Trading

In a world without order, the darkness in people's hearts would keep growing.

Compared to ferocious beasts, intelligent humans were clearly far more threatening.

Nan Feng had already decided that from now on, he would never trust any human so easily.

Because at any moment, they might stab you in the back.

Shaking his head, Nan Feng stopped thinking about it.

The rabbit meat before him was sizzling over the flames, its fat bubbling as it gave off a faint aroma.

Smelling it, Nan Feng could not help swallowing twice.

But at that moment, he suddenly thought of a very serious problem.

"No fresh water!"

Nan Feng had not had a drink in half a day.

While hunting ferocious beasts during the day, his nerves had been taut, and all his attention had been focused on observing his surroundings.

Only now that he had relaxed did Nan Feng realize that his lips had begun to crack.

Nan Feng frowned in thought. "There are no rivers or pools near my Wooden Cabin. Where am I supposed to find fresh water?"

Ding! The Trading System has been activated.

Chosen Ones, you may freely trade items in the Trading System. No middlemen taking a cut!

The Trading System had opened!

Nan Feng perked up and immediately opened his panel, entering the Trading System page.

In just a few seconds, many people had already listed their items on the Trading System.

Nan Feng looked over the listings:

"1 unit of wood for a portion of food? Only an idiot would trade with you."

"1 agave for 1 bucket of fresh water... What the hell is agave? Some kind of herb?"

"5 units of stone for any portion of food? This one seems alright..."

Nan Feng watched for a while without rushing to trade anything.

He decided to check the Chat Channel first and get a feel for the market prices.

In the Chat Channel:

"Which big shot is willing to give this little brother some food? I'm about to starve to death! I can trade 2 units of wood!"

"You want food for just 2 units of wood? What kind of dream are you having?"

"Exactly. You can get wood just by chopping trees. Food requires hunting ferocious beasts. The difference in value is huge!"

"Can any big brother come save me? This little sister can warm your bed~"

"Where are you, miss upstairs? I'll come find you tomorrow!"

"Damn it, it's already night, and I haven't killed a single ferocious beast. I'm starving to death! Can some big shot spare me some food?"

"Buying food at a high price! 10 units of wood for 1 portion of food! Come trade if you have any!"

Seeing this, Nan Feng's thoughts stirred.

At this early stage, 10 units of wood was already quite a lot. To upgrade his Destined Divine Weapon to upper F-rank, he only needed wood ×10 and stone ×20.

With those 10 units of wood, Nan Feng could search for more stone tomorrow and upgrade his Destined Divine Weapon again.

As for food, aside from the rabbit meat roasting over the fire, Nan Feng still had Redeye Rabbit Meat ×2, Ironclaw Rat Meat ×22, Coo-Coo Bird Meat ×1, and Five-Patterned Snake Meat ×1 in his backpack.

This was mainly because Nan Feng had wiped out a nest of Ironclaw Rats, so he had quite a lot of rat meat.

With rabbit meat available, Nan Feng had no desire to eat rat meat.

All this rat meat could be traded for materials and water!

Nan Feng might not want it, but plenty of people did!

With that thought, Nan Feng quickly browsed through the Trading System and soon found the Chosen One offering 10 units of wood for food.

He put up Ironclaw Rat Meat ×1 and clicked confirm trade.

But the trade did not go through immediately, because the other party still needed to confirm it.

Less than two seconds later, Nan Feng's Friend Chat Channel began flashing.

Nan Feng opened it and saw that a Chosen One named "Liu Daqiang" wanted to add him as a friend.

This Liu Daqiang was the one offering 10 units of wood for food.

Nan Feng did not think much of it and accepted the friend request.

Soon, Liu Daqiang sent a message. "Brother, this rat meat is a little small. It's not enough to fill me up. Can you give me another portion?"

Nan Feng replied, "On the first night, food is far more important than wood. If you won't trade, I'll find someone else."

Nan Feng understood all too well how dangerous the ferocious beasts outside were.

For most people, they might not have managed to successfully kill even a single ferocious beast in half a day.

If these people failed to trade for food, they could only go hungry until tomorrow.

Liu Daqiang replied, "That's true. I've had this listing up for so long, and you're the only one who's traded with me. But one portion of rat meat really isn't enough to fill me up."

Liu Daqiang added, "Brother, how about this? I'll give you wood ×15 for 2 portions of rat meat. What do you think?"

Nan Feng frowned slightly. "You have that much wood? Where did you get it?"

Liu Daqiang replied, "There are trees all around my Wooden Cabin. I've been chopping all afternoon."

So that was it...

Nan Feng thought for a moment before replying, "How about this? I'll give you one extra portion of rat meat, but any wood you obtain afterward must be traded to me first. Of course, I'll buy that wood at normal prices. What do you think?"

Liu Daqiang quickly agreed. "Brother, straightforward! It's a deal."

Liu Daqiang added, "I'm useless at everything except chopping trees. Tomorrow, I'll prepare at least 30 portions of wood for you!"

Nan Feng replied, "Alright, then make the trade."

Liu Daqiang canceled the original trade and directly chose to trade privately with Nan Feng.

Wood ×15 in exchange for Ironclaw Rat Meat ×3

Nan Feng put up Ironclaw Rat Meat ×3. After confirming that everything was correct, he clicked confirm trade.

The trade was complete. The wood in Nan Feng's backpack had now reached 19 units.

With Liu Daqiang as my lumber mill, I can save time chopping wood tomorrow and go hunt ferocious beasts instead.

I'm already level 2, and with the Desert Eagle, hunting level 1 and level 2 ferocious beasts shouldn't be too difficult. I can level up while obtaining more food.

But I still need to be careful.

After completing one trade, Nan Feng turned back to the Trading System. Now, he needed to exchange for some water.

A person could survive seven days without food, but only three days without water.

This showed just how important water was.

But unfortunately, no one in the Trading System was currently selling water resources.

Fresh water seemed even harder to obtain than food!

There were also many Chosen Ones in the Chat Channel trying to trade all kinds of supplies for fresh water, but it was difficult to get any.

"Water... Where am I supposed to find water?"

Nan Feng suddenly remembered that someone had previously said there was a small stream beside his Wooden Cabin!

"It's Huang Yuanming!"

When Nan Feng had completed the first-kill achievement, he had added Huang Yuanming and Wu Yuansheng, the other two people who had completed the first-kill task, as friends.

Nan Feng decisively opened the Friend Chat Channel and sent Huang Yuanming a message. "Brother, do you have a small stream over there?"

Just a few seconds later, Huang Yuanming replied, "Yeah, I'm trying to figure out how to find a container to hold water."

Huang Yuanming added, "Damn it, so many people need fresh water. I'm about to get rich!"

No wonder Huang Yuanming had not put fresh water up for sale in the Trading System. He had not found a suitable container yet.

At that moment, Huang Yuanming sent another message. "Brother, what's your Destined Divine Weapon?"

Nan Feng frowned slightly. "Why are you asking?"

Huang Yuanming replied, "I just thought of a way. We can hollow out a piece of wood and make a wooden cup to use as a container for water. But my Destined Divine Weapon is a Worm-Eaten Stick. I can't dig holes with it!"

Huang Yuanming added, "This is such a damn scam. If I'd known, I would've picked a knife or sword back then."

Seeing this message, Nan Feng immediately beamed with joy.

Nan Feng replied, "Good brother, my Destined Divine Weapon is a dagger. Making wooden cups will be easy!"

Huang Yuanming replied, "Good brother, then what are we waiting for?"