As Shen Xin and Jing Yan fought together to kill the five-colored slime, Xiao Zhou excitedly squeezed the instant noodle seasoning onto the table.

After diverting some of Xiao Feng’s livestream audience, Shen Xin gradually garnered a small group of dedicated fans. Although only a few hundred, it was a fanbase nonetheless, right?

Meanwhile, Jing Yan attracted his own share of followers due to his smooth gameplay and handsome looks.

Now, the two had partnered up and exposed a secret about Paradise Island for the first time.

Their collaborative efforts in killing the slime were clipped and spread across social media, quickly attracting the attention of some curious onlookers.

Wait, is Paradise not a dating sim? And this “dating” involves couples fighting monsters together?

Wait! Is Paradise not a survival game?

Wait! Is Paradise not a haircut game?

Wait! Is Paradise not an autist game?

I’m just a passerby—what kind of game is this?!

Ha ha ha, it’s a survival-hunting-dating sim with multiple elements.

Aside from the crowd of uninformed bystanders, other viewers who had watched the Paradise Island streams also found themselves drawn to the “hidden mission” content.

[Oh my god! It’s so dark and scary underground, my claustrophobia is acting up!]

[This man is dangerous! He has the face of a cute puppy, but he’s such a killing machine. I’m in love!]

*[So hot, so hot! He’s not killing monsters, he’s killing me! ***【***Fuck, what the hell is with the scimitar’s description, I’m dying of laughter. Did the little brother look disgusted when he picked up the sword?】

[The little missy is also incredible. Where does she get all that bread? Is she secretly Doraemon?】*

[I know this little missy! She’s a pro at fishing !]

[Holy shit, that’s insane, I’m camping out in this直播间, thank you!]

[Now that you mention it, I remember too! Did she help Bibi find her way? She’s beautiful inside and out!]

The audience, both casual viewers and those who came for Shen Xin, entered his直播间 to hear “Thief! Give me back my stuff!” before being treated to the sight of Shen Xin raising an axe over the shopkeeper.

[What the…?! Did I go to the wrong place?!]

[Are you a big shot or something? What are you doing?!]

[That’s what being beautiful and kind means? I’m in love!]

“Save him from under the axe!” Jing Yan called as he entered the shop, then grabbed Shen Xin’s hand.

“Move aside, I’m going to get rid of this menace for the people!” Shen Xin said.

“Help me!” Old He quickly darted behind Jing Yan. “Hero, save me!”

“Don’t be impulsive,” Jing Yan held Shen Xin back. “Go buy a loaf of bread first.”

Old He stared, puzzled.

“Hurry and buy it!”

Shen Xin temporarily put the axe away, but he stood menacingly by, glaring and urging, “Hurry up, I still have to go out and earn money after I hack him to pieces.”

“All right, all right.” Jing Yan stuffed the bread into his backpack and handed his own dagger over. “Here, use this instead.”

Old He stared at the two of them, speechless.

Fuck, I was just about to say, “How can we play if the NPC dies—thank goodness we have our handsome young man here to stop him.”

These two big shots changed their gameplay style entirely overnight. Did they get a new player yesterday?

Ha ha ha ha, this is so entertaining! How come these two don’t have more fans? I’m following them right now.

(As expected) of the only two players in the game who discovered this hidden quest, my brain can’t even follow their thought processes.

As Shen Xin’s viewer count soared to thirty thousand, Xiao Zhou watched with tears of gratitude streaming down his face, gifts and comments flooding in nonstop.

You’ve made it! A big shot is a big shot, even with a disguise.

Within the game, Shen Xin finally gets some information from Old He after violently abusing him.

Old He sobbed, “What’s the rush…? I haven’t even finished fixing my shop yet. Can’t I give you a reward after I’m done?”

“Would’ve been nice to know that earlier; I thought you were trying to rip me off,” Shen Xin said amicably as she put away her axe and consoled the old man. “Stop crying; I didn’t actually hit you.”

“Yīng.” Old He continued wailing, “After spending so much time on the island, living out these peaceful days, I’ve actually grown quite fond of this thrilling storyline, QWQ.”

Shen Xin stared at him in silence, then pulled out her player handbook to check her progress. Surprisingly, despite all her actions, Old He’s favor toward her had not decreased but rather increased, and she’d even broken past the seven-heart mark.

The maximum favor an NPC could have toward a player was ten hearts.

“Actually, you can be a bit meaner to me.” As she gazed at Old He’s expectant expression, Shen Xin took a step back and ran out of the shop.

“What kind of sick twisted tastes do these UOL people have…” Shen Xin ran out only to discover that Jing Yan had already left.

Given what he had said yesterday, he would likely continue exploring the cave in the northern mountains.

What was his occupation again…? Oh, right, a warrior. That didn’t seem like a bad choice in this scenario, either.

Still, she felt that farming and the idyllic Paradise theme went together better.

After the blue slimes appeared, many people stopped leaving the town altogether. Most chose to fish by the small river surrounding the town, then handed their catches to Mayor Wang, who organized NPCs to sell them to Uncle Li.

When Bibi heard that fishing was a money-maker, she tried her hand at it as well. However, her innate gaming talent was truly abysmal; she couldn’t even outfish Xiao Feng. To date, she’d only managed to catch the most basic grass carp.

