Chapter 13 +18 Epic Greatsword

Chapter 13 +18 Epic Greatsword

Thump! Thump! Thump!

The Frost Wolf took heavy strides and sprinted in the direction ordered by Han Xing.

Watching the receding figures of the man and the wolf, Cao Xing nodded with satisfaction.

A few minutes later.

A system notification appeared.

[Your territory building [Arctic People Cabin] upgraded successfully. Current level: 2, available Arctic People to recruit: 4/8]

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Cao Xing's eyes lit up with joy, "Great, great, great! The Arctic People Cabin has also been successfully upgraded. That way, there will be more labor to work for me!"

Before long, four Arctic People holding tools came to Cao Xing's side.

"Lord, the task has been completed!"

Cao Xing nodded, and then walked up to this Level 2 [Arctic People Cabin].

The upgraded [Arctic People Cabin] had transformed from a small tent into a small bungalow nearly three meters high and covering an area of about 20 square meters.

The attributes of this building appeared before him.

[Level 2 Arctic People Cabin: Can summon Arctic People to work for you by consuming food.]

[Floor area: 30 square meters]

[Maximum recruitment limit: 4/8 people]

[Upgrade requirements: Level 3 Lords Cabin, Stone * 100, Wood * 200, Iron * 50]

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Cao Xing pondered, "The Level 2 Arctic People Cabin can only recruit 4 more Arctic People, and the manpower is still not enough."

"To continue upgrading, a Level 3 Lords Cabin is required, which cannot be built in a short time."

Shaking his head, Cao Xing spent another 20 units of food to summon 4 Arctic People.

The cabin trembled for a moment.

Four Arctic People swarmed out.

"Respected Lord, the Arctic People report for duty!"

Liu Muxue on the side cried out softly, "Ah! Several more Arctic People have come out…"

Cao Xing nodded, and then continued to name these Arctic People.

He stopped after naming them from Wuzhuang and Liuzhuang all the way to Bazhuang.

The Arctic People respectfully said one after another, "Thank you, Lord, for bestowing our names."

[You have successfully named the Arctic People. Wuzhuang's loyalty to you has increased by 5 points…]

[You have successfully named the Arctic People. Liuzhuang's loyalty to you has increased by 5 points…]

System prompts for increased favorability continuously popped up.

Cao Xing looked at Da Zhuang first, then said, "Da Zhuang, you lead Erhuang through Sihuang, all 4 of you go and fully mine that coal mine."

"Wuzhuang and Liuzhuang, your task is to fully chop the nearby wood, and then transport it to the lumber mill for processing."

"Qizhuang and Bazhuang, your task is to collect more stones and build an ore processing plant."

"Did you all understand?"

After listening, the eight Arctic People looked at each other and bowed respectfully, "Understood, Lord!"

Then, led by Da Zhuang, the Arctic People began their bustling work.

"A-Xing, is there anything you need me to do?" Liu Muxue asked softly from the side.

Cao Xing glanced at the equipment Liu Muxue was currently wearing. Aside from the small wooden shield given by the system, there was only a stone axe.

Cracks had also appeared on this small wooden shield due to the battle.

It felt like it would be completely destroyed if it went through another battle.

Thinking of this, Cao Xing said, "Sister-in-law, I'll go check the market to see if there is anything useful."

Liu Muxue nodded gently, "Mhm… I'll listen to whatever you say."

Cao Xing checked his food reserves.

[Food: Bread * 45, Snake Meat * 10, Wolf Meat * 132]

"Food is still quite abundant right now, and we can take out a portion to exchange for supplies or equipment."

He clicked on the market channel.

There were dozens more pages of consigned items above.

It seemed that more and more Survivors, or rather teams, had built the [Market].

Cao Xing typed the word 'equipment' into the search interface and filtered the results.

A few scattered white-tier equipment appeared, such as stone axes, stone spears, and so on.

Among them, a few iron pieces were also sold at a fairly high price.

Cao Xing shook his head. The attributes of these equipment were too poor, offering basically no improvement.

Just at this moment, he saw a consignment listing.

[Consigned item: Rusted Iron Shield (White) * 1.]

[Required items: Food * 50 or First-Aid Kit * 1.]

[Consignor: Chen Yuan]

(Seller's note: Top-tier iron shield with astonishing defense. First come, first served.)

Cao Xing glanced at the attributes of this iron shield, which had 5 to 8 armor points—almost double the small wooden shield in Liu Muxue's hand.

Although it couldn't be considered top-tier, it wasn't bad either.

Therefore, following his usual practice, Cao Xing directly made an offer first.

Cao Xing: "20 units of food for the Rusted Iron Shield."

A moment later, the other party replied with a single word.

"Scram."

Good grief… This guy had quite a temper and didn't even have the patience to bargain.

Cao Xing was amused.

Shaking his head, he didn't take it to heart.

Thus, he posted a consignment listing of his own.

[Consigned item: Fresh Wolf Meat (Green)]

[Required items: Equipment, weapons, skill books]

[Consignor: Cao Xing]

(Seller's note: Fresh wolf meat, 1 piece of wolf meat = 5 units of food. Looking for equipment and skill books that can be used by the Aurora Knight and Frost Mage. Interested parties please private chat.)

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Not long after the wolf meat was put on the shelves, Survivors immediately noticed the information in the market.

"Holy shit! Someone is selling food in the market, and it's even green-grade wolf meat!"

"Wolf meat? I remember wild wolves in the wild are at least Level 3 monsters, right? Which bigshot is this, actually killing a wolf so quickly!"

"Too overpowered! I'm still gnawing on dry bread, and someone else is already eating meat."

"This bigshot wants equipment and skill books. Whoever has them, go trade with the bigshot quickly!"

