Chapter 49 Boss Feng?
Hagiwara shook his head: "The game developers haven't shown any strong inclination, so it's impossible to speculate on the purpose of their actions at this time."
"..." Matsuda frowned subconsciously, took out a cigarette from his pocket, and was about to smoke one.
A surprised voice came from the side: "It's actually been traded! Are silver materials that popular?"
"What did you get in the deal?" Hagiwara asked, but with certainty, "Is it some kind of medicine we specified?"
"Hmm! It's fever reducer." Feng Xingshou clicked to retrieve the traded item, only then belatedly realizing that he clearly possessed the Palm Immortal Technique, which could eliminate all negative statuses and should also be able to treat illnesses like colds.
How could I have forgotten that? Why did I just choose whatever Hagiwara suggested, like medicine? But it's actually quite convenient this way. If any of the three of them develops a minor illness, it would be best to be able to treat it with real medicine.
She no longer needed to worry about whether it was appropriate to expose her skills to them. Thinking about this, she felt that Hagiwara's decision was very appropriate. They were currently making do with what they had in the car, and they didn't lack supplies, except for medicine, which they really didn't have much of.
Matsuda was a little surprised: "Hagi! How did you know it was medicine?"
"Just guessing!" Hagiwara winked at the two of them playfully, without keeping them in suspense: "Judging from the materials consumed in these recent upgrades to car parts and interior decoration, most of them were black iron and bronze, and silver was hardly used at all."
Therefore, I speculate that the blueprints that will consume silver will likely be available when upgrading to Tier 2 vehicles. At this stage, it can be said that no one is in urgent need of silver. Those who choose to trade silver are probably people who can foresee that there will be a stage in the future when they will need silver and decide to stock up in advance while it is cheap.
Such people wouldn't waste scarce blueprints for upgrading Tier 1 vehicles or their interior decorations just to hoard supplies. What they could possibly have on hand is a stockpile of medicines they'd luckily stumbled upon in dungeons like pharmacies—medicines don't keep long and will expire if not used.
He didn't bring up the topic of other players also having time-stopping backpacks, but his tone implied that others didn't have this convenience of storing medicines without worrying about their expiration dates.
As expected, upon hearing his words, and subconsciously knowing that his spatial backpack was not an ability that all survivors possessed, Feng Xing Shou never even considered refuting Hagiwara's claim that other survivors didn't need to worry about expired medicines.
Upon seeing this, Matsuda and Hagiwara exchanged a glance. Although they had guessed it long ago, it was only now that they were completely certain that the junior school girl's spatial backpack was not a skill given to survivors by the game.
However, having confirmed this, they knew that bringing it up would increase her psychological burden, so they didn't intend to confront her directly. Instead, they moved on from the matter and suggested, "Feng-chan! Let's check out the merchandise trading area in the competition zone now."
Let's see if there are any blueprints for level 1 car windows and tires available for trade. If we can get those blueprints, maybe we can upgrade our initial car to level 1 today!
"Hmm!" Feng Xingshou then remembered that he could also obtain car upgrade parts blueprints through this method, and quickly opened the trading area to search for the relevant blueprints...
So the three of them searched the shelves in these trading areas together. After a while, they finally found a few trading sections for level 1 tires and car window upgrade blueprints on page 20. However, the items requested by the other party were all car parts, and there were no other trading options.
They've used all the relevant upgrade blueprints, and there aren't any unused blueprints available for trading. This immediately blocked any possibility of trading, making Feng Xingshou experience once again the predicament of not having money to buy the items he wanted in real life.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, Hagiwara,
Matsuda and the other man exclaimed in unison, "Huh! It seems like we can make a deal with it."
"Feng-chan! Zoom in on the interface of the car parts the other party wants to trade."
"What's wrong?" Feng Xing Shou looked at their expressions and realized that they had made a discovery. She immediately zoomed in on the trading interface as they requested, but she didn't know what the zoomed-in interface meant.
Unexpectedly, after examining the items carefully, Hagiwara and Matsuda both smiled and said, "As expected, we can make a deal."
"What have you discovered? Stop keeping us in suspense!" Feng Xingshou was extremely curious, seeing their confident demeanor.
Seeing her curious expression, Matsuda simply pointed to the blueprints of the car parts and showed them to her: "Look, here are the options for the types of goods that the trading party can accept, and this one looks like..."
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With the two men's detailed explanation, Feng Xingshou finally understood what they had discovered earlier. It turned out that the trading area offered not only blueprints, but also car parts and interior decorations.
In other words, although they don't have extra blueprints to trade, the blueprints they've learned aren't consumables that can only be produced once. Instead, they can be produced an unlimited number of times after learning them, provided that there are enough materials.
In this way, they can use the finished car parts they produce to trade with the trading partners for the blueprints of the two goods they need. They can even find finished Tier 1 car windows and tires on other pages to trade, which is definitely cheaper than buying blueprints...
This was certainly a pleasant surprise, but the materials they had previously obtained were only enough for one-time production, not enough for the secondary manufacturing of other automotive parts accepted by the other party.
Upon discovering this, at Hagiwara's suggestion, Kazesei took out some surplus supplies from his backpack and traded for the materials needed to produce the parts in the trading area. He then manufactured the car parts that the other party had chosen to trade and acquired the blueprints for the car windows and tires.
