In reality, both low and high temperatures are unpleasant. In a survival game like this, both extremes severely impact crop yields, making it especially challenging for foragers. While the various monsters remain, they're even more challenging, but the increased stamina consumption caused by the temperature increases the overall difficulty of the game.

Ye Miao vaguely remembered that when the game was just launched for about three months, the planner might have been crazy and arranged for two weeks of high temperature and two weeks of low temperature. The harsh environment for a month caused many players to run out of supplies and had to spend money to buy supplies to survive. For a time, the entire game super topic was angrily scolding the production team for forcing players to spend money in disguise, and the topic of "Ten Thousand People Resign as Fantasy World Planner" even became a hot search.

It has only been a month since the end of the world began, and everyone has very limited supplies. If there is a wave of low or high temperatures now, it will definitely be more uncomfortable than it was then.

Ye Miao has counted the inventory in the warehouse several times in the past few days, and has also roughly made a plan to deal with the sudden onset of extreme weather. At the same time, he prayed madly in his heart, hoping that the system would be kind and not let the extreme weather come so quickly.

A settlement that became rich overnight.

Ding Yu and Wu Zhen have been wandering outside with their daughter for two days. It seems like a short time, but the apocalypse is full of dangers, and the family of three has been in danger several times.

They arrived at the north side of T City yesterday and stumbled upon the "Get Rich Overnight" settlement, which was open for application, so they submitted an application as a team.

Applying to join a territory as a team is ideal for players with families, as once the application is approved, the whole family is settled. However, this also increases the chances of rejection, as not every member of a family can fight. To ensure the territory's combat effectiveness, many territory owners will directly reject applications if they see any elderly, young, sick, or disabled members in the team.

So after submitting their applications yesterday, Ding Yu and Wu Zhen were both very nervous. Even the younger Wu Xi was a little nervous, asking countless times throughout the day, "Did we pass?"

By nightfall, the couple still hadn't received a notification that their application had been approved, and they had almost given up. This morning, as they were about to head to T City for a walk, they suddenly received the news that their application had been approved. Overjoyed, they didn't dare to relax and immediately rushed over with their daughter.

They arrived at the settlement near noon. Most of the members who had gone out to pick fruits or kill monsters had taken their lunches and would not return for lunch. The settlement seemed rather empty, and the silence made the new members nervous. The couple carefully avoided wandering around, only approaching the NPC Da Zhuang when they saw him, asking if there was any open space nearby.

"Open space?" Da Zhuang was confused by the question. Wu Zhen nodded: "It's the kind of open space where no one lives and you can set up a tent."

"Oh..." Da Zhuang suddenly realized and said frankly, "It should be fine, right? But I suggest you camp in a residential area?"

"Okay." After receiving a positive answer, the couple walked to the residential area and pitched their tent next to a thatched house.

During the following half day, many new members who had just passed the application arrived one after another. Some of them chose to find a place to set up their tents like them, some brought their own RVs and found an open space to park them, and some were wealthy enough to go straight to the reception hall after entering the settlement, buy houses and move in leisurely, which aroused envy.

At 18:00 in the evening, Ye Miao, who had been out hunting monsters all day, returned home with a full load.

It’s so cool, it’s so cool for high-level players to team up!

Previously, although Chu Cheng's five-man team were all world-class athletes, and each of them was calculated by the system as a level 90+ archer after the apocalypse, and Chu Cheng, who had won the championship, was directly level 100, but there were still obvious shortcomings in actual combat - there was no melee combat. In order to ensure their own safety when fighting monsters, they could only attack from a distance. However, on the one hand, the distance would reduce the attack power of the bow and arrow, and on the other hand, although they were far away, they still had to pay attention to the movements of monsters and needed to dodge frequently, which would slow down the monster-killing speed.

Of course, Ye Miao also has shortcomings when fighting alone. As a melee fighter, she has no group attack skills. Sometimes when there are too many monsters gathered, she will be in a mess.

Now they work together as a team with long-range and melee combat. She holds the monsters in front to prevent them from getting close to the five-member archer team, and the five-member archer team shoots arrows from the back. Not only can each person shoot several arrows at the same time, but some arrows can also cause penetrating damage, killing two or three monsters at once.

