"Ding!"
The sound of the workbench completing its task interrupted James's thoughts.
James smiled wryly: Well, a bottle of healing potion isn't too small or too large in value.
James: "Since 200 milliliters of spring water didn't work, then using more won't yield better results."
Luke, expecting such a reply, had just asked out of a try-and-see attitude.
Children are naturally weak, and in such a cold environment, a serious cold could be quite severe.
Even a hospital visit might require a stay of several weeks, let alone in the current harsh survival conditions.
"Ding!"
Another message came, bringing a glimmer of hope to Luke's despairing face.
James: "However, I have another type of medical item that should be able to cure Katrina's illness!"
Luke: "What is it?"
James sent the information about the healing potion.
[Name: Healing Potion (Good)
Function: Good recovery, hemostasis, temperature reduction, and other healing abilities.
Lower detoxification and pain relief effects.
Can be applied externally, taken internally, or mixed with food.
Description: A potion full of life vitality!]
(The grade matches the materials used: Tree roots are ordinary grade, Essence of Flesh is good grade, spring water is excellent, overall making it good grade.)
Luke was shocked by the information!
Hope emerged from his despair!
He hadn't expected James to have such high-quality healing medication!
But he quickly calmed down.
Such life-saving items must be incredibly valuable, perhaps even frighteningly so.
However, since James offered, there must be a chance to trade for it.
Luke pondered, his stern face showing difficulty.
After all, it's only been two days, and most people haven't even seen a wooden resource box, let alone rare resources.
"Ding"
Several messages arrived.
Luke: "The most valuable things I have now are these, and you can take whatever you need."
James was surprised by these items, not expecting Luke's stash to be so substantial.
They included a manufacturing scroll, several pieces of meat, and a blanket.
Just the meat alone was 13 pieces, including rabbit, roe deer, and wolf meat, with 3 pieces of wolf meat being good grade.
What James envied most was the autumn blanket!
Although not as thick as a winter one, it was still quite good.
From these items, Luke was definitely among the best developed of people.
If not for the burden of a child, he could have developed very well.
James hadn't intended to trade for anything, just interested in Luke's strength and wanting to make a friend.
But now seeing these good items, he naturally envied them.
However, after some thought, James decided not to ask for too much.
After all, Luke was with a child, and the child was seriously ill.
Taking all the blankets and meat would be inconsiderate.
Finally, James sent a trade request.
[Trade Request: James trades "Healing Potion" for "Meat" ×5 and "Iron Pot Manufacturing Blueprint"]
Luke had prepared for James to take everything.
But when he saw the trade request, he was clearly stunned for a few seconds.
Luke: "Brother, what is this...?"
James: "Keep the blanket and the remaining meat. Don't let the child catch cold again."
Luke's eyes reddened as he looked at the child on the grass mat, his nose turning sour.
On Earth, Luke had been through many wars, experiencing much human malice.
Only when dealing with his child did he show a gentle side, remaining indifferent towards other strangers.
But today, such a stranger chose to lend a hand when he was most helpless!
Luke: "Brother, thank you! Really, thank you! Katrina and I will remember your kindness!"
No excessive promises or oaths!
But James could feel the sincerity.
James: "I'm not very strong. If you get more meat or Essence of Flesh in the future, you can sell it to me!"
Luke: "Definitely, I can't guarantee a lot, but I can definitely provide enough ordinary meat!"
James couldn't help but raise an eyebrow, realizing his investment wasn't in vain, at least he wouldn't have to worry about meat in the future.
And for James, the cost of producing healing potions wasn't high!
In his eyes, the value of meat as food was not less than that of healing potions.
Especially good grade or higher meat.
Luke gave three pieces of good-grade meat to James.
[Name: Wolf Meat (Good)
Function: Energy-rich wolf meat, great satiety, long-term use can improve constitution and strength!
Description: Animals that only the brave can hunt!]
Good-grade wolf meat was very valuable, definitely a rare item.
Ordinary-grade animals are just like ordinary animals on Earth.
But good-grade animals are significantly stronger.
Only individuals as strong as Luke could capture them at this stage.
Luke fed Katrina the healing potion, and soon her high fever subsided.
Even her skin, reddened from the high temperature, returned to its normal state.
Luke's anxious heart finally relaxed.
After this incident, the relationship between James and Luke and his daughter quickly warmed up.
In the perilous Misty World, he made a truly sincere friend.
…
James fiddled with the remaining bottle of healing potion in his hand, his heart full of thoughts: He hadn't expected to use up a bottle just after making it.
After making the healing potions on the workbench, James also produced a batch of charcoal and 10-milliliter liquor cups.
20 10-milliliter cups consumed 5 pieces of wood.
The remaining 18 pieces of wood were turned into 18 units of charcoal.
