Chapter 89: Drones Spot a Herd of Bison, Lots of Beef! ...
Lu Xuan first bought out all the nutrient solutions and basic energy stones, and then bought a four-meter kayak that appeared today.
Viewers in the live stream who were busy showing off their food glanced at his actions and couldn't help but exclaim "Huh?"
[Didn't the streamer already give away several kayaks? Why buy more? They won't be needed during the hottest season.]
Lu Xuan said, "Just because it's not needed during the hottest season doesn't mean it won't be needed during the next catastrophe."
Longtime viewers recalled the sequence of disasters displayed on the weather app and suddenly realized what was happening.
[Then the streamer probably needs more than one, maybe seven or eight kayaks, right?]
Lu Xuan nodded, "We'll probably need forty or fifty ships."
Small kayaks intended for temporary travel can be disregarded; for temporary accommodation, kayaks of at least three meters in length should be chosen for their greater stability and reduced risk of capsizing.
For families with many members, you can directly choose the largest six-meter model, or a round or octagonal boat.
Lu Xuan has six kayaks that meet the requirements of X. Based on the calculation that each household in the village should have at least one kayak, he still needs about forty more.
Considering the possibility of kayak damage, we should also prepare some spares; buying fifty kayaks would be just right.
Besides manual boats, you'll definitely need some motorized boats as well, which will require a total of about 600,000 to 700,000 points.
Lu Xuan refreshes the discount section about ten times a day, which basically guarantees that he can buy one or two ships every day. If he's lucky, he might be able to get three ships a day.
With more than a month left until the end of the hottest season, if all ships can be purchased at a discount, averaging 20% off per ship, at least tens of thousands of points can be saved.
Tens of thousands of points are less than the gifts he receives in a single day, but the kayak was exchanged for the villagers, and for them, ten thousand points worth of supplies is an astronomical figure.
He wasn't saving money for himself, but for the villagers.
[What about the streamer himself? Does he also use a kayak?]
[How could that be! Haven't you noticed? The streamer is a pure hedonist; if she can enjoy the good things, she'll never settle for less.]
Lu Xuan remained noncommittal, saying, "If I have the ability to use something better, of course I'll choose something better."
The reason for providing kayaks to the villagers is that it is within their means, but it does not mean that they have to lower their living standards.
He will definitely keep a few kayaks for himself, but for the next period of disaster, he and his family will first choose a more fully functional, spacious and sturdy yacht.
Lu Xuan's gaze fell on a small, exquisitely designed yacht.
The yacht's original price was 400,000, but today's discount is 10%, bringing the total to 360,000 points.
This yacht is at best a model that only wealthy people would use to go out to sea occasionally. It only has a very small living room and a sun deck, so it is not very practical.
This is definitely not the ship that Lu Xuan wants to buy.
He wanted a family-sized yacht that was at least twenty meters long and could comfortably accommodate four or five people.
After several days of observation and comparison, Lu Xuan has chosen a model that is quite suitable.
This yacht originally cost 2.4 million yuan and is 25 meters long. In addition to multiple living quarters, it also has facilities such as a kitchen, restaurant, warehouse, and lounge, making it very fully functional.
This yacht has been listed twice so far, with discounts of 20% and 10% respectively.
The probability of getting a 50% off or half-price discount is very low, and getting a 60% off is also relatively difficult.
However, the more expensive the product, the more points can be saved for each discount level that is less than a fraction of the original price.
Lu Xuan's goal is to buy it at at least 30% off, which would be 1.68 million points.
In addition, in case of special circumstances, there is a high possibility that dozens of kayaks will get separated while traveling together, so it is best to have a boat that can carry everyone on the side.
Lu Xuan also had his eye on this style.
It is a medium-sized yacht, or perhaps more accurately, a passenger ship, measuring 30 meters in length.
Although it was only five meters longer than the one he had chosen, it was a specially designed passenger boat.
The ship's space is mainly comprised of guest rooms, all of which are standard double rooms. If you take inspiration from a regular university dormitory, you can install bunk beds to create four- or eight-person rooms. This would not only be enough to fit the whole village but would also leave a little extra space for supplies that don't fit in the room, or for unforeseen circumstances.
The model Lu Xuan used himself was still considered a luxury item, while the one he showed to the villagers was a truly affordable model. The original price was only 1.3 million, but with an 80% discount, it could be bought for just over a million.
If you can get a 60-70% discount, you can save even more.
Having figured out which ships to purchase next, Lu Xuan started looking at hovercars.
[Didn't the streamer previously say that hovercars were flashy but impractical and useless? Why have they changed their minds?]
Lu Xuan said, "A two-seater hovercar is indeed impractical for me, but..."
His finger lightly touched the extended vehicle that had just appeared, and a slight smile appeared on his lips: "A hover bus... that would be very practical."
With water transportation already in place, how can we forget about land transportation?
The ancient roads were incredibly rugged; just think back to the journey to the prefectural city and you'll understand.
Earthquakes have been occurring continuously since the start of the disaster.