So at the end of the day, both sides clearly felt the benefits of "1+1>2". When they came back, their backpacks were full. Ye Miao didn't even bother to go back to the house and went to the warehouse to put down the leftovers. Chu Cheng's team carried various resources that could be used as raw materials and knocked on the doors of the sellers in the small market to see if anyone wanted to buy them.

So Ye Miao didn't realize until he walked out of the warehouse that there seemed to be some changes in the settlement.

The buildings in her territory had always been neatly arranged, each one built by her own hands, neatly arranged one after another. But now, the thatched hut area was filled with colorful tents and a few RVs, disrupting the former neatness, but also giving the settlement a more lively atmosphere.

Ye Miao’s first reaction was to ask them to buy a house, but after thinking about it carefully, he gave up the idea.

It’s different now than when you first built your shelter or upgraded your camp.

When the shelter was first established, the apocalypse had just begun, and many players had never sought refuge with anyone before. They came directly with the supplies they had saved from their original world, so those who had money could buy houses directly.

The situation when upgrading a camp was different from when building a shelter, but not too different. At that time, the game had just passed the novice stage, when the mode was simple, and many players survived by hiding and hiding, and they still had some spare money when joining the camp.

But now, fifteen days have passed. Over the past fifteen days, with the widening temperature swings between day and night and the frost giants causing trouble, survival has become significantly more difficult, and players fighting alone are now rare. Therefore, the new members joining the settlement are likely to have previously joined other territories and are now coming here because they were exploited by their former territories, or perhaps their former territories were destroyed by the frost giants. Either way, they are penniless and can't even afford to buy a thatched hut.

So Ye Miao swallowed his suggestion that they buy a house, and instead knocked on Sister Jin's door and told her, "There are a lot of new members today, so prepare more dinner."

"Okay, don't worry, I will make sure everyone has food." Sister Jin's answer was reassuring.

At 6:30 PM, the settlement's minimum dinner was available at the grocery store, which Dazhuang was in charge of. Members who had gone out to hunt monsters and gather supplies gradually returned, and the store soon became bustling with activity.

"Wow... Fried two-color tofu, stir-fried beef, stir-fried rapeseed, deep-fried small yellow croaker, and poached eggs are on the shelves at the same time? Why is there such a rich feast today!" Businessman Ren Guoqing's eyes lit up. As usual, he bought the maximum amount of each dish according to the purchase limit, and then kept a portion of stir-fried beef, stir-fried rapeseed, and fried rice for himself. He put the rest into his backpack, preparing to take it out tomorrow to the middleman to make a profit from the difference.

Meanwhile, the small market was bustling with activity. Wu Zhen and Ding Yu stepped out of their tent, surveyed the bustling market, and then turned their gaze away, heading towards the grocery store.

They had previously handed over too much supplies at the Future World camp, and now they only had less than 500 gold coins left. They had to keep some for emergencies, so they had to be frugal.

The couple lined up in silence. The line moved quickly and soon it was their turn.

The moment she looked up at the shelves, Ding Yu's heartbeat quickened. She felt the unique sense of embarrassment that comes with poverty. Her hands subconsciously clutched the corners of her clothes, her teeth clenched. After three seconds of focused attention, she looked surprised: "How can this be..."

Fried two-color tofu and stir-fried beef are both blue-quality foods, and only cost 10 gold coins each.

Stir-fried rapeseed, deep-fried yellow croaker, and poached eggs are white quality and only cost 5 gold coins each.

There are also two staple foods, rice and steamed buns, which are also white quality and cost 3 gold coins each.

Ding Yu quickly calculated in his mind: if each member of the family of three bought one portion of each food, the total cost would be 123.

She had thought that everyone would have to spend about this amount to be full, but now if they really bought this amount, they would not be able to finish it.

Assuming we eat until we are full, a total of about forty or fifty yuan would be enough for three people.

Ding Yu was in disbelief for a long time, then calmed down and said cautiously, "Look, there's a limited purchase quantity, so the price won't be the same every day. Let's buy more while it's cheap and save it for later."

Most of these stir-fried dishes have a shelf life of 3 days. If they buy more, they won’t go hungry for at least three days.

Wu Zhen nodded: "Okay."

The couple simply bought enough food to last for three days, spending more than 150 gold coins.

At the back of the line, Wen Qiang, who was waiting in line, was stopped by an acquaintance: "Brother Qiang?"

