With the simple reservoir dug, the next step is to manufacture the seawater purifier and pipelines.
The raw materials for manufacturing seawater purifiers are plastic and refined iron, while the materials for manufacturing pipes are plastic.
Both require a lot of plastic.
As for refined iron, Luo Xinglan still has a lot in stock.
She plans to manufacture 100 water purifiers, which will then operate simultaneously.
These 100 water purifiers can only be connected to individual pipes. If they are connected to the same pipe, the pipe diameter will not be large enough to handle the fresh water from 100 water purifiers, which will affect the delivery efficiency.
Moreover, these pipes need to be long enough to connect water purifiers and reservoirs located far off the island's edge.
She roughly estimated that at least several thousand units of plastic would be needed.
I took a stroll through the trading hall and found that the price of plastics hadn't increased much, perhaps because plastics aren't widely used.
Luo Xinglan bought all the plastic she could, but only managed to buy a thousand units of plastic.
To save time, she first made two seawater purifiers and the matching pipes, and had the deep-sea turtle transport the two purifiers to the seaside. She also told the turtle how to operate them, which end to put in the sea, how to turn on the purifiers, and to bring the pipes back.
The deep-sea turtle quickly understood.
Luo Xinglan placed the water purifier on the turtle's back and let it go.
A short while later, the deep-sea turtle returned carrying two pipes in its mouth. With a wide-open mouth, the pipes fell into the reservoir.
The next moment, fresh water gushed out of the pipe.
Luo Xinglan continued to address the issue of insufficient plastic supply.
This time she didn't ask in the group. Sun Zexia and the others must also be planting trees, which means they urgently need a lot of fresh water. They don't even have enough plastic for themselves, so where would they get any extra to give to her?
Even if they offered it to her, she would be too embarrassed to accept it.
Moreover, she lacks too much and needs to acquire it in large quantities from around the world.
She simply shouted in the world channel: "Buying plastic! Buying plastic! Favorable price, 200 gold coins per unit. Those interested can list their plastic directly in the trading hall."
She rarely sends messages on the world channel unless absolutely necessary.
Because as soon as she sends a message, it gets pinned to the top of the chat, and the font is so eye-catching and bright that it attracts a lot of attention.
Just like now, as soon as she posted her message, it was immediately seen by a large number of survivors.
"Plastic? Why are you buying plastic, boss? You don't need plastic to repair the raft, do you?"
"The big boss must have a reason for collecting plastic! Does she have a premonition that plastic is the key to the next disaster?"
"I think the person upstairs is right! We should stock up on more plastic, just in case!"
"Huh? I was originally planning to sell it, but after seeing what you all said, I suddenly don't want to sell it anymore."
"Why sell it! 200 gold coins won't make you rich. On the contrary, it might be your lifeline in the next disaster. You should keep it for yourself!"
"Waaah, all the plastic I've had on display in the trading hall for over a month has been gone! It was all bought just now! I'm so angry!"
"See? Luo Xinglan must know something and is making preparations! Hold onto any plastic ones you have tightly, don't sell them easily!"
"That's right, and it's not just Luo Xinglan, even Boss Jiang Ruobai is collecting plastic! They're close, they must know something!"
"..."
Things seem to be going in a strange direction in the chat channel.
Luo Xinglan was a little confused for a moment.
No, let her sort it out first.
She was just collecting plastic, why are you all making such a big deal out of it?
That's great, they've even predicted the next disaster.
I must say, you guys have such wild imaginations!
Luo Xinglan was both amused and exasperated.
Sun Zexia posted directly in the group: "Seriously, I'm speechless. What's wrong with those people's thought processes? They're even starting conspiracy theories over collecting some plastic?"
Although Jiang Ruobai also found the matter somewhat unbelievable, she still reassured him: "Everyone has finally survived the hurricane, so they might be a bit sensitive right now. With so many of us collecting plastic, they're just overthinking it."
Ouyang Aotian: "So what do we do now? Without plastic, we can't make water purifiers, so we can't water the saplings, and how can we build the island?"
Other survivors might not care much about building their islands, but they are different.
That's my island after all, so of course I want to restore it to its original state.
Sun Zexia: "Why don't we all go and explain? Say it's for planting trees?"
Jiang Ruobai: "They won't believe it."
Jiang Mingze: "Well, if it really doesn't work, we'll just have to work hard and fetch water one trip after another."
Zhou Yiran: "There is a lake on my island, so I have easy access to water. I also have some plastic here, you can take it for now."
Sun Zexia: "Forget it, you'll inevitably use plastic sometimes, so don't give it to us."
Luo Xinglan suddenly had an idea: "I have an idea."
Sun Zexia: "What are your thoughts?"
Luo Xinglan thought it over and over and it seemed more and more feasible. "We can have the special monsters help us collect the plastic!"
Sun Zexia: "Huh? Would they be willing?"
Luo Xinglan: "We might not be willing to do it for free, but we can pay a certain fee."
Jiang Mingze: "But nobody wants to sell plastic to us anymore. Would they be willing to sell it to special monsters?"
Luo Xinglan: "Then let's find a way to make them believe that we're buying plastic to sell to special monsters. Jiang Ruobai, Ding Cheng, have your men spread the word that there's a rumor that special monsters are buying plastic for 300 gold coins—by the way, 300 gold coins per unit of plastic, can you accept that price?"
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