Chapter 28: Vehicle Upgrade

Mo Yubai was in no hurry to pack up her Electric Tricycle and set up her tent. Instead, she sat on the vehicle with her legs crossed, opened the chat channel once again, and began to lurk.

“I’m so scared of tomorrow. The novice period was already this hard, so tomorrow is bound to be even worse, right?”

“Waaah… I miss home so much. I really miss my mom’s beef and potato stew.”

“Sigh, why do some of you get so emo as soon as night falls? Luckily there’s no NetEase Cloud Music^[1] here, otherwise you’d be crying your eyes out while listening to sad songs.”

“Totally agree with the person above. As soon as night falls, it’s like I’ve been drugged.”

“It’s already the last day of the novice period. Why hasn’t Zhao Facai come out of the dungeon yet?”

“I’m so done! I even prepared a Tracking Gold Coin, just waiting for him to return my materials so I can upgrade my bicycle!”

“+1”

“+1”

…

“+10086”

“Are there really that many players who can’t upgrade their vehicles after being scammed out of their materials by Zhao Facai?”

“Damn that Zhao Facai! I’m really worried my bicycle is going to be phased out.”

“Don’t worry, there are plenty of people still at level one. We’ll definitely be fine.”

“True. Hearing you say that makes me feel a lot better.”

“A quick tip to share: when opening treasure chests at night, throw a few stones at them first. If a monster pops out, quickly ride away! If no monster comes out, you can open the chest directly and avoid a fight!”

“Huh? You’re only sharing this on the last day? Why didn’t you say so earlier? If you had, I wouldn’t have been bitten by a snake!”

“They’re sharing their experience out of the goodness of their heart. They can share it whenever they want. Are you seriously trying to guilt-trip them?”

“But if he had shared this earlier, how many people could he have saved? He’s just selfish! He just wants to see other people die! He’s a murderer!”

Looking at the chaotic messages, Mo Yubai frowned. There really were all kinds of people in this world.

She decided not to post a buying request in the public chat channel. Instead, she drafted a message asking for glass and sent it to all her friends.

A message popped up instantly. When she opened it, she saw it was actually from Yang Yangyang, the one who had traded for the plastic bucket blueprint.

“Big Boss Mo, do you need glass? I’ve sent you three pieces to see if it’s enough. Consider it thanks for filling my water container.” Yang Yangyang had been in the middle of arguing with the guilt-tripping troll in the chat channel when he suddenly saw the boss’s message, and he immediately replied eagerly.

After receiving the three pieces of glass, Mo Yubai immediately clicked upgrade. Still sitting on the Electric Tricycle, she was suddenly ejected onto the highway.

Rubbing her sore backside in utter confusion, she looked up to see the small tricycle enveloped in a shroud of white light. The game interface showed that the upgrade would take half an hour.

Feeling helpless, Mo Yubai could only squat on the ground next to the white light and continue chatting with Yang Yangyang.

“You already paid me for the water, so there’s no need to feel indebted. Are you short on any other materials?”

Yang Yangyang felt a mix of emotions as he read the message from the boss. His anger from arguing with the brainless troll subsided a bit.

“Alright then. Boss, do you have a blanket or any other warm gear for the night that you could spare?”

Mo Yubai thought for a moment and asked for his opinion first. “I have some materials from that man who spread rumors about me. There’s a cotton quilt in his backpack, though I don’t know if he used it. If you want it, I can also give you the two tracksuits in his bag, as long as you don’t mind that they’re secondhand. If you don’t want used items, I can give you a clean blanket instead.”

Yang Yangyang looked at the boss’s message in pleasant surprise and immediately replied, “I don’t mind at all! I’ll take the secondhand stuff! Just send it over, boss. If the quilt smells like him or is too dirty, I’ll just pass it to my childhood friend. They’re both guys anyway, so it doesn’t matter.”