Upon receiving them, they immediately chose to use them. After learning how to manufacture these two blueprints, they repeated their previous operations due to a shortage of glass and rubber materials. They used food, water, and other resources to trade for various materials, manufactured finished car parts, and traded for even more materials...
After working for quite a while, they finally managed to manufacture the car windows and tires needed for their vehicle. Just as they completed the final tire upgrade and the entire car was fully upgraded to level one, the game panel automatically popped up:
[Announcement: The hidden mission {First Tier 1 Car} has been completed in Region 0256. The regional channel for this region is now open as a reward!]
[Announcement: Regional channel language enabled. Survivors in this region can post comments in the regional channel. Each comment can be posted once a day and cannot exceed 100 characters!]
When posting comments in the regional channel, the default language used is the survivor's highest proficiency language. When viewing other survivors' comments in the regional channel, the game's language system will automatically translate them into the survivor's highest proficiency language.
Regional Channel Language Guidelines – Survivors must adhere to civilized speaking rules. Posting inappropriate language will result in a one-day ban, depending on the number of offensive words used. Please remember this rule.
[Announcement: Congratulations to Feng Xing Shou, a survivor in Region 0256, for being the first to upgrade his starting vehicle to Tier 1, completing the hidden mission {First Tier 1 Vehicle}, and receiving a Silver Chest {1} as a reward]
Seeing the sudden game announcement and the silver treasure chest that appeared out of thin air in front of them, the three exchanged glances. This time, Feng Xingshou didn't wait for them to speak; he immediately and impatiently opened the regional channel:
Randall: It's only been eight days and someone has already leveled up to 1.
A new car? Who is Feng Xing Shou, this big shot?
{Yas: Judging from the name, he should be Chinese or Korean.}
{Kim So-hyun: Someone this good must be Korean.}
{Tago Ginji: We Japanese also have the surname Feng!}
{Hykira: Hey! Enough already! Her name is totally Chinese, stop trying to scam me! Also, thanks to the big shot for completing the hidden quest; finally, I can communicate with real people.}
Li Aiguo: Sigh! This is the first time I've experienced the feeling of almost dying of loneliness. I never imagined that being unable to communicate with anyone for just a few days would be so devastating! I also want to thank my compatriots!
{Inoue Aiko: Everyone, please help me! I'm almost out of fuel and haven't eaten for two days. Please come to my trade window (number 4735) and buy my goods so I can have a decent meal! I just turned 18 this year, and I'll repay those who help me when it's convenient for me in the future.}
{Han Zhaohui: There are online beggars everywhere, shameless!}
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As the regional channel opened, lines of Chinese messages flashed rapidly before the three of them. The speed of the messages was so fast that the large screen almost blinded them.
However, after seeing them clearly, they couldn't help but reveal their beady eyes. Matsuda, who was a bit sarcastic, couldn't help but complain: "They're either praising Feng-chan or trying to get help by accusing someone. There's not a single interesting topic. Don't they know how to cherish their one-day speaking opportunity?"
"Haha... But the title 'Brother Feng' is quite interesting!" Hagiwara couldn't help but tease Fuuka, seeing her bewildered expression after hearing her comments.
Feng Xingshou's cheeks flushed as he listened, and he shook his head repeatedly: "I cheated. It took the combined abilities of the three of us to complete this hidden mission. Even just now, if it weren't for your good observation skills, we wouldn't have been able to gather all the car parts to upgrade successfully. You guys are the real experts."
"Heh..." It's really hard to imagine that this kind of obedient girl, who takes jokes seriously, was raised by a guy who's like a mafia boss! Matsuda couldn't help but laugh out loud at her reaction.
Seeing Matsuda smiling so happily, Hagiwara's petty jealousy kicked in again. o(￣ヘ￣o＃) Jinpei's smirk is too much when he smiles; isn't this indirectly tempting Kaze-chan?! With that thought in mind, he acted quickly.
Without making a sound, she stepped forward and stood between Kazesei and Matsuda, blocking Kazesei's view so she couldn't see Matsuda's cheating smile before saying, "Kaze-chan, you don't need to be modest at times like this! Just accept everyone's praise frankly."
Matsuda, who had noticed his childhood friend's little tricks, finally couldn't help but roll his eyes at him. He was really amazed. He didn't know that Hagi could be so childish. It was a waste that he had always been so mature for his age.
"Uh... let's think about what to say in the regional channel!" Unable to bear the praise, Feng Xingshou couldn't help but complain, "Why doesn't this game give me the option to remain anonymous! Revealing my name directly is just too..."
“Indeed, this game really does seem to be dominated by a one-man show!” Matsuda said what the Wind Guardian hadn’t said aloud.
Joking aside, Hagiwara is quite reliable when it comes to serious matters. At this moment, when Mikaze was genuinely troubled about what to say, he put on a nonchalant expression on his usually gentle face and said, "What's there to worry about? If you don't know what to say, just don't say anything."
"Hey! But everyone's mentioned me in the comments. Wouldn't it be rude if I didn't respond?" She was a good student who always answered questions. Even when the teacher asked her a question she didn't know, she would still try her best to give a wrong answer! Feng Xingshou secretly complained about her poor academic performance in her mind in a different way.
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