Chapter 263: Traps Everywhere
Nightfall arrived.
The team methodically packed up the temporary camp. Han Jiang Gu Ying went to clear monsters with Shi Xu, while the rest rested in place.
Yu Jiang sat on the sword hemp carpet on the second floor of the RV, with a cushion behind her, feeling very comfortable.
For night watch, she also prepared some late-night snack: cold noodles, seaweed shrimp skin soup, and an apple.
Previously, apples were thought to be ordinary and not tasty, but now eating one felt luxurious.
The urban area road at night was still cool, with natural refrigerators everywhere.
Compared to encountering ghosts, high temperature was more terrifying. No matter how fierce the vengeful spirit was, as long as the health bar appeared, it was no big deal.
Yu Jiang looked at the medicinal herbs mixed in the right proportions, stretched lazily, prepared to eat something, rest a bit, and then continue refining medicine.
Drug manufacturing was delicate work. The system’s cyber drug furnace only provided assistance; the higher the level of the medicine, the more troublesome the refining process.
Some people got more irritable the more they refined, flipping over the medicinal herbs, but for Yu Jiang, gathering and the refining process calmed her mind and helped her de-stress.
So she got more enthusiastic the more she did it. When refining new medicine, if she couldn’t figure it out, she thought she wouldn’t even be able to sleep, damn this desire to win.
During night watch in the evening, she would refine higher-difficulty medicine. This time was relatively quiet and could also keep her alert.
Yu Jiang sipped seaweed soup while scrolling the public screen. After a day, there were quite a few messages, with more people asking when she would have good-price medicine for sale.
Seabed Starry Sky: [Big Shot, save the kid. Escaped from the vengeful spirit with only 20 HP left.]
Rolling Door General: [Anyone have Water Collector A3 parts? Please, just this one left. Been collecting for three days, the stocked murky water is almost gone. Shaved my hair too, no water to clean, afraid of getting lice.]
Sicily: [I happen to have one, 600 crystal coins or 20 jin of noodles, or medicinal herbs of equivalent value.]
Rolling Door General: [??? What I want is a level 1 part, 600 crystal coins? Previously, one intermediate healing potion could get it.]
Sicily: [You said “previously” yourself. Before, crystal coins were scarce and supplies plentiful. Now supplies are scarce, crystal coins can be earned quite a bit grinding monsters in a day. It’s good someone is willing to sell to you; it’ll be more expensive in a couple days.]
Potato Cake Riding Broom Flying: [Only a few can earn quite a bit of crystal coins grinding monsters. Sounds like crystal coins are worthless now.
Urban area has convenience store service areas. With good luck, can enter raccoon supermarket. Different times and service areas have different prices, with a chance of time-limited discount.]
Sicily: [Full urban area monsters, who doesn’t have the skill to grind monsters themselves? It’s not that things are expensive, reflect on yourself.]
Old Jar Pickled Mustard: [Reflect my ass, monster. Jumping around every day, why don’t you reflect on yourself first for not holding onto top ten on the wealth ranking~]
After a good while, Sicily replied: [Buy it or not, I dropped from top ten and it’s still like this. You trash can’t reach my level anyway, who are you to mock me.]
Rolling Door General: [Still, good people are many. Just got lucky and received a decent-priced part, only 450 crystal coins. Finally have water to drink.]
Sicily: [Laughed. Possible that my teammate listed it too.]
Shouting 600 was just price hiking. At this point, seeing a cheaper one on the trading platform, better buy it quick.
A single part fundamentally shouldn’t cost that much. At that price, could buy level 2 parts. So many fools on the road.
Rolling Door General: [Fuck your grandfather, insidious villain! You’ll get beaten to death sooner or later! Wealth ranking pretty high, still short on this bit of crystal coins? I ate protein blocks for 3 days to save up those crystal coins, you %*]
Aftershock: [Entered challenge instance today, reminder for everyone: challenge instances are generally buildings like hotels, supermarkets, office buildings.
Our mission was to survive in zombie siege. Rewards are okay, crystal coins and supplies. Collecting items in the instance unlocks corresponding native stories, also gives rewards.
But the instance is a bit hard, nonstop running and chopping monsters all the way. Don’t think about clearing all zombies, impossible. Just survive until the instance ends.]
Yu Jiang’s gaze turned to the team channel. Teammates also shared the challenge instance message. Aftershock probably went in with them.
She also knew Good Times Big Sister and Desert Eagle Uncle. Previously, like the merchant boss, followed Cleaver Brother and Kuang Kuang Kuang’s team.
She could contribute strength, so no need to provide supplies. People in the friend channel were all treated this way.
But it was agreed early: once disruptive behavior appears, remove from friend channel, never cooperate again.
Team can tolerate mistakes, but not deliberate sabotaging teammates.
After Aftershock’s message, many players were discussing.
Lone Wolf 2009: [Also, challenge instance can exit early, but deducts 100 crystal coins. No money deducts 2 prop cards. Entering challenge instance that day, mileage task can offset. Players without energy don’t worry about not finishing mileage and getting punished. Also chance to get gasoline in the instance.]
Runaway Mother Monkey: [Really? So good!]
Lone Wolf 2009: [Real. And this kind of instance has no first kill, just survival type. Many high combat power teams can carry people.]
Shishi Ruyi: [! Then I gotta rush it. Which teams are reliable? We’re old 003 district, such teams are very expensive.]
Eight Pack Abs Easy to Push Down: [@Lone Wolf 2009 what if no money and no prop cards?]
Lone Wolf 2009: [You always have supplies, right? Deduct supplies first to exit. At the point of needing to exit, you’re about to die, must preserve life. Deduct supplies and crystal coins, have to accept it.]
Carrot bro: [A bit torn, whether to enter or not. Want supplies, but afraid of getting nothing and even deducting crystal coins, adding insult to injury.]
Same Flower Straight: [Anyone have challenge instance location? Find team to enter together. Bought scratch cards and lost my underwear, got nothing left in hand. Can only go in and try luck.]
Lu Zhishen Buries Flowers: [Also a ruthless one. Others trade spare grain for scratch cards or grind themselves. You actually went all in.]
Zao Ba Zou Gou: [Don’t get carried away with luck-based stuff. Gamblers end up with nothing. Monster drop scratch cards having good stuff probability feels low. Best be careful teaming with strangers too.]
Same Flower Straight: [Anyway, I’m a worthless life. Team already formed. Desperate people can join. We have no big legs or backers, but still a chance to go for it. Better than waiting to die!]
Loser is Bandit: [Well said! Count me in! Already entered urban area road, not developing here a wave, doomed later.]
Quite a few responded to Same Flower Straight, saying regular players and lone wolf players can band together to beat urban area instances. No matter how hard, simpler than three-star instances.
Same Flower Straight looked at private chat messages one after another, corners of mouth rising. These fools.
Trick them all into challenge instance, he gets achievement, and can use them as consumables then.
Desperate equals desperados. Whoever is stronger gets rich. Weak anyway die sooner or later. Better contribute to capable people than die to monsters.
Easier than going out grinding monsters late at night.
Time got late, active players on public screen decreased. Those eager to team up for supplies also moved to private chats.
Yu Jiang scrolled for a bit, no new messages, planned to start refining medicine.
A few on public screen seemed off. Several familiar nicknames from 002 district also reminded to be careful of strangers. Up to individuals whether to listen.
Dare to team with desperate strangers, either confident in own strength or missing a screw.
