Jiang Ye was awakened by the thunder.
He sat up and looked out the window. It was pouring rain!
Iron-gray clouds piled up in the sky, lightning flashed like electric snakes in the distance, and the rumbling thunder continued to sound. The massive amount of rainwater covered his entire field of vision, and the ground was filled with muddy water, so much so that it foamed white!
Jiang Ye was stunned for two seconds before his mind raced:
Grab water, fast!
He flipped open the hatch, took out the empty water bottles he had drunk earlier, and placed them upright in the rain.
Rainwater began to accumulate in the bottles at a visible speed, and they would likely be full in a few minutes!
He also took out the urine-collecting bottles he had treasured before, emptied the urine, rinsed them with rainwater, and placed them upright on the ground to collect water.
Who the hell would drink urine when there was clean rainwater!
He had taken out all the bottles, but it still wasn't enough. Jiang Ye gulped down four large cups of cappuccino, drinking so quickly that he almost choked to death. After drinking, he also placed the cups in the rain to collect water.
He still felt like it wasn't enough.
He didn't know what the climate on this damn planet was like. This was the first time he had seen rain since he arrived. He had to collect as much water as possible while the opportunity lasted. What if there was a three-month drought afterward?
He had no more containers, so he had to buy some.
Jiang Ye opened the base panel and clicked on the chat channel.
The channel was being flooded with messages, with hundreds or thousands of people chatting enthusiastically. The word "chatting" seemed to have a double meaning, but in short, the chat channel was very lively!
Thirsty Idiot: The gods have appeared! It's raining! The rain is so heavy! I won't die of thirst anymore!
God: It has nothing to do with me. Why isn't it raining here? The sun has already made my scalp bald.
Server's First: I'm drinking my fill!
Pillar of Strength: I'm diving!
Li Bai: I'm so envious I could cry, I don't even have a drop of rain here.
Du Fu: Brother Bai, I cry with you. There isn't even a cloud here.
Hates Rainwater: Damn it, my base is in a valley, and the flash flood washed it away for over five hundred meters.
Jiang Ye watched for a while. Everyone's situation was different. This rainfall should cover a wide area because many people said it was raining, and some were even flooded in low-lying areas. However, a large number of people also reported not seeing a single drop of rain.
The precipitation patterns on this planet seemed similar to Earth's, with some areas experiencing heavy rainfall and others remaining dry. The most terrifying thing was that everyone was very far apart, making mutual assistance impossible, leaving them to face their struggles alone.
Jiang Ye typed a message:
Seeking rainwater! It's not raining here, I can exchange food! I'm really dying of thirst!
As soon as Jiang Ye sent his message, his private message inbox was flooded within three seconds!
A large number of people came to him to sell rainwater.
Fifty bottles!
One hundred bottles!
Three hundred bottles!
Five hundred bottles!
After all, it was raining, and the areas experiencing rainfall suddenly had no shortage of water. Everyone was happy to exchange their rainwater for food.
Jiang Ye was not hesitant. He sifted through the numerous trade messages to find the lowest prices.
Then, he began to send private messages, trying to persuade them:
Brother, you want a pack of biscuits for just ten bottles of water? That's too greedy! Others are asking for fifty bottles!
Beautiful lady, how about eight bottles of water for an orange? This price is quite reasonable. No one is short of water, and we mainly want to make friends with you.
I have oranges here, but they're a bit sour. They'll be edible in a few days. Ten bottles of water, a steal, want it?
Soon, Jiang Ye had exchanged half of his food.
He got a large pile of rainwater bottles!
After counting three times, Jiang Ye confirmed that he had a total of eighty bottles of rainwater, with varying bottle sizes, totaling 60 liters of water. These bottles almost filled half of his base. Jiang Ye had to throw half of the water bottles outside the base, otherwise, if he rolled over in his sleep at night, he might be buried alive by falling bottles.
It was a considerable amount, and he was very satisfied. He wouldn't have to worry about dying of thirst for a long time. The days of preparing to drink urine were over!
The rain had lessened slightly, from a downpour to moderate rain.
Jiang Ye didn't leisurely listen to the rain. Instead, he flipped open the hatch, hugged the seed cans, and walked out into the rain.
He had to plant all these seeds while it was raining.
Low-lying areas were definitely out of the question. Too much water would accumulate, washing away the seeds or drowning them.
Jiang Ye ran to a high slope where there was no standing water.
He bent down and dug small holes in the mud with his fingers.
He dug a small hole and pressed one seed into it.
