Chapter 8 The Dishonest Merchant

The channel was still bustling, but the topic had shifted from Bai Yi.

Bai Yi quickly browsed through the discussions; it seemed like Anonymous was complaining about the poor rewards obtained from loot cards, which included only a white Farmer Camp and a green Fierce Wolf Camp.

To prove his point, Anonymous vividly described the disadvantages of both camps.

Things like the farmers lacking combat capabilities while still consuming food.

And how the Fierce Wolf's most powerful ability was a talent called "Wolf Pack," which needed dozens or hundreds of wolves to stack up a super-strong buff; a single wolf alone was just a white-tier soldier.

Bai Yi saw right through the sales pitch.

But many people indeed fell for this tactic.

As soon as the two camps were mentioned, it sparked a competition between Shuishui and Corpse King, still chatting in the channel; of course, they were vying for the Fierce Wolf, not the unremarkable white Farmer.

Bai Yi just flipped through the chat history and understood the situation.

"This blatant sales pitch, Anonymous must have intended to sell these two camps from the beginning.

He got a bug gift package, likewise rewarded by the game, which could have included two soldier packs plus the one from the Newbie Gift Package - that's three camps.

Even if not, anyone willing to sell two protection-utilized camps certainly has another better camp obtained through different means hidden away.

Otherwise, selling both life-preserving camps would be like waiting for death.

Anyone discovering a game bug and reporting it is definitely not a fool."

Thinking of this, Bai Yi felt she was close to the truth.

"So the Fierce Wolf or the Farmer must have been from his Newbie Gift Package, and he acquired one of the others through a different channel, plus another purple or even golden soldier, that would make sense.

And by throwing out two low-tier camps in such a way, he could shift people's attention, making them overlook what he's hiding, the special reward for bug submission.

And it also makes people bid for the Fierce Wolf camp, which looks good.

Clever calculation indeed!

If it wasn't for my first-kill announcement showing my real name, and then changing it after joining the chat channel, I might also worry about the fame brought by the announcement.

Standing out too much, indeed..."

Bai Yi selectively forgot that she was living in an outstanding tree herself, chuckled, and shook her head.

"This method is indeed very effective."

At least Bai Yi was genuinely interested in what he had offered.

Farmer Camp, free labor, can do chores and even farm, simply perfect.

She has set a goal for herself to quietly farm on her territory.

Given her talents, Bai Yi felt she would inevitably involve plants and insects.

If there's work to be done, Bai Yi couldn't expect insects and plants to cook and chop wood for her, improving her living conditions made a human-like soldier crucial.

Even if it lacked combat capabilities, Bai Yi accepted it.

After some thought, Bai Yi decided to put off the purchase a bit and opened a private chat with Anonymous.

Fan Mao: "Hello, are the two camps you showcased for sale?"

Anonymous: "Farmer needs 20 units of fresh Blood Flesh or 60 units of ordinary food, the Fierce Wolf Camp goes to the highest bidder, or you can make a flat offer of 200 units of fresh Blood Flesh."

Seeing the other party's quotation, Bai Yi was taken aback; the farmer costs just 20 units of Blood Flesh, but the Fierce Wolf spiked tenfold!

"Is this a definite sale?"

This test at least allowed Bai Yi to conclude that the other party indeed had another Advanced Camp, which required fresh Blood Flesh to produce.

With this information, Bai Yi felt reassured.

Texted a new message, Bai Yi sent another message.

Fan Mao: "Fresh Blood Flesh, flat price."

Anonymous: "Straightforward!"

Fan Mao: "Farmer Camp."

Anonymous: "?"

Fan Mao: "Is there a problem?"

Anonymous: "You're not here to buy the Fierce Wolf Camp?"

Fan Mao: "Why would I buy the Fierce Wolf Camp?"

Anonymous: "Okay"

Bai Yi was ready for the other side to raise the price, but within just over ten seconds, Bai Yi received a trade request.

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[Selling Farmer Camp*1, Price: Fresh Blood Flesh*20]

Bai Yi took out 20 units of Fresh Blood Flesh from the trade bar, clicked confirm, and completed the transaction on the spot, successfully obtaining this—"Farmer" camp.

