'Should I make contact with the humans on the raft, or should I continue sailing alone?'
Very soon, Chen Changan made his decision. 'I'll make contact, but I have to be careful! Humans are the natural enemies of humans!'
When resources were insufficient, Chen Changan himself believed that it was only right to care about himself. However, contact was necessary.
Chen Changan had some plans in his heart that required him to communicate with others to realize.
He thought for a moment and said seriously, "Orange, take a rest first. When you've recovered your ability to swim rapidly, we'll go over!"
Chirp chirp~
Orange understood the order and swam beside The Flying Henan People to recover its strength slowly.
On the other side of the sea, Chen Changan could make out that the three people standing in the middle of the raft were also wary of strangers.
After Orange rested for five minutes, Chen Changan let it pull The Flying Henan People in the direction of the large raft.
The distance between the two sides gradually shortened.
One hundred meters.
Fifty meters.
Fifteen meters.
Chen Changan waved his hand to signal for Orange to stop swimming.
On the raft, an old man with a straight back was holding a wooden spear and staring fiercely at Chen Changan. The young man beside him wore glasses and looked refined, but he was also holding a wooden plank and looking at Chen Changan angrily.
Chen Changan silently memorized a measurement—15 meters.
When the Flying Henan entered the 15-meter range, the old man and the young man simultaneously picked up their weapons.
Fifteen to twenty meters was perhaps a safe distance between strangers.
Behind them were a pregnant young girl and an old lady sleeping on a raft.
The old man shouted, "You're not welcome here. Please leave!"
Chen Changan didn't feel angry because of this and guessed, "They must be worried that I'll steal the food and drinking water obtained from the aid mission."
In the aid mission, every person who helped an old, weak, or sick person would be rewarded with 30 days of food and water. It was indeed a treasure that could arouse the greed of others.
Most importantly, humans were huge resources. Killing people could also be exchanged for drifting resources!
There were no reviewers on the Deep Sea Forum. The evilness of human nature had long been exposed in countless posts, be it husband and wife, father and son, brothers, mother and daughter-in-law, the old, the weak, and the sick.
There were countless such cases.
Compared to the Sea Demoness who could be killed with the Blade of Exorcism, Chen Changan felt that… the human heart was more terrifying than malicious ghosts!
It was normal for the old man and the young man to be wary of Chen Changan.
When Chen Changan saw that the old and weak of this family were still alive, he approved of this family's character. Thus, he said loudly, "I have cooked food and hot water in my hands. Every time you answer my question, I will give you a bottle of hot water!"
The old man was still angry. He held the wooden spear as he would a rifle and said coldly, "We can answer your questions, but we don't need your water."
Chen Changan smiled slightly. 'As long as they are willing to communicate, there will be a possibility of the matter being settled.'
He roared, "Is there any danger in this sea?"
The old man hesitated for a while and seemed to warn him, "There's a shark nearby, but it hasn't swum over yet!"
"Thank you for your answer." Chen Changan nodded; this was in line with his deduction.
The Deep Sea World protected families far more than singles. As long as a family didn't actively release blood to provoke sharks, sharks would not approach them. This also led to the majority of humans who opened the trading market being single males.
Chen Changan asked the second question: "Have you considered how you will survive after the mission rewards are depleted?"
The old man and the young man looked at each other and said in unison, "It's none of your business!"
Chen Changan felt that the time was ripe, so he threw out a piece of news. "For the sake of being Chinese, do you know about the trading market? The food and drinking water obtained from non-deployment and non-diverting supplies can be used to trade if the amount accumulated exceeds seven days' worth."
Not everyone had Chen Changan's ability to gather information.
'Hunting large creatures gives you access to drifting supplies' was widely known, but the trading market itself was a benefit available only to a small number of people. The entry threshold to the trading market was unfamiliar to families who had never hunted sharks.
The old man stared at Chen Changan with his sharp gaze and said coldly, "So what if we know? We can't kill sharks!"
Chen Changan spoke calmly. "It doesn't have to be a shark. Meat and any food will do, such as kelp, squid, fish, and shrimp. As long as you get enough food for a week in a short time, you'll be able to enter the trading market. You can search the keywords to understand the trading market's benefits."
The old man and the young man seemed to be moved.
Chen Changan realized that he had achieved his goal, so he patted the bow of the boat and chuckled. "Orange, let's go."
The old man and the young man held their weapons and watched Chen Changan leave.
Orange dragged The Flying Henan People for 100 meters before being stopped by Chen Changan.
He had two motives for negotiating with this family. First, try to communicate with the humans from Earth in the alternate world and familiarize himself with how to communicate with humans in the new environment of the ocean doomsday.
Once the novice period ended, the communication between humans would inevitably intensify. Chen Changan wanted to train his social skills in the new environment in advance. Those who had lived alone knew that if they didn't communicate in reality for a long time, they wouldn't be able to buy food without stuttering.
After 23 days, billions of humans who lived alone for a month would enter the New World!
Furthermore, the old Earth era's marks—such as country, religion, class, and so on—couldn't possibly disappear within a month. It was highly likely that civil wars would break out one after another!
One had to think ahead!
Chen Changan naturally had to make plans early.
Secondly, it was an experiment.
After a day and night of sailing, Chen Changan had a lot of time to think. As a husky who had sneaked into the wolf pack, Chen Changan remembered that he had, at most, a week's worth of drinking water when he first entered the trading market. However, he had successfully started his business in the trading market.
Chen Changan wanted to experiment.
Was the value of seven days accurate? Could it be applied to food?
If the experiment was successful, Chen Changan would immediately release the data to accelerate the expansion of the market.
The more people there were in the trading market, the more confident Changan—the owner of the plantation ship—was in obtaining more benefits from the expanding market.
Chen Changan smiled and looked in the direction of the raft family. "Be my tool."
He would know the results of this experiment tomorrow.