It was not necessary to discuss the importance of clearly dividing the responsibilities of each person and the positioning of individuals in the village.
After a week or two of thinking about it in his spare time, Su Mo had completed the framework entirely on the last day before the disaster.
It was not a difficult task, but neither was it easy.
Fortunately, during this wave, there were give and takes.
The structure in the basin was finally in order.
Everyone finally had a suitable position to continue moving forward with the territory.
“All that’s left to do is make an announcement!
“I’ll take the opportunity to announce it during the disaster relief meeting in the evening!”
He made the final conclusions in his mind and turned his attention elsewhere.
During the live broadcast on the sea, because he was able to attract almost all the human population to tune in, his reward was raised to a platinum airdrop.
With the current population base, if the algorithm rules of the game remained unchanged in the future, then the platinum airdrop was the highest reward.
Even if someone were to replicate the miracle of having most of the humans watching their live broadcast, it was impossible to receive a higher reward than the platinum.
‘The first airdrop rewarded me with a pointer, which helped me find the location of my sister, and also gave the excavator King Kong, which helped me relieve a lot of construction problems in the earlier stages.
‘The second airdrop gave me Hope One’s heart and the matter conversion engine so that I could lead all the human beings at sea to escape danger and establish a new era.
‘Both airdrops have provided significant help to me!’
Su Mo carefully thought about the rewards of the previous airdrops.
He subconsciously felt a burst of joy.
The two airdrops connected the missing pieces, greatly solved his immediate needs, and laid the first step down a new path for him.
From another perspective…
Without the help of these items obtained in the beginning, perhaps humans would have already been caught by the schemes of the Five Great Ancestral Gods and died or got severely injured.
The dreamy scene of a peaceful development would never have happened.
‘I can’t be greedy either. The previous rewards must have been intentionally given by the game.
‘I can’t help it if the game doesn’t plan to give me a platinum airdrop this time. Whatever happens… happens!’
The villagers who have been working hard finally had the chance to rest and take a breather at eleven in the morning.
A “grand” trade fair was also organized in the open space in front of the village for people to take the opportunity to get the supplies they needed before the disaster.
It was like a market.
Some people sat on the ground and spread out their items like a small stall, while others walked around constantly inquiring and waiting for the right opportunity.
Unlike Freedom City, which had already established a large-scale trading system, the basin still utilized the most primitive barter system.
Most items were unpriced and were based on the seller’s quotation, whereas the buyer would haggle the price.
You exchanged the items if both were happy and if not, no one got emotional about it either.
Su Mo had heard about the transactions in the village for a long time but never had time to personally check them out.
He finally had the chance to see it for himself.
Su Mo did not stay idle and quickly walked toward the militiamen who were standing on guard at the entrance of the market to maintain order.
“Morning, shelter leader!”
The militiamen with sharp eyes noticed Su Mo approaching and quickly saluted with their rights hands on their chest.
After all, among the entire collective, regardless of authority, the richest person was definitely still the territory lord, Su Mo.
“Thanks for the hard work!”
Su Mo patted the shoulder of the squad captain and pulled the flattered party into a corner to “interrogate” him carefully.
“How long is the trading market usually open?
“Shelter leader, it’s like this. Usually, in the evening after work, we will have a small-scale transaction from time to time, which is the kind where those who are acquainted participate.
“We’ve only had a trading fair twice so far. The last time was the day before the heavy snowfall, and that lasted for two and a half hours. This time will probably be the same. After all, everyone has limited resources, so it was meaningless to drag it out,” he stood up straight and answered.
“During the transactions, has anyone messed around or caused trouble maliciously?” asked Su Mo.
The captain shook his head. “Of course not! Everyone is acquainted with one another. Anyone who tries it once will ruin his reputation, and no one would dare to trade with him again.”
“How does everyone price their items?”
“It’s generally like hard currency. We will internally discuss a rough range, and as long as it’s within the range, whether slightly on the higher or lower side of the range is reasonable. However, the price cannot be too low or high. Otherwise, it’s malicious destruction of the market price. As for rare or entertainment products, it’s up to the buyer and seller to negotiate by themselves.”
“Oh? What’s the most-demanded product right now?
“Shelter leader, are you testing me right now? Haha! Of course, our village’s top three sought-after goods are food tickets, hot water tickets, and material tickets! Whichever shows up during an exchange is literally grabbed in seconds. I couldn’t even grab one! Apart from these, the best-selling foods are either high-calorie foods or rare medicine. Oh, also, clothes, shoes and some special tools are also really popular.”
After he replied, the squad captain did not forget to mumble a question. “Shelter leader, when will we have caravans pass through our territory? Everyone has saved some good things to be exchanged!”
“Soon, soon! It’ll be time when the winter is over!” Su Mo smiled and vaguely answered the squad captain.
The smile on his face gradually dissipated after he sent the squad captain off.
