Chapter 52: Abstract Hats

Mo Yubai rubbed her slightly bloated belly, slouching back in her comfortable ergonomic chair. “Why?” she accused. “Just because you put the last few beef meatballs in, you have to take responsibility!”

Zhu Ou immediately passed the buck. “But Sister Wen brought those beef meatballs, so she should be responsible!”

Wen Ruyan waved her hand weakly. “No more, no more, I really can’t eat another bite!”

Mo Yubai pressed her attack on Zhu Ou. “Don’t worry, she won’t get away either. But you brought the frozen tofu, right? You’re responsible!”

Zhu Ou looked at her in disbelief, shocked that such cold words could come from a warm mouth. She defended herself angrily, “But you put it in the pot, so you’re responsible!”

“You brought it, so you’re responsible!”

“You put it in, so you’re responsible!”

Wen Ruyan listened to the two bickering like children with a look of utter despair, forcing another piece of tofu skin into her mouth.

In the end, the three of them really couldn’t eat another bite. Mo Yubai went to the chat channel to trade for a disposable takeout box blueprint. After making the boxes at the workbench, she had them pack up the ingredients they had brought.

Neither of them knew how to cook, and they didn’t trust others enough to let them cook for them. So, they had simply thrown every single cookable ingredient into the pot!

They packed them into the boxes and put them into their backpacks one by one. Since time was frozen inside the backpack, it wasn’t a problem at all!

After packing up the hotpot, Zhu Ou and Wen Ruyan helped clean up the dishes and the table.

They instantly witnessed the high-tech nature of the split pot. It actually had a one-touch automatic cleaning feature!

After pressing the clean button, the soup base and grease in the pot were automatically compressed into a small cube. Once the cube was removed and thrown away, the inside of the pot was so clean that there wasn’t a trace of grease, and it even carried a fresh lemon scent!

Seeing this, Zhu Ou and Wen Ruyan’s eyes lit up, and they immediately ordered one each!

When the two left, Mo Yubai also gave each of them a funny baseball cap. The caps were a bright sunflower yellow, with a middle finger gesture on top and a salted fish running straight through the middle. It made anyone wearing it look completely unhinged.

After the three of them put on the hats together, they pointed at each other and laughed uncontrollably.

“Sister Mo, where did you get such an abstract, ugly thing? Honestly, putting this on makes me feel like my mental state has improved!”

“Can I take it off?” Wen Ruyan looked at the abstract hat on her head with a face full of rejection, reaching up to try.

“No!” Mo Yubai and Zhu Ou said in unison, reaching out to stop her.

Mo Yubai opened the game panel, selected the photo function, grabbed the reluctant Wen Ruyan, and pushed away Zhu Ou, who was practically sticking to her, with a look of mock disgust.

“Move back a bit, you’re blocking the whole shot by yourself!”

“Sob sob sob… Sister Wen, look at her. Before, it was all ‘Ou Ou’ this and ‘Ou Ou’ that, and now it’s just ‘move back a bit, move back a bit’…”

“As expected, out with the old, in with the new…” Zhu Ou dramatically took a bath towel from her backpack, pinched it into the shape of a handkerchief, and pretended to wipe away her tears.

“Pfft!” Seeing Zhu Ou’s antics, Mo Yubai and Wen Ruyan couldn’t help but burst out laughing.

Click! Time froze at that moment. In the picture, the three girls wore their funny hats, smiling like flowers as they huddled together.

After sending the two off, Mo Yubai took out the Pickled Pepper Fish Head and glanced at the game panel. It was already 10:00. Time to set off immediately!

The road was peaceful today with no unexpected trouble, but because she had set off so late, she only found one chest.

However, this chest was a Golden Chest, and it yielded some great blueprints!

Women’s windbreaker × 2, toilet paper × 1, sanitary pads × 4, wet wipes × 2, face towels × 3, toothbrushes × 2, shower caps × 3, toothpicks × 4, Large Chain Trap Blueprint × 1, Refrigerant × 14, plastic × 15, silk × 8, Iron Block × 32, glass × 12.

Mo Yubai looked at the Large Chain Trap Blueprint in her backpack in surprise. This was good stuff!

