Enthusiastic text messages flooded the communication channel.
Meng Lei's insistence on not increasing the price brought him unanimous praise!
It had to be known that at the current stage of the exploration, any resource was incomparably precious.
Even a single unit of iron was almost linked to life and death.
This was because for all the other players, every time they entered the water, it was equivalent to walking through the gates of hell.
No one knew if there would be sea monsters lurking at the next anomaly.
Sometimes, it might be because of a piece of iron ore that led to tragedy that should not have happened.
Therefore, those middlemen did not seem to earn much.
However, in the eyes of most players, this practice was undoubtedly sucking their blood, invariably pushing them into an even more desperate abyss!
That was why everyone was furious!
On the contrary, Meng Lei's insistence on setting the price at three units of resources was equivalent to being a savior.
At the critical moment, it might really save a life!
Therefore, regardless of whether or not there were players who bought fish, they would more or less owe Meng Lei a favor.
Those who bought fish at a low price naturally cheered.
There were also several buyers who specially sent a private message to express their heartfelt gratitude.
To a certain extent, the people who did not manage to buy the fish also had a corresponding recognition of Meng Lei.
In any case, this matter caused a huge commotion in Channel 66671.
The fervor did not decrease for a long time.
The name Bottomless Valley was once again widely known by many players.
From the beginning to the end, as the captain of Bottomless Valley, Meng Lei did not say anything.
The speech limt on the regional communication channel was only five times per day.
He would not waste such a precious opportunity on these meaningless arguments.
Instead of chatting, it was better to make use of the opportunity to speak and earn five more reputation points every day!
In addition, he could not be bothered with the overwhelming number of private messages and chose to ignore them all.
The content of these private messages was nothing worthy of his special attention.
It was nothing more than others wanting to ask about the method of catching fish when they saw that he had obtained such a huge harvest.
Either that, or they were requesting him to be their sugar daddy and hope that the big boss would be kind enough to give them something not nutritious.
He did not even reply to the inquiry sent by Divine Dragon. Instead, he turned off the private chat.
In fact, he did not have the energy to deal with private messages anymore.
More than 30 live fish were sold out in less than ten seconds after they were put on the racks.
Even the 20 fish that were locked on to the trading requirement of carbon were sold out in an instant.
Reality proved that a high-demand resource like carbon might not be as scarce as Meng Lei had imagined.
It was just that he was unlucky and did not come across it along the way.
Of course, it was also possible that a middleman had interfered and caused such a dumping incident. It triggered the other players' sense of crisis, causing them to be afraid that if they were slow again, those speculators might beat them to it again.
That was why Meng Lei's batch of fish would be sold so quickly in the end.
However, Meng Lei didn't care about that.
With more than 60 units of carbon in his account, if he used them all, he could fabricate more than 60 units of steel bars.
Not to mention modifying the turret, even upgrading the submarine's hull was more than enough!
Such a rapid development had exceeded Meng Lei's expectations.
He had to admit that the gravity ball had helped him a lot.
Without the gravity ball, even if he had the game cheat, it was impossible for him to obtain so many resources in such a short period of time.
It had unknowingly widened the gap between him and all the players at this stage.
"It is the will of Heaven, the will of Heaven! Hehe…"
Meng Lei was in a good mood. He walked happily to the submarine's living quarters with his hands behind his back.
He opened the weapons workshop.
A list of shipborne weapons appeared in front of him impressively.
Electromagnetic turrets, machine gun turrets, laser turrets, railguns…
Four different types of weapons, like four stunning beauties with different styles, were at his disposal.
To be honest, Meng Lei really wanted to try all four different weapons.
Unfortunately, with the current hull structure of the submarine, it was not enough to carry too many weapons.
Of these four turrets, he could only choose one for the time being as the main firepower during the exploration period.
Fortunately, the game cheat had already introduced the advantages and disadvantages of various weapons to him in detail.
It also clearly pointed out which weapon was the most suitable at this stage.
Meng Lei's gaze moved and locked onto the electromagnetic turret at the top of the list.
[Electromagnetic Turret: Steel Bar: 0/20; Copper: 20/20; Iron: 20/20; Aluminum: 20/20]
[You're only one step away from successfully building your first shipborne turret. What are you waiting for?! The thick 30mm cannon muzzle is already hungry and thirsty. It can't wait to drink the alien planet's blood that wanders in the darkness!]
As the various resources were in place, the notification given by the game cheat changed again.
At this moment, the horror of being watched by an outsider suddenly surfaced in Meng Lei's heart, causing a chill to run down his spine.
This hint given by the game cheat that had a certain level of subjective consciousness was not fixed. Instead, it was constantly changing according to Meng Lei's current situation.
That strange feeling was as if an invisible person had been secretly watching him and writing in front of his eyes. It made one's scalp involuntarily tingle.
Even though Meng Lei had read an astonishing volume of online literature, and he was already used to all kinds of strange settings, after experiencing it personally, he realized that the feeling was definitely not as lightly described as in books.
It was simply chilling!
However, the excitement of building a shipborne turret finally diluted that thrill.
Meng Lei did not think too much about it and rushed to the manufacturing station excitedly.
He opened the manufacturing list and found the option to make steel bars.
[Steel Bar: Carbon: 1/1; Iron: 1/1]
Without hesitation, he made 20 units of steel bars in one go.
Meng Lei returned to the weapons workshop.
At this moment, the production option of the electromagnetic turret had changed.
The gray production button was surrounded by a pale blue halo. It carried a magical temptation that attracted Meng Lei to touch it.
The next moment, an ethereal and deep System notification sounded in his mind.
[System notification: Congratulations on forging your first shipborne weapon. It represents an extremely important step forward in the deep and endless abyss of the alien planet! The Alien Planet Alliance is looking forward to your next performance!]
[System notification: Electromagnetic turret construction in progress, please wait…]