Chapter 246: Trading More is a Good Thing, Abundant Resources Acquired!
A new day arrived as usual.
Lin Yue opened his eyes and stared at the ceiling.
Last night, or rather starting from yesterday evening, he fell asleep directly.
After feeding Bai and Meng, he ate something simple, heated up the underground river water and took a refreshing bath, then collapsed beside the bed and fell into a coma.
The overwhelming fatigue left him almost incapable of thinking or doing anything.
Too much happened in one day, and the after-effects were evident.
Yesterday, he already didn't rest well in the Secret Realm, and after a big fight with that group of people, he was kept busy by the disaster forecast.
During his greedy search for a lightning rod, he attracted a monster like the Poison Celestial Dragon, and later went to the Underground Ruins to block those Lizardman, eventually catching up with Bai in a battle against the Poison Celestial Dragon.
Finally, he even went back to the Underground Ruins.
Lin Yue rubbed his temples; oversleeping made his head ache a bit.
The past couple of days had been too chaotic.
Although he did obtain quite a lot of trophies and resources, he was exhausted to the brink.
Went to the Secret Realm multiple times, went to the Underground Ruins repeatedly, and even fought a battle.
Even for an iron man, doing this every day would be utterly unsustainable.
With a thought, the system panel lit up before his eyes.
He glanced at the time.
Oh man, it was already noon.
It seemed like he slept a bit too long.
Lin Yue thought he shouldn't push himself as hard as he did yesterday in the future.
Some things are unavoidable, but others can completely be deferred for later.
Going to the Secret Realm so many times in a day, not encountering anything would be strange.
Lin Yue, with aching muscles, got up and stretched, noticing Bai waking up too, seemingly exhausted.
Lin Yue didn't know when it slept, but like himself, it waking up late meant it was also worn out.
"Bai, hold on, I'll make you some food."
Lin Yue went to the kitchen and simply cooked a pot of instant noodles with bacon and bok choy.
Of course, he also took out some previously roasted ribs and fried meat, since there's plenty of material, they can eat whatever they want.
Meng, along with the Little Ice Lizards, smelled the aroma and rushed back, starting a buffet with the sleepy-eyed Bai.
Lin Yue yawned while eating; he was indeed a bit weary but still clear-headed.
First, disassemble the lightning rod, then recreate some for equipping the buildings.
Then, remodel the Shelter; the first layer of walls had been dismantled but many buildings weren't prepared for disasters.
Bai ate a little, then returned to the bedroom, while Meng and the others ate merrily. Lin Yue, too, was rather unenthused to eat, so he walked out to the greenhouse.
The greenhouse remained humid and stuffy; after collecting vegetables from Greenhouse No. 1, Lin Yue opened the system panel again to inquire about the needs of Xing Lingfeng's three Shelters.
In this Otherworld, the value of fruits and vegetables was beyond doubt.
The things needed to grow them were hard to find.
The Soilless Cultivation Kit could be obtained by opening treasure chests, and humus nutrient soil was buyable both from chests and the Survival Points Mall.
Seeds were equally so, easy to acquire.
But the one exceptionally difficult thing was "water".
For him, water used to just require hunting small creatures to get treasure chests, which would yield water.
Now, he had over a hundred cubic meters of drinkable water from the underground river, wealthy enough, not even needing to hunt.
For other Survivors, obtaining water was far more challenging.
Even if they really got some, they used it for personal consumption and couldn't spare any for plant irrigation.
Much less a luxury like bathing or flushing toilets as he did.
So, when the disaster strikes in two days, Lin Yue believes his vegetables can still be sold for a while, at least until the next disaster comes.
"Lin Yue, we found some alloys, 38 pieces of zinc alloy, do you want them?" Xia Feihong replied quickly.
Alloy was something Lin Yue greatly needed.
Steel was good but had some drawbacks; Lin Yue didn't want to use steel for key components or structures, even machinery.
He needed something better, or more solid and resistant to rust and corrosion.
Though titanium alloy was currently out of reach, zinc alloy was decent enough.
"This time, the Secret Realm wasn't too great; everything's scorched as if struck by lightning fire. Lin Yue, we have several Shelter Design Maps, what do you think?" Xing Lingfeng also replied.
Shelter Design Maps, Xing Lingfeng certainly knew what Lin Yue wanted.
He found this thing more intriguing than anything else.
Lin Yue proceeded to Greenhouse No. 2.
Previously here, he planted seeds of green pepper, tomato, round lettuce, and carrot in the Soilless Cultivation Kit.
Three days from sowing until now, the green peppers have already borne fruit, tomatoes too, and remarkably, the round lettuce and carrots had matured! The most up‑to‑date version is on M4VLEMP4YR.
Lin Yue was pleased with this development.
Initially, he planted bok choy, garlic chives, onions, white radishes; bok choy only enough for the Shelter's portion, while white radish was water-intensive, thus he chose not to continue, leaving the space for strawberries and watermelons.
Though strawberries and watermelons are likewise water-consuming, being fruits, they were well-liked by Xing Lingfeng's Shelters, especially watermelon, seeming they wanted as much as possible.
Inside Greenhouse No. 1, garlic chives, onions, string beans, cherry tomatoes, strawberries, and watermelons were the main trades, and now, round lettuce and carrots could join them.
"However, it seems a greenhouse capable of supplying a crowd is still far off from imagined…" Lin Yue recalled seeing a giant agricultural farm in a desert on a documentary, featuring vast triangular glass roofs, wide planting beds, and vertical vegetable cultivation techniques...
Though his greenhouse was alright for now, it was still vastly inferior to that.
Taking a look at the newly blooming potatoes in Greenhouse No. 3, Lin Yue stored all the round lettuce and carrots into the Storage Space.
Fruits and vegetables need more variety expansion, especially the fast-growing types.
"Newly yielded round lettuce and carrots, interested?" Lin Yue sent messages to both Shelters.
"Please make sure to give us some!" "How many carrots are there? We might consider raising the price!"
The responses were promising.
38 pieces of zinc alloy acquired, plus 7 Shelter Design Maps!
Not entirely without gains, right?
However, there was no reply from Fei Yue yet.
Did something happen?