Survival in the neighborhood: Give me a piece of bread every day

[Trading platform notice: A 15% tax will be charged on the total price of each transaction; no tax is levied on barter transactions.]

"Are there taxes on transactions?"

Chen An seemed to be deep in thought.

Therefore, it seems that if residents living in the same community are making a transaction, it is not cost-effective to use a transaction platform.

It's cheaper to trade offline.

However, there are also certain risks.

After all, offline stores are more likely to be robbed.

Chen An scrolled through the trading platform interface and saw a number of items.

Timber for sale, please contact me privately with your price.

Iron blocks for sale, only gold coins required.

[Buy food and water with copper coins, hurry up if you have any]

[Chair blueprints can be traded for gold coins. Click my profile picture to message me privately.]

[Used white socks, male, get them quickly if you want them]

I'm cute, please give me coins!

【…】

There are already quite a few items listed on the trading platform.

There were even blueprints.

After looking around for a while, Chen An clicked on a household selling timber.

Initiate a private chat with him.

Resident No. 009527: Can I exchange bread for your timber?

Resident No. 009999: Of course! Five loaves of bread for one unit of timber, how much do you need? We can trade now.

Chen An's face darkened.

Are you kidding me!

Five loaves of bread for one unit of timber?

Based on the price of 50 copper coins for one loaf of bread in the mall, five loaves of bread would cost 250 copper coins, which is equivalent to 2 gold coins and 5 silver coins.

Even if timber is valuable now, it can't be this ridiculously high.

Moreover, food is definitely a high-value item in the current environment.

This exchange rate is an absolute rip-off.

Even if he had 100,000 loaves of bread in his backpack right now, he couldn't possibly take advantage of the situation without losing out.

Chen An immediately closed the chat interface and then scrolled down to find other timber sales orders.

Although the number is not large, it does exist.

"Where did these people get their timber?"

A thought flashed through Chen An's mind: disassembling a wooden door required exactly eight units of wood.

In other words, these people selling timber may have dismantled other people's wooden doors.

"I never imagined that the most dangerous part would be the three hours we waited for the monster to arrive..."

Chen An realized the danger.

Then he immediately blocked the doorway with the only small table in the room.

But he still felt very insecure.

That wooden door, with only three points of durability, looked incredibly fragile.

We need to upgrade it as soon as possible.

Chen An browsed the trading platform for another two minutes, then spent 12 yuan on bread to trade 8 units of timber with a resident.

This is equivalent to exchanging 1.5 loaves of bread for one unit of wood.

His target price was two loaves of bread per unit of timber.

If you can get a loaf of bread for 1.5 yuan, you can consider it a small profit.

[Sufficient materials available; the basic wooden door can be upgraded. Upgrade preferred?]

"yes!"

Chen An tapped the confirmation button that was floating in the air.

next moment,

A countdown appeared on the wooden door.

【00: 30】

【00: 29】

【00...】

"The upgrade only takes 30 seconds? That's pretty fast."

Chen An stared expectantly at the countdown.

As the 30-second countdown reached zero.

The wooden door was enveloped in a layer of white light.

When the light faded, a much thicker door replaced the original wooden door.

In addition, the new door has a peephole that allows you to look out.

[Sturdy wooden door]

[Level: 2]

[Durability: 10/10]

[Can be decomposed: Wood x16]

Upgrade Requirements: 5 Gold Coins, 5 Iron Blocks

[Introduction: I'm incredibly tough now! Tough enough to withstand multiple attacks from monsters below level 2, but I want to become even tougher, to shield my master from all danger!]

"I finally feel a little safer."

Chen An stroked the hard wooden door, a smile spreading across his face.

His talent meant that he wouldn't have much combat power in the early stages, and it would be impossible for him to go on adventures.

Therefore, it is essential to make full use of one's innate talents and strengths.

They trade large quantities of resources daily to acquire the items needed to upgrade their rooms.

As long as the room is hard enough, he can develop and then become a sensation!

With that in mind, Chen An opened the trading platform and continued his shopping spree.

After browsing for a while, he discovered that the most valuable items were wood and gold coins.

Gold coins can be broken down into silver and copper coins for use.

However, silver and copper coins cannot be combined to make gold coins.

This results in the actual price of gold coins being much higher than the exchange rate offered by the store.

"Today is the first day, and everyone has a bottle of water and a piece of bread, so the bread isn't particularly valuable yet... Wait until tomorrow, no, just a few more hours, and if there isn't a large amount of food available, then the value of the bread will definitely rise slowly."

Chen An began to reason.

If his reasoning is correct, then the 100,000 loaves of bread in his possession are extremely valuable.

Just then, several messages popped up.

Resident No. 009999: Bro, are you still there?

Resident No. 009999: Do you still need timber? We can negotiate the price, how about four loaves of bread?

Resident No. 009999: Brother, say something. I know you saw my message.

Resident No. 009527: How did you know?

Resident No. 009999: Bro, it shows as read but not replied.

Chen An raised an eyebrow.

Why didn't he see the "read but not replied" notification?

Was I scammed?

Resident No. 009999: Bro, is your talent related to food production? If so, I can give you a discount so we can have a long-term partnership.

Resident No. 009999: Bro, you've read my message but haven't replied again?

Resident No. 009999: Beep beep beep? Is he really gone?

Resident No. 009999: Brother, say something. If you tell me your talent, I'll tell you mine too.

Chen An was browsing the trading platform when his messages kept popping up.

He clicked into the private chat interface of resident number 009999, preparing to block him.

But I found a useful message.

Resident No. 009999: My talent is an amplification type, which can triple all my attributes for five minutes, but there will be ten minutes of weakness afterward. How about it? Are you in?

"All attributes are tripled, and it lasts for five minutes?"

Chen An raised an eyebrow.

This talent makes the player incredibly powerful in the early stages of the game!

No, I should say he's just as formidable in the later stages of the game.

If you can improve your base attributes later and then activate your talent to triple the boost... wow, that's practically invincible.

"As expected, there are hidden talents among the masses! I absolutely cannot go out and take such a risk!"

Chen An became even more determined to stay in his room and refuse to go out no matter what.

As long as he's alive, he'll have a steady income every day, so there's absolutely no need for him to go out and take risks.

Of course, information still needs to be gathered; otherwise, it's like being blind to the truth.

So he started chatting with this enthusiastic resident.

Resident No. 009527: Not bad, my talent is indeed related to food. I can produce a certain amount of food every day.

Resident No. 009999: As expected! I knew I wasn't wrong! There's at least a 90% chance you have a talent related to food.

Resident No. 009999: Hey bro, wanna form a partnership? You have the food, and I'm incredibly strong. This combination is like a pair of sleeping dragons and phoenix chicks, invincible!