Chapter 22 22 Chapter - A New Boss Is Born!
22 Chapter - A New Boss Is Born!
Bai Cheng wasn't sure if Lin Qiuyue and Tang Yan currently had a furnace.
However, they had never used finished products made from a furnace for transactions. Was it just to avoid revealing the information that scrap iron could be converted into iron ingots to other survivors?
Bai Cheng was more inclined to believe that the two of them hadn't acquired a furnace yet.
Although they might have opened a fine treasure chest, they couldn't have gotten it on their first try, right?
These two guys had already been lucky enough in the early stages!
So, she decided to directly reveal this information to everyone, which was also an undeniable fact if she wanted to get rich using a furnace.
“I'll take a gamble, I'll bet you don't have a furnace!”
But Bai Cheng didn't act immediately. She was still calculating, calculating the time required for the furnace to smelt iron ingots.
At the same time, she hadn't yet had time to trade for the four employee cards in Lin Qiuyue's possession.
“Twenty pieces of scrap iron, why does it suddenly feel a bit expensive again?” Bai Cheng felt a pang of pain, but still took the initiative to ➤ NоvеⅠight ➤ (Read more on our source) contact the other party.
Lin Qiuyue seemed a bit surprised and asked curiously.
Lin: “It’s already afternoon. I thought you weren’t going to trade anymore.”
Bai Cheng was startled, looking at the dim sky outside the window: “Is it already afternoon?”
She had probably wasted a lot of time collecting wood last night, and when she went to sleep, it was probably already three or four in the morning.
She had slept through the entire morning. If it weren't for the rain, Bai Cheng herself wouldn't have known when she would wake up.
“Damn it, it’s already the third day, and I haven’t even started traveling yet.” Bai Cheng suddenly felt a sense of urgency.
Fortunately, now that she had a furnace, she finally no longer had to painstakingly chop trees to exchange for resources.
Bai Cheng first traded 20 pieces of scrap iron to the other party, then replied.
Bai: “Sorry, I was delayed by some things and haven’t had time.”
Of course, she couldn't say that she slept all morning, otherwise wouldn't that directly tell the other party that she could chop trees in Silent Night?
Lin: “Oh, sister, you also guessed that scrap iron can be smelted into iron ingots?”
Lin: “Last night, you collected scrap iron at a high price using fine wood, and you’ve already become a big shot in many people’s mouths. However, some people are probably going to be furious, as not many people are exchanging scrap iron for his food anymore.”
While speaking, Lin Qiuyue also agreed to Bai Cheng's transaction.
Four employee cards with different animals instantly appeared at the bottom of the screen, including that rhinoceros again.
Bai Cheng picked up this employee card and sighed, “You finally ended up in my hands.”
However, what Lin Qiuyue said also made Bai Cheng feel a bit awkward, as if she was being called out.
But the other party still traded with her, so Bai Cheng could only apologize first.
Bai: “Sorry, I just wanted to collect materials, I didn’t mean to steal your business…”
Lin: “Pfft, why apologize? If it weren’t for the rain, it definitely wouldn’t affect me. By the way, are you and Tang Yan friends?”
Bai: “I don’t know him.”
Lin: “That’s even better. That guy is a bit self-important, and I don’t like him very much either.”
Bai: “Actually, there should be very few survivors who still lack food by now. His competitiveness is indeed not enough, and he’s so dark.”
Lin: “Exactly, exactly. I’m pink… I mean, I’m not dark, right?”
Bai: “Mm-hmm.”
At this point, Bai Cheng already wanted to end the chat, as she still needed to hurry and travel.
She originally didn't want to reply to the continuous messages from Lin Qiuyue, but the other party revealed some information to her between the lines.
Lin: “By the way, sister, what kind of employee do you have? You’re so smart, you must have chosen a mount too, right?”
“Tang Yan told me that the quality of the first employee is not optional, so it’s best to prioritize functionality, with cattle and horses being the best. I thought, isn’t he just stating the obvious?!”
