“Someone’s even offered a processing table!”
“Li Haibo said he was the only one in the game with the blueprints. That’s bullshit!”
“Brothers, don’t fight me. I’m in urgent need of weapons.”
Jiang Lai’s private messages soon began to flood in.
She scanned them one by one, seeing a wide variety of offers. Some were taking advantage of the situation, offering incredibly low prices to try and get a better deal.
Although Jiang Lai had specified that only warm supplies, food, and basic upgrades like wood, nails, and bronze were traded, everyone still sent in all sorts of random items.
After all, everyone knew that upgrading their shelter before the extreme cold arrived was their biggest hope for survival.
So, naturally, they were reluctant to spend the wood and nails they’d painstakingly accumulated.
As for bronze, even fewer people had found bronze treasure chests.
The food that was sent in was mostly of a weak, cooking-intensive nature, or simply unpalatable quality.
The warming supplies were even more outrageous: a colorful sock, a pair of ripped wristbands, a floral apron… Jiang Lai was left with a mixture of laughter and tears as she looked at them one by one.
She was already beginning to miss Qi Jingxing and Chang Fa, her two high-ranking clients. But judging by the items everyone had sent, it was clear that this game’s treasure chest contained all sorts of junk.
Jiang Lai was truly thankful for her good character, as most of the items she’d gotten were useful. But as she was browsing, she actually saw someone offering bronze for a trade.
His name was Yuan Zhi, and he offered five bronze.
Honestly, five bronze could only be exchanged for 25 pieces of wood.
This price was far lower than Chang Fa’s.
But… compared to Jiang Lai’s cost, it was still a good deal.
Besides, Jiang Lai had already used up all her bronze, so she simply traded with him. Jiang Lai, the biggest of the short guys, traded the kitchen knife for a raincoat.
For someone like her, who already had a cabin, it was better than nothing.
“You’re stealing my business? Are you trying to kill yourself?”
“Do you even know who I am?”
Jiang Lai suddenly received two threatening private messages.
Unsurprisingly, they were from Li Haibo.
“****, *, ***.”
A string of gibberish, it was clear they were insulting her.
Fresh off a successful deal, Jiang Lai was in high spirits, too lazy to bother with such a person, so she blocked them immediately.
Soon, she received another abusive private message.
It was from Li Haibo’s underlings.
Jiang Lai blocked them again in a split second.
Then, Jiang Lai blocked 27 people in total.
“Alright, now it’s completely quiet,”
Jiang Lai clapped her hands.
Could Li Haibo be recruiting underlings faster than she was blocking them? Looking back at the chat channel, those people hadn’t had time to target her; they were busy group-bashing Changfa, the one who started it all.
Unfortunately, Changfa was no pushover; he could easily take on over 20 people.
His words were calm and powerful, and he didn’t use asterisks, so they wouldn’t be blocked.
The messages he sent were long and drawn out, and with only ten chances to send, he got the most out of them.
Add to that Qi Jingxing’s occasional sharp words, and Li Haibo’s group was completely outraged, needing no further input.
Jiang Lai searched his chat room until he found a large applause emoji and sent it.
Changfa immediately replied with a thank-you emoji.
Back and forth, the Brainless Pirates went ballistic, showering themselves with asterisks, completely consuming their chance to speak.
The world was truly quiet now.
Jiang Lai sat on the edge of the raft, fishing for a treasure chest.
As she fished, she wondered what Li Haibo’s purpose was in forming that pirate group.
In this game, each player was a separate entity, drifting alone on the sea.
Was it just to band together online as keyboard warriors? Was it just for that?
Or… would this game one day allow for player-to-player communication?
“System, will it be possible for players to meet in person in the future?”
[Future game upgrades and the use of special in-game items will allow this.]
This time, the system didn’t answer Jiang Lai’s question, its authority too low to do so.
“Sure enough!”
Jiang Lai knew Li Haibo’s purpose in forming this pirate group was more than simple.
Perhaps one day, they could truly unite and become true pirates.
This news wasn’t good for Jiang Lai, who had just offended him.
She wondered if Chang Fa and Qi Jingxing knew about this news. Jiang Lai opened a private chat, wanting to ask Chang Fa and Qi Jingxing.
She had already taken a stand against Li Haibo’s clique, so naturally, she needed to gather some allies.
A clear-minded, intelligent person and a righteous, European-American, both of whom were her regular clients, naturally made them Jiang Lai’s best choices.
Jiang Lai had originally planned to chat with each of them individually, but after some thought, she decided that was too much trouble, so she simply created a discussion group and invited Chang Fa and Qi Jingxing to join.
“Jiang Lai, I know you admire me, but you’ve already liked my post in the group, so there’s no need to create a group specifically to praise me.”
After creating the discussion group, before Jiang Lai could get down to business, Chang Fa was the first to speak. He then changed the name of the discussion group to “Chang Fa Praise Group.”
Qi Jingxing: …
Jiang Lai: …
Okay, her understanding was incomplete. This guy is actually a righteous and shameless European-American.
No wonder he has such a strong mentality and can engage in so many verbal battles.
“Let’s get down to business. Did you know that the game might allow players to meet each other later?”
Jiang Lai said straight to the point.
“Yes.”
“What??”
Qi Jingxing and Chang Fa replied simultaneously.
“Doesn’t that mean I will be the first target of this pirate group?”
Changfa was shocked.
He originally thought it was just an online quarrel, how did it develop into an offline fight?
“Indeed, with the European Emperor attributes you showed in the channel and the hatred you attracted, you will indeed be the first target.”
Jiang Lai felt that Changfa’s words made sense.
“I agree.”
Qi Jingxing also agreed.
“Since you knew it, why did you still quarrel with him? Aren’t you afraid of his revenge?”
Changfa didn’t know it himself, so he quarreled with him. Why did those two people, who looked smart, follow his advice?
“Even if I don’t quarrel with him, he won’t give up as long as I trade tools and weapons. It’s better to curse him a little more now.”
Jiang Lai didn’t know before that players would meet offline, but even if she knew, she would not regret it.
Not causing trouble, but not being afraid of trouble, has always been her code of conduct.
“People with different ideals cannot work together, not to mention that what I am going to do next is destined to make me their enemy.”
Qi Jingxing was not afraid at all, he had already made plans in his mind.
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