The Steel Katana was heavy. The blade was was about 68cm wide and the length of the handle was 10 inches. The overall weight of the katana was roughly 1.5 kg.
Baek Hyun was on the lighter side with a height of only 170cm and weighed only 68kg, lifting the katana was difficult, therefore he decided to improve his ability to weild it first.
If he were to encounter a beast while searching for treasure chest he would be helpless if he could not even swing the katana properly.
Having never used any blade accept a kitchen knife in his life, Baek Hyun practiced using the weapon however he was lacking in any of the skills required to use a blade which required precision and talent.
He could now see why this weapon was not recommended for beginners.
His strong desire to live made him dedicated in learning at least the basics of sword fighting.
For hours Baek Hyun swung the katana until his shoulders was stiff and aching, he practiced on a nearby tree making continuous slashing marks on the wood, desperate to improve his strength.
When night came Baek Hyun fell asleep in his wooden shack utterly exhausted, he slept on the cold floor shivering all night, he was only glad that no beast would attack him during this time.
Awaken by the sun and extreme hunger, Baek Hyun drank water and ate sandwiches until he was full and had some energy. His arms were incredible stiff and painful.
Yesterday's training was brutal to Baek Hyun, he was not someone who exercised frequently so the continuous movement was painful on his joints.
He also had no official training with a katana so his exercises were rough and not based on any technique.
After he ate, Baek Hyun did simple arm exercises to relieve some of the pain.
He had no idea what time it was but the sun was aggressively hot.
Baek Hyun tabulated his supplies, he now has 7 litres of water left, and 12 sandwiches in he box, he originally had 10 litres of water and 20 sandwiches, his training made him consume his food faster.
He felt incredible thankful for his upgrade ability as he knew other's may not have any food and water.
[Ding. Welcome to day 2 in the survival game]
[By now all players should have explored their new environment]
[ The trading panel is still closed, but the manufacturing panel will be opened today, so please have a look]
[The temperature of the island will remain consistant for the first few days then increase the closer it gets to the disaster date]
[To make it easier for players to get a treasure chest, some of the monsters on the island will drop a treasure chest when killed and others will drop even more exciting treasure.]
[For convenience, all players will be gifted an inventory the size of 1 cubic meter]
[Happy hunting everyone!]
When the mechanical voice faded Baek Hyun was shocked, monsters could now drop loot this was encouraging players to go get rich or die trying.
Obviously in the beginning players were weak but now they had hope, finding treasure chest was difficult, the island was massive and there could be creatures waiting to attack any second.
But killing monsters could ensure a treasure chest or the other mysterious treasure.
players also had the advantage of the novice protection period, if they were smart and used the non aggression of the monsters they could easily trap and kill some of them.
Of course this was all speculation and optimism, Baek Hyun had never seen any mutant monster beside the green slugs so he had no idea how dangerous they were.
Focusing on the game panel he saw the manufacturing page was lit up.
Stone axe (* 2 stone * 3 wood)
stone pickaxe (* 2 stone *3 wood)
stone hammer (* 3 stone * 3 wood)
wooden spear (* 5 wood * 1 hemp rope)
Besides the basic crafting tools there were also upgrades for the shelter but it was limited to upgrading the floors and walls to stronger wooden floors and doors, these upgrades could not ensure survival or a comfortable life.
The rest of the page was grey not yet accessible like the trading channel, Baek Hyun guessed the game did not want players to live comfortably in the beginning.
Baek Hyun took his katana and prepared to set out he wanted to search for monsters within 200 metres of his shelter, he would not risk going further right now.
Trecking through the wild Baek Hyun made marks on the trees so he would know the way back to his shelter.
When he was about 100 meters away from the shelter he encountered a snake nest, in the middle of the nest was a wooden treasure chest. The snakes were not large, and there were only about 6 snakes present in the nest, there were also eggs peeking through the soil.
Baek Hyun had no idea how to fight these snakes, he was not fast enough to cut them all down, and he was afraid some may bite him while he killed the others and he also did not know if they were poisonous.
(mutated pythons)
(They were once non poisonous snakes but were mutated by a mysterious force, they carry extremely toxic venom.)
Danger: 20
Poison. With no cure even the smallest bite could kill him.
Baek Hyun stayed hidden to make sure the snakes could not detect him.
The snakes were not big it seemed like only their venom mutated, Baek Hyun decided to use the surroundings to his advantage.
A few metres away from the snake nest was a medium boulder, Baek Hyun thought of using the boulder to lead the snakes out of the nest and killing them while their scattered.
He carefully walked around the nest and pushed the boulder forward, it was heavy so it took some effort to get it rolling, he aligned the boulder and gave it a hard push.
The boulder quickly picked up speed and crushed two of the snakes that were further from the nest. The boulder stopped rolling when it crashed into a tree, the tree also snapped in half and fell Infront of the nest.
Baek Hyun moved quickly while the snakes were preoccupied he sneaked behind them and cut off the heads of two snakes.
When the other snakes realized Baek Hyun had attacked they slithered toward him, however Baek Hyun quickly dodged by evading behind the tree, he cut one snake in half and aimed at the last one severing it's head quickly before it could attack.
[Ding, killed 6 venomous pythons obtaining 2 2 wooden treasure chest]
[Dead mutant creatures detected, would you like to extract core crystal]
The snakes disappeared and left behind two chests, Baek Hyun did not know what core crystals were but they should be the mysterious treasure the system mentioned earlier.
After he selected yes, six small white crystals appeared in his hand.
(Core crystal)
(A unique energy native to the survival world.
when formed into a complete core it can be absorbed by players, to obsorb players need to crush the completed crystals.)
**Ding**
Core crystal fragments detected would you like to upgrade
*6 core crystal fragments can be upgraded to *1 Special energy core
(note crystal core is a precious material and cannot be upgraded in quantity)
Yes / No
After selecting yes a glowing orb replaced the small fragments, because he was far from the shelter he chose not to obsorb it. Baek Hyun was unsure if there would be any side effects or any benefits to obsorbing the crystal.
Baek Hyun went back to the nest and stored the treasure chest as well as the two he got from killing the snakes in his inventory.
Following the marks he made Baek Hyun went back to his shelter, the sun was high in the sky. Even if it has not taken him long to deal with the snakes he was utterly exhausted and his shoulders were stiff that even lifting his arms hurt.
The shelter was dilapidated and barely livable his priority was to first upgrade his shelter, on the manufacturing page the walls and floors required alot of wood to make, however he knows he only had to get an axe to chop down some of the trees to get wood, thankfully he could craft an axe it shouldn't take much effort.
When he arrived at the shelter Baek Hyun first drank water to relieve his thirst, surprisingly the water was still cool it had not been affected by the temperature much.
[You have opened one wooden treasure chest you get *5 band aids, *600ml water]
[You have opened one wooden treasure chest you get * 1 pack of instant noodles, * 1 iron wok]
[you have opened one wooden treasure chest you get *1 insulated wooden door blueprint]
**Ding**
*5 band aids can be upgraded to * 3 fully equipped first aid kits
*1 Iron wok can be upgraded to * 1 carbon steel wok, *1 set of steel cutlery
* 1 pack of instant noodles can be upgraded to * 12 variety ramen
*600ml water can be upgraded to 10litres of spring water
*1 insulated wooden door blueprint can be upgraded to insulated House blueprint]