Chapter 278: Drought World 6
However, no matter how overbearing one was, they still had to dig things out from underground.
On the fifth day of the game, they found nothing.
On the sixth day of the game, Zhu Shen fell in the yellow sand and picked up an unfamiliar metal instrument. He didn’t know what it could do, but it could be sold as scrap metal.
On the seventh day of the game, the strap of the cheap sandals bought for Zhu Shen broke, and his foot stepped on a tea brick. That afternoon, Chu Yian also found a comb in the ruins. Grandpa Treasure Box didn’t open anything good either, just a brick, and he even said he wanted to smash her to death with it.
On the eighth day of the game, there was nothing again.
They had been here for four days, but unfortunately, they no longer had the good luck of their first treasure hunt.
The two of them were unsure of the value of these items, but they still wanted to exchange them for water first. However, when they reached the Broken Bridge, they were blocked again.
It was the same group of people as last time.
The Broken Bridge was the only way to pass through the area.
These people had never thought of looking for things themselves; they just wanted to block the path and wait for prey.
“It’s you again!”
Seeing these two skinny sheep, the robber snorted coldly.
Just as he was about to tell them to hand over the treasures they had dug up from underground, Zhu Shen suddenly ran off.
Apparently, he still remembered his conversation with Chu Yian before they came; in a few seconds, he was gone, hiding behind some large rock.
The robbers were stunned by this move; they had never seen anyone so disloyal.
“We finally meet again.”
Chu Yian pulled out her pistol and aimed it at them, “Hand over all your valuables, or I’ll make sure you leave here upright, but never return.”
Seeing Chu Yian with a pistol, the robbers were initially nervous, but then quickly regained their composure.
After two years, pistols found out in the open were extremely rare.
How could this little girl, who they had just robbed a few days ago, have a real gun? The building ahead used to be a Shopping Mall, so she probably picked up a toy gun down there to scare people.
The robber thought he had figured it out and was about to teach Chu Yian a lesson.
Just then, a gunshot rang out.
The scar-faced man, who was the leader of the robbers, was shot in the thigh and lay on the ground howling.
At the same time, someone rushed from the side to ambush Chu Yian. She quickly turned around and rapidly pulled the trigger. She injured two, and another person approached her, trying to snatch the gun, but she threw a treasure box at him, sending him flying.
The others saw that Chu Yian was holding a real gun and had injured several of them in one go, so they immediately became nervous.
Some people, seeing that the situation was not good, quickly ran away.
Some, due to deep loyalty or simply not reacting in time, were already being held at gunpoint by Chu Yian when they tried to run, “If anyone dares to take another step, I’ll directly break his leg.”
In the Drought World, people could afford 100ml of water, but not necessarily anti-inflammatory medicine.
No one dared to move, all afraid that Chu Yian would really shoot them.
“Hand over all your valuables.”
As Chu Yian said this, Zhu Tianguang appropriately ran out from a crumbling concrete wall, happily collecting the items the robbers had placed on the ground.
Is that enough?
Of course not.
As the saying goes, four days East of the River, four days West of the River, do not bully a young man for being poor. The two of them actually stripped seven or eight men of their shoes and clothes, leaving them only in their briefs.
To prevent those who escaped from calling for help, the two of them grabbed the items, stuffed them into the treasure box, and immediately ran.
It wasn’t until they were almost near the small market that they began to tally the spoils they had acquired through their own abilities.
Seven axes and steel rods combined.
Seven pairs of shoes. Zhu Shen chose a pair that was roughly his size and put them on, leaving six pairs.
One lighter.
Hadn’t Chu Yian bought two torches before? It was only when they reached the city ruins that they remembered they had exchanged the lighter for money. The two simpletons had worked for four days in a pitch-black environment, and when they came out, they couldn’t even adapt to the sunlight.
After the last lesson, Chu Yian kept it safe this time.
These were all the visible items, looking quite poor. But when they searched these people’s clothes, they found good things hidden in the insoles of their shoes and the interlinings of their clothes.
Cigarettes: two.
Pills that didn’t seem to treat anything: six.
Small flashlight: one.
Cigarettes, pills, flashlight.
Goodness, pulling off a ‘black-on-black’ heist against these people earned them more than four days of digging in the yellow sand. This even gave Chu Yian the idea of long-term ‘black-on-black’ operations, robbing the ill-gotten gains of surrounding bandits.
However, she soon gave up on this idea.
Making enemies and being prone to injury, the risk was too great; it was better to be an honest person. If they encountered a short-sighted robber, then she would consider a ‘black-on-black’ operation.
While Chu Yian and her companion were still on their path to riches, Zhu Shen had already organized the items.
The valuable items like pills, cigarettes, and the small flashlight were given to Chu Yian to keep, while he carried the six pieces of clothing and the smelly shoes.
30 catties of scrap iron, 100ml of water (originally 20 catties = 100ml of water).
Six pills, each pill 580ml of water (originally one pill = 600ml of water).
Torch, 300ml of water (originally valued at 500ml of water).
Lighter, 1,200ml of water (originally valued at 1500ml of water).
They had only traveled for four days, and all the prices had dropped. The two of them went to many small markets, and the prices were all the same. They also inquired with passersby at the entrance of the trading market and found that the prices of everything had dropped.
Or rather, water had become scarce.
And it was still only the eighth day of the game.
“Big Chu, should we sell our supplies now?”
Zhu Shen’s price awareness was still stuck four days ago. When he saw these prices now, his first feeling was that it was a huge loss.
“Sell them.”
Chu Yian nodded.
The price of water was already starting to rise now, and in the later stages, the amount of water exchanged for goods would definitely become less and less. So they not only had to sell, but they also had to quickly offload their current stock.
Chu Yian even took out the stock she originally intended to keep and sold it.
Steel, wooden combs, tea leaves, pills, torches, lighters, old clothes and shoes, and even flashlights and 200g of salt, sold for a total of 11,800ml of water.
Adding what they had saved before, they had a total of 42,550ml of water.
This could last them for 14 days in total.
And there were still 22 days left to endure, and it would become increasingly difficult to exchange for water later on, especially after the fifteenth day, when there would be no water for them to hoard.
Thinking of this, Chu Yian suddenly felt immense pressure.
Should they go back to the city ruins to look for water sources?
But a round trip would take at least three days on the road. In three days, the value of water might rise again, and there was no guarantee of a good harvest even if they went.
Forced by the situation, perhaps… they really needed to change their approach and make quick money.
