35 Ruined City-Day 4

◎Desiccant◎

After selling the dehumidifying tea yesterday, I continued to make desiccant for several hours, and finally practiced the martial arts moves in the "Complete Collection of Kung Fu Techniques".

All the work was completed at 1 a.m., so Yan Lan had difficulty getting up in the morning.

It was past 8 o'clock and she was still lying in bed.

Snowball didn't smell the familiar aroma of breakfast. He kicked off the small quilt on his body in a daze and lifted the big forehead curtain, but was surprised to find that there was no trace of his little master in the room.

The temperature of 25 degrees in the human world is not hot enough to require air conditioning or a fan, but it is afraid of heat, so in order to take care of it, Yan Lan specially prepared a small room for it at the forehead of the RV, and serves it with air conditioning and an electric fan every night.

Snowball knew that this thing consumed a lot of electricity, so he turned off the switch and flew into the room. He stopped when passing by the stove, and used his two claws to lift the lid of the pot. It was empty, with no breakfast left for him.

It pouted, put down the pot lid, and flew to the bedroom. When it opened the door, it saw that the little master who got up at 6 o'clock every day was still lying in bed with his butt exposed to the sun.

It opened its eyes wide in confusion, flew to Yan Lan's ear and called out,

“Chirp~”

“Chirp~”

Yan Lan was very tired. She was sleeping soundly when she suddenly heard a noise beside her ears. She pushed away the noisy snowball, turned over and continued to sleep.

Seeing that he couldn't wake her up, Snowball flew back to the small room on the forehead of the car roof, picked up a miniature feather duster, landed on her chest, and used the feather duster to scratch Yan Lan's nose.

"--yawn!"

Yan Lan sneezed violently several times and finally opened her eyes.

She slowly stood up and said helplessly, "You naughty boy, why are you up so early today? And throw away this feather duster quickly. You don't mind collecting your own fallen feathers."

Snowball waved the feather duster in his hand to express his strong protest, "Chirp~"

Yan Lan knew that she couldn't persuade it, so she shook her head, opened the game panel, and suddenly became sober.

"Oh my god, it's 8 o'clock!"

She quickly changed her clothes and frowned slightly when she saw the obvious swelling in her limbs. Her body, which had just swelled up after drinking the dehumidifying tea yesterday, became swollen again today.

[Map: Ruined City, Game Days: 4, Weather: Overcast, Temperature: 25°C (Spring), Humidity: 75%, Time: 8:05 AM.]

The dampness has become serious again. It seems I have to drink dehumidifying tea every day.

She went to the stove, boiled a pot of hot water, and prepared to make a pot of dehumidifying tea. As usual, Snowball went to the balcony to pick fruits and vegetables.

She got up late today and was too lazy to make breakfast, so she just washed a plate of cherry tomatoes and ate them.

This small tomato was just taken out of the refrigerator. It looks like a ruby. One bite will fill your mouth with sweetness and fragrance.

She ate while checking her unread messages.

Shi Yuanyuan: "Is Yan Lan here? Didn't they say they were going to sell desiccant at 8 o'clock this morning? Several players have been asking about it."

"Please reply to me as soon as you see it~"

She immediately sent a visitor invitation to Shi Yuanyuan. There was too much work to do today and help was in short supply. It would be great if she could get another visitor invitation card.

When Shi Yuanyuan arrived, it was Snowball who opened the door. It had seen Shi Yuanyuan many times and gradually changed from being arrogant at the beginning to being familiar with him. It handed Shi Yuanyuan a tangerine and flew to the dining table to sort out the fruits and vegetables.

Seeing it doing so well, Shi Yuanyuan was extremely envious: "It's amazing! Not only can it drive, but now it can also pick vegetables."

Upon hearing this, Snowball worked even harder. After tidying up the fruits and vegetables, he wringed out a dry rag and flew back and forth, wiping the moisture off the inner wall of the RV, looking diligent and willing to work hard.

Yan Lan looked at it with a suppressed smile, and said nothing.

Shi Yuanyuan looked around and said, "With the desiccant, the moisture doesn't seem to be as severe as it was yesterday."

Yan Lan nodded: "Yes, but I guess it won't be enough in a few days."

Shi Yuanyuan was open-minded: "If the enemy comes, we will fight him with our troops; if the water comes, we will block it with earth. Let's wait for a few days and see what happens next."

"Yeah, let's start selling it then."

Desiccant, like charcoal and toilet paper, takes 5 seconds to make one. Last night, it took her a full 4 hours to make nearly 3,000 pieces of desiccant, which she gave all to Shi Yuanyuan's friends Xiao Hei and Xiao Huang to sell.

"This is their reward. Please pass it on to them for me. By the way, I want to say thank you!"

Yan Lan took one or two of each kind of fruits and vegetables that Xueqiu had sorted out and gave them to Shi Yuanyuan.

Shi Yuanyuan accepted the two generous gifts and smiled, "Then let me thank you on their behalf."

The desiccants given to Xiao Hei and Xiao Huang were used to exchange for stones. Stones were not valuable things, so she was not worried about them. The other important supplies were still handled by her and Shi Yuanyuan.

Although most of the work had been handed over, there was still a shortage of manpower. Yuan Zhou was busy finding treasure chests and fighting monsters, while Luo Wen had to tend to her herb pots and spend a lot of time pounding the herbs, so it was not easy to ask her for help.

It would be great if the production time of the manufacturing table could be reduced a little more. After all, she spends more time on it every day than processing the goods at the trading center.

