34 Ruined City-Day 3

Initial progress

At this moment, Yan Lan was chipping ice from the refrigerator. Since her consciousness could not resist the sleepiness, she decided to use external stimulation.

"Hiss~ha~"

As soon as it touched her face, she shivered from the cold, and her spirits immediately recovered.

I went to the sofa with ice in my hand, ready to eat some lunch to replenish my energy.

Snowball slept for most of the day. Yan Lan couldn't wake it up, so she just ate something. She rummaged through her backpack and found a purple rice bread. Since she had fresh food, she rarely ate this kind of packaged food.

After not having eaten it for a long time, its taste had returned to its original deliciousness. One bite filled with the aroma of purple rice and bread, and she chewed it heartily while checking her messages.

"I found a bag of red beans and a can of Poria cocos!"

Yan Lan's attention was completely focused on the two words "red bean" and "Poria cocos", and she didn't pay any attention to who sent the message.

The dehumidifying tea blueprint requires at least three raw materials. I have previously collected coix seed from the sunflower, and now with these two materials, the player’s negative condition can be cured.

Just as she was about to click to check, she saw the person she was chatting with——

It’s Ji Zhou.

She was a beat slow in her movements. Ji Zhou was not from the same zone as herself, and she had never had the habit of trading supplies with players from other zones.

If he gave him such a precious material, would the players in his district have any complaints against him?

Seeing that the other party hadn't responded for a long time, Ji Zhou couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong? Is there any problem?"

Yan Lan thought for a moment and answered truthfully: "If you give it to me, what will happen to the people in your district?"

Ji Zhou didn't even think about it. "What does their situation have to do with me? All I want is for myself and the people around me to live well. Besides, materials will only be of the greatest use when they are in the right hands, right?"

Yan Lan was speechless. With everyone expecting so much from her, she felt a bit pressured.

Sometimes she envied Ji Zhou's personality. He was cold when he should be. Unlike her, she was cold on the surface but would always soften her heart for various reasons in the end.

Thanks to Ji Zhou, she started to produce dehumidifying tea.

Making tea requires hot water, so she boiled a pot of water on the stove in advance and then processed the raw materials.

Her magnification skills had not been used today, so she used them all on red beans and Poria cocos. She did not stop until the skills were exhausted. A small handful of red beans turned into 25kg of soybeans, and a small piece of Poria cocos was magnified 50 times.

Together with the Job's tears from yesterday, she had just enough of the three ingredients. She kept some for tomorrow and put the rest on the workbench.

Ordinary dehumidifying tea probably wouldn't be very effective, so she thought about it and added the [Add Attributes] function to the crafting table.

The enhanced manufacturing station's production speed was halved, and there was a one in a thousand chance of obtaining attribute items. The probability could be accumulated. She had saved up many opportunities but had not used them, and this time she happened to use them.

Probably due to the large quantity, this time the production took 10 minutes.

While waiting, she sent a visitor invitation to Shi Yuanyuan in case things got busy and she couldn't handle it alone.

After a while, there was a knock on the car door, and Yan Lan immediately ran over to open it.

Shi Yuanyuan yawned at the door and greeted her lifelessly.

When he came in, he looked around and asked in confusion, "Where's Snowball?"

Yan Lan pointed at the bed curtain on the forehead of the RV: "It has been sleepy all day and is sleeping there!"

Shi Yuanyuan didn't have the energy to ask any more questions. He sat on the sofa, propped up his chin with his hands and dozed off: "It will be affected too."

Yan Lan took out some pre-frozen ice from the refrigerator and handed it over: "Yeah, it didn't escape either."

Shi Yuanyuan took the ice and applied it to his face, instantly feeling much more sober. "Let's try the dehumidifying tea right away. My negative attributes have been with me for several days now, and it's really frustrating."

"Well," Yan Lan said as she walked to the manufacturing table and said in surprise, "It's just finished production."

She made a total of 50kg of dehumidifying tea today. Since two of the ingredients were provided by Ji Zhou, she transferred 25kg to him.

Shi Yuanyuan looked at the tea cake that suddenly disappeared and narrowed his eyes slightly: "Who did you give it to?"

