Chapter 4 Food Is More Expensive than Life

Now that the forum is opened again, everyone is not as funny as in the morning, and most of the posts are complaining.

And the number of people in the regional forum was only 980. In just one afternoon, 16 people died!

Chen Chen was also tired, hungry and thirsty at the moment, so he clicked on [Trade] to check.

At this moment, the number of transactions on the trading channel has increased, from fire, to mountain spring water, to stone... basically everything that is easily available outside the shelter.

These items are very cheap, and what everyone is looking for is food, medicine, bandages and other things refreshed by the system.

Among them, one person even posted the blueprint of the [1.5-meter wooden bed], asking for ten catties of meat.

But obviously no one bought it at this stage. Although many people want to know the function of the blueprint, but now no one has ten catties of meat, and even if they do, they don't have enough wood to build.

So although it is the most valuable item in the trading area, no one cares about it.

In the entire area, two-thirds of the people did not find food. Many people were hungry, and food became the most scarce commodity.

Players have basically never experienced such a long period of hunger, and they can't stand it all at once.

And with the passage of time, everyone's tolerance is still declining. The prices of various materials kept dropping, and they were so cheap that they could be bought for nothing.

The seller of the blueprint of the 1.5-meter wooden bed adjusted the price from ten catties of meat to four catties of meat in less than two hours.

This reminded Chen Chen of an economics story.

If the originally abundant food is now only enough for 99% of people to live, how much will the price of food increase?

50% increase? 100% increase? 500% increase?

No, the price will rise directly to the point where the last 1% of people can't afford to spend all their property!

Although the reality is more complicated, the basic truth will not change, which is the status of necessities.

Chen Chen thought about it, took out a chicken wing tip and placed it in the trading area.

【Authentic fried chicken wings】

[The taste is delicious, it is used to change water, and the one with the highest price gets it. 】

Once the food was released, it immediately attracted the attention of many players.

Take a bite of the snail: Wow, put poison in the middle of the night! Ziliu~

Pu Pu Pu Zhengyi: Does a liter of water change?

Giegie is so nice Li Tieniu: There is fried chicken, I love it.

I am the protagonist: brother, my shelter is not far from the water, you give me, I will supply you with water for two days, okay?

Many people's shelters are built near water sources, and everyone lowers the price of each other, so water is very cheap now.

Seeing [I am the protagonist]'s message, Chen Chen didn't wait any longer, and chatted directly in private.

[Chen Zhen: Water supply for two days, yes, now it’s getting dark, how much can you give me today?

I'm the protagonist: Brother, I don't have a container right now, I'll give you as much as you want in 20 minutes.

Chen Zhen: Oh. 】

After saying oh, Chen Zhen exited the interface, and he suddenly found that he didn't have a container for water either, and it would be a loss if he didn't have a container.

So Chen Chen went to the trading system to look for containers.

[I am the protagonist] I don't know what happened, seeing that Chen Chen stopped talking, thinking that someone has a better price, he couldn't help sending messages anxiously.

I'm the protagonist: Brother, are you still there?

I'm the protagonist: Brother, how about I give you another discount, including water for three days?

I am the protagonist: Big brother...

Soon, Chen Chen found the person who sold the container, who was [Xing Kai, Survival Expert] who reminded everyone to change his name.

He sells water containers that he handcrafts from palm leaves, each holding about half a liter of water.

Chen Chen sent a message directly.

Chen Zhen: How do you change this container?

Xing Kai replied quickly.

Xing Kai, an expert in wilderness survival: Are you the one who sells chicken wings? Are the chicken wings still for sale? I can change up to five.

Chen Zhen: Do you want to change it? I have wood, not thin trunks, but planks.

Xing Kai, a wilderness survival expert: Huh? Have you got an ax or a saw? If you want, I'd like to trade the use of the ax with you.

Xing Kai, an expert in wilderness survival: I can make more things with the tools. The trading system can set the usage time, and I can’t take them away.

Xing Kai, an expert in wilderness survival: I can give you my jacket, which originally sold for more than 4,000 yuan. These two things are at least equal in value in the wild.

Chen Chen thought about it and thought it was feasible, so he asked: I have a straight Tang knife, so it should be fine, right? Tell me about the terms of exchange.

Xing Kai, an expert in wilderness survival: Tang Zhidao is even better, how about letting me use it for four hours at night? I will give you all these five containers, and tomorrow I will give you a bamboo basket of about three liters, do you think it is okay?

Chen Chen thought for a while, and felt that this person was very honest, so he sent a message.

Chen Chen: Don't wait a few hours, I will lend you the knife in two hours, and you can return it to me at six o'clock tomorrow morning.

Xing Kai, an expert in wilderness survival: Please do me a favor, thank you so much!

Soon, Xing Kai's transaction application was sent, and Chen Chen agreed after seeing that there was no problem.

Then Xing Kai took five containers and teleported them over, and the jacket was given when he was about to exchange Tang Dao.

With the container in hand, Chen Chen turned to look for 【I am the protagonist】.

Chen Chen looked at the previous posts before looking for him, and found that [I am the protagonist] was Wang Yu who started posting that he was the protagonist.

