Chapter 32: Pretender Dye

Ye Jun lurked around the chat channels everyday, reading the interesting replies under various posts and watching these players flame each other, just like when he was still in modern society and browsing the forums.

However, today, Ye Jun was suddenly drawn to a post.

A post titled “Game Wildlife, Survival Items, Do They Respawn?” caught Ye Jun’s attention.

Although the vast majority of players were struggling to survive since the opening of this survival game…

With billions of people throughout Bluestar, there was no shortage of various big shots, survival experts, and game fanatics.

These people might not live as comfortable of a life as Ye Jun, but they had a better understanding of the game and ability to find patterns than Ye Jun.

From the beginning of the game, after getting through the toughest period…

Survival was no longer a big issue for these big shots.

So, after having a full meal, some of the big shots started looking for a pattern to the game.

Since it was a game, there had to be some patterns it followed.

Was this a survival game that, like the online games they had played in the past, also respawned wildlife and survival items?

If the wild animals kept respawning, was it possible to guard a spawn point and keep farming?

If they didn’t respawn, then sooner or later, the wild animals would all be wiped out, and by then, how would they be able to level?

This post generated a lot of discussions as soon as it was posted.

Some felt that this game world was completely different from what it used to be and that the billions of people on Bluestar, many of whom chose the same Survival Mode but never met, suggested that each player was in what was probably a separate dungeon.

Others believed that this game world was infinite, perhaps also connected to the heavens, the universe, and the stars, and after the earthly wilderness was finished, there were the stars and the other dimensions.

But suddenly a reply silenced everyone.

“Why do you guys think it’s the humans who would finish farming the wild monsters and not the wild monsters that would finish farming the humans?”

‘Yeah!’

Humans could level up, and according to the game, so could wild monsters.

Could humans match a wild monster when it came to survival in this Survival Mode?

This wasn’t in a modern society where humans had many weapons, much less the group organizations that modern society had.

The greatest strength of men was in unity.

Human beings never existed alone but in society.

But this survival game broke that down.

“Haven’t you guys noticed that fewer and fewer players are coming out to chat now? Logically, after all this time, everyone should have stabilized their basic survival items and should have more time to come out and communicate, but I’ve noticed that many IDs that were very active before haven’t shown up for a long time!”

These works woke everyone up.

With billions of players on Bluestar and chat channels packed every day, one wouldn’t even notice this if they weren’t paying special attention.

“Indeed, I have a few close friends who haven’t contacted me in a long time and don’t reply to my messages, probably…”

“Based on the percentage decrease in chat channel activity, I estimate that the world’s population may have decreased by fifty percent!”

In just ten days, the population had been cut in half?

This was a little hard to believe!

“It’s not surprising. The majority of the old and sick are not capable of surviving—these people probably won’t even survive the first three days. Some have descended in areas with tough survival conditions and won’t survive long after consuming the three days of rations given by the game. Plus, the wild monsters will actively attack humans now. I think the 50 percent estimate is a bit conservative!”

“Actually… they might not have died at the mouths of wild monsters!” Another reply came, silencing more people with inexplicable sadness in their hearts.

If it wasn’t death by the mouth of a wild monster, it was death by the hands of another person.

This game had a Group Mode in addition to the Single-Player Mode.

For a team that ran short of food, internal conflict was inevitable.

Many groups split long ago.

For example, Yang Tianxing’s five-man squad, and before that, Ringer and Durank.

This phenomenon was widespread.

Splitting up and fighting for food were all just minor things, even hunting each other and cannibalism was likely.

The word “live” induced the deepest evil in human nature.

About these matters, Ye Jun was not surprised in the slightest.

The thoughts of many people were still stuck under the morals and laws of modern, civilized society, and hadn’t shifted at all in this short time.

But what Ye Jun had experienced gave him a deeper knowledge of this game than the norm.

The moment this game started, the morals and laws of a civilized society ceased to exist.

Everything was for survival.

The preservation of all morality and humanity was predicated on the ability to survive.

The game gave a reminder on the first day it started: watch out for your teammates.

Compared to the other players who were sad and confused about the future, Ye Jun was living an exceptionally comfortable life.

Seafood every day, plenty of fish and meat, fruit wine, a big double bed to roll around in at night, he lacked nothing!

Ye Jun was glad to be alone, otherwise, he would be carrying the system, and there was no telling how much strife and greed he would have induced.

Ye Jun skimmed through some of the developments and then closed the channel.

The greatest enemy lies within oneself.

Ye Jun just needed to improve his strength.

Everything was predicated on strength.

The vast majority of problems were not a problem if one was strong enough.

The next day, Ye Jun woke up and checked in as usual.

“Ding! Checked in successfully! Received a bucket of Pretender Dye!”

Pretender Dye: changes color as the outside environment changes, blending in with the outside world.

This stuff was an absolute killer if used in Wilderness or Jungle Mode, and when applied, one would be like a chameleon, causing their hunting success rate to be greatly increased.

But it didn’t seem to work that well at sea!

But Ye Jun was also curious if this thing was that amazing or not.

He grabbed a brush and painted the deck.

As expected, the deck became as blue as seawater, and from the air, it looked as if a hole had broken in the large deck and caused seawater to leak in.

‘Awesome!’

Ye Jun thought of a good idea; he painted the doll from head to toe.

A good celebrity imitation doll turned straight into an Avatar.

He controlled the doll to jump into the sea and it was gone in a flash.

The color of the doll’s body thoroughly blended with the surrounding seawater, indistinguishable to the naked eye.

Ye Jun controlled the doll to swim around in the sea.

A humanoid ripple could be seen swimming on the surface of the water.

But when the doll sank into the water, even the ripples disappeared completely.

If it wasn’t for the Spirit Seed sharing its vision, Ye Jun wouldn’t even know where the doll was.

The surrounding fish couldn’t see the doll. They were just curious as to why the current around them was moving imperceptibly.

The doll reached out and grabbed a fish, which struggled gently. Not seeing anything, it settled down and lay quietly in the doll’s palm.

“Awesome, it’s practically invisible!”

This would be a killer item used to hide as a spy.