“He wants to cooperate with me, but he won’t tell me anything I don’t already know! He’s just a bit handsome, with no sincerity at all, not even worth a single hair of yours, sister!”
“It’s just that I’m more unlucky; I didn’t find a cow. Although a horse can also pull a cart, the efficiency is still a bit lower, but at least I can reach First Station within the safe period, so it’s still acceptable.”
Bai Cheng, who was about to get on the vehicle, was stunned when she saw the messages on the screen.
Lin Qiuyue’s words seemed like casual complaining, but in reality, they conveyed a lot of information she hadn’t known.
“So, when they said cattle and horses, they really meant actual cattle and horses. The role of the first employee is to serve as both a mount and a cart-puller…”
Only then did Bai Cheng truly understand the role of the first employee.
Indeed, if there were cattle or horse employees to help pull the cart, the travel speed would be many times faster than human power.
Bai Cheng suddenly felt… her act of upgrading the pulley transmission device was like that of a clown.
“Meow, no wonder you guys are traveling so fast!”
If someone was lucky enough to acquire an employee on the first day, and now it was the third day, it was entirely possible to have already reached First Station if they traveled non-stop!
Of course, this was just an ideal scenario.
Most people's initial thought wasn't to travel desperately, plus there was also time for collecting supplies, so it couldn't be that fast.
“It’s estimated that someone will arrive at First Station by tomorrow or the day after tomorrow before evening, but it seems the difficulty of guarding shouldn’t be very high.”
Bai Cheng frowned in thought, while also not forgetting to perfunctorily reply to Lin Qiuyue.
Bai: “Exactly, exactly! That guy is too insincere!”
“She’s telling me all this, she must think I already have an employee, right…” Bai Cheng’s face darkened, unaware that she was still alone.
“I already have eight white employee cards, plus that green one, so now I only need six more employee cards.”
Bai Cheng looked at her furnace, her eyes firm.
“I still have beast-attracting powder unused. At worst, I’ll exchange it for iron ingots. I will definitely be able to complete the upgrade of the employee card before reaching the station!”
A legendary employee card, no matter what, it should be able to crush ordinary employee cards, right?
Bai Cheng still held great confidence in this and was not jealous of others' travel speed.
Seeing that Lin Qiuyue had not replied again, and the furnace in the corner was still burning, Bai Cheng, without even putting on clothes, got on the drive and began to pedal with all her might.
Outside, the wind howled and the rain poured, and with the wooden house Bai Cheng had built, the resistance to driving was quite considerable.
But fortunately, Bai Cheng's physical fitness was now close to that of a max-level human, so a small amount of resistance was nothing to her.
About half an hour later, the pulley transmission device under her feet suddenly flashed a green light, indicating the upgrade was complete.
【pulley transmission device: 0/30】
Because the furnace behind her had just finished burning, Bai Cheng also chose to stop.
However, looking at the upgraded pulley transmission device, she couldn't help but raise an eyebrow: “Isn’t this… isn’t this the same?”
She couldn't see any changes at all!
Bai Cheng reluctantly clicked on the information to check carefully.
【Name: pulley transmission device】
【Level: Fine】
【Description: Increased driving force, increases maximum speed by 10%.】
【Evaluation: Better than nothing.】
“That’s it?” Bai Cheng was quite dissatisfied with this.
But after all, it was an upgrade that came with traveling, just as the evaluation said, better than nothing.
Bai Cheng then turned around and picked up the iron ingots on the ground. At this time, the ten pieces of coal added to the furnace had still not finished burning, and she decisively added scrap iron again.
“About half an hour to burn ten pieces.” Bai Cheng had a rough estimate of this, and this speed was actually not slow.
The remaining coal should also be completely sufficient, and she guessed that this was definitely not the only fuel.
“Now that I have cost-effective iron ingots, it’s time to start trading.”
Bai Cheng immediately put her order on the market.
【Trader: Bai Cheng】
【Trading Item: Iron Ingot * 1 (Remaining 10)】
【Requirement: Scrap Iron * 3】
As soon as the order was put on the market, it instantly caused a stir throughout the entire channel.
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