Chapter 23 Crossbow Blueprints
The argument in the chat area continued until 10 p.m., with some people condemning others for trading them food that was about to expire, some watching the drama unfold, and others taking advantage of the situation.
There weren't many people left in the shower queue, so Jiang Baiyue took her clean tracksuit and joined the queue.
Only a small number of people slept in the open space tonight; most moved to the mission hall to sleep.
Some people traded or changed their tents, at least they had their own private space.
"You lazy bum, you're here now? There were so many people queuing up before."
In the spring, Ya held a plastic basin containing a change of clothes between her waist and several people followed behind her.
"This is my teammate. He doesn't eat vegetables, being beautiful is not a mistake, he's a sunflower, and he always faces summer."
"And there are also white clouds, but she took a shower early and went to be with her daughter."
Jiang Baiyue had seen them packing body bags before when she passed by: "Did you find any supplies in the city today? How's the situation?"
Sunflower shook his head and said, "Not good. We've found far less supplies than we did in the first three days. We need to destroy two body sacs to avoid a dismal harvest."
Beauty is not a mistake: "I see you hired a mercenary. Is this NPC any good? Does he/she deal a lot of damage?"
Jiang Baiyue recounted her observations from the day to the others.
Beauty is not a mistake: "If we didn't need to buy wood, I feel we could actually hire a mercenary."
In the spring, Ya chimed in with her own opinion: "Mercenaries cost 100 coins a day, and the price goes up the next day. Their only advantage seems to be that their bullets are unlimited? I remember it being like that in the game before..."
Jiang Baiyue: "It's changed now. It's limited, but you can buy bullets with coins. There might be a special trading method between NPCs."
She questioned the mercenary, but he remained silent, taking the money to protect her and fight, without revealing a single word of anything else.
This made her not doubt that NPCs were special beings, but rather that they might just be "tools" in the game's design.
Sunflower, standing beside the group, said, "Unless the profits are substantial... hiring a mercenary is still worthwhile."
Sunflower is truly envious of this. Laying-down Salty Fish is too powerful, directly hiring two mercenaries at once, earning 200 coins a day in mercenary fees.
However, considering that she has a workbench and a medicine-making station, obtaining materials and coins is a piece of cake. She can even live comfortably without leaving the base and just by looking at the workbench and medicine-making station.
"I still envy you. Now you have a medicine-making station, and you can earn a lot of money by making healing medicine for others."
The one who didn't eat vegetables was behind the sunflower in line. When he heard the sunflower say that, he hesitated for a moment, scratched his head, looked around, and whispered to the lying-down salted fish.
"Be careful lately, and try not to go out if you can avoid it."
Is someone targeting her?
Jiang Baiyue looked at the eyes that didn't eat vegetables and received an affirming look.
The sunflower cast a puzzled look at the one that didn't eat vegetables.
"Hey, it's getting dark, I overheard this while going to the bathroom. In our base, only the 'Lazybones' has a workbench, and I think that's talking about you. Now you have a medicine-making station too. There's not much we can do in the base, but..."
The rest of the words were left unsaid, but everyone understood.
Jiang Baiyue saw the green light on the toilet door to the left of the public restroom, knowing that the person inside would be coming out soon. She thanked Bu Chi Qingcai and went inside.
The Class 1 public toilets have only two rooms, neither separate for men nor women.
Not long after the previous person left, Jiang Baiyue came over and found that the floor and walls inside were not wet at all, and there were no water stains.
Just two steps from the entrance is the squat toilet, and further inside is a washroom separated by a wooden partition. Pushing open the door, you see that it is spotless and there is not even any moisture.
Although Jiang Baiyue wasn't a germaphobe, she still felt quite pleased to see the space looking as if it had been cleaned after the previous user had used it.
After a relaxing shower, she felt much lighter. She had scrubbed her skin for a long time when she came out and ran into Chunliya. They smiled at each other, and Chunliya's skin was also fair and rosy.
"Going back now, bye-bye."
As soon as Jiang Baiyue returned to the cabin, she posted messages in both chat areas, asking to buy weapons.
Although her tone was uncertain about not eating vegetables, the base only has over 100 people, and she didn't hide anything in order to collect more materials and coins, which can be considered quite unassuming.
Since her life is at stake, she needs to be equipped with weapons that deal high damage and are easy for her to use.
Thinking of that big shot who could produce more than 9,000 coins at once, Jiang Baiyue tentatively sent him a private message.
"Lying Flat Salted Fish: Friend, do you trade weapons? I have basic healing potions, mineral water, and a straw hat."
This is an important supply right now, and regardless of whether the other side has weapons or not, there's a high chance they'll send a message if they see it.
"Rainy Day Without an Umbrella: How many basic healing potions do you have? What are their attributes?"
The two had conducted a large transaction together, and their level of trust in each other was quite high.
Jiang Baiyue directly sent a basic healing potion to the other party.
After receiving the item without an umbrella in the rain, I saw the attributes of the basic healing potion. For those who focus on combat, the healing amount is actually very low.
However, there are currently no other medications available. Her injury is not serious, and she is relying entirely on natural recovery, which wastes a lot of time and also affects her speed of movement.
Even though the amount of health restored by a basic healing potion is low, it is still very useful.
"No umbrella in the rain: I have a pistol, 50 rounds of general-purpose ammunition; a spiked club and a black iron hammer. Screenshot 1, Screenshot 2, Screenshot 3."
Jiang Baiyue clicked on each of the three weapons to check their attribute damage.
She was worried that she wouldn't be able to aim the pistol properly, since she had never handled a gun before and didn't even have the theoretical knowledge of it.
Moreover, the sound of gunfire easily attracts nearby zombies.
The damage from the spiked club is about the same as that from the iron axe, so there's no need to replace it. Every day before she goes out, she repairs the iron axe with scrap metal to ensure that its damage level is 0.
The black iron hammer looked heavy, and there were two of them, so it wouldn't be convenient for her to eat something to replenish her strength along the way.
With a sliver of hope, she asked directly if there were any blueprints for crossbows for rainy days when no umbrella was needed.
"Not using an umbrella in the rain: My friend has one, let me ask him."
Jiang Baiyue saw the reply, glanced at the condenser next to her, took out an empty bottle to fill with water, and waited for a reply.
Not long after, another private message came in from an unknown number.
"Swords have no eyes: I'm the kind of person who doesn't use an umbrella in the rain, do you want crossbow blueprints?"
"Swords don't discriminate: She said you have bottled water and have sold water before. Do you have any equipment to purify water? This is the wilderness, I can't scavenge for supplies to get clean bottled water. I can give you the blueprints, but could you give me at least two bottles of water a day?"
Two bottles a day? An indefinite period is a bit much.
Water also has a shelf life, and Jiang Baiyue could understand that the other party's goal was to obtain a stable supply of clean drinking water.
But the other party didn't mention a deadline... I hope they're not greedy.
"Lying Flat Salted Fish: 2 bottles a day, how long? I can only give you 4 days at most. If the blueprint is permanent, I can give you 1 bottle of water a day for 60 days, and I won't raise the price of water here after that, it'll be 6 coins a bottle."
Jiang Baiyue is offering a friendly price of 6 coins, which is still a price that most people can afford.
The other side seemed to be severely short of water, so I immediately agreed.
"Swords have no eyes: This is a permanent blueprint. Look, it's made of kraft paper, not ordinary paper. Screenshot."
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