Chapter 55 Chapter 55 Increased bed area? ? …
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Chang Ruijia and Zhang Rui looked at Lu Baian with puzzled expressions, not quite understanding why the topic, which was originally about the stone archway, suddenly changed so quickly.
[Zhang Rui: What do you mean? Aren't we talking about people emerging from underwater? Is there any connection between these two things?]
However, Chang Ruijia perfectly followed the angle of Lu Baian's jumping thoughts. After looking at him deeply, she replied in the temporary conversation.
[Chang Ruijia: I haven't calculated the exact number, but so far, the area of the bed has almost tripled, and the number of items appearing every day is also dozens.]
[Chang Ruijia: Could it be that those people were able to appear on the sea surface because of the number of people they devoured?]
[Zhang Rui: How many items have been devoured? I, I'm not a very easy-to-attack floating object to begin with, and I haven't actually devoured many. Currently, only 24 items appear as floating objects per day.]
[Zhang Rui: And among us, I already have the most. You have at least 30 or more. Shi Fang is often out and about, so he might have a little more, but no more than 40. Yu Jianyi and Zhong Yuan are even worse off; they have a dozen or so at best.]
Seeing Chang Ruijia's response, Zhang Rui quickly revealed the number of items she possessed, as well as most of the information she possessed. Compared to Lu Baian's daily gatherings of transactions from various locations across the sea, Zhang Rui, as the person who constantly collected transactions for their core team in the trading area, was more knowledgeable about these transactions.
Moreover, although she didn't know the exact number of items each of them had, she could still calculate the approximate number based on the items they asked her to trade.
I think the reason why Lu Baian brought her and Chang Ruijia together was because she knew more about these things.
[Lu Baian: I have this conjecture. According to the information sent back by the Stone Workshop, it should have a lot to do with the amount of food consumed.]
After hearing most of the data Zhang Rui reported at once, Lu Baian nodded thoughtfully.
He was mentally prepared for the number of people they would devour.
Since everyone can work together, it means that there is no big problem with everyone's character. How can a person who is not bloodthirsty be contaminated with too much Devouring?
Of course, he didn't mean to imply anything about anyone.
Lu Baian glanced at Chang Ruijia who was in deep thought. It was really that someone's image was too misleading. And looking at this floating object, who dared to say that they were not jealous?
That is to say, there is now a gap in the floating objects between different people. It is obvious that they are not people to be trifled with, which is why most people are discouraged. Otherwise, the probability of becoming the "richest man" is extremely high!
As he thought about it, Lu Baian sighed and didn't know how to verify his guess.
Among the people he knew, Chang Ruijia was the one who swallowed the most, but even she couldn't get away from the floating objects and into the water, so who else could he find?
Is it possible to cultivate someone who can devour a very large number of things now?
Zhang Rui had obviously also thought of this method. He stood on the floating object with a somewhat grim expression. If they really did this kind of thing just for a guess, then what was their original intention of gathering a market?
[Zhang Rui: Actually, I don't think we'll necessarily get the answer right away. If that doesn't work, we can send a few more people to explore in other directions. There's no doubt that someone else will know.]
This is a good method, but it takes too long and they are already one step behind that team.
For a team like theirs, missing out on the first move means the advantage they may have over others in the future may be minimal.
Chang Ruijia looked at the two people in front of her who were lost in thought, and felt that their ideas might be somewhat deviant.
As someone who has actually swallowed a lot, she is still very sensitive to the feeling after swallowing.
She didn't think that swallowing a small amount on the current basis would bring about any special changes.
There must be something they accidentally missed.
Fortunately, this problem did not bother them for long. When they were scratching their heads and couldn't figure out the reason, the person who was sent to pick up the stone archway finally came back.
After seeing the gathering message sent by Lu Baian in the group, Chang Ruijia thought about it and decided to go meet the other members of this small team and get involved in this matter.
Not only did Chang Ruijia want to know where the problem lay, but she also had a hunch that the outcome of this incident would greatly change the current stagnant situation.
Some information is worth taking the risk to obtain.
When they slowly arrived at the gathering place, most of Lu Baian's original team members had already arrived. Most of them were gathered around a floating object that looked like a shuttle, chattering about something.
"Chang Ruijia? Come on, come on! It's a good opportunity for me to introduce you to each other." Zhang Rui was the first to see Chang Ruijia slowly floating towards him. He quickly stood up and shouted while standing on the floating object.
This shout directly attracted everyone's attention to her, and Chang Ruijia also saw the true appearance of the members of this small team for the first time.
Apart from Lu Baian and Zhang Rui, whom she knew, there were only three people whose faces were slightly unfamiliar to her.
Lying on the floating object in the middle was a chubby little boy. Judging by his frail appearance, unable to get out of bed, he must be Shifang, the man who had brought them the important news after being seriously injured.
There were two other people who were talking to them and also looked over following Zhang Rui's movements.
One of them was a middle-aged man who looked a little older. He looked at her with his eyes slightly narrowed, and it was unknown what he was thinking.
There was also a little girl who looked quite young, squatting in a familiar-looking brown basin, looking at her with curiosity in her eyes.
