After the briefing ended, Shiraishi Makoto gathered with his group members.
"Some things can be shared among the groups. For the early stages, let's use consumables to deal with emergencies." Shiraishi Makoto opened the handbook and found an item called a Portable Water Purifier.
The purifier had a built-in filter cartridge with a long service life, making it more than sufficient for this Uninhabited Island Exam. Each use could filter 150 milliliters of river water into directly drinkable water in about ten seconds. If they couldn't accept drinking filtered water directly, they could also boil it again to sterilize it when they weren't in a hurry.
The Portable Water Purifier cost 4,000 Shopping Points, and its filter cartridge could be replaced for free. Considering that the exam lasted two weeks, everyone would indeed need to return to the starting port once to bathe and replenish their daily necessities. This tool was extremely cost-effective for a large group. After all, converting 4,000 Shopping Points into drinking water would only buy twenty-six one-liter bottles, which wasn't even enough for seven people to use for a week.
"But the time when the group-size limit is lifted is later than I expected." Horikita Suzune flipped through the handbook as she spoke. "For the first four days, we still have to prepare enough supplies for each individual group."
The seven people had a total of 52,500 Shopping Points. After buying necessities such as tents, flint, flashlights, and pots, they also bought five days' worth of portable food and drinking water. Items such as the Portable Charging Device and the Portable Water Purifier, meanwhile, were purchased only once.
Items that seemed highly profitable, such as fishing rods, were actually traps for groups aiming to rank near the top. During the exam, the teams had to keep