There Is No Safe Zone in the Woods

After a spaceship accident, Lin Zheng crashes into an undeveloped alien forest.

Trees a hundred meters tall block out the sky, and the vines move on their own after dark. She searches the escape pod from top to bottom and finds only a utility knife, half a bag of rations, and a newly activated survival System.

[Task: Build a shelter where you can spend the night.]

[Reward: 1 waterproof sleeping bag, 500 milliliters of drinking water.]

Lin Zheng looks at the giant beast sharpening its claws beneath a tree and silently clutches her little wooden stick tighter.

"Does a tree count?"

Find water, make a fire, put up a shelter. Complete tasks to claim supplies.

Sounds great.

Until she spends half a day drilling wood in the rain just to get a pot; gets chased for three miles by a bird just to trade for a packet of salt; and, after finally gathering enough belongings, discovers she built her camp right in the path of a migrating herd.

Lin Zheng packs up in the middle of the night.

She can put up with hardship, but she would rather not suffer for nothing.

Later, she acquires a sharp long knife and sturdy protective gear, and learns to run among the treetops and contend with predators.

The System's tasks lead ever deeper into the forest, toward long-abandoned human facilities in its heart.

At last, she discovers that the rewards delivered to her right on schedule come from a supply depot running out of power.

Theme: Women should be self-reliant