not mean she was going to give up.

The immediate priority was to understand the consumption pattern of the various values so that she could calculate how long her current resources would last, and then prepare supplies and find a shelter.

Qian Yue’s goal was to stock up on everything she needed in one go, and then lie down comfortably till the end.

After quickly making a plan in just a couple of minutes, Qianyue stood up and walked around the small straw hut.

By now, several minutes had passed since the game started, and several people had come into the small straw hut one after another,

Whilst busily checking their stats and inventory, they kept a distance from each other out of tacit understanding, not one person disturbed another.

But right this moment, someone suddenly stood up.
The other players in the room immediately became alert.
All eyes were on the young woman.

What was she going to do?

What was she planning?

Everyone had different thoughts, and they instinctively held their breath.
But the person in question seemed unaffected by the attention.

She looked around the door, circled the room a few times, and finally found a relatively sheltered corner, then—

She laid down, peacefully.

Instance* definition from urban dictionary: Instances are dungeons and special areas in which many copies can exist at once.
An instance allows many groups of players to traverse the same geography and battle the same enemies at the same time, without interfering with each other.