Looking out the window at the darkening sky, Chris flexed his muscles. It was late at night, and today's exploration had really taken a lot of his energy. He was no longer willing to go out hunting for food and decided to get some supplies from the market.
Chris opened the market and began his search. He locked down a few items: 500 grams of chicken, 500 grams of dried bacon, and some bread. Bread is in stock and he doesn't need to buy any more. Chris then exchanged his stock of ordinary fresh water for the ingredients.
At this stage, Chris has decided to trade with the ordinary fresh water he has left on hand, mainly because the value of psionic water is too high for him to easily use it. With only 250 milliliters of fresh water, he got 1,000 grams of meat. Although the price of fresh water continues to climb, Chris foresees a rebound in prices in the next few days. Over time, more and more people will have their own Wells or find other sources of steady access to fresh water.
Chris took the cutting board from the warehouse, cut the chicken and bacon into long strips and put them in the iron bucket, and added some seasoning. He smelled the rich aroma of meat in the iron bucket, and couldn't help thinking that if only there were some vegetables. Although it is good to have meat to eat these days, it can also be cloying to eat meat in a monotonous way.
With little hope in mind, Chris opened the list of deals and typed in the keyword "vegetables." To his surprise, he actually saw a demand for a trade!
"Trading items: Vegetable cultivation basin" "Demand items: 1000 ml fresh water" "Introduction: Want to eat green vegetables in the last days? Come and change, you won't be disappointed!"
Chris was intrigued, but instead of doing it right away, he searched the vegetable seeds again. Information about the trade of vegetable seeds soon appeared in front of his eyes, many tens of them.
"Trading items: rape seeds" "Demand items: 100 ml fresh water" "Introduction: Say yes, my seeds are high quality, don't blame me if you can't plant them."
"Trading items: pepper seeds" "Demand items: 50 ml fresh water" "Introduction: Chaotian pepper, can also grow in the desert. If the pepper is not hot, you can also eat the pepper plant, it is not toxic."
Chris scrolled through the deals and finally settled on a few items: green Onions, canola and tomatoes. These vegetables can not only supplement the vitamins the human body needs, but also have many benefits for the body. Tomatoes, for example, can not only supplement lycopene and vitamin C, but also promote the secretion of digestive juices.
Even though the seeds were expensive, Chris decided to haggle. After some tough negotiations, Chris was able to get the vegetable pot and three seeds at a low price, with a total cost of only 450 ml of fresh water. Of this, 400 ml is used to buy the cultivation pot and the remaining 50 ml is used to buy the seeds.
Chris knew that the planter needed a lot of water in the hands of the original owner to function, otherwise it was just a useless display. Vegetable seeds in the end times need a good environment and water to grow, which is almost impossible under current conditions.
Looking at the seed and vegetable cultivation POTS in front of him, Chris was overjoyed. The cultivation basin is very large, five meters long and five meters wide, with three layers. In order to avoid waste, he did not plant all the seeds at once, because he still had limited water resources.
Chris begins planting canola seeds on the top of the cultivation pot. There was 800 milliliters of ordinary fresh water left in the warehouse, but he decided to use it as a trade with other survivors. He uses psionic water to water these seeds, as his water intake device can produce 3,000 millilitres of psionic water per day.
After wetting the soil, Chris looked up at the shining stars outside the window and climbed into the wooden bed, which became more comfortable with the bedding he had obtained from the secret place. Although there is a musty smell on the bedding, it can be dried tomorrow if the weather is fine. Max jumped up and into Chris' arms. Chris stroked Max's soft hair and fell asleep.
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"The end-time calendar, January 3 of the year."
"The first time you entered the secret realm, you saw a different scene in the last days, and you were very surprised. (Survival Point +25) "You are very happy to have escaped the secret environment. (Survival Point +10) "In the Ruins, you have a good harvest, you are very happy. (Survival Point +30) "You have successfully upgraded your simple water intake device to a psionic water intake device and gained healing power, and you are very happy. (Survival Point +15) "You had an unusually restful sleep last night, with complete mental and physical recovery. (Survival Point +5) "Congratulations, you made it through another day. Your actions today are being evaluated. (Survival Points +24) "At final settlement, you have 109 survival points for the day and 213 remaining survival points."
As the system beeped like an alarm clock, Chris got out of bed and stretched. Max jumped down too, wagging his tail and rubbing against his leg. Chris bent down, touched Max's head, and began to contemplate what was lacking in his own shelter.
The acid rain will arrive in a few days, and how to minimize the damage it will cause is Chris's main concern. Initially, he planned to completely isolate the shelter from the outside world, creating a completely enclosed space. Although this can prevent acid rain penetration, but a night's sleep made him realize another problem: closed space will lead to air circulation, people in such an environment will lack of oxygen, and eventually may suffocate to death.
So Chris decided that the task now was twofold: to build the air circulation system and to perfect the drainage system. When both systems are fully completed, survival in acid rain environments can be ensured.
The difficulty of the air circulation system is how to set up and how to prevent acid rain from seeping through the ventilation holes. Although the drainage system is not technically difficult, it requires a lot of materials. Chris has a good stock of fresh water, so it's easy to get the supplies.
After the decision, Chris took bread and chicken from the warehouse and made a pot of chicken porridge. With the seasoning, he ate very well. Max eats and gnaws his tail in circles.
After eating, Chris poured some more water on the vegetable planter. The growth cycle of rape is about 40 days, that is, after 40 days at the latest, he can eat fresh green vegetables. After all the remaining soil had been watered, Chris took a look at the warehouse, where there were still 2500 milliliters of psionic water and 800 milliliters of regular fresh water.
He decided to trade 800 millilitres of fresh water for resources today and start selling psionic water in small quantities tomorrow. Chris opened the trading list, and although 800 milliliters of fresh water seemed like a lot, when he actually started trading, he found that the actual exchange of resources was not particularly large.
In the end, Chris exchanged 800 milliliters of fresh water for a large amount of minerals and other goods, including stone and iron ore. This is mainly to avoid spending time collecting later if needed. Time is precious to Chris and should not be wasted in repetitive labor. In exchange for 300 milliliters of fresh water, he acquired more than a thousand units of iron and stone ore.
After some trading, Chris looked with satisfaction at the pile of supplies. Next, he had to go all out to make sure everything in the shelter was in order.