Giant Fish Survival: I Can Hear the Giant Fish's Heart

Since increasing the quantity is no longer possible, the survivors can only hope that the price won't be too high, so that they at least have something to look forward to.

Don't worry, I know everyone's struggling. I'll trade one blueprint for each machine.

Upon seeing that Zhou Wen wanted to trade with the blueprints, the chat channel exploded again, with everyone cursing Zhou Wen's ancestors for eighteen generations. However, Zhou Wen suddenly changed the subject.

However... blueprints are indeed too scarce, and they also depend on luck, so trading with blueprints isn't really suitable. Therefore, I've decided to trade with basic materials.

How much basic material is needed?

The survivors in the chat channel got excited when they saw that basic materials were being used, and they all asked about the quantity of basic materials.

[Sigh, it's not easy for anyone either. I'm really selling too few algae aeration tanks. To give everyone a chance to trade, the first algae aeration tank only requires 100 sets of basic materials.]

Holy crap! What a kind soul!

I want one!

I want one too!

…………

All the survivors rushed to buy them, and since the quantity was already limited, it was naturally first come, first served.

[Please wait a moment, the 100 sets of basic materials come with conditions.]

[This requires 40 parts wood, 30 parts stone, and the remaining 30 parts can be anything, or you can use whole spiky krill shells instead. One krill shell equals 10 parts of basic materials.]

Zhou Wen is currently consuming a lot of wood and stone, so he needs to prioritize acquiring these two basic materials.

The purpose of acquiring shrimp shells is, of course, to manufacture spiked breastplates. The spiked breastplates require 10 shrimp shells, and these armors are likely to be damaged.

The few spiky krill found in the seaweed every day are definitely not enough. Now that other survivors have also encountered spiky krill, buying them directly from them is the fastest way.

I have all these materials. When will you start trading?

[Trading will begin immediately. To ensure fairness, I will list the item directly in the trading channel.]

[Furthermore, since today is the first day of selling algae-generating tanks, I'm sacrificing some of my own profit by adding 10 more units, making a total of 30.]

Whether you can successfully trade it depends on your speed.

After Zhou Wen finished speaking, he immediately put all 30 algae oxygenation tanks on the market. However, they only appeared on the world trading channel for a second before the trading information disappeared.

In an instant, all 30 algae oxygenation tanks were snapped up. A large blue light flashed in front of Zhou Wen, and a large amount of basic materials appeared before him.

"Wow, that's incredibly fast!" Zhou Wen was taken aback by the speed of the transaction. He hadn't even put his hand down from the blue screen of the system to send the transaction information when the transaction was already over.

[Hahaha, I snagged one! Mortals, tremble!]

Something flashed by, damn it, I didn't even see it clearly before it was gone!

[You beasts! You beasts! What kind of hand speed is that?!]

[This is utterly despicable! I had my hand on the trading channel a long time ago, and I pressed the button the moment a trade appeared, but in the blink of an eye, the trade disappeared. Damn it!]

In the world chat channel, those who managed to snag a bargain cheered, while those who missed out cursed. Zhou Wen chuckled for a few moments, then prepared to close the chat channel and calculate the basic materials he had just traded.

[Hey bro, you said the first machine only needs 100 basic materials, so how many basic materials are needed for the second machine?]

The second transaction doesn't require basic materials; it can only be done using blueprints, and must be conducted via private message.

【Huh? This...this difference is too big, isn't it inappropriate?】

【Yeah, boss, you're being a good Samaritan, so why not make 100 sets of materials for the second machine too?】

【Yeah yeah.】

[100 sets of basic materials isn't a small amount. You'll definitely make a profit, so let's keep the price.]

Then a large number of survivors began to morally blackmail Zhou Wen, hoping that he would sell his second machine to them for the price of 100 basic materials. Zhou Wen looked at these messages and smiled slyly.

Okay, okay, I'll go all the way and offer the second set of 100 basic materials as well. Just message me to trade.

[Wow, what a kind person!]

【Awesome! 】

[I'm sticking with this big shot's coattails, and even Jesus can't stop me, I'm telling you!]

The world chat channel was filled with jubilation, everyone happy to be able to get a second algae aeration tank at a cheap price, but Zhou Wen immediately sent another message.

However, I only sell 20 algae aeration tanks per day. Repeat purchases will definitely take up those 20 units. Those who haven't yet traded for an algae aeration tank will just have to wait.

As soon as this news was released, 99% of the survivors who did not obtain the algae oxygenation tank were furious.

[Hey bro, I think the second unit should be traded using blueprints. The pricing is very reasonable. Don't listen to those people; they're just using moral blackmail and trying to take advantage of you.]

[Yes, I think even one blueprint is too little. The algae oxygenation tank provides extra supply boxes, so the second one should be priced as two blueprints for a reasonable trade.]

Those people are so selfish, all they think about is taking advantage of the big shots. The first algae aeration tank they built was priced at only 100 sets of basic materials, which already gave everyone a huge advantage. And now they want to take advantage of the second one too? It's shameful!

Those people are utterly despicable, worse than animals!

Because of Zhou Wen's message, the people who got the first algae oxygenation tank and those who didn't started arguing on the world communication channel. Zhou Wen just watched them argue quietly, a crooked smile playing on his lips, transforming him into a war god.

After watching the argument between the two sides for a while, it became clear that the situation was completely one-sided because so few people had obtained the first algae aeration tank. In the end, the price of the second tank was still determined by trading the blueprints.

Zhou Wen could only accept the price with great shame. He even tried to refuse three times, but was stopped three times by the enthusiastic survivors. In the end, he had no choice but to accept it.

After everything regarding the algae oxygenation tank was finished, Zhou Wen began to tally up the quantities of basic materials he had acquired through the transaction.

1200 parts wood, 900 parts stone, 60 parts spiky krill shells, and 100 parts each of sand, soil, and hay.

"Wow! There are so many basic materials, there's almost no room to put them all."

As Zhou Wen sighed, he used the empty supply boxes to collect the basic materials. Each supply box could hold 100 sets of basic materials.

Zhou Wen had three supply boxes every day, and after six days, including the initial supply box, he had a total of 19 supply boxes. In the end, he couldn't possibly store all the materials in the supply boxes.

Since the stones wouldn't be washed away by the sea, Zhou Wen simply stopped collecting them, put away the other materials, and piled the stones in a corner.