One unit of wood can produce one unit of charcoal, but charcoal is smaller and burns longer.
Replacing the wood in the stove with charcoal, the temperature in the room rose significantly.
Lying on his newly purchased wooden bed, James felt lazy and comfortable.
Compared to the cold of the previous nights, his life had improved by several levels.
Taking out a piece of wolf meat, skewered it on a wooden stick, and roasting it on the stove for dinner.
While enjoying life, James also pondered selling spring water and healing potions.
World horns are rare, and James only had one, which would be gone after use.
James needed to consider carefully.
…
James finally decided to test the waters.
"Spring Water" and "Healing Potion" were highly valuable, with no worry about sales.
James could first sell them in the trading market, making a name for himself.
He could also exchange them for many good resources.
And most importantly!
The world chat channel had too many people. Even if everyone knew about "Spring Water" and "Healing Potion,"
James didn't have enough stock to sell to everyone.
Just thinking of millions of friend requests made James fearful.
So, James first listed "Spring Water" in the healing category.
With billions online at the same time, it was bound to be discovered.
But James didn't expect the response to be much bigger than he thought.
In the extremely cold environment of the Misty World, many people had already developed mild cold symptoms.
People who had satisfied their basic needs didn't mind stocking some medicinal items.
No one can guarantee they won't get sick or injured.
In the market, any healing items, as long as the price wasn't too outrageous, would be quickly snapped up.
So, "Spring Water" immediately attracted attention.
However, James set a trading method.
People could submit trade requests to James, and he would choose the trade partners from the requests.
In just over ten minutes!
James's "Misty Survival Handbook" began to "ding" non-stop.
Countless trade requests came in.
Looking at many bizarre trade requests, James was overwhelmed.
[Trade Request: Wood ×1 Message: Private chat for a surprise!]
[Trade Request: Stones ×10 Message: Please agree, brother. My cold is really severe!]
[Trade Request: Black Ant Eggs ×1 Message: These black ants can be pets, in exchange for 100ml Spring Water]
[Trade Request: Triangle Underwear ×1 Message: Brother, I've used it! I can perform more, video available in private!]
[...]
James's face darkened, decisively turning on the filtering function!
Rejecting people trying to take advantage of basic resources like stones and wood.
Also, seeing black ants labeled as pets, initially excited, turned out to be ordinary ants.
Removing these basic resources significantly reduced the number of people.
But the remaining number was still in the hundreds.
He had to filter out all "ordinary grade" messages.
And prioritize showing "excellent grade" item messages!
The number of people trading with "excellent grade" items was obviously much fewer.
Only a few dozen remained.
After all, "excellent grade" items could only appear in bronze resource boxes, with a very low probability of appearing!
Carefully calculating...
The number of people getting bronze resource boxes daily was just over a million.
Even including the first day's mission rewards, at most, about 3 million people had received them.
Considering the probability of "excellent grade" items appearing, only a few tens of thousands of people had "excellent grade" items!
Seeing dozens of "excellent grade" items in the friend requests, James's eyes widened.
Some were very valuable and practical items.
But some were like [Electric Pole Manufacturing Scroll] with little practical use.
James ignored most flashy but impractical scrolls and items.
Picking out more practical items.
Looking at them, there weren't many truly useful items.
James favored special sustainable resources like "Spring Water."
Buying them out might be difficult, but long-term trade was feasible.
Even if not successful now, they could be contacted in the future if needed.
Finally, after careful consideration, James chose these three trade requests.
[Trade Request: Black Beetle Dung Message: Will provide black beetle dung long-term for trade!]
Then attached the information about the black beetle dung.
[Name: Black Beetle Dung (Good)
Function: Rich in nutrients, significantly improves soil quality.
The lower the grade of soil, the stronger the improvement effect!
Can slightly increase plant growth rate.
Description: All-natural, pollution-free organic fertilizer!]
Black beetle dung's function could well compensate for poor soil quality.
James had many plants but lacked suitable soil, all planted in dirt dug up from the front door.
Ordinary plants could barely survive.
But for "Crystal Rice" and "Guardian Thorn," survival was difficult.
Maintained only by excellent-grade "Spring Water."
So, black beetle dung, beneficial for both "Crystal Rice" and "Guardian Thorn."
James added Karen as a friend.
The friend request was quickly approved, and they were both interested in long-term trade, quickly reaching an agreement.
Finally, they decided to trade every 10 milliliters of "Spring Water" for 50 grams of black beetle dung.
Black beetles are tiny insects, but their numbers are plentiful.
So, 50 grams was already a lot!
James was satisfied with such a trade, enriching his limited resource channels.
Just not sure whether Karen was breeding black beetles or collecting them from the wild...