Pricing

Rain Seeker arrived, but he did not help Zhu Jiusi ship out all the goods at once.

Instead, he sent them out in batches to the people mentioned earlier, providing each person with a list and sending piles of goods directly to them.

This task alone was extremely time-consuming. No sooner had he finished than the time for Rain Seeker's second Dao Discussion Card expired.

Zhu Jiusi also received his assignment, staying up all night to cross-reference the lists and ship the goods.

Everyone in the chat area was awake. It was unclear how Rain Seeker had arranged the shipping order, as there had been no promotional hype, yet he had managed to stir up everyone's emotions.

Many people had sent their Gourd and supplies ahead of time, waiting to receive their goods.

They were nervous yet expectant. They feared being scammed out of their supplies by the big shots, yet were filled with anticipation for what was to come.

Intertwined emotions left everyone feeling indifferent to the fact that the overall strength of District 66 had completely surpassed District 33.

It wasn't until the individual shippers reported in the chat area that the reality set in.

Monkey Has Iron Rod: "All rain gear and tents have been shipped."

White Beard's Fist: "Hahaha, the weapons are all sent out."

He laughed sincerely, overjoyed! He had made a fortune this time; he had never been this rich before.

He had traded his own Gourd for a large amount of long-shelf-life food, and then used the basic supplies he received from trading Gourds to sell for even more.

His net gain was more than five or six times his original investment. It wasn't just him; the others had also gained immensely.

Of course, some were happy while others were worried.

Monkey Has Iron Rod looked at the supplies filling his vehicle, wanting to cry but having no tears.

In business, when sales are stable and profit margins are fixed, the more capital you have, the greater the harvest. It was geometric growth!

He suspected that if Journey Survival were to release a leaderboard now, he would be far ahead of everyone else, leaving even the Cave Master in the dust.

He wanted money, but whenever the wealth rankings were made public each month, he wished he weren't so rich...

Holding this much wealth made it hard to sleep soundly! He wasn't like the Cave Master or Sword Seven, who had no worries regardless of how much money they had.

At this moment, Zhu Jiusi lowered his pig head slightly, looking at the three people in front of him.

The strong woman had been knocked into the river by a dolphin and swept away.

But the three people traveling with her had been trapped on the bank and hadn't managed to escape.

Only after everyone else had left and the goods had been shipped did Zhu Jiusi notice these three bound individuals.

Panic filled the eyes of the trio.

They hadn't returned when the Journey Market ended, and when the Dao Discussion Card expired, they hadn't returned to their own paths either.

The three were trapped on the path of the top-ranked player of District 66.

District 66!

It was only just now that they realized this was District 66. They were from the 27th Path Seeker District; shouldn't the districts to their left and right be 26 and 28?

If they had known it was 66, they wouldn't have come even if a ghost dragged them here!

Every summary of the rules since the beginning had come from District 66; even a brainless person knew this place was a monster's den...

How desperate must the districts scheduled to merge with District 66 be?

No, it was the three of them who should be desperate!

Zhu Jiusi gave a look that was half-smile, half-sneer: "Which one of you is the top-ranked player?"

None of the three spoke, but two of them looked simultaneously at the third. That person opened his mouth to speak, then closed it again.

Zhu Jiusi let out a snorting laugh: "Trying to pin it on that strong woman?"

The man opened his mouth again and smiled bitterly: "It's meaningless now."

To be a top-ranked player, even if one were a pig, one was certainly no fool.

"If there were a combat power ranking, Sha Ya would definitely be number one, but pinning the overall ranking on her is too easy to debunk."

Although he hadn't interacted with her much, this pig must have realized by now that Sha Ya was truly foolish, right?

The man simply looked at Zhu Jiusi with resignation: "What does this big shot want us to do?"

Zhu Jiusi snorted: "Just stay quiet!"

Doing anything was meaningless. These three were lost; they had abandoned their own paths! By nightfall tomorrow at the latest, they would inevitably die under the Heavenly Tribulation.

Traveling on Zhu Jiusi's path did not count toward their mileage; without sufficient mileage, the Heavenly Tribulation would descend of its own accord.

Of course, if they had the ability to kill Zhu Jiusi and decide on a final victor, they could usurp his path.

This was the nature of possession in Journey Survival.

