Chapter 7

There are only three seeds: cherry seed, grape seed, and peach seed.

Qiao Ning looked at the seed descriptions and found that if the three types of seeds provided by the system were planted in external soil, it would take 3 years, 2 years, and 4 years respectively from planting to fruiting.

If using a basic planting pot, it will take 3 weeks, 2 weeks, or 4 weeks.

Compared to the normal growth time, it is naturally much shorter, but for Qiao Ning's current situation, this cycle is a bit long. If it takes three or four cycles of natural disasters for it to mature and bear fruit, by then it will be too late.

It's not even certain whether she's still alive.

She didn't know what a natural disaster was, and who knew if she would be able to eat it or sell it at that time.

Looking at the protective film that had just been applied to the car, Qiao Ning felt a little regretful for using the materials to make the film so quickly.

But since it's already built, there's no use regretting it now. I should hurry up and find some materials to build the all-purpose flush toilet so I can have fertilizer.

Maybe the fertilizer produced by the toilet will help the plants grow faster.

The natural disaster this cycle is drought. People will suffer from long-term water shortages or not eating fruit. Fruit will definitely be popular. In a region with over 90,000 people, plus the abundance of resource boxes available during the newbie phase, as long as fruit is grown, it will definitely be profitable. Materials won't be as scarce as they are now.

As for the gasoline and drinking water she had, Qiao Ning didn't plan to exchange them too soon, mainly because she wasn't sure if she would have enough for later.

The total amount of supplies in the 7 three-star crates is significantly less than what you'd get from previous three-star crates, totaling only 10 items. Most of these are duplicates of existing supplies: Protective Car Film Blueprint *1, Reinforced Tires *4, Vehicle Repair Card *1, Universal Flushing Toilet Blueprint *1

Water Balloon Manufacturing Machine Blueprint *1, Lunch Box Machine *1, Air Fryer *1, External Wound Treatment Spray *2 (100ml each), Internal Wound Treatment Medicine *2 (100ml each), Heatstroke Special Medicine *4 boxes

Qiao Ning took stock of all the supplies she had obtained that day. When she saw the features of the [Car Butler System] that she had obtained from the 3-star box that morning, she was very tempted.

This is equivalent to installing a smart assistant in the car, which can help her drive, monitor road conditions, and change the weather inside and outside the car, among many other functions, completely freeing up her hands and giving her free time to do other things.

Otherwise, driving for about eleven hours a day might not feel tiring occasionally, but driving like that every day is really boring and bad for your lumbar spine, hip bones, and femur.

This item requires only a few basic materials: 10 iron blocks, 10 copper blocks, 5 silver blocks, and 1 gold block.

The key is that it requires two special materials: manufacturing requires 1 smart chip, and installation requires 1 mid-level car.

In other words, to use this concierge system, you need a chip and to upgrade your vehicle at least once.

Considering the enormous amount of materials needed to upgrade the vehicle, Qiao Ning temporarily put the idea aside.

After organizing the supplies and putting them into the storage box, Qiao Ning simply cooked some rice porridge and stir-fried some Shanghai bok choy to go with the rice. After eating and drinking her fill, she rinsed her mouth, washed her hands and feet with a little water to moisturize them, and applied moisturizer to prevent dryness. Qiao Ning reclined the driver's seat back a bit, leaned back, opened the system interface, and accessed the transaction chat channel.

Today, there were 99,923 people online, a decrease of several dozen people in just one day.

Judging from the chat logs of other people, these people were probably fighting the treasure-guarding monster and either lost or died from serious injuries. Only a very small number of people died because they left the road out of curiosity or for other reasons.

[This is terrible! The supply crates are yielding less and less stuff. How are we supposed to survive at this rate? This natural disaster cycle only has five days left!]

Not only are supplies fewer, but there are also more treasure-guarding monsters! Before, I might not encounter a single monster guarding several 2-star supply crates, but today I encountered three or four. Eventually, I realized I couldn't defeat them, so I had to reluctantly abandon the supply crates and bypass the monsters to move forward.

[Don't mention it upstairs, it makes my heart ache again. I gave up at least three 2-star supply crates today, just thinking about it gives me a heart attack!]

I was lucky today; I only encountered one treasure-guarding monster and even got some gasoline and drinking water. Feel free to contact me if you need any; fair prices, no cheating!

I suggest everyone keep some drinking water and moisturizing products on hand. This afternoon I found my lips were cracked and bleeding a lot, it hurt so much! It hurts as soon as I open my mouth, and to make matters worse, my diet consists mostly of meat and dry food, it's really torturous...

Luckily, I remembered that I had traded a few pieces of sweet and sour pork ribs for a moisturizing lip balm. Amazingly, after applying it, my lips stopped cracking and bleeding within seconds.

Everything tastes delicious now.

My lips never used to be dry, no matter how dry the weather was. I don't know what happened, but suddenly they're cracked and peeling. It's probably still a drought issue, but the game is causing it. Everyone should be careful and stock up on moisturizing products.

Upon seeing this message, Qiao Ning noticed the user's ID: [Miao Qinghe]. She was a 22-year-old girl who had previously "run an online restaurant" in the chat area, letting people order food while she cooked. Judging from her two previous posts, she seemed to be a kind-hearted girl.

Qiao Ning did feel that the weather inside and outside the car was drier today, but because she often uses moisturizing wipes to wash her face, hands and feet, she has not yet experienced dry skin, cracking and bleeding.

Miao Qinghe's words instantly caused a huge stir in the chat channel—

[Oh my god, my face was peeling and flaking white skin before. I thought it was a skin condition, but now I see it's clearly a problem caused by a natural disaster.]

I don't have dry, cracked skin or anything like that, but I always feel thirsty. If I don't drink water for a while, I get extremely thirsty. I couldn't resist drinking all the water that came out today, and I only have two 250ml bottles left. I don't know if they'll last until tonight.

Normally, it takes a certain amount of time for a person to die of thirst, but I know my body very well, and I can foresee that if there isn't enough water, I will definitely die of thirst very quickly!

[Are you all in such terrible condition upstairs? I'm not thirsty or have dry, cracked skin, just a bit hot and sweating a lot.]

Sweat is also water. Do you sweat a lot? Too much sweat is not normal; you need to drink plenty of water to avoid dehydration.

Thanks, friend. I've got it. I'm already collecting water.

Hey, you guys have dry, cracked skin and are thirsty, but I'm different. I used to have a great stomach, but who knew that after only two days in the game, I'd get constipated. I suspect it's because the weather's been dry and I've been eating too much dry food and not enough fruits and vegetables.

But given these conditions, where are we supposed to get fresh fruits and vegetables? Even a bottle of juice costs a fortune in the trading area.

Upon seeing the message, Qiao Ning quickly took out a few washed cherry tomatoes from her storage box and ate a few to calm her nerves.

She has never been constipated, but she doesn't want to try.