Chapter 27
It's true that some people post tempting messages and pictures in chat channels, but there are also people selling porn in the comment sections of videos on certain websites, and it's rampant in games despite repeated crackdowns. These kinds of people exist everywhere. It would be strange if they didn't.
Qiao Ning didn't think those people were all women, and that hiding their gender information was very suspicious.
Qiao Ning wasn't good at arguing, but when faced with such comments, she found it hard not to argue with the other person. Before she could even send a message, the chat channel was already flooded with messages from her friends.
[Are your eyes just for farting? The person who just died was clearly a man, what does it have to do with women? How can you pin this on women? Can't this guy survive without blaming women?]
[That's hilarious. Those guys posting pictures of themselves in black stockings and flirting are all hiding their gender. If there's nothing fishy going on, why hide their gender? I bet they're all burly men in private.]
I don't deny that among 100,000 people, there are girls who want to take shortcuts to survive, but can you say there aren't men like that? My inbox is practically overflowing with private messages from men who want something for nothing. No pictures, no evidence, I'll show you screenshots.
Seriously, to the troublemaker above, can you please expel yourself from the male category? What kind of time is this? You're barely making ends meet and you still have the nerve to stir up gender antagonism? Are you just bored and looking for trouble?
I've remembered your name. If we ever play online again, I'll kill you first, so you don't spoil the whole thing and disrupt the unity of the entire region. If our 1408 region's survival rate drops below 20% this time, regardless of gender, we're all doomed!
This girl's words instantly woke up many male and female players who were caught up in the moment. Yes, regardless of gender, survival rate is the most important thing.
The current natural disaster cycle is already so difficult. If the natural disasters in the merged areas escalate, how many people will survive without sufficient strength and resources?
Once there are shared interests, everyone can remain rational and know how to maximize benefits and minimize harm. Moreover, many women in the chat channel have made it very clear that most of those who survive to the second natural disaster cycle are still normal people.
Many people who hadn't spoken at first also condemned the man who started the trouble. Seeing that things were going badly, that man didn't dare to reply in the chat channel anymore.
Qiao Ning also noted down the person's name, just in case she might run into him again. She had to be careful. She also blocked him, so he couldn't buy the items Qiao Ning listed for sale, send her private messages, or add her as a friend.
Qiao Ning: [@Quan Dazhi, I've blocked this person. I'll be listing some unwanted equipment later. If you need it, you can exchange it for basic materials.]
Wild beasts have a high drop rate for equipment, but in the wild, your backpack has a limited number of 300 slots.
The miscellaneous items took up some space, and even with all the remaining items Qiao Ning used to store equipment, it still wasn't enough. From now on, she would have to take advantage of the highway area every day to put away some unnecessary items, otherwise, if she encountered better equipment in the wilderness, she would have to throw away the inferior ones to make room.
Players can open chat channels and send messages in the jungle, but they cannot trade.
Qiao Ning is also a celebrity in the server, but she doesn't receive as much attention as Yuan Heng. She doesn't usually speak in the chat channel and doesn't even announce when she sells things.
As soon as she posted the message, Li Yangxing immediately expressed his support and blocked the person. Some of Li Yangxing's friends also expressed their opinions.
Everyone then realized that in this game, besides avoiding offending players with strong influence, it was even more crucial to avoid provoking the wrath of the masses. Otherwise, being isolated by the majority, having limited access to resources, and having a significantly reduced chance of survival would be a major setback.
Each person has a limited number of blacklist entries, only 10. Furthermore, once someone is blacklisted, they cannot be removed, so the placement of each entry on the blacklist requires careful consideration.
This limitation prevents some people from going astray and frequently calling on others to ban other players.
Qiao Ning traveled for more than 5 hours from the afternoon until 8 pm, encountering 8 supply crates: 4 four-star crates, 4 three-star crates, and 1 five-star crate. A total of 9 crates.
The boxes still contained food, medicine, water, gasoline, and dry goods; there were almost no other materials.
Perhaps because there were fewer boxes, all her luck was concentrated in those nine boxes, and she got more and more items from the 3-star boxes to the 4-star boxes.
That 5-star chest contains only one item: a [Space Backpack]*1. The backpack has 100 slots, and each slot can hold 99 of the same type of item.
Qiao Ning tried it out. Wearable equipment counts as one item per slot, weapons are counted separately. Other items are also categorized. For example, cookies and potato chips can go in one slot, as snacks.
Fresh produce will display its spoilage time when placed inside. Ice will melt into water. This means the backpack is only for storage and does not have any preservation or insulation functions.
This backpack isn't as useful as the storage box in the car, but it's easy to carry and is an essential item for hunting monsters in the wilderness.
If Qiao Ning goes into the wilderness again tomorrow, she can bring more food and supplies, and also carry more equipment. She won't have to worry about her backpack being full and having nowhere to put her equipment when fighting monsters anymore.
Before going to bed that night, Qiao Ning instructed the smart home assistant to manage the planting pots on a set schedule and sprinkle desiccant. During this period of natural disasters, fruits and vegetables don't sell well because everything spoils easily in humid conditions, especially fresh fruit.
Therefore, very few people buy fruit, and Qiao Ning dares not plant crops that can be harvested in a short period of time. She only plants crops that can be harvested at least every three or four days.
She only kept one planting pot for growing short-term vegetables, so she could easily use them for cooking each day. Now, even if she doesn't get items like scallions, ginger, or garlic from the boxes, she can grow them herself, without needing to spend resources to exchange for them in the trading area.
1. She slept soundly through the night, and at seven o'clock in the morning, the smart home assistant woke her up on time.
