Qi Xu had wanted to stop and sort through all her loot right away, but she couldn’t bear to waste daylight hours she could spend driving forward…
So after a moment’s hesitation, she decided to keep driving first and wait until nightfall to clean up and organize everything. Once the 7 days were up, the players with the longest distance traveled and the most supplies would definitely get a reward!
Her electric tricycle might be slow, but she could make up for it by driving longer!
Maybe once her vehicle was upgraded, she would trade up in a big way and still have a shot at competing for everything. Besides, Qi Xu doubted anyone could get this much gasoline so early in the game.
Everyone would definitely want to save a little stock for emergencies.
Qi Xu didn’t stop the tricycle until 9 p.m.
She stretched her stiff limbs a little, rubbed her hands together, and walked over to the cargo bed with excitement written all over her face.
First, she picked out everything edible and uploaded it all to the trading channel.
“Slightly spoiled whole wheat bread ×10: People in good physical condition will be fine after eating it, but if your stomach is already upset, eating this will very likely give you diarrhea.”
“Yogurt expired by two days ×3: If you think it’s fine to drink, then it’s fine.”
“Half a ham sausage: I don’t know where the other half went either, but it’s edible anyway.”
“Super-sweet strawberry cake ×2: That’s why someone took one bite and threw it out.”
“Dirty chocolate pastry: Do you think it was dirty to begin with?”
“Rather murky water: Not recommended for drinking, though if you boil it and let it settle, drinking it isn’t out of the question. Anyway, I’m not the one drinking it.”
Qi Xu still had some food on hand, so she wasn’t desperate. As for the food scavenged from the dump, she didn’t think she was hard-up enough to keep it for herself.
Eating these things would definitely deduct Health, though probably only one or two points. Qi Xu hadn’t picked up anything that had gone too bad.
For people who badly needed food, even these could save lives.
So apart from an unopened pack of Want Want rice crackers and two unopened tubs of instant noodles, Qi Xu planned to sell all of it, and she could keep the prices fairly low.
After uploading the items, Qi Xu went to the chat channel and posted a message.
Invincible Black Whirlwind: “Uploaded a bunch of food and drinks to the trading space. If you need anything, send a trade request directly. I’ll accept or reject them once I’m done here and see them. Pretty busy right now, so no DMs to haggle.”
“What? Selling food and drinks in bulk—are my eyes playing tricks on me?!”
“I took a look around and isn’t all of it near-expired or already expired? Eating that won’t mess me up, right?!”
Invincible Black Whirlwind: “It’s all written clearly in the item descriptions. Buy it if you need it, ignore it if you don’t.”
Trade requests were already trickling in one after another.
[Glass ×2 for Dirty chocolate pastry ×1]
[Rubber ×1 for Half a ham sausage]
[Toilet paper ×2 for Super-sweet strawberry cake ×1]
[Wood ×5 for Slightly spoiled whole wheat bread ×3]
……..
As long as the offers trading basic materials for food weren’t too ridiculous, Qi Xu accepted them all.
Among them was a trade request marked in red from a friend.
Retired Magical Boy: Batteries ×3 for whole wheat bread and yogurt.
Qi Xu gave him 5 loaves of whole wheat bread and 2 yogurts.
Before long, she got a wildly grateful message back from him: “This much?! I thought I was gonna starve to death! Boohoo, thank you, boss!”
Qi Xu didn’t forget to remind him, “If you get any vehicle upgrade fragments or random good stuff you don’t need, remember to ask me first. I’ll give you a good price!”
Retired Magical Boy: “Got it! Don’t worry, don’t worry! No problem.”
There were also plenty of bizarre trade requests. Qi Xu ignored those, and the nastier ones she blocked outright.
For example: [Hot girl’s black-stocking photo for whole wheat bread], [One sweet kiss for the sweetest strawberry cake]..
Now those people were real freeloaders. Qi Xu couldn’t be bothered to give them the time of day.
Even after all the food and drinks were cleared out, the tricycle’s cargo bed was still piled high.
Mostly because there were a few bulky items in there! She unloaded everything from the cargo bed first, then sorted through it piece by piece.
[Worn-out crafting bench: An old piece of junk that got phased out. Still usable if you make do with it, though there’s no telling when it’ll fall apart for good.] Find the original chapter at novelping(.)com.
[Nylon rope: Super strong and durable.]
Qi Xu took out those two items first and used the rope to lash the crafting bench tightly to the back of the electric tricycle.
Even though it hung off the rear, she wrapped the rope around it several times. Qi Xu even climbed up and bounced on it a couple of times, finding it rock-solid without a hint of wobble.
Pretty nice. That way, when her legs went numb from sleeping curled up at night, she could rest them on it instead of letting them dangle.
It was just old, beat-up, and rusty, so next to her cute pink tricycle it looked a bit out of place—but that didn’t matter at all. Qi Xu was very pleased with it.
[Damaged portable solar power box: Can be connected to various electrical appliances, though it’s broken! Needs to be repaired on a crafting bench!]
Qi Xu grinned. Now wasn’t that convenient? Her eyes had lit up the moment she spotted this gem in the garbage pile earlier that day.
With the portable solar power box, she could charge her electric tricycle and batteries every night, and from now on she wouldn’t have to worry at all about the tricycle running out of power and stalling. That saved her a huge headache.
Qi Xu set the damaged power box onto the crafting bench.
A prompt showed that repairing it required: iron wire ×8, electrical wire ×1, rubber ×2.
Qi Xu already had iron wire and rubber; all she lacked was electrical wire.
So she headed back to the chat channel.
A lot of the people who had bought food were posting messages thanking her.
Possessed by Bad Luck: “Good thing Boss Invincible was here, or I wouldn’t have made it through tonight. Food’s being sold at such crazy prices I couldn’t afford any at all. Ate some bread and I finally feel alive again.”
Player 1122: “For an unlucky player like me, three days have gone by and I’ve only run into 4 boxes! The only food I got out of them was a single compressed biscuit! Good thing the big shot didn’t mind how little I offered and traded me a strawberry cake. It was freaking delicious!”
Donut: “Boohoo, I wanted to grab some too, but it’s all sold out. Got any left, big shot? @Invincible Black Whirlwind”
Qi Xu scrolled up a bit, sent two clasped-fist emojis in reply first, and then asked: “Who has electrical wire? DM me.”
Donut: “Big bro, could you tell me what electrical wire is for? I have some, but I’m scared to trade it away.”
Player 1019: “Ahhh, have you entered the electrical age already? Feel like I’m still stuck rubbing sticks together to make fire.”
Qi Xu didn’t reply in the group chat because several private messages had already pinged. She went through them one by one.
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