The Mystery of the Ruins

[Jessica]: Because there is no specific timekeeping tool, according to the angle of the sun, the ruins I entered were around eight o'clock in the morning.

[Jessica]: The outside of the ruins is shrouded in a layer of fog, but after approaching, you can barely see the situation inside.

Looking at Jessica's private message two days ago, Liam nodded.

In terms of time and the shape of the ruins, it seems that everyone is similar. With a thought, Liam continued to read.

[Jessica]: After entering the ruins, when I came back to my senses, I found myself standing in a building, surrounded by bulletproof glass that I traded to you. I tried to look outside through the window, but I was blocked by the fog. Later, I didn't dare to go out, and I kept holding a few pieces of bulletproof glass until two hours later, when I automatically quit the ruins.

[Jessica]: After leaving the ruins, it took about two hours, just like in the ruins.

[Jessica]: Although there is no way to get out of the ruins, I can be sure that this ruin is definitely not our earth.

Seeing Jessica's private message, Liam's face darkened, and he felt something bad.

The time when the first two ruins appeared and the appearance of the ruins still matched.

But the last three were completely different. Not only Jessica, but everyone who had entered and exited the ruins in the chat log said that the place where they appeared was inside the building.

Only Liam appeared in the middle of a wasteland, and had to break through the walls of the farmhouses to enter the yard.

And, Liam is 99% sure that the place he entered is definitely related to the earth.

[Liam]: Why are you sure?

With a thought, after sending this sentence, Liam's mind was spinning, holding the white porcelain teacup, thinking secretly.

On the other side, in a slightly damp underground base, the woman leaning against the wall panel laughed as she looked at the message on the screen. 

Under the firelight, the woman has bright teeth and a charming smile, nothing like other survivors.

If Liam could see it at this time, he would definitely recognize that the woman in front of him was Jessica.

Jessica didn't reply immediately, but sent messages to other people on the private message interface.

After a while, four people walked into the underground base.

Three men and one woman, all with straight figures and firm faces, did not look like ordinary people. 

"How about it, Jessica, what did that Liam say?"

The woman who came in said anxiously immediately, and the other three men also showed expectant expressions when they heard the name Liam.

"It's hard to say... Liam is very cautious. I judge that he is very strong and has already explored the safe house." Jessica shook her head slightly.

Everyone was silent.

Jessica continued: "He bought glass before to strengthen his shelter, and he has a steady stream of water resources. It stands to reason that ordinary people should rely on gold mines to slowly develop and live, but Liam didn't. He still took the risk and entered the ruins, which proves that he is not an ordinary person."

"Then what should we do? Can we still lure him into our team?" The man with a scar on his left face was a little impatient and said anxiously.

"Take one step at a time. Now we don't have any means of transportation. It's very unlikely that we want to move. It's because we are close that we can get in touch..."

[Jessica]: God Su, no way, you haven't seen the attributes of that glass, where does our earth have such technology, it's almost like magic, okay, and in our team, there are others who have walked out of their own buildings and seen the outside world. If God Su considers joining our team, these information can be shared together.

Looking at Jessica's reply, Liam shook his head and laughed dumbly.

It's not that he is not afraid of being alone, nor is he afraid of being harmed by these people. At this stage, it is basically impossible to form a team unless the distance is close.

And if he joins the team, the only value he can provide for a while is the M-energy water in his hand.

This deal is not worthwhile.

After sending Jessica a private message of 200ml of M-energy water as a reward for the information, Liam turned off the private message.

"If the next time I enter the ruins, it is still different from others, I will try to buy information from others, don't worry for now."

The biggest danger at present is the disaster that does not know the cycle. The premise of exploring the ruins is to ensure the safety of the shelter.

If you put the cart before the horse, I'm afraid that if you are not careful, the shelter will be destroyed by the disaster, and you will lose your wife and lose your army.

After thinking for a while, Liam collected his thoughts and began to continue building the shelter.

At present, the acquisition of iron has been done almost, but the initial shelter cannot be entirely made of iron.

