Throughout the entire day of digging the tunnel, many ice crystals were knocked loose along the way.
Jiang Ye's first trip back to the base, he first dropped the carcass of the small beast and his pickaxe and shovel. Then he quickly opened the Galactic Mall and spent 1000 yuan to buy a stamina enhancer and injected himself.
There was no other way; the feeling of abundant energy was too good, he was already addicted, and he decided to inject himself once a day.
After all, this stuff was harmless to the body, and the more he injected, the better. It promoted muscle and bone growth!
Then, he dragged the large pot and went to the mine to collect ore.
The ore varied in size, the largest being as big as a small watermelon, and the smallest as big as a peanut.
Jiang Ye filled a pot and ran frantically back to the base. After unloading, he ran back frantically to load again.
When it got dark, only half of the ore had been transported to the base.
Sweating profusely, Jiang Ye closed the cabin door and locked it.
Then, he had dinner.
There was nothing ready to eat; the bread and biscuits were all gone.
The most remaining was dry corn on the cob.
But without a stove, he couldn't cook the corn.
Jiang Ye was too lazy to haggle with people on the chat channel to buy some, so he ate all the remaining oranges and considered his dinner settled.
Then, selling the ore!
There was more ore today than any other day. Previously, he would get tired and need to rest while digging. Today, to escape from underground, he had barely stopped all day. Moreover, with the stamina enhancer, his digging speed had increased several times.
On the base panel, notification messages kept popping up:
[Sale Successful! 3780 yuan has been transferred to your personal account!]
[Sale Successful! 1890 yuan has been transferred to your personal account!]
[Sale Successful! 4100 yuan has been transferred to your personal account!]
A few minutes later, all the ore was sold.
Today's earnings reached an astonishing 41,000 yuan!
His personal assets rapidly increased to 55,910 yuan!
"Good heavens, Jiang Ye, you're amazing! You used to be handsome and tall, now you're finally rich, handsome, and tall!" Jiang Ye couldn't help but praise himself.
With his work done, Jiang Ye opened the chat channel, checking for any new messages today.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he opened the chat channel, a notification popped up abruptly:
[While offline, you have received 4288 private messages from 2016 colony officers. Please process them promptly!]
Jiang Ye's mouth formed an "o" shape.
"What the heck?!"
Two thousand people sent him private messages?
Goosebumps instantly erupted all over his body. How could so many people be paying attention to him? He hadn't sent out much information!
Calming down, he carefully looked at the private messages one by one in the backend, and Jiang Ye exclaimed.
"Is Big Brother Jiang here? Are you selling blood grenades? I only have a hundred yuan, can you give me a discount?"
"Big brother, please sell me a blood grenade, can you discount it to 180? I really have no money."
"Brother, save me, there's a monster clawing at my base door! Please give me a grenade to save me! I'll pay you back later!"
"I want to buy three blood grenades, is there any discount?"
There were thousands of messages, and apart from a few hawkers, they were all interested in the blood grenades!
Jiang Ye found it strange, why so many more business opportunities?
He hadn't advertised at all.
After a slight contemplation, he scrolled directly to the bottom of the unread private messages to check the time of the earliest one.
3 PM.
Looking at the subsequent private messages, he had a rough idea. Starting from 3 PM, hundreds and thousands of people suddenly flooded in to send private messages, inquiring about the blood grenades.
Jiang Ye returned to the chat channel and scrolled through the public chat records. Finally, he found the reason for the explosion of private messages.
It was due to a long message from:
Qiuming Mountain Drift King: Brothers, I just encountered an alien bear! That bear was really terrifying, its paw was bigger than my head! It was raining lightly, and I was planting crops when a large mound of earth suddenly appeared a few meters in front of me, and then the alien bear burrowed out from underground. I was so scared my hair stood on end, I felt like I was going to die. The bear did indeed charge at me.
A crowd below was attracted by his story and watched in amazement.
Chicken Roll: Good heavens! Brother, how did you survive!
Garlic: So scary! I'm already getting nervous!
Power Bank: So how did you get away? Pretended to be a cub?
Vitamin H: I haven't heard of anyone encountering an alien bear and surviving. Brother, you're the first, share your survival experience! We might all encounter bears in the future.
Dozens of people spoke, all expressing strong curiosity about Qiuming Mountain Drift King's encounter.
Qiuming Mountain Drift King: I'm telling this story to share survival tips! It's actually very simple. I had a blood grenade with me, bought from Big Brother Jiang. I had filled it with blood the night before. When I saw the bear charging, I turned and ran, throwing the grenade at it. A few seconds later, the grenade exploded, the sound was so loud it deafened my ears, and the shockwave was so powerful it blew me away. When I got up and looked back, the bear's guts were spilling out, and it was twitching.
