No One! Is More! Conscientious! Than Me!

Red-named, Colin: "How much are you planning to sell it for?"

Xu Xiangdong: "This name. Are you Mr. Colin?"

"Uh, I didn't expect the one selling water to be you, I'm a bit touched. I'm a fan of yours. How about this: one Thorns of Suffering for three liters of water, how does that sound?"

Colin was quite interested in the thorns in his pocket, then decisively rejected the other party.

"Not interested."

Of course, the main reason was that the guy was too greedy. He didn't know if he was actually a fan, but wanting to trade one thorn for three liters of water? Did he really think Colin had never seen this stuff before?

After responding, Colin turned around and listed Thorns of Suffering on the trading market for one hundred milliliters of water each.

Just as he thought, there were plenty of people who had these. After all, because of Colin's "leaked secrets" yesterday, quite a few people had survived, and there were always some lucky ones who possessed these items.

Colin was finally reaping the dividends of his secret-leaking rescue mission.

At this moment, the person from before saw this scene and immediately grew anxious.

He hadn't drunk water for a whole day and had even eaten two pieces of bread; if he didn't drink some water soon, he would really die of thirst.

Seeing Colin list them on the auction house for 100ml each and failing to snatch even one, he couldn't help but feel a secret regret deep down.

"I shouldn't have asked for such a high price." His throat was so dry it felt like it was smoking. While regretting his actions, he cursed the guy inwardly for making such a loss-making trade and ruining the market rate.

He sent a request to trade one thorn for 50ml of water, but after receiving no response, he couldn't help but angrily lash out: "What kind of savior, he's just a piece of trash!"

After a bout of impotent rage, he knew the other party no longer needed the thorns.

"Do I really have to trade this thing for a bit of water?"

He took a blood-red gemstone out of his backpack, his expression shifting uncertainly.

At this time, Colin had already collected all the materials, including those Mist Points.

Then, following the prompts, he put everything into his backpack, lit the Hurricane Lamp, and walked out of the Wooden Cabin.

[Do you choose to upgrade to a Level 2 Territory?]

Yes!

Without any hesitation, Colin made his choice.

In an instant, the materials in Colin's backpack vanished rapidly.

Next, the Parchment in Colin's hand suddenly unfolded on its own, hovering in mid-air, emitting bursts of incandescent yet non-dazzling light.

This light projected onto the Wooden Cabin.

The next second, the cabin dissolved into the air like a dandelion blown away by the wind within the light.

His home was gone.

Colin was stunned.

But soon, within the radiance projected by the Parchment, a grayish-white foundation structure began to be outlined from the ground up out of thin air.

It looked just like 3D printing.

From nothing to something, walls, doors, windows, a roof, and fences.

Starting from the base, a single-story house covering over a hundred square meters was being created bit by bit before Colin's eyes.

Colin's eyes were filled with shock.

This method of creation, akin to that of a high-level civilization, was truly astonishing.

Even if he used the prompt, he could only get the answer: "You cannot comprehend this."

But whether it was the "prompt" itself that didn't understand, or just Colin himself, could not be verified.

At this moment, the prototype of a glowing house had been outlined.

Then came the more detailed "depiction," as more intricate internal structures were quickly sketched out.

"What level of existence is the creator of the Parchment?"

Colin was somewhat dazed.

Using only some materials to create a house was as easy as an ordinary person drawing on paper with a pen.

However, unlike an ordinary person, this unknown high-level civilization or unknown high-ranking existence was "drawing" directly into reality.

About three minutes later.

This single-story house was created.

The white light on it "faded" like molten steel exposed to the air.

At this moment, a "ding-dong" sound echoed in Colin's mind.

The Level 2 Territory was built!

[Ding-dong: Congratulations to survivor "Colin" for successfully expanding to a Level 2 Territory!]

[Notification: Congratulations to survivor "Colin" for becoming the first lord to possess a Level 2 Territory!]

[Notification: Rewards are about to be distributed!]

[Notification: Rewards have been distributed!]

Amidst a series of sounds, not only was Colin stunned, but the World Channel also exploded.

Because those notifications marked with the "Notification" tag were sent to all players, just like what Colin "heard" this morning.

"Holy crap! I heard the system say someone reached a Level 2 Territory, did you guys hear it too?"

"It seems like a global notification, everyone heard it. There's going to be a monster in this world!"

"Wait, did you notice? The announcement said 'Colin', the same 'Colin' big shot who shared the knowledge about lighting lamps with us yesterday!"

"Big shot Colin is awesome! Voice crack.jpg"

"No wonder someone was trading water for basic materials just now. I thought, how could someone be so stupid? Turns out the clown was me all along!"

"Brothers, did anyone memorize the material list?"

"I did! The big shot just traded for 2,000 Stone, 26 Thorns of Suffering, 1,000 Wood, 500 Clay, and 30 Mist Points. If nothing else, these are the materials for upgrading to a Level 2 Territory."

"How do you remember it so accurately?"

"Probably because he didn't manage to snatch a single drop of water from the very beginning, otherwise he wouldn't remember it so clearly."

"Don't talk about it, my mouth is starting to get dry."

"What's the use of just remembering? Can you find that many materials? Who knows if big shot Colin has other key materials? Do you guys have accurate blueprints? Instead of focusing on this, you'd better go mine more ore. If nothing else, a lot of people will be trading water soon."

"Sure enough, someone is trading water for basic materials again!"

"Damn, 100ml of water for 500 units of Stone? Why doesn't this idiot just go die!"

"Damn it, I saw something even more ridiculous. 100ml for 30 Mist Points? Is this person mentally retarded?"

"Someone actually snapped up 100ml for 500 units of Stone. Are they sick in the head? Look, the price went up again. This is just aiding the villain!"

"Damn! Selling 100 units of Stone for 1ml? Don't let me find out who you are! Otherwise, I'll definitely use my mom's shoe to beat your ass!"

"Wuwuwu, I miss big shot Colin. 200ml of water only cost 200 units of Stone. He didn't raise the price by a single point. He's so conscientious!"

After Colin successfully upgraded to a Level 2 Territory, many people guessed the method for upgrading.

These people had surplus resources, especially water, and immediately began imitating Colin's previous approach, starting to trade for materials on the market.

Coupled with the fact that many people had prepared materials just to snatch water, now, basically anything that could be bought with water was snapped up instantly.

However, this also led to some unscrupulous people setting wild prices.

For a time, the Leaderboard was in total chaos.

But what Colin didn't expect was that, set against these guys, he had actually transformed from a black-hearted profiteer into a paragon of conscience.

This left him feeling somewhat amused. As for the rewards, they weren't much: "Hardened Black Bread *99", "Compass *1", and "Wristwatch *1".

These items weren't of much use to him personally, as he could obtain the corresponding information through his hints.

With a large number of transactions being completed on the market, a portion of the players improved rapidly.

At this moment, a new system notification appeared!

[Notification: Survivor progress levels detected. 'Leaderboard' is about to open!]