She only needs to keep one set of toiletries for herself; the rest she can take apart and exchange for supplies.

I traded my toothbrush and toothpaste for two packs of instant noodles, my face wash for a roll of toilet paper, my shampoo for two packs of sanitary napkins, and my soap for a sun hat.

Talent activation: Double resources!

The exchanged supplies consisted of 1*4 instant noodles, 1*2 toilet paper, 1*4 sanitary napkins, and 1*2 sun hats.

Gu Mian happily put the supplies into the box, realizing she had discovered the correct way to use her talent!

Fishing for boxes is a dead end!

She should trade with more people so that she can accumulate more and more resources!

After finishing a can of eight-treasure porridge, I ate a packet of instant noodles to fill my stomach.

Gu Mian opened the chat channel again and began filtering the transaction information sent by others.

"Tomorrow is the last day of the newbie period, right? I wonder if there will be any dangers after the newbie period ends!"

"Picture of roast duck, has everyone had dinner yet?"

"Damn! Are you trying to stir up trouble upstairs?"

"Wow! It's roast duck! My mouth is watering just looking at it!"

"Picture [Green pepper and shredded pork rice bowl], I'm eating it now."

"Picture of [steamed bun], damn it! You guys are all eating so well?"

"Timber and nails in exchange for any food you want."

Gu Mian counted the supplies; she currently had two cans of eight-treasure porridge and three packs of instant noodles left.

There's too little, you won't get much in return, I'll just keep fishing for chests...

There were no supply crates in the sea at night, and the area chat was much livelier than during the day.

While spying on the screen to gather information, Gu Mian sat on the wooden crate and fished for supply crates.

As an unlucky person with a luck value of 1, she has given up on the idea of ​​supply boxes floating by themselves and thinks it's more scientific to use a fishing rod to catch them.

The fishing rod has 85 durability, and you receive a wooden box.

Fishing rod durability 70, obtained a wooden box.

Fishing rod durability 50, obtained a wooden box.

...

At 1 a.m., the fishing rod ran out of durability and disintegrated automatically.

Looking at the eight wooden boxes on the raft, Gu Mian seemed to be deep in thought. It seemed that the chances of catching boxes at night were much higher than during the day.

We can try it again tomorrow. If it works as she thinks, we'll just come here at night to fish for boxes from now on.

As Gu Mian pondered this, she happily opened all the boxes.

8 wooden crates yielded a total of 1 piece of charcoal, 1 piece of gauze, 1 blueprint for a seawater filter, 2 tomatoes, 6 cream breads, 3 spicy beef self-heating hot pots, 2 bottles of mineral water, and 1 wheat bread.

Talent activation: Double resources!

You will receive 2 pieces of charcoal, 2 pieces of gauze, 2 blueprints for a seawater filter, 4 tomatoes, 12 cream breads, 6 spicy beef self-heating hot pots, 4 bottles of mineral water, and 2 wheat breads.

Wow!

We've struck it rich!

The supply crates at night were so full!

Gu Mian looked at the supplies in the box and was so happy she could hardly stop smiling.

[Should we disassemble the wooden crate?]

"Yes." Gu Mian nodded quickly.

Disassemble 7 wooden crates to obtain 7 pieces of wood and 7 pieces of iron nails.

Talent activation: Double resources!

Obtain 14 pieces of wood and 14 pieces of iron nails.

Including what she had before, Gu Mian now has a total of 26 pieces of wood and 20 pieces of iron nails.

We can make two more planks now!

Oh, and there are also blueprints for a seawater filter!

[Seawater Filter (Basic): Filters seawater, producing 1000ml of purified water daily. Required materials: 20 wood, 1 gauze, 5 charcoal.]

Great stuff! Once it's made, she won't have to worry about not having water to drink!

Gu Mian immediately opened the chat and sent a message: "Mineral water for charcoal, DM me if you have any."

It was past 1 a.m., and most people were already asleep. Only a few people were still active in the chat channel.

Jiang Bai: "Life without the internet is so tough!"

Xu Kun: "My fishing rod is worn out. Who can sell me one? I'll trade it for cigarettes!"

Flower Heart: "I have charcoal! I've already messaged you privately!"

...

Gu Mian opened her private chat and, sure enough, there were countless unread messages.

Flower Heart: "I have two charcoal pieces. How many bottles of water will you trade for them?"

Gu Mian tentatively said, "One bottle."

Hua Xinrui: "No, that's too little."

Gu Mian: "Everyone is short of water right now, but charcoal is not very useful. This price is already very high. If you accept it, let's make the deal directly."

After waiting for a while, Hua Xinrui did not reply to the message, but instead sent a transaction request directly.

Talent activation: Double resources!

Two charcoal pieces become four charcoal pieces, which is enough material for a seawater filter!

Gu Mian turned on the light screen and began making the filter.

[Seawater Filter (Basic): Filters seawater, yielding 1000ml of purified water daily. Required materials: 20 wood, 1 gauze, 5 charcoal. Craft now?]

"yes!"

[Seawater filter (basic) successfully crafted, please place it!]

Gu Mian placed the filter next to the wooden box.

[Seawater filter (basic) successfully installed. You will receive 1000ml of purified water daily. Note: The charcoal filter cartridge can be used for 3 days; new charcoal needs to be added after 3 days!]

The seawater filter is funnel-shaped. Gu Mian filled several empty mineral water bottles with seawater, and water began to slowly drip from the small opening at the bottom of the filter.

Gu Mian traded two pieces of wood for a wooden bowl, which she placed under the filter. It could hold about 1000ml of water.

[System notification: You are using polluted seawater. This will accelerate the lifespan of the charcoal filter cartridge. New charcoal needs to be added in 1 day!]

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