Chapter 34: Sally's Show

After Nick used the Sand Wolf to briefly test his current strength, he didn't linger in the current dungeon. He looked at Sally, who had a strange expression, and said, "Let's go. This Sand Wolf..."

"Should be worth a lot of survival resources."

He looked at the Sand Wolf, which still had some residual warmth. Blood was constantly flowing from the wound. From the bright red blood, it was not difficult to see that this Sand Wolf was edible.

In this dungeon world where crises were constantly escalating and survival resources were gradually becoming scarce, Nick believed that there were still many people who would try to eat dungeon creatures as food.

"..."

Sally naturally had no objections. She consciously picked up the shovel and, under Nick's guidance, began to dig towards the trading market.

In the next few caves, Nick, Sally, and Python didn't encounter any dungeon creatures, but correspondingly, there were no unexpected gains.

After about half an hour of digging, Nick arrived at the simple trading market again after two days. Compared to the day before yesterday, there were obviously many more people gathered here, making the originally deserted trading market much more lively.

The combination of Nick, Sally, and a pangolin, as soon as they arrived in the dungeon of the trading market, attracted the attention of other survivors.

Many survivors' eyes swept over Sally. Although her face was covered with a lot of dust, it was still possible to see her beautiful features.

However, most of the survivors eventually focused their attention on Nick. He was simply too conspicuous. He was followed closely by a pangolin, and he was dragging the huge body of the Sand Wolf with his hand.

It was difficult not to attract attention.

After all, in the current difficulty of the dungeon world, the Sand Wolf was definitely considered a relatively difficult dungeon creature to deal with. It would take a lot of effort for a team of 5 survivors to kill it.

But the strange combination of two people and a pet in front of them could actually kill the Sand Wolf.

Nick didn't care about the gazes of others. He glanced over the trading market. The core area had already been occupied, so he could only find an open space on the outside of the trading market.

"Let's find a place first..."

After he finally chose a location, he used the miniature altar to summon the camp. The pile of supplies, which was as tall as a small hill, attracted the attention of others as soon as it appeared.

"Here?"

Sally looked around. Although it was the periphery of the trading market, with so many survival resources, there was no need to worry about trading.

The most important thing now was what resources Nick wanted to trade for.

"Mm, try to focus on runes for trading. Water Runes, Fire Runes, and Rune Charging Stones. You can look for more of those rare dungeon products."

Nick pondered for a moment and then said slowly. At present, there was only one Rune Water Purifier. Apart from rest and exploration time, the efficiency of the Rune Water Purifier was ultimately limited.

Now, he could take advantage of this opportunity to create a few more Rune Water Purifiers to solve the most urgent water resource problem.

Maybe he could even solve the planting problem.

"Okay, Captain."

Sally nodded gently after hearing this. This was the first time in the two days since she joined the team that she could use her expertise to help the team in front of Nick.

As for why Nick was collecting Fire Runes and Water Runes, she had a general idea. It should be the materials needed for the rune device he had mentioned earlier.

Sally swept her gaze across the camp and arranged the survival supplies according to their value and importance to better attract the attention of survivors. As for the huge body of the Sand Wolf, it could only be placed next to the camp.

Nick sat beside the stone campfire. He watched Sally organize everything neatly in a very short time, and he felt somewhat fortunate that he had made the decision back then.

With this girl's personality, she could completely handle all the trivial matters.

While Sally was preparing for the transaction, Nick wasn't idle either. He took the Rune Bow beside him in his hand. After so many battles, the runes carved on the bow handle had become much dimmer.

He naturally knew that this was a sign of rune energy consumption. If he continued to use it, not only would its power be greatly reduced, but it was even possible that at a critical moment, the Rune Bow would be completely exhausted and unusable.

To avoid this, Nick took out a [Rune Charging Stone] and gently placed it on the Rune Bow. The Rune Charging Stone instantly emitted a soft light.

The runes carved on the bow were being filled at a speed visible to the naked eye. Finally, the Rune Bow was polished, smooth and restrained, and restored to its original appearance.

Even so, Nick could still clearly feel the powerful energy contained within the Rune Bow.

The [Rune Charging Stone], after replenishing its energy, had its emitted light become much dimmer, and even faint, small cracks could be seen. It was likely that it would be completely scrapped after a few more energy replenishments.

This mysterious scene attracted the attention of many survivors. As the brief brilliance dissipated, most people thought it was a trivial matter.

But when those people saw the pile of supplies as tall as a small hill in front of Nick's camp, they couldn't sit still.

Just the compressed biscuits, instant rice, and the like filled two whole wooden boxes. As for the other survival resources, simply processed meat accounted for the vast majority.

What attracted the attention of most survivors was the pure water in front of Nick. There were seven or eight 1L bottles of pure water, not to mention the countless 500ml bags of pure water.

The vast amount of survival resources could completely supply a small survivor team for 4-5 days.

No one knew better than them what this meant. With the appearance of the regional BOSS Stone Gargoyle, the riot of dungeon creatures was triggered, causing them to encounter dungeon creatures if they were not careful during exploration, and the difficulty of exploration increased sharply.

Not only that, the [Calamity] debuff imposed by the regional BOSS Stone Gargoyle on all survivors accelerated the corruption of survival resources, making their already difficult situation almost desperate.

The scarcity of food and pure water had led to a surge in prices. Originally, 500ml of pure water could be exchanged for an ordinary short sword, but now, even exchanging for only 200ml of pure water was a seller's market.

Those survivors who noticed that Nick possessed a large amount of survival resources did not make a sound, but all gathered towards Nick's direction, fearing that others would get there first.

However.

As the survivors gradually approached, someone, in order to get ahead, acted without any scruples and ran towards Nick's camp.

"..."

The person involved, Nick, had a calm expression. He placed the energy-filled Rune Bow horizontally on his lap, his eyes indifferent. He wasn't particularly surprised by this scene.

And Sally, at this time, always had a smile on her face.

She just didn't know if these survivors were ready to be ripped off.