Chapter 12: New Vehicle Functions, Explore Supply Crates
After putting all the chicken heart fruits that Meng Qingyin wanted to exchange for vehicle upgrade materials on the shelves, she still had a small half box left.
Fearing that other players might not know about chicken heart fruit, she directly advertised it in the chat area.
Mengmeng: "Delicious and thirst-quenching chicken heart fruit is now available. It's cheap and plentiful. Shop owners who are interested can check out [Mengmeng's Shop]."
Because of the lunch sharing event, players still remembered her nickname, and as soon as she posted it, many people sent her private messages.
Meng Qingyin glanced around and saw that most of the people were just chatting and had no intention of buying chicken heart fruit.
She has read all of them but hasn't replied.
There's no need to reply to such messages.
Of course, a few players wanted to trade with her, but they wanted to exchange other resources, but none of them were what she wanted.
Meng Qingyin stopped looking at private messages and opened the chat area to pass the time.
Drowning his sorrows in strong liquor: "Does anyone have alcohol, gauze, or bandages? I'll trade them for instant noodles!"
I am the Lucky One (Fake): "Instant noodles, I really want to eat instant noodles, but I don't have any. By the way, the guy upstairs is the one who got bitten on the butt, right? You're so unlucky."
Zeli: "You think you can trade a pack of instant noodles for so many supplies? What's the difference between that and trying to get something for nothing? If you really want to trade, bring out more supplies."
Xiaoxiao: "Yeah, these days, who can drive all of these things you want? You'd be lucky to have even one of them."
Drowning his sorrows in strong liquor: "[Detector] [Instant noodles] [Compressed biscuits], these are all I have. Change to alcohol, gauze and bandages."
Detector?
Meng Qingyin clicked on it and took a look.
[Detector: Attached to a vehicle, it can detect supply crates within a 10-kilometer radius. With it, you'll never miss a supply crate again.]
It is a tool that can detect supply boxes.
It's quite practical, I can replace it!
Meng Qingyin opened the first-aid kit and found alcohol, gauze, and bandages inside.
The alcohol is in a large bottle, so we definitely can't exchange it all; we need to keep some for emergencies.
She directly messaged him privately with the message "drowning her sorrows with strong liquor".
Mengmeng: "I have what you need. Can you provide a clean container?"
He drank strong liquor to drown his sorrows before replying after a long while.
Drowning his sorrows in strong liquor: "A clean container? I do have a clean glass bottle, what do you need this for? Besides, do you really have what I need? You're not lying to me, are you?"
Several people messaged him privately just now, saying they had alcohol and asking him to send them a link to the item, but they couldn't send it. They're definitely trying to scam him out of his supplies.
Therefore, he subconsciously harbored suspicions towards Mengmeng.
Mengmeng: "[Alcohol] [Gauze] [Bandage], give me the glass bottle first, I'll fill it with alcohol."
There are two ways to trade. One way is to put the items on the trading platform, set the materials you need, and then you don't need to worry about it anymore. You can come back to collect them after a period of time, which saves time and effort.
Another type is direct trading between players. This usually involves two people agreeing on the terms of the trade, making direct trading more convenient and faster.
Meng Qingyin was referring to the second type of transaction.
Overjoyed at the thought of drowning his sorrows in strong liquor, he immediately sent a transaction request.
Meng Qingyin clicked "accept," and a glass bottle appeared in front of her.
She poured some in, and then made a deal for "drowning her sorrows in strong liquor".
They agreed almost immediately.
[You are exchanging alcohol, gauze, and bandages for player "Drowning Sorrows in Strong Liquor's" detector, instant noodles, and compressed biscuits. Click to confirm.]
Meng Qingyin clicked "Confirm" after confirming that everything was correct.
The next moment, the three items appeared in front of her.
[Detectable item - Explorer, bind vehicle?]
Meng Qingyin: "Bind!"
[Binding successful. New vehicle feature: Explore supply crates (limited to a 10km radius).]
Meng Qingyin couldn't wait to try out this new feature, but the thought of the monster in the dark made her hold back.
Never mind, I'll check again tomorrow. Anyway, new features aren't going to grow legs and run away.
Meng Qingyin opened the trading platform to check on the trading status of the chicken heart fruit.
Unexpectedly, as soon as I opened it, I received several notifications urging me to put it on the shelves.
[Player "Loves Strawberries" really likes your chicken heart fruit and urges you to keep putting it on the shelves!]
Player "Little Fatty" really likes your chicken heart fruit and urges you to keep putting it on the shelves!
[...]
Meng Qingyin was somewhat surprised; she hadn't expected that she could urge the product to be released.
However, she didn't look closely; she went to check the transaction details first.
There are 5 portions of chicken heart fruit left. The rest were exchanged, and the items obtained are [Plastic x50], [Stainless Steel x50], [Wooden Plank x50], [Tire x5], and [Rearview Mirror x2].
The remaining 5 portions of chicken heart fruit are used to trade for batteries.
All the other materials are ready, except for the battery.
Meng Qingyin had a vague guess in her mind.
Upgrading requires batteries, which means that her scooter can only be upgraded to an electric scooter in the future.
How to charge it in the future is a problem.
Moreover, the weather is too cold, and the electricity doesn't last long.
She prefers gasoline cars to electric cars.
Why can't we upgrade to gasoline-powered vehicles?
She glanced at the upgrade materials again, but there was no engine needed for a gasoline-powered car.
There's no other way then; we can only upgrade it towards the direction of trams.
Once you're in the game, the electric car's performance might not be inferior to that of a gasoline car.
Meng Qingyin tried to comfort herself.
However, the immediate priority is to replace the battery.
She went directly to the chat area to send a message.
Mengmeng: "Buying batteries! Buying batteries! Players with batteries are welcome to contact me for prices!"
She had just sent the message when someone messaged her privately.
Chen Leying: "[Battery], I'd like to exchange your station pass."
Meng Qingyin frowned.
She remembered Chen Leying. She had initially reminded players that there were newbie gift boxes near the spawn point, but because she was a few minutes late in reminding them, she was scolded by many people.
It also made her see the true colors of some people, and she was glad that she hadn't been soft-hearted.
She had a tiny bit of affection for Chen Leying.
However, trying to exchange her station pass for a single battery is a bit of an exorbitant demand.
Even if she hadn't used her station pass yet, she wouldn't exchange it.
She didn't reply to Chen Leying because she felt that this person was making fun of her.
A little while later, Chen Leying sent another message: "Have you already used it?"
Meng Qingyin still did not reply.
Chen Leying: "I know you saw my message. Here's what we'll do: I'll give you the battery, you give me a handy tool, and tell me your station pass information."
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