Surviving at Sea, but I Have an Island

[Check out the similar upcoming novel, Survival at Sea, but Running a Cruise Ship, at the end]

Synopsis:

One day, Zhu Xian opened a game, and two options appeared in his field of vision.

Please choose [Raft] [Land]

Without thinking, he chose [Land], which was obviously a bug.

[Game start.]

Zhu Xian stood on a "patch of land" measuring 2 by 1 meters, his expression blank.

Did I get sucked into the game? Wait, this bug isn't complete. This is what land looks like? (Shocked) Damn it, just watch me grind this into a moving island!

*

One day, Blue Star suddenly turned into a game world, becoming an ocean planet.

People could only rely on the game System to survive, but the rafts provided by the System did not protect players.

Monsters leaping onto rafts one after another, endless extreme weather, supplies that were hard to find...

They wanted to live.

They fought with everything they had just to cling to life.

But the hope lingering in their eyes faded day by day, turning them into walking dead who only barely survived.

Then one day, desperate players unexpectedly discovered a moving island.

A transparent shield held back the monsters, gently welcoming those covered in wounds.

The bright, cheerful island owner held out a hand to them. "Hello, players. Welcome to Sun and Moon Island. This is a safe zone."

At that moment, all the players abandoned their rafts and excitedly rushed onto the island.

One building after another appeared on the ever-expanding island.

A bright lighthouse drove away the darkness and guided lost players. Cannons along the shore kept killing monsters, protecting the players as they slept soundly.

As they walked across the moving island, the players' eyes shone with hope for the future.

The players who chose to become residents of the island smiled at the people they had rescued. "Welcome to Sun and Moon Island. It's the only safe zone in this world."

Reading guide:

1. The protagonist is a sunny, optimistic type. His name is Zhu Xian. He isn't a perfect character. I don't accept writing advice or wording advice. This story was inspired by the game Raft.

2. Updates are irregular. I'll update according to the rankings when there are rankings, and otherwise whenever I feel like it.

-- Similar upcoming novel, Survival at Sea, but Running a Cruise Ship, no romance --

At the start of the downpour, no one knew it was a sign of the apocalypse.

Zhu Shu'an also thought the rain would eventually stop, but the steadily rising floodwaters suddenly swallowed the city.

At the brink of life and death, a cruise ship management System appeared from the heavens.

Overjoyed, she immediately agreed and successfully boarded the ship. But then she discovered she'd been tricked.

The starter ship the System gave her wasn't a cruise ship. It was an empty wooden boat.

[System: Please work hard to turn this wooden boat into a cruise ship, and build an all-purpose cruise ship that every passenger will want to stay on forever.]

Looking at the dilapidated wooden boat that seemed ready to capsize at any moment, Zhu Shu'an sighed and rolled up her sleeves.

Time to grind!

People falling into the flood? Of course they're passengers. Fish them out!

Animals falling into the flood? Animals can be passengers too. Fish them out as well!

Things falling into the flood? Fish them all out!

The rickety wooden boat kept expanding and getting renovated, until it became a massive, multi-deck cruise ship.

At last, Zhu Shu'an could give her hands a rest. She lounged in a deck chair, using the System to place new buildings and trading goods she couldn't fit in her packed warehouse. She had turned apocalypse survival into a relaxing business simulation.

Zhu Shu'an, holding delicious food: Enjoying life.jpg

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Year 1 of the New Era. Floods and natural disasters submerged Water Blue Star, and the cities disappeared.

People built new cities in level one, two, and three sea danger zones, then ventured into level four and higher zones to gather supplies.

Countless people died in medium- and high-level danger zones while trying to bring home resources to feed their families.

Everyone assumed that people who entered medium- or high-level danger zones and hadn't returned in three months were dead.

Then a cruise ship appeared and broke that rule of death.

It sailed easily through every danger zone, bringing back people who had been missing for a long time and returning them to their family and friends.

And everyone who boarded the cruise ship would leave screaming in anguish: "Captain, love me one more time! Let me stay on the ship for just one more day!"

Custom rooms, game arcades, movie theaters, food streets... I don't want to lose you, ahhh!

Heaven knows, the world outside the cruise ship was not only short on supplies, but so boring it made you want to jump into the sea.

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Theme: Please see the power of life.