I turned around and saw that it was Zhang Tingting.

Not long ago, Wen Qiang was still running the Star Camp. Later, the Star Camp suffered a devastating blow from the Frost Giants. Although many players survived, they were unable to rebuild and had to disband on the spot, with members going their separate ways.

Zhang Tingting was originally a member of the Star Camp.

The Star Camp is a relatively friendly place. Although members also have to hand in supplies, the ratio is only 30% of the supplies they have obtained, and there are no abnormal rules such as last-place elimination. Therefore, Zhang Tingting and Wen Qiang have no grudges, and they feel excited to meet each other again, as if they were fellow villagers meeting each other.

Wen Qiang felt a little awkward, as if he was being seen by an old friend in a state of desolation. He felt a little uncomfortable: "You are here too..."

"Yeah, I joined this group as soon as our camp was disbanded." Zhang Tingting explained briefly and casually pulled him along. "Let's go to the little market over there. It's my treat!"

"Oh..." Wen Qiang wanted to refuse, but Zhang Tingting didn't give him a chance to speak, so he had to stagger and follow her.

As they entered the market, Zhang Tingting shouted to He Kailai, "Can you please bring me a serving of Kung Pao Chicken with rice?" She was still walking towards Hu Haomiao Lin's RV.

He Kai saw where she was going and agreed readily. After all, they were all early members and had a good relationship, so Hu Haomiaolin didn't mind the guests having a portion of his Kung Pao Chicken in the RV.

Then Zhang Tingting asked Hu Hao for two bowls of bone broth ramen and a serving of fried sausage. Wen Qiang's heart trembled as he estimated the price, and he kept saying, "We don't need so much... We can't finish it!"

"If you can't finish it, take it away." Zhang Tingting smiled. "Let me tell you, the bone broth ramen here is delicious. But you must try the Kung Pao Chicken too, it's purple quality! It restores both health and mana!"

"..." Wen Qiang's heart trembled when he heard this.

As a player who had built their own camp, he felt he had the best understanding of the price situation. Territory recruits were generally based on combat effectiveness, and since he lacked any culinary talent, he had to buy food from outside at exorbitant prices. Even if there were one or two good cooks, they knew scarcity made things more valuable, so they wouldn't sell them cheaply, let alone purple-quality food.

Such a good thing, with the property of "restoring health and mana", how can you eat it at night when you are not killing monsters? You must eat it and then kill monsters immediately to make it worth it!

So when the Kung Pao Chicken and Bone Broth Ramen were served, Wen Qiang couldn't bring himself to eat them even though his stomach was growling. He hesitated for a long time and said, "Tingting, how much is this meal? Let's split it up, shall we?"

The AA system can make him feel more comfortable.

Zhang Tingting, who was eating noodles in big mouthfuls, was stunned for a moment, looked up at him, and wiped her mouth: "Oh, it's not worth much, just eat it."

Wen Qiang: “…”

How could it be that he didn't have much money? That Kung Pao Chicken alone wasn't cheap. He estimated that this whole meal would cost at least six or seven hundred gold.

But seeing Zhang Tingting so enthusiastic, he didn't insist any longer. He just planned to wait for the bill to be settled to listen to the price here, and then ask privately how much the Kung Pao Chicken cost so that he could repay the favor later.

Fifteen minutes later.

Zhang Tingting: "Boss, check out!"

Wen Qiang pricked up his ears and prepared to hear the price with great anxiety.

Miao Lin recalled what they had ordered: "110 gold, just give 100."

"It's okay, it's okay." Zhang Tingting took out 110 gold and handed it over.

Wen Qiang: ???

Three blue-quality foods for only 110 gold?

He paused for a moment, then lowered his voice to ask, "How much is Kung Pao Chicken? Can you tell me?"

"That 90." Zhang Tingting smacked her lips. "Oh, I really don't need an A. How about you treat me to a meal some other day, okay?"

Wen Qiang: "Okay..."

Although he didn't understand why the price was this high, he could afford it!

At 7:30 p.m., the small market was still bustling, but the peak time for members to have dinner had passed. People in the market were either preparing lunch for tomorrow or new members were wandering around out of curiosity.

Meng Xiaomeng turned around and was both happy and worried about the shockingly cheap prices in the settlement.

