Chapter 29
◎ I say, this is really awkward ◎
About making watermelon shaved ice—
1. Prepare a watermelon.
Yu Chi looked at the watermelon in her left hand, which was bigger than a tire, and nodded. She had this.
2. Prepare an appropriate amount of ice cubes.
Yu Chi looked at the ice cubes in the large vat in her right hand and nodded again. She had this too.
3. Prepare honey or syrup.
Yu Chi rubbed her chin in thought. Two seconds later, her body disappeared from the cabin. When she returned, she was holding a bunch of beets that covered her head.
Making sugar from beets was worth learning.
After this wave, she would not only sell ice cubes in her shop but also shaved ice and beet sugar!
First, she washed the beets, removed the leaves and roots, then used her Silver Moon Scimitar to slice the beets and threw them into the pot, adding enough water to cover them.
Next, she boiled the water until the beets were soft.
The operation was not difficult. Yu Chi spent some time extracting the sugar juice from the softened beets, then put it back into the pot and boiled it over low heat to concentrate the sugar juice. Finally, she cooled it on ice.
All that was left was to wait for it to solidify, and then crush it into sugar granules with a spoon.
Yu Chi thought she had cooked a lot, but when she was done… it seemed that the sugar was not even enough for herself.
The detailed work was too troublesome. Even if she spent the whole day on it, she might not be able to make much. Yu Chi shook her head and gave up the idea of selling sugar.
The watermelon shaved ice was already made. It was crystal clear, with a bright pink surface.
Yu Chi picked up a spoon, scooped up a mouthful of shaved ice, and stuffed it into her mouth with an “om nom.”
It was refreshing and invigorating. The sweetness of the watermelon and the refreshing stimulation of the ice tingled her scalp, causing her sense of pleasure to soar.
Although she had an automatic air conditioner and the temperature in the cabin was relatively suitable, the whole world was like a large furnace. Even if it was cool indoors, she could still feel the stuffiness and heat from the outside.
Now, after a mouthful of watermelon shaved ice, the layer of irritability in her heart had actually been swept away quite a bit.
Yu Chi lay on the newly made deck chair, her head swaying. From time to time, she would put a mouthful of shaved ice into her mouth and look at the blue sky outside the window, suddenly feeling an inexplicable sense of happiness.
It was only when she had seriously finished this bowl of shaved ice that she refocused her attention on her great cause of making money.
The sugar and shaved ice were just a whim. The main thing was to sell ice cubes.
The price of ice cubes could not be too high. After all, it was a consumable item. During this month of the extreme heat natural disaster, someone would be buying it constantly every day.
If the price was too high, ordinary players couldn’t afford it.
The price of a bottle of water in the player trade section was one Purification Crystal, and it was only five hundred milliliters. Yu Chi thought for a moment and decided to set the price of one jin of ice cubes at 10 Purification Crystals.
A price where everyone felt that buying one piece was nothing, but buying a few more was a luxury, was just right.
The large vats Yu Chi had bought in the trade section were about three square meters each. When filled with water, they could produce about 5000 jin of ice cubes.
She listed all the ice cubes from the 20 large vats for sale in her player shop, then refilled the empty vats with water and put them in the [Two-Sided Mirror] space.
“The space is still too small,” Yu Chi muttered. Although the spirit plant area was 300 square meters, most of it had already been planted with spirit plants, and there was not much free space left.
It was barely enough to squeeze in twenty large vats.
She did a simple calculation. If she sold all the ice cubes from the 20 vats, she could directly get 1 million…
Yu Chi gasped. This one million crystals was too easy to get.
After [Ice Cubes] were placed in the player shop, they instantly attracted everyone’s attention. Not only ordinary players, but even those who considered themselves high-end players began to join the rush to buy.
They didn’t necessarily need the Big Mint and the Dazed Little Fan. After all, they had their own ways to cool down. But ice cubes… so how the hell did this [DazedFish] make ice on a boat?!
Some even speculated that DazedFish’s skill was of the ice attribute. Even if it wasn’t, it must be related to it!
【That’s not right, is it? My skill is of the ice attribute, but how come I can’t produce so much ice?】
【What’s your strength? What’s our cult leader’s strength?】
【…】
In a short while, some players came to Yu Chi for a private order—after all, being a high-end player didn’t mean their hand speed was fast.
【GrumpyBro】: Please, this is my lifelong request.
【SurfingTheSea】: Sis~ Boss Dazed, do you have any more ice cubes? I want to buy a billion more.
【ZhangSanAskedMeOut】: Boohoohoo, Boss Dazed… please have pity on me, Boss Dazed. This little girl is about to be burned to a crisp.
These were a few players she was more familiar with. Those who were not familiar also began to come to her to buy.
【MortalRealmLittleFairyGrass】: …I can trade for them with items.
Yu Chi stared at this sentence, feeling refreshed, and the smile on her face couldn’t be suppressed.
Ahem, making money is important, making money is important.
