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When he opened the forum again, nobody sounded as funny as they were in the morning. Most of the posts were screaming and crying.
There were now only 980 people in the regional forum. Sixteen people had died in a single afternoon!
Chen Chen was tired, hungry, and thirsty. He opened the trade channel to check.
The number of transactions in the trade channel had increased. From fire seeds to mountain springs to stone materials… Basically, everything was available outside the shelter.
These items were all very cheap. What everyone was looking for were food, medicine, bandages, and other items that the system had refreshed.
Among them, one person had even hung up the blueprint for a 1.5-meter wooden bed, asking for ten pounds of meat.
However, it was clear that no one had bought it at this stage. Although many people wanted to know the purpose of the blueprints, no one had ten catties of meat. Even if they did, they didn’t have enough wood to build it.
Therefore, although it was the most valuable item in the trading area, no one cared about it.
And in the entire area, two-thirds of the people had not found any food. Many people were hungry, and food became the most scarce resource.
The players had never experienced such extended periods of hunger and were unable to bear the torture any longer.
And as time passed, everyone’s tolerance continued to decline. The prices of various materials continued to fall. They were so cheap that they could be picked up for free.
In less than two hours, the seller of the 1.5-meter wooden bed blueprint had changed the price from ten kilograms of meat to four kilograms of meat.
This reminded Chen Chen of an economic story.
If an initially abundant grain was now only enough for 99% of the population to survive, how much would the price of grain increase?
By 50%? By 100%? By 500%?
No. The price would directly rise to the point where the last 1% of the population could not afford to buy it even if they took out all their assets!
Although the reality was more complicated, the basic principles would not change. This was the status of necessities.
Chen Chen Thought for a while and took out a chicken wing tip and placed it in the trading area.
[Authentic fried chicken wing]
[Tastes good. Use It to exchange for water. Of great value.]
The moment the food was released, it immediately attracted the attention of many players.
Suck A Snail: Wow, releasing poison in the middle of the night
Pu Pu Pu Zhengyi: One liter of water for it?
Nice Giegie Li Tieniu: There’s actually fried chicken. I love it.
I Am The Main Character: Big Brother, my shelter is not far from the water. Give it to me, and I will supply you with water for two days, okay?
Many had built their shelters near the water source, and since everyone had kept each other’s prices low, water was very cheap now.
Seeing the message from I am the main character, Chen Chen did not wait any longer and directly sent a private message.
Chen Zhen: Two days’ water supply. That’s fine. It’s getting dark now. How much can you give me today?
I Am The Main Character: Big Brother, I don’t have a container right now. I will give you whatever you want in 20 minutes if you want it.
Chen Zhen: Oh.
After saying, “Oh,” Chen Zhen logged out of the interface. He suddenly realized that he did not have a container for water either. If he did not have a container, it would be too much of a loss.
Therefore, he went to the trading system to look for a container.
[I Am The Main Character] did not know what happened. When he saw that Chen Chen did not speak, he thought that someone must’ve given him a better offer, and he could not help but send messages anxiously.
[I Am The Main Character: Big Brother, are you still there?]
[I Am The Main Character: Big Brother, how about I give you another discount and give you three days of water?]?
[I am the main character: Big Brother…]
Soon, Chen Chen found the person who sold the container. It was the [Survival Expert Xing Kai] who had reminded everyone to change their name.
He sold water containers that he had made with palm leaves. One container could hold about half a liter of water.
Chen Chen sent a message directly.
Chen Zhen: How Do you change this container?
Xing Kai replied quickly.
Survival Expert Xing Kai: Are you the one who’s selling chicken wings? Do you still sell them? I can exchange them for up to five.
Chen Zhen: Other stuff, perhaps? I have wood, not thin twigs, but wooden boards.
Survival Expert Xing Kai: Huh? Do you have an ax or a saw? I want to exchange the right to use the ax with you if you wish.
Survival Expert Xing Kai: I can make more stuff with these tools. The trading system can set the usage time. I can’t take it permanently.
Survival Expert Xing Kai: I can give you my jacket. Its original price was more than 4,000 yuan. These two things are worth the same in the wild.
Chen Chen thought about it and felt it was feasible. Then he asked: I have a Tang straight knife. It should be okay, right? Tell me about the exchange conditions.
Survival Expert Xing Kai: “A Tang straight knife would be even better. How about letting me use it for four hours at night? I’ll give you all five containers. Tomorrow, I’ll give you a three-liter bamboo basket. What do you think?”
Chen Chen thought about it for a while and felt that this person was sincere. He then sent a message over.
Chen Chen: “Don’t wait for a few hours. I’ll lend you the knife in two hours. You can return it to me at six tomorrow morning.”
Survival Expert Xing Kai: Okay! Thank you so much!
Very quickly, Xing Kai’s transaction request was sent over. After seeing that there were no problems, Chen Chen agreed.
Following that, Xing Kai sent over five containers. When he wanted to exchange his jacket for the Tang knife, he gave it to him.
With the containers, Chen Chen turned around to look for [I Am The Main Character].
Looking at the previous post, Chen Chen saw that this [I Am The Main Character] was Wang Yu, who had started posting that he was the main character.
