Chapter 10: Tracking Gold Coin

(Mutated White Jade Fruit: A rare fruit from the Elven Continent, a red mutated strain of the White Jade Fruit.

Sweet, smooth, and delicious. Non-toxic. Contains rich magic power and can increase magic levels.)

“Wow! What a find!”

With a flick of her Bird-head Staff, she knocked away the ordinary White Jade Fruits blocking her view.

Mo Yubai carefully plucked the red Mutated White Jade Fruit and placed it onto the soft pillow inside her backpack.

At the same time, she stripped off all the leaves and twigs surrounding the mutated fruit and stuffed them into her backpack as well.

If anyone accidentally got poisoned, she could use them to cure it.

Once she confirmed her treasure was lying safely and quietly in her backpack, Mo Yubai finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Looking up at the dense clusters of ordinary White Jade Fruits, she did not climb down immediately. Instead, she continued to crawl along the trunk.

She poked around with her Bird-head Staff, searching left and right for any other special White Jade Fruits.

After busying herself for over an hour, Mo Yubai finally discovered a green White Jade Fruit near the very top of the tree.

(Mutated White Jade Fruit: A rare fruit from the Elven Continent, a green mutated strain of the White Jade Fruit.

Bitter and crisp. Non-toxic. A precious raw magic ingredient. Consuming it offers a chance to increase magic comprehension.)

As expected of a Resource Island! It even had rare fruits like this!

Although she had absolutely no use for it right now, who knew if she could sell it for a good price in the future?

After harvesting this mutated fruit along with its leaves and branches, Mo Yubai made sure she had checked all the other White Jade Fruits. Just as she was about to climb down, a shimmering reflection caught her eye.

Holding onto a branch with one hand, she looked toward the west. Through the gaps in the dense canopy, she caught sight of a winding river!

Once she climbed down, Mo Yubai oriented herself. After confirming her direction, she headed toward the river.

After walking for about fifteen minutes, Mo Yubai finally reached the riverbank.

She carefully scanned her surroundings first. Only after confirming there were no large animal tracks did she sit down on a rock by the river to rest.

Opening the game interface, she saw it was already two in the afternoon. No wonder she felt so exhausted!

She took out the large white steamed bun Zhu Ou had given her yesterday, along with the wild grapes and berries she had picked this morning.

Unscrewing her plastic bottle, she took a large gulp of the shuilan tree sap. It was indeed sweet, refreshing, and deeply satisfying!

After finishing her lunch, Mo Yubai stood up and stretched.

With all the daily thrills and scares, just a short period of activity here equaled half a year’s worth of normal exercise!

Combined with eating junk food every day, she was genuinely worried she might just drop dead one day!

This section of the river was upstream, so the water was crystal clear. She could easily see the patterns on the pebbles at the bottom.

She dipped her hand in to test the current. It flowed at a decent pace, meaning the running water naturally washed away impurities. It would be perfect for washing up!

Unfortunately, Mo Yubai didn’t have any containers left to hold water. She opened her chat window with Zhu Ou.

“Ouou, I found a river. The water is very clear. Although you can’t drink it directly, you can use it to wash up. If you need any, send me your containers and I’ll fill them for you!”

Zhu Ou didn’t reply immediately. She was probably busy.

So Mo Yubai set her as a starred contact and opened the public chat channel to post a message.

“Three wooden buckets can be traded for one bucket of water. Other containers work too. This offer is valid for two hours. The water can be used for washing up, but you must boil it thoroughly before drinking!

Do not drink it raw! Send me the wooden buckets first, and I’ll send you the water. I am Mo Yubai.”

“Whoa, a wild top-tier player has appeared! First page, checking in!”

“Big Boss Mo, why is your text a cool golden legendary^[1] color? How did you set that up? I want the same style!”

“Mo Yubai, you’d better return my supplies. Don’t think blocking me means no one will find out about our relationship. I’ve already exposed what you did! Anyone who betrays a sincere heart deserves to swallow ten thousand needles^[2]!”

“Is the bucket of water we get for three wooden buckets full?”