Selling a large vat of ice cubes required 50,000 crystals. If it was a special order, it would be 10,000 crystals more expensive. She sent the requirements directly. Those who could accept the requirements could buy from her directly.
It was equivalent to two more crystals per jin of ice cubes. Yu Chi didn’t think she was being black-hearted at all.
Trading with items was a bit troublesome. It was not easy to determine the value. It was better to exchange for crystals and buy items directly from the system mall.
After the extreme heat natural disaster began, the system mall had added a lot of related items. They were dazzling and fully functional—the only drawback was that the price was relatively expensive.
The price of common items was in the tens to hundreds of crystals. Even if there were some that cost thousands of gold coins, they were very few. But the common items related to the extreme heat natural disaster were basically all over a thousand gold coins.
This was deliberately trying to earn the players’ money.
A total of 38 people had sent her messages. Yu Chi did two rounds and happily earned all their money.
Just from this, she had 2.28 million crystals. Plus the 1 million gold coins from the player shop, she had already earned more than 3 million gold coins today just by selling ice cubes!
However, the number of gold coins she would earn in the next few days should decrease. After all, the big spenders… ahem, the top players couldn’t use up the ice cubes that quickly.
And the water purifiers, the Dazed Little Fans, and the mint were also continuously generating profits for her. Yu Chi opened her account. The Purification Crystals had already reached 5 million.
Excluding half of the players on the list, it was equivalent to the average ordinary player providing her with more than sixty gold coins.
Yu Chi was satisfied with the money she had earned. She made another round of ice cubes and put them up for sale in her shop, then opened the system mall with great enthusiasm.
Forget about the Legendary grade items. It wouldn’t be too late to take a look when her assets reached tens of millions or even hundreds of millions in the future. Yu Chi’s dreams were getting bigger and bigger.
【Item: Constant Temperature Sunscreen Clothing
Grade: Rare
Description: Superb insulation. After putting it on, it will automatically form a constant temperature zone. A must-have for the extreme heat natural disaster!】
Price: 1 million crystals
Yu Chi: “…”
Very tempted, but this clothing is actually more expensive than her Silver Moon Scimitar!
Although desperate times call for desperate measures, Yu Chi felt that compared to the system, she was a super great philanthropist.
But she had to buy this piece of clothing. Let alone 1 million crystals, she would probably take it even if it was 2 million.
In this weather, other people might huddle in their cabins, but Yu Chi was different. She still needed to use the All-Purpose Fishing Rod to fish.
She would never give up the ability that came with her talent item.
Yu Chi clicked “Buy” and continued to scroll down.
【Item: Backpack Expansion Card
Grade: Excellent
Description: Can expand backpack space by 10 slots.】
A common-grade backpack expansion card could only expand one slot and cost 1000 crystals, which was the one she had initially gotten from [ZhangSanAskedMeOut].
And this one could expand 10 slots, so the price was 10,000.
Yu Chi looked around, found three backpack expansion cards, and took them all.
Her backpack instantly went from 12 to 42 slots.
After getting the [Two-Sided Mirror] space, she didn’t use her backpack often, but the backpack also had its advantages.
For example, freezing time was a very useful function, while the [Two-Sided Mirror] could at most delay it.
Secondly, if she wanted to take things out of the [Two-Sided Mirror], she had to go in first. Otherwise, the space was too large, and it would consume a lot of Spirit to transfer things out.
Finally, I don’t have to be so stingy anymore, Yu Chi nodded in satisfaction. She could also make a few more servings of shaved ice and store them in her backpack to eat whenever she wanted in the future.
Shopping was a very happy thing, especially when you had money and bought very useful items.
Air conditioners, sunscreen sprays, fans…
Most of them were things that could be used in the extreme heat. When Yu Chi saw the fans, she touched her nose guiltily—they were much better looking than the ones she had made herself, but the price was very expensive. Probably not many people could afford them.
Continuing to scroll back, she finally saw an item she was interested in again.
【Item: Magic Sunglasses
Grade: Rare
Description: Can block all light attacks.】
This “all” was very spiritual. The price was around 300,000 crystals, which was not expensive for Yu Chi.
Yu Chi also replaced all the wooden bowls she had been using for a few days with ceramic bowls and bought an excellent-grade trash can.
【Item: Trash Can
Grade: Common
Description: Can automatically digest trash every 12h.】
In the context of the natural disaster, there were also many more items in the system mall. At least, she had never seen a trash can before.
After Yu Chi bought it, her first reaction was to throw in all the useless things from before.
For example, [Mr. Wang’s Smelly Shoes], [A Watermelon Rind Thrown by a Human], and various other scraps she had later fished up with the All-Purpose Fishing Rod.
After confirming that there were no more items she needed in the mall, Yu Chi closed the system mall with some reluctance and began to study the items she had bought.
The [Sunscreen Clothing] could automatically change color and size. Yu Chi turned it into a sky-blue robe style that covered her entire body from head to toe.
