Chapter 10: Bargaining, Ice Armor Technique Skill Book

Chapter 10: Bargaining, Ice Armor Technique Skill Book

From their messages, Cao Xing learned that quite a few people had already died.

Most of them died due to the freezing weather, and a small number were attacked by monsters in the wild.

The overall environment for humanity was plunged into panic and unease.

There were also other calmer Survivors in the world channel sharing their experiences.

Zhang Huaiyun: "Brothers, be sure to build the Lords Cabin at the first opportunity! Only after building the Lords Cabin can you unlock other buildings!"

Ed Stafford: "I suggest you quickly collect the stones and wood near your territory first, and then upgrade the campfire level."

Wang Sheng: "If you encounter monsters in the wild, do not try to attack them. Remember to run back immediately. Once you run into the campfire's range, those monsters won't attack you!"

…

Just as Cao Xing had anticipated, among the global population of over 7 billion people, there were no lack of individuals with good adaptability.

However, compared to Cao Xing, they were still a step slower.

Not only had they not played this game in advance like Cao Xing, but they also lacked an SSS-rank hidden talent.

Within these four hours, Cao Xing had not only crafted the Lords Cabin and the Arctic People cabin, but also built a logging camp, market, and other buildings, plus upgraded the campfire to Level 3.

Moreover, after going through two battles, Cao Xing's resources had reached an abundant level.

Cao Xing thought for a moment and added a sentence there as well.

Cao Xing: "The minimum temperature at night will drop to -60°C. Do not wander outside casually. If you don't have time to build a Lords Cabin, you can use wooden boards and stones to build a simple shelter first, which can barely withstand the low temperature of the first night."

After saying this, Cao Xing closed the world channel.

He didn't know how many people would see his message.

Nor did he know if anyone would use his method to survive the first night.

But no matter what, he would just consider it a kindly reminder from himself.

Then, he opened the [Regional Channel] again.

According to the system description, this was a 500-kilometer by 500-kilometer square region.

It displayed:

[174th Regional Channel]

[Online Users: 38224 / 40173]

Cao Xing fell silent for a moment.

Obviously, on the very first day of arrival, quite a few people had already died.

In his region alone, nearly two thousand people had already died.

One could imagine how high the death ratio of global Survivors was.

However, this was also inevitable; a survival game was bound to eliminate many people.

Moreover, as long as they survived the first day and everyone adapted afterwards, the death ratio wouldn't be so high.

Of course, once the newbie protection period passed, monsters wandering outside might actively attack the camp, and by then, the death ratio might skyrocket again.

Therefore, it wasn't just other Survivors.

Even Cao Xing had to cherish the time of the newbie protection period and hurriedly develop his own territory.

Clicking open the [Regional Channel], a lot of messages immediately flashed past.

Wang Wenjie: "Brothers, are you all from Xiangjiang?"

Gu Boren: "I'm not from Xiangjiang, but I'm from the neighboring Shenzhen-Hong Kong City."

Qiao Pingwei: "I'm from Xiangjiang."

Pan Fei: "I'm also from Xiangjiang."

After reading the chat above, Cao Xing nodded in sudden realization.

This regional division should be randomly assigning people from several adjacent cities together.

At this time, that Wang Wenjie continued to say: "Compatriots, I'm in trouble. My younger sister suddenly fell into a coma due to the low temperature and has a high fever that won't go down. Does anyone have cold medicine or antibiotics? Please save my sister!"

Qi Qiang: "My family members are also sick. Both my parents have collapsed, leaving only me and my younger brother. What should we do if this goes on?"

Lu Jijin: "We're in trouble. After tonight, tomorrow's food won't be enough, and we still don't have warm clothing…"

Fang Long: "I am Fang Long of the Three Heroes Association. Other brothers of the guild, contact me as soon as possible."

In the chat channel, many people were recounting the dilemmas they were currently facing, hoping to get help from others.

Of course, there were also some Survivors in this region who had already developed.

Chen Tianhao: "Haha, a bunch of cowards, you guys just cower near the campfire. Grandpa here has already found a treasure chest in the snow and opened an iron sword and a bunch of food from it."

Ji Wenlong: "I also opened a treasure chest and got a medical kit from it, which can treat colds and fevers. If you want it, exchange it with food or weapons!"

Cheng Lei: "Cold-resistant coats for sale, need food, a large amount of food!"

