Bai Yu squatted idly to the side, waiting for the skeleton soldiers to clear the mobs, while also watching the other lords in world chat show off. After all, that was the only form of entertainment around here.
It was just that Bai Yu couldn’t really understand,
This was supposed to be a free for all between all the races, a fight for survival!
How were these lords all so idle, shouldn’t they be complaining about returning home right now? Don’t they need to collect resources? Don’t they need to eat?
Why were they still chatting in world chat?
Bai Yu’s head filled with questions, she really wanted to ask but was afraid of being mocked as an idiot by those people.
People in this world had just high adaptability…
Currently, on the Multi Race Trading Hub, a lot of lords had already listed various resources for trade.
Bai Yu, who just happened to be bored, tapped it open.
One food, in exchange for ten wood or five stone.
Bai Yu saw that at the end of this listing was a grey horizontal line.
There were some other listings too.
One food, in exchange for twenty wood or ten stone.
At the end of this listing was a red upward arrow.
Bai Yu somewhat understood. A grey horizontal line represented the system’s recommended price. A red upward arrow meant it was above the recommended price, that it was overpriced and was a reminder so lords don’t get scammed.
On the other hand, if someone offered twenty wood for one food, there would be a green downward arrow at the end.
Representing that it was a good deal.
It was just that Bai Yu found the food for wood or stone listing would instantly disappear. Conversely, the wood or stone for food listings would stay up with no takers for a long time.
What did this mean!
It meant that food was something very precious to these lords who had just started. So even if it was charged up multiple times, there would always be someone willing to buy.
On the other hand, those who wanted to trade their basic materials for food had practically no takers.
Because Bai Yu’s units were undead, they didn’t need to eat! But that wasn’t an option for other lords. Not only did they need to eat themselves, their units also needed to eat.
Hungry units would lose loyalty, this was what Bai Yu had just learned from world chat today.
It was hard to imagine how much food those earlier lords who summoned dragons would need.
Most lords were still able to find food, but it was just barely enough for themselves and their units to eat. They wouldn’t be able to set aside large quantities of food for trade.
And they still needed to source stone and wood and stuff.
In other words, Bai Yu just needed to save enough food for herself to eat, the rest could all be traded away!
Like this, she would be able to quickly gather the two wood and stone resources.
From the skeleton soldiers going out to grind mobs, not only could they and Bai Yu herself level up, she could also summon more troops, and then even get stone and wood.
“It was like killing three birds with one stone!”
“Why does it sound a bit off?”
“Three for one! That sounds much better.”
Having discovered a business opportunity, Bai Yu did what she had to do.
Right now in storage, Bai Yu had 120 wild boar meat, 10 wild rabbit meat, and 10 wild chicken meat.
At a rough glance, one meat was about one kilogram, enough for one meal for a lord. If we were to swap it with Bai Yu, she probably wouldn’t even finish one.
“emm… what’s a good price?”
Bai Yu cupped her chin in thought as she looked over the trading hub.
“If I don’t do it, someone else will. Every man for themselves, I’ve decided!”
[Krabby Patty initiated a trade!]
[One food, in exchange for forty wood or twenty stone.]
[Remaining stock: 100.]
“Those guys can charge two or three times, so me charging four times shouldn’t be too much.”
“Especially since I’m listing a whole one hundred at once, mhm!”
There were billions of people squished together here, Bai Yu didn’t believe no one would trade.
Within ten minutes, a few notifications popped up in front of Bai Yu.
[Successfully exchanged one food for twenty stone.]
[Successfully exchanged ten food for four hundred wood.]
[Successfully exchanged twenty food for four hundred stone.]
…
In just a few seconds, all one hundred food Bai Yu had listed were traded.
Bai Yu gained two thousand wood and one thousand stone in total.
The successfully traded goods were automatically transferred into the warehouse.
It would only cost one thousand wood and five hundred stone to upgrade the castle.
So she could upgrade the castle right now!
Bai Yu tapped over to the castle and upgraded without any hesitation.
[Castle Level: lv 2]
[Health: 6k (Invincible)]
[Territory Size: 1000m Radius]
[Abilities: Within the territory, the castle lord has the ability to see everything as well as the ability to dismantle and move items from the storage.]
[Special Buildings: None]
[Upgrade Requirements: 2k Wood, 1k Stone]
“It doesn’t seem that much different, just some more health and a slightly bigger area.”
Bai Yu had expected it to unlock some new abilities, but nothing appeared.
Bai Yu felt a bit disappointed and continued looking at the world chat.
“Oh, I’m famous?”
Bai Yu found that a lot of people were talking about her.
[Lao Ba]: “Krabby Patty boss, I just huffed a mouthful of copium and all one hundred food was gone!”
[Small Horned Cow]: “Person above, you already had copium, what do you need food for!”
[Plankton]: “Krabby Patty boss, please raise me, I’m your loyal customer Plankton!”
[Big Eared Cow]: “Person above, you fake fan, you can go huff copium with Lao Ba”
[Forest King]: “Which big shot still has food, I still have a lot of wood here I can trade!”
[Behemoth Lord]: “No way Krabby Patty has behemoths like me, right?”
[Trash Chicken]: “Person above, I suspect you may be artistic.”
[Fei Sheep]: “Krabby Patty boss, please add me as a friend!”
[Little Black Tiger]: “Stop shouting, a new big shot started selling food!”
Seeing this, Bai Yu also opened up the trading hub and saw a lord called “Fire Spirit” had put up a trade listing offering thirty food in total.
In no time, another lord named “Ultra Son in Law” had also put up a trade listing, this one was fifty food.
The two of them were the same in Bai Yu with a four times markup. Bai Yu guessed that these two were probably in a similar situation as her and got a unit type that didn’t need food.
This “Fire Spirit” was easy to understand, it was probably some elemental unit. That type of unit naturally wouldn’t need to eat anything.
But what the hell was this “Ultra son in law”? No way the unit type this guy got was Ultraman right.
Ultraman wouldn’t work either, he could only last three minutes.
With there being billions of people in the world, there would definitely be someone who pulled a super strong unit. For example, behemoths, trolls, titans, dragons, and whatnot. And naturally there would also be those whose units didn’t need to eat. For example, vampires, demons, earth monsters, golems, elementals, plants, etc.
Even if someone pulled these types of units, it wouldn’t be significant in this world with billions of people. Even if all these people appeared and started selling food, the market was capable of eating it all, so it wouldn’t affect Bai Yu at all.
Besides, it was just the first day right now and most lords right now were still short on food. Maybe food wouldn’t be as important after a few days. Meaning right now, food was the most valuable.
“Alright, time to buckle in and get to work!”
Bai Yu was fully fired up.