Flour at Last

Su Yu was lying back in his seat, holding an apple in one hand. Meanwhile, he let his thoughts sink into the Communication Channel again, hoping to see if anyone had discovered anything valuable.

As soon as his thoughts entered the Communication Channel, Su Yu noticed that the messages had become scattered and sparse again. They were no longer coming in so thick and fast that he had to keep scrolling upward to see what others had said.

[Notification: The prosperity value of your island area has remained on the rankings long enough to meet the requirement, so you may enjoy the privileges of the top-ranked island.]

[First: Five extra trades each day. Trade listings may be pinned in the trading channel.]

[Second: Five extra messages each day. Messages may be pinned in the trading channel.]

[Third: Continue accumulating time on the rankings to receive chest rewards, with milestones at 1, 3, 5, and 7 days.]

As Su Yu browsed, the announcement that he had become the Top Ranker rang in his ears once more.

But Su Yu's expression had turned somewhat grave. The messages in the Communication Channel were hitting a nerve.

"Please, I'm begging you, let me go back! My child is only one year old!"

"Man, I wonder if the children and the elderly were also transported into this damned world."

[Notification: Humans under the age of 14 and over the age of 60 will receive separate arrangements. Survivors, please do your best to stay alive. Only by fighting to survive can you hope to see your loved ones again.]

Just as Su Yu's expression darkened, a prompt that seemed to see straight through everyone's thoughts rang in the ears of all the Survivors.

In an instant, it rekindled many people's desire to keep living.

As for Su Yu, he felt he was the Lone Star type. Before his soul had crossed over, he had been all alone, and he was still alone after crossing over. So he didn't have any family to worry about.

"That's great! I have to survive." After the prompt, the Regional Channel Su Yu was in grew lively again.

"Brothers, anyone have any useful information to share? I spent the whole day fishing and all I caught was junk."

"Fishing seems to depend on luck. I haven't run into any of those lousy treasure chests."

"Holy crap, then I'm done for. I've always been unlucky, even when playing games."

"May you rest in peace, brother. By the way, before you go, could you give me your supplies?"

"Get lost, you bastard. I'm going to outlive you!"

When Su Yu saw the messages in the Communication Channel growing increasingly pointless again, he couldn't be bothered to say anything. Instead, he went straight to the Trading Channel.

He glanced at the keyword search panel on the screen and entered "flour" with a thought.

Soon, around a dozen listings for flour appeared on the screen.

[Wang**]

Trade item: 1 kilogram of flour.

Requested item: 0.9 kilograms of bread or instant noodles.

[Zhou**]

Trade item: 2 kilograms of flour.

Requested item: 1.8 kilograms of food that requires no cooking.

After scanning the flour listings, Su Yu saw that most people wanted to trade it for food that didn't need cooking.

But then he remembered that a packet of Instant Noodles weighed only a hundred grams, and immediately gave up on trading them for flour.

After thinking it over, Su Yu decided to try offering his Windproof Lighter instead.

Trade item: 1 windproof lighter.

Requested item: 300 grams of flour.

Those were the terms Su Yu set for the trade. He set the number of trades to two. As for whether he'd get a deal, he decided to eat something and fill his stomach first.

Su Yu left the Trading Channel, opened the car door, and stepped outside.

"Use this to light that wood and get a fire going." He glanced at the two Low-level Goblins, who were still working hard, and gave the order.

After speaking, Su Yu took out a Windproof Lighter and pressed it in his hand, showing the two Goblins how to light it. Once he'd finished demonstrating, he tossed the lighter to them.

The two Goblins, utterly loyal to Su Yu, hurried off to start the fire. They'd been making wooden tables, chairs, and other things, and the leftover wood shavings made starting a fire a piece of cake.

Soon, the two Goblins had gathered a pile of leftover wood and quickly got a fire going.

Su Yu poured some mineral water into a pot, then set it over the flames.

Two or three minutes later, when the water in the pot had heated up, Su Yu tore open a packet of Instant Noodles and tossed it in.

The fragrant smell of the seasoning kept tickling Su Yu's nose.

The two Goblins beside him stared at the pot over the fire, swallowing hard again and again.

But no matter how much they drooled, neither Goblin dared entertain any improper thoughts. Su Yu, meanwhile, quickly stirred the water with his chopsticks.

Three minutes later, the steaming Instant Noodles were ready. Su Yu poured all the noodles from the pot into a bowl, then glanced at the Goblins, who were watching the bowl in his hands with pleading eyes and swallowing constantly.

"Make your own. When you're done, wash the pot and bowl." After a moment's thought, Su Yu decided not to be so stingy that he denied his two slaves a meal. For now, they were still useful; at the very least, he could dump all the dirty and exhausting work on them.

With that, Su Yu tossed them two packets of Instant Noodles.

If it had been anyone else, they might have wondered whether they should feed their slaves, since no one could be sure they'd find more food.

But Su Yu had nothing to worry about. He already had the Energy Crystals needed to make Common Bait; all he lacked was flour. With two Energy Crystals, he could make a full sixty portions of Common Bait.

With Su Yu's Insight Talent, he was basically guaranteed not to catch any junk, so he'd have a reliable source of food going forward.

[Notification: Your two windproof lighters have been sold. Would you like to claim the trade items? Please select a container when claiming them.]

Su Yu was sitting on a log, wolfing down noodles, and nearly choked.

"Damn it, couldn't you wait until I'd finished eating before reminding me?"

After grumbling to himself, Su Yu made his choice with a thought and selected the option to retrieve the trade. For the container, he chose a plate on the ground.

A moment later, 600 grams of snowy-white flour appeared on the plate, and at the same time, a Windproof Lighter appeared in front of each of the other two Survivors.