Rising Enthusiasm

Meanwhile.

In another corner of this ice field.

A middle-aged man with a stern gaze, his eyes like a falcon's, stared into the distance.

He clenched his fists slightly and said coldly, "Cao Xing!"

This person was Fang Long.

Behind him, a pair of elderly people and a sexy woman were huddled inside the Lord's Hut, warming themselves by the fire.

It was clear that Fang Long's family was currently doing quite well.

After all, he had accumulated a considerable amount of supplies through the previous few trades.

Just then, a survivor named Ji Jun contacted Fang Long.

"Boss, that detestable kid actually remembered all our names."

"We just went to trade with him, and not only were we rejected, but he also cursed at us."

Hearing this, Fang Long's face turned even more ashen.

Ji Jun continued, "Boss, what should we do now? His Bear Meat provides so many attributes. If we don't have it, we'll be falling behind others. This is very detrimental to our development."

Fang Long calmed his inner anger and said, "I understand. I'll figure something out about the Bear Meat."

After ending the communication, Fang Long frowned.

Although he said he would resolve it, Fang Long didn't have any good ideas for the moment.

Just then, a survivor named Liu Zhenjie applied to add Fang Long as a friend.

Seeing the somewhat familiar name, Fang Long clicked to accept.

"Boss Fang Long, I am Muxue's father, Liu Zhenjie!" Liu Zhenjie sent a message immediately.

Fang Long remembered that he had pursued Liu Muxue for a while himself, but she had rejected him.

"So it's Muxue's father. Uncle Liu, what can I do for you?"

Liu Zhenjie quickly replied, "Yes, of course!"

"It's about the kid who offended you in the chat channel."

Hearing this, Fang Long immediately became interested.

"Uncle Liu, please tell me quickly!"

A moment later.

After listening to Liu Zhenjie's account, Fang Long's face showed an expression of amusement.

"Interesting. So he's just a lowly driver. I thought this kid was some big shot!"

"A guy from the bottom, thinking he can actually turn his life around after arriving in this world?"

"However, Muxue is actually with this guy. That's something I didn't expect."

Fang Long said to Liu Zhenjie, "Uncle Liu, you've done well. I'll trade you this Beast Meat first."

Seeing that he was getting food, Liu Zhenjie thanked Fang Long profusely.

After ending the private chat, Fang Long immediately issued an order to the members of the Three Heroes Guild.

That was to locate Cao Xing's camp.

At this moment, Cao Xing was unaware that Fang Long was searching for his camp coordinates, because he had once again been flooded with various trade messages!

Trade Successful: You obtained Skill Book: Ice Cone Technique, you lost Fresh Bear Meat (Blue)*5

Trade Successful: You obtained Skill Book: Aurora Blessing, you lost Fresh Bear Meat (Blue)*5

Trade Successful: You obtained Black Iron Plate Armor (Green)*1, you lost Fresh Bear Meat (Blue)*3

Trade Successful...

This time, Cao Xing put out another 500 pieces of Bear Meat, which was 5,000 portions, for trade.

After nearly an hour of trading, all 5,000 portions of Bear Meat in Cao Xing's hands were sold out.

The consignment information on the market was also removed.

The chat channel, which was in a heated state, suddenly saw the news of the Bear Meat selling out and was stunned.

Then the survivors excitedly shouted, "No way... it sold out so quickly? I still didn't get any!"

"I didn't get any either, what a shame..."

"Ahhh! Big shot Cao Xing, please put up more Bear Meat!"

"@Cao Xing, be sensible and put up more Bear Meat, don't force me to beg you!"

It was clear that the Bear Meat was still in short supply in the entire trading market.

After all, there were over thirty to forty thousand people in District 174.

Cao Xing had traded a little over seven thousand portions of Bear Meat at most.

This meant that less than a fifth of the people had successfully obtained Bear Meat.

Although Cao Xing still had 500 portions of Bear Meat, which could be divided into 5,000 portions for trading.

He was keeping these as reserves or for exchanging for precious items.

Thus, Cao Xing said in the chat channel, "Everyone, I don't have much Bear Meat left, so I can't conduct large-scale trades anymore."

"However, if you find any interesting items, feel free to private message me."

"I'm buying Blueprints, equipment, and skill books."

Cao Xing's words reignited hope in the survivors who hadn't managed to get any Bear Meat.

"So Boss Cao Xing still has Bear Meat! That's great!"

"He's buying skill books and blueprints? I'm heading out to explore the snow immediately!"

"This time, I'm definitely getting Bear Meat. Let's go!"

Just then, Cao Xing reminded them, "Everyone, it's getting dark soon. Don't go out exploring now. Let's survive tonight and head out tomorrow."

After his reminder, the survivors realized this, "Right, it gets colder when it's dark, so we can't be active outside."

"Okay, then we'll go out tomorrow!"

The survivors were filled with enthusiasm.

Because of Cao Xing's Bear Meat, their motivation to explore had been ignited, which was a good sign.

This meant that more survivors would be collecting supplies in the wilderness.

And at the current stage, no one except Cao Xing had the strength to deal with Level 15 Elite monsters, so his Bear Meat was still unique.

After closing the chat channel.

Cao Xing looked at his gains with satisfaction.

From this trade, he had once again acquired 15,000 Wood, 7,800 Stone, 570 Iron, 62 Primary Elemental Crystals, and 30 Mithril!

Cao Xing glanced at his Territory's resource reserves.

Food: Bread*45, Snake Meat*10, Wolf Meat*106, Bear Meat*500

Wood*20764, Stone*11135, Iron*1022, Coal*137

In addition to these, his backpack contained Primary Elemental Crystals*113, Mithril*50!

A Green Weapon Blueprint, a Green Plate Armor top, and two Skill Books!

"What a terrifying amount!"

"With this amount of resources, it took me about 20 days to collect this much when I played on my tablet."

Cao Xing was now nearly twenty days ahead of the other survivors!

"With the resources I have, I can even directly upgrade to a Level 3 Lord's Hut, which will unlock more buildings."

"However, a Level 3 Lord's Hut requires a Level 15 Great Smelter, which is still a long way off."

"Besides, it's getting dark soon. I should head back to the Lord's Hut to take shelter."

Cao Xing returned to the Lord's Hut.

Seeing him enter, Liu Muxue lowered her head shyly.

At this moment, Liu Muxue seemed to remember something and said softly, "A Xing, I've had dealings with that Fang Long. He's a cunning and ruthless person, so be careful."