Evil Retribution

As the box was opened, a white light flashed out of it.

Dozens of bottles of incredibly clear mineral water were at the bottom of the box as if they were waiting for Lu Ming's arrival.

This time, the quality of the water was significantly better than before.

Lu Ming picked up one of the bottles of mineral water and examined it carefully.

He wondered what would happen to this ordinary water after it was amplified.

"Amplify!" he said.

In an instant, a thin, golden light appeared in Lu Ming's hand.

In the blink of an eye, the small bottle of mineral water, which was less than 100 milliliters, transformed into a five-liter bottle of salted soda!

Salted soda?

This was fantastic!

The moment Lu Ming saw the salted soda, his eyes widened subconsciously, and he couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

He had been in this d*mn place for a few days, and it had been a while since he had tasted something that could be called delicious!

For the past few days, whether it was the grilled bread or the mineral water, these foods had no taste.

Lu Ming licked his lips subconsciously. These past few days, he had barely been able to consume enough salt.

If a person did not consume enough salt, their ability to move would gradually weaken, and eventually, they might even faint on the spot. However, this salt soda water was more than enough to replenish his salt.

Ignoring his surroundings, Lu Ming quickly unscrewed the bottle cap and took a big gulp. The refreshing taste combined with the carbonation made the carbonated aftertaste linger on the tip of his tongue. The salty and sweet taste made Lu Ming tear up uncontrollably.

In the real world, he wouldn't even touch this kind of salty soda water even if he was forced to.

However, these resources were like a life-saving straw!

After obtaining the soda, Lu Ming was in a good mood. Now he had many more resources than before. With this alone, he could live comfortably for a period of time.

At the thought of this, Lu Ming lazily lay down in the back seat of the car.

However, just as he closed his eyes and was about to rest, he suddenly heard a notification sound for a trade request.

"Boss, do you still want to trade for grilled bread and water? I have three pieces of iron and one piece of steel. If you're willing, we can start the transaction now!"

"Of course, I'm willing," Lu Ming hurriedly replied to the trade request.

Lu Ming had originally thought that besides the few people he knew, no one else would have enough supplies to trade. However, to his surprise, there were still people willing to trade at night.

He realized that during the day, everyone was busy collecting boxes and resources on the road, just like him, so there wasn't much time for trading.

Even though he already had enough iron resources, but he knew he might find new blueprints in other boxes in the future. At that time, these excess iron resources should come in handy.

After acquiring the new resources, Lu Ming promptly increased his strength. A golden light flashed, and he saw that in addition to the familiar refined iron blocks, there was an extra piece of refined steel resources on the passenger seat.

"Great, this is excellent," he thought and stored the resource in the trunk of the car. Although he wasn't sure what he could use it for right now, he knew he would find a use for it in the future.

With the new resources, he had collected all the materials needed to forge the Fish Scale Military Saber.

Lu Ming heaved a sigh of relief in satisfaction.

Although the materials for the blade were complete, but the shark skin he needed to make the scabbard was still missing.

Lu Ming wasn't sure if he could find the special leather in the treasure chest, so he fell into deep thought. 

No matter what, he decided to post a trading notice on the trading square, hoping someone who had shark skin would take the initiative to find him.

Although there were many people in the chat square who had been boycotting him, but Lu Ming thought that as long as the situation of water and food shortages continued, he would not have to worry about finding trading partners.

With this thought in mind, Lu Ming opened the chat square and took a casual glance at the current situation. To his surprise, even though the square was as lively as it was a few hours ago, the content of the comments had changed drastically.

The four people who had previously traded with Lu Ming were now standing up for him, refuting the accusations made against him.

"Where is the person who said that Lu Ming was untrustworthy? Come forward and speak up," one of them said.

"All four of us have received the supplies that Lu Ming gave us. Those people who were talking nonsense just now, come out and confront us if you have the guts. Don't pretend to be dead. What's the fun in pretending to be dead?" said another.

"That's right! Those who were shouting happily just now, if you have the guts, come out and speak the truth!" added the third.

For some reason, Lu Ming felt a lump in his throat when he saw them standing up for him. For a moment, he didn't know what to say in response.

To repay these people, the next time, he decided to turn a blind eye to them when he did business with them and offer them a small benefit as a token of his gratitude.

"Can we please stop talking about Lu Ming for a moment, my fellow brothers? His incident happened several hours ago, and compared to that, can anyone please save me first?"

"I am begging you, I haven't had a sip of water in three days."

"Please, if anyone has access to a freshwater source, I will do anything they ask, even if they want to have sex with me. I just need a sip of water."

In less than a few hours, the streamer who had vehemently boycotted Lu Ming previously was no longer as arrogant as before. He was now meekly begging the others present.

"I have been here for almost three days, but I haven't found any drinkable water. I don't even have the muddy water that those people on the forum mentioned..."

However, no matter how much the female streamer begged, the others present gave her no sympathy.

"Get lost! Who would want to help you?"

"That's right! I can tell from your tone that you're not a good person!"

As he looked at her, Lu Ming let out a cold laugh.

Wasn't this woman the one who wanted to make an erotic deal with him but was rejected?

How had she become so impoverished in just half a day? It seemed like she really couldn't hold on any longer.

If it were before she had threatened him, Lu Ming might have even considered helping her and reluctantly giving her half a bottle of water.

But now that the situation had developed to this point...

Help her?

Lu Ming shrugged subconsciously. Only a fool would help someone like her.