Chapter 9

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

The group chat was still lively.

The content was not about flirting. Everyone’s comments were filled with dissatisfaction with their current situation and envy and jealousy of others.

Of course, there were also people who were preaching that doomsday was here and everyone should die together, while they secretly lead a good life.

The name Lin Yue had already become famous in this group.

After all, his continuous selling of water had attracted everyone’s attention.

There were many people talking about him in the group chat. Although there were all kinds of words, Lin Yue did not care.

The most important thing now was to live longer in this world, and not pay attention to these trivial matters.

Lin Yue read the chat carefully when he surprisingly saw someone mentioning an interesting term.

“I got a blueprint. I want water. We can discuss it if anyone is interested!”

Blueprint!

What blueprint? Lin Yue’s interest was piqued. He opened the trading center and entered the word ‘blueprint’ in the search bar.

Soon, a product appeared.

[Seller: Louis Capone]

[Item: Wok Blueprint]

[Requirement: Water]

[Seller’s Note: I got it from an iron treasure chest which appeared after a day of effort. I want water, the more the better!]

Wok’s… blueprint?

In other words, with this blueprint, he could use materials to make a wok.

In the [Survival] sub-option in [Manufacture], there were only blueprints of basic items.

Weapons like axes, hammers, shovels, pickaxes, spears, bows, and slingshots. Other than that, there were only tables, chairs, beds, and torches.

The required materials were mostly wood, stone, and iron.

But other than these items, there was nothing else.

If he wanted to have new things, he could only obtain blueprints by creating them, like when he made the wooden ladder, or open treasure chests.

Speaking of which, if one was born with the skill of woodworking or stonemason, would they obtain the blueprints when creating some things?

Then, could these blueprints be sold?

Lin Yue tried to place the wooden ladder blueprint that was in his inventory in the trading center.

It worked!

Since his guess was validated, he immediately removed it.

Moreover, he had guessed one of the core goals of this game.

It was to let the better, stronger, and more skillful people survive.

The reason why the game did not transport those elderly, children, and those who did not have the ability to survive with the capable participants was because of this.

Let those young and strong people participate in this game first to carry out a large screening.

The first round was to eliminate those who were too lazy to put in effort. Their shabby straw huts would not be able to block the ruthless mutated creatures.

The second batch of people who would be eliminated was those who could not get water for a long period.

In the disaster seven days later, those who could not survive it would be the third batch to be eliminated.

Lin Yue thought for a while and checked the comments again. He realized that many people were also surprised by the wok blueprint, but most of them were mainly envious about the fact that the seller got an iron treasure chest.

He moved his arms, but they were still sore.

He had moved too much these two days. Lin Yue, who did not exercise much, quickly felt the effect of this.

However, if he could persevere, he would become stronger.

Moreover, there were still six days before the unknown disaster. Before that, he had to upgrade this shelter’s defenses and store a large amount of food and water.

In the group chat, Lin Yue, who was lurking, realized that more and more people were asking for water.

No one could stand not drinking water for almost a day and a half.

It had to be said that stones were indeed a hard currency. Few people sold it. Even though he auctioned 300 milliliters of water, there were few bids.

Even after a while, the number of bids was 22.

However, the offer was okay.

He looked at the bids.

There was no sign of the person who wanted to sell the small soilless culture set.

You want to hold it? Then, let it rot in your hand.

It’s not a necessity anyway.

However, just as Lin Yue was about to confirm the person who offered ten units of stone, a new bid appeared.

[Stone x8, Wok Blueprint x1]

Oh, Louis couldn’t help but take this chance.

However, the wok…

Lin Yue looked at the tin foil in his inventory.

It was not good to keep using tinfoil to cook food. Moreover, if he wanted to boil more water, he really needed a wok.

If his standard of living increased in the future, wouldn’t it be fine to stew a goose in this wok?

There was something else that made Lin Yue decide on this bid.

Score.

The system had an evaluation standard for the bidding. The bids would be given a score according to the value of the items, and they would be ranked accordingly.

The third place bid ‘Stone X9’ had a score of 540, and the second place bid ‘Stone X10’ had a score of 600, while the ‘Stone x8, Wok Blueprint’ was given a high score of 2,900!

Lin Yue could not see any pattern in the evaluation.

However, this showed the value of this wok blueprint.

Lin Yue immediately clicked confirm.

[You have lost 300 milliliters of water.]

[You have obtained stone x8, wok blueprint x1]

The transaction was completed, and Lin Yue felt relaxed.

What should he do next?

He thought for a moment and opened the [Shelter] panel.

The last time, the system ridiculed that his straw hut would be blown away by the big bad wolf. What about this time?

Sanctuary: A full wooden hut

Area: 40 m2

Durability: 45/50

Evaluation: You have a wooden hut that can be burned easily. By the way, did you remove formaldehyde?

‘Hahahaha, f*ck.’

Who designed this system?

Lin Yue really wanted to greet the family of the programmer who designed this system.

It just liked to complain maliciously?

However, it was not important.

Lin Yue clicked on [Manufacture] and clicked [Shelter].

‘Let’s see how many stones I need.’

[Stone Door: Stone x4]

[Stone Walls: Stone x20]

[Stone Roof: Stone x10]

[Stone Floor: Stone x10]

Lin Yue was speechless.

Why did it need so much stone? Why was it so much more than the wooden hut?

This was only a small hut of 40 square meters.

If he wanted to turn this wooden hut into a stone hut, did he need to continue selling water?

Although his water reserves were quite large, there was a problem.

There were not many mutated creatures around.

Lin Yue went out of the house again with the iron spear, deciding to kill some more mutated creatures first.

“The furthest I walked before was about 200 meters. Then, let’s walk another 100 meters!”

As Lin Yue spoke, he walked in a direction.

After roughly moving a hundred meters beyond the previous 200 meters range, before Lin Yue could do anything, ferocious roars suddenly sounded from afar!

“What… is it?”