It was no surprise that the three tickets that were officially distributed became the most sought-after item.
However, this situation is not what Su Mo wanted to see.
After all, once these three tickets are allowed to control all the materials in the territory, it would mean that wealth would be decentralized, and the main body of the village would lose its economy.
It could still be maintained if there was no sudden compiled ticket exchange.
However, if one were to use the tickets at once, even with Su Mo to stabilize the situation, it would cause a major blow to the village’s credibility.
‘For the time being, I won’t be able to regulate and control it, and we can only let it continue for a bit.
‘Fortunately, in terms of food, when the winter passes, there will be the special plants to provide more food resources immediately.
‘On the other hand, hot water doesn’t cost any money and is equivalent to free labor!
‘Materials… I have to let them know to reduce the distribution for now!’
The premise of allowing caravans into the basin to make material transactions was still that one word, “safety”.
Su Mo could not think of a good solution for now.
After remarking these bad things in his heart, Su Mo calmed his expression and strode into the fair.
As soon as he entered the front of the fair, he saw an old acquaintance with sharp eyes.
It was the executive who participated in the interview before, Sun Di!
“Hey, shelter leader! You’re here shopping too? Come, take a look! I’ll give you anything you like for free!”
Su Mo wondered if Sun Di was lucky or really had a wise mind.
He was able to spot a few rare items in the booth at a glance.
There were three bottles of Pepsi with blue packaging, filled with jet black liquid.
Lined up, there were also four different flavors of instant noodles.
There was also a yellow Pikachu pillow with soft fur half the height of an average human.
He also had high-end mechanical binoculars that seemed to be of good quality.
“Woah! You sure are lucky! These are such rare items!”
Squatting down, Su Mo imitated the way the other villagers picked through items and blended in with them while enjoying it.
As he was at the fair, he heard the loud voices and saw familiar objects from a civilized era, and it made him feel as if he was on Earth again.
“Haha! Shelter leader, don’t poke fun at me! These things are nothing rare compared to the things the others have!
“You can take anything if you need them!”
In addition to the four previous items, there were also some other sundries, and it was like a grocery store!
After going through the selection, Su Mo finally chose a few items.
He took the Pikachu doll, a nail clipper, a shower sponge, and two empty ceramic flower pots that were burned by the apprentice craftsmen in the village.
“Ten kilograms of food isn’t too little for these things, right?”
Sun Di hurriedly shook his head. “It’s a lot more than it’s worth! I’d sell these to others for only five kilograms! How could I dare ask for so much? Shelter leader, if you want to pay, you can just give me three kilograms!”
He scratched his head and happily quoted a price knowing that Su Mo would not be one to be a cheapskate.
The price he was asking was indeed lower than the market price.
Although it was a lower price, he was satisfied to still make a sale. The highly-demanded goods had high prices but low supply. Meanwhile, these things had a higher supply and significantly lower prices.
He was happy he could sell them off early and exchange them for a food ticket to make a turnover!
“Okay, help me deliver them to the shelter’s main door later.”
Su Mo had never personally asked for food tickets before, but there were quite a few in the shelter for the territory lord to use.
He instructed Sun Di to settle the accounts with Su Chan, then got up and headed over to the next stall.
Since everyone was from modern civilization, when they saw their supreme territory lord, they were not fearfully respectful as if seeing their emperor in ancient times. Instead, they felt very close to Su Mo.
In addition, everyone knew that Su Mo was actually very kind, and he was not the kind of capitalist that would exploit others because of the power in his hands.
Therefore, those who were selling items in their booth or passed by him were extremely enthusiastic when they greeted him.
“Okay, okay, that’s enough. I said I won’t take these things for nothing. You guys better not stuff me with extra freebies. I won’t have any use for them.
“I’ll take these. Wrap them up for me and send them to the shelter. You can ask Su Chan to settle the payments!”
After visiting four to five booths, more and more people gathered around him, and he had no choice but to get up and disperse the crowd with a smile.
He was at the fair for a while, yet he felt the respect and love that the people had for him.
Compared to the demon souls in the Freedom City who complained about their lord, the villagers in the basin were very simple to the point where they were a little silly.
In their eyes, they were contributing to all mankind and the future of humans if they were able to help Su Mo and make his life more comfortable.
Faced with such exaggerated enthusiasm, Su Mo had to “run away” hurriedly to the shelter.
From far away, he saw Su Chan, who stood at the door repeatedly stock counting the supplies the villagers had sent over.
Su Mo waited till the transaction process was complete, and the villagers left before he showed up at the shelter’s main door.
“Brother! How can you spend so much money so impulsively?!”
Su Chan complained as she pointed at the pile of small objects on the ground but was secretly delighted.
As someone who liked to hoard stuff, no matter the usefulness of these times, it was a gain as long as they had new things!
Especially because the items included plushies, hygiene products, and several cosmetics…
“Are you satisfied?” Su Mo asked with a smile.