Mo Yubai couldn’t help but laugh at his message. He was really throwing his friend under the bus.

After transferring the quilt and tracksuits to Yang Yangyang, she reminded him to come to her if he found any blueprints in the future, then switched back to her backpack to start organizing.

She opened her backpack and began grouping similar items together.

The basic materials group went into the first row.

The medicine group went into the second row.

The daily necessities group went into the third row.

The bedding and linens group went into the fourth row.

The weapons and blueprints group went into the fifth row.

The food and water group went into the sixth row.

She worked for quite a while, squatting until her legs went numb, before finally getting all the items in her backpack neatly arranged!

Looking at her satisfyingly organized backpack, Mo Yubai felt a wave of sheer contentment.

Just then, the Electric Tricycle finished upgrading, turning into a “Pickled Pepper Fish Head” micro electric car.

[Player Mo Yubai is the first player server-wide to upgrade their vehicle to Level 4. Would you like to make a server-wide announcement? Declining the announcement grants a Platinum Chest, while accepting it grants a Mystery Grand Prize!]

Hearing this familiar prompt, Mo Yubai was instantly overjoyed. She spoke without a moment’s hesitation.

“Mystery Grand Prize! I choose the Mystery Grand Prize!”

Heheh, Resource Island, Mo Yubai is coming back!

The reward has been distributed. Please accept it.

[Congratulations to Mo Yubai from District 7 for becoming the first player server-wide to upgrade their vehicle to Level 4! We hope all other players will keep up the hard work and reach new heights!]

As soon as the announcement went out, the chat channel immediately forgot about being emo and erupted into heated discussion.

“Awesome! This sister is seriously fierce. When will I ever get featured on a server announcement?”

“I’m numb… totally numb… I only needed 5 more leather and 20 Iron Blocks to upgrade, and I thought I could nab the announcement. I never expected her to be this fast!”

“Wait, where are you guys getting so many materials?”

“Doing business, duh. You’ll never get rich just by opening chests, but you can find the tools to make you rich. My workbench hasn’t stopped for a single second, it’s processing orders all day long.”

“You definitely earned those materials!”

“I’m so jealous… My electric car is out of power again. Trading one bottle of water for three batteries.”

“Big Boss Mo and the others really brought the price of water down. I remember at the very beginning, you couldn’t even get a bottle of water for 20 batteries.”

“Hahaha, now that you mention it, I can totally picture it. Big Boss Mo screaming at the top of her lungs: ‘My friends! A bottle of water for 20 batteries, are we buying?

No!

Alright! Then today, this streamer is slashing the price for you! Not 20, not 10, but just 3 batteries! 3 batteries for a bottle of water!'”

“Hahaha, you’re so funny, sister~”

“Trading goggles for Iron Blocks. PM if interested.”

Mo Yubai lay comfortably inside her “Pickled Pepper Fish Head” car, looking at the Mystery Grand Prize gift box in her hands with anticipation.

Tearing the gift box open roughly, she found a gold coin inside, just as expected!

Delighted, she put the gold coin into her backpack to check its details.

Double Coins: Once used, all materials obtained within a single day will be doubled. Active hours: 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM.

Mo Yubai froze like a statue in her information-viewing posture, her face filled with confusion.

Wait, this kind of item coin would make someone like Ou Ou, that lucky dog, absolutely fly.

But for me, the novice period ends tomorrow, and treasure chests will decrease. Using it now would be too much of a waste.

Besides, with my terrible luck, how many materials could I even get in a single day? Doubling it would still be pretty useless.

Wait, why is my luck so bad again?

Xiao Ling! Right, I almost forgot about Xiao Ling. It hasn’t woken up all day today. It seems its energy really is running low.

I can save this double materials effect and use it right after playing the minigame. Doubling the rewards in that scenario would be an absolute jackpot!

Snapping out of her thoughts, Mo Yubai happily put the Double Coins away and began calling out to Xiao Ling.