Thinking of his relationship with Ji Zhou, Yan Lan didn't dare to look directly at him, and whispered softly: "Friend, there are two materials here that he provided, so he gave me half of the finished product."

Shi Yuanyuan's voice wandered: "Oh~ Male or female?"

Yan Lan looked up at him and quickly lowered her head: "Male...male, right?"

"A man!" He was startled, then realized he had overreacted and closed his mouth again, muttering softly, "No, I have to let my cousin take action sooner."

Yan Lan had very sharp ears, and her smile froze for a moment. She pretended not to hear and went to fiddle with the dehumidifying tea that had just been produced.

The tea is roasted and pressed into uniform cakes, which have a fresh fragrance.

She broke off a small piece of tea and put it into a flat-bottomed glass cup. She poured the kettle filled with hot water into it. A cloud of white mist instantly rose into the air. The tea cake dispersed due to the heat and floated on the water surface before slowly sinking.

After brewing, the tea soup has a light yellowish color and a natural rich fragrance.

Hold the handle of the glass and shake it gently to ensure even brewing. Then take a stack of paper cups, take out two and fill them up.

She and Shi Yuanyuan each picked up a cup and began to taste it. This tea had the sweet fragrance of roasted coix seed and red bean, as well as the slight sweetness and astringency of poria cocos. The two flavors blended perfectly.

She took a sip and found the taste rich and mellow, with a long aftertaste. She felt relaxed all over.

Shi Yuanyuan also closed his eyes and enjoyed it: "It smells so good!"

As they finished their drinks and asked for refills, Shi Yuanyuan suddenly remembered something. He quickly opened his game panel and screamed exaggeratedly, "Ah! My negative attributes are gone!"

Upon hearing this, Yan Lan also opened her game panel. She had 10 points of negative attributes before, but now they are all gone.

She stood up and stretched her limbs. The swelling on her skin subsided and her fatigue disappeared, as if it were a miracle cure.

As expected of a gaming world where every indicator is expressed in numbers, the results come quickly.

Shi Yuanyuan was now full of energy, no longer as listless as when he first arrived. He raised his teacup and observed excitedly, "That's awesome! Tell us how we can sell it!"

Yan Lan thought for a few seconds and said, "Let's sell tea cakes. One 5g package."

The negative physical condition completely disappeared after she drank the whole cup of tea. If we calculate that 1g of tea cake can be used to soak 50ml of water, this 200ml paper cup requires about 4-5g of tea cake.

Shi Yuanyuan also agreed very much: "I think so too. Although selling semi-finished products may make some people learn it, it is at least convenient. Xiao Hei happens to have an electronic scale, I'll ask him to borrow it."

Of course, the "some people" refers to the Jin Gang, but Yan Lan thinks this is just right. It would be too tiring for her to be the only one responsible for mass production in a district, and it would easily lead to resentment.

An electronic scale was quickly borrowed, Shi Yuanyuan weighed the items, and Yan Lan was responsible for selling them.

Before the sale, she planned to give one to several friends in the group who were not present.

"Prepare two 100g tea cakes for them."

Shi Yuanyuan followed the instructions intently, then suddenly felt something was wrong and looked up, puzzled, "Why are there only two copies? There are three other people in the group besides the two of us."

Yan Lan didn't even think twice: "Ji Zhou is pregnant."

Shi Yuanyuan replied without hesitation: "How do you know he is pregnant?"

Yan Lan choked for a moment and looked around, "He... is so powerful, he must have had a plan to deal with it long ago."

Shi Yuanyuan stared at Yan Lan suspiciously: "Really? I think you're quite capable~"

At the same time, I chatted privately with his cousin. After getting a confirmed answer, my curiosity grew even more. I always felt that the two of them were hiding something from me.

"Hey, a customer is coming, please weigh him quickly."

Shi Yuanyuan was interrupted by her and skipped this topic, and Yan Lan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Every time before she launches a new product, she habitually posts an announcement in the trading center. Players who see it promote it to each other, which saves her a lot of effort in explaining.

