"Let's release them in batches. We'll start with crystal cores and diamond chests, that's what we're looking for," Lin Hu said.
“Okay, but do you want to bring some nightlights too?” Duan Linzhou raised an eyebrow and smiled.
"No need, I still have more than twenty left. You can put all the extra nightlights on the shelves in batches," Lin Hu refused. He planned to keep ten for himself in case they broke and couldn't be replaced. He intended to use the rest as "favors" to win people over.
"good."
...
Lin Hu didn't expect Duan Linzhou to be even more ruthless than him. He planned to trade the nightlight for two level-three crystal cores, but Duan Linzhou directly asked for five.
No matter how much people try to bargain or insult him, he won't lower the price or pay attention. If someone insults him too harshly, he'll just blacklist them. People on the blacklist can't communicate with him, and they can't even see his products.
There are always many capable people out there, and Duan Linzhou actually managed to acquire a large number of crystal cores. Duan Linzhou planned to split them 30/70 with Lin Hu, with him getting 30% and Lin Hu getting 70%.
Lin Hu refused, demanding a 50/50 split, otherwise he would refuse to do business with him in the future.
Duan Linzhou didn't put all the nightlights on the shelves at once; he only put two hundred on the shelves in the first batch so that people would know about their existence and function.
That evening, the two calculated what they had earned from this batch of trades: over 600 level-three crystal cores, over 900 level-two crystal cores, nearly 50 diamond treasure chests, and about twenty bottles of nutrient solution of various colors.
Those who would trade nutrient solutions are probably people who genuinely feel they're about to give up.
One tertiary crystal nucleus = three secondary crystal nuclei = seven primary crystal nuclei.
In one go, Lin Hu paid off the 1,007 Level 2 Crystal Cores he owed the store by using the pay-later method, and he still had one Level 3 Crystal Core left in his store balance.
Feeling much lighter, Lin Hu looked at the outside temperature displayed by the system and realized it had dropped to -5°C. Suddenly, he felt overwhelmed with work again.
During the day, the huge pile of chili peppers and ginger in the secluded farm had already been harvested once. Now, the bottom right corner of both compartments in his backpack showed a full 999, a huge amount of ginger. Lin Hu, along with Cheng Yuan and his two friends, were too busy to handle it all. It seemed they would have to hire some more people.
The next morning, after harvesting the ripe crops and planting new ones in the fields, Lin Hu's morning was over. He returned to the raft with two pieces of bear meat and a few eggs.
Thankfully, there was space in the backpack; otherwise, it would have been quite unpleasant for Duan Linzhou to see him go to the toilet empty-handed every time, only to bring out a huge pile of food.
After lunch, Lin Hu added two more friends that afternoon. One was Sun Xiaoxiao, who had asked for supplies in the chat channel before, and the other was a fat guy named Zhang Hu who was involved in scalping.
After giving them nightlights, Lin Hu also asked them to cook ginger soup together. Zhang Hu was doing well and had settled down, but Sun Xiaoxiao was having a tough time. She only had a bare house and usually slept on the floor. Fortunately, there was a small island next to her covered with bamboo, and she dug some up to avoid starving to death.
When Sun Xiaoxiao went to the island to dig for bamboo, she found the footprints of a mutated beast, so she stopped digging.
Although she possesses strong fire-based abilities, she was just a high school student before the apocalypse, and she would even blush when arguing with someone, so how could she dare to challenge mutated beasts?
As she returned to her raft with a bunch of bamboo shoots and saw her meager supplies, she even considered suicide.
A friend request suddenly popped up, and after learning that the other party needed help and would provide meals, she immediately accepted.
Unexpectedly, after she agreed, the other party gave her a solar-powered night light with a constant temperature.
Her sudden despair was instantly restored, and she nodded gratefully repeatedly.
What surprised her even more was that the person who had been selling water for free had the same ID as Lin Hu. She had managed to snag a cup and even sent a thank-you message, but unfortunately, the person didn't reply.
...
Zhang Hu woke up from the cold in his wooden cabin. He had piled all his supplies that could be used as blankets into a small mountain and put them on top of the cotton quilt on top of him, but it didn't keep him warm.
He managed to get through the past two days thanks to his strong will, but today, with temperatures dropping to -10°C, he's almost at his breaking point.
When someone approached him about having a nightlight, he immediately agreed like a sycophant.
He was paying attention to the trading market and saw the night light, but he didn't have the crystal core. No matter how much he pleaded with people, they wouldn't sell it to him.
After Lin Hu passed the items to the two of them, he told them to immediately start making ginger soup.
Near the end of the day, Linglin Lake had each of them anonymously post notices in the world chat to recruit some temporary workers. They were to manage the temporary workers themselves, as he was too lazy to add any more.
[1. Free ginger soup ends tomorrow!!! After that, one bowl of ginger soup will require 2 ordinary iron blocks (or 1 medium iron block; high-grade iron blocks can be exchanged for two bowls).
2. We are short-staffed and urgently need to hire 5 people to cook ginger.
Just as Lin Hu and Duan Linzhou finished dinner and were about to open the box, Lin Hu received messages from Sun Xiaoxiao and Zhang Hu at about the same time.
[Zhang Hu: Boss, can I bring my wife to the team?]
[Lin Hu: Okay.]
Lin Hu thought for a moment and realized he still had many nightlights left. He decided to do Zhang Hu another favor. Zhang Hu used to be a scalper, so he must have a good network of connections. He could use Zhang Hu to promote his products in the future.
Anyway, he's the one offering the highest salary in this area, so Lin Hu simply sent a small nightlight over.
[Lin Hu: This is for your wife.]
After sending a reminder, Lin Hu stopped reading Zhang Hu's reply and opened Sun Xiaoxiao's chat window.
Lin Hu was unaware that the favor he had done was truly worthwhile, and Sun Hu dared not push his luck by asking for more.
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