Chapter 6: Simply Reaping Without Toil

Watching the violet supercar fade into the sunset, Suya’s heart trembled with excitement and her hands shook as she ceremoniously took out her game manual and opened the daily mileage screen.

[Today’s Distance Traveled: 902 kilometers]

Suya was at a loss for words and gestures to express her feelings.

Three hours, nine hundred kilometers. If it were her old, battered shared bike, even if she pedaled with all her might until her legs gave out, she wouldn’t be able to cover nine hundred kilometers in a day!

“Master! You’re my god!”

After shouting her gratitude, Suya pulled her shared bike out of her backpack.

The time for today’s travel was almost up; in other words, night was falling. Based on the few survival road novels she’d read, monsters appeared after dark, and vehicles could provide a certain safe zone.

Staying near the vehicle was absolutely the safest and most sensible choice, at least for now.

After parking the vehicle, Suya sat down right where she was and started scrolling through the chat hall.

The hall was buzzing with messages; she casually swiped upward.

[Divine Voucher Once Swelled: What do you do if you accidentally drive your vehicle into the fog? Need help ASAP!!!]

[Cockroach Loves Rat Poison: Bro, you better be joking.]

[Apology or Household Registration: Just go pick it up in the fog.]

[Henan Wisdom Teeth Extraction: Wow, why is his avatar black now?]

[Apology or Household Registration: Just kidding, he actually believed it.]

[Cockroach Loves Rat Poison: It’s back on. Bug or what?]

[Divine Voucher Once Swelled: @Apology or Household Registration, I curse your ancestors for eighteen generations...]

The two bickered for dozens of messages before both were muted by the system.

The chat hall fell silent for half an hour, then messages gradually resumed.

[Melancholy Casanova: (Picture) Ran 127 kilometers today, try to beat that.]

[Jolly Brother Jokester: Don’t pretend if you lack skill, okay? (Picture) 301 kilometers, easily beat you.]

[Passionate American Junior Loves Cold Hiroshima Senior: Wow, wow, wow, the expert is incredible, worshipping you~]

[Player 1002: Sit down! Stop shouting! (498 km screenshot)]

[Constant Praise: People nowadays are impatient; with some achievement, they want the whole world to know.]

[Cheerful Tofu Sushi: Why do the pros all run so many kilometers? I only did 5 and felt I overachieved.]

[Free Wind: (Picture) 500 kilometers, slightly better. Today’s top spot belongs to me.]

[Joker: Rankings are out.]

Suya saw the message from “Joker” and immediately switched to the leaderboard screen. Sure enough, at 8:01 p.m., the rankings for today had been updated.

[First Place: Invincible Tyrannosaurus War God (902)]

[Second Place: Racing Life (901)]

[Third Place: Free Wind (500)]

[…]

Suya: “Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap!!!”

She never dreamed she would be first today.

She—a novice who only completed the basic mileage and hit nine hundred kilometers by hitching rides—was actually number one today!

“Reaping without sowing, enjoying the fruits; gaining without effort, leaping to the top in one step.”

Suya finally understood the true meaning of the “Lazy Fish” identity description—it really meant she was benefiting without effort!

Why did she feel inexplicably thrilled?

The chat hall exploded with messages all tagging her, asking who she was.

Suya had no time to reply.

Because a golden treasure chest had just appeared before her, the reward for the day’s top mileage.

If it were someone else, they might feel unworthy, but Suya was sometimes quite confident and shameless.

Taking out her trusty hammer, she took a few deep breaths to steady herself and flung open the chest.

This time, nothing strange jumped out; the chest was filled with countless supplies.

[Supplies: Level 3 Backpack ×1, Information Hiding Card ×1, Folding Bed ×1, Bedding Set ×1, Hygiene Kit ×1, Basic Physical Enhancement Elixir ×1, Basic Speed Enhancement Elixir ×1, Basic Strength Enhancement Elixir ×1, Bottled Water ×5, Instant Noodles ×5, Iron Blocks ×10, Electric Wires ×10, Wood ×10, Plastic ×10]

Suya: “Holy crap! I’m rich!”

She felt somewhat unreal, squeezing her thigh hard to confirm she wasn’t dreaming.

She, who started with just a hammer and was notoriously unlucky, now had so many supplies.

“This Lazy Fish identity really is useful!”

Suya marveled as she neatly stored the supplies, repeatedly checking her inventory.

[Invincible Tyrannosaurus War God’s Supplies: Level 3 Backpack ×1, Level 2 Backpack ×1, Basic Backpack ×1, Broken Workbench ×1, Information Hiding Card ×1, Folding Bed ×1, Bedding Set ×1, Hygiene Kit ×1, Basic Physical Enhancement Elixir ×1, Basic Speed Enhancement Elixir ×1, Basic Strength Enhancement Elixir ×1, Iron Blocks ×17, Electric Wires ×16, Wood ×13, Plastic ×15, Bottled Water ×9, Instant Noodles ×5, French Bread ×1, Eight-Treasure Porridge ×5, Compressed Biscuit ×2]

The long list gave Suya a great sense of security.

After inventorying, she first used the Information Hiding Card to conceal all her information except her nickname, then took out two cans of Eight-Treasure Porridge and a French bread, deciding to indulge herself tonight.

While preparing her dinner, Suya checked the vehicle upgrade requirements.

[Materials Needed for Upgrade: Iron Blocks (17/10), Plastic (15/10), Electric Wires (16/5)]

Having gathered all materials, Suya immediately decided to upgrade her vehicle, muttering, “I wish my vehicle could charge hundreds of kilometers an hour like the Master’s.”

After confirming, the vehicle emitted a burst of white smoke and concealed itself.

Suya set up the folding bed beside the vehicle, lay down, and opened the game manual, planning to sell a basic backpack.

She now had three backpacks: Level 3 with 800 capacity, Level 2 with 400, and the basic one with only 200—it was too small and took up space.

No use keeping it; better to sell and get some supplies. With that thought, Suya opened the chat hall.

[God Fears Me Bai: CPDD! CPDD! CPDD! (Looking to trade)]

[She and Tenderness Both Lost: By the time you truly understand my metaphor, I’ve already traveled a long way.]

[Invincible Tyrannosaurus War God: Selling an unused basic backpack, price negotiable.]

[Passionate American Junior Loves Cold Hiroshima Senior: Wow, is this the expert? Even the basic backpack is unused~]

[Constant Praise: If the War God is so strong, why not just give it away?]

[Apology or Household Registration: Exactly, if you’re number one, you definitely don’t need the basic backpack; just gift it to us.]

[Misfortune is a Blessing: Let me be fair—the War God is so strong, they should help everyone more. If I had an unused basic backpack, I’d definitely give it away.]

Suya rolled her eyes reading these comments.

These people really knew how to be generous with others’ things.

Ding dong!

Private message notifications kept coming in; Suya opened the message list. Many wanted to trade, including a very familiar nickname.

Daily Good Deeds.

Suya immediately opened their chat.

[Daily Good Deeds: I’ll trade you ten basic materials for the basic backpack.]

[Invincible Tyrannosaurus War God: Sure, big shot.]

Without hesitation, she sent the basic backpack over.

Daily Good Deeds had helped her once during the day; now it was only right to return the favor.

The ten materials arrived quickly; Suya happily stored them in her advanced backpack, then closed the game manual and peacefully drifted into sleep.

Her first day in the survival game had passed with thrills but no danger.