Chapter 212 - 183: Textual Data - The World Constructed by the Sea Survival Game

Chapter 212: Chapter 183: Textual Data - The World Constructed by the Sea Survival Game

[Territory: Initial Raft]

[Level: Level 9] [Upgrade]

[Introduction: Semi-Automated Metal Raft]

[specification: 100 square meters] [Expansion]

[Durability: 1400/1400 (Metal Wall +500)]

[defensive power: 1400/1400 (Metal Wall +500)]

[Current Equipment: Hook Claw, fishing net, campfire, long spear, Wooden House, Wood Wall... Metal Door, loom, fuel generator, Vortex Torpedo (B-level)]

[Unlockable Equipment: raft (Large Ship Rudder), Production (Forging Platform), Survival (Compost Machine), Weapon (Rocket Launcher)]

[Large Ship Rudder: 50 Wooden Boards + 50 Metal Ingots + 20 hard bricks + 40 ropes + 30 bolts + 10 circuit boards + 20 rubber + 4 Engines]

[Forging Platform: 50 hard bricks + 100 Metal Ingots + 30 titanium ingots + 20 circuit boards + 40 bolts + 30 glass + 20 rubber]

[Compost Machine: 50 Wooden Boards + 30 hard bricks + 30 titanium ingots + 30 iron nails + 30 Metal Ingots + 40 ropes + 40 Stone + 30 plastic + 10 rubber]

[Rocket Launcher: 10 titanium ingots + 10 Metal Ingots + 10 circuit boards + 10 rubber + 20 sulfur + 40 gunpowder + 10 hard bricks + 20 plastic + blueprint]

After reviewing the materials required for the Unlockable Equipment, Rowan Rhodes let out a long sigh. The difficulty of unlocking Level 9 Raft equipment had been taken to an entirely new level compared to Level 8. The most crucial point was the sudden, drastic increase in required materials. Furthermore, a brand-new resource had appeared: rubber!

This was a vital component for all the new Unlockable Equipment; without it, she wouldn’t be able to make a single step of progress. Yet, in her memories, rubber resources hadn’t appeared this early on. It seemed she could only rely on her own efforts. Had this been before, Rowan might have felt anxious, but now? She wasn’t worried in the slightest. She was already far ahead of the curve.

Before the next upgrade, she had ample time to improve herself, enhance her raft, and accumulate even more resources. As for upgrading, it would happen sooner or later. Just like her most recent breakthrough—she had done so much prep work and stockpiling in the early stages that the moment the key materials landed in her hands, she upgraded immediately!

Since she couldn’t unlock any of the new equipment just yet, Rowan decided to put it on hold and shift her focus to the spoils from the sunken shipwreck. The first thing she did was categorize everything, rearranging the resources stashed in the back pages of her inventory into their respective, sorted tabs. With this adjustment, her available resources instantly became clear and organized.

Looking at her stockpile, even Rowan couldn’t help but click her tongue in amazement. To acquire Space Stones to expand her inventory, she had essentially exhausted all her previous resources. All she had managed to hoard were Trading Coins—the intermediary fees earned from trading Space Stones with other players. But now, her resource wealth had suddenly skyrocketed once again, especially her ore reserves. After all, the sunken ship had a hull made entirely of metal from top to bottom. Being a massive oil tanker, the amount of metal salvaged from dismantling it reached an astonishing scale.

However, the most important resources were still the various hidden documents and wooden crates found aboard the *Valentine*. Rowan dedicated an entire page of her inventory slots specifically for storing text-based materials, then proceeded to open the rest of the wooden crates. Just as she had initially estimated, crates found in different locations yielded entirely different types of resources. For instance, the crates from the control room mostly produced items like Sailing Logs, Maps, nautical charts, and the captain’s notes. In contrast, the crates from the warehouse contained cloth, ores, circuit boards, metals, batteries, and the like. Many of these overlapped with the resources she had previously acquired.

