Chapter 1143 The City Where the Sun Never Sets 13

Fu Anan's dream of getting rich was well-founded, so at this moment, he could only let Brother Camel down a bit. After figuring it out, Fu Anan thanked the boss and walked happily towards the kitchen.

She still had a little gold sand left in her pocket, and she planned to exchange it all for firewood to cook the food in the space.

But when she actually arrived at the kitchen, she found that the price of firewood had doubled from the day before. She could only buy half of the gold sand that she had previously used to buy.

“How come even firewood is expensive!”

Fu Anan said unexpectedly.

It's not just firewood, but also cassava roots, meat, fruit, water... all supplies have become expensive.

Just yesterday at noon, many local residents of Gobi gathered together, and after suddenly saying something, their personalities changed drastically.

First of all, the number of people fetching water was twice as much as usual. Travelers and merchants in other places were restricted in the amount of water they could buy, and could only fill half a bucket of water every day, and the price remained the same as before.

Immediately afterwards, the residents stopped selling goods and instead started buying them. Merchants carrying food, fruit, medicine, and other supplies were frantically snatched away. By the afternoon, the merchants had realized this and had been rapidly raising prices, but this didn't help.

These prices were driven up by the local residents of the Gobi Desert. Their abnormal behavior gave people a feeling that a storm was about to come.

Fu Anan inexplicably felt that the prices of these commodities could continue to rise. She looked at the purchasing power of the gold sand in her hands and felt a little regretful. Then she made up her mind and used all her money to buy firewood.

When firewood is limited, eating raw meat can be regarded as sashimi. Overcoming the psychological barrier will not affect consumption, and parasites will not cause significant harm to the human body in the short term.

But cassava root is slightly toxic and can cause poisoning if not cooked properly, leading to vomiting, diarrhea, dizziness, and nausea, so all the firewood had to be used to cook the cassava root.

After being boiled in plain water, this thing looks like white potato, but the texture is a little denser, and there are finger-long fibers in the meat, which makes it difficult to chew and digest.

But I'm very hungry.

I'll be full after eating a piece of the palm of my hand.

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Day 5 of the game

Fu Anan got up and heard the conversation between the other tenants as expected.

Water prices have gone up again, and the quantities have gotten smaller.

The same goes for food and daily necessities.

The natives here only buy and don't sell. What's the use of making money? They can't survive without supplies. A small camel caravan outside is discussing when to leave.

Ever since he noticed the price issue, Fu Anan has been paying some attention to this matter.

People in the Gobi Desert began to buy supplies without regard for the consequences, turning a buyer's market into a seller's market.

The proprietress here is the most typical example. Every day someone comes to deliver the supplies she bought. Many of the empty rooms are filled with large barrels of water, raw materials for making food, salt, spices, and medicines.

As if preparing to take refuge.

Fu Anan sat in the room all day doing nothing, watching people coming and going, and yawned heavily.

She has been staying in bed lately, but she always feels like she doesn't get enough sleep. She only gets up when the sun is bright in the morning, but she still has to take a nap during the day.

Perhaps the long days and short nights here had disrupted her biological clock. Fu Anan rubbed her eyes and waited for the sun to be at its highest to take a nap. That was when the sun was at its most intense, and it was impossible to go out.

Who knew that when she woke up from a nap, she suddenly heard horrible news - the groundwater had dried up!