[Mo Yu]: Thanks, cousin. Send over some more bandages. Plenty of people here still want to buy them. My private messages are practically blowing up.
Su Ye immediately sent another thousand Simple Bandages over.
This time, they sold at an even more terrifying pace.
In less than five minutes, Mo Yu sent word that all thousand bandages had sold out again.
And with panic spreading further, the total price had climbed even higher, bringing in a full 17,000 units of fuel.
Su Ye was not surprised in the slightest.
As the only medical supplies currently available in the entire region, especially after his public announcement that he would not sell any over the next few days, they were a bona fide monopoly.
No matter how high the price rose, plenty of players who were injured or wanted to stockpile lifesaving supplies would be willing to sell everything they owned to buy them.
After all, this was a vast market of more than nine hundred thousand Fivefold Race players.
Even if only one percent wanted to buy, that would still be nearly ten thousand people.
And anyone smart enough to recognize the danger would certainly not buy just one.
Throwing his twenty thousand Simple Bandages into this enormous market was not a question of whether they would sell, but whether there would be enough to go around.
Over the next stretch of time, Su Ye and Mo Yu worked together, ruthlessly draining the Fivefold Race players' reserves.
One thousand.
Two thousand.
Five thousand.
Soon, all ten thousand Simple Bandages had sold out.
[Mo Yu]: Cousin, loads of people still want to buy them. Send some more over. We're really going to make a fortune this time.
Even through the screen, Su Ye could clearly feel the frenzy and excitement pouring from those words.
It made sense.
Those ten thousand bandages alone had brought them roughly 160,000 units of fuel.
Adding the more than 100,000 units Su Ye already had, then deducting Mo Yu's ten-percent commission, Su Ye now held a full 250,000 units of fuel.
But looking at Mo Yu's urgent messages, Su Ye calmly shook his head.
[Never Checks the Fuel Gauge]: We're done selling. Tell them you've sold out of everything you had.
On the other end, Mo Yu was clearly caught off guard by this sudden slam on the brakes.
[Mo Yu]: Huh? Why?
[Mo Yu]: Cousin, don't you still have another ten thousand bandages? This is the perfect time to make money. Everyone's bidding the price up like crazy. Why stop selling?
Su Ye smiled.
[Never Checks the Fuel Gauge]: Ten thousand is enough for now. Scarcity drives up value.
[Never Checks the Fuel Gauge]: Today is the third day of the beginner period. They're willing to buy in bulk to survive the immediate danger.
[Never Checks the Fuel Gauge]: But think about it. What happens on the last day of the beginner period?
[Never Checks the Fuel Gauge]: To prepare for the Survival Road's increased difficulty after the beginner period ends, and to face those even more terrifying monsters, who wouldn't want a few extra bandages on hand to stay alive?
[Never Checks the Fuel Gauge]: That's when the panic will truly peak. Bandage prices will only be higher than they are now.
After the messages went through, Mo Yu paused before replying.
[Mo Yu]: Cousin... you really are a cut above!
[Mo Yu]: I get it. On the last day of the beginner period, bandage prices are bound to skyrocket again. Then we'll make even more.
[Mo Yu]: Don't worry, cousin. I won't mess things up for you. Just watch. On the last day, I'll sell these bandages for fifty units of fuel apiece.
At that, Su Ye could not help clicking his tongue.
He had originally expected thirty units of fuel per bandage to be about the limit on the final day.
He had not expected Mo Yu to be even more ruthless than he was.
Mo Yu actually wanted to drive the price straight up to fifty units of fuel.
Still, Su Ye did not mind.
He would be the one making the money, while the Fivefold Race players would be the ones suffering.
Sure enough, the best way to beat them is to learn their own tricks, Su Ye thought.
[Never Checks the Fuel Gauge]: All right. Keep things steady on your end and stop selling for now. You'll have plenty to do on the last day.
After ending his conversation with Mo Yu, Su Ye looked away from the virtual screen.
Just then, the white upgrade glow enveloping the Vehicle slowly faded.
It had successfully reached level seven.
Rather than checking the Vehicle's stats, however, Su Ye took the second Function Module out of his storage space.
"Use."
With a thought, the module in his hand dissolved into specks of starlight and merged with the vehicle's body. Soon, dazzling white light enveloped it again as the next upgrade began.
While the vehicle was upgrading, Su Ye turned toward the nearby campfire.
The Mutant Giant Bear Meat roasting over it was already sizzling with fat, its rich aroma spreading through the air.
Su Ye walked over, took out his dagger, and scored the roast a few times before sprinkling on some salt and cumin powder he had previously found in Supply Crates.
The aroma immediately grew even more intense.
Without hesitation, he sliced off a large chunk of roast meat and began taking hearty bites.
Though the meat was somewhat coarse, the heat and spices still made it incredibly delicious.
Most importantly, as the roast meat reached his stomach, waves of warmth began surging wildly through his body.
[Player consumed one piece of Mutant Giant Bear Meat. Physique +0.5.]
After finishing the first piece, Su Ye did not stop. He cut off two more pieces in succession and ate them.
Warmth surged through his body. Su Ye could even hear faint cracks from his bones as his muscle fibers grew tougher and more explosive.
[Player consumed two pieces of Mutant Giant Bear Meat. Physique +1.0.]
With that, Su Ye's physique successfully reached 9.9.
Even without his equipment bonuses, his physique had reached 8.4.
"Whew..."
Feeling the seemingly inexhaustible strength within him, Su Ye nodded in satisfaction.
"Not bad, not bad. Counting the equipment bonuses, I only need another 0.1 physique to reach the first-tier threshold."
Su Ye clenched his fists, even producing a muffled boom in the air.
With his current physical strength, he could tear those low-level Mutant Beasts apart with his bare hands, without using any weapons.
"My physique is almost there. Now my mental attribute is the one lagging behind."
Su Ye rubbed his chin thoughtfully.
His mental attribute currently stood at 8.4 with equipment bonuses, but his base stat was only 6.4, still some distance from the first-tier threshold.
Although the mental attribute did not directly increase physical strength, it affected reaction speed and perception range.
Sometimes, the ability to sense danger in advance mattered more than strength.
"I wonder whether Ling Yue and the others have any mutant meat that boosts the mental attribute."
With that thought, Su Ye opened his private messages again and found Ling Yue.
He did not beat around the bush, sending over a screenshot of the Mutant Giant Bear Meat's stats.
[Never Checks the Fuel Gauge]: Looking to trade for mutant meat that boosts the mental attribute. Got any?
Ling Yue had several thousand people under him, so his chances of encountering Primitive Monsters were far higher than those of a lone wolf like Su Ye.
Sure enough, not long after he sent the message, Ling Yue replied.
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