Still, Rowan meticulously sorted them one by one. Among the resources, the ones that caught her attention the most were those that had never appeared before: the Submarine Blueprint, Deep Sea Vehicle Fragments, and Firearms. These three were all essential equipment and weapons needed to outfit the raft once it eventually developed into a full-fledged base. Firearms, in particular, undoubtedly provided Rowan with an extra layer of security for future island explorations and potential skirmishes with other players.

As she organized everything, her mood grew better and better. Once she finally finished sorting, Rowan turned her attention to the written materials. First were the logs of the ordinary crew members. They recorded an abnormal increase in marine life, followed by the appearance of a thick fog. The ship began to veer off course, which led to resource shortages and illnesses spreading among the crew and passengers. Some even reported seeing massive dark silhouettes lurking underwater at night... As the situation grew more dire, the handwriting in the notes became increasingly frantic and illegible.

Next was the captain’s Sailing Log, which was recorded day by day. The events matched the timeline of the crew members’ logs, but it went into far greater detail regarding specific encounters during the voyage. For example, it documented port stops for resupplying, as well as the distribution patterns and refresh cycles of maritime trading posts. These were all highly crucial resource points.

Following that were the written records of the passengers—ranging from ordinary tourists to merchants and individuals in special lines of work. The tourists’ journals mainly described the beautiful scenery they had seen, the delicious food they had eaten, and the deep-sea fish they had caught. The merchants’ documents contained special blueprints, ledgers of traded resource types, and insider information on which trading posts carried high-tier goods. The special operatives’ notes consisted of reconnaissance reports detailing the conditions of various islands. One of them even recorded the coordinates of a military shipwreck.

When Rowan saw the military shipwreck site, her eyes immediately lit up. A military shipwreck meant access to all sorts of weapon and equipment blueprints. Without wasting a second, Rowan logged the coordinates into her wireless device. Once she got close enough, the device would trigger a location alert.

As she read through these documents, Rowan gradually became completely engrossed. This was information she had never encountered in her past life. As she read, clear, interconnected threads began to form in her mind. Rowan realized that the Sea Survival Game had constructed a complete background lore revolving around the Shallow Sea Region and the Coastal Waters Region. The civilization depicted in this lore was structurally similar to Azure, except it possessed certain unique abilities that Azure did not.

The setting itself was an apocalyptic world. A series of successive natural disasters had drastically altered the world. The continents had been swallowed by the sea, leaving behind only scattered islands. To fight for resources, humanity plunged into civil war, and the survivors eventually settled on different islands, developing distinct civilizations. Eventually, this world ushered in a period of stable development. That was why people could afford the luxury of taking massive cruise ships out for leisurely voyages. However, during this very voyage, they encountered yet another cataclysmic change.

What did this mean? It meant that this stable era of development was about to suffer another devastating, apocalyptic blow. Rowan let out a long breath. Based on the information at hand, this was the only conclusion she could draw. For anything deeper, she would need more clues.

In her past life, Rowan had never obtained these logs and was completely ignorant of this background lore. Furthermore, she had never heard any other players mention it either. If she hadn’t first learned the truth about the Deep Sea Region from Void Beast Atticus, she likely would have been misled by this narrative too.

But one thing was glaringly obvious: the underlying purpose of this game’s lore was likely to guide players into rebuilding the civilization of this apocalyptic world. It pushed them to transition their rafts into full bases and establish their own cities and societies. Players would absolutely follow this trajectory without a second thought. And then, completely unprepared, they would cross into the Deep Sea Region—only to have all their hard-earned progress ruthlessly plundered by the native species lurking in the depths.

Just thinking about it was incredibly frustrating! Nevertheless, Rowan felt that these materials were still highly valuable. At the very least, the directive for players to expand their influence and power was correct. Earlier, Rowan had been stressing over how to find an entry point for her plans! Now, these documents had handed her the perfect angle. Moreover, this information could stand up to scrutiny. Other players were bound to discover similar documents eventually. Once they pooled their findings together, with the collective Wisdom of the player base, it was impossible for them not to arrive at the same conclusion.

Then it’s decided! This is how she would do it!