Chang Ruijia looked at it for a long time before she understood what the floating object under the little girl was.
Logically speaking, there are almost no people whose floating objects have not been swallowed up so far. Unless the appearance of the floating objects that have undergone various expansions and deformations is particularly obvious, they are no longer the same as they were originally.
On the contrary, the floating object under the little girl was quite conspicuous. It was simply an extra-large flower pot that had been enlarged countless times. You could understand it as long as you looked at it carefully a few more times.
"Hello, sister!"
Seeing Chang Ruijia's gaze stopped on her, the little girl smiled embarrassedly, stretched out her hand and waved it, saying hello.
Chang Ruijia nodded, but before she could say anything, Zhang Rui took over, "This is Xiao Jiejie, the Zhong Yuan in our group chat. She's younger."
"You've known Lu Baian for a long time. This little fat guy lying there is from Jiaoshifang. He usually brings us news from the nearby sea." Zhang Rui automatically skipped Lu Baian and pointed at the others. "The remaining one is Brother Yu, Yu Jianyi."
Seeing several people smiling and greeting each other after Zhang Rui's introduction, Chang Ruijia nodded at them one by one, and threw over a few things that Zhang Rui usually exchanged with her the most, as a gift for their first meeting.
"Chang Ruijia, just call me Xiao Chang."
"Ahem, well done, Sister Chang," he said, looking at the things thrown onto his floating object, even Shifang's eyes lit up. He didn't even care about coughing and hurriedly said, "If you have any problems in the future, just come to me. I still have some connections."
"Come on, you're such a small person who travels all over the country and never comes home. You'd better have a good rest!" Zhang Rui rolled his eyes and curled his lips at Shifang.
"Hey, I accidentally took a photo. I'm the size of two people..."
"Alright, stop arguing," Lu Baian interrupted the two people who were about to continue bickering. "We'll have plenty of time to argue later. The most important thing for us today is the news from the stone workshop."
After hearing Lu Baian's words, Zhang Rui and Shi Fang suddenly quieted down.
Especially Shi Fang. In fact, he should have explained everything clearly on the way, but after he barely gathered speed to escape from the two people at the bottom of the sea, he only had time to send a few words back to Lu Baian before he fell into a coma.
If Lu Baian had not sent someone to look for him in time and used a rope to bring him and his floating object back, it is doubtful whether he could lie here safely now.
"I already know all of Lu Baian's previous speculations," Shi Fang's expression suddenly became serious. After thinking for a moment, he said, "I think we can change our thinking."
After hearing Shi Fang's words, everyone looked over immediately, wanting to hear what special insights he had from someone who had personally encountered the underwater people.
"Although they ran fast at the time, I think those two people just took advantage of the opportunity when we were not prepared. If we only talk about strength, they should not be able to devour too many people." His eyes quickly swept over Chang Ruijia, and Shi Fang coughed uncomfortably twice. "After all, not everyone has... cough, to face so many crises."
That's true! The others looked at Chang Ruijia's truly enviable floating object, as well as the various things on it. Indeed, not everyone has the strength to be envied.
So why on earth would someone appear under the sea?
"Hmm, could it be that the area of floating objects has increased?" Shifang thought about the various people he had seen running around outside recently, and suddenly his eyes lit up and he said.
"Area?" Zhang Rui looked at the stone archway with some confusion, not knowing why his thoughts suddenly ran to the other side.
"Look, if we're just talking about the results of devouring... one of us is probably close to the top, but we haven't felt anything unusual. Could it be like what's written in those game novels, that there are some restrictions that need to be met?"
The more Shi Fang spoke, the more he felt that his suggestion was highly likely. "I've met many people outside, and the area they gain each time they devour is the same. But compared to the base number of floating objects Xiao Chang has, the proportion of their increased area is much greater. Could this be related to the reason?"
Following Shi Fang's line of thought and thinking carefully, the few people felt that it made more and more sense, and they couldn't help but look at Lu Baian, the most likely person among them.
If calculated based on the initial area of the floating objects, Lu Baian's is not the smallest, but it is not much bigger either. The most important thing is that if calculated based on the proportion of area growth, based on the area that increased during his settlement, he should be the one closest to the truth.
Lu Baian didn't expect that after the final round of speculation, everyone's hopes were focused on him.
After considering for a long time under the gaze of others, he finally decided to give it a try in this direction.
"Since Shifang has to stay in the market to recuperate, leave the recent exploration mission to me. I'll also think of a solution while I'm at it..."
Although Lu Baian did not say it explicitly, everyone else understood that while exploring, he would definitely find some provocative people to verify their current guesses.
After explaining all the things he was currently doing to others, Lu Baian hurriedly headed towards the several restless directions provided to him by Shifang, with the expectant eyes of others.
Although the truth of the matter has not been fully investigated, looking at Lu Baian's back, Chang Ruijia always has a hunch that they must have guessed right.
However, seeing how hard she had worked to expand the bed area by more than twice, Chang Ruijia suddenly felt a pang of pain in her balls.
It took her so much effort to improve to this point. If this is really the case, what will she do?
She always felt that the upcoming excitement had nothing to do with her.
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