Chapter 200 Exclusive Release on Jinjiang Literature City: Holiday Flash Sale
[Limited-Time Holiday Flash Sale]:
[Miniature City Protective Shield: Originally priced at 500 million points, now 50% off for a limited time.]
[Master-level custom mech: Originally priced at 200 million points, now 40% off for a limited time.]
[Civilian Spaceship XM-F604: Original price 3.5 billion points, limited-time flash sale at 60% off.]
[Limited Edition Custom Aircraft: Originally priced at 50 million points, now 60% off for a limited time.]
There are only four items in total, but each one is clearly a high-end product in terms of its use, performance, and appearance, and they are all styles that have never been refreshed in the daily discount.
And the discounts are also quite substantial.
The viewers in the live stream got excited when they saw the flash sale page, and before Lu Xuan could ask, they took the initiative to explain the reason for the holiday flash sale.
This so-called 'festival' is actually a major festival for the Covenant.
Different planets have many local festivals, but there are only two or three festivals that the entire Covenant celebrates throughout the year. Today happens to be one of them: Covenant Founding Day.
On such special holidays, various industries hold promotional or celebratory events, and the Dimensional Live Streaming System is no exception.
The way live streaming systems celebrate is through flash sales during the current holiday.
The items available for flash sales will be adjusted based on the streamer's financial resources, and the original price of the items will not exceed their total points.
After all, if someone with less than ten million points refreshes the page with items worth hundreds of millions, it's not a holiday celebration or a flash sale; it's more like making the streamer furious while adding to the holiday fun.
I'd heard that the items featured in holiday flash sales were great, but I never expected them to be this good!
[A master-level custom mecha! Ahhh! It's a work by one of my absolute favorite masters, priceless and unavailable! I want one so badly!]
[The city's protective shield is really amazing; it's something you can't buy even if you have money but no power.]
[I love that aircraft. I ordered it as soon as XX Company released it, but it was too late. I never expected to see one on the live streaming system!]
Which one is the streamer planning to buy? Items from holiday flash sales rarely appear in daily discounts; after today, it's practically impossible to buy them again.
Lu Xuan was also thinking about which one, or rather, which several, he should buy.
I've already seen the effectiveness of the house shield when the beast tide encountered the insect swarm; it's definitely a good thing.
The city's protective shield can cover the entire Yunlu Village. With it, they can avoid the next beast attack or other dangers that require them to evacuate.
The custom mechs and aircraft looked even cooler than what he had seen in the daily discounts or even in the unlocked mech categories in the store; they were totally his type.
As for the civilian spaceship, despite being called civilian, according to the introduction, it is a model with extremely high cost performance and a very high level of quality. The opportunity to buy it at a 60% discount is indeed a rare one.
Lu Xuan glanced at his current total points.
Because of the considerable amount of grain he acquired through his previous transaction with Huo Tiankuo, the hundreds of thousands of kilograms of seafood he received from fishing at the seaside, and the recent income from gifts, his total assets have exceeded four billion.
After the discount, he could easily buy all four items.
If I really do that, half of the points I've worked so hard to earn over the past six months will disappear in an instant.
Lu Xuan pondered for a moment, then suddenly remembered that he still had three discount coupons that he hadn't had a chance to use.
Upon opening the purchase page for the flash sale item, I indeed saw that a discount coupon could be used, and the three options were the 70%, 80%, and 10% discount coupons he already had.
With flash sales and additional discount coupons, the price can be even cheaper.
Lu Xuan quickly came up with an idea, and with a flick of his finger, he clicked to buy.
The audience couldn't help but gasp in surprise when they saw his choice.
[The streamer has already bought everything? What about the civilian spaceship? Aren't you going to buy it?]
[Didn't the streamer always want to buy a spaceship? This one's performance is really good. If you buy it, you can now fly your spaceship into space. Aren't you tempted?]
Lu Xuan: "..." He was definitely moved.
But……
Lu Xuan's tone was calm yet firm: "What I want are military warships."
Even with the best price-performance ratio for civilian ships, and even with the most favorable 30% discount coupons, it would still cost nearly 1.5 billion to acquire one.
Do you really think earning so many points is easy?
Live stream viewer: Isn't that right?
The combined revenue from a single beast tide and tungsten ore alone amounted to 1.7 billion.
Lu Xuan: "..." Tungsten ore is something you can only come across by chance. Do you expect him to run into it every year?
Even if he were to encounter such an opportunity, he wouldn't want to enrich himself by exploiting a large amount of non-renewable resources in this plane, as there are other sustainable ways to make money.
