Chapter 160
Zhou Qi was surprised by Tang Yu'an's idea and couldn't help but sit down to think about its feasibility.
Then he shook his head and said, "The transaction was completed in an instant, and the goods appeared next to Gan Lin, so it shouldn't cause rain."
Tang Yu'an imagined the scene.
"Indeed." He stroked his chin. "It's more likely that Gan Lin was swept away by the flood or even drowned. He probably can't swim, right?"
After all, they live in a place with cacti, which should be close to the desert terrain, so the possibility of him being able to swim is very low.
"Besides, the water outside is so dirty. Will you get sick if you drink it?"
Although people in the last days have enhanced resistance, he still feels a little guilty about giving people such water to drink.
"There's no need to worry about that." Zhou Qi said.
"Hmm?" Tang Yu'an blinked.
Zhou Qi shrugged, "We only traded the water, not the dirt in it."
Tang Yu'an was stunned for a moment, then he reacted and said in surprise: "You mean the system will automatically purify it? Just like the item list function?"
"I guess so, but we need to try it."
Just like when they first traded with Gan Lin, the water they gave him was not a ball of water out of thin air, but was placed in a container.
Since the system can extract the water in the container, why can't it only extract the water in the muddy water and leave the dirt in the muddy water?
Tang Yu'an's eyes lit up, because he felt that what Brother Xiaoqi said was very feasible.
"There's still one more problem," Zhou Qi said, "How do we get the system to determine that the flood outside belongs to us?"
This is also true...
However, Tang Yu'an was not very worried, because they were the only two living people around. According to the system's rule that anyone can take possession of anything that has no owner, how come the water is not theirs?
Tang Yu'an thought for a moment and said, "Let's give it a try first!"
First, we need to determine whether the water obtained through the dream transaction is clean water that has been automatically purified.
If so, Gan Lin must find a place to store water and ensure his own safety.
Finally, it’s time to implement the plan!
Thinking of this, Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi both felt a little excited.
Although the points they gain from this program may not be many, not everything they do should be done with returns and benefits in mind.
They just think this plan is cool, and if it can really succeed, it will definitely be a great sense of accomplishment.
So Tang Yu'an walked to the window of the dream bottle, opened it and carefully identified it, then took out the bottle belonging to Gan Lin from the sea of dreams.
A ball of light floated into the air, and the sound of Gan Lin was heard.
"Mysterious merchant, I picked up a lot of fire stones today!"
"What do you want to change today?" Tang Yu'an asked.
"I still need water..." Gan Lin hesitated, "but I don't need a lot... Can I leave the Fire Stone with you first and replace it with more when needed?"
Tang Yu'an asked, "Is there too much food to finish?"
“Not entirely…”
Gan Lin then explained that he and Lao Mo were not in their original place, and there were too many materials to trade, which could easily cause unnecessary trouble.
From the map, Tang Yu'an also knew that he and Lao Mo had arrived in a new place with a higher population density than before.
"Okay, but you need to confirm one thing for me."
"What's that?"
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Near Yanlong Fort.
Night had fallen, but Lao Mo did not sleep. He stayed outside the house, holding a piece of grass in his mouth and a mutant mantis sickle in his hand.
The night sky above was dark, but the sky in the distance was fiery red, and several fire dragons could be seen tumbling and dancing.
When the fire dragon appears, it does not cover the entire sky. Sometimes it is at the horizon, and sometimes it is right in front of you.
During the day, Lao Mo took Gan Lin away from the area where they had lived before and went to a place closer to Yanlong Castle to look for his old friend.
He was lucky enough to find one of them before nightfall.
The houses in this area are all intact. During the fire dragon's dormant period, Yanlong Castle sent people to repair them, so that people who could not enter the castle could barely have a place to stay.
However, when the people of Yanlong Fort evacuate due to the active fire dragon, this place will be occupied by gangs.
If you want to live here, you have to pay protection money to these gangs.
Lao Mo didn't need to make friends because he was a thug in the gang. Although he didn't have any special abilities, he was quite skilled, so he was recruited as a younger brother.
In addition to collecting protection fees, thugs are also responsible for resisting the mutant creatures in the desert. When necessary, they will be sent as cannon fodder. Life is not much better.
"Shazi, do you want to follow me and make a living?" Lao Mo looked at the figure squatting next to him chewing soybeans.
Shazi was younger than Lao Mo, probably in his forties. Upon hearing what Lao Mo said, he couldn't help but look up at him and chuckled, "Uncle Mo, stop joking."
"Do you think I came all this way to see you just to play a joke on you?"
Shazi was slightly startled. He sensed Lao Mo's seriousness. He hesitated for a moment and asked, "How do you want to ask for it?"
"Just like you are here, you can be our bodyguard and thug, and we will provide you with food and drink." Lao Mo said.
