From the start, all she has is a broken wooden bucket and a luck stat of 1.
Jiang Yu looks at the leaky pickle barrel beneath her and falls into deep thought.
Wasn’t she supposed to get the Santa Maria and conquer the seven seas?
Has she been sent here to fill in the ocean?
Then she digs a blue gem out of a sardine’s belly.
[Tear of the Sea God]: Bind yourself to forge a pact with the deep. Offer up a rare item within three days, or you’ll be turned into a fish forever.
Jiang Yu: “???”
Wait, let her think this through.
If she doesn’t bind herself, she might not survive three days. If she does, she’ll turn into a fish after surviving them?
What kind of heartless jerk came up with these options?
At the brink of life and death, she squeezes her eyes shut and steels herself: If she turns into a fish, so be it.
And so she binds herself to it.
She braces for a life spent struggling to survive and scouring the whole ocean for junk to offer up.
Who could’ve guessed this lousy gem would be ridiculously useful!
While other players are being chased by sharks, running for their lives in sheer terror,
Jiang Yu stands on her boat, rubbing her chin. “That shark looks pretty lively. I’ll take it.”
Shark: “??? Wait, I’m the apex predator!”
Two minutes later, the shark is obediently following behind her boat, going wherever she points.
While other players are half-naked and starving, nearly beating one another to a pulp over half a bottle of fresh water,
Jiang Yu lounges on a cruise ship in the sun, frowning as she rummages through her inventory:
Should she eat abalone today, have steak, or crack open a can of sea cucumber for a change?
What a headache. Having too many choices is its own kind of misery.
[Romance included + everyone’s fighting to survive + hoarding supplies + adorable companions + no goody-two-shoes heroine]
