“Selling 50 milliliters of purified Sweet Spring Water, completely natural and pollution-free. Drinking it can not only regulate the body, but also strengthen your physique. Want to wear your underwear on the outside like Superman? Private Chat me with your bid! Stone is preferred. Attached: purified Sweet Spring Water information”
Before the other party replies, Private Chat only allows you to send one greeting message per day. However, there is no limit on the number of people you can contact. If you have the energy, you can simultaneously Private Chat ten thousand people.
Thus, less than three seconds after the message about selling spring water was sent, Li Qinglang’s Private Chat exploded:
“Five stones for one serving of spring water. Deal?”（Li Qinglang’s inner thoughts: I’ll trade you a damn XX, you damn XX.）
“I’ll bid ten stones. That’s everything I own. Big shot, please sell me one serving.”
“Gege~ I don’t have any stones, but I can trade you stockings. They’re unworn, you know~”（Not sincere at all; they didn’t even include a picture.）
“Fifteen stones. The price is negotiable. I hope the big shot replies.”
“Hello, big shot. Can you tell me how you obtained this spring water?”
Li Qinglang flipped through the Private Chat list with a pained expression. Most of the offers were insincere attempts to find a bargain, or just bizarre messages of all kinds.
At that moment, one Private Chat name caught Li Qinglang’s attention:
Huang Zhiteng: “Hello, brother. I don’t have any stones, but I can trade you something else. However, 50 milliliters of spring water won’t be enough. How much more do you have?”
Oh, looks like this is going to be a major trade. No wonder he ranks among the top people. Li Qinglang rubbed his chin and turned to look at the springhead pool, which was filled to the brim with 300 milliliters（The spring water produced during the daytime was drunk by Li Qinglang.）After thinking for a moment, he replied:
“I have another 200 milliliters of spring water. What will you trade for it?”
The other party replied instantly after receiving the message:
“How about this?”
【Mist-Piercing Glasses（Excellent）】
Introduction: Glasses made from special crystals. Correcting vision is their most basic function.
Note: Wearing the glasses can offset the mist’s effect on line of sight within a fifty-meter radius.
“Holy crap!” Li Qinglang rubbed his eyes, even suspecting that he was hallucinating. Huang Zhiteng was actually using an excellent-grade item for the trade!
Although purified Sweet Spring Water was also an excellent-grade item, one was a consumption item, while the other was a reusable item closely related to the mist. Anyone who wasn’t an absolute idiot would know which one was more valuable!
After rubbing his cheeks, Li Qinglang calmed his excitement.
Was Huang Zhiteng an idiot? Obviously not. Someone capable of creating his own faction at the first opportunity by following the direction of the chat could never be brainless! Then why would he put the Mist-Piercing Glasses up for trade?
After pondering for a moment, Li Qinglang came up with a guess. Regardless, he still wanted to try to obtain the glasses:
“This item is quite good, but I currently need to prioritize using my trade opportunities to upgrade the Shelter. How about we trade tomorrow?”
“Brother, to be honest, I’m rather urgent for this spring water. How about this? I’ll give you an additional piece of information.”
What Li Qinglang didn’t expect was that Huang Zhiteng was extremely urgent for the spring water. He carefully reread the spring water’s effects: strengthening the physique and regulating the body.
Honestly, although the effects were very practical, drinking it earlier or later wouldn’t make much difference. Its body-regulating effect couldn’t save a life, either. If Huang Zhiteng was injured, the Healing Potion in the chat channel would undoubtedly be a better choice.
There was no time to worry about that. He would reply first:
“Information is too vague. Besides, I don’t know whether you’re trying to deceive me. What if you fob me off with a worthless message? There’d be nothing I could do about it. If you want to trade, we should still wait until tomorrow.”
“How about this? I’ll tell you the information first. It’s definitely extremely useful and can bring you profits with absolute certainty. To tell you the truth, I didn’t obtain my Heavenly Dipper Array from opening a chest!”
Upon hearing this, Li Qinglang was startled!
Indeed, the effect of the Heavenly Dipper Array was far too powerful, clearly surpassing the other excellent-grade items by a wide margin. He had originally thought Huang Zhiteng had obtained it by opening a chest through heaven-defying luck, but now it seemed that wasn’t the case.
“Fine, but besides this message, you also have to answer one question for me.”
“What question?”
“Tell me the message first.”
“All right, I won’t keep you waiting. I’ll tell you.”
Li Qinglang sat up slightly straighter and stared at the words that followed:
“Besides the beginner iron treasure chest, every Survivor will actually receive one reward. However, this reward can only be obtained by entering the Dense Fog Zone! Once you enter the Dense Fog Zone, the reward will deliver itself right to you.
The visibility in the Dense Fog Zone is practically zero, so you must have an item capable of dealing with the mist. Otherwise, even if you were only one step from the exit, there would still be a high chance of getting lost inside. Therefore, an item like the Mist-Piercing Glasses is important to every Survivor. You’re definitely the one profiting from this trade.”
Li Qinglang asked: “Since the Mist-Piercing Glasses are so important, why don’t you keep them for yourself?”
“Is that the question you wanted me to answer?”
“No, it isn’t.”
“Then I can’t answer you. I think I’ve already shown sufficient sincerity.”
