Chapter 3: Trading talent shines again!
The S-rank critical strike has struck again!
The basic trigger probability of the "Purifying the Mind" talent should be around one-third. The higher the level of the item, the lower the trigger probability, and it will remain unchanged once it reaches a certain level.
A month before Chen Dixin's rebirth, it had stabilized at triggering only once every three days.
There seems to be a hidden safety net mechanism, because in theory, as time goes on, low-probability events will increase. For example, a critical hit may not be triggered for a long time, but the interval between triggering the "Purify the Mind" talent has never exceeded five days.
"Blue items." Shen Dixin looked at the selection scroll she had just received and murmured, "The blueprints, weapons, and medicines are all pretty good."
The scroll offers six categories of resources: weapons, blueprints, medicine, food, daily necessities, and building materials.
Since she had a lot of bandages on hand, Shen Dixin didn't hesitate for long before choosing the blueprints and weapons.
While taking things out of the space, I was thinking randomly. The initial space only has five slots. What if there's no room when I claim the reward? Will the reward be swallowed up?
In the past, Shen Dixin rarely had the opportunity to receive system rewards, so she naturally wouldn't care about this kind of issue. But from now on, she has decided to always keep two empty slots in her space.
After selecting the two categories of items, Chen Dixin tore off the scroll she had chosen. The items that fell off were a dagger and... two bottles of painkillers?
【Item Name: Tiger Fang Dagger】
Item Quality: Blue
【Durability: 200/200】
[Equipment Attributes: Attack Power 3-5]
[Equipment Effect: Backstab (Attacks launched from the back deal 50% more damage)]
[Item Description: It will give you wings.]
【Item Name: Painkillers (Consumable)】
Item Quality: Blue
[Item Description: Consuming this item can alleviate some of the pain from injuries and restore a small amount of health.]
The dagger has good stats, but the blueprint was swallowed. One of the frustrating things about the system's selectable scroll is that it's not 100% guaranteed to be selected.
Even if the area is defined, it may still be off-target, and the more precious the item, the greater the probability of it being off-target.
Shen Dixin had already considered this, so she didn't feel too much regret. On the contrary, she felt that she was lucky, as she had unexpectedly gotten the most precious medicine among the remaining supplies.
She felt good about herself and muttered to herself, "Maybe this is what they mean by 'good fortune follows after surviving a great calamity'."
After receiving the level 1 reward, there was no rush for the remaining progress; instead, stamina became a bit of a bottleneck, and Chen Dixin finally had time to focus on other things.
She first brought up her personal interface and added all four free attribute points she gained from the upgrade to her constitution. Her constitution instantly jumped to the highest in the family, and Chen Dixin's health and stamina also rose to 170.
Looking at the upgrade requirements, upgrading ships in the early stages isn't difficult.
[Materials required for boat upgrade: Planks (39/60), Plastic (9/60), Nails (3/3), Iron Plate (3/1)]
Basic materials are easy to exchange. Chen Dixin opened the chat and found that there were already more than ten messages in the private chat.
A loud bang echoed from the sky: "Hey bro! Do you offer blueprint fragment exchange?"
This world is just a makeshift operation: Boss, your price is too low. You're only getting this much for a blueprint? It's not even enough for two days' worth of food!
Player 1233: I don't have the blueprints. Can I trade something else for food?
Shanzi: Can I get more if I exchange both patterns together?
There are few straightforward transactions. Shen Dixin ignores messages from people who just want to get something for nothing. If someone is planning to trade but wants a discount, he will offer them a small incentive.
Blueprint fragments are replaced as usual at a 1:1 ratio. Green blueprints can be synthesized from six fragments, while blue blueprints require ten. The synthesized blueprints can be used to select any items you need. Low-level blueprints are not valuable; at least purple ones can fetch a price.
Finally, I traded 3 bowls of chive and pork dumplings, a 100ml bottle of yogurt, 7 bottles of water, and 8 white steamed buns for 4 green blueprint fragments, 7 blueprint fragments (blue), a sail blueprint, a wooden long pole blueprint, and a raincoat blueprint.
Chive and pork dumplings are a good thing. A big bowl of them is enough to fill a normal adult male's stomach. If you eat them sparingly, two meals won't be a problem.
If you wait until later, steaming hot food is equivalent to three or four palm-sized white steamed buns, but when you first enter the game, no one will be able to afford to buy dumplings at that price.
Chen Dixin only sells it for the price of two portions of food. After clicking on the details and seeing the actual product photos, everyone is scrambling to buy the dumplings. They're much more delicious than steamed buns!
The raincoat and long stick are actually useless to Chen Dixin, especially the long stick, which probably won't be of any use in the future.
But all she wanted was the experience from making it for the first time. The sail was a blue blueprint, and the other two were green, which would give her a total of 80 experience points!
Because the blueprints were so impractical, Shen Dixin even managed to negotiate the price down, exchanging the item for only four food items.
Chen Dixin posted a second advertisement, also in the server channel.
This time she wants to change the plastic and wooden boards, and change three kinds of food.
These two are the most common items floating on the sea. If you spend some time waiting by the raft, you can find quite a few. Therefore, the price of Shenxixin is relatively high, and you can't collect that many by yourself in one go.