The reason she was happy was, of course, because she wouldn't have to worry about food in the future. She could afford such low prices no matter how miserable her life was. Even if she got something she lost and sold it, she could still get enough money for food. She wouldn't have to worry about not having enough to eat.

What she is worried about is that with prices so cheap, it might be even harder for her to make more money.

Before the apocalypse, Meng Xiaomeng was a junior at T City Fashion Institute. When the apocalypse just came, she knew nothing, but she directly possessed level 50 tailoring skills.

In the first few days, she bravely killed monsters and gathered materials, obtaining clothing materials while also activating her combat and gathering skills. Then she joined a decent shelter, which gave her a place to stay.

Later, Meng Xiaomeng began experimenting with clothing. The game system offers a high degree of flexibility. Players with tailoring skills can try their hand at making clothes by simply encountering a ready-made blueprint. Additionally, players can create their own designs if they receive a blank blueprint. The system then determines the quality of the equipment and its corresponding profession.

Meng Xiaomeng, a student of this major, quickly mastered it after a while. Her tailoring skill had now reached level 55, giving her a 100% success rate for crafting white-quality clothing and over 95% for blue-quality clothing. Furthermore, there was a 10% chance of creating purple-quality clothing when crafting blue-quality clothing.

If you directly make purple quality clothes, the success rate is 80%, which is also acceptable.

These clothes became Meng Xiaomeng's main source of income, and the main expense was purchasing materials for making clothes.

After all, her combat skill level is not high, and it is too dangerous for her to go out and kill monsters and get materials by herself. It is much safer to buy from combat players.

However, the materials are not cheap either.

Therefore, Meng Xiaomeng became nervous after seeing the prices in the overnight rich settlement. She was worried that the clothes would not sell at a good price, and she was also worried that the raw materials would still be expensive.

——In fact, if she thought about it carefully, she would know that this was illogical, but when people face survival problems, their logic tends to stop working and they fall into a vicious circle of endless anxiety.

Until Meng Xiaomeng saw an almost shabby stall in a corner of the small market.

The stall actually belonged to Chu Cheng's team, but the others were not there, only Shen Ruhuan was "watching the stall". They were high level, and the drops they got every day were very rich, including cards, medicines, materials, and equipment.

Among them, equipment, cards, and medicines can always be sold quickly. As for materials, food ingredients and ores are not difficult to sell because there are people in the territory who can cook and forge. However, it is not easy to sell tailors.

So Meng Xiaomeng saw:

[Item: Silk*30]

【Quality: Purple】

【Description：High-quality clothing fabric.】

Price: 400

[Item: Cotton cloth*30]

【Quality: Blue】

【Description：A common clothing fabric.】

Price: 200

[Item: Coarse cloth*30]

【Quality: White】

Description: A rough clothing fabric.

Price: 10

In addition, there are various small items such as cotton thread, sewing needles, gems, etc., the prices are as low as a fraction of other places.

Meng Xiaomeng stood half a meter away from Shen Ruhuan and was stunned for three seconds. Suddenly, her dead logic came back to life: That's right! Generally speaking, the cost and selling price should be proportional!

After working hard all night, Meng Xiaomeng tentatively set up her stall the next morning while everyone was getting up early for lunch.

Because she had limited knowledge of the new settlement, she didn't dare make too many clothes. She only made a purple-quality robe that could be used by both melee and ranged mages. She also made five pieces of light armor for players like assassins and archers who didn't need to withstand close-range physical attacks.

Considering that the raw materials were bought cheaply this time, Meng Xiaomeng lowered the selling price accordingly, to only about one-third of the outside price.

The panel displays:

[Item: Ultra-light Soft Armor]

【Quality: Blue】

[Description: After wearing it, it can effectively resist some damage when attacked, providing protection for the body.]

Durability: 100/100

[Price: 200 gold coins]

[Item: Gold-woven Robe]

【Quality: Purple】

[Description: After wearing, magic power recovery speed increases by 50%. If you cause damage to the enemy, there is a 30% chance of triggering "Rune Stun", making the enemy unable to move. The effect lasts for 3 seconds.]

Durability: 300/300

[Price: 1500 gold coins]

After the price was posted, Meng Xiaomeng waited nervously for customers to come. In less than three minutes, someone discovered her: "Oh my God! Are you a tailor? Are you new here?!" An archer came running over.

