2 Extreme Joy Becomes Sorrow!

"The Flying Henan People!"

As the ship's name was confirmed, Chen Changan's clothes became a white ceremonial robe.

[The Flying Henan People]

Quality: Gray

Durability: 30 / 50

Introduction: A normal 2m × 2.5m raft that can be seen everywhere, but it is your home.

Access: Wooden Hook, Mazu's statue.

Evaluation: Normal.

Chen Chang'an picked up the wooden hook. 'The Deep Sea World's proverb was: "The raft is your home, and the hook is your friend." The use of the wooden raft is obvious.'

He was curious. 'What is the use of the hook?'

"Congratulations, you have obtained an ordinary wooden hook!"

An item message appeared.

Ordinary wooden hook

Quality: Gray

Description: The hook is your friend. Throw it out and use it to hook the supplies floating on the sea!

Range: 15 meters

Evaluation: √

"Collect supplies?" Chen Changan pulled the thin rope—which was wrapped around the wooden hook—that was about 15 meters. It fit the description of a 15-meter long hook.

Two to three hundred meters away from the raft, there were random objects floating around. There were long wooden planks and bottles.

Chen Changan seemed to have understood something and guessed, "The use of the hook is to hook in supplies from the sea? Perhaps there's food inside?"

Chen Changan made his deductions.

There were eight billion people in the world, but not everyone could immediately learn to swim and catch fish with their bare hands. Thus, the mysterious forces that brought humanity to the Deep Sea World might distribute food and water earlier on.

At this moment, the circle altar on his left hand suddenly started to heat up.

A message appeared.

[Forum users have discussed similar topics many times, forming a trending ranking. Do you want to check?]

"Check!" Chen Changan was delighted. As a social creature, it was an instinct for humans to get in touch with others.

[My posts]

[Subscription/Saved]

[Top search rankings]

Chen Changan clicked into the top search rankings. The 'XX riding horses' and 'XX star's new makeup' that had dominated the rankings for years had long disappeared.

The top trending topic on the forum was 'Save Me.' The number of participants was as high as three billion. The second was 'How to obtain food and water' with 2.9 billion participants. The third was 'Survival Knowledge Sharing' with 2.8 billion participants. As for topics like 'Home,' 'Transmigration Reason,' and 'Family,' they remained in the top ten.

Chen Changan couldn't help but sigh. 'Maslow's hierarchy of needs is fully shown at this moment!'

Survival was the first priority!

Humans had always voted with their feet!

A certain famous man repeatedly sent out a request for help, but nobody cared. He was drowned in the sea of three billion people.

The nameless fishermen merely shared a few tips for survival on the sea, and everybody else was so impressed that they managed to top the hot search in the blink of an eye.

Three billion people were asking for help. Who would save them?

Nothing and nobody could be relied on!

Chen Changan clicked into the second trending topic and searched for information about food and water.

The result was just as Chen Changan had predicted. From many people's self-reports, there was a chance that food and water would appear in the supplies floating on the sea.

The rope masters also shared their techniques in detail.

According to the process described on the forum, Chen Changan spun and threw the wooden hook into the sea while his other hand gripped the end of the rope tightly.

5 meters, 10 meters, 15 meters!

Different amounts of strength used would result in different projection distances.

After three to four minutes of practice, Chen Changan had grasped the basic skills of the rope. However, he wasn't in a hurry to hook in supplies.

The drifting supplies were still nearly 100 meters away from the raft. Since the raft didn't have any oars, it relied on the waves to move. It would take a few minutes for the supplies to drift over.

During this period of time, Chen Changan turned off the trending search topics and switched to [My posts]. This function was similar to posting on Weibo, and he could even apply for an affiliated account.

During his university days, Chen Changan often did the work of a team by himself. His ability to gather information and organize PowerPoints was very strong. He quickly sorted out a comprehensive set of newbie survival tips based on his personal experience and the information on the forum.

Once the detailed and clear 'Newbie Survival Tips' was released, it quickly received hundreds of enthusiastic replies, pushing it all the way to the forefront of the trending searches.

[OP is a good person]

[Bless you, OP]

[OP, if I meet a shark…]

[Thank you for sharing. I hope that you will live longer.]

Anybody more educated would understand that a point of knowledge could only be used by oneself after being reorganized and summarized.

