Chapter 7 Speed Challenge: Beware of Other Players
Fang Zhiyi plans to make the water purifier first.
There aren't many missing parts, just a few pieces of iron and gears, which could have been collected in a little time.
It's still dark outside, and it's raining. If we go out to collect supplies now, we'll waste wood to light a campfire and get soaked and lose health. After comparing the options, it's more cost-effective to collect supplies in the channel.
[fzy: Requires 2 iron and 3 gears, can be traded with cooked fish meat, DM me if interested]
The cold cooked fish was fishy and tough, making it hard to swallow. Since he had plenty of food, he figured he could make good use of it and quickly obtained the materials to build the water purifier.
[Do you want to use 5 wood, 10 iron, and 5 gears to build a water purifier?]
【yes】
Please place your water purifier.
Fang Zhiyi gestured to indicate the location and placed the water purifier on the open ground on the first floor of the raft.
Thump!
A flash of white light appeared, followed by a heavy object landing on the raft.
The water purifier consists of two tanks, one large and one small. The large tank collects rainwater, while the small tank collects purified water. The two tanks are connected by a pipe.
Fang Zhiyi couldn't see any high technology inside, only that it could produce 1 ml of water per minute.
Clean water
Fang Zhiyi took a sip and wondered if it was just psychological, but the water tasted strange and her tongue felt a little uncomfortable. However, since she didn't experience any negative effects on her body, she figured it was just unpleasant to drink and wouldn't cause poisoning.
He wasn't going to force himself to endure the hardship; he wouldn't drink the water, but instead planned to use it for a transaction.
Freshwater resources are scarce at sea, and water purifiers were hard to come by in the early days. Clean water was definitely a valuable commodity.
Other players are short of water, while he is short of materials.
After upgrading the raft and building a campfire, sails, and a water purifier, his backpack was emptier than his face. Basic resources like iron and wood were completely gone, leaving only 3 scraps of cloth, 1 treasure map fragment, 3 giant squid tentacles, 1 diving suit, and 2 high-level strength potions.
These are all things that we don't need right now and are not easy to exchange.
They were desperately poor.
Not to mention that upgrading a level 2 raft to level 3 requires a lot of materials.
As the dangers at sea became more and more difficult to face, the level 2 raft was no longer enough, and he had to upgrade to level 3 today.
Fang Zhiyi suddenly felt insecure and wished she could fill her backpack right now.
Fortunately, the water purifier is producing clean water continuously. Taking advantage of the darkness and the difficulty of moving around, we can replace all of this water with materials.
Once he entered the channel, he realized that he wasn't the only one who wanted to do this business; someone else was already selling water.
[Clean water], 1ml for 1 piece of wood. Buy now while supplies last.
That's outrageous! A bottle of water costs hundreds of pieces of wood; you might as well rob someone.
[Exactly, unscrupulous businessmen!]
Who would buy that? Making money like that, are you trying to kill your family?
Most people felt the price was too high and unacceptable, but a small group of people, whether they were out of their minds or hired by the seller, kept explaining on behalf of the water seller.
I don't think it's expensive; it's just the price. Why don't you guys think about whether you've even tried your best?
Is this water they're selling? It's your lives!
[Can't afford a whole bottle? Can't you even afford a few ml to counteract the negative effects?]
With their chanting and shouting, they actually sold quite a bit of water.
Even if they sold it at 1ml, they would still make a fortune.
Fang frowned as he watched this kind of opportunistic business.
[fzy: 10ml of clean water can be exchanged for 1 piece of wood. Other resources are also available for trade.]
Fang Zhiyi had no intention of making this ill-gotten money.
He knew that collecting resources at the price of 1 ml of wood would greatly increase the speed, but this would completely cut off the survival path for ordinary players.
The players who are short of water are ordinary players, and the resources they can obtain are limited. If they use all their resources to exchange for water, they will not be able to upgrade their rafts, and if they cannot upgrade their rafts, it will be even more difficult to obtain resources.
This vicious cycle will only lead to elimination in the end.
He knew that ordinary players wouldn't last long in the brutal world of survival games, but at least he wasn't the cause of the players' deaths.
Call it hypocrisy or pretense, this is his only bottom line.
As soon as Fang Zhiyi posted this message, people started messaging him privately.
[Ou Yang Ge: Bro, that's not fair of you.]
[Ouyang: Isn't it better to make money together? How can you make money if you lower the price like this?]
[fzy: I don't make money]
[Ouyang: Haha, if you're not making money, why don't you just do charity and give them water for free? That would be great!]
[Ouyang: These useless people won't survive long even if you sell them water cheaply. You might as well take this opportunity to plunder their supplies so you can live longer.]
[Ouyang Ge: This game is destined to be completed only by those at the very top of the pyramid]
Fang Zhiyi ignored him.
Everyone is trying to survive in this survival game; no one is more noble than anyone else.
His unwillingness to make money through dishonest means does not mean he is willing to do charity.
[Ou Yang: Okay, I'll do you a favor and buy all the water you have.]
[fzy: Not for sale]
[Ouyang: You're asking for it!]
[Ouyang: I hope you don't run into me offline (grinning)]
The dialog box exuded a sinister chill.