She immediately took out the workbench and placed the blueprint on it.

Large Chain Trap Blueprint: Iron Block × 80, nails × 40, fiber × 15, Time Sand × 3, Space Stone × 1

Fortunately, she had enough materials. She clicked craft, and a forty-five-minute countdown appeared on the workbench.

After using the blueprint, Mo Yubai looked at the refrigerant and smiled, her eyes crinkling with joy.

Great! Her Small Car Fridge Blueprint could finally be crafted!

She placed the Small Car Fridge Blueprint into another section of the workbench.

Small Car Fridge Blueprint: Iron Block × 40, plastic × 15, fiber × 30, Refrigerant × 15.

Oh, she was still short by one refrigerant.

She decisively messaged Ou Ou, and sure enough, she had extras.

She even offered fifteen refrigerants as payment, sending all the materials over and saying she wanted one made for herself as well.

Mo Yubai looked at the sixteen refrigerants and sighed. She really didn’t understand how Ou Ou’s mind worked.

She had told her she only needed one refrigerant, and that she would make it for her as long as she provided the materials, with no extra payment needed.

In the end, she not only gave fifteen refrigerants as payment, but also threw in an extra one, saying that this was the one Mo Yubai had asked for, which she was giving to her for free.

All these mental gymnastics made her head spin. Forget it, she couldn’t be bothered to argue. She would just send her two packs of face towels when she sent the refrigerator over later.

Shaking her head to clear her thoughts, she looked at the half-hour countdown on the workbench and decided to set up her tent first.

After setting up the tent and lighting the campfire, Mo Yubai waited a bit longer before taking out the completed Large Chain Trap and carefully setting it up around the tent.

The moment the trap was set, mysterious magic runes flashed, and the trap merged into the night, disappearing without a trace.

Mo Yubai nodded in satisfaction. Impressive!

After washing up, she rolled around in her soft bedding. The two small car refrigerators were already finished.

After sending one of them along with the face towels to Zhu Ou, Mo Yubai opened the chat channel, preparing to do some business with the small refrigerators.

“Crafting Small Car Refrigerators. Materials required: Iron Block × 40, plastic × 15, fiber × 30, Refrigerant × 15. As payment, I only accept Magic Source Stones, Energy Stones, Refrigerant, springs, gauze, Forging Stones, and Sand of Time.”

“Oh! I just got a lot of refrigerant and springs today! Hahaha, Boss Mo, here I come!”

“So jealous! I have enough materials, but I don’t have anything for the payment!”

“Boss Mo is a lifesaver. I can’t even imagine how amazing it would be to have a sip of ice-cold water under this scorching sun!”

“Coward! I dare to dream!”

“How amazing? Mind-blowingly amazing!”

“Hahaha, in this extreme heat, if you dare to chug ice water directly, your lungs will literally explode!”

“Still, keeping it slightly cool is pretty good.”

“Agreed. But if you guys actually want one made, stop chatting here. The reservation I just got is already for tomorrow morning’s batch.”

“Crap, I’m stopping. Gotta go grab a spot!”

“Everyone, don’t go to Mo Yubai. I have an ice maker blueprint. I’m crafting ice makers now, and I only charge basic materials!”

“Zhao Facai, do you think everyone is an idiot? You’ve scammed us time and time again, do you really think we’ll fall for it again?”

“Don’t bother rushing. Boss Mo said her quota for tonight is already sold out. She won’t do long-term pre-sales because she doesn’t want to delay everyone’s upgrades.”

“Mo Yubai might be sold out, but my ice maker has no purchase limit. Everyone is welcome to place an order!”

“Who cares about your ice? Even if Boss Mo’s slots are full today, I still won’t buy from you!”

“Guys, anyone with a shred of backbone shouldn’t go to Zhao Facai!”

“But I really need ice to cool down.”

“No need to go to Zhao Facai. The Cat Snack Shop just put up a bunch of ice spheres. They’re cheap, huge, and limited to one per person!”

“Long live the Cat Snack Shop!”

…

Mo Yubai wrapped her blanket tightly around herself and raised an eyebrow at the friend request from Zhao Facai. What is he up to?