The 'Involution King' Second Female Lead Quits [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 65

Chapter 65: The Fourth World [11]
◎ The Last Island ◎

It’s hard to say how much damage a metal arrow can do to a monster, but for a survivor with no armor, being hit three times is a very dangerous situation.

According to the information gathered by Xiao Ding, the damage a metal arrow does to a survivor varies with distance, about 30-35 points. A headshot is 1.5 times the base damage, while other parts of the body receive the base damage.

Wearing armor reduces the damage by half, and wearing a helmet can prevent the 1.5 times damage from a headshot.

The first two attackers had a clear target: Li Jianwei, who was closest to the front. They aimed for her head, but she rolled and dodged, causing both metal arrows to miss.

The two who dared to ambush were quite skilled. They crouched and dodged the attacks from the four, with only one being hit in the thigh, losing 15 health points.

Such a small amount of health was inconsequential to them. The spherical city had many buildings, and if they were skilled enough, they could completely use the structures to avoid the arrows.

The two ambushers did this, and so did Li Jianwei and her team of four.

Li Jianwei and Shu Heng exchanged glances. The former spoke to Xiao Gao and Xiao Di, “You two handle the long-range attacks, we’ll go for close combat.”

“Okay, I’ll use the friend system to contact you if anything unexpected happens!” Xiao Gao immediately agreed.

Those who ambush you from the get-go are definitely not good people. Since they had already engaged in combat, killing the opponents was absolutely the right decision.

After all, the supplies on the same special island are identical. If they didn’t kill them this time, they might encounter them on the next special island, leaving a hidden danger for themselves.

After agreeing on a battle plan, Li Jianwei and Shu Heng both ate a beneficial food to replenish their stats, and with their highest attack power titanium swords in hand, they rushed toward the attackers.

Xiao Gao and Xiao Di had excellent aim, and in a short while, they forced the two ambushing survivors behind a building with their long-range attacks.

The two ambushers didn’t expect to encounter such a tough crew this time. They had previously encountered four male survivors and successfully defeated them. They didn’t expect that when they met the same number of female survivors, they would be at a disadvantage, forced to hide by the long-range arrows.

But surrendering was out of the question. After getting a good view and ensuring the arrows couldn’t hit them, the attackers also pulled out their cleavers and rushed forward.

They usually did shady things, so they had no hesitation in swinging their cleavers at the survivors, their eyes filled with murderous intent.

Two cleavers met two titanium swords. After the third clash of weapons, the cleavers began to show noticeable nicks, and their durability was reduced to only half.

When they realized their weapons were about to be scrapped, the two ambushers finally started to feel scared.

“Wait, I think we can negotiate. I’m willing to trade supplies…” one of them tried to beg for mercy.

But faster than he could act, Li Jianwei’s titanium sword moved. With a swift swing, she chopped off his arm, and without any hesitation, she swung a second time, taking his life.

The other survivor tried to flee, but as soon as he ran out, he was chased and shot by Xiao Gao and Xiao Di with arrows. He could only turn back and try to make a last-ditch effort, attempting to take the life of either Li Jianwei or Shu Heng.

They couldn’t win a two-on-two fight, let alone a one-on-two. A minute later, the headless body disappeared from the ground, leaving behind a few small paper packets containing supplies.

Li Jianwei’s backpack had some free space, so she simply picked up all the items in one go.

[Obtained Metal Arrow * 99, Barbecue * 10, Metal Spear * 1, Watermelon * 25, Fragment * 5, Wooden Board * 10.]

It seemed the two had come up from the underground passage with a full load of weapons and supplies. The fragments and wooden boards were likely basic resources they collected on the way.

Not bad. At least they replenished the metal arrows they had just wasted.

Li Jianwei didn’t swallow the supplies but traded a portion of the metal arrows and barbecues to Xiao Gao.

“No, no. We were just providing support. They were targeting all four of us. If it weren’t for your help, we don’t know if we could have defeated those two,” Xiao Gao shook her head like a rattle, refusing the trade.

“We are a team now. Team members have different roles. The loot we get from working together should naturally be distributed based on our different contributions,” Shu Heng said.

“The team distributes according to effort. You deserve this,” Li Jianwei said, initiating the trade again.

Xiao Gao hesitated for a second before accepting, then thanked Li Jianwei and Xiao Di, and internally solidified her resolve to stick with them.

After the small interlude, they once again split into two groups to search the buildings for gold coins, then used the pulley to go to the top floor to exchange for relatively precious supplies.

The second sweep of the building was quick for the group. By the time the sun rose on the second day, they had already completed the supply exchange.

