While thinking, James flipped open the "Survival Manual in the Mist".
At this time, the "World Chat Channel" had become lively.
Six hours of daylight, eighteen hours of night.
Even if one sleeps for twelve hours, there are still six hours left to idle away in the cabin.
Now, the cabin had almost nothing.
Besides a straw mat, a table, and an oil lamp, what else?
At most, there were trees chopped during the day.
How to spend the extra six or seven hours in the cabin?
World Chat Channel!
Surviving alone in the world of mist, feelings of loneliness, fear, and panic become increasingly intense.
The presence of other survivors becomes everyone's last comfort.
Even James often checks the chat channel.
The chats of netizens greatly alleviate the loneliness of survival in the mist.
The immense pressure of survival can also be released in chat jokes.
Whether it's the "World Chat Channel" or regional chat channels, even the trading market.
They have all been occupied by countless "netizens".
"I'm going to starve, who has food?"
"There it is! An internet beggar!"
"If I can't find food, we'll all become beggars!"
"Can't you guys find food either? I thought my area was just barren!"
"Who isn't like this, all I see around me are weeds!"
"Be content, my place is like a primeval forest! Couldn't find food, and stepping outside means stepping into mud."
"Stop it, I'm on a mountain top! It's starting to snow outside... so cold!"
"..."
"You're all this miserable? I was born near a river, took a few steps and found some beans, nice!"
"???"
"???"
"what??"
"Speaking of which, can't everyone find food nearby?"
"You too? I thought I was just unlucky, born in a bad location."
"Potato picker brother, sell me some water, I'm dying of thirst in the desert..."
"I don't have water either! I want some!"
"I want some too, I'll trade wood for it!"
"+1"
"+1"
"+1"
"Brother, I'll trade my water for yours, private chat for photos and videos!"
"???"
"Is this kind of business here too?"
"Can it be delivered?"
"It can be delivered, but would you dare to open the door?"
"Uh... not really!"
"Brother, you don't have to open the door, just stick the tool out!"
"Get lost!"
Most people were engaged in serious trading.
Many people nearby could find water sources, but a large part, like James, had never even seen a shadow of water.
Water is the first necessity for sustaining life.
So, many people started trading fresh water.
But then a problem arose!
The container for water!
In the trading market, when a deal is reached, items are teleported to the other party's cabin.
Once the fresh water is teleported over, if there's no container, it spills on the ground.
This posed a problem for many.
The buyers are frustrated, water is right there but undrinkable.
Sellers are more frustrated, resources are within reach but unobtainable.
This brings us to a point.
About the issue of item creation!
In the cabin, only cabin upgrades can be directly completed through the system.
But other tools cannot be directly crafted.
For example, cups can't be made by just putting in materials.
Same with a hoe, not just a stone and a stick will turn into a hoe.
Item crafting must have a crafting scroll, otherwise, one must craft by hand.
Hand-crafted tools not only have poor effectiveness but also lack additional functions like accelerating plant growth in a garden.
So, the importance of crafting scrolls in the future is imaginable.
Such design also prevents early accumulation of wealth due to advantages in birthplace.
It also significantly increases the difficulty of survival.
Faced with the dilemma of no cups, everyone had to find other ways.
Using wood.
Carving a hole in the wood to hold water.
This crude method kept the fresh water trade running.
Of course, some people discovered bamboo, using bamboo tubes as containers for trade, which also brought benefits.
"If only there was a disposable cup crafting scroll at this time," James smacked his lips, unable to help but lament.
But that was wishful thinking, obtaining scrolls was already difficult.
Moreover, even if obtained, one couldn't control the type of scroll.
In the trading market, all kinds of trades emerged.
Leading to various conflicts and chaos.
"Brother, why so greedy? 1 unit of wood for 20ml of water? I gather fifty to sixty units of wood a day, and I can't even afford to drink water?"
"Take it or leave it, the water is mine, plenty of buyers, don't waste words if you're not buying!"
"Sorry, but really no one's buying from you, there are plenty of water sellers!"
"Right, let's all boycott such greedy merchants!"
"I saw someone exchange 300ml of water for one wood earlier!"
The spontaneously formed trading market was unstable.
Either the prices were too high or too low.
But soon, the initial chaos settled down.
The price of fresh water stabilized at a reasonable range.
100ml of fresh water for one unit of wood.
This price was acceptable to most people.
So, the trading market generally stabilized at this price, even if there were fluctuations, they weren't too big.
Fresh water wasn't a particularly scarce resource.