[Farmwife Camp Blueprint (First-tier/White): After learning, you can consume materials to make [Farmwife Camp], materials required: Timber*40, Food*10]

[Farmwife Camp (First-tier/White): Can consume food to recruit unit [Farmwife], can also consume extra timber and stone to equip the recruited units with [Stone Hoe], the camp comes with 2 initial units, recruitment consumption: Food*1]

"Damn, I knew it! Why didn't he bargain! Swindler!"

After seeing the information of this blueprint, Bai Yi understood everything.

Indeed, Farmwives could also be considered Farmers, and renaming them to Farmer Camp would certainly elevate it above the Farmwife Camp.

"Whatever, I'm not using it for the line anyway, Farmwife is fine, at least I don't have to deal with a bunch of old men."

Mentally noting down that anonymous person, Bai Yi returned to the channel where Shuishui and Corpse King had decided the winner.

Corpse King bid successfully with 187 units of Fresh Blood Flesh and acquired the blueprint of the Fierce Wolf Camp, then he was no longer seen talking.

He probably went to handle that camp blueprint.

After dropping some harsh words, Shuishui also stopped talking, and the channel became much quieter for a while.

Bai Yi then typed out the message he had thought up and sent it.

Fan Mao: "Selling Fresh Blood Flesh, buying stone, timber, and honey"

Rain Maker: "A new big shot!"

Ice Coke: "Please give us some food, big shot, we're almost unable to make ends meet at home!"

With just this brief sentence, Bai Yi reignited the conversation in the chat channel, but Bai Yi did not continue watching these people play pitiful and bootlicking, and directly accessed the Free Market.

First, Bai Yi snatched up a few trades in the chat channel that were offering high prices in stone and timber for Fresh Blood Flesh, then proceeded to list his own trades.

Since he had advertised in the channel, his Giant Pork was instantly sold out upon listing, in less than five seconds.

The former trades netted him 51 units of stone and 28 units of timber, while the latter brought in 160 units of stone and 20 units of timber.

With these resources, Bai Yi was finally able to use his blueprints.

The blueprints had no physical form, and by selecting them from the panel, the three blueprints transformed into points of light that entered Bai Yi's brain, imparting corresponding knowledge, and the construction tab on the panel displayed three new names.

Among them, the Farmwife Camp and Bloodthirsty Beetle Insect Nest clearly showed they were available for construction!

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In an abandoned district in White Poplar City,

Anonymous held his hands together, rested on his mouth, silently staring at the prompt on the panel.

[Second Tier Giant Boar Pork*20: Nutrient and energy-rich meat, consuming it can slightly accelerate physical recovery, and it can be used as material to recruit first-tier units]

This was his Lord Talent, allowing him to forcefully see through the essence without restriction, but it only worked on same-tier items, he could only see partial information on higher-tier targets.

He was just habitually using his talent to check the meat returned, and unexpectedly saw this.

"Did I just deceive a formidable person?"

Only 20 units, the rest of the meat was from some first-tier mutant creatures, it could only have been exchanged with that Farmwife blueprint.

He knew that this action would surely offend people, but he thought:

It's just exchanging some materials, as long as I can set up my Purple Gun Hunter Camp and become powerful, the other party can only swallow their complaints, after all, could there really be a big shot who would buy a Farmer Camp?

But the reality was, there actually was…

"Why would someone able to hunt second-tier mutants want to buy a white-tier Barracks blueprint?

If discovered, could they come knocking on my door to take me out..."

Anonymous swallowed hard and shook his head forcibly.

"No, he doesn't know where I am! And besides, it's still early, there aren't that many big shots who can hunt second-tier creatures!

It must be that Fan Mao got lucky and found a second-tier creature's corpse!

It has to be!"

Anonymous felt he had guessed the truth, his gaze returning to the panel.

"And if I can set up this Purple Barracks, so what if I've offended him?

But since there's a chance I've made an enemy, I should eliminate the threat if possible, having a potential enemy is not safe.

If you could threaten me, then you've already carved your own path to demise!"

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Gun Hunter (First-tier/Purple): After the apocalypse, the city has become a jungle of steel and concrete, where hunters roam with shotguns in hand, betting with their lives, always returning with honor and prey.

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