Struck It Rich!

Seeing so much water, Han Xing's heart surged with excitement. He could not wait to annex this Sky Island Territory.

You have successfully merged with the Dark Elf Territory. Your territory area has expanded.

You have obtained Territory Resources: Spirit Spring Water, 1,532 liters.

Spirit Spring Water: A type of pure drinking water that seemed to contains some kind of life essence. Drinking it could slowly restore injuries.

"!!!"

Seeing that final note, Han Xing was instantly stunned!

He had initially thought it was merely an ordinary pool of drinking water, but that attribute alone elevated its value by several levels.

What did restoring injuries mean?

There were no doctors in this world, nor were there healing skills from holy classes.

If someone was accidentally injured, they could either rely on their own constitution to recover or simply wait to die.

At present, many human survivors had been injured while fighting monsters, yet received no effective treatment.

For severely injured survivors, being wounded at a time like this meant losing their combat ability. It was practically a death sentence handed down by this world.

This was especially true among melee classes, whose casualty rate was even higher.

But the appearance of this Spirit Spring Water gave them new hope.

One could imagine just how much of a sensation Spirit Spring Water would cause once it appeared on the Trading Channel!

This was not a pool of water—it was practically a pool of gold!

Han Xing was extremely excited and eagerly took a sip first.

The cool spring water went down his throat, and Han Xing instantly felt a refreshing chill spread from his head to the soles of his feet.

"So good!"

The spots on his arms that had just been burned by the splash damage from Great Fireball began to itch.

"My injuries are healing. The effect is so obvious!"

After confirming the effects of the Spirit Spring Water, Han Xing suddenly had an idea.

Everyone was desperately short of water right now. This was a perfect trading opportunity.

Thinking of this, Han Xing decided not to delay and began purchasing resources immediately.

He opened the Chat Channel, intending to observe the current market.

However, the scene he had expected—everyone frantically begging to buy water—did not appear. Instead, many people were discussing a survivor who was selling water.

A flood of messages appeared in the Chat Channel.

"Look! That big shot Bewilderer is selling water again!"

"It's still 100 milliliters this time. He wants a green weapon for a Stalker."

"Who has a weapon? Go trade for it quickly!"

The Trading Channel once again sparked a buying frenzy. Many people began privately messaging the survivor called "Bewilderer," and the 100 milliliters of water was sold almost instantly.

"Hm? Someone found a large water source?"

Han Xing sharply realized that someone might have started selling water before him.

After looking through the chat messages, his guess was confirmed.

There really was a survivor called "Bewilderer" selling water.

However, his asking price was outrageously high. One hundred milliliters of water cost ten Spirit Cores, five kilograms of food, or green equipment.

Any one of those items was enough to drain a human survivor's entire fortune at this stage.

They had painstakingly gathered items from relatively safe Sky Islands, only to trade all of them away for a single sip of water.

Yet even so, many people were still scrambling to buy it.

After all, compared to their lives, those things were worthless.

Han Xing lowered his head and pondered. "Only selling 100 milliliters at a time... is he using hunger marketing?"

"I heard this is the seventh time that Bewilderer has sold water. That means he should still have quite a bit of water in reserve."

"But he definitely doesn't have as much as I do."

Han Xing currently had a full 1,500 liters of water. Converted into milliliters, that was 1.5 million!

He believed that no one in the entire Channel 107 could surpass him at this stage. If there were, they would have already put it up for trade in bulk.

Thinking of this, Han Xing directly opened the Trading Channel and posted a listing.

Consignment Item: Spirit Spring Water. Replenishes hydration and has a slight injury-healing effect.

Stock: Large quantity.

Trade Terms: One Spirit Core can be exchanged for 10 milliliters of Spirit Spring Water. One piece of refined iron can be exchanged for 5 milliliters of Spirit Spring Water. One beast hide can be exchanged for 100 milliliters of Spirit Spring Water. Every...

Consignor: Xinghe.

Han Xing continuously entered information for all kinds of materials while setting various trade rules.

From all kinds of ores to equipment, Skill Books, blueprints, and even unopened treasure chests, everything had a clearly marked price!

He knew that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Once the survivors of Channel 107 got through this period and solved their water shortage, it would be impossible to buy up resources on a large scale later.

Stockpiling these materials would never leave Han Xing at a loss.

And the further things progressed, the more they would appreciate in value!

Han Xing had even considered that if he could not use everything himself, he could make it all into equipment and sell it back to the people of Channel 107, continuing to harvest the resources in their hands and forming a positive cycle.

By then, perhaps the equipment of nearly ten thousand people in Channel 107 would all have to be supplied by him.

And Han Xing would make a fortune!

The moment the Spirit Spring Water listing went live, many survivors carefully rubbed their eyes, as though they thought they had seen it wrong.

Although they had doubts, they still clicked to trade without hesitation, afraid that someone else would snatch it all away a second later.

When the first survivor successfully traded five Spirit Cores, eight pieces of refined iron, and thirty Rare Earth for 120 milliliters of Spirit Spring Water, he was so excited he nearly jumped up.

He shouted excitedly in the local network, "Holy crap! I traded for it! I traded for it!"

"Someone is selling water on the Trading Channel! As long as you have materials, you can trade for it! Hurry!"

"What!?"

Once there was a first, a second quickly followed. Han Xing's Spirit Spring Water immediately triggered a buying frenzy.

At the same time, the local network Chat Channel erupted into an unprecedented craze.

Many survivors were beside themselves with excitement.

"Damn, I really got some. Thank you, benefactor..."

"Oh my God, it isn't ordinary water! It's Spirit Spring Water!"

"It works better than ordinary drinking water and can even heal injuries!"

"Everyone, rush over! Getting some means profiting! If you're late, it'll all be traded away!"

The Chat Channel went completely mad.

At this moment, Han Xing was already being flooded by dense System Prompts.

Trade successful. You obtained Refined Iron x6. You lost Spirit Spring Water 30ml...

You obtained Bronze Treasure Chest x1. You lost Spirit Spring Water 500ml...

You obtained Mage Robe Blueprint (Green) x1. You lost Spirit Spring Water x300ml...

Han Xing had set the trade amounts very reasonably. Even if someone only had one material, they could exchange it with him for Spirit Spring Water.

Because the prices were clearly listed, Han Xing saved himself the trouble of haggling. Those survivors desperately short of water began buying like mad.

As the System Prompts continued flooding past, huge quantities of materials entered his Space Backpack.

In just five minutes, his refined iron reserves exceeded one thousand, his Spirit Core count passed five hundred, and materials such as Rare Earth and Aether surpassed three thousand.

And that number was still growing at a terrifying rate...

His sixty-slot Space Backpack was quickly stuffed full.

Han Xing could only pile the materials directly on the ground.

Before long, small mountains made of stacked materials appeared before him.

At this moment, Han Xing's expression was practically blooming with joy.

"I'm rich, I'm rich! I've really struck it rich this time!"