“Tsk, this old fox really keeps his mouth shut!”
When Huang Zhiteng brought out the Mist-Piercing Glasses for trade, Li Qinglang had already formed a guess.
Something had definitely happened in the dense fog! This wasn’t referring to obtaining a precious item, but to danger! Some unknown danger had occurred, causing him to be unwilling—or even unable—to enter the Dense Fog Zone again.
Only this reason would make Huang Zhiteng bring out an item like the Mist-Piercing Glasses, because they were already useless to him, at least in the short term.
However, the reward in the Dense Fog Zone should be real. Wealth comes from taking risks; even if the Dense Fog Zone contained unknown risks, it was still worth taking a gamble!
“I can trade with you, but as we agreed earlier, you still need to answer one question for me.”
“Go ahead. What’s the question?”
“Why are you... so anxious to get the spring water?”
This question was very important to Li Qinglang. He speculated that the spring water must have some other hidden use he didn’t know about; otherwise, there was no way to explain Huang Zhiteng’s urgency. If he could learn the reason, the spring water’s usefulness might even rise to another level!
Unlike before, when he had replied instantly, the other party remained silent for a long time. Just as Li Qinglang thought the other side had logged off, a long message was finally sent:
“How about this? I can tell that you definitely want to trade for these Mist-Piercing Glasses. However, because of the trade limit, you want to prioritize upgrading your Shelter and claiming the System gift pack. I’ll give you one additional piece of information: after upgrading to a Level-Two Shelter, you’ll unlock two Friend Slots. Friends can make one additional trade with each other every day.
Go exchange for the materials to upgrade your Shelter first. Once you reach Level Two, we’ll add each other as friends and trade the spring water and glasses. However, I can only wait half an hour. There are definitely others with items possessing the same function. As for the question you asked, I’ll answer it after the trade succeeds.”
After thinking for a moment, Li Qinglang agreed to the other party’s proposal.
However, he wasn’t postponing the trade merely because he wanted to upgrade the Shelter. After analyzing everything, he felt that the Mist-Piercing Glasses’ function wasn’t as powerful as he had imagined—or rather, their function was restricted by some unknown reason!
But Huang Zhiteng was right about one thing: Li Qinglang really did want the Mist-Piercing Glasses, so he had to quickly exchange for supplies to upgrade the Shelter!
Switching back to the World Chat Channel, Li Qinglang this time included Sweet Spring Water, purified seawater, and coconuts in his message:
“Selling two practical items and giant coconuts. One coconut can satisfy one day’s food and two days’ water needs. Only exchanging for wood and stone. Those who want to buy, send me your bid in Private Chat. First come, first served!”
This time, the people who Private Chatted him were much more reliable. Most were genuinely making sincere offers. Unexpectedly, however, neither the Sweet Spring Water nor the purified seawater was as popular as the coconuts. Most people offered 20–30 wood for a coconut.
But thinking about it, that made sense. At present, the Survivors had only been on the Mist Continent for one day at most. During this period, the demand for items with healing properties was certainly far lower than the demand for food and water. But as more time passed, the price of healing items would definitely rise higher and higher!
Just as Li Qinglang was preparing to select several people with the highest offers and contact them to list the trades on the Exchange, a rich man’s Private Chat arrived:
“Wang Yixin: I want all three items. One trade! 200 wood. Deal?”
“Holy crap, a rich brother! To be able to offer so much wood, he must have already upgraded to a Level-Two Shelter, right?”
“Naturally. A mere Level-Two Shelter is nothing to me~”
Although there were only three trades per day, there was no limit on the quantity or types of items in each trade. Thus, the larger the trade, the more beneficial it was for both Survivors. But Li Qinglang truly hadn’t expected such a major order to come along!
“You really can’t underestimate anyone. Everyone has their own opportunities.”
While sighing with emotion, he replied:
“Rich brother, do you have any stone? One hundred wood plus 30 stone. If you agree, I’ll List the trade.”
“Sure!”
Li Qinglang was delighted upon hearing this. The upgrade materials were handled, and he would even have some left over. He hadn’t expected things to go so smoothly. If he’d known, he wouldn’t have argued with Huang Zhiteng and would have traded away the Mist-Piercing Glasses directly.
“Good, I’ll List the trade. May I ask where you got so many materials? If you can continue producing them, we can add each other as friends later and maintain a long-term partnership.”
“Of course I can keep producing them. Do you have many coconuts? If so, I can trade with you every day.”
“I don’t have many coconuts, but I have spring water that can strengthen the physique, as well as purified seawater with antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties, every day. By the way, rich brother, can you trade this many materials every day?”
Li Qinglang couldn’t help but doubt him. The other party simply had too many materials. Roughly calculating, Wang Yixin had needed 100 wood and 50 stone for his own upgrade. Judging from his offer just now, he still had at least 200 wood and 30 stone left, and that probably wasn’t everything.
In other words, Wang Yixin had at least 300 wood and 80 stone!
Based on Li Qinglang’s daytime tree-felling experience, one person could only chop around 200 wood in a day without eating or drinking.
If Wang Yixin had obtained a Bronze Treasure Chest and received a large amount of materials from it, Li Qinglang could understand. But if he claimed to be able to acquire a large amount of resources over the long term, Li Qinglang couldn’t help but feel suspicious.