“Then, as agreed, let’s try to reach the next destination by the tenth day. Once we successfully meet up, we’ll explore the special island together!” Xiao Gao said. The four stood at the exit, saying their goodbyes.

“Okay, I look forward to seeing you next time,” Li Jianwei watched the two slide down the chute and disappear before she turned her gaze back.

Upon returning to the raft, the first thing they did was determine the direction and set sail. Once the raft started moving, it was time to craft items.

They had a lot of blueprints and supplies this time. The layout of the first floor needed to be slightly changed, and the engine controller had to be placed near the steering wheel.

This way, one person could control both the engine and the navigation, indirectly saving the other person’s time.

The charger could restore an exhausted battery to a full charge, but its use consumed biological fuel, which couldn’t be replaced by wooden boards.

Fortunately, they also had the blueprint for the biological fuel refinery. After crafting it, they only needed to put food in the raw material box to slowly produce biological fuel.

The first raw material Li Jianwei put into the biological fuel refinery was the fish she had caught. It took about five or six fish to refine one can of biological fuel, which was a bit expensive but still acceptable.

One day, after killing a shark and bringing back the loot, Li Jianwei had a sudden idea to throw the shark head into the raw material box to see if it would work.

She didn’t know until she tried, and to her surprise, one shark head could refine an entire can of biological fuel.

Now, the stacked shark heads had a use. They were continuously put into the raw material box by Li Jianwei and refined into biological fuel.

“I wish the shark would respawn every hour,” Li Jianwei couldn’t help but exclaim. “Shark heads are really good stuff.”

Shu Heng, who was organizing supplies, couldn’t help but laugh. “That would be a nightmare for ordinary survivors. Their efficiency in killing sharks isn’t as high as yours. Then even mining at sea would become a high-risk task.”

“That’s true. But when the engine isn’t consuming biological fuel, we can still accumulate a lot. One can of biological fuel can charge a lot of times,” Li Jianwei said. When she felt resistance from the fishing rod in her hand, she started to reel in another catch.

A minute later, a glistening old shoe appeared in Li Jianwei’s hand.

Li Jianwei was accustomed to this. She expertly walked to the deck and placed the eighth shoe she had caught on it.

“It’s a shame they’re all right shoes. Otherwise, we could make four pairs of shoes,” Li Jianwei muttered, and she opened the box and put a flower seed into the old shoe.

Besides helping bees in the beehive produce honey, flowers could also be used in a dye bucket to make corresponding dyes to decorate and color the raft.

Now, except for the bottom floorboards, the raft was painted by Li Jianwei and Shu Heng in blue and white, which blended in with the sky and the sea.

[Name: Li Jianwei]

[Status: Health (100/100), Hunger (58/100), Hydration (56/100)]

[Days of Survival: 70]

[Please note, the survivor has entered an extremely cold zone. Please take precautions to stay warm. Beware of icebergs and reefs hidden under the sea. If a collision occurs, please repair the raft in time.]

The system’s prompt arrived along with the 70th day. After nine days of sailing, they were less than ten nautical miles from their final destination.

“It’s a bit cold, but it’s bearable with clothes and armor on,” Shu Heng walked outside and felt the temperature.

“We exchanged a lot of chili peppers for gold coins before. The food made from them has a warming effect, which is probably meant to be used here,” Li Jianwei said, standing beside Shu Heng and looking into the distance with a telescope.

“I can see a continuous range of snow-capped mountains. This special island is much bigger than I thought. Collaborating with Xiao Gao and her team is very necessary.”

Shu Heng also pulled out her telescope to observe the nearby sea surface. “The sea surface is partially frozen. We need to manually steer the raft from now on, or it’s easy to hit an obstacle.”

“I’ll stay on the first floor. If we hit something, I’ll repair the raft directly. You don’t have to worry too much…” Before Li Jianwei could finish her sentence, she heard faint human voices.

“Did you hear someone talking?” Li Jianwei looked at Shu Heng, a little suspicious that she was hallucinating.

There was only the sea and icebergs around. It was impossible for survivors to be here.

“It seems to be coming from above,” Shu Heng said, looking at the bedroom on the third floor.

Li Jianwei’s eyes lit up with understanding. “It’s the radio! Our radio has been on the whole time!”

They both put away their telescopes in unison and took a quick stride toward the third floor.

“Warning, warning, you have entered a private area, please leave immediately. Warning… zzt—leave—”

“Come play—zzt—with me—zzt—play—”

The radio’s voice was intermittent, and then it got stuck, with only static noise left.

