"Lin Yue, let's cut the crap, one price, 1.8 liters of water, not hard for you, right?"
"For you, isn't this thing worth that price? Then consider me bleeding out, doing some good, you take it for 1.6 liters."
"No way, no way, you still think such a low demand is excessive? I'll give it to you for free, 1.5 liters fixed price!"
"What the hell, just trade, why not trade!"
...
"I get it, you can't come up with that much water, hahaha, I guessed it, Lin Yue, don't want to buy? I'll give you a final two-hour chance!"
"Lin Yue, if you don't hurry I'll give it to the one offering 1.2 liters!"
...
"Big Boss Lin, please reply, urine tastes terrible."
"Boss, I was wrong, I'll take the offer of 1 liter immediately, even better if there's instant noodles too."
"Master Lin, grandpa I'm begging you, about to die of thirst, you name the price, it's negotiable... I'll contact you instantly next time I have good stuff, okay?"
Lin Yue checked these messages from seller Zheng Jing, feeling a mix of laughter and tears.
From the initial arrogance, to later struggle, until finally, it turned into a desperate plea.
This fully reflected Zheng Jing's psychological changes after extreme water shortage, from initial slight anxiety, to anger, helplessness, inner collapse, and eventually begging.
And Zheng Jing's psychological changes also showed thoroughly in the entire group.
Now, almost everyone chatting in the group is talking about topics related to "water."
Among them, there are curses, pessimism, despair, and anger, fear, collapse, begging.
And a significant number of people are chanting Lin Yue's name, waiting for him to put the water resources on sale.
To this, Lin Yue could only sigh.
There was really no way.
Although he's no saint, for long-term stable development afterwards, he couldn't let the total number of people in the group continue decreasing.
And now...
Glancing at the upper right corner, wow, only 8001 people left?
Another blink, it's less than 8000.
Seems like a lot more died overnight.
The crisis of water shortage, hunger, and dangerous mutated creatures...
After the disaster, how many would remain?
Lin Yue thought about it and decided to trade with Zheng Jing first.
Anyway, he wasn't short on water, and the soilless cultivation kit interested him.
After he offered 800 milliliters of water, almost immediately, Zheng Jing replied.
"Master Lin, you're so forgiving, thank you so much this time!"
And soon, the trade was successful.
[You lost 800 milliliters of water]
[You gained a small soilless cultivation kit!]
Lin Yue took an apple from the item bar, wiped it with his sleeve, and took a gentle bite.
The crisp sound and abundant juice from the apple burst into his throat, the sweet and sour taste like nectar at this moment.
It's a good thing bought with 100 milliliters of water, Lin Yue was curious why the buyer didn't eat it but exchanged it for water instead.
Nibbling on the apple, Lin Yue opened the crafting panel.
He didn't immediately put water on sale but prepared to upgrade the shelter first.
Yesterday, before he went to sleep, he had already upgraded the door to a stone door, which was much stronger than the original wooden one.
The structure of this stone door was indeed beyond Lin Yue's expectations.
Just gripping the handle and exerting a bit of force, the sound of clicking would allow easy opening, because there was a pulley underneath, quite scientific.
Besides, the stone door came with a top stone that would fit into a slot on the door, making it impossible to move when pulled after being set.
So no matter how much someone outside pushed, the door wouldn't open.
And what Lin Yue wanted to change wasn't just the door.
Walls, roof, he wanted to upgrade them in one go to stone walls and stone roof…
So if some big grasshopper gets in, trying to crash like last time, it'd die on impact, feeling of that hardness!
Looking at the crafting bar.
[Stone Wall: Stone X20]
[Stone Roof: Stone X10]
[Stone Floor: Stone X10]
His stone reserves were 36 pieces.
For walls and roof, an upgrade right away.
As for the floor...
Lin Yue still remembered the idea of a basement, he decided to keep it unchanged for now.
Clicking craft, a soft white light brightened.
Sturdy, rock-hard stone replaced the previously uneven wooden walls, and the roof underwent a transformation too!
Neat stone walls, roof, and doors fully integrated to create a wonderful sense of thickness enveloping Lin Yue, increasing his sense of security.
He opened the shelter evaluation.
Shelter: Stone House
Area: 40㎡
Durability: 120/120
Evaluation: You better start praying the next disaster isn't an earthquake, I think it's still on time.
Lin Yue: "Grass (a plant)."
What on earth is this system?
Wow, still have to pray not to encounter an earthquake, right? What kind of shelter could be so powerful the system would have nothing to say?
Lin Yue felt he needed to explore more.
[You crafted an iron dagger, wood-1, iron block-2]
[You crafted a wooden shield, wood-3]
[You crafted a wooden barrel, wood-3, iron block-1]
[You crafted a wooden cabinet, wood-6, iron block-1]
[You crafted a wooden window, wood-4, iron block-1]
[You crafted an iron pot, wood-1, iron block-2]
[You crafted an iron hammer, wood-1, iron block-2]
[You crafted a wooden table, wood-4]
[You crafted an Iron Spear, wood-2, iron block-3]
Lin Yue crafted a bunch of things in order, and he quickly placed them in order at their respective places.
As for the wooden window, Lin Yue didn't rush to install it this time.
After all, it's just a "window frame," not with glass.
If some grasshopper jumped through this open frame, it could kill him at night.
However, crafting all these at once did give Lin Yue a substantial sense of accomplishment.
Though materials were constantly disappearing, he also felt that the shelter was more secure and safe than before and more like a "home."
In this Otherworld, the shelter indeed was a home.
Furniture and essentials now had a bed, table, cabinet, wooden barrel, and iron pot, and weapons and tools included a wooden shield, iron hammer, and another Iron Spear.
Looking at it now, things were indeed quite good.
And after placing them all in this 40 square meter small house, Lin Yue also felt a sense of fulfillment.
Honestly, this feeling was really nice.
He finished the last bite of the apple, carefully dug out the apple seeds, and laid them on the wooden table to dry, then lay down on the wooden bed, lurking on the group chat.
The group was still lively.
However, this liveliness was filled with the illusion of "water" by screen spam.
The total number in the upper right corner kept declining, even showing signs of Acceleration.
Lin Yue also knew the time for his second large-scale water selling had arrived.
Currently, he still had nearly 7 liters of water.
How about selling half?