Chapter 45: A Massive Sale

“Wow, big shot, you’re finally here! I’ve been waiting forever!”

“Why do you only want rare items now? Weren’t you accepting everything last time? Why did the prices go up?”

“Which treasure chests drop refined steel and gasoline? I’ve never even seen them before.”

“Big Boss Mo, I’ll trade! I’ll trade!”

“Me too! I’ll trade with blueprints!”

“You’re finally here! It was worth keeping my eyes glued to the chat channel all morning!”

“Big Boss Mo, I have good stuff! Save an Electric Tricycle for me!”

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As soon as Mo Yubai sent the message, she saw her friend requests instantly max out at 999+. Her eyes darted around as she turned her attention to Xiao Ling.

“My cute and capable Xiao Ling, are you free right now?”

Hearing its host’s call, Xiao Ling immediately popped up cheerfully, bouncing up and down with joy. “Host, I’m free! I’m free!”

Seeing Xiao Ling’s eager display, Mo Yubai’s smile deepened. “Then could the smart and capable Xiao Ling help your silly host filter through these friend requests?”

“Host is not a silly! My host is the most powerful and smartest host in the entire universe!”

Hearing Xiao Ling’s blind praise, Mo Yubai patted her chest guiltily. That’s a bit of an exaggeration, she thought. Even she wasn’t that confident.

“Ahem, then could Xiao Ling help the universe’s most powerful host filter out the useful ones from the friend requests?”

“Okay, Host! Give me three minutes!” Xiao Ling responded enthusiastically to its host’s request.

Before long, Xiao Ling compiled a list of players who actually had items to trade, and Mo Yubai began to look through them one by one.

“Big Boss Mo, can I trade a piece of information for an electric scooter? Just any working one will do.”

Mo Yubai asked with interest, “What information? Tell me first, and then I’ll decide whether to trade.”

“I know who has the Intermediate Forge Blueprint, and I know what she wants to trade it for.”

Mo Yubai immediately sat up straight. “Alright, but first tell me if I have the things she wants.”

“Don’t worry, others might not have them, but you definitely do, Big Boss. She wants painkillers, sanitary pads, and water. So, can I have the electric scooter now?”

Mo Yubai pondered. She had plenty of water, painkillers, and sanitary pads, but she couldn’t just squander her resources. Still, she absolutely had to get her hands on that Intermediate Forge Blueprint!

“Deal. Tell me the information first, and then I’ll send you the electric scooter.”

“Big Boss, you won’t go back on your word, right?”

“Don’t worry. Since I promised, I won’t cheat you out of a beat-up scooter.” Mo Yubai gave her usual reassurance with a sigh.

“Hahaha, of course I trust your word, Big Boss. The player’s name is Hua Qing. I’ll share her profile with you.”

Mo Yubai decisively clicked to add her, then sent over an electric scooter that was on the verge of breaking down but wasn’t broken yet, which she hadn’t bothered to repair.

“I hope you aren’t lying to me. Otherwise, I still have some Tracking Gold Coins left over from last night.”

“Don’t worry, Big Boss! After what happened last night, I wouldn’t dare lie to you even if I had a hundred lives.”

Mo Yubai gave a dismissive snort at the message, then looked at the friend request that had just been accepted.

“Big Boss Mo? I didn’t say I wanted to trade for a vehicle. Why did you suddenly add me?” The cute, baby-faced girl, Hua Qing, looked at the friend request in confusion.

Mo Yubai didn’t beat around the bush and asked directly, “I heard you have the Intermediate Forge Blueprint?”

Hua Qing understood immediately. “I do. But the sanitary pads I originally wanted to trade for, I already bought them from the Cat Snack Shop. Now I want to trade for painkillers, brown sugar, water, and body warmers^[1].”

A bright smile appeared on Mo Yubai’s face. It seemed the sanitary pads in the Cat Snack Shop had really helped a lot of people.

“Sure. How about I give you Painkillers x1, Brown Sugar Ginger Tea x2, Body Warmers x3, and Water x120L?”

