Chapter 11 Increasing Attributes (Survival Game)

In the new water pond, she could see some reeds growing in the deeper regions. Xia Mo carefully removed the reeds one by one and removed the roots. She selected the parts of the stem where it would be straight and hard, with a hole in between, about 30 cm long, and easy to be held in her hands. She then chose some leaves of the reeds.

By tying the leaves of the reeds tightly to the bottom of the spikes, she made a number of dart like weapons, and inserted the dart into the reed stem. When the reed stem was near to her lips, Xia Mo breathe in deeply and breathe out hard to see that the dart has flew out. However, since this was the first time, it was not successful. Her target was the fishes that were not far away and her dart went into the mud.

Despite the failure, the system announced:” Please give a name for the weapon that you invented.”

“Blowgun.”

“Naming is successful. For your first invention, the system has rewarded you with Wisdom +2, Savviness +2, Agility +2. Please continue to work hard.”

Xia Mo looked at her status board. Her current attributes:

Endurance: 9
Stamina: 8
Wisdom: 4
Agility: 5
Strength: 7
Savviness: 6

Total attributes points: 39

Although the increase in total attributes was not much, it was considered significant in the starting phase of the game. The game had only started 4 hours ago and she got quite a lot of attributes. Xia Mo did not know who had the most amount of attributes, but she thought that by maintaining her growth, it would not be too hard to be a skilful player.

Only the strong could determine his own fate.

This is what was taught to Xia Mo in her previous life.

After making a few more darts, Xia Mo stood near the edge of the water and started to learn her control for her darts. The blowgun was not a powerful weapon and its best usage was when the tip of the darts was smeared with poison, and then used them to ambush or performed a sneak attack. As the darts were light, and depending on the volume of the air in one’s lungs, the distance that it could shot out is very limited. In actual combat, the blowgun was not an ideal weapon. But currently, she had no better alternatives so she had to use it. To really kill your enemies on the battlefield, one still need something more powerful.

Although time was precious, but Xia Mo did not mind wasting time to practice her blowgun on the fishes. 90% of her attention was on her hands movements, and the rest was to be alert of her surroundings. If she noticed something dangerous, she would escape immediately.

It was peaceful.

She had practiced it countless times, Xia Mo had to use the right strength, prediction and wind resistance to hit her target. Eventually, a dart hit the eye of a fish. The fish tried to struggle but still died in vain. Xia Mo continued and hit a few more fishes precisely. She collected the fishes and started to barbeque the fish after starting a fire with dried branches.

Roasted fish was considered a luxury food compared to wild fruit. Even without salt, the cooked fish was more satisfying to the stomach. She prepared about 8 to 9 fishes and stashed them in her bag. This method of cooking allowed the food to be kept fresh for 3 days. After that, the food would start to decompose, and if you ate it, you might be poisoned. And the fishes that she roasted can last her for 3 days.

“You have discovered the method of roasting a fish, Savviness +2, Wisdom +2.”

As the Savviness has increased, therefore it did not matter what she did and could easily be rewarded. This made Xia Mo pleased.

She started to roast the remaining fishes and begin to consume her first fish. The fresh meat was soft and the fragrance would make one give a thumbs up. She greedily ate the fishes.

“As you have enjoyed the delicious taste of the roasted fish, your Stamina +2, Endurance +2.” Xia Mo heard the announcement and could not help but smile. This was why she spent so much time to catch the fishes. In the early game, if you knew the method, you could quickly gain the attributes.

While she was enjoying her meal, she heard a sound behind her.

Xia Mo immediately jump up and splashed the water to extinguish the fire. She quickly hid behind a giant rock in the dark sky. She lowered her body and held her breath, and slowly made her way to the direction of the sound.

As she just saw the light from the fire earlier, she squinted her eyes in the darkness so she was able to adapt to the surroundings. Not long after, she saw someone coming out of the forest. He had a scrawny built, and keep looking to his back while walking forward, and seemed like he was here to scout. This level of scouting was too low level and he was walking towards to the fire spot where Xia Mo was at earlier. He bent down to check the warmth of the fire and started to look around.

Xia Mo did not have any intention to kill anyone as it was a waste of time to kill in the early game. But now, she had to take the first strike! She held the plank tightly and lowered her body even more to wait for the opportunity to instant kill the opponent.