[Private Message] Seeking Favorites and Follows

Looking at the flour in the plate, Su Yu finished the instant noodles in his bowl in a few quick bites. After satisfyingly drinking down the noodle soup, he tossed the bowl aside, intending to have the two Goblins wash it with seawater later.

He then took out two Energy Crystals, tossed them directly into the plate, and picked up the Hammer from the ground.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" Once the Hammer was in his hand, Su Yu immediately began to smash away.

Before long, the two Common Energy Crystals were smashed into smithereens by Su Yu. Glancing at the pulverized crystals in the plate, Su Yu threw the Hammer back onto the ground and began his work.

Ultimately, through Su Yu's crafting, sixty portions of fresh Common Bait made their grand debut.

"Phew." Looking at the sixty portions of Common Bait in the plate, Su Yu felt a slight sense of relief.

However, at this moment, another thought occurred to Su Yu: he was only able to produce Common Bait because he could use Insight to identify the crafting materials, but how would other ordinary Survivors solve the problem once their bait ran out?

Naturally, Su Yu did not want everyone else to perish, leaving him as the only person in this region. If that were the case, there would be no point in developing anything; after all, when it came to the Trading Channel, the more people there were, the richer the variety of items available for trade.

Thinking of this, Su Yu clicked on the Communication Channel to see if anyone was discussing this issue.

As it turned out, once Su Yu clicked in and scrolled through the chat history, he actually found people talking about it, though no one had come up with a solution yet.

After a moment of thought, Su Yu began to edit a message.

"Acquiring Common Energy Crystal. Those interested in selling, please send a private message with a picture." After editing, Su Yu chose to pin the message; it was a privilege he enjoyed as the top-ranked player, and he might as well use it.

As soon as Su Yu's edited message was posted, it immediately caught the attention of many Survivors.

"Holy crap, the top-ranked big shot pinned a message."

"What the hell is a Common Energy Crystal? What does it do? Can someone in the know explain?"

"Even though I don't know what this thing is for, it must be rare. I wish I had one; I'd definitely try to squeeze the top-ranked big shot for all he's worth."

It must be said that Su Yu's message immediately sparked widespread speculation.

After all, Su Yu had consistently held the number one spot on the Regional Prosperity Ranking, which meant that, so far, the construction on Su Yu's island was the best in their entire region.

"Ding, the Regional Prosperity Ranking has been updated. The first place remains unchanged, with the second to one-hundredth places added."

[Regional Prosperity Ranking]

1st Place: [Su Yu] Prosperity: 20 points - (Time on list: 7:31:25).

2nd Place: [Zhou Yi] Prosperity: 10 points - (Time on list: 00:00:01).

3rd Place: [Wang Xu] Prosperity: 9 points - (Time on list: 00:00:01).

4th Place: [Ji Qingrou] Prosperity: 8 points - (Time on list: 00:00:01).

100th Place: [Wang Dachui] Prosperity: 1 point - (Time on list: 00:00:01).

"Ding, the daily Regional Prosperity Ranking rewards are now announced. This excludes the Ranking Treasure Chest, which is only available to the top ten."

1st place receives 20 portions of Common Bait daily.

2nd place receives 15 portions of Common Bait daily.

3rd place receives 10 portions of Common Bait daily.

4th to 10th place receive 8 portions of Common Bait daily.

11th to 20th place receive 6 portions of Common Bait daily.

21st to 50th place receive 4 portions of Common Bait daily.

51st to 100th place receive 3 portions of Common Bait daily.

Below 100th place, everyone receives a subsistence allowance of 1 portion of Common Bait daily.

Shortly after Su Yu sent his message, a mechanical notification sound suddenly rang in the ears of every Survivor in the region.

In an instant, the Communication Channel exploded.

"Damn it, after 100th place, we only get one portion of Common Bait as a subsistence allowance? How are we supposed to survive like this!"

"I envy the top-ranked big shot's first day."

"Holy crap, the first-place reward is twenty portions a day, that's twenty times what I get!"

"Everyone, don't panic. There must be other ways to obtain bait; it can't be the only method."

"Big brothers and sisters in the top ten, can you reveal how your prosperity points rose so fast!"

"Huh." At this moment, Su Yu, who had just sent a message, couldn't help but let out a sound of surprise.

So, there's bait provided for being on the list, but this looks a bit like a survival-of-the-fittest experiment.

After glancing at the rankings and rewards on the light screen, Su Yu became lost in thought.

The situation was now very clear: the higher the ranking, the more resources one could command. For those below 100th place, it depended on whether they could push forward or if they were lucky enough to fish up some unique items to change their current predicament.

"Survivor Wang Teng meets your private message criteria and is requesting a chat. Do you accept?"

Just as Su Yu was pondering, a private message notification interrupted his train of thought.

This person has an Energy Crystal. Realizing this, Su Yu immediately chose to accept.

The requirement Su Yu had set for private messages was that the sender must possess an Energy Crystal; otherwise, he would reject them all.

Otherwise, if anyone could send him a private message, Su Yu would be annoyed to death.

This is also a very practical feature within the Communication Channel. As for whether the other party actually possesses Energy Crystals, this thing naturally detects it; otherwise, how would the items in the Trading Channel display their names?

Su Yu, who had just accepted the private chat request from the other party, saw a message sent by the guy named Wang Teng as soon as he entered the private chat interface.

"Big Brother Su, are you there? I have that Energy Crystal you wanted. I can trade this thing to you, but could you tell me what exactly this thing is used for!"

At this moment, Wang Teng, who was on his own island, was staring at the light screen in front of him with a nervous expression.

It was hard to tell if this guy Wang Teng had incredible luck or what, but he had somehow stumbled into a stroke of good fortune, opening two Energy Crystals at once from a ★★ Common Wooden Treasure Chest he had fished up.

Although Wang Teng did not possess an Insight Talent like Su Yu, he could only see the item names via the light screen and was unable to see the detailed information of the items.

However, after some exploration, Wang Teng had managed to distinguish the star ratings of the treasure chests, knowing which ones contained more precious items.

It was precisely because of this that Wang Teng had not yet listed this item on the Trading Channel, as he truly had no idea what would be good to trade for it.