Chapter 116: Desert Survival Day 13 (4) It’s really a bit unlucky…
"Is Ziren here? I'm considering whether or not to announce the OEM for the stabilization device. I previously wanted to hide it because I didn't want to expose my strengths. I announced the shotgun just to make people wary of me and prevent them from coveting my abilities and what I possess. But now I realize it really isn't going to work anymore."
Everyone hides some of their true strength. Like Yu Miaomiao, they hide things that may hurt themselves.
She felt it was a bit strange that the stabilization device was not outsourced, but this was Ziren's private matter and she couldn't comment. Besides, she was still exploring the area, and it was a bit inappropriate for him to talk to her about this.
"Meow Meow is not short of water: You want to protect you and Api, that's nothing."
While talking, Yu Miaomiao slowed down. She had already reached the third branch road.
The last time she was here, she encountered patrol monsters when she was fighting sandworms. But when the bee monster came that time, it was stuck in the two-hour patrol time. This time she walked very fast, and it only took about an hour. The timeline was different from the last time she arrived here. She didn't know if she would encounter patrol monsters again.
"Is Ziren here? I heard from Ah Pi that you went to the expedition zone to escape the sandstorm. Do you think many people would go to the expedition zone for the same reason?"
Huh? From what Ziren said, it seemed like he had other ideas.
Yu Miaomiao remembered Hua Bie saying that there were almost no people in the early exploration area, and as long as he could find them, he could enter.
The only time was when he was in the expedition area and met another veteran in the expedition area who applied to enter. He probably liked exploring everywhere just like Hua Bie. At that time, few people even knew about the expedition area.
As time went by, everyone gradually got adventure experience cards or used simple transportation to "visit" the entrance of the adventure site. Coupled with the incentive of the ranking list, more and more people chose to enter the adventure site. For example, if she wanted to go to the Devil's Bend Adventure Site today, there were already people there.
"Meow Meow is not short of water: Probably not now. It seems that only a long-lasting sandstorm can slowly break through the wooden wall. I think it's the only one that has encountered it so far. I searched around, but I haven't seen anyone else in the world mention this situation. Only those who haven't installed house reinforcement devices will be blown away by sandstorms. So, do you have any ideas?"
House reinforcement devices may seem a bit useless, but there is actually a big difference between installing them and not installing them.
If this had not been installed today, the house would have been uprooted by the sandstorm, and there would have been no situation like Yu Miaomiao's house being slowly blown apart.
Her situation should be an isolated case at the current stage of the apocalypse. After all, no one mentioned it, but Yu Miaomiao felt that it was a matter of time.
When the novice protection period just ended, everyone would only encounter one or two monsters at night. Yu Miaomiao encountered dozens of monsters on the first night. After entering the normal mode, almost everyone had to kill dozens of monsters at night, so the system just increased the difficulty for her earlier.
When other survivors encounter a sandstorm that is so close that it can blow them apart, they may indeed make the same choice as her and enter the adventure site full of dangers.
However, those who enter the adventure area now are most likely to have made sufficient preparations. After all, if you spend a little time to understand the incident where no one survived in the prank cave, you will know that if you rashly enter an unknown place, you will get a bloody lesson.
"Ziren: What if a survivor encounters a sandstorm that's not strong enough to destroy their house, like a half-built brick foundation with half of the house broken? And they happen to have no expedition cards, or the expedition area is full and they can't enter, or they simply don't have enough resources to go. In this case, wouldn't using a stabilization device be a better option? Then wouldn't its value be higher?"
It turns out that Ziren wanted to wait until the value of this thing was high before selling it. This is understandable. He wants to get the highest value to the maximum extent possible, which shows that he has good business sense.
But there was no need to talk to her about this at this time. Yu Miaomiao stood there and watched him finish his next words to see what he was thinking.
"Is Ziren here? I didn't want to openly sell this to the OEM crowd because I didn't want the Tiandihui to be able to work in the sandstorm. We only have a few of us, and they have nearly ten thousand. If we can make full use of our time, they will be forced to hide in the heat and unable to do anything. Only then will we have a chance of survival and development."
"Meow Meow: But have you ever considered that if you can hide a stabilization device, so can they? Putting aside the question of whether they can create one, a guild with so many members will always have other ways to survive. Furthermore, the balance of resources within the guild always tilts towards those who are well-off and powerful. The ordinary contractors, even in the wind and sand or in the heat of the room, will do whatever Yang Haotian tells them to do, no matter how hot it is. This doesn't really affect those who are actually against us."
After turning off the message reminder, Yu Miaomiao felt that Ziren's idea was a bit too simple. From this perspective, controlling the opponent's development and creating time for herself might be useful, but she felt that the effect was not great.
After waiting for a few minutes, the patrolling monster still hadn't arrived. This shouldn't be a fixed plot of the branch route, but just time control. She could kill the sandworm first.
Yu Miaomiao changed into light wind shoes and drank an energy drink to instantly increase her physical strength. The arrow shot from the crossbow hit the sandworm's torso from a long distance.
Because it was far away, the arrow did not cause any harm to it and slid down its body and fell into the sand, but it was enough to wake up the sandworm.
Just like last time, the sandworm spun towards her again. Yu Miaomiao was not sure how close she had to be to shoot it, but she could aim as close as possible at the center of its gear-shaped mouthparts, hoping that the bullet would not be shattered by its high-speed biting teeth.
"Ugh."
