Chapter 18: Information Gained from the Profession

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Han Jiang Lone Shadow sent a message: “I previously crafted a vehicle wooden interior card scroll. Do you need it?”

This was the highest-priced item, and Yu Jiang agreed decisively. “The interior card can increase wealth value and can also be sold. Don’t you want to keep it for yourself?”

“It doesn’t matter if it looks good or not. My vehicle’s level isn’t high enough to use wooden interiors anyway. Let’s trade. If you have any healing potions in the future, could you give me one? I can offer level-three vehicle cards in exchange; I have both electric and fuel vehicle cards.”

He only asked because he noticed even the ‘King Called Me to Patrol the Mountains’ guild was collecting scrolls; he didn’t have much energy to haggle over prices.

“I can give it to you now, but I want an electric vehicle card,” Yu Jiang initiated the trade.

She was short on vehicle cards needed for upgrades, but had all other materials.

For three healing potions, Yu Jiang requested a one-to-one exchange, but the other party gave her four level-three electric vehicle cards outright.

“Looks like you’re straightforward, so here’s one more card for you. I’m not using electric vehicles anyway; it’s just taking up space.”

This guy was clearly a big player in the survival game!

Yu Jiang added him as a friend. She now had seven cards, still three short.

She decided to upgrade her vehicle to level three, then modify the interior layout.

The higher the vehicle’s level, the slower the upgrades would be.

She would endure the transitional period without stressing too much.

Yu Jiang sorted and inventoried her supplies carefully while messages streamed rapidly on the public chat.

Player 857: “Can the top ten players from the server share their strategies? What rewards did they get? A struggling noob wants to see too.”

Lone Wolf 2009: “Do the top ten have professions or skills? How do you get them?”

188 Male Big: “188 Male Big here, asking for strategies! Actually, I’ll settle for a big shot to lean on.”

Knife-Wielding Electric Wire Cutter: “You need certain achievements. I think it’s random. You might not believe me, but I picked up two axes on the road, sharpened a stone, and got the ‘Axe Guild’ achievement.”

Han Jiang Lone Shadow: “Here’s how I did it—I know a bit about cars, so I dismantled a few scrapped vehicles by the roadside.”

188 Male Big: “??? So it’s all luck and previous real-world skills? I’m a humanities major… that’s hopeless!”

Innocent Cockroach Fire: “I’m an art student. I entered the game holding a suona horn. Now, playing a tune for the rain and monsters feels deeply melancholy.”

Wind 220: “Medicines are crucial in survival games. We shouldn’t be selfish. The crafting methods should be shared. So many die waiting for meds, especially now with the rain getting heavier and the weather worsening.”

After experiencing dungeons, skills and professions were no longer a secret.

Yu Jiang posted: “Pick up horse mushroom. Collect a few to get an achievement. But the same method doesn’t guarantee the same achievement.”

She wasn’t worried about others finding out.

There was also a condition to getting the achievement: being the first to complete the hidden task of gathering herbs, possibly also having a low stat value.

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Knife-Wielding Electric Wire Cutter: “I told another player to pick up discarded blades, but sharpening them didn’t grant an achievement. It probably depends on location and timing. Profession-related crafting scrolls can also be found in resource boxes.”

Sicily: “No wonder I gathered some mushrooms today but didn’t get the achievement. So sad, boohoo.”

This player quickly sent another message:

“Lots of big shots in the public chat tonight. It’s so exciting to chat with the older brothers and sisters! Can I get a friend invite?”

Small Town Story: “What friend invite? You still owe me crystal coins from that scam! Pay up!”

The two argued again in the public chat, though several who previously complained about being cheated remained silent this time.

Looking above, some player names were already blacklisted.

Yu Jiang ignored the public chat and focused on organizing her own items.

She wasn’t short on food or water.

Twenty compressed biscuits and six cans of pea stew were listed on the trading platform; she kept ten biscuits for herself.

She exchanged everything for materials like cotton and cloth.

For medicinal materials, she had a fixed supplier.

As team leader, she could open a group chat and exchange channel, inviting her friends on the list.

She collected materials from them, crafted items, and returned healing potions.

Psychedelic drug materials were harder to find, so she hadn’t disclosed the recipe to everyone yet.

Only the monster resource supplier ‘X’ knew.

When upgrading poison master skills or unlocking new ones, Yu Jiang sensed she would need to kill higher-level poisonous monsters to gather resources.

This person consistently got first kills and had high attack stats.

After crafting a batch of medicines and distributing them to several friends, Yu Jiang still had:

Two psychedelic drugs and sixteen healing potions on hand.

Tomorrow, she planned to gather blue mushrooms. She took out a sticky note and pen from her loot, wrote a reminder, and stuck it on the vehicle.

Most vehicle upgrade materials were enough to finish upgrading to level three with half leftover, which she also put on the trading platform.

Scavengers could recycle these materials, so gathering was fast.

The night wind picked up, and Yu Jiang worried the tarp might be blown away, so she packed it up.

Then she went to the small bathroom placed in the truck bed to freshen up.

The truck bed was cramped; the bathroom even smaller—turning around risked bumping into something.

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The shower’s hot water required connection to the vehicle’s battery.

She didn’t have time for a long wash—just a quick rinse to wash off the rainy day stickiness and the putrid smell from the dungeon.

For such a clean camper, Yu Jiang changed into a fresh set of clothes to use as pajamas.

She took out the clean four-piece bedding she had stockpiled, laid the sheets, and arranged pillows and a blanket.

The moment she lay down, Yu Jiang sighed in relief.

The self-cleaning rabbit figurine was a perfect purchase.

Though the bathroom had a small exhaust fan, the humidity in this weather was heavy and hard to clear.

Manual cleaning was water- and labor-intensive, and after a long day, she had no energy for chores.

Pressing the carrot leaf on the rabbit figurine solved all the problems instantly.

She now had 950 crystal coins and 10 free attribute points.

Yu Jiang opened her character panel and recalled the poison master’s skill requirements—high attack power.

After some thought, she allocated 5 points to attack and 5 to agility.

Putting 5 points into defense wouldn’t make much difference—losing just a few HP per hit wouldn’t help much against high attack enemies.

Higher agility meant faster actions, which was also a way to survive.

Dragging the public chat to the side of the vehicle window, she awkwardly sat cross-legged on the bed and unfolded her portable crafting table.

She sent messages to her friend list: warm clothing sets required 5 cloth and 10 cotton.

For each material, plus two more or exchange with gathering plants, she could craft up to two sets and deliver them within three days.

Crafting increased fatigue, especially for non-professional lifestyle crafts, which raised fatigue quickly.

When fatigue rose, combat stats were affected.

This was why players sold scrolls.

Soon after sending the message, Yu Jiang received notifications:

“‘Innocent Cockroach Fire’ gifted 10 cotton, 6 cloth, and a level-two water condenser component A1.”

“‘Han Jiang Lone Shadow’ gifted 12 cotton, 7 cloth, and 2 batteries. Postscript: I wanted to exchange for some cold-weather gear. I’ll send you vehicle cards once I craft them.”

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