Without a complete lightning protection facility, if there is a lightning strike, it will really be like roasting pigskin with electricity, and there is no way to complain.

Opening the material bar, Liam began to sort out the purchased resources.

The first is iron. I collected 130 units intermittently before, and used 6 units to build an iron stove, leaving 124 units. 

Followed by wood, because he entered the ruins and did not cut wood today, the current inventory is only one unit.

Plant fiber and stone are all used up.

6 units of soil.

M-energy water plus the reward for brushing the pot, buying meat, cooking, and paying Jessica, there is still 1.8L left.

Liam doesn't plan to save this water.

M-energy water has a fixed output every day, but the materials are different and need to be collected and sold manually.

Liam kept an eye out, the current trading system is really buggy, not only has no restrictions, but it can also be transmitted through the air.

There is nothing wrong with this mechanism in the short term, but in the future, it will inevitably be controlled and manipulated by financial professionals.

With one in and one out, using the price difference, these financiers can play ordinary people around.

Naturally, survival games will not sit back and watch these people destroy the rules.

After the novice stage, the trading system will definitely be added with some restrictions, or even abolished.

And the most important trading items, water and food, will definitely return to normal with the passage of time.

At that time, it will be even more difficult to use the asymmetry of resources to gain development advantages.

After figuring this out, Liam opened the trading panel and started sweeping the goods.

No one has put rare items on the shelves for the time being.

Turn to ordinary materials and sort by unit price.

Except for wood, soil and food fiber, stone is currently the cheapest resource on the market.

It takes about 15-20 minutes to collect one unit of stone on the Great Plains.

For miners near the mine, it takes about 5 minutes to mine one.

So according to the labor force to calculate the value of resources, one unit of stone needs 5ml of water resources.

Just by calculating this account in my mind, Liam couldn't help but yell:

"What a black mine, no, even the black mines of capitalism dare not give it like this."

Digging stones under the scorching sun for an hour can only bring back 60ml of water resources.

Converted to two sips of water!

This is also the reason why many miners rest during the day and come out to mine at night.

The scorching sun during the day consumes too much energy, and 60ml of water cannot make up for an hour's consumption at all. 

Only at night can these water resources just maintain the basic life needs of miners.

The more analysis, the more Liam understands the situation of other people in the doomsday world.

Liam suppressed the irritability in his heart, took a deep breath and said:

"Life game!"

Essentially, it is a seemingly game-like survival world, but behind it are pairs of eyes eager to survive.

Mining is just a miserable life!

If you don't mine, you will die!

Of course, these miners are still the more comfortable group of people among ordinary people, like those living in the Great Plains like Liam, where there are no mines to mine. 

You can only cut down trees, and the resources you get in exchange are less, I am afraid it is not enough to maintain a person's daily survival needs.

Shaking his head slightly sadly, pretending to forget the many pictures that flashed in his mind just now, Liam whispered.

"When you are poor, you will be alone, and when you are rich, you will help the world. Even if it is my meager contribution."

According to the market price, the exchange ratio of his M-energy water and ordinary water is 1:1.3.

However, Liam did not exchange, but directly used M-energy water to scan the goods.

The monopoly business is too profitable, only 1L of M-energy water was spent, and as much as 200 units of stone were bought back.

For the remaining 800ml of water, Liam took out 500ml and exchanged it all for food for storage.

In terms of food choices, Liam adheres to the principles of easy storage, filling, salty, and not easy to deteriorate, and chooses all bread.

Together with the remaining 8 catties of Daliba bread, there are now 14 catties of bread in stock.

Looking at the materials piled up in the inventory bar, Liam, who was previously depressed because of the human situation, gradually regained his confidence and said calmly:

"Although relying on the system is also embarrassing, but who can tell what will happen in the future, as long as I am still alive, human beings will never be extinct."

"One day, I will become stronger and live longer!"

"Perhaps... I can create a super shelter that cannot be shaken by any natural disaster!"

Liam's tone became more and more calm.

Oreo, who was lying on the other side to guard, also turned around at the right time, barking, indicating that he also had a share of this burden!