Qiao Ning yawned, got up, washed up, and cooked.
The air inside the car was noticeably more humid. She had placed dehumidifying and moisture-proof mothballs on the bed last night so she could sleep soundly until dawn; otherwise, the blankets would probably have gotten moldy overnight.
Logically, since there were humidifying water balloons in the last natural disaster to humidify the air, there should also be game props to dry the air in this natural disaster.
The dried goods delivered yesterday consisted only of desiccant, two types of mothballs, and a type of woodlice-killing spray.
There was nothing added to dry the air.
For breakfast, Qiao Ning ate steamed dumplings, wontons, and scallion pancakes. She ate while watching a chat channel to pass the time.
[Sigh, I've only recovered about 50 stamina points after a whole night. I still have to go into the jungle later, how can such a small amount of stamina be enough?]
The key issue is that encountering toll booths isn't fixed; it seems random. Who knows when a toll booth might suddenly appear? If your experience points are too far behind, there's simply not enough time to quickly grind for more.
[Yesterday, there was this guy who was killing beasts in the jungle. He was in the middle of it when his timer expired and he was suddenly ejected from the jungle. He tried to call for help in the chat, but before he could even finish sending the message, he was killed by a monster.]
Therefore, it's best to gain experience as early as possible, and make sure you have enough experience within an hour when you encounter a tollbooth.
[I know a rich woman who gained three or four thousand experience points yesterday alone, enough for her to pass through tollbooths many times over. I'm really envious.]
[Upstairs, let me clarify first, I'm not a shallow person, and I'm not after the big shot's money. I just genuinely want to get to know her. *doge*]
[20-year-old, 188cm tall, eight-pack abs, strong and fit sports student, seeking contact information for a wealthy older woman, or you could recommend me to her, please!]
[Upstairs, tone it down a bit, your underwear flew off the building. Um, what's the big shot's ID? Don't be so strict about gender, give me a "girlfriend" name!]
Qiao Ning flipped through two pages of chats asking for the contact information of influential figures, searching for useful information.
As she was flipping through the pages, her gaze suddenly sharpened.
[Selling 3 Tide-Absorbing Water Balls, 100 experience points each. If you choose to exchange them for equipment or skill cards, you'll need to check the specific attributes or effects. Nothing else will be accepted.]
【Are you crazy to sell it at such a high price?】
What are skill cards? Where do I get them? I've never encountered one.
[@Mao Xiaosui, I found a skill card, Ground Spike, in the jungle today. I got it from killing fanged rats. You only get one card for every twenty fanged rats. If I use Ground Spike cards to exchange for Tide-Absorbing Orbs, how many can I get?]
[Replying to the comment above, the Ground Spike Card isn't very powerful; you can only exchange it for one Tide-Absorbing Orb. These are hard to get; I had to kill several high-level treasure-guarding monsters to get a few.]
Sorry, it's too expensive, I'd rather not exchange it.
Qiao Ning suddenly realized that it wasn't that she didn't have the item to dry the air; it was that she hadn't encountered the treasure-guarding monster, which was why she hadn't been able to get the treasure.
If only the Tide-Absorbing Ball drops from the Treasure Guardian Monster... that would be a bit troublesome for her.
Even with desiccants and dehumidifying mothballs, if the problem of damp air cannot be solved, then no matter how many desiccant items there are, they won't be enough. Moreover, damp air will definitely cause her to get sick frequently and get infected with germs, and then...
Qiao Ning quickly contacted Li Yangxing: "Did you get the Tide-Sucking Ball from the Treasure-Guarding Monster over there?"
Li Yangxing replied instantly: [It dropped, but only 2. Sister Qiao, do you need Tide-Absorbing Orbs? You can ask Brother Heng, he has a lot. He encounters monsters a lot, sometimes there are even a few blocking the way when there are no supply boxes. He drops the most of these miscellaneous items and equipment.]
However, Heng Ge was unlucky; the equipment he got didn't have great stats. I don't know how he got first place on the equipment leaderboard; it's probably just from sheer quantity.
Qiao Ning felt it wasn't that simple. If the equipment was too poor, even with excellent skills, it would be difficult to kill monsters and beasts. Perhaps the talent Yuan Heng drew was related to the equipment? Or perhaps it was related to the monsters?
Without giving the question much thought, she first sent a private message to Yuan Heng: "Do you have any extra moisture-absorbing balls?"
Hara's answer was very brief: "Yes, many." The attachment was 20 moisture-absorbing balls.
Qiao Ning: ...
This is an honest soldier.
"I don't have many stamina potions, so I can't sell them to you right now. Even if you give me this many Tide-Absorbing Orbs, I still can't sell them to you. Do you need skill cards?"
I have skill cards: Earth Burrow, Ground Spikes, Thorns, Group Freeze, Fireworks, Poison Gas Paralysis... You can trade any of these cards with me. How about exchanging each of the remaining cards for two Tide-Absorbing Orbs, except for the first two? If you don't think that's a good deal, we can discuss the price.
This time, it was Yuan Heng's turn to send a string of ellipses in silence.
Yuan Heng was sitting in his car at this moment, looking at the many skill cards that Qiao Ning was showing off, and fell into deep self-doubt.
He killed hundreds of monsters in the wilderness but only got one Spikes card.
Just this one.
Li Yangxing said that Qiao Ning was particularly lucky. He hadn't taken it seriously before, always thinking that everyone is human, and how lucky could they be?
Now he finally realized just how big the gap was between his luck and that of this lucky man.
Is this really the kind of luck that humans can have?
He didn't understand; he was deeply shocked.
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