This person really couldn’t forget him.
….
I Am The Main Character: Big Brother, five days. Five days is the limit.
Chen Chen: What are you doing? I didn’t say no. I just went to look for a container.
I Am The Main Character: …..
In a wooden house, Wang Yu slapped himself on the mouth. “How sinful!”
But at this moment, he didn’t have any room for regret, his eyes red as he typed.
I Am The Main Character: Five days as promised! Big Brother, hurry up and trade with me. I’m famished!
Chen Chen: Ok.
Wang Yu felt a little suffocated. He really had to work for five days.
However, Wang Yu still quickly sent out a trade request. This was the first time he had experienced the feeling of being hungry. He really couldn’t stand it.
After confirming the trade, Chen Chen started waiting. Wang Yu had to go to the water source before trading it with Chen Chen.
The chicken wing tip transaction was given to Wang Yu. He used the system’s rental transaction and rented Wang Yu’s water collection service for five days.
The transaction was guaranteed by the system. If one violated the rules, the equivalent item would be deducted.
After that, Chen Chen used a piece of wood to exchange for the fire seed and started a fire in the house.
In the beginning, the fire seed wasn’t that cheap. This was especially so when Cao Xin used his own fire ability to make it. He had directly sold a kilo of meat to start, causing everyone to stop in their tracks.
Later, it was Survival Expert Xing Kai who made fire by drilling wood. He offered them for an extremely low price before everyone could use fire.
After that, someone exchanged the tinder and hung it up to sell. The price was even lower, but this kind of behavior was despised by others.
Chen Chen felt that Xing Kai’s character was alright during the previous exchange, so he directly exchanged for the tinder wood.
After lighting the fire, the room became a little brighter. Chen Chen then started to check the beehive.
At this time, the bees were coming back one after another. Their hind legs were covered with nectar and pollen, so the efficiency of collecting nectar seemed to be pretty good.
Chen Chen immediately felt the situation inside the beehive and found that some honey had already been produced. It amounted to only a few grams, though.
Chen Chen understood the situation inside the beehive. At this moment, with the materials brought back by the field bees, some young worker bees began to process the pollen, producing honey, beeswax, and royal jelly.
Chen Chen had a feeling that as long as he wanted, he could order the worker bees to increase the production of royal jelly or beeswax.
However, he was only a beekeeping amateur and knew little about the field and didn’t dare to randomly adjust the production of these things. It would be awful if a large number of bees died.
Moreover, the beehive had just started, so it was better to let the bees decide how to process the various components.
Chen Chen estimated that once processed, they could produce about 50 grams of honey, excluding their own consumption.
“Honey is definitely one of the best resources in the wild. Let’s not even talk about the taste. The fact that it can quickly replenish energy is amazing.”
In order to survive, food, water, shelter, and fire were indispensable.
Because they could freely trade, water and fire were not a problem. And everyone in the shelter had them.
What everyone lacked was food, and honey was definitely a high-end product in the wild.
Taking advantage of the fact that it was not dark yet, Chen Chen still had some time left.
Chen Chen walked out of the shelter, cut down some surrounding trees, dug up some soil, and picked up some stones to prepare for the night.
After moving the wood into the shelter, Wang Yu sent a message.
I Am The Main Character: Brother Chen, I am at the stream now. I will send you as much water as you need.
Chen Zhen: Ok. You can send it directly. I will send you a message if it is enough.
I Am The Main Character: Ok!
Then, Chen Chen saw a faint light flashing in front of his eyes. There was a small stream of flowing water.
Chen Chen first filled up the five palm leaf containers before taking off his clothes for a bath.
I Am The Main Character: Brother Chen, why is it taking so long? My hands are getting tired.
Chen Zhen: Alright, Alright. You can stop now.
I am the main character: Alright, then I will go back.
***
Wang Yu let out a long sigh of relief and shook his sore hands. After gulping down a few mouthfuls of water, he was ready to go back.
All of a sudden, there was a flash of light in front of him as a fried chicken wing landed in his arms.
Wang Yu was momentarily stunned, “This is…”
He subsequently opened his private message.
Chen Zhen: One chicken wing for two days of water is basically the limit. I will pay you five days of water for five days. I hope that we can continue to work together in the future.
Wang Yu was slightly touched. This time, he wasn’t giving him the tip of the chicken wing, but the entire wing!
Wang Yu was silent for a while before he finally sent a message.
I Am The Main Character: Thanks! Definitely!
Currently, only six or seven people in the area can fetch water. This time, they had taken advantage of the situation. As long as they still traded with the other party in the future, it was very easy for them to get back a chicken wing.
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Moreover, Wang Yu also displayed a pleasant attitude when fetching water. Naturally, Chen Chen wasn’t willing to take advantage of such a small matter.
Chen Chen didn’t reply. After giving the chicken wings, he went to post.
There was strength in numbers. Chen Chen was prepared to take the lead and post his own experiences and conjectures. He wanted to see if he could help each other.
It was very likely that other people would also start to post some of their own discoveries. This way, they would be able to understand this world as soon as possible.
When they first came to the terraformed world, the players were still very harmonious. After all, they shared hobbies and similar cultures. There were also traces of sand sculptures among the netizens..