Andrew slept until dawn, but he couldn't afford to sleep in this place where he was exploring for no more than four hours. He yawned and reached for the magic book on the bedside table.
[Time 6:31, 1 hour and 29 minutes until sunrise]
[The temperature is moderate, the weather is average today, and it may rain at any time. Please pay attention to repairing the roof of the grass shed!]
Then Andrew opened the chat channel and took a glance.
[Regional chat channel]
[Online users: 780]
Surprisingly, the number of people had decreased by 220 since yesterday. Andrew was a bit shocked. And the chat content below had been non-stop since last night. If there weren't limits on the number of messages people could send each day, Andrew estimated there would be over 9999+ by now.
"I was so scared last night. If I hadn't started the fire with a wooden drill in time, I think I would have died! Really, I heard a low growl behind me at that time, and I think if my fire had been lit even a little later, I would have been caught! Although I had a fire, I almost froze to death in the middle of the night because the wood was running low. It's even more exaggerated where I am. There was a small stream outside, and at midnight, I saw that the water in the stream was frozen solid. In the morning, I could still hear the sound of ice cracking."
"I'm so hungry! Can any big shot give me something to eat? I haven't slept all night because of hunger! I didn't want to stay in this shit place for another day! I want to die!"
However, just as Andrew finished reading this message, he saw that the words disappeared one by one as if they were erased by an eraser. And the number of online users dropped to 779.
Did someone really die? The system would automatically erase their traces once they died. It was too cruel!
At this moment, Andrew truly felt the cruelty of this game. It seemed that he needed to work harder.
Andrew decided to finish breakfast early, make all necessary preparations, and rush out to forage as soon as the mist cleared. He needed to find everything he could use and increase the defense value of his small wooden house to ensure he could survive safely in this ghost place.
[Mackerel: tender and delicious, but it should be consumed as soon as possible, or it will spoil. Freshness 79%, fullness +45%.]
Originally, Andrew only wanted to grill one and eat some berries and nuts to fill up. But as soon as he saw the freshness of the saury, he immediately understood.
Fresh food will spoil even if stored in a warehouse.
So he had to eat it as soon as possible.
He threw it all on the fire to grill!
Sizzle~
The mackerel had quite a bit of oil.
It had only been on the grill for a short time when the oil began to drip and sizzle on the hot charcoal.
The oil dripping onto the burning charcoal made a sizzling sound and white smoke rose up.
The smoke carried the aroma of smoked and grilled fish.
Andrew's stomach growled at the smell and he began to feel hungry.
But waiting around wouldn't help.
Andrew decided to do something else and walked over to check the filter to see if the water had finished filtering.
After filtering overnight.
[Purified drinking water: 7300ml, with a slightly sweet taste and rich in various minerals.]
[Water purifier durability: 9/10]
Looks good!
After filtering one liter of water(including the 1700ml he drank last night), the filtration process lost 1000 ml of water.
From the durability of the charcoal, three portions of charcoal could filter about 100 liters of water, which was quite cost-effective.
But he didn't know how much water the water purifier could filter in a day.
He decided to buy 50 liters to try it out.
[Trading channel]
Andrew found the person who sold him water yesterday.
When he opened his homepage, he was still selling water, with several different sizes available.
[10L fresh water: exchange for 1 wood]
[20L fresh water: exchange for 1 meat]
[5L fresh water: exchange for 250g food]
It seemed like he was really hungry.
He used all his water to exchange for wood or food.
But this was also his advantage, as fetching water wasn't difficult and he could use the fresh water to exchange for many other resources.
Especially in the early stages, when everyone's exploration of the surrounding resources was not deep enough, the water became a valuable resource.
However, on this person's trading page, there were also many people leaving comments cursing him.
"Damn it, this is sewage, not clean water! I bought 10 liters of your water last night, and my stomach has been upset ever since!"
"Hey, upstairs, he wrote 'freshwater', not drinking purified water! He only sells 10 liters of water for one piece of wood. What more do you want?"
"Drinking purified water costs at least one piece of wood for 1000ml, and it's priceless!"
"Fuck! Why doesn't he write clearly? I've been throwing up and having diarrhea after drinking his water. It's his fault, okay!"
"The seller is already very kind. He knows his water quality is average, so he sells it at the lowest price on the internet! What else do you want?"
There were both criticisms and positive feedback.
However, from their arguments, Andrew saw the existence of the market.
[1000ml of drinking purified water, exchangeable for 1 piece of wood]
And it was priceless!
And he can produce 9L of drinking water from 10L of water.
The cost was only one piece of wood (for buying water) + 0.3 pieces of charcoal (for filtering water) = 9L of drinking water.
Converted, he could earn about 7.7 pieces of wood from 10L of water!
It was doable!
Andrew entered "drinking purified water" in the trading channel, and indeed found several trading messages.
[1000ml of drinking purified water, exchangeable for 2 pieces of wood]
[Drinking mountain spring water, absolutely clean! 1000ml for 2 pieces of wood or 100g of food]
[10L of drinking purified water, 15 pieces of wood, negotiable, private chat!]
Andrew glanced over and found that the prices were all high.
Usually, one piece of wood couldn't buy 1000ml of water. It was probably because obtaining drinking purified water was more difficult.
It might also require boiling and other methods to obtain drinking purified water, and the system's strict inspection made it difficult to produce large quantities.
Andrew then used 4 pieces of wood and 2 vines to make two wooden barrels at once.
Andrew contacted the seller in a private chat.
Andrew: I don't have any meat at the moment. Could I exchange 50 liters of water for one fish and 250 grams of berries?
Water source expert: Yes, let's exchange! How much do you need? If you need more, I can go out and get it for you later!
Andrew: I only need 50 liters for now, but I might need more later.
Water source expert: No problem, whatever you need, I can provide! I guarantee a sufficient supply!! I have already prepared it for you!
Andrew: OK!
Water source expert: Oh, I'm so touched! It's even a baked fish! I love you, big guy! Muah!!
Andrew: No need for that, it's too disgusting.
The Water source expert's profile picture was clearly that of a bearded man.
Just the thought of a man like that hugging him and saying "I love you, kiss kiss, muah!" made Andrew want to vomit.
He quickly closed the private chat window. If it weren't for the upcoming trade, Andrew would have probably blocked this guy!