Chapter 15 – I Have No Morals, So Don't Try Moral Blackmail on Me

The Autumn Leaf Blade is versatile, excelling in both offense and defense!

The Light Steel Axe delivers powerful, heavy blows, and it even has the Tough Trait—as long as it doesn’t break, it can slowly recover its Durability. With this axe, it can be used for a long time.

It’s worth noting that the Level 0 axe he found at the last station is now nearly broken after chopping over 300 units of Wood.

Upgrading the train to Level 2 requires 500 units of Wood. Without an axe, the efficiency of collecting Wood would inevitably drop significantly!

This is a problem most people will face. If he can secure this axe, he believes few will be able to collect more Wood than him at the next station.

As for the Black Iron Dagger, its added Sharp Trait is also quite good.

All of these are valuable items, but naturally, the Light Steel Axe holds the greatest worth at this stage.

Right now, trading a Blueprint he currently has no use for in exchange for the Light Steel Axe would be a huge bargain.

But Stocking Singh still wanted to negotiate further.

Stocking Singh: [All three weapons bundled together can be exchanged for the bullet Blueprint.]

Wuwang Kuangzun: [The bullet Blueprint isn’t unique, but I guarantee no one at this stage can offer Level 1 or Level 2 weapons in exchange! Choose one of the three. If you accept, we’ll trade. If not, forget it. I’m only giving you one chance. Miss this, and even if you beg me, I won’t trade with you again!]

Wuwang Kuangzun: [I’ll give you two minutes to decide.]

After sending the message, Xiao Wuwang ignored him and returned to the Server Zone Chat Room.

Wuwang Kuangzun: [@Eastern Spider, is your water Clean Water? Did you get it from a river or lake you encountered by the roadside?]

Eastern Spider was busy replying to other inquiries from people seeking water when he saw the Big Shot “Wuwang Kuangzun” suddenly @ him and ask such a specific question. He paused for a moment before quickly replying: [@Wuwang Kuangzun, Big Shot Wuwang, yes! I passed by a river, stopped the train, and could just reach the water. The water I’m selling to everyone is taken from the river. I can guarantee the water here is clear and clean. I even saw plenty of fish swimming around. Right now, I’m thinking about whether I can catch some fish to sell!]

If what he said was true, encountering such a river along the way and being able to reach the water within the train’s Safe Radius was truly fortunate.

Wuwang Kuangzun: [@Eastern Spider, then help me collect 1000L of water. What’s the cost?]

Eastern Spider: [@Wuwang Kuangzun, I sell to others at a rate of 10L of water for one portion of food or two units of Wood. Since you’re ordering in bulk, Big Shot, how about 10 portions of food?]

Wuwang Kuangzun: [@Eastern Spider, Deal! I’ll trade two boxes of Oreo Sandwich Cookies, three bottles of milk, one piece of pork belly, and four pounds of rice. How’s that?]

Eastern Spider: [@Wuwang Kuangzun, Big Shot, you’re too generous! No problem! Do you have a container that large on your end? Do we need to split the trade?]

Wuwang Kuangzun: [Just trade it directly.]

Eastern Spider: [Alright!]

Not long after, Xiao Wuwang received the water traded from Eastern Spider and placed all of it into the water tank in the Living Carriage.

The water tank in the Level 1 Living Carriage can hold up to 1 ton, which is 1000L of water.

He appraised it and confirmed that the water had indeed reached the level of Clean Water, safe to drink after boiling.

With so much water, he could even take a proper bath tonight.

In the group, as one person after another completed trades with Eastern Spider, the others were filled with envy and jealousy.

Especially when they saw Xiao Wuwang obtain ten portions of food at once, this feeling reached its peak.

Great Harry Potter: [@Eastern Spider, since it’s just a river by the roadside and the water is endless, why not do everyone a favor and give out some water for free?]

Cat-Eating Fish: [@Eastern Spider, exactly! Shouldn’t river water be considered a public resource? How can you have the nerve to ask for benefits just for fetching some water?]

Lonely Wolf: [@Eastern Spider, you can’t be so selfish. Everyone is struggling hard in the Survival World, and you’re thinking about making money just by fetching some water. That’s not right.]

Crazy Stone: [@Eastern Spider, yeah, yeah, hurry up and provide water for free, or you won’t have an easy time in this Server Zone later.]

Brightest Star in the Night Sky: [@Eastern Spider, think about everyone’s situation right now. Giving out some water for free won’t cost you anything, and you might even earn everyone’s gratitude and friendship.]

Eastern Spider watched the messages popping up one after another in the Chat Channel, his brow furrowed tightly, feeling stifled inside.

Thanks to these people stirring things up, no one in the group was talking about trading with him anymore!

He was just lucky to have stopped the train in time and happened to be able to fetch water from the river. He had originally intended to exchange his labor for some resources to help himself survive better in the Survival World, but he never expected to attract so much moral pressure from others.

Eastern Spider took a deep breath and replied in the Chat Channel: [Everyone, I understand how desperate you are for water right now, but I’m also trying to survive. To fetch this water, I took the risk of parking the train by the river and spent time and effort drawing it. I put in the labor, and all you have to do is pay a small price to get more water. What’s wrong with that?]

Great Harry Potter: [@Eastern Spider, your prices are too high. Ten liters of water for one portion of food or two pieces of Wood? That’s way too much profit. You’re just a greedy merchant.]

Cat-Eating Fish: [@Eastern Spider, exactly. Everyone is struggling, and you’re taking advantage of the situation. You have no conscience.]

Brightest Star in the Night Sky: [@Eastern Spider, you’ve already gained dozens of portions of food and hundreds of Materials, enough to last you over ten days. For the rest, why not just do a good deed and fetch some water for everyone for free?]

Eastern Spider: [Damn it! I have no morals today, so don’t try to guilt-trip me! If you want water, prepare the resources honestly. If you don’t have resources, stop talking nonsense here! I think the price I’m offering is already fair, and you still want to freeload? No way!]

Lonely Wolf: [@Eastern Spider, you’ve got guts! Don’t let me run into you, or I’ll definitely make you regret it!]

May the Lord’s Light Fill the World: [Everyone, calm down. Don’t get emotional or resort to personal attacks. We’re all in a survival situation right now, and times are tough. We should uphold the principles of unity, friendship, and mutual support to get through this together. @Eastern Spider, the water in the river is a public resource, and it’s practically endless. You’ve already gathered quite a bit of resources, and many people are struggling. Why not show some kindness and let others take some water for free? Later, when others come across other resources, they can share them too. Wouldn’t that be great?]

Steel Straight Man: [A bunch of idiots! Eastern Spider managed to get water because of his luck. Why should he give it away for free?]

Xiao Wuwang watched the escalating argument in the Chat Channel, just smiling without joining in.

Because at that moment, Stocking Singh had already replied to him.

Stocking Singh: [I’ll choose the Light Steel Axe!]

Wuwang Kuangzun: [A wise choice. If it weren’t for the relatively high future value of your Blueprint, I wouldn’t have been willing to trade the Light Steel Axe for it.]

Soon, the two completed the trade.

Xiao Wuwang retrieved the bullet Blueprint from the trade space, upgraded it to Level 1, and then placed it into the Crafting Station.

Now, he could produce both guns and bullets!