Chapter 36 – Picking Up a Bargain

After reading the message, Meichuan Kuzi immediately shared the idea he had long been brewing: 【I want a weapon, preferably a gun!】

Xiao Wuwang understood, as it matched his expectations, and asked: 【How much saltpeter do you have?】

Meichuan Kuzi: 【320 units.】

Xiao Wuwang pondered briefly before replying: 【You can exchange it for a Level 0 Type 92 pistol. I’ll also include two fully loaded magazines, totaling 30 rounds. I also have a Level 1 Type 92 pistol on hand. If you want the Level 1 one, you’ll need to offer something extra.】

He currently had only two Type 92 pistols—one of Excellent grade and one of Fine grade.

Trading the Level 0 one directly would be a bit of a loss.

Meichuan Kuzi’s character was decent enough. If he could offer something useful, Xiao Wuwang wouldn’t mind spending a bit more Fatigue Points to enhance the gun before trading.

Soon, the other party replied: 【Big Shot Wuwang, I don’t have much of value on hand. Can I add 20 units of Rare Metal, 50 units of glass, and 50 units of plastic?】

Glass and plastic were precisely the materials needed for optimizing the Living Carriage later.

Wuwang Kuangzun: 【Deal, let’s trade!】

Meichuan Kuzi: 【Thank you, Big Shot!】

With the saltpeter in hand, all the materials for producing gunpowder were gathered. However, Xiao Wuwang’s Fatigue Points were low at the moment, so he was too lazy to start working right away. Instead, he continued browsing the Chat Channel.

A bit obsessive-compulsive, Xiao Wuwang noticed the crimson “999+” notifications in his private messages. He initially wanted to close it directly, but curiosity got the better of him, and he clicked to take a look.

Previously, it was usually “99+,” but reaching “999+” meant there were at least a thousand private messages piled up.

If each person sent him one private message, that would mean over a thousand people had contacted him, which was clearly impossible. So, he guessed someone must have sent him a large number of private messages continuously.

He wanted to see who was so persistent in sending him messages.

Upon opening it, he indeed found one person at the top of the private messages who had sent him “999+” messages!

Clicking in, he discovered the message count was actually over 2,000!

The messages this person sent were all repetitive, with only one line—

【Hello, Big Shot Wuwang! Congratulations on breaking another record. I have an unreasonable request—could you transfer the Diamond Treasure Chest to me? In return, I’m willing to offer 10 Train Upgrade Shards and a Mad Dragon-X Ice-Fire Launcher Attack Module for the trade. I hope you’ll grant my wish!】

Over 2,000 messages, averaging about 10 per minute—this person had persisted for three to four hours!

Xiao Wuwang couldn’t help but admire their perseverance.

Reading the content, Xiao Wuwang couldn’t help but scoff lightly.

The Attack Module was valuable, but to think of trading it for the first opening of a Diamond Treasure Chest—how could they even consider it?

Not to mention the Spirit-Purifying Sword, even the Refining Station Blueprint alone was worth several times more than their Mad Dragon-X Ice-Fire Launcher.

However, when Xiao Wuwang saw the sender’s ID was “Crazy Stone,” it all made sense.

Seeing how urgently they wanted to trade for the treasure chest, Xiao Wuwang finally remembered someone from his Previous Life who often bought Acceleration Cards in group chats, all to cover more mileage.

Thus, the top spot on the Mileage Leaderboard was often contested between him and the person with the Train Acceleration Talent.

He wasn’t running for mileage to chase the rewards on the mileage leaderboard, but rather to travel farther and collect more, higher-level treasure chests along the way.

The reason he was so obsessed with collecting treasure chests was because his Talent allowed him to synthesize low-level chests into higher-level ones!

This information was shared by a female friend of his after his death.

Now, he was willing to trade his most precious possession for this Diamond Treasure Chest, which likely had something to do with his Talent. Perhaps opening the chest for the first time came with a Bonus Reward.

Putting the pieces together, Xiao Wuwang had mostly figured out his situation.

And the outcome was bound to disappoint Crazy Stone.

At this point, the Diamond Treasure Chest had already been opened. Even if it hadn’t, a mere Attack Module wouldn’t catch Xiao Wuwang’s eye, and he would never agree to the trade.

Seeing Crazy Stone persistently sending him messages, a “reluctant” Xiao Wuwang finally replied: 【Sorry, the chest has already been opened.】

On the other side.

