After reading this, Andrew finally understood why the water was in such short supply today.
Normally, people who live near the water source can boil and drink the water without any problems, even if it is not pure enough to be sold as drinking water.
But today was different.
Water contaminated by acid rain cannot be drunk even if it is boiled.
There might be survival experts who knew how to handle this water, but they obviously wouldn't tell anyone else but take advantage of the information gap to make a killing. Most people were ordinary.
And after a day's work, no one can go without drinking water.
Andrew had eaten and drank enough and was already feeling tired.
He poured the poison water into the water purifier and was about to go to sleep when he saw three large exclamation marks appear above the purifier!
What's going on?
Andrew was shocked. Could it be that even the water purifier cannot filter out this poisonous water?
Or maybe he needed a higher-end water purifier to filter it?
He quickly went to the water purifier.
[Water purifier: Water source pollution is too severe and it is running at overload. Please add 7 more pieces of charcoal.](Charcoal is alkaline and it can neutralize acids.)
Phew!
It turned out that he just needed to add more charcoal.
That was alright. Even though the cost of filtration had increased by two and a half times, Andrew's water-selling business was still making a killing.
He let the remaining water filter slowly.
He added more firewood to the bonfire and lay down on the soft straw bed, falling asleep.
The next day, as the light grew brighter, Andrew woke up.
He picked up the magic book and looked at the weather forecast.
"Time: 6:37, sunrise in 1 hour and 23 minutes.
"Today's temperature is 18 degrees, the weather is good, and it is suitable for exploring. But please pay attention to cutting more wood and upgrading your shelter as soon as possible, otherwise the cold night will make you regret it!"
The night of the cold wave!
Andrew suddenly remembered.
When he first arrived, he saw a hint in the magic book:
PS: A grass shed with leaks will put you in a low-temperature state. Please build a shelter that can keep you warm within three days, otherwise, you may freeze to death on the upcoming night of the cold wave!
Isn't today the third day? That means there will be a cold wave tonight. Those who do not have shelter to keep them warm may have a risk of freezing to death. The game is really cruel.
Andrew glanced at the online player count, which had dropped from 780 yesterday to 635.
145 people had died overnight.
Andrew couldn't help but be amazed. In just two days, the player count had dropped by a third. After tonight, who knows what it will be?
But that wasn't his concern. What he needed to worry about was how to survive and better himself!
He got up and took one of the three leftover rabbit meat and put it on the fire to roast.
Andrew glanced at the instructions for the rabbit meat.
[Roasted Wild Rabbit Meat: a combination of lean and fat, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and rich in calories. Freshness: 95, Fullness +80%]
As expected, the roasted meat was relatively easier to preserve when put in the warehouse.
He remembered that the fresh fish dropped to 79 after being stored in the warehouse for one day, while the roasted rabbit meat, although also stored for a day, had a much higher freshness.
Since the freshness dropped slowly, he could just leave it there for now. Andrew wasn't in a hurry to sell it either, as he wasn't particularly lacking in any materials. The things he really needed were probably not available on the market anyway.
Moreover, he still had 100L of water that he filtered out last night, which he hadn't sold yet.
So he could take his time with the meat.
He checked the profit first.
[Trade Channel]
As soon as he opened the trade channel, countless messages popped up.
[Lost 150ml of pure water, get 1 wood]
[Lost 200ml of pure water, get 2 mud]
[Lost 1000ml of pure water, get 1 animal skin]
[Lost 1000ml of pure water, get 1 energy stone]
[...]
After a night of selling, Andrew had sold all 80L of water he had, and the remaining 10L was traded to the water source expert for 200L of poisoned water.
In this wave of transactions, Andrew obtained a total of 20 wood, 80 stones, 200 mud, 5 animal skins, 15 energy stones, 100 bronze, and 10 silver.
From the materials he received, it was more difficult to obtain wood than stone. Those who had animal skins were even rarer.
Many people had opened the bronze treasure chest, but those who opened the silver treasure chest are quite rare.
A silver treasure chest could be decomposed into 10 silver pieces, but only one person used it to exchange for purified water. This shows that people who are lucky enough to open a silver treasure chest in the game were rare!
Unfortunately, the water purifier could only filter 100 liters of water at a time, so Andrew can only filter it in batches of 100 liters. As for the 90 liters of water filtered last night, apart from keeping 10 liters for himself to drink, he hung the remaining 80 liters.
He mainly collects energy stones, bronze, and silver. As for other materials, Andrew just collects a little.
Today, everyone would open another wave of treasure chests, and there should be a lot of bronze and silver, especially energy stones. Andrew wanted to take the opportunity to collect some while others still didn't know what they are for.
Later, when the big players have risen, it may not be so easy to collect them!
"Chirp chirp~"
When the white eagle saw Andrew eating barbecue, it immediately came over and behaved intimately.
Andrew immediately understood.
This little guy was probably hungry too, so he quickly took out a piece of wild rabbit meat from the warehouse and threw it to the white eagle to eat.
The white eagle swallowed it in one bite, without even chewing.
After eating, the white eagle began to stare at the remaining meat in Andrew's hand.
Andrew was a bit speechless and asked, "What? Little guy, are you still not full?"
"Chirp chirp~"
The white eagle immediately nodded, looking like it understood human language.
Andrew was speechless, but there was nothing he could do. After all, although this little guy had a large appetite, it really helped him a lot.
He took out another piece of rabbit meat from the warehouse and threw it to the white eagle, saying, "If you keep eating like this, I really can't afford to feed you!"
"Chirp chirp~"
However, the white eagle raised its head high and even raised a talon to gesture.
It seemed to be saying that it could also hunt and capture prey.
Andrew looked at the white eagle gesturing anxiously and asked, "Are you saying that you can hunt?"
"Chirp chirp!"
The white eagle nodded repeatedly.
Andrew became interested and asked, "But it's all white fog outside, how can you hunt?"
"Chirp chirp!"
The white eagle seemed not to understand, and continued to hold its head high and chest out, looking proud.
That expression seemed to say, "I can do it!"
"Okay, when we go out later, let's work together to hunt, okay?"
"Chirp chirp!"
Thus, the man and the eagle reached an agreement.