Finally, after planting all the seeds, Jiang Ye stood by, waiting, and said excitedly, "Grow strong, my friends!"
The seeds began to sprout, pushing out yellow shoots, and then grew at a visible speed!
Jiang Ye stared at the seeds for a moment, then suddenly thought of something.
Then, he turned and ran back to the base.
He opened the chat channel and directly contacted the citizen of Cao County.
Jiang Ye: Brother, are you there? Do you still have that seed? I want to trade for some.
Cao County Citizen: What brother? I'm a cute girl!
Jiang Ye was a bit bewildered. He had always thought the other party was a wealthy and burly man, but it turned out to be a cute girl?
Jiang Ye: Then, beautiful lady, do you have seeds?
Cao County Citizen: Oh, this is a bit difficult. Do you have a USB drive? I can put it on a USB drive for you. But not now, I have to spend time asking others if they have it.
Jiang Ye: ???
Jiang Ye: What are you talking about? I'm talking about the magical seed you traded me yesterday! The kind that can be planted in the soil!
Cao County Citizen: Ah, ah, ah, you mean that one? Yes, yes, I still have three cans. Do you want them all? Ten bottles of water, it's not raining here.
Jiang Ye traded very readily. He threw ten bottles of water into the trading box, and after a flash of light, three seed cans appeared.
The label on the seed can yesterday was Magical Seed 024.
But the labels on these three newly acquired cans had changed, being Magical Seed 166, Magical Seed 025, and Magical Seed 099, respectively.
The numbers might have two meanings: one is the production number of the seed, representing the nth can. The other is that they correspond to different varieties!
Without hesitation, Jiang Ye hugged the three cans of seeds and ran into the rain, heading to the high slope where he had planted earlier.
The oranges he had just planted were already five centimeters tall and were still sprouting more leaves.
Jiang Ye bent down and quickly planted the seeds he had just acquired. He was becoming more skilled, his hand speed increasing. In less than ten minutes, he had planted them all.
After planting, he didn't linger. He returned to the base and opened the chat channel.
The chat channel was buzzing with lively trading, mainly with people in the rainy areas selling rainwater. The calls for trade kept popping up, with more than thirty messages appearing per minute, making it even more chaotic than a market.
Jiang Ye specifically looked for those selling farming tools and seeds, haggled, and exchanged them for the rainwater he had.
He was very anxious because, just now, he realized that the seeds were about to appreciate!
For the past few days, no one had planted the magical seeds because of the lack of water. No one had tried them, and no one knew that the magical seeds could bear fruit in just a few hours. Most people thought they were ordinary seeds, so they weren't valuable, and no one even wanted to trade for them.
But now that it was raining, someone was bound to think of planting the seeds to try.
Once planted, the secret of the magical seeds would be revealed!
And with a few loud-mouthed gossips shouting in the chat channel, everyone would know. At that time, the price of seeds would increase tenfold.
Before that, Jiang Ye wanted to hoard some seeds at a low price.
After an hour of busy work, chatting with dozens of people, he had a great harvest.
Forty more bottles of water were exchanged.
He got twenty cans of seeds!
There were several types of seed numbers, but they all looked the same. He didn't know if they would grow different crops.
For the nth time, Jiang Ye switched back to the chat channel, about to continue looking for people selling seeds.
But suddenly, he noticed something was wrong.
The chat channel, which had been chaotic just a few minutes ago, had suddenly fallen silent, with no new messages popping up.
It was as if everyone had collectively gone to sleep.
Did the network go down?
Jiang Ye's gaze fixed on the last few messages in the chat channel, and his eyes widened. He instantly understood why no one was talking: because everyone was terrified!
Loves Marshmallows: Help! I encountered an alien bear! I ran back to my base, and it chased me! It's desperately smashing my base door!
Loves Marshmallows: Can anyone save me! The door has already been bent! The bear is about to come in! It wants to eat me!
Loves Marshmallows: Ahhh, it hurts so much, it hurts to death, the bear is in, and it's eating my leg! I don't have a gun, please, can someone give me a gun!
Loves Marshmallows: The bear pulled out my intestines and is gnawing on them. I saw a gun, but I couldn't pick it up. I'll return it to you.
Loves Marshmallows: I don't hurt anymore, thank you to the person who gave me the gun. Don't send any more guns, I'm dying. The alien bear I encountered came out of the ground. Maybe it was the rain, the soil softened, and it came out. Everyone be careful.
Loves Marshmallows: Goodbye.