That's right, this message was sent exactly at 3 PM.
Then, everyone swarmed in, asking Jiang Ye to buy blood grenades.
Originally, many people didn't believe it, after all, a grenade made of blood sounded unreliable.
But with someone testifying, many people believed it and wanted to buy something to save their lives.
This planet was becoming increasingly dangerous, and weapons like guns were almost no longer traded. Jiang Ye's blood grenades had become almost the only option.
"Oh, the sales channel is open!" Jiang Ye rejoiced.
He scrolled through the private messages and started doing business.
He ignored all those who tried to bargain. He wasn't short of business now; there were plenty of customers.
He first dealt with the big clients who bought several at once.
Jiang Ye thought he could make a lot of money tonight by reselling blood grenades, perhaps tens of thousands of yuan.
But unexpectedly, the first customer hit a wall.
Jiang Ye: I just got back. You want to buy four blood grenades, right? 200 each, a total of 800 yuan.
Drink More Hot Water Sis: Ah, sorry, I changed my mind, I don't want to buy them anymore.
Jiang Ye: Ah? Okay, then. Let's cooperate again if there's a chance.
Drink More Hot Water Sis: Sorry about that.
It was an inauspicious start, but Jiang Ye wasn't discouraged; there were still thousands of customers waiting in line.
But he never expected that he would continue to have inauspicious starts:
"Sorry, Big Brother, I'm out of money, I won't buy them."
"Let's talk about it later, I'll think about it again."
"It's too expensive, forget it."
"Sorry, I have a weapon now, so I won't buy this."
One after another, they all refused Jiang Ye's transactions.
For a full ten minutes, he chatted with hundreds of people, but not a single one was willing to buy!
Jiang Ye was full of question marks.
"What's going on?"
A few hours ago, they were crying and begging to buy, but now, why were they all so indifferent?
Were people's hearts so unpredictable?
No, something must be wrong!
Jiang Ye stopped replying to private messages and returned to the public chat channel, scrolling up to look at the message history.
He scrolled for a few minutes, but it was all meaningless chatter.
Finally, a bombshell message caught his eye, making him understand everything.
Cao County Citizen: Promotion! Promotion! Blood grenades 40% off! 150 yuan each for a single purchase! Discounts for bulk purchases!
Scrolling up, Jiang Ye was shocked.
Cao County Citizen: Fire sale! Blood-vomiting discount! Blood grenades 40% off! Not 950, not 850, 150 yuan each for a single purchase! Discounts for bulk purchases!
Cao County Citizen: Jiangnan Grenade Factory has gone out of business! Our boss, Huang He, is not human. He owes 350 million yuan and ran away with his sister-in-law! We laid-off workers can only use the grenades stocked in the warehouse to offset our wages! Blood grenades 40% off! 150 yuan each for a single purchase! Discounts for bulk purchases!
Cao County Citizen: Limited-time promotion, lowest price in 365 days! What the hell are you waiting for! Blood grenades 40% off! 150 yuan each for a single purchase! Discounts for bulk purchases!
There were two hundred and seventy to eighty consecutive messages, all advertising in various ways!
Cao County Citizen, with astonishing perseverance, spoke volubly and incessantly, promoting madly for a full hour!
It was clear that this Cao County Citizen had upgraded to a Level 3 base, unlocked the Galactic Mall, and was here to steal business.
"Holy crap, he's a tough one!" Jiang Ye was extremely surprised.
At first, he was angry, feeling like someone was crashing his party. He was selling them for 200 yuan each, and this Cao County Citizen was undercutting him to 150 yuan each, stealing all the customers.
Business rivals, no quarter given!
Isn't this a business war? Isn't this a price war?
I'm not short of money now, and if you can lower prices, so can I! Let's see who can last longer!
But after being angry, Jiang Ye calmed down and thought, regaining his rationality, and changed his mind.
No, he couldn't engage in a price war.
The cost would be too high. If this Cao County Citizen went all out and engaged in a loss-making battle, driving the price down to seventy or eighty, or even thirty or forty, it would be unbearable.
The most crucial point was that a price war at this stage was meaningless.
Upgrading to a Level 3 base wasn't difficult. It was estimated that as time went on, more and more people would upgrade to Level 3 bases in the coming weeks. By then, everyone would have blood grenades, and there would be no market.
After pondering for a moment before the base panel, Jiang Ye's eyes lit up, and he had a good idea.
He opened Cao County Citizen's dialogue box and sent him a private message.
Jiang Ye: Big Brother, are you busy? I have something important I'd like to discuss with you.
The other party replied almost instantly, as if he had been waiting.
Cao County Citizen: Coincidentally, Big Brother Jiang, I also have a lot I want to discuss with you.