However, there were too many people wanting to buy water, and private messages kept flashing, quickly engulfing Ou Yang in the crowd. Fang Zhiyi didn't have time to pay attention to him either.
10ml of water is enough to relieve the negative effects of dehydration for a day. Compared to its previous exorbitant price, it can now be purchased for just 1 piece of wood, making it a truly high-quality product at a low price.
In less than half a minute, all the water produced by the water purifier was sold out, and many people even sent him private messages wanting to buy water.
The private chat messages on the screen kept flashing.
If this happened in real life, he would probably be surrounded by a bunch of hungry people.
Fortunately, this is in a game.
Fang Zhiyi did some work and added a "Clean Water" link to his personal interface. As long as the water purifier produces water, it can be listed for trading by default.
Midway through, he had a sudden inspiration and thought of putting the purple rice bread and toast he had taken from the supermarket on the market to see how it would sell.
[Transaction failed]
Resources not produced in this world cannot be traded.
It seems that he is the only one who can use the items in the supermarket.
Fang Zhiyi regretfully took back the purple rice toast, abandoning his idea of getting rich with zero cost.
By the time dawn broke, a batch of supplies had been added to the backpack.
[16 pieces of wood, 7 pieces of iron, 3 gears, 1 piece of rope]
He earned all of this by selling water; it wasn't much, and it was within his expectations. More and more people will obtain water purifier design blueprints in the future, and water certainly won't sell as well then.
A bolt of lightning struck.
In that instant, the entire sea was illuminated.
Immediately afterwards, large raindrops pelted down, and waves crashed in, causing the raft to rock uncontrollably, as if it were about to fall apart.
The rain was getting heavier.
The sky was overcast, covered with dark clouds, and lightning could be seen rolling in the clouds from time to time, with thunderclaps ringing in one's ears.
Fang Zhiyi steadied himself and braved the rain to reach the first floor of the raft.
With no shelter, the campfire was extinguished by the rain, and a damp, cold feeling rushed up. The negative effect of "dampness" quickly took hold, making him shiver.
[A Fresh Food Supermarket Lv.1]
[Today's pickup count: 1/3]
Fang Zhiyi took out a raincoat and put it on.
With the rubber raincoat protecting them, the rain doesn't fall on them, and the negative effects of being "damp" gradually become negligible.
The sound of raindrops became muffled as it passed through a barrier.
Fang Zhiyi rowed the raft, searching for supplies in the sea.
The raft rocked precariously in the waves, barely managing to move forward. Fortunately, it had been upgraded and modified so it wouldn't capsize with a single wave.
Even so, Fang Zhiyi was still hit head-on by the waves and swallowed a mouthful of sour seawater.
"Cough cough—"
Fang Zhiyi spat out a mouthful of seawater and wiped his face.
The rain was so heavy that even with a raincoat, rainwater could still seep in through the collar, inevitably resulting in the negative effect of being "damp".
My stamina and hunger levels kept dropping rapidly.
However, every effort yields a reward. As the saying goes, the bigger the waves, the more valuable the fish, and he also collected quite a few materials from the waves.
With the materials acquired from previous trades, we have enough wood, iron, and rope to upgrade the raft; we're just missing an electronic component.
I've never seen anything like this along the way, and when I asked on the channel, they knew nothing about it either.
Fang Zhiyi thought for a moment and decided to ask Chu Zhao.
After all, the other party knows more.
[fzy: Do you know how to obtain electronic components?]
[Chu Zhao: You want to upgrade your raft to level 3?]
[fzy: Hmm]
[Chu Zhao: Electronic components are level 2 materials and need to be synthesized using a crafting table]
Fang Zhiyi did not have a production table.
[fzy: Do you have a crafting station?]
[Chu Zhao: I have them. But the materials needed to synthesize electronic components are springs, and springs can only be obtained from shipwreck wrecks.]
Fang scratched his head.
Upgrading to a level 3 raft doesn't seem to be that simple.
[fzy: Have you leveled up?]
Chu Zhao: No.
Fang Zhiyi was relieved to see the reply.
Since the people at the top of the leaderboard are also using level 2 rafts, their speed isn't slow, so there's no need to rush to level up.
Where can I find a raft to collect springs?
The moment that thought crossed my mind, I heard the broadcast on the screen again.
[Ding!]
[Regional Racing Mini-Challenge Begins]
[Players, please proceed to the destination. The first 100 players to arrive will receive a Level 1 material pack.]
[Level 1 Material Pack]
[Includes wood, iron, rope, gears, and springs]
The light screen flashed, and a red light appeared in sight.
A red light shot into the sky from the distant sea, and even the torrential rain could not conceal it.
It looks far away, but it's actually not close at all.
Fang Zhiyi's private chat interface was still open, so she casually asked: "[Did you see the racing mini-challenge?]"
[Chu Zhao: I saw it]
[fzy: My destination is in the northwest]
[Chu Zhao: Not necessarily in the same area]
[Chu Zhao: Beware of other players]
After sending this message, I logged off in private chat.
It seems they're going to take on a racing challenge.
Fang Zhiyi looked in the direction from which the red light was rising, squinted, and rain streamed down his cheeks, blurring his vision.
Are we going to meet up with the other players?
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