When the announcement came out, the first to react was Jin Dabang.

Zhang Shisan: "Special dehumidifying tea, 5g each, first come, first served! Did you see the announcement Yan Lan just posted?"

Wang Twelve: "I see, Boss, we can take action now!"

Jin Buwei was also extremely excited. The wait these past few days had made him anxious. He was worried that Yan Lan would not be able to gather the ingredients for the dehumidifying tea. He was also afraid that even if she gathered them, it would not be of much use. In that case, it would seem very stupid that he did not buy the Sha Renfan cigarettes in advance.

But fortunately, Yan Lan worked hard and not only synthesized the dehumidifying tea, but also the dehumidifying tea with special properties.

He straightened his back and gave orders in the group chat, "Action immediately. Zhang Shiyi, Wang Twelve, and I will each lead people to buy up the dehumidifying tea. The more the better. Whoever gets it first will send the template to Chen Shengsheng. We've also accumulated quite a bit of materials that should be useful."

Several people from the Jin Da Gang began to work busily. Jiang Tiantian just glanced at the message and closed her eyes to continue resting.

She was blacklisted by Yan Lan, and everyone knew about it. At first, she felt annoyed by their ridicule, but now she feels quite free. At least she can slack off on many tasks openly.

The news of the successful synthesis of the dehumidifying tea also caused an uproar in the Sandman team. At that time, he was nestled in the arms of a cool beauty, catching the grapes fed to him by the beauty with his mouth.

The person who sent the message was his closest and most capable subordinate, Li Zhiyong. The fat guy had had one hand crippled by Yan Lan before, and now he still has a psychological trauma. Over time, he has become a marginal figure.

Li Zhiyong: "Brother Sha, Yan Lan has released the latest dehumidifying tea. How should we deal with it?"

Sandman sneered, motioning for the beauty to feed him another grape, and replied, "Buy all her stock before the players buy it."

When the time comes and the players are left with nowhere else to go, they will naturally turn to him and then they can get whatever they want!

Li Zhiyong replied cautiously, "Brother Sha, her trading center has set a limit on the number of items per person. We... probably won't be able to grab that much!"

Sha Renfan obviously didn't believe it: "How is that possible! If the trading center doesn't work, then we can talk about smuggling channels. I don't believe that I can't kill her with supplies."

Li Zhiyong: "Brother Sha, it still doesn't work. She never approves friend requests in group chats."

Upon hearing this, Sha Renfan became furious and pushed the beauty to the ground, then spat the grape seeds and grape skins in his mouth onto her beautiful little face.

"A bunch of useless people, they can't even handle such a small matter!"

"And Yan Lan and the other bitches are against me everywhere, right?"

The beauty didn't care about the dirty grape skins on her face that were covered with disgusting saliva. She lowered her head and crawled on the ground to reduce her presence, not daring to breathe.

But they were the only two living people in the room. After smashing two plates, Sha Renfan noticed the beauty shivering on the ground. He laughed sinisterly and slowly walked towards the beauty.

The beauty didn't dare to look up, but she felt the sand man's snake-like gaze on her. Suddenly, a chill rushed from her tailbone to the top of her head. Her heart was beating violently, and her shoulders were shaking more and more violently.

She was so weak and pitiful, but she didn't get any sympathy from the man. Instead, he came up and kicked her hard, cursing, "I'll let you go against me, I'll let you go against me!"

The woman was kicked so hard that her internal organs felt like they were squeezed in compressed air. She screamed and begged miserably, "Brother Sha, please, spare me!"

The Sandman didn't let her go despite her plea, and continued to kick her one after another.

The woman held her head with her hands, bent her body in pain, and tried to resist the man's attack.

But his feet were everywhere. He wore shoes with spikes and kicked her in the most vulnerable parts: her chest, her abdomen, her face.

Every time he kicked them, he would curse: "You bitch!" "Yan Lan, die!" "Yuan Zhou, die!" "You two bitches!"

It seemed as if he had transferred all his hatred towards Yan Lan and Yuan Zhou onto her.

The woman could no longer remember how many bruises she had on her body, she only remembered the burning pain all over.

