At the sight of the chili peppers, Wang Yu couldn't stop himself from swallowing.
Then Wang Yu took out 1 kg of berries and traded them to the other person.
[Wang Yu: I'll trade you two jin of berries for these chili peppers.]
[Zhang Dahai: Brother, last time you traded me more than ten jin of mutton. I got the better end of that deal, so you can have these few chili peppers for free.]
[Wang Yu: A deal's a deal. Just take the berries.]
[Zhang Dahai: You're an honest man. Looks like I have no choice but to accept them. I'll take them, then.]
After the trade was complete, Wang Yu had 12 green small chili peppers in his hand.
Wang Yu looked at them. They were exactly like Small Chili.
[Zhang Dahai: Brother, these are Devil Chili. Just eat a little at a time. I learned that the hard way—they nearly burned me to death.]
[Wang Yu: Got it. Thanks, brother.]
[Zhang Dahai: Don't mention it. Chili peppers are a strange thing in this game. They're precious, but at the same time, they won't fill your stomach.]
Wang Yu knew that if Zhang Dahai traded the chili peppers, he could get more than two jin of berries for them. There were no seasonings in the game, so players with plenty of supplies would be scrambling to get their hands on these peppers.
[Zhang Dahai: I also have some Water Snail Meat. Since you have plenty of berries, how about trading some to me for it?]
[Wang Yu: No need. I still have some Water Snail Meat.]
[Zhang Dahai: All right, I've got work to do. We'll talk later.]
[Wang Yu: Sure.]
Wang Yu didn't take Zhang Dahai's Water Snail Meat. Last time, he'd used Dice-Increased Quantity on his 157 pieces of Water Snail Meat, and he still had 749 portions of 10 g each. That was about 15 jin of Water Snail Meat in a tin bucket, so naturally he didn't want more.
The main thing was that trading berries at a rate of three to one wasn't worth it.
After trading with Zhang Dahai, Wang Yu began eating roasted mutton and berries.
He still had two large baskets of berries to get rid of. They'd spoil in a few days if he didn't.
If he didn't get rid of them, he'd have to clear space in his Backpack to store them, but there was no way he could make room for them among the things already in his Backpack.
Wang Yu found Su Qingxue in his Friend List. She was the woman upstream from the small river.
She seemed well-off. There might be something to gain from dealing with her.
Wang Yu sent her a message.
[Wang Yu: I have a batch of berries. Do you want them?]
The other person replied quickly.
[Su Qingxue: No, thanks. Yesterday, I traded a Dwarf Rabbit for 30 jin of berries.]
[Wang Yu: All right.]
[Su Qingxue: Do you have any extra animal hides? We could trade.]
[Wang Yu: I should have three units of animal hide in a couple of days.]
[Su Qingxue: Okay. Find me when you have three units, and we can trade.]
[Wang Yu: Sure.]
Su Qingxue didn't want the berries. Wang Yu thought of someone else and found a player named Fang Miaomiao. The 1000g of Giant Lizard Meat in Wang Yu's Backpack was what he'd traded fish meat to her for.
So Wang Yu added her as a friend and left a note saying he had dozens of jin of berries to trade.
The other person accepted his Friend Request soon afterward.
[Fang Miaomiao: You have dozens of jin of berries to get rid of?]
[Wang Yu: That's right.]
[Fang Miaomiao: I traded for 60 jin of berries yesterday, so I don't need any more. Do you have any other meat?
I can trade Giant Lizard Meat for other kinds of meat at a rate of 1.5 to 1. I remember trading fish meat with you before. It tasted great. Do you have any more?]
Wang Yu's mouth twitched a few times as he read the message. The other person had traded for 60 jin of berries yesterday.
He hadn't expected her to turn down berries and offer to trade Giant Lizard Meat for other meat at a rate of 1.5 to 1.
Was this player living in a Giant Lizard's nest? How did she have so much Giant Lizard Meat?
Wang Yu had 13 Big Fish that he hadn't used Dice-Increased Quantity on yet, so he had no fish meat to trade for her Giant Lizard Meat.
[Wang Yu: I have a kind of high-quality meat, but I want to trade at a rate of 2 to 1.]
[Fang Miaomiao: What kind of meat?]
[Wang Yu: Mutton.]
[Fang Miaomiao: Deal. Two to one. How much do you have?]
Wang Yu thought it over, then took out 15 jin of mutton and sent her a Trade Request.
The other person immediately put up her meat in return, without a moment's hesitation.
[Player Fang Miaomiao sent you a trade offer: Giant Lizard Meat, 500g × 30.]
Wang Yu looked at it and clicked Confirm.
He took out the 30 jin of Giant Lizard Meat and hung it beside the fireplace to dry. He also took out the 2 jin of Giant Lizard Meat from his Backpack and hung it up with the rest.
What a haul!
It was no exaggeration to say that now, with the meat he'd gained by using Dice-Increased Quantity, he could make it last more than half a year if he ate sparingly.
[Fang Miaomiao: Your mutton is excellent quality. If you have any extra, we can trade again. I'll trade at a rate of 2 to 1.]
[Wang Yu: I don't have any extra. I traded all of it to you.]
[Fang Miaomiao: All right. It's not like you got the short end of the deal. Let's leave it at that.]
If Wang Yu had a choice, he'd still rather eat mutton, so he'd only traded away 15 jin.
He'd gotten 30 jin of Giant Lizard Meat in return, greatly increasing his meat reserves.
But he still had two large baskets of berries to get rid of.
Wang Yu thought of someone else.
So Wang Yu found someone named Ye Feifan and sent him a Friend Request, explaining why he wanted to talk.
But after waiting for quite a while, he still didn't get a reply.
In that case, the other person probably wasn't interested in his berries.
Looks like he'd have to think of another way.
Just then, at exactly nine in the morning, a Light Screen popped up before Wang Yu.
[Notification: Congratulations to all players who have survived until the seventh day of this Survival Game. The Game Hint Information, updated once every seven days, is now available.] [Hint One: This Survival Game has entered its seventh day. The Game Map is now officially available. Please explore its functions for yourselves.] [Hint Two: Congratulations to all players on surviving for seven days. The Seven Day Game Hint newbie benefits are now available. Find the relevant benefits on the Game Map. Please claim them with caution.] [Hint Three: Starting at midnight tonight, the Wilderness World will experience seven consecutive days of rain. Please watch for changes in the weather and prepare to keep out the rain.]
Wang Yu read the text on the Light Screen twice, then immediately closed the prompt and opened the Game Channel icon.
Four icons appeared before Wang Yu: Public Channel, Private Channel, Game Mission, and Game Map.
Previously, Wang Yu had only had the Public Channel, Private Channel, and Game Mission icons. Now there was a Game Map icon as well.
Wang Yu opened the Game Map, and a map like one from an online game appeared before him.
At a glance, he saw countless markers on the map, each labeled "Newbie Benefit."
Wang Yu zoomed in and saw his location. He also got a clear look at the terrain of the wilderness around him. A Small River beside him stood out in particular.
That Small River was the stream.
Wang Yu discovered that he could place markers on the map. Each marker would appear with a set of coordinates.
He could also send those coordinates to other players.
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