"Have you all seen the pinned message? I'm screwed, I haven't gathered enough wood to upgrade my small cabin to level 2, what should I do?"
"Same here, am I going to die tonight? Can someone sponsor me a bit?"
"I upgraded my cabin, but I'm worried I might be ranked outside of the top 100! Didn't the pinned message say that those ranked outside of the top 100 will also be eliminated?"
"There will be a cold snap tonight?!! What should I do? My bed is still a primitive straw bed, and I just finished upgrading my cabin, but I don't have enough wood. Do you think it's still possible for me to go and chop some wood now?"
"If you go out now, I don't think you'll even make it to tomorrow's rankings, you'll be out tonight."
"Which brother can save me? I'll be yours from now on. Interested brothers can PM me, and I'll send you some absolutely beautiful photos! But before you confirm that you want to see them, please pay a wood fee for viewing!"
"Who has wood? I'll exchange it for stones! 10 stones for one wood!!!"
"Exchange advanced wood for regular wood, 1 for 5!"
"Exchange advanced stones for regular wood, 1 for 3!!"
Since the announcement came out, the whole announcement exploded because no one wanted to be eliminated without knowing why.
This time, everyone didn't hold back, and took out all their good things, just to exchange them for enough wood to upgrade their cabins, and to have a bonfire that can burn all night, which would be satisfying!
Perhaps Andrew could take advantage of this time! It was not that he was heartless, but this was a world of survival of the fittest. If he didn't fight for himself, he might be eliminated by someone else!
In the trading channel, Andrew posted the most unreasonable exchange conditions ever.
[3 wood: exchange for 1 advanced wood]
[1 wood: exchange for 1 advanced stone]
[1 wood: exchange for 10 dry branches]
[1 wood: PM me for good things, high-priced offers accepted!]
At first, no one wanted to buy the wood, but they all left messages for Andrew.
"Holy shit! This is too dark! 3 wood for 1 advanced wood, do you know how hard it is to get advanced wood?"
"Upstairs, if you burn it, the burning time of advanced wood is the same as that of regular wood. If you build a cabin, you can't even use it. Besides exchanging, what other ways are there?"
"Damn! This is too dark! Whoever can offer a higher price than him, I'll immediately exchange, I won't let this black-hearted dog take advantage of me!"
"Brother, you have a lot of wood, can you give me some? I can show you where I gave birth!"
Of course, aside from all the insults to Andrew, there were also some smart people who directly messaged him.
"Hey, boss, I have 100 pieces of down, do you want them?"
Down? Nice stuff!
Andrew immediately replied, "Yes, I'll exchange 10 pieces of wood for them! Let's make the trade."
"Boss, how about 20 pieces? I worked hard to collect all these downs from penguins at the beach for a long time. Please give me a little more wood, I beg you!"
"Fifteen, that's the maximum. If you want them, let's make the trade!"
"Deal, deal, deal!"
[-15 wood, +100 down]
"Hey, buddy, I have 10 energy stones, can I exchange them for wood?"
"20 wood, no bargaining!"
"Deal!"
[-20 wood, +10 energy stones]
"Boss, do you want some silver? Five wood for one silver is enough."
"Two for one, if you don't want it, find someone else."
"Ah, okay!"
[-20 wood, +10 silver]
"Big shot, do you want some bronze? I have a lot of it."
"Five bronze for one wood, make the trade quickly, no bargaining!"
"Well... didn't you offer one-for-one earlier? That's a bit..."
"Keep talking and I'll block you."
"Wait, wait, wait, I'll make the trade!"
[-10 wood, +50 bronze]
[-4 wood, +2 animal skins]
[-10 wood, +100 dead branches]
After a night of trading, Andrew had made a fortune. He kept 10 pieces of wood for himself but sold everything else.
He knew that he would only need advanced wood for most of his upgrades, and as long as he had dead branches, he could make a fire.
If he could make it through the night, he could sell water and other items to get a large amount of wood. Even if he couldn't trade for it, he could go out and chop it himself. He didn't need to worry about running out of wood at all.
Andrew managed to trade for 33 pieces of advanced wood, 88 pieces of advanced stone, 100 dead branches, 10 energy stones, 2 animal skins, 50 bronze, 10 silver, and 100 downs.
Excited about the trade, Andrew was exhausted. He decided to sleep first.
Lying on the soft straw bed, Andrew felt colder as he slept. When he woke up in the middle of the night, he found that there was a thin layer of ice on his window, and even the stone walls were covered with frost.
It was clear that it was extremely cold outside.
Andrew had no choice but to get up and make the fire stronger before going back to sleep. This must be the cold wave.
Suddenly, Andrew became curious about the situation of the people in the area. He opened the area channel of his magic book and saw that it was filled with people in despair.
"Can someone save me? I'm freezing to death!"
"I've upgraded my wooden house, why is it still so cold? I can't even feel my feet!"
"Upstairs, did you not upgrade your bedding? Of course, you'll be cold without a good bed!"
"Oh no, I just looked at my feet and they're already turning purple! Do I need to amputate them?"
"If you still have feelings, there may be a chance to save them. But if you don't, then there's no hope!"
"Help! The ice froze my bonfire, and I'm so cold!"
However, as soon as someone shouted about their frozen bonfire, their message was erased word by word.
Everyone in the group knew that this person was probably frozen to death.
For most people, tonight was destined to be a sleepless night.
Andrew glanced at the number of people online in the area, which had dropped to 312.
In just a few days, 70% of the players had been eliminated. Andrew was surprised at the high difficulty of this survival game, even though it was still the newbie period.
However, the game did remind players about the upcoming cold wave, whether it was the weather forecast in the magic book or the occasional prompt when upgrading items.
This meant that the important tasks in the first three days of the game were to upgrade to a wooden house and prepare for the cold.
But many people didn't take it seriously, while some did but couldn't do anything about it.
Unfortunately, these people were destined to be eliminated.