About 5% - 6% of people could find water sources nearby.
As exploration deepened, many more would find water sources.
Other resources outside of fresh water had greater price fluctuations.
When James was searching for "Essence of Flesh and Blood" and "Seeds", he saw many exorbitantly priced items.
"Half a carrot, 100 wood or 50 stones. The bite marks are mine, not eaten by animals!"
"Warm underwear, 100 stones, essential for resisting cold!"
"Chair crafting scroll, 200 wood + 100 stone."
"Cold medicine, a pack for various foods, basic resources! Priority for stones!"
"Cucumber seeds, 50 stones! Private chat!!"
"..."
The current trading market, with extremely disrupted prices.
Many items were priced much higher.
Normally, in a six-hour day, there are more than four hours for work.
The harvested wood, at most, is seventy to eighty units.
That's without ensuring basic food and drink.
If daily gathered resources can't meet basic dietary needs.
What about resisting the cold?
Soon, they would be eliminated from the world of mist.
James already saw, the number of people in the regional range and the total number of survivors had changed greatly.
It's unknown whether they encountered wild beasts or some insurmountable difficulties.
It's clear, the world of mist is not a comfortable world for leisurely farming; countless dangers lurk in the mist.
James browsed the chat channel, interested in many things.
Especially that brother who was born near the river and found potatoes just steps away.
"Potatoes..." James muttered to himself.
Potatoes are tuberous plants, cut into pieces for planting.
Simple to grow, easy to thrive, high yield.
James opened a private chat with this person named Peter.
In the chat channel, real names are displayed, everyone's nickname is their own name.
Like James, if he sends a message in the chat channel, his nickname is James.
James: "Hello, how many potatoes did you find? Can I exchange them for stones?"
James sent a simple message, not saying much.
Worried about appearing too eager and being overcharged.
After waiting two minutes, no one responded, probably too many messages to reply in time.
James continued browsing the trading market.
Owning 163 stones, he was considered wealthy.
Now in the market, wood had become the basic currency.
Since only axes were available on the first day, everyone could only chop trees, so most people only had wood.
And not much of it, generally sixty to seventy units.
Some people made their own hoes and mined some stones, but in small quantities.
Self-made hoes had low mining efficiency and broke easily.
James pondered over the market prices, considering at what ratio to buy wood.
1:2?
1:3?
Maybe tonight he could upgrade his cabin to level two.
At this moment, an announcement appeared in everyone's "Survival Manual in the Mist".
[Mist Announcement:
Congratulations to everyone for surviving the first day.
But this is just the beginning, a cold wave is approaching, please stock up and keep warm.
On the first day, many people received gifts from the world of mist, resource boxes!
Today's resource box acquisition rate:
Wooden resource box: 1.286%
Bronze resource box: 0.00142%
Here's a temporary task, those who upgraded their cabin on the first day will receive a novice survival package!]
Upon the announcement, the entire chat channel erupted.
"What resource box? I didn't know."
"I didn't see it either! Did I miss something?"
"This looks like a randomly refreshed rare resource!
"If I knew, I wouldn't have rushed to chop trees today, could have found a resource box wandering around!"
"Any brothers got it?!"
"Definitely many have, I just saw someone bragging in the chat channel!"
"Right, I even refuted it, didn't think it was true!"
"Hahaha, I told you to taunt me! Now you believe, come on, the bread from the wooden resource box, half left, 20 stones, don't wait!"
"Don't be silly, without a pickaxe for mining, no one has many stones!"
"Logically, resource boxes should contain tools like pickaxes, right?"
"Right, right! Although only about 1.2% of people found resource boxes, there are so many people!"
"7 billion people, 1.286% means about 90 million people got wooden resource boxes, 0.00142%... okay I can't calculate that!"
"0.00142% should be less than 100,000"
"Awesome!"
"Didn't expect so many hidden lucky kings!"
"Sigh! Wanted to keep a low profile, but everyone found out, hahahaha!"
"Just an ordinary wooden resource box, don't be too envious, hahaha!"
Seeing more and more resource box winners appear, James couldn't help but sigh:
Although the proportion isn't large, with a huge population base, there are not a few lucky ones who got resource boxes.
But like himself, getting two resource boxes, certainly rare!
"Big shots, what's in the resource boxes? Show us!"
"Yeah, what good stuff!"
"Keeping it all to yourselves, don't you know how to share!"
Before long, information about several items appeared in the public chat.
Even James couldn't help but gasp!
"How are these guys so lucky!!!"