Chapter 44 Exorbitantly Priced Materials
Jiang Baiyue immediately sent a private message to "Don't Use an Umbrella in the Rain," explaining that she sells three bottles of "Don't Use an Umbrella in the Rain" water every day, and it's impossible for her to finish drinking them all every day.
Moreover, Jiang Baiyue guessed that this person was the base administrator, so she felt safe and bold enough to go directly to the rainy day without an umbrella.
"Lying Flat Salted Fish: Friend, friend, lend me 10 bottles of water, I'll return 15 bottles to you in the next two days! I'll give you 2 basic healing potions as collateral."
"Rainy Day Without an Umbrella: [Trade - Bottled Water * 10]"
That's really helpful; they sent it directly.
After receiving the water, Jiang Baiyue clicked to claim the blueprint for the "Yellow Sands Flying Everywhere" scene, and then sent the mineral water to the recipient.
[Advanced Protective Cover Blueprints: 1000 Deformable Nuts, 200 Gears, 500 Refined Iron, 800 Steel Blocks, 264 Corrosion-Resistant Plastics, 436 Refined Stones, 50 Corrosion-Resistant and Wear-Resistant Rubber]
Seeing each number made Jiang Baiyue feel cold, depressed, and suffocated.
If I remember correctly.
Gear price: 1. 2 servings of food/gear); 2. 15 coins/gear.
Price of refined iron: 1. 10 food items/each); 2. 110 coins/each.
Steel blocks are priced as follows: 1. 12 servings of food per block; 2. 160 coins per block.
Price of anti-corrosion plastic: 1. 4 servings of food/each); 2. 50 coins/each.
Fine Stone Price: 1. 20 food items/each); 2. 300 coins/each.
Price of corrosion-resistant and wear-resistant rubber: 1. 7 servings of food/each); 2. 88 coins/each.
Buy all the materials – 26,126 servings of food or 344,400 coins.
Forget it, let fate decide and everyone rely on their own abilities!
The farmland only yielded a meager 102 yuan after yesterday's purchase and my own scavenging. The seeds were just planted today, and even with daily fertilization, it's impossible to harvest tomorrow.
Even if we can harvest it tomorrow, the quantity would probably not even be enough to buy one-tenth of the materials for the protective shield.
There are only 1,000 coins lying in the warehouse. They increase or decrease every day, and I haven't even had a chance to get my hands on 10,000.
Jiang Baiyue put away the blueprints and sighed. She hadn't had this much money in her pocket for the past 20 years, and she had only been the base commander for a few days.
We can't skim any profits from NPCs, and we can't set taxes too high...
That blueprint from Springtime is quite basic; I just don't know how many materials it requires.
But if she comes back at 6 PM, will she definitely be able to collect enough coins or food?
Jiang Baiyue slowly walked to Xiaohai's shelf again, casually picked up the materials to check the price. Her face was nonchalant, but her heart was heavy.
Just then, a stall owner next to Xiaohai casually chatted with her, saying, "Hey, girl, where are you from?"
"I was really curious last time, but Gu Yun was too aloof, I didn't dare to chat with her."
Xiao Hai brushed aside the stray hairs that were ruffling his forehead in the breeze and replied with a smile, "I am... from a very, very far place. I come from the abandoned area, which is quite far from here."
"What? An abandoned area..."
The middle-aged woman felt that these words were not pleasant to hear, and wondered if they had touched a sore spot, so she quickly spoke about herself.
"We're from District 301. Sigh, it's all the same no matter which district you're in. This world is too dangerous. I don't know how we were suddenly transported here..."
The middle-aged woman made exaggerated expressions and gestured with both arms as she spoke.
The stall owner next to the middle-aged woman was the owner of a barbecue stall. Seeing that Xiao Hai was easygoing and had a good personality, and was always willing to answer questions, I joined the conversation.
"Where is the abandoned zone? Our zones are all numbered. Since it's so far away, did you come to Zone 301 via the space station?"
Xiao Hai gave the barbecue stall owner a brief reply, then turned to look at another stall owner who was speaking.
After watching for a while, Jiang Baiyue noticed that although Xiao Hai responded to every question, he never got to the point.
The people around seemed to hear a lot of information, but none of it was actually useful.
The barbecue stall owner clearly understood what was going on, and simply sat down and listened without asking any more questions.
Xiao Hai seemed to care a lot about the food situation. Jiang Baiyue noticed that he mentioned the food that everyone had scavenged in their conversations many times.
"Luckily, our family transplanted three berry bushes on the third day, otherwise we still wouldn't have enough to eat every day."
"They go out to find supplies, fighting zombies and monsters, which consumes them very quickly. They can't go hungry. My wife, who stays at the base, doesn't eat much."
"Who can argue with that? We old folks are just hanging on to our lives every day. Sigh, I really want to die. At least my children can live a little easier."
The topic suddenly became a bit heavy, and Xiao Hai seemed a little moved, with a hint of other emotions in his eyes.
"We also lack food, but we don't lack materials. As long as we go far, we can scavenge everywhere, but... food is scarce."
Just as Jiang Baiyue was about to speak, the barbecue stall owner suddenly spoke.
"Can't you grow crops in your area? It seems like you don't lack resources. You can harvest food for a long time by planting seeds, right?"
Xiao Hai's smile faded: "The land in the abandoned area cannot be used for planting."
"Huh? This, this is too..."
"How could this be? If you can come to our partition, why don't you move to another partition?"
Jiang Baiyue stared at Xiao Hai; she was also very curious about this question.
Xiao Hai waved his hand, saying it wasn't easy, and then dropped the subject.
An old woman patted her thigh and said with regret, "Alas, we can't use these parts of yours. If we can't sell them, how will you exchange them for food?"
The others also looked on with sympathy. Xiao Hai still had family at home, and if food was scarce in the abandoned area, then her trip would have been in vain, wasting 18 hours.
They couldn't possibly give Xiaohai the food they themselves lacked, since they wouldn't really need those parts in the short term.
Jiang Baiyue desperately needs it, but she can't afford the price.
“I noticed a patch of farmland suddenly appeared at our base. Since you’re already here, if we wait a while, the base should be able to give it to us…”
"That's right. When my kid completes the mission, he can get food, and maybe even buy your parts."
Jiang Baiyue subtly cast appreciative glances at the aunt and old man who were speaking, which was exactly what she wanted to ask.
If Xiao Hai could come to the White Moon Base anytime, even if she couldn't afford it today, she could still gather enough materials for a protective shield by working hard to acquire resources over time.
Xiao Hai: "Actually, you can buy some waterproof and corrosion-resistant materials. If it rains or you go to areas with corrosive substances, you will need to modify your equipment, otherwise it will break down very quickly."
Jiang Baiyue borrowed a small wooden stool from the aunt next to her, sat down, and looked at her private messages while trying to think of a solution.
She still prefers stability; she wants to protect her base as much as possible, and ensure she can play on her home turf without feeling wronged.
It's not easy to live under someone else's roof.
By now, if there are still bases that are not managed by players, they must have formed stable factions.
In just seven days, Jiang Baiyue had come to a profound understanding of how much of a help it would be to have a base behind her or to own one.
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