Earth Fire Desert, the fifth stage of the second half.
From the last volcano to the huge oasis, a trekking team composed of contestants trekked from a distance.
There were about twenty people, including a few foreigners.
"After passing this mountain, the end of the Earth Fire Desert is ahead, and our service will end here."
Stepping onto the volcano, the leading alien stopped, turned his head and said respectfully:
"Thank you for choosing the Spirit Fox Clan. I hope we will have the opportunity to cooperate in the next terrain!"
cooperate?
The humans present did not resent these two words, but instead nodded with emotion.
Some people even had expressions of gratitude on their faces and took the initiative to ask for further contact information.
There is a sequence of learning, and there is a specialization of skills.
Their strength can only be ranked at the bottom among more than a thousand contestants. Logically speaking, it is difficult to get here so quickly.
But with the guidance and help of these foreign races, it only took 400 points to get from the starting point of the fourth stage to the end smoothly.
During this period, these aliens also contracted for material expenses, and each person received at least five bottles of water and two portions of food.
You must know that even if these materials are placed at the starting point, they will cost 350 points.
After all, this guiding service only costs fifty points?
What a bargain and worth it!
Chu Chaofei, who was wearing a reed hat at the back of the crowd, also stepped forward and left his contact information.
Although he couldn't say much at this time due to his status as a human being, there was a deep look of gratitude in his eyes.
Compared with others, his strength is actually not at the bottom.
If there had to be a ranking, it should be somewhere between 400 and 600. Logically speaking, it wouldn't be so embarrassing.
But having said that, not every contestant’s route is helpful for such a cruel survival test.
As a life player, he was almost eliminated in the third stage!
Fortunately, I met these alien races at that time, and finally I was able to escape the natural disaster in embarrassment and make it all the way here.
When they were halfway through the volcano, the manuals in everyone's arms began to vibrate.
Take it out and read it.
The points above have changed. Completing the 'Desert Warrior' challenge will increase your points by 300 points.
Including the daily tasks completed along the way, the points are actually higher than before paying 400 points.
"I spent money to eliminate disasters, got 400 points to get here, and even made money after completing the challenge mission!"
"And next, I don't have to go alone anymore."
Look at the changes in the points numbers on the manual and the approaching gray light spot on the next page.
Chu Chaofei couldn't help but sigh, and felt a little more lucky in his heart.
The group of people continued to go up the mountain road, and soon arrived at the last mountain top in the desert.
Looking at the road we came from, it is still extremely long.
The desolate and rocky desert seems to be a prison, the limit of exile.
But looking forward, everything suddenly becomes clearer.
The huge oasis not far from the foot of the mountain is the cradle of life, as if it is welcoming every challenger.
The long and narrow rock canyon is filled with rolling yellow sand and loud rumbling sounds from time to time.
And the green giant plain is even more pleasant, and the fatigue of several days seems to have faded away at just one glance.
"Holy shit, look, what is that in the oasis?"
Someone discovered the huge camp and immediately exclaimed.
It seems that the style of painting is a little strange.
The oasis has drawn a boundary with the desert, and the camp has drawn a boundary with the oasis.
It seems to be a gathering place built on a barren land. If it weren't for the small number of houses inside, everyone would have thought they were in a desert aboriginal town.
"So many people!"
"It looks a bit lively. How come so many people have arrived before us?"
"Hurry down, maybe there will be free water inside."
"Really or not, let's go and have a look."
At a glance, he saw many humans walking around in the camp, and the silent team suddenly became excited.
Although the contestants compete with each other, human beings are social creatures after all.
After staying in the desolate desert for a long time, no one could calm down when suddenly seeing this lively scene.
All of a sudden.
Some people broke away from the team and rushed towards the camp at a faster pace, fearing that they would fall behind others and miss the opportunity.
Chu Chaofei was also among them, and his pace was also not slow.
However, unlike others who focused on the internal environment of the camp, his focus was on the crowd standing at the entrance to the oasis.
At a glance, among the many strong figures, there was a beautiful and somewhat thin figure.
Chu Chaofei's tense face finally relaxed a bit, and he strode over with a smile on his face.
"Ruyue, I didn't expect you to be so much faster than me!"
Seeing Xi Ruyue, Chu Chaofei was a little overjoyed.
There are three people in Mengyue Territory who have qualified for the main competition, two life-type players and one combat-type player.
