Chapter 96 Unboxing and Trading
Looking at the frail woman before her, Jiang Baiyue couldn't bear it and told the truth: "...I don't know."
Xia Wenjing's lips moved silently, and the light in her eyes gradually disappeared.
"We still need to find a teleportation point or a spatial rift to get out. Haven't you tried looking for one?"
Jiang Baiyue felt something was strange. This group of people was quite large, and they seemed to have been trapped here for a long time.
Do they have so much food? And such a long shelf life?
Wang Leran said in a low voice, "We were suddenly teleported here from our home. This place is full of caves, and there are passages between the caves... We walked through many caves, but we couldn't find any teleportation points or spatial rifts."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Baiyue looked around at the cave environment.
The cave is very large, almost a hemispherical space, with fluorescent fruits scattered on the rock walls and the ground. There is a small opening on each side that allows people to crawl through.
Jiang Baiyue pointed upwards to where she had come down: "I know where the spatial rift is up there. If we go back, we can definitely get out."
Bang! Bang!
Xia Wenjing looked up, her expression just beginning to improve, when a loud noise came from above—the spider monster was crashing into the obstacle.
There's no way to get out from up there anytime soon.
Jiang Baiyue glanced at the map and only highlighted the cave where she was currently located: "If you were teleported to this cave from the beginning, without food or water, how did you survive?"
"45 days have passed since the first day."
This question was a bit presumptuous, but Jiang Baiyue felt she still needed to find out, just in case these people were eating—human flesh.
Although a player's body disappears when they die in the game, as long as the person is still conscious, their limbs will not disappear even if they are separated.
The last time the Red Demon Giant Scorpion bit off a human body, the severed arms, legs, and other parts did not disappear but remained on the ground.
Although there were no dark bloodstains on the floor of this cave, it cannot prove that these people did not carry out cannibalism in other caves.
The scene fell silent. The three people remained silent, as did the skinny, skeletal players lying or sitting behind them; their expressions were blank and sluggish.
A strange atmosphere seemed to permeate the air—tension, doubt, and hesitation…
Jiang Baiyue wasn't disappointed when she didn't hear a reply. She didn't care what the three of them thought and took out a wooden stool to sit down and rest.
She needs to sort through the supplies she automatically collected along the way to see if anything can be used later or help solve her current predicament.
Fluorescent fruit, spider legs, energy crystals, fluorescent fruit leaves, saltpeter, sulfur, spider eyeballs, Grade C copper resource box, Grade D iron resource box, Grade E wooden resource box...
There was quite a lot of stuff, enough to fill one and a half duck-shaped buns, mostly ingredients with almost no food.
Jiang Baiyue glanced out of the corner of her eye at the three people who had walked to the other side and were talking in hushed tones. One of the women was in the best condition; she looked weak but not skin and bones.
Turning her gaze away, Jiang Baiyue began opening the resource boxes. She started with the lowest-level wooden resource boxes, which totaled three.
Active Cells*8, Blood Sacs*5, Fluorescent Spider Silk*6, Shovel*1, Fluorescent Fruit*14, Spider Shells*3. Three wooden resource boxes only contained this much stuff, and that was even with her talent bonus.
Jiang Baiyue's expectations subsided, and she looked at the iron and bronze resource boxes, hoping that these two types of boxes would be more helpful.
There were two iron resource boxes and one copper resource box. They yielded a variety of materials, with fluorescent fruits and leaves being the most abundant. There were also 12 active cells, 5 motors, 4 blood sacs, and surprisingly, 2 permanent blueprints.
[Fluorescent Streetlight: 10 fluorescent fruits, 6 iron blocks, 3 copper blocks, 2 pieces of wood, 1 bottle of mineral water.]
[Fluorescent Lamp Caps: 15 Fluorescent Fruits, 6 Plastics, 7 Iron Blocks, 2 Copper Blocks, 3 Small Gears, 4 Mechanical Parts, 1 Bottle of Mineral Water.]
As the name suggests, fluorescent light caps are actually quite useful these days.
Jiang Baiyue took another duck-shaped bag filled with supplies from the junior mercenary next to her. It contained a lot of food, basic materials, torches, energy crystals and other supplies.
Because of her previous unexpected experience with the Sunflower group, she brought her workbench and medicine-making station with her before coming in.
Having been trapped here for seven days, Jiang Baiyue realized every day that her overthinking was justified.
They seemed to have reached a conclusion, and the woman and the man who appeared to be in the best condition came over as representatives.
"Hello, my name is Wang Leran."
"Gu Tiangang".
? ?
This name sounds familiar, doesn't it?
Jiang Baiyue thought for a moment and suddenly remembered the name Gu Zilin kept mentioning. "What's your son's name?"
Gu Tiangang was taken aback: "I only have one daughter, and my wife's name is Yun Duo. You, you know my daughter?"
Jiang Baiyue nodded. It matched up. Then it must be right. He really is Gu Zilin's father.
Bai Yunduo couldn't contact Gu Tiangang for a long time, and everyone thought that Gu Tiangang was not in District 301, and even thought that he had died in an accident.
Unexpectedly, Gu Tiangang was teleported underground on his very first day, where there was no communication function and he was completely unable to contact the players outside.
Gu Tiangang was relaxed. He knew his wife and daughter, and it was highly likely that he was on good terms with them, otherwise he wouldn't know his name.
Seeing this, Wang Leran turned and gestured for Gu Tiangang to come and negotiate, since the two were somewhat involved and it would be easier to talk things out.
Gu Tiangang touched his pants with his arm at his side, his tone slightly stiff, and said, "We want to contribute some supplies and go out with you."
Jiang Baiyue turned her head and glanced at the people behind her: "Those people don't seem to be able to go very far."
Leading a group of people whose stress levels are already quite high carries significant risks.
Moreover, if an accident occurs, this group of people won't even be able to run.
Gu Tiangang and Wang Leran were silent for a moment. "Let's leave it to fate. We just hope we can be taken along with them."
Wang Leran: "We still have a few teammates who went out to scout ahead and haven't returned yet. We're thinking of waiting another 2 to 1 day. If they still haven't come back, we'll leave."
Jiang Baiyue nodded: "Okay, but I can't guarantee 100% that you won't get hurt or have any accidents. You need to pay a deposit first. Add me as a friend and send me the stuff. Search my name on Xianyu (a Chinese online marketplace)."
"We can't add friends because there's no internet underground; our timeline is stuck on the first day..."
"Then just give me your stuff."
Gu Tiangang: "I have a prop that I can give you, but I want to wait until we get out before giving it all to you. I need to keep it to save my life."
As Gu Tiangang spoke, he took out two plush toys, one large and one small, with the larger toy leading the smaller one.
He handed the large doll to Jiang Baiyue and said, "The mother and baby sheep, together they are the complete prop and can exert their full effect. I'll give you the mother sheep as a deposit."
Jiang Baiyue was still shocked after receiving the prop and seeing its effect.
For a group of people to survive underground for so many days, there must be some kind of guarantee, which can only be attributed to talent, tools, or special abilities.
So she wasn't surprised that Gu Tiangang was able to produce the props.
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