“Man, you’re way too pitiful. I sent just a few supplies to my mom and she was moved to tears. You gave her all your supplies, and she turned around and blocked you.”

“So here’s a painful lesson, brothers! Never be a simp!”

“Requesting the same golden legendary skin~”

“I’m seriously done. That guy has zero screenshots or proof, he’s just making stuff up. Why are you guys getting so worked up over nothing? Can you all get lost and stop holding up my water trade!”

“We still have to boil the water to drink it, which wastes wood. That’s not worth it. Can you make it cheaper? How about two buckets of water for three empty ones?”

“Mo Yubai must give us an explanation, or we will never trade with her again!”

Mo Yubai stared at the chaotic messages in confusion, having no idea what was going on.

She tapped on the profile picture of the simp claiming to be her boyfriend. It was actually a refined, handsome man in a suit?

Looks could really be deceiving. What a clown.

She decisively blocked him, along with everyone else who was stirring up trouble. She also added them to the blacklist of her Cat Snack Shop.

Then she opened the chat channel again to post.

“To the simp claiming to be my boyfriend, your name is Zhang Bowen, right?

And the rest of you wanting an explanation? Fine. Once I’m done with my work this afternoon, I’ll give you a personal explanation tonight.”

“I, Mo Yubai, am looking to buy any item that can track someone across highways. I am willing to trade all the materials needed to upgrade a bicycle to an electric scooter for it. I will also fill thirty bottles of water for you for free, provided you have the plastic bottles.”

“Wait, wait, wait! I was just joking, Big Boss! I just have a big mouth and wanted to talk trash. I really didn’t mean it!

I was just too hungry and wanted to scam some supplies from those idiots. Big Boss, I apologize to you!”

Zhang Bowen’s knees went weak the moment he saw Mo Yubai’s message. He was used to spreading rumors online in the past, but he never expected that this Survival Game actually had tracking items that would allow someone to hunt him down through the internet!

“Hahaha, serves you right! Big Boss, I have a Tracking Gold Coin that can locate someone directly using their profile picture. Don’t forgive him! If you do, how am I supposed to make a deal?”

“You absolute scumbag! You were lying!

And you claimed you’d been dating since high school for seven years? You even said she was just throwing a tantrum and actually obeyed your every word?”

“Is it my fault you’re all stupid? I was just talking trash. Who told you to take it seriously and give me free supplies? It would be a waste not to take them, so of course I made up a few more stories to scam you.”

Zhang Bowen looked at the message and sneered indifferently. They were the idiots who believed everything they heard. How could they blame him for not being able to resist scamming them?

“You animal! Give me back my supplies! I couldn’t even bring myself to eat that half loaf of bread and gave it to you instead. Give it back!”

“I ate that bread ages ago. Just finished digesting it, actually. Do you still want it? I can take a dump for you right now!”

“Fuck*, you’re a real *!”

Mo Yubai watched the group of idiots instantly turn on each other, completely speechless. She couldn’t be bothered to pay them any more attention. There was no point in arguing with the dead.

She opened her private messages and traded 25 iron blocks, 6 pieces of plastic, 8 batteries, and 23 water-filled containers for the Tracking Gold Coin.

Trading all these supplies for a single Tracking Gold Coin was definitely a bad deal, but she wasn’t short on basic resources anyway. Money couldn’t buy the satisfaction it brought her.

Besides, by spending so many resources on a Tracking Gold Coin, she had made it clear to the players in the chat channel that she was extremely vengeful. They would have to think twice before crossing her.

She tapped on the Tracking Gold Coin to view its details.

Tracking Gold Coin: Allows the user to select a target’s avatar from the chat channel. Once targeted, the highways will merge for twelve hours, allowing you to reach the target’s side!

Flip to the heads side to merge the highways and pursue the target. Flip to the tails side to end the merger early. The coin can only be used once!

In a much better mood, Mo Yubai put it back into her inventory. Ignoring the chat channel, which had devolved into a chaotic dog-eat-dog mess, she opened her pending friend requests.