Under the cruel survival challenge, not to mention the people in the territory, even they themselves did not have high expectations.
Unexpectedly, both of them reached the end of the first stage, which was beyond expectations.
"Brother Chu, you are not slow at all. I just arrived yesterday."
Xi Ruyue greeted him with a smile, and took out a bottle of water from the reed satchel beside her and handed it over.
"You must be tired from the journey. Drink a bottle of water first."
"this"
Chu Chaofei licked his dry lips, feeling quite embarrassed.
Now the price of fresh water from the alien race has dropped to forty points, but it is still a big expense for contestants like them who have no extra income.
Although Xi Ruyue arrived one step ahead of him, she was also a Life Player, so the points in her hands were not that generous.
"Brother Chu, you are still polite to me. We agreed before we came in that we would help each other, so don't be embarrassed."
"Besides." After pulling Chu Chaofei and the two of them walked a few steps aside, Xi Ruyue lowered her voice: "There was indeed a shortage of this and that in the desert before, but here, there is no shortage of supplies."
"No shortage?"
Before arriving, other people in the team were speculating that there might be an endless source of water at the end of the desert.
At this moment, when he really heard the relevant information, Chu Chaofei's right eyelid twitched suddenly: "How do you say? Is there a free water source in this oasis?"
"free?"
Xi Ruyue immediately shook her head: "How is this possible? There are still those fire springs in the desert."
"That"
"Forget it, there are many people here, you will know when you come in with me."
Seeing that many people were looking over, Xi Ruyue secretly said, and the two of them quickly walked into the oasis.
After a day, more and more contestants arrived at the oasis.
Many of the formerly open areas have been occupied, and the lush vegetation has also been cut down.
But it was precisely because of this that the interior became lively from the original coldness, and became a little more popular.
Along the way, many people seemed to know Xi Ruyue and greeted her cordially.
Xi Ruyue also kept responding, and her popularity seemed to be unusually good.
"this"
Chu Chaofei was a little confused, his eyes widened, and he pinched his thigh hard.
Which of the contestants who can enter the main competition this time is not from a large territory or a super large territory.
In front of these people, Mengyue Territory is not an existence that people can fawn over.
Especially since he and Xi Ruyue are both on the lifestyle route, they don't have much value in the main game.
But now, these people are obviously trying to please Xi Ruyue.
what happened?
After walking through a dense area, the front suddenly became clear.
Although the huge marching camp looks a little out of place with the oasis from a high place, it looks very harmonious when you get closer.
"Lord Su's camp is ahead, and I have rented beds for you in advance."
"Lord Su? Bed?"
Chu Chaofei was still a little dazed at first, but he immediately came to his senses after hearing the three words Lord Su.
"Could this be Su Shen?"
"Hey, so you don't know?" Xi Ruyue was a little surprised.
I originally thought that Chu Chaofei should have known about these things since he was in the chartered team led by a foreign race.
Now this reaction.
After thinking about it, Xi Ruyue immediately understood the reason.
Because of the relationship between aliens and humans, reselling materials to earn the price difference is not as smooth as imagined.
Many contestants are very good at bargaining, and even engage in secondary scalping and triple scalping, destroying the market.
Therefore, after discovering these problems, the foreigners also turned the price difference business into a chartered car business.
That is, calculate the supplies needed to reach the destination, then add them all up and give a certain discount.
Then provide guidance services and form chartered cars to gain market share.
During this process, if the contestants know that there is a human Su Shen's camp at the end, and there are materials inside that are sold at a lower price than them, the chartered car will easily be priced out.
This business turns out not to be easy.
Compared to Sumo, there is no need to worry about anything at all. All you need to do is wait for the order for the material business.
Xi Ruyue couldn't help but sigh in her heart, and was secretly surprised.
Before, she was still thinking about why Sumo was not willing to take over this whole package of business and provide car charter services and material sales by herself.
Now that I think about it, there is no need to go to such trouble.
We only need to open up the transaction chain so that participants in every link can be profitable.
These people will spontaneously expand the scale, eventually making the snowball grow bigger and bigger.
But conversely, if one person monopolizes all the benefits, it will inevitably lead to hostility and even competitors.
Just like now, a bottle of water is sold for as low as 30 points.
There is no way anyone would buy a water well with thousands of points. This is not a good deal no matter how you calculate it.
