Chapter 76: Everyone’s Way Of Making Money
In just half a minute, the public screen was completely silent, with everyone gone to squat at the trading platform.
Yu Jiang checked once more, confirming the trading conditions were set correctly.
There was already a precedent, with more than one player messing up the price or quantity when selling things, resulting in a deal and a big loss.
It was impossible to get the things back, and the buyer wouldn’t make up for the supplies either, so they could only swallow the lesson.
Therefore, Yu Jiang always double-checked and confirmed every time before safely entrusting it to the trading platform.
She pulled the curtain, adjusting the camping lamp to the lowest brightness,
The soft mattress and pillow, along with the fluffy and warm quilt, were all very comfortable. Yu Jiang fell asleep almost as soon as her head hit the pillow.
In the middle of the night, she vaguely heard the sound of fine gravel falling on the truck roof, mixed with the patter of light rain—it was snow, the kind about the size of rice grains.
Yu Jiang opened her eyes a crack, turned over, pulled the quilt over her head, and continued sleeping.
Survival Time: 22 days
Temperature -3 to -8 degrees, north wind level 5, moderate snow
At 7 a.m., it wasn’t fully light yet, and it hadn’t started snowing, but the water stains on the road surface had already frosted over.
Yu Jiang went to the bathroom in the truck bed, and the foot pedal on the truck was slippery too—she nearly slipped and fell on her butt.
It was too cold.
Her exposed cheeks stung, the cold wind was like a knife, and even breathing out produced white vapor.
She worked in the south, and the coldest winter she had experienced before was only minus 3 or 4 degrees, and such low temperatures didn’t last long—mostly with rice-grain-sized snow.
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She had never felt -8 degrees before.
Snow tires probably weren’t needed yet? Yu Jiang wiped the fog from the windshield and observed the road conditions for a while.
She originally wanted to wear two pairs of socks, but after thinking about it, she only wore one, to let her body adapt to the cold.
Frost had also formed on the outside of the front windshield. She started the truck in advance, and it would be fine soon.
Yu Jiang took out the handmade noodles she had pre-cooked on the kerosene stove, adding only the simplest seasonings and a bit of scallion oil. She broke half a steamed bun to soak in it, treating it as breakfast.
On such a cold day, washing tableware was unpleasant too. If she had an RV with a dishwasher, that would be so great.
Her trading platform was flooded with messages.
She filtered out those who wouldn’t pay crystal coins and only talked about help, leaving only the serious buyers of supplies.
From these messages, it was clear how dire the situation outside was—not just one player had proactively raised the price several times.
Liu Bo’er: [Big Shot! Are you there? Please reply, I need materials to make one cotton quilt, plus 50 crystal coins, okay?]
After 10 minutes, this person messaged again.
[Big Shot? What’s with this price, say something!]
[100 crystal coins, I’ll add another 100! If you have more stock, sell to me first, okay?]
Yu Jiang saw he was the most anxious, so she replied to him first, [How about adding a bit more? Or a down jacket?]
Liu Bo’er: [Yes yes yes! Oh my god, Big Shot, you finally replied. 600 crystal coins flat price, okay? I want the cotton quilt too.]
Crystal coins could come from opening boxes too—lucky ones could get hundreds at once. Liu Bo’er was that lucky one; yesterday he found a Silver Box and directly got 888 crystal coins.
The King Called Me to Patrol the Mountain: [Fine, a bit cheaper for you, total 850 crystal coins.]
Liu Bo’er: [Thanks Big Shot!]
After completing trades with a few players who offered way too much, Yu Jiang split the remaining cotton into two portions. She sent half to Purple Butt Can Do It, for him to find people to make cotton pants and cotton quilts, then settle after selling.
She made down jackets with the other half to sell herself.
Up to now, the crystal coins she received from selling cold-proof supplies had reached 2500, plus quite a few in supply exchanges.
There would be another wave of revenue at settlement.
The cost was just 200 crystal coins from the scrap yard, plus her consumed fatigue value and fabric.
Reselling still earned the most, no wonder Purple Butt Can Do It’s merchant team had the confidence not to do instance missions.
However, focusing most energy on collecting supplies for resale and manufacturing meant their combat strength definitely couldn’t keep up.
These past two days on the parallel road, they either ran fast or paid rewards to hire people with team-up qualifications to travel together.
Of course, not just anyone—they risked being robbed and killed. They only dared to hire through Purple Butt Can Do It’s guarantee.
Han Jiang Gu Ying, Holding a Cleaver, Kuang Kuang Kuang, But a Little Frost, X, all went to earn this reward.
Except for Kuang Kuang Kuang, they were all gasoline vehicle players.
Especially those upgraded to Level Four, all with off-road performance, and none had low fuel consumption.
But a Little Frost started with a full-terrain ATV. Though the vehicle was only Level 3, fuel consumption wasn’t low either.
Everyone was now teaming up in the friend channel.
Anyway, they all had to move forward—alone or with people, it was still traveling, and earning some supplies on the way was great.
Pure Love Cockroach Spicy Spicy: “Need control? Add me, truck fuel consumption is heartbreaking, painful, too painful.”
Kuang Kuang Kuang: “Come come come! Join the team, just distributing to the boss.”
Sad Pig Intestine: “I need protection, I’ll treat the team to a simple meal.”
Sixth Brother Blacksmith: “And me, using forged steel as reward.”
Yu Jiang still needed to keep making down jackets, sometimes even spending a Qi Replenishing Drink, no energy to lead for now, so just as external aid.
If any team needed healing skills on the road, they could call her over.
Han Jiang Gu Ying: “I think we can develop toward hiring, mainly protecting others through the parallel road. For instances, depending on difficulty—as long as we build a reputation, it has great potential.”
Pure Love Cockroach Spicy Spicy: “I think it’s good!”
Started with a good vehicle but hard to upgrade, high energy consumption—she really needed to earn this money.
Bringing merchants and specialized manufacturing players, they provide half the gasoline or other supplies.
Purple Butt Can Do It: “I was just about to say that, this is great. I don’t trust outsiders much, and I have plenty in my list willing to pay rewards, as long as the price is right.
After a few players needing escort join the group today, everyone can check them out. If they seem okay, I’ll pull them into the friend group tonight?”
The King Called Me to Patrol the Mountain: “No problem.”
At 8:30 a.m., it started snowing, and the teams in the friend channel were also preparing to set off.
In team mode, once leaving the single-player road, all teammates default to the same parallel road and can see the distance to teammates and themselves.
Yu Jiang saw everyone setting off, and she got a bit restless too. She packed up, changed into waterproof anti-slip snow boots, put on an ordinary down jacket and cotton pants, ensured weapons and meds were in easy-access grids, stepped on the accelerator, and departed.
Set off early to leave the parallel road early, afraid of traveling at night in the snow.
Today, Yu Jiang only drove 50km forward before seeing the parallel road marker.
After a few hours, the snow got heavier, the wind stronger, and visibility began to drop.
The road was still quite wet now, with some snow accumulation visible on the grassland on both sides.
The journey forward was calm, still on the parallel road, so Yu Jiang just had some dry rations at noon.
Around 2 p.m.
Yu Jiang saw the road ahead littered with vehicle fragments, the vehicle bodies dented like a crumpled ball of paper.
Not sure what happened, with vehicles both in front and behind, she didn’t stop to salvage.
Crashed like that, salvaging would only yield a few materials, not worth the risk.
Soon, new messages flooding the public screen explained the situation.
The next instance is on the road~(*▽*)
