Chapter 75: Can Still Sacrifice?

Lin Yifan looked at everyone's despondent remarks and wasn't really surprised.

This Mosquito Swarm Disaster, if Lin Yifan hadn't known the news in advance, no one would know how many could survive.

But by looking at the ranking of surviving numbers in each District, one can at least infer some clues.

Their District now has just over 61,000 people still alive; in only a few days, about 40,000 have died. What difference is there between that death rate and a massacre?

And that already puts them at rank 42.

Lin Yifan had previously calculated that the whole Human population has over 80,000 Districts; how many people will still be alive in those lower‑ranked Districts?

It should be known that selfish people are never lacking in this world; not everyone will, like Lin Yifan, publish the disaster after receiving the news, letting everyone prepare in advance and saving more lives.

Probably those Districts at the bottom, where the first person to upgrade to a Level‑2 Shelter doesn't even choose to view the message, opting straight for other rewards.

But none of that concerns Lin Yifan; what he needs to do is make himself stronger and stronger.

After completing this disaster task, some things will become clear!

The number of Survivors in one's District indeed affects many things, such as Collective Tasks.

Even Lin Yifan has to admit that the rewards from Collective Tasks are truly tempting.

Therefore, within his capability, he hopes more people in the District can survive.

Seeing everyone's morale sinking, Lin Yifan thought for a moment and sent a message:

"Everyone, don't be so despondent. Since this world is the Survival Realm, it's meant for us to survive; no matter how dangerous a disaster is, there's always a way to face it."

"Take this Mosquito Swarm Disaster, didn't we all survive? After tomorrow's Collective Task ends, the reward will definitely boost everyone's survival strength by a large margin."

"So I believe we can get through this disaster, and we will surely get through the next one as well. Everyone must not give up; I will do my best to help."

At that moment, some clever people asked Lin Yifan in the comment section:

"Boss, this disaster was only survivable thanks to the tip you gave us earlier; I believe with your leadership we can definitely get through the next disaster!"

"And since you already know the response plan for this disaster, you must have the next one figured out too; please tell us about it."

"Yes, yes, you're the pride of our District and its backbone; if you know any news, you must tell us!"

……

Lin Yifan felt a headache; regarding the next Heavy Rain Disaster, to be honest, he himself still doesn't know how to deal with it.

That water pool appeared so abruptly, most likely the flood source, but the problem is that even now he doesn't know how to resolve that pool.

But at that moment, a new message prompt appeared.

【Survivor Publishes Disaster Info, receive one Humanitarian Reward.】

【Blue Treasure Chest】 ×1 (Open?)

Another Green Treasure Chest.

Lin Yifan raised an eyebrow; he suddenly recalled that when he obtained hidden crisis info, he could choose whether to publish it.

Whether or not he chooses to publish, he will receive a reward.

For the earlier Mosquito Swarm Disaster info, when he published it he was rewarded with a Green Treasure Chest.

He didn't expect that this time he would be directly rewarded with a Blue Treasure Chest.

It truly was an unexpected pleasant surprise.

Lin Yifan loves this kind of surprise; without a second thought, he chose to open it.

"Open the treasure chest!"

"Talent Activation, Opening Box Joy! The chest you opened contains three items; you may sacrifice the three items to obtain one thing you desire."

【Sacrifice?】

Lin Yifan frowned; he really hadn't expected such an option.

This truly made it hard for him to decide; the items in the Blue Treasure Chest are extremely precious.

For example, the chest he opened before, even without triggering the Opening Box Joy Buff, its original contents were already remarkable.

Whether it's an Attribute Fruit, an Appraisal Scroll, or a Mountain Bike, they're all top‑tier goods.

Sacrificing such fine items just to obtain one desired thing.

Is it worth it?

Moreover, the things he urgently needs now already have ways to obtain, so he truly has nothing especially desired.

Wait!

He does have one urgently needed item.

Diving suit!

He now urgently needs a diving suit; otherwise, his Water Pit Treasure Chest loop task cannot be completed.

Of course, he could search slowly, but he already discovered that the earlier the task is finished, the higher its rating and the better the reward.

The previous two loop tasks earned extra rewards for timely completion; this time, although not as timely as the first two, Lin Yifan still hopes to finish early.

Moreover, he's even more afraid of not finding a diving suit to complete the task.

If he fails, it would be completely wasted.

And one most important point is that water pool; Lin Yifan feels that this chest task he's doing now is likely related to the pool.

So, no matter how good the Blue Treasure Chest yields, completing the task is still more important.

With a plan in mind, Lin Yifan is too lazy to waste more time agonizing.

"I choose to sacrifice!"

【Sacrifice Successful!】

【Please state the thing you want!】

Lin Yifan hurriedly said, "Diving suit, I want a set of high‑quality diving suits!"

【Reward has been delivered! Please check it yourself!】

This message is really good; Lin Yifan found a blue Treasure Chest before his eyes, and after a brief transformation, it turned into a matte transparent box.

Faintly, one could see that it contained quite a few items inside.

Lin Yifan opened the transparent box and saw that it held a blue diving suit, and in addition to the suit, there were many extra pieces of equipment.

A searchlight, an Oxygen Tank, a mask, flippers, and so on…

It turned out to be a complete diving set!

At that moment, Lin Yifan also saw the informational description of this pile of items.

【Diving Gear Set】

Grade: Bronze

【Allows underwater work at a depth of a kilometer for 6 hours; after 6 hours one must return to the surface and let the Oxygen Tank recharge for 18 hours before the next underwater operation.】

It can actually perform underwater work at a kilometer depth for 6 hours!

Lin Yifan's eyes were about to bulge out; although he was poor before, it wasn't that he had never encountered diving equipment.

Because his swimming ability is fairly good; he grew up by the water when he was young.

The place where he went to school happened to be a coastal city, where the beach tourism industry was especially thriving.

He adopted a try‑it‑out attitude and applied for a Beach Lifeguard position; as a result, he luckily got exposed to diving and showed considerable talent.

Later, he actually went from being a diving lifeguard to an Underwater Lifeguard!

So he can still tell the quality of a diving suit at a glance.