Global Wasteland: Shelter Infinite Upgrade
Chapter 10

Judging the Bottom Line, Easily Winning

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The Large Vegetable Culture Medium, once listed, instantly set off a frenzy in the trading market.

Having a piece of land where you can grow vegetables! Any Chinese person who saw this item seemed to have their talent hidden in their DNA activated, and they were eager to try.

Moreover, the owner of this item, Li Xiufeng, was very cunning. He didn't set a price but instead opened an auction, which few people would usually use.

[Seller: Li Xiufeng] [Item for Trade: Large Vegetable Culture Medium] [Items Needed: Resources] [Note: Food, water, precious blueprints, weapons, armor, anything of value can be offered. The highest bidder wins.] [Note: Don't bother trying to snipe a bargain. This is the only thing I got from the Silver Treasure Chest I risked my life for. Estimate the value yourself.]

Silver Treasure Chest!

Highest bidder wins!

In an instant, not only the Area Channel but even the World Channel exploded.

"Comparing people is infuriating. First, there was Su Mo's Psionic Water, and now Fengzi Ge's Culture Medium. When will my luck come? (bitter)"

"Silver Treasure Chest? Begging for the source of the Silver Treasure Chest. I'm willing to trade valuable unit of wood for this information."

"Silver Treasure Chest?! Is it that awesome? I heard it only drops when you kill a particularly powerful monster."

"Pre-ordering a wave of vegetables grown by the big shots."

Of course, there were also many who saw things more clearly.

"This Culture Medium is useless. Only you fools are chasing after it. Country folks know, how many days does it take to grow a crop of vegetables? Do you think you're playing a game, planting today and harvesting tomorrow?"

"No way, are there really people who don't know you need to water vegetables? I figure you guys don't even have enough to drink yourselves every day, so where's the water to water the vegetables?"

"Exactly, there's Acid Rain in a few days. I suggest Fengzi Ge not sell it and just put it in the Acid Rain to let your vegetables drink their fill."

"Sour grapes? Hehe, many people have already made offers. Sour dogs, keep eating lemons."

Whoosh! With Fengzi Ge himself coming out to respond, the chat channel ushered in another climax.

Su Mo, who had been watching all along, couldn't help but curse a few times in his mind.

If it were an ordinary person, he could have gotten this Culture Medium for at most 500ml of water.

But this Fengzi Ge was very clear-headed and extremely accurate in judging market value.

There were many people short of water, but there were also people who had savings beyond drinking water.

In their judgment, as the number of disasters increased, the drinking water problem would definitely be solved in the end.

Buying the Vegetable Culture Medium now was like bottom-fishing in the stock market, investing early, and the returns would be greater as time went on.

On the other side, the auction column showed a glimpse of the bidding.

Tarkov: "800ml water, 2kg bread, a bag of yogurt, one unit of copper, one unit of screws, one unit of steel bars, three units of wood, one unit of garbage."

Qiaoben Wucai: "300ml water, 200g sashimi, 4 units of sweet oranges, one unit of grapes, and... a pair of original si stockings."

Te Dongpu: "2kg petroleum, 1kg gasoline, a remote-controlled toy car, four size seven batteries, 500ml water."

In just a few minutes, the offers below were varied, and according to the system's judgment, a basic valuation of the auctioneer's items was given.

These bidders usually never appeared in the chat channel, and only now were they blown out by this Culture Medium.

Countless ordinary people now realized that there were indeed many powerful people who had transmigrated.

There were even big shots who offered to exchange mutated beast meat.

After observing for a while, Su Mo was not in a hurry to bid.

He was judging the psychological bottom line of these bidders.

When playing auction, you must not be anxious. Often, the first person to make a move will expose their bottom line, leading to a passive situation in the subsequent auction.

In terms of item value, the only thing he could offer that was of extremely high value was Psionic Water.

Other things like pet eggs and blueprints were not very meaningful to exchange.

Moreover, Psionic Water, something that can be produced infinitely, can be used without any heartache.

He pulled up the bucket from the bottom of the well. After pouring out all the Psionic Water, Su Mo's inventory was now 700ml.

