"Can't open the bottle cap: Twenty?"
Jiang Ye rubbed his eyes, thinking he had misread.
Others were asking for hundreds or thousands for scraps like rotten hair and yellow leaves, but this girl was only asking for twenty. It was so humble, so humble that it evoked Jiang Ye's pity.
Jiang Ye: "I'll give you two hundred. Sell me good stuff first in the future."
"Can't open the bottle cap": "Thank you, Big Boss Jiang! Woo woo woo, so much money, Big Boss Jiang, you are truly awesome!"
The transaction was quickly completed.
A palm-sized sponge pad landed in Jiang Ye's hand.
Observing carefully, he discovered a fact: this girl had a pretty big chest. No, this pad was large enough to be used as a filter.
Of course, it couldn't be used directly, it was still soaked in sweat.
He rinsed it repeatedly with water for a few minutes. He lowered his head and smelled it. There was no odor, so it should be clean.
First, he stuffed the pad into the bottle, all the way to the bottom, near the opening.
Then, he sprinkled a few centimeters of fine sand on top.
Above the fine sand, he filled another layer of coarse sand.
Finally, there were half a bottle of small pebbles.
A simple filter device made from a plastic bottle was complete!
Jiang Ye took the filter and another empty bottle and headed to the newly dug water well.
The water in the well was still quite turbid, like dumpling broth. Many mud particles floated in the water.
If he drank it directly, not only would it get stuck in his teeth, but he would probably get diarrhea.
Jiang Ye carefully climbed down, squatted by the water, and scooped water with the filter.
Then, he connected the filter opening to the empty bottle.
*Drip, drip, drip*
With a faint dripping sound, water flowed through the filter layers and into the empty bottle!
The filtration speed was very slow, averaging one drop per second.
Jiang Ye waited patiently for a long time, and finally, half a bottle of water accumulated in the empty bottle.
He looked at it against the sunlight.
Clear!
Transparent!
Without any impurities!
Jiang Ye was overjoyed, the filter was successful!
First, he would use the filter to remove visible mud and sand from the water, then pour the filtered water into the pot to boil and kill bacteria, and then he could drink to his heart's content!
Jiang Ye was very pleased. He had overcome a major problem: drinking water.
For a short period, as long as this well did not dry up, he would not be afraid of dying of thirst. Whenever he lacked water, he could directly scoop well water, filter it, and boil it in the pot.
Time passed quickly, and it was dusk again.
Jiang Ye took the pot and went to the mine to collect ice crystals.
During the morning excavation, he had knocked off many ice crystals along the way and left them in the mine. Now it was time to harvest them.
After several days of mining, there were very few large ice crystals left; they were mostly the size of ping pong balls.
He threw them all into the pot and carried the pot back to the base.
He directly poured them into the trading terminal and clicked to sell.
As Jiang Ye returned to the base one trip after another, sales notifications kept popping up:
[Transaction successful! 1077 yuan has been transferred to your personal account!]
[Transaction successful! 2541 yuan has been transferred to your personal account!]
[Transaction successful! 1898 yuan has been transferred to your personal account!]
When it got dark, all the mined ore was finally sold.
His personal assets coincidentally rose to 226,666 yuan.
But today's earning was not over yet.
In the private message section of the chat channel, there were already more than a dozen private messages from Cao County Citizen.
More than a dozen messages, all looking for Jiang Ye to place orders.
But Jiang Ye was busy outside and had not seen them.
Cao County Citizen: "Big Boss Jiang, say something! I'm so anxious I feel terrible, so many people are waiting to get the goods! Big Boss Jiang, are you dead?"
Jiang Ye: "Sorry, I just saw the message. How much do you need?"
Cao County Citizen: "I need 12 bottles of Stamina Enhancers, 8 sets of Colony Officer uniforms, and 24 pots. I've already received the deposit from my customers, so I can pay you in full."
Jiang Ye was surprised, so many!
This Cao County Citizen's sales ability was quite impressive!
To be honest, these three items were quite expensive, and ordinary Colony Officers couldn't afford them. But in such a harsh market environment, to secure so many orders in one day...
She was simply a sales queen!
Jiang Ye: "No problem, I'll ship immediately!"
The next ten minutes were filled with continuous transactions.
The selling price was the same as last night, with Jiang Ye earning five hundred per item.
A total of 44 items, quickly earning a net profit of 22,000 yuan!
His personal assets rose to 248,666 yuan.
But this was not the end.
Cao County Citizen: "According to our agreement, you get thirty percent of the sales profit from Blood Grenades, and sixty percent of other goods. I've double-checked, and today you should get 18,706 yuan in profit."
Jiang Ye: "Okay, okay, happy cooperation!"
Immediately after, a transfer notification popped up on the base panel:
[Cao County Citizen transferred 18,800 yuan to your personal account. Your account balance is 267,466 yuan.]
She even rounded it up, very considerate.
Jiang Ye was very satisfied.
He was still less than half way to accumulating fifty million for a Level 5 base.
At the current speed, it shouldn't take many days.
Jiang Ye felt a sense of urgency. He had to maintain a higher level than Cao County Citizen so that she would need him; this kind of business partnership was firm.
Calculating the money, Cao County Citizen should have also earned around twenty thousand today. At this rate, she would soon be able to upgrade to a Level 4 base.
The more he thought about it, the more anxious he became. Jiang Ye had planned to sleep, but now his sleepiness was gone.
He decided to take a risk tonight and go on the night shift!
He wasn't sleepy anyway. Young people weren't afraid of staying up late. He was going to the mine to work!
He got up quickly and put his katana, shovel, and pickaxe into the pot. It was easier to carry them this way.
He also bought two Blood Grenades and brought the one he had already filled with blood. If he encountered any ghosts or monsters, one grenade might not be enough, just in case.
After preparing, Jiang Ye lifted the pot and went out.
As soon as he stepped out, he stopped again.
Boundless darkness, boundless wilderness.
It seemed he was still missing a light?
But there really was no light. He looked up at the moon. It was a full moon, so there should be some light. His eyes would adjust.
The wind at night was cool. Jiang Ye walked with a heavy step, approaching the mine pit from memory.
From ten meters away, in the faint moonlight, he finally saw some towering mounds of earth, which were the soil dug out from the mine pit.
Just as Jiang Ye was about to quicken his pace, his expression suddenly changed, and he stopped abruptly.
His eyes were fixed in a certain direction, and his hand immediately reached his waist, pressing on the bright red Blood Grenade.
He saw a dark human figure sitting on the mound of earth next to the mine pit!
The person was motionless, his back to Jiang Ye, frozen on the mound like a sculpture. His posture was extremely strange, with his elbows resting on his knees, his hands supporting his chin, and he was looking up at the moon as if contemplating life.
Quiet and eerie, like a ghost!
Jiang Ye pulled the pin of the grenade, shouted, "Who!"
The ghost, hearing the shout, seemed startled, and instantly made a movement.
This movement was so terrifying that Jiang Ye dared not hesitate in the slightest. He pulled the pin of the grenade, threw it with all his might, and then, without looking back, immediately turned and ran back to the base!
The ghost's movement was: its body remained still, but its entire head instantly turned 180 degrees, its back becoming its face in half a second, staring directly at Jiang Ye. This was a movement impossible for humans!