Chapter 54 · Volume 1

Business is Booming!

【Welding Big Bro】: Do you understand the value of these two words? I've been gnawing on compressed biscuits with mineral water for a whole week, grandma's! If I hadn't had multivitamins, I'd have been dead long ago! Forget about eating anything hot! If I could even eat a piece of toast, I'd be eternally grateful! Big shot, you should have brought this good stuff out earlier! It's not like I wasn't willing to spend money!
【Yun Tao】: Does the person above really think that after typing such a long message, the big shot's toast hasn't sold out yet?
Seeing this message, Welding Big Bro was instantly shocked. He scrambled to open the trading channel and clicked on Angry Crow Takes Flight's trade info, only to see four bold black characters the moment it opened.
Trade Completed!
Welding Big Bro: "......"
He really wanted to cry.
【Welding Big Bro】: You monster, you didn't even leave a single bag?
【Pure White】: Tee-hee, I managed to snag a bag. It's nice and warm, so fragrant. I love it.
【Jiu Si】: Yeah, I usually never eat the crusts of toast, but this is truly fragrant. It's definitely made from real ingredients and natural fermentation. The milk used was good quality too. I've eaten plenty of high-end goods in my past life, but I've never tasted anything this good.
【Danyu】: Oh my, dear sir, could you spare me a slice? Just pretend you're feeding a chicken, cluck cluck cluck.
【Welding Big Bro】: @Angry Crow Takes Flight, boss, please tell us you actually have more! You didn't really bring everything out just now, right!
...
It wasn't that Cheng Shuili didn't want to reply; she hadn't even seen the messages.
The moment the toast was listed, it was snatched up instantly. The promotional message she sent in the regional channel ended up being redundant.
She had obtained a total of 935 game coins!
Added to the 12 game coins she originally had left, that made 947 game coins in total.
This was a true fortune.
Cheng Shuili looked at the four-digit number on her panel and giggled for a while. Next time she reached the beastman town, she might be able to go into business with that little stutterer.
She could earn even more then.
Next up was the business of the basic water condensation device.
Cheng Shuili sat down in front of her workstation, her fingers tracing the tabletop.
The system automatically popped up a new window!
【Blueprint crafted: Basic Water Condensation Device. Current proficiency 1/20. Automatic crafting will unlock once proficiency is full.】
Cheng Shuili: "!!!"
She had been worried that three minutes per unit was too slow and that things might change if she waited, wondering if she should pull an all-nighter to craft a batch first.
She never expected...
The system really provided a pillow just as she was getting sleepy!
Cheng Shuili chuckled softly and sent a message to New Snow Clearing first.
【Angry Crow Takes Flight】: I'll be posting a message in the regional channel in a moment. You just watch the prices and sell the water kettles.
【New Snow Clearing】: !!!
She had finally waited for this!
New Snow's excitement was irrepressible! She bounced twice in her vehicle and only settled down after giving her head a solid bump.
【New Snow Clearing】: I understand, big shot!
Cheng Shuili didn't reply again.
She sent the drafted message to the regional channel.
【Angry Crow Takes Flight】: Now accepting commission orders. Customers must provide raw materials: plastic ×6, rubber ×3, iron block ×3, etc. Processing fee is 5 game coins! Finished product delivered is one basic water condensation device. (Attached: Detailed description of the basic water condensation device)
【Panda】: The big shot is very active today.
【Eat Eat Eat】: Could she not be active when she's out to rake in money?
Liang Shanbo had already seen the message from the crow; she had even managed to grab a bag of toast when it was on sale.
Seeing this message now, she immediately spoke up to fire back.
【Liang Shanbo vs. Pig】: Let me see whose red-eye disease is acting up again? What 'raking in money'? The premise of a trade is that both parties agree, okay? Both the buyer and seller are quite happy, so why are you, a passerby, barking? Go take your rat and get out of here!
It wasn't just this one.
Cheng Shuili also saw several people making snide remarks or using sarcasm, and even worse ones starting to insult her by name.
She didn't indulge them either, creating a new group in her blacklist named "Haven't Scolded Yet" and putting all of them in it.
She didn't have the time to deal with these people right now; she would handle them when she had a free moment.
Hmph.
More and more people carefully examined the information Cheng Shuili had attached.
Upon noticing that it produced 1 liter of pure water every day, they fully realized the utility of this item!
Using a pile of materials and five game coins to exchange for a device that generated two bottles of drinking water every single day without fail...
It was worth it!
It was absolutely worth it!
The trade requests in Cheng Shuili's backend exploded instantly, and a quick glance showed clear-cut materials plus game coins!
She filtered out the valid trades, selected 'agree to all', and sat in front of her workstation to begin crafting.
At first, the delivery speed was a bit slow.
An hour later, her proficiency finally hit the max. Cheng Shuili completely freed her hands, tossed the materials aside, and left the rest to the workstation!
She, on the other hand, leisurely browsed the regional channel.
【Welding Big Sis】: Got the goods! The big shot's integrity is beyond reproach! There are no issues with the item at all; it's just that you need a container to catch the generated water.
【Xu Lingqi】: @Eat Eat Eat, can you stop howling? Don't you understand yet when you can't see the big shot's messages? You've been blacklisted, you idiot!
Not knowing what Eat Eat Eat had said, Xu Lingqi sent another message.
【Xu Lingqi】: Forget about the crow, for someone like you who bites the hand that feeds you, no amount of kindness is worth it! A person like you is exactly why helping others brings nothing but bad luck!
That sounded good.
Cheng Shuili silently gave him a like.
Aside from those arguing, those marveling at the quality of the basic water condensation device, the only thing left were people cursing New Snow Clearing for being a profiteer.
【Kick the Cripple's Good Leg】: A wall, family!! @New Snow Clearing, this guy is a profiteer. I sold him my kettle for five iron blocks yesterday. Only a day and a night later, this dog is turning around and asking me for fifteen iron blocks to buy it back! Damn, you dare to triple the price?!
【Good Leg】: Is the person above a brother or a sister! Me too! I sold it to him for two pieces of rubber, and today when I wanted to buy it back, he actually wanted six! I can understand you making a profit, you gambled and took the risk, but damn it, isn't this just pure extortion? This is truly the behavior of a lowlife! I suggest everyone blacklist him together!
【I Am That Cripple】: Sigh, you guys are making a mess of this. Let me say a fair word: what he's doing is perfectly fine!
【Yun Shui Han】: What is there to argue about? What he's doing is perfectly fine. The person just said it: trades must be agreed upon by both parties. If you feel it's inappropriate, you can just not buy it. Why attack him and his parents? I was earnest yesterday, and after one night, I'm just a clown.
【Full Moon in the Sky】: This is the speech of a normal person. To put it plainly, you sold it voluntarily; he didn't force you. Now, you're buying it voluntarily; if you don't agree, the trade won't go through anyway.
When it all comes down to it, it's just one sentence.
You chose it yourself, don't blame others.

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