Chapter 4

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

It had been more than six hours since everyone arrived in this alien world.

While sighing, Lin Yue checked the trading center and searched for the keyword ‘water’.

Soon, eight sales messages popped up. Three of them were posted by the same person.

It was just like what he read in the group chat. They were really selling five to ten milliliters while demanding a lot of things.

However, no one bought them. After all, no one was stupid. No one would buy it unless as a last resort.

Lin Yue thought for a moment and put up a post.

[Seller: Lin Yue]

[Auction Item: 200 milliliters of mineral water]

[Requirement: Iron]

[Seller’s Note: The highest bidder wins.]

Just like last time, Lin Yue did not reveal the amount he needed.

The purchasing power of water as a hard currency depended on the urgency and purchasing power of those who needed it.

If he showed his trump card and wanted to sell it later, there would be a huge backlash.

Moreover, such an auction could maximize the benefits.

Could he change it to more?

Just as Lin Yue’s auction entered, the group chat exploded again.

“F*ck, who is this Lin Yue? He is selling water again?”

“Boss Lin, you got so much water. Were you transported near a water source? Damn it, I’m in the desert!”

“You want materials this time too? Is your place that deficient in resources?”

“I am mining, picking stones, and cutting trees.”

“I have a mine outside. Let’s chat privately, Lin Yue.”

…

Lin Yue glanced at the chat and waited for another ten minutes.

He looked at the trading center and saw that his private message had reached 100+. He still did not read them.

As for the number of bids, it was an astonishing 50!

Lin Yue chose the highest bid and nodded in satisfaction.

[You lost 200ml of water.]

[You have obtained Iron x10]

[You have obtained plastic bottle x1]

As expected, as time passed, the purchasing power of water increased again.

Of course, it was also because many people had gathered more materials.

200 milliliters was much more sincere than the other people’s five to ten milliliters. It was also one of the main reasons why these people were bidding crazily.

To Lin Yue, it was only a third of a bottle of water.

Moreover, he could continue to kill mutated creatures and obtain them easily.

But Lin Yue knew clearly.

This state could not be maintained for long.

From the group chat, he could see that there were many fierce people.

When he first arrived, there were already people farming small lizards and other creatures. No matter how low the chances were, it was only a matter of time before a treasure chest appeared.

Moreover, he was not the only one who had a game interface. Everyone had this thing. As the number of materials gathered increased, many people would also use the materials they gathered to manufacture items.

Right now, everyone was still exploring and familiarizing themselves with this survival game, but as time passed, more and more people would sell water, and the purchasing power of water would decrease.

Lin Yue felt that he had to gather all kinds of resources during this period so that he could be more prepared than others when he learned about the disaster three days later.

In the inventory, the wood was 3, and the iron was 10.

Lin Yue closed the group chat and went to the [Manufacture] page.

After choosing the iron spear, a faint light flashed.

[You have obtained Iron Spear (Ordinary)]

[Wood-2, Iron-3]

A spear appeared in Lin Yue’s hand!

The spear was about two meters long, its spearhead was sharp, and it was slightly heavy.

Lin Yue ran outside and played with it to familiarize himself with the feeling.

Stab, poke, pierce, stir, redirection, sweep!

He remembered that when he was learning to fight from an older child in the orphanage, he had once practiced with a long stick.

Although it looked like they were fooling around, to a certain extent, it allowed him to learn the unfamiliar weapon, the spear, faster.

However, Lin Yue also realized something.

The iron spear was tagged as ‘ordinary’.

Could it be that this thing was also divided into levels? Would there be higher levels of items after more of them were made?

Or was it completely random?

Lin Yue did not have much information about this. He could only guess.

After searching for a while, he found a large purple-black grasshopper.

The number of mutated creatures did not seem to be as many as he had imagined.

This grasshopper was several times larger than its kind on Earth. Moreover, its body fluids seemed to be corrosive.

Its jumping ability was alright, and its movement speed was actually not much slower than his.

Previously, he had not observed it so carefully. Now, it seemed like this thing was really dangerous.

The grasshopper had also noticed Lin Yue. It jumped high and flapped its wings, flying straight at him!

Lin Yue did not choose to kill this thing in the air. Instead, he looked in the direction it was flying and dodged to the side. The moment it landed on the ground, he used the sharp spear to cut it into two!

This time, Lin Yue was much more careful than before.

Although the insect was still the same, Lin Yue’s mentality had changed.

He was lucky not to be burned by the insect’s body fluids the previous few times, but it did not mean that he could take the risk after knowing.

He only had one life. If he lost to this insect, it would not be worth it.

[You have obtained a wooden treasure chest.]

At the same time, a treasure chest appeared.

Lin Yue was no longer surprised.

What came out of the wooden treasure chest was either water or food. Perhaps a higher-level treasure chest could give better things.

However, there were too few mutated creatures around his shelter.

Moreover, he did not have the strength to challenge those larger mutated creatures.

He had a 100% chance of obtaining treasure chests while others did not.

With such a low drop rate, the others could only attack the larger mutated creatures after not obtaining any treasure chests from killing the surrounding weak mutated creatures.

The game was forcing people to adapt and become stronger…

He placed the chest in his inventory and continued hunting.

Other than the problem of resources, it was also good to be familiar with his weapon.

However, Lin Yue did not find a single mutated creature even after walking around for a while.

The doubt in his mind became greater and greater.

The resources here were scarce. Could it be that the mutated creatures were scarce too?

If that was the case, there was no use to having a 100% chance of obtaining the treasure chest.

Lin Yue came to a relatively tall hill.

In the world covered by loess and weeds, hundreds of meters away, he did see some black spots that appeared and disappeared in the weeds.

To be able to see it from so far away, it must be something much larger than insects…

He felt that it was at least the size of a dog or sheep.

Could he deal with such a huge mutated creature?

‘Why don’t I first cut the trees and change the roof to a wooden roof first?’

After choosing the ‘Iron Ax’, Lin Yue spent one wood and one iron. Soon, a sturdy iron ax appeared in his hand. It was similar to the iron ax he had used to cut wood when he was young, and looked quite sharp.

Arriving at the wood, Lin Yue waved his iron ax.

Although the sun was setting, it was still hot. Under the high temperature, such intense labor consumed a lot of mental and physical energy, making it easy to feel thirsty.

After finally cutting down a tree and drinking a large mouthful of water, Lin Yue could fully understand that the other people’s desire for water was not fake.

Other than some who were still resting in their huts, everyone was probably outside cutting trees or gathering stones and iron.

After resting for a while, Lin Yue picked up the ax and continued cutting trees.

After cutting down three small trees, Lin Yue obtained 15 units of wood and placed them in his inventory.

After resting for a while, he picked up the iron ax and walked back into the wasteland.

He had felt that something was wrong. Were the mutated creatures hiding?

After searching carefully and spending more time than chopping the trees, Lin Yue saw a strange caterpillar with tentacles growing all over its body at the place where he had stepped a small lizard to death.

The iron ax swung down, and a treasure chest appeared.

‘This should be enough.’

Looking up, the sky was much darker.

The hungry Lin Yue had just turned around and was walking towards the shelter when he suddenly heard a weird sound.

He suddenly turned around and his pupils enlarged.

Dozens of meters away, a fiery red thing was slowly moving towards him.