The bids below were still fluctuating, but the seller, Li Xiufeng, didn't show up again, nor did he seem interested in any of the bids.

After pondering for a long time, Su Mo announced his first price:

400ml of Psionic Water! As soon as the price was quoted, as expected, the Psionic Water alone directly broke the system's evaluation range, strongly taking the top spot.

The second-highest value assessment score, according to Li Xiufeng's standards, was 322 points.

But Su Mo's Psionic Water directly got 2122 points, frighteningly high.

"Su Shen is here, Psionic Water is so terrifying?"

"If I drink this water, will it be better than my water? Can I ascend on the spot?"

"It really works, whoever drinks this Psionic Water knows its effect."

Su Mo's bid caused a commotion in the comment section below the auction. Seeing people who had previously traded for Psionic Water stand up and speak, Su Mo nodded, expressionless.

Although Psionic Water can strengthen the body, according to his estimation, drinking two liters a day probably wouldn't be as effective as half an hour of exercise.

Its real function should be healing. Psionic Water can cure some minor illnesses that are not very serious, achieving the effect of anti-inflammatory drugs. This is the reason why its score is so high.

Thinking of Li Xiufeng's message before, about the treasure chest he got at the cost of his life, Su Mo had a draft in his mind.

This Fengzi Ge is probably injured! On the other side, after Su Mo's bid, Li Xiufeng also rarely replied.

Li Xiufeng: "Not enough, Su Shen, Psionic Water is a good thing, but this price is too stingy, give me more, and I'll trade it to you."

"Oh ho, asking for a high price, huh?"

Su Mo sneered.

He was interested in befriending a tough guy like Li Xiufeng, who could rely on his strength to fight mutated beasts head-on, but his behavior was really like a black-hearted merchant.

If he had directly quoted a price or privately messaged him to sell, Su Mo would have offered a high price.

But with this attitude of waiting for a higher price, even if Su Mo offered a high price of 1L at this time, Li Xiufeng might still want more.

Su Mo: "Sorry, I don't have any more. I dug this thing out of the ground with great difficulty, and there's only this much. I want to keep the rest as inventory. As for the effect of Psionic Water, I think you know better than me."

Li Xiufeng: "Su Shen, don't! Add a little more, add a little more and I'll sell it to you."

Just as Su Mo guessed, Li Xiufeng was leaning against the inner wall of a small wooden house.

On his leg, blood could be faintly seen flowing out, seeping into the Wooden Board.

Seeing Su Mo's firm attitude, even Fengzi Ge, who dared to face mutated beasts head-on, was now panicking! In the apocalypse, what is the most important thing?

Besides food and water, the remaining most important thing is medical care.

While humans gained intelligence, they also lost the shell to protect themselves.

Even a small wound on a fragile body can lead to bacterial infection and death.

Not to mention the large and small wounds on Fengzi Ge's leg now, it's basically the kind of situation where he would die without medicine.

Previously, he exchanged a mirror for a mouthful of Psionic Water. After drinking it, many small wounds on his leg had scabbed over, leaving only the medium and large wounds still bleeding.

Under the crisis of life and death, Fengzi Ge decided to hand over the biggest gain from his wilderness adventure, exchanging it for more Psionic Water to save his life.

After thinking about it, Fengzi Ge decided to take the initiative to lower his head.

Li Xiufeng: "Su Shen, this time I was being unreasonable. I urgently need Psionic Water to save my life. Can you give me a little more? Next time I have something good, I'll contact you as soon as possible."

Li Xiufeng: "500ml, will 500ml work? If it works, please say so, and I'll take it off the shelf immediately and trade it to you privately."

In negotiation and trading, the most taboo thing is to let the other party know your bottom line.

Poor Fengzi Ge lost at the starting line, so the subsequent negotiations were naturally subject to many constraints.

After a long time, Su Mo didn't reply, and silently changed his bid to 500ml.

[Record]: You lost Psionic Water * 500ml [Record]: You obtained Large Vegetable Culture Medium * 1

Request recommendation, request collection, request follow-up reading, thank you all readers!

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