Chapter 36: Gasoline on the Shelf, Materials in Exchange
Meng Qingyin clicked to study the blueprints, and the [Manufacturing] module appeared on the main screen.
Clicking on it reveals only one craftable item: tissue paper.
[Paper towels: Can be made from wood or straw; choose between toilet paper or napkins. Required materials: 0/1 wood or 0/10 straw.]
The raw materials are wood or weeds.
This is sandy land, there are no trees at all, so there's no way to get wood.
As for weeds...
There are occasionally some dry shrubs in the sand, but I don't know if they meet the requirements.
Give it a try!
Meng Qingyin stepped into the sand and came to a withered bush.
She reached out and plucked a handful of withered branches and leaves, then opened the creation page to take a look.
[Paper towels: Can be made from wood or straw; choose between toilet paper or napkins. Required materials: 0/1 wood or 1/10 straw.]
Yes, that's possible!
Meng Qingyin then pulled at the bushes, quickly leaving the bushes completely bare.
She glanced at it and realized she was still three weeds short. If she could find just one more bush, she could make paper towels!
Looking around, they found no other dry bushes.
Meng Qingyin quickly returned to the car and asked Xiao Ai, "Xiao Ai, drive forward at a low speed."
Little Ai Elf: [Yes, Master.]
The van slowly started moving, and Meng Qingyin opened the window to look at the sandy land on both sides of the road, searching for the dry bushes.
After driving at a low speed for about twenty minutes, Meng Qingyin finally spotted another dry bush.
She quickly told Little Elf to stop the car, got out and cleared the bushes clean, then opened the crafting interface.
[Paper towels: Can be made from wood or straw; choose between toilet paper or napkins. Required materials: 0/1 wood or 12/10 straw.]
With all the materials ready, she clicked "Make".
[Please select between making 2 rolls of toilet paper or 1 napkin.]
She still had toilet paper, so Meng Qingyin chose to make napkins.
[Making napkins, estimated time 5 minutes.]
Meng Qingyin returned to the passenger seat and instructed Xiao Ai Elf to drive to the next supply crate.
While waiting for the napkins, I checked on the peas.
Because the peas had stopped growing due to the lack of nutrient solution, she wanted to try to see how much electricity it would consume if the nutrient supply were switched to electricity.
Thinking it over, Meng Qingyin first checked the remaining battery level, which was 57% remaining.
She clicked the switch directly, changing the nutritional supply to electrical energy, and then nervously watched the remaining battery level.
[Pea (already bound)]
Status: Budding stage
Nutrient supply required for growth: Electricity (click to switch nutrient solution)
The next stage is estimated to be in 2 hours. Please ensure a sufficient supply of nutrients, otherwise seed growth will stagnate.
Meng Qingyin was slightly taken aback.
She remembered that when she checked this morning, it was estimated that there were still more than 5 hours until the next stage.
Why has it become 2 hours again?
Could electricity provide more nutrition?
Meng Qingyin couldn't figure it out either, so she just kept an eye on the remaining battery level, afraid that it would be empty in a flash.
Fortunately, the battery level was dropping very slowly. Although it was more than the power consumption of driving, there were still 99 batteries in the trunk, so Meng Qingyin was not worried at all.
Based on this power consumption, it is estimated that only 3% of the power will be used up after two hours.
Meng Qingyin stopped staring at it. At this moment, the napkins were ready. They were a pack of 500 sheets, quite thick, and the paper was of very good quality and fine texture.
Meng Qingyin was very satisfied that ten portions of weeds could produce napkins of this quality.
I don't even know if there's a market for tissues.
There should be, right?
After all, you need to wipe yourself after using the toilet, and there's nothing else to use besides this sandy ground.
Meng Qingyin thought about it more and more and felt that the tissue market was quite large, but she didn't have the mind to think about it too much for the time being.
She wanted to use the gasoline to exchange for some upgrade materials and then upgrade the van!
Meng Qingyin glanced at the vehicle information.
Vehicle: Minivan
Maximum speed: 50km
Fuel consumption: 0/100km
Battery remaining capacity: 57%
Functions: Intelligent system, hazard identification function, voice control function, exploration supply box
Current mileage: 71km
Today's target mileage: 60km (Keep pushing! Failure to reach the target mileage will result in the mileage being erased. However, given your status as a high-ranking highway enforcer, your target mileage has been reduced to 50km.)
Upgrade materials required: 55/500 plastic, 18/500 sheet metal, 5/500 sheet aluminum, 8/500 rubber, 38/500 wood planks, 1/6 tire, 0/20 glass, 1/4 headlight. (Let's upgrade!)
There's still quite a bit to go.
Meng Qingyin turned around and grabbed a can of gasoline.
The middle seats and trunk were piled high with gasoline, leaving almost no room to step.
She even suspected that if she braked suddenly, the gasoline in the back seat would bury her alive.
The gasoline was stored in blue plastic containers, each with a capacity of 5 liters.
Meng Qingyin's browsing of the chat area these past few days wasn't for nothing.
She knew that so far, most of the players' vehicles were bicycles or pedicabs.
A small percentage of players use electric scooters or motorcycles as their vehicles.
As far as she knows, there isn't a single player who upgraded their vehicle to a van like she did.
For a motorcycle, 1 liter of gasoline can run for 30 to 40 kilometers, so this can probably last for two or three days.
It seems she plans to exchange a can of gasoline for 100 plastic containers.
100 plastic bags may sound like a lot, but without gasoline, you won't reach your daily mileage target, and you could lose your life.
However, she didn't want to sell the blue plastic bucket along with the gasoline, so Meng Qingyin started to research how to put only the gasoline on the shelves and leave the plastic bucket.
In the end, she actually figured it out: by putting the gasoline in the law enforcement backpack, she could just put the gasoline on the shelf.
However, the law enforcement backpack can only be stored for 2 hours, and if the gasoline cannot be sold within 2 hours, it will be destroyed.
The safest way is for Meng Qingyin to keep a close watch to make sure the gasoline is sold before taking the gasoline can out of her law enforcement backpack.
To save time, she first posted in the chat: "Gasoline for sale! 5L of gasoline for only 100 upgrade materials! If you want to buy, please open [Mengmeng's Shop]!"
After she finished speaking, she put five buckets on the shelf and set up a plastic exchange system.
Then there are 5 more, and they are set to be exchanged using sheet metal.
Rubber and wood planks are also made according to this ratio.
Aluminum sheets seemed to be harder to obtain than iron sheets, so she set the exchange ratio at 1:50 and put 10 barrels of gasoline on the shelf.
The tires were in a 1:3 ratio, along with two barrels of gasoline.
The headlights are in a 1:2 ratio, and there are two cans of gasoline.
The last piece of glass—she hadn't received it when she collected glass last time; she had traded it for "strong liquor to drown her sorrows."
Meng Qingyin looked at the trading platform, but there was still no glass.
She decided against using gasoline to replace the glass and would ask "Strong Liquor to Drown Her Sorrows" if he had any more glass.
Alternatively, you can wait until you've collected all the other materials before focusing on collecting glass; with so many players, surely someone will have some glass.
Their needs are also different; let's see how it goes.
Meng Qingyin glanced at the inventory and saw that 34 barrels of gasoline had been put on the shelves. If all of these could be successfully exchanged, she would have 65 barrels of gasoline left.
Maybe we can even upgrade the vehicle to the next level.
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