“Two different voices. The first one sounds like an automated warning that is triggered once you enter the corresponding signal area. The other one seems to be a human voice…”

Shu Heng frowned in thought. “It might not be a human. It could also be a mutated animal or some other monster.”

“I remember Xiao Gao and her team also have a radio. I’ll ask them if they have found anything,” Li Jianwei said.

The two had been in contact with Xiao Gao and Xiao Di, reporting their distance from the special island after each day’s survival count updated.

Li Jianwei and Shu Heng’s raft was equipped with three engines, making it a bit faster than Xiao Gao and Xiao Di’s raft, which only had two engines.

[Xiao Gao: Okay, we are still 50 nautical miles from the destination. It will take about three hours to reach the location you mentioned. I’ll turn on the radio and pay attention to the sounds coming from it.]

[Li Jianwei: Be careful to stay warm. If you find the sea freezing, be cautious. You might hit obstacles.]

After giving the warning, Li Jianwei closed the friend chat channel and turned to Xiao Ding for information, asking about the progress of the other survivors.

[Xiao Ding: The Rhinoceros Shark is really too difficult to deal with. Even with the killing techniques you shared, it’s impossible for a team of two to kill it without getting hurt. It’s also not easy to find compatible teammates. Most are still exploring the spherical city. And for most survivors, the resources in the spherical city are very abundant. They are immersed in sweeping the buildings and finding supplies.]

[Xiao Ding: I have currently found two other teams and am discussing preliminary cooperation methods. Even if they can’t kill the Rhinoceros Shark, the resources in the planting area, the main power control room, and other buildings are very good gains for them. I have currently found two other teams and am discussing preliminary cooperation methods.]

[Li Jianwei: After killing the Rhinoceros Shark, remember to look for a door that requires a key to open on floors -3 and -4. The passage inside is very complex. Find someone with a good memory to be in charge of navigation. There are many supplies along the way. You can use explosives to blow up the vault door inside. There are good things in there.]

After exchanging information, Li Jianwei’s sense of urgency slightly decreased.

If the majority of the survivors were still exploring the spherical city, the probability of them being stabbed in the back would be much smaller, which was good news.

Shu Heng also breathed a slight sigh of relief after hearing the news. “If that’s the case, we can take our time. The last ten nautical miles will be difficult and might take a whole day.”

“No rush, we’re already ahead of everyone else,” Li Jianwei said. “I’ll continue fishing and see if there are any special fish here.”

Shu Heng nodded and stood near the steering wheel, focusing on controlling the raft.

Three hours later, Xiao Gao sent a message. They had also heard some intermittent words through the radio. But it was either warnings not to approach or “play with me, play with me” kind of words, with no particularly useful information.

Xiao Gao and her team’s raft was relatively smaller, but after entering the extremely cold zone, their speed was on par with Li Jianwei’s team. They arrived at the edge of the special island around the evening of the 70th day.

There was no particularly obvious place to land at the edge, only a large expanse of frozen sea and snow-capped mountains covered in thick snow. In the distance, there was something that looked like a signal tower.

After a unanimous discussion, the four decided to meet up on the east side tomorrow morning and save their energy for the night.

Of course, in a game world where you only see the status bar, saving energy could be understood as preparing supplies, not actually sleeping.

Li Jianwei and Shu Heng had already prepared everything. When they found it was only seven in the evening, they exchanged knowing glances.

Li Jianwei put the fishing rod into a box. Shu Heng did a final check on the anchor and the edges of the raft.

Three minutes later, both Li Jianwei and Shu Heng were in the bedroom on the third floor.

The beckoning cat was still beckoning diligently, and the radio, which had been filled with only static noise, was put into a box.

Li Jianwei was very patient this time. She unhurriedly began to kiss, starting from the lips and slowly moving down. She stayed below the neck for a long time until Shu Heng pinched her ear before moving down to her lower abdomen.

The one-to-one body replication was great. Both Li Jianwei and Shu Heng could feel how springy the abs were with their teeth.

The only regret was that hickeys couldn’t last on the skin. Usually, all the marks would disappear after a night’s sleep.

Compared to using her hands, Li Jianwei preferred to use her mouth and tongue in the game. After focusing on one point, it wouldn’t take long for a hand to appear on her head.

No big deal. In the game, there was no need to worry about suffocation. She just had to work hard.

Thinking that they might not be able to enjoy this for a long time, Li Jianwei and Shu Heng implicitly agreed to extend their usual two hours to three, only leaving eight hours for sleep.

The next day, the four of them successfully met on the ice and then walked toward the snow-capped mountains, searching for an entrance by walking around the base of the mountains.

