Deep Ocean Survival: A Submarine From The Start - Chapter 14

Chapter 14: Another Way to Gain Reputation

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Looking at the System introduction that had appeared in front of him, the corners of Meng Lei’s mouth could not help but curl up.

After working for so long, and he had even experienced a dangerous battle in the deep sea, finally, he had created this basic survival equipment.

With the freshwater extractor, at least the problem of water could be completely resolved.

The daily extraction of 5,000ml of fresh water was not only enough for his normal survival needs, he could also spare a large portion to trade.

Under normal circumstances, an adult only needed 1,000ml of fresh water a day to satisfy his needs.

The extraction volume was five times higher. If he could save it for a few more days, he could even take a shower.

However, on second thought, Meng Lei felt that this setting seemed a little strange.

The System would not be so kind as to satisfy the players’ survival needs so easily in the early stages of the game.

Although five units of iron ore and copper ore were a lot, if one was lucky and bold, it would be easy to gather them if one went into the water a few more times.

Even if he were to pick up scraps in the sea near the birth point, he would definitely be able to gather enough in a day.

Relatively speaking, this most basic survival mission was definitely not difficult.

It was very inconsistent with the difficulty of the game.

In addition, the daily extraction of 5,000ml of fresh water was already too much.

When most people had built the freshwater extractor, there would be no more demand in the market. The significance of survival and competition would be completely lost.

“No, something is wrong. Could there be something fishy?!”

Meng Lei frowned cautiously and focused his gaze on the freshwater extractor again.

It was not large. The freshwater extractor that looked a little like a water dispenser was completely embedded in the wall of the living quarters.

Although it was more like a sink than a water dispenser, as he continued to concentrate, the faint golden notifications appeared before him.

(Congratulations on successfully creating the freshwater extractor. This is the foundation to traverse the deep sea. Without it, you will not be able to move forward at all!)

(However, to maintain its operation, a large amount of submarine energy would be required. In the case of insufficient energy, it is recommended that you shut it down immediately after producing enough fresh water to survive. Otherwise, your mileage would be greatly reduced!

(Of course, if you were rich and had enough mileage points, or were lucky enough to mine an energy ore, you could completely ignore the above reminder!}

Meng Lei looked at the System notifications solemnly and nodded thoughtfully.

“Indeed, this System is a trap. It really has such a hidden fatal setting!”

Meng Lei shook his head and smiled bitterly.

Fortunately, he was careful and studied the freshwater extractor carefully. He also had the reminder from the game cheat.

Otherwise, if he were to really activate the freshwater extractor to the upper limit of extraction, he would be in great trouble!

If he were to starve for two meals and be a little thirsty, he could still hold out somewhat. It was not fatal.

However, if the submarine’s energy was exhausted and it lost its power, not to mention that in the vast deep sea, no one would even respond to its cries for help, the cessation of the oxygen-producing system alone would take one’s life!

“It looks like it’s necessary to share this secret information with the players in the sea route.”

“Otherwise, I really don’t know how many people will be able to reach the gathering place of the first outpost in the end under the settings of the System’s schemes…”

Meng Lei pondered for a moment. He first turned on the switch of the freshwater extractor and let the machine run to extract fresh water for him.

Then, he turned around and left the living quarters, walking toward the cockpit.

To be honest, Meng Lei did not think of himself as a saint.

He would not stand on the moral high ground and selflessly help others when his own interests were not even secured.

However, if a small favor could save many people from being in trouble, he did not mind helping.

More importantly, from the previous snooping, Meng Lei had discovered that most of the people in Channel 66671 were from the Nine Provinces.

Although there were also many foreigners, 70% of them were from the Nine Provinces.

Therefore, as long as he could, Meng Lei felt that it was necessary to help his compatriots a little.

After all, the System’s settings were very well-hidden.

Unless one had been paying attention to the submarine’s energy system, it would be difficult to find any clues.

He opened the regional communication channel. The number of people chatting in the upper left corner had shrunk again by hundreds.

It was obvious that during this period of time, many people had unfortunately died for various reasons.

From the beginning of the game until now, only a few hours had passed, and there were already such serious casualties.

It could be seen how difficult this alien survival game was!

Meng Lei took a deep breath and cleared his chaotic thoughts from his mind.

With a light tap of his finger, he entered the hidden settings for the freshwater extractor into the chat box and pressed the send button.

The number of communications for the day in the upper right corner also changed from five to four as a long string of text was sent out.

After doing all this, Meng Lei was about to continue to peer at the screen to see the reactions of the other players.

Suddenly, a familiar System notification sounded inexplicably in his mind.

[System notification: You have successfully shared a valid piece of information. Reputation of Bottomless Valley+1]

“Hmm?! Sharing information can also increase reputation?!”

Meng Lei was shocked and found it unbelievable.

Initially, when he had just transmigrated, the System had mentioned it.

Killing the alien planet sea monsters would allow one to obtain mileage points and reputation.

Previously, Meng Lei had thought that these things were still too distant for him. Before he built a shipborne weapon, he would never easily mess with the alien planet sea monsters.

Who would have thought that sharing information related to the System’s settings was also a way to obtain reputation?

For the diving parties, even if they had played this game to death, it would be impossible for them to discover such a strange setting!

Silently closing the communication channel, Meng Lei hurriedly opened the reputation list on the central control screen.

He saw that the reputation list, which was still gray at the beginning of the game, had become selectable.

After clicking on it, Meng Lei realized that there were already more than ten submarines, each having obtained different numbers of reputation points.

Among them, a submarine called The Sailor was ranked first. It actually had 5 Reputation Points!

The others were mostly at 1 and 2 points, steadily queuing up behind.

And Bottomless Valley, which Meng Lei represented, was ranked 14th from the bottom.

Meng Lei was shocked!

It had not been long since the game started, but someone had secretly accumulated such a high reputation!

In the chat on the communication channel, there was no mention of another way to gain reputation. It was obvious that they were all hiding it.

Meng Lei gritted his teeth and sat in front of the screen, complaining silently.

It had to be said that this group of people were really damned dogs!