Furthermore, no matter how good the performance of a civilian spacecraft is, it is still primarily used as a passenger aircraft.
He didn't plan to bring the villagers or Huo's army along, so buying a passenger plane with a capacity of several thousand passengers was really unnecessary.
Although military warships are also large, what he valued most were their excellent defensive capabilities and armament, which civilian spaceships simply cannot match. Otherwise, how could there be such a large price difference?
In conclusion, Lu Xuan only bought the other three items.
The aircraft's flash sale price was already a great deal, and no discount coupons were used. The final price was 30 million.
City protective shield, 50% off plus 20% off coupon, final price: 200 million.
Master-level mecha, 60% off plus a 10% off coupon, final price: 108 million.
Keep the remaining 30% off coupon, which offers the biggest discount.
After receiving the items, Lu Xuan first stored them in his spatial storage, planning to try them out later. He then minimized the flash sale page and bought the evolution fluid according to his original plan, followed by a daily discount sweep and finally a blind box draw.
Perhaps today really is a good day, as the diamond and black gold blind boxes have once again released some great items.
[Single draw from Diamond Blind Box: Life Pod]
[Black Gold Blind Box Single Draw: Mini Submarine.]
The escape capsule is a space survival device that can sustain life for ten years in space and will not be damaged even if it is hit by a meteorite.
Although Lu Xuan doesn't need the life pod right now, the store hasn't unlocked the purchase option for life pods yet, so it would be good if he could get one.
Having the opportunity is one thing, but being able to have it is another.
Besides, the diamond blind box costs 100,000, but the life pod is worth millions, a tenfold profit. What's there to be dissatisfied about?
The submarine extracted from the black gold is the same; it costs millions to produce and is worth five million. It is a valuable item, and in his spare time, he can take the submarine to the seabed by himself or with his family.
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The day after returning to the village, the private school, which had been on holiday for a week, resumed classes.
The villagers also reconnected with the helpers from Huo Jiajun's side and started a new round of processing.
Needless to say, the materials to be processed this time are all kinds of seafood.
First, take the oysters. Keep some fresh and eat them slowly, and cook the rest into oyster sauce.
First, pry open the oyster shells and take out the oyster meat. Add a little salt and flour and rinse twice. Pour it into a pot, add water, and simmer over low heat to make oyster juice.
Because they have a large quantity of oysters, they use large pots, so the process of simmering the oyster sauce takes a little longer, about an hour.
Afterwards, the oyster meat that had shrunk in size was scooped out, and the oyster juice was filtered to remove the residue and poured back into the pot to continue simmering over low heat until it thickened.
During the process, you can add a small amount of salt and sugar according to your taste. Finally, add starch to increase the viscosity, and the pure, 100% natural oyster sauce is ready.
Freshly made oyster sauce is only slightly viscous, but it becomes very thick and exceptionally delicious after cooling.
After the first batch of oyster sauce was ready, the women in the village went to the vegetable garden to pick some fresh spinach and took a lot of oyster mushrooms from their spatial storage.
After sautéing the scallions and garlic, add the washed vegetables and oyster mushrooms, along with appropriate amounts of salt, soy sauce, and most importantly, oyster sauce. Do not add any other seasonings, and serve immediately.
The recipe is simple; anyone can do it. The stir-fried spinach and stir-fried oyster mushrooms are so delicious that you can eat several bowls of rice without any other side dishes.
The villagers and helpers each held a plate and shared the two pots of food, their expressions full of amazement, and they praised it endlessly.
"It's so delicious!"
"The mutant vegetables are already crisp and sweet, and the flavor is even more delicious with oyster sauce than with mushroom powder!"
"And it doesn't have any fishy smell at all, it's amazing!"
The helpers were a little disappointed, saying, "The output is just too low."
Miao Jinfeng and the other aunties were also quite disappointed.
One hundred pounds of oysters can only yield a maximum of two and a half pounds of oyster sauce, which is far too little.
The villagers would take some of the oysters they caught while diving and going out to eat, leaving only about two or three hundred pounds of them. They would then make oyster sauce, and each family would only get five to seven pounds of it. Besides, they also had to keep some to eat fresh.
Lu Xuan had a bit more goods, but only a little over a thousand to a little under two thousand catties. After making oyster sauce, it would only yield about thirty catties, enough to fill a medium-sized jar.
Given Lu Xuan's appetite, and the appetites of the other superhumans in the village, this amount of oyster sauce wouldn't last long.
Aunt Chen took a steamed bun, dipped it in the sauce from the plate, ate it, wiped her mouth, and said, "It's okay if there's less. We can just go to the beach and get another batch when we're almost done eating it."
