Chapter 195: Natural Disaster Survival System (24)

Because everyone had swarmed to Fu Zhangzheng's Trading Platform to snatch up the grilled meat skewers!

100 skewers of cumin-grilled wild boar and 100 skewers of spicy grilled rabbit were almost snapped up the moment they were listed.

Worried that not every player on the World Channel had sufficient Volcanic Rock and Red Clay, Fu Zhangzheng did not set a purchase limit.

He allowed players to input the trade quantity themselves; 1 portion of grilled meat skewers traded for 1 portion of Volcanic Rock or Red Clay.

As long as you could produce enough Volcanic Rock or Red Clay, you could even sweep up all 200 portions of grilled meat.

With that, players whose Residence Islands were covered in Volcanic Rock or who had dug up Red Clay just like Fu Zhangzheng swarmed in to snatch them.

Who cares how the players from those overbearing, powerful nations cursed them!

Anyway, the trades weren't public; who would know it was them who bought the grilled meat skewers? At a time like this, who still cared about those guys?

The players who managed to snatch some secretly grumbled about the overbearing jerks who tried to stop them from trading with Dragon Country players, all while eating the hot, fragrant grilled meat skewers they had just snatched, shedding tears of happiness.

Being dragged into this godforsaken game was sudden enough as it was, the supplies they carried were extremely limited, and the Residence Islands were frozen wastelands—where were they supposed to get ingredients? Just look at them, eating toasted bread every day until they were nearly depressed.

Eating the grilled meat skewers at this moment, they finally felt like they were still alive!

The delicious grilled meat skewers ignited their desire to survive:

Survive! Must find a way to endure the Four Seasons Natural Disasters and return to reality! Eat every single one of the delicacies I've been recalling in my mind during this time!

As for those players who didn't manage to snatch any, they were all wringing their hands in regret.

Why did I hesitate back then! Why didn't I just snatch them first!

【Ahhh! It's gone! How is it so fast! My rotten luck!】

【It's not like we're playing a game, why are your hand speeds so fast! I didn't even smell much of the aroma.】

【Is 9854 the female player who entered the dungeon at the same time as the big shot Wanyi? Could it be that she lit up the Cooking skill? Her craft is truly good! Just smelling the scent made me die of craving! It's a pity I didn't snatch any, sob...】

【Big shot, are you listing more? Are you listing more, big shot? @GY09854】

Fu Zhangzheng, who had been mistaken for a female player, continued to grill meat skewers amidst the smoke and fire while discussing the next step of the plan with Xie Yang via voice chat.

"Your speculation was correct; there are still quite a few players on the World Channel holding onto sufficient Volcanic Rock and Red Clay. This time, I plan to grill 1,000 skewers."

"I'll help you grill them too."

Xie Yang hadn't had much to do lately, and even if she did, it was just going up the mountain to chop Wood.

Anyway, her Residence Island couldn't explore any other supplies.

The island was full of trees; she was already numb to it.

Fu Zhangzheng, however, said: "No need, your craft is good, there's no need to let them eat such good food."

He himself didn't even have many chances to eat it.

Besides, barbecuing is smoky and fiery; as a grown man, he was used to being rough, so it didn't matter, but girls pay more attention to skincare, so it's better not to let her get involved.

"I found someone to help; they are our compatriots too."

Just as Fu Zhangzheng finished speaking, Xie Yang received an excited report from Ming Hao on her end:

"Big shot, big shot! Brother Wusi hired me to grill meat skewers; the reward is letting me be the first to buy Volcanic Rock at the internal price, hehe! My upgrade is in sight!"

"Big shot, you haven't tasted my craft yet, right? I'm not good at anything else, but I'm quite capable at grilling meat and pan-searing steak. When I get home, I must tell my old man that those years I spent studying abroad weren't wasted; at least they helped me a lot in this godforsaken game! Hehe!"

Xie Yang smiled.

It seemed Fu Zhangzheng was quite good at arranging people.

