Chapter 4 Possessing a Source of Fire
Hehe, I'm a veteran stock trader!
A few minutes later, just when Su Tinglu thought the notification was wrong or that the other party had run away, the transaction screen finally popped up with a transaction notification and a message from the other party.
The River Flows East: [Bro, it really can be made into a flint and steel, I'll send it to you.]
The river flowing eastward has sent you a flint and steel. Would you like to accept it?
Su Tinglu answered without hesitation: 【Accept!】
The next moment, the flint and steel appeared in the backpack.
Su Tinglu immediately took it out.
A familiar message appeared next to the flint and steel: [Flint and steel, used to start a fire. One flint and steel can be used to start a fire ten times.]
It's actually true!
Su Tinglu immediately went to an open space, dug out all the sand inside, then sprinkled the dry sand on the surface, threw in a piece of wood, and took out a flint.
[Flammable material detected. Would the player like to use a flint and steel?]
"use!"
With a whoosh, the piece of wood seemed to ignite out of thin air, and bright yellow flames appeared right in front of us.
Su Tinglu glanced at the time.
[6:30 PM, Summer]
In the chat lobby, most people were still wailing.
And what about her?!
In just a few hours, through cooperation, they suddenly acquired the two most important things for survival.
Water and fire!
Although……
Only coconut water.
Although……
There isn't enough wood either.
But Su Tinglu was already very content.
After all, her island is nothing but sand and coconuts.
Obtaining wood and stone is not easy.
She put the remaining four pieces of wood and two stones back into her backpack and sat down by the fire.
The flames licked the wood, crackling and popping, and the warmth they emitted was enough to dispel the chill from the ocean.
A message appeared next to the campfire: [A burning campfire can be used to cook food and increase temperature. Note: If you have a glass bottle, you can make salt and purified water. If you have stones, you can make a torch. Duration: 10 hours]
Glass bottle?
Su Tinglu was slightly taken aback.
After realizing what had happened, she reluctantly got up from beside the fire.
No wonder they wanted glass bottles; they were preparing to extract pure water.
The system stated that players need to figure out the gameplay themselves, so it's very likely that the other party connected the methods of obtaining purified water in real life with the game in order to verify it.
It seems this great river is quite clever to flow eastward.
No wonder they compensated her with five pieces of wood and two stones.
It wasn't offending anyone, but it still brought me some benefit.
It's all because the game started off badly and I was caught off guard. Su Tinglu looked at the cracked coconut in her hand and smiled.
Stinky coconut, I lost a glass bottle trying to open you!
She took a swig of coconut water in a huff, and a sweet and refreshing taste spread through her mouth before she finally put the coconut down, satisfied.
Oh well, consider it a lesson learned. Besides, without the other party's stone axe, she wouldn't have been able to taste the sweet coconut water.
They wouldn't even know about those hints!
Su Tinglu looked at the prompt next to the coconut water, tentatively opened the panel, and found that there was a new line of small text next to her name.
[Name: Su Tinglu (Luck +3) Suitable for exploring treasure chests at sea, duration: three hours]
Three hours?
As Su Tinglu watched the ocean gradually being enveloped by night, she wondered if there would be any dangers in the darkness.
She opened the chat lobby, which was bustling with activity.
[Waaah, is there any kind older brother who would like to give me some food? I can post some pretty pictures!]
I found a message in a bottle with a note inside. It said that nighttime is the best time to explore the ocean, but you need a torch. What the hell? Who has a torch these days? And why can't it be daytime? This stupid game is deliberately making things harder for us!
[I'm cold and hungry, all alone on this island, so lonely. Looking for company. / Photo.jpg]
[Stop being so frivolous upstairs. Everyone's too busy to care about anything right now. What's so special about a single photo? Of course, if you send me two photos privately, then disregard what I said above.]
Does anyone have a workbench? I'll trade two cloud-shaped bread rolls for it.
Two cloud-shaped breads? Who is this lucky person?
Tool table?
The player who said this had an adorable bunny ear avatar, so she must be a cute girl. Su Tinglu clicked into her profile, and everything except her ID and avatar was hidden.
Su Tinglu quickly opened her personal panel and found a message at the bottom.
[Apart from your ID and profile picture, everything else is considered personal privacy and will not be disclosed. Note: You can set it to public.]
There was also an exclamation mark next to it. Su Tinglu clicked on it, and sure enough, a choice appeared in front of her the next moment.
Are you sure you want to disclose your personal information? Yes/No
Su Tinglu naturally clicked no. She guessed that this person, who asked in the chat lobby who had a tool table, probably already knew how to make a flint and steel.
If nothing unexpected happens, the method should be that the river flows eastward to tell the other party.
At this moment, on a dilapidated raft, a man with a strong, muscular body is trading with a player.
The other party's ID displayed on the screen was "The River Flows East".
Li Hai was eating bread in the wooden cabin, with a crackling fire in front of him. Above the fire was a glass bottle filled with seawater. Clearly, he was trying to extract pure water, just as Su Tinglu had said.
However, he did not tell the other party the complete method of making flint and steel.
Instead, they started doing business with the other party.
In other words, the middleman makes a profit from the price difference.
Give me eight pieces of wood and four stones, and I'll make you a flint and steel.
When asked why, Li Hai honestly replied: "Because I have a workbench, and flint and steel can only be made using a workbench."
The adorable bunny ears thought eight pieces of wood and four pieces of stone were too expensive, so they went to the chat lobby to ask if there were any tool tables at a lower price.
Li Hai said he didn't care.
So what if you have a workbench? You still don't know the recipe.
While he was gloating, he was also very grateful for "Blank".
If it weren't for her, he wouldn't have been able to do this kind of business.
Moreover, he knew he had gotten a good deal. If roasting seawater could really produce pure water in this game, Li Hai decided to give half to the other party.
Let's just consider this a friendly exchange.
He always felt that the other party was unusual.
Su Tinglu had already closed the chat room; she didn't actually mind the other party revealing how to make flint and steel.
After all, in survival games, life and death are just a matter of a single thought. Everyone wants to live, and everyone wants to obtain supplies.
The moment she told the other person, she was already prepared that it wouldn't be a secret.
Human nature is inherently self-interested.
It takes skill for someone to get you to reveal their secrets.
Why did the other side have better luck at the start, with a village on their island?
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