Upon seeing this news, Chen Ming was greatly shocked.
Someone had actually encountered a stranger!
This also meant that the distance between everyone was not actually far, and walking around might really lead to encounters with other players!
This was not good news for him.
If he encountered those outlaws, he didn't believe that his Level 2 wooden cabin could protect him!
He needed to establish defense!
And that Wang Hu from before, he seemed to have good luck and obtained a few treasure chests, but if he could, then other players could too.
Although he was the first player in the area to upgrade his small house, he estimated that starting tomorrow, the rest of the players would gradually upgrade to Level 2 as well.
Time was of the essence!
[Ding!]
Just as Chen Ming finished eating the bread in his hand, a private chat window appeared on the screen in front of him.
It was from Song Xiaoyu!
The other party only sent four words, but Chen Ming was particularly excited upon seeing them.
[Song Xiaoyu: I have rubber.]
Rubber!
This was an essential material for making condensers!
Chen Ming quickly suppressed his excitement.
Song Xiaoyu had provided the blueprint for the condenser, so she must be clear on the materials needed to make it.
By bringing it up now, she was probably planning on raising the price!
The key was that Chen Ming had no choice!
[Chen Ming: What are your conditions?]
[Song Xiaoyu: I want a weapon and some food.]
The other party replied quickly, clearly having a purpose in mind!
After contemplating for a moment, Chen Ming replied: [What level of weapon do you want?]
[Song Xiaoyu: Starting from silver level.]
On the other side.
Song Xiaoyu was staring at the private chat window in front of her.
Today, when she was exploring the wilderness, she encountered a silver-level treasure chest and a bronze-level treasure chest, guarded by a white-skinned crocodile.
Her original wooden sword couldn't penetrate the crocodile skin, so she had to rely on her agility to luckily take away a bronze-level treasure chest, at the cost of her sword being damaged.
The rubber was obtained from this bronze-level treasure chest!
In the evening, when she saw that Chen Ming had not sent her any water resources as agreed upon, indicating that he had not successfully made the condenser yet, she took the initiative to contact him.
"Song Xiaoyu, are you being too greedy? A wooden sword for a silver-level weapon is like comparing heaven and earth!"
Seeing that Chen Ming did not reply for a long time, she thought she had scared him and couldn't help but feel a bit regretful.
Everyone was still in the early stages of development, so how could there be silver-level weapons already?
Even if there were, others would definitely keep them for themselves!
To avoid straining their relationship, she contemplated sending another message.
Before she could do anything, a trade window popped up directly.
The initiator of the trade was Chen Ming!
After a moment of bewilderment, Song Xiaoyu instinctively accepted.
As the trade began, she noticed an extra item in Chen Ming's trade window. When she clicked on it for more information, she was stunned.
A silver-level stone axe!
Behind it were a loaf of bread and two berries.
The food was minimal, but for her, these were just extras.
Just the exchange of rubber for a silver-level stone axe was already a big win for her!
After a few seconds, the trade was successful.
Chen Ming now had the rubber in his hand.
The stone axe had just been crafted by him through a meticulous workbench, which had consumed a lot of wood.
Yes, he used wood, not stone!
He had originally made a wooden axe, and with a 30% chance of upgrading the grade, the fifth wooden axe successfully advanced to a silver-level stone axe!
Mainly because when he upgraded the small house last night, he used up all his stones, and during the day, he had only been mining iron ore, neglecting to gather stones, which left him somewhat short on stone resources now.
Making iron pieces was much simpler.
After refining, the iron ore would turn into iron blocks, with a normal ratio of 1:1, and then the iron blocks would turn into iron pieces.
Refining required a furnace, which Chen Ming did not have, so he could only exchange them through the workbench at a ratio of 2:1, losing some resources but still within an acceptable range.
Once the resources were ready, Chen Ming began making the condenser through the meticulous workbench.
[Ding! Condenser successfully crafted!]
[Congratulations to the player for a stroke of luck, upgrading the common condenser to an excellent condenser!]
It actually upgraded?!
Chen Ming was overjoyed, and quickly checked the effect of the excellent condenser.