This one is really unforgettable.

...

I'm the protagonist: Brother, five days, five days really can't be more.

Chen Chen: What are you doing? I didn't say no, I just went to find the container.

I am the main character: ...

In a wooden house, Wang Yu slapped himself on the mouth, "What a crime!"

But at this moment, he has no room for regret, so he entered with red eyes.

I am the protagonist: five days as promised, five days! Hurry up, brother, I'm so hungry!

Chen Chen: Good.

Wang Yu felt a little suffocated. It really took five days.

However, Wang Yu still quickly sent out a transaction request. It was the first time he experienced the feeling of being hungry, and he really couldn't stand it.

After confirming the transaction, Chen Chen began to wait. Wang Yu had to go to the water source to trade with Chen Chen.

The chicken wing tip was traded to Wang Yu, using the system's leasing transaction, leasing Wang Yu's water fetching service for five days.

Transactions are guaranteed by the system, and equivalent items will be deducted for violations.

Then Chen Chen exchanged a piece of wood for fire, and a fire started in the house.

In the beginning, tinder was not so cheap, especially when Cao Xin used his flame ability to make it. He started by selling a catty of meat, which discouraged everyone.

Later, it was Xing Kai, a survival expert who drilled wood to make fire, and gave a very low price so that everyone could use it.

Later, after someone exchanged tinder, they also listed it to sell at a lower price, but this kind of behavior was very contemptuous.

In the previous exchange, Chen Chen felt that Xing Kai was a good character, so he directly exchanged a share of fire from him.

After lighting the fire, the room became brighter, so Chen Chen began to check the hive.

Just at this time, the bees came back one after another, their hind legs were covered with nectar and pollen, and the efficiency of collecting honey seemed to be good.

Chen Chen immediately felt the situation inside the hive, and found that some honey had been produced at this moment, the amount was not much, only a few grams.

Chen Chen is clear about the situation inside the beehive. At this moment, as the field bees brought back the materials, some young worker bees began to mix pollen and honey to produce honey, beeswax, and royal jelly.

Chen Chen felt that as long as he wanted, he could order the worker bees to increase the production of royal jelly or beeswax.

However, Chen Chen had only just started beekeeping and didn't know much about it, so he didn't dare to adjust the output of these things indiscriminately. It would be bad if a large number of bees died.

Besides, the hive is just starting now, so it is better to let the bees decide how to make various ingredients.

Chen Chen estimated that after the bees processed the honey, excluding the consumption of the bees themselves, they could produce almost 50g of honey.

"Honey is definitely the top resource in the wild. Let's not mention the taste, it's amazing to quickly replenish your physical strength."

To survive, food, water, shelter, and fire are all indispensable.

Because it can be traded freely, neither water nor fire is a problem. And there is shelter for everyone.

What everyone lacks is food, and honey is definitely a high-end product in the wild.

While it was still dark, Chen Chen still had some time left.

Chen Chen walked out of the shelter, cut down some surrounding trees, dug some soil, picked up some stones, and prepared for the night.

After moving the wood into the shelter, it didn't take long for Wang Yu's news to arrive.

I'm the protagonist: Brother Chen, I'm at the stream now, I'll tell you how much water you want.

Chen Zhen: OK, you can just pass it on, if it is enough, I will send you a message.

I am the protagonist: Alright!

Then Chen Chen saw a faint light flickering in front of his eyes, and a small stream of water began to flow from it.

Chen Chen filled the five palm leaf containers first, then simply took off his clothes and began to take a bath.

I'm the protagonist: Brother Chen, why is it taking so long, my hands are tired.

Chen Zhen: Okay, okay, stop.

I am the protagonist: OK, then I will go back.

*****

Wang Yu breathed a sigh of relief, shook his sore hands, drank a few sips of water, and prepared to go back.

At this moment, a faint light flashed in front of him, and a fried chicken wing fell directly into his arms.

Wang Yu was stunned for a moment, "This is..."

Then Wang Yu opened the private message.

Chen Zhen: Two days of water for one chicken wing is basically the limit. I will pay you five days for five days. Hope we can continue to cooperate in the future.

Wang Yu was a little moved, this time what he gave was not the tip of the chicken wing at the beginning, but a whole chicken wing!

Wang Yu was silent for a while, and finally sent a message solemnly.

I am the protagonist: Thank you, sure!

At present, there are only six or seven people in the area who can fetch water. This time, they took advantage. As long as they trade with the other party next time, a chicken wing can easily be doubled by the other party.

Moreover, Wang Yu had a better attitude when fetching water, so Chen Chen naturally didn't want to take advantage of such trivial matters.

Chen Chen didn't reply. After he gave the chicken wings, he went to post.

There are many people and strength is great, Chen Chen is going to take the lead by himself, posting his experience and conjectures to see if he can help each other.

It's likely that other people will start posting some of their discoveries too, so they can figure out the world as quickly as possible.

When I first came to the abnormal world, the players are still very harmonious. After all, they have the same hobbies and similar cultures, and there are still some sand sculptures among netizens.