Shazi thought about it and stuffed another soybean into his mouth. This was the first time he had eaten this thing, and it tasted better the more he chewed it.
"How many of you are there?" he asked.
Lao Mo didn't lie to him and said honestly, "Gan Lin and I."
Shazi couldn't help but gasp, "Just the two of you, why would you form a gang? Is that necessary?"
"There will be more people in the future." Lao Mo said calmly, "It is because you saved my life that I thought of you first."
"Believe in uncle, it's definitely better to follow us than to stay here."
Looking at Shazi's cracked and bleeding lips, Lao Mo handed him his canteen and said, "Just tell me, how many sips of water can you drink in a day?"
Shazi took the canteen and quickly took a sip.
But he didn't dare drink more, he just put down the kettle and listened to Lao Mo say: "Drink it, it's okay."
Only then did Shazi take a few big gulps.
"Follow me and protect Gan Lin and me. You'll have water to drink every day." Lao Mo said, "I want to recruit you because I trust you."
After drinking the water, Shazi sighed comfortably.
"You found..." Realizing something, he paused and mouthed the word "water source".
He had just checked and there was no one nearby. They spoke in low voices and were not afraid of being heard, but when faced with something like this, it was always better to be cautious.
After all, they gather here because there is an underground river and the wellhead is controlled by gang members, so ordinary people gather here and are willing to be restricted by the gang.
If the gangs knew about other water sources, they would definitely send people to seize them.
Lao Mo nodded, admitting his guess.
Shazi's expression was obviously more excited, but he quickly regained consciousness.
He said, "Uncle Mo, is what you found...hidden? I don't mean to spoil the fun, but with just the three of us, I'm afraid there's too much we can't defend."
If he had special abilities, he wouldn't be just an ordinary little brother. And Lao Mo and Gan Lin, an old man in his sixties or seventies and a child in his teens, are completely useless.
"You don't need to worry about our secrecy, but our safety does need to be better protected, so we're trying to get you to join us."
Lao Mo looked at him and said, "Whether you are coming or not, give me an answer tomorrow morning."
Then, Lao Mo dragged the sickle into the house.
Shazi looked at his back, silently stuffed another soybean into his mouth, and continued chewing it with a crunching sound.
When Lao Mo came into the room, he saw Gan Lin had woken up and was looking at the iron box containing the fire stone.
The fire stone inside was gone, replaced by a box of water.
He whispered, "The mysterious businessman appears again?"
"Yes." Gan Lin nodded. "The master agreed to let me store the Fire Stone for now and exchange it for more supplies later."
There were many people here, so when they came, they only brought two pots of water, some soybeans and two sickles. They found a place to hide the rest.
It is naturally not a good idea to trade more supplies now, otherwise it will be difficult to leave tomorrow.
"Lao Mo, try this water."
Gan Lin picked up the iron box and handed it to Lao Mo.
Although Lao Mo was confused, he still took a sip. Apart from the fact that there was some sand and soil deposited at the bottom of the box where the fire stone had been placed, which caused the water to have a slight taste, he couldn't taste anything wrong.
"What's wrong?" Lao Mo asked.
"Nothing." Gan Lin shook his head. "That gentleman just told me to observe the water carefully and report my findings to him tomorrow night."
What a strange request...
Lao Mo muttered, then said, "Anything else?"
Gan Lin said, "He also asked us to look for any pools that could hold water or any dried-up lakes."
Lao Mo was stunned. "Why did that gentleman ask this? Could it be that..."
He felt his heartbeat quickening.
Gan Lin licked his lips and said, "He said that maybe he could send us a flood."
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Ping An Grocery Store, attic.
"I don't know what the result will be?" Tang Yu'an couldn't help but say as he watched Gan Lin's bottle disappear.
Throwing the caught empty bottles back into the dream sea can increase the probability of catching another bottle - currently, this probability is achieved by increasing the brightness of the bottle.
Because Gan Lin's light ball is very easy to identify, Tang Yu'an decided not to increase its brightness for the time being. If the probability of his bottle appearing decreases in the future, he will wait and see.
Through the experiment just now, they have confirmed one piece of information.
That is, if Tang Yu'an extends his finger outside the barrier, he can turn the flood outside into his property - this refers to the concept in the system judgment.
Then, they successfully traded 100ml of water to Gan Lin.
Because the fire stones that Gan Lin gave them were piled up and placed in the biscuit box they gave him, so according to common sense, this 100ml of water should have replaced the fire stones and appeared in the biscuit box.
If this rule is confirmed, they may be able to prevent Gan Lin from being drowned by the flood.
Now, we can only wait for Gan Lin’s feedback tomorrow.
