Athena in Tower Defense Game! [LitRPG]

Athena returned to the edge of the bed, sitting there blankly, lost in thought.

She hadn't been kidnapped; she had crossed over.

But the system kept ringing incessantly, prompting her to open the system panel again. A new panel appeared, displaying various functions commonly seen in gaming.

The one constantly flashing with a red dot and emitting a notification sound was the Regional Chat Channel.

She clicked on it.

A long string of messages scrolled rapidly before her eyes.

When Athena saw this message, she looked at the upper left corner of the chat panel, where indeed a remaining number was displayed, but it wasn't 10,000 anymore, it was over 9,800.

Over hundred people had died in just a short ten minutes.

Calming herself, she scrolled through the chat messages again.

She successfully found a nearby function and turned off the notification sound.

Then she clicked on the chat channel of another area, and a pop-up appeared.

How many regions are there in total? How many people have entered the game, no one knows.

Returning to the interface, continuing to browse through the chat messages. Soon, another useful piece of information caught her eye.

"Don't waste chat opportunities, you can only send twelve messages a day..."

She wasn't planning to send any messages now, intending to wait until tomorrow to explore before sending any.

After browsing for a while and confirming that there was no useful information, she left the chat channel and opened her own profile panel.

Similar to the chat interface, but her mental power and agility are obviously higher than average. And she has a big gift package in her mailbox, which others don't have, maybe they concealed it.

She clicked on it, but there was nothing inside. But a string of purple text appeared on her system panel.

Athena looked at the inexplicably appearing purple text, but did not choose to decide rashly, after all, it's still night.

She remembered what the system said before, that light can to some extent ward off monsters.

She picked up the candle next to her for illumination. 50 meters, with a speed of 1.6, it's worth a try, after all, in this ghostly place, people who choose comfort cannot survive until the end.

No one knows if that package will disappear, without food, water, or even heating equipment.

If she doesn't strive for it, the consequences can be imagined.

She opened the dilapidated wooden door again, holding the candle in her hand. The darkness, which was originally invisible, seemed to have a life of its own, slowly retreating in the candlelight. Athena frowned, this darkness actually seemed alive, fortunately she didn't rush out.

She estimated and slowly walked forward, ready to rush back inside at any time. The surroundings were all muddy because it had been raining all the time, and walking on the soil gave a sticky feeling. She was sleeping when she came over, so she couldn't possibly be wearing shoes. She could only walk barefoot, which made her feel even more uncomfortable.

Next to it were some weeds, all very common on Earth. It gave her an idea, but the main task now was to get the package. Until she saw a white package lying on the soil in front of her.

Grabbing the package, she quickly rushed back.

Back at the thatched cottage, she closed the door and leaned against it, calming her heartbeat.

"Hahaha." In the midst of her rapid heartbeat, she couldn't help but laugh.

Opening the package, it was as the purple text said, containing a bottle of water and two compressed biscuits. The biscuits were military-grade, should last for a day or two. She was lucky to get food.

At least now she didn't have to worry about starving to death.

The first one hundred? This means that fewer than a hundred people have opened the package now, and even if they did, it might not be food.

Thinking about the number of deaths, some people may have gone out before this and never came back alive.

Having the package but no use for it. Clicking on the system mailbox, there was a bottle of mineral water, which appeared in her hand after receiving it.

She could now confirm that the purple text is special for giving her crucial information, maybe it was only for her? Who knows.

It would be her greatest reliance for survival in this world.

She was very concerned about the countdown, which was likely a newbie protection period of seven days.

After seven days, it was very likely that even the daytime would no longer be safe.

Even so, the current daytime was not absolutely safe.

Athena looked at the refreshed text but chose not to go out. She wanted to collect supplies as soon as possible, but life was more valuable.

If it were a golden package, then she might reconsider.

Putting the candle back on the wooden table, she lay back on the hard bed, now was not the time to be picky.

She rested as much as possible, saving enough energy for tomorrow's exploration during the daytime.

She curled up in bed, resting her head on her hand.

The tension in her mind, now finally relaxed. Perhaps she was too tired; she fell asleep faster than she had imagined.

The chat interface, however, didn't stop all night, many people couldn't sleep. They could only keep browsing through the chat messages, soothing their unstable emotions.

Anyway, the night passed, and as the sun gradually rose, all the darkness faded away.

Athena successfully woke up, raising her hand to look at the watch on her wrist, it was now 5:40 in the morning.

But outside it already looked like noon.

This was reminded by the purple text yesterday.

There's only a newbie protection period of 7 days in total, and the candle can only burn for 7 days as well. But this was also a welfare, because as long as it was used sparingly, its burning life span was definitely more than 7 days.

The mud on her feet had dried up, she reached down and scraped off a chunk of dried mud.

With 20 minutes left, standing on the bed, she cheerfully performed warm-up exercises.