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

Xu Bo: The laughing faces in the hallway have been cleaned up, but there's something I need to tell you.

The owner of room number 009527 said:

Xu Bo: As agreed before, I can give you 30% of the resources my team gets from killing Laughing Nightmare, no problem. But other teams, and those residents who didn't team up, are unwilling to share, and I can't persuade them to.

Xu Bo sighed after sending the message.

no way.

He has a voice within his own team, but other teams and residents don't listen to him.

Those people weren't even willing to give up a ten percent share.

In their words: This person hasn't even left the room, so why should he take the resources they worked so hard to obtain?

Xu Bo retaliated somewhat angrily.

But it didn't work.

When faced with life and death, it's no wonder others are selfish.

A few silver coins could probably buy a day's worth of food.

The owner of room number 009527: It doesn't matter, I didn't even discuss cooperation with them in the first place.

Xu Bo: It's good that you're not angry.

Xu Bo: Can you come out and we can share the resources?

I saw this news about Xu Bo.

Chen An instantly became alert.

Let me out?

impossible!

Absolutely impossible!

That's too risky!

Although Xu Bo seems to be a decent person.

But it's hard to say he wasn't faking it.

They wanted to lure me out to kill me.

Chen An then turned his gaze to Jiang Lai.

I've decided on you!

Jiang Lai, let's go!

"Why are you staring at me? You don't have any ulterior motives towards me, do you?"

Jiang Lai, who was busy browsing the trading platform, noticed Chen An's gaze and suddenly looked at him warily.

"It's not dangerous, we just need you to go out and collect our spoils."

Chen An smiled faintly.

"Spoils of war? You mean the collaboration with Xu Bo?"

Jiang Lai was naturally aware of Chen An and Xu Bo's collaboration.

After all, Chen An had been knocking on the door for most of the day.

She casually asked why.

That's when I found out what happened.

But she couldn't help but be speechless for a moment.

"Aren't you being a bit too cautious? Xu Bo and the others wouldn't harm a classmate like you, would they? Besides, you saved his life."

"Who knows? What if they guess I have a lot of resources and get malicious intentions?"

Chen An didn't want to take any risks at all.

"So you're just letting me go? What if something happens to me? What if they arrest me?"

Jiang Lai was a little unhappy.

"Don't worry, I've got you covered. I'll use the supplies to ransom you!"

Chen An made the promise quite seriously.

He was truly willing to redeem Jiang Lai, provided the cost wasn't too high.

After all, this woman's work ability is truly excellent.

"Thank you so much."

Jiang Lai really wanted to curse.

But thinking about it, I feel that Chen An is quite authentic.

At least they were willing to offer her supplies as ransom.

"Don't worry, just like you said, Xu Bo and the others probably don't have any bad intentions. After all, the situation of us residents on this floor hasn't reached the point where we need to kill each other to survive," Chen An said calmly.

This is a fact.

Only when their lives are truly in danger will people completely abandon their principles.

Otherwise, the moral education instilled by the previous nation from childhood would still have a certain binding force.

Therefore, Chen An would not knowingly send Jiang Lai knowing there was danger.

He's just being cautious, not stupid.

Jiang Lai didn't refuse immediately because she knew that Xu Bo and the others had decent personalities.

After all, she had been helped by Xu Bo's team on the first day.

It was helping her kill the Smiling Nightmare who rammed the door.

"Fine, what can I do? I'm your servant."

Life is tough, Jiang Lai sighed.

then,

She got up, stretched her stiff legs, straightened her clothes, and prepared to go out.

"Oh, and if anyone asks, just say this room is yours. Also, take this dagger with you; it's a self-defense measure."

While giving her instructions, Chen An handed her the self-defense dagger he had bought earlier.

Everything that was due had been given.

If we really run into trouble, then we'll have no choice but to ransom them.

"Okay, okay."

Jiang Lai took the dagger, feeling helpless.

This despicable man.

They actually used her, a woman and a great beauty, as bait and a shield.

He practically used her as a mount.

That's outrageous.

Jiang Lai muttered to herself, glanced through the peephole into the stairwell, and only after confirming there was no danger did she open the door and leave.

Chen An didn't waste his breath telling him what resources to get.

Jiang Lai is very knowledgeable in this area.

The things they choose will definitely be what they need.

"Hopefully, I'll get some gold coins today. I'm really short on them!"

Chen An looked around the small room and thought to himself.

Whether you're using door blueprints, upgrading windows, or earning compound interest, you'll need gold coins.

A large amount of gold coins.

Therefore, gold coins are the most important.

Just as he was about to continue browsing the chat channels to gather useful information...

A private message popped up.

Wang Ziyan: Um, Chen An, could I... could I exchange some silver coins for some wood with you?

Homeowner #009527: Why don't you go to the trading platform to exchange it?

Wang Ziyan: The platform charges taxes on transactions, and I don't have enough silver coins...

Chen An looked at the chat interface and thought for a while.

There was no reason to refuse.

Wood is basically useless to him now.

After all, upgrading and repairing doors and windows no longer require wood.

And silver coins might be used to exchange for gold coins in the future.

Well, this trade wasn't a loss.

Room owner #009527: Okay, then come to my room and we'll do the transaction offline. Remember not to let anyone see you knocking.

Wang Ziyan: Mm! Thank you! Thank you, Chen An!

Chen An did not refuse the other party's thanks.

This small token of gratitude may come in handy someday.

About three or four minutes later, the knocking sounded.

Chen An looked through the peephole.

At the door was Wang Ziyan, a bespectacled woman who was acting suspiciously, glancing left and right.

Chen An opened the door and let Wang Ziyan in quickly.

He didn't want to be seen.

After all, his development speed is too fast.

It's inevitable that this will tempt some people to act greedily.

And there are all sorts of talents.

Maybe they have some kind of talent that allows them to trick someone just by looking at their face.

Before you have absolutely invincible strength, being cautious is definitely the right thing to do.

"Um, Chen An, I only have 9 silver coins right now. I wonder if you could sell me 8 units of timber? I'll consider the rest as a debt to you and pay you back later."

Wang Ziyan said somewhat shyly.

After all, she had previously declined Chen An's invitation to stay.

It's really shameful that they've asked for help twice now.

But in order to survive, she had no choice but to put aside that worthless sense of self-respect.

"You're buying wood to upgrade your room door to level two, right? Why don't you buy it from the shop?"

Chen An asked.

"I've already bought the 8 units of wood from the store, and I used them all up during the repairs just now..."

Wang Ziyan pursed her lips and explained.

If the shop hadn't refreshed its inventory with wood today, she would definitely be dead by now.

The first-class door is far too fragile.

"Have you collected enough gold coins to upgrade the door? How did you collect them?" Chen An went straight to the point.

That's what he's curious about.

Wasn't Wang Ziyan short of gold coins before? She even borrowed some from him.

Now he suddenly has silver coins to buy wood to upgrade his door.

This means she got her hands on gold coins.

"I found a roommate, so I have gold coins now..."

Wang Ziyan explained.