After thinking of this, Wang Teng immediately opened the Communication Channel, wanting to ask if anyone else knew about this.
"Holy crap, has anyone seen monsters in the sea?"
Since Wang Teng happened to be ranked tenth on the Regional Island Prosperity Ranking, his message quickly caught the attention of many people.
"What? There are monsters in the sea? Big shot, what kind of monster did you see? Please tell us!"
"Damn it, could it be the monster that guy who dared to dive ran into earlier?"
"That's very likely. That guy didn't even finish his sentence before disappearing for good."
"Holy crap, there are monsters? Could it be a Jinpo? I've seen those things in tomb-raiding novels. They live in the sea."
"Why don't you just say it's a Water Monkey?"
For a while, Wang Teng's message brought many Survivors who were still awake pouring into the Communication Channel. They all shared their opinions.
Meanwhile, when Wang Teng saw that nobody in the Communication Channel knew anything about this, he sent Su Yu another private message.
"Big shot, help! Someone's going to die! There's a monster in the sea!"
[ Ding! Survivor Wang Teng has requested a private chat with you. Do you accept? ]
Su Yu was busy fishing when he heard the notification that Wang Teng was requesting a private chat again.
"Could that guy have seen a Sea Monkey too?" Su Yu, who hadn't checked the Communication Channel yet, suddenly had the thought.
"Accept." With that suspicion in mind, Su Yu immediately accepted.
The moment Su Yu accepted Wang Teng's request, the message Wang Teng had sent appeared before him.
"So he really might have seen a Sea Monkey." From Wang Teng's message, Su Yu realized his guess had been right.
Perhaps because his Spirit attribute had increased considerably, Su Yu felt that his thinking had become much sharper. Things he couldn't figure out before now made sense as soon as he thought about them.
"If you're alive, make a peep and tell me what you saw. If you're dead, forget it. No need to come haunt me."
After thinking it over, Su Yu sent Wang Teng a reply. After all, he still had messages left for today.
"Me..."
Wang Teng was keeping an eye on the sea while watching the private chat interface. When he saw Su Yu's reply, a few black lines appeared across his forehead.
But in the next moment, Wang Teng quickly sent Su Yu another message.
"Big shot, I'm still alive. As for the monster in the sea, all I saw were scales on its body. It looked human, but I couldn't make out anything else."
Wang Teng was fairly clever. When he realized he couldn't get any information about the monster from the Communication Channel, he immediately understood that ordinary Survivors might never have seen it, but the top-ranked big shot might have.
When Su Yu saw Wang Teng's private message, he thought for a moment before casually replying, "I'll trade you some information for one Common Energy Crystal."
"Robbery!" Wang Teng's heart gave a painful twitch when he saw Su Yu's reply.
Although he'd used his head start with the Common Energy Crystals—before their use became widely known—to resell the information he'd bought from Su Yu a few times, he still couldn't afford to spend a whole Common Energy Crystal just to get some information this time!
"Big shot, can't you make it cheaper? I can't afford that!" Wang Teng started pleading poverty again after thinking it over.
When Su Yu saw the message Wang Teng had sent, he simply couldn't be bothered to reply.
Meanwhile, Wang Teng waited four or five minutes without hearing back from the big shot before he finally realized that the big shot probably didn't want to talk to him.
Wang Teng immediately felt a pang of frustration. Wasn't this a little too harsh? He'd only tried to bargain. Why had Su Yu stopped answering him?
In the end, Wang Teng still couldn't bring himself to spend a Common Energy Crystal for a single piece of information. But to avoid offending Su Yu, he sent him another message as tactfully as he could.
"Big shot, I'll come trade with you once I'm rich."
Su Yu's eyelid twitched slightly at that, and he went back to fishing.
At the same time, the Survivors in the Communication Channel still hadn't reached any conclusions about the sea monster. Instead, something else drew most of their attention.
"Brothers and sisters, I've got good news! I figured out what Common Energy Crystals are used for. You can combine one with flour to make Common Bait. One Common Energy Crystal and 300 grams of flour make 30 portions of Common Bait."
"Holy crap, is that true?"
"May good people live long and prosper! No wonder the top-ranked big shot was buying these things."
"Just look at how generous some people are, then look at certain others. They knew what these things were for but kept their mouths shut."
"What are you barking about? I haven't seen you share any information either, you idiot."
"Exactly! If the world hadn't given birth to keyboard warriors, the way of the trolls would've been lost in the darkness of the ages. They've got nothing but a mouth. Maybe after the seven-day Beginner Protection Period ends, their whole body will be soft when they die, and only their mouths will still be hard. Haha!"
After certain people revealed the news in the Communication Channel, some immediately started stirring up trouble. Many people even pointed the finger straight at Su Yu.
After all, Su Yu had been firmly holding on to first place, and other Survivors couldn't send him a private message unless they met the conditions he'd set.
As a result, many Survivors had grown resentful of Su Yu. After all, it was only natural for people to feel jealous.
That was also why Su Yu rarely posted in the Communication Channel unless he needed to buy something.
Su Yu simply didn't care what the other Survivors thought of him. In this world, his first priority was staying alive, not arguing in the Communication Channel all day.
At that moment, many Survivors near the top of the Regional Island Prosperity Ranking watched the messages in the Communication Channel with cold eyes. Quite a few of them even sneered in disdain.
"A bunch of idiots. Of all the times to stir up trouble for the regional number one. If, as time goes on, the regional number one gets the authority to punish ordinary Survivors, I bet these morons will be crying their eyes out."
As for Wang Teng, when he saw the name of the guy who'd revealed what Common Energy Crystals were for, he felt like stabbing him twice.
"That bastard! He went and made the information public so quickly!"
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