I selected some of the remaining raw materials for the dehumidifying tea from yesterday, and then used the magnification skill to enlarge them to 50kg. I placed all of them on the manufacturing table and added special attributes at the same time.

Shi Yuanyuan was envious when he saw her using the magnification skill. They were both penniless game players at the beginning, but now she has reached the pinnacle of her life. They are really worlds apart.

He suddenly thought of the news he had read recently: "I heard that Chen Shengsheng of the Jinda Gang has upgraded his skills. He used to complete one supply every 20 seconds, but now he can complete one in 15 seconds."

"Really?"

Yan Lan was very excited after hearing this. Since his skills could be upgraded, hers could probably be upgraded too.

Seeing her excitement, Shi Yuanyuan comforted her, "Well, players all speculate that skill upgrades are probably related to proficiency in use. His skills appeared earlier than yours, so it's only natural that he upgraded early."

Yan Lan nodded. As long as she waited patiently, her skills would be upgraded sooner or later.

After 10 minutes, a thick pile of tea cakes was neatly stacked on the table.

The humidity has increased, and now 10g of tea cake is enough for one day. The dehumidifying tea is limited, and some players who can't buy it will rush to grab the desiccant, which is not limited.

Zhu Yuanyuan hasn't received any design drawing work from Yan Lan these days, so she goes to find supplies to support herself.

Yesterday she was lucky enough to get a 5g bottle of dehumidifying tea. She was reluctant to use it all, so she broke half of it and soaked it in 100ml of water.

Although the body was still in an abnormal state after drinking it, most of the energy was restored and I was able to continue driving to find supplies.

Today she also rushed to grab the dehumidifying tea, but as soon as she clicked on it, the inventory dropped from 99+ to 0. Her mind worked quickly and she quickly went to Xiao Hei and Xiao Huang who were selling desiccant.

Fortunately, there is still a lot of desiccant in stock.

Everything here is exchanged for stones. She saw the announcement yesterday and collected hundreds of stones to exchange for 10 packets of desiccant. The desiccant is the household dehumidifier type, and the amount is large enough to cover an entire small RV.

Following the advice of other players in the group chat, she made a layered box with a leaking hole and placed the desiccant on the upper layer. Not long after she put it in, she saw water droplets seeping into the water collection box on the lower layer.

The humidity in the air is extremely high, and it is estimated that several packs of desiccant will need to be replaced every day. Zhu Yuanyuan thought that 10 packs would be enough to get through this map safely, but now it seems that it is not possible.

The quantity of dehumidifying tea and desiccant seemed large, but each person got very little, and the stock was quickly sold out.

The players who didn’t buy it were very anxious, as this was a survival item that concerned their lives, and they kept tagging Yan Lan in the group.

"Boss Yan, are you out of dehumidifying tea? If you don't have dehumidifying tea, can you make some more desiccant? We have no shortage of stones."

"Haha, luckily I was quick and got both."

"I'm losing. Can you give me one? I've been lying in bed all day and my food is almost gone. I need to recover my energy quickly and look for a treasure chest."

"Go to Jin Da Bang, they also offer dehumidifying tea and desiccant."

"Has anyone tried it? How effective is the product?"

"I've tried it. The dehumidifying tea doesn't taste very good and isn't as effective, but it's good enough. The desiccant is of similar quality to Yan Lan's, but there's only a limited supply. Go grab some!"

"Then I have to hurry up, or I'll sell out again."

Yan Lan specially brewed a pot of dehumidifying tea to drink as water. She and Shi Yuanyuan drank it one sip after another, and the negative conditions in their bodies quickly disappeared. Snowball also regained his energy after drinking the tea, and he served as a driver diligently and responsibly.

It was already 11 o'clock in the morning when the last cake of tea was sold. Shi Yuanyuan took the commission given by Yan Lan and returned to his RV.

She got up late today and immediately started dealing with various affairs of the trading center. Because Shi Yuanyuan was present, she had not completed the clocking-in task.

As soon as the person left, she called the sign-in system.

The task was simple, just to sing a song. After she finished singing, she posted it to the group and ignored it, unable to wait to check the reward.

[Successful sign-in, received 1 attribute enhancement card.]

[Attribute Enhancement Card: When used on a specific object, the effect is doubled.]

“Ahhhh!”

She screamed with her head in her hands excitedly. Snowball, who was driving the car, immediately stepped on the brakes and flew into the room, circling around her.

This was the second time she had obtained an attribute enhancement card. She could use the item card directly on the manufacturing table without having to explore.

[Attribute enhancement card is being merged, please wait.]

【Fusion completed, please check~】

[Manufacturing Station: The enhanced manufacturing station's production speed is halved, and there is a 5/1000 chance of obtaining attribute items.]

The production speed has been halved again, and the attribute probability has also increased! This is simply the best news I've received today!

Initially it took 10 seconds to make a simple item, then 5 seconds, and now it should be 2.5 seconds.

She placed a stone on the crafting table, and sure enough, a batch of desiccant took only 2.5 seconds.

Xiao Hei and Xiao Huang exchanged 30,000 stones today. It was too many, so they placed them in the backpack compartments of themselves, Yan Lan, and Shi Yuanyuan respectively.

It took her 4 hours to make 3,000 pieces of desiccant yesterday, but only 2 hours today. Feeling it was not enough, she spent another 5 hours converting the 7,000 stones on her body into desiccant.

With a full 10,000 pieces in stock, I can have a good rest tomorrow.