12: Potato mines

"Boss is awesome!" Zhang Xile's eyes burned with fervor.

This wasn't a Peashooter; this was clearly a mobile artillery platform!

Tang Ping: "So, are we trading or not?"

Zhang Xile: "Boss! Trade! But can I ask you for one thing?"

Tang Ping looked at the reply, thought for a moment: "Tell me."

Zhang Xile: "Can I add you as a friend, Boss?"

Tang Ping paused, then replied: "Sure."

[Ding! Player 0000291347 Zhang Xile requests to add you as a friend! Do you agree?]

"Agree!"

[Ding! Player 0000291347 Zhang Xile has sent a trade request!]

Tang Ping added the items and completed the trade directly.

One shelter item disappeared, and one Peashooter was gone.

Zhang Xile: "Thank you, Boss! If you have time in the future, please take your little brother along."

Tang Ping was a bit confused: "Why do you call me Boss?"

Zhang Xile: "Boss, I got some message scrolls, and they said that players with IDs 1-10 definitely have SSS-grade Shelter characteristics! Your hand speed is truly fast, Boss! Your little brother bows in admiration!"

Tang Ping understood. So that was the reason. He stared at his ID, feeling a bit of a headache. This ID was indeed quite eye-catching.

But soon he found an eye icon next to the ID. He tried clicking it.

[Do you want to hide your ID?]

"It can actually be hidden!" Tang Ping relaxed. Now he wouldn't have to expose his awesome ID.

He decisively hid his ID.

Tang Ping replied to the other party: "I have things to do, so I'll be leaving first. If you have any questions in the future, you can tell me."

His first friend was, after all, different.

Zhang Xile saw the Boss leaving and even saying goodbye to him, immediately feeling pleased: "Okay, Boss! Oh, right, Boss, I'll send you the messages from the other four message scrolls. They might still be useful."

Four pictures were sent over.

Tang Ping clicked to view them.

[Please store as much food as possible in your Shelter!]

[Eating bread can solve hunger!]

[If the Shelter's HP reaches zero, it will drop and need to be rebound.]

[Do not eat food picked up outside after ten days.]

Four messages, one useless, three useful. But for Tang Ping, who had memories from a hundred years later, he knew at a glance what these three pieces of information were referring to.

Clearly, these were of no help to him.

Tang Ping looked at the detailed description of the resurrection scroll and knew that once this item was bound, it would trigger upon death, so there was no need to worry about dying and not being able to use it.

So he immediately bound the resurrection scroll and then used tape to stick it to the wall.

After doing all this, Tang Ping opened the trading area and found the other person he had noticed earlier.

Nan Jiaojiao: "B-grade water pump for one Shelter."

Tang Ping was greatly tempted.

The B-grade water pump, this extraordinary item, could even purify water sources with contamination levels up to 60%!

One must know that a hundred years later, most water sources had contamination levels no more than 50%.

Having this water pump essentially meant that finding a water source would solve the drinking water problem!

There was absolutely no need to worry about the other disaster, 'contamination,' a month later!

Moreover, this water pump was not small; it was an agricultural irrigation type of pump that could extract two hundred cubic meters of water per hour. What did this mean? It meant he could sell water in the future!

Tang Ping immediately contacted the other party and traded for the B-grade water pump.

Nan Jiaojiao: "Are you trading for this water pump for some other purpose?"

Nan Jiaojiao was also a bit confused about the other party trading for the water pump, as it seemed like a completely useless item.

Tang Ping: "No, I just simply want to drink some clean water."

Nan Jiaojiao felt that the other party definitely knew something, perhaps very important information, but unfortunately, she asked several more times, and the other party didn't answer, so she could only give up in frustration.

"It seems I also need to hoard more water sources." Nan Jiaojiao looked at the mere three packs of mineral water in her Shelter and pondered, then went out, preparing to go to the supermarket to look for mineral water, and headed in the direction of home. She needed to go home and find her mother. She always felt that the so-called apocalypse should be far more severe than its current state... Tang Ping, who had reaped a rich harvest, left his Shelter again at this time.

This afternoon, he had no gains whatsoever, and he clearly noticed that everyone had become cautious. Once they noticed someone, they would become extremely vigilant, and with the interference of the sandstorm on visibility, he felt that he hadn't encountered many people in Jiangcheng, a densely populated city, all afternoon.

"treasure chests are too hard to find now." Tang Ping sighed inwardly, preparing to continue searching for another hour. After an hour, it would be completely dark, and with the current power outage, nothing could be seen at night.

"Ah ah ah ah ah!"

A shrill scream came from the sandstorm in the distance. Tang Ping immediately shouldered two Peashooters, hid in a corner, and vigilantly stared into the sandstorm.

"That is!" Tang Ping's breath hitched.

It's a Calamity Beast! A Storm Beast!

A giant monster, two meters tall and shaped like a toad, opened its huge mouth, and countless sandstorms swirled inwards. A person in front was directly sucked into the Storm Beast's mouth.

Horrifying screams, accompanied by chewing sounds, were transmitted, making one's hair stand on end.

The Storm Beast looked over, and Tang Ping turned and ran!

He couldn't beat that thing!

But the Storm Beast, having set its sights on Tang Ping, couldn't possibly let him go. With a huge gulp, a terrifying suction force forcefully pulled back the fleeing Tang Ping.

"Damn it! So what if it can suck!" Tang Ping quickly grabbed a nearby pillar, his whole body floating up at this moment.

"Damn it, I can't let this continue, or the resurrection scroll I just got today will be gone!"

Tang Ping's face was grim as he looked at the Storm Beast behind him. Could he take this guy down?

With what? He definitely couldn't do it himself. The black diamond blade probably couldn't even break its skin. The Peashooter might be able to break the skin, but it might also enrage the opponent, and then it would jump over and crunch him in one bite.

"There are also Potato Mines!" Tang Ping watched his hands gradually slip away, gritted his teeth, and directly threw four Potato Mines onto the ground!

Instantly, four Potato Mines were planted on the ground, but Potato Mines needed time. Fortunately, this time was not long, only thirty seconds.

As for the Storm Beast, Tang Ping knew that once a Storm Beast opened its mouth to feed in one place, it would not easily leave.

Because before feeding, a Storm Beast would choose a location in advance, and then at that location, it would condense a wind eye. This wind eye would make the Storm Beast's swallowing and spitting more powerful, and even if it encountered danger, it could use the wind eye to make its bulky body fly up instantly!

Tang Ping stared at the mines. He was gambling that he would enrage the Storm Beast with the Peashooter later.

Although a Storm Beast's nature would make it choose to stay on the wind eye, when there were no creatures outside that could threaten it, this thing would also walk around unscrupulously.

Finally, the Potato Mines on the ground emerged!