The others wholeheartedly agreed, saying, "That's true."
The helpers looked at the oysters that were much smaller than before with a bit of heartache. "Are these oysters just going to go to waste?"
Miao Jinfeng laughed and said, "Of course not. I asked Ah Xuan, and these oysters are still edible. They can be stir-fried, used in soups, or made into seafood porridge without any problem."
The helpers breathed a sigh of relief. "That's good."
Although the amount of oysters was reduced a lot after cooking the oyster sauce, the remaining oyster meat was still more than half of its original volume, so it would be a waste to throw it away.
Because the number of oysters was not very large, only a little over 10,000 jin (5,000 kg) for the whole village, dozens of iron pots were used to boil them together, and the oyster sauce was ready in just half a day.
The remaining time was spent cooking mussels. After cooking, the meat was removed, dried, and saved for later use in soups or porridge.
Lu Xuan did not contribute any extra effort in the process of discovering the mussels. Therefore, apart from setting aside 20% for public supplies, the remaining 100-plus tons of mussels were divided equally among the 52 households in the village, with each household receiving a share of more than 400 jin.
After removing the shells, the mussel meat weighs only about 100 pounds, and even less after drying.
Besides mussels, the villagers also harvested a lot of kelp, sea lettuce, laver, and seaweed during their beachcombing and diving activities.
Keep some fresh for cold dishes or soups, and dry the rest as well.
During the drying process, the helpers chatted about the holographic game and would occasionally ask Miao Jinfeng and the others about their beachcombing experience, saying enviously, "I wish we could go beachcombing too."
Miao Jinfeng said, "There will be an opportunity."
She had already heard from her husband about Lu Xuan informing General Huo about the salt-making method.
The Huo family army's personal guards have to guard the camp and go out to sea to fish, so they definitely won't have enough manpower to dry salt. In the end, they'll have to ask the disaster victims to come and help them.
Isn't it a convenient thing to go to the beach in between salt production?
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In addition to processing seafood, Lu Qing and the other young women also hired a jewelry maker as planned.
Simple jewelry can be made from pearl earrings; you only need a pair of pearls that are similar in color and size.
Even baroque beads that are slightly different in shape but similar in size can have a unique charm when made into earrings.
Another option is to make pearl necklaces.
This requires a lot of beads. If some women don't have enough pearls, they can ask others to share them so that everyone can at least have a necklace and matching earrings.
If you have a lot of stock, you can make two or even three sets in different colors, such as white pearl set, pink pearl set, and purple pearl set.
However, in the entire Yunlu Village, only Lu Qing currently possesses the complete set.
Su Ying used a lot of resources to exchange for two sets of white powder, but she could only find enough for the purple pearls. The purple pearls were hard to find, so she could only look for them slowly later.
Lu Qing had Lei Yan and Lu Xuan, especially the latter, who helped her collect items. In addition to the necklace and earrings, she also had a luxurious necklace with a cloud-shaped back made of high-quality materials.
The main material is pearl, the auxiliary material is high-quality agate beads found in a cave, and the pendant is a jade pendant obtained when exchanging supplies in Yangshan County.
The pendant has a detachable clasp, so it can be easily replaced with other accessories, such as a pure gold safety lock.
Seeing their enthusiasm for making jewelry, Lu Xuan took out a lot of gold and silver bricks he had drawn from blind boxes for Lu Qing, and asked the jewelry craftsman to melt them down to make a peace lock and gold necklace for Lu Chen.
The rest can be used to make gold bracelets for Lu Qing; gold jewelry, pearls, agate, and jade can all be used as decorations.
There are several craftsmen in the Huo family army camp who can make jewelry. Gold jewelry is more complicated and takes longer to make, but pearl jewelry is not difficult to make. With working overtime, the first batch of finished products was completed and delivered in just two days.
Lu Qing and the others held the freshly made, beautiful pearl jewelry, each one reluctant to put it down.
"This is so beautiful!"
Wu Yinyin held the white pearl necklace up to her neck, her face beaming with joy, and said, "I never thought I could own such a beautiful necklace. I'm going to keep it as a family heirloom!"
Su Ying put on the pink pearl earrings and admired them, but then hummed, "In the future, have your Li Jing go to the sea to look for them. If you find better quality and bigger ones, then it's not too late to make them family heirlooms. These pearls aren't of particularly high quality; they're fine to wear occasionally."
The others couldn't help but laugh.
Just a few days ago, they didn't even dare to dream of owning their own pearl jewelry. But now, in just a few days, they're already complaining about the poor quality.