…

From the messages of these people above, it could be seen that everyone was very short of supplies.

Cao Xing closed the Regional Channel. He was now going to the market to trade for some supplies.

Cao Xing clicked open the [Market] interface of the territory building.

As soon as he opened it, he saw many transaction messages appearing on it.

[Consigned Item: Stone * 20]

[Required Item: Food * 10 or Medical Box * 1.]

[Consignor: Zhao Jiaxing]

(Seller's note: Basic materials, price is negotiable.)

…

[Consigned Item: Rusted Spear (White) * 1,]

[Required Item: Food * 20.]

[Consignor: Anonymous]

(Seller's note: Iron spear, although rusted, is still stronger in attack power than the initial weapon given by the system. Need food! Food!)

…

[Consigned Item: Opened Bronze Treasure Chest * 1.]

[Required Item: Warm Clothing.]

[Consignor: Wang Wen]

(Seller's note: Although the treasure chest has already been opened by me, it can be disassembled into copper, a rare material. Give me a piece of warm clothing, I'm fucking freezing to death!)

…

Obviously, today is the first day of the global descent.

In this world under extreme environments, the most scarce things were naturally food, warm clothing, and medicine.

Everyone was exchanging using the limited resources in their hands.

Cao Xing only had one medical box on hand, and he himself lacked warm clothing.

So of course it was impossible for him to take these things out for trade.

He continued browsing to see if there was anything he needed.

At this moment, he saw a consignment message.

[Consigned Item: Ice Armor Technique Skill Book (White) * 1]

[Required Item: Food * 50, or Medical Box * 5.]

[Consignor: Melese]

(Seller's note: Early-stage skill book for Frost Mages, can be appropriately bargained down, get yours while supplies last!)

Cao Xing's eyes flickered slightly.

It was actually the [Ice Armor Technique] for a Frost Mage!

This skill could increase a certain amount of armor value based on the user's mental strength. The effect lasted for 20 seconds, but the consumption was relatively large.

For other Frost Mages, this might be a tasteless chicken rib, but for Cao Xing, this was a divine skill!

Because this skill could be combined with his own talent to become a permanently stacking skill.

Then, stacked with Ilena's [Scaled Armor], Cao Xing's defense power would reach a terrifying level!

At this moment, Cao Xing even wanted to buy this skill book on the spot.

But obviously, this guy was quoting an exorbitant price, directly asking for 50 units of food.

Fortunately, the seller's note said that bargaining was allowed, which meant there was still room for negotiation.

Thus, Cao Xing clicked open the private chat interface of the consignment.

Cao Xing: "Ten food for the Ice Armor Technique skill book."

After just a few seconds, Melese sent over a speechless expression.

Melese: "I asked you to bargain, not to hack people to death! You want to exchange ten food for a skill book, why don't you just go rob someone?"

"Shoo, shoo, shoo, go play somewhere else!"

Cao Xing replied: "I know you're in a rush, but don't rush first. What if I tell you that what I have is not ordinary food, but meat?"

Melese: "Meat? You managed to get meat so quickly?"

There was strong astonishment in the other party's tone.

Cao Xing knew the other party didn't believe it. After all, at the current stage, meat-type food could only be obtained from those wild monsters.

Clearly, basically no one could defeat those wild monsters on the first day.

Cao Xing directly pasted the item information onto the private chat window, but what he sent was the snake meat information.

It wasn't until this moment that Melese finally believed the fact that Cao Xing had meat in his hands.

"Not bad, bro! You actually managed to get snake meat."

Cao Xing asked directly: "Well, are you selling it or not?"

Melese: "I'll definitely sell it, but what you're offering is fucking too little, right? At least 40 food, which is 8 pieces of snake meat, otherwise don't even talk about it!"

Cao Xing said: "What are you thinking? 8 pieces of snake meat, I don't even have that much myself, at most 3 pieces of snake meat."

However, that Melese insisted stubbornly that it could not be less than 6 pieces of snake meat.

Upon hearing this, Cao Xing replied directly: "Then forget it, keep it for yourself."

"The Ice Armor Technique is just an early-stage skill, and the drop rate is not low. After tomorrow, even if you want to trade it for food, you won't be able to."

Hearing this, the other side seemed a bit hesitant.

Melese asked doubtfully: "Is what you said true?"