Chapter 44: Return to the top spot on the third day of the Eclipse Rainy Season and the intelligence storm...
While they were selling, Yu Luowei wasn't idle either. With the basement, the storage room automatically moved there, expanding the area. However, because there weren't enough shelves, many items were neatly arranged on the floor.
Yu Luowei bought a few iron shelves and some nails, and then neatly nailed a row of them onto the empty space on the wall of the storage room, stacking the items neatly. He also found a label from the warehouse and marked it.
After placing a few large blocks of ice outside the storage room wall to control the temperature, Yu Luowei finally finished all her work for the night. After pocketing her points for the evening, she returned to her bed on the second floor.
After a night, the rain intensified. The daylight also dimmed. Yu Luowei went out to take a look. The water had risen to the third step, reaching her calf.
Ma Tuan couldn't stay at the base yet, as he had to bring the duck back. He took a plastic bucket into the pet space, and then teleported to the Black Abyss Entrance Lake with Yu Luowei.
It was also raining on the lakeside, but there was no water around it, as if an invisible barrier separated the outside world from the lake. Yu Luowei could even see through the "barrier" into the water, but she had to squat down.
I filled a bucket with lake water, caught the two ducks, and added a few fish. I then had Ma Tuan take them to the pet space. The pet space wouldn't get dirty or pick up any odors, so Ma Tuan deliberately left out its nest this time to avoid further soiling.
After hesitating for a while, Yu Luowei folded the raincoat into his rain boots and prepared to go to the crystal mine to check the situation.
There seemed to be a few more treasure chests today. In just this short walk, he'd already kicked over three. After putting the bracelet in his hand, Yu Luowei continued his trek, finally arriving at the crystal mine.
I used the item protection card yesterday, and the accumulated water around the crystal mine and in the mine disappeared today. Just like the lake at the entrance to the Black Abyss, there seems to be an invisible barrier nearby.
This was just right. Yu Luowei took the opportunity to go down and dig for a while, and also dug some nearby stones.
In just a moment, the water had risen a bit, reaching Yu Luowei's knees, making further exploration difficult. But there were still quite a few treasure chests today, so Yu Luowei decided to take a quick look around and then use the teleport card at the crystal mine.
After only a few steps, Yu Luowei had already found three more treasure chests. However, the treasure chests were easier to find than to collect—they seemed firmly stuck to the ground, and no matter how hard she kicked, they wouldn't budge, let alone float. Yu Luowei had to bend down to pick them up, soaking her clothes and gear.
Resisting the damp feeling on her body, Yu Luowei returned to the crystal mine, marked the teleportation card, and then teleported back to the base.
Pour the water and fish in the bucket into the pond, and then put the duck in the enclosure near the pond. However, to get to the pond, they had to go through the gate of the enclosure, so Ma Tuan volunteered to teach the duck how to open the gate.
Although she had her doubts about the success of this plan, Yu Luowei didn't want to be a spoiler, so she let Ma Tuan go. She just wanted to take this opportunity to collect the dried grass and wild millet.
After finishing the collection, Ma Tuan was having fun playing with the little animals. Yu Luowei asked about it and learned that they would not be threatened by the decline of mental strength in the dark night, so he returned to the shelter alone.
After plugging in the power card, Yu Luowei took off her soaking wet clothes and went to take a shower. The outer clothes were just ordinary equipment, and they were almost worn out after wearing them for so long, so Yu Luowei planned to throw them away and buy a new set.
Just as I was about to throw it into the universal garbage disposer, a prompt appeared: [Unable to use].
This item was opened during the novice period. Yu Luowei had been accustomed to using it to convert garbage into fertilizer for such a long time. Suddenly, it became unusable without the word "temporarily" in the text, which made Yu Luowei feel uneasy.
After sending a message to the group to inquire, they found out that except for Fang Min, everyone else had returned to their respective shelters, but they had not yet had time to use the garbage disposal. After Yu Luowei asked this, they finally checked, and the result was the same: it was unusable.
Opening the chat channel, someone also complained about this. Since everyone was doing the same, it must be a system setting, perhaps related to the upcoming activities. Yu Luowei temporarily placed the garbage in a special plastic bag and did not throw it outside.
After tidying herself up, Yu Luowei sat back on the sofa and opened the six supply boxes for today.
Four more electric cards were opened from four green and two blue treasure chests, as well as a humidity tester, a dehumidifier and a humidifier, two height breakthrough stones and various materials, oh, and a set of brooms.
This appliance is quite appropriate. Yu Luowei placed the humidity meter and dehumidifier in the basement to control the humidity in the storage room. As for upstairs, the campfire and fireplace will suffice.
The broom was just right. The rain outside was getting heavier, and the thunder and lightning were becoming more frequent. Yu Luowei went out to feed the animals, made sure the animal enclosures could block out some noise, and then cleaned the base and brought back the glutinous rice balls. The garbage was placed together with the previous garbage.
Before coming in, she took a special look at the current level of the accumulated water. In just a short while, it had risen to one-third of the platform under the base, almost two meters high. The speed of the rise was simply extraordinarily fast.
The first thing to do upon entering is to use stones to continue to increase the height. Today there is no height limit, but after reaching ten meters, a height breakthrough stone is required to continue to increase. Moreover, the materials required after ten meters have become two types, the quantity remains the same, and the ratio can be determined by the survivor.
