Chapter 10: Item Trading

【Idiots Should All Die】:

“Wait—???? I was just about to sell that important info, and you just casually blurted it out like that?”

【Survival Is Justice】:

“Is that true? Only 5 gold coins and 4 iron ore?”

【Going All In Is Wisdom】:

“Oh my sweet heavens, that’s great! I opened three chests, and even the worst one had 7 gold coins and 6 pieces of ordinary iron ore. I’m stable this round!”

【Round-Faced Bearded Man】:

“Ahhh! But I don’t have gold coins or iron ore! I didn’t dare leave my dorm to fight for treasure chests earlier. This refrigerator item was already in my dorm to begin with.”

【AAA Information Broker】:

“Tsk, tsk, tsk. Upstairs, the wave of treasure chests after six o’clock all had fixed gold coins and iron ore inside. Even the worst ones had at least 5 gold coins and 4 pieces of iron ore~”

…

Looking at the chat records scrolling rapidly before her eyes, Jiang Jinyue silently mourned for 0.1 seconds over the measly 5 gold coins and 4 pieces of ordinary iron ore she had opened from one of her ordinary treasure chests.

Sure enough, the guaranteed-minimum player was performing steadily as always.

Slowly letting out a sigh, she stopped lurking and edited a message before sending it out.

【A Loving Family】:

“Mineral water for repair-type items. Interested parties, private message me.”

After the message was sent, it did not cause even the slightest ripple.

Although food and water were now hard currency, defensive maintenance items were also valuable. This was not exactly an easy bargain to snag.

However, not long after she sent the message, quite a few players added her in the background. The notification sounds from her private messages also kept ringing nonstop.

Curious, Jiang Jinyue opened the friend request page and discovered that although there were many requests, most of them were just people begging miserably for charity.

“Daddy, please have mercy and give me a sip of water. I’m dying of thirst. I don’t have any items, but I’ll remember your kindness.”

“Great auntie, can I exchange information for water? I know a lot of secrets.”

“Kind person, look at me. As long as you give me water, I’ll do anything!”

Expressionlessly, Jiang Jinyue blocked these hopeless creatures one by one. Then she continued scrolling down, trying to find a few normal people among the swarm of leeches.

Finally, two players with the usernames 【Little Snacks Don’t Eat】 and 【The Internet’s Number One Male Model】 each sent her messages.

“Repair Wrench. Trade for four bottles of water.”

“I have a repair-type item. Trading for water.”

After choosing to accept them as friends, Jiang Jinyue first chatted with 【The Internet’s Number One Male Model】.

After all, she had noticed earlier that the Repair Wrench was only an ordinary blue-glow item. Trading it for four bottles of water was a bit much.

One had to know that she had only opened two bottles of water from one ordinary treasure chest!

Four bottles of water meant at least two ordinary treasure chests!

【The Internet’s Number One Male Model】:

“Bro? Or sis?”

【A Loving Family】:

“Doesn’t matter. Just call me family.”

【The Internet’s Number One Male Model】:

“OK, family. I want to trade three pieces of ordinary iron ore for one bottle of mineral water.”

【A Loving Family】:

“No trade. I only accept repair-type items for water. If you don’t have a repair-type item, there’s no need to keep chatting.”

【The Internet’s Number One Male Model】:

“Family, wait. How about this? Besides the three pieces of ordinary iron ore, I can also send you some benefits. Together with the benefits, I’ll trade for one bottle of water.”

Six-pack photo.

Perky butt photo.

Puppy-dog face photo.

Pretty hands photo.

Looking at the sudden flood of pale flesh that popped up on the game panel, the corner of Jiang Jinyue’s mouth could not help twitching. She was just about to decisively block him when she saw that he had actually sent another message.

【The Internet’s Number One Male Model】:

“Before I entered the game, I was a top male model at A City’s Heaven on Earth. Letting you see this much for one bottle of water is already a bargain.

As long as you’re willing to trade me water, it’s not like I can’t show you some more intimate places.”

He really was a male model?

Still, to be fair, that face did have some capital. Even in this game, he definitely would not be lacking a single bottle of water.

That made his current behavior rather thought-provoking.

He was probably trying to get something for nothing through a romance scam.

Jiang Jinyue silently complained in her heart, but it did not slow down the speed at which she blocked the “male model.”

Hopefully, 【Little Snacks Don’t Eat】 really had a Repair Wrench.

Elsewhere, on a shabby little bed, a handsome-looking man looked at the words “You have been blocked” on his panel and sighed regretfully.

Looks like this mark isn’t easy to scam~

But that was fine. As the sales champion of a northern Myanmar telecom fraud zone, he understood better than anyone that there were plenty of marks in the world.

If one did not work, just move on to the next.

Snap, snap, snap.

After once again using the game panel to take a few vulnerable and pitiful handsome photos, he carefully selected two and sent them over.

“Big brother, look, little brother’s abs are about to disappear from hunger. Can you give little brother a couple bites to eat?”

【I’m the Number One Madman】:

“Good, good, good, little baby. Big brother will give you another bottle of mineral water. Pour the water over your chest and help big brother quench his thirst, and big brother will give you a pack of instant noodles.”

“You’re so bad, big brother~”

Jiang Jinyue still had no idea that the male model was currently displaying his full power. At this moment, she was looking at the stalled conversation in front of her and could not help feeling a little headache.

【A Loving Family】:

“Repair Wrench is worth three bottles of water at most.”

【Little Snacks Don’t Eat】:

“Four bottles. This thing is in high demand. Not one bottle less.”

【A Loving Family】:

“Three bottles at most. That’s my bottom line.”

【Little Snacks Don’t Eat】:

“Four bottles is my bottom line too.”

Rubbing her temples with a headache, Jiang Jinyue tiredly looked back at the low-HP iron door behind her.

Huh? Wait.

She remembered the iron door’s HP had been 66. How had it become 68 now?

Thinking of how anomalies could automatically recover HP, Jiang Jinyue’s heart filled with joy.

So the iron door also recovered automatically. Although its recovery speed was much slower than the anomaly’s, the fact that it recovered at all was already pretty good.

The corner of her lips curved into a smile. This time, the message she sent was much more confident.

【A Loving Family】:

“Two bottles.”

【Little Snacks Don’t Eat】:

“? Are you crazy?”

【A Loving Family】:

“The door’s HP automatically recovers. I don’t need the Repair Wrench anymore.”

Inside a dormitory on the 100th floor, a girl wearing a grass-green jacket clenched her fists.

Damn it. Miscalculated.

【Little Snacks Don’t Eat】:

“Although the iron door can automatically recover, its speed is very slow. With the Repair Wrench, it can recover 50 HP in ten minutes!”

【A Loving Family】:

“Two bottles.”

【Little Snacks Don’t Eat】:

“Believe me, it doesn’t even have a usage limit. It’s really useful!”

【A Loving Family】:

“Two bottles.”

Little Snacks looked at the two cold words on the game panel and suddenly felt her fists harden.

She took a deep breath and forced a strained smile onto her face.

【Little Snacks Don’t Eat】:

“Three bottles minimum. Otherwise, no deal!”

【A Loving Family】:

“Two.”

【Little Snacks Don’t Eat】:

“Ahhh! Fine, you win!”

Jiang Jinyue looked at this message, the corners of her lips lifting slightly. Then she sent a trade request.

【Trade Request: A Loving Family is offering Mineral Water ×2 in exchange for your Repair Wrench ×1. Do you agree?】

After selecting “Agree,” a faint light flashed, and two unopened bottles of mineral water appeared in her backpack.