According to Weather Companion, thousands of earthquakes of varying magnitudes will occur worldwide over a five-year period.
Even in Yunlu Village, huge post-earthquake cracks appeared, and other places were bound to have even more ground fissures.
When encountering such terrain while traveling, one can either turn back or spend a lot of time taking a detour, and there is no telling what troubles or other difficulties one might encounter along the way.
With the hoverbus, things will be different.
No matter how rugged the road is, or how deep the cracks are, it can be traversed without hindrance.
The key point is that the price of the hoverbus is much cheaper than other hovercraft.
A double-cab bus with a capacity of 100 passengers costs only one million, while a single-cab bus costs between 300,000 and 500,000.
Two hover buses are enough to carry the entire village.
Lu Xuan calculated the total price of the goods he wanted to buy.
The original price for all the necessary transportation would be nearly six million points, and even after the discount, it would still be around four million.
His current total points are only over 3.6 million.
Lu Xuan clicked his tongue inwardly.
Sure enough, the more points you earn, the more things you want, and you spend money like water.
He used to think he would be able to buy a spaceship soon, but now it seems that by the time he can actually buy a spaceship, the points he will have earned will be equivalent to the price of two or even three spaceships.
That's all.
Buying the spaceship is for later; let's do today's blind box first.
The items drawn today were the same as usual, mostly everyday items, with the rest being duplicates of previous draws. The few new items were mainly small appliances, such as smart coffee makers and robot vacuum cleaners.
After finishing the blind box draw, Lu Xuan chatted with the audience for a while before ending the broadcast.
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The first day's harvest was decent, but it didn't include the beef that Lu Xuan wanted most.
So the next day, Lu Xuan decided to change direction and continue the search.
The water in the high-altitude lakes does not only flow in the direction Lu Xuan came from yesterday; there are also two other lakes that slowly flow towards the water source at the foot of the mountain.
Lu Xuan wanted to choose one of these two directions to search.
Choosing a specific direction by chance is too inefficient, and visual enhancement has its limitations no matter how far you can see.
That's when we need our secret weapon—drones!
It's still a silver blind box release, and it's more exquisite and compact than a certain modern zombie. It also doesn't have any visible propellers, so it looks more like a mini spaceship than a drone. It looks really cool.
In addition to basic functions such as taking photos and videos, tracking and transmitting data, it can shoot at distances of up to hundreds of kilometers.
This is still the basic model in the store.
The advanced and flagship versions not only have no distance limitations, but the even more extravagant space version can even be used in space, which is already within the realm of spacecraft.
Lu Xuan wasn't interested in the sophisticated and advanced technology used inside; he only needed to know that it was very useful in ancient times.
Lu Xuan started the drone and used the remote control to launch it towards the target.
The terrain and the villagers' dwellings are similar in the south, with dense forests covering most of the area, and the rest consisting of megalithic forests and a small portion of hilly terrain.
Since bison live on grasslands, Lu Xuan didn't really have much hope in that direction, so the drone flew westward first.
Within his field of vision, the terrain was almost entirely open grassland; barring any unforeseen circumstances, he should be able to…
Seeing the black screen appear, Lu Xuan zoomed in with his finger to confirm, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.
"Found it!"
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Half an hour later.
Lu Xuan put away his hoverboard and looked at the herd of bison grazing listlessly in the distance.
The bison had dark fur, thick limbs, and well-developed muscles. Although they were not as big as the mutated cattle in the apocalypse, they were much larger than domestic cattle, like walking mountains of meat.
When Lu Xuan saw the moving beef up close, all sorts of beef recipes that he liked to eat unconsciously popped into his mind.
Tomato beef brisket, boiled beef, beef stew with potatoes, stir-fried beef with scallions, black pepper steak, radish and beef bone soup...
As he thought about it, Lu Xuan couldn't help but swallow hard.
If you do the math, it's been almost two years since he last ate beef.
The herd of bison that Lu Xuan discovered was quite large, with a rough count of more than sixty members.
Apart from three smaller calves, the rest were all adult cattle, each one plump and strong, looking especially delicious.
Lu Xuan stared intently at the bison for a moment, seemingly calm but actually with intense gaze, before casually glancing at the opposite side and to his right.
With such a large herd of bison gathered here, predators are bound to be present.
Hidden in the bushes diagonally opposite, peeking out from time to time, was a pack of gray wolves, while to the right lurked a robust adult tiger.
Lu Xuan had no interest in wolf or tiger meat, as it wasn't tasty, and he didn't need to rely on them to earn money for supplies right now. Before the bison could find him, he used his ice-type ability to instantly freeze the lower bodies of the twenty-odd bison closest to him.
The herd of cattle panicked when they noticed their companions were trapped, and angry, frantic mooing filled the air.
Fearing they would go hungry that day, the wolves and tigers seized the opportunity to attack the moment they realized something was wrong.
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Author's Note: The discount rate mentioned in Chapter 17 of the Daily Discount section was 50% to 80% off, but it has been changed to 50% to 90% off. Just be aware of this; no need to read it again.
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