Yu Luowei used cement, red bricks, and stones in turn, and finally raised it to 20 meters in one breath, about the height of six or seven stories. After going out to take a look, Yu Luowei suddenly felt a little afraid of heights.
This had already used up more than half of Yu Luowei's inventory. Looking at the remaining materials, Yu Luowei felt a pang of pain. However, this game shouldn't be so exaggerated as to raise the ground 10 meters overnight. At least for the next two days, it would be safe, so she decided not to continue climbing.
Fang Min finally returned. She explained that she had stumbled upon a supply chest just after leaving the house today, and then stumbled upon two more while searching for her activation key. Her activation key chest was located on a platform supported by a tall cactus, next to a cute green desert cat. She had obtained the chest, as she had expected, by defeating the enlarged desert cat monster. However, after knocking the desert cat to the ground, the kitten returned to its original form. She played with it for a while before reluctantly leaving.
Since the desert is usually quite resource-scarce, there aren't many treasure chests. Fang Min, thinking about how she'd already found four treasure chests in the short time she'd been out, decided not to rush back and instead look for more. At about the same time and location as usual, Fang Min found nine more treasure chests, triple the amount she'd found before the event.
After Fang Min finished explaining her situation, Zhao Linlang also mentioned that it felt like there were a few more treasure chests today than usual. Yu Luowei curiously asked Lin Zhixia, Jiang Nian'an, and Su Tang, and everyone shared the same sentiment. Now Yu Luowei was a little worried about the game messing up. But today's treasure chests were just a few more; it wouldn't mean there wouldn't be any around starting tomorrow!
Speaking of which, the water's already so high, unless we dive, we won't be able to go out and explore tomorrow. But so far, Yu Luowei hasn't brought out the fishing rod. It's reasonable to assume that the fishing rod should be the main prop for the activity. Yu Luowei pondered.
After the matter at the shelter was settled, Yu Luowei went to the kitchen to cook dinner. While eating, Yu Luowei glanced at the current leaderboard. On the progress leaderboard, she was still the first in the overall leaderboard. The top ten in the overall leaderboard were all 20 meters.
Yu Luowei thought about it and raised the height by another five meters to widen the gap. By the way, she also tried to test whether others could only raise it to 20 meters or whether it was the same as her and it was just a temporary measure.
Others in the chat channel have also been paying attention to the leaderboard:
Qi Jing: Wow, a big shot is a big shot. He started from scratch and still managed to climb to the top.
[Bobby: It's only the second day, and the gap hasn't widened. She might still be first in the end!]
This Bobby's full name is Bobby Quick. He is the leader of the organization that recruited Jin Yu. He is from another country, but the system's translation is quite accurate and there is nothing strange about it.
However, Yu Luowei still didn't know about his relationship with Jin Yu. He just paid more attention to him because his name was a bit strange. Since the end of the novice period, there have been many questions about the rankings. Yu Luowei couldn't target anyone because of this, so he just continued to widen the gap in the rankings to slap him in the face.
But now, there is no time to continue paying attention to this Bobby, there are more important things that need her to solve:
Ma Ming: Who was selling that information yesterday?! I bought it, but it's useless! I still haven't found the key to start it today! Are you guys colluding to scam people? Did they get to number one on the list just by using our stuff?!
Ji Yu: Oh, no way. I think the intel is quite right. The monster I saw yesterday asked me to solve math problems, and I couldn't do any of them. I deliberately wore my best gear today, just to win. And the leaderboard has always been number one. Could she have taken our resources in advance to maintain her ranking?
Shu Chen: Yeah, I think it's quite useful too. And as they say, intelligence isn't always useful, so everyone should think carefully before purchasing. Not to mention, the boss was number one on the six charts last season, so it's normal for him to have more resources, right? As for you, I seem to remember you were working with that resource scammer, Jin Yu?
Ma Ming: I don't care what you say! God knows if you accepted bribes from Yu Luowei to speak for her? It's useless to me!
Yu Luowei still had some memories of Ji Yu and Shu Chen; they were two of the buyers she had previously processed her ingredients for. She was grateful that they were speaking up for her. She secretly memorized their names, intending to offer them a discount the next time she had the opportunity to process her ingredients.
However, Yu Luowei and the others had briefly discussed emergency measures yesterday regarding Ma Ming's behavior, especially regarding him, Jin Yu, and Zhou Jianhui. So before long, Zhao Linlang spoke up:
Zhao Linlang: Ma Ming, I remember you mentioned you were in the ocean when you first arrived, right? We already announced this before the sale. Since we didn't consult with survivors in the ocean, we don't recommend it to other survivors. It's a bit inappropriate for you to blame us after buying it, isn't it?
After saying that, he also attached a screenshot of Ma Ming’s previous chat history.
Ma Ming's face turned red and white behind the screen. Who would have thought that they could find such an old chat record? But he didn't give up yet:
Ma Ming: Since you can find the chat records now, why didn't you refuse my purchase back then? It was useless! You must compensate me!
Now other people couldn't stand it anymore:
Lin Lu: There were so many people yesterday, I didn't have the time to look for them one by one. I even complained about their slow delivery! Besides, shouldn't people be responsible for themselves? If you insist on buying it and they don't sell it, will you still accuse them of discrimination?
Lin Zhixia: Thank you all for speaking up for us. Also, can some people please respect this game? This is a survival game, not an office struggle game. Winning doesn't guarantee a promotion or a raise, so just focus on your own business!
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