Stardew Valley x Raft Survival [Interstellar World + Age of Exploration]
Gentle, resilient woman x Scheming, devoted man
Ye Qitang spends her workdays sneaking in bits of gaming and then plays until late after work. She can water crops, farm, raise animals, and fish. She's mastered it all, but lately she's been so busy she hasn't opened the game in ages.
She slumps in her chair. "My Sebastian is still waiting for me to have a baby with him, but I'm stuck being a wage slave in City A. Woe is me!"
The familiar, soul-crushing BGM starts up, along with a little yellow old man.
[Woohoo, fellow Earthling, I'm here to pick you up! Everyone in Pelican Town has leveled up their alts. Why are you still a wage slave?]
[Ye Qitang, would you like to go back to Pelican Town with Linus?]
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!
[Congratulations! You are the 3,000th player invited to Pelican Town.]
If I'm at the farm, shouldn't I just farm? How did I end up in an interstellar world after taking a nap? And if I don't sleep, I still get sent to the interstellar world, and they deduct my pay too?
A shabby boat made of four planks, and you call that sailing?
The wilderness is packed with vicious beasts slaughtering each other, and you call that cozy farming?
Hauling farm produce to sell across the stars, and you call that a Pelican merchant's business empire?
By day, it's cozy tales. Take a nap, and suddenly I'm in space fighting monsters and salvaging junk.
Ye Qitang is close to tears. Her nine-to-six job has turned into a six-to-two grind.
Well, fine, if I have to sail, at least a hardcore gamer can earn plenty of gold. But why did I fish up an old acquaintance?
"Your name is Sam, so who is that guy at the farm?"
[Ahem, I request permission to speak using my main account.]
Ever since Ye Qitang fished the first Pelican Town resident out of the endless sea, one resident after another had their secret identities exposed.
Before long, she'd fished up a whole boatload of people. Not a single Pelican Town resident was missing.
The farm crew, fished up by Ye Qitang in the interstellar world, stared at one another.
[So you all have main accounts in the interstellar world, huh?]
Ye Qitang smiled without smiling.
[Let us explain…]
She set out to sea alone and came back with a boatful of people.
Before long, even the farm Grandpa left behind had taken off.
Perhaps you've seen triangular battleships, but have you ever seen an island fly through the sky? Ye Qitang had.
Not only had she seen it, she was drinking coffee at the farm while it happened. Her interstellar adventure had already begun.
JojaMart? It's Pelican Market now.
"Mayor, our Pelican Market isn't big enough, and there aren't enough of them!" Ye Qitang stopped Mayor Lewis, who was trying to sneak out for some fresh air.
She brought out her plan to expand Pelican Town.
"Whatever you say… I'll do whatever you say." Lewis stroked his mustache.
Ye Qitang looked with satisfaction at all the Pelican Town residents behind Lewis. They had everything, from Robin, the master builder, to Abigail, the mining expert, and a blacksmith and botanist.
Ling Xiao sat at the bow of the starship, watching Ye Qitang, full of confidence. His heart was at peace and filled with happiness as he slowly pressed the launch button.
Theme: Seeing a vibrant life through an ordinary perspective
Stardew Valley is 627, not 672