The strong recoil from two consecutive shots caused Yu Miaomiao to feel pain in her shoulder and let out a muffled sound of discomfort. She didn't dare to shout out for fear of attracting patrolling monsters.
Before she could fire a third shot, the sandworm fell to the ground and began to turn to ash.
She roughly estimated the distance and thought that the sandworm would not be able to bite the bullet to pieces only if it was within five meters. She guessed that it was because the closer the bullet was, the faster the speed was, and the sandworm had no time to react.
As she approached to retrieve the treasure chest, she opened the message again.
"Is Ziren here? I'm in trouble again, so I'm planning to release this process publicly, and specifically tell anyone who has a grudge against me not to use it. I remember when you last manufactured toilet paper for people around the world, a group of people spoke up for you. If I reveal a large number of our stabilization devices this time, won't there be many people struggling to survive who will speak up for me, so we don't end up being criticized forever?"
"Miao Miao Bu Shui: My toilet paper business is a small profit, high volume model. At the time, we were the only company making it, there were a lot of people asking for it, and I was quick, so it did work. But if it takes you 20 minutes to make a stabilizing device, your price won't be too low. If you need large quantities and still keep your price low, you'll have more people coming to you. How many can you make 24/7? Not only will you be exhausted, but you'll also end up rejecting more people, which might lead to even more dissatisfaction."
"Is Ziren here? I'll do the same as you, limit it to 20 orders per day, first come, first served."
Emm, Ziren is still too young. Even if 20 people really help him, they will be eliminated in the world soon.
"Miaomiao is not short of water: The toilet paper I made is just for everyone's hygiene needs. It's good to have it, but you won't die without it. This may be a life-saving thing. Those who don't get it and die on the spot are not bad, but I'm afraid those who wait to die slowly without getting it will probably curse you to death."
Yu Miaomiao's words were already very blunt. She felt that Ziren said he wanted to be in the public eye, but he still wanted to hide.
"Meow Meow is not short of water: Did Api tell you about the bandage thing and you disagree? So you want to find another way to avoid the Tiandihui's targeting?"
"Is Ziren here? I think you're taking too much of a risk. Not to mention that Lulu finally got a chance to live again, if the bandage incident gets exposed, the news that she's still alive will spread to the Tiandihui. Medical supplies are the most important thing in the apocalypse, bar none. Then they'll definitely try to find Lulu and exact revenge. I'm afraid Ah Pi..."
He was afraid that Api would be implicated again, so he came up with this idea.
"Miaomiao is not short of water: You know about Lulu selling hemostatic medicine privately? She also smuggled contraband and sold bandages. Those people must have gotten some information and guessed that Lulu was still alive, so they spread the word. Can you really hide if you keep hiding?"
"Is Ziren here? Isn't the Tiandihui's membership much smaller now? Over time, they'll slowly disintegrate internally, and we won't necessarily need to intervene."
[Failed to trigger the Lucky trait. Adventure Land Gift Pack: Screws*13, Iron Ingots*14, Copper Ingots*8, Sulfur*2, Stone*2, Functional Drink*1, Insecticide*2, Intermediate Fertilizer*1, Earthworms*8.]
My luck is really bad today. All the treasure chests I opened triggered lucky failures. Yu Miaomiao felt a little unlucky.
"Meow Meow is not short of water: Did you know that a fierce battle broke out the day before yesterday near my base? The explosions caused by the weapons used were shocking scenes you only see on TV. I can't imagine if I would have been able to resist if those weapons exploded in front of me. The conflict was between members of the Tiandihui and some passers-by. I luckily escaped. If you search the forums, you can see the discussion about that day."
Yu Miaomiao described Hua Bie as a passerby, and subconsciously felt that it would be better not to tell anyone about him.
"Meow Meow is not short of water: There's a sandstorm right now, so it's not so convenient for the Tiandihui to move around, but their vehicles and weapons are constantly being updated. You always keep the good stuff hidden, never exchanging it for the maximum value, and just pray that the system will send you good stuff like the "stabilization device." How can that compare to the good stuff that ten thousand people have obtained?"
Thinking of her hard work in the expedition, Lulu working hard to make bandages, Api trying to gather information, and Ziren only thinking about how to hide, she became furious.
When Yu Miaomiao first came to the apocalypse, she was indeed cowardly and wanted to hide behind Api and do the work quietly. She has deeply realized that this is not feasible. Now the three girls have a unified idea of facing the outside world, but Ziren is backing down.
"Miaomiao is not short of water: Do you have to wait for someone to shoot you before you feel ready to attack? I'm in the exploration area now, not just to avoid the sandstorm, but also to improve my exploration progress, get a higher ranking, and get better items. Otherwise, they will always be ahead, and I will eat the leftovers. Their strength will only become stronger than mine. If you don't advance, you will retreat. If you don't want to participate, you can stay on the sidelines and watch, but please don't tell me what to do. As for what Ah Pi does, it's her choice. You can communicate with her instead of coming to me every time."
Walking back to the main road, she opened her umbrella and continued to the next intersection.
She would simply pass by any monster that attacked her actively, but of course she always held a broadsword in her hand, which was very effective in close combat.
After Yu Miaomiao sent the message, Ziren stopped replying. She was not in a hurry to ask Ziren to make a choice. After all, she was still in the expedition area and had no time to deal with other things. Even if he wanted to carry out the "Bandage Destruction Plan", he had to wait until she got out.
Even though Yu Miaomiao was familiar with the map, it still took a lot of time to open boxes and collect plants. It had been two and a half hours since she came in.
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