She put on a hat and a mask, revealing only a pair of dark eyes.
Next, she put on her magic sunglasses.
Perfect!
Yu Chi took a deep breath, slowly opened the cabin door. The heat wave instantly rushed towards her, making her immediately want to close the door.
Even through the sunscreen clothing, she still felt uncomfortable everywhere.
There was not a single sound around, and even the water surface was extremely calm. Yu Chi cast her fishing rod in the familiar spot and began to wait in agony.
The constant temperature system barely maintained her body temperature at 30℃, but the outside air was too oppressive and stuffy. Sweat slid down her neck into her collar, and her hair stuck to her scalp, which felt terrible.
Yu Chi stared at the fishing rod without a word. In fact, her brain was muddled by the heat.
DazedFish 【×】
Dried Salted Fish 【√】
It was time to compete in willpower. Yu Chi stared stubbornly at the sea surface, her gaze firm.
The competition failed. Yu Chi hid back in the cabin.
Who the hell is running around outside in the extreme heat? Oh, it’s me. Then it’s fine.
There were a total of 10 fishing chances. Yu Chi ran back into the cabin 5 times. Each time she caught something, she didn’t even look at it and just stuffed it into her backpack. She was worried that the lower-grade items would be melted by the heat.
What kind of hell is this?
Yu Chi lay on the bed, her face pale with exhaustion, and her face was frighteningly red. She felt like she was going to evaporate in the next second.
But what was more painful was that she had to endure this every day.
Yu Chi: Help…
After resting for about 10 minutes, she looked at the time. It was already 2 PM. For the sake of fishing, she hadn’t even had time to eat lunch.
Fortunately, cooking was not troublesome. She steamed a grain of rice and stir-fried some meat, and Yu Chi had a satisfying lunch.
After eating, Yu Chi took out the after-meal fruit she had prepared for herself, 10 grapes and a watermelon. When she finished everything, she felt alive again and began to check the items she had caught with full energy.
A mouse? What do I need this for? Useless, throw it away.
A roll of paper? Let’s put it on the cabinet next to it.
Chopsticks? Has anyone else used them… let’s just throw them away.
…
She looked at 9 of them in a row, and basically, they were all useless things. Yu Chi took out the All-Purpose Fishing Rod and stared at it with a blank expression.
She tried to make it feel guilty with her eyes.
After so much effort, you just gave me this stuff… aren’t you my most powerful talent item!
Yu Chi roared in her heart, put away the All-Purpose Fishing Rod, and angrily took out the last item.
【Item: Space-Time Walkie-Talkie
Grade: Rare
Description: Can be activated once a week for a call. Ignores space and distance. The call duration is 1 minute. Please use it in a safe and stable situation.
Note: It will automatically find the most suitable person for you.】
This item… Yu Chi blinked and held the walkie-talkie in her hand.
It was called a walkie-talkie, but it was only half the size of a palm, square, and simple in appearance, with only one button on it.
What did it mean to find the most suitable person?
Yu Chi tilted her head. She was quite curious about this item, but the thought of making a call, and to a stranger at that, made her scalp tingle.
Should she try it? She was bored anyway.
“Ahem.” Yu Chi cleared her throat, planning to practice what she was going to say.
“Hello, are you there? Who are you?… No, no. Hello, I have a magical item. Now… NONONO. Hello, let me tell you a secret. You are actually the most suitable person for me…”
Damn it, why does it sound so much like a scam? Yu Chi was depressed.
It’s normal to be a little socially awkward after being on a boat alone for a long time, right… She looked at the walkie-talkie with a ferocious expression. Can’t I just send a message? Why do I have to make a call!
Whatever. I don’t care who’s on the other side.
Her fair hand slammed down on the red button of the walkie-talkie.
“Beep—”
Yu Chi held her breath.
…
In a very, very, very distant region, so far away that even if Yu Chi turned into a mermaid, she couldn’t swim there in 100 days.
Water was still dripping from the man’s hair. The moment he looked up, a box suddenly popped up before his eyes.
【You have received a call from space-time. Do you want to answer?】
His eyes didn’t change at all. “Answer.”
“Hello we are the most suitable people no I didn’t mean to call you it called you on its own I’m really sorry I actually have a mysterious…”
A string of words came from the other side. It seemed that she had belatedly realized the awkwardness and suddenly stopped. The air fell silent.
The moment the voice sounded, the man had moved closer to the screen. He waited patiently for the other side to finish, his eyelashes trembling slightly. He took a slow breath, his voice steady.
“Yu Chi…?”
A second or two later, the call was abruptly hung up.
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【Author’s Note】
Sailing Log 9:
The fish is dying, does anyone understand? The fish says it’s dying [Sobbing].
First, the fish is going to die of heat.
Second, the fish is going to die of embarrassment.
Finally, the fish says, actually, the fish’s memory is only 7 seconds.
Using a spell, all is forgotten