"Why not hire Lao Mo as an employee?" Zhou Qi suggested. "It will be more convenient to get information from there in the future."
Although Lao Mo needs to upgrade to level 5 before he can speak on the message board, it should not be difficult for him, a veteran who has survived in the wasteland for so long.
"Wow, that's great! Lao Mo and the others are recruiting, so we'll have a regular customer base every day!"
Because of Haijing's successful experience, Tang Yu'an wholeheartedly supports hiring Lao Mo as an employee.
So he quickly edited the information and sent the recruitment information to Lao Mo.
Soon Lao Mo accepted the recruitment and became an employee of the main store of "Ping An Grocery Store", and Tang Yu'an also sent the guidance tasks and novice welfare tasks to him.
After a while, Lao Mo completed the task and successfully opened the employee panel.
Tang Yu'an opened two commodities for him: "salt" and "soybeans". Currently, the only commodity in the wholesale market that can be drunk as water is milk.
However, it takes 50 points to exchange for 1L of milk, which is not cost-effective for Lao Mo who is just starting out, so Tang Yu'an chose something else for him.
I just hope Lao Mo doesn't disappoint their expectations and reaches level 5 as soon as possible.
Then, Tang Yu'an stood up again and was about to take out the message in the bottle when he saw a sudden flash of light from the window.
This reaction...
Tang Yu'an's eyes lit up, "Another interdimensional message in a bottle has returned!"
The "Dream Message in a Bottle" you sent has returned successfully. Please open the Dream Sea and retrieve it.
Tang Yu'an quickly opened the window and saw a gray-blue bottle floating in the sea of dreams. He couldn't help but blink.
Another message in a bottle from the technology side?
Tang Yu'an took out the bottle and first looked at the number on the bottom of the bottle - MR26558.
It’s the technological dimension that’s short of water!
He still remembered that the person who picked up his message in the bottle was a girl, who should be quite young.
She said that due to lack of water, many people were sent to hibernation capsules to sleep forever, and it might be her turn soon. She didn't want to enter the hibernation capsule, so she needed water.
Her situation is similar to Gan Lin's, but even worse.
Because he and Gan Lin are in the same plane, their transaction can be completed directly through dreams, while the girl is in another plane, and they only have the message in a bottle as a bond.
However, the capacity of the drift bottle is limited, and coupled with the time difference caused by the transmission process, it is probably unlikely that they can trade a large amount of water to her in this way.
If they later contact their family using the message in a bottle, this is also a problem they will have to deal with.
No matter what, Tang Yu'an still wanted to hear what the girl had to say.
He returned to sit next to Zhou Qi, then opened the message in the bottle and watched the ball of light float above the attic.
"Hello, mysterious businessman. My name is Cosona, and my friends call me Nana."
The girl's voice rang out, and thanks to the translation package, Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi could both understand what she was saying.
"Thank you very much for bringing me the water. This bottle of water saved me. Without it, I would have been forced into the hibernation chamber."
There was an obvious cry in the girl's voice.
"Everyone says that once you enter a hibernation capsule, your consciousness will be copied and stored in the optical computer, but you're actually dead. The person living in the optical computer isn't a real human being at all..."
"I'm so scared, I really don't want to die..."
"The disaster here is very serious. For some reason, the water in the lakes and rivers disappeared overnight..."
Compared to last time, the girl talked obviously more.
She revealed a little about the situation in their doomsday world, and after calming down, she started talking to the message in the bottle about serious matters.
"Although this bottle of water arrived just in time, it's still too little. Can you give me more water?"
The girl said eagerly, "I've told Yana about the situation, and it said it can provide me with resources as long as I can really get more water."
"Because your bottle is too small, after I explained it to it, it gave me two space capsules."
"I heard it was developed by many talented scientists, but before it even went into production, we encountered a drought we've never experienced before..."
"This space capsule, no matter what container it is placed in, can form a 10-cubic-meter space inside the container, and can be stacked for use."
"Yana said that if you can provide 10,000 cubic meters of water, one of these space capsules will be given to you as a reward."
Tang Yu'an was slightly stunned, then scratched his head.
If 10,000 cubic meters of water is converted into liters, it would be a lot, after all, 1 cubic meter is equal to 1,000 liters.
As for the water used in the grocery store, 1 point is equivalent to 1 liter of water, which is impossible to exchange with points.
But now they can use the flood outside, and 10,000 cubic meters of water, which is a pool of 100 meters * 20 meters * 5 meters.
The water in front of their store is more than enough.
But the problem is, how can they trade these 10,000 cubic meters of water to Corsona? After using a space capsule, this bottle is only 10 cubic meters.
Even if two are used together, there are only 20 cubic meters... Do I have to trade it to her in 500 times?
He didn't mind the trouble, but he didn't know whether Kosona and the others could wait in that world.