Compared to blueprints, everyone has basic materials!
Messages in the server channel will appear in the current channel in a highlighted form. Since only Chen Dixin is speaking right now, the acquisition message has been hanging for half a minute.
As a top player who has been publicly announced across the server, the ID "Chen Dixin" is very well-known. In addition, the price she offers is quite fair, unlike some people who demand exorbitant prices, asking for ten or eight materials for just one bun.
After half an hour, many people had already realized the importance of survival supplies at sea. Shen Dixin's private chat exploded instantly, and she was practically turning into a ruthless replying machine.
Items like yogurt and milk candy, which don't fill you up, sell very quickly even if you lower the price slightly.
After all, it's easy for everyone to see that food is only available in supply crates. Many people don't get any food from the supply crates, and many can't swim, making it even more difficult for them to get food.
There are many people selling food at high prices on the channel, but there aren't many that are just casually put out for sale. Chen Dixin is the first one to do so.
Water is a hard currency and in high demand. A person can go three days without food, but not three days without water. Chen Dixin did not choose to use the remaining ten bottles of water.
I kept 9 steamed buns for myself, and exchanged all the remaining food with Chen Dixin. In total, I earned 36 wooden planks and 60 plastic pieces.
[Congratulations, player! You have met the ship upgrade requirements. Would you like to upgrade?]
The ship can be upgraded in just five minutes. After Chen Dixin reached level one, he wasn't in a hurry and planned to wait until his stamina was almost fully recovered before starting work.
I glanced at it, and the current value is (131/170). Using attribute points to increase the maximum constitution will give back stamina.
Open the chat window, Chen Dixin retracts the previously posted message, and temporarily suspends the transaction.
Having a rare moment to browse the messages, Shen Dixin noticed that there were more than just two or three messages in the regional channel, with many people posting their transaction information. He glanced at them but found none that he needed.
The current channel is a mixed bag, with most discussions about Shen Dixin's recent sale of food. Changing the blueprints is barely acceptable, but changing them to cheap wooden boards and plastic is truly extravagant.
This world is a makeshift operation: no matter how many big shots you call, the unscrupulous dealers won't even glance at you. Save your breath; this is just a selfish person who only cares about surviving!
This world is a complete mess: everyone's starving, and he's still selling things at such high prices—it's blatant profiteering! He's profiting off people's misfortunes! I don't understand why so many people fawn over him; a bunch of bootlickers, have they gotten anything out of it?
Shen Dixin glanced at him and saw that it was the freeloader she had just rejected. She wondered what had gotten into him that made him so upset.
At the same time, many who had their business stolen by her followed suit and made sarcastic remarks.
General Yu: Ha, no brains. He just came in and he's already selling so much food. I don't know how someone like him got the reward.
Player 2564: This is purely disrupting the market. After this sale, where will you find such a cheap price again!
Shen Dixin watched the losers barking with a smile. She might have been affected in the past, but after she cursed the unscrupulous merchant, she understood.
The harsher the insults, the more you suffer. Essentially, it's just a form of psychological victory. When you're helpless in reality, you can only fantasize in your mental world.
She's happily making money off supplies. You can criticize her all you want, but do you think you can take anything out of her pocket?
Just thinking about it makes me feel so good! I love seeing people so angry but helpless, even forced to bow down to her.
Moreover, unlike the players who monopolized the market in her previous life, Shen Dixin has a conscience and a clear conscience! She may make a profit, but the players who trade with her won't lose much.
She tapped the virtual keyboard lightly, dragging those rude players into the trading blacklist.
AAA Materials Wholesaler Lao Shen: Hehe, don't buy it.
Most people are reasonable, and seeing that Shen Dixin was being attacked, they all spoke up for her. More than a dozen people who bought things from her even shared their experiences.
Walking Alone by the River: Brother Chen's prices are the fairest. If you don't buy from him, are you going to go to your place and exchange ten planks for a steamed bun? Don't treat people like fools.
A deafening roar echoed through the sky: Who says this is a swindler? This is clearly a bodhisattva! My revered God of Wealth!
Aria: Thank you so much for selling food. I hadn't eaten all day before I came, and I'm so grateful for your toast!
Player 9643: God of Wealth, if you give the order, I will lead the charge!
When Shen Dixin first realized they were protecting her, she softened a little, but later... she was speechless when she saw the screen full of Gods of Wealth.
Brother Shen, Sister Shen, Old Shen—she's already included the prompts for her ID, so why does she still have these weird nicknames?!
[Congratulations to player "AAA Supply Wholesaler Lao Shen" for being the first player on the entire server to upgrade their ship to level one. Reward: 100 experience points and 1 Silver Supply Crate.]
Another system announcement for calming the mind!
More players are now shouting "God of Wealth" in the channel, while a few ungrateful bastards who tried to cause trouble have disappeared.
Some even made wishes to Shen Dixin, hoping that she could put some cheap food on the shelves again, and sell some blueprints, weapons, and the like.
Shen Dixin ignored these conspicuous bags that didn't know what they were doing. Did they think she was some kind of turtle in a wishing well? They were dreaming.
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