16 The Second Transaction

Closing the chat channel, Gray opened the trading hall again, wanting to see if there were any valuable materials up for trade.

However, at this moment, the system's voice suddenly rang out:

[Affected by the premonition of the Void Undead's attack, after nightfall, wild creatures will be more likely to go berserk. Please try your best to stay in the safe house during nightfall.]

Gray was stunned. He didn't care about the trading hall anymore. He began to carefully think about the meaning of the system notification.

The arrival of the Void Undead could actually affect wild beasts. This was something that Gray hadn't expected.

It seemed that as the arrival of the Void Undead got closer and closer, the creatures in the wild might become more and more berserk and difficult to subdue.

Currently, the safe house still had the protection of invincibility. However, what if the invincibility period disappeared after seven days?

Even if he survived the Beast Tide, he probably wouldn't be able to stop the increasingly powerful beasts.

It seemed that not only was he going to hatch the dragon egg, but he was also going to upgrade his safe house.

It was just that the collection of these materials was giving Gray a headache.

Following the guidance of the dragon egg yesterday, he had spent a day collecting only four mana crystals. If he still had to go collect materials now, then the hatching of the dragon egg would be more out of reach.

Hatching the dragon egg or strengthening the house, the options of how to live in the next seven days seemed to be placed in front of Gray.

Or to put it another way, six days later, how exactly would Gray deal with the Beast Tide?

Should he use these seven days to gather materials with all his might, make the safe house indestructible, withstand the Beast Tide head-on, or speed up his pace to collect mana crystals, let the dragon egg hatch and then rely on his own troop to defend against the enemy?

A choice?

Gray thought about it and finally made up his mind.

Why couldn't he have them all?

Both methods had their own limitations. If he wanted to preserve his maximum survival rate, there was no doubt that the best solution was to use both methods.

But how?

Although Gray had the intention to upgrade both his troop and the safe house at the same time, reality was destined to not be so easy.

The hatching of the dragon egg was still manageable. Now that Gray had levelled up, his operational efficiency was much faster than on the first day. If he was lucky, the little dragon would be able to breathe fresh air tonight.

However, materials were not so easy to obtain. Gray's current options were limited. He could either spend time and effort looking for materials, or he could go to the trading hall to look for traders.

It was impossible for him to search by himself. Gray still had to incubate the dragon egg. That was his foundation. He could only choose to trade.

However, this was not the first day after all. As a large number of Guardians could walk out of their safe houses, the value of the meat would definitely drop rapidly.

Instead, the Guardians who felt the strength of the wild beasts would also look for sellers of materials in order to strengthen their safe houses.

The prices of the materials would gradually rise, and the situation would end up completely reversed from the first day.

Under such circumstances, unless he could find something that had always been attractive to the Guardians, the transaction of the materials would not go smoothly.

But where could he find something that was both valuable and attractive to the Guardians?

Thinking of this, an idea flashed through Gray's mind. He recalled the awkward situation he was in on his first day in the jungle and quickly had an idea.

Gray opened his friend list and clicked on his only friend to send a message:

"Miss Aikasha, is there a big business that you're interested in cooperating with?"

Gray waited for a while, but Aikasha didn't reply.

He wasn't worried that something might have happened to her. She was a powerful Guardian who had upgraded her Golden Lion to tier 3 on the first day, and she didn't seem to be a careless person.

She was powerful and cautious. There was no reason for an accident to happen on the second day.

Sure enough, although he had waited for a while, Aikasha replied in time:

"What's the matter, Mr. Gray? Sorry, I was making breakfast just now."

"Also, thank you for the items you gave me yesterday. I've successfully created a tier 2 weapon, and I'm already equipped with it now."

It seemed that she was in a pretty good mood.

Gray seemed to be able to feel the relaxation and joy in her words.

"You're welcome, Miss Aikasha. Your craftsmanship is very good. My tier 1 weapon has helped me a lot."

After a suitable compliment, Gray continued:

"Actually, that's why I'm here. Let me ask you a question first. Miss Aikasha, have you continued to obtain drops since our conversation yesterday?"

Aikasha's reply was very quick:

"Yes, but I only got one. Why? Have you found a new way to use drops?"

Gray nodded. It was obvious that he had already expected what the other party would encounter.

He had been searching with the dragon egg for a whole day, but he had only found three wild beasts with drops. Aikasha had just plunged into the forest and killed randomly, like finding a needle in a haystack. He did not know how many wild beasts she had killed to obtain one drop.

"No, but I have new gains. I now have seven drops."

"So I want to come to you to make a deal."

As soon as the words left his mouth, the other side of the chat box fell silent again.

This scene felt familiar.

But this wasn't something he wanted to show off.

Gray was also helpless. He couldn't reveal the ability of the dragon egg. As more and more Guardians realized how precious the items dropped were, the ability of the dragon egg would become the target of public criticism once it was known to the outside world.

It was still alright for now. It seemed that there was no information about the Guardians meeting, but it was hard to guarantee that there wouldn't be any existences who would come to harm them in the future to get their hands on this ability.

It was better to have less trouble than more trouble. The fewer people who knew about such things, the better.

Seeing that the other party hadn't replied for a while, Gray was afraid that she would shut down the chat in a fit of anger. It was fine if she was angry, but it would be a big problem if his safe house upgrade plan was ruined.

Gray took the initiative to speak

"Miss Aikasha, are you still there?"

"Yes."

The other party only responded with a simple word. It seemed that the lively mood that she had at the beginning had disappeared.

It was good that she was still there.

Gray did not know how to comfort her. Now, any word he said seemed to be misunderstood as a second show. He might as well go straight to the point.

"Miss Aikasha, I want to cooperate with you. I'll provide the drops, you make the weapons, and we'll use these weapons to exchange for supplies to upgrade our safe houses."

"What do you think?"