Chapter 244 The Real New Map
Lu Cheng felt somewhat guilty: "If I had known that the new map was extremely short of water, I wouldn't have explained it in the chat area when everyone was buying and selling water."
If he hadn't explained, the players would still be hoarding water, and Meng Qingyin wouldn't have been in such a passive situation after Zhou Haihai's prediction came out.
Meng Qingyin comforted him, "It has nothing to do with you. Even if you hadn't said anything back then, once Zhou Haihai's prediction came out, they would still have criticized me, only the reason would have been that I concealed information, which is no different from now."
After the merger of the new districts, everyone had their own agendas, and it was easy to guess that some people were dissatisfied with her.
They would always find some excuse to criticize her, regardless of what it was about.
Lu Cheng felt guilty. "I actually hope that Zhou Haihai's prediction is wrong this time."
Mengmeng: "Whether his prediction is right or wrong, it's always good to stock up on more water."
Lu Cheng agreed and went to chat with the players in the chat area.
A short while later, Chen Leying sent her a message: "Zhou Haihai is secretly collecting seeds."
Mengmeng: "Collecting seeds?"
Chen Leying: "After his prediction came out, I started paying attention to Zhou Haihai's movements in the trading hall. He bought seeds from many players."
Although crops don't bear fruit, players can obtain seeds by opening chests, but these seeds are relatively rare.
At first, players thought the seeds were very precious and wanted to save them for planting. However, as the game progressed, they even survived the Don't Starve map but still hadn't found the items to plant the seeds, so they gradually lost interest in planting them.
They simply put the seeds on the trading platform, and the prices were generally not expensive.
Zhou Haihai had been secretly buying seeds all along.
She found out about this by chance.
When Zhou Haihai's prediction came out, she also wanted to buy a bucket. However, when she opened the trading hall, she found that the seeds she had been hanging there that no one had bought had been sold.
Out of curiosity, she clicked on the transaction information and discovered that it was Zhou Haihai who had bought it.
The next map is extremely short of water. At this critical juncture, instead of stockpiling water, Zhou Haihai buys seeds?
This looks strange no matter how you look at it.
So she searched for "seeds" and found quite a few results, mostly from players selling them sporadically; the search results were a full five pages long.
She took screenshots of all five pages of search results and saved them.
After waiting a minute, I searched for "seed" again, and the search results were visibly fewer.
She clicked on the shop name in the screenshot to check the latest transaction records.
Each shop displays transaction records, and to protect player privacy, only the last character of the buyer's name is shown.
Player **Hai purchased cucumber seeds one minute ago.
All the shops have the same latest transaction record; the only difference is the seed.
It's not hard to see that this **Hai is Zhou Haihai.
After listening to Chen Leying's explanation, Meng Qingyin understood: "So this new map news is probably just Zhou Haihai making things up. Anyway, his predictions have a chance of failing, and even if he fails this time, players will still spend money to buy his predictions next time. As for the real new map, it might be related to planting?"
After all, Zhou Haihai's purchase of so many seeds was definitely not a spur-of-the-moment decision; he must have known something.
Chen Leying: "Yes, that's what I think too. But... why did Zhou Haihai spread a false rumor about an extreme water shortage? He couldn't possibly not know about your clarification yesterday."
Mengmeng: "I don't care what they think, I'll tell Xiaojiu and the others this news first, so they can prepare early and not waste time arguing with those people online."
Chen Leying: "Okay."
Meng Qingyin posted her and Chen Leying's speculations in the group chat, and Lu Cheng immediately became excited.
I'm the Lucky One (Poor Man's Version): "As expected, it's not a map with an extreme water shortage! Let's see how those trolls feel when they're proven wrong."
Drinking strong liquor to drown his sorrows: "Lu Cheng, don't rush to send out the message. Let's see what Mengmeng and Chen Leying have to say first."
I'm a lucky winner (poor guy version): "I know, this time I'll just stay silent!"
Chen Leying: "This news is best kept to the six of us; let's not reveal it to anyone else."
Mengmeng: "Well, this is just our speculation based on Zhou Haihai's behavior. As for what the real new map is, only Zhou Haihai probably knows. If it is leaked but the information is inaccurate, we will inevitably repeat the same mistakes."
The players in the chat area are no longer just those who have experienced several maps together. After the new server was merged, the players are a mixed bag, and some troublemakers always make the chat area a mess.
It's better to avoid trouble.
After all, the players believed Zhou Haihai's words, and stockpiling more water wasn't a bad thing.
Almost every player in the original 30th district had a storage item, so they could store water in it without wasting it.
As for the newly merged players, this might be a good opportunity to find out if they are genuine or not.
Didn't what happened in the chat area just now show her the true colors of many people?
She blocked every single one of them, vowing never to cooperate with them again.
Drowning his sorrows in strong liquor: "However, if the new map is indeed related to planting, could it be the Golden Autumn Fields? I remember the keywords for the Golden Autumn Fields are harvest and labor."
I'm the Lucky One (Poor Man's Version): "Wow, Qin Jiu, your memory is amazing! You can remember all this?"
Drowning sorrows in strong liquor: "Don't be obsessed with me, I'm just a legend~"
I am the Lucky One (Poor Man's Version): "..."
Mengmeng: "Tomorrow is the last day of Peach Blossom Paradise. Do you want to go to the market and see if you can buy some seeds, fertilizer or something?"
The elderly man said, "Isn't the big market only held once a month? It hasn't even been a month since the last big market ended, has it?"
Mengmeng: "It's a small market. The small market is held every three days, and tomorrow is the perfect time."
I'm an unlucky person: "Okay, okay, let's go take a look. We should buy more seeds."
Meng Qingyin then thought of nutrient soil. Since this stuff can be used to grow Fortune Fruit seeds, it should be able to grow other crops as well.
Mengmeng: "By the way, tomorrow afternoon you can go under the peach tree and dig up some more black soil. That's nutrient-rich soil, full of nutrients."
Drinking strong liquor to drown my sorrows: "OK!"
After finishing her chat, Meng Qingyin ate her meal and went to bed early.
Another day has passed in the blink of an eye, and it is also their last day in the Peach Blossom Paradise map.
Many players in the chat area are still buying water in preparation for the upcoming extremely water-scarce map.
Meng Qingyin and her group arrived at the small market early in the morning.
Meng Qingyin never expected that she would run into two old acquaintances, Li Er and Zhang Yan, at the small market.
She broke out in a cold sweat when she saw the two people talking.
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