Chen Changan wanted to share the information with others but also hoped that he could summarize and understand the unorganized information he had just browsed through.

During the release of 'Newbie Survival Tips,' Chen Changan would also look for answers to questions that the users couldn't understand and record them. Finally, he would make a second summary, allowing the survival experience to truly integrate into his personal habits.

This was the application of Feynman's technique. To put it bluntly, it was the ultimate tip of a genius—giving lessons to students until they could master it themselves. There was no need to memorize the knowledge, and the efficiency was much higher than doing practice questions. The people listening could also improve their understanding of the knowledge.

It was a win-win scenario!

At the end of the article, Chen Changan set a small goal for himself: To live until his natural death!

As the waves rippled, the supplies in the distance drifted closer and closer. One could even see the items' names.

[Broken, long wooden board], [unknown lottery barrel], [kelp]…

"It's time to show our true skills!" Chen Changan tossed the hook in the direction of the round barrel.

The first time he fished for supplies, his mood changed just like how the wooden hooks moved up and down.

In this vast sea, food and water were the key to survival.

Chen Changan secretly prayed: 'I have to hook them!'

The wooden hook fell and landed in the gap of the round wooden barrel.

'Eh! Alright, I got it!' Chen Changan was delighted and pulled hard.

The round barrel was pulled back toward the wooden raft. During this process, he carefully controlled his strength to prevent the raft from capsizing.

After a few breaths, the wooden barrel that was as tall as a human was pulled onto the raft.

"Congratulations, you have obtained an ordinary lottery barrel!"

Chen Changan wasn't in a hurry to open the lottery barrel. Instead, he continued to throw out the hook.

It missed!

It missed again!

Chen Changan's heart sank.

Perhaps it was because he had used up all his luck to hook the lottery barrel, but Chen Changan wasted a lot of time as he continuously made mistakes.

Several wooden planks, kelp, and miscellaneous items gradually left the range of the wooden raft.

Chen Changan suppressed his depressed mood and regained his usual calmness. He followed the movements described by the rope masters and released the hook one last time.

Oosh!

'It hit!' Chen Changan grabbed another item. From afar, it looked like a drifting bottle.

When the bottle was pulled onto the raft, he was surprised to find that a piece of long kelp was wrapped around the hook. The kelp had tangled with the drifting bottle.

'I managed to get two goods in one shot! Amazing!'

"Congratulations, you have obtained a drifting bottle!"

"Congratulations, you have obtained kelp!"

At this moment, Chen Changan deeply experienced the joy of picking up trash.

Overjoyed, Chen Changan opened the lottery barrel.

"Congratulations, you have obtained an ordinary fishing rod."

"Congratulations, you have obtained bait ×5."

"Congratulations, you have obtained a mineral water bottle (empty)."

"Congratulations, you have received the blessings of the fisherman."

?

'Where's the water? Congratulations, my a*s!' The question marks in Chen Changan's mind were like a barrage of comments.

Extreme joy begets sorrow.

The first time he experienced opening a loot box in reality, he received the fishing rod and a blessing. The two happy things combined brought him even more happiness. What he received was supposed to be a long life of safety… But why was there not a single drop of water?

A person could last for seven days without food, but one would only last for three days if there was no water.

In deep thought, Chen Changan furrowed his brows as he considered the best way to drink urine and fish blood.

The chances of getting the lottery barrel again weren't high. The water shortage crisis gradually spread in the forum, and 'water shortage' quickly reached the top of the global hot search.

Countless high officials and nobles begged in the thread. What they wanted was the pure water from the meeting the day before that would be thrown away before they even had a sip of it.

[Water. Who has water? I have a billion yuan in savings and hundreds of luxury cars. When I return to Earth, I can arrange for any goddess you like. Give me a mouthful of water, and I'll share it with you!]

[Women are weaker, but why isn't there any help given to them? It's not fair!]

[I have a mother too; why should I give the aid mission to my brother-in-law? F*ck, I'm dying of thirst!]

[Why is the sea full of water, but I can't drink it? I want to die!]

[I don't want bread; I want milk. I'm dying of thirst!]

The hope in Chen Changan's eyes gradually dimmed. At this moment, he suddenly heard a mechanical voice.

"Searching the environment…"

"Global transmigration, raft survival, more than 50% chance of the extinction of the human species, activating the binding program…"

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Human survivors: 7,647,194,827 / 8,023,423,543