After walking for about twenty minutes, a strong wind started to blow on the ice, instantly reducing visibility to ten meters. Even with headlamps, they didn’t have much of an effect.

“Follow me,” Shu Heng, who had the best spatial and directional sense, was in charge of leading the way.

Li Jianwei was half a step behind her, watching the front vigilantly. Xiao Gao and Xiao Di were in charge of observing the back and sides.

Fortunately, the strong wind only lasted for about five minutes before it stopped, and the restricted visibility also recovered.

If the strong wind only lasted for five minutes, even without a good sense of spatial direction, it would only delay them by five minutes.

This thought couldn’t help but surface in the minds of the four. Then, in the next second, Xiao Di screamed.

“I have a debuff on me. It says my body temperature is too low. If I don’t find a way to recover my body temperature within an hour, it will turn into a hypothermia debuff.”

Xiao Gao frowned. “My status bar also has this status.”

Li Jianwei and Shu Heng also began to check their statuses. Without a doubt, they also had this debuff.

“It should be the effect of the strong wind just now. We have to speed up and try to find the entrance before the second gust of wind comes,” Shu Heng said.

“Eat some food to replenish your status, then keep up with me.”

After saying that, Shu Heng took the lead and walked forward, her speed a lot faster than before.

Xiao Gao and Xiao Ding quickly followed after eating, afraid that they would be too slow and hold them back.

Shu Heng’s excellent sense of direction didn’t let the team take a wrong turn. Just as the second strong wind was starting, they successfully found a cave they could enter.

The cave was a bit dark, but fortunately, all four of them had headlamps. When they turned them on, the pitch-black cave became as bright as day.

Supplies were extremely scarce inside the cave. There were only a few scattered rocks to collect. With the mindset of a scavenger, Li Jianwei picked up all the rocks on the way and stuffed them into her backpack.

No one else put such basic supplies as rocks in their backpacks. They mostly carried weapons, food, tools, and some special items.

For example, the mutated meat chunk and the metal ring they had obtained before. All four of them had them in their backpacks, and Li Jianwei carried extra.

After passing through the cave, a slightly modernized town appeared in the four’s line of sight. However, most of the houses were in a state where they couldn’t be opened. Only one house with a red flag on the roof could be opened.

After pushing the door open, the heavy dust made them cough.

The layout of the room was very messy. There were also two mutated rats flying toward them from different directions, which were eventually killed by Li Jianwei and Xiao Gao with their titanium swords.

“There’s a route map here, but it seems to be missing a part,” Shu Heng stepped forward to observe. A damaged map was placed in the center of the room.

“It looks familiar. I think I’ve seen it somewhere before,” Xiao Gao began to rub her chin.

Li Jianwei’s eyes lit up, and she immediately pulled out the previous paper slips. “Can it be put together?”

Li Jianwei had put these paper slips in her backpack on a whim this morning. Her intuition told her that this might be the last special island, so she brought all six special slips with her.

Shu Heng took them and gestured, then she used one of the paper slips to paste it on. The edges didn’t fit perfectly, but it could connect the specific route.

Apparently, these paper slips were originally torn from the map, but the edges were worn.

“Oh, the back of the paper slips can be used like this? Should I go back and get the paper slips I collected?” Xiao Gao asked.

There were a total of three paper slips with numbers on them. The other three had some meaningless words and irregular lines on the back.

Li Jianwei had tried to piece the paper slips together, but no matter how she changed their positions, the lines couldn’t connect, so she had never succeeded.

“It’s enough. Although one paper slip is still missing, it doesn’t matter much. I can deduce the approximate route,” Shu Heng said, pointing her finger at the red dot in the center.

“This is the building that looked like a signal tower we saw before. The town is distributed along this building,” Shu Heng said, moving her finger down.

“Judging from the mountain contour, our landing spot is here. This is the cave. We came here through the cave.”

“Next, we need to pass through the town, cross the frozen lake, and then climb a hill to reach the signal tower.”

“There should be no wind in the town. The surrounding mountains will block it. The danger will mostly be on the lake and the hill.”

Xiao Di listened very carefully. After Shu Heng finished her analysis, she raised her hand to ask a question. “In that case, should we wait in the town for the strong wind to pass and then cross the lake in twenty minutes?”

“Twenty minutes is a bit difficult. Even without the wind, it will take us thirty minutes to cross,” Shu Heng frowned slightly. “Let’s take action after our debuffs disappear to increase our tolerance for error.”

Li Jianwei added, “If we encounter a monster before the wind starts, we will return the way we came. After killing the monsters we can see, we will try to cross again. Safety first, efficiency second.”