Water Source Crisis

[Acquired Skill Book: Holy Light Healing (Cleric Exclusive)]

Although it wasn't a Hunter's class skill book, Han Xing remembered that Shen Yun seemed to have chosen Cleric.

Just then, someone in the trade channel sent a private message, saying they wanted to trade for his green longbow.

"Oh? Has someone finally gotten a green equipment blueprint?"

Han Xing opened the private message and found it was sent by someone named 'Clever Little Sheep'.

A voice message appeared in the private chat window, and Han Xing clicked play.

"Y-you... hello... I want to trade for your weapon, are you free right now?"

It sounded like a young girl, her voice soft and nuonuo, but very natural, not at all affected, as if it was her natural voice.

Han Xing replied, "Yes, what are you planning to trade me?"

Clever Little Sheep: "I... I saw you need a green equipment blueprint, and I happen to have one here... would you... would you like to take a look?"

She seemed a little afraid of Han Xing, or maybe she just didn't know how to communicate with people normally.

"Send it to me so I can take a look," Han Xing said directly.

"O-okay..."

[Survivor 'Clever Little Sheep' has initiated a trade request.]

Han Xing: "..."

"Aren't you going to send me the blueprint to take a look? Why are you initiating a trade directly?"

Clever Little Sheep quickly said, "Ah? Don't I have to give you the item so you can see its stats?"

Han Xing: "..."

"What are you talking about? If you give me the item, won't the trade be completed directly? If I take your item and run, who are you going to trade with?"

Clever Little Sheep: "???"

"N-no way... would you really take my item and run?"

Han Xing felt speechless. This woman seemed a little slow.

He really wanted to say, I would.

But after thinking about it, he said, "Forget it, put the item in the trade window, and I'll take a look at the stats."

"Ah? Oh... okay!" Clever Little Sheep responded hesitantly.

Then, Han Xing saw a green blueprint appear in the trade window.

[Hide Armor Blueprint (Green)]

It really was a green equipment blueprint, and a piece of upper body armor at that.

Han Xing instantly had the idea of getting it.

If it were before, Han Xing would usually haggle with the other party for a while, making them offer more concessions.

But considering that this woman seemed a little ditzy, he directly abandoned that idea.

Han Xing directly put the exquisite longbow on the trade window and completed the trade.

[Acquired Hide Armor Blueprint (Green), learn?]

"Learn."

A fifth blueprint appeared in the blueprint column, and a gratified smile appeared on Han Xing's lips.

At this time, Clever Little Sheep sent Han Xing a message.

"T-that... thank you..."

Han Xing replied, "No need to thank me, it's a win-win. Just remember not to trade things to strangers so easily next time."

Clever Little Sheep: "Okay, okay! Thank you!"

After closing the private chat.

Han Xing's expression changed, and he looked at the blueprint column again, unable to contain his excitement.

[Materials required to craft Hide Armor: One-Star Hide*3, Spirit Core*20, Aether*50, Warrior's Badge*1.]

The materials needed to make the Hide Armor were quite a lot. Just the One-Star Hide alone required 3 pieces, but the three snake skins he had just disassembled could also be substituted.

In addition, it required 20 Spirit Cores, 30 Aether, and one Warrior's Badge.

He had the first two materials, but Han Xing had never heard of the last one, the 'Warrior's Badge'.

So, he continued to search for relevant information in the trade channel.

Soon, he found a survivor named 'Cola' who was selling Warrior's Badges, with the condition of 500g of food.

This price was acceptable, so Han Xing directly opened a private chat.

"500g of snake meat for a Warrior's Badge."

After two seconds, Cola immediately replied, "Dude, I don't want food, do you have any water? Give me 400ml, no, 300ml is fine!"

Han Xing looked at the drinking water in his backpack. After accounting for what he had already consumed, he had less than 600 milliliters left.

Come to think of it, he hadn't found much drinking water despite exploring for so long.

And that was with Han Xing constantly exploring and fighting. Other survivors would likely have even less water.

Han Xing estimated that everyone was in a state of severe water shortage.

A quick glance at the trade channel confirmed it; a large number of people had changed their trade information to water.

The chat channel was filled with wails of despair.

"So thirsty... so thirsty..."

"I'm so thirsty too. There's so little water in this world. At this rate, everyone will die of thirst!"

"Does anyone have water? I can't hold on much longer..."

Han Xing suddenly remembered that when he played this game on his phone, he had almost died of thirst, nearly leading to a game over.

It wasn't until he stubbornly persevered for several days that a heavy rain finally fell from the sky, solving his subsequent water resource problem.

Han Xing didn't know what the situation was in other regional channels, but in Channel 107, at least, everyone would have to wait for a heavy rain before the water source problem would be alleviated.

However, how many people could hold out until then?

With that thought, Han Xing directly said to the survivor named Cola, "Brother, I don't have much water either. I can only give you 200 milliliters at most."

Han Xing had to consider his own needs. Trading 200 milliliters would leave him with enough water to barely last another day.

He expected the other party to haggle with him, but to his surprise, Cola immediately exclaimed excitedly, "Okay! 200 milliliters is fine! Trade now!"

As if afraid Han Xing would go back on his word, the other party immediately sent a trade request to Han Xing.

Transaction completed. You have obtained Warrior's Badge*1. You have lost 200ml of drinking water.

Han Xing held a leather badge in his hand, lost in thought.

Meanwhile, in a certain Sky Island territory, Lei Wei looked at the discussion group he had created with a grim expression.

Many people were voicing their opposition to the decision he had just made.

As a major shareholder of the Lei Conglomerate, Lei Wei stepped forward and said, "Everyone, listen to me. Our Lei Conglomerate is a big family. Once you join us, we are all one family."

"I know that everyone is currently short on water. The reason I'm asking you to hand it all over to me isn't because I want to hoard it for myself, but because I want to make a fair distribution, to help those family members who don't have water and are about to die of thirst, to relieve their immediate needs."

"In these difficult times, our Lei Conglomerate must unite and overcome these challenges together."

"You must trust my character, Lei Wei. This time, anyone who voluntarily contributes water will have a contribution recorded, and I will never treat you unfairly in the future."

The discussion group fell silent, the atmosphere somewhat strange.

At this moment, a man named Chen Anjiang said, "President Lei, when you asked us to hand over materials and equipment before, everyone did so, even including food, we handed over a lot. That's because everyone believes that you can lead us to develop and survive together."

"But water, right now, is our lifeline. Everyone doesn't even have enough for themselves..."