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At the current stage, when everyone was worried about food, someone actually put food up for sale—and it was precious wolf meat at that—causing an immediate sensation.

Sure enough, after a short while, Cao Xing received his first private message.

Ren Yixu: "Bro, I see you have extraordinary bones. I have a +18 epic greatsword here, and I'll sell it to you for just 5 pieces of wolf meat. What do you think?"

Cao Xing was overjoyed, "Send it over and let me take a look."

[Rusted Iron Sword (White), Quality: Common, Attack Power: 6~8, Special Effect: None]

Cao Xing: "…"

"Is this what you call a +18 epic greatsword?"

Ren Yixu laughed, "Forgot to mention, this is a future +18 enhanced greatsword. With my own strength, I'll definitely be able to enhance it to +18 in the future!"

Cao Xing was speechless, and directly said, "2 pieces of wolf meat."

Ren Yixu was stunned, "So little?"

"Are you selling it or not?"

"Selling!"

Ren Yixu agreed decisively.

Speechless, Cao Xing modified the trade information.

[Trade successful. You obtained Rusted Iron Sword (White), you lost Fresh Wolf Meat (Green) * 2.]

Then, Cao Xing received many more private messages.

Among them, not many were selling equipment; most wanted to trade with their own territory supplies, such as wood, stone, and a small amount of iron.

To these Survivors, Cao Xing would always give a reminder, telling them that these basic supplies were of vital importance and the foundation of survival, and shouldn't be sold easily.

Some Survivors would listen to the advice and give up the trade, but others insisted on trading with Cao Xing.

They told Cao Xing that people were almost starving to death, so who cared about future development? Filling their stomachs first was definitely the priority.

Seeing these people's messages, Cao Xing pondered inwardly.

"Since they want to sell, I can indeed acquire a batch of supplies first."

"However, my wolf meat reserves are not much, so I can't purchase those stones and wood in large quantities."

"Still, I can trade for a portion of iron first and then build the [Blacksmith Shop]."

After the [Blacksmith Shop] was built, simple ironware could be made inside, such as iron axes, iron picks, iron spears, and so on.

As for other equipment, corresponding blueprints were required to forge them.

However, the iron currently in the hands of Survivors was too scarce, with at most two or three pieces each.

Exchanging a piece of wolf meat for 2 pieces of iron would definitely result in a loss for Cao Xing.

Therefore, Cao Xing asked the system: "Can wolf meat be disassembled into smaller portions?"

A system prompt appeared.

[1 piece of wolf meat can be disassembled into a maximum of 10 smaller portions of wolf meat, 100g per portion.]

Cao Xing was startled—it really could work!

Thus, he took out 5 pieces of wolf meat from his inventory and disassembled them into 50 portions.

Then, Cao Xing modified the trade conditions.

The consignment ratio was 1 portion of wolf meat in exchange for 2 pieces of iron.

This sparked attention in the regional channel once again.

"Brothers, this bigshot changed the conditions! You can also trade wolf meat with iron. Whoever has iron, go exchange it quickly!"

"I happen to have two pieces. I'm going to trade with this bigshot right now."

"Holy shit, I really want to eat meat too. Leave some for me!"

Cao Xing continuously received trade requests on his end.

[Trade successful. You obtained Iron * 2, you lost Wolf Meat * 100g]

[Trade successful. You obtained Iron * 4, you lost Wolf Meat * 200g]

[Trade successful. You obtained Iron Round Shield (White) * 1, you lost Fresh Wolf Meat * 5.]

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Aside from a large amount of iron, Cao Xing also successfully received a shield as wished.

Cao Xing glanced at its attributes.

[Iron Round Shield (White), Quality: Common, Armor: 9~11, Special Effect: None]

Although it was just a white-tier shield, its attributes were much better than the wooden shield in Liu Muxue's hand.

Before long, the dozen or so pieces of wolf meat Cao Xing had put up were all snapped up.

And in Cao Xing's inventory, an extra 100 pieces of iron appeared directly!

Now, the iron in his hands was completely sufficient to build the [Blacksmith Shop].

Joy appeared in Cao Xing's eyes, "Compared to slowly collecting, trading with other Survivors is much faster!"

Of course, the premise of this method was having sufficient resources of one's own.

Now that the territory's population had suddenly increased by so much, the daily food consumption was not a small figure.

Therefore, he could only sell a small portion of food to exchange for supplies.

Just as Cao Xing was about to end the trades, that Survivor named Chen Yuan sent another message over.

"Bro, sell that iron shield to me, 10 pieces of wolf meat."

He seemed to have noticed the commotion in the market as well.

Seeing this message, Cao Xing couldn't help laughing.

This guy really dared to quote a price, treating this broken shield in his hands like a treasure.

The shield Cao Xing had just acquired through trading not only had better attributes than this [Rusted Iron Shield], but it had only cost 5 pieces of wolf meat.

Therefore, Cao Xing replied: "No need, keep it for yourself."

Hearing this, the Survivor named Chen Yuan immediately became anxious.

"Bro, don't be like that! We can talk things over. 8 pieces, 8 pieces should be fine, right?"

Cao Xing didn't want to bother with him at all.

The other side urged anxiously: "6 pieces, really can't be any lower. People shouldn't be too greedy."

Cao Xing still didn't reply.

Chen Yuan urged anxiously: "I am Chen Yuan from the Three Heroes Association. Do me a favor and take this shield for 5 pieces of wolf meat."

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Chen Yuan seemed to be losing patience.

"4 pieces of wolf meat! This is my absolute limit. I advise you not to push your luck!"

His tone grew increasingly impatient.

At this moment, Cao Xing replied indifferently: "Scram."

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