She kept coughing up blood and begged for mercy at first, but gradually, her pleas became quieter and quieter.

She knew that the inhuman man in front of her would not beat her less just because she begged for mercy, and would even become more sadistic because of her weakness.

At this moment, she felt so angry, hating herself for not listening to her group friends and getting in touch with this pervert.

She was twitching in pain and she wished she could die sooner so she wouldn't be in so much pain, but Sandman stopped kicking when her health dropped to 10.

Sha Renfan put his hands on his hips, breathing heavily, and fed her two pills with disgust. Finally, he stuffed a cold steamed bun into her mouth and said to her, "Remember to bring a new woman tomorrow. This time, she must be under 20 years old. If you can't bring one, you will suffer."

The woman stared at the ground with lifeless eyes, and it was unclear whether she heard it or not.

*

Yan Lan had no idea that she had triggered an attack; she was busy replying to various messages from customers.

She made a total of 25kg of dehumidifying tea. Based on the 5g amount of tea cakes per portion, she could sell it to more than half of the players in H-38 area.

Exchange for metals, electronic components and other upgrade materials can be automatically traded, and 2 metals can be exchanged for 5g tea cake.

The exchange of other supplies is manually controlled by her. This group of players accounts for the majority, which has also caused a surge in her workload.

"Hey, I got another purchase quota~"

Looking at the annoying smile, she inexplicably thought of someone. When she looked up at the name, it was indeed him.

She pursed her lips, not intending to chat with him: "Still want to exchange it for 5g tea cake?"

Wang Da has always been a frugal person, and he always exchanges supplies at the smallest ratio.

But that doesn't seem to be the case this time.

Wang Da: "I don't know how much I can get in exchange."

Yan Lan became interested: "How do you say that?"

Wang Da sent a blueprint with the note: "I just opened a blueprint, take a look."

Yan Lan clicked on it and saw that it was a desiccant drawing!

She couldn't suppress the smile on her face and asked, "Is there enough dehumidifying tea? Is there anything else you need?"

Wang Da couldn't suppress the corners of his mouth: "Hey, I want some toilet paper and food."

Wang Da uses up toilet paper very quickly, and often has to trade with her within a few days.

She didn't ask why, and replied: "In addition to 100g of dehumidifying tea, add 10 rolls of toilet paper, 10 heads of lettuce, 10 apples, and 10 tangerines."

Wang Da was so excited when he saw the list of supplies that he almost jumped up and couldn't wait to agree: "No problem, no problem!"

It turns out that a useful drawing can buy more than ten days of happiness!

As soon as Yan Lan received the blueprint, she took it out and showed it to Shi Yuanyuan, who was weighing it across from her: "Look, I got a new blueprint!"

Shi Yuanyuan took it and read out excitedly, "Desiccant Blueprint (Permanent): Requires one stone. Wow, this material is so simple, it's everywhere."

Yan Lan nodded in agreement. She was also so excited when she saw this.

Shi Yuanyuan handed the blueprint to Yan Lan: "When do we start production?"

Yan Lan: "Collect some stones today and sell them tomorrow."

Shi Yuanyuan gestured: "OK."

While we were still selling dehumidifying tea here, the players over there started collecting stones.

Lei Xiaoyan was one of the first to see the news. She immediately ran out of the SUV and came to the edge of the road.

Outside the highway are various dilapidated buildings, and many rocks have crossed the boundary line and are scattered on the inside of the highway.

She bent down and picked them up like a little girl picking mushrooms.

Stone +1

Stone +2

Stone +1

As soon as you touch the stone, the game will automatically convert it into quantity and put it into the backpack grid. Some large stones will be replaced with 2, which is very smart.

After a while, she picked up 10 stones, which were just enough to exchange with Yan Lan for a cup of dehumidifying tea.

She looked around the compartments of her backpack lovingly. If she persisted for another day or two, she would have collected all the upgrade materials and could upgrade to a basic RV.

Then she could take a hot bath and sleep on a soft bed. After sleeping in the car for nearly 20 days, she felt like her body was falling apart.

Thinking of a beautiful tomorrow, she is full of anticipation.