Lan Qingyou knew the potion she had made was terrible, but was that level of sarcasm really necessary?
Sent back to the furnace to be remade?
Is it possible that the “master” who produced this potion just came out of the furnace herself?
Excessive dosage, huh? Fine, I’ll just reduce the amount!
Feeling a bit stung by the identification screen’s mockery, Lan Qingyou picked up the potion and poured out a third of the test tube’s contents. When she identified it again, the comment about the excessive dosage had indeed vanished.
Hmm, is a standard dose ten milliliters?
Looking at the test tube, which was now only two-thirds full, Lan Qingyou made her guess.
Regardless, if the screen could identify it, that meant the potion was a success.
Though crude and poorly made, it was still a success.
So she immediately began a shopping spree on the exchange.
Test tubes went without saying; as for anything else, as long as it was cheap and potentially useful for alchemy, she bought it on sight.
Her materials weren’t many—between yesterday and last night, she had collected a total of over five hundred units.
But it was more than enough to buy these high-quality, low-cost items.
Ten units for wine dispensers—useful for filling potions. Buy!
Five units for wooden ladles—useful for scooping water. Buy!
Three units for wooden spoons, one unit for a bamboo winnowing basket, one unit for a bamboo basket, one unit for a bar of soap...
Buy, buy, buy, buy, buy!!!
Taking advantage of the current low prices, Lan Qingyou swept up quite a few items, even snagging two more boxes of test tubes.
“Oh! There’s even a book! 《Basic Symbology》 for ten units of wood?!”
“Take it! Must have it!!!”
Only when she had spent more than half of her five hundred units did she exit her shopping mode. She turned to look at the pile of items next to her desk.
After all, the warehouse only had ten slots. While items of the same type could stack, they still couldn't hold this much stuff.
Satisfied, Lan Qingyou floated up and began to organize everything.
Large items were either leaned against the wall or hung up, while small items were tucked away inside her supply chest.
This way, the entire room instantly felt much more lived-in.
“Aah—”
Having finished all this, Lan Qingyou let out a yawn and stretched. Looking at the fiery red horizon, she realized it was almost dawn.
She had just bought soap, and she already had a towel. She might as well take a bath first.
At the thought of a bath, Lan Qingyou suddenly felt like her whole body was itching.
So, before the sun was fully up, she immediately sprang into action.
After all, the water in her bucket wasn't enough for a bath; it wasn't even enough for a proper sponge bath.
The only option left was to head to the creek and wash while no one was around.
Of course, the most important reason was that there was simply no place to bathe inside the shelter.
Even though the sun was rising, she still had to remain vigilant for potential threats and magic creature attacks.
After all, daytime didn't guarantee absolute safety.
The icy creek water pouring over her made the drowsy Lan Qingyou shiver uncontrollably.
But she didn't have time to be picky. She washed herself from head to toe as quickly as possible, lathered up with soap, scrubbed vigorously, rinsed off, and immediately flew back to the shelter.
She threw her hospital gown into a bucket to soak, moved the now-cooled cauldron, the magic lamp, and the alarm clock into the room, and after locking the screens of the World and Regional Channels, she collapsed onto the mattress and fell into a deep sleep without even waiting for her hair to dry.
After all, she hadn't slept for a day and a night. Even with a Spirit attribute as high as 8 points, she was reaching her limit.
She slept for a full ten hours, not waking up until past four in the afternoon.
And... she was woken up by hunger.
She hadn't eaten anything while brewing last night because she was too excited, and this morning she had been too tired to eat before sleeping.
Putting on the white dress and checking her available food, Lan Qingyou pulled out a piece of sourdough bread and began to munch on it while reviewing the chat logs on her desk.
The World Channel was the same as ever.
However, people who had snapped out of the initial shock and confusion of the first day had begun a massive search for their relatives.
Many left messages hoping to find their family members and see if they were still alive.
After a day and two nights, the original population of over 22,658,440,000 on the World Channel had dropped to just over 22,658,000,000.
In other words, about 440,000 people had died in the past thirty-some hours.
And this was still during the so-called newbie protection period. If that protection didn't exist, who knew how many would have died.
Not to mention the world at large, even District 666 had lost many. From morning to afternoon, only 9,971 people remained.
A few more had died.
It was unknown how many of those deaths were accidents and how many were caused by other people.
“You might not believe this, but I woke up and found that a book I put on the exchange was actually bought.”
“Huh? A book? Are you sure?”
“Confirmed, sold for ten units.”
“Holy crap, for real?”
“For real. Someone named Lan Qingyou bought it. I checked, and that person bought a bunch of other stuff too—all sorts of random junk.”
Because every transaction had a record, anyone could see who bought what.
“Lan Qingyou, huh? Let me see...”
“Good lord, she’s actually a little beauty. What’s her deal? Why is she buying so much stuff? Does she have too many materials or something?”
“Who knows.”
“Brother, what book did you sell?”
“A book called 《Basic Symbology》. Sold it for ten units.”
“Does that person think they can actually learn it?”
“Don’t be like that, maybe they just love studying.”
“Studying in a survival situation? Is it really that magical?”
“I’ve seen that book. I thought it was a skill book at first, but it turned out you can’t learn it at all. I just threw it on the exchange to test my luck. I didn't expect it to actually sell.”
“Hahaha, I think it’s great. Life doesn’t stop, learning doesn’t stop! I happen to have a book here too; I’ll list it and see.”
“I’ll list mine too. I don’t even want ten units, five is enough. What if that stupid woman buys it?”
“Then count me in. I’ll take three units.”
“I’m so jealous. I found a book yesterday but I couldn't read it so I threw it away. If I’d known I could trade it for materials, I would’ve kept it.”
Cough, cough, cough...
After seeing the conversation from earlier that morning, Lan Qingyou couldn't help but cough.
Good lord! There was such a good thing!?
She was just worrying about not having books to learn about this world's knowledge, and these people were practically lining up to give them to her.
So she wasn't polite at all. She set down her sourdough bread and began sweeping the exchange.
After a round of shopping, she had several more books and two more boxes of test tubes in her hands.
《Basic Drafting》, 《The Correct Use of Salt》, 《Four Elements and Four Characteristics》, 《General Knowledge of Mushrooms》... all sorts of things.
Truly, shopping was refreshing!
Looking at the books in her hand, Lan Qingyou didn't even try to suppress her grin; she was smiling from ear to ear.
And her shopping spree naturally caught the attention of some people.
“Whoa! That Lan Qingyou appeared again! She really bought the books!”
“No way, A-Zhen, are you for real?”
“Can that knowledge actually be learned?”
“Who knows? Why don’t you buy one and try?”
“Try and die. I don’t want to waste precious materials on something so useless. With four or five more days of collecting, I can upgrade my shelter to level two before the newbie protection period ends.”
Rate on N.U.