Crazy Stone had just numbly sent a private message to Xiao Wuwang when he suddenly received a reply. His spirits lifted instantly, but as soon as he read the message, his hopes were dashed.

Gradually, his eyes turned bloodshot, and the veins on his tightly clenched fists began to bulge.

“Bang!”

Finally, he couldn’t hold back and kicked a shabby coffee table in front of him.

The table couldn’t withstand the force and collapsed with a loud “clatter,” scattering the clutter on top all over the floor.

“Damn it! Bastard! Son of a bitch! I hope you die a miserable death!” Crazy Stone roared in fury.

He had put in so much effort for this Diamond Treasure Chest, sending over two thousand private messages, thinking he could sway Xiao Wuwang. Yet, in the end, his efforts were in vain.

He had a feeling that being the first to open a Diamond Treasure Chest would bring him an unprecedented, massive boost.

It was the key opportunity for him to surpass his competitors and stand out in the Survival World.

But now, this chance had slipped right through his fingers. How could he not be furious? How could he not resent Wuwang Kuangzun?

“Wuwang Kuangzun, just you wait! Today, you stole my opportunity. One day, I’ll make you pay a painful price!”

Xiao Wuwang had no idea that Crazy Stone now harbored deep hatred for him. After replying to the message, he put the matter aside and continued browsing the Chat Channel.

Nowadays, everyone had become more cautious. When they came across items that required appraisal to identify their value, they wouldn’t easily put them up for display.

After scanning through the channel, Xiao Wuwang found nothing of value.

He simply closed the Chat Channel and started browsing the Trading House.

Currently, there were still 7,940 surviving players in the region. Among them, over 6,000 had reached Level 1, and more than 500 had reached Level 2, showing that other players weren’t progressing too slowly either.

Of course, Xiao Wuwang was still in a league of his own. He was the only one at Level 3 so far.

And his Level 3 Privilege Three—the Artisan Workbench—required an insane amount of resources, making it impossible to upgrade in the short term. It seemed his streak of breaking Upgrade Records would likely end here.

However, he also had a feeling that even if he continued breaking records later on, he wouldn’t come across anything as game-changing as the “Artisan Workbench.”

So, until he activated the Artisan Workbench, there was no way he could reach Level 4.

Thinking about Privileges, Xiao Wuwang suddenly remembered something. He had vaguely felt earlier that there was something he hadn’t done yet.

It turned out he hadn’t activated his current Level Privileges!

He had not yet gathered enough resources to activate the third privilege, but he had sufficient resources on hand to activate the other first, second, and fourth privileges.

He pulled up the panel and activated these three privileges one by one.

Consuming 20 Infinite Coins, the train’s speed increased by 10 km/h, raising the current maximum speed to 40 km/h.

Consuming 10 Infinite Coins, the Platform’s Docking Time increased by 1 hour, bringing his Platform Docking Time to 6 hours.

Consuming 100 Infinite Coins and several Materials, he activated the Ecological Water Recycling System.

【Ecological Water Recycling System】

【Support Module】

【Can be installed in any carriage Expansion Slot】

【Installing this module enables water recycling within the carriage, reducing water consumption】

This module is most suitable for installation in the Planting Carriage and Breeding Carriage. In the future, when planting or breeding spaces expand, it will greatly conserve water resources.

He decided to install it after upgrading the Planting Carriage to Level 2!

Now that the train speed had been maximized and could not be upgraded in the short term, Xiao Wuwang decided to use Basic Acceleration Cards to cover more distance.

So he summoned Lao Tie: “Lao Tie, use both Basic Acceleration Cards. Let’s cover more mileage tonight!”

Lao Tie: 【Understood, Master.】

The train speed suddenly increased to 48 km/h, lasting for 12 hours.

After dealing with the Level Privileges, Xiao Wuwang shifted his attention back to the Trading House.

Now, over 6,500 people had Trading House privileges, and the items listed there were dazzlingly diverse.

Among them were many unknown items, but since no one was foolish these days, such unknown items were mostly priced at “sky-high” rates, far beyond what people at the current Level could afford.

For others, no one would easily gamble on the value of these unknown items, but Xiao Wuwang was different.

Without the physical items, he naturally couldn’t Trigger the Appraisal Technique innate to his Talent, but he had the experience from his Previous Life!

He could guess what many things were just by their appearance.

So he directly filtered out all the unknown items.

Upon looking, he indeed found something that caught his eye.