[Excellent Condenser (Silver-level): Can condense ten liters of clean and pure water per day!]
[Upgrade requirements: Wood Blocks x100, Rubber x10, Iron Pieces x50, Amber x1]
Just looking at these upgrade requirements, it would probably be somewhat difficult to upgrade in the short term.
However, ten liters of water per day was already sufficient for Chen Ming's daily life needs.
He could even use a portion of it for trading!
A profitable move!
Placing the condenser in a corner opposite the door, he then began making a water tank.
The materials needed to make the water tank were wood blocks, stone blocks, and iron pieces, all of which Chen Ming had and could directly make.
After a few minutes, a small water tank measuring one cubic meter in length, width, and height appeared in front of Chen Ming.
One cubic meter could store a thousand liters of water.
It was more than enough to cope with the current situation!
"Drip!"
A clear water droplet sound entered Chen Ming's ears.
He hurriedly looked over and saw water droplets forming at one end of the condenser!
Hastily placing the outlet above the water tank, he was ready to collect the water.
Now he didn't need to worry about water resources anymore!
A big burden was lifted off Chen Ming's heart.
With water, there was some assurance against the looming extreme heat a month later.
Humming a tune, Chen Ming lay on his bed, opened the regional chat interface, and found it bustling with activity.
"The Rising Sun Alliance is recruiting people on a large scale, welcoming everyone to sign up. Members who join can freely exchange various rare resources!"
"Don't be fooled by the Rising Sun Alliance, they ask for a resource upon joining, and once you're in, there's nothing inside, and the responsible person even blocks and deletes everyone!"
"Can you believe it? People are falling for such low-level scams. Have you all lost your minds?"
"I think it's better to join our Green Forest Alliance. We don't charge any fees for joining, and the alliance leader is a top-tier wilderness survival expert!"
"Really? Having a wilderness survival expert leading the way will certainly increase our survival chances! I'm joining!"
"..."
After a few days of adjusting to the environment, everyone had clearly adapted today, with smart individuals starting to form groups and advocating for everyone to stick together for warmth.
Chen Ming didn't have a positive view of such alliances.
With everyone unsure of each other's locations, they couldn't lend a hand in times of trouble, and even in resource exchanges, everyone would prioritize their own interests.
In this environment, having control over resources was the most important.
[Ding!]
A private message suddenly popped up.
Chen Ming opened it and found that it was Li Ran reaching out to him!
He was the lucky guy who had diarrhea before, and if he remembered correctly, he had exchanged a lot of useful resources for ten rolls of toilet paper.
[Li Ran: Chen Ming, would you like to join our alliance? Our leader is very interested in you!]
After Li Ran had contact with Chen Ming before, he had been paying attention to Chen Ming's activities.
Yesterday, Chen Ming had sold quite a few apples, causing a small uproar.
To him, Chen Ming seemed to be doing better than himself.
To compete for the rewards within the alliance, he took the initiative to recommend Chen Ming to the leader.
Upon hearing this, the leader was very impressed with Chen Ming and asked Li Ran to invite him to join their alliance.
Upon seeing this message, Chen Ming directly refused: "I will not join any alliance!"
Faced with this reply, Li Ran became anxious. Seeing the resources about to fall into his hands, how could Chen Ming refuse? How could he refuse when it meant Li Ran would have no resources left?
"Chen Ming, joining the alliance only requires two wood blocks or one stone block. You definitely won't be lacking these resources, right? Just join, okay?"
Seeing this, Chen Ming's face turned cold.
He had originally thought that the other party's alliance was similar to the Green Forest Alliance, allowing unconditional entry, but he didn't expect it to be a scam like this!
The other party was trying to drag him into a pit!
Now he had lost any good feelings he had towards Li Ran.
He immediately blocked and deleted him.
On the other end, Li Ran waited for a few minutes without a reply from Chen Ming, then sent another message over.
As soon as he clicked send, a notification sound popped up.
[The other party is no longer your friend!]
"Damn!"
At this point, where he couldn't understand, he had been blocked!
"Chen Ming, I'm not done with you!"