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

Zhou Wengang agreed to cooperate with Zhao Teng, but Zhao Teng wanted a thousand basic supplies, which Zhou Wengang refused outright.

In this world where people rarely meet, the level of mutual trust is very low. If someone is deceived, they can't find the other person. Therefore, Zhou Wen could not possibly agree to Zhao Teng's request.

What kind of collaboration does the big shot want to make?

Zhao Teng naturally knew why Zhou Wen refused. He asked for a thousand basic supplies at once just to try it out. If this "big shot" turned out to be a fool, he would make a fortune.

For every order you make of spiked helmets, I'll give you an order for the corresponding materials.

[This won't do. We need to stock up on spiny krill shells early, otherwise the price will go up later.]

【Then I'll stock up on it; you just need to focus on making it.】

Ultimately, the two agreed on a deal where Zhou Wen would stockpile materials, Zhao Teng would handle the production, and all profits would go to Zhou Wen. After all, they were prepared to potentially lose money later on, and Zhou Wen would be responsible for that loss.

This method is advantageous to Zhou Wen. He has the materials in his hands and can also find out exactly how many spiked helmets Zhao Teng made, which can be used to calculate profits.

With the excuse of cooperating with Zhao Teng, Zhou Wen could now openly hoard spiny krill shells.

Zhou Wen took out two thousand basic materials and purchased 100 sets of spiky krill shells on the world communication channel at a price of 20 basic materials each. He then waited for Zhao Teng's order.

While waiting, Zhou Wen began his workout for the day: one hundred push-ups and one hundred sit-ups.

[Brother Wen, over a hundred people have already contacted me to trade spiked helmets. When will the trading begin?]

After finishing his workout, Zhou Wen glanced at Jiang Haitao's message, a hint of hesitation flashing in his eyes, but then his gaze hardened, as if he had made a decision.

I'll directly trade you the blueprints for the spiked helmet; your job from now on is to sell them.

Since we're going to test whether Jiang Haitao is trustworthy, we're going to go all out, and now is the perfect time.

The spiked helmet blueprints were originally given to him by Jiang Haitao. Now that Jiang Haitao has learned of the importance of the spiked helmet, Zhou Wen is testing whether Jiang Haitao will consider keeping the blueprints for himself.

If Jiang Haitao passes this test, Zhou Wen will allow Jiang Haitao's development speed to reach the same level as his own. If he fails, then he will lose a spiked helmet blueprint and a thousand basic supplies. Being able to see through a person is worth the loss of these; it's better than being betrayed.

No, no, no, that won't do. I'll just give the materials to you, Brother Wen. Once you've made it, you can give it to me to sell. The blueprints absolutely cannot be given to me.

"I don't have that much time to make a spiked helmet. I have other things to do. You can keep the blueprints for now, just return them to me before you go to sleep."

After Zhou Wen finished speaking, he extracted the blueprints for the spiked helmet from the blueprint interface and sent them to Jiang Haitao.

"Brother Wen, this blueprint is so valuable now, are you sure you want to give it to me? What if I don't return it? You'll suffer a huge loss, won't you?"

Of all the people I've known in this world, you're the one I know best. I'm good at judging people, I trust you, take this.

Thank you for your trust, Brother Wen. You're so good to me.

Jiang Haitao finally accepted the spiked helmet blueprints. Zhou Wen didn't mention that Jiang Haitao had originally traded these blueprints to him, because human nature cannot withstand the test.

If he were to reveal this, it might instill in Jiang Haitao the feeling that the blueprint originally belonged to him, but he simply didn't understand its value, which is why Zhou Wen sold it to him at a cheap price. This would likely fuel Jiang Haitao's greed.

"I hope you won't disappoint me," Zhou Wen murmured.

After some time, the first supply box of the day arrived. After the sea receded and it was confirmed that there was no danger, Zhou Wen jumped off the wooden platform and opened the supply box.

[Ding! You have obtained 1 gold ore.]

"Gold ore!" Zhou Wen took out an irregularly shaped bright yellow stone from the supply box. The light from his headlamp shone on it, and the surface of the stone shimmered with golden spots like stars.

"It looks pretty, but it's not very useful now," Zhou Wen sighed, putting the gold ore into the storage cabinet.

Hey bro, I've received an order for 50 spiked helmets. Could you send me 150 sets of spiked krill shells instead?

"You need to send me 5,000 sets of basic materials first. Otherwise, what if you renege on your payment after I send you the spiny krill shells?"

【Huh? But I don't have that many basic materials. Where am I supposed to get five thousand sets of basic materials?】

[I'll send you as many sets of spiky krill shells as you have the basic materials; otherwise, forget it.]

"Damn it, he's really hard to fool." Zhao Teng cursed viciously. He had originally thought he could swindle some money from Zhou Wen, but he didn't expect the other party to be so cautious.

"Then I'll have to wait until I've stockpiled some basic supplies."

Zhao Teng actually had 800 sets of basic resources. He first used his 500 sets of basic resources to buy 25 sets of spiked krill shells, then made eight spiked helmets, and traded them out to obtain 800 sets of basic resources.

Currently, the price of spiky krill shells is still around 20 units of basic materials, not yet exceeding the cost price, so he can still make a profit, and naturally he won't work for Zhou Wen for free.

"This Zhao Teng is a cunning fellow; he's still not genuinely looking for cooperation with me."

"If you think you can get something for nothing from me, don't blame me for ripping you off."

Putting Zhao Teng's matter aside for the time being, Zhou Wen continued to exercise. A few hours later, the second supply box of the day arrived.

Along with it came a mirror-skinned barracuda. ​​The barracuda was quickly processed, the skin was kept, and the fish meat was put on two trade equipment slots. One was put into the storage cabinet, and then the supply box was opened.

[Ding! You have obtained 1 pack of instant noodles.]

"Instant noodles!" Zhou Wen's expression froze for a moment, then he was overjoyed.

Zhou Wen took out the instant noodles and found that it was a packet of braised beef noodles. At that moment, his mouth involuntarily began to water.

"I was just wondering if I could open a savory food stall today, but I didn't expect to open a braised beef noodle soup stall. This isn't braised beef noodle soup, it's braised beef hot pot!"

Zhou Wen quickly removed one serving of Mirror Skin Barracuda Meat from the market. He then discovered that the two servings of Mirror Skin Barracuda Meat he had used to trade equipment slots yesterday were still unsold. Zhou Wen added one serving to the market today, making a total of three servings, and changed them to trade Leviathan Transmogrification Accelerated Growth Food Compendium Fragments.

More and more people are now obtaining Algae Oxygen Tanks, which increases the probability of getting the Transformation Leviathan Accelerated Growth Food Compendium Fragments, making trading with Mirror Skin Barracuda Meat a perfect option.