Despite the language barrier, different races, and even different planetary origins, Xia Ning quickly became friends with the merchants and received a warm welcome from the caravan.

Xia Ning was formally invited by the male NPC to a larger wooden house, where she met more merchants and was disappointed to find that there was a lot of tradable equipment, but the attribute cap was only +5.

Her equipment slots are limited to 6, so replacing them with the same attribute is pointless.

However, Xia Ning quickly came up with a solution: she could use the supermarket's affordable seasonings to trade with the Oasis Caravan for jewelry and items, and then use the equipment to trade with other players for game items.

You should know that the attribute items in the game store are not cheap.

Gold and jewelry don't seem to have any value right now, but we can apply that to other situations. Since there's an Oasis Trading Area, we know there won't be other trading areas in later dungeons. Maybe if we just change the scene, we can use the jewelry to buy rare items.

Anyway, Xia Ning, as the middleman, is guaranteed to make a profit.

Soon, even the nomadic tribes who had settled in the oasis knew that a mysterious sucker had arrived, who could exchange nearly half of his jewels for top-quality spices or precious pure water with his defensive weapons.

Xia Ning's strange behavior of returning to the car every half hour has become normal, since she needs to pick up goods.

She arrived at the oasis in the afternoon and was warmly received by the caravan that evening.

They lit a bonfire and roasted mutton, the aroma mingling with their songs in the air.

A large pot of mutton bone soup was simmering over the campfire, while mutton dripped with oil and smelled delicious on the grill next to it.

Their cooking techniques were not sophisticated, their conditions were simple, and their seasoning consisted of just sprinkling cumin on the roasted meat, yet it still looked incredibly appetizing.

Young men and women danced and sang unfamiliar songs, holding hands and dancing as if in a celebration.

Xia Ning's face was flushed red in the firelight, and her mood inexplicably soared.

A veiled woman held a large wooden bowl and presented it to Xia Ning, inviting her to drink.

Xia Ning looked down at the white milk, which smelled slightly fishy, ​​and wondered if it was goat milk or camel milk.

In any case, this is the highest level of hospitality one can receive in the wilderness.

Water is the most precious resource for desert nomads, more valuable than gold.

Xia Ning dared not drink it, fearing it would upset her stomach, but she didn't want to refuse the other person's kindness, so she took the wooden bowl, tilted her head back, and pretended to drink it all in one gulp, but actually put it into her spatial storage.

Cheers erupted from the surrounding crowd.

The lush oasis and the hospitable nomadic people gave Xia Ning the illusion that all the vitality of the desert had converged here.

It's like stumbling upon a paradise.

However, Xia Ning knew deep down that all of this was like a dream, fleeting and ephemeral, and that their hospitality stemmed from shared interests.

In any case, Xia Ning had the most pleasant night in days.

No need to worry about wild animal attacks, no need to be alone with the yellow sand.

When the businessman invited her to stay in the cabin and specially reserved the largest and most comfortable room for her, Xia Ning was actually tempted for a moment.

Sleeping in the car is not comfortable; I can't straighten my legs at night, and I always have back pain when I wake up in the morning.

However, Xia Ning still refused, ignoring everyone's attempts to persuade her to stay, and returned to her car as soon as night fell, ending their celebration.

Back in the car, after closing the door, I could still faintly hear singing in the distance, as if I had returned from a paradise to the human world.

Xia Ning had actually considered whether she should stay here until the end of the desert instance.

She has plenty of resources and no worries about food or clothing. She can rent a wooden house for a little money, rest for three days, and maybe it will be time to settle accounts.

But as soon as this idea popped into her head, Xia Ning nipped it in the bud.

The trade zone is for trading, not for tourism and vacation.

Who knows when the invincibility mode will expire?

Even if it remains effective.

Xia Ning should not let a comfortable life blind her.

Only by moving forward can you open treasure chests, gain survival points, and strengthen your own abilities.

Besides, Xia Ning didn't trust them. They were just strangers who had met by chance and were temporarily living together peacefully because of mutual interests. She was only being polite to them.

Xia Ning made up her mind to start again first thing tomorrow morning.

She was busy with transactions in the afternoon and didn't notice her sister's reply. She only saw Ji Li's message when she got back to her car in the evening.

It turns out that not everyone can encounter an oasis. Ji Li didn't. She's never even encountered a mirage. It's probably a random event, like a serendipitous encounter in an online game.

Ji Li inquired about the situation at Oasis with Xia Ning, and then it was quite a while before she felt a pang of jealousy.

Finally, Ji Li reserved two dagger props, which she would exchange for after she obtained vehicle parts.

As night fell, Xia Ning checked the recording files again to make sure there were no missing or incorrect system messages before finally getting a good night's sleep, something she hadn't had since transmigrated.

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Day 10 of survival.

Xia Ning, who became rich overnight, had a portable supermarket filled with valuable jewelry and gold, and also bought two whole roasted lambs to eat on the road.

Xia Ning had actually seen merchants selling camels and sheep yesterday, and she was slightly tempted, but unfortunately her space couldn't hold living creatures, unlike other people's portable farms that could raise ducks, chickens, pigs, and sheep.

On second thought, she's such a lazy person that she could kill even a cactus, so it's best not to harm any small animals.

In the early game, Xia Ning, an attribute item, is planned to be exchanged for materials. In the later game, the 5-point attribute bonus is not enough. While everyone is still a newbie, let's take advantage of this and make a small profit.

Xia Ning ate a light breakfast; she had eaten barbecue yesterday and was worried about getting a sore throat.

Toothache and stomachache are both quite bothersome minor ailments.

She checked her latest status.

Name: Xia Ning

Gender: Female

[Nickname: Phantom Princess (0 edits remaining)]

[Occupation: Unemployed]

[Level: 2 (Experience Points: 0/500)]

[Stamina: 105/110 (affected by a combination of factors including cleanliness, satiety, and health status)]

Attack: 36 (+15)

Defense: 20 (+15)

[Equipment: Simple crossbow, ordinary waist knife, pocket knife, guardian ring, protective robe, self-defense dagger (maximum 6)]

[Skills: Portable Supermarket, Ancient Awakening (Max 3)]

Survival Point: 113

[Potential Assessment: With your ruthless methods of destroying monsters, even plants are not spared; you possess the potential to become a villainous boss.]

The survival points weren't increasing as quickly as in the first dungeon. Based on the information from the group chat and her sister, Xia Ning estimated that her 113 survival points put her among the top players.

She was relatively calm; her worst-case scenario was that she wouldn't be able to save up 299 and therefore wouldn't be able to buy the third skill.

However, if she can't save up enough, others probably won't be able to either.

We're all poor folks who can't afford skill cards, so this kind of horizontal comparison makes us feel more balanced.

When Xia Ning opened the regional channel, even though she was mentally prepared, she still gasped when she saw the remaining number of 5870.

[Regional Channel (5870/6666)]

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