Fortunately, Kosona's voice sounded again.
"Yana said that our country will make every effort to produce space capsules and strive to make the space in the bottle bigger and bigger."
"I hope you can agree to this deal and deliver the water we need in installments. I look forward to hearing from you."
At this point, the girl's voice stopped.
This business does not seem to be impossible to do, but there is also a problem -
"How long did it take for the message in the bottle to go back and forth this time?" Zhou Qi asked.
Tang Yu'an checked the records and said, "About ten days."
“Assuming the next return is also ten days later, we can deliver at most three times, and the flooding may be over.”
According to Grandma Guo and the others, the flood lasted for at least a month. Once the water receded, they might not be able to find so much water.
Tang Yu'an scratched his head. "There should still be water left in the river, right?"
He looked at the message in the bottle - from the outside, it didn't look like it had been expanded to 20 cubic meters.
Seeing that there were indeed two capsule-like things inside, he poured one out.
Tang Yu'an cast an identification spell on it.
[Do you want to spend 5000 points as the appraisal fee to appraise this item? ]
The appraisal fee is 10% of the total value of the item, which means this space capsule is worth 50,000 points! The same as a space stone!
"Brother Xiaoqi, let's just agree!"
This is 50,000 points and 10 cubic meters of space. You should know that the capacity of the automatic water storage thermos after the upgrade is only 21 liters.
If this space capsule could be used in an automatic water storage thermos...
Tang Yu'an quickly took out the thermos, poured the water inside into the bottle, and then threw the space capsule in.
[The magical furniture [Automatic Water Storage Thermos Cup Level 2] has detected compatible spatial materials and is currently integrating...]
【Fusion completed! 】
Congratulations! The capacity of the "Automatic Water Storage Thermos Flask Level 2" has been increased to 10,021 liters.
Huh?
Eh!!!
Tang Yu'an looked at the system information and quickly poured the thermos down, but the space capsule could no longer be poured out.
What the hell! This thermos can eat its own ingredients?
Tang Yu'an looked at Zhou Qi and said helplessly: "Brother Xiaoqi, it seems that this business can only continue..."
After hearing his explanation, Zhou Qi couldn't help but hold his forehead.
"It seems this is the only way," he said. "As for the water storage problem...we'll figure it out later."
Tang Yu'an, who had accidentally gotten into trouble, felt a little embarrassed. He thought about it and suddenly an idea flashed in his mind: "What if I give Nana a water crystal?"
Since the wind crystal can provide him with wind, the water crystal should also contain a lot of water, right?
"Let's ask Grandpa Li tomorrow."
Zhou Qi said, "But we only have three water crystals on hand, I'm afraid it's not enough."
In the world of Kosona and the others, whether there is a way to use water crystals is still unknown...
"Then we'll talk about it next time."
Tang Yu'an looked at Kosona's message in the bottle and said, "Let's fill this bottle with water first?"
Because the transaction was not conducted through dreams, the system would not help them purify the muddy water, so they had to find a way to get 10 cubic meters of pure water.
“That’s easy.”
Zhou Qi went downstairs to the warehouse and found the only remaining level 1 super-capable cargo container.
The volume of the level 1 super-capacity container is 1 cubic meter. He placed the container flat on the floor and then opened the door.
Tang Yu'an, who was following behind him, already understood his idea. He quickly stood up and went outside the house, then stretched out a finger outside the barrier.
He used his telekinetic skills to collect 10 cubic meters of muddy water outside and brought it to the warehouse of Ping'an Grocery Store, and put it into the flat, super-capable container.
Then he used the item list function to transfer the purified water into Kosona's drift bottle. As for the remaining dirt in the cabinet, Tang Yu'an casually threw a purification spell in and the job was done.
So, Tang Yu'an said a few words to Kosona towards the bottle and formally agreed to her deal.
After he placed the drifting bottle containing 10 cubic meters of water into the Dream Sea and specified Kosona's plane, the system transaction information prompt popped up.
[You completed a profitable transaction with a Dream Wisher, Points +40,000, Experience +6, Dream Fragment +1]
The cost of 10 cubic meters of water is 10,000 points, and after deductions, you get 40,000 points!
Although he spent more than 20,000 points today to reinforce the swimming pool, because of this large amount of income, plus the more than 10,000 points brought to him by his employees, Tang Yu'an's points balance returned to more than 90,000 again.
They also received an automatic water storage thermos with a capacity of 10 cubic meters!
He couldn't help but start daydreaming: "Brother Xiaoqi, if crystal stones can really produce water, can we use them to exchange for Nana's space capsule?"
If we expand the automatic water storage thermos cups, I feel that even if there is no systematic wholesale mall in the future, he and Xiaoqi brother will not be short of water to drink!
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