But on second thought, what Su Ying said wasn't entirely unreasonable.
They didn't understand the quality of pearls before, but Lu Qing has produced quite a few high-quality pearls.
By comparing the quality and seeing the actual product, one's eye for quality naturally develops.
Knowing that there are many more beautiful and larger pearls hidden in the sea, and that you can own them with a little more time and a bit of luck, who wouldn't want to own a better treasure?
Regarding what has been completed, Lu Qing suggested, "Su Ying is right. Jewelry is meant to be worn. Instead of keeping it as a keepsake, why don't we wear it out for a stroll?"
The others, who had been thinking the same thing, immediately nodded in agreement, "That's right, let's wear it and show it to the others."
Li Yue was also somewhat tempted and suggested, "Beautiful jewelry should be paired with an equally beautiful dress. Why don't we go back and change our clothes too?"
The others' eyes lit up even more. "Great idea!"
"I'll go back and change my clothes right away!"
"I'll go too."
Soon, the women hurriedly took their share of the jewelry and went home.
Fifteen minutes later.
The young men of the hunting team came out of the training room and bumped right into the women who had changed their clothes.
Lu Xuan raised an eyebrow when he saw these women who were clearly dressed up.
The viewers in the live stream were also pleasantly surprised.
Wow! What a special day it is! These young ladies are all dressed up so beautifully.
I see everyone is wearing pearl necklaces and earrings. Are they showing off their new jewelry?
It's really quite beautiful.
[It's a shame all the pretty young ladies are married. How annoying! I'm so jealous of those lousy men in the village.]
The men who were being envied were now staring intently at their wives, their eyes glued to them, unable to tear their gazes away.
A small number of unmarried men, like Li Tuo, were clearly a bit awkward, looking around nervously, unsure where to look.
The young women all underwent cosmetic surgery in the medical pod. Even those who were only a 5 out of 10 in appearance gained at least a 7 out of 10 in terms of looks after their skin was whitened.
With the addition of jewelry and exquisite makeup, it's no exaggeration to say that those who are already quite beautiful, such as Li Yue, Ji Xiuling, and Su Ying, are radiant when they stand there.
Lu Qing's appearance was not as outstanding as the other three, but after becoming pregnant, she had a maternal glow that was equally charming, making Lei Yan blush and his heart race.
"What, have you all become mute and can't speak?" Su Ying twirled a strand of hair with her fair fingers and spoke first to the group of men opposite her with a smile.
The men suddenly realized what was happening.
Xiong Mao was the first to rush over, picked up Su Ying, and spun her around on the spot, praising her loudly without any hesitation: "Wife, you look so beautiful today!"
The others weren't as direct as Xiong Mao, but they couldn't help but approach their wives with excited expressions and ardent gazes. However, because their wives looked as unapproachable as daughters of noble families, they didn't dare to act as presumptuously as Xiong Mao.
Some people couldn't help but sigh, "What have I done to deserve such a beautiful wife?"
The woman who was praised blushed instantly, making her look even more like a budding flower of wealth and beauty.
When the neighboring private school let out, the kids would run out too, and their reactions would be even more direct.
Wow! Mom, you look so beautiful today!
"Sister, you look like a fairy! Even the fairies in heaven are not as beautiful as you!" Lu Chen held Lu Qing's hand, his sweet words as sweet as honey, making Lu Qing very happy.
"How could I possibly compare to a fairy?"
Lei Yan, who rarely speaks sweet words, surprisingly said, "In my heart, you are the most beautiful fairy."
Lu Qing's face flushed from his words, and she couldn't help but glare at him reproachfully.
Lu Xuan, forced to eat dog food: "..."
Viewers in the live stream jokingly asked, "Seeing your sister and brother-in-law being so loving, does the host also feel like finding a partner?"
Lu Xuan replied calmly, "No."
Why look for a partner? Looking for a partner will only hinder his conquest of the stars and the sea.
Lu Xuan retorted to the audience, "Do you really want to see me broadcasting lovey-dovey moments and sweet nothings to you every day from now on?"
The audience looked at the scene of Li Jing, Zhang Chengming, and others shyly exchanging glances and whispering intimate words with their wives, and subconsciously imagined Lu Xuan with a woman whose features were indistinct, and then they all shuddered.
Forget it, let the streamer enjoy the show on her own!
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On the fifth day after returning from the beach, Lu Xuan sent a message to Huo Tiankuo, who was still fishing enthusiastically at the beach, asking him to bring his men back.
A storm is coming.
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Author's Note: Special thanks to Yan for throwing a landmine today.
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