He hadn't just found Ming Hao; he had also found Zhuang Fuda, who ran a small restaurant in the real world.

"B-big shot, I know how to grill meat, and the meat I marinate tastes quite good. Customers who came to my restaurant often ordered my cumin-grilled meat. It's just that I really can't find any tradeable supplies on my island; no trees, no minerals, and I've checked the stones—they're all ordinary rocks, I can't even find a single piece of Bird Guano Stone."

Speaking of this, Zhuang Fuda gave a bitter laugh:

"The last upgrade was still on credit from big shot Wanyi; it was all thanks to an Upgrade Card and a Refined Steel Axe from the Blind Box Treasure Chest after the upgrade that I sold to pay off the debt."

"But this time, the things needed for the upgrade are too many; I'm nine times out of ten not going to make it. Big shot, if you have a chance to go back, can you help me pass a message to my wife and children? Just say... just say I was incompetent and couldn't accompany them to the end..."

It was rare for someone to listen to his venting seriously, so Zhuang Fuda simply poured out all the distress he had been bottling up for a long time.

Fu Zhangzheng listened in silence, remembering Xie Yang's warning that a sharp rise in temperature was very likely after the low temperatures, so he interrupted Zhuang Fuda's rambling, which sounded like a last will: "Then help me get some ice cubes; use the ice cubes to trade for the supplies you lack for your upgrade."

"???"

Ice cubes, which were everywhere, could also be used for Trading?

Big shot, you aren't just trying to comfort me, are you?

Over there, Xie Yang's eyes lit up instantly after hearing Fu Zhangzheng relay the details of the trade with Zhuang Fuda!

That's right! Ice cubes could also be traded!

She praised Fu Zhangzheng fiercely: "Your brain turns fast! Ice cubes aren't needed right now, and everyone might not think to hoard them, but if there's high heat later, ice cubes might become the most sought-after trade item! Tell Zhuang Fuda to help me hoard more ice too; I'll cover the Wood and Iron Nail he needs for his upgrade!"

Xie Yang didn't just have Zhuang Fuda help hoard ice; she hoarded it herself too.

She had Zhuang Fuda hoard ordinary ice, while she hoarded edible ice made from boiled and cooled water.

Why hadn't she thought of this method before?

If there were no cooling equipment during the high-temperature season, ice cubes would be the best tool for cooling down!

Hoard, hoard, hoard!

It was just that the Storage Space was full, and the Backpack Slot wasn't enough to hold it all.

Just as Xie Yang was considering whether to spend 100 points in the Game Mall to add a Backpack Slot—

【Ding! Congratulations to the Host for checking in for thirty days of survival; rewarded with 10 cubic meters of Storage Space! Life lies in movement! Survival lies in supplies! Persistence doesn't necessarily mean victory, but not persisting definitely means game over! Keep it up!】

【Ding! Congratulations to the Host for surviving thirty days in the apocalyptic natural disaster; the Prediction Function is now open, allowing for the prediction of abnormal natural disasters three days in advance.】

"!!!"

What do you call it when you're sleepy and someone brings you a pillow?

This is it!

Xie Yang happily activated the newly added 10 cubic meters of space, moved the supplies that weren't in large quantities from the Backpack Slot to the Storage Space, and stored the ice cubes in the Backpack Slot, which had no limit.

Ordinary ice takes up one slot, and edible ice takes up one slot.

Even if there are no high temperatures in the following three seasons, there is no fear of waste—ice is also a form of water, and it is better to have abundant water resources than to be in short supply.

As for the Prediction Function, Xie Yang gave it a try, and currently, it has not predicted any abnormal natural disasters.

In other words, the next three days are still safe.

However, this Prediction Function is a bit of a letdown; it does not predict in real-time once activated, but requires manual prediction, and there is a limit on the number of uses—three free predictions per month, and once used up, one must exchange points for more.

But having it is better than not having it.

Xie Yang complained as she complained, but overall, she was still quite satisfied with this new function.