Chapter 35
Chapter 35: A Wonderful Transaction with a Wealthy Woman
The Chat Room was still noisy.
There were still many voices everywhere begging others to list materials on the Trading Platform, and even more private messages were sent to Ye Qiyan’s backend.
Ye Qiyan listed another batch, but this time he only harvested three Train Coins.
It was not that the market was saturated, but rather that very few people actually possessed Train Coins.
Treasure chests were not that easy to find.
Come to think of it, if not for Wall-E’s existence, wouldn’t the only treasure chest Ye Qiyan found by himself be the one from the initial armory?
Without treasure chests, there were no Train Coins.
Without Train Coins, he couldn’t buy upgrade resources, and when the next nighttime survival arrived, he could only wait for death.
But that had nothing to do with Ye Qiyan.
It was impossible for him to help everyone; being willing to list items was simply to reap a wave of Train Coins.
Furthermore, within the time of six stations, anyone who couldn’t even achieve the first upgrade was indeed unsuited for this world.
Scanning through the private messages hoping to exchange supplies for resources, they hadn’t even considered that when begging others for help, they needed to prove they were worth helping.
Pang Wenxuan: [ “Please, I only have this one blueprint in my hands, I need 30 kilograms of metal to upgrade the Train, please help me!” ]
Among the private messages, only one message attracted Ye Qiyan’s attention.
A blueprint?
It was worth a look, though.
But shouldn’t a blueprint be able to trade for more resources from others? After all, no matter how trashy a blueprint was, it was still a blueprint, which was strange.
[ “What blueprint?” ]
Receiving a response, Pang Wenxuan, who was curled up in the corner of the Train and shivering, instantly felt pleasantly surprised.
[ “This one! I beg you to help me!” ]
[ Wooden Bow Blueprint ] (Level 1)
[ Requirement: 3 kilograms of wood ]
“… “
Fine, Ye Qiyan took back his previous thought.
No wonder he couldn’t sell it; how many modern people knew how to use a bow? Compared to guns and crossbows which only required aiming and pulling the trigger, bows were just too difficult to use.
Furthermore, this was just a bow, and there were no matching arrows.
However, this was a blueprint after all.
Useless to others, but not necessarily to him.
[ “Very well, let’s trade.” ]
The moment he saw Ye Qiyan agree, Pang Wenxuan wept with joy.
He had thought the other party would choose to refuse like the others; he truly hadn’t expected this.
[ “Thank you! You’re a good person! I will definitely repay you!” ]
A good person? Ye Qiyan scratched his head.
“These days, being praised as a good person always feels like being cursed at.”
He didn’t care about the repayment he spoke of, after all, this was very likely the last communication between the two.
Barely upgrading to Level 2 in the time of six stations, what about the next time? Could he really keep up with the ever-increasing progress?
The transaction was complete.
Then.
“Sublimation.”
That’s right, the reason Ye Qiyan chose to agree was right here.
A trashy Level 1 blueprint, after Sublimation, could reach Level 2; crafting it and then performing Sublimation again would allow it to jump to Level 3.
He hadn’t thought about performing Sublimation on blueprints before simply because he didn’t want to fail to collect suitable materials for crafting after upgrading.
Come to think of it, this was his first time performing Sublimation on a blueprint.
[ Mental Power: 120 → 115 ]
[ Black Hardwood Bow ] (Level 2)
[ Requirement: 10 kilograms of wood, 0.5 kilograms of fiber ]
The materials were all there, so he crafted it directly.
Then, he continued Sublimation.
[ Mental Power: 115 → 105 ]
[ Huaxiao Enchanted Wooden Bow ]
[ Consumes Mental Power to create Huaxiao arrows, which can slightly adjust hit rate after firing ]
Potential exhausted.
A wooden bow attached with floral patterns was held in his hand.
Consuming a bit of Mental Power, he drew the bow, and pale pink energy arrows materialized out of thin air.
Firing into the distance, the arrows penetrated a monster’s body.
The power was not bad, comparable to the Black Light Pistol with armor-piercing bullet effects, and it also had a mild auto-aim ability.
But Ye Qiyan still preferred using guns, though this Level 3 bow would definitely fetch a good price.
[ Clear ]
All messages from unfamiliar private chats were cleared; other people’s pleas for help had nothing to do with him.
At the end of the day, a price like one Train Coin for 30 kilograms of resources already represented that he was no good person.
One message remained in the private chat interface; that was sent by a friend and would not be cleared.
Shangguan Yingxue: [ “Are there still bullets for sale? I can exchange them with gunpowder.” ]
It was her, a trading partner with plenty of water and a very nice personality.
Gunpowder, that was precisely what he needed; it came at a truly opportune time.
Ye Qiyan: [ “500g of gunpowder in exchange for 10 Level 3 bullets. I won’t charge you an extra processing fee for the metal used to make them.” ]
[ “Deal, I want 100.” ]
[ “?” ]
[ “Is there a problem?” ]
[ “None, I’m just curious that you managed to get so much gunpowder.” ]
A smile couldn’t stop spreading across Ye Qiyan’s face.
500g of gunpowder could manufacture 100 bullets, and the price sold to Shangguan Yingxue was ten times more expensive than the cost.
And this wealthy woman wanted 100 bullets all at once, which meant she would provide Ye Qiyan with gunpowder capable of manufacturing a thousand bullets.
“Trading with her is very pleasing to one’s mood.”
The transaction was reached very quickly.
One hundred bullets were exchanged for raw materials for a thousand bullets. Ye Qiyan immediately took out the blueprint and manufactured them at the Processing Table.
Ye Qiyan, who had originally been worried about whether the bullets would be enough for him to leave this platform, was now completely reassured. He equipped all the freshly baked bullets to the sentinel, maximizing his sense of security.
Snake meat sizzled and oiled over the flame; a little salt was sprinkled on, and it was flipped over.
Fingers tapped on the light screen.
[ “Right, yesterday I was in a coma the whole time. What was that vibration you mentioned about? Can you tell me?” ]
[ “A coma?” ]
Shangguan Yingxue, who was organizing supplies, froze for a moment after seeing this sentence.
[ “Yeah, I suffered very serious injuries inside the platform and almost didn’t make it alive.” ]
[ “Sorry… I thought I bothered you too much and you didn’t want to talk with me anymore. This was originally supposed to be the last time.” ]
[ “No need to apologize. So, what on earth was the vibration?” ]
He still wanted to figure this matter out.
[ “I don’t know. The vibration suddenly appeared yesterday around 5:50 PM. That kind of vibration made people inexplicably fearful inside, as if something was furious.” ]
5:50 PM…
Wasn’t that the time he left Mystery Bell Town?
[ “Thanks for the answer. Right, how was your harvest at the previous station? Did you get any good things? Show them to me, won’t you?” ]
Shangguan Yingxue hesitated for a moment, recalling the fact that she had misunderstood the other party, and sent a screenshot over.
[ Condensing Ice Stone ] (Level 2)
[ Placed in a container, it can lower the temperature of the liquid inside the container until the freezing point ]
[ “Dug out from a treasure chest, if you need it, I can sell it to you for 60 bullets, or two Train Coins.” ]
