18 Top-Tier Greatswords

Thump! Thump! Thump!

The Frost Wolf took heavy strides, charging in the direction Cao Xing had commanded.

Watching the figures of man and wolf recede, Cao Xing nodded with satisfaction.

A few minutes later.

A System Prompt appeared.

[Your territory building, the Polar Dweller Hut, has been successfully upgraded. Current level: Level 2. Maximum Polar Humans that can be recruited: 4/8]

Cao Xing's eyes lit up. "Excellent, excellent, excellent! The Polar Dweller Hut has also been upgraded. This way, I'll have more people working for me!"

Before long, four Polar Humans, holding tools, arrived beside Cao Xing.

"Lord, the task is complete!"

Cao Xing nodded, then walked over to the Level 2 Polar Dweller Hut.

The upgraded Polar Dweller Hut had transformed from a small tent into a small, single-story building nearly three meters high, occupying about 20 square meters.

In front of him, the attributes of this building appeared.

Level 2 Polar Dweller Hut: Can summon Polar Humans to work for you by consuming Food. Area occupied: 30 square meters. Maximum recruitment: 4/8 people. Upgrade requirements: Level 3 Lord's Hut, Stone*100, Wood*200, Iron*50.

Cao Xing pondered, "A Level 2 Polar Dweller Hut can only recruit 4 more Polar Humans. That's still not enough manpower."

"To continue upgrading, I need a Level 3 Lord's Hut. I can't build that in a short time."

Shaking his head, Cao Xing spent another 20 Food to summon 4 Polar Humans.

The hut trembled.

Four Polar Humans poured out.

"Respected Lord, the Polar Humans report for duty!"

Beside him, Liu Muxue exclaimed, "Ah! More Polar Humans have come out..."

Cao Xing nodded, then continued to name these Polar Humans.

He continued from Wu Zhuang and Liu Zhuang all the way to Ba Zhuang before stopping.

The Polar Humans respectfully said, "Thank you, Lord, for the names."

[Successfully named a Polar Human. Wu Zhuang's Loyalty to you increased by 5 points...]

[Successfully named a Polar Human. Liu Zhuang's Loyalty to you increased by 5 points...]

System prompts for increased favorability appeared continuously.

Cao Xing looked at Da Zhuang first and then said, "Da Zhuang, lead Er Zhuang to Si Zhuang. The four of you will go and fully mine that Coal Mine."

"Wu Zhuang and Liu Zhuang, your task is to chop down the nearby Wood and transport it to the Lumber Mill for processing."

"Qi Zhuang and Ba Zhuang, your mission is to collect more Stone to build a Ore Processing Plant."

"Do you all understand?"

The eight Polar Humans exchanged glances after hearing this. They respectfully saluted, "Understood, Lord!"

Then, led by Da Zhuang, the Polar Humans began their fervent work.

"A Xing, is there anything I need to do?" Liu Muxue asked softly from the side.

Cao Xing glanced at the equipment Liu Muxue was currently wearing. Besides the small wooden shield gifted by the system, she only had a Stone Axe.

The small wooden shield already had cracks from combat.

He felt that it would be completely damaged after one more battle.

Thinking of this, Cao Xing said, "Sister-in-law, I'll go check the Market to see if there's anything useful."

Liu Muxue nodded gently. "Okay... I'll listen to you."

Cao Xing checked his food reserves.

Food: Bread*45, Snake Meat*10, Wolf Meat*132.

"My food supply is currently sufficient. I can use some of it to trade for supplies or equipment."

He clicked on the Market channel.

The items listed for sale had increased by dozens of pages.

It seemed that more and more survivors, or rather, teams, had built their own markets.

Cao Xing typed 'Equipment' into the search bar and filtered the results.

Scattered white-grade equipment appeared, such as Stone Axes, Stone Spears, and so on.

Several iron items were also being sold at quite high prices.

Cao Xing shook his head. The attributes of these items were too poor; they offered no real improvement.

Just then, he saw a listing.

Consignment Item: Rusted Iron Shield (White) * 1.

Required Item: Food * 50 or Medical Box * 1.

Consignor: Chen Yuan (Seller's Note: Top-tier iron shield, amazing defense, first come, first served.)

Cao Xing glanced at the attributes of the iron shield. It had an armor value of 5-8, nearly double that of the small wooden shield Liu Muxue was holding.

While not top-tier, it was still pretty good.

So, Cao Xing, as usual, made an offer first.

Cao Xing: "20 Food for the Rusted Iron Shield."

A moment later, the other party replied with a single word.

"Scram."

What the... this guy has quite a temper, impatient even to haggle.

Cao Xing was amused.

Shaking his head, he didn't mind.

He then posted a consignment message himself.

Consignment Item: Fresh Wolf Meat (Green)

Required Item: Equipment, Weapons, Skill Books. Consignor: Cao Xing (Seller's Note: Fresh wolf meat, 1 wolf meat = 5 Food. Looking for equipment and skill books usable by Aurora Knights and Frost Mages. DM if interested.)

Shortly after the wolf meat was listed, someone among the survivors noticed the market information.

"Holy crap! Someone is selling food on the market, and it's green-grade wolf meat!"

"Wolf meat? I remember the wolves in the wild are at least level 3 monsters. Who is this big shot, to have killed a wolf so quickly!"

"Too strong, I'm still gnawing on dry bread, and others are already eating meat."

