Chapter 106: Water

【Glorious shines on Blue Star】: It is currently uncertain whether acid rain will, like the great wind on the third day of extreme cold, fail to damage vehicles. We speculate it is highly likely to cause damage. Therefore, we advise all survivors to quickly take protection, pre‑cover car roofs with plastic sheeting and other materials, to prevent acid‑rain corrosion seeping in and causing casualties!

"Hmm? This tone, this wording... isn't right? Why do I feel like I'm reading a news release?"

"Glorious boss!! Glorious boss!! Glorious boss!! The one true god!!"

"Is this the Glorious boss you mentioned yesterday? You folks in the 1000‑point zone are really well fed, someone even shares this news for free?"

"Is it real? Can we trust it? So many people have been predicting these past two days. Yesterday Wanwan said it would be extreme heat, today Glorious says it's acid rain—who should we believe?"

"May I ask, who is Wanwan?"

"Just a little invisible one, can they even be compared with our Glorious boss? Folks from other zones don't know our Glorious boss's strength, but we in the 1000‑point zone know it perfectly! Someone, explain it properly!"

"Blah blah…"

"I believe Glorious boss."

"Gather plastic sheeting, umbrellas, raincoats, rain boots and other rain gear!"

"The speed upstairs is really fast."

……

Cheng Shuili, just opening her eyes, stared silently at the words "acid rain".

This…?

We've been fooled!

Cheng Shuili didn't intend to give a kind reminder; she merely instructed Xinxue to keep gathering materials, the usable ones.

She plans to do some night‑time contract processing on the air conditioner.

Of course, how many people are willing to do contract processing is not up to her.

At eight o'clock sharp, Cheng Shuili pressed the accelerator and drove off.

She was lucky today; after driving a short while, she spotted a supply crate in the distance, its surface shimmering silver, clearly not an ordinary wooden box.

Cheng Shuili's eyes lit up, and she immediately slowed the car, moving toward the crate.

It was a silver box with a metallic sheen, a notch smaller than a typical wooden crate, yet more refined, its surface etched with strange patterns that glimmered faintly in the sunlight.

It differed from the white‑silver supply boxes she had seen before.

Cheng Shuili's heartbeat quickened slightly.

She cautiously surveyed the surroundings, confirmed no other people or danger, then stopped the car, picked up a baseball bat, and walked slowly toward the box.

【Obtained: 500 ml bottled water ×10, 500 ml functional drink ×10, 500 ml electrolyte water ×10.】

Only gave 30 bottles of water?

The silver supply box just gave water?

Cheng Shuili silently carried the bottles back to the car, sat back in the driver's seat, and only then realized.

Next disaster will be extreme heat!

Extreme heat! Drought!

Could this be a subtle hint from the system?

Now it gives so much, will it stop giving later?

The water in the supply box won't run out, right?

That idea was purely Cheng Shuili's speculation, but the moment it arose, she felt invigorated.

She thought for a moment, then decided to prepare early just in case!

These past days she's opened boxes and gotten plenty of drinking water; the stockpile is enough for more than a month, so she's not worried at all.

Bottled water isn't scarce either.

This stuff, like compressed biscuits, she hoards as a baseline; over the days she's been gathering bit by bit, and now counts over a hundred bottles.

Functional drinks and electrolyte water are a bit fewer.

But after heavy sweating, electrolyte water does the most work; it can be homemade, yet water remains the key.

Plus the Primary Condensed Water Device generates water daily, so even if the supply boxes yield no water for a week, Cheng Shuili will certainly not lack water.

This information is purely speculation, yet she posted it in the four‑person chat group.

Cheng Shuili has always trusted her keen intuition.

The silver little box feels off; getting thirty bottles of water is odd, even without any pop‑up window. Cheng Shuili can sense the system is definitely trying to signal something.

A few members discussed in the group, all thought Cheng Shuili's point reasonable, and immediately opened the trade channel to purchase bottled water.

Although Wu Ya explained clearly that it was just her speculation, Xinxue still deliberately hoarded a good amount.

She has an innate trust in Wu Ya, even tacitly accepting Wu Ya's correctness.

Because facts always prove Wu Ya is right.

A day later, Cheng Shuili encountered four silver little boxes, each randomly yielding 15–30 bottles of water, of various types, but all water.

Many on the regional channel discussed it, yet none realized anything; the price of bottled water actually dropped considerably.

Xinxue naturally wouldn't miss such a heavenly opportunity; when her supplies ran out, she borrowed more from Liang Shanbo.

If she loses…

If she loses, she'll make it back next time.

Lao Da won't let her keep losing!

Cheng Shuili scrolled through the regional channel for a while, then posted a contract‑processing notice.

Still, double the materials and earn five Game Coins.

Now the regional channel blew up again.

"If I recall correctly, this is the third blueprint the boss has, right? How did they obtain it? I'm really drooling!"

"Energy‑saving air conditioner? What good is that? It's freezing now; you can't possibly turn the AC on, right?"

"We'll use it later, it'll definitely be usable later—didn't they say there's a natural disaster and extreme heat? Installing the air conditioner when the extreme heat hits, and only looking for a bathroom when the shit's about to hit the fan—what's the difference?"

"I get the logic, but the next natural disaster is acid rain. It won't be useful for a while, and I have other uses for the materials and Game Coin, I just want to keep them in my own hands right now!"

"Come to think of it… don't you all find this strange?"

"Upstairs, we finally thought of the same thing; I've also always felt uncertain."

"Me too, sigh, it's really weird; I've been worried all day already."

"Stop playing dumb riddles, speak plainly!"

"I used to trust the illustrious boss unconditionally, but this time is too strange—today we came across two supply crates, opened them and they were all water… I feel like it's foreshadowing something…"

"Didn't someone say the next natural disaster will be extreme heat? Extreme heat, water, air conditioner… does that seem to line up?"

"Are you saying the illustrious boss's information is false? How could that be? Why would the illustrious boss spread false news?"

"Yeah, yeah, the illustrious boss would never deliberately deceive us."

"You're right, but what if… the illustrious boss himself was also duped?"

The regional channel fell silent for a second in an odd way, then quickly returned to its bustling chatter.

Unbeknownst to her, Cheng Shuili's air‑conditioner orders multiplied several times over.

Starting at 8 p. m., she worked nonstop until 3 a. m., delivered the final order, then Cheng Shuili stood up and stretched lazily.

It's too late; she'll tally the earnings tomorrow, and she'll need coffee when she gets up in the morning.

Fortunately, Qi Wan Yi has a can, otherwise there'd be nothing to perk her up.

She thought that, turned her head to glance out the window, and saw the heavy snow that had lingered for seven days silently melting away.

The temperature began to rise.

(End of chapter)