"It's a long story, brother Chu. I'll take you to dinner first, and we'll talk while we eat."
As we walked into the camp, we saw more and more people coming and going, at least fifty or sixty people.
Because it was lunch time, there were many people going to the cafeteria, and people were constantly coming in and out.
The two entered one after the other, and a cool feeling suddenly came over them.
"And air conditioning?!"
Chu Chaofei's eyes widened and he couldn't believe what he saw.
Although the interior structure of the cafeteria is very simple, it looks very similar to a university cafeteria.
There are three open cooking windows and more than twenty evenly distributed tables and chairs.
But the two vertical air conditioners located in the corner make it difficult to look away.
Isn’t this too damn luxurious?
They didn't dare to stop for a moment, even during the outbreak of natural disasters, they had to keep walking in the desert.
What happened to others?
But I stayed in the canteen in this oasis, eating and drinking under the cool air conditioner!
For a moment, Chu Chaofei only felt that the gap between the contestants was even greater than that between humans and dogs!
What made him even more confused next was that the person at the counter actually knew Xi Ruyue.
"Hey, Kisaragi, why are you here?"
The canteen is currently the most important income-generating project in the camp.
Before finding someone you can trust through screening, the three windows can only let Guan Mao take full responsibility first.
"This is my brother Chu. We belong to the same territory. He has just arrived. I will bring him over for a meal first."
After saying that, Xi Ruyue turned to look at Chu Chaofei and introduced: "This is Guan Mao, Brother Guan. We met in the first stage and have been together all the way until now."
"Hello, Brother Guan!"
Although the two of them appear to be about the same age, they are both around thirty years old.
But adhering to the rules of survival in the wasteland, Chu Chaofei nodded quickly and shouted respectfully.
"From the same territory?" Guan Mao was stunned, then nodded happily.
Compared with those contestants from outside, it is obvious that the people in a territory know the basics better.
Think about the benefits Qi Jie promised to get from developing new business.
If Chu Chaofei can be successfully developed into the team, he will no longer need to guard this canteen.
"Come on, come on, since we are all friends, Brother Guan will treat you to this meal."
He took out three oil cakes from the basket and a bowl of mung bean porridge from the bucket next to him.
Although the food is a bit simple, it is rich enough to be worthy of being in the Earth Fire Desert.
"Thank you, Brother Guan!"
Chu Chaofei was stunned when he saw Guan Mao handing the food to Xi Ruyue without triggering the help fee among the contestants.
But soon, his questions were answered.
The two came to an empty dining table, and Xi Ruyue opened her mouth to explain.
"I entered the desert at a good location. I met Lord Su at the merchant at the beginning."
Starting from the first stage, Xi Ruyue talked about it.
Although he concealed the fact that Somo could sell water the next day, Chu Chaofei was still stunned for a moment.
"Did you rest for two days during the natural disaster?"
"Yes." Xi Ruyue sighed with emotion.
It was only when she saw these survivors in the morning that she realized how happy the three of them were following Somo.
Other contestants dare not stop for a day, even during natural disasters.
However, they could rest comfortably for two days and reach the finish line ahead of these people.
"This camp is also the work of Lord Su. It is the result of purchasing a product from a merchant and unfolding it."
"As for the water and food, I am not restricted by the game's help because I signed a cooperation contract, and their source is" Xi Ruyue did not explain in detail.
In fact, she didn't know the specific function of that device, she only knew that it could produce food and fresh water.
As for further investigation, why is the device that only sells for 1,000 points from merchants in the second stage so powerful.
It cannot be explained, and there is no way to explain it.
"You know what you need to know. This is Lord Su's ability. If you delve into anything else, you will only be asking for trouble."
"I understand." Chu Chaofei nodded clearly, not entangled in this aspect.
"Then you want me to find a job at Qi Jie's place?"
"Yes, Brother Qi plans to develop this camp to provide various services to the contestants during the competition, which requires a lot of manpower."
"No problem, we'll go after dinner later!"
There is something to do, there are points to earn, and there is no shortage of food and water.
Chu Chaofei looked at Xi Ruyue gratefully, and suddenly sighed that he finally had good luck.
Although before joining, you have to sign a "sale contract" worth up to 5,000 points.
But according to the current development momentum, if this contract of betrayal is really to be released to everyone, I am afraid that the contestants will be eager to sign it!
This chapter has been completed!