"This big shot wants equipment and skill books. Who has them? Hurry and go trade with the big shot!"

At this stage, when everyone was struggling for food, someone was actually selling food, and it was precious wolf meat, which immediately caused a stir.

As expected, a moment later, Cao Xing received his first private message.

Ren Yixu: "Brother, your bones look extraordinary. I have a +18 top-tier greatsword here, selling it to you for only 5 wolf meat. What do you say?"

Cao Xing was delighted, "Show me."

Rusted Iron Sword (White), Quality: Normal, Attack Power: 6-8, Special Effects: None.

Cao Xing: "..."

"This is the +18 top-tier greatsword you're talking about?"

Ren Yixu chuckled, "Forgot to mention, this is a future +18 enhanced greatsword. With my skill, I can definitely enhance it to 18 in the future!"

Cao Xing was speechless and directly said, "2 wolf meat."

Ren Yixu was stunned, "So little?"

"Are you selling or not?"

"Selling!"

Ren Yixu agreed decisively.

Cao Xing speechlessly modified the trade information.

Trade successful, you obtained Rusted Iron Sword (White), you lost Fresh Wolf Meat (Green) * 2.

Then, Cao Xing received many more private messages.

Among them, not many were selling equipment. Most wanted to trade their other territory resources, such as wood, stone, and a small amount of iron.

To these survivors, Cao Xing would remind them, telling them the importance of these basic resources as the foundation of survival, and that they shouldn't be easily sold.

Some survivors would heed the advice and give up the trade, but some insisted on trading with Cao Xing.

They told Cao Xing that they were starving to death, who would think about future development? Of course, they would fill their stomachs first.

Seeing these messages, Cao Xing pondered inwardly.

"Since they want to sell, then I can indeed acquire some resources."

"But my wolf meat reserves are not large, so I can't buy large quantities of stone and wood."

"However, I can exchange for some iron first, and then get the blacksmith shop built."

Once the blacksmith shop is built, simple iron tools like iron axes, iron pickaxes, iron spears, etc., can be crafted.

As for other equipment, it requires corresponding blueprints to craft.

But, the survivors currently have too little iron, at most only two or three pieces.

Exchanging one wolf meat for 2 iron would definitely be a loss for Cao Xing.

So, Cao Xing asked the system, "Can wolf meat be decomposed into smaller portions?"

System Prompt appeared.

One piece of wolf meat can be broken down into a maximum of 10 small pieces of wolf meat, with 100g per portion.

Cao Xing was stunned, it actually worked!

So, he took out 5 pieces of wolf meat from his hand and broke them down into 50 portions.

Then, Cao Xing modified the trade terms.

The consignment ratio was 1 portion of wolf meat for 2 pieces of iron.

The area channel once again attracted attention.

"Brothers, this big shot has changed the terms. You can trade wolf meat for iron. Who has iron, hurry up and trade!"

"I happen to have two pieces, I'll go trade with this big shot right away."

"Holy crap, I really want to eat meat too, save some for me!"

Cao Xing kept receiving trade requests.

Trade successful, you obtained Iron * 2, you lost Wolf Meat * 100g

Trade successful, you obtained Iron * 4, you lost Wolf Meat * 200g

Trade successful, you obtained Iron Round Shield (White) * 1, you lost Fresh Wolf Meat * 5.

Besides a large amount of iron, Cao Xing also received a shield as he wished.

Cao Xing glanced at the attributes.

Iron Round Shield (White), Quality: Normal, Armor: 9~11, Special Effects: None. Although it was just a white shield, its attributes were much better than the wooden shield Liu Muxue had.

In no time, the dozen or so pieces of wolf meat Cao Xing had put up for sale were all snapped up.

And Cao Xing's inventory directly gained 100 pieces of iron!

Now, the iron he had was completely enough to build the Blacksmith Shop.

Joy appeared in Cao Xing's eyes, "Compared to collecting slowly, trading with other survivors is much faster!"

Of course, this method was only possible if he had enough resources.

With the population of the territory increasing so much, the daily food consumption was a considerable number.

Therefore, he could only sell a small portion of food to exchange for supplies.

Just as Cao Xing was about to end the trades, the survivor named Chen Yuan sent a message again.

"Brother, I'll buy that iron shield from you for 10 pieces of wolf meat."

He seemed to have noticed the activity in the market.

Seeing this message, Cao Xing couldn't help but laugh.

This guy really dared to name a price, he really treated this broken shield as a treasure.

The shield Cao Xing had just traded for not only had better attributes than this rusted iron shield, but it only cost him 5 pieces of wolf meat.

So, Cao Xing replied, "No need, keep it yourself."

Hearing this, the survivor named Chen Yuan immediately became anxious.

"Brother, don't! We can discuss it, 8 pieces, 8 pieces will do, right?"

Cao Xing had no intention of replying.

The other party was anxious, "6 pieces, I really can't go any lower. People can't be too greedy."

Cao Xing still didn't reply.

Chen Yuan was anxious, "I am Chen Yuan from the Three Heroes Guild, give me some face, 5 pieces of wolf meat and you can take this shield."

"..."

Chen Yuan seemed to have lost his patience.

"4 pieces of wolf meat! This is my absolute minimum, I advise you not to push your luck!"

His tone became more and more impatient.

At this moment, Cao Xing calmly replied, "Scram."