“I give up, I guess I’ll go back to cutting hair,” Bibi said as she watched the fishermen around her. “Would any of you like a haircut?”

“No, no, no, no.”

Which player living in the town hadn’t seen Bibi’s horrifying handiwork? They all shook their heads and refused, expressing satisfaction with their current hairstyles.

“Alright, I’ll leave it at that. Come here if you want a haircut!” With that, Bibi packed up her things and returned to her house to sleep.

“Hm? Sister? Sister!” Seeing Shen Xin walk alone toward the southern forest, Bibi called out, “Wait, it’s dangerous outside!”

Three slimes emerged from the bushes and attacked Shen Xin all at once, eliciting another shriek from Bibi.

Yet in the next second, Shen Xin pulled out her axe and began to fight, scooping up slime mucus after ten rounds.

After putting everything away, Shen Xin looked around, then spotted Bibi standing there dumbfounded. “Were you calling me just now? What did you say? I didn’t hear you clearly!”

Bibi stared at her, speechless.

“Anyway, goodbye.”

Why did she even bother worrying about other players? She was clearly the weakest link.

After watching Bibi leave in a daze, Shen Xin pondered for a few seconds, then continued her journey toward the ocean.

After fishing for several days, Shen Xin planted a spring, autumn, and winter fruit tree behind the farm.

Her planting work temporarily came to a halt.

On the tenth day, the old carpenter completed his upgrades on her house. To celebrate, she went to the river and caught a fish, then cooked it up.

The upgraded cottage now had a kitchen and bedroom. She furnished it with pots and pans, oil, salt, sauce, and vinegar, then moved the wooden bed into the bedroom. The original room was emptied out to serve as a living room.

Though she didn’t really expect any guests, of course.

Shen Xin took out a top-quality white radish from her box, chopped it up, and put it in a pot with some seasoning to simmer for a while, producing a [Delicious* Radish Carp Soup × 3].

When cooking carp at home, Shen Xin usually added tofu or fermented cabbage, so this was the first time she’d combined white radish with carp. It sounded like a strange recipe, but after taking a sip, she found that the milky white and aromatic fish broth complemented the sweet and tender white radish surprisingly well.

More noteworthy was that two new buff icons appeared in her status window: “Warm and Satisfied” and “Agile”.

“Warm and Satisfied”: With this buff, health recovery is increased by 1 point per second. Remaining duration: 10 minutes.

Agility: This state increases your movement speed by 10 points for 10 minutes.

Shen Xin read over the descriptions of the two states and mumbled, “These properties seem more suitable for drinking during combat.”

Just as she finished, a series of knocks sounded on the door.

Jing Yan had collected a few packets of seeds while grinding monsters, which he planned to sell to Shen Xin, but upon opening the door, he immediately sensed the aroma of food wafting from inside the house.

It had been a long time since he’d smelled cooked food. Jing Yan swallowed his saliva. “Are you eating? What’s that smell?”

Shen Xin turned around. “Just some fish.”

“Just some fish? Sounds good, sounds good.”

“What are you doing here?”

“Oh.” Jing Yan produced two packets of random seeds. “Do you want these?”

Shen Xin had yet to figure out how to plant the seeds she obtained from defeating slimes last time, but that didn’t stop her from collecting more experimental samples.

After completing their transaction, Jing Yan continued to stand by the door, unmoving.

Shen Xin asked, “Is there something else?”

Jing Yan, feeling a little embarrassed, inquired, “About the fish… Is there any left?”

“Yes.”

Jing Yan’s eyes lit up, and he once again initiated a transaction request with Shen Xin.

After arranging the repair of the small livestock shelter with Xiao Feng, Shen Xin temporarily no longer needed to earn money outside the farm. She chopped down a patch of trees, made some crates, and began sorting the items in the storehouse.

Branches, logs, rocks, slime, and other miscellaneous items filled two crates, while the rest were all used for crops.

By this day, Shen Xin, now a level 4 Farmer, had harvested 94 white radishes, 7 bundles of spinach, 67 strawberries, 12 green beans, 154 potatoes, and 71 coriander bunches.

Potatoes naturally bore multiple fruits per plant, with each sprout potentially yielding two or three tubers. With Shen Xin’s double-harvest buff from the beginning, the fifty units of potato seeds she planted produced more than a hundred fruits.

Shen Xin cheered, “Potatoes are forever god!”

Correspondingly, she could finally live a luxurious and relaxing retirement.

Regardless of whether I can win, why can’t I at least live comfortably?

While the potatoes and green beans simmered, Shen Xin planted the seeds that hadn’t made it into the ground earlier.

At the same time, Qin Chengyue walked into the shop with money in hand, only to see that the shelf where bread used to be was now completely empty. He looked puzzled, then turned to the cash register, only to find several people standing in line.

“Out of stock? Then are there any other foods?”

“Please, my stamina’s about to drop below thirty. If I don’t eat something soon, I’ll contract a negative effect!”

Helplessly, Old He repeated, “We’re out of stock, and we can’t get in touch with the ship…”

“What does that mean?”

Some players looked at him blankly, while Qin Chengyue and a few others felt their faces grow grim, a bad feeling welling within their hearts.

Ding.

Ding.

Several notification sounds rang out, and the players simultaneously pulled up their electronic manuals, which displayed “Utopia Island’s secrets (2/5).”