Zhu Jiusi had only heard of people losing their way and ending up on someone else's Great Dao in his past life; this was his first time seeing it.

Yet, Zhu Jiusi couldn't kill them right now.

Path Seekers carried the aura of their own Great Dao; when they came for a Dao Discussion and were killed, their aura would naturally collapse and dissipate along with their path.

But these three were lost souls; they had no path. Killing them here would contaminate Zhu Jiusi's own Great Dao.

What kind of moths would emerge from this, there was no way to know.

Leave them for tomorrow, and the Heavenly Tribulation would deal with them; under the Heavenly Tribulation, everything would be reduced to ashes!

Zhu Jiusi set down his Nest, crawled inside to find a comfortable position, opened the Scroll and his parcels, and began to inspect today's haul.

Zhu Jiusi hadn't wanted things like the Rain Canopy or tents; in the end, he had traded most of his items for basic resources.

Metal ×17343, Wood ×18187, Stone ×17194.

This wasn't just extra wealth; it was like hitting the jackpot!

He hadn't dared to touch the basic resources provided by the previous leaderboard rankings, fearing that if he ever obtained special materials, he wouldn't be able to upgrade his Nest.

Now, he could squander them without restraint!

If there were no other expenditures, he had even accumulated enough materials to upgrade his Mountain Master status to Tier 2!

It was a pity that the small market didn't have the special materials needed to upgrade his vehicle. The small market only offered cultivation resources and basic materials.

No matter how he calculated it, being number one on the leaderboard was definitely worth it!

It was no wonder that in his previous life, those big shots had exhausted all their efforts to compete for the leaderboard. Even the Water Monarch was no exception.

Something called ambition began to sprout quietly in the depths of Zhu Jiusi's heart.

What was getting rich once compared to getting rich every single time?

As he calculated, he saw the light on the Scroll flicker. The Moon had appeared once again.

"Yo! Everyone, busy, are you?" The Moon let out a silver-bell laugh reminiscent of Wang Xifeng.

"Congratulations to you all for making a fortune through a night of trading!" The Moon cupped its small hands in a bow, scattering petals all over the Scroll.

"In view of the frequency of your trades, the vending function for District 66 Path Seeker Zone is now officially open. You can trade directly with Journey Survival! Here, there is no fraud, no oppression, prices are clear, and we treat everyone fairly!"

"A little tip: only one-ninth of the Path Seeker zones qualified to open the vending area today. You all performed very well, so... have a good night's sleep?"

With that said, it placed its hands on its hips, laughed heartily, and vanished.

He saw that in the upper right corner of the Scroll, next to the comprehensive strength comparison of the two Path Seeker zones, a shopping cart icon had appeared.

With a flick of his mind, he clicked it open.

One could purchase basic resources there, but each person was limited to two sets of each resource per day, with each set priced at 10 Copper Coins.

Next to it was a sell button; unwanted items could be sold directly here. It would recycle one Wood Gourd for one Copper Coin.

Currently, there were only trade options for basic resources and gourds.

The Path Seekers who had excitedly clicked open the vending area jumped up and cursed the moment they took a look.

What a rip-off!

Just a moment ago, the four of them, including the Master of Cloud Stack Cave, wouldn't even trade one gourd for basic resources.

Yet Journey Survival actually required two gourds to trade for one basic resource?

Their resentment toward Zhu Jiusi and his group suddenly weakened.

"@Master of Cloud Stack Cave, Boss Cave Master, are you still buying gourds? We'll go by the final price: two basic resources for one gourd."

This was a guy who hadn't made a move until the very end, always feeling that Zhu Jiusi and his group had discovered some massive opportunity, wanting to save his gourds until his own opportunity arrived so he could strike it rich.

But Journey Survival had dealt them a vicious backstab.

So gourds were actually this cheap!

Before Zhu Jiusi could reply, a private message from Rain Seeker had already come in, containing only one sentence: "I'm buying. One basic resource for one gourd, a fixed price forever."

Zhu Jiusi followed the suggestion and posted the price in the chat area.

He was stunned for a moment.

He suddenly realized he had become a Zhou Bapi. In his previous life, the price of gourds had been exactly like this, and he had cursed those Zhou Bapis every single day.

An interesting cycle. After all the twists and turns, it had actually returned to the lowest price.

Only this time, he was the one holding the power to set the price.