Su Chan nodded immediately. “Yup! Very satisfied!”
“Good!”
Su Mo glanced at the time and moved a chair to the laboratory to carefully read through the remaining unfinished books.
When it was twelve noon, the notification of the game sounded right on time.
[Record: The remaining time till the arrival of the next airdrop is 02:00:00]
‘That’s almost the same as before but half an hour later. It won’t arrive until two o’clock!
‘Well, that’s fine!’
Su Mo casually checked the remaining time and instructed Su Chan to let Chen Shen know about it. Then, he returned his focus back to studying.
After his long study in the aspect of biology, the teaching materials’ content gradually became more interesting once he passed the fundamental knowledge stage.
The path humans had taken on Earth was much more suitable for peaceful times to slowly expand the research.
Every step taken would have to go through the process of questioning this and that before being able to move forward.
Additionally, there were limitations caused by morality and ethics, which led to limited breakthroughs in many areas after so many years.
Su Mo would have to lower the restrictions and use many attempts to make up for the lack of experience if he wanted to make progress in research.
‘The idea they put forward to use powerful foreigners’ organs to be transplanted into humans to achieve similar special power…
‘It’s not really wrong but it isn’t right either.It can only be considered an attempt…’
The first wave of foreign races that came before had many mysterious abilities that human technology could not explain.
Fireballs, ice arrows, lightning strikes, and all kinds of different superpowers which humans coveted.
Therefore, human desire created the rotten idea of transplanting organs.
In the present, the right way was to acquire the marks from the Demon clan and the strange power of the ents, using their power as foreign races to serve as external assistance to the internal body.
‘To restore the vitality of my cells, I could either develop a drug that can replenish cell vitality when taken orally, or I can make a device that can return the body to a hibernating state and unlock the restrictions only when I need to.
‘The former would be much more difficult, and achieving it meant that I found the secret formula for prolonging life. Everyone would be able to take it and double their life expectancy. The latter is less difficult, but it’s a temporary solution and will not eliminate the root cause!’
Su Mo had a few ideas, so the way forward was much clearer.
Suddenly, the villager’s excited shouts rang out because of the airdrop landing outside.
Su Mo smiled as he put down his book. Then, he got up and walked out of the shelter.
Outside the main door, the airdrop had yet to completely land.
However, compared to the previous ones, the movement caused by the airdrop this time was undoubtedly much more significant.
Under the sunlight, the box was no longer a wooden and hard plastic shell. Instead, it was like white jade that shined with a faint platinum glow.
The size of the box has also changed slightly and was slightly more compact.
The box had a striped No.1 printed on it. The game’s visual impact was considerably good.
The airdrop box lingered in the air for about five minutes, and at five past two in the afternoon, it finally landed exactly at the village’s main entrance.
Immediately, under the command of Li Hu, twenty combat militiamen stepped forward and surrounded it.
Then Chen Shen strode forward, picked up the box, and hurried away to the shelter with all eyes on him.
Throughout the whole process, everyone had undisguised envy and curiosity in their eyes.
However, their logical reasoning made them stand honestly in place as they stared at the never-seen-before airdrop box being taken away by the militiamen with guns.
“Shelter leader! This is the airdrop. I’ll leave it here for you!”
“Okay!”
Chen Shen came to the main door, left the airdrop on a table, then turned to leave, leaving only Su Mo sitting on the first floor of the shelter.
This was the first time he saw a platinum airdrop treasure chest.
It was different from the last time when he had to burn incense and take a shower before finally daring to open it.
This time, although Su Mo felt a little emotional, he sat down and started opening according to the steps last time without hesitation.
In terms of texture, the white treasure chest did indeed feel good and was very cool to the touch, like pure white jade.
The box was not big, and the opening process was not very troublesome.
He gently flicked the lock, and the box casing cracked open, revealing the three pouches inside.
The first pouch was flesh-colored with a greasy glow to it.
The second pouch was an oak color, which looked like an antique.
The third pouch was the most special, with a pattern of a gate vaguely printed on it. At first glance, it looked a bit similar to the Heavenly Court gate used to coax ents before.
“This sure is a novelty. It’s different from before!”
The box was not really big, so naturally, there were not many things in it. Su Mo shook his head, picked up the first bag with a relaxed expression, and yanked the drawstring.
The next moment, a pleasant beep suddenly sounded.
[Record: Congratulations, player Su Mo for opening the Airdrop Food Resource Bag (Platinum). Your reward is being drawn randomly. Please wait…]
[Record: The reward has been successfully drawn, and the keywords you drew this time are: Meat, fresh vegetables, human necessities, fresh.]
[Record: Congratulation, player Su Mo. Your rewards this time are: Mutton x5 tons, Beef x5 tons, Chicken x5 tons, Fish Meat x5 tons, and all kinds of fresh vegetables x10 tons. Would you like to receive your reward now?]