"Yes." Meng Xiaomeng nodded and answered truthfully, "I joined the settlement yesterday and tried to make some clothes."

"Oh my god, oh my god, we finally have a tailor!" The archer cried with joy. He looked at the price and immediately paid. "I want three sets of soft armor! Here, six hundred for you!"

"..." Meng Xiaomeng was so overwhelmed by the huge business that came in just three minutes after opening that she almost jumped up. She quickly calmed herself down and asked rationally, "Do you really need so much? Actually, the durability of clothing doesn't decrease as fast as weapons. Ranged classes can still use it for a longer time, so there's no need to stock up so much."

The archer smiled and shook his head: "Our team has two archers and one assassin. I'll buy one for each of them!"

I see.

Meng Xiaomeng then took the money and handed her the three sets of soft armor. The archer left with a happy look on her face.

"Hey, are you the new tailor?" Ye Miao came over while chewing a red bean paste bun.

When approving the new applicants' applications, what made her happiest was that two tailors came to the territory.

Then she set her eyes on the robe and said without hesitation, "I want the robe. Can I pre-order it? If I can, I'll order another one."

"Sure." Meng Xiaomeng nodded. "What attributes do you need? I can go back and look at the blueprints and find one with more suitable attributes for you."

Ye Miao said, "This is great! The faster mana recovery is just right!"

After saying that, she took out the money and handed it over, and by the way, added Meng Xiaomeng as a friend.

She planned to give one of these robes to Zhu Yihua and one to Fang Shuqin. One of them was a great pharmacist and the other was a high-level priest stationed in the territory. The increased mana recovery speed meant that the territory could have more medicines, and the waiting time for members to come back for blood replenishment could also be reduced, which could be regarded as an overall improvement in the gathering power.

A few steps away, Tan Kening's mood fluctuated as he listened to their conversation.

He had originally come for the robe, but Ye Miao was one step faster, so he couldn't rush over to grab it. He could only secretly hope that Ye Miao wanted to buy the ultra-light soft armor.

When he heard Ye Miao wanted to buy a robe, his mood hit rock bottom. Then, when he heard that it could be pre-ordered, his good mood returned!

Tan Kening then took two steps forward and said, "I want to order a robe too! I want one that restores mana!"

"Okay, okay." Meng Xiaomeng agreed repeatedly and added a friend as well.

Ye Miao asked: "Do you want to pay a deposit?"

"No need." Meng Xiaomeng smiled. "If you guys cancel, I should be able to sell it to someone else."

She spoke with confidence, as if she was very experienced.

But this conclusion isn't based on confidence. While purple gear has always been in high demand, it's also incredibly expensive. If a player can't pay for a pre-ordered item due to various reasons, other players might not have the spare cash to do so, even if they want one. Especially in territories with strict laws and high taxes, players might have to grit their teeth for days to save enough to afford a single piece of purple gear.

However, if you lower the price just to sell it, it will be difficult to cover the cost.

But now, the cost of the robe has been lowered a lot. Meng Xiaomeng can still make a small profit at the price of 1,500 gold. If she can't sell it in the territory, she can sell it outside. There will definitely be no worries about no one buying it.

By this calculation, she would probably have enough money to buy a stone house in a few days. The stone house here was only 800 gold, which was like free compared to the ones outside.

After Ye Miao bought the robe, he happily toured the territory that had prospered a lot overnight, then opened the territory panel and began to think about "new business".

——There are more people and more bosses in the territory now. After these days, many members have saved money. It’s time to provide everyone with some "luxury goods".

After most members went out to fight monsters and collect materials, Ye Miao walked to the open space in the residential area and quickly built five brand new red houses.

Then she walked into the reception hall and made the announcement:

"Brick house for sale: 80 square meters, with a 10 square meter courtyard, priced at 5,000 gold coins, limited to one per person."

Red bricks are very expensive, but she sold them for even more, more than five times the price of a stone house.

But Ye Miao had no psychological pressure at all. The cheap houses included thatched huts and wooden houses, which were enough for him to live in, and the high-end houses were just right for making money.

The author has something to say:

Ye Miao: I don’t exploit ordinary members, I only cut high-level leeks.

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