These two things, if acquired early on, would be the best. She believes that in the later stages, these things will only become more expensive.
-- I know you. I want 200 kilograms of bear meat, 300 units of wood blocks, and 300 units of special weeds to trade the blueprint for the fire defense tower with you! No bargaining, don't bother!
"This guy is crazy! That's more than half of level 5 bear! Not to mention those outrageous 600+ items! No one can collect that many!"
Facing such an unimaginable demand, Athena couldn't be bothered to negotiate and directly switched to chatting with the iron ore seller.
--> How many iron ores do you have?
-- I have a total of 5 blocks. If you want them all, I can give you a discount.
--> What's your expected price? You have to give me a reference.
-- This thing is useless in the early stages, and it's uncertain when it will be useful. The price is also inflated. I want 5 kilograms of meat for each block! I don't need anything else.
--> How about 3 kilograms of bear meat per block?
-- Deal!
The deal was quickly confirmed, and Athena traded away 15 kilograms of bear meat with a smile on her face.
[ Iron Ore ] Category Ore Description This thing is rare in the early stages. You can use it to craft some things, like a core weapon.
Iron ore needs to be smelted in a smelting furnace and can be unlocked for crafting in the system mall. Please obtain the blueprint for the smelting furnace first.
It was still a decent harvest, although her stock decreased a bit. However, it was still more than enough to get through this period.
It's a pity she didn't see torches or similar items. If there were any, she would definitely buy them, except for that defense tower blueprint. The fire defense tower is just a blueprint; building materials still need to be collected.
After upgrading the shelter, most people don't have many building materials left, not to mention 300 wood blocks and 300 special weeds. It's even harder to go out and get building materials in this icy wasteland.
Even if you get the blueprint, you might not be able to build it. Most likely, it can only be left aside for display.
Even if it is built, under the current circumstances, it's not worth the price. If some more packages were to refresh... It would be best if they were blue or higher, then the problem wouldn't be a problem anymore.
Unfortunately, to avoid overlapping monster drop rates with package drop rates, the system closed one early on.
If I remember correctly, I should still have a "???" mystery package.
Should I sell it to [ Big Bear ] as a favor, or should I just put it on the exchange?
Forget it, putting it on the exchange might not necessarily be more profitable than selling it to [ Big Bear ]. Such luck-testing things might not necessarily yield anything.
Among her current friends, [ Big Bear ] is known to have the best luck.
--> I have something that I believe you'll be interested in.
Player [ Big Dream ] initiated item information sharing "???".
--> If you see my message, maybe we can discuss its price.
Not long after, [ Big Bear ] sent a message.
-- Hello.
-- To be honest, I'm not very well.
-- I'm sorry.
Athena noticed that this girl likes to apologize a lot, saying sorry and such.
-- Can you really give it to me?
Athena felt it necessary to correct this girl's wording,
The narrative has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident.
--> It's a trade.
-- Sorry!
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[ Big Bear ] kept her short, soft hair, unlike Athena who wrapped herself in a blanket when she entered the game, thanks to her very bad sleeping position.
At this moment, [ Big Bear ] sat on a wooden bed, wrapped tightly in a thick blanket, only showing a delicate little face.
Five wood goblins went out to chop wood, three of them, while one occasionally added wood to the fire, and the other helped her watch the soup.
"Sorry, Little Five, can you help me get some water?"
The girl smiled shyly, and from the anthropomorphic expressions of the wood goblins, it could be seen that their relationship was good. She even named each wood goblin.
[ Big Bear ] was very happy that [ Big Dream ], a big shot as many referred to elite players, was willing to trade "???" with her. She felt that these kind of mystery box items were very precious; every time, she could open super good things!
--> Do you still need wood blocks? Or do you need anything else? I can do my best to meet your needs, please be sure to give it to me.
-- For the things you open, I want half.
--> Okay! Thank you, you're really kind.
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Athena looked at how readily the other party agreed, and suddenly felt that she was losing out. Shouldn't she open it herself?
Player opening probability Empty box 75% Junk 20% Miscellaneous 4% Tier 1 1%
Just thinking about it, she still had some a bit of 'luck'.[modern_footnote]Yes, decent items at 5% chance[/modern_footnote]
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Bang!
Familiar artillery fire sounded outside the courtyard.
Can't believe it, they're coming in the daytime too, what a mistake.
Hastily opening the door, I saw an unexpected visitor outside, the black phosphorus snake I encountered before. It was hit directly by two shells, now it's struggling in pain outside the fence, its whole body blurred with flesh and blood, twisting and writhing.
Its snake head is fierce and terrifying, hissing and spitting venom. Not only did the black phosphorus snake not hibernate, but it also sneaked over.
Athena closed the door at a speed faster than opening it, her face cold, trying to psych herself up faster than opening the door.
Better to endure the pain than prolong it, strike while the iron is hot. It would be solved with one axe blow if she rushed out now, just a large-sized insect.
She even felt somewhat lucky that it was snowing now; even if snake blood splattered everywhere, once it melted, there would be nothing left. Although she still hated or feared snakes, she had to suppress this avoidance mentality.
There would always be encounters here, and constantly avoiding them was also a problem. Encountering it now was better than encountering it in more dangerous situations later.
Putting on the self-made cloak and hat, she went out.
When one foot sank into the snow, the bear skin tightly wrapped around her calves, preventing direct contact with the snow, with pajama pants wrapped inside the bear skin. Every step she took was met with great resistance, unlike the black phosphorus snake.
It slid on the snow, and could even burrow into it. This was extremely disadvantageous for her! And after another defeat, the black phosphorus snake fled again. She couldn't catch up with its speed now, and it could even lead her into danger.
Realizing this, Athena retreated. Killing the black phosphorus snake now was too difficult.
Athena was somewhat regretful that she hadn't dealt with this troublesome fellow earlier, but she didn't regret it. She would reflect on her actions but wouldn't regret the choices she made.
Regretting the past was meaningless; only reflection could make her progress. Just as she was about to go back inside, the turret fired another shell.
The snow at the door was already charred, the fine snowflakes hadn't had time to cover it yet, and the charred area expanded further.
Experience +2
Suddenly, at least a dozen snowstorm beasts appeared out of thin air!
Snowstorm Beast Gathering event has triggered!
Triggered, player receives extra attention from snow beasts, snowstorm beast spawn rate greatly increased! The fresh black phosphorus snake blood attracted the arrival of snow beasts, snow beast spawn rate greatly increased. Tip: When a certain number of snow beasts arrive, they can appear in daylight!
My home really hit the jackpot today, these monsters just keep coming wave after wave. ...They said it would be very few. Turns out the effect of 1+1 can really be greater than 2... although it's not a good thing after all.
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Bang! bang! bang!
The continuous gunfire echoed, revealing a fatal weakness to Athena: the three-second cooldown time of the turret was already enough for the monsters to rush in.