Hua Qing jumped with excitement when she saw the message. “No problem, Big Boss! I’ll send you the blueprint right now!”

After receiving the blueprint, Mo Yubai sent the materials over, throwing in an extra fifteen sanitary pads. Aside from that dummy Zhu Ou, this was the first player to send over their items without hesitation.

Besides, judging by her profile picture, she was a very cute young girl. She was probably suffering from menstrual cramps, which was why she had requested all period-related items. Since they were both girls, she would help out where she could.

“Big Boss, I think you sent the wrong things. I didn’t ask for sanitary pads.”

“They’re a gift. Just keep them.”

“Wow! Big Boss, please accept me as your number one fan!”

Mo Yubai shook her head. This bubbly personality was exactly like Zhu Ou’s.

Without replying further, Mo Yubai opened the details of the Intermediate Forge Blueprint.

Intermediate Forge Blueprint: Stone Block x500, Iron Block x300, Magic Source Stone x3, Space Stone x8, Mithril x6, Sand of Time x9, Forging Stone x12.

Looking at the blueprint, Mo Yubai scratched her head in frustration. Tch, I still don’t have enough. She wasn’t short on basic materials, but her rare materials were too scarce!

First, she opened the vending machine of the Cat Snack Shop to check if there were any rare materials.

To her surprise, there were quite a few good things: Cat’s Eye Gem x4, Space Stone x18, Forging Stone x5, Sand of Time x3, Mithril x12, Tracking Gold Coin x18.

However, the basic material, Stone Blocks, had increased by another 2,000, while vehicle upgrade materials like wood, batteries, Iron Blocks, and rubber had decreased significantly.

It seemed everyone felt Stone Blocks were useless. After some thought, Mo Yubai adjusted the exchange rate from three Stone Blocks for one Iron Block to six Stone Blocks for one Iron Block!

Let’s see if they keep piling up with an exchange rate this high!

After that, Mo Yubai was busy spinning like a top. It wasn’t until nightfall that she finally sold out of all the vehicles!

In a great mood, she cooked a bowl of malatang^[2], adding some shiitake mushrooms sponsored by Wen Ruyan, and happily dug in.

As she ate, she opened her inventory to organize the decent harvest she had gathered over the afternoon.

Short Sword Blueprint x1, Iron Hammer Blueprint x2, Spear Blueprint x3, Shield Blueprint x2, Iron Armor Blueprint x1, High-Grade Sun Protection Clothing Blueprint x1, Wheat Bread Blueprint x1, Toilet Paper Blueprint x1, Bandage Blueprint x1.

Tracking Gold Coin x18, Lucky Coin x1, Clairvoyance Coin x1

Mithril x32, Forging Stone x11, Space Stone x8, Cat’s Eye Gem x2, Sand of Time x6, Energy Stone x4, Magic Source Stone x1

Mo Yubai took out the Clairvoyance Coin and the Lucky Coin to examine them closely. These two coins had cost her an Electric Tricycle and an electric scooter!

Clairvoyance Coin: Ignores spatial barriers, allowing the user to directly view all items in another player’s inventory.

Lucky Coin: Increases Luck by 1 when carried on one’s person. No change to Luck if placed in the inventory.

After thinking it over, she deftly pulled some fine threads from a hemp rope, wove a small pouch, placed the Lucky Coin inside, and hung it from her waist.

She took out the Clairvoyance Coin and sighed. What a perfect tool for robbery. In the future, when she visited a Service Area, she could check if there was anything she needed in other players’ inventories.

They could always do a friendly trade. Even if that failed, she wouldn’t resort to murder and robbery.

After all, she had always lived by a simple creed: do not provoke others, but if provoked, eradicate them completely^[3].

She opened the Intermediate Forge Blueprint again to see what materials she was still missing.

Aside from needing two more Magic Source Stones, everything else was ready.

She opened the chat channel and sent another message.

“Buying Magic Source Stones.”